"Who are you?"
"Be careful, he's a witcher too."
"He's going to put a curse on us."
The guards pointed their halberds at Lynn.
Lynn spread his hands to indicate that he was not reaching for weapons.
"I am indeed a witcher, but I don't know how to curse. I am a witcher, not a witch with a stooped back and all her teeth."
"So, kind gentlemen, who can tell me what on earth this companion of mine has committed?"
Lynn's actions lowered the guards' vigilance. His handsome face and kind smile also made the guards subconsciously choose to believe Lynn's words.
As a result, the halberds were withdrawn one after another, but the guards still gathered around the two demon hunters.
"He hurt someone else and beat the poor guy like a sandbag. He broke the Novigrad law, so he must be punished."
"Who? When did it happen?"
"Just a few days ago, the name of the person who was beaten was Alfred. Even now, the poor guy can't get out of bed."
Lynn frowned.
"A few days ago? You must have made a mistake. We went to Toussaint a few months ago. This is our first visit to Novigrad this year."
The guard snorted, "Witcher, do you think I am a fool? The boss of Old John's Bakery, his daughter, and at least ten people can stand up immediately and testify that before the accident, your companion went to Old John's Bakery to buy bread every day."
Lynn joked, "Geralt, it turns out that you can also clone yourself?"
Geralt said with a dark face, "Stop joking, Lynn, now is not the time to joke."
Lynn gestured to him.
"Okay, Sir Guard, suppose... note, I said hypothesis, suppose these things were really done by Geralt, how would you treat him?"
"Huh?"
From the tone of Lynn, it seems that he plans to cooperate.
The tense nerves of the guards relaxed a little.
"Novigrad is a civilized city. It is definitely wrong to beat others. If your companion is willing to plead guilty, then he only needs to stay in jail for a month and pay a fine of one hundred kronor."
"One hundred crowns, so expensive?"
A dockworker's monthly salary is only about ten kronor.
A fine of one hundred kronor is actually equivalent to ten months' salary.
"Of course, if the punishment is not serious, wouldn't it be a disguised encouragement of street violence?"
"So, what's your answer? Should you accept the punishment honestly, or resist arrest with force?"
"I would like to remind you that if you resist arrest by force, we have the right to kill anyone who resists."
As a free city, the armed forces of Novigrad are provided by citizens and the equipment is paid for at their own expense. Therefore, the city guards of Novigrad are better than the town guards of most cities in the north.
However, their combat effectiveness is not certain. After all, they spend most of their time standing guard and have little time for training.
Moreover, they mostly dealt with thieves and thieves, and had never fought against the real, vicious bandits, let alone the enemy's army.
Therefore, these city guards look well-armed, but in fact their combat effectiveness is not very good.
If it's Lynn and Geralt, it won't take much effort to break out from these guards.
If they really do this, the two of them will say goodbye to Novigrad completely.
Reality is not a game.
In the game, you can spend money to eliminate bounties, but in reality, you can't.
In addition, this matter is full of doubts from beginning to end.
Geralt and Lynn were on their way to Novigrad during this period. How could they beat someone in Novigrad? And they also went to a bakery to buy bread every day?
Therefore, there is no doubt that "Geralt" is definitely a fake.
And the only way to pretend to be exactly the same as a real person is through magic or other means.
But this is even more impossible.
There is no need for warlocks who know how to disguise magic to pretend to be witchers that they don't like at all.
Even though Geralt is a famous figure in the group of witchers, in the eyes of warlocks, witchers are all ants, and even Geralt is just the strongest ant among them.
If he is not a warlock, there is only one possibility.
And it happens that Lynn knows that in the city Novigrad, this possibility is the greatest.
At this time, Lynn suddenly felt a broad palm pressing on his shoulder.
"No need to do anything, I'll just go with you."
"Geralt?"
"Lynn, I believe you will make the right judgment."
Geralt is very sure that he was wrongly accused.
What he is even more sure of is that he has always abided by the laws and regulations in Novigrad and has never offended any rich and powerful person.
Therefore, as long as you find out the ins and outs, you will be able to get out soon.
In this case, why expand the contradiction?
To put it bluntly, it's really not possible. The worst possible outcome would be to spend a few months in jail.
Anyway, the lifespan of a witcher is very long, and a few months will pass quickly.
As for the fine of one hundred crowns, it is indeed a lot, but it is much less than the price of knocking down the guards here and escaping.
Seeing that Geralt actually took off the two swords from his back and threw them to one of the guards.
The other guards all looked at each other.
"The witcher, the monster killer who is paid to do things, is actually willing to surrender and is as obedient as a school boy."
"I bet he can hand over the halberd handle if we give the order."
"Then give the order and tell him to dig it out."
"Let's see if the handle of a witcher's halberd is different from a normal person's. Is there two handles like the rumors say?"
At this time, a sound like a loud bell sounded like an explosion on the ground.
"That's enough! That's almost it! You idiots!"
A female guard captain with a mohawk came over.
She is not as tall as her men, but her muscles are extremely strong, as thick as ham.
"Geralt of Rivia, you violated the regulations set by the city hall, so we arrested you according to the regulations, but since you are willing to cooperate with our work, everything is easy."
"When your companion goes to the city hall and pays the fine, you can meet again in ten months."
"As for you, you can enter the city now. Welcome to Novigrad, as long as you don't cause trouble in the city."
In this way, Geralt was taken away by several guards, and Lynn entered Novigrad after paying the entrance fee.
"I originally planned to have a good rest after coming back, but I didn't expect that something happened right after I came back."
"Now let's reorganize the clues:"
"'Geralt' beat up a citizen named Alfred. Before that, he went to a place named Old John's Bakery to buy bread for many days."
"It seems like this Old John's Bakery must go."
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