"Those witch hunters are insane! Born executioner! A bloody murderer! They are like the domesticated hounds of King Redania! ”

The sorceress scolded angrily and hatefully, gritting her teeth, but faintly, her expression seemed to be filled with a hint of fear.

"Wherever Radovid threw the bones, they pounced...... And now, when Radovid wants to hunt witches, they travel throughout the Northern Kingdoms, killing everyone they consider to be a user of magic. ”

“……”

“……”

"Kayla, you don't need to be so excited, I knew a long time ago that the world is not black and white."

The white wolf Geralt just shrugged his shoulders at this, looking a little disapproving.

"I believe not all mages are innocent, and not all witch hunters are murderers."

"You know, you've never seen that kind of scene at all......," Kayla Metz sneered, "And don't you know that in order to get more credit, the dogs below always like to put the above intentions on the line, use the topic to play, and expand the striking surface?" ”

"......" Geralt frowned slightly, didn't speak, but roughly understood something.

It's like an army, the favorite thing to do is to smear the common people as enemy soldiers, and then cut off their heads to risk the army's exploits. After all, if you casually slaughter a few villages, you can pretend that you and others have defeated a team of enemy troops and won the battle.

In this way, military merit comes quickly and easily, and there is no danger. If you really want to kill the real enemy army to make meritorious service, not to mention that there are not many opportunities, you may also pay the price of casualties, which is a stupid act in the eyes of these smart people.

And then, Kayla Metz's words also confirmed his guess -

"It's a witch hunt, but you're not really stupid enough to think they're just for sorceres, are you? With all the people in the Sorceress' Guild combined, how many heads were enough for the hounds? ”

She sneered and said sarcastically.

"It's not just the Sorceress's Guild and other members of various magical organizations who have been killed, but anyone with even a hint of magic can't escape! And in order to make their kill list as long as possible, and to make the number of "mages" killed look considerable, in order to please King Redania and announce the fruits of their hard work......"

"They even accused healers, alchemists, herbalists, and many scholars from all over the Northern Kingdom, and then tied them to pillars and burned them alive or impaled by sharp stakes, and eventually became a name on their kill list, a part of their credit!"

To put it simply, the Northern Kingdom is now completely insane, and the witch hunt has been expanded under the support of King Radovid V of Redania and instigated by cults such as the Church of the Eternal Fire.

This campaign to persecute the use of magic has long been not limited to the original intention, although it was originally wrong, but now it has only become more frustrated.

Someone who spent his life researching herbs and compiling medical notes was accused of becoming a witch doctor, confessed to torture and then burned at the stake......

Someone who had worked hard to study astronomy and mastered advanced mathematical knowledge, but who had not had time to deduce any great astronomical results, was accused of being proficient in numerical divination and sentenced to death by hanging......

Someone......

Anyway, although many "disgusting" mages have been killed, more victims are innocent civilians, and even learned polymaths, whether in the humanities or natural sciences, the more knowledgeable and trustworthy people are, the more dangerous they are.

Especially the latter, after all, many civilians don't have the opportunity to get in touch with too many new things, and a group of illiterate people is difficult to use if they want to splash dirty water, and they can't squeeze any oil and water.

But those scholars who delve into astronomy and geography, herbal medicine, and physical alchemy are completely different. Who cares that each of their knowledge is extremely valuable, and may lead the progress of the times, lead the rise of the country, and even open up a new era of civilization?

In the eyes of the vast majority of red-eyed witch hunters, each of these people is a credit, and if they find an opportunity to be put in prison, tortured, forced to confess, and then immediately sentenced to death, they will add another beautiful stroke to their resumes.

Just as the ignorant Roman soldiers would not understand Archimedes' virtue, in the eyes of the former, the great scientist of the world would only be valuable to him if he became his military merit.

The witch hunter also didn't care about the damage his actions had caused to the Northern Kingdom, and even the king himself didn't think he had done anything wrong, he hated the sorceress and just wanted to hear the good news every day about how many evil warlocks were being put to death.

As for whether there is a warlock behind that number, or whether it destroys the future and foundation of the country, it is not for this king to care.

