On the other side, the Anglin area.

The girl-hunting team headed by Geralt followed the Rivia guerrillas led by Queen Meve for a while. After Milva's physical condition stabilized, they parted ways and continued towards their original destination.

However, before they arrived at Cade Du Forest where the druid was, they heard bad news:

In the river valley area, the team met a beekeeper.

From his mouth, he learned that the Nilfgaardians sent troops into the Cade Du Forest, suppressed the druids, and drove them out!

When the witcher asked about the whereabouts of the druids, the beekeeper said that these mistletoe madmen were most likely going to an area called the "Northern Box" between the Yaruga River and the foothills of the Amer Mountains.

.

The beekeepers also planned to go there, and wanted a group of people to serve as escorts to escort them there.

Although the demon hunters feel that listening to the beekeeper's words and turning around is an unreliable and stupid choice. However, all they can do at present is to find the vampire's virtuous man based on the information at hand.

Friend Rui...

In this way, after some discussion and democratic voting, everyone decided to take the beekeeper, his family and neighbors, and go south together to try their luck at the "Northern Box".

However, they were fortunate that with the help of a beekeeper who was familiar with the local route to lead the way, their traveling speed was significantly improved, and there was basically no army or any bandits seen along the way.

Not only that, their food is also contracted by these beekeepers.

It is worth mentioning that halfway through, the memoirs that the poet had been secretly writing were discovered by a curious vampire.

When Dandelion said with a proud and superior look that it was his life's masterpiece and named it "Fifty Years of Poetry", it was no surprise that it was criticized by others.

ridicule.

Although they are a little surprised and helpless that Dandelion started writing his memoirs when he was in his thirties and published them twenty or thirty years later. However, everyone respects the poet's creative freedom.

Vampire, who is very knowledgeable about literature, also made a very constructive suggestion, asking the poet to change the name of the book from "Fifty Years of Poetry" to the more romantic "Half Century of Poetry"

When he learned that the poet had also written himself into his memoirs, Lu Qi suddenly had an inexplicable feeling, as if he had left a lasting mark on this passing world.

Although it was weird, he felt it wasn't bad.

Everyone hopes to create some history of their own, right?

...

After traveling with the beekeeper for five days, the girl-hunting team finally walked out of the humid wilderness and saw the snow-covered Amer Mountains and the majestic and steep "Devil Peak" Gorgon.

The town of Ledbruny is located near Gorgon.

This is the destination for beekeepers.

Perhaps because of their escort, in addition to handing the witcher a small bag full of coins as a reward, the beekeeper before leaving also told them a piece of good news:

The druid lives in the oak forest about dozens of miles away from the town!

Although they were full of doubts about the information that the beekeepers got from unknown sources, they seemed to have no choice...

Geralt wanted to go to the oak forest immediately, but was strongly opposed by his other companions.

The vampire advocated using the money given by the beekeeper to buy some supplies and equipment in the town; Milva wanted to buy some arrows, and Dandelion wanted to find a hotel to sleep peacefully, and if he could enjoy a glass of delicious beer

, that would be even better.

Lu Qi also took advantage of the situation and suggested that the food for the young griffons needed to be replenished urgently.

Their unified view is: they have already arrived, and there is still one day left. Anyway, the druid is in the forest and will not run away.

Having said that, the demon hunter, as the leader of the team, had nothing to say.

However, it was later that he realized how wise and correct their decision was in not heading to the forest immediately...

The town of Ledbruny is located at the bend of the Nevi River and does not look too big.

Most of the population lives outside the town, in a surrounding area of ​​huts, huts, shacks and caravans.

This is a civilized and prosperous town filled with immigrants from all over the world.

But the air filled with the smell of feces made the members of the team frown slightly.

Nilfgaardian soldiers wearing black armor can be seen everywhere in the town.

According to one of the beekeeper's guides who grew up here, these soldiers are stationed here, but they won't stay long before they hunt down the guerrillas operating in the "Northern Box".

When they settled down at the hotel, Lu Qi, the demon hunter, and the poet came to the tavern, intending to have a few drinks and inquire about the news. A group of soldiers wearing black uniforms with a sun symbol on their epaulettes came to the door.

:

"Are you the witcher named Geralt?"

"Yes," the witcher hesitated for a moment before replying, "I am."

"The Governor wants to see you, please come with us."

"Governor? I don't know your governor, why does he want to see me?"

"I am only responsible for executing the order. As for the reason, the Governor will explain it to you."

Seeing the serious look of the other party, who would draw his sword and attack him if he didn't follow them, the demon hunter winked at Lu Qi and the poet, and pretended to be relaxed and said:

"Okay then, take me to see the Governor. Alex, Dandelion, you go back and tell the others, do whatever you have to do."

Lu Qi originally thought that the demon hunter had gotten into trouble again. However, just an hour later, the demon hunter returned to the hotel again.

However, there was a young girl with messy straw-colored hair, dark brown eyes, and an unruly face who came back with him.

In addition to knowing the girl's name, Angoulan, Lu Qi and others learned more information from the demon hunter's deep voice:

A gang of robbers named "Nightingales" was hired by a half-elf to intercept the witcher on the way;

And these bandits knew that there were three other people traveling with the witcher. A black-haired man carrying a large wooden cage on his back, a bard carrying a lute, and a young man with pigtails and a bow and arrows on his back.

woman.

Moreover, they also knew that they planned to find the Druid.

Finally, the demon hunter reached an agreement with the new governor of Ryder Bruni. As long as he helped him solve the problem of "Nightingale", the governor would not talk about them to the Nilfgaard intelligence department, and also gave him a gift.

gave him a message:
Chapter completed!