Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 118 The Return of the Usurper

"The ashes of the usurper!"

The first thing Skellen thought of was this thing, and it was indeed this thing that appeared here.

"Why is it here?"

The gray owl immediately thought of what Master Mirror was going to do.

Although he didn't believe in those supernatural things, but he had witnessed all kinds of performances by ghosts and monsters just now, and he still insisted on his original idea, which seemed stupid.

"Because this is the place where destiny gathers, and there is Lilit and Wigfortz attracting firepower on it, this is the right place for me to do so."

Master Mirror, this can be said to be Mingxiu's plank road, secretly hiding Chen Cang, choosing to do the most dangerous things in the most dangerous place under the nose of fate.

But as the so-called principle of darkness under the lamp, Master Mirror spent a lot of time to determine that doing so here is the safest and has the highest success rate.

Moreover, it can also satisfy the evil taste of the mirror, under the nose of "fate", put the chess pieces it personally threw out of the battlefield back on the chessboard.

Haha, that would be so much fun.

The three groups of people following the mirror stood in a triangle, the cat sent the witcher to one corner, the three nobles stood on one corner, and Skellen and his mercenaries stood on one corner.

Although Skellen has the most troops, he is the weakest one here.

The mirror master looked at the positions of these people, and smiled again on his face. Next, the demon still recited the ancient spell.

As he chanted, the environment of the cellar changed immediately, and a large amount of chaotic magic power began to gather.

In the chaotic battlefield on the ground, all people who have feelings for magic power, or magic power users can feel the surge of this power.

But they didn't take it seriously. Now this place is full of all kinds of horrible sources of magic power, isn't it just one more, this is a shit.

And in the cellar, while chanting the magic, Master Mirror took out a few bottles, which were filled with pure energy.

As the bottle cap was lifted, the energy inside also surged out, and within this energy, the pile of white ashes changed.

The ashes floated in the air, and then continued to reorganize, condensing bones again, followed by flesh and blood, and then skin.

Everyone here was stunned, even for the well-informed, this was the first time they saw such a scene.

At the same time, everyone here is even more afraid of Master Mirror. This guy whose origin is unknown to everyone, actually resurrected a pile of ashes into a living person.

They all know how terrifying the power and knowledge involved are.

As the body of the usurper was condensed again, Master Mirror pointed to the set of Nilfgaardian clothes and armor placed next to the magic circle, and then the clothes and armor automatically covered the usurper, allowing the emperor Not bare ass.

"Your Majesty Torres, welcome back to this world again."

The Mirror Master bowed reverently before the Emperor, like the humblest servant of the Nilfgaardian lord.

And what he said was the name that was not allowed to be mentioned.

When Master Mirror mentioned this name, everyone present felt a burst of discord.

Because they discovered that before the emperor woke up, they had forgotten the emperor's name and kept calling him the usurper.

Obviously, the work of deleting the name of the usurper is still going on, and there are still so many books that record his name, why did they only remember it now?

"Because of fate, everyone, this is the will of fate. Now that His Majesty has returned, the will of fate will naturally be broken. However, I can assure you that from now on, only you who have witnessed His Majesty's return , will remember these, and others will 'naturally' think of His Majesty's name, as if it has always been like this."

Master Mirror seemed to know what everyone was thinking, and he explained what was going on.

There was sarcasm on the corner of Master Mirror's mouth, sarcasm for "fate", that guy only had these methods all day long.

"Gantt Odim, I didn't expect that you would take the initiative to pull me back to this world."

The returned emperor spoke, the usurper, oh, it should be said that Torres said so.

His voice was low and steady, and there was a strong sense of majesty in his words, but compared with Emhyr, his posture was more of a military leader, and he looked more like a marshal.

"I am only your humble servant."

The mirror master immediately bowed his head and said, but was then pierced by Torres without hesitation,

"You just want to have fun, don't I know you yet? Tell me, how much fun can you get out of my resurrection? Or are you going to just whisper a few words in my ear, and then put everything on me?" Call it the result of your agitation?"

Torres was right in the face of Gaunt O'Dim, and directly exposed the devil's old background. This guy relied on his knowledge all day long, and he was the only one who was in the know.

"Well, you can't say it like this. I really have a share of the credit, but I brought you back for fun. A very interesting ruler appeared in the north. He brought you to the world. A lot of changes, I want to see a more interesting world situation."

Master Mirror still had that commercial smile on his face, but the three waves of people present all saw a hint of embarrassment in his smile, which is very rare.

It is also because of this that the three waves of people pay respect to the resurrected Torres.

