Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 94 The Northern Summit
Floating Harbor, a town built along the upper reaches of the river in the Pontar Valley, surrounded by impenetrable shrubs and forests.

Due to this "isolation", for the local residents, the outside affairs seem to have nothing to do with them, and only passing ships can bring some outside information.

This town belongs to Temeria, and Temeria's lily flag can be seen on the streets from time to time, representing Vizima's rule over the town.

Only now, the flags of the Northern Alliance kingdoms fly here at the same time: Redania, Temeria, Kaedwen, Aedirn, and Rivia.

The eagle and the unicorn echo each other, the red grid on the white background and the three-color mountain pattern flutter in the wind, and the white lily stands proudly on top of them as the host.

The last time so many national flags flew together was during the First Civil War.

Floating Harbor should have always been a town that no one paid attention to, and only merchants who came and went on the Pontar River would settle here.

But things changed when this place was chosen as the venue for the Northern Summit. Armies from the five northern countries gathered here and attracted a large number of businessmen, actors and prostitutes who relied on crowds for business.

The street in Fugang, which usually only has two or three pedestrians, immediately became extremely lively. People from all over the north can be seen everywhere, and all kinds of voices form a symphony called bustling.

The city immediately became extremely prosperous. The hotels in the city were all overcrowded, and tents with the colors of the coat of arms of various countries were strewn outside the city, and all the trees that had grown under the town walls had been cut down.

This is a good thing for the floating port. The ruler of the floating port has always wanted to cut down these trees, but he has not done so due to lack of manpower.

Great changes have taken place in the simple square of the floating port. The luxurious heraldic flags of various countries are hung on the nearby simple houses, and the floor is covered with expensive woolen carpets.

The square is now full of people, because the summit of the northern countries has started.

The summit was conducted to unify the strategies of various countries. The participants included Foltest, King of Temeria, Henselt, King of Kaedwen, Dijkstra, Regent and Chief Intelligence Officer of Redania, and Prince Weir of Livia. m.

Of course, Herme, Lord Protector of Aedirn, was also among them.

And outside the summit venue, there are dignitaries and wealthy businessmen from various countries, as well as people who join in the fun, watching the summit together.

After all, the most important thing about this summit is to spread the signal of the unity of the North.

Hemei was standing in the square right now, looking at the four high-ranking figures in the north beside him, he felt very emotional that he was also a figure at this level, standing with these people who ruled the fate of countless people in the north .

That sense of accomplishment directly offset Herme's disappointment when she saw that Floating Harbor was too ordinary. After all, Floating Harbor can only be said to be a small town, and the only thing that is unique is the giant octopus.

However, Hemei sent people to look for it, but they didn't find the existence of the monster. At this point in time, the monster should not be here, just like the current governor of the floating port is not the one in the game.

Herme didn't feel too discouraged because of this, she just came to take a look, and it's fine if she can't see it, the main task this time is to participate in this northern summit.

"Everyone, before the start of the conference, I brought good news. Due to the supply problem, the Nilfgaardian army that besieged Maribor has returned to their starting point, and the siege of Maribor has been lifted. According to the current weather And the reconnaissance of the Nilfgaardian army, it is not expected that the Nilfgaardians will launch any more offensives before the spring of next year."

First of all, the speaker was King Foltest of Temeria. This king exuded the charm of a king in every gesture, and his handsome face gave him a lot of points.

It seems that the rumors are not wrong. Foltest is almost an ideal king, wise, generous, diligent, and a recognized handsome man.

But Herme also knew that his only problem was that his lust was too strong.

If Foltest's love games could be limited to the conquest of uninteresting widows and feral city women, it would not be a flaw... Unfortunately, he targeted the priestess, his ally Daughters of wives and friends...even his own biological sister.

This caused a lot of trouble for Foltest, and even made trouble with the vampire demon bird, but the king obviously never cared about it.

(It is the story at the beginning of the original book of the witcher. Master Jie lifted the curse of the vampire demon bird for Foltest's daughter.)
And Herme knew even more that he would die because of this.

But that was a long time ago. At that time, the Second Northern War had been fought for several years.

And now that the Second Northern War has changed so much, it's hard to say whether these things will develop according to the original logic.

"Ahem, Foltest, put an end to your braggadocio, make it sound like you actually drove the Nilfgaardians back from Maribor, I think we have more serious things to discuss now."

It was Henselt who had spoken, a king as rough as ever, more a bandit leader than a king—but a dignified bandit leader, too.

He yelled at the top of his voice, Foltest's face was a bit ugly when he was interrupted, but he didn't say anything.

"Why is Mi Wei's traitor son standing here on Livia's side? Where did Mi Wei go?"

These words immediately directed everyone's attention to Prince Wilm.

For Wilm, who imprisoned his mother as a coup d'etat, and then surrendered Nilfgaard as a puppet, this was exposing his old background.

Even if he has been anyway, this matter is an unavoidable stain.

It caused an uproar at the meeting place. This matter is a sensitive matter. It's okay not to mention it normally, but it would be bad if it was mentioned.

Now the field became tense, and the Livia became the center of everyone's attention in an instant.

