The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Leon rode a giant wolf and ran wildly in the forest. The cold wind blew on his face, making his nose and lips numb.

In front of him, there was a larger black wolf leading the way.

On the black wolf, Visenna was wearing thick deerskin clothes and lying on the wolf's back.

At the time of parting, Visenna proposed to go to the ruins of Styga Castle with Leon, and summoned a forest gray wolf for him to use as his temporary mount.

Originally, he planned to go to a nearby village to buy a horse as a means of transportation, after all, his original horse was lost on the way to Khalsa City.

It was a good horse, the most stable and patient horse he had ridden in all these years.

After all, it had been a war horse, given to him by Count Berne of Darn Rowan, so it must be better than a horse in the hands of a commoner.

But unfortunately, when the old wizard cast the teleportation magic, he failed to take the warhorse and the silver sword on its back with him.

However, when he was about to leave, Visenna stopped him and summoned a forest gray wolf for him.

This is a unique ability of druids, to communicate with wild animals, and they also have ways to make these wild animals obey their arrangements.

In the past, Leon was sure that this forest gray wolf was definitely the king of a wolf pack, otherwise it would not be so big.

Its size was nearly two meters, only slightly smaller than the werewolves he had seen before!

But it was bigger and stronger than any wolf he had ever seen!

However, compared to the black wolf in front, this gray wolf did not seem as strong.

The forest gray wolf was very respectful to the black wolf, and his attitude was as humble as a servant.

There was a gleam of wisdom in the black wolf's eyes, and it didn't look like a wild animal at all.

The Timberwolves are extremely fast, after all, the forest is their home ground.

In less than half a day, Leon and Visenna arrived at their destination.

Leon exhaled a breath of hot air and looked at the landslide-like scene.

A castle was mostly collapsed and covered by huge rocks. There were trees and weeds growing inside. Moreover, the grass growing in the castle ruins was very strange and thicker than the nearby grass.

The other half of the castle stood in the shadow of the mountain, and it was extremely dark.

Opposite the castle is the Aitre River, and he can also see a small half of the corridor across the Aitre River.

Of course, this is not Lyon's focus.

Leon covered the beating Demon Hunter Medal on his chest, and at the same time he also felt the strong magical fluctuations emanating from the vicinity.

"Did you feel it?" Visenna asked as she got off the black wolf's back and looked at the ruins of the castle in front of her.

Leon came to her side and nodded: "Very strong, is this what you call magical contamination?"

Visenna nodded and looked at the ruins of the castle in front of her. Then she turned to the black wolf beside her and said, "Thank you for sending us here. Don't follow me from now on. It will not do you any good. Leave first. I will call you when I am done here."

The black wolf lowered its head, then let out a low growl, and ran into the forest with the forest gray wolf without looking back.

"Come with me." Visenna said, and then she carefully led the way in front, and Leon followed behind.

"This place was built by the elves, and later King Ebin gave it to the wizard Garros to commend him for leading his apprentices in fighting the plague." Visenna recounted the origin of Styga Castle. "This place was never a good place. As you can see, it has no other advantages except that it is easy to defend and difficult to attack."

Leon followed Visenna and walked carefully among the ruins.

The castle was built on a steep cliff, which was not a good location. The castle was also surrounded by forests and swamps, making it difficult to use.

Elves and tree spirits prefer this kind of environment because they are the darlings of the mountains and forests.

Dwarves don't like to build buildings in such places. Most of their buildings are built on plains or against mountains, and rarely on cliffs.

This is why most human cities are built on dwarven cities rather than elven ones.

Visenna briefly introduced the past of Styga Castle: "Later, this place became one of the gathering places for wizards.

It was once used as a wizard's laboratory, but was later attacked by the Cat School and almost all the wizards inside died.

Later it became a place for wizards to exchange magic.

Styga Castle has gone through hundreds of years and has been passed down through many generations. The last person in charge is a very young wizard, Viggo Fortz. "

"Viggofortz..." Lyon had never heard of this name.

But this is not important. The main question is why Styga Castle has become like this now.

"I heard that it was the Emperor of Nilfgaard who led his troops to attack here..." Leon thought for a moment and told the old woman the news he heard from her.

After hearing this, Visenna shook her head and said, "The Emperor of Nilfgaard did come, but he didn't attack Styga Castle.

There are only wizards here, nothing else, why would he attack here?"

Leon nodded slightly. Indeed, he had suspected this a long time ago.

"Then what is the emperor doing here?" Leon asked.

Visenna shook her head and said, "I don't know either, but I have heard rumors that it is related to the demon hunter."

Leon was stunned. Is it related to the demon hunter again?

"Geralt of Rivia..." Visenna said, her voice trembling slightly.

But fortunately, it was still relatively cold around, and Leon did not hear the strange meaning in her tone.

"Geralt of Rivia!" Leon exclaimed in surprise.

It's actually related to him. Isn't he a demon hunter of the Wolf School? And the legends about him are all in the northern countries. How could he come here?

"What does it have to do with him?" Leon asked.

Visenna didn't answer his question, or maybe she didn't want to mention Geralt.

So she changed the subject abruptly: "I don't know. I know nothing about the rumors here."

She took a deep breath, stopped, pointed at the ruins in front of her and said, “This place was not attacked because of evil experiments.

What exactly happened? More than a hundred years have passed and no one knows the specific details.

If you want to know more, go to Nilfgaard. If you have access to the Royal Library, perhaps Nilfgaard's record-keepers have records on this."

Leon shook his head slightly. He had just left Nilfgaard and there was no way he would go back just for such a thing.

"So, it was wizards who attacked here, right? Only the power of wizards could cause such damage," Leon asked.

Visenna nodded and said, “Yes, it was a wizard, but we have no idea why.

But what is certain is that their raid here caused the collapse of Styga Castle, burying a large amount of experimental materials under the ruins.

More than a hundred years have passed, some equipment has been damaged, and the wizards' medicines have leaked, and after mixing, the current magical pollution has been produced..."