When they returned to the manor, Geralt's friends were surprised and surprised to see Geralt, Leo and Sylvia walking in from outside the manor.

Afterwards, after they heard Geralt recount what happened, they all vaguely felt something and their faces became a little gloomy. The mature Regier and Dandelion suggested that they should stop there and not continue the investigation.

, while others believe the investigation should continue until the truth is discovered.

Regarding the differences between Geralt and his companions, Leo and Sylvia were not prepared to get involved. They returned to their room, took off their armor and put it on the armor rack they found in the manor.

"Do you think this was done by the enemy or by yourself?" Sylvia found a piece of cloth and asked while carefully wiping the armor.

Leo quickly answered, "Myself."

"I think so too." Sylvia nodded and asked, "When did you feel something was wrong?"

"The recipe of new wine." Leo said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know much about winemaking, I also know that brewing a new wine requires not only a new recipe, but also new brewing raw materials and a new brewing environment.

So that Earl of Britta has already planned to give up here. Since he has already planned to give up here, why is he willing to spend a lot of money on recruitment tasks just to solve the problems here so that he can sell it at a good price? I don't think so.

, I always felt that there was something abnormal inside, but these were just speculations, so I didn’t tell you at the time.”

"The same idea as mine! I also had doubts at that time." Sylvia took out the dragon hunting gun from the box and wiped it, and said at the same time: "I have tasted the wine brewed in this manor, it is very average, from the wine

Judging from the dust accumulated on the barrel, it should be a finished wine, and there is more than one barrel of such wine. Regardless of whether this winery was able to brew good wine in the past, this winery should no longer be able to brew good wine.

I'm drunk. This should be the main reason why Count Britta plans to give up here, and it's not a temporary idea, it must have been brewing for a long time."

Leo nodded in agreement with Sylvia's analysis, and recalled the various information collected by walking around the edge of the plantation before, and said: "It has something to do with the land here. The land inside the plantation is compared to the land outside.

There is a lot less activity, which also affects the grapes grown here."

"If you only know how to ask for it and don't know how to protect it, the earth will naturally abandon it." Sylvia has her own plantation in Porto and is very aware of the importance of land to the plantation. After hearing Leo's words, she immediately understood

what's going on.

At this time, Leo hesitated for a moment and said: "However, I can't figure out why he killed so many people? Is it just to sell the plantation? Even if he didn't kill people, he should be able to sell the plantation, right?

?”

"It's very simple, in order to sell it for a high price." Sylvia thought for a moment and said: "If he sells the plantation directly like this, I'm afraid everyone in Toussaint will know that there is something wrong with this plantation.

Otherwise, why would a great nobleman sell a plantation that can produce high-quality grapes and brew fine wine? If funds are tight, you should be able to borrow enough money by mortgaging the plantation, and there is no need to sell it at all. As long as

One suspects that problems with the plantation will be discovered and eventually the plantation will become worthless, so he needs a suitable, unsuspecting excuse to sell the estate."

Leo was still a little confused and asked: "But if there is such a commotion, won't this manor become even more unsaleable?"

"Of course not." Sylvia, who was also born into a noble family, understood the character of these nobles in Toussaint very well and explained: "The intelligence we collected before mentioned that this world is a world where monsters often appear.

This is especially true. News of humans being attacked by monsters circulates in the tavern almost every day, so being attacked by monsters is normal here. Although the death of more than a dozen people will cause some minor problems, as long as the monsters are eliminated, this planting

The plantation is still a high-quality plantation in the eyes of others." As she spoke, she paused and said: "I'm afraid this is also the reason why he openly recruits people to solve the disappearance case with great fanfare. He wants everyone in Toussaint to know.

The monsters here have been dealt with, and this is still a plantation capable of brewing fine wine." At this point, she paused again, carefully put the wiped dragon hunting gun back into the box, and continued:

"It's a pity that no matter how good the plan is, there are loopholes. He wanted to use those monster bugs to get rid of the corpses, pretending to be bugs and attacking the workers and eating them. But he didn't expect that the queen would lay eggs and the bugs would return to the nest to protect the queen.

All the entrances were sealed, and the corpses were piled at the bottom of the pit without being eaten by insects."

Leo was silent for a moment and said, "It seems that our efforts may have been in vain this time."

"Not necessarily." Sylvia shook her head slightly and said: "Although Count Britta has some power in the Principality of Toussaint, it does not mean that he has no enemies. As long as he sells relevant information and evidence to his enemies,

I believe we can also get knight guarantees. In addition, I also heard that the duchess of this principality, Anna Henrietta, is a ruler with a good reputation. She definitely does not want any of her nobles to abuse their property for the purpose of buying and selling plantations.

Scumbags who kill civilians.”

Hearing this, Leo frowned.

"What's wrong?" Seeing Leo's expression, Sylvia asked.

Leo said in a deep voice: "I was just thinking that the old knight Capello might be looking for a new owner."

Although Leo didn't know much about this world, he also knew that it was difficult for a wandering knight like Capello to find a suitable refuge. If something happened to Count Britta, he would have no choice but to seek refuge with other nobles, and he

Although he is not involved in Count Britta's affairs, he will still be implicated. I am afraid it will be difficult to find another nobleman willing to accept him.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Sylvia could also feel that Capello, the wandering knight, was a somewhat stereotyped veteran knight, so she also lamented what happened to Capello in the future, and said: "Everyone has him.

We are just spectators of our own destiny and choices."

However, Sylvia didn't know that the reason why Leo frowned was more because he could feel that as he came into this world, the personality of the past cyborgs disappeared faster and faster, and normal people

His feelings and emotions are getting stronger and stronger, and he is always a little uncomfortable with this uncontrollable emotion.

