The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Leon handed the sword and the magic-blocking gold to Jeraka, and then followed them to a tavern not far from his blacksmith shop.

It was not yet dark, and quite a few drunkards had already gathered here, including humans and humanoids.

As soon as he entered the door, Lyon smelled the strong aroma of wine and barbecue.

Everyone found a table and gathered together to chat and talk, no one disturbed anyone else, and the harmony was unexpectedly harmonious.

"Haha, you came pretty early today, Jeraka. Is this your new friend?"

As soon as he entered the door, Leon heard someone greeting Jeraka. He looked in the direction of the voice and was surprised to find that the person who greeted him was a human.

The other party had just brought wine to a table of halflings when he turned around and met them.

"Haha, he's not a new friend, but my old friend, the witcher Leon from Nilfgaard. This is Cosia, the owner of this tavern." Jeraka introduced the two to each other.

"Welcome, I didn't expect you to be a witcher!" A look of surprise appeared on Cosia's face, with a hint of disgust in his eyes.

However, he concealed this disgust very well and immediately acted very enthusiastically.

"Here, there's an empty seat here, reserved for you, come on!" Cosia pointed to the seat by the window and said, "I won't accompany you, there are a lot of people here tonight, and I still have to entertain other guests. If you need anything, just shout, and someone will bring it to you!

By the way, we got a basket of fresh mandarin fish today. They are very lively and delicious. Would you like some?

There are also grouse, each one is extremely plump and delicious! "

The tavern owner recommended it enthusiastically.

Jeraka waved his hand and said, "Everyone, give me one portion. Also, give me another 20 kilograms of charcoal-grilled venison and a glass of dwarven liquor for each person. Hurry!"

"Don't worry, it's very fast!" Cosia shouted happily.

"Sit down, Leon. You're welcome. Come on, tell me. We haven't seen each other for four years. What interesting things have you experienced during these years?" Jeraka couldn't wait to pull Leon to sit down and said.

The dwarfs Jimmy, Diss and Falco also showed great interest.

A pretty half-elf girl came over with five large barrel cups.

As the product of the union of elves and humans, half-elves can be said to be unfortunate because they are not welcomed by both sides.

As for half-elves, most are the result of humans invading elves, and only a few are the result of true love.

One cannot help but admire the excellent bloodline of the elves. Even if they are combined with ugly monsters, the half-elves born are all extremely beautiful.

As long as you have elven blood, no matter what race you are, your appearance will become more refined.

"Haha, she is very beautiful, right? Her name is Daya, and she is a fellow here!" Seeing Leon looking at the half-elf girl, Jeraka said immediately.

The half-elf girl looked at Leon curiously. After all, his handsome appearance was very attractive to women.

"This is my friend, the demon hunter Leon," Jeraka introduced.

Daya opened her mouth in surprise and blurted out: "You are a witcher? Then do you know Geralt?"

Leon shook his head and said, “I’ve heard of him, but I’m sorry, I don’t know him.”

A look of disappointment flashed in Daya's eyes.

Lyon said: "He is in Kaer Morhen, the northernmost part of the continent."

Daya said, "It's too far. I don't have time to go there."

With that said, she turned and left.

“Haha, Daya loves listening to stories, especially stories about demon hunters, which are always full of magic and adventure.

Tell me quickly, what have you done in these years, and why did you come to Dan Rowan this time?" Jeraka said after taking a sip of wine.

Leon said: “I just happened to receive a mission, so I came to see you.

Over the years... well, I've basically been taking on tasks like clearing out water ghosts and the corrosive demons in the sewers.

As you know, countless people drown in rivers every year, and many of them become water ghosts because their bodies are not salvaged in time.

They roam in the rivers near the village, and will pull you into the water and rip you open when you pass by, or suddenly attack you when you urinate at night.

There are also scavengers in every city. They feed on garbage in the sewers. When they grow to a certain size, they must be cleared away, otherwise they will eat people. "

After Leon finished speaking, he saw Jimmy and Diss looking at each other.

Dis immediately inquired, "Is that it? The witcher didn't save the princess or anything?"

Leon looked confused.

Jeraka immediately explained: “Don’t mind Leon, Jimmy only turned sixty last year and he just became an adult, he hasn’t seen much of the world.”

For the dwarves, they are considered adults at the age of fifty-five, and they have been in Mahakam before that, so it is normal for them to ask such naive questions.

Leon took a sip of wine and said, "I'm really sorry, but the demon hunter never gets the chance to save the princess or anything like that. That only happens in stories."

"No, I heard my father tell me about Geralt. He saved the princess!" Dis said immediately, "Her name is Ciri, the princess of Cintra. In order to save her, Geralt chased her from Kaer Morhen all the way to Stygaard in Nilfgaard and fought a great battle with the witch!"

Lyon nodded after hearing this. He had heard a little about this incident, which happened two hundred years ago.

