Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 213 The Black Ship Strikes
The bustling Isle of Udvik is the second most popular isle in the Skellige Archipelago, after Great Skellige.

This small island belonging to the Todaloch family has beautiful scenery common to all the Skellige islands. When travelers come here, they are often attracted by the local classic Skellige scenery.

In the hinterland of the island's mountains, there is their family's famous fortress and blast furnace.

The fortress protects the safety of the island's residents, and the blast furnace continuously produces weapons and equipment that are exceptional throughout the continent.

There are many people who come to Udvik Island in search of excellent weapons, and the local beauty has spread, and the number of people coming for the scenery continues to increase.

Such a large number of people has in turn led to the development of the service industry on the island, and the local delicacies must be tasted by every tourist who comes here.

However, the development of this island has not been smooth sailing.

A few years ago, an ice giant appeared here, which once threatened the lives of all residents on this island.

However, after receiving the help of the new generation of demon hunters of the Bear School and the successor of King Bran, Svenreggi, the ice giant was quickly killed.

Its head has also become a trophy used by witchers to show their strength and merit.

Now, the island faces new challenges.

But they were not monsters, but an army in black that had crossed over from the other side of the sea.

The huge Nilfgaardian army broke into the islands like a giant bear full of destructive power, but the Skellige chose to temporarily avoid the edge and let the Nilfgaardians enter.

Now, the coastal villages and ports of Udvik Island are now deserted. In order to avoid the black army, the local residents packed up their belongings and left their hometowns.

The Skellige Islands are famous for producing pirates, but they also rob and fight with each other. The residents of the islands are actually much more aware of anti-robbery than the residents of the mainland.

The army in black launched a large-scale raid on Udvik Island. The army in black sneaked ashore in the dark and then killed the sleeping village.

But when they arrive at the village, they often find that the village is empty, and no matter which room it is, it is empty.

This naturally puzzled the man in black, but since there were no enemies, that was fine. A risk-free landing was what everyone liked.

When daylight came, more and more men in black landed and took control of the island's coastal areas.

As their forces deepened into the island, the Nilfgaardians finally figured out where the locals had gone.

The locals dug into their mountain fortresses, where almost the entire island was gathered, and put on a defensive posture.

The Nilfgaardians moved quickly and immediately launched an attack on the mountain fortress, hoping to annihilate the Islanders and then control the entire island.

But it is a pity that in the heart of the mountain on Udvik Island, the Nilfgaardians cannot play their advantages at all.

In the caves and trails, the Nilfgaardians died as many as they came, and they were unable to invade the heart of the mountain.

Here, Skellige is simply invulnerable.

Seeing that they would not be able to take the mountain fortress for a while, the Nilfgaardian army chose to besiege the fortress to ensure that the Skjegelians could not come out to cause trouble for them, and then turned to focus on more important things.

The more important thing is to land the fleet's troops on Udvik Island. Emhyr came to Skellige with a hundred thousand troops. Many of the soldiers here were in poor condition due to being on the ship for a long time and were in urgent need of help. Go to shore for repairs.

The men in black move very quickly. Although they have experienced so many failures, they have gone through long and rigorous training after all, and they still have the most basic qualities.

Soon, the beach of Udvik Island was covered with black tents, and the men in black also built towers and wooden walls, as well as a simple port.

And a large number of black-sailed ships were crowded in all the places suitable for docking on this island, and they were basically packed to the brim, which was enough to show the size of the Nilfgaardian fleet.

"Admiral, I want to know how confident you are about this battle?"

In the Emperor's vast carriage, Emhyr was questioning the Imperial Admiral Lompali.

As one of the emerging imperial forces, Admiral Lompali is considered very young. He looks no more than 40 years old. He wears a blue navy uniform with the symbol of the Great Sun on the chest and a yellow belt around his waist. .

"There is no problem, Your Majesty. With the size of our army, no matter what whims the Skellige pirates have, victory will eventually belong to us."

Lompali bowed to Emhyr and then said the above words.

It was obvious that the Admiral was confident of victory.

"The war potential of the entire Skellige is only 5000 people, and the imperial army currently gathered on Udvik Island has 10 soldiers alone, and a large navy. Of course, defeating more with less does exist. But with their absolute numerical advantage, no matter how they win, they can't change the overall situation. Crushing these annoying pirates is not a problem at all."

