The Witcher: Darkness Falls

The general glanced at Leon, nodded and said, "Follow me."

He turned around and shouted at the people standing in his way: "Get out of the way! This is the Earl's guest! Get out of the way!"

Lyon jumped on his horse and followed the general.

"Hey! Why is he able to cut in line?"

“I’ve been waiting in line for a long time!”

"Distinguished guest? Who is he? Is he more powerful than my cousin?"

……

The general openly led people to clear the way, which caused the merchants who were still queuing to complain in dissatisfaction.

The soldiers were very obedient. They immediately stepped forward and pushed away the people blocking the way to make way for the general and Leon.

Soon they passed through the city gate and entered the city, leaving the hustle and bustle outside behind.

"Monster Hunter, what's your name? Where are you from?" the general asked.

"My name is Leon, from Cotia, have you heard of this place?" Leon said.

The general turned around in surprise and looked at Leon and said, "Of course, of course I have heard of it, that is the southernmost part of Nilfgaard Province.

It is close to the sea and is a port city at the southernmost tip of Nilfgaard. When I sailed around the coastline, I started from there, heading north, crossing the Skellige Islands, and reaching Tridam in Povis. "

The general was extremely proud when he said this, and he unconsciously straightened his chest on horseback.

Leon was surprised and said: "Oh, that's still a real feat!"

The general nodded and said, "That's right, we have to fight the storm, the waves, and the damn pirates on the Skellige Islands along the way.

However, it was all worth it. We showed those villains who attempted to attack imperial merchant ships the power of the empire.

Now the Empire's merchant ships can sail safely in the Skellige Islands and can even dock for supplies.

Oh, by the way, we’ve been talking for so long. My name is Cleto Ann Cartier Monroe, you can just call me Cleto.

By the way, are demon hunters born without surnames? Or do you abandon your surname when you choose to become a demon hunter? "

Leon said calmly: "We are all orphans, nameless and without surname."

Kleto turned his head to look at Leon and said apologetically: "Is that so? Then you chose your own names too? By the way, why did you choose to be a demon hunter? Instead of doing something else?"

Leon thought for a moment, and his memory, which had been blurred for more than ten years, began to become clear again.

He was from Kotia, or to be more precise, from a small village on the edge of Kotia.

He remembered that when he was four years old, a group of bandits suddenly broke into the village. They killed people, robbed people, and set fire to the village. When the soldiers of Cotia arrived, the bandits had already fled.

At that time, there were more than a dozen children with him, all of whom became orphans.

No one was willing to adopt them, and the ruler of Cotia never showed up again after sending someone to investigate the situation.

In order to survive, they had to go to the port of Kotia to pick up garbage to eat. Although it was the southernmost port of the Nilfgaard Empire, it was not prosperous because no one was willing to come so far to do business.

But it was the only relatively prosperous place where orphans like them could reach.

They picked up garbage like this for four months. Some of them died, and finally ten people survived, but they were all malnourished and dying.

Just at this moment, a man appeared in front of them.

The man called himself Sikori and told them that if they followed him they would have food to eat and could survive.

They had no choice but to follow Hickory.

They entered the forest and lived, no, should I say survived, far away from people.

They did survive temporarily, but the nightmare began.

In the first half of the year, Xi Keli not only ensured that they had enough food and clothing, but also trained them so that their bodies could gradually recover.

After that, every once in a while, Sikori forced them to drink some strange potions. These potions were disgusting, and they caused vomiting and diarrhea, and even convulsions.

Sometimes they might even die, but Sikori would always find a way to pull them back from the brink of death.

If they didn't drink, they would be verbally abused and beaten by the other party. One person was even beaten to death.

If the remaining people didn't want to die, they could only continue to drink the potion given by Sikori.

This went on for ten years, and in the end, only Leon survived out of the ten people.

Not only did he survive, but every aspect of his health underwent tremendous changes.

Not only have strength, speed, nerve reactions, sense of smell, hearing, and vision been enhanced dozens of times, but even intuition has become extremely sharp.

Seeing the changes in Lyon, Sikori was ecstatic and kept cheering the word "success".

After that, Sikori prepared a new potion and took it.

As a result, Sikori began to twitch, his body began to swell, and he looked completely unwell.

He asked Leon for help, but Leon took the opportunity to kill him.

Later, Leon learned from Sikori's notes that this guy was a cat-school demon hunter who had failed to mutate.

Because of the failure of Sikori's mutation, his strength is much lower than that of a real demon hunter.

Therefore, he found Leon and ten other orphans and took them away, not really wanting to rescue them.

He just wanted to use these unattended orphans for experiments so that he could quickly test out a witcher potion that could cause complete mutation.

According to the other party's notes, Lyon knew that before them, Sikori had killed at least three hundred people, and he was just a lucky one who survived among them.

It’s a pity that perhaps Sikori had experimented with a witcher potion that could cause complete mutation, but it was not suitable for him.

"Well... I don't know either. This is the only choice I have." Leon shook his head and said.

Kleto was surprised: "This is the only choice? How surprising."

Leon didn't want to talk more about this topic, so he quickly changed the subject and asked, "By the way, why does the count want the heart of a poisonous horned lizard? It's not edible."

"Huh? You don't know anything?" As if surprised by Leon's words, Cleto raised his eyebrows.

"Not for eating. The name of this thing sounds disgusting. Who would want to eat this? Are you crazy?" Kleto took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "It's for his daughter, poor Sislia."

"Sislia?"

"Yes!" Kleto nodded and said, "It's Sislia. She is cursed. She must drink blood to survive. Half a year ago, a wizard passed by here and said that he could lift the curse, but he needed the heart of a poisonous horned lizard as a medicine."

Leon frowned. What kind of strange curse was this?

"The Earl's family should have enough livestock, right?" he asked. If all that was needed was to drink blood, it shouldn't be considered a curse, right?

"Human blood." Kleto's tone became heavy, "Now, in the city of Dane Rowan, everyone is saying that the earl has given birth to a monster, and she not only drinks human blood, but also kills people.

At first, in order to clarify the rumor, the Earl asked Sislia to ride a horse through the streets to prove that there was nothing wrong with her.

I thought the matter had just been dealt with, but later problems arose. Sometimes terrible howling sounds were heard in the castle at night, and many servants resigned.

So people asked the Count to come out and clarify. Although the Count made clarifications many times, no one saw Sisliya again. "

Kreto took a deep breath and said in a serious tone: "This is not a good sign. Sislia is going to turn into a monster. This sounds like a rumor. The Earl also strongly denied it and even executed several people who spread the rumor.

However, people are in panic and no one can order them to stop thinking about anything. Since last year, some people have left Dan Rowan with their families, and the number of people fleeing is still increasing.

The matter even spread to the city of Nilfgaard. His Majesty the Emperor asked the Earl to resolve the matter immediately. After all, monsters were not allowed to appear in the empire, let alone those related to the nobility.

You know, after Emperor Emhyr's third northern expedition failed, Nilfgaard has been creating a safer atmosphere within the empire to attract more merchants and civilians to settle in the empire.

If the count of the empire actually raised a monster and even fed it with human blood and flesh, one can imagine how much negative impact this would have on the empire.

You understand, right? "