Ведьмак: Кровь эльфов
Chapter 5
AdangerousNilfgaardianagent,whocouldnowbetriviallylockedawayinmydeepestdungeoninTretogor,hastriviallyescaped,triviallywarnedandfrightenedawaybythetrivialstupidityoftwogentlemenknownasDandilionandGeralt.I’veseenpeoplewandertothescaffoldsoverlessertrivialities.Whydidn’tyouinformmeaboutyourambush,Dandilion?DidInotinstructyoutokeepmeinformedaboutallthewitcher’sintentions?"
"Ididn’tknowanythingaboutGeralt’splans,"Dandilionliedwithconviction."ItoldyouthathewenttoTemeriaandSoddentohuntdownthisRience.Ialsotoldyouthathehadreturned.Iwasconvincedhehadgivenup.Riencehadliterallydissolvedintothinair,thewitcherdidn’tfindtheslightesttrail,andthis–ifyouremember–Ialsotoldyou-"
"Youlied,"statedthespycoldly."ThewitcherdidfindRience’strail.Intheformofcorpses.That’swhenhedecidedtochangehistactics.InsteadofchasingRience,hedecidedtowaitforRiencetofindhim.HesigneduptotheMalatiusandGrockCompanybargesasanescort.Hedidsointentionally.HeknewthattheCompanywouldadvertiseitfarandwide,thatRiencewouldhearofitandthenventuretotrysomething.AndsoRiencedid.Thestrange,elusiveMasterRience.Theinsolent,self-assuredMasterRiencewhodoesnotevenbothertousealiasesorfalsenames.MasterRiencewho,fromamileoff,smellsofNilfgaardianchimneysmoke.Andofbeingarenegadesorcerer.
