Chapter 83 Crossing the Bridge (Thanks to Du Zhe 233 for the reward)
Four days later, under the urging of Borch and Geralt, Wayne and his team traveled day and night with only a small amount of supplies, and soon they were Starting from Temeria, we passed through the Kingdom of Redania and arrived at the Bra River near the city of Holobor.
However, when a group of them wanted to go to the city of Holobor from the only crossing bridge on the Bra River, they were blocked by a group of soldiers.
These soldiers wore buttoned leather jackets and chain mail, holding metal halberds in their hands. They guarded both ends of the river crossing and built a wooden toll hut at the end of the bridge.
From a distance, a crimson pennant with a silver griffon pattern was placed on the hut, fluttering in the wind, and several fully armed soldiers stood in a row, which looked quite impressive.
When Wayne and others approached on horseback, they discovered that they were not the only ones blocked from the bridge.
In addition to a few villagers and travelers who wanted to go to Holobor City for business, there were also some people dressed as mercenaries who looked very difficult to deal with. They were also gathered around the toll gate of the river crossing, watching people's arguments. .
"Why don't you let us pass? This is a free city-state. It is not managed by the Principality of Kangong'en at all. You have no right to stop us here." The person leading the argument
was a well-dressed middle-aged man who should be a well-known person. A businessman from his family, he was followed not only by several young men, several carriages, and even several fully armed hired guards.
However, the soldier responsible for guarding the bridge was obviously a rigid fool. No matter what the businessman said, he would only reply with one sentence.
"I don't understand what you are talking about. I just followed the king's order to set up a checkpoint here." "Anyway, no
one can pass this bridge without a pass. This is from Lord Kangonen, Niedamir The king's order."
Faced with such arrogant obstruction, the middle-aged businessman was obviously very angry, and he shouted loudly:
"These are the tributes and fruits sent to the Cliff Temple in the city. You have been holding me here for a day. If I wait any longer, these fruits will rot." Unfortunately,
the soldier didn't even look at him. Holding the halberd in his arms, he repeated:
"I am only responsible for checking the pass. If you have any questions, please talk to the commander yourself."
Standing on the other side, the tallest of the three mercenaries suddenly said loudly:
"Hmph! The reason why King Niedamir sealed this place was to deal with the injured dragon. The dragon was poisoned and was dying." "
They must be afraid that the treasure in the dragon's nest will be obtained by others, so they deliberately blocked this place. No capable person is allowed to pass through this passage."
When the soldier heard this, he glanced at the mercenary and did not refute. He just repeated:
"I am only responsible for checking the pass, and I don't care about anything else."
Bol. Seeing this, Qi looked at Wayne and Geralt. They had agreed before the three set off that he would obey the command of the two demon hunters in this matter.
However, Geralt was obviously a little distracted. After driving for four days in a row, he finally got here. All his thoughts were focused on Yennefer who had not yet appeared.
Seeing this, Wayne stretched out his hand to signal Borch not to worry, and whispered:
"We just got here. We don't know anything about the situation, so we shouldn't act rashly."
"Let me ask for information first."
After that, he turned over. He dismounted, walked to the middle of the crowd, glanced around, and finally focused on a young-looking soldier at the edge of the guard.
He approached the soldier, and under the soldier's vigilant gaze, he reached out and took out a gold coin and handed it over, and then asked in a low voice:
"Mr. Soldier, can I ask you a few questions?"
The young soldier saw this. Like this, he quickly glanced at his companions who were still arguing with the pedestrians, quickly stuffed the gold coin into his pocket, coughed lightly, and whispered:
"You can ask, but I won't tell you confidential matters."
With a smile on his face, Wayne asked softly:
"Sir, regarding the pass you are talking about, can you tell me how many people have passed it so far? Crossing the bridge, when did they leave?"
Seeing that Wayne asked a very common question, it was not a secret. Even in the city, many people saw it.
