Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 117 The Gathering of Storms and Clouds in Stiga

Although the Nilfgaardian army continued to encounter various bad situations during the transfer process, many Nilfgaardians managed to escape.

Because of the existence of the Sintra Army, the men in black were able to maintain what is called the "Sintra Corridor" in the military. Relying on this corridor, the Nilfgaardians were able to withdraw a large number of troops to South Sintra. pull.

However, this "corridor" is not so easy to walk. During this period, you will always be harassed by a large number of northern cavalry under the command of the Protector, not to mention the armed forces in various places that are not under the jurisdiction of the Protector.

The "Cintra Corridor" is covered with Nilfgaardian blood, and the Lord Protector of Aedirn's strategy has won a great victory.

A large number of Nilfgaardians were crushed by the constant pulling of the northern cavalry, and their blood flowed like rivers and suffered heavy losses.

Just as the Lord Protector expected, if you forcibly stop the Nilfgaardians from fleeing south, they will try their best to fight you, but if you give up a path, they will continue to harass them during their retreat, looking for opportunities to launch a big attack. A large-scale attack can be successful.

The Nilfgaardians who fled south just wanted to leave this unsafe place as soon as possible.

So when the northerners attacked, their immediate reaction was to run faster instead of stopping to block the enemy, let alone aid their comrades.

As John Natalis led the main force of the Northern Alliance southward, the "Sintra Corridor" was forced to close immediately, and all this can be regarded as an end.

In Sintra, Lord Protector Herme invited the Marshal who had led the North to victory at the crucial Battle of Brenner.

In this place where the Northern War started, the Northern Alliance held a grand celebration ceremony, and the Lord Protector of Aedirn and the Marshal of Temeria had a good drink and chat.

And to the south, Marcosh Varn Horns of Aldraur took stock of the Nilfgaardian forces that had assembled there, and he got a very bad result.

Excluding the 5 people in his hands, there are currently 12 Nilfgaardian troops gathered in Yazhuo, of which more than 4 belong to the Wieden Army, and more than 7 belong to the Central Army (including members of the former Eastern Army).

Counting the troops that Nilfgaard went north to rescue when the Eastern Army was defeated, that is 33 people.

Now, 33 of the 21 people are completely trapped in the north. Some of them were killed and some were captured.

This is an unprecedented failure of Nilfgaard, and Marcos has already thought about what will happen if the news here is sent back to the city of the golden tower.

Although it appears on paper that Nilfgaard still has 17 troops in the north, anyone with a discerning eye knows that these 17 troops cannot counterattack at all.

Among the 17 people, they are either new recruits or disbanded troops. It is okay for these people to keep South Sintra centered on Yazhuo, and counterattack?It was a dream.

Anyone who knows anything about politics can now see that the war is actually over.

In fact, neither the North nor the South had the power to continue their offensive. The Northern Coalition Army was trapped by the current situation in the country and urgently needed to end the war. The Southern Empire was unable to attack. The front line had been completely fixed, and now it was just waiting for the political negotiations to start.

As a loyal emperor faction, Marcos only hoped that the emperor was ready for this.

When the political structure of the north and the south has entered a new situation, in the south, a struggle involving higher level beings is also going on.

And this battle, it is no exaggeration to say, is deciding the fate of the entire world.

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Stiga Castle, which is located on the cliff of a stone lake in the Ebin province of the Nilfgaard Empire. This castle has a very long history, and many things have happened to it.

The cat school was born here, and those crazy warlocks created cats at the cost of countless sacrifices.

Then the cats bloodbathed the castle, killing their insane maker, and they departed and returned to the north.

However, although the cats bloodbathed the castle, they did not destroy the various instruments left by the warlocks in the castle. Presumably it was for this reason that this place was taken by Vigforts of Logeven after the coup on Thaned Island. hiding place.

Here, Vigfortz continued his bloody experiment in exchanging blood, that is, gaining the power of the Destiny Child—that is, Ciri—by exchanging the blood of the placenta.

This ambitious warlock wants to become the ruler of the whole world, and wants the whole world to kneel at his feet.

But what he doesn't know is that everything is just a drama arranged by "fate". He thinks that his ambitious move is only developing according to the pace of "fate".

But for a careerist like Wigfortz, it doesn't matter if he knows it, but it will inevitably arouse a stronger rebellious heart.

Oh, the topic is far away, and now, the plot of the story has begun, and the climax of this play will be staged in Castle Stega.

However, even "fate", the leader of this drama, has many unexpected things, and some forces that do not obey fate are also acting in it.

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Wigfortz was handsome and tall, and he should have attracted countless ladies, but his eyes spoiled this handsome appearance. One of his eyes was normal, and the other eye was abnormally small and turned. It's non-stop, obviously some kind of magical product.

