Istredd was not sure at first, but now that he heard Lynn's warning, instead of feeling angry, he only felt happy.
"Master, what traces did you see?"
Istredd's men were looking dejected with their heads hanging down before. When they heard the conversation between Lynn and Istredd, they all gathered around curiously.
Of course, they all heard the warning issued by Lynn to Istredd.
So they just stood and watched from a distance without getting closer.
The mutation gives the witcher senses that are different from ordinary people, allowing the witcher to find clues from places that ordinary people tend to ignore.
When he was still in Kaer Morhen, Vesemir taught Lynn how to identify and follow traces.
In the eyes of ordinary people, this messy pile of weeds appears to be dazzlingly clear to the demon hunter's enhanced senses.
"Horse hoofprints, there are many horse hoofprints... These horse hoofprints can be roughly divided into two categories, one is left by caravan carriages, and the other is left by attackers riding in."
Lynn's eyes followed the horse's hoof prints near the stables, spreading all the way to the depths of the wilderness away from the road.
Lynn looked at Geralt.
The other party's eyes also shot towards him.
From Geralt's peephole, Lynn saw what he thought.
So he stood up, walked around the traces under his feet, and walked towards Istredd.
"Your Excellency, we found it."
Istredd asked, "What did you find?"
"They were the attackers. Those guys didn't come here on foot, but on horseback. And we also know how they dealt with the three people you left in the stable last night."
Lynn turned around, pointed to Istredd the traces near the stables, and said slowly.
"Last night, some of the attackers rode on horseback, pretending to be passers-by who were tired from their journey. Then the innkeeper came out with two bottles of wine, one of which he handed to your men and the other to the attackers."
"Perhaps you have guessed that the wine handed to the attacker was normal and not mixed with anything, while the wine handed to your men was mixed with a lot of anesthetic powder."
"Anesthetic powder can make people addicted, causing them to lose their normal perception of the outside world, and can also make people feel ecstatic."
"The attackers took advantage of the anesthetic powder to take effect and slit their throats."
"After that, the attackers attacked us. After the attack failed, the attackers who survived got on their horses and fled the place in a hurry."
Istredd was stunned for a moment.
He blinked again and looked carefully at the ground pointed by Lynn.
Trying to identify the information Lynn said.
But the frustrating thing is that he thinks he has worked hard enough.
But I still can't figure out what's going on.
However, as a man who will one day take back Kovir and Poviss and become the king, even if Istredd does not understand this, it does not matter.
It is enough for him to know how to "arrange the right people to the right positions".
"Master, can you follow these footprints and lead us to the attackers' camp?"
"You'll know just by looking at it."
So Lynn and Geralt were in front, and Istredd followed far behind in order to prevent them from destroying the traces left by the attackers.
Without the horses, the carriage could not be taken away, so Istredd left a few people behind and asked them to guard the carriage.
Although Lynn has received guidance from Vesemir, he still cannot keep up with veterans like Geralt in terms of trace tracking.
Therefore, in line with the attitude of living and learning, Geralt turned this tracking into a vivid practical teaching class.
He first imparted his investigative skills to Lynn without reservation, and then tried his best to let Lynn discover the traces on his own.
Although this will slow down the search speed, it will also allow Lynn to learn very valuable experience.
A few hours later.
Everyone discovered a small forest.
Geralt raised his arms.
The group of Istredd who were following behind immediately stopped and knelt down on one knee, lowering their bodies as much as possible to reduce the possibility of being discovered.
In the cat's-eye view of Lynn and Geralt, they could already see sentries standing guard outside the small forest in the distance.
"He hasn't discovered us yet, it's just..."
The witcher's cat eyes are not only scary, but also allow the witcher to see farther than ordinary people.
Lynn squinted his eyes. "I can't see how many people are in the camp in the woods."
Geralt looked around, and finally fixed his gaze on a raised mound not far from everyone.
"We should go up there, where the view is better and where we can hide."
Geralt's proposal was approved by everyone.
Everyone started to retreat.
Then moved to the mound he mentioned.
The mounds, which were much higher than the ground, were enough to completely cover their figures.
The premise is that they are all lying on the ground instead of standing up.
Some people couldn't help but ask, "What should we do now, Master?"
Geralt made a calm gesture towards him. "Let's wait until dark first and then decide based on the situation."
Time passed like this bit by bit.
Waiting is always excruciating.
Even Istredd himself couldn't help but feel upset.
But he still told himself over and over again in his heart to stay patient.
Just like that, a few hours passed.
Night finally fell.
Lynn Exited from meditative state.
He looked at Geralt.
The latter nodded and said to Istredd, "Your Excellency, you'd better stay here."
Istredd said with some worry.
"Just you two? How about I send a few more people to follow you?"
Geralt shook his head. "The more people there are, the more troublesome it will be. It's just investigation and that's all we can do. We'll come back to discuss countermeasures after we finish the investigation."
Lynn took out two bottles of Cat Potion from the medicine bag he carried with him, and gave one of them to Geralt.
Although the eyesight of witchers is much better than that of ordinary people.
But if you drink Cat Potion again, you will be able to see the night as nothing.
The two of them took advantage of the darkness, quietly descended from the mound, and walked along the campground in the woods.
The attackers also set up sentries at night and doubled their manpower.
But it's no use.
First of all, many people in this era have night blindness.
In other words, he is no different from a blind man at night.
Secondly, even without night blindness, humans are much more restricted at night than during the day.
Even if there is torch lighting, the range that the torch can illuminate is actually much smaller than imagined.
Therefore, Lynn and Geralt successfully reached the edge of the forest camp quietly.