Game in Marvel-Chapter 118
Chapter 118 - 118
"Barely. But at least you won't embarrass yourself in front of a dwarf. Now, let's see if you can put that knowledge to even better use." Keira wanted to speak more but then Liam's radio turned on by itself.
Bzzt
"Liam, you there?" Steve's voice came through.
"Yeah, I'm here. What's going on?" Liam replied after grabbing the radio.
"We need your help. We're trying to get the remaining sorcerers out of Novigrad and into Kovir, but the witch hunters are making it impossible. They're watching the roads, the ports, everything. If we don't act soon, they'll start rounding people up."
Liam felt into a deep thought. He knew how the story went in the original. Triss was supposed to leave with the mages and depending upon the choices of Geralt, she would either leave or stay back.
"What happened to your guns?" Liam asked.
"We don't have unlimited bullets." Steve responded.
"How many people are we talking about?" Liam asked about the sorcerers.
"Too many to move without drawing attention, we can fight if we have to, but we need to be smart about this. Can you come?" Steve asked again.
"Novigrad? You're dealing with the Eternal Fire's little fanatics?" Keira, who had been listening, leaned forward.
"I'll be there. Do you have a plan?" Liam nodded before pressing the radio again.
"We've scouted some routes, but we'll need to create distractions to split the witch hunters' focus. The problem is, they've been increasing patrols. It's like they know something's coming."
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"Alright, I will be there." Liam said before shutting off the radio.
"Take me with you." Keira said. This made Liam's eyebrows raise.
"Aren't you trying to avoid them all this time?" Liam asked.
"You knew?" Keira was surprised that Liam knew that she herself was hiding.
"It's not that difficult to figure it out. An accomplished sorceress hiding and living in a hut, especially when you are known to live in luxuries." Liam shrugged. Keira became silent for a moment, before saying.
"I am hiding for sure but I have also seen how you fight. You have a habit of making sure of your escapes before you engage in a fight, just like an accomplished witcher so I believe that since you are helping, you are sure to win. And besides I want to meet the friends of my student, and see what kind of people they are." Keira said.
"Does that mean you will leave with them to Kovir?" Liam asked.
"Depends upon how you take care of the witch hunters?" Keira smirked and said.
"So I guess the days of witch hunters and radicals are coming to an end as I don't want to lose a capable teacher."
The next day both of them took two horses and left for Novigrad which was relatively far. After 4 days of travel and following roads that were hidden, they reached near the city. Liam and Keira traveled to Novigrad under the cover of night, taking every precaution to remain unnoticed.
The city was crawling with witch hunters, and the Eternal Fire's grip over the city was stronger than ever. If one travelled in the city, they would feel the suffocation under the oppressive presence of armored zealots patrolling at every turn. Especially when these witch hunters would arrest anyone on their whims and torture and rape men and women in every turn.
Liam had planned their route carefully, avoiding main roads and instead slipping through hidden alleys, sewer tunnels, and abandoned buildings. Keira, despite her usual preference for elegance, adapted quickly as Liam had made him promise that she would follow his commands.
He might be a student of hers, but in combat and strategy Keira knew not to question Liam. Besides, she was, after all, no stranger to evading dangerous men.
Soon reached the meeting point—a secluded cellar beneath a ruined warehouse near the port—Liam could already sense that they weren't alone. A shadow shifted near the entrance
"Took you long enough."
Steve stepped into the dim light, his shield strapped to his back and then followed up by Natasha, Geralt and finally Triss.
"Glad you could make it," Natasha said, "We were starting to think you got lost."
"Well, well," Keira said, "I didn't expect to find you tangled up in this mess, Triss."
"Keira?" Triss was surprised. "I am surprised that you will even come here. I thought you have vanished into the deep woods of Northern Realms." Keira and Triss hugged each other.
"I should have but then my gorgeous student showed up." Keira said. Keira had eyed Geralt when she saw her, but when she saw Triss she knew that she wouldn't get Geralt to herself. Both of them briefly talked about their adventure and how they landed up where they were and how they ended up here.
Keira had also said that she would help and might even escape with Triss. Saying this while winking at Liam. Natasha and Steve saw the small gesture and teased Liam a bit only for Liam to shake his head.
If he said that he didn't have any relationship with her, they probably wouldn't believe with how Keira was acting towards him. So he let it rest and asked Steve of what they needed to do.
"We don't have much time. The witch hunters are doubling their patrols, and we need to move the sorcerers soon. We were hoping you could help clear a path and brought weapons." Natasha said.
"How many hunters are we dealing with?" Liam asked.
"A lot," Geralt answered. "Enough that a direct fight isn't an option. We need distractions, misdirection... something that keeps them chasing ghosts while we get the mages out." Geralt replied as he laid down the map of the city while circling out places where sorcerers were huddled.
Geralt even spoke of Djikstra, who had been helping them. Natasha and Steve didn't like this guy at all but they didn't speak anything against taking the help of an over ambitious decommissioned spy.
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