Verona is located at the junction of the upper and middle reaches of the Yelena River. It is the first village that can be seen after coming out of the Yelena River Valley. However, this is not a place where the commercial road of the Principality of Toussaint passes, so there are almost no villages here.

There are no caravans coming and going, and Verona is not engaged in cargo shipping and other industries like some other villages and towns on both sides of the Yelena River. They still follow the ancient tradition of the village to fish as their industry.

However, the fish they caught was not a river fish, but a sea fish called white salmon. This sea fish would swim back from the sea to the Yelena River Valley every year and lay eggs in a lake not far from their village.

The fishermen in the village will not catch the white salmon that has not spawned, but will specifically catch the fish that has just spawned and died not long ago. The meat of this fish will have a slightly sour taste, and the meat is firm and directly

It doesn't taste very good to eat.

But the people of Verona have mastered a method to collect concentrated fruits from the local forest and make a sauce. Then they smoke the whitefish, apply a large amount of sauce, and put it into a sealed jar to seal it.

, stored for half a year, and when taken out after half a year, the fish meat not only became soft and delicious, but also had a fruity fragrance, which was a delicacy at the banquet of the Nilfgaard nobles.

Although this fish meat is very delicious after being prepared, it smells very fishy during the preparation process. Even after several months, the fishy smell has not disappeared.

When Leo and the others came to Verona, more than half of the winter had passed since the fishing and processing seasons. However, after they entered the village, the strong fishy smell still made them unable to help but cover their noses.

, women such as Sylvia and Mival couldn't help showing a look of disgust.

However, compared to the hidden expressions of disgust of the women in the team, the disgusting expressions shown by the people in the village when they looked at Leo and others were obvious. To be more precise, the objects of these villagers' disgust were

It's not Leo, Regier and the others, but Geralt, the demon hunter.

When he was in Lake Town, Leo learned some things about witchers from Ciri and what the situation of witchers was like in their world. People here needed witchers to hunt down dangerous things for them.

Monsters, but the people here regard witchers as the same kind of monsters, and even think that witchers are inferior to monsters. Therefore, the attitude of people here towards witchers can be said to be extremely bad, even with hunters.

Lies such as devils being haunted by bad luck when they sit together for a meal will be taken as true.

However, after coming to this world, Leo did not see the things Xili described in Toussaint. Although the people in Toussaint were also a little cold towards the demon hunters, the coldness and the coldness when meeting strangers

It was almost cold, so Leo felt that Xili was exaggerating a bit.

However, now that he came to Verona, the first village he arrived after leaving Toussaint, he realized that the conditions Ciri mentioned were not exaggerated in the slightest. The situation of the witchers here was indeed very bad.

When they entered the village, the villagers who saw them all showed awe after seeing Leo and Sylvia in gorgeous armor. They probably thought they were the knights of a certain lord, but when

After they turned around and saw Geralt, they all hid back home as if they had encountered the god of plague, closing the door tightly. Some brave people even spat at the team. In less than a moment, it was very noisy just now.

The villages and towns fell silent.

It was obvious that Geralt was used to this kind of situation, and although the others still had angry looks on their faces, they probably had encountered it many times before, so they didn't say anything about this situation.

On the contrary, Sylvia felt a little strange about this situation. If the time and place were not a bit inappropriate, she would like to ask someone casually, why do they resent a person who has nothing to do with them for no reason?

"We have no monsters or ghosts here, and we don't need witchers!" At this moment, the mayor of this village, who should be here, emerged from a house and shouted towards Geralt.

Geralt was about to say something, but was stopped by Regier on the side. He dismounted, walked up to the village chief, and said, "Hello, we are just passing by here, not here to pick you up."

What kind of mission is it?"

"Then you should leave quickly!" The village chief said coldly after hearing this, then turned around and prepared to return to the house.

"Wait!" Regier immediately stopped the village chief and said, "We hope to rent a large boat from your village to go to Neuush downstream."

"No, there are no boats to rent to you in the village." The village chief replied without thinking.

"What if I want to buy a boat? Are there any boats for sale?" Sylvia rode up to the two of them on horseback and said.

Seeing Sylvia, the village chief's expression of disgust quickly turned into awe.

Although the armor Sylvia is wearing now is not the dazzling dragon hunter armor, the gorgeousness of this set of king blade armor is still not comparable to the armor in this world. Anyone who sees this armor

Everyone will subconsciously think that the person wearing this armor is definitely a big shot.

So, the village chief lowered his head and said to Sylvia very respectfully: "Sir, there are indeed boats in the village, but they are only fishing boats. There are not enough people to seat them, let alone mount horses."

Then, he was worried that Sylvia would think he was lying, so he immediately added: "If you don't believe me, you can go to the river and have a look. All the boats in the village are docked by the river."

Hearing this, Sylvia turned to look at Geralt, as if asking for his opinion.

On the way here, they had already discussed their route. In order to encounter an attack by Wilgefortz's henchmen, Geralt thought it would be better to take a boat down the waterway. After arriving at Neuush,

Continue south to Ebbing.

Although Leo and Sylvia thought that it would not matter even if they were attacked by Wigefortz's people. They had enough strength to deal with these people, but Leo still did not raise any objection and stopped Sylvia because he

What mistakes will your proposal make in the course of things?

"In this case, let's take the caravan route!" Geralt made a decision quickly, and then he looked at the others, who also had no objections to this.

Sylvia looked at Milva, Angouleme and others who were looking tired, and suggested: "It's getting late today, so it's not suitable for traveling. We've been traveling all night these days without rest, and we're not in good shape.

Great, let’s rest here tonight!”

