Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 24 The Demon Hunter's Meeting
The next day, a grand celebration ceremony was held in Fort Sazar to celebrate this great victory.

Everyone who came to Sazarburg was invited, and the whole town was in a state of joy.

Even outsiders and captives received food generously donated by Herme.

On that day, the entire Sazarburg was filled with joyous crowds, and people fell into an unprecedented carnival.

But after the joy, life in Sazarburg returned to normal.

However, it is not accurate to say that it is daily, because Herme's various actions continue to have a lot of impact on people's lives.

The first is the Hackland prisoners of war. The combined number of these men and women has reached 1500.

Heme's solution is to split up. Some men are sent to the recently discovered iron ore in Fort Sazar as miners, some men live outside the walls of Fort Sazar as lumberjacks in the city, and some of them pick up their old roots. OK, graze the herd for Herme.

A very small number were incorporated into Herme's army.

In the East, there will be no shortage of dealings with Haklans, so it is necessary to appoint some Haklans.

As for the women, except for a small number of parents and husbands who were still there, the rest were given to the large number of bachelors in Saza Castle by Heme.

As a well-known adventurous place in the north, the number of foreign bachelors in Sazarburg can be terrifying.

Most of these people will leave after making money, and Herme has been coveting this population for a long time.

So under the guidance of this thinking, he decided to betroth the captured Hackland women to the bachelors.

In other words, it was Herme who yelled, "Sarzaburg got his wife."

This policy allowed some people who planned to go home after earning money in Sazarburg to settle down, which made Herme very satisfied.

Secondly, Hemei carried out a wave of recruitment expansion for the Gunpowder Workshop's personnel, and recruited another batch of craftsmen and apprentices with generous treatment.

Then, the people of Sazaburg discovered that the gunpowder workshop began to sell a weapon called a fire door gun.

At first, people's attitude towards this item was very indifferent, but when they knew that it was the key to Heme's victory over the Haklans, they almost rushed to buy it regardless of the high price.

However, the number of Huomen guns entering the market is not much after all. Most of the Huomen guns were handed over to the Cossack Ataman who came to pick up the goods according to the agreement with Ataman, and the rest went into the Heme Armory. In the end it was taken out and sold.

Therefore, the price of the fire door gun has been raised several times, and people all want to have the weapon that allows Herme to defeat the Haklans.

In addition, in order to show respect and importance to King Demavi, Heme asked the workshop to specially refine a fire door gun. This fire door gun is decorated with silver and gemstones, and it is more like an ornamental object. Then Heme sent This was sent to Wengerburg with ten muskets.

This is what he is trying to attract. If the Huomen gun attracts attention in the Kingdom of Aden, then Sazaburg will definitely get a batch of high-priced orders.

However, Hemei didn't expect how long this thing could be sold at such a high price.

Again, the technological content of the fire door gun is too low, even a blacksmith can make it.

It is estimated that after the large-scale production of this thing in the north, Sazarburg can only take the route of small profits but high sales, and make profits by expanding production and sales, which is also a good thing.

Turning Fort Sazar into an arms capital is exactly what Hermey hopes to see, and on a deeper level, there are enough practitioners in the gunpowder weapons industry, so that new technologies can be applied the fastest.

In the end, Herme increased his investment in Durban's research, and he had the money to win a big victory in Hackland.

This is very necessary, the sooner Dirban can bring out new gunpowder weapons, the sooner Herme will have new advantages.

Although new gunpowder weapons are not available immediately, it is a good thing to master them early.

Few people know about this matter, but for the residents of Sazarburg, the biggest feeling is that the sound and frequency of those loud noises have risen to a higher level.

Dirban is very cool. Having money means having resources, and having resources means being able to work hard.

In this case, his work efficiency will definitely increase a lot, and the results will come out faster.

However, Herme, who was focusing on how to develop the territory and gunpowder technology, would never have imagined that the news of his victory in Hackland would have a very far-reaching impact after continuous fermentation...

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"So, this is the fire door gun."

In a tavern called the Golden Spoon, Geralt held the handle made of logs and looked at the "fire stick" with rare curiosity in his vertical eyes.

"How's the effect?"

The person he was questioning was George, the demon hunter of the Griffin School, and he was the one who bought this fire door gun.

How rich, Geralt sighed inwardly.

Now George has collected enough money to build their school's master craftsman, and has already entrusted that Hakland blacksmith.

Even so, he still has money to buy the not cheap "fire stick".

"If you ask me, it's not easy to use. It's a burden in an emergency, but if you take prepared actions, this thing should work wonders."

George expressed his opinion, and it can be seen that he thinks this thing is still very useful.

"Come and shoot in front of the monster's cave. The loud noise may scare the monster to jump out. We don't have to go into caves or sand dunes to play peek-a-boo with them."

Another voice sounded, it belonged to a dark-skinned witcher, he was wearing a leather armor with a turban on his head, and he was dressed like a desert dweller.

