Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 147
Novigrad, the free city, is the most prosperous city in the northern domain.

Here, you can see the most prosperous scene in the north, and you can buy everything you want.

This place is also full of opportunities, and rumors of getting rich overnight have always been produced in Novigrad.

But again, it's not uncommon to hit a trough overnight.

And more often, it turns into a corpse in the pursuit of dreams.

This is a dangerous city, but people still flock to it. This city will always give you a glimmer of hope, whether it's a lie or an illusion, but it's so close, as if it's within reach, making people desperate.

And Novigrad at night is its most dangerous moment.

"Yes, just go forward like this, don't be afraid, what we are facing is just a group of punks."

Layla, who was wearing the blue costume of Sigi Lewin's subordinates, hacked to death the member of the Ghost Face gang with clown makeup painted on the face in front of him while talking.

Hearing Leila's words, the subordinates behind her in blue clothes and hats rushed out. With a whirlwind of power, they directly smashed into the queue of the Ghost Face Gang.

As the background music of the battle, the roar of muskets continued to sound, making the battle more intense.

Leila's subordinates are all members of the Aden Special Forces in makeup. Against the gangsters, it is simply a dimensionality reduction blow.

Facing the memory honed by the Aden Special Forces in the brutal fight against the Scoia'tael, the gangsters of the Ghostface Gang fled after dropping a dozen corpses, and their stronghold was also taken down.

Leila's subordinates skillfully picked up the corpses and inspected the wounded. During this period, a man raised a wheel-wheel gun to fight back, but was still blown in the head by Leila's wheel-wheel gun.

The wheel-wheel gun spread very quickly in Novigrad. After all, this kind of thing is very suitable for close combat and short combat, so people with some wealth and status are equipped with this thing.

Of course, most ordinary minions will definitely not use this thing, they use matchlock pistols.

Matchlock pistols, despite their serious problems, are pistols anyway, and are useful in street fighting.

"Where is the next stronghold?"

Leila watched her subordinates pack up the battlefield, and then asked.

"Just a few corners away, it's a private currency exchange office of the Black Gold Society."

"Lead the way, let's go and smash this stronghold."

This night in Novigrad was very restless, and more blood was shed in the street war than ever before.

"Damn it, where did Siggy Luwin find these gangsters? I was swept up three places in one night, and even my exchange office and butcher shop were smashed."

A bare-chested dwarf in an oiled mohawk, showing off his tattoos and jewels, snarled.

He is Carlo "Machete" Van Ruixi, the leader of the Black Gold Society.

"I was robbed of two warehouses, and the goods that have been piled up recently are all gone. This group of people is very professional, like those from the special forces. How did Xiji Luwen invite them?"

This person was Gudrun Josdottir, the leader of the Wave Treader Gang. She had brown braids and wore a sleeveless leather armor with a whip tied around her waist.

"I'm out of three handicaps. I was going to listen to Master Dandelion's concert today, but this happened to me."

The tattooed Alphonse Willie, or old Hawthorne said plainly.

Judging by his tone, being hit by three handicaps is far less than his loss of not being able to hear Dandelion's concert.

And he did have that capital. Hawthorne's Ghost Face Gang was the most powerful gang in Novigrad. Most of the casinos, fight clubs, and brothels in the city belonged to him, so it was not surprising that he was so rich.

"Guys, it looks like I'm not being attacked."

Beggar King Francis Bellan finally said, this bald head is cheerful and looks very approachable.

But no one would think that these appearances are everything to this person.

"Your property is all in the rotten forest. Who would attack the rotten forest? I'm disgusted by the muddy ditch, and I still hate that place. I guess you won't be able to make any money."

The machete said bluntly, his dislike for the rotten forest was written on his face.

The Beggar King who was evaluated in this way was still cheerful, as if he didn't hear it.

Yes, the four gang bosses from Novigrad gathered in this basement. There were many conflicts among them, and it was absolutely impossible for them to get together.

But what Siggy Lewin did changed that.

"About the people that popped up out of nowhere, my friends on the street spotted a guy, you guess who, hey, it's Herme Botterdam, he went to meet our friend Sigi Leuven, And then the next night it was like that."

"You mean, the Lord Protector of Aedirn is helping Siji Luwen? What does he want to do? Interfere in the situation in Novigrad? Does anyone dare to do this now?"

