Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 73 The Assassin Ready to Go

In the palace of Wengerburg, the important figures of the Lord Protector's government gathered together, because something very important happened, and Herme was very, very angry because of it.

"Bastard! Bastard! How could such a thing happen! Those Cossacks and Haklans robbed the whole way? May they all be infected with the plague, damn it, may they all be infected with the plague! Go to hell! "

Lord Protector Herme was roaring, roaring, angry at the news from the east, without the grace and calmness of a ruler at all.

Hemei has been too busy during this time, dealing with many affairs at home and abroad, coupled with the inertia of his previous thinking, so that he has forgotten one thing - to be precise, he still remembers, but already subconsciously I don't pay attention to it anymore.

That is the Cossacks and nomads, who have never been peaceful men and women.

No, it should be said that these guys are actually extremely vicious.

On the other side of the Blue Mountains, the rules of war are looting and killing. If you don’t have supplies or something, grab them all the way. That’s how everyone came here.

And now, these Cossacks and nomads have come to this side of the Blue Mountains, to the rich Aden.

Looking at the rich scene in front of them, it was quite natural for them to have different thoughts.

Next, they walked and robbed all the way. Neither the Cossacks nor the nomads felt that there was anything wrong. Isn't that what war is like.

But on Aden's side, this is bad. Although the northern army also robs things, it is often on the front line of the war.

It is really rare for Cossacks and nomads to go all the way, so the impact is very bad.

Although Marondo brought a lot of Xieqi Cossacks with him, these guys acted on their own, and he couldn't control the situation at all. He could only watch them rob and kill there.

After all, the Seche Cossacks had to control so many bulk Cossacks, and there were not many people who could be drawn out. Herme's father-in-law did not send new Seche Cossacks this time.

Marondo was also caught off guard, and did not expect to encounter such a situation.

Before Herme led the Hacklanders to come here, nothing like this happened, and even if it happened, the scale of the incident would not be too big.

This is caused by the effect of inertial thinking. A few times before, Herme knew that these guys were peeing, so she naturally paid attention to such things, specially strengthened the control, and prepared a sufficient amount of food, gold and silver. question.

This time, Marondo, he just didn't expect it. He habitually thought that the Cossacks and Haklans would be honest, and he didn't make other preparations. Hemei also forgot in his busy work—to be precise, he subconsciously ignored— Marondo was not reminded of this incident.

Therefore, there was a "grand occasion" in which this Eastern army went all the way to grab all the way. They robbed all the villages on the way, and even these guys even made plans for castles and towns.

Fortunately, they also knew that this was their own land, so at least they didn't kill people, they just robbed things.

Of course, they were robbing after all, so although they didn't kill anyone, they beat or even seriously injured people, which is not a lot at all. They even tied up the most fierce resisters with ropes and dragged them along.

"At present, some people in Wengerburg are saying that your soldiers are no different from the men in black in robbery, or even more ruthless than the men in black. I have arranged guards to prevent the spread of these rumors, but the news has spread. That’s all it can do.”

Charlene sighed. He has done everything he can do for this matter right now, but it is a pity that it will be useless.

"Some nobles seem to think that you plan to use this to start the purge of Aedian. A small number of people have been scared and led their troops back to their manors. There should be someone who is fueling the flames. After all, you have appointed a large number of your township parties to enter the government. , which offended a lot of people.”

"If I don't appoint my township party, can't I appoint them? I don't even know these people."

Hermelio waved his hand in boredom. He heard complaints about this topic a lot, but it was still the same sentence, what would he use if he didn't use his own village party, and he wouldn't dare use it if he wasn't from his hometown.

"Most people will not be confused by such rumors. At most, people will panic for a while. We have to find a way to cover up the limelight of these news. If we continue to let such things become the focus of people's mouths, it will be a big blow to our Lord Protector." The authority of the government can make a big difference."

Marshall was the one who spoke next, the head of the civil servants said solemnly.

And what he said next was seriously different from his serious appearance,
"How about some royal affairs? Some of the affairs of His Majesty's Damietta - may she rest in peace - we always like sex stories, and we'll add some sensational ones, like Lady Damietta once What are you doing with ten men, and horses..."

Marcie's voice became smaller and smaller, because he found that everyone was looking at him, as if looking at something strange
Following those gazes, Marsh couldn't maintain his serious expression.

The whole face was slung down, and he smiled a few times.

"In the past, when the kingdom encountered such a crisis of public opinion, we all did this. His Majesty the King doesn't mind at all if we create some sensational news about him."

