Chapter 754: The Female Search Team from the Past Timeline
When Leo and Sylvia arrived at the manor, they did not go to the main manor on the hillside where the disappearance was taking place, but to the house where the workers lived below, and asked for more details.
After all, most of their knowledge of the disappearance of the manor comes from Capello, and most of the content related to what Capello heard has been spread for several rounds, and I am afraid that it has long been far from the truth, so it is necessary to obtain information directly from the person concerned.
However, when they arrived at the workers' house, they found it empty, and judging from the dust inside and outside the house, it was clear that the workers had been gone for several days, and it seemed that the situation here was much worse than Capello had described.
"Someone has been here before us. After Leo and Sylvia inspected the house, Sylvia spoke first.
"There were six people in total, and they haven't left yet. Leo knew more about the situation than Sylvia, and his spirit network had already understood the surrounding situation when he inspected the house, and he just checked the house just to see the other party's reaction, so after giving Sylvia a hint, he turned his head to the woods not far away and said: "We are knights who received a mission commission on the bulletin board, and we are here to investigate the disappearance of the manor, and there is no malicious intent." β
As Leo's words fell, after a while, he saw six men and women each leading six horses out of the woods.
Seeing these six people, Leo was a little puzzled, because through the spirit network, he knew that several people were discussing whether they should go out of the woods just now, which also made him understand that these six people should also be the ones who received the task commission, but after seeing those six people, he found that these six people were a little different from the adventure team he understood.
An old man who looks like a scholar, although he is well disguised, the bloody aura on his body is enough to show that he is not only knowledgeable, but more importantly, Leo feels the kind of energy fluctuation that belongs to the Moonlight City Blood Clan from him, so he deliberately concludes that the other party should also be a blood clan, and from the perspective of energy fluctuations, his strength is slightly worse than Dawson Kuifan.
Another bard with bells and whistles and a lute in his hand, no matter how you look at the other party's physical condition, is not much better than ordinary people, once something happens, I am afraid it will be a burden.
Next to the bard was a man with a distinctly military aura, wearing a badly worn piece of armor that, judging by the deliberately worn badge on the armor, was supposed to be a soldier of the Niffergard Empire.
On the other side was a woman in a green shirt with a bow and arrows on her back, and it was not difficult to tell from the muscles of her arms and the way she stood that she should be a good archer, and if it weren't for her pointed ears without elves, maybe Leo would have thought she was the elves of this world.
Next to this woman, there was also a young and short woman, at first glance, Leo almost thought she was Giva El, because her appearance was very similar to Gviar El, but he soon realized that it was not Givy El, because she was much younger than Gviel El, and her hair color was not silvery-white, and there were no scars on her face, and her physical condition was even more incomparable to Gviar El.
However, the one who really caught Leo's attention among the six was the white-haired warrior who was surrounded by the others, and saw that this person had white hair, a pale face, the pupils of his eyes were like snake eyes, a scar at the corner of his eye, and he was wearing special soft armor, and there were many small devices on the soft armor to store things such as medicine bottles, and behind him were two swords on his back, and a wolf head ornament hung around his neck.
Seeing this person, Leo quickly remembered the person mentioned by Givelle, so when the man came over and could not stand still, he asked the man, "Your Excellency is Geralt the Witcher?"
The man was stunned for a moment, nodded, and said in a slightly hoarse voice, "Yes, I'm Geralt, who is Your Excellency?
"We've never met, I mentioned you from a friend. Leo took off his helmet, smiled, and said, "My friend's name is Givie El. β
"Givie El?" Geralt didn't react for a moment, but quickly realized who Leo was talking about, stepped forward quickly, and asked urgently, "You mean Ciri, right? You said it's Ciri?"
"Yes, she usually asks me to call her Ciri. Leo nodded, a little strange to Geralt's reaction, and when he thought about the situation when Jivielle appeared, he comforted Geralt and said, "You don't have to worry, Ciri should be safe now, although she is being hunted by the wild hunt......"
"Wait, what are you talking about?Ciri being hunted by a wild hunt?" Geralt immediately interrupted when he heard Leo's words, and asked in disbelief, "Is the wild hunt you are talking about in folklore?"
"Wow, Wild Hunt, Auntie, did you hear that? It's Wild Hunt!" said excitedly, as the woman behind him, who looked like Jiviel, pulled the clothes of the female archer beside her.
The female archer next to her looked at the girl with a displeased face, and said, "I told you! Angoulan, I am not an aunt, I call me Miss Mirva." β
"Don't you know?" Leo looked at Geralt in surprise as if he was lying, and he remembered that Givy Elle had said that Geralt and her had gone away from the Wild Hunt, which meant that Geralt should have known about the Wild Hunt.
At this time, a guess suddenly appeared in his mind, and he said, "Lord Geralt, do you remember what happened to Livia?"
"Levia?" Geralt was stunned for a moment, he felt more and more confused about Leo's words, there were many things that could make him remember what happened in Livia, but he didn't know which one the other party was talking about.
And just when Geralt showed a puzzled look on his face, Leo already had the answer in his heart, and said: "Your Excellency can't remember, you don't have to remember, that's not a very important thing, let me introduce myself, my name is Leo Dodd, I am a knight from Fran, this is ......"
"I am Leo's wife, Sylvia Belmont, and also a knight. Sylvia also took off her helmet, revealing her beautiful face.