……

……

"I've heard a lot of people say that Ladovide is going crazy," Geralt whispered...... "but I don't think he's a fool, he's clever or cunning. ”

Kayla Mez calmed down and said coldly, "But because of this, he lives in his own world and is a dangerous madman...... Geralt, don't try to stay out of it. ”

"Oh?"

"Witch hunts have long been more than just magic users, even non-human races have been on their kill lists...... Do you think that witchers are really still considered human? The sorceress said pointedly.

“……”

“……”

The white wolf was slightly silent, most people believed that the witcher had been deprived of any emotion after genetic modification, and was just a cold-blooded killing machine, so many people would cast a disdainful eye on the witcher, and even classify them as an "inhuman race".

It's not Kayla Metz's ulterior motives to sow discord, it's the brutal truth, and he knows it very well.

Perhaps the demon hunters of his own generation are the last demon hunters, just like the demon hunters of the snake school, who came out to find the hope of his own school, but after succeeding, he was accused of being trumped-up because of the prejudice of the villagers of Baiguoyuan against the demon hunters.

In the end, in order to prove his innocence, he was forced to enter the lord's family tomb to clean up the ghosts, and died there forever with the hope of their school.

Isn't that snake witcher a microcosm of the living conditions of all the witchers in this world? Even the persecution that the mage is experiencing now is actually only following in the footsteps of the witchers.

A long time ago, the fanatical haters attacked Kylemohan with the help of the mages, slaughtering all the witchers who were in the castle at the time, the old witcher Viselmir also survived hiding under the corpse, and the few witchers who were out working escaped the massacre.

Now, after the Demon Hunter community was almost wiped out, the mage community suffered the same fate.

The dreary atmosphere didn't last long, and the white wolf wasn't the kind of character who liked to be sad and sad, but he was suddenly touched and felt a little confused, but it wasn't enough to make him pause.

He hadn't forgotten what he had come to Kayla for in the first place.

After cleaning up his mood, the white wolf decisively skipped the topic: "...... I'm looking for a young girl. ”

"Understandably, I don't think you're here to catch up with my old friend...... But what can make you so motivated, it's really only women, right? Kayla Metz smiled and sat down directly on a chair by the bath, elegantly cross-legged, her upper calf pointing down on tiptoe.

Geralt didn't care about the sorceress's taunts, just stared at her face, paying attention to her expression and eyes, as if to read a hidden message from it:

"From what I have, it seems that she had a quarrel with a witch in the local area."

- The local witch, naturally, is only Kayla Metz.

The sorceress narrowed her eyes slightly, and gently spit out a name: "Ciri? ”

Geralt's eyes froze instantly, and his gaze became extremely sharp: "I haven't said who I'm looking for yet." ”

"But as you said, she and I had an argument......" Kayla Metz looked at her as if with a sense of superiority, "and if that's the case, why do you think I need you to tell her name before you know?" ”

"So, you've really seen Ciri?" Geralt frowned tightly, he couldn't believe his luck this time.

According to common sense, it should not be twists and turns, repeated setbacks, even if the clue is finally found, the other party will not say it happily, and there must be an equivalent exchange.

For example, help him run back and do some troublesome tasks, and after completing the goal, he is willing to tell him the information...... Shouldn't it all be like this? He's used to it!

“…… I've seen it. ”

The sorceress frowned slightly, bit her lower lip, and said a little angrily.

Seeing this, the witcher quickly used his brain, and then thought of his own clues and pointed out that Ciri and the witch had a quarrel, so he felt that he had found the reason: "You have a conflict? ”

"What do you mean we have a conflict? Is it because she doesn't know what to do? "The sorceress seemed to remember something angry, and her full breasts kept rising and falling," she ...... She ......"

In the end, Kayla Metz still didn't say what Ciri was like.

"Okay, then you tell me where she went." The white wolf didn't care, he felt that his daughter must be right, then it must be Kayla who is wrong.

But now is not the time to deal with the sorceress, he just wants to find out Ciri's whereabouts as soon as possible, and he doesn't want to care about anything else.

“……”

“……”

"Wait, Geralt, shouldn't you beg me in a low voice? Ask the witch for help, aren't you going to give some sacrifices? The sorceress smiled slightly, revealing a charming smile.

"How are you charging now? Is it OK to give a few dozen eggs? ”

The white wolf sighed, feeling a little irritated and anxious, even though he knew that this was an inevitable part.