Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 127
Hackland's Blue Mountain Tunnel has been buzzing for a while since the end of the Civil War.

Many businessmen took a fancy to Hakland's business opportunities and went to the land of Cossacks to seek opportunities.

But things changed with the rise of a new Khan on the Haklan steppe and with increasing invasions into the land of the Cossacks.

Northerners had already lived through a brutal war, and most would not want another one.

But there are still people who are determined to go to Hakland. They are either hyenas attracted by the prospect of war, or warriors sent by the Kingdom of Aedirn, or they have to go to this distant land.

And now, the two people who lit the bonfire by the roadside belonged to the last type.

One of the travelers was tall and strong, about two meters tall, and of considerable size, with a bald head. He had a long hammer by the campfire, which was his weapon.

It was a slender figure, an elf with a once beautiful elf face marred by an ugly scar that ran diagonally across his brow, brow, nose, and cheek, down to his chin.

On the bonfire in front of them was roasting jerky, which was dug out from the corpses of a group of old good people who wanted to rob these two and paid the price in blood.

"War, war never changes, Sigi, wherever we go, we see war."

Wolfe Isengrin added a handful of sticks to the fire and watched the flames chug wildly.

"Almost ready."

Sigi Lewin removed the top jerky, split it in two, and gave it to the elves.

"War is the total outbreak of contradictions, no matter where, there will be wars."

Siggy Lewin went on to say that Wolfe gave him a look, but said nothing.

"What are you going to do when you get to Fort Sazar?"

Siki didn't continue that topic, but asked about the elf's next plan.

"I plan to go further east, there are opportunities everywhere."

Wolff stated his plan very succinctly, without saying anything in detail.

Xiji was not surprised by this, they were just fellow travelers who met by chance.

There is no need to go into detail about these things.

Even if the two people here are well aware of the identity of the opposite party, these things don't need to be explained in such detail.

"I decided to settle down in Fort Sazar for a while."

Siji Lewin talked about his own views,
"I still have to go back to the north in the end. I have to ask about some things."

The corner of Wolfe's mouth rose, "It seems that after Fort Sazar, we have to say goodbye."

"Yes, my friend, we must say goodbye."

The scene fell into a very embarrassing silence for a moment. Apart from the slight crackling sound of the flames in the air, there was only the sound of chewing food.

The silence was broken by an army that suddenly appeared, on Harkland's boardwalk, one bearing the arms of the kingdom and the coat of arms of the Lord Protector.

This army is very large, the queue can not see the edge, and there are soldiers everywhere.

Both of them turned their heads, and at the front of the line, they saw an "acquaintance".

Heme Botterdan, he is now surrounded by countless soldiers, looking quite mighty.

"The Protector of Aedirn, the Savior of the North, the Terminator of the Wild Hunt, and the Cliff's Favored."

Wolfe talked about Herme's title with a blank expression, while Xiji looked at the Lord Protector of Aedirn with a complicated expression.

Then they all bowed their heads.

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"That's actually..."

Seeing the two people on the side of the road, Herme's face showed surprise, but his expression returned to normal in a blink of an eye.

Next, he gave the tall fat man and the elf a friendly wave, and they responded in kind.

From the eyes of others, this is very surprising. The Lord Protector of Yadian actually greeted two civilians on the side of the road?
"grown ups?"

Valentine tentatively asked,

"No, don't worry about those two people, don't embarrass them, just let them move freely, let them go wherever they want."

"Yes."

From the first moment he saw those two figures, Herme realized their identities.

Dijkstra Sigismund and Ethangreen Faotiana, Redanian spies and one of the Regents and commander of the Scoia'tael Villiherd Brigade.

For these two people to appear here, Herme was not surprised at all.

Here one has "disappeared" due to "misfire", and the other was handed over to the north by Nilfgaard, and then fled the hunt.

He didn't intend to make any fuss about these two people, it would do him no good, since they wanted to escape the North, let them escape.

Of course, he knew that Dijkstra still had some plans. After all, he didn't return to the north in the end, and he went to Novigrad to become a gang leader.

But that had nothing to do with him, and it would only be good for him if the spies returned to the north in the future.

For Herme, meeting Dijkstra and Isengrin was an episode, and he continued to lead the army forward.

After handing over the power to Charon, Selchik, and Marciu, Herme embarked on the road back to Hakland, and he needed to resolve the conflict in this regard.

Along the way, Hemei saw a lot of thriving reconstruction scenes. The war was completely over, and everyone had to rebuild their houses and repair their fields.

Although there is still darkness in it, it is developing in a good direction after all, which makes the protector very relaxed.

The Duke Protector received a lot of welcome along the way, although there were some cold-eyed onlookers among them, the welcomes were mostly after all.

