Chapter 807: Continue South
With Sylvia joining, Geralt and the others also began to exert their strength, and the balance of battle soon tilted in one direction, and the knights led by Sylvia went back and forth in the enemy formation, and all the enemies in front of them were all killed on the spot.
Every time Sylvia marched into battle, the caravan cheered, and the morale of the caravan grew.
In this situation, the bandits realized that they had been defeated, so they instinctively made the decision to flee.
However, all of them on horseback had died at Sylvia's hands, and the others could not escape the pursuit of the four-legged horses on their two legs, except for a few who fled into the woods, avoiding Sylvia and the caravan guards, most of the others died on the way to escape.
When the last bandit who desperately resisted was hacked to death by several guards, the battle that lasted about half an hour was over, and everyone did not cheer at first, but looked blankly at the surrounding corpses, and finally did not know who raised their heads, and shouted loudly, Long live the Knight of Light!
In an instant, everyone cheered loudly with all their strength, as if not shouting loudly was not enough to express their excitement at the moment.
It was already a miracle for the caravan to survive the siege of so many bandits, and now they not only survived, but also wiped out all the bandits, and even their own casualties were very low, only two guards were killed in the battle, three ordinary civilians were killed on the spot by stray arrows, and the others were only wounded.
Such a result is simply unheard of, it is enough to be called a miracle, and the person who brought such a result is the woman who is called the Knight of Light, they used to believe all kinds of magical rumors about the Knight of Light, but now they have completely believed it, and even cheers are not enough to express their mood at the moment, all kinds of praise they can think of are used on Sylvia, and even this is not enough to express one ten-thousandth of their mood.
Looking at Sylvia, who was surrounded by countless people, Cassirer couldn't help but feel envious in his heart and said, "It's really enviable. ”
Angouran did not know when he came to Cassirer's side, but he happened to hear Cassirer talking to himself, so he said: "If you can lead seven knights and kill hundreds of bandits, then you can also get the cheers of this girl and that." ”
Cassirer didn't speak, because he knew it was something he would never be able to do in his life.
After Sylvia returned to the camp, she calmly accepted all kinds of praise and worship sent by the people in the camp, she knew that the previous battle of life and death had made their nerves tense to the extreme, and now the battle was over, and the various emotions accumulated in their hearts needed to be released and vented, and now the cheers for victory were not a way to vent.
When Sylvia sensed the same, she raised her hand to signal the crowd to be quiet, and then said something that was honorable to fight with everyone present, and thanked the wandering knights for following her in the charge, and then she ordered the crowd to start cleaning the battlefield and taking care of the wounded and so on.
Although this kind of thing should be ordered by the caravan leader, now that she has become the backbone of the entire caravan, her orders are more useful than the caravan leader.
Soon the camp began to be cleaned up in an orderly manner, first the mercenaries and bounty hunters checked the bandits lying on the ground, handed over the dead to someone else to move away, and those who did not die were mended with a sword.
Soon several piles of corpses were piled up not far from the camp, and in order to prevent the corpses from attracting some bad guys, Sylvia instructed the village to collect the firewood from each family, pile it up next to the corpses, and burn them to prevent future troubles.
It wasn't until everything was done that Sylvia turned around and returned to her tent, where Leo was flipping through a book, unaffected by the fierce fighting outside the tent.
"I'm starting to enjoy this life a little!" Sylvia said as she lowered her helmet and said suddenly.
Leo looked up at her and said, "Fight, or cheer?"
"Both. Sylvia replied simply.
Leo was silent for a moment and said, "I feel like we're going back soon." ”
"You're going back?" Sylvia said with a frown.
Leo nodded, and said, "I already feel the location of the rest of the Night God's Sigh fragments, and if nothing else, that Vigo Fortez is our target." ”
Sylvia didn't say anything but sighed slightly, she was used to life here and enjoyed the glory she had obtained, so she was a little reluctant.
Leo said in a deep voice, "We can stay here for a while longer if you want." ”
"No need!" Sylvia shook her head and said, "Life here is good, but it doesn't feel real to me, so it's better to go back to our own place." ”
Seeing Sylvia say this, Leo didn't say anything more.
The night passed quickly, although there was such a big battle last night, but the caravan still had to continue on the road, the people in the village had found some clues from the dozens of noble guards, knowing that last night's attack was aimed at them at all, and the people of the caravan were the names of the people of the village who saved them, so they were extremely grateful to them, and when the caravan left, they gave all the hemp harvested before to the caravan.
Although the caravan leader was reluctant to accept these hemp, he also knew that this matter could not only depend on his own wishes, if these hemps were sold, not only could they give enough compensation to the families of the two guards who died, but also could give everyone in the caravan a generous bonus, so she hesitated a little, but still accepted the hemp, and reminded the village chief very seriously that it was best to hide in the field for a while, in case the nobleman did something crazy again.
The morale of the caravan that continued on the road was very high, and the spirit was also very excited, and they were still thinking about last night's battle, and many people even dragged the seven wandering knights who followed Sylvia to attack last night to tell over and over again how Sylvia killed the enemy last night, and some poets who followed the caravan on the road did not hesitate to compile it into a poem.
On the rest of the way, the caravan barely reached a single place, and the poets would go to the nearby taverns or crowded squares and sing the poems about the valor and power of the Knights of Light.
Naturally, what they sang would be questioned, but the poets would take the questioners to the caravan to see the harvested bandits.