They thought this was just a puppet of the mirror master, but now he is definitely a character just because he can make the mirror master show embarrassment.

"Looking at what you say, something must have happened to my empire."

Torres pulled up a chair and sat on it,
"The one with the big hat over there, yes, it's you, come here and tell me what's going on."

The one wearing the big hat is naturally Skellen. When Torres called him, the gray owl felt that everything in front of him was fake. The emperor really returned?
It wasn't until Torres shouted impatiently again that Skellen woke up from the sense of falsehood, hurried to the emperor, and told him what happened in the empire during this period.

As Skellen tells the story, the usurper's face changes, and the tone, of course, gets worse and worse.

The mirror master was watching the change of Torres' expression as if he was having fun. He felt that this was really fun and fun.

"Hedgehog! You damn bastard, return my legion! And damn fate, my empire is the tool for you to stage the plot, right? Damn you bastard!"

Torres obviously knew some inside information about this world, that's why he was so angry.

The empire he fought for all his life fell into the hands of that useless boy because of the "plot", and then that boy abolished his reforms that could turn Nilfgaard into a normal country, and even tempered his The invincible legion trained was buried in the north.

Torres' anger can be imagined.

"Your Majesty, please stand up and hold high the banner of the revival of the empire. People with lofty ideals throughout the empire will stand by your side, and you will surely win a great victory!"

Skellen's tone was full of excitement, because as long as the emperor returns, Nilfgaard's disorganized faction will unite again.

And when these people united, it was a force strong enough to fight against the ancient families and merchant associations, and he had full confidence in winning the civil war.

"No."

The mirror master said ruthlessly, and he continued to explain when everyone looked at him,
"Emhyr's plot is not over yet. Fate will not allow actors who have not fulfilled their historical mission to leave the stage easily. And if someone wants to go against the will of fate, the counterattack they will encounter is also extremely terrifying. Your Majesty Torres, I think , You have experienced this, right?"

Torres was silent, and his silence also represented acquiescence.

When Torres was still the monarch of Nilfgaard, he once summoned the astrologers of the empire to divination the future, and then he saw what the empire would encounter in the future if it continued this war system. (referring to the Northern War)
To a certain extent, his reforms, in addition to allowing the empire to save itself, are also to prevent the empire from going to this fate.

Then he encountered fate's counterattack and left the stage. Even his name was forgotten by the world under the influence of fate.

"Then when will we be able to overthrow that damned hedgehog?" Skellen asked angrily,

"After the Third Northern War."

The mirror's answer is very simple,
"That's why, Your Majesty, what you need to do is to accumulate strength over the years, gather forces that can replace Emhyr at the moment when he completely withdraws, and defeat the ancient families and merchant associations, and then use your will Reshape Nilfgaard."

For a moment, the entire cellar became extremely quiet, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, and no one took the initiative to speak.

Skellen was the first to act. He knelt in front of Torres on one knee,

"Your Majesty, I offer my loyalty to you, and I will fight for you and for the bright future of the empire."

Seeing Skellen kneeling, his subordinates and mercenaries also knelt down to show their loyalty to the king.

Torres simply held out his hand for Skellen to kiss his personal ring bearing his arms, accepting his loyalty.

"So the two waves of people over there, why did you come here, and are you also loyal to me?"

The first to speak was the witcher, and Gizlas of the cat school came out, and he also knelt down on one knee to Torres,

"We are here to serve the strong, and there is no doubt that you are the strong."

Torres nodded, accepting their loyalty.

The idea of ​​the cats is very simple, whoever is strong, they will fight with whoever is strong. This Nilfgaardian monarch is undoubtedly strong enough to fully deserve their allegiance.

"Family Moragham pledges allegiance to you."

It was the three nobles who spoke next. The two men knelt on one knee, while the lady curtseyed.

"Moraham, I know you, why? Why do you vampires stand up? This is not in line with your principles."

"Because this empire is sick, and we rely on the empire to hide, if the empire continues as it is now, it will only lead to chaos."

The older vampire said that he was wearing a pair of silk gloves and had a beard on his face. He looked like a handsome middle-aged nobleman.

"If the external expansion fails, then the ancient families and merchant associations will focus on turning the provinces and core imperial residents into slaves, and stirring up provincial rebellions to extract wealth, but we all know that slaves cannot buy goods, and In this way, they are reducing the purchasers of goods, and the provinces will also be squeezed dry in the plundering, everything will only form a vicious circle, and the empire will collapse sooner or later."