Anyway, Herme had done so much, leading Aedirn to defeat the damned Nilfgaardians.

In such a welcome, Herme traveled through the Blue Mountain Tunnel and returned to Hackland after a long absence.

At present, there are roughly 8000 people behind Herme, of which [-] are soldiers recruited from Fort Sazar.

Some are local Cossacks, and some are immigrants from Sazaburg. They have been fighting abroad for a long time and are full of enthusiasm for returning home.

The other [-] were Cossacks and nomads who were on the same road. Compared with those who belonged to Fort Sazar, these guys seemed to be much looser, and some even took a nap on their horses.

But at any rate, he has actually fought on the battlefield, so he still has the ability, and he still has the fierceness of a fighter.

In both groups, there are those who intend to come back and take their families to the north.

In order to keep people in Aden, where the population loss was severe, Herme did not spare much effort.

And the result is extremely gratifying, many Hacklanders are willing to stay in Aden, where the conditions are obviously better.

But Herme's nerves were not completely relaxed because of this, and he still had a big trouble to face in terms of the population.

Plague of Catriona.

Of course, it looks strange to everyone, but it is different when it is mentioned by another name.

Black Death.

Speaking of which, the source of the plague was Ciri.

When she was wandering among the worlds, she once came to Genoa ruled by the Black Death. When she left the city ruled by death, a flea jumped on her clothes.

Then when Ciri hopped among the worlds again, she came to the port of Bakala in Nilfgaard.

She left this place in a hurry, and the flea jumped on the Nilfgaardian merchant ship Catriona, which came to the north and brought the plague to the north.

The Plague of Catriona ravaged the North, and the whole of the North became a place where this plague ravaged.

Although the northerners finally found a way to fight the plague, it is an established fact that the population has decreased on a large scale and the national strength has also been affected.

It can be said that this plague played a huge role in the outbreak of the Third Northern War.

If he hadn't seen the losses of the northern countries under the plague, Emhyr would not have decided to invade again so easily.

In this matter, Herme can do very little.

The place where the plague first broke out was in Temeria, and he couldn't go to the coast of Temeria to search the Catriona, because it seemed that he had exceeded his authority too much.

The only thing that gave him some comfort was that the first large-scale outbreak of the Catriona Plague occurred a year later in Temeria-Maribo.

In other words, he still has time to think about how to solve this trouble.

As long as the plague with a huge impact is stifled in the early stages, the losses are within acceptable limits.

If the plague still broke out, it would be terrible. He didn't dare to bet on when the medicine against the plague would be available.

The Lord Protector has now commissioned Ogren Tursek to search for the Catriona at sea.

The heroic warrior of the Tursek family is now very convinced of Hemei.

Although he didn't know why Herme was doing this, there was no pressure to attack the Nilfgaardian ship.

Naturally, Duke Protector would not hang himself on a tree, and he secretly issued a huge reward for destroying this damned plague ship.

As for how much effect this would have, Herme could only say that she had as good a hope as possible, in case the ship could be killed.

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As he got closer to Fort Sazar, Herme saw more and more changes.

There are more and more people on the road, and more and more villages can be seen. After all, Herme has moved so many Nilfgaardian immigrants here.

These Nilfgaardian immigrants came from all over the Nilfgaardian Empire, including various provinces. Herme didn't have to worry about connecting them in series, especially after breaking up their original armed colonial regiment.

There are not many Nilfgaardians who are truly loyal to that empire, let alone those in the stinky provinces.

Herme was delighted with this, for there is nothing more pleasing than seeing a once desolate land being reclaimed.

Soon, the Duke Protector's team arrived at Fort Sazar.

By this time, however, the sun had begun to set, the sunset had come, the people had lit their lamps, and the guards had lit their torches.

Today's Saza Fort has changed a lot compared to when Herme left. The most notable manifestations are the increase in fields and the dense tents of nomads.

The former is the land opened up by new immigrants, and the latter is the residence of nomads who defected to Sazarburg.

In front of the city gate of Sazarburg, Herme disbanded the team—in fact, many people had already walked along the way—for a while, the inside and outside of Sazarburg became lively, and there were cheers for the returnees everywhere, and tears filled the eyes of relatives reunited.

Many people have been looking forward to the return of their families for a long time, and now there is naturally a lot of joy.

It was rare for many families to light up the lights generously, and many businessmen saw the business opportunities and began to extend their business hours.

For a while, Sazarburg became a city that never sleeps. You must know that large-scale lighting at night is an extremely luxurious thing in this era.

Herme led his guards into Fort Sazar. He acted in a hurry because he wanted to see his daughter and his blood.

When the Lord Protector was crossing the street, the residents on both sides respectfully bowed their heads to the team.

