"Nope." The druid, dressed in a sealskin jacket, spoke categorically.

"Caranther has changed her mind, Ciri will no longer continue to fulfill her engagement with Prince Christine, she has her plans. Moreover, because King Evel had sent soldiers on the road to intercept the caravan and blame the Treaders, I had lost the slightest trust in his character, and Caranther valued my judgment. ”

"We won't even stop in Nastrog, I'll go straight back to Sintra with the little one. Come with us, Geralt. ”

As the night wore on, a few people did not make it to the next village, but could only light a bonfire on the side of the road.

Three witchers and a stout druid sat around the fire, whispering.

Ciri was wrapped in a thick fur and fell asleep by the fire.

Mosssack and Geralt were discussing Sintra and Ciri.

Lann, on the other hand, was exchanging the Witcher's techniques with Viselmir while distracting half of the conversation on the side.

After knowing that Ciri was Geralt's unexpected son, Viselmir naturally began to think of the little girl as a junior.

And Ciri is really likable.

"That's why I'm saying that witchers should also have some long-range countermeasures, and the Dharma Seal is a medium-range at best. The man who drew the bow and arrow in the distance didn't have the slightest pressure to face Geralt, but I killed the two leaders and they just slipped away. ”

Young people are selling their 'hand length superiority theory' to the old witchers.

Viselmir was not the stubborn kind of man who ate the ancients, and he nodded his head frequently in approval as he listened.

"Hey." The old witcher suddenly sighed with emotion.

"Times are changing so fast now, in my time, although people had a hard time, people are people, and monsters are monsters. The Witcher doesn't have to worry about 'what to do if you encounter a crossbowman'. It's been a hundred years, but now it's very different."

Viselmir's body is far from 'old', but his spirit is already like an ordinary old man, and he has begun to have a heavy time filter.

Anyway, Lan En didn't believe that in the more difficult times in the past, there would be fewer mountain bandits and road blockers.

At most, these people at that time couldn't get military equipment, and most of them couldn't use or maintain it.

So much so that when the old witcher dealt with them, he didn't even leave a deep impression.

"I went to Brugg to receive the bounty this time, and I bought a crossbow to carry on my back. You're right, Lanne. People have to adapt to the times. ”

After saying that, Viselmir glanced at the young man with a strange face, and muttered a few more words.

"Just the crossbow, few people can use the release frequency and accuracy of your set of magic seals, have you integrated the recipe of the griffin school in your bear school?"

Viselmir had been rubbing his chin with a complicated expression after Len had dismantled the launcher on his left arm to him.

The frequency of the release of the magic seal is good to say, when the witcher has not yet divided into factions and operates in the form of the witcher order, he has a good relationship with many future griffin schools.

The witchers will add mutant inducers that enhance their casting abilities to the recipe of the Trials of the Grass.

For example, the mutation inducer of deer head essence, or the common blue mutation inducer with a higher chance of appearing.

Those who drank potions that increased vitality and rejuvenation were also able to use the magic seal for a period of time.

But condensing the impact of [Alder] onto the base of a metal pipe, there are not many mages who have tried this kind of thinking!

With limited energy, young spellcasters tend to pursue bigger and stronger magic, and few delve into control.

The two witches were talking about the combination of the combat system of 'far, medium, and near', while the conversation of the druids on the other side seemed to erupt into unpleasantness.

"This is the third time! Geralt! Your fates have crossed three times! Are you going to tell me it's a coincidence? In this vast land, in this multitude of creatures. Two people with huge differences in identity and different living areas, because of the so-called 'coincidence', have met three times? ”

"How many orphans in this world can't even see their parents a second time in this life! And now you're going to tell me that your encounter with Ciri was all a coincidence? ”

The stout druid pressed his voice to ask questions and sneer, which was very oppressive.

Lane felt that if it weren't for Ciri sleeping on the side, Mossack would have already started to roar by now.

"What if it's not a coincidence?" Geralt didn't seem to feel the oppression at all, his face was expressionless, and his hands were still fiddling with the fire.

"I made Ciri's parents swear that they would pay me according to the law of accidents. Yes, the reward has appeared, and I am sleeping next to us at this time, but I, as the person receiving the payment, have the right to refuse to accept it, right? I'll be blunt, I just want to be a helpful witcher right now, and I don't want the promised reward! It's like the Ike Knight of Denensler, a free exorcism. That's no problem, right? ”

"No problem, indeed." "You have the right to refuse payment," the druid said, "but I must stress that it comes with risks. As the old saying goes, 'Sword of Destiny.'"

"There are two blades." Geralt helped him finish, "Hell, I've been hearing that for the past two days. ”

"Always hear it, then you should listen! The old saying makes sense! Moss Sak choked.

"I don't want little Ciri to wander around, and let these little hands be covered with calluses holding swords. I didn't want Calantor to scold me or even kill me. But I don't want to see Caranther and Ciri put themselves in danger! ”

"I'm not like you, Geralt. I believe there is such a thing as 'fate', and after you ask fate for payment, you refuse three times in a row, as if in humiliation! Do you think the Sword of Destiny is just a piece of wood coated with gold leaf?! When it falls, something is going to happen! It's going to die! ”

"How many curses have you solved? You should know that going against that kind of power will only make things worse. The power of fate is more than curse, how did you, an expert, become stunned? ”

Mossack and Geralt are also old acquaintances, and when he taunts Geralt, he always hates him for not crying when he sees the coffin.

"I know you don't want Ciri to live with you as a witcher, you've been a witcher since you were a kid, you've been discriminated against, targeted, dangerous, and dead. You think entrusting a princess to a witcher is a bad idea that even a ghoul can't come up with. But."

Mossack looked at Geralt's side face sincerely.

"You should be here to save her, to save her grandmother! Take her away, Geralt! ”

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