Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 231
After roughly settling many of Beauclair's affairs, Dame Toussaint announced that Toussaint had joined the Northern Alliance.

Although the Baroness is arrogant, she has a clear mind. Today, Toussaint has this only option.

Beauclair, the wealth center of the principality, suffered heavy losses due to the invasion of vampires. There are still [-] northern troops stationed in the principality, and all key points have been controlled by the north.

What's more, since the Night of the Long Claw, the frequency of monster activities in various parts of the principality has increased sharply, and the vineyards, which are the economic foundation of the principality, have been attacked frequently.

The Principality Guards and Wandering Knights, who suffered heavy losses due to the Night of the Long Claw, were unable to eliminate these monsters.

But if left unchecked, the principality's financial foundation would be severely damaged.

Notices for urgently recruiting witchers are posted everywhere, but these notices are rarely taken away.

Now, only the northerners can provide sufficient support. They have armies and demon hunters to fight against these swarming monsters.

What capital does Toussaint have to negotiate terms with the Northern Federation?

It is no exaggeration to say that if the Lord Protector is willing, he can immediately abolish her status as a baroness and directly rule Toussaint.

Nothing has been done yet, purely for the sake of the close relations and friendly intercourse between the North and Toussaint.

Therefore, the Countess knew exactly what to do now.

Although the Baroness is easy to get into trouble, she is still politically savvy and knows when to do something and when not to do something.

Hermey gave the Baroness, an old trading partner, a step up, and the Baroness accepted the step with a tacit understanding.

In this way, Toussaint became a member of the Northern League.

For ordinary people in Toussaint, these political changes did not have much impact on them. At most, the Nilfgaardian Embassy became the Northern Embassy.

Although it is wealthy because of the wine industry, Toussaint is still a small place. The world in the eyes of people here is composed of grapes, fine wine and poetry.

Toussaint is still that wealthy country, and people care more about the people who died due to the Night of the Long Claw, the huge property damage, and the large number of monsters that appeared out of nowhere.

The Nilfgaardian Empire in the south was unable to counterattack. After all, its capital was still surrounded by Ofel's army. The Nilfgaardian garrison on the Toussaint border was hoping that the northerners would not invade.

After Toussaint became part of the Northern Confederation, Herme introduced a series of new policies for Toussaint's wine industry.

He extracted heavy taxes from Toussaint's huge wine trade. As compensation for Toussaint, Herme opened the entire northern market to Toussaint and also opened up the import of Ophiel goods to Toussaint.

Herme is happy to use Toussaint wine to bring back gold and silver, and then let Ofel luxury goods in Toussaint absorb part of the gold and silver from the manor owners and nobles to maintain the healthy development of the economic system and allow gold and silver to circulate. in a more reasonable situation.

Although this will cause a lot of gold and silver to flow out to Ofail, Ofail is far away from the north, and the north also needs such a place to digest the excess gold and silver on the market.

And there is the enemy Nilfgaard in the middle, so this problem is not too big.

Due to the support and cooperation of the local ruling class during the entire process, coupled with the policy of the Protector of the State, the change of flag in Toussaint went very smoothly, and the implementation of various policies was also very smooth.

Therefore, the Protector then focused on reorganizing the southern defense line.

Tens of thousands of northern troops were stationed in Toussaint, and several Toussaint castles that had once been occupied by bandits were also cleared by the northern army and turned into garrison locations for the northern army.

At the same time, on the Manada Mountains, through this expansion, Herme successfully drove the Nilfgaardian forces out of the mountains.

He also discovered and reopened the Bear School Castle that was buried in heavy snow in the mountain steps. This castle was in a dangerous location, so the Lord Protector made it the general garrison of the northern garrison in the mountains.

The castle was not damaged by the war, so the snow only needed to be cleared before the castle could be used again.

This ancient Bear School castle has regained its vitality, but the people walking in the castle are no longer demon hunters, but soldiers of the Northern Alliance.

Next, if the southerners want to go north, they must attack this fortress, and this fortress is extremely easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is like the key to the north, firmly guarding the mountain steps.

After solving the border defense problem, Hemei had to solve the domestic problem next.

To be precise, it is to solve the problem of the Scarlet Curse.

The news of capturing Toussaint certainly made the entire north very excited, but it was nothing compared to the monsters that suddenly appeared in life.

Due to the scarlet curse, monsters are popping up almost everywhere from rural areas to cities:

Corpses of corpse-eating creatures roam the streets, insectoid creatures spread across the wilderness, water ghosts roam the sewers, and vampires and werewolves howl at night.

All kinds of spirits were unwilling to be left alone and appeared one after another, even extremely rare things like deer-headed spirits and ram-horned demons.

What's even more outrageous is that things like giant tribes have actually appeared again, wandering around the world in groups.

These monsters even dared to attack human settlements. Some small villages were wiped out without warning. Medium and large villages were also very dangerous. Only in towns can absolute safety be guaranteed.

However, the destruction of villages is a rare sight. After so many years of development, human beings are no longer as weak as when they were first exiled and landed.

But even so, it still led to decline in many places in the north, with small villages and solitary wild people abandoning their homes and moving closer to larger settlements.

Now in various parts of the north, time seems to have returned to the time when humans were first exiled and landed. The wilds are full of monsters, settlements have built wooden walls, people have to wear equipment to go out to tend the crops, and the caravans traveling between cities are like armies. generally.

The troops of the Northern Federation are constantly attacking to deal with the monsters raging everywhere.

However, compared to the chaotic situation, their number is still not enough.

The Northern Territory is really too big, and the number of demons and monsters in various places is constantly increasing. It is really a huge problem to eliminate them.

Therefore, under such circumstances, the business of witchers and monster hunters also prospered.

Officials and civilians in the north are happy to use these supernumerary forces. After all, the forces are simply not enough now.

