Chapter 1165 1147. Sudden news


    That was a young man wearing a felt hat and a leather vest, which was convenient and flexible.


    It seemed that running or riding a horse made him panting heavily and his face turned red. As a result, the chestnut hair on his head became damp and stuck to his forehead.


    ??The bartender of Yinlu Tavern stopped him first.


    ??Other people in the tavern also looked at him in surprise, then turned their heads and returned to their tables.


    “Look at how anxious you are.”


    The bartender with a white towel on his shoulders looked at the young man up and down and gave him a glass of water.


    “Who are you looking for? Are you in a hurry?”


    The bartender meant to keep his movements and movements quiet so as not to disturb other customers.


    ??The high-end style of Yinlu Tavern is also an aspect of luxury.


    But the young man just took the water glass and took a sip, then continued to raise a hand and asked loudly around.


    "Is Duke Lane of Sintra here? I asked all the way from the town hall to the Giancardi Bank, then to the workshop area, and finally ended up here."


    ?Sitting in a booth at the corner of the hall on the first floor, the four people at the table looked at the messenger looking for someone to find the tavern in confusion.


    ??It was Lan En who raised his hand to say hello.


    “This way, sir.”


    Everyone looked up, then quickly lowered their heads.


    Only the young messenger breathed out a sigh of relief, returned the water glass in his hand to the bartender, and walked towards this side.


    ?He walked into the small high platform of the booth, first took off the felt hat on his head, and held his hands in front of his chest.


    It can be seen that although he is young, he is already a skilled messenger.


    ??People who see Lan En''s figure and appearance for the first time can''t help but be stunned.


    ??So did the messenger, but the task at hand still made him sober up quickly.


    “This, this is news from Vizima, my lord.”


    The messenger stuttered a bit as he spoke.


    At the same time, he took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Lan En on the other side of the table.


    ??The young witcher reached out and took it. The bright red fire paint seal on it was intact, and the pattern of the fire paint was the white lily, the national emblem of Temeria.


    Foltest?


    “Vegimaha.” Margarita smiled ambiguously, looked at Lan and asked, “Is it Triss? She can’t wait to find you?”


    “No.” Lan En replied with a slight frown, and showed her the paint on the envelope.


    ?The others at the dinner table also raised their eyebrows, wondering what Foltest wanted to tell Lan.


    "Thank you." Lan En took out an Oren coin from his pocket and put it on the table, pushing it towards the messenger. "Thank you for traveling to so many places."


    The letter was put into his pocket.


    But the messenger did not leave. Instead, he licked his lips and said nervously to Lan En.


    “That. You’d better take a look now, my lord.”


    His hands holding the felt hat rubbed each other nervously.


    "This matter is a bit urgent, and I have a message here. I have to cooperate with it."


    ?At this time, even Lan En raised his eyebrows in surprise.


    He took out the letter that he had almost put in his pocket, opened the seal, took out the letter and read it.


    There were several pieces of paper stuffed into the envelope. Lan En quickly glanced at the first few pieces of paper. It was not until the last piece of paper that he narrowed his eyes slightly and took some time to read it carefully.


    After reading it, he folded the letter and looked up at the messenger standing by the table.


    “Except for those formal greetings that are gorgeous and cumbersome but have no actual content. Is this true?”


    "It''s true, sir." The messenger lowered his voice but it was not abrupt. It seemed that he often delivered news to important people.


    “Every word is true.”


    “What are the specifics?” Lan En then asked, “I mean numbers.”


    He raised the folded letter paper in his hand towards the messenger: "There are only vague descriptions like ''a lot'' and ''a lot'' written on it. I want a specific quantity."


    “This is the extent of the message I have to bring you, my lord.”


    The messenger''s eyes looked left and right on the table, asking Lan whether they wanted to speak alone.


    ??If it is a royal secret message under normal circumstances, then the messenger has the right to directly reject the left and right people.


    But obviously, Foltest should have told him to respect Lan En''s decision when he sent him out to deliver the message.


    Lan En did not speak, but just waved his hand.


    ?Berengar moved to the side, making room for an empty seat on the table.


    ?So the messenger also knew what it meant.


    ?He didn''t show any pretense, he pulled up a stool and sat down, continuing to whisper.


    “It’s all gone.”


    "What?" Lan En''s hand that was playing with the letter suddenly stopped and asked again, "What do you mean?" "It means literally, sir." As he spoke, it was as if the messenger himself was worried about the news he had brought. Feeling nervous and at a loss, his throat rolled up and down, and he swallowed.


    “That area is now dead silent.”


    “The few villages there that originally made a living by fishing and hunting, although they didn’t know what happened, they all fled in other directions. They were so frightened that they were stunned.”