(This is the original boss Wei Ye)

But now, the warlock was extremely angry, and the reason for his anger was the shouts of killing outside the castle.

"Eclipse of Eternal Night? Why is it the eclipse of Eternal Night? These masked villains in black robes actually want to get involved in this matter? Interesting, this is really interesting, my castle is getting more and more lively Ah. Mr. Gray Owl, the mercenaries you hired with my gold should be able to stop them."

Stephen Skellen, the Imperial spy known as "Grey Owl" glanced out of the window, where the sound of killing was constantly coming,
"If these cultists only show their current level, then my mercenaries can indeed stop them."

"At the current level, it's very interesting to say, Mr. Skellen, do you mean that these cultists have other methods?"

The tall but ghoul-like Bonnet asked, the tone of this notorious bounty hunter was full of disdain,
(This is also a BOSS, the strongest bounty hunter in the South, who killed several demon hunters, and Ciri was also captured and tortured by him.)
"I haven't killed these masked cultists. I don't see anything special about them except that I love to use virgins as sacrifices to their Lilit."

"Mr. Bonnet, what Mr. Skellen said is correct. Lilit's followers do have a different kind of power. Once, their gods were silent for a while, but now their gods are active again. If they really With the help of Victory, the matter cannot be resolved with just a few mercenaries, but you can still count on them to delay for a while."

On the surface, Vigoforts is still so calm and breezy.

But if someone who knew him well—such as the sorceress who died for him—was present, they would notice that this powerful warlock was not as relaxed as he appeared.

"Don't make such an understatement, Vigfortz!"

Skellen yelled,

"Those cultists must have some support for such a large-scale operation. When it comes to these ghosts and monsters, I think mercenaries are far from enough. Now is the time for your magic show."

"Mr. Skellen, take your mercenaries to the armory and equip those silver weapons and magic gold weapons. If necessary, I will activate the golem. Then Mr. Bonnet, please keep an eye on us Princess, she is very restless."

Neither Skellen nor Bonnet had much to say, one was unhappy and the other was in high spirits.

And after they left, in the empty hall, the relaxed smile on Wigfortz's face disappeared, replaced by seriousness.

"Master Mirror, go away with your conditions. I will never agree to your conditions. I know what will happen if I sign a contract with you."

Wigfortz seemed to be talking to the air, but everyone knew it was impossible,
And in the shadow of the hall, Master Mirror came out. He was still wearing the same suit, and he still looked so "ordinary".

"Don't say that, powerful warlock, I can give you a lot of things, and now your current situation seems to need these things very much. Let's take the Lilit believers outside as an example. If they let Lilith If the power of the world can be manifested, then even you can't fight them, and you know very well that they can do it."

The mirror master is like a salesman, with a business-like smile on his face, he said in front of Vigfortez, and circled around the warlock,
"I can give you all the magic of Arzu, such as the undiminished Alzu double cross summoning, and I can even give you a way to travel through the world, so that you can become a traveler in the world... Even for me, giving Paying for these things is costly. What you need to pay is just a small contract. I believe that with your ingenuity, you will be able to designate a perfect contract."

Vigfortz didn't speak, but the smile on Master Mirror's face became even stronger.

As a gold medal salesman, he knew that his sales had actually succeeded.

Then, it's just a matter of bargaining.

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"Stop them! Don't let them advance, are you eating my gold? Go! Don't let them climb the city wall!"

Amidst the roar of the gray owl, the mercenaries fought hard to protect the walls of Stiga Castle, and under the walls, there were many believers of the Eclipse of Eternal Night.

The believers all put on black clothes for easy movement, and some of them still wore armor, but the masks on their faces still remained on.

The cultists are carrying out a typical ant-attached siege, there are cultists climbing up the ladders everywhere, and some people are constantly being pushed down, but no matter how miserable their church members die, they still keep going.

"Wow, I'm stupid, uncle, all this is too spectacular, do you know what's going on here?"

Angulane was the first to speak as usual, his eyes full of surprise.

"I do not know either."

Geralt, who was applying oil to the long sword, said dryly, and the next explanation was naturally our encyclopedia, Regis,

"Well, these people belong to the Eclipse of Eternal Night. I've heard that the people from the east have talked about the rampant belief in Serikania. It has spread to the west in recent years, but I didn't expect them to expand their power so quickly. There are at least three or four thousand believers here."

"It's useless to have too many people,"

Cassirer, the Nilfgaardian knight, said that he was arranging his equipment,
"They don't have any reliable siege equipment. Look at the city wall. Even if they fill in all the people, they can't pry the city wall open."

