"What? So that witch is actually Kyramez?!"
Lindenville is a surprisingly poor village, made even poorer by the Nilfgaardians who brought war taxes and infectious diseases.
When Xie Yuan came here, he also saw a monster removal notice - of course, this was not a very clear monster removal notice, it just said that a child had been abducted and needed someone to investigate.
This type of task should be left to professionals like Geralt.
Sure enough, after Geralt came to Lindenville and met with Xie Yuan, he happily accepted the task.
Of course, he planned to implement it later, and first communicated with Xie Yuan what was happening and what he had experienced.
So I ate a big melon like this.
"Yes, and Avallac'h and Ciri were separated once. I wonder if they have arrived in this world before."
Xie Yuan told Geralt in detail about his trip with Keira to visit the elven ruins where Avallac'h lived temporarily, and then analyzed it: "Since even Avallac'h wants Ciri to be careful of the old witch with a hunchback in the mire, , so with Xili’s characteristic of being a troublemaker, I guess she will probably fall into the old witch’s lair.”
"Hmm~~ When you say that, it is indeed possible." Geralt, who was well aware of the fate of his adopted daughter, had to admit this, but as an old father, he still had to argue, "But Ciri I really got into trouble with the old witch, so it must have been the old witch who had some bad intentions - do you think it was the old witch who caused Lady Anna to be kidnapped?"
"Absolutely," Xie Yuan defined without thinking, "It seems that the righteous gods rarely appear in this land, but in places like Willen, the old witches are so active———— It’s nothing more than trying to win over people’s hearts and control Willen through manifestations of the Holy Spirit.”
"I don't know what happened to the last controller of Viren. But now the apparent controller of Viren is the Bloody Baron - this is a cunning and cunning veteran killer. To control such a ruthless guy, you can only rely on absolute strength, but it is obvious that the old witch woman does not have overwhelming strength."
Geralt tilted his head and thought for a while before nodding in agreement: "Indeed, if the strength of this old witch can directly overwhelm the Bloody Baron, then why stay in a barren land like Velen instead of Novi in the north? Leah, what about Vizima in the south?
Therefore, they chose to use roundabout ways to influence the Bloody Baron's family members, especially Lady Anna - it just so happened that this was the time when they had just had their quarrels and conflicts. "
"Then when are we going to Humpback Mire to seek confirmation?" Xie Yuan looked at Geralt and asked, "Go early so that I can follow Ms. Keira's invitation and go find her again. I don't know what she is looking for. "
"Let's go now!" Geralt was also unambiguous. "Since Ciri actually had a conflict with the old witch, we have to learn about the real-time situation from them and at the same time verify the whereabouts of Ms. Anna."
"And..." Geralt patted Xie Yuan's shoulder and showed a smile that every man would understand. "You can't miss the sorceress's invitation. This is a specialty of our world. You must try it."
"Haha." Xie Yuan laughed it off.
It was a long journey from Lyndonville to Camelback Slough, and it took two people nearly a day to ride on horseback.
During the journey, Geralt saw Xie Yuan's very skillful horse riding skills, and once thought about competing with horse racing - he had just won the horse racing competition, card playing competition and boxing competition organized by Willen spontaneously, and he was very proud of it. After seeing the experts, I just wanted to give it a try.
Since Xie Yuan doesn't have any good cards in his hand, I'm afraid the two of them will have to lie down for a day to relax in the boxing match... Although Geralt doesn't understand Xie Yuan's full strength, he knows very well that a warrior can stand up to the senior mage Caranthir. , and people who have a slight upper hand are definitely not someone who can be dealt with casually.
Therefore, he could only compete in aspects such as equestrianism that would not affect his combat effectiveness - although he immediately regretted it as soon as he said it.
Because victory is not possible with force——Xie Yuan’s horse is not like the carrot that Geralt carefully selected, but an ordinary military horse that he picked after casually killing a group of bandits on the road, and
And even the saddle is of the lowest quality.
However, Xie Yuan, who saw Geralt's embarrassment, agreed to the contest.
It's just that Xie Yuan kept the result at only one horse head behind him throughout the whole process, which can be regarded as showing his proficiency in equestrian skills while taking care of this guy's face.
...
The Humpback Mire is a large swamp in the center of Wellen. There is a large amount of swamp gas, a gathering area for swamp witches, water ghosts and a series of monsters that like moist environments.
There is indeed a snack trail here - actually, there are colorful snack-like decorations on both sides of the road. This road leads directly to a yard with three wooden buildings.
One of them looks like a church... but it's probably not dedicated to a good god.
Then, Xie Yuan and Geralt, who were standing in front of the courtyard, heard a uniform nursery rhyme coming from far and near:
"The dog got into the kitchen and stole a large piece of meat." A little girl started.
"The cook tied the dog's legs and gave him a good beating. Another child ran out of the fog and took the next sentence
"Then drain the blood and peel off all the skin." The third child.
"In the end, it was made into sausage, and it tasted great." The fourth child.
"The cook is an idiot and shouldn't kill the dog." A child suddenly shouted from beside the woodpile.
Finally, everyone sang together: "Now we have to light a fire to roast him!"
Then all the children in the fog came out happily and played together on the woodpile.
But combined with the scene where they innocently recited a murderous nursery rhyme just now... Xie Yuan felt a cold sweat quietly break out from behind.
Geralt seemed very calm. He walked out and spoke first: "It's an interesting nursery rhyme."
The children were not afraid of strangers, but they also seemed very indifferent. One of the little blond girls stretched out her hand and said to the outside: "I don't know you, get out of here!"
Geralt was a familiar person and asked directly: "I'm looking for a girl with white hair and scars on her face. Have you seen her?"
"There are no girls here." One of the boys stood up and said directly.
"What about me?!" The little blond girl was unhappy.
"You don't have breasts," the little boy retorted very seriously, "You don't!"
"It's true." One of the little boys wearing a felt hat explained straightforwardly, "When the army arrived, I heard an old man say: Hide the girls in the woods! Otherwise, those girls' breasts will be there The soldiers were dazzling in front of them, how could those poor boys stand it! That's what he said."
"Ahem." Xie Yuan couldn't help coughing and suppressed the thought of laughing in his heart: The physical and mental damage caused by the war to young children is sad. They lost everything at such a young age and saw so many bad things... even if they saw so much There are many war orphans, and Xie Yuan really feels sorry for this child who naturally talks about the evil in the world.
Geralt was almost frightened, but he repeated the question and asked if there were any witnesses.
After all, what he and Xie Yuan heard was that Xili had been here and had conflicts with witches.
But the children's answers were depressing: There are no witches, no young girls here, only snakes, frogs, poisonous insects... and at most one Johnny.
Um? Who is Johnny?
But it's a pity that when Geralt wanted to ask Johnny carefully just now, "What are you arguing about?!"
A scolding suddenly came from behind. A white-haired old woman in a green dress, with a red beaded necklace around her neck and a condom on her hand, rushed over aggressively, "What are you talking about? Huh!"
Looking at the white-haired old woman, many children suddenly shook their heads without saying a word, but when Xie Yuan looked at the figure of the old woman, a light flashed in his heart!
"It's actually her?!"
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