There are many bounty hunters among the guards hired by the caravan, and they are very familiar with the bandits hanging on the bounty, so when they cleaned up the battlefield, they easily found out the leaders of those bandit groups, these leaders are all ruthless guys who have not been taken away for many years by hanging on the bounty, and almost everyone in the area of Maitina who pays attention to the bounty knows these people, and their bounties are naturally expensive.
Originally, the bounty hunters planned to take out these heads in exchange for bounties when they arrived in the nearest town, but after the poet wrote a poem for the Knight of Light, they felt that these heads should not be taken out for money, but should be used to show the glory and prestige of the Knight of Light, so they sealed all these heads in a special way, and if anyone did not believe in the shocking achievements of the Knight of Light mentioned in the poem, they would take out the heads as proof.
So when the caravan marched to the city of Medina, Sylvia's prestige had spread throughout the city, and everyone knew that the Knights of Light of the Duchy of Touscent had come to the Nifgard Empire.
Many people came to see this legendary knight, but they all rushed to the bottom, it turned out that after the caravan walked out of the Magdala Plain and came to the first big city, Fuzam, Sylvia and the others broke away from the caravan and continued southward, according to the itinerary, I am afraid that they have entered the vicinity of the Silt River at this moment.
Although it was disappointing not to meet the legendary Knight of Light, in the poem, the seven wandering knights who followed the Knight of Light to the enemy were still in the caravan, and these seven immediately became guests of the city's nobles, and were eventually recruited as family knights by several of the great nobles of Maitina.
Geralt and the others did not clear what happened to the caravan after they separated from the caravan, but they knew that Sylvia's reputation in Medina was already very loud at the moment, and all kinds of legends about Sylvia could be heard everywhere, and even many things that happened in Tausente were put in Maitina by some good people far-fetched.
"I think it won't be long before these legends will propagandize you as the savior who will stop the hoarfrost from coming. After hearing an exaggerated tale about Sylvia in the tavern, Angoulan smiled and ran back to their makeshift camp outside the village, speaking to Sylvia, who was reading with Leo.
Sylvia smiled and didn't say anything.
At this time, Cassirer, who had gone out in search of boats, also returned to the camp, saying that there were no suitable boats in the village, but they mentioned that if they went downstream along the Silt River and entered the Barony of Tarnhan, they would be able to see a bridge for people to walk with, and although the bridge tax was a bit large, it was not as inconvenient as the boat.
The next day, they followed the instructions of the village and walked downstream along the Silt River, and after walking for about half a day, they entered the Barony of Tarnhan, and saw the wooden bridge over the river.
Judging from the style of the wooden bridge, it should be a temporary bridge built by your attached empire in order to allow the army to cross the river, but after the army passed, the bridge was not demolished, but was used by the local nobles to strengthen the bridge, and then set up cards at both ends of the bridge to collect taxes.
When Geralt and his party crossed the bridge, they encountered a little trouble, this trouble was mainly due to Geralt, the witcher, I don't know why the local lord seemed to hate the witcher very much, and it also made the people below have no good impression of the witcher, so they stopped Geralt and they were not allowed to cross the bridge even if they gave money.
However, this matter was quickly resolved after Cassirer's identity was revealed, and the bridge tax collector knew very well in his heart that after all, Cassirer's family was in the powerful and powerful family of the Nilfgard Empire, and although the other party might not be able to cause any harm or bad influence to Baron Tarnhan, it would not be a problem to deal with him, the bridge tax collector.
Since crossing the Silt River, Geralt and his party have become more and more able to feel that the attitude of the people here towards the witchers has become worse and worse, not only are the witchers not allowed to enter the village or town, but they are not even willing to sell food and other things to the witchers, and some good people have repeatedly provoked Geralt, as if they want to deliberately make Geralt get into trouble.
It's just that these things have been solved by Cassirer, and even if the local sheriff is provoked, the other party will not pursue too much because of Cassirer's identity.
The day after crossing the river, they came to a town called Cramont, which was larger and more lively than the towns they had passed before, although the town was not set up next to the Nilfgard Empire, but because of the bridge over the Hilt River, many caravans from north to south would choose to go around this side, so that the cost would be much saved.
The arrival of a large number of caravans has also made the town a mixed bag, and there are also some entertainment facilities that are not available elsewhere, such as the gladiatorial arena.
Compared to other towns, Clarkmont has a slightly better attitude towards the witchers, at least allowing them to enter the town, and is willing to trade goods with them.
It's not very far from the final destination, Stiga Castle, which can be reached in about a day, and considering that there may be a tough battle after arriving at the castle, Geralt decided to rest in Cramont today, recharge his energy, and prepare for the reorganization before heading to Stiga Castle tomorrow.
The crowd didn't have a problem with this, so they found a hotel in Cramont to stay.
In the hotel, Sylvia thinks that she may be leaving tomorrow, so she asks Leo to accompany her around the town, but Leo does not refuse and agrees to Sylvia's request.
However, neither of them took off their armor, but found a cloak to cover their bodies, and after greeting Geralt and them, they walked out of the hotel and wandered around the prosperous town.
Although Leo and Sylvia's full armor looked a little weird, in these caravan guards coming and going, people in this strange dress abounded, so the locals only looked at them twice more and didn't pay too much attention to them.
However, there are also some people who have seen the material and shape of the armor of the two people from the gap between the cloaks, and they all judge that the two armors are likely to be two very high-grade armor sets, which makes those people can't help but think about it a little.
So, after the two of them were hanging out for a while, they were already following a few tails.