Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 188 Ain El’s Invasion Preparations

The reason why the Lord Protector pretended not to see Ciri was simple.

Hemei did not dare to approach this "notorious" woman at all, for fear of killing herself.

Especially now that she is followed by the Wild Hunt army. Looking at the battle that has taken place today, even he, as the Lord Protector of Aedirn, cannot withstand such a game.

He fought with the Wild Hunt because the Wild Hunt was on his head and he had to fight, not because of what Ciri did.

Therefore, he still pretended that this woman did not appear and stopped causing trouble to himself.

This is why Hemei pretended not to see anything there.

Auntie, please leave quickly. I have a small temple here and I really can’t serve you.

And Shirley is also very knowledgeable.

Although she didn't know why the Protector had such an attitude, Hemei pretended not to see her, so she had to seize this opportunity to leave.

"Master Ivar, thank you very much for your help, but I have to leave. I think I will only bring danger to you if I stay here."

Looking at the master of the Snake School, Ciri said that she was very glad that she met the help of Iva Evil Eye and the Snake School when she returned to this world.

For someone like her who has wandered around many worlds at a young age and is used to seeing the warmth and coldness of people, nothing is more precious to her than help.

Therefore, she needs to leave and keep the danger away from the people who helped her.

In the worlds, sometimes she will be helped by kind-hearted locals, but this will bring disaster to them.

The Wild Hunt often uses the harshest methods to treat those who have helped her in order to obtain all information.

"Originally, I wanted to say that we could protect you, but after what happened just now, I no longer have the confidence to say that."

Ivar Evil Eye looked at the sky and at the place where the Queen of Winter had appeared, his tone full of emotion.

That one was really too strong, more powerful than any Wild Hunt leader he had ever seen.

So it's obvious that the Snake Faction is unable to protect Ciri.

Ivar could tell that there must be something in Ciri that was crucial to the Wild Hunt, otherwise there wouldn't be so many Wild Hunts chasing the child.

So, instead of letting Xili stay with them, it is better to let her embark on her own path. Seeing how confident she is, maybe this is much safer than their protection.

"Leso, go prepare some supplies for the long journey. My child, take these with you before leaving."

"it is good."

It would naturally take time for Leisuo to prepare things, so during this period, they found a place to sit down in a remote part of the battlefield, exchanging information while waiting for Leisuo.

Ivar did not ask about Shiri's secrets. After all, his relationship with Shiri was not very close, and it was not appropriate to ask these things.

Ciri was also afraid that telling them these things would bring disaster, so she said nothing.

What Ciri mainly wants to know from Ivar is of course the news about Geralt and Yennefer.

"The black-haired sorceress once stayed with us for a while, but she got lost later and now we don't know where she is. As for Geralt, he is now a celebrity in the entire north."

Next, Ivar talked about Geralt's various great achievements in the past few years, which made Ciri stunned.

But she was not surprised. After all, that person was Geralt. Ciri was not surprised at all that he was able to do this. At most, she lamented the twists and turns he had gone through.

It was also at this time that Leisuo prepared supplies and brought them over. The supplies prepared by the Snake Faction for Ciri were very professional, ranging from various field tools to various small toys for demon hunters.

Of course, there was also a lot of the most important food, a bag full of it.

"Well, goodbye, Ciri, I wish you a smooth journey and hope we can meet again one day."

"Master Iva, goodbye, I hope we can meet again one day."

Saying goodbye to everyone in the Snake Faction, Shirley rode on her horse and embarked on a journey. Of course, she could use her own powerful abilities to move quickly, but the same principle still applies. Her abilities are too conspicuous to the Wild Hunt. Do not use.

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When it happened in Anglin, it had an extremely far-reaching impact.

First of all, for the public, the large-scale appearance of the Wild Hunt is regarded as a signal of the arrival of some kind of danger. Many sects interpret this as the punishment of the gods for the fall of mankind.

This kind of thinking led to chaos in many places, but it was quickly suppressed by the garrison in various places.

At a higher level, Xili's figure was seen by many soldiers, and information about the return of a white-haired horseback riding woman quickly spread.

Soon, Emhyr of Vizima received the news.

As a result, Nilfgaard spies and garrisons everywhere received an order to find the white-haired woman, and news about the emperor's daughter began to spread among the upper circles of Nilfgaard.

