Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 210 The New King of Skellige
Although the storms of the Northern War are constantly changing, there are places that have not been swept away by these storms.

Some places were so remote that they had no sense of presence throughout the war.

People live the same life as usual, even until the end of the war, and external events are unlikely to have any impact on them.

The Skellige Islands are undoubtedly such a place.

No one cares about this remote island at all. If it weren't for the constant production of pirates, no one would even care at all.

During the Northern War, this archipelago became eye-catching due to the active participation of local people in the war.

From the Dragon Mountains in the north to the Golden Tower City in the south, everyone knows the reputation of pirates for their fierceness.

However, with the death of King Bran of Skellige, the pirates returned to the Isles and needed to choose a new monarch.

Therefore, the piracy operations on the mainland came to a halt. Although this was due to the Nilfgaardian navy's run, it was mostly the result of the pirates' active retreat.

Skellige implements a king-selection system, which selects a king from among the six major families who are descendants of Hamdol.

In order to become the king, the candidates need to show their wealth, ability and military exploits to win the hearts of the people of the islands and put the crown on their heads.

Considering the many disputes in the past, the elders of the major families in the archipelago have chosen not to participate in the election this time, allowing the next generation to conduct the election.

There are so many young people who don't agree with me and I don't agree with you, so there will definitely be a fight between dragons and tigers.

But there was one person who defeated all his opponents with an absolute advantage, and even made most of the candidates stand behind him.

This man is Svanrej ann Tursek, the only son of King Bran ann Tursek of Skellige and his wife Bilna.

After the death of King Bran, he naturally became the patriarch of the Tursek family.

This surprised many people. This silent and gentle young man seemed unable to escape the control of his mother, Bi Erna, and his every move was controlled by her mother.

With such a controlling mother, it's hard to imagine that Svenreg would grow up to be the leader of the Skellige Islands.

But no matter what, the fact is that Srivanji has made most of the candidates and the families behind them stand behind him.

With such strong support, there is no doubt that he will be crowned king.

Although the speed is unimaginable, the king is still elected after all. This is a good thing for the Skellige Islands. At this critical moment in the northern war, Skellige needs a monarch.

The monarch's coronation ceremony was quickly organized.

"...Have you ever remembered the wisdom and memory of our ancestors? Look at the fortresses on the mountains. Our ancestors carved them in the mountains. Look at the swords handed down from ancient times. They are even better than the ones we use now. They are all better. Everyone, we should regain the past glory of the Islands. The Islands are not inferior to others in any way, but we have forgotten these, and in the future, we will definitely regain all of this..."

Standing under the ancient oak tree, the new King Skellige was talking and expounding his future plans for Skellige.

Standing on his left and right were his mother Bilna and his uncle Ogern. One represented his mother's influence, and the other represented the Tursek family's loyalty to the head of the family.

Below him, the nobles, warriors and celebrities of the archipelago gathered here, listening to his words, and some people cheered from time to time.

Geralt and Yennefer were standing in the crowd, and there was another person beside them, the hooded Ciri.

While the King of the Islands was being elected, Geralt, who came to Skellige, was also looking for Ciri after meeting with Yennefer.

After going through many things, Geralt even helped the two children of the Quit family solve their problems. The two finally found Ciri and learned that Ciri was looking for an antidote for Avallac'h. .

In order to protect her, this elf suffered a powerful curse, which caused his body to continuously degenerate and turned into a monster.

Now, they are planning to take Ciri to leave the Skellige Islands. Ciri still has many grievances to resolve in Velen and Novigrad. By the way, they are taking Avallac'h to Kaer Morhen to deal with this elf there. problems on the body.

This elf knows a lot about the Wild Hunt, and if he wants to free Ciri from the pursuit of the Wild Hunt, he needs his help.

But if you want him to speak out, you have to solve the curse on him.

As for taking Ciri to see Emhyr, Geralt didn't even think about it. He didn't want to push Ciri into the viper's den in Nilfgaard's palace.

What's more, now that Emhyr is still in a mad rout, how could Geralt send Ciri into a pit of fire?
However, when they were about to leave, they discovered that they were catching up with the coronation ceremony of King Skellige, so they decided to watch the coronation before leaving.

"The new king really doesn't look like King Skellige... No, he doesn't even look like a Skellige warrior."

Ciri whispered, indeed, Srivanji does not look like the leader of Skellige. This man is taciturn and always lets his mother speak for him. It is difficult for him to lead the archipelago no matter how he looks at it.

"Oh, Ciri, do you remember I told you that first impressions can be deceiving?"

