Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 186 Swallow Returns
A long time ago, before humans came to this land, there was an ancient kingdom of Ain Sheedi in Anglin.

Forests and swamps are not too harsh environments for the Ein Sheedi elves.

In this bad land in the eyes of humans, the elves built beautiful palaces and a grand civilization.

But in the days of decline and decadence of the elves, after the ravages of war and fighting, this place was also abandoned by the elves.

Nature quickly took over the corridors and arches that were once inaccessible due to the hard work of the elven gardeners. The once excellent drainage system was also damaged by the accumulation of neglect over time, and monsters took over the palace where the elves feasted in the past.

If a poet could know everything about this vicissitudes of life, he would definitely write countless beautiful poems.

But this land has been silently abandoned, and naturally no one knows the story here.

Even the traces that could prove the existence of elven civilization here were gradually swallowed up by the swamp.

Now, the northerners and southerners fighting here have no idea how glorious a group of buildings once stood where they were.

Only occasionally do you see some elven-style tiles and slates, but no one cares about them.

After all, it's just some junk, isn't it?
Queen Miwe once got an elven sword called Anglin's Blade in Anglin, and she keeps it with her now.

Queen Miwe cherishes this weapon very much. It is like Herme's Elven Scimitar, which is always so reliable on the battlefield.

However, the glory of the past will still affect the land of today.

Anglin is an unstable place in this world due to the local Ayn Sheedi's past ties to kin from another world.

And this kind of instability makes it convenient for guests from other worlds to visit.

But now, to be more precise, the wanderer who left has returned again.

At night, above the elven ruins that had been completely swallowed up by the swamp, the sky suddenly became crazily distorted.

And in the distortion, a girl riding a horse suddenly appeared in the air.

The girl with white hair and exuding a heroic aura looked around with doubt in her eyes.

She really wanted to ask the unicorn, also known as the pony, whether she had returned to her world, but after she independently mastered the ability to travel between worlds, the pony left with the group.

However, she soon saw familiar flags nearby. She saw the mountains of Aedirn, the squares of Rivia, and the sun of Nilfgaard.

The commotion in the sky here was so loud that both the north and the south immediately sent teams in this direction, and the northerners even raised hot air balloons.

These things that she was once extremely familiar with were telling her without a doubt that she had indeed returned to her own world.

Subconsciously, the girl who returned from another world, Cirila of Cintra, felt unprecedented joy welling up in her heart, but this joy was immediately replaced by urgency.

She knew very well what was following her.

She should leave here as soon as possible. Thinking this, Ciri let the dark horse under her lower her height.

After landing in the jungle, the dense forest around her made her feel at ease. Next, she was thinking about what to do next.

First of all, we must leave here as quickly as possible. This is a must. The Wild Hunt's army can arrive at any time.

Avallac'h told him when she went to disperse the Wild Hunt army that even if he did, the number of Wild Hunts chasing her would be exaggerated. Eredin was really spending money this time.

Then, she went to find Avallac'h. During this time, she had received help from Avallac'h.

Of course, she was still wary of this elf.

But she needs all the help she can get.

And Avallac'h had proven his reliability in hindering the Wild Hunt time and time again, so she could only choose to trust this elf.

Finally, she wanted to find out what happened to Geralt and Yennefer.

Back then, she fought hard to rescue Geralt from the Wild Hunt, and she was constantly being hunted by the Wild Hunt, but she never felt that it was not worth it.

After Xili listed several primary and secondary targets in her mind, she began to ride her horse away from here, first avoiding the soldiers from the north and south who noticed the signs and surrounded her.

Ciri knew that if caught by them, in a sense, it would be as fatal as the Wild Hunt.

Although Xili didn't know the changes in the situation between the North and the South over the years, when she saw the confrontation between the North and South armies, she knew that another Civil War had broken out.

As a key figure in the last Civil War, Shirley was well aware of the sensitivity of her identity, so she must not be caught by the soldiers.

Ciri doesn't plan to use her ability to leave here directly. The Wild Hunt can follow her power fluctuations to locate her, so that no matter where she appears, the Wild Hunt will follow her.

Therefore, she must now rely on the war horse under her to escape the wild hunting army that will arrive soon, as well as the pursuit of the northern and southern armies.

Thinking of this, Xili only felt unlucky about her luck, unexpectedly crashing into a war zone, which caused her enemies to more than double.

What Xili didn't expect was that the Wild Hunt would arrive much faster than she expected.

The sky twisted again, and then a giant portal appeared in the sky. The portal glowed with blue light and exuded an extremely terrifying chill.

Next, the Wild Hunt from the Otherworld swarmed out, hunting down the Destiny Child who was vital to their race.

With the appearance of the demon knights, with the portal as the center, everything within sight began to quickly become covered with a layer of frost, and the area continued to expand.

All the soldiers from the North and the South who saw this were frightened by this scene. They quickly sounded the alarm and pulled the artillery up the city wall.

The arrows and bullets of Bai Yin and Zhen Demon Gold were dragged out, ready to fight the demon knight at any time.

