Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 236 Hunting the Saliva Demon
The burning village, the heads scattered on the edge of the settlement, and the charred corpses in the flames, for Geralt, this is a scene that he is all too familiar with.

Fortunately, there were no marauding soldiers or crying women and children here. It had obviously been a while since the incident was discovered, so Geralt was able to camp here and rest.

White Wolf didn't care at all about the identity of this village and the identity of the plunderers.

He didn't know how many times he had seen such a scene.

More importantly, it has nothing to do with his goals.

As for Geralt's camp, there were many more people than before when it was just him and Regis.

White Wolf understood that if he wanted to fight against such a monster, he and Regis alone would not be enough.

He needs more help.

After the news spread, Yennefer came first, and then Triss. Both sorceresses came through the portal.

After them, came the witch hunter Ciri, who is now famous in the north, and Vesemir.

The brothers of the Wolf School did not come, because under the scarlet curse, the Wolf School had so many orders that they could not even count them, and they also signed a long-term job with the federal government.

Therefore, they could not put down the work they were doing. Vesemir came just because he had less work on his hands and could share it with others.

In addition, Geralt also found some help from other powers.

For example, Cassirer, the imperial knight who was obsessed with Ciri, led an army of Nilfgaardians to join the Federation's military operation this time.

There was also Roche and some big figures in the north who had personal relationships with Geralt, and they also joined the action.

That said, help from some northern commanders was available if necessary.

Moreover, the Federation also sent a saliva demon hunting team composed of griffon school demon hunters and warlocks, and it was Elan who led them.

Even Nilfgaardian Intelligence, now under the leadership of Stephen Skellen, sent a hunting force to deal with the monster that was literally clearing the way for the Northerners.

Now, they are located in the Ebin province of the empire. From here in previous years, they have entered the core provinces of Atolia and Gimreia.

In Nilfgaard, provinces are also divided into three, five, and nine levels. For example, when provinces such as Aetolia, Gimreia, and Vicovar were merged into the empire, the usurper emperor had not yet ascended the throne. .

Nilfgaard's rule in these provinces is very stable and not as chaotic as those further north.

Therefore, Nilfgaard wanted to prevent northerners from entering these provinces.

Therefore, the provinces of Ebbing and Mechit became the chosen battlefields.

Nilfgaard continued to increase its troops in these two provinces, and with the continuous flow of Nilfgaardian militia fleeing from the north, the imperial army was finally able to gain a firm foothold.

However, the northerners were unable to sustain their troops due to their rapid progress. In addition, it would take time to rebuild the southern regime, and the northerners could not push forward.

Now, the provinces of Ebin and Mechit have become a stalemate in the conflict, and both sides are waiting for the arrival of their main forces.

Although being on the front line of a war is so disgusting, Bai Lang is not a dazzling member of the political arena now, so as long as he is careful, no one will find trouble with him.

Geralt's main focus is still on finding the saliva demon.

And that monster is now in the Ebin Province, but it's hard to say where exactly it is.

Due to Lilit's power, this centipede monster can fly directly, leaving no traces that can be traced. It can only be roughly determined through witnesses that the monster ran here.

So, White Wolf starts his adventure here.

He wandered among various forces, collecting information, making allies, and helping the locals get rid of monsters.

And he did get to know a lot of things. For example, he learned some inside information from Shi Kelan, an "old friend" who had hunted Ciri.

The former leader of the Empire's intelligence department, Vatyer Lidorik, who was charged with "facilitating civil strife", intended to control this monster.

However, due to the failure of the Third Northern War and the subsequent drastic changes in the Golden Tower City, the plan had to be shelved, and then unexpectedly, it was snatched away by those cultists.

Now Shi Kelan is here to deal with this sequelae.

The atmosphere when the two met again was naturally very awkward, after all, they had both wanted to kill each other.

However, they are not sticklers for the past, and they soon started talking about their current goals.

Next, they reached an intention to cooperate. No matter what, the saliva demon must die.

In the Nilfgaardian camp, Geralt met a group of people that surprised him, namely the demon hunters of the Cat School. These guys were still as crazy as ever under the leadership of their master.

These people kept provoking Geralt, and some even tried to kill him with a knife in front of him, but Geralt ignored them. People of the Cat School were all mentally ill, and they had no business being angry with lunatics.

After leaving the Nilfgaardians, they then reached cooperation with the hunting team of the Northern Federation.

This is very simple. After all, everyone knows each other and has been helping each other.

While visiting the griffins, Geralt asked about the trends of several other schools and learned that snakes and bears were now focused on hunting monsters from all over the north. Some even masters had emerged from all over the north. When they were young, they were both notoriously difficult monsters to deal with.

This made Geralt feel that it was really a long time now. He had a feeling that even if these things in the south were over, he would not be able to retire easily.

The retirement place he plans to give himself is Toussaint, but judging from the huge number of vampires that emerge from the Night of the Long Claw, this country of poetry and wine does not have too few monsters.

"Phew, it tastes good, you can drink it, little girl."

Regis's words by the campfire caught Geralt's attention and pulled his mind away from all kinds of memories.

"Thanks, Regis."

Ciri took the broth cooked by the vampire and took a sip, with a look of joy on her face.

"Your cooking skills are so good. It's hard to imagine that a vampire can cook so well."

"Haha, in this long life, you always have to find something to do to pass the time. Go and ask Geralt to come and eat something, so that he can stop meditating there."

The vampire filled several bowls with broth and asked Ciri to give them to the sorceress and the old witcher. He took a bowl and walked to the witcher.