Yennefer narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at Srivanji, who was talking eloquently and had a strong aura of elegance.

"This king is not what he seems on the surface. His mother thought she could control him, but she may not be able to control anything."

"I still don't understand. Shouldn't such a person be despised by the people of the Islands? Why did those people give up their candidacy and support him instead?"

What Shiri said was that except for the two children of the Quite family, everyone else chose to support Srivanji.

It was because of their support that Srivanji became the king.

"Geralt, you have seen the scenes of those children getting along, tell me about it."

Yennefer kicked the ball to Geralt, and Geralt thought for a moment, remembering the time when he was running and competing with those young people.

"Srevanji is actually very popular in their circle. They have never rejected Srivanji and basically take him with them in everything they do. Although he is still so silent, these young people have never hurt him. Or whatever you say, but they all respect him. If you still don’t believe it, you can ask Halma, Halma, Halma, come here.”

"What is it? Geralt?"

The tall and strong Halma ran over immediately when he heard the sound. This young man was too tall and strong for his age. He also had a big beard on his face, which complemented his orange-red hair.

"Wait, is this Ciri? Is it you? We haven't seen each other for a long time. It's great to see you."

The first time Halma saw Shirley, she recognized this childhood playmate. After all, their relationship was so good that they both decided to marry each other - and then Kretz beat her son to death. Discarded this idea.

"It's me, Halma. I haven't seen you for a long time. I didn't expect you to be so old."

The two hugged each other warmly. They hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"By the way, Geralt, why did you ask me to come here?"

Halma did not forget the reason why Geralt called her here, and then asked.

“What do you think of Srivanji?”

“O Srivanji.”

Halma looked at the king who was talking, a hint of gloom flashed in his eyes. He could have been in that position...but there was nothing dissatisfied with losing to Srivanji.

"He is convinced. Caris and I are convinced. His martial arts skills are as good as any of ours. He always sees far and focuses on discovering Skellige's past glory. You see, he won't do it this time." I found out the long-lost rune skills. This is the wisdom left by Hamdol. Our ancestors relied on this to eradicate the monsters in the islands. However, as time goes by and the number of monsters decreases, we I have gradually forgotten these skills. There are also artillery. He built the first artillery workshop in the entire archipelago. Anyone in the entire archipelago who wants artillery must come to him."

Although they haven't seen each other for many years, Xili still understands her childhood playmate. Halma has never convinced anyone, but if he really does, he must be convinced.

And now he looks convinced.

"It seems that this Srivanji is indeed extraordinary."

"The archipelago has an outstanding king, but I don't know if this is a blessing or a curse. The north is now undergoing a critical moment of drastic change."

Geralt sighed and said, To be honest, it is really difficult to determine what such a king will bring to Skellige.

"Ha, we are not afraid of anything. The men in black don't dare to come to Skellige, and even if they come, we will make sure these bastards never come back. On the sea, the men in black are only worthy of licking our butts!"

Halma subconsciously thought that Geralt was talking about the huge Nilfgaardian fleet in the north. That fleet is now very famous. After all, its scale can be said to be terrifying.But that's not what Geralt was referring to. Looking at Srivanji, Geralt always felt that this young man must be brewing a big plan, which might affect the entire archipelago.

However, this has nothing to do with him. He is just an ordinary demon hunter. He only needs to mind his own business.

At this point, the coronation ceremony was basically over. Srivanji finally ended the topic by talking about Skellige's glory and his exploits against the men in black, which aroused cheers from everyone present.

"Okay, it's over, Skellige has a new king, let's go."

Yennefer glanced at the monarch, then left with the dispersing crowd, and Geralt immediately followed.

After the meeting, Srivanji's mother Bilna met a person in her mansion. This person was wearing classic Nilfgaard noble clothes and had a gentle smile on his face.

And he is Nilfgaard's Ambassador Hillard.

"Congratulations, my lady, your son is now King of Skellige."

Ambassador Hillard displayed extremely standard diplomatic etiquette, but Bilna didn't quite accept it.

"Ambassador, I stress again that my son has merely inherited the position he deserves."

For Bilna, who comes from the mainland, this is something that needs to be emphasized.

As a mainlander, in her eyes, the archipelago's king-selection system is crooked, and the throne should belong to King Bran's son, not some bullshit election.

"Of course, ma'am, it's my fault."

As an experienced diplomat, Hillard naturally could not be angry because of this.

He was still smiling and expressed his apology to Bi Erna.

"Then let's get down to business."