His equipment is very unlike a witcher, a combination of a buckler and a scimitar.

More of a Guard than a Witcher, but his badge certainly speaks volumes about who he is.

This was Iben of the Manticore school, and it was the first time that Geralt knew that the East was still such a school.

Hey, go back and talk to the old man, maybe he knows how this school came about.

"I'm not very optimistic about this thing. Don't forget, our bombs can also achieve the effect of scaring monsters, but in the end we still have to drill caves and sewers. If monsters are really so easily scared, we should be gone long ago Work is right, and I have reservations about its future."

The one who raised a different opinion was Lei Suo from the Viper School, a burly and burly man, with that ferocious face, it was difficult to connect his appearance with the Viper School who was good at using poison.

"It's about the Wolf faction, what do you think?"

After Leto expressed his opinion, he looked at Geralt with that somewhat terrifying face, and he was the only one who didn't express his opinion here.

Geralt sighed, he felt that the witchers were divided on the future of this weapon, so he didn't want to comment, but since he had already asked, how could he not say it.

"Regardless of whether it can be used or not, we will only know what it is after using it. If it is useful, we will use it. The earliest demon hunters didn't use crossbows, but now everyone doesn't use them."

He chose the answer that didn't raise any questions, and indeed, as he thought, this answer did not lead to further debate.

Geralt was attending a "mutant meeting" in Sazarburg right now—a couple of witchers drinking and chatting after work, actually, but that was what Dandelion was going to say.

The owner of the Golden Spoon tavern is an old Cossack, who just put down his sword and started a tavern because of his marriage. He cooks good food, so this tavern has become the best tavern in the whole city.

The boss liked these skilled witchers very much, so he specially reserved a place for them to chat and talk nonsense, and all the witcher had to pay was to teach the boss's son for an hour every day.

Demon hunters like this kind of atmosphere very much, and there are not many opportunities for people from different schools to get together.

Because of this, they would always discuss the possibility of improving things like tactics and potions together.

But most of the time they are still discussing their livelihood, after all, everyone is a bitter witcher.

Not to mention that several people who came here also had the task of saving money to customize the master craftsman's suit, and the problem of money was even bigger.

Just like now, after talking about whether the fire door gun is useful in the work of hunting demons, the next thing is to talk about work.

"It is said that after you go back this year, will you come back next year?"

The speaker was Eben, who was picking up a glass of red wine with his dark hands and pouring it into his mouth.

"I'm sure I'll come again. Our school's master set hasn't been created yet. That's why I went north for the school. I guess I'll be able to save enough money next year. Speaking of which, the population of this city is increasing. In the north, in the grasslands, the population will increase after Commander Herme won the battle, and the rent is rising every day, I hope it will not rise too far, and it will not affect my creation of master craftsmen."

"I want to go back to the south to find my brothers and the grand master. Now that I have found a place with plenty of orders, there is no need to continue spending time in the south. Emperor Nilfgaard forbids our activities, and the monsters in the south Most of them live in deep mountains and old forests where no one is there, and there are not many jobs. Hackland is very good, and there are not many places that are so suitable for making money."

It was Leto who spoke next. Geralt was a little surprised by his statement. Is the snake faction planning to move to Hackland?

If so, he would have to tell Vesemir the news as soon as he got home. The last time the school of witchers who went south went north, it didn't have any good influence on the wolf school. Bad reputation.

"However, I found some phenomena, which made me feel a little bad."

Leto, who was far more delicate than he looked on the outside, talked about his observations, and his words made all the demon hunters focus.

"Some disciples of Eternal Flame and Cliff began to mutter about punishing Lilit followers. They used the victory of Heme as an example, telling people that the Haklans are easy to defeat, and they can easily get countless spoils from them. These fanatical words obviously affected a lot of people, and a lot of people here will go back to the north and take the news with them."

"To be honest, I don't think it's anything worth caring about. Isn't it just a religious fanatic? We don't know how many times we've seen it."

Geralt subconsciously commented that he has seen many such things, and such things usually cool down after a while.

"However, at this moment when people think that the Second Civil War will soon break out, if this speech full of religious promises is used by someone with a heart, and it is fermented for a period of time, the energy that will be generated will be huge. At that time, this place will become a huge vortex."

Lesso's eyes sparkled. As a demon hunter who witnessed Nilfgaard's conquest of the south and various incidents within the empire, he had an extremely keen sense of smell for these things.

"However, this does not affect the northward movement of our school, and maybe what I said will not happen, but I am overwhelmed. The northward movement must go northward. If we continue to stay in the empire, I am afraid we can only give the poisoning to the emperor." Normalize, if this continues, maybe the reputation will be as bad as cat pie."

Lei Suo was very calm, and everyone present understood that he had admitted that the Snake Sect had done the poisoning and assassination work.

