Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 152 The Syndicate Talker and Radovid's Oath
Time travels back to not so long ago.

After Dagon was dealt with, Hemei and the others drove the yacht back to the shore.

And Orgn let his longship crash into the flying Redania.

In the previous brief greetings, Ogn recounted his experience during this period:

Orgn followed the plague ship to Novigrad, and he kept on chasing it by relying on a compass obtained from the temple of Freya (Meliteri's name in the archipelago).

His journey was very dangerous. During this period, he was attacked several times by followers of Dagan, and also attacked by sea beasts driven by Dagan. Both sea snakes and dragon turtles made trouble for him.

But Orgn survived, and he even hunted down a whale that tried to capsize his boat, but he failed to collect the whale oil, and could only leave the whale there for a group of people who smelled blood. Sea animals to eat, followed by Novigrad.

Although the Flying Redania is a spirit warship, it is fully loaded with Dagan believers, so it is not afraid of any situation where the demon spirits cannot be killed.

While Orgn was fighting fiercely with the enemies on the spirit body warship, Heme and others set foot on the port of Novigrad, and went to their respective bases to gather strength.

Herme's subordinates have long been ready to go, and the Dark Alley Gang and the Ghost Face Gang have long wanted to play, but they have been waiting because the boss did not come, while Xiji's people are strictly disciplined and have been waiting Siki.

Then, there was the great battle, the decisive battle between Novigrad's underground world and the followers of Dagon, and the two sides fought in a daze.

And after the arrival of a large group of Eternal Flame soldiers in that battle, Novigrad won an overall victory.

Then they went door to door to catch all the cultists and murlocs who slipped through the net. This work was all handed over to the people of Eternal Flame, and Herme and the others went to rest.

It's just that the impact of this battle that has swept across Novigrad is too great, and people still have a lot of messes to clean up.

Of course, while cleaning up the mess, the goddamn day goes on, that's life, isn't it?

And, there are far-reaching implications.

Novigrad is the center of the north, and what happens here will naturally affect the entire north.

Soon, the whole north was shaken by it.

This day was known as the Day of the Fish Disaster, because the Dagan believers and the half-murlocs who attacked had obvious fish characteristics, while the latter were walking fish.

And that had huge ramifications across the North.

First of all, after realizing that there are races that can launch large-scale invasions in the sea, almost all coastal and river cities have begun to build defensive facilities such as city walls facing the Haihe River.

The enemy has proved that they can come directly from the sea, so humans should naturally be on guard.

Build stone walls if you can, and build wooden walls if you can't. Anyway, the walls have to be built.

Those voices who were troublesome about repairing the wall disappeared, and the incident in Novigrad was enough to dispel all opposition voices.

On the other hand, due to the identity of the attackers as non-human races and cultists, there was an upsurge of anti-non-human races in many places in the north, and there were more intense religious conflicts, which caused many deaths.

All countries are working hard to suppress these things, but unfortunately the results are minimal. Many things that are spontaneously carried out at the grassroots level are difficult to stop. In many cases, people often don't know about things until a long time after they happen.

However, this happened after a while. Back in Novigrad, after the fierce battle, Liberty City counted their losses.

In this Dagan invasion, there were thousands of casualties. The wounded and dead included temple guards, gangsters, ordinary civilians and other people living in Novigrad.

There are also hundreds of poor people missing. These people don't even know whether they are dead or alive, and no one looks for them. They may be rotting in a sewer somewhere.

Twelve ships in the port were damaged to varying degrees, but fortunately the warehouse was not affected, so the loss is still acceptable.

The Novigrad government quickly cleaned up the broken ships and freed up the berths in the port.

As a city that handles a large number of ships every day, a day's delay in this kind of thing means a huge loss.

Of course, if the ship is destroyed and the merchants affected can only admit their losses, this is the rule of the game in Novigrad.

As for their goods, of course they can only be thrown out of the warehouse because the time expires.

The warehouse needs to keep flowing in order to maintain high profits, and if you want to stay there, you can only pay high storage fees.

This is Novigrad, a free city, but freedom has a price.

So many people died in the city, and as for the dead Dagon believers and half murlocs, the number was even more, roughly a thousand.

In order to dispose of so many corpses, the Novigrad City Hall set up a temporary crematorium outside the city to send these corpses in for incineration.

And even if the pile of corpses is burned directly, the work pressure is very high, but it must be completed. With so many corpses placed there, it is easy to cause disease.

