The Witcher: Darkness Falls

The rain is still falling and the sky is still gloomy.

Dozens of goblin corpses were lying in the abandoned garden.

Under the rain, their dirty and smelly blood flowed everywhere, making people feel disgusted.

When it was daybreak, everyone could see the goblin clearly.

If you ignore their naked bodies and slightly green skin, they look exactly like dwarfs.

Even the dwarf Otik in the team cried out in disbelief when he saw these goblins.

However, they did not take a closer look, because compared to taking a close look at these monsters, they wanted to get to Grampian as soon as possible.

Everyone thought they had found a place to shelter from the rain and could rest peacefully for a night.

However, the appearance of the goblins made the situation worse.

After a night of fighting, everyone became suspicious and could not sleep in the second half of the night, leaving everyone exhausted.

To make matters worse, Retak's left arm was swollen after being bitten by a goblin, and he started to have a fever before dawn.

There is not even a doctor in the team, and Lyon can only be considered half a doctor. He can handle some simple injuries, but it is difficult to deal with complex ones.

Moreover, it seems that Retak is not infected but poisoned, which is something Leon cannot solve.

He could only use fire to disinfect the dagger, then cut off the necrotic part of the dwarf's arm, bandage it simply and set off.

Fortunately, they were very close to Grampian and should be able to enter the city in the morning.

By then, there will definitely be no goblins harassing the city, and there will be doctors available to provide treatment.

At daybreak, everyone couldn't wait to set off. Because of what happened last night, no one wanted to talk.

Lyon had a lot of questions in his mind, but he suppressed them all. He planned to ask them after he had a good rest.

"I hear the sound of horse hooves!" Camilla suddenly stopped and shouted in the team, "It's coming towards us!"

"Don't be startled, we are not the only ones on the road! Let's go!" Zival patted Camilla's shoulder and said.

"Oh!" Camilla lowered her head and the team fell silent again.

Not long after they walked forward, a black shadow appeared in front of them. Then the black shadow turned into the Nilfgaardian army, who were riding horses and running towards them quickly.

Gan Mier was just about to ask people to make way, but the other party strangely surrounded them.

"What are you doing? I'm a businessman!" Denzel shouted.

"I can see that!"

A man who looked like a commander rode out on horseback. He glanced around coldly and suddenly set his eyes on Otik's face. Then his face changed drastically. He immediately drew the steel sword from his waist and pointed at him, shouting, "Catch him!"

The soldiers drew their swords.

"Stop! What are you doing?" Denzel shouted in horror.

"What are you doing!" Ganmier shouted, "You have no right to arrest people at will. My friend has not done anything bad!"

He held up his shield and stood in front of everyone, his hand on the hilt of his sword, pulling it out halfway.

Other members of the Iron Forest team also drew their swords and confronted the army. For a moment, the relationship between the two sides became tense.

"Stop! You damned soldiers, instead of cleaning up the monsters, you attacked the merchants!" Denzel took out a black token and shouted, "I've filed a report in Nilfgaard. If I die here, you'll all be doomed!"

"Shut up, Mr. Merchant. We are saving you! There is a monster in your team!" the commander shouted. At the same time, he looked at the others and finally stared at Leon's face for a moment, sneering, "There is another freak!"

"I'm not a monster! I'm a dwarf!" Suddenly, Otik shouted, "I know what you are looking for!"

"It's good that you know, we found you bastards!" The commander sneered, "Don't pretend to be innocent, you didn't act like this when you massacred the village!

The Earl of Grampian has already issued an order: no matter what you say, you must be captured first, and those who dare to resist will be killed without mercy! "

When the soldiers heard this, they immediately raised their swords and were ready to rush forward.

The Iron Foresters also raised their weapons and prepared to fight.

"Quiet! Put down your weapons! Put them down!" Ganmier immediately shouted to his companions, "Zivar, keep an eye on Camilla!"

At this moment, Camilla had begun to get anxious. If it hadn't been carrying everyone's luggage, it would have probably jumped out.

No matter what, Camilla is still a knocker, a real monster.

He knew very well that if they clashed with this group of soldiers now, they would all suffer.

Moreover, their physical strength is seriously reduced now, and they won't be able to gain any advantage even if they fight.

"I'm watching it! Be quiet, it's okay!" Zival jumped off the horse, stood in front of Camilla, and reached out to hold its head to comfort it.

"Gammil, Retak is vomiting blood!" Suddenly, Denzel poked his head out of the carriage and shouted, "He needs a doctor!"

"Listen! You misunderstood! That wasn't done by a dwarf, it was a goblin!" Leon also shouted. He rode up on his horse, raised his hands high and shouted, "I don't have a weapon, I'm a demon hunter! Can you recognize me?"

Since Leon had no weapon, the commander did not embarrass him, but he pointed his sword at him and said, "Right there, don't move!"

Leon squeezed the horse's belly to stop it.

"I know you are a demon hunter, so I didn't order you to be killed immediately!" The general said to Leon.

"Thank you!" Lyon said quickly when he saw both sides stopped.

"I roughly know what you're doing. Listen, you need to find a monster that looks like a dwarf, but it's not a dwarf." Leon said, "We killed dozens of them last night. They were this tall."

He bent down and gestured with his hand.

The commander stared at Leon, wondering what he was thinking.

"Besides, you can communicate with dwarves, right? Can you communicate with those monsters?" Leon asked again.

"Put away your weapons!" Ganmier shouted first. He put away his shield again and raised his hands like Leon.

The members of the Iron Forest team looked at each other and finally put away their weapons.

Seeing that the target had given up resistance, the soldiers looked at their commander.

The commander said in a deep voice: "Put away your weapons."

The soldiers also put away their weapons.

The commander stepped forward, looked at the demon hunter and said, "You just said that you fought monsters last night and killed dozens of them, right?"

Leon nodded and said, “Yes, there is an abandoned castle ten miles from here. We were planning to rest for a night, but then the monster came looking for us.

Now, there are still their corpses in the abandoned garden over there, and the air is filled with the stench of their dirty blood."

The commander said gloomily, "That is the abandoned Donic Castle. It has been abandoned for a hundred years. I believe you."

"Sir, my friend was bitten by a monster last night and was poisoned. He needs a doctor now!" Ganmier shouted, "Can you let us into the city first?"

The commander shouted, "Calm down! You have two choices now. The first is to take us to Donic Castle and bring back the bodies of those monsters so that the Count can compare them with the dwarves.

Now Grampian has begun a massive hunt for dwarfs and has put many in prison.

The dwarves defended themselves, but we didn't catch any living monsters, not even a few dead ones.

If we bring all these bodies back, they will be evidence to prove the dwarfs' innocence.

Second, you come with us back to Grampian, but this dwarf won't be so lucky."

"I'll go with you!" Leon said, "Tell them to go into the city to find a doctor. I know the place."

"I'm going too!" shouted Gammill.

"You can't go, you have to accompany them! The dwarf needs you!" Leon turned around and said, "It won't take so many people to find the body."

Ganmier opened his mouth and finally agreed with Lyon's statement.

He is the captain and cannot abandon his teammates.

"I'll go with the witcher too." Zival rode forward, staring at the soldiers in front of him vigilantly.

The commander nodded and agreed to their request.

He waved his hand, and immediately a soldier came out from the team.

"Take them back to the city and find a doctor. Keep an eye on this dwarf and wait for us to come back." said the commander.

Then he pointed to a few more people and said, "Let's go!"