The Witcher: Darkness Falls

There is an open space in the north of the town of Tegamo, where there is a square platform built of stones, about ten meters long and four meters wide.

In the center of the platform, there is a gallows, which is used by the town of Tegamo to deal with criminals.

But at this moment, there were hundreds of people standing in front of the gallows, and more people were gathering from afar, either running, riding horses, or riding donkeys.

The scene was extremely lively, as if all the people in the entire territory of Tegamo were present, and everyone was waiting for the historic moment.

Butcher Carter and his wife had been waiting in front of the gallows early, with expressions of excitement, sadness and hatred on their faces.

Beside Carter, there were other villagers from Gran Village who were also watching. They all received the news from Lyon.

Today, they will witness a historic moment for Tegamo.

Hang the nobleman - Baron Crean!

This had never happened before, but now it was happening, and they were witnesses!

There are five people on the stone platform.

The first one came Commander Vic, who was holding a thick speech manuscript and was passionately stating the evidence of Baron Crean's crimes during his years of ruling Tegamo.

Next to the stone platform, a man wearing a goose-feather sailing hat was serving as a clerk. He was sitting on a chair and writing on paper with a goose-feather pen in his hand.

Finally, in front of the gallows, Baron Crean was wrapped in hemp ropes like a fat pig, guarded by two soldiers on his left and right.

Klein's mouth was sealed with a cloth, and his eyes were full of despair and fear.

Every time Commander Vic read out a piece of evidence against Baron Crean, someone in the crowd would immediately stand up to testify as a witness.

Commander Vic will then announce that the accusation is valid and invite those involved in the accusation to come on stage, stand in front of the clerk's office or press their fingerprints.

This process was repeated over and over again, and the testimony process alone took half a day.

Commander Vic stood there talking until his mouth was dry and his voice became hoarse.

However, his spirit was extremely high and he did not feel very tired.

Finally, he finished reading the thick manuscript in his hand.

“In summary, since Baron Klein came to power, he has committed a total of 137 crimes, violating a total of 37 Nilfgaardian laws!

Now let us question the prisoner, Baron Crean.

Your Excellency, Baron, do you have any objection to the above accusation?"

"Uuuuuu——"

Baron Crean's mouth was sealed, and he could only cry and shake his head, making a whimpering sound.

Vic nodded and said, "Very good, Baron Crean had no objection, and shed tears of repentance.

According to the decree of the Nilfgaard Empire Noble Administration, I, Vic Ronald Orlit, the sheriff and military commander of the small town of Tegamo, officially declare that Cleon Vlad Dresser will be hanged! "

"Hang him!"

"Let him die! Kill him!"

"He should be beheaded!"

"He should be burned to death!"

……

The audience was outraged and demanded that Baron Crean be punished with the most severe punishment.

Carter also shouted excitedly, with tears in the corners of his eyes.

"Silence! The execution will begin now!" Commander Vic ordered.

The empire has its own laws, so it is naturally impossible to do things according to the demands of the masses, otherwise it would be a blatant violation of the law.

As the crowd shouted, Baron Crean was pushed forward by two soldiers and a rope was tied around his almost disappeared neck.

The execution begins.

However, the gallows in the town of Tegamo is a little special. It is said that the gallows was designed by Baron Crean himself.

The two opening and closing wooden doors at the original falling point were removed and replaced with a platform that can be raised and lowered by hand.

Soldiers would tie the prisoners up to their knees with ropes, making them look like caterpillars.

The prisoner was then pulled onto the gallows, the rope was tied around his neck, and the soldier then turned the joystick on the side, causing the lift to slowly descend.

The prisoners will also descend.

During this period, people could see prisoners screaming and trembling in fear of death.

Eventually, the platform would be lowered just enough for the prisoner to stand on tiptoe.

At this time, the prisoner being executed would constantly stand on tiptoe to relieve the pain in his neck.

However, because his body was tied up with ropes, it was difficult to maintain balance and he would soon fall down.

However, they will not really fall down due to the pulling of the ropes. The desire to survive will make them constantly swing their still movable legs to support their bodies again.

Therefore, the prisoner will not die immediately, but will only continue to shake and twist his body under the pull of the rope.

Finally, they will be exhausted after a few minutes or more than ten minutes, and finally they will be unable to stand up and their bodies will sink, and then they will be strangled by the rope around their necks and suffocate to death.

This process is extremely cruel for both the prisoners and the audience.

The prisoner has to endure the threat of gradual death, while the audience has to see the prisoner's struggle before death.

Only Baron Crean enjoyed it very much and called the execution process the "Dance of Death".

And now, it is Baron Crean's turn to experience the dance of death that he personally designed.

Baron Crean stood up crying. He wanted to escape, but was held tightly by two soldiers and could not escape at all.

Finally, in pain and suffering, Baron Crean was exhausted and hanged on the gallows that he had improved.

In fact, the pain he felt was much shorter than that of others, because it took less than five minutes from the time he was hanged on the scaffold to his death.

Due to his fat body and the fact that he had not exercised for many years, his physical strength was far inferior to that of an ordinary person. Once he lost his balance, it would be even more impossible for him to stay on his feet. In the end, he was hanged to death by his own weight.

The audience dispersed when they saw Baron Crean die.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go back. The Baron is dead, and our children can rest in peace." Carter sighed, put his arm around his wife's shoulders and prepared to return to Gran Village.

The two came in a carriage, which was left at an inn in the town, and they still had to walk there.

The couple walked back, and when they passed by Baron Klein's manor, they suddenly saw a woman riding a black horse with a sword on her back walking towards them.

"Hello, may I ask what happened here? Why did you all come from over there?" the woman asked politely.

Carter looked at the woman in front of him. Her long gray hair was tied behind her head with a brown leather rope, and her green eyes were very sharp.

But what attracted his attention most was the scar on the left side of her face. The scar was very hideous. It passed under her left eye and almost divided the left half of her face.

“Today we are trying Baron Klein. That damn bastard actually raised monsters in his manor.

But God has eyes, and fortunately a demon hunter appeared to save us and expose Baron Crean's scandal!" The person who spoke was not Carter, but his wife.

The woman on horseback was stunned when she heard the word "demon hunter". She thought for a moment and suddenly asked, "Where is the demon hunter?"

"Who are you?" Carter asked warily.

His intuition told him that the woman in front of him was dangerous.

The woman thought for a moment and said, "I am also a demon hunter. I just want to find that demon hunter for something."

Carter looked at the woman on horseback suspiciously. He found that this woman had nothing to do with Leon in any way, especially her eyes, which were not the eyes of a witcher at all.

She is lying!

Carter immediately made a judgment in his mind. He felt that Leon had done them a favor and he absolutely could not tell the woman in front of him about Leon's whereabouts.

"He went over there and said he was going to a place called Styga!" Carter searched his mind and soon remembered a place.

And this direction is completely opposite to the direction Lyon is going!

When the woman on horseback heard the name Styga, she was obviously stunned, as if her soul had left her body.

After a while she nodded and said, "Thank you."

Then he turned his horse and headed in the direction Carter pointed.

"My dear, I don't think she is an enemy of the witcher..." Carter's wife said until the woman disappeared on horseback.

Carter was also a little stunned, he said in a deep voice: "Maybe, but she lied just now, she is not a demon hunter at all.

If she wasn't lying, I...never mind, that's it."

The two of them left together.