The environment in the north is now much better than in the south.
Since the base camps of School of the Cat and School of the Bear were wiped out, it has become increasingly difficult for the demon hunters to live in the south.
There are even Nilfgaardian Empire some wealthy people who don't want to see the witcher walking around in broad daylight, and would rather pay a high price to hire a bounty hunter to get rid of the witcher.
Since the environment in the south is getting worse and worse and it is getting harder and harder to make money, why not try it in the north?
Besides, Ivo is a traditional demon hunter, that is, he uses people's money to eliminate disasters for others.
Since you always need an employer, why not sign a long-term contract with a generous employer?
It was exactly what Gaetan said that Ivo finally agreed.
There were only a few demon hunters still operating in the south. After that, the group left Nilfgaardian Empire, entered Toussaint, and arrived at Castel d'Accia Vineyard.
According to the instructions of Lynn, they reported the name of Baron Brandon.
In order to make the manor's butler Sebastian trust this group of people, Lynn wrote a personal letter to them this year when he was still in Kaer Morhen, and also attached the coat of arms of Baron Brandon.
Sure enough, after the handwriting and coat of arms matched, Sebastian warmly entertained them.
And they also met the only female witcher School of the Manticore, Duya, who came under the instruction of Borch.
Duya joined the team after learning their identities.
The team is still at the manor.
Eskel sent the communication for two purposes, one is to report on the work, and the other is to ask for instructions on the next actions:
Should we return directly to Kaer Morhen, or Lynn still has tasks to give them.
Lynn immediately asked them to divide into two teams. The newly recruited demon hunters were asked to come to Novigrad, and the others could return to Kaer Morhen.
After another two full months of waiting, Lynn finally met the newly recruited demon hunters at Novigrad.
It took me a while to introduce myself and show them my strength.
Although the race of demon hunters was created with very good hopes, after all, they are just a bunch of men who live and die by sword.
If you want these people to obey you, you must show more power than them.
This has nothing to do with any school of thought. Even the unity of School of the Wolf and the chivalry of School of the Griffin are based on the strong strength of Vesemir and Erland.
What is particularly unfortunate is that all the newly recruited demon hunters from these five schools are more or less the masters of getting paid to do things.
This means that Lynn can bribe them with money, and so can others.
Therefore, in order to avoid this situation, Lynn needs to show the necessary strength.
Three days later, Lynn took them outside a forest in Velen.
Lynn had already explored this forest with Witcher Senses before. There was a swarm of Andeglai insects living in the forest, at least hundreds of them.
This insect swarm usually does not leave the forest, but travelers who accidentally enter the forest will basically have a narrow escape.
Lynn asked the other demon hunters to wait outside the forest, but he himself didn't even drink the magic potion, picked up Lady of the Lake's Sword and walked into the forest.
Thus, Aiden, Gaetan, Kolgrim, Ivo, and Duya watched as Lynn was swallowed up by the forest.
Not long after, there were frightening movements one after another in the forest.
At first, other witchers planned to go in to help.
Only School of the Bear, the demon hunter Ivo, said it expressionlessly.
"Lynn is our employer. Since our employer wants us to stay outside the forest, we should stay outside the forest. Even if there are any unexpected consequences, it has nothing to do with us."
Aiden and Gaetan stopped after hearing this.
Only Duya and Kolgrim entered the forest.
The two demon hunters were shocked shortly after they stepped into the forest.
The forest floor was covered with the carcasses of Endrega bugs the size of bison.
You must know that a single Endrega insect may not be very strong, but Endrega insects have always acted in groups, and the social structure of this Zerg race is completely the most ideal way of operating a feudal kingdom.
Endrega The queen is the supreme existence, because only the queen can lay eggs and continue the survival of the group.
So Endrega warriors will fight to the death to protect the queen at all costs.
Endrega workers are responsible for all tasks other than combat, including but not limited to building nests, taking care of eggs and larvae, and obtaining food.
Of course, although in this Zerg kingdom, workers are positioned as workers, they can also fight if the queen or themselves are threatened.
Precisely because of the racial characteristics of the Endrega Zerg that all "people" are soldiers, when a single demon hunter wants to deal with an entire ethnic group, he usually uses alchemical bombs and traps to slowly reduce the number of Zerg.
However, what Duya and Kolgrim saw were sword wounds.
Every Endrega Zerg corpse was chopped into two halves or several pieces, without any trace of the use of alchemy bombs or traps.
The two demon hunters suppressed the shock in their hearts.
They looked into the distance together.
The sound of fighting still came from far away.
This proves that the battle is not over yet.
So Duya and Kolgrim cautiously moved in that direction.
However, the closer you get to the Zerg nest, the stronger the Endrega Zerg resistance will be. No matter how powerful Lynn is, I am afraid that it will no longer be able to do so with ease as before.
The two demon hunters also took out a few bottles of magic potion from their own potion bags and drank it, so that if Lynn needed their assistance later, they would join the battle in full strength.
When Duya and Kolgrim finally found Lynn in the lair, the two demon hunters found that they had thought too much.
There are more Endrega Zerg corpses near the nest, which is even more shocking.
The corpses of these insects were so densely packed that they were piled up like a hill.
They were about to step forward.
Suddenly, a black shadow rushed out from the lair.
The black shadow was so fast that even the two demon hunters could only clearly see that it was a huge Andegler zerg.
It's Queen Andeglai.
Duya and Kolgrim were shocked.
But their warning sounds have not yet been uttered.
Dang!
The harsh sound of metal collision suddenly sounded.
A forelimb thicker than a spear stabbed Lady of the Lake's Sword's sword.
But he was pushed away the next second.
Lynn took advantage of the situation and stepped forward with his sword.
Lady of the Lake's Sword struck Queen Andeglai's mouth fiercely, and the severe pain made the Zerg Queen tremble.
Lynn clenched his hands and rushed forward with all his strength, taking Lady of the Lake's Sword along with him, starting from Queen Andeglai's mouth and creating a deep wound on the side of her body, dripping with blood.
This is not over yet.
Lynn jumped up, flew directly to a height of several meters, then fell hard from top to bottom, hitting the Zerg Queen's back heavily.
The thick and wide Lady of the Lake's Sword was also inserted deeply from the top of Queen Andeglai's head until the handle was gone.
Finally, the Zerg Queen stopped struggling.