However, many people soon felt despair, because there were too many Wild Hunts pouring out of the portal, and there was also a Wild Hunt Queen stepping out of it.

It was a Frost Throne floating in the sky, covered with sharp ice crystals, and the Wild Hunt knights were floating near the throne like the most loyal guards.

The Queen of the Wild Hunt is sitting on the throne, wearing Wild Hunt armor on the upper body and old robes on the lower body. On her head is a crown carved into countless ice crystals. Her eyes are shining with a cold light that is much more piercing than her skin. She is holding a Frost wand.

She was surrounded by countless humanoid ice sculptures that reached out to her in despair. They wanted to plead with the queen, but in the end they turned into ice sculptures, and the horror on their faces was preserved forever.

"Queen of Winter? Eredin actually invited this one out?"

When she saw the throne, Ciri's expression changed drastically. Avallac'h had mentioned that Eredin had mobilized all the Wild Hunt forces that could be mobilized, but she did not expect that even this man was invited out by Eredin.

The Ironside elves have a legend about the Winter Queen, who travels in blizzards on a sleigh drawn by white horses, scattering small, sharp shards of ice along the way.

If the fragments fall into someone's eyes or heart, that person will suffer misfortune and will be lost forever: he will no longer be attracted to anything except the Queen of Winter, and will fall into eternal torture. In the end, he will abandon everything and follow Winter. Queen, pursuing his dreams and love.However, his wish will never come true and he will die of grief.

The essence of the reason for such a legend is that the Winter Queen was the first Wild Hunt, and can also be said to be the first navigator.

Today's Wild Hunt navigators are essentially the product of a series of genetic modifications. The elves used the genes of the unicorns they killed to create navigators that travel across the worlds.

But not the Winter Queen.

When the kingdom of Ain El fell into despair due to the white frost, the Elf Sage, who had not yet become the Queen of Winter, began to explore ways to cross the white frost.

However, time is so tight, the situation is so urgent, and resources are so scarce.

Finally, for her people, she entered the hoarfrost to find a way.

Even the powerful elven sage will be swallowed up by this ruthless everything after entering the white frost.

But amidst the hoarfrost, the elven sage overcame the hoarfrost and still maintained his existence.

Or to be more precise, he was assimilated by Bai Shuang but maintained his own thinking.

The Queen of Winter can now freely travel through the realms in a spiritual state. She can bind the undead, drive them, and make the dead become her own warriors.

It can be said that in the future, the elves will create the Wild Hunt precisely because of their research on the Winter Queen.

The Wild Hunt's ability to control the undead comes from the Winter Queen.

The power of the Winter Queen became more powerful than that of any Elven Sage, which once caused panic among the top brass of Ayn El.

But the former sage did not do that, and she still obeyed the orders of the king and the sorcerer.

After the successful migration of Ayn El, the Winter Queen played a key role in the battle to conquer the natives of the resettlement area.

After conquering the world, she immediately began to devote all her energy to the Wild Hunt, personally leading the Wild Hunt to plunder other worlds.

Before Eredin, there were not many elves in the Wild Hunt. They were basically an army of the undead driven by the Winter Queen.It can be said that the current armor style of the Wild Hunt is an inheritance from the Undead Army.

Later, she worked with Avallac'h to make the Wild Hunt more powerful and fearless, allowing elves better suited to slave hunting to become the Wild Hunt in large numbers.

Since then, the Winter Queen has put down her power, and she is conducting unknown research high in the mountains, surrounded by former Wild Hunt soldiers.

Because she was so low-key, many elves born after the conquest did not know her existence. Later, the elven society gradually regarded the Queen of Winter as a legend.

But Avallac'h never forgot, and naturally, he also told Ciri about this terrifying existence.

The Winter Queen on the throne raised her staff. The top of the staff was a huge round ice crystal, and under the ice crystal were countless spikes.

Her movements made the white frost spray out from the portal even more crazily, but it did not spread unconsciously, but gathered on the staff.

Finally, the huge energy on the staff exploded, and Ciri felt that for just a moment, everything around her was covered with a layer of light frost.

"Kelby! Quick! We have to leave quickly."

Xili yelled at the war horse beneath him, and the war horse started running as if he understood the words.

Ciri knew that the Queen of Winter could never just create a harmless layer of frost.

And the change will come in the next moment.

Shirley saw figures suddenly standing out in the swamp. Some of them were wearing ancient elven armor, some were wearing unfamiliar human equipment, and some were modern military uniforms that she was familiar with, and they all had one thing in common. Point, that is, they are all skeletons.

Yanzi did not hesitate to hit the skeleton blocking the way. Under Kelby's impact, the struck skeleton naturally fell apart instantly and scattered on the ground.

But there are still many skeletons here.

The howl of monsters rang out in the forest, which was also driven by the Queen of Winter. Immediately, Ciri felt the sounds of fighting coming from all directions.

She knew that this was caused by the encounter between the North and South soldiers who happened to be close to the undead and monsters.

Subconsciously, Xili wanted to help these people. After those rebellious years, she was a kind girl at heart.

