Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 86 The Lingering Evil Gods
Edsberg, once the main fortress on the southern border of the Kingdom of Aedirn.

And now this is the last bastion of the Nilfgaardian Eastern Group Army on the Eastern Front, gathering the last strength of this Nilfgaardian heavy army group.

Oh, it should be said that the last part of the Eastern Army that still obeys Adal Aip Daxi.

Those who can still be loyal to him now are basically his diehard loyalists in the army, and there are some big soldiers who have been dragged in without knowing anything.

After all, after the Battle of the Burning God Tower, Adal completely lost his prestige and control in the army. Everyone was already dissatisfied with this layman who had been assigned, so it was only natural to get rid of his command now.

And beyond the fortified walls of Edelsberg lay a land that had been burned and trampled.

There used to be many houses and farmlands beneath the walls of Edsberg, but the Nilfgaardians burned them all, and they didn't restore them.

After all, the field of view and shooting range of the city wall have been expanded, which is beneficial to defense.

In fact, the northerners will also do the same, burning down the farmland and buildings under the city wall during the war, providing the defenders with a wide range of fire.

But since the Nilfgaardians have done this, they must focus on propaganda. As for the truth, the least important thing in propaganda is the truth.

A little further away is the camp of the besieging army of Aden.

From a distance, the tents of the Aden people look like the ocean, and there are tents in the color of the national emblem of Aden everywhere.

The Adian people dug a large number of trenches and berms around the city, and the entire city was impenetrable.

The Aedirians are still digging more trenches, making their fortifications closer and closer to the city walls, to facilitate future sieges.

Naturally, the Nilfgaardians in the city would not just watch the northerners build fortifications like that. The counterweight trebuchets and fire scorpions in the city bombarded the outside of the city almost non-stop.

It's a pity that the Adenians dug trenches in existing trenches, so the Nilfgaardian attack played little role.

Even if they hit the trench by chance, they would kill at most a few people, and once the corpses were carried away, the Adian people could continue digging.

Several rounds a day the Aedirian artillery bombarded the walls of the fortress, and though they were still too small to breach the walls, they were enough to keep Nilfgaard under pressure.

The people of Aedirn also erected several towering catapults to hurl stones into the city, and more catapults are in the works.

However, although it was completely surrounded, the situation in Edelsburg was fine.

As the largest fortress and material distribution center of the Eastern Group Army in Aden, a large amount of food and various materials are stored here, and there are also various rewards for the army. They are all good things, enough for tens of thousands of people in the city. Persist for a long time, so as not to let them get into trouble due to insufficient supplies.

However, although there is no need to be trapped by food, the state of the defenders in the city is very bad.

In Edelsberg, all the remnants and defeated soldiers of Nilfgaard on the Eastern Front are assembled. Now the army is scattered. It is generally the case that soldiers cannot be found, and soldiers will not be found. Team up to form combat units to defend the fortress.

That guy Adal didn't show any desire to rectify his troops. The commander of the Eastern Army Group has now fallen into despair. He knows how bad the current situation is.

His future is completely over, and politically he has become a dead man.

It's already like this, so let's do whatever, now he only wants to spend a day in Edsburg, anyway, the wall of this fortress is strong enough, so let's keep it like this.

Under such circumstances, how could the morale of the soldiers be improved, and the military discipline has become extremely bad.

In addition to repairing the walls, soldiers were either in brothels or getting drunk in the streets.

It is also thanks to Edsberg's sufficient supplies that they can afford to do this.

If enough supplies and money are distributed, the soldiers can still cheer up and fight.

Edelsberg also gathered a large amount of wealth plundered by the Nilfgaardian army, and Adal is not stingy with the money in his hands now.

In his opinion, the money is meaningless to him, so he should pay it.

Although the soldiers were drunk and dreaming every day, they still showed the high professionalism of the Nilfgaardian army when defending the city, and they still behaved very decently and orderly.

The middle- and upper-level officers turned a blind eye to the chaotic images of the soldiers during non-wartime. They either started to show up badly because their political life was highly bound to Adal, or they were looking for the Adar outside the city. The way of colluding with the Indians in order to seek their own safety.

Of course, the most common thing is to hang around one day, and try to hang out as much as possible.

So everyone is either messing around or messing around. If it weren't for the strength of Edelsberg itself and Adal's unhesitating handing out of money, the fortress would have fallen long ago.

But today, the people of Nilfgaard, who were relying on the strong city walls of Edelsberg, found that the pressure they faced suddenly increased, because the people of Aedirn played new tricks.

The Aedirn Artillery used Molotov cocktails, a new toy from the Gunpowder Workshop in Fort Sazar.

These shells were heated in a fire before being loaded into the barrel, and to avoid igniting the gunpowder, the shells were wrapped in wet grass.