For these hunters who once struggled with how to live their lives, good times have finally come.

It was a bad time for the rulers, especially for the Lord Protector.

In Aedirn, vampires overrun the land, and spending the night outside the fortifications is considered a matter of death.

In Kaedwen, the giant tribes elected their kings, and the giants even began to attack local towns.

In Redania, packs of werewolves ran and roared across the plains.

In Temeria, the deer-headed spirits in the forest came out with monsters and beasts, venting the anger of the forest on humans.In Kevir, more and more monsters are coming over from the opposite side of the Dragon Mountains.

In Hacklan, in Hydaris, in Rivia...such chaos is happening constantly.

This is only the biggest problem in these places, and other problems have not been taken into account.

The Protector needs to be responsible for all this, and he must solve these problems.

Of course, not all regions are in chaos. Some regions have solved their own problems and helped other regions.

This top student is Mahakam. The dwarves in the mountains used to clean up monsters every year, but now they just have more work to do.

There is no need to be afraid of monsters running around. The fortresses all over Mahakam are very reasonable to use to deal with monsters. Monsters cannot chew through these stone buildings at all.

After solving the internal problems, Mahakam's dwarf army began to help the surrounding areas, helping the dwarves win a lot of fame.

The proliferation of monsters has caused various doomsday prophecies to spread again, causing society to be in chaos for a time.

The evil gods also gained power from the Crimson Curse, and their followers were able to exert more power.

And a large number of cultists came out of their hiding places and started making trouble.

Various vicious cases about cults emerged one after another. In just one month, three cult massacres and sacrifices occurred in Novigrad, killing hundreds of people.

Potekter has also encountered several attacks planned by cultists. However, due to high local security and a complete household registration policy, the cultists were caught out before they caused more damage, and the conspiracy was killed. In the bud.

The situation in Novigrad, the culturally northern capital, is so bad. It goes without saying how bad the situation in the countryside is.

Even some villages were once controlled by cults and turned into bloody blood sacrifices.

Of course, these situations also happened a lot in the south, and the entire continent was plunged into chaos because of the scarlet curse.

The demons and monsters came out in droves as if they were having a last party.

Therefore, Herme needed to return to the north with the northern army in Toussaint as soon as possible.

People are needed everywhere in the north now, and there are wars everywhere.

Moreover, the Lord Protector is in the north, which can comfort people's hearts more.

However, Herme is not very worried about the situation.

Although this series of bad things made him anxious, things were still under control. News from all over the place was overwhelming, but in the final analysis, most of them were small things.

Monster riots of this level cannot affect the operation of human society, but only increase some costs of social operation.

Humans are a race that is best at adapting. After humans adapt, nothing will be a problem. The next step is to kill the number of monsters bit by bit like they have done for hundreds of years.

While Herme returned to the north with her army in joy and glory, something crucial was also happening in the Nilfgaardian Empire in the south.

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The city of Nilfgaard's Golden Tower is the core of the Nilfgaard Empire and the shining jewel in the empire's crown.

And now, this giant city is in flames of war.

The exquisite manors, buildings and farmland outside the city have been destroyed. They have lost their former beauty and have been repeatedly destroyed by soldiers.

The walls of the Golden Tower City are even more scarred, but they still stand there and still look so strong.

There were many corpses scattered underneath, as well as the corpses of rotting giant beasts. The clothes on these corpses all had a southern style.

There are many large craters on the ground, which are artillery from the defenders. The number of artillery in the Golden Tower City is also very terrifying.

The army from Ofel surrounded the city three levels inside and three outside. Prince Servat of Ofel led this hundred thousand army.

All of Ophel's elite troops came out in this battle, and King Nicholas came out with all his strength, just to capture the Golden Tower City and completely eliminate Nilfgaard.

The number of war elephants coming from the ocean alone exceeds [-]. Even for Ofel, war elephants are an extremely precious resource, but so many came this time.

The Opel people also brought a kind of super-large artillery, the muzzle of which was carved into a roaring beast. Unfortunately, although these artillery made a lot of noise, it was still difficult to break the walls of the Golden Tower City.

The Ofir people also invented an elephant cannon, which continuously bombarded the city wall, and then changed positions before the defenders' artillery could react.

King Nicholas, who unified the countries of Ofir, also had great ambitions. He wanted to defeat Nilfgaard, kill the existence that once controlled the disputes among the countries of Ofir, and further enhance his status.

Moreover, the land obtained from the north can also make his power and position more stable.

A few decades ago, Nicholas was just an ordinary member of the kings of Ofel, and then through conspiracy, killing and bribery, he was able to become the king of the entire Ofel.

However, his throne is unstable, and the staunch supporters of various countries are always ready to move.

Over the years, the long confrontation with Nilfgaard has made many people dissatisfied. Even though Nicholas decisively suppressed the opposition forces, dissatisfaction still existed.

Therefore, he decided to completely eliminate Nilfgaard.

Allying with the northerners made Nicholas quite proud of his choice. The disastrous defeat of the black army in the north provided him with an opportunity.

He sent his son and the elite of the country.

However, the strength of the Golden Tower City still exceeded his imagination.

The siege of the Ofel army has lasted for half a year. During this six months, the Ofel people used countless ingenious siege techniques, but in the end they still failed to capture the city.

During the long siege of the city, Ofel's army became more and more lazy. From entering the city without sealing the sword for three days, now they are wishing that this war would end soon.

It was also under such circumstances that a Nilfgaardian army arrived in front of the Ophel camp at dawn.

Due to laziness, the Ofel people did not discover these enemies, and the commander Torres who commanded this army pointed at the Ofel camp.

Then countless Nilfgaardian cavalry began to gallop, looking like a black tide from the sky.

(End of this chapter)