For a long time, rumors about snakes sending demon hunters to accept assassination contracts have been circulating, but they have never been confirmed. After all, how can you prove that the poison was poisoned by them.

Ever since their castle was captured by the Nilfgaardian emperor, the usurper whose name was erased decades ago, their situation has become worse and worse, so they have received more and more assassination commissions. more.

No one blamed Lei Suo. The living environment of the demon hunters is getting worse and worse, their jobs are constantly decreasing, and they are restricted by the ruler from time to time.

In order to keep the school alive, everyone understands that they do things they don't want to do.

As long as they don't wanton massacre like some guys in the cat faction, no one will accuse them of anything.

For a while, a somewhat sad atmosphere permeated everyone. These days, which school is not in a bad situation.

Even that George of the Griffin school didn't say anything. At first, Geralt thought that with the knightly concept of the Griffins, he would definitely reprimand him, which was how they were back then.

It looks like times are going to be tough, and even the wealthy of the Gryphon have to bow to reality.

"I plan to stay here all the time."

George spoke, his tone was firm without any wavering.

"Even if the master craftsman set is built well, this land needs me. And I have to help every brother demon hunter who comes to work on this land. This is my duty."

Ah, the griffins are still like this, Geralt thought to himself, but without any contempt or ridicule, he respected such virtues.

"I plan to continue coming next year."

In the end, Geralt gave his answer, and with the small coffers he had saved over the years, with another year of hard work, he would be able to create the master suit.

Originally, wolf faction demon hunters didn't have that strong desire for master craftsmen, but after discovering that Ciri had become the focus of many forces, he understood that he needed stronger power.

And the master craftsman set that can best display the strength of a demon hunter is exactly what he needs now.

But as soon as Geralt finished speaking, a familiar voice came over, it was Dandelion.

Our poet, now wearing only a pair of underpants, walked into the tavern, shouting and running to Geralt with a panicked look on his face.

Seeing Dandelion like this, Geralt became very angry,

"God, what did you do again?"

"Do you remember that woman? The one I took down a while ago, the one with very beautiful hair, golden hair."

The face of the great poet no longer had the previous arrogance and calmness, but panic instead.

And the more he saw this expression, the angrier Geralt became, because as expected, he would have to wipe Dandelion's ass next.

Of course he knew what Dandelion was talking about. He had also seen that woman before. Her boyfriend had gone out with Herme before, and Dandelion fell in love with the girl who bid farewell to her boyfriend.

Our great poet then started to get close to the girl, but he didn't want to sleep with her at the time.

The great poet is not that hungry. Many times he gets close to a beautiful woman simply because she is beautiful.

But if he doesn't want to, it doesn't mean that others don't want to, and then, under the active seduction of the woman, he went to bed naturally.

After all, how many women can withstand the temptation brought by this talented poet.

And the problem also lies here. Originally, Dandelion's idea was that everyone would have a one-night stand, and then the two would not see each other, so they bid farewell.

This is also a very common situation in northern society. It is a common practice, and no one will take the initiative to reveal these things.

But the woman really fell in love with the poet, and when she saw that the poet was unwilling to express her idea of ​​marrying her, she set a trap for Dandelion and took revenge on the poet.

She asks Dandelion to have a "breakup" and end the relationship.

And Dandelion, who was terribly annoyed, went there excitedly, and finally could solve this problem.

This is also the reason why Dandelion dared to go to her house after her boyfriend came back for so long. He was eager to solve this problem.

Then as soon as the clothes were taken off to the underwear, the woman's boyfriend came in, bringing a lot of comrades with him.

At this point, our Master Dan also understands what's going on, well, the woman pushed the blame on him, and now the man must be very angry.

And our Master Dan, as a man who has experienced this situation countless times, he ran out of the house through the window very smoothly, then ran towards the Golden Spoon Tavern, and came to Geralt's side.

"For the sake of the plague, Dandelion, tell me, did you get rid of them?"

Geralt was trying to suppress his anger, because he expected trouble to come, the kind of trouble he didn't want to intervene at all.

And watching the poet shake his head, Geralt understood everything.

Before he had an attack, the door of the tavern was pushed open.

Walking in was a group of young men, some of them armed with clubs.

Then they saw Dandelion in his underpants, his eyes almost sparking, and they rushed straight for Dandelion, who immediately hid behind Geralt.

These young men were obviously looking to fight them together, regardless of whether the witchers had anything to do with the poet, the guys who stood in front of them and the poet were regarded as bastards who needed to be dealt with.

At this point, Geralt sighed again. He looked at the other three colleagues. Their reactions were similar. They all understood that this wave was inevitable, and they seemed a little helpless.

The white wolf gave his colleagues a sorry look, there was no other way, he could only do this kind of thing now.

Next, all the demon hunters twisted their fists at the same time. Not surprisingly, there was going to be a fight.

　Wanchang will be on the shelves tomorrow

　　
　
(End of this chapter)