The young soldier quietly breathed a sigh of relief and replied:
"This is not a secret. Three days ago, in order to kill the dragon, King Ledamir issued passes to all the people in the area who were capable of hunting dragons and hired them to hunt them. This dragon."
"Ike of Denesler is the most famous one. He is a knight and he passed this bridge the day before yesterday." "There are six dwarves after that. I don't know them, but I heard from my companions that the leader is called Yarpan Zigrin. They once killed Oakvista, the dragon of Quartz Mountain. They are a group of dwarves with strong combat capabilities." "This morning, there were three
more Hunters who look fierce and covered in tattoos have also crossed the bridge. They are also very famous. They seem to be called Clynnfield Raiders by others." "
At present, apart from the king's army, there are only these three groups of people. Passed here."
After getting the information he wanted, Wayne returned to Geralt and Bolch and told what he asked.
Among the three groups, he only had some impressions of Ike and Yarpan Siegelin, but he didn't know it very well. He only knew that Ike seemed to be some kind of monster killer, a knight, and quite powerful, and Yarpan He is an officer in the future dwarf army.
As for the Clinefield predator, he had never heard of it.
However, unlike the fledgling Wayne, Geralt has been in the north for so many years and has some understanding of these well-known figures, so he explained: "Ike of
Dresler, this guy is a son-of-a-bitch knight, of course. , many people call him the pious and upright Ike, the brave and fearless knight."
"This guy is very strong and is very good at dealing with monsters. I heard that he has defeated several dragons, and also killed manticores and griffons. As for monsters like water ghosts, this guy has killed countless monsters."
Borch was very surprised when he heard this and asked:
"So, isn't this Knight Ike an expert in dragon slaying? Is an ordinary knight so powerful?"
Geralt seemed to have a lot of opinions about Ike. Da, when he heard Borch's praise, he snorted disdainfully and said:
"They are all rumors. No one knows whether they are true. However, since there are so many rumors, it is definitely not a lucky person. It should be Someone with real skills."
"But this guy is just a bastard. Every time he kills a monster, he doesn't charge any money, not even a penny. He simply breaks the rules of the industry." "Several times,
those unscrupulous people just They used this as an excuse to ask me to kill monsters for them for free."
"Some despicable fools were only willing to pay me half of the reward."
After hearing what Geralt said, Wayne thought of something else. .
This Knight Ike is indeed the kind of kind-hearted person that outsiders see. He often helps villagers deal with monsters that harm one party for free. He seems to have a special hatred for monsters and does not charge any compensation.
But it is precisely because of this that Knight Ike stayed away from home all year round. In order to repair weapons and armor and travel to various places, he squandered all his family's property, leaving only his wife and children living a poor life.
In the end, he even had no money to treat his wife who was seriously ill, so his son asked him to make money to treat his mother. This guy directly severed ties with his son, which is simply weird.
In the game, his son Siegfried also grew up to be an upright knight, and even eventually became the leader of the Knights of the Flaming Rose. However, he still had many complaints against his father and refused to forgive him.
After explaining Ike, Geralt took out the flask from his pocket, took a sip of beer, and then said:
"Crimfield Predator."
"These three people are also very famous hunters. They hunted all the dragon lizards and giant centipedes in the entire Kingdom of Redania. I even heard that they also killed three red dragons and a black dragon." "They are a group of people who are trying to achieve their goals
. A hunter who is unscrupulous and very good at using traps and poisons."
"As for Yarpan Zigrin and his bearded dwarf men." "
I have only heard that they once killed a very famous one in the Mahakam Mountains. The evil dragon is named Oakwest, the Dragon of Quartz Mountain." "
Finally, they obtained the evil dragon's treasure, a large number of gems."
The group was chatting about information when Wayne suddenly noticed that behind them On the road, a woman with excellent temperament and very beautiful appearance came from a distance riding a tall and handsome black horse.
(End of chapter)