The Witcher: Darkness Falls

The agreed time soon arrived, and Leon accepted the invitation of businessman Denzel and set out on the road with him.

He also carried four letters from dwarves and midgets.

Among them, the dwarf's letter was to be sent to Mahakam.

The dwarf's letter was to be sent to Novigrad because his father opened a jewelry store there.

“We will take the water route, first go to Nilfgaard for supplies, then go north along the coast all the way to Novigrad.

Then it will take about three days to travel along the main road of the Pontar River. If everything goes well, you can take the tributary to Vizima and your mission will be completed.

Before that, I will pay you 500 florins, and the remaining 1,500 florins will be paid when we reach our destination, how about that?" Denzel said to the demon hunter on horseback next to him while driving the carriage.

"Okay." Lyon nodded.

Anyway, the contract has been signed, so he is not afraid that the other party will not pay.

It is much easier to cooperate with merchants than with those villagers or nobles.

The latter always like to make verbal agreements, but when it comes time to pay they hesitate, find all kinds of faults, and then cheat by reducing the money or not paying at all.

For Lyon, the price can be negotiated. As long as it is within his psychological price range, a little less will not matter much.

But if you don't give it to him, he won't be so easy to talk to.

These people can still clearly weigh which is more important, life or money.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Leon is usually friendly and honest with his friends.

But he was not soft-hearted when it came to killing people. If there were not a thousand, at least eight hundred people had died at his hands...

It is much easier to cooperate with businessmen. They will sign strict contracts that stipulate the responsibilities of both parties.

In this way, as soon as the contract ends, you can get all the money owed, and neither party owes anyone anything.

There are quite a few disputes, but they are all relatively complex contracts and can ultimately be left to the court for judgment.

Leon's mission is simple: to protect the safety of merchant Denzel and his goods before arriving in Vizima.

If you can't have both, then Denzel's safety should be the priority.

The contractual agreement is that simple.

The group set off with the goods.

This time, in addition to hiring Leon, the demon hunter, Denzel also hired a mercenary team called Iron Forest.

This team was composed of humanoids, a total of eleven people, led by a half-elf named Gamil Laplace.

The half-elf was of burly build, wearing heavy armor, with a broadsword made by the dwarves on his waist and a pentagonal shield of the elves on his back.

His figure and dress are very different from those of the slender elves.

From his appearance, he seems to be better at close combat, but his movements are not clumsy at all.

Gammir's second in command is a halfling named Kazira Flynn Dracut.

He had a pair of elf-like pointed ears, wore tan leather armor, and was barefoot, with the insteps covered in thick brown fur.

He had a slingshot on his waist, his bulging pockets were filled with stones, he had a dagger, and a bow and quiver on his back.

After that there were three dwarves, two gnomes, three half-elves, and a monster - the knocker.

The book "Biology" says that the Knockers are a variant of the Gnolls, but the Gnolls have long been extinct and humans do not have any Gnoll specimens, so this statement cannot be verified for the time being.

Moreover, judging from the striking monster in front of him, apart from the fact that he likes to crawl on all fours, he has nothing to do with the kobolds.

Although Leon had never seen a knocking monster in real life, he had seen it in Sicori's book.

This is a monster that lives in the mountains and forests. It is short and fat, with shaggy hair, bow legs, broad shoulders, and a big red beard.

The knocker in front of him matched the description in Sikori's book exactly, except that his beard was reddish-brown.

Each of its paws is more than half a foot long, and it walks on all fours, with its big butt twisting from side to side, which looks very funny.

When it stands up, it is two meters tall and as strong as a thick wall.

The knocking monster in front of him seemed to have overcome its biological habits, walked out of the forest and mixed with a group of mercenaries.

This knocking monster has another name, Camilla.

When they first met, Camilla was squatting beside the carriage, drinking a large bottle of wine.

From the back, it looks like a gorilla.

Leon almost drew his sword, but after Denzel's explanation he realized that this was a companion who would go on the journey with them.

Afterwards, Ganmier walked out of the hotel with his team. When he saw Leon, he seriously warned him not to take action against Camilla, otherwise he would be going against the entire Iron Forest.

Although the Tap Monsters are monsters, they are intelligent. As long as you understand them, you can communicate with them and even become friends with them.

It is said that there are many knockers living in Mahakam. These knockers are friends with the dwarves and gnomes. They work in the mines and are responsible for pulling out the mine carts mined by the dwarves. They are more useful than horses.

It seems that this human-beating monster named Camilla is with the dwarves. I don’t know how this half-elf can accept it.

Moreover, the role of the knocker in this team seems to be to carry the burden.

He saw the guy carrying a mountain of luggage on his broad back.

It would take two horses to pull all this luggage.

But Camilla carried it on her own, and walked steadily, not looking tired at all.

However, since it was confirmed that the knocking monster was not dangerous, Leon didn't bother to pay attention to it.

But he was relieved. Denzel still quietly pulled him aside and said, "Help me watch out for that monster."

Leon asked in confusion: "If you are afraid, why do you want to provoke them? These people look hard to deal with."

Denzel smiled bitterly and said, "Because they offer the lowest price, and the journey is long, few mercenaries are willing to do it."

Leon nodded. Indeed, it would take seven or eight months to travel by water, and mercenaries would not be willing to accept the mission if they were not paid enough.

Merchants care most about profit and loss, and they will definitely not allow mercenaries to ask for exorbitant prices.

After the final screening, Iron Forest was found to be the most suitable team, and it was said that Denzel had heard that this team had a very good reputation.

The reason why Tiesenlin was willing to take the task at a low price was that, on the one hand, this team was composed entirely of humanoids, and there was also a monster, which most people could not accept.

On the other hand, they had come from Redania and were returning.

Along the way, since everyone was not familiar with each other, there was not much communication between them.

It wasn't until they were on the boat that they started to have a real conversation.