Although Geralt would love to know the whereabouts of his old friend as soon as possible, it is a big sin to break into the barracks at night.

After waiting all night, he immediately went out with his griffon's head as soon as it was dawn.

Leon and Viselmir had breakfast at the inn at a leisurely pace.

"It's almost time to leave after eating."

The old witcher said, "I'll buy some dry food for the road later." ”

Li Ang heard the meaning of his words: "It seems that the master does not plan to go with us. ”

Viselmir thought about it for a while, and finally decided to tell the truth: "I have other things. ”

"The Nilfgaard have crossed the Pontar River to the east, and will be a week's walk to Kermohan. I had to go back before they arrived, hiding the tracks, covering the road. ”

"What is Kyle Mohan, your teacher must have told you?"

Li Ang nodded: "Of course, the base camp of the Wolf Sect, the forgotten Ancient Sea Fortress on the edge of the civilized world. ”

"Have you been?" The old witcher asked curiously.

Li Ang shook his head: "No." ”

Viselmir raised an eyebrow.

All Wolf School Witcher apprentices are trained in Kylemohan, with few exceptions.

"There's a chance for Geralt to show you around, it's a beautiful place."

Saying that Cao Cao Cao had arrived, as soon as the old witcher's words fell, Geralt pushed the door and walked into the hotel.

It's just that his face was not as happy as expected, but a little gloomy.

Li Ang asked knowingly, "You don't look very happy, is it because you haven't eaten breakfast?" ”

Geralt sat down and explained, "The garrison commander has played tricks on me, knowing that Yennefer and I are only a day's journey, but he will not tell me until the griffin is dead, and his time has been wasted. ”

"Still, he paid the bounty for killing the griffin."

As he spoke, the witcher pulled out a money bag, "I think this should be yours." ”

Leon didn't shirk it, and after the money arrived, he divided a part and handed it back to Geralt: "This is your share, there is no merit and hard work." ”

Viselmir laughed and teased, "It's really hard to be chased so far by griffins. ”

Geralt's face was a little uncomfortable, and he hurriedly changed the subject: "Yennefer is in Virgina, and I have a few friends over there, so."

"What's wrong?"

Li Ang looked sideways at the window: "There are guests coming, and there are quite a few of them." Smell it? There are also shares. Flavors of cloves and gooseberries. ”

Geralt and Viselmir looked puzzled.

The witcher also has a good sense of smell, but why didn't he smell anything.

"Just go out and see." Li Ang stood up and didn't forget to look back and remind before going out: "Please ask Mr. White Wolf to settle the wine money." ”

Geralt was confused: "Did I drink just now?" ”

Li Ang smiled maliciously: "You really didn't drink it, but yesterday I drank it with Master Viselmir, and you said that you would invite that wine, did you forget it so quickly?" ”

Geralt's eyes widened, he was waiting for him.

The old demon hunter patted his disciple on the shoulder sympathetically: "What you say you have to do." ”

Elsa had already taken the tray and was waiting beside her.

Geralt had no choice but to take out the bounty that had not yet had time to be heated.

"I'm sorry to break the bank." Leon said insincerely.

After settling the bill, the three of them walked out of the hotel with Elsa's farewell.

Outside, in the courtyard, dozens of heavily armed Nilfgaard soldiers surrounded a beautiful-looking sorceress.

She wore a gorgeous and revealing black and white dress, and her sleek white shoulders were exposed to the air. Violet eyes and long jet-black curly hair, as well as a star-shaped obsidian amulet around the neck are impressive. The beauty mole under the corner of her mouth and her facial features with elven blood add a bit of mystery to her.

She was one of the members of the Sorceress's Guild: Yennefa of Wengerburg.

"I haven't seen you in two years, Geralt, you don't look the same."

"Ye Ye? How are you? ”

The reunion of the old couple did not appear as imagined, but there was a kind of blandness of an old husband and wife. Geralt could still see some joy, but Yennefa's attitude was unfazed.

But if you look closely, you will find that the sorceress only has a white wolf in her eyes.

Leon and Viselmir, along with the group of Nilfgaard soldiers, became inconsequential backdrops.

"I received word that there was a witcher here in the White Orchard, and I asked everywhere about my whereabouts, and when I heard it, I knew it was you."

Yennefer came to Geralt.

