The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Two days later, the ship arrived at its final destination, the port of Beauclair.

The environment of the entire Beauclair is very good, the scenery on both sides of the river is very beautiful, and the biggest feature is that quaint elven buildings can be seen everywhere here.

After all, this was once the last base of the elves and their center of power.

There were a large number of elven buildings here, but the elven kingdom was conquered so quickly that most of the buildings were not destroyed in time, and the human army entered Toussaint.

With the last generation of elven kings swearing allegiance, the era of the elves came to an end and humans began to rise.

"Originally they asked the dwarves for help, but the dwarves rejected their request." Regis said as the ship entered the Port of Beauclair.

"Why, aren't they allies?" Eunice asked curiously.

During these two days, Eunice had become familiar with Leon and Regis.

She is penniless now, so she can only shamelessly come to Lyon to eat and drink for free.

Of course, everything was borrowed. She promised to return the reward to Lyon after completing the task for Duke Gaitan.

In addition, she also asked Leon for a lot of advice on what to pay attention to when facing monsters. It was during this period that she learned that Leon was only in his early twenties.

Eunice said something that puzzled Leon.

When she learned of Leon's real age, she said in disbelief: "Oh my God, you are younger than me!"

Leon didn't realize that Eunice was older than him, but some women did look younger, so he didn't ask about her age in detail.

Regis thought for a moment before answering Eunice's question.

"At that time, the dwarves had already surrendered. They had lost to Temeria. The king of Temeria at that time promised that Mahakam would belong to the dwarves and retain the dwarves' autonomy.

Mahakam has little to do with Temeria other than being a vassal state of Temeria in name only.

They do not have to pay taxes to Temeria, and even retain an organized dwarf army. Humans even need the consent of the dwarf elders to enter Mahakam.

Therefore, the dwarves had no reason to support the elves.

Of course, this is not the most important thing. The most important thing is that the dwarves once asked the elves for help, but the elves did not send troops to help.

Perhaps this is the key point. Although the dwarves look honest and simple, they are very vengeful.

The elves can only say that they have reaped the fruits of their own actions."

"Well, if it were me, not adding insult to injury would have been a sign of mercy," said Eunice.

While the two were talking, Lyon was observing the situation on the banks of the Beauclair River.

There were not as many people here as he had imagined, or in fact, much fewer than he had expected.

There were many boats parked at the riverside pier, but no one was on them.

In addition, there were people boarding the ship with large amounts of luggage at the port, and the windows of residents' houses on both sides of the strait were tightly closed.

"Has it always been so sparsely populated here?" Leon asked.

Regis shook his head and said, “No, there are a lot of people here, but there are only a few now, most of them have escaped.

Toussaint used to be very safe, but it seems that the monsters have been very aggressive recently, and many people have left Toussaint for refuge."

Eunice became excited. She nudged Leon's waist with her elbow and said, "This is our chance. Don't you really want to do it?"

Leon was actually somewhat tempted, but he decided to fulfill his agreement with Fringilla first and find a place for the old wizard to live before thinking about anything else.

So he said, "I still think it's better to be cautious. The monsters we know so far are not that easy to deal with. We need more information."

Eunice shrugged and said, “Well, I’m going to take action anyway. This is what I came here for!

However, I advise you to make a decision quickly. Did you see the group of people on that boat? "

Leon turned his head and looked over.

He saw a group of men wearing light armor and carrying steel swords stepping off the boat.

“That group of people are mercenaries and bounty hunters, they must be here for the bounty.

Duke Gaitan has given a lot of bounty, which should have attracted many adventurers during this period. If you act slowly, you probably won't get anything. "Eunice reminded.

Leon shook his head and said nonchalantly: “It’s not that simple.”

The boat docked, and Leon and Regis led the horses and took the old wizard towards the orphanage, while Eunice walked away alone in another direction.

Lyon watched Eunice disappear on horseback. She must have gone to find out information from the locals.

"What's wrong? Are you worried about her?" Regis asked.

Leon shook his head and said, “No, she wouldn’t be stupid enough to go looking for monsters directly.

Let's go to the welfare home you mentioned and see if it is still open."

Regis shrugged, he jumped on his horse, and Leon took the old wizard and rode alongside him, heading towards the city of Beauclair.

Along the way, he could see guards patrolling and wandering knights on horseback who looked like they were just strolling around, but were actually paying attention to the movements around them.

"There are quite a few wandering knights, but they are not an army. It may be difficult for them to deal with so many monsters." Lyon thought to himself.

"Why doesn't Beauclair form an army?" he inquired.

If Toussaint had an army, it would certainly be much easier to defend this place.

Regis said: “There are many reasons.

First of all, the rulers here want to retain a high degree of autonomy. The emperor of Nilfgaard is no fool. Beauclair is far away, and if they train their own army, they can leave Nilfgaard at any time, even in name.

The second is the heavy financial burden. There are no plains here and the area is small. Although grapes are grown, there are no decent minerals. Money can be made from selling wine, but it is not enough to support the expenses of an army.

What makes Toussaint attractive is its spring-like climate all year round and its welcoming living atmosphere.

However, there are few job opportunities here because the place is too small, otherwise people from all around would have already run here.

I heard that when humans attacked here, they just wanted to destroy the elves' regime. The wine estates here alone could not attract humans' desire to attack."

Leon thought about it and felt that what Regis said made sense.

Toussaint looks like a fairy tale kingdom, but that is only for the locals. For outsiders, it has no value other than tourism.

Soon, they came to a big door. The door was closed and it didn't look like anyone was there.

Regis knocked on the door, but no one answered for a long time.

"This looks like the worst news. This place has closed down." Regis said helplessly.

Leon had already prepared himself mentally, so he wasn't disappointed. He just asked, "So, what should we do next?"

Regis thought for a moment and said, "Well... I have another place to go. Not far to the north, there is a White Crow Vineyard. We can go there first.

That's where my friend lives. We can stay there first and then find a way to accommodate the old man.

Aren't you here to pay for Fringilla's appointment? When you finish your appointment, I will accompany you to find her, and maybe there will be a way to settle the old man."

Leon asked in surprise: “Do you know this witch?”

Regis nodded and said, "Well... not familiar, but we met a long time ago."

Leon nodded and said, "That's the only way. Let's go to that friend first."