Although Geralt wanted to object in his heart, he wanted to fly to the stronghold of Wilgefortz immediately, but he still resisted his impulse, turned to look at his companion who had tiredness written on his face, and clicked

He nodded and agreed to Sylvia's proposal.

"Is there anywhere I can live here?" Sylvia asked the village chief.

"Sir, if you don't like it, you can stay here for one night," the village chief responded respectfully, then looked at the demon hunter with disgust, and added: "But my place is too small, and I can't live in too many places.

"I can only live here with you and..." He pointed at Leo and said, "This master can stay here, and the others will have to find another place."

The village chief's extremely obvious repulsive attitude made the good-tempered Regier frown. Angoulin even wanted to scold him, but was stopped by Milva.

Sylvia said coldly: "No need! We will live together, you just need to tell me where is a suitable place to camp here."

The village chief curled his lips, and then replied seriously: "Along the river bank path, a little way further, there is an abandoned hunter's cabin, which was prepared by some nobles for hunting in the past. However, later, Hegu Town was built

After getting up, the noble gentlemen all went to Hegu Town for hunting, and this hunter's cabin was abandoned." After saying that, he paused and said: "However, something happened there a year ago, and it became

Haunted cabin, if you want to camp there, you might want to be careful."

After getting a suitable camping location, everyone no longer stayed in this village full of fishy smell and repulsive atmosphere. They turned their horses and walked out of the village, found the river bank path, and headed forward.

"Damn old man! If you hadn't stopped me just now, I would have pounced on him and given him a good beating. Why does this guy look down on Uncle Geralt?" Angoulin couldn't help feeling bad on the road, and was extremely aggrieved.

said.

"What's the use of beating him up? Don't other places discriminate against demon hunters?" Sylvia rode her horse to Angoulein's side, stretched out her hand to rub her head, and said: "Hunter

The discrimination against demons is the result of the entire world and cannot be changed by one or two people, so there is absolutely no need to be angry about this matter."

"I like Toussaint!" Angouleme curled his lips and said, "At least Toussaint doesn't hate the uncle for no reason."

"Toussaint is indeed a good place." Angouleme's words also resonated with Geralt, and he said solemnly: "If I decide to retire, I will definitely buy a manor in Toussaint and settle there.

.”

"Then you must leave me a room." Angoulin immediately raised his hand and said.

"There must be a room for you!" Geralt responded with a smile, and also said to the others: "There must be a room for you too."

Everyone smiled when they heard this. Although they all believed that Geralt would not be able to settle in Toussaint, let alone buy a manor in Toussaint, this did not prevent them from imagining such a life.

During the conversation, everyone quickly arrived at the hunter's cabin mentioned by the village chief.

Because it was built by a noble, this hunter's cabin is much larger than the average hunter's cabin, and because it is made of abundant materials, even if it has been abandoned for a long time, the overall cabin is still intact, but it is full of return journeys, and

Some vines have grown.

When he came outside the hut, Geralt signaled everyone to stop because his wolf head badge began to vibrate. Apparently there was some negative energy here. It seemed that the village chief's previous statement that the hut was haunted was not a rumor.

Geralt dismounted and was about to look for clues to see what happened here, and then look for an opportunity to force out the ghosts hiding here and deal with them.

"Let me do it!" Leo stopped Geralt at this time, then dismounted, and motioned for everyone to get off their horses, followed Geralt past Geralt to the front of the hut, and then under everyone's gaze,

Take off the helmet.

The moment he took off the helmet, the aura of sin in the armor instantly surged out and spread to the surroundings. Anyone who felt the aura of sin couldn't help but feel a sense of panic and wanted to run away from here immediately.

, and those horses were so unbearable that they fell to the ground. Now everyone understood why Leo asked everyone to dismount.

At the same time, countless insects living in the abandoned wooden house and the surrounding forest died instantly and fell down like insect rain.

While everyone was holding back their discomfort and covering up the fallen insect carcasses, a piercing scream came out of the shaft next to the hunter's cabin, followed by a night spirit that rushed out of the well mouth and headed towards it regardless of whether it was still daytime.

Escape far away.

However, at this time, a ray of sunlight in the distance passed through the branches of the tree and shone on the body of the night demon spirit. The body of the night demon spirit immediately melted away like a piece of paper on fire. In less than a minute, it completely disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.

disappeared.

Seeing that the cause of the haunting had been solved, Leo put his helmet back on, and the sinful aura that affected all living creatures around him disappeared instantly, and everything returned to its original state.

"You are so terrible! I pity anyone who is your enemy!" Geralt, who had regained his breath slightly, looked at Leo with lingering fear.

Leo smiled and said nothing.

Now that the hidden dangers in the hut have been resolved, everyone began to camp in the hut, and Leo and Sylvia offered to hunt outside.

After leaving the hut, the two walked around in the woods for a while. With Leo's mental net, they quickly caught a few prey, and they also brought the prey to the river to clean it up.

At this time, Sylvia couldn't help but feel worried, and asked in a deep voice: "The aura of sin on you seems to be getting stronger and stronger? Is there something wrong?"

"It doesn't matter! I was just doing an experiment, so I didn't let the armor absorb these newly generated sinful karma," Leo comforted Sylvia and said, "But the experiment will have results soon, and I will

There won’t be any problems if you don’t wear this armor.”

Seeing Leo's answer, Sylvia didn't ask any more questions. After the two of them finished handling the prey, they returned to the hut.

At this time, the hunter's cabin has been cleaned by everyone. All insect corpses have been swept out, and the dust around the stove in the house has also been swept away. Everyone spread their backpack items on the ground, lit the stove, and put the kettle holder in order to make a circle.
Chapter completed!