The Witcher: Darkness Falls

"Thank you, thank you very much, Mr. Demon Hunter!" Grom paid the balance very readily.

Leon noticed that he was very happy, so he asked casually: "How is it? Can the temple priests save your brother?"

Grom became excited, his face filled with joy as he said, "Of course, thank you very much for your advice. My brother's condition has stabilized now. Now we just need to wait a few days, and there should be no problem!"

As he spoke, he clasped his hands together in front of his chest, looked devoutly at the statue of the goddess Meliteli outside the garden and said, "Thank you to the great goddess of love, thank you to the priestess here, and of course, thank you to Mr. Pharmacist."

Grom strongly suggested, "Sir Demon Hunter, there is a very powerful pharmacist here. You..."

As he spoke, he looked at the old wizard, and then whispered to Leon: “You can take this old gentleman to see the pharmacist, maybe he has medicine to treat Alzheimer’s disease.

I think this old man is seriously ill, so let's give it a try. If he is cured, he will have a basic guarantee for his retirement. Otherwise, he won't be able to take care of himself!"

Leon was somewhat tempted. He looked at the old wizard who was talking nonsense to the female side of the statue of the goddess Meliteli and decided to take him to see it.

What if that pharmacist really could solve the problem of Alzheimer's?

"Thank you, where is the pharmacist?" Leon asked.

Grom pointed to the room in front of him and said, “Over there, go straight along the gravel road, there is a small wooden house inside, he is temporarily there.

Only after I arrived did I learn that many people had been attacked and injured by goblins recently, and it was that pharmacist who helped treat them.

I learned this when I was chatting with the pharmacist. He knew the priest here and they were friends. The priest asked him to come and help."

"Thank you." Leon thanked him and then walked towards the old wizard.

The old wizard looked up at the female side of the statue of Meliteli and said, "...You make it sound so easy, but what can a dead man like me do?

What? Demon Hunter?

There aren't many left! And this kind of sin...

Ugh……

What?

I?

Can you call another one? That student of mine..."

Leon patted the old wizard on the shoulder and said, "Let's go. I'll take you to see someone who will be good for your illness."

The old wizard turned around and said angrily, "Sir, you are interrupting me while I am talking to this lady. This is very rude!"

Leon looked at the statue of the goddess Meliteli that the old wizard was pointing at, and was suddenly speechless.

“Okay, but you have to come with me to meet someone first. The goddess is here, and you can wait as long as you want.” Leon said coaxingly.

The old wizard refused, "No, Goddess... huh? Leaving!? Don't leave! We haven't finished talking yet!

This is extremely irresponsible of you! You..."

The old wizard yelled loudly, attracting the attention of the passing priestess.

"Sorry." Leon apologized repeatedly. After all, the old wizard's behavior was tantamount to blasphemy.

However, the priestesses seemed to be just curious but did not stop him, which made Leon feel a little strange.

He looked at the statue of the goddess Meliteli, and an idea flashed through his mind like lightning.

But he quickly rejected this idea.

"Visenna and the others say God exists, but who has seen him? There hasn't even been a revelation. It's all fake," Leon thought to himself.

He doesn't believe that there is a God in the world. If there is, he should have done something about it long ago.

"Let's go. Since the gods have already left, it means they went to rest. It's late at night and gods also need to sleep. It would be impolite to disturb them again." Leon persuaded.

The old wizard nodded, thinking that what Leon said made sense. He said to the statue of the goddess Meliteli: "I will come to you again tomorrow. You have to give me a solution! I am an old man..."

Then the old wizard followed Leon to find the pharmacist.

It is completely dark now, but there are torches everywhere in the temple. As long as you don't go into any corners, you don't have to worry about visibility.

"Ouch! Slow down!" The old wizard tripped over a stone. If Leon hadn't been quick-witted, he would have definitely fallen flat on his face.

"Watch your step," Leon warned.

His vision would definitely not be affected, but the old wizard might be affected. He might have Alzheimer's and his eyesight might be blurry.

