The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 172 I'm going to use your skull as a bowl

Before they knew it, Lynn and Geralt had been in Toussaint for a month.

Although Duchess Carolberta still hadn't regained consciousness, her complexion was getting better day by day. The famous doctor in Toussaint also judged that the Duchess was no longer in danger of life, and all they had to do next was wait.

But whether it is Lynn or Geralt, they are both people who can't sit still.

After enjoying a few days of life in the palace where they had food provided for them, clothes provided for them, hot baths available at any time, and people serving them at all times, both of them felt very uncomfortable and inexplicably felt a sense of guilt.

Therefore, the two of them simply approached Count Raymond and accepted a commission to fight the bandits.

As mentioned before, Toussaint has no army, and its armed forces mainly consist of knights-errant and the Duchy Guard.

The Principality Guard is actually no worse than a real army in terms of training or equipment.

But their numbers are too small.

The main forces are distributed in the capital, Beauclair, and several passes connecting Toussaint with the outside world.

Rural security mainly depends on the knights-errant and their followers.

But the problem is that most of Toussaint's knights-errant have been sent to the north.

Without the knights-errant, bandit groups discovered in the blue sea suddenly emerged like mushrooms after a rain.

Count Raymond was also troubled by these bandits who were burning, killing and looting everywhere.

After the Duchess escaped from danger, she managed to contact the knights-errant and asked them to return immediately.

But it would obviously be some time before they could get back to Toussaint.

And now, the two demon hunters came to him on their own initiative, which was naturally what Count Raymond wanted.

With a wave of his hand, he drew some men from the Duchy Guard and put them under the command of the two witchers.

But to his surprise, Lynn rejected it.

There's no need to assign additional personnel, just increase the bounty.

This is not because Lynn is arrogant.

But dealing with bandits is different from dealing with the army.

After all, bandits are not a real army. Although a small number of them may have served in the military, most of them are ordinary people.

Although there are numerous bandit groups causing chaos in Toussaint, each bandit gang has only a small number of members, and they are a mixed bunch with no discipline at all.

To deal with such a mob, you don't even have to kill everyone. Just chop down the most courageous ones, and the rest will naturally collapse.

It doesn't matter even if you encounter a large-scale bandit gang with more than fifty or a hundred people.

He and Geralt didn't have to fight head-on.

They can just cheat and launch a surprise attack.

In short, there are plenty of ways.

Although it was hard to believe, Count Raymond still chose to believe Lynn because of Lynn's previous performance.

He also promised that for every bandit head Lin En brought back, he could go directly to the treasurer of the duchy's treasury to receive a reward of one florin.

Don’t underestimate the value of one florin. One florin can be exchanged for eleven orens.

This is much more cost-effective than the water ghost head.

So that afternoon, Lynn went on a shopping spree in Beauclair, replenishing the potions and alchemical bombs he had consumed earlier. Then, the next day, he and Geralt left Beauclair together.

……

In the north of Beauclair, there is an inn called the Petrified Cockatrice Inn.

Located on one of the few bridges across the Sansretto River, the Petrified Cockatrice Inn naturally became a frequented destination for merchants, smugglers, and boatmen, and its signature lobster chowder was highly praised.

Adam Guy, the owner of the Petrified Cockatrice Inn, used to love telling everyone the origin of the inn's name.

The story goes like this:

In his youth, Guy served as a squire to a knight-errant, and the two worked together to defeat a bloodthirsty, petrified chicken snake.

The beast's head hung at the entrance of the inn for many years.

Until a traveler from Oxenfurt told everyone that it was just a crude imitation made from the body parts of pheasant, weasel and pig.

After this, Guy's self-esteem was severely damaged, so he took off the head of the "evil beast".

However, the name of the hotel was never changed.

But now, the hotel has been occupied by a group of newly arrived robbers.

"Fuck it, it's been so many days and I haven't seen a single person. They said there would be tons of money to be made after we occupied this place. Bullshit!"

A robber sat on a long bench, hiding under the eaves of the inn where the scorching sun could not reach him, staring at the direction across the bridge.

He has been like a wife-waiting stone for several days, but all his efforts have been in vain.

This is also the reason why he is so irritated.

"Isn't it said that this is the only bridge nearby, and that anyone heading north or south has to stop at this inn? If I hadn't been guarding here for a few days and not seen a single chicken feather, I would have almost believed it."

"Stop nagging. The more you nag, the hotter you get." Another robber, who was wearing a leather vest with his chest and stomach exposed, said while picking his nose.

The first robber scratched his ear and looked at the closed door of the inn.

"How about we go talk to the boss? It's not a good idea to keep waiting like this. I heard that old woman Caroberta has been rescued by two witchers from the north."

"Those knights-errant who headed north are now on their way back. The good days of living freely and lawlessly like now will soon be over."

There was another robber lying on the ground with his hands behind his head. He didn't even look in this direction and just talked to himself.

"If you want to go, go ahead. I'm not going anyway. You all know the boss's temper. Once he makes a decision, unless he figures it out, you can't embarrass him in front of him. Be careful, he'll skin you alive."

The first robber who spoke froze and scratched the back of his head.

"Why don't we just wait until night and sneak away? What's the point of being a bandit? Isn't it just to eat meat, drink wine, and have sex whenever we want? Look at what kind of life we're living now?"

"If the life of a bandit is so dull and boring, then honestly, I wouldn't risk the gallows to become a bandit. Anyone who wants to do it can do it."

Another robber said lazily: "You can shout louder, then you don't have to worry about being hung on the gallows. The boss will use your skull as a bowl first."

"Shut up, we have guests."

The third robber's panicked voice instantly alerted the other two accomplices.

They all looked at the two figures walking towards them from the other side of the bridge.

"Go get the others, quick!"

(End of this chapter)