The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 378 The Depravity of Blood Relatives
Lynn bowed and said, "I will do my best, Your Majesty."

It's difficult to comment on Foltest's personal conduct.

However, he was still among the best of the northern kings in terms of how he treated his subordinates and led his troops into battle.

More importantly, he was far superior to Radovide, who also knew how to fight.

In The Witcher 3, if Geralt hadn't assassinated Radovid, the mad king could have defeated the Man in Black, but he was far too obsessed.

He would pile up hordes of pyres in Temeria and Aden, which were liberated from the Nilfgaardians, to burn all those he considered "infidels."

Including but not limited to herbalists, witch doctors, alchemists, and non-human races...

In terms of the breadth of his persecution, even Emhyr Enris would have to kowtow to him.

Although the Nilfgaardian Empire would capture people from conquered territories to make them slaves and plunder them as colonies, at least useful people could still save their lives. The empire would not burn those with skills like firewood.

Therefore, if possible, Lynn would prefer that Foltest live; that would be better.

Lynn asked Foltest to lift his shirt so he could check on Foltest's condition.

As Triss said, Foltest's situation was indeed not optimistic.

The dark purple markings on his body became more numerous and more pronounced.

Even someone who knows nothing about magic and curses would not be pleased to see such a sight.

Then, on a whim, he took out some high-quality white honey.

High-grade white honey is a special antidote for witchers, but it can also be used as a general antidote.

Even if there is no antidote, there will be no side effects from consuming high-quality white honey.

Although he knew that Foltest was under a curse, some curses manifest as poisons, so perhaps they could have a miraculous effect.

After receiving the premium white honey, Foltest did not drink it immediately, but subconsciously looked at Triss.

When he noticed Triss nodding to indicate that there was no problem, Foltest drank the fine white honey in one gulp.

Unfortunately, even after half a day had passed, there was no sign of the curse marks on Foltest's face and body disappearing.

But it doesn't matter, it was just an experiment after all.

“Your Majesty, evil…” Lynn had only uttered a few words when he suddenly heard Triss cough violently behind him, and then he remembered the sorceress’s instructions.

So he changed his tune, saying, "The mark left on you by that being whose name cannot even be mentioned should have faded gradually inland, but your condition has worsened instead. This means that someone in this city has become a henchman of evil, and he is helping his master to exert influence on you."

Foltest was startled: "You mean, like my wife did back then?"

The reason why Foltest's daughter and wife both died was because a minister in the court named Auster placed a curse on Foltest's daughter, which led to the tragic events.

"Yes, that's it, only it's much more serious."

The world of Witcher is one that cannot be explained by science or magic.

In this world, a village girl who hanged herself in a well might become a daytime spirit;
A casual, unintentional remark can turn into a harmful curse.

Lynn could tell that although Foltest tried to remain calm, his expression ultimately betrayed his panicked state of mind.

"Witcher, since you're speaking so eloquently, you must have a plan, right?"

“Of course, since it was an evil servant who assisted that being whose name cannot even be mentioned, then as long as we find the evil that exists in this city and eliminate it, everything will be fine.” Hearing that the Witcher had indeed given a solution, Foltest breathed a sigh of relief.

But then he heard Lynn say something else.

"But I have a request."

Before Lynn could specify what it was, His Majesty the King immediately said, "Ten thousand Orens."

Oren is not valuable.

Ten thousand euros is less than two thousand crowns.

However, Geralt only received three thousand orens to break the curse of the vampire bird, while his ten thousand orens is more than three times that amount.

Ok, Ok.

Lynn cleared her throat.

"Your Majesty, what I really wanted to mention wasn't the reward, but I've already witnessed Your Majesty's generosity."

"What I'm saying is that I want the right to search this city, anywhere, in any corner."

“That makes sense, I agree,” Foltest said almost without hesitation. “You can go find Triss now and have her accompany you, along with my guards. No one has the right to stop you, I said.”

Next, Lynn and his group began their operation with great momentum.

First, Lynn divided the king's guards into two groups, sending them to the inner city gate and the outer city gate respectively.

Lynn's instructions to them were: ignore those entering the city, but stop all those leaving the city.

Foltest assigned Lynn only fifty men, which was certainly not enough to control all the gates of the city of Maripó.

But these men represent the king's will and can command the city guards of Maripo to cooperate with their actions.

Then, Lynn and Triss, along with the remaining guards who hadn't been sent out, began a thorough search of the inner city.

The inner city was the residential area for the nobles and wealthy merchants of Maripo.

These privileged classes, accustomed to being high and mighty, were naturally unwilling to accept the investigation at first.

But when Triss invoked the King's orders, they all fell silent.

Without the obstruction of these privileged classes, the search officially began.

In fact, the royal guards that Lynn brought with him were mainly there to act as a deterrent; the real search still had to rely on Lynn's own witcher senses.

Foltest's condition was far more serious than the curse his wife had suffered, so he thought it unlikely to be just a casual remark from a nobleman who was dissatisfied with the king.

Only the continuous chanting of the evil god's prayers by a servant of the evil god hidden in the city of Maripo could produce such a powerful effect.

Lynn had just obtained "Detect Evil" from the Goddess of the Lake, a special tool for detecting evil gods and their chaotic minions. He could expose the true forms of any evil god's servants who stood before him.

And so, Lynn, along with Triss and the guards, searched room by room.

As they searched the entire first floor of the castle and prepared to go up to the second floor, a voice suddenly came from the corridor behind them.

(End of this chapter)