Marcius explained his words and deeds, saying that this was a matter of precedent to follow, not that he was suddenly talking nonsense.

"Is this how the sensational rumors of His Majesty King Demavi came about?"

Selchik said belatedly, it was the first time he knew this, his face was full of surprise.

Naturally, the king wanted to hide such things from him. Selchik's character is too noble, so it is hard to say whether he can keep it a secret.

Charlene sneered, anyway, this matter is indeed a bit funny.

And Herme joined in, and everyone laughed.

With the sneer, the tense atmosphere finally turned and became a little more relaxed.

"I'm afraid it won't work now, everyone. We are in a state of war. After all, we still have to use things related to war to change the current situation. How about launching an attack on the front line? It can be solved by cutting off hundreds of Nilfgaardian heads. It's over."

The Duke of Guleta, Alex de Castileon, is a very young nobleman.

After his father abandoned the territory and fled, the 21-year-old took over his father's territory and led the army on the territory to fight against the Nilfgaardians.

The young duke had blond hair hanging down his head, and his young face was soft and feminine.

However, his military attire has greatly eliminated the softness brought by this feminine temperament. The young duke always wears armor to emphasize his masculinity.

What he represents is the will of the Aedirian noble group, and Herme let him enter the highest level of the Lord Protector's government to take care of this group.

This is the same as the Mayor of Vergen, Cecil, next to him. On the one hand, this dwarf was appointed by Herme to show goodwill to the non-human races in Aden, and on the other hand, to show goodwill to the dwarves of Mahakam.

Fortunately, here is Aedirn, and the friendship between the Aedirians and the dwarves can be said to have a long history, so Cecil's appointment did not cause much opposition.

And Cecil also knew what he came in for, so the dwarf sat in his position and remained silent most of the time, only agreeing with Herme's opinions, and didn't express much opinions, at most it was related to himself and Fer Say a few words about the matter.

When seeing Herme, Cecil would always sigh. He didn't expect that human being from the east would actually become the supreme ruler of the Kingdom of Aeden.

In comparison, the young duke was a bit annoying.

To be honest, Herme didn't like the young duke very much. On the one hand, it was out of displeasure with the children of the nobles. On the other hand, he had a strong dislike for the Harklanders because he ate a "Hackland barbarian" all day long. .

As the leader of these Hackland residents, Herme was still very upset to see her subordinates being "Hackland barbarians" (although they were indeed barbarians).

But this guy only has this problem, and everything else follows Hemei's lead.

It was for this reason that Herme did not deal with this guy.

Isn't it just called Harkland's savage? He can still tolerate small problems.

After the Duke of Guleta spoke, everyone began to chatter, some suggestions were reliable, some suggestions were not reliable, and some even argued with each other. They slapped the table and shouted loudly, as if this would be enough Overwhelm the opposite.

And Herme remained silent throughout the whole process, not saying a single word. He didn't comment on anyone's opinions, but just quietly listened to the opinions of all parties.

It is very unwise to dismiss the opinions of other people rashly, and they may not express their opinions in front of themselves after that.

Herme was thinking about how to solve this problem. This problem was really difficult. At the same time, he was also listening to other people's suggestions and integrating them.

"Okay, stop arguing, I already have an idea."

Following Herme's words, everyone stopped discussing.

Everyone looked at Duke Hu, wanting to know how Duke Hu judged this matter.

"For those who were robbed, all three times the compensation must be delivered to them, emphasizing that this is compensation from the government. Then, for those Cossacks and nomads, don't touch them first, and wait until they arrive at Wengerburg. Talk about it. Then mobilize some trustworthy troops over here, I have to give these guys Liliwei, Lord Charon, Lord Selchik, I will trouble you to handle this matter."

Charon and Selchik went directly to carry out the order. Herme's expression was so solemn, it seemed that this was his deliberate decision, and then everyone became busy.

Originally, they just ignored it, just compensated the robbed, and let the matter pass like this, but it will take time for the influence of those rumors to disappear, and Herme wants to cut the mess quickly.

Therefore, some people have to be hanged, and Hermey has to let those Getmans and chiefs hand over a few unlucky ones, so that he can give Aden an account.

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"Whoa, that's Wengerburg. It looks so big. The whole of Hackland probably isn't that big of a city."

"Such a big stone city, how many things did it take to build it? I really don't know how these Westerners built it."

"Hey, don't you all see how rich these Westerners are along the way? Why are you surprised here?"