On the other side, not only Leo and Sylvia had speculations about Earl Britta's cruel behavior, but also Geralt had doubts, so while he was temporarily living in the manor and waiting, he would probably not appear again.

When the monster attacked, he also asked Regier and Angoulein to go nearby to investigate the situation of the missing families.

In his opinion, if the two survivors wanted to hide, they would definitely think of their home first, so as long as they found their home, they would definitely be able to find the survivors.

For this reason, he and his partners returned to the sinkhole filled with corpses and the cave filled with insect corpses, examined the deceased, and recorded the appearance, characteristics and other information of the deceased to determine the identity of the two survivors.

identity.

During this period of time, Leo also took the opportunity to ask Geralt for advice on witcher seals, alchemy, swordsmanship, and other knowledge about hunting monsters.

At the beginning, Geralt only communicated with Leo with the mentality of exchanging news about Jivielle with Leo.

But he soon discovered that Leo's mastery of the knowledge and skills of the witcher was unimaginable. Some of the knowledge and skills that the witcher took more than ten years to master, Leo only needed a few hours to master.

He has mastered it, and his proficiency even exceeds those of old demon hunters with many years of experience.

It is no exaggeration to say that if Leo puts on the demon hunter armor, changes his skin color, pupils and outfit, he will become a senior master demon hunter.

Leo's amazing learning ability also caught Regier's attention. As a vampire, he had never seen it in the past long years, so he was full of curiosity and wanted to see where the limits of Leo's learning were, so he

Also joined in.

Although Regier has accumulated a huge amount of knowledge during his long life, compared to Leo, who has been indoctrinated with big data from the federal intelligence brain several times, it is obvious that Regiel's accumulated knowledge is nothing.

In one day, Regier had nothing left to teach.

After that, Leo was in the room, concentrating on studying the books and notes he had obtained before, and sorting out the various newly acquired information in his mind.

Compared to Leo, Sylvia had a very relaxed life in the past two days. During the day, she would look for opportunities to fight with fellow demon hunters and become familiar with the use of spears, swords and shields.

Based on the information obtained by Gu Lan, he cleaned up monsters and hunted bandits in villages and towns near the foot of Gaogong Mountain. In just two days, the reputation of the Knight of Light had already spread throughout Toussaint.

This also made Leo couldn't help but think that if Sylvia continued to do this, maybe they would be able to obtain recognition as knights without relying on any noble guarantee.

However, time obviously did not allow Leo and the others to accumulate fame leisurely. On the third day, Angoulin, who was outside to inquire about information, ran back to the manor and told Geralt that the two suspected survivors had been found.

family, and she also mentioned that someone was watching them.

It turned out that she was about to come back after inquiring about information in a village. However, she suddenly thought that she still had one question that she had not asked. So she went back to find the person she had asked about before, only to find that the person was being attacked by a mercenary.

The person dressed up asked her what she had just said.

"Does that mercenary have any distinctive marks on his body?" Regier asked, passing a glass of water to the panting Angoulaine.

Angoulin drank the whole glass of water, wiped his mouth, and recalled: "There seemed to be a mark on his clothes. It was a mountain peak wrapped in red flames."

"Chifeng Mercenary Group." Regier quickly gave the answer, saying: "This is a mercenary group active in the Rivendell Valley."

"Old man, have you ever dealt with them?" Angoulin asked.

"I have never dealt with them, but I have only heard a few things about them." Regier nodded, and then explained to everyone: "Although the Chifeng Mercenary Group is a mercenary group in name, it is often hired by local lords, and

Other lords fought, but in fact, their behavior was no different from that of bandits. They continued to cause troubles in the surrounding area, causing wars, and then hired nobles to rob legally to strengthen themselves. But they went too far again,

He killed the heir of a great nobleman, and the great nobleman, together with several other local nobles, sent troops to encircle and suppress him, and the rest of the people were missing."

Cassirer also intervened at this time and said: "I have heard about this matter. There were also rumors about this matter in Nilfgaard at that time. I remember that the person who established this Chifeng mercenary group is a member of the Berkeley family."

"The Berkeley family?" Hearing this name, many people present felt it was familiar, and Dandelion even asked in surprise: "Is it the Berkeley family whose money is morality?"

"Yes, that's him." Cassirer nodded, with an unnatural look of disgust on his face. Others also had similar expressions on their faces, as if the Berkeley family was synonymous with disgust.

At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who were strangers, were puzzled and asked about the specific situation.

Geralt briefly talked about the Berkeley family.

It turns out that the Berkeley family's family motto is that money is moral, and how much money there is is moral. Therefore, this family often does anything for money, and is also extremely stingy in using the wealth in their hands, so not only in the Nilfgaard Empire

Within the territory, even in the northern countries, the name Berkeley has been equated with greed and stinginess.

"The Nilfgaard Empire allows such a noble family to exist?" Sylvia, who was also a noble, couldn't help but frowned and asked, and when she asked the question, she inadvertently looked at the Nilfgaard Empire.

A glance at Cassirer who was born.

Although he knew that Sylvia was not talking about him, Cassirer couldn't help showing a look of shame on his face, but he soon returned to normal and said: "Now the Berkeley family no longer exists, the Berkeley family

After participating in the usurpation incident, His Majesty the Emperor already dealt with the Berkeley family after ascending the throne, executed all the adult men of the Berkeley family, seized their titles, and confiscated their property. Now the Berkeley family has been completely destroyed."

"Humph!" Dandelion snorted coldly and said, "Your Majesty the Emperor is probably doing it for the wealth of the Berkeley family! If it weren't for the support of the Berkeley family's wealth, your Majesty the Emperor might not be able to stabilize so quickly.
Chapter completed!