The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 86 The Darkness Hidden in the Deep Forest
Outside the tent, Triss put one hand on her hip, looked at the witcher coming out, and said, "You're finally out, little witcher. Did you sleep well last night?"

Without waiting for Lin En to answer, she waved her hand again and said:
"Forget it, I don't want to listen. Let's eat breakfast quickly so we can hurry on our way. Otherwise, it will be dark again in a few hours."

"You look so sleepy, you didn't forget where we are, did you?"

Lin En felt that he might have slept for too long, and his mind was indeed not very clear at the moment.

"us?"

Triss is actually kind of cute when she's angry.

"What's wrong with you? Have you been sleeping for too long and haven't woken up yet? I gave you a commission, remember? Just you and I, we have to investigate the disappearance of the Kailak merchant in the northern forest of Brokilon."

"Now, guess where we are?"

The witcher blurted out subconsciously: "The northern forest of Brokilon."

The sorceress finally smiled.

"The answer is correct, but unfortunately there is no reward. It seems that your mind is finally clear. Okay, I won't tease you anymore. Hurry up."

Lynn nodded.

He took the food from Triss's hand.

But he instinctively glanced around.

But I saw only two lonely tents in this open space.

This gave him an indescribable strange feeling in his heart.

Triss asked curiously, tucking her hair behind her ears.

"What's wrong with you? Is the food not to your liking?"

"No, it's..." Lin En suddenly felt a headache. He put down the plate of food and said, "Triss, let me ask you a question."

Triss frowned: "You say."

Lynn pointed at himself and then at Triss.

"Are there only two of us investigating the missing person case this time?"

Triss's slightly furrowed brow relaxed.

"I thought you were going to ask why. King Brohen of Kelak once sent an army, but it was in vain, and no one was able to return with a report."

"I realized that this disappearance could not be solved by mortal power alone. Only a warlock could solve it."

"And even a warlock needs a sword to protect his back."

"I hired you in Novigrad, and then I opened a portal. We came to the city of Kerak together, found a barge at the dock, and took us to the source of the Aidalat River."

"We arrived in this forest yesterday. After disembarking from the boat, we encountered a dead wolf and a giant bear controlled by black tree roots. After defeating them, we encountered no more danger until we came to this clearing and set up camp in the evening."

Lin En nodded slightly, it sounded like that was the case.

But then he discovered another problem.

"I'm keeping watch alone? But why am I in a tent?"

"It was almost dawn when I took your place. You said you were going to take a nap, but you ended up sleeping until now. Do you have any questions you need me to answer, Master Witcher?"

Triss's answer sounded flawless and flawless.

It seemed as if everything was just as she said.

But the strange feeling in the witcher's mind not only did not subside, but became even worse.

"No, that's not the case. There must be more than just the two of us."

Triss frowned.

She had asked the witcher to come because she wanted an extra sword to protect her back, not to see him go crazy.

She was about to say something else when she saw the other party take out something that looked like a disc.

"Wait, how do you have this thing?" Triss was stunned at first, then she recognized that it was the Eye of Nehrene, which could be used to break illusions.

Lynn didn't answer, but raised the Eye of Nehrene into the air and injected magic power into it.

A circle of magical light spread out from the Eye of Nehrene.

Triss looked around.

Nothing happened.

"See, I was saying...what's that expression on your face?"

Before Triss could finish her words, she saw Lynn's surprised expression.

"Look behind you."

The sorceress turned around and saw the messy camp behind her.

In addition to their two intact tents, there were eleven other tents that were crooked and scattered.

There were also a lot of messy footprints around the camp.

Even an outsider who doesn't know how to track traces can now see that there are definitely more than just the two of them.

Triss stretched out a finger and gently touched it near her temple.

A faint magical light shone from the fingertips.

She cursed.

"Damn it, I have no memory of what I saw. Something is affecting me in this forest."

Same with Lynn.

Even after using the Eye of Nehrene, he still couldn't remember who the owners of the extra eleven tents were.

However, these traces were enough to show that they were not the only two investigating the missing persons case.

"Judging from the footprints, we should have had eleven other companions when we set up camp last night. Furthermore, we can't rule out the possibility that there were even more people earlier."

Lin En squatted in front of the marks, carefully examining them. Suddenly, his pupils narrowed as he noticed a particularly conspicuous mark on the ground. "This mark... is it some kind of giant snake crawling across the ground?"

He closed his eyes, the scent lingering in his nose.

"Rotten, and the smell of trees... This isn't a snake, it's a tree. A living, moving tree."

The witcher opened his eyes again and looked into the depths of the forest.

"Those people... they were dragged in that direction by something."

"Did you find anything?"

Triss stood in the distance and didn't come over.

She was afraid of destroying the traces on the ground.

Lynn nodded. "Our companions, or at least the ones we were traveling with, were taken away by something in the forest."

"What are you going to do?" Triss' eyes widened.

"Go find them." Lin En took out several bottles of high-level potions and drank them one by one. "That thing chose to take the others away from us in this way, which means that its strength is not strong enough to crush all of us."

"The sooner we act, the greater the chances that others will survive."

Triss nodded and said, "Okay, I'll go with you."

"Of course you have to come with me. You are my employer. You will be safest only if you stay with me."

The witcher grinned at the sorceress and led the way: "Go in this direction."

Lin En did not follow the direction Triss came from, but instead followed the obvious trail that extended deep into the forest.

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