The night in Novigrad continued to brighten a lot because of the burning of corpses outside the city day and night.

When burning the corpses of Dagon believers and half murlocs, the fire used was taken from the eternal fire. In the words of Chapei's temporary acting bishop, only in this way can the filth be washed away.

Yes, interim bishop, Chape is now the interim bishop of Novigrad.

As for when the Archbishop will be born, it must be selected together after the Eternal Flame Bishops from all over the place arrive.

Everyone believed that this was just a process, and with Chape's achievements in Novigrad, it was a certainty that he would become the archbishop.

But people still like to discuss this matter. After all, compared with their own miserable lives, it is obviously more interesting to talk about the entanglements of these big shots.

Therefore, compared with the election of the new Archbishop of the Eternal Flame, the news that an Eternal Flame soldier went to other places to serve as the bishop seemed so inconspicuous.

However, despite experiencing such a thing, Novigrad still regained his life at an extremely fast speed.

People poured into this free city continuously, and the positions of the dead were quickly replaced by newcomers.

As for the day of the fish disaster, it is only a matter of time before people forget it.

And in this disaster, the biggest beneficiary is our Lord Protector of Aedirn, Herme Botterdan.

The Lord Protector's role in dealing with this Dagon invasion crisis has spread rapidly thanks to Dandelion's new poem "Blessed of the Gods" the day after the disaster.

Dandelion also wrote the one-act play "The Fishhead and the Favored One," a comedy that was widely circulated when it appeared.

In this crisis, the Lord Protector is the undoubted protagonist, and it was he who used Cliff's power to defeat Dagan.

If that monster hadn't been defeated, Novigrad would have suffered more serious losses than they did now, and they might even fail.

Although Herme once had the reputation of a god-favored person, but the popularity is still relatively low.

This time, the news spread from Novigrad, the capital of the entire north, and combined with Herme's existing reputation, the impact it would have would be very far-reaching.

Now that Homer is walking on Novigrad Street, people will shout "Long live the God's Blessed One" and "Long live the savior of the city" to him. This makes Homer quite flattered.

It is not surprising that the people of Novigrad thanked Herme in this way, because they really saved the city.

Moreover, the nobles and wealthy merchants of Novigrad gave gifts to Herme in an endless stream to thank Herme for her achievements.

After all, Herme saved their lives, so she should express it both emotionally and rationally.

The things they sent were also very expensive, ranging from luxuries further east in Serikania to magical items across the sea.

There are even some products of cultural styles that Heme was very familiar with in his previous life, which made Heme deeply understand why Novigrad can buy everything.

And those who couldn't send precious items, then sent gold and silver, and a lot of gold and silver were sent like this.

It's no secret that Lord Protector likes money, and his nickname of "Hacky" has long been widely spread among the people.

Therefore, some people also send company shares and futures certificates, which are also very valuable.

And this made the Lord Protector realize how rich Novigrad is. Damn it, these treasures, gold and silver, and shares together are enough for Herme to pay back one-fifth of Kevier's debt.

Herme feels quite comfortable now. Now that he has got the money and the fame, this feeling is really great.

However, although what he has gained is enough now, Duke Protector feels that he cannot just leave like this, and he still needs to do one more thing.

That is to match the big guys in Novigrad.

In the famous secret room in Passiflora, the leaders of the five major gangs of Novigrad gathered together.

This room is very famous. Falga, who almost disturbed the entire north, once planned to seek power and usurp the throne here. The assassins who assassinated King Friedank of Redania also discussed it here, but they knew that Percy Flora is one of the few who still keeps this room.

It was also because Passiflora was involved in so many political conspiracies, so even Hogg, the top brothel in Novigrad, would not dare to put his hand in, because God knows what big shots will be involved.

Generally speaking, it is impossible for the leaders of the five Novigrad gangs to sit together, but this time the invitation was none other than Herme, Lord Protector of Aedirn.

Now, no one dared to refuse the invitation of the Lord Protector. He is now in the limelight, and more importantly, a true god is really standing behind him.

Therefore, everyone here has to give his face.

You guys are sitting on a round table, there are seven seats on the round table, only two are vacant now.

The five bosses are all discussing who the Protector of the Country will invite. They are already the highest-status people in this city. No matter how high they are, they can only go to the Eternal Flame, but the people from the Eternal Flame will come Attend their meetings?They were all skeptical.

