Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 229 Scarlet Starts
Toussaint, the country of fine wines.

Among the ruins and war zones under the Nilfgaard Empire, Toussaint is undoubtedly the most special one.

As the first person to join the Nilfgaard Empire, Toussaint gained a lot of privileges in the empire. Coupled with his usual obedience, it became a rare pure land under Nilfgaard's rule.

Toussaint has a sunny, mild climate and produces a lot of wine.

The word hunger loses its meaning, for the woods and groves of this land bear rich and juicy fruit all year round.

Due to this affluent environment, the local people have become hospitable and enthusiastic. They are always willing to invite everyone passing by to have a drink of their own wine.

Toussaint is full of wine, song, women... and most importantly, wine.To drink the best wine, drink Toussaint, any sommelier will say.

Toussaint's famous brand of wine not only costs a lot of money, but will even appear on the king's table. The current Protector of the North is a fan of Toussaint wine.

Therefore, everyone’s impression of it is that of a small country that is always drunk, celebrating all day long and disconnected from reality.

This kind of evaluation is a kind of ridicule and a kind of jealousy.

Toussaint's smooth life is so out of place in this chaotic world.

There were many bandits and rebels who wanted to bring chaos into this wealthy little country, but they were all stopped by the brave knights of Toussaint.

The Principality of Toussaint does not have an ordinary army, only a few wandering knights guarding the borders and main roads.

It is these knights who always shout their oaths who protect the borders of Toussaint and maintain the peace of this land.

However, until now, a series of brutal murders broke the tranquility of this small principality.

The evil beasts raged in this country of wine and poetry, leaving behind fragmented corpses, all of which were respected knights in Toussaint.

This was seen as a provocation to Toussaint, and the Baroness issued an unprecedentedly huge reward for her knights to capture the evil beast.

But it is a pity that the knights may be brave enough to kill the robbers on the border, but to catch that evil beast?That simply can't be done.

After the victims of the evil beast appeared one after another, the Baroness decided to send an envoy to ask the famous Geralt of Rivia to come to Toussaint to capture the evil beast.

So, this is why Geralt came to Toussaint.

At that time, Geralt finally came out of isolation to look for a job again after a long time, and then met two of his old acquaintances, envoys sent by Baroness Toussaint.

White Wolf accepted this commission, and then embarked on the road to the south, returning to the fairy tale country again.

Originally, Geralt thought this was just an ordinary commission - he was often invited by powerful people to catch monsters - but as the investigation deepened, he discovered more and more the complexity of the matter.

He first met his old friend Regis, and learned from his mouth the identity of the evil beast, the high-level vampire Dettlaff. He also learned the reason why Dettlaff kept committing murders - someone kidnapped his lover and forced him to do so. .

Next, at the request of Regis, Geralt embarked on the road to rescue Dettlaff's lover, and then he found himself involved in another quagmire.

As the investigation deepens, what emerges is Toussaint's heir, and the Nilfgaard Empire's conspiracy to strengthen its control over Toussaint.

Moreover, Regis also felt that other high-level vampires were involved in this matter, and a cult called Eclipse of Eternal Night was still operating among them.

The Morahem family, a high-level vampire family that has integrated into human society, is even among the ancient families of Nilfgaard.

During the Nilfgaardian Civil War, this family supported Torres and took the initiative to free their slaves.

This is in sharp contrast to other ancient families. Most of the ancient families chose Morvan as their main base and only sent some branches to Torres.

This resulted in the Moraham family being targeted and hostile for a time.

Those ancient families certainly knew the details of the Morahan family, but they did not choose to reveal their identity as vampires. After all, the reputation of the ancient families was to a large extent both prosperous and destructive.

Next, as Torres won one war after another, the family gained a lot of power in the empire.

Following Emperor Torres, Moraham took over a large number of industries that originally belonged to various ancient families.

In today's Nilfgaard Empire, the Morahem family is, to a large extent, second only to Emperor Torres and the military.

After another curse in his mind, Geralt found that he had no choice but to step into this whirlpool.

Not just for myself, but for Regis, and for the beautiful land of Toussaint.

If the current situation is not handled well, Toussaint may even become a battlefield, and this beautiful country will be destroyed.

Then, as vampires and demon hunters studied, they discovered that things were going even more bizarre.

That is, it turns out that all of this is a farce directed and acted by Dettlaff's lover, and this lover is none other than Dame Toussaint's sister Sianna.

After rescuing Anna from the Morahan family, everyone was surprised to find that she had not suffered any hardship at all, she was more like a guest being entertained.

And when he got here, Dettlaff also recalled what was going on.

Dettlaff realized that he had been deceived by his lover. For his lover, he killed his friends and did things he didn't want to do. And all of this was actually directed and acted by his lover?

This made the vampire furious. Faced with Dettlaff's rare anger, Sienna wanted to say something, but in the end she swallowed her words.

In his anger, Dettlaff decided to calm down.

When leaving, Dettlaff asked Sianna to meet him in a week and explain what happened, otherwise he would do something "irrational".

What made the situation even worse was that the Baroness, who had followed the conflict and chaos, discovered her sister.

Out of guilt for her sister's exile for many years, the Baroness protected her sister even though Sianna was obviously suspicious.

Then ordered Geralt and Regis to find Dettlaff and get rid of this evil beast.

How could a high-level vampire who wanted to hide be found so easily? The Baroness gave Geralt an impossible task.