Lompali knew very well what advantages the Imperial Navy he commanded had. In this case, what he had to do was to make full use of these advantages as much as possible.

As for how many casualties this will cost?As the head of the empire's navy, he had long since stopped caring.

Against the Skelliges and Ophirs, every victory was achieved with extremely heavy casualties, and even more defeats.

"Well, I understand. You go down and continue to organize the army. General, I want to see a victory."

Lompali bowed to Emhyr again and exited the room, and immediately after the admiral left, the emperor's attendants brought new news.

"Your Majesty, Geralt of Rivia wishes to see you."

"He, how did he get here?"

Emhyr was surprised by Geralt's arrival, and at the same time, he felt a sense of shame in facing an acquaintance.

Look at your current situation. The war on the mainland can be said to be a complete failure, and the empire's cause can also be considered a failure. Now it is just a desperate struggle.

If Emhyr once thought about letting Ciri inherit the throne, now he doesn't think about it at all.

After all, if he were to send his daughter to the throne now, he would simply be sending his daughter to death.

While Emhyr was thinking about this, the attendants had been waiting patiently beside him, not daring to offend him in any way, let alone disturb the emperor's thinking.

This kind of mistake should never be made when working in the Nilfgaardian court.

"Let him in."

Finally, Emhyr spoke these words.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

In this way, Geralt was able to pass through the defenses of the Praetorian Guards and the Iron Giant under the guidance of his attendants, and came to Emhyr.

An official from the Imperial Intelligence Department happened to be leaving the Emperor's room just as he entered. The man looked at Geralt thoughtfully before leaving.

"Geralt, why did you come to this fire pit? You brought my daughter with you. What exactly do you want to do? Since you chose to keep her away from this, why did you bring her here again?"

Geralt did not take Ciri to see Emhyr, but this does not mean that Emhyr did not understand Geralt's situation.

Vatier's intelligence network is still very strong, and a steady stream of information is being summarized to the emperor.

"Finding some closure, Wild Hunt, they're still hunting Ciri, and I'm going to put an end to this problem here once and for all."

Geralt was not intimidated by the emperor's aura. He met Emhyr's eyes and aura without fear, and looked at his majesty for a while.

Emhyr's aura is very strong. If anyone else were to face the pressure of Emhyr's eyes, they might have to soften, but White Wolf would not.

"Then what do you want?"

In the end, it was Emhyr who spoke first.

"I need the help of a sorceress. I know that there are two sorceresses who have been imprisoned by you, Wei Ge and Margaret."

The reason Geralt needs these two sorceresses is simple, magic. To activate the bait of Avallac'h, a lot of magic is needed.

Although there are so many demon hunters who can also provide some magic, especially the demon hunters of the Griffin School. Their attainments in magic are no less than those of warlocks, but after all, it is best to use warlocks.

After all, the seal system is a simplified version of magic.

So, Geralt came to see Emhyr.

Geralt actually didn't want to come to see Emhyr. After all, the relationship between the two of them was so... awkward, but for Ciri, he still had to go.

"The witcher's information is much better than I thought. I will give orders."

Emhyr didn't say anything more, and they didn't need to say much. This was a tacit understanding between them.

For the sake of my daughter, it is not a big deal to let a few sorceresses go.

Anyway, now that the Sorceress Gathering Hall has withdrawn from the game stage, the liquidation of it can also be stopped.

"Emhyr, do you want to..."

"No, no need. Facing her now is just adding some unnecessary emotions. I can't leave anything for Ciri."

The emperor still spoke with strong authority, but this time under the authority, there was also a deep sadness.

"That's it, witcher. May your plan go well."

Geralt looked at Emhyr for a while, and finally decided to tell the emperor something.

"Emhyr, there may be big chaos on the battlefield, and the Wild Hunt will come."

"Wild Hunt?"

The word diverted the Emperor's emotions, and Emhyr considered what the word represented.

"Then let them come, Witcher, you can go."

Finally, White Wolf took a deep look at the Nilfgaardian Emperor. He had a strong feeling that this would be the last time he saw the Emperor.

This feeling is indeed mysterious, but past experience has proven it to be correct countless times.