Huo Sang said with a little surprise, as if he had heard something out of the Arabian Nights.

It is not to blame for his attitude. Over the years, the northern countries have a tacit understanding not to exert their own influence on Novigrad, because the person who does so will be blocked by everyone.

And if someone does this, it means that something is about to change.

The gang bosses present also had different thoughts. Hawthorne subconsciously thought about the escape route he found in Keweier, and Gudrun wondered if his ship full of treasures, which had been parked in the port for too long, could move. , and Machete was thinking about how to work hard.

"Everyone, don't worry, I got the news from Siji Luwen that the Lord Protector is here to find something. He seems to have known Xiji a long time ago, so he was asked to help with this matter, and Xiji met It seems that the Lord Protector of Aedirn intends to help him solve the troubles he encountered."

While talking, the Beggar King spread out a piece of paper in front of everyone, with a few strange symbols drawn on it,

"The Lord Protector of Aedirn came to find this symbol. Everyone, the solution to the current crisis is very simple. We only need to accept Xiji Luwen as one of us, and the Lord Protector will not let His men continued to attack us, and then used our power to help find the symbol."

The Beggar King looked at everyone with a smile, because he knew that his colleagues would definitely choose to cooperate.

Although everyone has a lot of capital now, if the fight continues, the income will decrease. How can the income decrease to support so many brothers, and the brothers will cause trouble if they have no money.

For a long time, although the street wars in Novigrad have continued, everyone has a bottom line. Such large-scale attacks on industries are rare.

"Then do this, Beran, you go to matchmaking."

Hawthorne was the first to speak. He wanted to end this shit as soon as possible. He didn't mind having another gangster in Novigrad. He just wanted to end all this quickly and send Hemei away.

The other bosses of the gang also had the same attitude. They all spoke in agreement, and the most important thing was to send Herme away.

Seeing this scene, the beggar king smiled, and Xiji's task was easily completed in this way. The money is really easy to earn.

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The street wars in Novigrad came to an immediate end as Siggy Lewin gained the approval of the four gangster bosses in the city.

Next, almost all gang members began to help Duke Hu find the location of the mark.

Seeing this, Herme also called Leila and the others back.

He'd sent Layla to be Dijkstra's thug for something, not Siggy Lewin to be Novigrad's underworld lord.

Siji Luwen was naturally very sorry for this, but he couldn't say anything more, and instead concentrated on helping Herme.

Now, it can be said that the entire underground world of Novigrad is helping Herme find what he needs, although the news came quickly that the place was found.

But Herme could not go in person.

As Lord Protector of Aden, he is very busy every day.

Not long after he arrived at the station, there was an endless stream of visitors.

Some of them are businessmen looking for opportunities, some are inventors looking for investment, and there are also political brokers and financial tycoons who represent the people behind them to negotiate with the National Guard.

It can be said that the Lord Protector's court is always full of visitors, and Herme can't help but marvel at the enthusiasm and perseverance of these people.

So this kind of thing is naturally handed over to the subordinates.

And more importantly, according to Dijkstra's feedback, he was discovered by beggars under the Beggar King when he went to see Dijkstra.

Hemei didn't want this to happen again, this time he was seen by the beggars of the Beggar King, and the news was still under control.

If it is seen by ordinary people and the news spreads everywhere, it will be overwhelming.

If the news that "The Lord Protector of Yadian is involved in gang activities" comes out, his reputation will be greatly affected.

And Herme chose to carry out this mission, and it was Herilera.

It can be said that Layla's reputation in Novigrad's underground world during this time has been repeated.

Her raid that night had killed hundreds of people, making her the biggest butcher in Novigrad, and now I don't know how many people want her head.

Now Leila is also familiar with the streets, so it is perfect for her to perform this task.

As for why Marondo was not chosen, it was because Marondo had always been by Herme's side and attended many ceremonies with him.

Many people remember the face of the captain of the National Guard.

In contrast, Leila has been playing hide-and-seek with the Scoia'tael in the forest for a long time, not many people remember her face, and her famous field is also a very narrow circle.

"So, is this the place?"

Looking at the seemingly abandoned warehouse in front of her, Leila asked.