There is no doubt that the situation is developing for the worst for Geralt and Regis.

Regis's mood was even worse. He had discovered something with Dettlaff, and now he felt that Dettlaff was going to do that thing.

And once that happens, the nature of the matter will change dramatically, and it will become something that affects the entire continent.

.Among the ruins of the ancient vampire fortress of Toussaint, Dettlaff in a coat is in front of a burning brazier.

There are complicated carvings on the brazier, and the artistic style displayed in them is undoubtedly not human.

It also exudes an extremely ancient aura, and for humans in this world, this thing has a very strong sense of foreignness.

Through the firelight, you can see two Katakans standing next to Dilaff. They are like well-trained hounds, waiting patiently in front of Dilaff.

And where the firelight can't reach, the red eyes of countless low-level vampires are so bright in the night. Looking from a distance, it all looks like a hundred ghosts walking at night.

Under the expectant gazes of the low-level vampires, Dettlaff cut open his palm with a dagger in a typical vampire style, letting his blood drip into the brazier.

"We have been waiting for this for too long. We have been hunted all day long by those who enjoy a comfortable and prosperous life. It's over here. The 'Scarlet Curse' is released today. The former hunters have now become...our prey."

When Dettlaff finished saying this, the moon in the sky suddenly occupied almost half of the sky, and then, the moon turned bloody.

Countless vampires howled... No, not just vampires, countless monsters howled at the sky all over the world, in the deep mountains and forests, and in mysterious and dangerous places that were difficult for humans to reach.

At the same time, warlocks, demon hunters, druids...these people who manipulated supernatural powers either suddenly woke up from their dreams, or looked at the bloody moon in the sky in astonishment.

They understood that a certain fear that had passed away returned tonight.

In some extremely secretive and even inaccessible places in the world, some powerful people who have existed since ancient times have also noticed the blood moon and the changes it has brought.

However, most of them just glanced at it and continued to sleep.

During this, a vampire elder from Toussaint naturally noticed these changes, but he didn't care. For him, this was not an important thing.

He only hoped that humans would not come in large numbers because of this and disturb his purity. Human rubbish was rubbish, but their number was so huge that these weaklings simply could not kill them all.

But what he didn't expect was that the human being who he didn't want to come to the door would come to the door soon after...

In the ruins of the vampire castle, even Dettlaff was secretly surprised in his heart when he saw the bloodthirsty vampires gathering continuously and almost filling the ruins.

He didn't expect that just one Toussaint would lurk such an exaggerated number of vampires.

However, this is also a good thing for his plan.

Since humans can't understand his words, he should talk to them using the words that humans can understand best.

Dettlaff had seen how effective this thing could be countless times in his life.

This thing is fire and blood.

The high-ranking vampire raised his hand and pointed to the location of Toussaint's capital, Beauclair. Then, countless vampires rushed towards the sleeping city in the night.

Now is the time to devour flesh and blood.

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It was a wild night for Beauclair.

For the townsfolk, what had been just another drunken day's rest turned into a night of death.

Countless vampires crawled into the city in groups. In front of them, both the wandering knights and the principality guards were defeated.

They are still qualified to fight against bandits and defeated armies, but facing this seemingly overwhelming monster is another matter.

Their armor and combat skills are so powerless in front of these monsters. In the past, humans besieged monsters and relied on cooperation, swords and wisdom to kill them. But now, the ones being hunted and besieged have become humans.

Only those knights galloping on the streets have some room to deal with it, but only if they maintain their speed. Once the speed slows down, the knights will be swarmed by monsters and torn to pieces.

The principality's defense forces were in such a state of disarray that when civilians faced these monsters, they were completely massacred.

Beauclair, this seemingly eternal place of wine and poetry, has now turned into a bloody slaughterhouse, with vampires wreaking havoc on the streets, causing all kinds of misery to innocent people.

All the civilians could do was huddle inside their houses and pray that the vampires wouldn't find them.

All of this seems to be unacceptable in another world, and Beauclair seems to have become a city of monsters.

However, having said that, thousands of years ago, this land was indeed full of vampires.

In the end, all the principality's military power could do was to defend Beauclair Castle and protect the safety of the Baroness.

But even if loyal guards and knights guard every road to the castle, for the agile vampires, this cannot stop them at all.

Nimble vampires like the Vampire constantly jumped onto the castle and directly besieged the Baroness. If it weren't for Geralt and Regis, they would have been killed long ago.

"boom!"

Geralt killed the last vampire with the musket in his hand. As the twisted body fell, the white wolf couldn't help but breathed a sigh of relief.

Then, he looked towards the urban area of ​​Beauclair.

I saw the entire city in flames, and there were constant screams that resounded throughout the sky. Those screams were so cruel that even Geralt, a experienced demon hunter, heard so many voices ringing out at the same time. Sometimes, I can't help but feel frightened.

"The development of all this is beyond my expectation."

Regis walked to the white wolf with an ugly expression. There was some blood on his body, but it was from the vampires who challenged him.

Regis never imagined that things would develop like this.

"We have to end this madness, Regis. What can you do?"

"Xiana, she is the root of everything. In addition, our family has an elder in Toussaint, but..."

Before Regis finished speaking, both of their eyes were suddenly attracted to the movement on the edge of the city.

Their super vision allowed them to see that there was a cavalry entering the city, and they were generally equipped with silver weapons.

And above these people's heads are the flags of the Northern Confederacy.

　More tomorrow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)