As for Anglin itself, it was a bit of a mess.

The entire Anglin was attacked by the Wild Hunt and the dead people they pulled up and the monsters they drove out.

Many small camps on both sides of the North and South were swallowed up in this frenzy, and medium and large camps and fortresses often felt uncomfortable after being attacked.

Anyway, after this wave, the two sides basically reached a de facto truce in Anglin.

This also made Hermey start to rethink the combat effectiveness of the Wild Hunt. He has always used Eredin as the standard for measuring the combat effectiveness of the Wild Hunt. The Wild Hunt is naturally an incredible food.

But this time the Winter Queen appeared... to be honest, it was too strong.

According to the information obtained by Hermey, at least tens of thousands of dead people stood up under the Queen of Winter's magic this time. Although the monsters driven by the Queen of Winter cannot be counted, the number must be very large.

After learning about the Winter Queen from Ivar Evil Eye, Herme became more worried.

That was the concern for the Wild Hunt, or more accurately, the higher powers of that elven kingdom.

The Lord Protector wants to "solve the Wild Hunt problem once and for all." After the unification of the north is completed, he will take action against this cancer in the world of demon hunters.

The Wild Hunt periodically plunders large numbers of people in the Witcher world, especially the northern realm and the continent where Nilfgaard is located, which are their focus areas for plundering.

Hemei once investigated such "disappearances" in Aden and organized personnel to compile statistics on such "disappearances" over the years, and the final results obtained were extremely shocking.

Let Herme know that the number of people the Wild Hunt plunders from the witcher world every year is actually very exaggerated.

What's even worse is that the number of "missing" people is still increasing, which is simply killing people.

This is unacceptable to Herme, who intends to establish a unified northern regime in the future.

No ruler would accept allowing the Wild Hunt to rage in their own territory.

There are not that many people every year, which is too fucking bad, and the Wild Hunt may become more and more excessive, and then it will directly attack the city on a large scale.

Therefore, future conflict with the Wild Hunt is inevitable.

However, if you finally open the door to the Wild Hunting World in the future, but end up encountering a group of bug-like warlocks, then...

Therefore, after this incident, the Protector made two decisions about the future.

One decision was to begin to accommodate the northern warlock groups in an orderly manner after the end of the Third War, giving them the status of special members of the army.

And in this process, new combat warlocks are trained and a well-trained combat warlock formation is formed.

This was not a difficult task. With the war over, the options available to the warlocks were very limited.

If they don't come to me, why don't they go to a certain bald man?Baldhead has prepared a series of "services" for the warlocks, from being stuck on a spear to being burned to death.

Even in Aedirn, the warlocks have directly changed from the former masters to the gray area people.

If the Protectorate Government is willing to recruit them, they will definitely respond enthusiastically.

The second decision was to form the Battle Warlock Academy. The Nilfgaardian Warlock Academy was indeed criticized as only training soldiers who threw fireballs, but after all, they trained so many soldiers who threw fireballs.

The number of soldiers throwing fireballs has increased, and they are also a powerful force.

In the past, Hemei didn't take these things seriously, thinking that warlocks were needed in times of war.

But after seeing the Winter Queen in the Wild Hunt, Herme's mind changed.

Wild Hunt is not like Nilfgaard. Nilfgaard's advanced magic power is so weak that even Herme has a "thinking that magic is nothing more than that".

He couldn't help but think of the battle at Soden Mountain that he had ignored intentionally or unintentionally.

Although Soden Mountain was the battle where Herme made his fortune, he did not participate in that bloody battle after all, he only watched it from a distance.

But if you don’t go to the front line to experience the power of magic, you still don’t have a real sense of it.

Coupled with the Lord Protector's vague hostility to magic and his fear of the resurgence of the warlock forces, he has always vaguely ignored this war.

Now it seems that if you want to fight against the Wild Hunt next, this kind of thinking must be put aside. A considerable number of warlocks are necessary.

And while the Protector of Justice was making new plans for the future fight against the Wild Hunt, the Wild Hunters were also discussing how to find Ciri in this world.

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In the Blue Mountains far away from Anglin, there is a huge elven palace. The scope of this palace is extremely large, and the entire valley is covered in it.

