Half a month passed in the blink of an eye.
When the time came to the end of September, a large group of people finally set off, leaving Novigrad and heading towards Kaedwen.
The journey to Kaer Morhen is long, and it is impossible to cross two countries to the other side just by walking, so Lynn gave everyone a horse.
Just in case, a few extra horses were prepared.
As for the supplies they purchased at Novigrad, they no longer need to hire horse-drawn carriages to transport them.
That would be too time-consuming and laborious.
Therefore, Lynn's choice is to directly put all the purchased materials into the magic pattern leather bag.
Anyway, the space inside the magic pattern leather bag is as big as a villa.
The supplies equivalent to a dozen carriages were packed into a magic pattern leather bag, which was more than enough.
Letho and George have never been to Kaer Morhen Castle.
But they showed strong curiosity about this, the only remaining witcher castle so far.
Especially they heard that the demon hunters of School of the Wolf are like a family.
Therefore, they really want to see what kind of great teacher of the school can teach such a trend.
Unlike the expectant and curious demon hunter, Tissaia's face was much calmer.
She remembered the last time she went to Kaer Morhen.
But the memories of that time are not good.
She just hoped that this time it wouldn't be as unpleasant as last time.
Geralt is always by Yennefer's side.
Although Yennefer always had an expression of keeping away from strangers in front of others, Lynn could still tell that this young couple was already arguing at the end of the bed.
He couldn't help but sigh quietly.
It's a pity that Triss couldn't leave Vizima for so long, otherwise he wouldn't have to watch other people show affection and eat dog food until full.
The last time they returned to Kaer Morhen, they took a barge and went upstream along Pontar River.
This time I took the overland route.
Cross Redania first, then cross Kaedwen.
Nothing happened along the way, so Lynn first gave Kasja and the children an ideological and moral lesson in the same way as Vesemir.
Teach them that no matter what happens, your family will always be your solid and reliable backing.
Letho and George were also amazed.
School of the Viper Needless to say.
Although School of the Griffin is known for being noble, he does not deliberately teach them how to connect the members of the school.
The team walked within the territory of Redania for a month, and nothing happened during this period.
Then, enter the territory of Kaedwen.
As everyone knows, Kaedwen is the country in Northern Kingdoms that is most prejudiced against non-human races. Demon hunters are also regarded as non-human races, and there are so many demon hunters in their team. If they enter the city, they will definitely cause unnecessary trouble.
So, after some discussion, everyone decided to avoid cities and villages and only camp in the wild.
Anyway, there are so many of them, and when monsters and robbers see them, they will take a detour.
Of course, with so many people, the daily food consumption is not a small amount.
Although before departure, I purchased a lot of food.
But these foods are prepared to spend the winter in Kaer Morhen.
During that long winter, the mountains were covered with heavy snow, and no one could go out unless they could fly.
Therefore, don't waste all the food you have hoarded on the road.
But this matter is easy to handle.
Every time they went to a village, town, or city, Lynn would use Glamarye to change his appearance, disguise himself as an adventurer, and enter the village to buy food.
Anyway, in his magic-patterned leather bag, time stands still.
You don't have to worry about too much food spoiling it.
On this day, not long after everyone started their journey, they noticed a column of smoke rising into the sky and a firelight that illuminated the sky in the distance.
Everyone knows what this means.
"Something is wrong," Lynn looked at the smoke column and said with a frown, "We have been deep into Kaedwen's territory for several days and have already left the border. Even Kaedwen's neighboring countries cannot go deep into the hinterland to burn, kill and plunder."
Geralt said, "Could it be a robber?"
In this era when ID cards are not connected to the Internet and there are no cameras in the streets and alleys, the only people whose number is second only to cockroaches and rats are robbers.
It would be better to have a city or town protected by a city wall. The militias and city walls formed by the people are enough to make most bandits fearful.
Take the original Toussaint as an example. Even if the bandit groups active in Toussaint knew that most of the knights errant had left Toussaint, they did not dare to take the opportunity to attack Beauclair city and nearby walled towns.
They didn't even dare to get close, that's why.
But a village without the protection of a city wall is different.
They are similar to weak sheep in the eyes of robbers, and they are the most frequented places by robbers.
If the smoke column was the work of robbers, that would make sense.
In this era, no country can completely eliminate bandits.
Includes Nilfgaardian Empire.
Even due to the Nilfgaardian Empire's exploitation of the occupied areas, illegal activities such as smuggling and black markets are extremely rampant in those provinces, and banditry is even more serious than in the north.
But for some reason, Lynn had a vague feeling that something was wrong.
He couldn't tell specifically.
I just have a vague feeling that this doesn't seem to be the work of bandits.
Auckes asked, "Do you want to take a detour?"
It is the instinct of living things to seek advantages and avoid disadvantages.
Although their team has nothing to fear even if they really encounter bandits, witchers are not heroes and never have been.
Their purpose was to go to Kaer Morhen, so Auckes instinctively wanted to avoid all trouble.
But Lynn thought for a moment and still rejected Auckes's proposal, "It's best to go and see the situation."
The direction in which the smoke column ignited was exactly the direction they were heading.
Even if you take a detour, you may run into the group of people who created the smoke plume.
Therefore, it is better to go and investigate first to see the situation.
"If you want to go with me, raise your hands."
Lynn As soon as he finished speaking, all the demon hunters raised their hands in unison.
This makes Lynn very happy.
But we don't need that many people, we just go to investigate the situation.
Besides, Lynn still needs them to stay and protect the team.
Therefore, in the end, Lynn only let Letho go with him.
The rest of the people hid in the nearby woods and took shelter for the time being.
He also told them that if he and Letho were unable to come over to meet them until dark, the team would take advantage of the darkness to avoid the direction of the smoke column and firelight and continue moving forward.
They will meet again in Kaer Morhen.