The Nilfgaardians moved quickly, and soon the two sorceresses, who had been detained by the empire for a long time, were released and then sent to Geralt's camp.

However, this made Geralt feel embarrassed. Yennefer, Triss, and Wei Ge, these three people gathered together, but there was a lot to talk about.

This is one of the reasons why Geralt is reluctant to go to Emhyr.

While White Wolf was in a state of panic, other demon hunters, including Ciri, were watching the show.To be honest, looking at this kind of thing before the war can still calm the mood very well.

However, the dispute is a dispute, and the problem still needs to be solved. In order to deal with Eredin, everyone is also actively preparing.

Time passed unknowingly, and as time passed, the war between the Nilfgaardians and the Skellige also began.

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"Why don't we attack directly? Your Majesty, if you ask me, just hit those Nilfgaardian idiots in the face, and then tell them who is the ruler of the sea! Even if we die, we can drag Enough black dogs to be buried with!”

The "Crazy" Lugo of the Drummond family is just like his nickname. He is extremely arrogant and encourages reckless tactics, as if this can win victory.

They look like their ancestors, pretentious but not very capable.

"Shut up, Lugo, we're not here to hear your farts."

The old man who spoke was Dona Ann Cinda, the leader of the Sea Rose family and the lord of Indalsfair Island.

Few lords of the Skellige Isles were as respected as Donar Cinda, and the only one who could make him lose his temper was Mad Lugo, whose families had long been feuding.

"Dona, do you want a fucking fight with me?"

"Okay, come on, you crazy son of a bitch, I should have beaten you to death a long time ago."

"The Nilfgaardians will be very happy to see it like this."

Kratz of the Kuite family stood up and stood between the two.

"We are gathered together today to defeat the men in black, not to watch our people fight among themselves."

Kratz's words were still very convincing. After hearing what he said, the two of them let go of their conflicts, but Lugo glared at Kratz dissatisfied.

After all, the hatred between their two families is very old, and can even be traced back to the era of the Hamdol sons.

During the King Selection, Lugo even planned to fall directly to Nilfgaard if Quet's child came to power.

Fortunately, the last person to take over was Svenridge, and King Bran's son was still the greatest common denominator in the archipelago.

"I think everyone is done making trouble. In that case, I will lay out the plan."

Svenridge, who had been watching all this silently, finally spoke up.

The king didn't speak because he was timid or anything else. He saw everything and remembered everything.

The monarch's aura around Svenridge has become more and more powerful during this time. When he stands there, even the most unruly Skellige will want to lower his head subconsciously.

"The fleets of Drumon and Quite will serve as the main attack, attracting the attention of the Nilfgaardians. Haewen and Dimen will attack the flanks of the Nilfgaardians after they are attracted to the established position, and Brokva will The people serve as reserves, so there is no need to worry about not fighting, there are too many Nilfgaardians. As for my fleet, I will give the Nilfgaardians a surprise on the intermittent beach."

"What about the back?" someone asked.

They can't annihilate the Nilfgaardian fleet at once. They can only defeat part of it. There will be more enemies to face next.

"Don't worry, everyone, I will find a solution later."

Svenridge said firmly, his gesture was so strong that everyone believed him.

No one had any objections to Svenridge's plan.

This young man program is doing great and looks great.

As for those mature old people, of course they saw the problems, and Svenridge was secretive about the second half of the plan.

But they didn't point it out, because to be honest, this plan is the best way at the moment. I hope the king can be as confident as he appears.

However, what they didn't know was that Svanaris, as the chief architect of the plan, was not so confident in his plan.

He is very confident about Skellige's affairs. This is the territory of the Islanders, and it is impossible for the men in black to overturn the situation. But if the plan is to achieve the intended effect, it depends on whether a person can arrive at the battlefield on time.

This man was Hermei, Lord Protector of Aedirn.

Svanrej had communicated with Hermey several times and obtained the assurance that the Lord Protector would arrive on the battlefield on time.

But getting a guarantee is getting a guarantee. When you really face the battlefield, you will still be able to control your heart.

However, now that this is the case, we can only move forward bravely.

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The battle began on a Nilfgaardian ship patrolling through the night.

After a night of patrolling, the men-in-black warship was very tired.