Geralt and the old scholar-like bloodline were normal, while the others were stunned by Sylvia's appearance and attire, they never thought that such a beautiful woman could be found in such a mighty armor.
Among them, the bearded man in fancy clothes couldn't help but play the lute in his hand a few times, and was about to sing a song towards him, but was immediately stopped by the Neffergard Imperial warrior beside him, and it was clear that now was not the time for this mustache to be courteous.
Geralt also introduced him and the people around him: "I'm Geralt from Livia, and this is my friends Regier, Dandrien, Cassirer, Mirva, ......."
"And me, and me! Angoulin!" said the girl, who looked like Jiviel, jumping up impatiently.
"Yes, and Angoulin!" Geralt said with a smile.
"It's a pleasure to meet you. Leo nodded to the group.
In this way, Leo already knows one thing, and that is that the time he is in is not the same timeline as the time when he encountered Gviarella, he is now in a previous time, that is, before the Livia Massacre mentioned by Givan El.
Moreover, he also knew who these people were in front of him, because Givy Elle had mentioned these people, they should have been a temporary team that Geralt had formed in order to find Givy El, but they seemed to be all dead when they rescued Givy Elle except Geralt and Dandrien, and Givy Elle was still very sad and emotional when she mentioned them, especially Angoulan, who died in her arms and was very close to her.
After introducing himself, Geralt didn't seem to be ready to divert the topic, and asked Leo, "Lord Leo, you mentioned that you had met Ciri just now, may I ask ......?"
Leo interrupted Geralt and said, "I'm sorry, I've seen Giva El, but not now, not in the past, but in the future! β
Geralt was completely at a loss for what Leo had said, not knowing what he was talking about.
Others felt the same way, and An Gulan said directly: "Uncle Knight, you speak like those soothsayers who cheat money, and what you say is completely incomprehensible. β
However, the bloodline named Regiel among them seemed to understand Leo's words, and a thoughtful look appeared on his face, and when Geralt was about to continue to ask, he pulled Rajlot's clothes and said on Geralt's behalf: "I think I already know what you mean, Your Excellency, Leo, and I hope that the situation you said will come as soon as possible." β
After speaking, he turned to Geralt and whispered, "I'll explain to you later." β
Hearing Regier's words, although Geralt was still anxious about Gviarelle's whereabouts, he endured it and did not continue to ask Leo.
Leo said to the crowd: "It seems that you should have also taken over the task of Count Britt and came here to investigate the disappearance, I think we can cooperate." β
"How do you cooperate?" Geralt asked Leo with interest, putting Ciri's matter aside for a moment.
Leo thought for a moment and suggested, "We each have our own methods of investigation, and mixing together is not conducive to the investigation of things. Why don't we investigate separately, come back here at noon, and tell the clues we got from our respective investigations, and see if each other's clues can complement each other, so that we can find the cause of the disappearance case faster. β
Geralt was silent for a moment, looked at his companions around him, and when he saw that they all nodded slightly, he said, "Yes, do it!"
"Wait," Dandrion suddenly spoke, "If the investigation has a result, what about the bounty of Earl Britt's mission?"
Leo thought for a while and said: "We don't need a bounty for the mission, we can give it all to you, we only need Count Britt to vouch for our knighthood, after all, our kingdom has no reputation here, and knighthood cannot be proven, we need someone to vouch for us in order to have knighthood and participate in the knights' conference." β
Dandrien looked at the two of them with a look of surprise and said, "Why are you not knights like this? I think those knights are really nothing compared to you." β
An Gulin, who was on the side, also nodded vigorously in agreement.
Sylvia spoke for the first time: "If a person is judged by his appearance and clothing alone, then this knight's status is too low, do you think?"
"Definitely. Cassirer, the Nefgard Imperial warrior on the other side, nodded approvingly.
"In that case, let's separate ourselves to find clues!" Geralt now seemed to know what Leo meant by what he said from Regier's mouth, so he didn't say anything more, and made a decision.
As a result, the two groups parted ways in the worker's quarter, and Geralt walked along the plantation road to the manor above, while Leo and Sylvia remained in the quarter, looking for other clues.
Although they searched the wooden houses where these workers lived just now, the search was very casual, and many subtle places were not checked, and Leo had to pay attention to Geralt and the others at that time, so the search did not play its purpose, and this time Leo searched more carefully.
In the course of his search, Leo soon discovers a useful clue, there is a hidden compartment under the floor of a room, in which some money is stored in a diary.
Judging from the fact that there is still money in the hidden compartment that has not been taken away, the owner of this room should also be one of the missing persons, and the diary he left behind can provide some clues to some extent.
After Leo took out the things, he handed over the money to Sylvia, although there was a taste of not taking it for himself, but thinking about the missing people, I am afraid that they have already been killed, so the money has become ownerless, and there is no moral and legal problem.
After opening the diary, Leo flipped through it quickly, and read it through it as if he were looking at it.
Most of the contents of the diary are as Leo expected, they are some trivial things in daily life, such as who offended the owner of the diary, he squeezed down and must take revenge in the future, such as fantasizing about marrying a noblewoman, one step to the sky and other boring words, but at the end of the diary, the owner of the diary truthfully recorded everything he saw and heard at the time, and between the lines also revealed his fear, thinking that he could also become the next victim, and sure enough, he really became the next missing person, I have to say that his prophetic ability is very strongγ