"I don't think so." Regis had a mysterious smile on his face, "I can feel that they got help from... something else..."

"Uncle, what is that?"

Angulane asked curiously, but Regis just put a finger on his lips, hissing, with a mysterious smile on his face,
"It's coming out soon."

As soon as Regis finished speaking, a large amount of dark red energy suddenly appeared in the sky, and the dark red energy gathered regularly, finally forming a huge existence with a female posture.

With the appearance of this existence, all the believers in the Eclipse of Eternal Night on the battlefield knelt down, because their gods had already descended their power.

"I'll go, what is that thing, it looks too scary."

Angulane was dumbfounded watching that scene, the others looked serious, and Regis just showed a mysterious smile.

The dark red figure just waved his hand, and part of the city wall of Stilgarh was directly shattered, and all the mercenaries on it were blown away, and the cultists let out deafening cheers.

But the matter is not over yet, at the next moment, a large amount of energy gathers again, and above the castle of Stiga, in the afterimage of the double cross, a huge monster shaped like a giant snake with countless legs appears, it It is the terrifying monster that Arzu once summoned, the Salivary Demon.

"Come on, Lilit."

Vigfortez's voice sounded in the air, the voice was full of confidence,
"Now I have surpassed Arzu, and I have done things that he couldn't do. Now let us see, is it the terrifying monster summoned by the double cross summoning technique, or your terrifying power that is restricted countless times by this world?" !"

As the words fell, the huge centipede-like monster rushed towards Lilit's incarnation, and the two monsters started a fierce battle in the air.

"Ever since I got together with uncle and you, I have been lamenting that I have seen too little of the past, but now under this castle of Stiga, I have opened my eyes even more."

Faced with Angulan's exclamation, Geralt continued to remain silent and pretend to be cold. He couldn't say, I haven't seen this battle before...

Regis smiled mysteriously there as always, as if he knew everything.

"Never mind what kind of monsters are not monsters." The female archer Mirva said impatiently, "Let the monsters fight the monsters, and let's save people."

"Yes, auntie is right, let's save people first."

"Don't call me aunt!"

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Coincidentally, on the side of Stiga Castle, someone also said something like this,

"Let the monsters fight, we hide first, and we humans will wait for them to finish fighting, and then collect the corpses of these guys."

Watching the fierce battle between the two monsters in the sky, Stephen Skellen said, while the mercenaries behind him nodded quickly.

The mercenaries still remembered that they were fighting, and then suddenly the wall collapsed, and then a group of ghosts and monsters appeared in the sky.

As for stopping the cultists from advancing, they don't need to do it, because Vigfortz activated a bunch of war golems, and temporarily pulled out a few earth elementals and fire elementals.

Now this bunch of stuff is fighting fiercely with those believers of the Eclipse of Eternal Night after the wall fell.

Those cultists who crawled in are also ghosts and monsters. Their skins have all been peeled off to reveal their bloody muscles. These guys are still brave enough to charge towards those big monsters desperately.

The Gray Owl was really frightened by Vigfortz's magic power. He had never seen such a bold warlock before. Is there no limit to Vigfortez's magic power?

As for the mercenaries, many people just stared dumbfounded. The scene in front of them made them deeply aware of their own insignificance, and felt that the whole world had changed. Did they actually have been so ignorant all along?

Led by the gray owl, the mercenaries got into the castle cellar, which was strong enough and big enough.

Moreover, there is a secret passage leading to the outside world, so it is very convenient to escape without worrying about being blocked.

So, here's enough for them to wait for the battle outside to end.

It's just that after Skellen and others went into the cellar, they found that there were already people in the cellar.

A total of eight demon hunters with double swords on their backs, wearing light armor, and vertical pupils stood there. To the surprise of the gray forest owl, one of them was a woman.

On the other side, there are three gorgeously dressed nobles, one of whom is a mature lady, as if attending some kind of banquet.

And between them, walked out a man that the taupe owl had seen before.

"Welcome, welcome, welcome to witness the ceremony, come to witness the return of the true monarch."

This person is Master Mirror, and he still has a commercial smile on his face.

"It's you!"

Of course, it is impossible for the gray owl to forget this person who left a deep impression on him.
"Why are you here?"

"I said it, for the return of the real monarch."

The Mirror Master continued,

"Follow me, let us witness the return of the monarch together."

The demon hunters and nobles followed the mirror master, and Skellen followed involuntarily, while his subordinates followed in panic, they had no idea what was going on here.

In the depths of the cellar, an altar appeared at some point, with countless complicated patterns on the ground.

In the center of the altar, there is a bottle of white powder.

Subconsciously, Skellen thought of what it was.

(End of this chapter)