"call……

"Hu..." Breathing heavily, Livia struggled to pull out the steel sword from the wolf corpse and stood up.

His face was mostly stained red with blood, his expression was very tired, and his eyes were numb and lifeless.

"Is it over..." It seemed as if something cold fell on his face, making him sober up. He looked up at the sky tiredly. He didn't know when the sky and the surroundings had turned white. White snowflakes fluttered down from the sky, gradually covering the earth with a layer of white carpet.

“It’s really snowing at the right time.

Livia retracted her tired eyes and took a difficult step towards the carrot that was still lying on the ground.

Behind him, blood dyed the ground red and even gathered into a small lake, which even the sudden heavy snow could not cover.

The originally short distance seemed far away to Livia. It took him several minutes to reach Carrot. He wanted to push away the headless wolf corpse next to him, but he stumbled and fell to the ground.

Livia opened her mouth and smiled silently, then turned over with her elbows, lying on her back on the unformed snow, looking at the sky covered by white mist and heavy snow.

Hey man, you still can't get up?

He stretched out his left hand and touched the head of the horse, which was still breathing heavily and looking at him, and murmured hoarsely.

After a while, Radish snorted heavily, and with this snort, Radish's breathing became heavier.

Livia sighed and looked at the sky expressionlessly, letting the snowflakes fall on his face and body. He no longer had the strength to stand up.

Although each of these wolves is not very strong, if it were in a game, a level 1 character could rely on their skills to fight off several groups alone, but games are games after all, and they can remain unharmed by relying on the "invincible frames" generated by rolling and dodging.

In reality, the protagonist Geralt was even stabbed to death in the back with a pitchfork by a peasant when he was exhausted. No matter how much the witcher has mutated, he is essentially not much different from humans. He will still get tired, feel pain, and die, but he has a stronger physique than normal humans.

As he thought about it, Livia closed his eyes. He was so exhausted that he could not hold on any longer and fell asleep.

I don’t know if it was because the sudden heavy snow covered up the rich blood energy here, but no beasts or monsters were attracted here until Livia recovered his strength.

Livia squatted in front of the wolf's corpse that had been buried in the snow and turned into a small snow bag. She cut off a large piece of frozen wolf meat with a steel sword and threw it into the large bag prepared at her waist.

He checked and found that the water in the horse bag could last for a week, but the food was not enough for two meals. The main reason was that he was too weak and too hungry when he woke up in the morning, and he wolfed down the food that was supposed to last him three or four days.

The earldom that Killian mentioned was still six or seven days away. Even he could not withstand four or five days of hunger. After all, witchers were not machines or monsters. They would starve to death if they did not eat for four or five days.

So he set his sights on the dozen or so wolf corpses covered in snow. After killing more than a dozen wolves in the battle last night, the remaining wolves retreated, carrying with them the corpses of the black giant wolf and its companions.

Without the command of the wolf king, these beasts would not be so stubborn as to not give up until the very last moment. The main reason is that they have enough food. Even if it is the corpse of their own kind, they will not covet the little meat on him.

After filling the bag around his waist, Livia tied the bag, stood up, turned and walked towards the brown horse standing not far away. After a night, Carrot had recovered a little, but only a little. Now he could only walk slowly, and could not run or be ridden.

But it can still carry some things. Livia hung a bag full of wolf meat and wolf legs on the horse's back. The weight was not enough to crush Carrot, but it would make it walk a little slower.

Holding the reins, Livia found a rough direction and started walking. After a heavy snowfall, he couldn't tell which was the west, so he could only estimate where to go. Anyway, he just had to find the road first. Roads usually lead to and pass through towns and villages.

…

Nearly five days later, Livia finally saw the western earldom that Killian had mentioned.

However, the town before him was somewhat different from the towns he had seen before. It did not have tall city walls, but simple wooden fences, just like a village. If there had not been a large castle in the middle of the village, he would have thought that this was not an earldom, but a small village.

“Stop!”

Before he could get close, two guards, wearing simple clothes and armor and barely recognizable as guards, nervously blocked his way with wooden spears in hand.

He glanced at the two nervous guards, asked Luobo to stop, and got off the horse.

He saw the villagers behind the wooden fence quickly taking their children and women back to their homes, and a few farmers who had just been working the fields approached with hoes raised, warily asking, "Who are you?