This is not only respect for their lord, but also respect for the Lord Protector of Aedirn, and respect for a legendary general with outstanding achievements.

For the residents of Fort Sazar, it would be an exaggeration to say that Herme is their god. The series of legendary victories of the Lord Protector in the West came from them, and now they all support the Lord Protector very much.

Before the main castle of Sazaburg, Herme saw his wife, daughter, and subordinates.

There are also lights here, and several large bonfires are lit.

After opening his eyes in the north, Herme now feels that the main castle of Fort Sazar looks so low, obviously he was quite satisfied with it before.

But that's not the point. When Mayor Dunwa and Guard Captain Jerry knelt down on one knee, Hemei got off his horse and came to his wife who was holding her daughter.

Katya is still wearing her classic clothes, her graceful figure is wrapped under a black fur coat, black gloves are still on her hands, and a beautiful black felt hat with cuffed sides is on her head.

As for Herme's daughter, it was in his wife's arms.

"I am back."

Herme whispered to his wife, and Katya gave him a relieved smile.

When this long-lost couple meets again, there are not many touching plots. In other words, even if there is such a plot, it should not be in the present, not in front of everyone.

Neither of them are the kind of people who like to show their emotions unscrupulously in front of people.

"It's good to be back, my Lord Protector of Aedirn. Now Haklan needs you as a hero. Well, let's come and see my daughter."

There was a little sarcasm in Katya's tone, but it was only a little sarcasm, and then she put her daughter in Herme's arms.

Looking at the little guy in front of him, Hemei treated her like a rare treasure. When he saw the little face that hadn't opened yet, the Duke Protector felt an indescribable joy.

This is his blood?He is a father.

The Duke Protector couldn't help feeling a dreamy feeling.

However, although Duke Hu was careful throughout the process, he still couldn't hold a child if he didn't know how to hold a child. Soon his daughter was tossed and cried by him.

The protector of the country was at a loss the whole time, and didn't know what to do at all.

Seeing her husband's embarrassment, Katya immediately took the child from Herme and patted her little shoulder lightly.

From Herme's point of view, the wife seemed to cast some magic on her daughter, and soon the noisy little thing quieted down, returning to its original peaceful appearance.

Herme heard laughter coming from behind him, but he didn't pay attention, and he was indeed a little funny just now.

"So, have you thought about your daughter's name?"

Katya's question was about Herme. Along the way, the Duke Protector was thinking about what his daughter's name should be.

But he was troubled all the way, and he still didn't think of what his daughter's name should be, so now when he faced his wife, he immediately lost his temper.

Katya glared at her husband, "Okay, okay, let's name the child after a while, come in and rest first, you've been away for a while, then let's go rest."

After saying this, Katya turned around and walked into the main castle as if out of breath, and Herme followed immediately.

No one followed, the Huguogong and his wife obviously wanted to talk and it might involve their private affairs, so they joined in the fun and started busying themselves with their own affairs. It was already getting dark, and things would be troublesome next, and the working hours were not short.

However, there were still people chatting there. These were important people around the Duke Protector and Sazaburg, and they were the only ones who would be so leisurely now.

They talked about their experiences during this period, sighed for each other's experiences, and also sighed for some wonderful things they missed.

In the main castle, Herme looked at the familiar layout and sighed, it was still the same, but his identity had changed drastically.

The servants all respectfully paid tribute to the Protector, but the Protector ignored them, there are more important things to do now.

But his exclamation didn't last long, and he didn't forget what he came here for.

Herme and Katya rested in the hall for a while, and the Lord Protector first changed into a set of clothes under the servant's clothes, and took off the dirty coat.

During this period, Herme kept whispering to his wife. At the beginning, Katya still had a tough look, but with these words, Katya's face became more and more red. Then she handed her daughter to the maid, and the two hurried back to their room.

Duke Hu knew that this trick was useful. For a young couple like them who missed each other's body very much, it was too terrible to have no sex life for ten or eleven months.

The Lord Protector is suffering from suffocation in the west, let alone Kajia.

As for why he didn't find a woman to solve the problem, it was mainly because the Lord Protector was afraid that there would be spies or other things in it. As for those coquettish female sorceresses, he kept hiding as far away as possible.

The Duke Protector never forgot the danger that his position might bring.

I haven't seen Lidorick of Nilfgaard playing against Dijkstra, and the women around him are all spies from the sorceress' coven.

With this example out there, how could Duke Protector dare to find a woman so easily, or he might even be turned into a puppet.

So after just some verbal teasing, Herme successfully ignited his wife's desire, and of course, his own desire.

Although he couldn't see his wife's face, he could see that his wife's ears had turned red unknowingly.

Tonight must be a sleepless night.

(End of this chapter)