The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 49: Shocking! Geralt actually has such a past...

A week later, the ship carrying everyone arrived at the end of the Pontar River - Novigrad, the most important and prosperous city in the north.

Novigrad is truly the pearl of the north. Flocks of seagulls are perched on the tops of countless masts, large and small. The harbor is bustling with people coming and going.
After the group disembarked in Novigrad, Isterad took out half of the high-quality weapons produced in the Mahakam Mountains from the carriage and sold them in Novigrad, earning a lot of Novigrad crowns.

Lynn and Geralt also took the opportunity to replenish a large amount of alchemical materials during the caravan's stay in Novigrad.

As the world's desired city, Novigrad is home to merchants from all over the North, selling a wide variety of goods.

There are many who sell alchemical materials.

But the price is not so cost-effective compared with other products.

But even so, you still have to buy it.

The experience in the abandoned mine is the most vivid proof.

Without sufficient magic potions and alchemical bombs, the Red Plague Demon would not be so easy to defeat.

In the next journey, if you encounter difficult monsters again, you may not have the opportunity to replenish sword oil, magic potions, and alchemical bomb materials in time.

Besides, having said that, money earned is meant to be spent.

Only when the money is spent and converted into actual combat power can the real benefits be maximized.

So, Lynn and Geralt started a crazy shopping spree in Novigrad.

They did not miss out on any materials needed for commonly used sword oil, potions, and alchemical bombs.

Then, the two went to the blacksmith shop in the city to repair the worn silver sword.

Gul'Weisir is a steel sword, and it's no problem for chopping people. However, steel swords are not very effective against monsters from the intersection of the spheres. Only silver swords are effective.

When the sun set and the streets and alleys of Novigrad were coated with a layer of orange light, Lin En returned to the tavern and counted the remaining belongings. He found that they had spent nearly fifty Oren gold coins just on this trip during the day.

Considering the reward of four thousand orens, the fifty orens spent may not seem like much, but you have to know that most demon hunters can hardly get a four-digit reward when completing a demon hunting commission.

The pay is usually in the three figures and is generally kept very low.

This is all thanks to the generosity of Elder Broval.

If it were a stingy person, he might not only not make any money, but also lose a lot of money.

Now Lin En finally understood why after the Witcher Order split, the various schools gradually declined, and no Witcher appeared again who could unify all the schools.

Because the witchers are too poor.

Earning little and spending high, the input and output are extremely unbalanced.

After finally earning a little money, it was immediately spent like water.

If this continues, even a demon hunter with lofty ambitions will eventually lose all his fighting spirit and ideals.

Then he immersed himself in the brothels and lived a life of drunkenness and dreams.

Until one day, he is killed by a monster in a demon hunting commission, or dies under the pitchfork of a troublemaker who refuses to pay.

……

A few days later, the group left Novigrad and continued north by boat.

Cross the Praxida Bay and disembark at the mouth of the Bra River.

When everyone stepped onto the shore, this place was already within the territory of the Targo Kingdom.

The Talgo Kingdom is located in the northernmost part of the known world, at the foot of the Flying Dragon Mountains.

No one has ever returned alive after crossing the Feilong Mountains.

Therefore, the Dragon Mountains and the Blue Mountains are also called the Edge of the World.

The Principality of Targo was once part of the Kingdoms of Kovir and Povis.

However, after the Povisi split, the Principality of Targo, along with other small countries, split from Kovir.

It is now an independent country.

The ruler of this country is Lady Beneja.

But what is interesting is that she is also a child of disaster who bears the curse of the black sun.

The Black Sun Curse, also known as the Dark Sun Curse or the Curse of the Black Sun, refers to a solar eclipse.

This is a prophecy made by the sorcerer Eltibald.

He based his predictions on the texts found in the Great Tomb of the Wozgs and on the monoliths of the Dokks, and also consulted the traditions and legends of the Furry.

According to his interpretation, in the near future, a solar eclipse will announce the resurrection of the witch Lilit.

Lilit is still worshipped in the East and is called Niya. Her resurrection is achieved by "sixty maidens wearing golden crowns filling the valley with their blood."

Because of this, in the years when this prophecy was first put forward, dozens of girls from wealthy families, and even aristocratic families, suffered great misfortune.

Warlocks hunted down these "sons of disaster" everywhere, killed them, and then dissected them.

Some even performed live dissections.

After having their hands stained with the blood of countless innocent girls, they had to admit that it was difficult to tell the difference between the Child of Disaster and an ordinary girl.

So they decided to lock these girls in a high tower and isolate them from the world.

However, the plan did not go smoothly.

Because there was a time when "saving the beautiful girl from the tower" was very popular among the royal nobles.

Later, as time went by, these girls either died tragically or escaped from the tower.

Others were abandoned by the warlocks when they grew up, and then they tried other ways to capture other new girls.

Some of the girls who escaped became very cruel to others when they grew up because of their tragic experience of persecution.

Geralt is called "The Butcher of Blaviken".

It was also because he once killed a gang in a town called Blavikan.

The leader of that gang, Shrike Renfri, is a child of disaster who bears the curse of the black sun.

Of course, not everyone believes in the prophecy of the Black Sun Curse.

Those who did not believe in the prophecy called the Black Sun Curse "the mania of Mad Etibald."

Lady Beneja was also imprisoned in a magic tower because of the Black Sun Curse.

However, she later managed to escape with the help of others.

During the Povisi Secession, the Principality of Targo was also implicated and fell into turmoil.

At that time, Lady Benedict defeated other competitors and seized power from Targo.

But perhaps because she suffered torture during her imprisonment, Lady Beneja ruled Targo harshly after coming to power.

It is said that the most common landmark building in Targo is the gallows.

……

The night is gloomy.

The sky was obscured by thick clouds.

It was pitch black, without a trace of light.

On the road to Targo City, a caravan was moving slowly forward.

Soon, the scouts sent ahead to explore the way returned on horseback.

After hearing the report, Istrade rode up to the witcher's side.

"Master Lynn, Master Geralt, the people we sent out to scout found an inn up ahead. We can stay there tonight."

Lynn nodded.

Having a place to stay is always better than camping in the wild.

Staying in a hotel not only means hot food, but also a comfortable hot bath.

Not only Lynn and Geralt, but everyone else in the caravan was excited.

So everyone in the caravan cheered themselves up, and after traveling for a while, the hotel with lights on came into everyone's sight.

(End of this chapter)