The Byways Bloodsucker

Lift the planks on the hut’s floor to reveal a ladder. Also try to spot a piece of fur in this hut, allowing quicker identification. Descend into a tight mining tunnel. At the first lit torch lies a slumped guard. Use your Witcher Senses. His armor was pierced, and arteries torn open. You realize the monster was an ekimmara, disturbed from hibernation. Venture further into the tunnel, dropping off a ledge, down past a wooden ladder platform.

Enter an ancient elvish arched tunnel. The bloodied remains of the Nilfgaardian patrol are scattered about this chamber, as well as older corpses, strung up on wooden scaffolds. Now comes the fiendish beast itself—a centuries-old elder ekimmara known as Sarasti. Draw your silver sword and better it in combat.

End: Extra Equity for an Ekimmara Execution

After gathering your saliva and the head of Sarasti, retrace your steps back up to Byways village, and speak with Bytomir. You inform him that you’ve solved his ancient vampire problem, and force him to pay up for your troubles. Then trek back to Oreton, and tell Milan Noran the same story. More crowns are added to your collection, as the quest concludes.