The warehouse in front of it is located in an abandoned area of ​​the Novigrad port. This area was burned by a fire and has since become a residential area for Novigrad residents, beggars and drug addicts.

At the same time, this is also the largest narcotics trading area in Novigrad, where you can see narcotics dealers and narcotics users everywhere.

Because of this, the citizens of Novigrad would not approach this area at all, it was too dangerous.

Since the members of the five major Novigrad gangs had already arrived, there was no one around.

The people of Novigrad knew the reason to stay away from gangsters when they got up early, otherwise they would be easily involved in the fight between gangsters.

She and her subordinates are all wearing the costumes of Siji Lewin's subordinates, and she has experienced the convenience brought by this costume during this time.

However, although this suit can bring a lot of convenience, it is also very dangerous, that is, it may be attacked and killed by other gangs at any time.

"Okay, ready to attack!"

Following Leila's order, everyone in the special forces also took action.

People with crossbows and muskets occupied the shooting positions one after another. They set up their weapons and were ready to shoot at any time.

As for the other special forces members, they were all waiting in front of the warehouse gate, watching a few people install bombs at the warehouse gate.

This made many gang members in the same industry startled. Professionals are amazing, they are completely incomparable, and they are bombed as soon as they come up, which is much more violent than them.

In the street war in Novigrad, the use of bombs is still very taboo. After all, today you can blow up my casino, and tomorrow I can blow up your warehouse.

After lighting the fuse, the person who installed the bomb quickly hid aside.

With a bang that resounded through Novigrad, the assault began.

Countless people in Novigrad woke up from the sound of the explosion, but most of them just cursed a few words before falling back to sleep. Bombers are not uncommon in Novigrad.
The guards of the nearby temple consciously stayed away from this area. On the one hand, it was because the gang had already ordered it, and on the other hand, it was because they wanted to stay away from the bomb. This thing has no eyes, and it is easy to be killed if it gets involved.

The reason why bombs were used that caused huge noise was because the people in the warehouse were Philippa's warlock retinues. Facing this group of people, they had to go all out, otherwise the car might overturn.

The gate crashed down, and the shooters kept shooting into the smoke that fell towards the gate, and Leila led the men to kill it.

Then she saw a sword coming towards her.

"clang!"

Layla parried the blow to her neck, kicked the man in front of her between the legs, and kicked him over with lightning speed.

The two sides began to fight, and Philippa's warlock followers were well-equipped, determined to fight, and they were still on the defensive.

This caused Leila's subordinates to suffer a lot of losses at the beginning, but Leila's side came prepared after all. With the continuous influx of special forces, the warlock's subordinates were increasingly at a disadvantage.

In the dilapidated warehouse, the troops of both sides started a brutal battle like this. Both sides were determined and would not retreat.

During the battle, Leila's eyes met with one of them, and she immediately realized something was wrong, because what she saw was a pair of vertical pupils!
"Cliff, what kind of monster is this?"

Leila said uncontrollably, and she couldn't help but panic.

Fighting humans is one thing, fighting monsters is another.

And in this kind of close combat, a little carelessness will lead to defeat. Leila is in such a situation. Because of her panic, the blade on the opposite side will hit her neck in the next moment!
"boom!"

One of Leila's subordinates saw that the chief was in danger, drew his own pistol, and smashed the guy's head off.

Blood splashed on Leila's face, but it also made her realize that the enemy in front of her could be killed, and that was enough.

There was nothing to talk about in the next battle. The Aden Special Forces pushed forward with great determination. Although there were monsters on the opposite side, it was enough that these monsters could be killed.

When the shooters entered the warehouse, the battle basically came to an end.

Leila and her surviving subordinates were panting heavily. The enemies they faced were really unbelievably tenacious, and the casualties paid by the special forces far exceeded expectations.

There are corpses all over the warehouse, which shows how cruel the battle is.

And what's worse, there are more or less mutations on their bodies, such as fish eyes, and some even have gills.

"Find, find everything you can use."

Leila did not forget what they were here for because of the bitter fight, and immediately ordered everyone to start searching.

But to their disappointment, this warehouse is really too clean. It doesn't look like so many people have lived in it. It is expected that there is no information that can be obtained here.

If there is a special place, there is only a large pool in the warehouse, which is directly connected to the sea outside.