Except for the two parties involved, the three people including Herme frowned. What is Henselt doing?

But then they all realized that this old bastard wanted to use this method to make himself a head start.

None of the three of them liked Henselt's approach, which was destroying the unity of the North in exchange for their own interests.

But he can't say anything by doing this, otherwise it will destroy the unity even more. They are not as shameless as this guy, and at most they can say a few words for Wilm.

Henselt's move is indeed a little troublesome, and now it's up to Wilm how to deal with it.

If Wilm doesn't cope well, this guy will be ahead of everyone in terms of momentum.

But Herme looked at Henselt's operation, and a smile appeared on the corner of her mouth.

I'm afraid this guy thinks that Wilm is still as weak and deceitful as before, and he still doesn't even express his own opinion.

That's a pretty good thing, Wilm's change is completely new.

"Your Majesty Henselt, my mother is still fighting in Nilfgaard, so she asked me to come to this meeting."

Wilm, who was wearing armor similar in style to his mother, did not show any fear in the face of Henselt's menace, and he met Henselt's eyes without fear.

This surprised all the northern rulers except Herme. This kid looked different from the cowardly child they had imagined who would only hide behind his mother.

"As for your 'traitor' accusation against me, Your Majesty Henselt, I have used the blood of the Nilfgaardians in Livia and Anglin to wash away my shame. Those mistakes are in the past, you The accusations are unquestionably egregious."

Under Henselt's oppressive eyes, Wilm seemed neither humble nor overbearing, without showing any fear, facing Henselt's pressure head-on, which undoubtedly saved the once intense situation caused by Henselt.

"I can attest to that."

Herme immediately responded to Wilm, "Prince Wilm has proven his ability on the battlefield. He is by no means a traitor. His Majesty Henselt, your accusations are absolutely inappropriate."

Herme was very upset with Henselt, but he never forgot what Henselt planned to do. Aiden was almost robbed by this guy.

Moreover, his relationship with Wilm is very good. He likes the character of this prince very much, and he also sighs that Mi Wei's son is really outstanding.

"Your Majesty Henselt, your accusations against Prince Wilm are indeed too much. In those terrible times, each of us had to do some helpless things under the tide... Some people were forced to Making peace with Nilfgaard, and some people intend to backstab allies... I think these things have passed, and it is not suitable to be discussed again."

The next speaker was Dijkstra of Redania, who was nearly two meters tall and weighed more than two hundred catties.

The secret agent was clasping his hands in front of his chest, looking like two sperm whales were kowtowing to a great white whale, exuding great pressure.

Both Henselt and Foltest's complexions subconsciously changed slightly because of these words. Dijkstra was undoubtedly trying to blame the two of them just now.

However, there is still a big difference in the nature of the two, the former is to add insult to injury, while the latter is forced to do so.

But if they want to reveal these things, they will not look good, and the nature of those things is better than Livia's direct surrender.

Sigismund Dijkstra, as the leader of the Redanian spy organization, does not look like a spy, far from the rumored stereotype of a spy.

In the eyes of ordinary people, a spy should be short and thin, with a mischievous face, always hiding in a big black hood, but he neither wears the standard hood of a spy nor likes to wear dark clothes, but he is very conspicuous.

Although this fat giant always gives people a stupid and dull feeling, anyone who is stupid enough to believe this appearance has become a corpse.

"Everyone, everyone, don't be too nervous. We are here for the unity of the North, not here to turn over old scores and make random accusations. Your Majesty Henselt, your accusations are indeed excessive. Prince Mu apologizes."

Foltest quickly changed the subject, and stopped discussing things like betrayal.

Now all the pressure came to Henselt. How he used the resentment in the north to put pressure on Wilm just now, and now he is being pressured.

There is no doubt that Henselt is unable to get off the horse, and originally planned to take advantage of Mi Wei's cowardice.

Even if someone else saves Mi Wei's cub, he can gain a lot of prestige and take the lead at the summit.

As a result, Wilm's performance was not at all like the submissive child behind his mother in his impression.

Although Henselt had received news about Wilm's victory in the South, it was still difficult to convince him that the child had changed so much.

And he paid the price for this. Wilm responded directly and forcefully, without any guilt and submissiveness that he expected, and then other northern rulers joined in.

Henselt understands this group of people, if it weren't for Wilm's toughness, they would never be like this, and his peers have never been bad people.

Facing the pressure from the entire venue, Henselt had to apologize to Wilm, expressing his apology.

"Okay, now that the discordant episode is over, let's continue our discussion."

Foltest said that Floating Harbor is the territory of Temeria, so naturally he will play the role of host,
"First of all, what we want to discuss is the division of labor among the countries in the next battle. Although the Nilfgaardian Eastern Army has been defeated, the Nilfgaardians still have a huge army. In the spring of next year, they will inevitably launch further attack."

This is the biggest problem facing the North right now. The combined Nilfgaardian army still has 23 to [-] troops, and it is still a terrifying force.

Not to mention, during this winter, Nilfgaard will inevitably increase its troops.

When this matter was mentioned, everyone stopped talking, because the pressure on Nilfgaard was indeed too great.

