After listening to Leo's suggestion, everyone also felt that this was a solution to the problem, so they all agreed to Leo's suggestion and chose to live in the manor on the hillside.

Leo and Sylvia naturally live with them, so in addition to being convenient, they can also discuss things about this world with them.

The group came to the manor, because the manor was mainly used for summer vacations, as well as banquets with other nobles, so there were many rooms in the manor, and all the rooms were built around a garden with a spacious lawn, but because no one took care of it for many days, the lawn looked very messy.

After everyone found a suitable room and cleaned up, Regiel and Angoulan prepared the food, the others went hunting around to see if they could catch any prey, and Leo and Sylvia decided to go to Geralt to check out the hive they had been to before.

For this reason, Geralt chose to stay and be in charge of being a guide, as for what he really thought, Leo knew very well, but he didn't say it.

When the three of them arrived in the cellar, they did not immediately set off for the worm nest, Sylvia asked the two to listen, then found a barrel that looked to have been sealed for a long time, pulled the cork on it, scooped a glass of wine out of it with a wine grape, and took a sip, frowning slightly.

"What's wrong?" asked Leo.

"The taste of the wine is a little ...... Not so good. Sylvia seemed unsure, took a sip and asked, "Is this what Touscent wine tastes like?"

Geralt didn't understand why Sylvia was suddenly interested in the wine here, but he offered to help, "Let me taste it." ”

Sylvia found an empty cup and spooned a glass for Geralt, who also frowned after drinking it, and said, "This wine has turned sour, it should be caused by no one taking care of it." ”

"Is that so?" said Sylvia, who plugged the stopper again, turned to find the other barrels, and drank a little of the wine inside, her brow furrowed all the time, obviously displeased with the wine.

"If you want to drink, I have a good bottle of wine there. Seeing Sylvia's look, Geralt said kindly.

"No, I'm not because of the wine, it's because of something else. Sylvia shook her head, didn't continue her common sense, turned her head and said, "Let's go! Let's go to the worm nest." ”

Hearing Sylvia's words, Geralt didn't ask anything more than she was still puzzled by her actions, and Leo, who was watching Sylvia's movements, had a thoughtful look on his face.

Then, with torches, the three of them went into the depths of the cellar, found the hidden entrance to the cave, entered inside, and after walking along the somewhat narrow passage for a while, they came to a spacious underground cavern.

I saw that there were many insect corpses lying here that had not had time to be cleaned up, as well as the surrounding insect nests and insect eggs that had not been destroyed, and a pungent smell filled the entire underground space.

Geralt: The pile of human corpses they mentioned was clearly located, right next to the corpse of the female worm.

Leo stopped Sylvia, and then he took the initiative to inspect the pile of corpses that were extremely badly decomposed, in fact, he didn't move, but used the spirit net to scan it twice and find out some unique organs in the corpse to judge the number of people.

"Four people. Leo quickly came to a conclusion, saying: "Judging from the degree of decomposition of the corpse and the surrounding environment, it should have been dozens of days, and it is estimated that it is the first group of missing people." ”

"How do you know it's four?" Geralt felt a little strange when he saw Leo stand next to the corpses for a moment, and then came to a conclusion.

"An ability, like the wolf badge around your neck and the vision of your eyes. Leo didn't elaborate.

"Can you find out the cause of their death?" Sylvia asked.

Geralt was stunned for a moment and said, "Do you suspect that they didn't die from these Qizimo?"

"There's nothing wrong with being careful. Sylvia didn't answer positively.

"Two people died from sword wounds," through the spirit network, Leo easily found out the details of each wound on the bones of these corpses, and through comparison, he easily restored their scar maps, so he quickly replied, " The attacks all came from behind, the long sword passed through the back, the blade slashed the bones of the spine and back, and pierced the heart of the deceased, both times were killed with one blow, it can be seen that the person who killed them has extremely high swordsmanship strength and is proficient in the bone structure of the human body, otherwise, it is impossible to use the long sword to pass through the back so accurately and stab the heart. ”

After hearing this, Sylvia asked, "Are there any other clues?"

"No more. Leo shook his head and said, "There are no other valuable clues," he said, and he turned his head to see Sylvia covering her nose and enduring the smell around her, so he said, "There are no more valuable clues here, let's go up." ”

"I'm fine. Sylvia shook her head, indicating that she could bear it, then held up the torch, looked around again, and asked, "It seems that there is only one way here for us to enter, but that road is blocked, how can these insects survive?"

"No, there are two more paths here. Leo said as he walked over to the wall on one side and kicked the hive in front of him, revealing a hole in the back.

Sylvia asked, confused, "Are these bugs smart enough to know how to hide cave passages?"

"Of course not, they are like wild beasts. Geralt shook his head, took the torch, walked to the front, and said, "I'll lead the way, you follow, and see where it leads." ”

With that, they went inside, and Leo told Sylvia to go in the middle, and after a short distance, the passage became much wider, and the passage gradually sloped upward, and it seemed that it was going upward, and after about half an hour, they came to the end.

I saw that this was a natural patio, and once the ground cracked through it, it exposed the ground, and the surrounding walls were a little steep, making it difficult for normal people to climb up.

"Look!" said Geralt, pausing and pointing to the thick grass beneath the patio.

Leo and Sylvia stepped forward and looked at it, only to see a large amount of blood in the weeds, and some debris, not only that, but from some gaps in the grass, many corpses could be seen over there.

