Lynn saluted. "I will do my best, Your Majesty."
Foltest's personal style is not easy to evaluate.
But in treating his subordinates and leading troops in battle, he was still among the best among the northern kings.
More importantly, he is much stronger than Radovid who also knows how to fight.
In the Witcher 3, if Geralt had not assassinated Radovid, although the king Madman could defeat the man in black, he was too crazy.
He would pile up terrifying pyres in places such as Temeria and Aedirn that were liberated from the Nilfgaard people to burn all "heretics" in his eyes.
Including but not limited to herbalists, witch doctors, alchemists, non-human races...
In terms of the scope of the persecution, Emhyr Enris has to give him a thumbs up.
Nilfgaardian Empire Although the conquered areas will be captured as slaves and plundered as colonies, at the very least, useful people can still save their lives, and the empire will not just burn those with skills like firewood.
Therefore, if possible, it is better for Lynn to hope that Foltest can live.
Lynn asked Foltest to lift up his clothes first so that he could check Foltest's condition.
As Triss said, the situation of Foltest is indeed not optimistic.
There are more and more dark purple lines on his body, becoming more and more obvious.
Even people who know nothing about magic and curses will not be happy to see such a situation.
Then, with the attitude of giving it a try, he took out Superior White Honey.
Superior White Honey is a special antidote for witchers and can also be used as a general antidote.
Even if there is no antidote to the poison, there will be no side effects from taking Superior White Honey.
Although he knew that Foltest contained curses, some curses were reacted with toxins, and they might have miraculous effects.
After taking Superior White Honey, Foltest did not drink immediately, but subconsciously looked at Triss.
When he noticed that Triss nodded to indicate that there was no problem, Foltest drank Superior White Honey in one gulp.
Unfortunately, until half an hour later, the traces of the curse on Foltest's face and body showed no sign of being eradicated.
But it doesn't matter, it was just an attempt in the first place.
"Your Majesty, evil..." Lynn had just said a few words when he suddenly heard Triss coughing violently behind him, and then he remembered the sorceress's instructions.
So he changed his words: "The mark left on you by that existence that cannot even be mentioned should gradually fade away inland, but you are getting worse and worse. This means that there is someone in this city who has become a pawn of evil. He is helping his master and exerting influence on you."
Foltest was horrified. "You mean, just like my wife did at that time."
The reason why Foltest's daughter and his wife both died was because a minister in the palace named Ostrit placed a curse on Foltest's daughter, which led to the tragedy.
"Yes, it's like that, but it's more serious than that."
The world of the Witcher is a world that cannot be explained by science or magic.
In this world, a village girl who is hanged in a well may become a Daytime Wraith;
A casual and unintentional remark may also turn into a harmful curse.
Lynn could see that although Foltest tried hard to stay calm, his face still revealed his panic in the end.
"Witcher, since what you said is so clear, you must have an idea, right?"
"Of course, since it is the evil servant who assists the existence that cannot even be mentioned, then as long as we find out the evil that exists in this city and eliminate it, everything will be fine."
Foltest breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that the witcher had indeed revealed the solution.
But then, he heard Lynn say.
"But I have a request."
Lynn didn't say what it was yet, but His Majesty the King immediately said, "Ten thousand Oren."
The value of Oren is not high.
Ten thousand Oren is not even two thousand crowns.
However, it took Geralt only 3,000 Oren to lift the curse of the vampire bird, and my ten thousand Oren is already more than three times.
Okay, okay.
Lynn cleared his throat.
"Your Majesty, actually what I want to mention is not the reward, but I have seen your Majesty's generosity."
"What I'm saying is, I want the power to search any corner of this city, anywhere."
"This is very reasonable. I agree," Foltest said without hesitation, "You can go find Triss now and ask her to accompany you and bring my guards. No matter who it is, they have no right to stop you, I said so."
Next, Lynn and his group started to take action aggressively.
First, Lynn divided the king's guards into two teams and asked them to go to the gate of the inner city and the gate of the outer city respectively.
Lynn's instructions to them were: Don't ignore anyone entering the city, and stop everyone leaving the city.
Foltest has only fifty people assigned to Lynn. It is definitely not enough to rely on these people to control all the city gates in Maribor City.
But these people represent the king's will and can order Maribor City's city guards to cooperate with their actions.
Then, Lynn and Triss took the remaining guards who had not been sent out and began a blanket search from the inner city.
The inner city is the residential area of Maribor City's nobles and wealthy businessmen.
These privileged people, who are usually accustomed to being superior, were of course unwilling to accept the investigation at first.
But when Triss brought out the king's order, everyone misfired.
Without the obstruction of these privileged classes, the search officially began.
In fact, the main duty of the king's guards that Lynn brought with him was to act as a deterrent. The real search had to rely on Lynn's own Witcher Senses.
This time Foltest's situation was much more serious than the curse on his wife, so he thought it was unlikely to be just a casual remark by a noble who was dissatisfied with the king.
Only the servants of the evil god hidden in Maribor City who continuously recite the prayers of the evil god can produce such a strong effect.
And Lynn just happened to have obtained "Detect Evil" from Lady of the Lake, which is specialized in detecting the evil god and his minions of chaos. As long as the evil god's servants stand in front of him, he can reveal their true colors.
Just like that, Lynn took Triss and Konoe, searching room by room.
When they searched the entire first floor of the castle and were about to go up to the second floor, a voice suddenly came from the corridor behind them.