As Hillard spoke, he took out two agreements, one written in Nilfgaardian and the other written in Northern Common Tongue.

"Since you are already the queen mother of Skellige, you are naturally qualified to sign a contract with the empire. According to the conditions we negotiated in advance, when the imperial army arrives, the Tursek family will not be attacked by the imperial army. On the contrary, the empire will The army will also help you clean up those annoying Isles families, so that your family can become the Skellige king forever, and the empire will have one more Skellige vassal state."

After Ambassador Hillard's explanation, Bilna read the two agreements, which Hillard had signed on behalf of Nilfgaard and stamped with the seal of the empire.

Next, Bilna signed on it without any hesitation, and then she took out two bottles of wine from the cabinet.

"Would you like a drink? Master Hillard, celebrate our cooperation."

“Celebrating collaboration.”

Hillard took the wine glass from Queen Skellige and drank it without hesitation.

"However, I am a little worried. Will your son obey your orders? After all... young people are always a little young and energetic."

"Don't worry, he is my son and he will listen to me."

Facing Bilna's categorical answer, Hillard smiled and continued to drink the wine in his hand.

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"So, my mother ended up signing with the Nilfgaardians?"

Bilna thought she was doing everything perfectly, but in fact, her puppet son was always watching her actions.

Moreover, this son was not as obedient as she thought.

"Yes, Your Majesty, do we need to do anything?"

Ogon Tursek replied that the famous raider of the islands now controlled the Tursek army and that he was very loyal to Srivanji.

"No, nothing, just let mother continue to do it. We want the Nilfgaardians to think that everything will develop according to their plan."

Srivanji did not order the arrest of Birina, but not because she was a mother, but because of his plan.

"But, Your Majesty, we will have to deal with Bi Erna one day. What are you going to do?"

This question made Srivanji exhale slowly, and then he was silent for a while, and Ogon looked at him like this.

Ogorn's attitude is very firm. Bilna colluded with the Nilfgaardians. This cannot be treated as if it never happened.

"She is my mother after all. Don't let this matter out. When the time comes, just leave her alone forever."

In response, Ogern nodded, this ending was still acceptable to him.

He also knew that this was Srivanji's mother after all. If he wanted him to kill his mother, he would really have to force her to do it, so You Jing was already the best plan.

Anyway, Ogorn's first goal is to kick this woman out of the core of power. Without him, it will be a great good thing for both Srivanji and Skellige.

"Contact the Protector for me, I need his help."

Srivanji mentioned the next arrangements.

"I need the help of the Aedian fleet. I didn't expect that the Aedian people can use artillery so quickly..."

Srivanji began to think about sending artillery onto the ship when King Bran was still there. For this purpose, he specially built an artillery workshop.

After a series of experiments, Srivanji finally decided to place a small cannon, which he called a broadside, on the long ship.

This kind of artillery is very suitable for the size of a longship, and can greatly increase the firepower of a longship. It is also extremely simple to manufacture, and it does not take much time and resources. You can just stuff a bunch of ammunition into it.

With the increase of this kind of artillery, the combat effectiveness of the Skellige people has increased a lot. The Nilfgaardians were disgusted by this small cannon. When they thought that the Islanders would come up to pick up the ship, they instead The artillery fire came.

Because the Tursek family has a monopoly on the manufacture of this kind of artillery, their voice in the archipelago has increased a lot.

And just when Srivanji was quite proud of this, he suddenly discovered that the Lord Protector of Aden had placed the cannon directly on the ship.

This combat power was nowhere near as high as Skellige's small gunboat, which made Srivanji feel quite depressed for a while.

It's like you're still learning how to walk and someone immediately starts running. It's really shocking.

But then he realized that if he had the help of the Lord Protector's fleet, then he would be more likely to win the battle against the Nilfgaardians.

Originally, his plan was to inflict a heavy blow to the empire and eat up part of the imperial fleet, but now it seems that the results can be expanded.

"I will go to see the Lord Protector of Aedirn in person. Don't worry, Your Majesty."

Speaking of Herme, Ogorn couldn't help but think of what the Lord Protector said to him during the Second Northern War.

Those words seemed like a dream at the time, but he took them seriously. I don't know why, but he just took them seriously.

And now it seems that that day is getting closer and closer.

"Then it's all up to you, Ogorn."

After saying this, Srivanji took out the Skellige map and the sea state map, which are the wealth accumulated by the Skellige people over the generations.

He continued to study the battle situation and how to teach the men in black a lesson they would never forget.

Ogern took one look and withdrew. He also had a lot of things to deal with.

(End of this chapter)