    “They say they can’t live no matter what, there’s something wrong with this, they’ve never seen it before for generations!”


    ??The other three people at the table were confused, but it was precisely because of the confusion, the courier''s vaguely frightened expression at this time, and the content of his words.


    It makes people feel even more chilled and frightened.


    ?It seems that the originally warm colors and swaying candlelight in Yinlu Tavern have become strange and gloomy.


    “But Foltest should have sent someone to check it out, right?”


    ?The firelight and shadows swayed on Lan En''s profile. When the shadows covered the eye sockets, the cat''s eyes would glow slightly.


    "Not only Foltest, that place is close to the Principality of Elland, so Duke Heward must have sent people. Even Aedirn may have sent people to explore. Tell me, what is the result?"


    ? Temeria is a kingdom, and under this kingdom there are also dependent countries such as the Principality of Maribor and the Principality of Elland.


    When Temeria fought a civil war to determine the right of succession, the ‘Dagger War’ was fought between the Duke of Elland and the Duke of Maribor.


    Later, half of Maribo was crushed by the saliva demon summoned by [Arzu Double Cross].


    But that was a story long ago and has nothing to do with now.


    "No results, sir." The messenger pursed his lips and whispered, "All the people sent before did not come back alive."


    "Because of this, His Majesty thought of you. He waited in the Dark Water for a while, but he did not expect that you came directly to Gos Velen."


    “That’s why I was sent all the way here.”


    Lan En fiddled with the pile of letter paper in his hands and was silent for a moment.


    “Understood.” He nodded and said, “That’s it, nothing more?”


    “Yes, that’s all I know.”


    "Thank you." Lan En raised the letter in his hand towards the messenger, "Your work is done, sir. Please go and have a rest. The expenses you spent here will be charged to my account."


    ?The messenger stood up, saluted Lan En, then put on his felt hat again and walked down from the booth.


    After the others left, Tisaya raised her delicate chin and said to the letter in Lan En''s hand.


    "what happened?"


    ?Margarita and Berengar also looked at him curiously.


    "A scene." Lan En looked at the letter in his hand with a confused expression. He didn''t seem to know how to describe it. In the end, he could only say uncertainly, "Abnormal?"


    “Foltest said that something very unusual happened near Elland as recently as a month ago.”


    “In the northeast of Elland, I don’t know when, the sounds of birds and animals there became increasingly rare.”


    “No one cared about it at first, not even the people fleeing the famine who began to appear in the villages in that area. But gradually”


    “Nothing comes out of there anymore.”


    “The sounds of the creatures also disappeared. This attracted the attention of Lord Siward of Elland.”


    “And when the impact in this area not only did not level off over time, but began to expand, and it was about to threaten the Pontal Valley, concern turned to panic.”


    The expressions of the three people originally became more and more solemn as Lan En described it. Later, after the location of ''Pontal Valley'' was mentioned, there was no longer any surprise or doubt.


    Because this place is so important.


    ??The four largest kingdoms in the north are actually divided very neatly by the terrain, almost like a crooked field grid.


    ??The Mahakam Mountains in the south, where the dwarves have lived for generations, are connected to the Kestrel Mountains in the north, cutting them vertically, and the Pontar River runs through them laterally.


    ? Temeria is in the lower left corner of the grid, Redania is in the upper left corner, Kaedwen is in the upper right corner, and Aedirn is in the lower right corner.


    ??The Pontal Valley is where the Pontal River separates the Mahakam Mountains and the Kestri Mountains.


    ??The Pontar River is the boundary river that separates the four northern countries, and the Pontar Valley is the key throat of this river.


    There is a problem here, and all the inland water transportation in the four northern countries will be stuck and finished!


    For this position, the four northern countries have been fighting for hundreds of years.


    The Haji Fortress in the river valley has been robbed back and forth. The last time was more than forty years ago, when it was snatched away from the hands of the previous king of Temeria by the previous king of Aedirn.


    It is still a castle belonging to Aedirn.


    “What the **** is this?”


    ?Margarita was stunned and gestured with the size of the area described in Foltest''s letter according to her own memory.


    “In such a big place, there are no living things?!”


    Speaking, the dean of Arethusa turned his attention to Berengar, the old demon hunter.


    “Is there a monster that can do this? Or what kind of curse is it on such a large scale?”


    “With all due respect.” The old witcher shook his head and stood up. "I have never seen such a monster or curse. It is almost like some kind of large-scale magic that has gone out of control. But you must be more familiar with that than me, but I can know a little bit."


    Berengar stood up and looked at Lan En: "I think you can''t take any time off. That piece of broken armor can''t be hung on the display stand."


    “I can’t use your dragon scales in such a short period of time, so I can only repair your original set of master-level Bear School armor.”


    (End of this chapter)