Chapter 228: About love, race is not a limitation.
This rant seemed to consume Lugo's energy. After venting his emotions, he began to breathe heavily.
After listening to the accusations of madman Lugo, East was speechless.
The first half of his life was legendary and worthy of praise, and the story with Calanthe made countless people intoxicated.
But to the islanders, to the people who once embraced him as king, East was truly indebted. That's why he is so persistent in seeking an honor that no one can fault, so that he can regain the throne - such as the previous plan to conquer the ice giant.
In the eyes of Lann, King Bran, and Kratz, this plan is almost a death plan. For East, it is more like giving an explanation to the old friends.
Lugo took a few breaths, finally calmed down, and readjusted his face that was called a "madman": "I've talked too
much nonsense. East, since you have chosen Sintra Queen, then there will be no place for you in Skellige."
"Kratz, even if East is here today, I will..."
A voice suddenly interrupted Madman Lugo's words.
That voice was not in the team that Crazy Lugo and the others were confronting at the moment -
"Hey, do you have any objections to my aunt?"
...
After being interrupted, Lugo's face turned red as he choked. His face turned red, his expression even more ferocious.
He turned around angrily and was about to jump when he saw a blond knight wearing a great griffon cape at the place where the sound had just been made.
The dark golden lion's eyes were shining, and at the same time, the knight was moving his fists and feet invisibly, as if he was preparing for a boxing match.
In the air, there was a faint howl of a bear echoing.
...
"Kratz, East is here today, so I won't argue with you! But the matter between us Drummond and Clete will never be settled!" After saying the harsh words, the current
leader of the Drummond family The lord left with his subordinates.
Looking at Madman Lugo walking away, the group of people looked incomprehensible.
East's own family knew his own affairs, that is, it was during the period when he was king of Skellige that Madman Lugo was able to give him the so-called "face."
But now that he is present, it may actually intensify the conflict between Lugo and Kratz.
Then, East's eyes slowly moved towards Lan.
...
The next person who looked at Lan was Kratz - over the years, he had defeated Lugo countless times on various occasions, but he had never defeated this lunatic. Every time they meet, the other person will bite him like a mad dog.
This kind of harsh words without actual fighting is really rare in the history of the two families getting along.
...
And Lan looked at the direction where crazy Lugo was leaving with an unhappy expression. When he turned around, he happened to see the eyes of his cousin and uncle.
He showed a smile as bright as the sun: "I found some clues."
Business was important, and East and Kratz's attention was immediately attracted to Lan, and they began to analyze the group's actions in the ruins of the temple in Fulhalla Village. reward.
However, Lann did not tell the two about Alice's situation. He only said that he and others found traces of a giant bear attacking people, and then found the sane demon spirit transformed by the attacked person, and then obtained relevant information. intelligence.
"Egro Village?" Kratz clapped his hands, "As long as it's within the boundaries of the Great Skellige Island, it's easy to tell." Lann nodded: "This is
the clue I got, so I should be responsible for continuing. Keep pursuing it. But I need a guide, and I need your help, Kratz."
For everyone, the clues obtained this time were considered a breakthrough.
The only question is whether there were any survivors in the giant bear attack, and whether the survivors returned to their villages in the end.
East nodded and arranged: "Then we will continue to divide the troops into two groups. Lan, you go to follow the clues you obtained, and we will continue to search the mountains nearby. Since there are giant bears, then the Wilka people must have tribes here. The existence will definitely leave traces for us to search deeply."
Lann also said: "I leave my people for you to help, you need manpower here. My attendants and soldiers are all familiar with, People who respect you are willing to obey your orders. I just need to bring the witchers with me."
House stood behind Lann and immediately saluted East after hearing this.
East was worried about Lan En's safety and seemed to want to add something. But he looked at the four pairs of amber eyes behind Lann, and thought of the combat power Lann had shown so far, and finally chose to give Lann his trust.
Seeing that the plan was finalized, Kratz reached out and called someone in the team.
This man had the appearance of a typical islander, with a beard and a strong body, but his temperament was not very rough, but rather rigorous, which reminded Lan of his old butler Enns.