"As for us who rely on the empire to live a leisurely life today, if we want to maintain our current superior life, the empire must be strong instead of falling into chaos. And to be honest, our family likes the concept of the empire very much, and we also like the empire very much. We don't want to see the empire go into chaos and weakness."

The beautiful lady stood up and took up her husband's words.

"Then, I accept your allegiance."

Skellen felt a little unbelievable on the side, a patriotic vampire?What is this?
"His Majesty Torres definitely intends to abolish slavery. Are you sure you want to support His Majesty? As far as I know, your family buys a large number of slaves every year. I used to wonder why your family's slaves are consumed so quickly. Obviously you There is no such industry as mining pits, now that I know you are vampires, I understand what's going on."

"As long as our family's wealth and power are still there, some things will never change."

Indeed, said the young vampire, some things never change, as he said.

"Congratulations, congratulations, Your Majesty, you have gained so many loyalists."

Facing the compliment in the mirror, Torres just gave him a glare,
"It's almost done, Gaunt, it's too intrusive for you to stay here, so get out of here."

Torres didn't want to give the mirror master a little bit of anger. If it wasn't for the fact that he didn't allow it, he even wanted to beat the mirror master.

He didn't like this trickster who was cheating and abducting everywhere, and this time he made him alive to stir up the muddy water, making the empire a stage for him to watch the show.

It was the last thing Torres liked, the empire he had fought his life for becoming the playing field for these beings.

Of course, he dared to do this because he knew Mirror's code of conduct, and more importantly, he didn't sign a contract with Mirror.

And just as Torres finished speaking, there was an earth-shattering movement above his head, and a lot of debris fell down, which made everyone raise their heads subconsciously.

"Oh, there are two monsters fighting up there, and Emhyr will lead an army to come after a while. In short, I suggest you leave the secret passage as soon as possible, and stay away from this place of right and wrong. Ah, I'll go first .”

Leaving these words behind, the Mirror Master stepped into the shadows, and as darkness enveloped his figure, he also disappeared.

"Your Majesty, what should we do?"

Skellen asked his emperor,

"Come on, that guy is right."

Hearing the emperor's order, Skellen immediately went to open the cellar, a secret door emerged, and Skellen quickly took the others and walked in.

The three vampires did not go with them. After bidding farewell to the emperor, they turned into big bats and left here with magic.

After a while, there was no one in the cellar that was once full of people.

And above the cellar, the two huge monsters were still fighting frantically.

Under their wrestling figures, there are countless Eternal Night Eclipse believers and the monsters they cultivated fighting against Vigofortez's golem and the earth and fire elements.

The ground is already full of corpses, but the two sides are still fighting one after another.

And in this inconspicuous part of the fierce battle, the girl-seeking team is advancing rapidly. The team that came for Ciri quickly broke through Vigfortez's defense and entered the main castle of Stiga. The greatly reduced number of mercenaries and warlock followers fought.

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"Ok?"

After killing the warlock servant in front of him, Regis uttered doubtful words,

"Reggis, what's wrong with you?"

Ciri, who had just hacked to death another warlock entourage, asked in confusion. She was rescued by Regis just now.

She also had a lot of vigilance at the same time, after all, the scene created by the vampire was too terrifying. She still remembered how Regis killed five people in a short period of time, and the scene when he was sucking blood.

Although she said she was here to save her, how dare she rest assured like this.

Ciri's experience of wandering in many worlds has long taught her to always be vigilant.

"I found that three of my kind had left the castle, and there are actually my kind here? Or three at once? This is really interesting. In my impression, there happened to be a family with three high-ranking vampires in Nilfgaard... "

"Reggis, now is not the time to talk about this."

At this moment, a group of warlock followers rushed in again, thinking that a vampire would kill this person.

The so-called warlock retinues are the retainers supported by the warlock. They only serve the warlock alone and help him do all kinds of shady things.

These people are well-equipped, experienced in many battles, and have knowledge of magic. They can be said to be the best soldiers.

"Yes, as you said, I shouldn't have said this, now, let someone kill these people, and then go save your mother Yennefer."

But what they are facing now is not an ordinary existence.

On the other side, Geralt led the girl-hunting team and charged through the fortress like spearheads. The greatly reduced defense force could not stop them from advancing at all.

Soon, they met Regis and Ciri, and Yennefer had been rescued by these two people.

And next, they wanted to understand all of this. By coincidence, everyone went to the tower of Vigfortez, where there were his most elite warlock followers, and Bonnet, the damned bounty hunter, And above all Vigfortz himself.

(End of this chapter)