Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 48 Calling Allies
"Wild Hunt? Let's fight this thing? My beard, Ike, what are you thinking, actually want to fight against the ghost knight."

Yarpen Ziegrin blew his beard vigorously, expressing his surprise.

The dwarf wears a red smock that conceals chain mail underneath, and an ax and dagger hang from his waist.

And the young men under him echoed for a while, echoed and agreed, and made the scene quite noisy for a while.

Although the dwarves here are so noisy, in fact, they are all masters of Mahakam's "big cleaning".

Mahakam's "big cleaning" is the dwarf country's annual siege of monsters that emerge from the melting ice and snow. It is precisely because of the ability to exercise enough in the "big cleaning", Yarpan and his boys Only then did he dare to come out to pick up the job, and became a famous monster hunter in the whole north.

Ike was still sitting there with his back straight. The knight was sitting upright. Facing the noisy dwarves and their sarcasm and ridicule, his expression did not change.

"I have personally confronted the demon knights and removed their heads. As long as the method is correct, even the demon knights will only be defeated in front of our swords."

Ike untied the big bag on his back, and then a pile of skull helmets shook out of it. These were all the things left by the wild hunting fighters, and they were Ike's trophies.

This made the scene immediately quiet, because nothing is more convincing than actual loot.

"Ha, Ike, you really don't want your life to fight against the ghost knight. Hey, this helmet is really ugly, it's like a pile of shit wrapped in silk, it's absolutely impossible for us dwarves to fight This kind of thing looks too pretentious and not practical at all."

Yarpan picked up the helmet. As a dwarf, he immediately felt the extraordinaryness of this armor, which made him confirm that it came from those ghost knights who crossed the sky.

At the same time, the dwarf did not forget to comment sharply on the style of the Wild Hunt armor in his eyes, and the comment was very characteristic of a dwarf's poisonous tongue.

They really look down on this style, it's too exaggerated.

"Okay, Ike, first of all, thank you for coming to us for this mission. What I really want now is, how about the reward for this mission, as long as the money is enough, let me fight against anything."

It was the leader of the Klingfield predators who spoke next, and his three subordinates were behind him. As a famous monster hunter, plus "old acquaintances", they were naturally found by Ike.

"Yes, yes, the most important thing is remuneration, remuneration, remuneration, how much does the entrusted witcher pay you? We all work on the basis of money."

Yarpan echoed from behind, he crossed his arms and waited for Ike's answer.

Disgust flashed across Ike's face, the holy book is here, let them join the ranks of the demon knights who invaded the world. They don't feel honored, and they are full of money.

This is not as good as the warlock who manipulated the power of darkness. Although the warlock had an inexplicable desire to protect the monsters that insulted the world, he at least voluntarily asked to join the confrontation with the wild hunting.

Yes, this is Dorrigare.

After learning about the Wild Hunt, the animal protection pioneer temporarily put down his work, because he thought that the Wild Hunt was a scourge to their world, and he had the responsibility to join the ranks of dealing with these guys.

Of course, he has another reason, and this reason is more important, that is, wild hunting will also plunder the precious species in this world, and forcibly kidnap those powerful creatures, which makes Dorrigalei very uncomfortable .

Ike didn't like the dwarves and mercenaries in front of him, but they happened to be idle in this town at the moment, so he could only hire these people first.

These people have rich experience in fighting all kinds of monsters, and they can effectively kill and injure the enemy in the battle against wild hunting, so Iva entrusted Eckley, who said he knew these people, to talk about these things.

It's just that he forgot how uncomfortable this was for Ike's knight head.

Ike really wanted to reprimand these people, but remembering Iva's order, Ike restrained his desire.

The snake demon hunters said that they need all professionals so that they can inflict more damage on the wild hunting.

Ike also understands this very well. Although his mind is full of glory and faith, it never means that he is a fool. They need comrades-in-arms to fight the Wild Hunt, and they need many comrades-in-arms, so he holds back.

And Ike's reaction surprised both the dwarves and the mercenaries. Normally, he would have started talking about "greedy mercenaries" and "dwarves in the dark", but now he is trying to endure look.

"The reward is very generous. Master Iva said that if you participate in this battle, you can get a reward of one thousand Aden marks, which is a promissory note that can be exchanged at Vivaldi Bank."

These words stunned both the dwarf and the mercenary, this witcher is very rich and so generous.

"I'm going, Ike, are you talking nonsense, a thousand Adenmarks? This is the most expensive coin in the market now, even the florins of Nilfgaard and the krona of Novigrad can't compare to it , and you actually called a demon hunter a master? Ike, have you changed your temper?"

If calculated in Novigrad kroner, their usual salary for taking on a job is about [-] to [-] kroner, and if the year is not good, it will be [-] or less.

So it can be seen that the profit of this job is huge, and neither the dwarves nor the mercenaries thought that the rewards would be so generous.

