The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Dan Rowan, the North Gate is particularly lively today.

The Earl ordered the east and west gates to be closed, leaving only the south and north gates open.

Among them, the North Gate can only be used for entry but not exit, while the South Gate can only be used for exit but not entry.

The reason is that the city gates are under maintenance. Today only the South and North gates are open, while tomorrow only the East and West gates will be open.

Therefore, those who wanted to enter the city could only go through the north gate, and those who wanted to leave the city could only go through the south gate.

The reason for this setting is the result of the Earl's careful consideration.

The Count didn't know that werewolves would transform uncontrollably on full-moon nights, so he wanted to catch them in the trap.

But when he learned about this, he felt that leaving only one door was too obvious.

If the other side becomes desperate, their people will likely suffer heavy casualties.

More importantly, if only one door is left, the flow of people here will become terrifying, more than ten times that of before.

By then, the number of civilians injured or even killed will be huge.

Werewolves slaughtering civilians will definitely cause great panic. Even if the werewolves are killed, this panic will exist for a long time in the future.

This would have a huge negative impact on Dan Rowan. If this matter were to get to the Emperor of Nilfgaard, the Count himself might even be held accountable.

Therefore, it is most appropriate to completely separate the two flows of people.

In this way, although the werewolves going crazy will still cause certain casualties, at least they can be controlled within a certain area.

Finally, the soldiers will gather all those who have seen the werewolf, and the count will then go to Stregobor to ask for the potion to erase their memory.

Opening the four gates can better distribute the ball, but it also makes it more difficult for the defense to screen.

No one knew which door the werewolf would go through, so opening two doors to divert people in and out was the best method the count could think of.

Of course, there is another way.

That is to ask Stregobor to cast a search magic covering the entire Dann Rowan.

Directly lock onto the werewolf's location, and then imprison it with confinement magic.

This is the safest way.

However, this method is easy to say but very difficult to implement.

First of all, such a large-scale magic requires a huge amount of magic power, and Stregobor can definitely handle it.

But he certainly won't use it, as this will further shorten his "already short" lifespan.

He is still struggling to find a way to prolong his life, and he certainly won't waste his magic power to capture werewolves.

What's more, after the search, they must be accurately detained.

This is also a huge challenge for high-level wizards.

Therefore, this method cannot be implemented.

While people were complaining about the detour, Lyon went to the north gate and hid.

He wore a hat to hide his face and stood near the city gate, looking around.

Leon just guessed that the werewolf might still be in the city.

There are many reasons for this.

The first is the opponent's escape trajectory.

How does this look like the werewolf who can control his own transformations, or the werewolf's friends all know who is tracking them.

They would have been well aware of the presence of wizards in the city, or he would have learned of his presence as a witcher from the injured werewolf.

Whether it is a wizard or a demon hunter, they all have effective tracking methods.

That's why he took the werewolf on a long detour. If it was just to prevent being tracked by ordinary people, there would be no need to go through so much trouble.

Secondly, after a werewolf transforms into a human form, his aura will completely change. In this case, it is safest to blend into the crowd.

In the wilderness, even hunters or herbalists would become very suspicious, especially since they knew the characteristics of werewolves.

As for the werewolves, Leon only chased them every other day, almost without interruption.

In addition, Dan Rowan sealed off the city at night, and ordinary people could not leave without the earl's order.

This is also the reason why he was not in a hurry to find the count last night.

Because it makes no difference whether you find it or not.

The reason why Lyon chose to guard the north gate was simply because it was closest to the forest.

The werewolves' home ground is in the forest, and not far from the south gate is a swamp, which is not convenient for them to move around.

Furthermore, the Earl intentionally dispersed his forces, reducing the number of troops at the north gate and increasing the number of troops at the south gate.

After all, if the werewolves were still in the city, they would definitely want to get out, so they would naturally have to strengthen the defense of the exits.

The entrance seemed a bit perfunctory, but it was facing the forest not far away and tonight was a full moon night.

Leon thought that if he were a werewolf, he would definitely break in through the north gate.

After rushing out, there is the forest, and then the identities of prey and hunter can be exchanged.

Leon thought while looking at the situation around him.

It was still morning, still early, and nothing much was happening except for the complaints of travelers.

Leon was not in a hurry. As a hunter, he naturally had to learn to wait patiently. In order not to attract attention, he even changed his clothes several times during this period.

Finally, by evening, when the city gates were about to close, the number of travelers entering Dan Rowan began to decrease, and sometimes there was no one for several minutes.

The soldiers guarding the city were yawning, and including the captain of this team, they didn't know what they were doing.

Finally, the time has come.

The squad leader shouted, "Close the gate!"

Then the soldiers began to close the door.

From beginning to end, Lyon watched coldly.

Today, there was no news of werewolves at either the South Gate or the North Gate.

"Did they run out immediately after entering the city?" Leon thought to himself.

But he didn't think what happened today was unnecessary.

It was his guess that a werewolf was in the city, and he also told the count about it.

It doesn't matter even if the other party has left the city long ago. At most he can stay here for a while and look around in the nearby forest. He will always find some clues.

The reason why werewolves are called werewolves is not only because they can transform into the appearance of wolves, but also because they have certain characteristics of wolves, such as territorial awareness.

Unless absolutely necessary, they will not leave their familiar areas for too long. This is a habit that comes from their genes and is difficult to change.

Seeing that the city gate was about to close, Lyon felt that there was probably no hope today.

However, at this moment, the window of a small two-story house closest to the north gate suddenly shattered.

Then two people jumped down and suddenly expanded in mid-air, turning into two giant wolves.

These two wolves were extremely large, much larger than ordinary wolves, almost as big as a horse.

Roar--

One of the giant wolves roared and immediately rushed towards the north gate, while the one following behind it was obviously smaller.

At the same time, Leon also saw that the left eye of this small giant wolf was blind!

"?!"

After a brief moment of surprise, Lyon rushed out immediately.

At the same time, the silver sword soaked in cursed biological oil was unsheathed.

The Cyclops Wolf saw Leon and immediately let out an angry roar.

However, the giant wolf in front of it roared, forcing the Cyclops to shift its gaze away from Leon and speed up towards the north gate.

Leon rushed forward with all his might, but he still failed to stop the wolf in front. Instead, he passed by the Cyclops wolf sideways.

He immediately swung the silver sword, cutting a bloody wound on the side of the Cyclops wolf.

Leon even felt the silver sword hitting the opponent's ribs.

Ow—

The giant wolf roared angrily, looked back at Leon, then endured the pain and followed without looking back.

"Wolf!"

The soldiers at the door were startled by the sudden appearance of the giant wolves. They were slow to react and failed to dodge, so they were directly knocked away by the leading giant wolf and died on the spot with a pool of blood.

Two huge waves rushed out from the north gate one after another like the wind.

Lyon reacted very quickly. He pushed the captain near the door off his horse, then jumped on his horse and chased after him.