About an hour east from the village of Zebian, where the emir is located, is another, much smaller village, Maple Leaf Village. Fraser and the two witchers' mounts were temporarily housed in the only open tavern here, where they decided to take a break and exchange information.

There are not many people left in Maple Leaf Village, and since the news of the inexplicable disappearance of the people in Zebian Village has also escaped a lot, after all, the distance between the two villages only takes an hour, and if you ride a horse, it will only take a quarter or even less.

When the three of them walked into the tavern, there were only three or four people in the entire tavern, and they were all passing travelers, not locals. The tavern keeper recognized them and hurriedly ran forward. "You're finally back, I thought you were ...... How's that, what's going on in Sawabe Village?"

Fraser ignored him and sat down at a table farthest away from the others, and Yurania followed him, with Amos shrugging his shoulders. "It's settled, you don't have to worry about it, those who leave can also go home, and there will be no more danger. ”

"Really?" the boss was excited, his eyes lit up. "That's great, you see that my store will have to close down if it goes on like this, but none of us have disappeared here during this time, I guess it must have been done by the villagers in Zebian Village, right?"

Amos sat down as well, squinting at the tavernkeeper. "You're right, but we've already taken care of that person, and you don't need to know the details. The old witcher looked around. "You're getting fewer and fewer people here, shouldn't you open it in a different place? ”

The owner was still immersed in excitement. "No, you see that the troubles in Zebian Village have been solved, the villagers will come back, and this place will prosper again. ”

Amos was reluctant to dampen his enthusiasm. "It would be nice if that could be done, and serve us some food and drinks, something to serve. ”

The boss said yes and happily prepared to go, and Amos turned his gaze from behind the boss. "There were already dozens of people in this village, and now it is estimated that only half of them are left, even if the matter of Zebian Village is over, I estimate that there are many people who dare not come back, and this village will be abandoned in a short time." ”

Jurania said with some sadness, "I also think that most of the people here have been to the farthest place in their lives to a nearby town, and this little thing can make their souls scattered." ”

"They're just ordinary farmers, not witchers. Fraser chimed in, "Surviving the Darktide War, they're like frightened birds, and you can't measure them by your standards." ”

Jurania glanced at him, and Amos nodded in agreement. "You're right, Frazier, although Wallis is no longer threatened by the Darktide, the situation is still not optimistic, the wounds left by the Darktide War are too great, and the entire continent is contaminated by magic. Look around, you never know when a couple of water ghosts will come out of the water and drag you down, and the damn forest dryads, they can pull you in even if you're still a few dozen yards away from the woods, and all sorts of other monsters, what can ordinary people do in the face of them but wait for death?"

Under the master's teaching, Yurania no longer gambled with Fraser. "The monsters on the continent appear much faster than we can destroy them, what the hell is going to do to completely eliminate this threat?"

Amos shook his head helplessly. "It's impossible in a short period of time, wait until all the kingdoms have recovered from the trauma of the Dark Tide War and see if there is any way, this is not something that can be achieved by a certain organization, it requires the strength of all kingdoms. ”

"Isn't the Witcher Guild okay either?" said Yurania, a little excited.

Amos shook his head again, and this answer made Jurania very dismayed, and her big royal blue eyes were full of disappointment. The tavern owner brought him a plate of beef in sauce, a basket of toast, and two pots of ale, and Jurania asked him for a plate of fruit, and the three of them, who had been nibbling on cold food for a day and a night, feasted on it.

Having eaten almost, Amos and Fraser drank slowly, and the old witcher remembered something. "By the way, you know the man behind the scenes in the cave, you call him...... What?"

"Nigel. ”

"Yes, that's right, Nigel, who is he? Looks very powerful. Amos asked curiously.

Fraser drank the wine from the glass and said, "He is a mage, one of the five great sages of Wallis, Adeline's apprentice, the only apprentice, he is indeed very powerful, probably the most powerful existence among the existing mages. ”

"And how did you know him?" Yurania asked sharply.

Fraser looked at her, then at the glass. "I used to be friends with him, but at that time he showed unusual ambition and I was not surprised that he became what he is today. ”

Jurania wanted to ask a question, but was preempted by Amos. "From the few conversations you have with him, it seems that you know the purpose of his collection of spiritual power, and it shouldn't be a good thing, can you reveal a little bit?"

Fraser pondered for a moment, then filled his glass for himself and took a long sip. "The Demon Hunter has the right to know this, and his purpose is actually the same as yours, to completely eliminate the threat posed by the monsters to Wallis. ”

"What!" Yurania couldn't help but cry out. "Then he still kills innocents indiscriminately?"

"Those people are not innocent, Yurania, they ruined a young girl's life. Fraser looked at Jurania intently.

Jurania responded to Fraser with wide eyes. "But they don't sin unto death, I know that no one in the village will punish them, but...... At least you don't have to kill them all, some people are just afraid of reprisals and don't dare to stand up for justice, they are not those perpetrators, they even sympathize with Zanzi in their hearts, they just don't have the courage to stand up, so they have to be killed?"

Fraser pouted. "But Zancy doesn't care about that, have you ever thought that when she was most helpless, no one stood up to protect her and hurt her? ”

Jurania was still trying to argue, but Fraser raised his hand to stop her. "There's no point in dwelling on this, Nigel won't change anything because of our arguments, I'm not done yet, the next message is more important to you. ”

Jurania pouted and peeled off an orange, and Fraser saw that she was no longer talking, so he continued, "There is a characteristic of the spiritual power that Nigel needs, not everyone's mental power is useful to him, otherwise he wouldn't have to go to great lengths to collect it for him through Zancie, he could have killed all the people in Zebian Village directly." ”

Seeing that Yurania was about to have another seizure, Amos hurriedly held her down. "Fraser is just hypothetical, the reality is not, just sit back and listen. ”

Jurania angrily shoved a slice of orange into her mouth, and Fraser continued. "He needs mental power that contains negative emotions such as anger, hatred, and jealousy, so he has been looking for people whose hearts are completely occupied by these emotions to collect spiritual power for him, and the spiritual power they collect will have these negative emotions. ”

"Definitely not a good thing. Amos took a sip of his wine. "The mental power of negative emotions, is his purpose really the same as ours?"

Fraser finished his glass. "Yes, it's just that his method is to kill a thousand enemies and lose eight hundred, but it does solve the problem completely, and you don't know how to destroy all the monsters yourself. ”

Jurania finished eating an orange and had time to speak. "Having said all that, what is his method?"

Fraser shook his head, "All I know is that he said that there will be a ritual that will wipe out the filth of all of Wallis, and all the monsters will be destroyed in the ritual, but those who have filth in their hearts will also die together." ”

Yurania's eyes rolled. "Sounds good, why do you say eight hundred self-inflicted damage?"

Fraser sneered. "How many people dare to say that they don't have any evil thoughts in their hearts, you look at the tragedy in Zebian Village, how many people can stay out of it?"

Jurania clenched her fists. "That's eight hundred, it's nine hundred and ninety-nine, if his plan succeeds, will Wallis still be alive?

Neither Amos nor Fraser took up Yulania's words, knowing it would be too difficult to stop Nigel and that there was no way to do it.