The time of the return trip was already the next morning, and the two of them were still in good spirits after a busy night.

Not long after leaving the Murmur Hill, Luo Xian, who was riding on a yellow horse, saw several people coming in the distance.

At this moment, the yellow horse has replaced the mud-colored horse as the new "clay pot", and the previous mud-colored horse was released by Luo Xian because of his hard work. Anyway, this place is full of plants that horses like to eat, and it shouldn't starve to death, and, according to the guy's careful appearance before, it won't be so easy to eat, so it's better to let it live a freer life, so as not to have to worry about the fate of the packer.

Among those who came, the leader with sparse hair was none other than the head of the village of Nizhny Valen, with three young men. They carried oil lamps, torches, and sticks, and their clothes were wet from the mountain fog in many places, indicating that they had set out from the village in the early hours of the morning.

Here, Luo Xian and the two found the village chief, and the village chief over there also found the two people on the horse a moment later.

After a little hesitation, there was a small cheer, and then the village chief greeted him in his loud voice, "Are the two adults in front of you guests who have met before?"

As he spoke, the team moved a little faster.

After the two sides met, the village chief was obviously relieved with a smile on his face, "I waited at home all night, and I really didn't worry about the two adults, so I gathered a few young people in the village to come out together before dawn, and looked at the situation here, thinking if the two adults needed our help." ”

Luo Xian smiled, "Thank you for your trouble, everything is going well." ”

After a brief greeting, the village chief's eyes flashed eagerly, beckoned the three young men to stay where they were, stepped forward to the two horses, and asked in a low voice, "Excuse me, have all the things I asked for have been resolved?"

"Your problem is solved, the monster's corpse is now in the cave below the hill, but for the sake of safety, you should not get too close to the hill for a while, so as not to be affected by any strange things. Geralt reminded.

"It's good if it's solved, it's good. May I ask the two adults, can the bones of our villagers on the hill be recovered?" the village chief hurriedly nodded in agreement.

"No problem, you can go and see if you can. Luo replied first.

The village chief was overjoyed, and retrieving the bones of the villagers had always been what he had hoped for, and hurriedly beckoned the two young men, pointing in the direction of the big tree in the distance, and asking them to go over and have a look.

The two young men were obviously a little scared, but under the reprimand of the village chief, they still set off, and Luo Xian could see that their calves were obviously trembling, clearly afraid.

It's a pity, the fact is that there are no more monsters in the current Murmur Hills, at most, the breath of corruption and decline has not completely dissipated, and the environment is still more or less affected, and people may get sick after staying for a long time, but there is no problem in a short period of time.

Sure enough, after a while, a young man who set off, panting and excited, ran back from the hill and pulled the village chief to say something.

The village chief smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and then sent the remaining lad to the hills, where he was left alone.

"Honorable two lords, can I know what monsters are hiding under that hill?" asked the village chief cautiously, in his opinion, the demon hunter who can kill this kind of monster is definitely not able to offend himself, and he is even more powerful than those noble lords.

"There is an ancient evil spirit possessed in an ancient oak tree on the hill, and it is responsible for all those murders. Geralt couldn't help but explain.

"How did you kill it?"

"You don't need to know that. You just have to know that it's no longer there and won't be anymore. Its body was in a cave at the bottom of the hill, and the ancient oak tree on the hill would slowly wither and die. Your life will no longer be threatened, and the village will prosper again. When the oak tree dies, you can light a fire and burn it to comfort the dead villagers. ”

When the village chief heard this, he understood a lot in his heart, and I am afraid that things are not so simple, and it is not what he imagined: the two adults killed the youkai and left its corpse. I could only cautiously ask again, "Will it come back?"

"No! Absolutely not! We guarantee this with the reputation of the Demon Hunter, so don't worry. Geralt saw the chief's thoughts, and replied firmly, "Well, what you have asked the witch to do, we have already done it." Now, it's time for us to collect your payment, and we need to reply to the witch. As you know, we also have a need for witches in a hurry, so we can't afford to waste too much time here. If you have brought the promise of the witch's reward with you, then please give it to us now, the promise between us is fulfilled, and we need to leave. ”

"On the body, on the body, all the time. When the village chief heard the witch's words, his eyes were immediately filled with respect, "Two adults, please wait a moment, I will bring you the tribute immediately." ”

After saying this, the village chief took out the dagger from his waist that the witch had given to Geralt as a token of meeting, and cut off his left ear with a knife in front of the two of them. Ignoring his bleeding face, the village chief put the dagger and his left ear into a small pocket, walked over to Geralt's "turnip", tied it to his horse, and said respectfully, "My lords, I have already paid the promised reward, please go back and hand it over to the three ladies." ”

"The so-called reward is the ear?!" Luo Xian saw for the first time someone cut off his ear as if nothing happened, it was not made of noodles, and the blood that kept flowing showed that this was a living organ.

At this moment, the village chief's face was not bitter, but relieved, and while taking out a strip of white cloth to bandage it, he said, "This is the agreement between the village of Lower Valen and the three ladies. The two adults may be outsiders, who do not understand the local customs, and there is a price to pay for seeking protection from the wives. ”

Luo Xian knew that there was a price to pay for asking for help from a witch, and he had always thought that it was some wood, food, or meat, after all, the witch's means of subsistence could not be conjured up in vain.

At this moment, he thought of the words of the ancient demon spirit at the foot of the hill, "They are so cunning that they not only harm me, but also deceive the believers by cutting off their ears as their own eyes and ears, they collect the hair of the believers to manipulate their fate, they devour the flesh of the young and boil the soup of the living beings to restore their strength..."

All of this turned out to be true!

Compared with Luo Xian's shock, Geralt's performance was very calm, because he knew that some secret wizard factions did have the habit of using living organisms for experiments, but if this kind of organism was human, most people would not be able to accept it, which was also the reason why although the power of wizards was strong and formidable, it was a shouting among the countries of the northern continent.

"Let's go, it's getting late, it's time to know the mystery. Geralt lifted the reins from Carrot and beckoned Luo to head into the depths of the swamp.