"Our country is currently mobilizing at a deeper level. It is estimated that in the spring of next year, [-] to [-] troops will be available to face the Nilfgaardians."

Foltest continued, this is already the highest mobilization allowed by Temeria's current national strength, and Temeria will have to pay a lot for this, but it must be paid.

"Your Majesty Foltest, if the mobilization continues in winter, will it put too much pressure on the people?"

This sentence came to Herme's mind, and he really wanted to ask this sentence, but in the end he swallowed the question.

Because this question is stupid, if he was in Foltest's position, he would definitely do it.

Now that Temeria is facing the threat of Nilfgaard's main force, Foltest can only use all his strength to prepare for war.

This must be done, even if Temeria is to be starved for it.

After the destruction of the Nilfgaardian Army on the Eastern Front, the focus of the war has come to the Western Front, and the Western Front will inevitably become the focus of a new round of war.

"The Redanian Royal Army has begun to cross the Pontar River one after another, and has mobilized 4 people. By the next spring, a total of [-] Redanian troops will enter Temeria to help Temeria. Asia. Moreover, the Free Corps has accepted employment from our country and will be able to go south in a few days."

As soon as Dijkstra came up, he threw out some serious news, which made everyone present pay attention to the Redanian regent.

And the tall and strong Dijkstra fearlessly met all eyes.

7 people, everyone is very curious, where did Redania find so much money and materials to mobilize so many people.

Besides the Redanians, the only one who knew what was going on here was Herme.

He knew that Dijkstra had received aid from Kovir, and that wealthy "neutral" country whose economic strength was no less than that of Nilfgaard still participated in this war on a large scale.

Kevier, the full name of the United Kingdom of Kevier and Powys, is located in the northwest corner of the north, surrounded by Prakshida Bay.

Because of its mountainous location, the country is extremely rich in minerals: many metals such as iron ore, copper, silver, zinc, nickel, lead, tin, and rare metals such as chromium, tungsten, titanium, and platinum.3/4 of the total production of metal diabolite, which has anti-magic energy, also comes from here.

And most importantly, Kevier also owns 80% of the gold in the entire world.

The country's glass and salt industries are also extremely developed, and glass and salt from the Kaldwin can be seen all over the north.

They established a port in Prakshida Bay, making it a trade hub for the entire continent, and at the same time, they could easily export their own mineral deposits and various products.

For this extremely wealthy country, it is not difficult to come up with a huge military expenditure.

Moreover, the fact that the Free Corps went south to join the war would have been impossible without Kevier's intentions. This is the largest professional army in the north composed of retired soldiers from various countries in that kingdom. The participation in the war must have been ordered by King Kevier.

"Kedwin can take out 3 people. Although our country is large, most of it is worthless. This is already the limit. But I can guarantee that all the people Kaedwin took out are real fighters, all of whom were killed by Kedwin. A brave man tested by Wen Dong."

Henselt's voice was much quieter when he mentioned the troops he could use.

People are all 3 or even [-], and he can pull out [-], but he can only lower his momentum.

Even if you brag, you can only brag about the bravery of the soldiers.

Of course, the troops that Livia can produce are definitely not as many as Kaedwind, but as one of the four northern countries, how can he compare it with Livia, which is a small country.

Hemei heard laughter from the crowd watching the ceremony, and he also saw Henselt's face darken. The king must have heard it.

He actually wanted to laugh too, but he finally held back and didn't laugh, which was too impolite.

Next, it was naturally Aden and Livia's turn, and Herme and Wilm looked at each other.

The two of them came here together, and they talked about what to say when the time came.

"Aedirn can send 4 men into Temeria to join the battle, or attack the Nilfgaardians from the flank. Our country guarantees that when the Nilfgaardians launch a spring offensive, our country will also launch a corresponding attack attack."

The words were spoken by Herme, and it was the first time that he spoke like this at such a summit of various countries under the gaze of everyone. This feeling of being watched made Herme feel very comfortable.

"My mother is currently leading the Livia army to be active in the Nilfgaard Empire. Our Livia country is small and poor, but we are still willing to give everything for the north. Our country can provide 3 or even [-] people, but Since our country is at the forefront of the Eastern Front, the Livia army cannot leave the motherland to join the war in Temeria."

Everyone understands these words. Livia's geographical location does not allow the kingdom to send the main force to fight abroad, and everyone understands it.

The clerks standing on the side were writing hard, recording all the words of the monarchs.

After that, these records will be bound and sealed, and placed in the archives of various countries, so that they can be taken out for confrontation when needed.

"Temeria is pleased with the promised assistance of the nations."

Foltest said that his expression looked very good. After all, all the northern countries promised military assistance, and Temeria no longer needed to fight alone.

"Next, let's move on to the next topic, about the current tariff issues among countries..."

As a summit gathering of many rulers in the north, there are not only military issues to be resolved here, but also a series of issues such as taxation and diplomacy between countries.

These issues are not very big, but still need to be determined.

And now that it is the background of the northern alliance against Nilfgaard, no one will raise the territorial issue without prioritizing—not even the Kaedwin king.

In this regard, Herme felt a little boring. These things were long and boring, but this was the reason for this summit.

(End of this chapter)