For the underworld in Novigrad, Eternal Flame has always had a very contemptuous attitude. Eternal Flame needs these people to exist, but that's all. This is just the dirt that Eternal Flame has to allow.

"...So, I think it must not be the person of Eternal Flame, it must be the ruler of the north, most likely King Radovid of Redania."

Machete uttered his guess swearingly, but the others didn't respond, they all had an attitude of listening and listening.

Just when the voice had just fallen, they all heard the sound of the mechanism moving, and all of them looked over subconsciously.

The person who came now could only be Herme, so who is the other person?
It's finally time to unravel the mystery.

First of all, Herme's figure came up. This time, Lord Protector of Aden was dressed as a Cossack Ataman, wearing a luxurious fur coat, and holding a scepter in his hand.

And the person behind him gave everyone present a strong sense of suffocation.

That's Chape.

Sweat beads subconsciously appeared on the heads of several gangsters, and they all began to wonder if all this was a trick set up by Herme to trap them.

Thanks to the various behaviors of his predecessor, Chapei's reputation can be said to be extremely rotten. This person is fanatical, cruel, and unscrupulous. Even if the five major gangs of Novigrad are bitten by him, it will be very troublesome.

"Everyone, let me introduce you. This is Chape, the temporary acting bishop of Novigrad. However, his title is only temporary, and it is only a matter of time before he becomes the archbishop."

Herme's response was silence. Everyone didn't know how to face this notorious Eternal Flame believer. If he bit the wrong sentence, it would be too damned.

"Everyone, don't be too nervous. Mr. Chapei is not here to investigate people. He is here to discuss the future of Novigrad with you."

Herme smoothed things over, but the scene was still a bit cold, because Chapei was really famous.

"Then Lord Herme, Lord Chape, what are your plans for the future of Novigrad?"

Dijkstra was the first to speak. His words represented the doubts of everyone here. What kind of future do the two people in front of them plan to create for Novigrad?

"Five, I think you all suffered heavy losses in this disaster."

Herme didn't answer the question, but turned to ask about their losses.

"I have lost the most."

Gudrun of the Tide Wave Gang is very straightforward. Anyway, everyone can see her loss, so there is no need to hide it.

"My ship sank. It was filled with most of the gold and silver that the sailors and I earned by smuggling, stealing and collecting protection fees during our time in Novigrad. Although we got back a lot later, we still lost money. It's terrible, I don't know how many thieves have taken our hard-earned money."

It can be said that the Talang Gang was hit on the door of life this time. If they hadn't made some money again, the Talang Gang could directly announce its disbandment.

But even if they keep the organization, they will have to shrink their heads for a long time, and a lot of profits will have to be given up.

"I lost too many brothers."

Machete was the second one to speak, his hands clenched involuntarily while speaking,
"The Black Gold Club has to recruit a large number of people, and it won't be able to afford it anymore."

In this conflict, the machete led people to charge very fiercely, and because of this, Hei Jinhui suffered heavy losses, and many of his old buddies died.

But this actually has little effect on Machete. The core of the Black Gold Society lies in him. Machete is a hob meat, and he is not afraid of death at all.

It is also because he is a hob meat, even if Hei Jin would suffer such a heavy loss, no one would dare to trouble him.

"Many of my friends on the street died, and some friends who lived in big houses also had accidents, so I can only shrink my head in the rotten forest."

The Beggar King was also very frank, he spread his hands outright, expressing that he couldn't do it.

The most powerful weapon of the Beggar King is his beggar intelligence network and contacts. Now that both of them have suffered losses, it means a heavy loss.

"My business is mainly bathhouses, so it's okay... Even if a few shops were smashed, they will have to close for a while..."

Dijkstra nodded to Herme, indicating that he was not interested in conflicts or anything, and only wanted to maintain his status.

"My people are alright...but I have to rectify. What Novigrad needs now is quietness."

The last one to speak was Old Hogg, and his industries were indeed unlikely to be impacted by this chaos.

Originally, he planned to take this opportunity to expand the sphere of influence of the Ghost Face Gang, but seeing the atmosphere, he could only put away his little ideas.

"So everyone, do you want Novigrad to settle down peacefully? The five major gangs have divided their respective spheres of influence, and everyone will not invade each other, and there will be no fighting, so they can manage their own territory with peace of mind."

What Hemei said made the five big gangs look at each other first, and there was only one meaning in the eyes, that is, do you still need to say this?