Leo quickly gave the number of corpses and said, "Thirteen corpses, plus the four in there, there are seventeen corpses in total. ”

"Two bodies are missing. Geralt knew how many people were missing, and after hearing the number reported by Leo, he couldn't help but show a puzzled look and asked, "Are you sure there are only thirteen?"

"Yes, only thirteen corpses. Leo's spirit net scanned the corpses again and said, "All the dead are ...... Not most of them died from fatal wounds to the back. ”

As Leo spoke, he used his psionic energy to pick out two corpses with different injuries from those corpses and pull them out.

Geralt only saw Leo raise his hand and wave, and two of the corpses in the grass flew out and landed on the ground in front of them, as if they were being held by an invisible hand.

"Are you a warlock?" Geralt asked in surprise as he looked at Leo, but soon he felt that he was asking a nonsense, because metal is easy to interfere with spellcasting, so there are very few large pieces of metal on the warlock's body, only some specially treated metal ornaments, and a person like Leo wearing such full-body armor is difficult for even a strong warlock to successfully cast a spell.

"No, I'm a wizard. Leo said.

"Wizard?" Geralt was stunned, because he had heard the wizard in Leo's mouth as a witcher, and with his familiarity with witchers, it was clear that the other party was no longer among any of the schools, and the other party did not have any characteristics that a witcher should have.

"No, you're mistaken!" Leo explained, as if he knew Geralt's thoughts, "The wizard I'm talking about is similar to a warlock, but with different powers, not a witcher. However, Givy Elle has taught me the witcher's seals and alchemy, and I hope to learn more about witchers from you if I have the chance. ”

"Ah? Yes, of course. Geralt nodded stunned.

By this time, Sylvia was already standing next to the two corpses, carefully examining the condition of the corpses.

Although the deceased had been dead for several days, the decomposition of the corpse was slowed down to a certain extent because the bottom of the patio was extremely cold, so the scars on the corpse could still be seen.

Judging from the two corpses, they dodged the deadly attack when they were attacked, and later experienced a battle, with many wounds on their bodies, and finally were pierced in the throat from the front.

"The two of them should be the wandering knights who took on this task before. Sylvia quickly judged their identity from the rudimentary armor on their bodies.

"As with the other corpses, the first blow they received came from the back. Geralt also walked over to inspect the corpse and said, "As a wandering knight with a lot of experience, it is impossible for them to casually expose their backs to others like ordinary people, unless they have absolute trust in that person, and even feel that that person is impossible and cannot harm them. At this point, he was silent for a moment and said, "Looks like we should talk to some people." ”

Leo said in a deep voice, "Let's go up first and see what is up there." ”

"Yes, I'll go up first, I'll ...... the rope later," Geralt agreed, untying the rope from his waist as he walked towards the wall next to him.

"Don't bother. Leo walked over and reached out to take Geralt's arm, then reached over to Sylvia and took Sylvia's hand.

Then, he directly cast a psionic impact on his feet, with him as the center, the three of them immediately rushed out of the air, and instantly rushed out of the patio and flew to more than ten meters in the air, in the air he spread the psionic wings, and the three people glided through the air, and after flying a distance, they landed firmly on the ground.

After landing, Geralt stumbled, then looked at Leo with some complaint, and said, "Your Excellency Leo, can you remind me next time." ”

"Sorry, I'll be reminded next time. Leo smiled, then looked around and said, "It looks like we're not at Britta Manor anymore. As he spoke, he pointed to the small tower spire of Britta Manor in the distance and burrowed out of the woods, and said, "And we are far from Britta Manor." ”

"This is ......" Geralt looked around and said: "This is the fissure slope at the foot of Gaogong Mountain, there are such ground fissures everywhere, it is easy to get into the ground fissures when you walk here, and it is generally difficult to climb out unless someone rescues you, so this place is not suitable for planting anything, it is a primitive wasteland." As he spoke, he added: "According to the size of the fief, this place should also belong to the plantation of the Count of Brita. ”

Leo turned his head to look at the rift they flew out of and asked, "Based on the number of corpses, there are still two people missing, where do you think these two people will be now?"

"Hidden. Sylvia replied immediately.

"What do you think they found out about it, so they hid in advance?" Geralt seemed to have the same idea, but wasn't sure, and confirmed towards Sylvia.

"No," Sylvia shook her head, "they must have been attacked, but they weren't fatally wounded, they were pushed into the hole and fell right on top of the corpse, and they didn't take much damage, and then they crawled out of the hole, I'm sure of that, because there were traces of climbing on the walls of the cave I just put down, and they were left recently." So they are still alive, but the murderer thinks they are dead, which is why rumors that they are dead will circulate in the outside world. ”

"Why don't they ...... if they're still alive," Geralt asked with a gloomy face, only to stop in the middle of his sentence, as if he didn't need to answer.

However, Sylvia still said: "They should be scared, and they know that even if they come forward to identify the murderer, I am afraid that the murderer will not be harmed in any way, and they will probably be afraid of their lives." ”

"I'm starting to hate taking on this task!" Geralt couldn't help but feel annoyed in his heart, and said in a deep voice.

"I feel the same way," Sylvia sighed, turning to Leo and said, "Maybe in the end, we'll get nothing, and we might offend the big guys here." ”

"It doesn't matter, offended is offended, it really annoys us, and they will find out that those so-called status positions are nothing. And things don't necessarily go in the worst direction, we should have other options. Leo smiled disapprovingly, and walked in the direction of the manor, saying, "Let's go, let's go back quickly, or the companions of Lord Geralt will be worried." ”