"I was going to wait for you to come to me, but you know, I'm a good guy, I just don't have much patience."

"It's a real pleasure to meet you, Geralt."

"I'd love to hug you, but you shouldn't have taken a shower in a while, so."

Geralt was a little confused: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to meet you here, it's a little different from what I thought." ”

Yennefer asked meaningfully, "Then what do you think?" ”

Viselmir continued, "He didn't expect what Leon said to be true, you really have something to do with Nilfgaard. Cooperate. ”

"Don't get me wrong, Yennefa, I'm glad to see you, but you should explain it well."

Ye Naifa finally noticed at this moment that in addition to the two witchers, there was also an outsider at the scene.

"Leon? Looks like you've got a new friend, Geralt. ”

Geralt explained, "To be precise, he's a friend of Ciri's. ”

Ye Naifa suddenly became interested, and looked Li Ang up and down with the eyes of a mother-in-law looking at her son-in-law.

Leon looked directly at her and smiled back, "Good day, ma'am." ”

"Good day." Ye Naifa retracted his gaze, and then said to the white wolf: "The reason why I asked you to come is also related to Ciri, get on the horse first, and I will explain it to you carefully on the way." ”

Geralt couldn't help but complain: "Go to Virgina? Why is it in such a hurry? I've been riding a horse for six months to find you, can't I stop and catch my breath? ”

The white wolf's resentful tone was like a puppy abandoned by its owner.

Ye Naifa did not relent, and directly refused: "No, really not." ”

"Someone is waiting for you, and it's better that someone else waits for you too long."

By the time the sorceress said this, Leon had already pulled Torret out of the stable.

"I'd suggest leaving the questions on the road, okay, guys?"

"I like the offer." Ye Naifa agreed: "I want to hide behind the walls of the city as soon as possible." ”

Due to the outbreak of the Third Northern War, the situation on the mainland was turbulent, and some rulers issued a strict policy of persecution of spellcasters, and many warlocks were even burned at the stake. Even the relatively open Nilfgaard kept a close watch on the caster class and restricted their range of activities.

And the attitude of the people towards the spellcaster is also not optimistic, these fools with a low level of cognition dare to provoke even the fierce demon hunters at will, let alone the seemingly weak and powerless spellcasters.

Yennefer is a very life-sparing person in most cases, and it is more secure in the city than in the countryside.

The sorceress spoke, and Geralt had to prepare his horse.

Ready, Viselmir set off for Kermohan while Leon and the three were escorted by Nilfgaard soldiers to Vijma, the former capital of Temeria.

Vijma is not particularly far from the white orchard, but it is not close, and it takes almost a dozen hours to ride a horse.

The three of them set out in the morning, and did not see the outline of the city until night.

On the way, Yennefer explained a lot to Geralt.

The person who wants to see Geralt is Emperor Neffgard, Ciri's father: Nhil Enrith.

As a ruthless ruler who has repeatedly taken the initiative to provoke wars, he is not used to waiting for others. So Geralt and Yennefer didn't even have time to catch up.

Emperor Enrith wanted to see Geralt in search of Ciri.

It is precisely because of this that Yennefer chose to cooperate with Nilfergaard, otherwise with her character, it would be difficult to instruct her, let alone the lord of a country, even if the creator came.

Geralt, who figured out why, breathed a sigh of relief, he had thought that the sorceress had been coerced in some way.

As soon as his mood relaxed, he couldn't help but recount his thoughts: "Anyway, I've dreamed of you recently. ”

Ye Naifa deserved to be the person who knew the white wolf best, and said bluntly: "You... Eighty percent of them are spring dreams. ”

Geralt generously admitted: "The beginning is indeed true. ”

Li Ang, who was silently following behind the two, didn't plan to be a light bulb for the scenery, but there was a small change around him.

"Let's pause the heart-to-heart session, we have guests here."

Strange winds suddenly raged around them, mixed with terrifying screams. The horses began to get restless, and flakes of snow fell from the clear night sky. The temperature plummeted, and a dense fog with a chill rushed towards everyone at a rapid speed.

In the mist, there is a group of nightmarish ghost knights.

They rode skeletal horses, dressed in rotten armor, and wore rotten cloaks.

Beneath the dead gray mask, there is a miserable white skin.

His eyes were like dead people.