And they were full of complaints. They were sent to such a far place for training. The higher-ups obviously planned to use them as cannon fodder to use their lives to sound the alarm.

But complaining is just complaining, work still needs to be done, and of course, you will have to fish in all kinds of ways while working.

After all, they are doing this shitty job, and they still expect the sailors to dedicate themselves to the empire?What a joke.

Therefore, often in the middle of the patrol, such ships will find a place to hide and pass the patrol time.

If it were the Nilfgaardian army in the past, this kind of thing would certainly happen, but it would never happen in such a shady manner. This is enough to show the problems of the current imperial army.

Then as they returned, passing a small Skellige island, they ran into an Archipelago longship.

The bow of this longship is carved in the shape of a wild boar, which is basically known to everyone in the Nilfgaard Empire.

Because this belongs to the famous sea boar.

The Black Army's ship was quickly destroyed by the Kuite family's ship, but before it sank, they still conveyed the news.

As a flare flew into the sky, the Nilfgaardians also knew that the Skellige had finally arrived.

"Ha, the front of the men in black is really messy. It seems that these people have suffered so much, but these bastards still haven't learned their lesson."

Halma hugged the bow of the longship and laughed mercilessly at the Nilfgaardian fleet opposite.

The Skellige people on the same ship laughed heartily, and this happened on many ships at the same time.

"Guys, let's work harder and don't let Drummond's asshole get ahead of us."

Halma then yelled, getting another response.

Madman Lugo made similar remarks, and then the sailors and soldiers began rowing desperately.

The two families are not willing to give in to each other in any aspect, which is why Svenridge put them together, so as to maximize their fighting power.

Among the two teams that plan to compete with each other, there is one person who is very worried about the outcome of the battle.

He is Kratz, the head of the Quite family.

Among all the Skellige fools, Kratz is the most sober one.

Therefore, he understands the difficulty of the battle at hand better than anyone else.

According to Svenregi's plan, they could indeed destroy many Nilfgaardian ships, but he only found it difficult to go one step further and defeat the Nilfgaardian fleet.

"Bang! Bang!"

The roar of the longship's gunwale awakened Kratz, who was thinking, and the head of the Quint family decided to put all this behind him.

No matter what, he's not a commander, so Svenrej can just let Svenrej think about these things.

What he has to do now is to defeat these men in black in front of him.

The first confrontation between the Nilfgaardians and the Skellige was extremely brutal.

The collision angles and artillery of both sides were in a crazy exchange of fire at this moment. Ships collided with each other and I collided with you. Ships were constantly burning and sinking, but new people were constantly joining the battle.

The Skellige were able to play to their strengths in such a battle, and the Nilfgaardian ships that were rammed and sunk by the longships achieved much more results than those on the opposite side.

And once a boarding battle occurs, it will almost always be a unilateral sweep of the Nilfgaard deck by the Skellige.

After the arrival of the Skellige fleet that rushed out from the flank, the battle situation developed in a direction that was even more unfavorable to the Nilfgaardians.

They were already quite embarrassed when facing the pirates from the front, but now they were attacked from the side.

The black Nilfgaardian ships disappeared one after another, being eaten by the Skellige one after another.

The battle finally ended when the Tursek family's fleet used the passage formed by the high tide to bypass the melee Nilfgaard fleet. This Nilfgaard fleet fell into a certain death situation.

However, after the victory in this battle, the Skellige people did not cheer much, because they knew very well that what they annihilated was only part of the Nilfgaard fleet.

Although this part belongs to the relatively elite group, otherwise it would not be possible to respond so quickly, but the fact is that the Nilfgaard fleet still has a huge scale.

However, this is something that everyone has been mentally prepared for.

Facing the Nilfgaardian fleet behind them, the Skellige people did not panic. Instead, under the king's order, they completed the reorganization of the fleet and prepared to further respond to the enemy.

And just as the two fleets were confronting each other, a flash of light flashed in the sky for some unknown reason.

No one in either fleet cared about the flash, but then, they had to.

Because a huge portal suddenly appeared in the sky, the portal exuded countless cold air, and the sea surface affected by the cold air was quickly freezing.

Next, the heavier stuff arrives.

A huge black warship sailed out.

(End of this chapter)