But then she thought about how she was still thinking about other people and wanted to catch her own people now that she was no longer able to protect herself.

And they are all soldiers. Now that they have embarked on this road, they have to face their fate.

Therefore, Xili's wavering only lasted for a second, and she continued to run away resolutely.

Looking back at the Winter Queen in the sky, Ciri wanted to scold Eredin very much. This guy's power seemed to be much stronger than that of Eredin.

Ciri had always thought that the retired former leader of the Wild Hunt was only on the level of Eredin. No matter how much Avalar emphasized, she would always despise him in her heart, because she would always think of Eredin.

As a result, there is only shock now.

Kelby is a good horse. He can quickly cross the swamp and can always walk in a safe place. He can face even the most complex terrain as if he were walking on flat ground.

This made Ciri move very quickly, but the Wild Hunt also followed.

The demon knight appeared beside her unknowingly, and the wild hunting hounds kept popping up from behind the small portal that suddenly appeared.

Ciri defeated a few of the Wild Hunts who tried to take her down, but that didn't change the fact that the Hunts were getting more and more numerous.

Just when Shirley's situation became more and more dangerous, a turning point suddenly came.

Ciri rushed into an open space, where she saw the flag of the Kingdom of Aedirn. The Aedian people were now setting up a solid front line to block the vast number of resurrected undead in front of them.

More Aedirnians are heading to the battlefield amid chants, and neat groups of soldiers continue to join the front line.

The swallow rushed in, and then she was like a real swallow, drifting at the extreme limit of the melee battlefield, avoiding all hostile attacks and avoiding all possibilities of hitting people.

The pursuing Wild Hunts had to fall into this battlefield like a hellish cauldron. It seemed that Ciri had escaped her pursuers.

The next moment, a piece of white ice crystal exploded in the battlefield, and countless people, undead, and wild hunting were frozen in it, causing dust to fly.

What's even worse is that the flying ice crystals also killed many people and dead people.

"Queen of Winter..."

In that huge scale of magic, Xili was blown out of the war horse and hit the ground. Yan Zi said angrily.

The Frost Throne came to this battlefield unknowingly, floating above the battlefield, and the queen was looking at the son of the ancient bloodline.

"Son of the ancient bloodline, come with me, complete your mission, and do what you should do."

The Queen of Winter's voice also seemed to contain ice, which made the voice sound like it carried immense pressure in Ciri's ears.

"Fuck you...you monster."

Ciri responded to the Winter Queen without hesitation. The Winter Queen's expression did not change at all, still as cold as winter itself.

Then, Ciri felt a huge pressure on her body, making her unable to move. Then she found that a frost cage was suddenly forming around her.

Ciri tried her best to activate her abilities, trying to get out of the cage, but found that her abilities did not respond.

"Don't waste your efforts, son of the ancient bloodline. My research on this bloodline began before your ancestors were born. I understand this bloodline better than you and Avallac'h, or to be more precise. ,Gene."

The Queen of Winter stated everything expressionlessly, without any showing off or boasting in her tone, she was just telling what had happened.

Finally, Ciri felt desperate. Around her, the undead and the Wild Hunt were approaching, and the Aedirnians retreated in confusion after suffering that exaggerated magic attack.

Is it all over like this?

And at the next moment, a change occurred.

"Monster, she is not yours today!"

What followed this sound was the roar of artillery.

A magic-blocking gold missile flew towards the Queen of Winter, but was suddenly blocked by a wall of ice. This incident caused the Queen of Winter to relax her pressure on Ciri.

Ciri immediately activated her abilities and eliminated the surrounding Wild Hunt and Undead in a very short time. The moment she stopped, there were several more roars of artillery.

Several more ice walls formed in the sky, but the Winter Queen did not get a chance to breathe, because the artillery continued to roar next.

And Ciri saw the rescuer.

They were a group of demon hunters with snake emblems. They had a long sword in one hand and a dagger in the other. The leader had a pair of strange eyes.

And behind him, there was an unusually strong demon hunter.

These features were so obvious that even though he had been away from these worlds for several years, Ciri immediately recognized this person.

She had seen this man from a distance when she was traveling with Geralt.

Ivar Evil Eye, the master of the Snake School.

"Little girl, long time no see. It seems you have grown up too."

Iva Evil Eye said, with a sigh in his tone when he saw a junior,

It's not surprising that Ivar Evil Eye knows Ciri, after all, she is so famous.

"It seems that you are in a lot of trouble now."

"Yes."

Xili agreed. She looked at the throne in the sky, but the expression on her face became much more relaxed.
In any case, it is good to have comrades standing by your side, not to mention at this critical moment, especially when it comes to fighting against the Snake Faction of the Wild Hunt.

"Looks like I need your help."

"As it should be, speaking of it, this is the first time I have really seen the Queen of Winter."

A certain kind of strong excitement shone in Ivar Evil Eye's chaotic evil eyes. This was an emotion that had not appeared on the face of this grandmaster for many years.

(End of this chapter)