"It is also true."

Outside the city of Wengerburg, exclamations like this kept ringing out, and the tone was like that of bumpkins who came here for the first time—and they were indeed a bunch of bumpkins.

Those who made these voices were the Cossacks and nomads from the east.

Everything in the west seems so novel to them.

Most of the Cossacks and nomads are dressed in the same way. They are typical barbarians wrapped in fur clothes. They are now sitting with their legs on the side of the saddle, sitting on the ground, or even lying down. down.

Those armored elites are all around their respective atamans and chiefs. You can see many figures wearing button-up coats and iron masks. This is the most powerful existence in this army, and it is also supported by these leaders. elite.

The farmers near Wengerburg watched them vigilantly, and many of them held farm tools in their hands. The reputation of these people for looting has long been spread.

Fortunately, these orientals were concentrating on admiring the sights of Wengerburg. They did not engage in the traditional art of robbery, otherwise the land would have been robbed long ago.

These men did not care, or even fear, that they had plundered the land of Aedirn.

In the rules of war on the Blue Mountain side, such behavior is a matter of course.

Not to mention, they didn't kill a single person this time, which is too interesting, how could they bother them.

Listening to the lingua franca with a strong accent behind him, Marondo felt dizzy. These guys really don't know what to do.

And after thinking about his experience during this period, he became even more dizzy. He was still far from enough to lead people. Those guys were so numerous that he could only shrink back when they made a fuss.

Then came some fear, the fear of not being able to complete the task.

Although he had a lot of Sheche Cossacks in his hands, when those warband atamans and nomadic chiefs decided to start looting, his little people could actually do nothing.

Marondo is clear, this time he can be said to have messed things up.

These Easterners have caused a lot of bad things in Aedirn, Lord Herme must have been seriously affected by this.

As the first person responsible for this matter, it is conceivable that Marondo is under great pressure.

Soon, Herme's team appeared in front of his eyes, and Hemei led a large team to meet him.

Marondo saw many nobles, officers, and officials. The nobles wore gorgeous and complicated costumes, while the uniforms of the officers and officials were uniform.

There were also large numbers of Aedirn soldiers in full armor, and many Cossacks, all armed and armored.

Undoubtedly, these soldiers came here for the army that robbed the way, but the other party obviously didn't realize why this army came. After all, it is quite common to wear weapons at ordinary times. Maybe it was the big boss ( Refers to Herme) to show majesty.

There are also many curious people following behind the team. Human beings always like to join in the fun, not to mention that in this terrible life now, they always have to find something to divert their attention.

They were separated by the Wengerburg guards, preventing them from getting too close to the Lord Protector, and they were stopped outside the line of defense composed of soldiers.

Marondo felt extremely ashamed, he really had no face to see Herme.

But we still have to see each other in the end, everything has to have a beginning and an end.

Soon, Marondo took the atamans and chiefs behind him and started to go to Heme.

In the same way, Herme also led the nobles and officers forward.

Herme looked at the faces that were getting closer and the huge army of "barbarians" behind them, thinking about the appropriate words in her mind, thinking about what to say to these people later.

The next thing to do is a bit dangerous, but it must be done.

This group of people has done so many bad things, they must give some explanation, even if it is just a symbolic surrender of one or two people.

Anyway, they are all their own people, punishment or something, just mean it.

The main purpose is to give people an explanation, to shut up some people's mouths, and to curb some bad influences.

But for these guys who take looting as a matter of course, even if they just hand over one or two people casually, I'm afraid it will cause a lot of trouble...

So when the time comes, how to speak and how to deter is an art.

At this time, among the crowd watching around, some people with malicious intentions started to act.

Sandor of Baraka was now among the crowd, watching Herme join his captain of the guard.

Although he came here as an assassin, he didn't deliberately hide anything, just stood there carelessly, even dressed in his usual clothes, except for the golden sun on it.

For such a job, the more ordinary the better, the more ordinary the safer.

But although it is said that he came as an assassin, this time he is not here to carry out the assassination, he is playing the role of a manipulator.

The imperial intelligence department can always find a lot of interesting things in the work day and night, but it takes a lot of energy and time to turn these interesting things into combat effectiveness and usable power You have to take the risk that the pay and reward may not be proportional.

For example, their previous investment and research results on the plague proved that everything was in vain. The plague warlock who went to the north died there directly, and the plague did not emit the effect it should have emitted.

However, their "fighting faction" still came up with some "things", those things established their status, and now is the time to make the best use of those things.

