The Witcher: Darkness Falls

"A place that is too big can sometimes be a problem," Zivar complained.

It was almost sunset when Leon and Zival arrived at the Castle of Gloy in a carriage.

This castle is still in Gothic style. It is much smaller than the one on the top of the mountain, but still larger than Grampian Castle.

"The owner of this castle is at least a count, maybe even a duke!" Zivar exclaimed as he looked at the castle in front of him.

He suddenly whispered again: "Leon, I seem to have heard of this female wizard. She was one of the wizards in the Battle of Sodden Mountain, but she was from the Nilfgaard camp."

"Battle of Sodden Mountain?" Lyon thought about it. He had an impression that it seemed to be the final battle of the Nilfgaard Empire's first Northern Expedition.

The war ended with Nilfgaard's defeat and the signing of an armistice in Cintra.

"Right!" Zivar thought that Lyon didn't know about this famous battle, so he explained, "The number of combatants on both sides reached a terrifying 100,000, but in fact there were not that many, only 70,000.

But this is also terrifying. It is said that the mountains and plains were full of human heads. "

Leon thought about it and felt that the dwarf's description was too exaggerated. If there were human heads everywhere in the mountains, there would have to be millions of them.

The dwarf continued, "But that battle was truly tragic. According to statistics after the war, more than 30,000 people died on both sides, and countless others were injured or missing.

If we dwarves were like this, we would probably be extinct!

In addition to this, the most famous thing about this battle is the number of wizards dispatched, which set a record in human warfare history!

There were as many as twenty-two wizards with names and surnames, and thirteen of them were later confirmed dead! A large number of the rest were seriously injured.

Most of the wizards you know today participated in this war directly or indirectly.

For example, Yennefer from Vengerberg, Triss Merigold, Daisy of the Valley, and the Elf Queen Francesca, etc. ”

“I see.” Leon replied.

He looked at the gate in front of him, dismounted and walked forward alone.

"Stop! This is the residence of Duke Gloy!" the soldier guarding the door shouted loudly.

Leon stopped and said loudly: "We are here to look for Ms. Fringilla Vigo. Please let her know that there is a demon hunter..."

"Lyon?!" Just as Lyon was about to ask the soldier at the door to make a report, a voice as melodious as a nightingale rang out.

When Leon turned around, he saw the curtain of a carriage suddenly opened, and a beautiful female head popped out from inside.

"Mrs. Evertson!" Lyon looked at the other party. He didn't expect to see an acquaintance here.

"Why are you here? And what happened to you?" Mrs. Evertson frowned and asked with concern, "You've been missing for half a year. I thought you were dead!"

Leon smiled bitterly and said, "It's a long story. I came here to seek the help of Ms. Fringilla Vigo, and was just about to ask the soldiers guarding the gate to help inform her."

Mrs. Evertson looked over, and the soldier at the door immediately bowed his head and saluted, saying, "Duchess Evertson, this is it."

Mrs. Evertson nodded and said proudly, "Let him go in. I want to go in too. I have something to do inside."

"Okay!" Seeing that Mrs. Evertson knew the witcher in front of him, the guard did not stop her and even skipped the process of informing her.

"Please wait a moment, it's not just me, but also the people over there, we are together." Leon said quickly.

Mrs. Evertson took a look and said with a look of disgust on her face: "Why do you always hang out with these people?"

Leon smiled helplessly, and Zivar heard it, but his face remained expressionless.

In the eyes of the nobles, except for pure-blooded elves, other races are discriminated against and inferior races.

He has long been used to it.

"But, you are Leon after all! Let them go in together and follow me!" Mrs. Evertson said in an irresistible tone.

This was said not only to the gatekeeper, but also to Leon and the dwarf.

The two guards looked at each other, but finally agreed.

Mrs. Evertson said to Leon: "I wanted to invite you to ride in the carriage, but you can't do that now. You are so slovenly and will dirty the carriage."

After saying that, she put her head back.

Leon didn't mind. He jumped on his horse and came to Zival's side, following behind Mrs. Evertson's carriage with him.

Leon said: “Don’t mind, Mrs. Evertson is a nice person.”

Zival glanced at Liang with an ambiguous look and said, "I didn't expect you knew such a noble! Haha, I don't mean anything else. As long as I can go in and save Retak, she can scold me however she wants.

But it smells really good, can you smell it? It’s the scent of gardenia!”

This was the smell coming from Mrs. Evertson's carriage. Of course, Leon could smell it, and he also knew that she liked gardenia-scented perfume.

This is specially made.

"Leon! Come next to me!" He leaned out of the window of the carriage in front and shouted again.

"Go ahead!" Zival said, "I'll follow you closely and make sure you don't hear anything!"

Leon accelerated forward.

Mrs. Evertson pinned up the curtains and looked at Leon carefully with her sapphire eyes.

After a long while, she finally asked, "Where have you been all this time? You disappeared for half a year. I thought you were dead and was sad for a long time!"

"I took a mission, stayed in the forest for a few months, and then went to Dan Rowan." Lyon said simply, ignoring the dangerous part.

"Oh my God! You ran so far?! This seems to be your first time traveling far away?" Mrs. Evertson exclaimed.

Leon nodded, it was true, he spent most of his time wandering around the city of Nilfgaard.

Mrs. Evertson immediately said, "So this time the mission is accomplished, right?"

Leon thought for a moment and shook his head and said, "Well... the mission in Dan Rowan is completed..."

"That's good. You can accompany me to do some things later." Mrs. Evertson said with a smile.

Leon smiled bitterly and said, “I’m afraid not. I’ve been specially recruited. I can’t go anywhere until the mission is completed.”

"Special conscription? Who?" Mrs. Evertson frowned and asked in a bad tone.

"Earl of Grampian." Lyon said, "Something happened over there and I need to go and solve it."

"Hopes Siddal? The chain-smoking man?" Mrs. Evertson knew this man, and her tone sounded familiar. "Well, how long will it take to resolve this? My case is urgent."

Lyon couldn't give a definite time either, because he had very few clues in his hands.

"Not sure." He answered, "Maybe a month, maybe a few months. I will leave soon after I come back this time."

"What?! How fast is soon?!" Mrs. Evertson exclaimed.

"Madam, we're here." The carriage stopped and the coachman shouted.

"Got it! Leon, help me!"

Lyon dismounted and came to the side of the carriage, where the door curtain was opened by the coachman.

Then I saw a noble lady in gorgeous clothes cautiously leaning out.

The lady was wearing a shoulder-length pink dress with lace embroidered on the hem that looked like white roses.

Through the thin, translucent white silk lining, one could see the deep ravines on her plump and surging breasts.

Her long golden hair was tied up and braided into a rose-like hairstyle, dotted with golden hairpins.

Leon reached out and held the other person's soft arm, helping her down carefully.

"You smell so bad. Haven't taken a shower in a few days?" Mrs. Evertson asked with disgust.

Leon answered truthfully: "About ten days."

"Oh my God!" Mrs. Evertson was even more disgusted, but she did not let go of Leon's hand.

"How am I today?" she immediately asked again, looking at Leon expectantly.

"Like a blooming pink rose." Leon answered truthfully.

Mrs. Evertson laughed, and her body shook seductively.

"I don't care how long you've been back, you just have to be good and not go anywhere these few days. Go take a shower, change your clothes, and accompany me to a dance."