"Could it be that he has paranoia?" He thought it was very possible when he recalled the scene where the old wizard was talking to the statue just now.

I don't know how old the old wizard is. High-level wizards have very long lifespans. For example, Stregobor is over 600 years old, which is longer than many elves. Of course, he is an ordinary elf, not an elven wizard.

Among the elven wizards, the only creatures that can rival their lifespan are probably dragons.

At this age, he must have conducted many experiments when he was young, so he might have suffered from various diseases in his old age.

"Will Stregobor be like this in the future?" Leon thought to himself, "I wonder if he has found a way to prolong his life. It seems that even wizards can't do anything about this..."

Becoming a wizard has already increased the lifespan of human beings to a higher level, but this increase is still limited.

If you want to continue to improve, you can only rely on potions.

However, the improvement in lifespan caused by the potion is very limited and is almost insignificant compared to the improvement when becoming a wizard.

Eventually, even high-ranking wizards will run out of energy.

"It seems that in addition to being afraid of death, Stregobor is also afraid of becoming like an old wizard." Leon thought to himself.

He imagined that if he were to become like this in the future, he probably wouldn't want it and it would be better for him to die before he became like this.

Lyon walked in the direction Grom pointed, and occasionally saw some ordinary people coming from the other side of the road.

They were holding bags of herbs in their hands and it seemed that they were also here to look for herbs.

"Coming to ask for medicine so late, it seems the situation is very urgent." Leon thought.

Soon, he brought the old wizard to the cabin that Grom had mentioned.

This should be a small warehouse.

Before Leon got close, he saw two people coming out of the wooden house.

He recognized one of them, the priestess he saw when he entered the temple.

The other one was a thin man with gray hair.

The man was carrying a cross-body bag and had a dark apron tied around his waist.

When he turned around, Leon noticed that he had deep eyes and an aristocratic hooked nose.

The man closed the door and looked like he was about to leave.

When Leon saw them, the priestess and the man also saw him and the old wizard.

The priestess smiled and said to the man: "Haha, it looks like you still have to wait a while."

The man looked at Leon who was approaching and said, "Demon Hunter, it doesn't look like he came to me to make medicine. Well... let's discuss the prophecy you mentioned tomorrow."

The priestess nodded, and she smiled and said to Leon: "You guys chat, I have other things to do."

Having said that, she left on her own initiative. Before leaving, she glanced at the old wizard with a complicated expression.

However, Leon did not see her expression, his attention was always on the pharmacist.

"Come in, I thought that was the last person, luckily I didn't leave immediately." The pharmacist reopened the door and invited Leon and the old wizard in.

"Thank you." Lyon said.

He led the old wizard into the house and said directly as soon as he entered: “I heard that your medical skills are very advanced and you can even treat infections caused by goblin bites?

However, I don't feel any magical power. How did you do it?"

The pharmacist seemed very patient. He relit the candle and said, "Practice makes perfect. The saliva and claws of the goblins can indeed cause strange infections, but they don't necessarily require magic potions.

Well... it seems that you have no confidence in current medical technology. This should not be the case. In fact, current medical technology has made great progress.

Although it is difficult to win at the first opportunity when facing a new challenge, as long as there are enough similar patients, doctors will be able to find a solution quickly.

Tell me, demon hunter, what do you want from me? It's not the goblin infection, they can't hurt you. "

Leon nodded and said, “It’s not me, it’s him. He has Alzheimer’s disease, and I suspect he also has delusions. Do you have a way to treat it?”

The pharmacist pondered for a moment and said, "It's a little difficult. It's a challenge. Sit down first and I'll take a look at him.

By the way, what's your name? Where are you from? I haven't seen a new witcher in a long time."

"I'm Leon from Nilfgaard," Leon said. "What about you?"

The pharmacist was startled, looked at Leon and nodded slightly, “Nilfgaard, so far away. I live nearby. My name is very long, but I have a short name.

Emile Régis, just call me Régis."