Chapter 50: Kovir and Povis

August travelled for a few more days before approaching the enormous gates of Lan Exeter. The city was surrounded by high walls made of stone, with a few towers standing high all around the wall.

From one side, the city was shielded by a mountain range that blocked any kind of invasion from one side, while the other entrance was located right nearby the river named 'Targo'. The river provided veins that made it possible for the ships to travel close to the caves, where a lot of different materials were gathered.

Making it easy to transport anything across the water to their capitals of Lan Exeter and Pont Vanis. Both of the capitals had an enormous bay where various traders and ships could exchange their goods for gold coins or for something else. The difference between those cities is, Lan Exeter is the capital during winter and Pont Vanis serves as the capital during the summer period.

Kovir and Povis were essential distributors for any kingdom to stay alive. This country alone gathered materials like iron, silver, zinc, glass, salt, nickel, lead, tin, copper, chromium, titanium, tungsten, platinum and 80% of all gold. Only here you could find natural Dimeritium fields, a metal that is able to neutralize magic.

August slowly approached the gates. The closer he arrived, the more enormous they looked. They were mostly forged out of metal. August didn't know which one, but those were really heavy gates fully made of titanium.

At the entrance, he was spotted by a few guards that were guarding the gates, but unlike in other human cities, the policy here was much different compared to the other regions of the world.

In this land, there was a different currency named 'Bizant'. 1 Bizant = 4 Redanian Crowns. 1 Redanian Crown = 6 Temerian Orens.

August walked into the city with no trouble, walked around admiring the beauty of the city. All houses were made of stone that was polished and looked accurate. Most of the houses are composed of 3 floors and had several families living there.

All the roads were made of accurate stone. There was no smell of piss or shit on the streets, which made August quite comfortable. In fact, the cities like this always had some kind of system to keep the city clean and it was specially correct for such a rich land of Kovir of Povis which never invested a lot of money into the military, unlike other countries that did but invested money into improving their lives. Other than this, they made it impossible for other countries to sustain without them.

But why did August even arrive here in the first place? The reason is simple, there was a rumour going around the continent. That there is a rally gathering for the hunt on the Giant.

Giants were a very rare kind of creature, but at the same time when they appear, it takes a lot of effort and people to pose a threat to them. They were extremely strong in comparison to the humans. Their skin was so durable and thick that it could not be pierced by many arrows. Ability to sustain extreme temperatures for a while and a crazy long lifespan. Most of their lives they spend sleeping in their secluded caves in the mountains, but when their sleep is interrupted, there is going to be a disaster. They could grow up to 20 meters in height, but on average they would grow up to 10-12 meters high.

August made his way inside the tavern nearby to see where should he go to search for those that are recruiting for a rally.

Silently walking inside, August took a seat behind the bar counter waiting for the barmen.

"Afternoon sir, how can I serve you today?" inquired a man

August looked towards the barmen with his red eyes and inquired, "I will have a cup of beer and I would not mind hearing about the rally that is soon to start"

Small sweat drops gathered on the man's face almost immediately. With a nervous face, he swallowed with some fear in his eyes, replying "R-right away, sir"

He quickly left to somewhere behind the doors, seemingly running away from the trouble that could be caused by the presence of this man here.

But why? The reason is simple, a lot of strong men that were warriors for decades arrived in the Kovir for the rally, but not only old knights were those that dared to arrive here, no. A lot of other people also showed up in this city, bandits, pirates and others that live off others' misery.

As soon as the barmen disappeared from the sight of everyone present in the bar, some people started to stand up with nasty smirks on their faces. One of the brave foes came closer to August.

It was a huge man, standing at 2 meters high, with wide shoulders, a long beard, wolf fur covering his shoulders, but what was standing out the most for August, especially it is the smell that this man had.

It was much worse than any witcher after a year of hunting monsters and bathing in their blood. He smelled worse than horrible.

With confident steps, he came closer to August, placing his huge hand on his shoulder, and trying to squeeze August's shoulder while also saying.

"Who do we have here?" said a man with a wide smile that showed his teeth that were black as night.

August, paying no attention to the man, said slowly and calmly, "You better go back to your table"

The man laughed and inquired, "Or what?"

Without giving August time to reply, he continued, "I see an excellent piece of equipment on such a slim body as yours. Those good swords and this elven bow cost a coin or more. I don't think you need those things. You can nicely donate them to us and we will use them in order to take down a terrible giant. We will even be generous enough to mention your name after the rally ends, so you can get some glory for yourself"

August silently chuckled, "What if I don't?"