"Come on, eat, don't look so grim, and don't think like you did back then, thinking that the responsibility is all yours alone, don't put everything on your shoulders."

Geralt took the bowl, took a spoonful and put it into his mouth.

On the other side, two sorceresses who were talking quietly put down what they were doing and started eating. The relationship between the two sorceresses was much more harmonious than before, but it was still very subtle.Vesemir looked at Ciri with a look of relief that "the child has finally grown up" throughout the whole process. When he took the broth from Ciri, the two of them looked like a pair of grandparents.

"Yeah, Regis, did you find anything?"

Looking at the vampire, Regis was still so calm, as if nothing in the world could make this vampire panic.

"I did find something, Geralt. Do you remember that Ciri once mentioned that he was taken care of by a hermit?"

Geralt still knew what Regis was referring to. Ciri used to be part of a gang in the Ebin Province. At that time, Ciri met the famous bounty hunter Bonnet, and she suffered a lot of torture. , until she got help from the Nilfgaardian hermit.

If it weren't for the hermit, Xili would have died long ago, but the hermit died not long after.

"Of course I remember, isn't he dead?"

"Yes, he is dead, and deep in the swamp where he once lived in seclusion, I found signs of the Eclipse of Eternal Night's activity."

Regis's words immediately made Geralt stand up. They were the ones who created that powerful monster in Eclipse of Eternal Night, and if these cultists appear, it means that the saliva demon is probably there. .

"Don't be anxious, don't be anxious. Let's go after we finish eating. Those cultists can't escape. Remember to inform your allies. I have a feeling that there will be a tough battle next."

The vampire's tone was so determined, it seemed that he was sure that the monster they were looking for was over there.

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"The feeling of revisiting old places is really uncomfortable."

Looking at the swamp where he had suffered a disastrous defeat, the bad memories that the Gray Owl was unwilling to recall came back to him.

The Gray Owl still remembered how he heard the news that one of his men was being killed one after another on the outskirts of the swamp, and then he was led to the ice lake.

There, Ciri massacred his men.

What's worse is that the relationship between the people gathered here is extremely complicated.

There is the Northern Army here, there is the Nilfgaardian Army anyway, there are the Nilfgaardian Army, there are demon hunters, there are warlocks... There are more or less many grievances between these people.

They also brought a lot of equipment, which was the best available from both sides, and their personnel were also the most elite.

Everyone is on guard. In this era under the scarlet curse, the wilderness is full of monsters, and this forest swamp is the monster's nest.

Just before, they had killed many monsters that were madly attacking them.

The total number of people of all types here has reached three hundred. With such a luxurious lineup, it will definitely not be a problem to kill the saliva demon.

After all, even with the blessing of Lilit's power, it is still a giant centipede.

According to the information obtained by Skellen, the saliva demon is now digesting a lot of food swallowed along the way in the depths of the swamp, and those followers of the Eclipse of Eternal Night are here to protect this monster.

All we can say is that a beast will be a beast.

If it weren't for the fact that they were facing an extremely powerful monster and all parties had received death orders from their superiors, everyone here would have started fighting.

Regarding the saliva demon, whether it is from the south or the north, they are firm in their opinions on destroying it.
Although the saliva demon has helped the northerners a lot, it is still a monster that is difficult to control.

Now it can wreak havoc on the Nilfgaardians, and it can also wreak havoc on the northerners. If this monster makes a big fuss in the northern military camp, Herme will be suffocated.

As for the Nilfgaardians, needless to say, the appearance of this monster brought them an unreasonable disaster. According to Emperor Torres's plan, the Nasser Province could block the northerners no matter what. As a result, within just a few weeks , the entire province was completely destroyed.

It's not that the North and the South have never thought about negotiating with this thing, but it is like that crazy god Lilit. It only has destruction in its mind and only wants to cause countless deaths.

In other words, normal communication is impossible at all.

Now is the critical moment of the decisive battle between the north and the south. The main forces of both sides are rushing here. We must not let unstable factors like the saliva demon continue to exist.

And if you continue to let this big monster exist there, God knows what will happen.

The tricks of the cultists have always been weird. If you leave this big monster alone, God knows what will happen.

So the saliva demon must die.

"So many people, it reminds me..."

"Okay, Regis, stop hanging your book bag."

Seeing that Regis was about to talk about those things that happened a long time ago, Geralt quickly stopped him with a gesture of "stop talking about it, stop thinking about it."

Vampires are good at everything, but they are too good at teaching others. Once they talk about it, there will be no end to it.

Seeing this, Ciri couldn't help but laugh. She hadn't seen Geralt with such a big head in a long time.

"Geralt, do you think that with so many people here, we can successfully kill that monster?"

Yennefer asked worriedly. Although there were so many monsters here, she was not sure whether she could defeat the saliva demon.

"Don't worry, Ms. Yennefer. In my memory, people have faced monsters more powerful than this, but they succeeded in defeating them in the end. There are warlocks and demon hunters here, all of whom are professionals. That saliva demon will definitely be defeated. Nothing more than..."

"What is it?"

"No matter how much we pay, we will win, but many people will die."

What Regis meant was obvious.

"So I suggest you launch it. No matter what, it is too dangerous."

Geralt continued, and then he glanced at the swamp. The swamp looked like a monster that could swallow people up at any time.

"We're already here, why are we retreating?"

Yennefer said jokingly, but the meaning behind her words was very firm, and no one could change her mind.

"All ready to go."

At this moment, a voice came, and no one in Geralt's group wavered.

Next, this team with complex composition, coming from the north and the south, walked into the depths of the swamp.

(End of this chapter)