Verona is located at the junction of the upper and middle reaches of the Yelena River, and the first village that can be seen after coming out of the valley of the Yelena River is here, but this is not the place where the trade road of the Duchy of Touscent passes, so there are almost no caravans coming and going, and Verona is not engaged in goods and merchant ships like some other villages and towns on both sides of the Yelena River, they still fish according to the ancient traditions of the village.

However, the fish they catch is not a river fish, but a marine fish called whitefish, which swims back from the sea to the Yelena River valley every year to spawn in a lake not far from their village.

The fishermen in the village do not catch whitefish that have not spawned, but they will catch fish that have just spawned and died not long ago, and the flesh will have a slightly sour taste, and the meat is firm, and it is not delicious to eat directly.

But the people of Verona have mastered a method of collecting concentrated fruit from the local forest, making it into a sauce, then smoking these whitefish, spreading a large amount of sauce, placing them in sealed jars, and storing them for half a year, after which the meat is not only soft and delicious, but also carries a fruity fragrance, which is a delicacy at the banquet of the nobles of Nilfgaard.

Although the fish is delicious when it is made, it is very fishy and the smell has not disappeared even after a few months.

When Leo and the others arrived in Verona, it had been more than half a winter before the fishing season and the processing season, but after they entered the village, the strong smell still made them cover their noses, and women such as Sylvia and Mivar couldn't help but show a look of disgust.

It's just that, compared to the disgusted looks hidden by the women in the team, the disgusted looks of the people in the village looking at Leo and others are on the bright side, more accurately, the object of disgust of these villagers is not Leo and Regier, but Geralt, the witcher.

When he was in Lake Town, Leo knew something about the Witcher from Ciri's mouth, and knew what the Witcher was like in their world, and the people here needed the Witcher to hunt those dangerous monsters for them, but the people here regarded the Witcher as the same kind of monster, and even thought that the Witcher was not as good as a monster, so the attitude of the people here towards the Witcher can be said to be extremely bad, and even the lie that sitting and eating with the Witcher would be haunted by bad luck will be taken as true.

It's just that after coming to this world, Leo didn't see the things that Ciri described in Tousente, although Tousent's people are also a little cold to witchers, but that kind of indifference is similar to seeing strangers, so Leo thinks Ciri is not exaggerating.

However, now that he had arrived in Verona, the first village he had arrived in after leaving Tauscente, he realized that Ciri was not exaggerating in what he was talking about, and that the situation of the witchers here was indeed very bad.

When they entered the village, the villagers who saw them and their group showed awe after seeing Leo and Sylvia in gorgeous armor, presumably thinking that they were the knights of a certain lord, but when they turned their heads and saw Geralt, they hid back to their homes one by one as if they had met a plague god, closed the door tightly, and some of the brave people even spat at the team, and within a moment, the village and town, which was still very noisy just now, fell silent.

It was clear that Geralt was used to this situation, and although the others still had a look of disgruntle, they might have suffered too many times before, so they didn't say anything about this situation.

On the contrary, Sylvia felt a little strange about this situation, if it weren't for the fact that the time and place were a little out of place, she would have liked to pull someone to ask casually, why did they resent someone who had nothing to do with them for no reason?

"We don't have monsters here, we don't have any ghosts, we don't need witchers!" shouted to Geralt, who was supposed to be the chief of the village from a house.

Geralt was about to say something, but was stopped by Regir on the side, who dismounted, walked up to the chief, and said, "Hello, we are just passing through here, not here to take on any mission. ”

"Then you should leave quickly!" the village chief said indifferently, and turned to prepare to return to the house.

"Wait!" Reggier immediately stopped the village chief and said, "We hope to hire a large ship from your village and go to Neush downstream." ”

"No, there are no boats to rent in the village. The village chief replied without even thinking about it.

"What if I want to buy a boat? Is there a boat for sale?" said Sylvia, who rode up to the two of them.

At the sight of Sylvia, the disgusted look on the village chief's face quickly turned to awe.

Although the armor Sylvia is wearing now is not the dazzling set of dragon hunter armor, the gorgeousness of this set of kingblade armor is still not comparable to the armor of this world, and anyone who sees this armor will subconsciously think that the person wearing this armor is definitely a big man.

So, the village chief half-bowed his head, looked at Sylvia very respectfully, and said: "If you go back to your lordship, there are indeed boats in the village, but those are fishing boats, and there are not enough people to sit on them, let alone get on the horse." As he spoke, he was worried that Sylvia would think he was lying, so he immediately added, "If you don't believe it, you can go to the river, all the boats in the village are docked by the river." ”

Sylvia turned to look at Geralt, as if asking for his opinion.

On the way here, they had already agreed on their route, and in the event of an attack by Wigo Fortez's henchmen, Geralt thought it better to sail down the waterway, and when he reached Neush, he continued south to Ebbing.

Although Leo and Sylvia thought that it would be okay even if they were attacked by Vigo Fortez's men, they had enough strength to deal with them, but Leo did not raise any objections and stopped Sylvia because his own proposal would make things go wrong.

"In that case, let's go the way of the caravan!" Geralt quickly decided, and then he looked at the others, who did not object.

Sylvia looked at Mirwa, Angoulam and the others who were tired, and proposed: "It's not early today, it's not suitable for rushing, we are all rushing overnight these days, we haven't rested, and our state is not very good, let's rest here tonight!"