“It seems so, but it was still a time of war, and the northern kingdoms were full of exiled princesses.

It's different now. In peacetime, the princess lives in the palace. I'm just a demon hunter, how can I see her?" Leon said frankly.

Not to mention the princess, he couldn't even touch the baron's daughter.

They were all upper-class people, and he was just a demon hunter making a living at the bottom of society.

Disston was disappointed.

Jimmy immediately asked, "Have you encountered any difficult monsters? Like a giant dragon? I heard that they particularly like gold, silver and gems, and there are treasures everywhere in the dragon's nest."

Leon continued to shake his head and said, “No, there aren’t any, let alone dragons, even dragon-like creatures are very rare, you might encounter one if you go deep into the Blue Mountains.

I don’t know what’s inside the Dragon Slayer either, but I heard that there might be a Dragon Mountain Range.”

Jimmy also looked disappointed.

If a demon hunter's life was just about killing water ghosts and carrion demons, it would be a bit boring.

As if he was a bit disappointed, Leon immediately said: "Although I didn't save the princess or kill the dragon, I did encounter some interesting things a month and a half ago."

Hearing what Leon said, the two immediately showed interested expressions.

Lyon recalled: "I was still in Nilfgaard at the time, and I accidentally saw a bounty for a poisonous horned lizard heart, with a bounty of 5,000 florins.

Did you know that the poisonous horned lizard is only found in deep mountains and forests, and is extinct in other places?

I accepted this mission and rode into the Blue Mountains..."

Leon spoke vividly while drinking dwarven liquor.

The dwarves all listened carefully, even the half-elf girl was attracted.

They heard that Leon was adventuring alone in the forest, killing poisonous horned lizards, and encountered four zombies on his return.

Leon took a lot of effort to kill the zombie, but he was also injured.

He even showed the dwarves a few scratches on his ribs, which were fortunately not deep and had healed, causing everyone to exclaim in amazement.

"Five more glasses of wine!" Jeraka shouted after taking the last sip.

Now his face was red and he was a little drunk.

"Wait a minute!" The half-elf girl ran away immediately and came back with wine in a few moments.

Behind her came Cossia, carrying roast meat, mandarin fish, and partridge roasted with hazelnuts.

The table was filled with delicious food, so they no longer had to drink with stories.

"Remember yesterday evening? The sun was dripping with blood and then was covered by shadows," said Lyon.

Dis immediately said, "Remember, my God, we witnessed history, the celestial conjunction actually happened, my father said the last time was more than 180 years ago."

Leon nodded and said, "That's another story I want to tell. I was on my way to Dan Rowan, about thirty miles from here, right at the edge of the swamp. The world we are in overlaps with another world!"

"Overlap! Oh my god, I don't know anything. Tell me, what happened after the overlap?" Dis urged, "My dad said that nothing seemed to have happened last time!"

Leon took a sip of wine, ate a bite of barbecue and said, “There are indeed monsters, I even saw the other side of the world.

It was a scorched earth with an army of lizardmen marching on it.

Among them were warriors as strong as dwarves, and powerful wizards. They also saw me and rushed over.

Only then did I see them clearly: they were lizardmen with a pair of fleshy wings.

I fought with them, killed some, and some escaped.

When they die, they turn first to stone and then to ash.”

Leon spoke simply, but the dwarves did not buy it and asked him to explain in detail.

However, just as Leon was about to describe the situation in detail, a man in a black robe with a golden cross on his chest came over with a wine glass in his hand.

"You just said monsters from another world, right?" The man stared at Leon, not afraid of his identity as a demon hunter at all.

Leon frowned slightly, he hated being stared at like this.

"Yes," Leon replied.

"What do you do? Go back to your place!" Jeraka was also unhappy with the man's rude behavior. He slammed the wine glass heavily on the table, splashing the wine inside.

The man reacted and apologized quickly, “I’m sorry, I was just too excited.

I apologize for my rude behavior, boss, give them each a glass of wine, it's on me."

Hearing that someone was offering free drinks, Jeraka's expression eased a lot.

The man immediately asked Leon again: "Do those monsters have wings, are covered with scales, have dragon-like claws, and have ugly faces like lizards?"

Leon looked at him, and the man's description was exactly the same as what he saw!

How did he know?

"How did you know?" Leon asked.

The man became excited and even shouted loudly, saying "God bless you" or something like that.

His actions did not attract any attention. After all, the pub was crowded and it was normal to yell after drinking.

"What's going on?" Jeraka asked immediately, "Is this guy crazy?"

Leon stared at the man and shook his head. This man seemed to know something.

Soon, the man calmed down, and he said with a smile: “Sorry, I’m too excited. Let me introduce myself. My name is Camaro Kajones, from the Vatican in Povis, and I am a believer of the True God Church.

And you, Mr. Demon Hunter, the monster you just mentioned is one of the monsters mentioned in the divine revelation our Pope received thirty years ago, a monster that destroys the world!"