And the clever thing is that although it covers the entire valley, the elves did not destroy the original natural environment like humans did. Instead, they combined nature and architecture to make the entire palace appear extremely deep and beautiful.

Ayn Sheedy called this palace the Mystic Valley, because no human being has ever reached this hidden palace from ancient times to the present.The elves even built a ruins outside the palace to spread suspicion.

Even Ain Sheedy, who is scattered in the human world, does not know the existence of this palace.

Heavily armed elven warriors filled a series of overt or covert sentries, monitoring all possible intruders.

They were particularly vigilant today because in the palace, relatives from afar who had not visited for many years were arriving.

The halls where the elven monarchs entertain their guests are now occupied by ferocious-armored Wild Hunts, who comment on the artistic prowess of their distant political kin.

The nearby elf waiters were obviously well-trained. If they were ordinary elves, they might start arguing with them after hearing such comments.

Among these wild hunts, two people are very conspicuous, and that is the Queen of Winter and the King of the Wild Hunt.

However, in front of the Winter Queen, Eredin, the King of the Wild Hunt, stood there like a child who had made a mistake, waiting for the Winter Queen to speak.

Eredin miscalculated the situation and led more than half of the Wild Hunt in pursuit of Avallac'h, ignoring the Winter Queen's sound advice.

In the current situation, Eredin had no intention of being responsible, so he could only plead guilty in front of the Queen of Winter.

Even with Avallac'h "surrendering" and Gale remaining silent as always, Eredin became the de facto ruler of Ayn El, and he had to lower his profile in front of the Winter Queen.

The Winter Queen's support, or acquiescence, is also an important reason why Eredin holds power.

This elf sage who was fused with Bai Shuang has no elf sage that can compare with her in terms of strength, not to mention that she specializes in fighting, which makes her even more precious.

However, the Queen of Winter seemed unwilling to pay attention to him. She just looked into the distance wordlessly and left Eredin aside - only this one dared to treat Eredin like this.

"Long time no see, distant relatives,"

Surrounded by countless attendants and nobles, an elf monarch with long hair, a golden crown on his forehead, and a pure crystal in the center said.

He was wearing a beautiful and majestic elf robe, and his whole person exuded a strong sense of majesty. On his red waistband was a short sword with a patterned scabbard.

What is concerning is that blue magic flashes from time to time in his right hand.

This elf monarch exudes majesty and charm in every move he makes, demonstrating his status as the master of the palace at all times.

Eredin responded with appropriate etiquette to the elven lord, and a display of his own grace.

But the Winter Queen doesn't take all this seriously.

"Himles Findabe, stop practicing these false etiquette."

"It turns out to be you, Lady Winter Queen. We haven't seen each other for many years."

Faced with these words, some of the elven nobles present had angry looks on their faces, but the expression of the elf named Himles Findabey remained unchanged.

He also raised his hand to stop the dissatisfaction of the nobles behind him.

Himleth Findabe, this name is very unfamiliar to humans today, but not to elves.

He is the oldest and most powerful sage of the Iron Sheedi clan, the current ruler of all Iron Sheedi in the Blue Mountains, and one of the few elven nobles who know how to sail the White Ship.

The world is now more familiar with her daughter, Francesca Findabe, known as Daisy of the Valley and the most beautiful woman in the world.

"You still look so calm and unhurried, as if nothing in this world can make you anxious."

The Queen of Winter walked up to Himles. Under those blue eyes, Himles showed no fear. He just looked at her indifferently and responded.

The two sides stared at each other wordlessly for a while, and finally, the Winter Queen spoke.

"We need the help of Ain Sheedy. We need to find the swallow and the child who was prophesied to end the frost."

"In other words, is Bai Shuang approaching the world you conquered?"

Himmless apparently dealt frequently with these distant kinsmen, and immediately revealed their purpose.

"Your Highness Himlais, hoarfrost has entered our world, and cities have been swallowed up."

Eredin continued, his tone full of respect for the Elf Sage.

Himles was already a big figure in Iron Sheedy during the Great Schism of the Elves, and only the Winter Queen, who had experienced that era like him, was qualified to speak to him like this.

He, Eredin, had to keep his posture low. The status of the person in front of him was no less than that of King Oberon.

And in terms of magic, he is probably no less than the Queen of Winter - because this is what the Queen of Winter once said herself.