Because of the street wars, the five major gangs had to maintain a large number of thugs. Originally, these thugs were supposed to work in various places or perform various businesses, but they were all locked up, and they had to spend a lot of money to support them.

Moreover, the melee on the street also allows outsiders to fish in troubled waters. There are always a few outsiders who will give the boss a hard time during gang wars, and make a big case file and get a lot of money.

Although most of these behaviors of asking for money and not killing one's life have been stopped, it still scares everyone when they think about it.

The gangs actually tried to negotiate several times, trying to establish a stable underground order.

However, due to the lack of guarantors with sufficient strength, each negotiation was always overturned within a short time.

And there is also strong distrust between the parties, which makes it easier for conflict to erupt.

Finally, there is the hatred caused by gang wars. This problem is unsolvable.

Of course, the most important reason why they can fight is that there is a constant influx of people into Novigrad. Most of them do not get along well in Novigrad, and it is easy to join gangs, which gives them a lot of cheap fighting power.

The current five big gangs actually want peace talks. They are each in charge of different fields, and the conflict of interest is actually not that big. It would be good to stop the conflict and let everyone make money together.

But due to the reasons mentioned above, everyone is still fighting.

Herme saw the expressions of everyone present, and then he smiled,
"I can answer your questions now. My suggestion is that the future Novigrad form an organization that includes the Big Five and the Eternal Flame guys. I named it Syndicate. At the same time, I suggest that the Big Five That’s why they merged and implemented the talker system.”

These words instantly attracted everyone's attention, and Herme's words exploded among them like a bomb.

syndicate?Speaker?What's this?
"Ahem, let me explain to you one by one."

Hemei cleared his cough, and then started his performance.

"The so-called syndicate means an organization established by all parties signing a unified sales and purchase agreement. The parties in the syndicate cannot sell and purchase independently, but must handle it uniformly, so as to compete in product sales and raw material distribution."

Homer first talked about the concept of Syndicate, and everyone understood what Homer meant when he talked about this concept.

This is what it means for them to make peace and then work together to make money.

"Currently, the business of the five major gangs involves all aspects of Novigrad. In many places, the five major gangs can basically be equivalent to urban grassroots autonomous organizations. You solve the troubles in the local area and provide grassroots services. This is eternity There is no reason why the Church of Flame didn't attack you, but now, the Church of Eternal Fire has expressed its willingness to cooperate with you, and the cooperation between the two will definitely make Novigrad more prosperous."

Everyone agrees with this. Everyone knows these reasons. The gangsters really want the approval of Eternal Flame, which can facilitate them to act better.

And if Eternal Flame makes this group of people their own, then their cost of governing Novigrad in the future will also drop a lot.

But there is a very serious problem, that is, who will guarantee that this syndicate will be accepted and implemented by everyone?

As for this question, they guessed it without telling Herme, so this is what he mentioned next.

"In terms of supervision and authority, the Church of Eternal Flame will guarantee it."

Herme looked at Chapei, and Chapei nodded,

"The Eternal Flame will endorse the authority of the Syndicate. If someone violates the agreement and launches a war, the Church of the Eternal Fire will target whom. In addition, in order to maintain the authority of the Church of the Eternal Fire, the Syndicate will be a secret organization. "

What Chapei said is not serious, which means that anyone who dares not cooperate with everyone to make money will beat him.

It's not surprising that it's a secret organization. Eternal Flame still has shame, and it's shameless to mix with the underworld.

The five big brothers looked at each other, none of them saw any objection from their old friends' faces, so they simply nodded and agreed.

This is something that everyone has been waiting for a long time, so there is no objection at all.

Of course, there's a lot to consider about the details of this syndicate, but that's not something to discuss right now.

"Next, there is the second topic, the speaker system."

When this was mentioned, a playful smile appeared on Herme's face, and it was his bad taste to mention this.

"The so-called talker is the leader elected by the five major gangs after the merger, responsible for leading the future direction of the Novigrad gang, such as expanding in other cities, or marching into the villages and small towns of Novigrad. Yes. But the person in charge is elected once a year or once every two years or for life, you can discuss and decide.”

This caused even louder discussions. If the Syndicate was trying to protect the existing cakes, then the speaker was trying to add new cakes.

For example, the villages and towns of Novigrad, in fact, there are many people living outside the walls of Novigrad, which is also a very big piece of cake, but because the gangs in the city focus on their gang wars, the towns outside the city are surrounded by various local snakes and Small gangs take over.