Geralt wanted to object in his heart, and he wanted to fly to the stronghold of Vigo Fortez at the moment, but he resisted his impulse, turned to look at his companion who had already written the fatigue on his face, and nodded, agreeing to Sylvia's proposal.

"Is there any place to live here?" asked Sylvia towards the village chief.

"My lord, if you don't like it, you can stay with me for one night," the village chief replied respectfully, then looked at the demon hunter in disgust, and added: "But my place here is too small to accommodate too many people, so you can only stay with ......, so you and Leo said, "This lord can stay, and the others can only find another place." ”

The village chief's obvious rejection made Regir with a good temper frown, and Angulan wanted to scold the other party, but was stopped by Mirva.

Sylvia said coldly, "No need, we'll live together, you just need to tell me where it's right to camp." ”

The village chief pursed his lips, and then replied earnestly: "Along the riverbank path, a little further on, there is an abandoned hunter's hut, which was prepared by some noble lords for hunting in the past. However, later, when the ancient town of Hegu was built, the nobles and lords went to the ancient town of Hegu for hunting, and this hunter's hut was abandoned. As he spoke, he paused and said, "However, something happened there a year ago, and it became a haunted hut, and you may have to be careful if you want to camp there." ”

After getting a suitable place to camp, the people did not stop in this fishy smell and repulsive atmosphere in this village and town, turned their horses' heads, walked out of the village, found the riverbank path, and walked forward.

"Damn old man, if you hadn't stopped me, I would have pounced on him and beat him up, why should this guy look down on Uncle Geralt!" Angoulan said with great indignation.

"What's the use of you beating him, won't other places discriminate against witchers?" Sylvia rode to Angouran's side, reached out and rubbed her head, and said, "The reason why witchers are discriminated against is the reason for the whole world, not one or two people can change it, so there is no need to be angry about this matter at all. ”

"I like Tausent!" Angoorun pursed his lips and said, "At least Toussaint doesn't have such a hateful uncle for no reason. ”

"Towcent is indeed a great place to be. Angoulam's words also resonated with Geralt, who said in a deep voice: "If I decide to retire, I will definitely buy a estate in Tauscent and settle there." ”

"Then you must leave me a room. Angoulan immediately raised his hand and said.

"There must be your room!" Geralt replied with a smile, and said to the others, "There must be your room too." ”

Everyone laughed, and although they all thought that Geralt could not have lived in Towsente, let alone buy a manor in Towcente, this did not prevent them from imagining that kind of life.

While they were talking, they soon came to the hunter's hut mentioned by the village chief.

Because it was built by the nobility, this hunter's hut is much larger than the average hunter's hut, and because of the full use of materials, even if it has been abandoned for a long time, the hut is still intact as a whole, but it is full of return trips and some vines and plants.

Outside the hut, Geralt motioned for everyone to stop, as his wolf head badge began to vibrate, apparently there was some negative energy here, and the village chief's previous statement that the hut was haunted did not seem to be a rumor.

Geralt dismounted, looking for clues to see what was going on here, and then looking for a chance to force out the ghosts hiding here.

"Let me come!" Leo called Geralt to him, dismounted, and motioned for everyone to dismount from his horse, followed Geralt to the front of the hut, and then took off his helmet as they watched.

At the moment when he took off the helmet, the aura of sinful karma in the armor instantly gushed out and spread to the surroundings, and those who felt this aura of sinful karma couldn't help but feel a trace of panic, and wanted to flee away from here immediately, and those horses were even more unbearable to lie directly on the ground, and now everyone also understood why Leo would let everyone dismount.

At the same time, the countless insects that inhabited the abandoned wooden houses and the surrounding forest died instantly, falling like a rain of insects.

As the crowd endured the discomfort and shielded the fallen insect corpses, a piercing scream emerged from the shaft next to the hunter's hut, followed by a nocturnal demon rushing out of the well, not caring if it was still daylight.

However, at this time, a ray of sunlight in the distance passed through the branches of the tree and shone on the body of the night demon, and the body of the night demon immediately dissolved as quickly as a lit paper, and completely disappeared in less than a minute before everyone's eyes.

Seeing that the cause of the haunting had been solved, Leo put the helmet back on, and the aura of sinful karma that affected all living beings around him disappeared in an instant, and everything returned to its original state.

"You're terrible! I pity anyone who is your enemy!" Geralt, who had recovered a little, looked at Leo with trepidation.

Leo smiled and didn't say anything.

Now that the danger in the hut has been solved, the group begins to camp in the hut, and Leo and Sylvia offer to go outside to hunt for prey.

After leaving the hut, the two walked around the woods for a while, and with Leo's spirit net, they quickly caught a few prey, and they also took the prey to the river to clean it up.

At this time, Sylvia couldn't help the worry in her heart, and asked in a deep voice, "The aura of sinful karma on your body seems to be getting stronger and stronger? Is there something wrong?"

"It's okay!I'm just doing an experiment, so I didn't let the armor absorb the new sin karma," Leo relieved Sylvia and said, "But the test will come to fruition soon, and if I don't wear this armor then, there won't be any problems." ”

Sylvia didn't ask any more questions when she saw Leo's answer, and the two of them finished handling their prey and returned to the hut.

At this time, the hunter's hut had been cleaned by everyone, all the insect carcasses had been swept out, the dust around the stove in the house had been swept away, and the people had spread their backpacks on the ground for a circle, and they lit the stove and put the kettle on it, and soon the room was warm, and they could at least have a good night's sleep tonight.