"If this continues, our world will be swallowed up by hoarfrost in less than 30 years. Therefore, we must find the child in the prophecy and stop the expansion of hoarfrost.

Or...if we don't find the child, something happens to her, or she is unable to stop Bai Shuang, then for the continuation of our clan, Ain El will launch a cross-border war again and invade the world. "

This is why Ayn El is so eager to find Ciri. The hoarfrost is getting closer and closer, engulfing their world.

In the past, output was getting lower and lower, but now some cities are being swallowed up by hoarfrost.

For the continuation of the race, they must find Ciri.

And if Ciri cannot be found, then Ain El will have to perform their traditional arts. This world is the one closest to them and the one they visit the most, so it is undoubtedly the most appropriate place to start.

"So you are here to inform me? Do you want our assistance then?"

"You can also choose to refuse, relatives. If you refuse, we won't mind wiping you out like the Red Sun Elves. Eredin, the news has been brought, let's go."

The Queen of Winter seemed unwilling to stay longer in the palace of Ain Sheedy. After leaving these words, she immediately walked out of the room.

She has never liked these weak people of the same race, especially Himles and his entourage. This guy's weakness is still exactly the same as before.

As for their predicament today, in her opinion, their suffering is completely worthy of their thinking.

Seeing this, Eredin contacted the elf sage in front of him and said a lot of things before leaving.

His attitude was much more polite than that of the Winter Queen, but the meaning of his words remained the same, and in many ways he was even firmer than the Winter Queen.

And they have a lot of things to do. In addition to searching for Ciri all over the world, they also have to capture slaves and evaluate the northern and Nilfgaardian armies.

The arrival of the hoarfrost further stimulated the demand for slaves in Ayn El society, a demand that even Eredin could not ignore.

As for assessing the military, that is preparing for future invasions.

"These distinguished guests have finally left, what a troubled time."

Himles sighed as he watched the Wild Hunts disappear.

Unexpectedly, this day has come.

The relatives are still as irritable as before, and the Winter Queen's temper has not changed at all. This time, she didn't even give them a choice.

If the situation develops to that day, Ain Sheidi will be wiped out if he does not assist Ain El. These relatives are really becoming more and more cruel.

However, thinking of Ain Sheedy's current situation, Himles couldn't help but think that Ain El's choice might not be the right one.

They conquered everywhere, so their civilization was prosperous and powerful, but Iron Sheedy... could only survive.

No, it should be said that it has only become like this since Oberon's death, Himles realized next.

Yes, even though they were suppressed by humans, Ain Sheidi and Ain El are still connected. Even the essence of the past elven civilization is actually preserved in the Nanshan Mountains that no one cares about.

The White Ship nobles in the Blue Mountains live a life without fighting against the world. They plan to wait quietly in the mountains for the arrival of the elf retreat predicted by the elves.

During this period, their attitude toward human beings was to sit back and watch the ups and downs of human nations.

Of course, if there is an opportunity to expand the power of the elves and change the living environment of the elves, they will not miss it.

For example, the powerful Scoia'tael Party could make such a big fuss without the support of the White Ship nobles.

Francesca was able to gain their support by taking advantage of the mentality of the White Ship nobles to take advantage of everything.

However, Francesca Findabe failed to achieve her goal.

This uprising, like the Allerion Uprising, failed miserably. Countless elven young people died but got nothing.

Valley Daisy's two defeats greatly increased the prestige of her father, Himles.

People believed that the path chosen by the Elf Sage was the right one, and the nobles of the White Ship decided to follow him.

"Then your highness, what should we do?"

A White Ship noble said that Himles did not call himself a king. He had always been an elf sage, but his status was almost that of a king.

"Tell my daughter what's going on here. As for the rest, let him go. We'll talk about it when the day comes."

True to form, Himmless chose to watch, chose to sit back and watch.

The Elf Sage's idea is very simple. No one knows what the future will be like. Even if he joins, it shouldn't be now.

Their relatives wanted to use them as cannon fodder, and he wouldn't let them succeed.

As for why he told Francesca Fanta... that was because even if he didn't tell her, her daughter would know it, so it would be better to tell her directly.

Himles just hopes...that she can make the right choice in the end, and that she will be able to gain some clarity when she encounters a problem with humans.

(End of this chapter)