The man spat on August's head and came close to his ear, whispering, "Or I will show you a nice place, where you will spend the rest of your days called a graveyard. But before that, I will take your mother and all of your sisters and rape them one by one before selling them as slaves for a low-cost brothel. Did I make myself clear?" said a man while also licking his lips.

August shortly replied, "Clear enough for me"

Without the man noticing, August took a wooden spoon in his hand. Turning his head towards the man's eyes that were foolish enough to approach him in this kind of manner.

August looked into the eyes of the man. Upon noticing August's eyes, he immediately made a smile fade away from his face. But before he could do anything, move a single mm or say a single word.

He saw how a wooden spoon was getting closer and close to his eyes. He tried to shield himself from the attack, but he was just too slow to be on time. Like a hot knife cuts through butter. A spoon made its way right inside of the man's eye socket all the way in.

Everyone in the tavern froze, not knowing what to do or how to react. A huge man stood on one spot for a second before falling down like a big closet with a loud sound.

*Boom*

The dead body of the man dropped to the ground. One of his eyes was replaced with a spoon, while his mouth was in a frozen open position from the shell shock right before his death.

August looked towards those that came together with this man.

The group was angry at August, a lot of anger was boiling in them because one of their friends was dead. They looked right towards August while gritting their teeth.

One of them dashed at August having a knife in his hands, while also shouting "Dirty demon! I will kill you!"

August didn't even take a sword out to fight him back.

When the man was close enough, August dodged his strike, while also hitting him in the elbow from below, making the man stab himself in the heart. With wide eyes, he dropped to the ground, being killed with his own hand.

The other 2 took out their swords and rushed at August, with a full-fledged swing, without thinking of the people in the tavern. While doing so, they were able to kill a few men and injure some of them.

They attacked from 2 different sides, trying to cut off August's head. August calmly looked at the situation he was facing and with a smirk came up with a plan that won't even get him in trouble.

Ducking towards the one man on the side, going right below his sword, August quickly created an Aard sign lightly pushing one of them towards the trajectory of another sword making one man cut his friend's head off.

The man looked at his dead friend when August quickly came closer to him and whispered in his ear using Axii, "You will confess that you killed your friend"

The man was about to attack when the doors in the tavern were broken by the geared up guards with their weapons ready to fight.

They looked around seeing a few dead men, one having a spoon in his eye socked, another having a firm grip on the knife that was impaled right in his heart and one body without a head and a man that stayed over the dead body with a bloody sword.

Directing a sword toward a crowd, the guards shouted, "Everyone stay calm, and someone can explain what happened here?"

August walked out of the crowd with a neutral face and said, "There was an accident. This big man that you can see laying on the ground with a spoon somehow died. He came to me and asked for a spoon. I threw it at him and he didn't catch it. Somehow, he ended up dying by accident. Then this man went crazy and impaled himself with a knife right in his heart. I think it was an accident as well. While this man"

August pointed towards the man with a bloody sword and continued, "Killed his friend, cutting his head off. You can ask him"

Without waiting for a reply, the man said like a robot, "Yes, I killed him with my own hands"

Guards looked at other people in the tavern and asked them, "Are they telling the truth?"

Nobody raised their voice. Some of them had closed eyes while sweating, others were looking at the floor like a puppy that popped into his owner's boots.

Guards knew no words to describe the situation, but there were rules and of course, they didn't believe August accidentally killed a man.

One of the guards shouted, "Let's take both of them!"

But he was interrupted by the guards that stood close to him.

"Look at him, 2 swords, one silver, another metal, medallion hanging on his neck and those eyes," whispered one guard to another.

They looked into each other eyes confirming with a nod "He is a Witcher"

The guard approached August saying "Good to see you here Witcher, Our king asked to be on the lookout for someone like you and I'm afraid I will have to ask you to follow me"

August looked into the eyes of the guards that had fear in his eyes inquiring, "And what if I don't"

Guard swallowed a mouth full of saliva. "Sir, this is a king order I can't reject, but I can promise nothing is threatening you there. I'm sorry, but this is my duty sir" with groaning and almost a whispering voice replied the guard.

August nodded his head replying "Lead the way, I need to see your king, anyway"

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Wow, we reached 50 chapters in such a short term, I don't even know what to say.

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Who do you think August will encounter during his stay in Kovir? New chimaera? Dirty mages? Be a part of the War? Or be the hero of the day? Hmmmm, so many questions....