When they heard Ike say that their employer was a demon hunter, they thought that the job would cost tens of kronor at most, so they never thought about accepting it. Listening to Ike's talk here, they just wanted to give face to this acquaintance .

Although Ike preaches morality all day long, he is really doing what he does, and Ike will really go all out to save people. For a person who has been wandering around in such dangerous jobs as hunting monsters all year round, Ike is a No offence.

That's why everyone scolded him but no one wanted to mess with him. At most, he knocked him out and tied him up when he went mad.

"What I say is true. You don't have any doubts. If you need it, I can sign a contract with you. These contracts will be certified by the Sazarburg Notary Guild. As for the demon hunter, in my opinion No matter how evil a mutant is, as long as he pursues justice, he can be relied on and respected, and in my opinion, Master Iva is undoubtedly such a mutant."

Ike's words stunned the dwarf mercenaries and predators, oh my, this is really the sun coming out from the west, Ike is saying good things for a witcher?
"Okay, let's take over this job."

"So are we."

The dwarves and the predators said one after another, there is no other reason, and even an iron head like Ike said this, which shows that this contract is undoubtedly reliable and trustworthy.

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"Oh, what a pity, I can only contribute some money to help Master Yiva."

In the main castle of Fort Sazar, Herme in his office sighed, just now Iva left again, and he rejected Herme's request for help.

Then the legendary demon hunter bid farewell to Herme, saying that everyone from the Snake Sect had arrived, and he was going to select a new address for the academy.

"Just let the witcher do it, Commander Herme, I don't think you need to worry too much, the witcher knows what he is doing, and judging from the money he wants from you, the people he wants to hire Quite a few."

Marondo said, these words did make Herme less ashamed of being unable to help.

Indeed, Master Iva is a legendary demon hunter, and he must know what he is doing.

"Well, Marondo, what's the next thing?"

Herme continued to work and asked about the next affairs.

"It's about the Cossack dispatch agreement, Commander Herme, the agreement has been drawn up, and now it's up to you to approve it. After this matter is completed, today's business will be over."

Talking like this, the captain took a document from a side cabinet, and it was an "employment contract" in common language.

"It's finally ready? Well, let me take a look."

After finishing speaking, Herme flipped through the contract
The so-called Cossack dispatch agreement is essentially something Heme made for his own benefit at the request of His Majesty Demawi.

His Majesty Demawi's army expansion is still going on, but the king is a little tired of continuing to accept recruits, training recruits is slow and consumes resources, and the kingdom still lacks officers.

After knowing that Hemei had a lot of high-quality cannon fodder, Hemei received an order to recruit Cossacks for the kingdom, and asked them to fill in the gaps in some officers and soldiers of the king's army.

As for this, the solution is easy to solve. Because of the current peace in the Cossack land, there are idle Cossacks everywhere. They want to fight and participate in the war more than anyone else.

For Hemei's father-in-law, these people were an unstable factor in his rule, so when Hemei sent his thoughts to his father-in-law, the father-in-law immediately agreed to his request.

And these Cossacks who came to Fort Saza and were about to go to the Kingdom of Eden would sign an agreement with Herme, which was the "Cossack Dispatch Agreement".

The agreement would indicate that they were all sent by Herme, and this would become an official proof of their identity in the Kingdom of Aedirn.

In fact, if Herme served the king's interests wholeheartedly, there was no need to do this at all, because it was a matter of sending people there and it was over.

But if Hemei puts his own label on these people, then many people in Aden will think that they have Hemei's background, which can strengthen the people of Aden's perception of their own strength.

But, this is essentially a trick. Herme is just exchanging petty profits for the Cossacks to sign the agreement. In fact, how effective is this waste paper agreement for them?Then I can only smile.

To a greater extent, it was Herme's psychological manifestation of "Hackland is my influence". If you want to prove this point, you don't have to do something.

When the time comes to join the Aedirn army, they will also get the king's money. How could these people lead to Hemei because of such a small profit—but if the royal family is gone (literally), this matter may have a miraculous effect...

The king obviously knew what Herme was playing. When Herme reported the plan, the letter sent by the king said,

"If you want to fix it, just fix it, don't go too far."

It seems that our King Demavi is fully aware of Herme's little selfishness, and he agreed with Herme's doing this. After all, as long as there is no problem with the royal family, this is a harmless thing.

A large part of the kingdom's standing army is still soldiers provided by the nobles and lords according to their obligations, but they are not loyal to the king after taking the king's money, and they have been like this for so many years.

Moreover, Herme has a special status. Now that Herme is the son-in-law of Cossack Gettleman, his father-in-law can undoubtedly stand on the game stage of various countries, so the attitude towards Herme has to be cautious.