Dozens of black hounds with frost on their bodies accompanied them and let out a shuddering roar.

They are ominous signs, symbols of calamity.

Wild Hunt.

For centuries, it has been common for Hunt Knights to abduct humans.

Most of them will disappear without a trace, and only a few lucky ones will be thrown back to their original world after the vicissitudes of life, only to return with an empty shell.

Yennefer was taken captive for some reason, and it was Geralt who exchanged her for joining the Wild Hunt.

Later, Wild Hunt abandoned Geralt, and he lost all of his memories as a result.

Although the memories were eventually retrieved and Yennefer was unharmed, the horror of the wild hunt was still deeply imprinted in their minds.

Therefore, the first reaction of the two when they saw the ghost knight was not to stop resisting, but to run, and the faster they ran, the better.

"Hurry up, don't stop, we'll be safe in the city!"

Yennefer reminded Leon and the Nilfgard soldiers loudly.

What she fears most is that Leon's newborn calf is not afraid of tigers, and chooses to stop attacking wild hunting, so that it is easy to put her and Geralt into it.

It can only be said that the sorceress's hunch is accurate.

"Remember, you owe me a personal favor."

After that, Li Ang, who was riding on the back of the spirit horse, suddenly spread his pitch-black wings, soared quickly, and turned into a huge demon dragon tens of meters long under the witness of the bright full moon.

Hovering in the air a few times, he gathered his wings and fell at breakneck speed.

At the moment when it was about to touch the earth, the wings that expanded again rolled up a fierce wind, which instantly blew away the raging cold fog.

At the same time, he opened his bloody jaws, and the surging black-red flames formed a vortex that enveloped the ghost knights and their hounds.

The earth is burning, the limbs are melting, and the souls are wailing.

Thick black smoke poured into the sky, and a stench of decay and charred stench entered everyone's noses.

The Nilfgaard soldier struggled to hold back his cough, but his stomach was churning.

Ye Naifa's face was not very good-looking, but he still stared intently at Li Ang's black dragon body covered in moonlight.

But it has nothing to do with love.

As we all know, dragons are treasures, and dragon tears, dragon blood, and dragon teeth are incomparably precious alchemical raw materials, which can be made into elixirs, elixirs, and cosmetics.

So the sorceress was simply greedy for Leon's body.

Geralt also knew Yennefer very well, and could see at a glance what she was thinking, so he hurriedly said:

"Keep your sanity, Ye, we can't beat him."

"Okay." Ye Naifa was in a low mood for a moment.

When the flames were extinguished and the smoke cleared, all that was left was a few stalls of eerie molten iron that burned red, and as for the wild hunts and their hounds, it seemed that they had never appeared.

Leon regained his human form as if nothing had happened, and fell back to his horse.

"Let's go, guys, it's getting late."

The Nifgaard soldier, who was like a frightened bird, saw him approaching and subconsciously drew his weapon.

As a result, Li Ang only glanced at it, and the horses under the soldiers' crotches went berserk, twisted their bodies wildly, and threw them all off their horses.

"Looks like you're on your own for the rest of the journey."

Leon gloated.

Seeing this, Geralt silently labeled Leon.

This person... The dragon was a little cautious.

Ye Naifa agreed with Li Ang's approach: "Remember to think carefully before drawing your sword next time. ”

The Nefgaard soldiers did not dare to make a mistake, but obediently put away the pride of the empire, and ran after the horses of the three.

Fortunately, Virjma is close at hand, otherwise he would have to die of exhaustion.

As he was about to enter the city, Geralt suddenly thought of a question, this encounter with the wild hunt was not like an accident, but more like a premeditated one.

But when he asked Yennefer, Yennefer became a riddler again. He didn't have to meet the emperor until he was willing to tell him.

Geralt, who really wanted to know the inside story, remembered the "omniscient" Leon.

Unexpectedly, Li Ang's answer was: "She must have her own way to do this, anyway, she will explain it to you sooner or later." ”

"Like I didn't tell you, even if you don't do anything, Yennefer will still come to the White Orchard to find you."

"Oh, by the way, remember to give this back to her."

Leon said, pulling out the crystal crow skull.

"Huh?" Geralt looked confused.

He now feels that Li Ang is not only cautious, but also has a different brain than a normal person.

Ciri is unladylike!

(End of chapter)