After hitting a wall or a house, these shells would shatter, and the scattered fragments would stick nearby with the force of the impact.

Because these fragments tend to spread widely, they can create numerous flames, hamper efforts to suppress fires, and allow flames to grow further.

If not done well, this can create a super fire.

Right now Edsberg is in such a predicament. The incendiary bombs of the Adenians ignited the wooden houses in the city, and the flames spread immediately. Now the Nilfgaardians are busy scrambling to put out the fire.

Since it was the first time they faced such a situation, the Nilfgaardians made quite a mess.

However, with hard work, the flame was extinguished.

However, the shelling of the Adian people continued.

In Edelsberg's main castle, Adar Aip Darcy was looking at the flame.

The duke had regained his dignity, and at first glance he was still the haughty nobleman.

It's just that there is no pride in his eyes now, and there is only peace in his eyes.

A calm called despair.

"Lord Adal Aip Daxi, the battle situation is so bad anyway, why don't you try our method, maybe you can't do it well, and you can definitely fight back. At that time, the head of the northern barbarian will be hung on your in front of."

Behind Adal, a hoarse voice sounded.

I saw that the owner of that voice was a person wearing a golden mask, a large black robe, and a dark sun symbol on his body.

This already speaks to his identity, a member of Eclipse of Night, a cult wanted and hunted down in Nilfgaard.

Because the activity frequency of various ghosts and snake gods in the south is an order of magnitude lower than that in the north, people in the south don't believe in ghosts and snake gods. Many people regard this matter as superstitious and ignorant.

In the teachings of the Great Sun, this superstition and ignorance is what needs to be washed away.

As for the Eclipse of Eternal Night, it is the heavyweight inside, directly confronting the core teachings of the great sun, so none of these believers can stay.

But never at the top of the Nilfgaardian Empire, because they know what has power.

Moreover, those ancient families have more or less contact with these ghosts and monsters.

There is no lack of various mysterious methods in the struggle in the city of the golden tower. Whether it is for offense or defense, the ancient families will have a little sorcery other than magic.

Moreover, Adal also knew that among the nobles of Nilfgaard, there was a family of high-level vampires.

(Here is an introduction to some attitudes towards magic in the world of demon hunters. Regarding magic, the upper and middle classes regard it as "scientifically explainable", and warlocks also compare themselves to masters of the "science" of magic. As for Those things in the countryside, such as druids and god worship, are regarded as iron superstitions, so warlocks despise druids and priests.)
So here in Adal, it is not surprising that the Eclipse of Eternal Night, which is wanted all over the empire, appears at all.

"I know that our reputation is not good, and you can't trust the believers of lion-headed spiders, but this time we provided the help of an archipelago god to tie the knot for it. Cliff behind the Duke was destroyed, he wanted revenge, he wanted revenge so badly, so he was willing to help you. All you have to pay is other people's lives, and if you want, it can even be given here The power of the entire army turns them into powerful beasts, which is enough to change the battlefield."

The believers of Eclipse of Eternal Night continued to seduce. Although his voice was hoarse, it seemed to have some magical power, and he wanted people to listen to it.

It's just that it doesn't work for Adal Aip Darcy here. As a member of the ancient family, how could this little magic method work for him.

He just looked at the cultists who performed wildly, with a mocking expression on his face, this kind of words and means would not let him fall into it.

But it is very sad that it seems that if you want to break the situation now, you can only accept the suggestions of these cultists.

At present, the offensive of the Adian people is getting more and more fierce, and the Central Army is also caught in the war with Temeria. It is getting more and more difficult to count on the army to come to help.

And there is another important point, that is, whether Emhyr will let the Central Army deliberately stand still so as to kill him.

The matter of their formation of an opposition group is still a secret, but no one dares to bet that the news will not be leaked.

And the most important point is that half a month has passed since Edelsberg was surrounded. According to the information he collected, the Central Army did not show any desire to rescue him.

It appears that outside assistance is out of the question.

So the method proposed by these cultists who appeared suddenly, as well as the help of that "Svalblo", were his only options right now.

As for whether these people can do it, as a senior executive of the Nilfgaardian Empire, Adal has seen many bloody cases made by such cultists.

As long as they are given this time, the cultists can still do great things.

"The whole army is fine."

A'dal said, "I can take out [-] slaves. I think with the ability of that Great God, this number should be enough."

"My lord, you will definitely be grateful for your wise choice in the future."

The believers of the Eternal Night Eclipse bowed in front of A'dal exaggeratedly, "800 people are completely enough, I will prepare now, and use the fastest speed to create the effect you want."

After saying these words, the believer of Eclipse of Eternal Night stepped into the shadow of the room, and his figure slowly disappeared inside.

The sarcasm on A'dal's face became even more obvious. He wanted to throw a block of magic gold in, to teach this cultist a lesson, so that he would not play such small tricks in front of his eyes in the future, but in the end he held back up.