In the previous siege against the Scoia'tael, Herme had already demonstrated the power he could mobilize, and from this, he could also get a glimpse of how much power his father-in-law could mobilize.

Herme was very satisfied with the king's attitude, so he was willing to serve the king and do things for the king, and strengthened his own strength in the process.

But at the moment, Herme quickly read the agreement, and after confirming that there were no problems, he signed it happily.

Henceforth, all Cossacks traveling to the Kingdom of Aedirn will sign such an agreement.

"Ah, that's the end of the king's business."

After signing, Herme said in a tone of "the job is done", and he stretched and twisted his waist.

"Speaking of Marondo, is there any news from the north? Don't tell me about the Scoia'tael, and something else, something interesting."

"A trade war between Temeria and Redania?"

Marondo tentatively brought up the incident in the northern political center, which is the biggest hot spot right now besides the Scoia'tael.

"Tsk, there's nothing to say about that. Foltest's power has expanded rapidly under the heavy pressure brought by the black-clothed army. Our Majesty King Vizmir wants to teach the young people some lessons."

Naturally, Herme also studied the key political events in the north, and he quickly grasped the core of the problem.

"If you ask me, these kings should think about how to deal with the dumping of Nilfgaard's goods instead of dealing with these things all day long. Right now, the handicraft industry in Aden is still prosperous with the support of the Harkland Market. I am trying to keep my own industry from shrinking. But what I say does mean that I am pointing fingers from a high place. After all, those countries have not found a new market, and there are few goods that can be sold in the Hackland market. Aden People make most of the money."

When it comes to the political situation in the north, Hemena talks eloquently, making all kinds of comments, frantically satisfying his desire to discuss politics.

The young people on the street can talk so much about politics. As an insider, this is of course even more so.

"So how do you think this trade conflict will end?"

Marondo felt that what Herme said was very interesting, so he continued to ask.

And Herme changed his posture, putting his legs on the table to make himself feel more comfortable.

"How else can it end? The Nilfgaardians are still eyeing the south. Their mutual accusations will soon disappear after the Nilfgaardians increase their troops, and then gradually talk about the unity of the north, just like this There’s no such thing as a trade war that’s torn so hard between the two sides.”

Herme's tone was full of ridicule, so-called propaganda, that's all.

Marondo felt that he heard a lot, and it was the first time he heard Herme's angle, so he couldn't help but feel that it was very novel.

"Let's talk about something else."

Heme then said, "Say something more interesting and stop politics."

"Master Dandelion's new work has been well received in Norriga, and the critics think it is another pinnacle of Dandelion's creation. All the books we sent to Norriga are sold like crazy. Our publishing house This time in the northern capital, it can be regarded as a reputation."

Herme was delighted with this news.

Novigrad, it is the de facto economic and cultural center of the North.

It is still a big city with a resident population of [-] and a floating population that is two to three times that number, with an actual population of over [-].

The work has been recognized here, which means that it has been recognized by the entire northern cultural circle.

"The editor of Sazarburg Press has set up a branch office for our publishing house in Novigrad. He bought a building and suggested that we should take advantage of this opportunity to make a name for ourselves and publish new works in Novigrad as soon as possible. Vigre has taken over the market. His suggestion is to publish some pornographic works, some erotic works and erotic novels, which the people of Novigrad like most."

"Pornographic works? This is absolutely not acceptable. We, Sazarburg Publishing House, cannot publish such things. If we want to lead the cultural development of the north, we cannot engage in these vulgar things."

Hemei directly said no to Sanya, really, he was pointing to Yuanda, how could he engage in Sanya.

For this, he has a big plan.

"Now let's announce to the public that Sazarburg Press accepts external submissions, and can always find some works of good quality and publish them first. I am currently writing a novel, and I am almost finishing the first part of it , then use it as an opportunity to fire the second shot."

"Ah, your novel, I have to say, it is indeed very attractive, Commander Herme, the reverse of the market must be very good, I am very curious about what Ed will experience in the capital."

Marondo has read Herme's novels (referring to the manuscript), and he is quite fond of Herme's works, and he is very obsessed with the world portrayed by Herme.

"Don't worry, don't worry, a good work takes time, Ed's final ending will definitely surprise you."

Yes, Hemei copied "A Song of Ice and Fire". He is also an enthusiast of this book. He basically remembers the plot, so copying it should not be too simple.

He plans to publish the first part of this set of books now.

And why didn't he finish copying it right away? That's because after all, he didn't fill in the Martin Pit when he crossed, so he had to adapt it.

For the adaptation, he is also very thoughtful, that is, he removes some lines from the beginning and gathers the story together.

Some of Martin's lines have already overwhelmed the main line, which has caused the main line to be delayed again and again. Then, by avoiding these problems from the beginning, the main line can be advanced-and this needs to be edited by himself.

But it will take time to do this, so Herme just decided to finish the first part first.

(End of this chapter)