Sandor is very satisfied with the "weapon" that is waiting to be operated by him. For this reason, he also spent a lot of effort to collect a cult accessory from the islands, which greatly enhanced the combat effectiveness of this "weapon"

This is no less than his other great achievement, and these two are completely complementary, if one fails, then the other.

Two big jobs serving one person can definitely kill the target.

And not far away from him, there is a mysterious figure whose face is covered by a hood. The figure is tall and burly, with shoulders about nine palms wide, wearing a tattered bearskin coat, which looks quite scary people.

If the face of this person can be seen clearly, people will find that his eyes are dull, only white, which looks very scary

The veins on his face were still bulging, and he was terribly pale. This is a typical situation for a witcher who drank potions, and it seemed that he drank a lot, otherwise it would not be so scary.

This is one of the "weapons" that Sandor uses to kill.

Such an appearance naturally attracted the attention of many people. Even the guards of the nearby Wengerburg were discussing how to keep an eye on the strong man, which looked really suspicious.

For these sights, Sandor didn't care at all, even if he was stared at.

As long as this thing moves, it cannot be solved by a few or even dozens of guards.

Watching Herme's progress, Sandor calculated the time, but what he didn't know was that his "weapon" was being targeted by someone.

This is still a very tricky person. If this person fails, it will even bankrupt his plan...

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"Anahad? Why? Why is he there?"

Elan, the founder of the Griffin School, looked at the tall figure and said so.

"Lord Elan?"

Standing beside him was Cohen. He looked curiously at the founder of the school. Did Lord Elan see an acquaintance?

Cohen just came over after negotiating a business with the Wengerburg guards.

I don't know what happened recently, but the frequency of Qiqimo activities in Wengerburg has directly increased to a higher level. Qiqimo engineers and soldiers have all ran to the streets, and there are even sighting reports of Qiqimo fighters.

The guards suspected that there might be a Kizimo lair near the city, so they found Cohen and asked him to solve the problem.

Back to the present, originally, Elan didn't intend to go out to interfere with the witcher's affairs at all, but after Cohen told him that the Brotherhood of Warlocks had disintegrated and that the golden sun was now attacking the north, there was still Iva Evil Seeing the news about the Scarlet Curse, the legendary witcher's decision not to intervene in the secular world finally loosened.

He decided to come out and see, to see the world today.

He has been in the deep street of Aden for hundreds of years. Although he is an existence that no one dares to provoke in the underground world of Wengerburg, he still doesn't care about outside news and has long been out of touch with the outside world.

Cohen was naturally ecstatic, and Lord Elan's attitude finally relaxed.

If he is willing to come out and preside over the situation, the current half-dead state of the Griffin School will definitely be greatly changed.

In order to improve the current political situation of the founder of the school, he took Elan to the outskirts of Wengerburg to watch Herme receive the Cossacks and nomads from the east.

"That's Anahad, I'm not mistaken, the founder of the Bear School."

Elan answered the junior's question, and his hand was unconsciously placed on the hilt of the sword.

Even if it was turned into ashes, Elan still remembered Anahad, how could he not remember, when he fought with this person, it can be said that his head was broken.

Back then, it was Anahad who attacked and killed fellow demon hunters in order to grab a job, which ignited the civil war fuse of the demon hunter order.

When the demon hunters headed by Elan planned to punish this person, he directly led the demon hunters who followed him to start the civil war—Anahad was also very prestigious in the church.

Although Anahard was forced to flee in the end, he also took many demon hunters with him, and the division of the witcher order began.

"The founder of the Bear faction who drank the potion, and the magic in the air, interesting, this is really interesting, I just came out of the mountain, and I encountered such a thing."

Elan put his hand in front of his eyes, and some tiny blue light appeared on it, and the light shook a few times.

"Koen, I'm afraid there will be troubles in the future. Be smart later and don't get involved."

Elan said this, but Cohen was a little confused, trouble?What trouble?Why did Elan say that after seeing a founder of another school?

And at the next moment, that tall figure, that is, Anahad, he knocked away the crowd in front of him, just as easily as he knocked away a group of children.

He rushed towards Herme and drew his long sword.

Cohen now knows what trouble Elan is talking about, but he still doesn't take it seriously, isn't it just an assassination, even if the assassin is the founder of the witcher school, it is impossible to succeed, here With so many soldiers, this mess can't be too big.

But the development of things is often beyond people's expectations.

(End of this chapter)