For example, the supply of vegetables from Novigrad is actually very profitable, but it is now controlled by forces outside the city walls.

If these resources can be snatched away, the power of each gang will be greatly expanded now.

Looking at the expressions of the leaders of the five major gangs, Hemei smiled, because he knew that most of the talkers were done, and everyone wanted to make a bigger cake.

"So, how to choose the speaker?"

Dijkstra, who actually only used the gang as a springboard, was the quickest to wake up and ask the most crucial question.

"My suggestion is that the five of you make your own choices, plus at most one Church of Eternal Flame, as a guarantee of authority, everyone, what do you think?"

Herme's words made the five gang leaders silent, thinking about the pros and cons of it.

Oh, Dijkstra and Chape are not nervous, one is whatever, and the other is that it has nothing to do with him.

"I'm done."

Hawthorne was the first to speak, his eyes were burning with ambition, and it was obvious that he was bound to be the talker.

"Count me as one."

The machete went on to say,

"Then we all join in."

Beggar King, Gudrun and Siji have joined.

"Then, I hope that under your rule, Novigrad will have a more prosperous future."

Herme ended his speech with this, and Chape immediately followed, saying,

"May the eternal fire bless you, may our cooperation be like an inextinguishable flame, and may our future be more prosperous."

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While the bigwigs in Novigrad were writing a new chapter in their politics, one man at Tritog's court was in a fit of rage.

She is Philippa Earhart, regent of the Redanian court.

A beautiful mirror from overseas was smashed into pieces by the jewel of Tretog's court. This mirror was very expensive, but Philippa didn't feel any pity to destroy it, even if it was her favorite mirror.

Because now her mind is full of anger.

All the actions against Novigrad failed, and they failed miserably. She was used as a tool by that evil god from the beginning to the end.

This made Philippa really hard to accept. She had always thought that she was the best political player in the world.

As a result, she was played like an idiot by that evil god.

And more importantly, she left too many traces in this matter, if someone reveals her role in it...

The very thought of this frightened Philippa.

If so, she is completely finished.

But after thinking that she had killed all the Redanian navy soldiers who found the ship at that time, she breathed a sigh of relief. She did things so perfectly, and it was absolutely impossible for anyone to discover the role she played in it.

But even though the silence was successful, Philipa still had a strong anxiety in her heart. The anxiety was too strong, and Philipa still felt extremely irritable.

At this moment, a person walked in. Philippa wanted to get angry when she saw the work clothes, but when she saw that it was Xier, her anger disappeared.

"How are things going?"

"The tail has been tidied up. The Steadfast was lost at sea and has since disappeared."

"That's good."

Philipa said with a sigh of relief, but Xier's next words made Philipa unable to hold back.

"However, the nobles of Redania have become more opposed to you. You promised to do something for Redania, but until now there has been nothing. The Ogesov family has disbanded their army. I'm afraid other noble families will do the same soon."

"How dare? How dare they do this!"

Philippa roared angrily, but Xier could only shake her head, saying that there was no way to stop the nobles from doing this.

For a long time, Redania has been criticized for being too powerful of the nobles, and the king even handed over the royal fief to the nobles.

But in fact, Redania is another set of models.

In the composition of the Royal Army of Redania, a large part of the army was formed by the nobles of Redania. This point is often criticized for the weakness of Redania's royal power.

But in fact, this is the product of the PUA nobles of the Redanian royal family.

Since you are an aristocrat, you should contribute to the country, right? Especially you big aristocrats, if you have money and power, you should take on more troops, right?

Of course, the king didn’t ask you to give money and people for nothing, and would give your royal fief to support the army, but the problem is that this royal fief is basically a wilderness, and you still have to use your own money to raise soldiers.

Some people will say, won't the nobles get nothing like this?What a fool they are.

But in fact, what the nobles get is the posthumous name, the king will let your name go down in history, build a monument for you, and write about your achievements in the royal history books, so that you will last forever.

Of course, looking at it like this is still quite a fool. It is really stupid to do such a thing for an illusory reputation.

But those nobles, especially the big nobles, can only be taken advantage of to a large extent, because the whole society is forcing them to be taken advantage of.

Since you are a super dignitary in Redania, aren't you too shameless for not doing your duty for the country? The king allowed you to own so much land, so you repay His Majesty the king like this?The land of your family was bestowed by His Majesty the King!
From this point of view, only Redania has this condition. As the strongest, oldest and once largest country in the north, the nobles of Redania have such a patriotic identity.