Sure enough, Kratz then introduced to Lann: "His name is Guslav, he used to be my adjutant. After he was injured in a battle, he followed the steward in my castle to learn some management matters, and became a member of the steward group. Officer, and soon even second to my steward. But he can't forget the life with a shield and an axe. So I will bring him out from time to time, and he will take you to the village of Aigro." Guslav the steward said to
him Lann followed the standard northern court etiquette: "It is an honor to serve as your guide, Duke Lannister."
This serious look made Lann, who had been in Skellig for some time, even a little uncomfortable.
Duke Lannister took a deep breath: "I'm honored too, and I'll leave it to you—Mr. Guslav."
...
Aigro Village is backed by mountains and faces the sea, and has very little contact with the outside world.
If you want to reach this village, you have to climb over the mountain and pass through a narrow mountain path that even has water ghosts passing by from time to time.
Or use a more islander way, which is the way Guslav took Lan and the others to choose at this moment - taking a boat.
A small boat carried five demon hunters and the steward sent by Kratz to this little-visited village. Before they could reach the shore, villagers saw them from a distance.
Lan En and the others saw that these villagers suddenly became very excited, shouting something from a distance and waving their hands constantly.
"What are they talking about?" Gede asked doubtfully.
Everyone shook their heads.
Only Kolgrim narrowed his eyes and stared at the mouths of those people from a distance:
"He is asking us to get to the shore quickly." A snake sect demon hunter with experience as an assassin can read the lips, "He is Are you still warning us: Be careful, there is... a sea monster in the sea?"
After hearing Kolgrim's translation, the expressions of the demon hunters suddenly changed.
They knew very well what would happen to a small boat encountering a sea monster on the sea.
Kraken's IQ is not low. Compared with people, they like to attack ships more and can easily tear the vehicles under people's feet into pieces.
In particular, the demon hunters are still habitually fully armed at this moment, with a lot of armor and steel on their bodies. Except for Lann, who can put his armor back into the [Inventory] at any time, everyone else will sink directly to the bottom once they fall into the water.
The Guslavian housekeeper who was born and raised on the Great Skellig Island quickly comforted the demon hunters whose expressions changed: "Don't worry, sirens usually only appear in places far away from human habitations. This is offshore and will not be attacked." Theoretically
. So, Lan En and the others looked at the panicked villagers and felt that the anxiety on their faces could not be faked.
Fortunately, things turned out as Guslav's housekeeper expected. The sea monster did not appear after all, and the group of people set up the boat and docked without any danger.
The villagers who were originally on the shore immediately gathered around, seemingly eager to check on the situation of these strangers who came to the village rashly. There were several villagers running towards us not far away, but they all had harpoons in their hands.
It is one thing that the islanders are warm-hearted, but their defensiveness is also top-notch. The islanders are the kind of people who will ask you if you are okay when you are lying on the ground with an ax in hand. If you say you are fine, then they will give you a hand; if you take the opportunity to think of any bad thoughts, then the ax will fall.
After seeing the five pairs of strange eyes coming off the boat, their hands holding the harpoon tightened.
But then they saw Guslav wearing the coat of arms of three ships, so they put down the harpoon easily.
The crowd discussed in low voices, and soon an old but strong man came forward and asked: "Mr. Guslav, I didn't expect you to come here in person, but there is still some time before the tax collection day, right? "
The person who spoke was the village chief. He was obviously familiar with Guslav, thus saving a lot of communication time and cost.
"I'm here with Lord Kratz's order this time, and I need to ask you something." As he said that, Guslav stepped aside, "This is Lord Lann Lannister Leanne, Cintra The Duke."
The village chief saluted Lan very politely, but still looked at Guslav.
Butler Guslav frowned and added: "He is Lord Kratz's cousin."
This time the village chief showed an expression as if he had just woken up from a dream, and saluted Lan again, as if waiting for instructions.
Regarding the old man, Lann first showed a friendly smile: "I came from the north of the mainland to visit my cousin. During this time, I was visiting the Great Skellige Island. I heard some time ago that there are memorable monuments in the village of Falhalla. , so I went to pay my respects..."