Hmph, you damn cultist, you think this will kill me, don't you?

In his heart, Adal thought this way.

I don't know that you guys have evil intentions, if I really have no choice now, I would have hanged you guys a long time ago.

It's just a pity that now he can only seek skin from the tiger.

But this doesn't mean that he will act exactly according to these guys' ideas.

As a person who came out of the cruel political game in the city of the golden tower, it is indeed impossible to kill him in battle, but playing tricks is another matter.

These people came here to bewitch, most of them want him to go to the doctor in a hurry, and use his eagerness to lure him into some trap.

But he just refused to agree, even if he was forced to cooperate with these people, he would not act according to their rhythm, and wanted to cause trouble for them.

In his heart, he was still very dismissive of these things.

If the situation wasn't so bad right now, he would have chopped off the heads of this group of people as soon as they appeared.

After ringing the bell beside the table, a staff officer immediately walked in and bowed to A'dal.

"Send out all the anti-demon gold in the supplies. I need a small piece of everyone. Then gather all the slaves and drive them to the barracks that we burned. The soldiers guarding these slaves are doing as much as possible. Put on the armor of magic gold."

Although Adal disdain is disdain, but also attaches great importance to cooperation.

The Duke was a little worried about what they were going to do with the opportunity, so the layout should naturally be more targeted. After all, working with cultists is like seeking skins from tigers.

But in his heart, Adal still felt uneasy.

For some reason, he always felt that everything would go out of control in the end, but considering that this was cooperation with cultists, he was not surprised why he had such thoughts.

And uneasiness is uneasiness, he knows that he has only such a choice.

But out of his habit of being a political animal, A'dal didn't want to be completely treated as a wedding dress and a pawn to be manipulated at will.

Thinking like this, A'dal summoned his cronies, and he had to give some orders... If necessary, he would use his power to finish off, and he wouldn't satisfy the guy who wanted to frame him.

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"how is the situation?"

At night, the believer of the Eternal Night Eclipse who disappeared in Adal's room appeared in a half-collapsed room in the ruins of Edelsberg.

There are other believers of Eclipse of Eternal Night appearing here, and now they are looking at the believer who visited A'dal.

After experiencing the fire during the day, many places in Edelsberg were abandoned, and this place became the base for these people's activities.

"He agreed, but only gave us [-] slaves, and he was very vigilant, and issued a series of targeted orders. It seemed that he was afraid that we would take the opportunity to cause trouble."

"Hmph, he has quite a brain, but it's a pity that it's not us who are really going to do it this time, but that Svalblo. That guy is obviously a little crazy this time, and it seems that he really wants to use his own power. How many years has it been?" Nothing happened anymore, this guy will inevitably be besieged next time, and his strength is still not enough to withstand the siege. For such a crazy person, A'dal's defenses are useless, as long as he opens his mouth, that person's will can be achieved.”

"Let that lunatic go crazy. It just attracts the firepower. Don't let our actions be noticed. Speaking of which, the gods have become more active in the past few years, and all forces are about to move. Didn't see that this time there is still a lion People with spider heads also came to join in. And those so-called good gods, as well as alien races and monsters, no one is idle."

"After all, the moment of fate has come, and everyone wants to profit from it. This is an era of contempt. Everyone is facing the baptism of fire. Even the gods in the sky have been affected. Svalblo, who has been silent for a long time The lion head spider and the lion head spider have both started to act, didn't my lord also seize this opportunity? If not, how could there be the expansion of the Eclipse of Eternal Night in the west."

These cultists in black robes and masks discussed the general trend of the world and the hidden struggle of the world among the ruins.

Coupled with their weird outfits, all of this looks very cult, like a gathering of ghosts and monsters in the dark.

"Okay, don't continue discussing here, go to the lunatics who believe in Svalblo, and tell them that they can act. By the way, is there any news about Destiny's Child?"

The black-robed man wearing a golden mask said, and then he asked about another major event that the Eclipse of Eternal Night was busy with,
"Still looking, that warlock is well hidden, but it will be dug out sooner or later. It has been confirmed that it is within the province of the empire. It will take time to determine the specific location. Our commando team has already passed, mainly to determine the location. Attack them all at once."

"Then let's take action, everyone, we will leave after we are done with the Svalblo believers. Don't stay in a place where there is trouble, just let them mess around."

After speaking, the figure of the man in black robe disappeared into the darkness.

The other men in black robes followed quickly and disappeared here one after another.

In this way, the ruins returned to calm, as if no one had ever been there, and there were no gatherings of cultists.

After a while, a group of Nilfgaardian soldiers patrolled past, and they didn't even look at the ruins. These soldiers all wanted to end it all and have a drink.

(End of this chapter)