Lynn After a careful search in the forest, it took almost ten minutes to find the monster's footprints.
Judging from the footprints, this monster has a pair of large feet, its forelimbs are slender and sharp, it walks on all fours, and its back height is probably more than two meters.
After following the footprints for about half an hour, Lynn finally found the monster's lair.
It was a monster that looked a bit like an elk, with three eyes on its face and muscles all over its body. It was taller than a person when lying on its four limbs. It was lying on the ground and sleeping soundly.
This is a Fiend, also called Fiend Monster.
Although there is only one word difference from Leshen, the two are completely different.
Fiend will not summon crows or wild wolves, nor will it use plants to attack. Its most powerful thing is its proud body.
Unless long-range attacks such as ballistae and trebuchets are used, no human being can defeat Fiend in close combat.
Because their power is so terrifying, even if it is a tightly-formed army, if they break into it, within a few seconds, the formation will be beaten to pieces.
Even if the soldiers on its flanks and rear bravely thrust out their silver spears, they will be blocked by muscles that are not much harder than steel.
However, what this Fiend encountered today was no ordinary enemy.
Lynn stepped hard, and his figure disappeared from the place. When he reappeared, he was already in front of Fiend.
The sleeping Fiend is still very vigilant.
It instinctively raised its head to avoid this heavy blow.
But even so, a horrific wound was still torn out on his chest.
The blood flowed out like a punctured water bag.
Under the severe pain, Fiend instinctively waved his claws forward.
Monsters are monsters, and the fatal wounds suffered by humans can indeed be called "merely fatal wounds" on the tenacious Fiend.
On the contrary, it was Fiend's angry blow. If it was hit by this blow, even the city wall would be torn apart.
However...
Dang!
A harsh metal collision sounded.
The huge Lady of the Lake's Sword body blocked Fiend's claws.
Under Fiend's disbelieving gaze, Lynn pushed Lady of the Lake's Sword's sword body and pushed its claws back.
Then a cold light passed over its neck.
Plop!
The head with thick antlers rolled to the ground.
Fiend still had a shocked expression on his face.
It must have been unable to believe until its death that there were humans with greater power than it.
He took out his hunting knife, stripped Fiend of all the valuable trophies, and then searched the lair.
Unfortunately, no treasure was found in the lair.
This is quite reasonable.
After all, this Fiend is hiding in a forest near a non-main road in Velen, and Velen is notoriously poor and backward. Even if it lives in this forest for a long time, how many valuable treasures can it plunder?
Lynn is not discouraged.
With his current worth, he doesn't care about these things.
He picked up Fiend's head, and his eyes fell on its headless body.
Fiend's meat cannot be eaten.
Like Drowner, Nekker, Water Hag, Grave Hag and other monsters, eating its meat will cause vomiting, diarrhea, bedridden, and death directly.
Therefore, Lynn used Igni Sign to burn the corpse of Fiend, and only needed to take its head back as proof.
When Lynn returned to the village again, only a few hours had passed.
When he threw the huge Fiend head to the ground, he immediately received the shocked gazes of everyone, including the knights.
Let the villagers forget it, those knights are not country bumpkins.
Just from the huge head of this monster, we can also judge its size before death, and judge the manpower required to defeat such a monster, as well as the casualties.
Lynn actually did it alone and was not injured at all.
It's so terrifying.
"Not only this Fiend, but also the Daytime Wraith in the farmland have been eliminated by me, and I won't bother you again."
"However, you'd better not enter the forest first. Even if Fiend is eliminated, there are still monsters such as Nekker, Endrega, and Arachas in the forest."
"I'll find someone to help you clean it up later."
Lynn said this not perfunctorily.
After all the demon hunters he sent to the south come back, he will arrange for them to come to Velen and slowly eliminate all the monsters and ghosts in Velen.
In fact, due to the raging monsters, the natural resources of Velen have been almost undeveloped. In addition, the land is vast and sparsely populated, so it is actually a treasure land suitable for farming.
To the north of Velen is Novigrad. Novigrad develops commerce and Velen develops agriculture, which can complement each other.
This is also the reason why Lynn chose Velen.
Everyone stayed in the village for a few more days. Lynn would go to the farmland where Daytime Wraith was located at noon every day. After several days of observation, it was confirmed that the Daytime Wraith never appeared again, and the group of people set off for the next village.
When they left, the village chief and villagers watched the group leave at the entrance of the village.
This time, the respect on their faces was a little more sincere.
It took almost two months for the team to finally complete Velen and finally return to Crow's Perch.
In fact, Velen is a small province, and there are not many villages in the province. In addition to the muddy roads and difficult walking, most of the time is spent helping local villages to solve the most urgent and serious problems.
Because Velerad has evaded the responsibilities of the lord, these people who have lived in Velen for generations are in dire straits.
Poverty, hunger, and even lack of guarantee for survival.
Therefore, every time they arrived in a village, they had to stop and spend a lot of time helping local villagers deal with the most pressing problems.
However, among these villages, the most serious problem is a village called Downwarren Village located in the east of Velen province, near Crookback Bog.
This village is the cult village that believes in Ladies of the Wood in the Witcher 3 game.
But at this point in time, Downwarren has not yet corrupted the whole village.
But Lynn also noticed that some villagers in the village only had one ear.
The way to worship Ladies of the Wood is to cut off your own ears and offer them to your wife.
Lynn They stayed the longest at Downwarren.
Because this place has been eroded by darkness, we have to use heavy rituals to execute the corrupted villagers, and burn all the found items related to Ladies of the Wood.
The remaining villagers who showed no signs of corruption were forced to move away.
Move them to Crow's Perch.