Regarding Svablo and the Wilka Berserker, Lan did not say anything clearly. These are not things that can be told to just anyone.
But Lann keenly observed that the old village chief's expression suddenly changed after hearing the name "Folhalla".
has a problem.
Lann continued calmly: "We found a seriously injured young man there. He told me that he was from Aigro Village. He also told me that there were several companions who were traveling with him at the time, and they might have escaped."
Having said this, Lan En shook his head: "It's a pity that he was seriously injured and died soon after. But until the end, he still missed his companions and didn't know whether they could return to the village safely." After hearing Lan En's words, the
villagers The leader did not answer immediately, but showed a very embarrassed look and began to look at him: "I don't know why Lord Lannister is interested in what happens in a small village like ours..." Guslav was very smooth
. He took over Lann's words: "This is what happened on the Great Skellig Island. Lord Kratz was very concerned about it and sent me to find out the details. Lord Lannister is kind-hearted and hopes to fulfill the warrior's last wish. "
So, did any of you young people go to Furhara Village some time ago, and did anyone come back afterwards?"
The village chief's expression suddenly changed a few times, and he began to hesitate.
Guslav glanced in Lan's direction with some concern, frowned, and reprimanded the village chief no longer politely: "If there is one, there is no one. If there is no one, there is no one. Say it quickly!" ... "Yes." The answer
was
affirmative
. The message came, but it was not the village chief who said it, but Lann who was standing behind the Guslavian housekeeper.
His lion eyes lit up slightly, and everything in the village turned into distorted gray in his eyes.
But in this dim world, there are wisps of red pheromones floating around. This is exactly the pheromones recorded by the demon hunters in the village of Forhalla.
This shows that someone did return to this village after being attacked by a giant bear.
In addition to Lann, the other demon hunters also accurately captured this information. They passed directly by the village chief and villagers and headed in the direction pointed by the red mist.
But Lan En and the others did not expect that the direction the red mist would eventually lead was not inside the village. They walked all the way through Aigro Village and arrived at a small wooden house about a hundred meters away from the village.
This wooden house seemed to be rejected by the entire village, standing here alone. There is a small dock next to the wooden house, with an old boat tied to it with a rope.
Lan knocked hard on the door twice, and after waiting for more than ten breaths, there was still no response.
Losing his patience, he broke in directly.
...
What appeared in front of me was a typical fisherman's hut, with no furniture, only a worn-out bed, a fishing net, a homemade fishing rod, simple tableware, and a few that had been pried open and then cleaned up. shells.
There was no one around, and there were messy clothes on the floor. It seemed that the owner of the house was not very good at cleaning up.
Lane also noticed that the house, although dilapidated, seemed to have been simply renovated not long ago.
Geralt looked around with glowing eyes: "The smell ends here. Apparently he cleaned himself in the house, getting rid of the blood and other smells." "No wine, no blood, nothing
. Spices or other strong-smelling things. The only thing with a stronger smell is seafood, but this village is full of seafood. We can't track him by our senses alone." "No, that's enough. Just confirm that someone is back
. , and then someone else will give us the answer." Lann said.
He turned his head and looked at the village chief who was forcibly escorted over, and Guslav, who was looking ugly behind the village chief.
"Lord Lannister is followed by the Master Demon Hunters. They know everything! Do you think it's useful not to speak?" Guslav scolded the village chief loudly, "Who lives here and why do you hide it from Lord Lannister?" Him!"
"Say it quickly!"
The village chief's face turned blue and white, and changed several times before he finally sighed and spoke.
…
The owner of the house is called Bill.
Aigro Village, like most villages on the island near the sea, relies on fishing for a living. But unlike those villages, because Aegero Village is located in a remote area, it is often infested by monsters.
There are water ghosts and drowned ghosts. These small monsters are okay. The villagers go to sea in small groups and can barely cope with them with harpoons.
But what really troubles the fishermen is another kind of monster - the sea monster, also known as [Hekna].
This monster is considered to be a close relative of the harpy. In addition to its ability to soar in the air, it can also swim underwater and is a fatal threat to any ship.
Because of this, the fishermen in Aigo Village live in extremely poverty.