What are you doing in our town?!"

One of the guards asked loudly as he watched him swallow nervously.

Livia slowly waved her hand to indicate that she had no hostility, and then said, "I'm a bounty hunter, just passing through this town."

He wanted to continue to report himself as a witcher, but after thinking about it, he decided to just say bounty hunter to avoid trouble.

After all, he just wanted to resupply here, there was no need to cause any more trouble.

"Bounty hunter?"

The two guards looked at each other in confusion. It was rare to see outsiders in their remote little territory. At most, there were businessmen coming and going. So why did a bounty hunter come today?

"You wait here."

"I will go inform Master Marcelo, you keep an eye on him."

The guard who was more opinionated quickly spoke to Livia and the other guard next to him.

Then he turned around and ran into the village. On the way, he said a few words to the villagers who were staring at him with hoes. Livia heard it clearly. He was just asking the villagers to be careful.

Judging from his equipment and the double swords and crossbow on his back, he is no ordinary bounty hunter.

This made Livia examine her own appearance involuntarily. It was indeed quite eye-catching, especially the chain mail armor she wore on the outside. It was obviously a valuable and fine product, not to mention the silver sword, a weapon that only nobles could afford.

Under the vigilant and alert gazes of the guards and villagers, Livia waited patiently for more than ten minutes, and finally saw the guard from before running over with a bearded blond man.

Looking at the blond man's muscles that were always tense, Livia estimated that he was quite capable.

"A bounty hunter passing by?"

The blond muscular man frowned at Livia and asked in confusion.

This outfit and attire don't look like that of an ordinary bounty hunter. The personal soldiers of some great nobles probably don't have this level of equipment.

The blond sturdy man could tell at a glance that Livia's equipment was not simple. After all, the steel sword and chain mail were all masterpieces of masterpieces. Just from the details of the appearance, one could tell that they were extraordinary.

"To be precise, it's a demon hunter, a bounty hunter who specializes in taking on missions to hunt monsters and magical beasts."

Livia smiled and explained. He could see that although the blond strong man in front of him was an ordinary person, he had a lot of experience and strong observation skills.

"A bounty hunter who specializes in hunting monsters? I understand, but it seems that we don't have any monsters to hunt here. What do you want to do with us?"

The blond burly man nodded, then felt a little strange and asked.

"Don't you know this yet?

Ravi Kaman was attacked by cultists, and I managed to escape from there."

Livia said with a faint smile on her face, slightly surprised.

Although this place is far away from Ravikaman, Livia estimated that at this distance, the high-level extraordinary people could still sense the approximate fluctuations. Logically speaking, it is unlikely that there are no high-level extraordinary people in the earldom, unless...

He is an earl with only a title, a "count in name only", just like Kovagr.

Looking at the village behind the wooden fence, Livia felt that her guess was most likely correct.

"What?

!”

After hearing Livia's words, the blond man was very surprised.

"Well, Mr. Witcher, could you please go to the castle and tell the Lord what happened in Ravikaman?"

The blond burly man frowned and asked him anxiously.

Livia nodded slightly. He could just buy some supplies and alchemical materials through the local lord.

After all, he really wanted to make a batch of Tawny Owl potions, which would be very good whether as a life-saving trump card or a common potion in battle.

…

As Livia guessed, the local lord, the earl, was just an ordinary person. To be more precise, the entire territory was full of ordinary people. The reason why their territory existed was entirely due to the treasures passed down from the earl's ancestors and the regular assistance of a viscount next to him.

After explaining what happened to Ravikaman, Livia successfully got the lord to send people to help her purchase food and water, as well as the remaining materials of the universal solvent. Unfortunately, the most critical crab spider venom for the Tawny Owl was still missing. After all, crab spider venom was not normally needed, and it was a relatively dangerous monster. Normally, no one would go out of their way to hunt and store the venom.

Finally, Livia declined the earl's offer and set out again with the purchased alchemical materials, heading southeast towards the royal capital. However, this time he had a more detailed map, so he thought he would not get lost again if he followed the road.

Riding on Carrot's back, Livia looked at the endless road in front of her and thought.

(End of this book) PS: Due to some reasons, this book can only end here for the time being, but I will start another book to write the rest of the story after a while. Don't worry, I promised that I will finish it after finishing this story.