Moreover, building an army for the kingdom was largely regarded as a benchmark for whether an aristocratic family was truly rich.

It can only be said that the successive kings of Redania were all PUA masters. They used Redania's national conditions to create a social atmosphere that encouraged top nobles to actively contribute (raise soldiers).

In this way, the top Redanian nobles took advantage of it to support a large number of standing troops for the king. Even if they raised themselves to a point where they could barely make ends meet, they had to continue to support them. It would be too shameful if they couldn’t support them.

And with the high royal power of Redania, everything is really perfect.

However, the premise of everything perfect is that the orthodox king sits on the throne of Redania.

But now the situation in Redania is that although the king is sitting there, no one knows that it is the puppet of the sorceress Philippa.

Everyone hates the sorceress.

Our loyalty to the royal family is loyal to the royal family, but what are you Philippa?Not as good as Dijkstra from before. Although he is a commoner, he is recognized by King Vizmir, and he has the ability to train everyone into obedience.

Philippa's neutral attitude in the Great Northern Convergence (the name for the series of chain reactions triggered by Hme's annexation of Kaedwen) has disappointed too many people. They think that Redania's actions at that time should be torn down A lot of land, not getting nothing and being a fool.

So the nobles first cut off the support of the royal army to express their dissatisfaction, and then saw that Philippa still hadn't done anything, so they directly dismissed the royal army under their command.

And now Philippa can only get angry there, which is really embarrassing. Such a thing has never happened to the kings of Redania in the past, but it happened in her hands.

But she can only be angry and can't do anything, she is not the king of Redania after all.

And when Philippa was angry, someone was very happy, very happy.

"Hahahaha, I'm already looking forward to the expression of that old witch, hahahaha."

In the blockroom of the Redanian royal family, Radovid was very happy.

In the north, each kingdom would set up such rooms in their palaces to avoid possible magical eavesdropping.

"Your Majesty, you really disgusted Philippa this time, causing her prestige to plummet. Therefore, Your Majesty, I suggest that it is time for you to take charge of the government. Now is the time to regain power."

Radovid's valet complimented the young king, but Radovid just shook his head.

"It's not the time yet. That old witch will use my age as an issue, and I don't have an absolutely reliable armed force yet. I have to wait."

As he said these words, Radovid's eyes burned with anger, anger at the power that should belong to him but in the hands of that stupid sorceress.

The valet felt that the king was a little too cautious. It was good to be so cautious at such a young age, but it was not good to be too cautious.

In his opinion, the king directly ordered the nobles to lead the army into King Tritogkin, but the king had to get an army with reliable ideas and backgrounds before doing it.

It was ridiculous to say that the nobles in the capital were so busy looking forward to Dijkstra and Philippa that they ignored the king, but those who were truly loyal to the king were those dignitaries who were regarded as enemies of centralization by Tritog.

In the eyes of the servants, with the help of these people, the throne can be regained, and the king's worries are too much.

Of course, he dared not say that to the king.

"The king will take back his power, now we need to wait, my friend."

"So, Your Majesty, do you have any orders next?"

"Tell the nobles to keep making trouble for Philippa."

"Yes."

After saying this, the valet left, while Radovid looked at the portrait of his father in the room, which was the great King Vizmir.

Radovid will not forget that parade, the whole north cheered for the heroes who defeated Nilfgaard, but,

Nobody shouted "Long live Radovid," or even looked at him.No one cheered and saluted his mother.Nobody remembers his poor father.Even in the days of victory, when fathers are remembered with good reason.After all, this war was the reason why my father was assassinated.

But that was how he was forgotten, and so was the Redanian royal family.

Radovid still remembered Philippa's unfathomable black eyes staring at him at that moment.

Looking back now, it was ridiculous that he actually had a desire for Philippa at that time, and wanted to catch up with that figure.

Now he had nothing but hatred for Philippa, a hatred from the heart, from the marrow of his bones, and he would never forget the real cause of his father's death, or what the sorceress had done.

Not to forget that when he gave an order, his subjects would first look to see if Philippa Erhart made a gesture of approval.

He would make Philippa pay, Radovid swore, and he would gouge out those black eyes.

And all the people who humiliated him, they all have to pay the price, the price of blood, knowing what kind of punishment they will get if they offend the real king.

(End of this chapter)