Either they have to risk their lives to fish near the village, and they have to return if there is any disturbance or something, and harvest little in the whole day;
or they have to travel through mountains and rivers to a more populated place, where there are fewer monsters - but Not to mention the time spent on the road, there are many fishermen in busy places. Who would want people from other villages to come and snatch their catch?
Each generation of village chiefs has been troubled by the livelihood of the villagers and the development of the village. If it were not for objective reasons, the village chief would even have thought of relocating the village.
Until someone appears.
This person is Bill, the owner of the house where Lan and the others are.
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"Every time Bill goes to sea, he can gain many times more than others. Sometimes he can be worth a village by himself." The old village chief said hesitantly.
"Later, some fishermen came to him to ask for advice, but he didn't say anything. He only invited others to go to sea with him in the same boat." The old village chief said clearly that he was happy, but he still sighed every word, "So, everyone who followed Bill Everyone who goes to sea together can return home with a full harvest."
Lann looked at the village chief's expression: "The poor villagers have improved their lives, and capable young people have emerged in the village. Shouldn't this be something to be happy about? But why do you I can’t tell from your tone that you are happy about the improvement of the village?”
Cohen looked at the dilapidated house: “Why would a young man who single-handedly improved the village live in a place like this? Not only is it far away from the crowd, but the house is also It's so shabby, it doesn't look like he has a lot of property."
Kolgrim looked at the shabby clothes taken off on the ground: "And why did he and others go to the top of the mountain? Why do you still follow us after you saved your life and ran back to the village? Hiding his existence?"
The village chief fell silent again.
Guslav was furious when he saw this, and felt that the people of Great Skellig Island had really lost too much face in front of Lan today, and it was not honorable at all.
"Didn't you hear the question from Lord Lannister and the master witchers? Say it quickly!"
The village chief wriggled his lips a few times, then finally held his head as if appointed, and lamented.
"Although Bill has been taking his companions out to sea, he has never told us the secret of how he can avoid monsters. We were curious, but we didn't want to push him too hard, so we arranged for people to take turns monitoring him..." Except for Lan,
everyone The demon hunters chuckled neatly, as if they were not surprised at all by this situation.
And Guslav's expression became even worse.
The village chief glanced at Lan and the others, and continued: "Until we waited one night, we saw Bill sneaking out quietly, and saw him slaughtering the catch caught during the day by the moonlight on the beach." "He was there
. They were bleeding, throwing food into the sea as if no one else was around, and singing some songs with weird melodies."
The faces of Lann and his group suddenly became serious, thinking of the intelligence they had collected before, combined with Bill's behavior, an idea out of their minds.
"Is this Bill using sea harvest to perform blood sacrifices? Is he a follower of Svablo?" Gede exclaimed.
However, the village chief plopped down and knelt down towards Guslav. He knew very well what it meant to sacrifice Svablo in Skellige.
"No, no, even if the whole village is ruined, we can't do anything to worship the evil god!" The village chief quickly explained to the housekeeper of the Clete family, worried that the other party would misunderstand.
Guslav was about to pull out the axe, and then he restrained himself forcefully, but his hand was still pressed on the ax handle.
"Then tell me why your capable Bill threw his hard-earned catch into the sea at night." The
village chief stood up from the ground tremblingly. That night he knew that Bill had a secret After the action, he also went to the beach with him.
Until now, when he recalled that scene, he still couldn't describe it...weird.
"I saw something swimming out of the sea after Bill sang that strange song." "
That was a mermaid."
The village chief covered his head: "I originally thought Bill had mastered some kind of tamed monster. method. But then I saw them clinging to each other, hugging each other, kissing each other, and even more intimate actions. It was far from the kind of relationship we imagined..." "Hiss--" Lan suddenly heard a voice coming from behind
him
. There was a sound of air conditioning.
Looking back, I saw that both Kolgrim and Cohen had expressions of disbelief, and even a little bit of envy.
Even Geralt and Gerd, who were well-informed, had exclamations on their faces at this moment.
It’s difficult to post pictures of mermaids. I’m worried that even this chapter will be reviewed.
Let's all help ourselves.
(End of chapter)