In the end, all they found were some papers, all of which read:
"I say: When the sleepers awaken, the dawn of the children of the deep will come.

I said: That's me.I am the destruction of the world.I am the hope of the world.

The unrighteous walk the straight way.My path is unknown.I am pure.The wrongdoer who bows to false gods will be trampled to the ground.Who can be above God? "

Leila's face immediately changed. As a warrior who wanders in the wilderness every day, seeing such strange prayers, combined with those weird humans, Leila immediately realized that what he was facing now was probably an evil god .

"Immediately report the news to Lord Herme, he must immediately know what happened here."

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"That's why it led to this mess again."

Looking at the corpses with fish gills and fish eyes in front of him, Duke Protector's tone was full of sighs.

Damn, it was originally a matter of stopping the sorceress from going crazy, but now it has become so complicated.

And this look is quite familiar to Herme, isn't it Cthulhu, isn't it a deep diver?

But what it is, you still have to ask the professionals.

"What is your opinion, Abelard?"

The old warlock was squatting on the ground studying these corpses. He rolled the eyelids of the corpses from time to time, smelled the mouth of the corpses, and even took a knife to disembowel the corpses.

After tossing for a while, Abelard stood in front of Herme covered in blood, with only seriousness on his face.

"It's Dagon's power."

"Dagan?"

Next, Abelard told Herme the story of this evil god.

Regarding Dagang, human beings have long recorded the evil god's rebellion.

Dagan was the first to discover that he was worshiped by the murlocs. This group also built their civilization and created many underwater cities.

The half murlocs mainly lived at the bottom of the lake or the seabed. They were not chosen by Dagan, but were forced to worship the evil god under Dagan's power.

The murlocs who worship Dagan will become crazy and warlike. They will slaughter humans for this god, and then sacrifice their blood to Dagan.

And if humans live by the sea or lake where Dagan exerts his power, at night, this indescribable god will enter their dreams to communicate with them.

Being caught in a dream, they will become crazy because of the nightmare, and even slowly worship this evil god who only appeared in their dreams, calling themselves the son of the deep sea.

They wrote incomprehensible hymns interspersed with madness, and they often gathered together on a specific day to worship and sing praises to this evil god in their dreams.

There are even some people who have mutated, and the characteristics of fish appear on their bodies.

The appearance of these features naturally aroused the attention of kings and warlocks at that time.

Then the army marched in, slaughtering all these humans and the murlocs who came ashore.

However, Dagon's power seems to be very limited, and he completely sat by and watched the entire massacre.

Later, Dagang also had activities several times, but they were all solved by the Warlock Cult with a thunderbolt.

It is also in this process that human beings' understanding of Dagan has continued to deepen.Warlocks also have more records about this evil god.

However, this information has been shelved by the Warlock Order, and information about this evil god should not appear in the world. Dagan seems to have a magical power that will make people who know his information worship him.

This evil god has a strong obsession with increasing worshipers, and most of the time, he focuses on increasing followers.

"So, we are now facing an evil god, so what do you think this evil god is going to do?"

Thinking of what he was facing, Herme felt quite a toothache.

Why is it an evil god again? Lilit, Swablo, and now Dagan, he has encountered three evil gods. It is difficult for many people to see the evil gods in their lifetime.

"I think Dagan is likely to come here for worship. If he brings the plague to Novigrad and saves the city of Liberty when it is in despair, then he will undoubtedly gain many followers, but... I think he must be Another plan..."

"Ok?"

"With this kind of evil god's character, I'm afraid he is thinking of using the plague to mutate the entire city into his worshipers."

The scene fell silent immediately.

Hemei suddenly had a strong feeling that all this was Dagan's conspiracy.

The ocean is Dagan's domain. For it, controlling a plague ship to a certain location should not be too simple, and it is also very simple for the Redanian navy to find it.

And when the plague ship set sail again, it was very easy to control the ship.

Looking at it this way, Philippa is just a tool to be used.

But there is a problem here, that is how Dagan turned Philippa's warlock followers into his followers, and why did he turn these people into his followers.

Herme was puzzled, and at last he sighed.

It's better not to think about it, but think about how to fight against the plague ship that you know where it is that day.

Originally thought that the location of the plague ship could be obtained by raiding the stronghold, but there was nothing.

(End of this chapter)