Warlords of the witcher world

Chapter 97
After the Virang chief expressed his submission to the Lord Protector, the big lizard stood up and explained the situation of the Vilang tribe to Heme in a condescending and hissing lingua franca.

"Hiss... Lord Protector, currently our tribe has about three thousand people, and there are also about a thousand people scattered in the Blue Mountains. If you need them, I can call them, but I don't know what you want. How many Weilang people have been taken away."

The chief of the Weilang people named Jiasi Luojia tried to slow down his tone, exuding goodwill as much as possible
It's a pity that due to the unique head structure of the Weilang people, the voice still sounds like a demonstration, as if threatening Herme.

In his heart, Jiasluojia really didn't want to be as humble as he is now, but he had no choice.

The dominance of human beings on the mainland is unshakable, while the number of Weilang people has declined to the point where even the elves can't compare, and they have been driven into several reserved areas on the Blue Mountains.

And their Weilang people benefited from their allegiance to the ancestors of the Demavi Kingdom, so they can develop steadily.

Then it has the current scale today, and it has become the largest settlement of Weilang people in the entire continent.

But they didn't have any other thoughts because of this. The physical fitness of the Weilang people is indeed stronger than that of humans, but that's all. Their fertility rate and number are completely incomparable with humans.

Therefore, the foreign policy of the tribal chiefs in the past is to develop as low-key as possible.

At the same time, try not to participate in the affairs of the Kingdom of Aden, and try to reduce your sense of existence as much as possible.

They will only send envoys to show their allegiance when the king of Aedirn is dead and crowned, to show their existence, and most importantly, to show that they have the protection of the king of Aedirn.

Usually, they just hide in the mountains honestly and develop this piece of land assigned to them.

This low-key policy has indeed benefited the lizards. As time went by, the king of Wengerburg became less and less concerned—or to be precise, forgotten—the loyal non-human tribe below.

Only in the first 20 years of their allegiance, the Weilang people were conscripted and served in corvee a few times, and then they were left alone, and the tribe was able to develop smoothly.

Although they were able to develop smoothly, they still didn't move any wrong thoughts. They shrank within the territory designated by King Aedian back then, and they didn't dare to go one step further.

Even if the materials in the territory cannot meet the needs of population growth, they would rather dig holes to grow mushrooms and eat these dry fungi, and never step out of the territory.

There is no way, this world is too difficult, so I can only go on as much as possible.

Thanks to the cold-blooded nature of the Weilang people, these large lizards are generally cold and not easily affected by emotions.

Otherwise, there would have been chaos within the Weilang people because of such a humiliating foreign policy, or a wave of dissatisfaction would explode after accumulating for a hundred years. The current Scoia'tael is exactly the latter.

In this Northern War, their plan was to keep pretending to be dead as long as no one came from Wengerburg.

War is the most likely to cause a large number of casualties among the tribe. After humans discover the fighting power of the Weilang people, they will inevitably recruit a large number of people. At that time, the entire tribe will be seriously affected.

And the current King of Aedirn did not think of the existence of these large lizards, and did not recruit the Weilang people.

It was the collapse of Aden that made them quite worried. If Aden was over, they would have to deal with the new human rulers, the Nilfgaardians, and they didn’t know how these men in black from the south treated them What attitude are they.

This worry dissipated after Herme reorganized the mountains and rivers of Aden, and the large lizards thought they had escaped.

But not long after, it was Herme who led the army, and those hopes were dashed, and they had to join the battle in the end.

Although the Lord Protector mentioned here is not of the blood of the Aedirian royal family, he is the ruler of Aedirn after all.

Then follow the contract and send out your clansmen.

As for the choice of resistance, it has never appeared in the minds of Weilang people.

Against humans?What kind of joke is this? With their three melons and two dates, how could they succeed.

At present, the total number of Weilang people is only barely close to [-], and they are widely distributed in the Blue Mountains and the Giant Dragon Mountains. It is only a dream for these people to fight humans.

Even when they were still strong, the Weilang people were powerless against humans.

At that time, the total number of Weilang people was only about one million, but now the number of humans in the north and south may not be 6000 to [-] million. If there is a war, they will be consumed to death.

Jiasi Luojia now only hopes that the Lord Protector of Aedirn will not recruit the Weilang people too much, causing their population growth to be directly interrupted, and even the entire tribe will go extinct.

This kind of thing has been recorded in the records of the Weilang people.

Some non-human races who are loyal to human beings are driven to die in this way.

The clansmen continued to die on the battlefield, and only some old, weak, sick and disabled remained in the tribe, and then the tribe perished.

On the other side, Herme didn't care about the tone of the Weilang chief.

He can still understand the gentle meaning in this guy's tone, just show obedience.

"I won't draw too many Vilams,"

Herme looked at the face of the lizard. Although he couldn't make out the expression of the Vilang man, he knew exactly what the lizards were worried about.

Along the way, he did not forget to ask the guide for information about the Weilang people, and found that these large lizards were extremely low-key, for fear of attracting the attention of the outside world.

After learning about this, he knew what the Weilang people were worried about.

"As long as two hundred is enough, but I want the elite of the whole ethnic group, the kind who have experienced the real cruelty, and you have to come with you. Do it well, Weilang people, I am a generous person, as long as you If you work hard, I will also provide corresponding rewards, and even allow your family to live a better life, have a larger residence, and collect more resources."

Herme's words revived the bright red-eyed Verandian immediately.

But it's not for that big pie, the big pie lizard people have never been taken seriously, only what is in the hand is the real thing, but the number of people recruited.

200, this is an amount he never thought of.

He originally thought that the Duke Protector who came this time would have to drag the Qianweilang people away. After all, even the Weilang people who have just grown up are still a good fighting force on the battlefield.

"no problem."

Gasroga immediately agreed, as if he was afraid that Herme would regret it the next moment.

Seeing his reaction, Herme found it quite funny. It turns out that these cold-blooded creatures also have their moments of anxiety.

And there are two reasons why Herme only recruited two hundred Verands.

On the one hand, these people are enough for two or three years.

How to use these monster infantry on the battlefield needs to be explored, so it is not suitable for pulling too many people, and a hundred people are enough for a long time.

On the other hand, Herme planned to get a Weilang guard for herself, and this was where the other hundred people would go.

Herme had such an idea the first moment he saw these large lizards.

As guards, they are better than ordinary knights no matter what.

Especially the chief, the hammer he was holding was very powerful at first glance, this guy must be very strong.

As for the reliability of the Weilang people, this is the least of their worries.

Although they are both non-human races, the Weilang people have a very estranged relationship with most non-human races.

It can even be said that they deliberately kept a distance, and the relationship seemed very indifferent.

The only non-human race that has a good relationship with them is the raccoon monsters who are also the aborigines of this continent.

Anthropology has long studied this point.

Some believe that this is a remnant of the elves after they wiped out the Verang people, some believe that these large lizards are simply indifferent by nature, and some believe that the Verang people have been entrapped by other non-human races.

In the end, all parties reached a consensus that the problem lies in the era when the power of the Weilang people declined on a large scale.

But what happened in that era, the young Vilam people have no idea at all.

As for the elders in the ethnic group, no matter how they ask, they avoid talking about it, and they seem to be very afraid of that topic.

And this characteristic made it impossible for them to accept the Scoia'tael's solicitation.

That is, regardless of the irreconcilable relationship between the Weilang people and the elves, the nature of Scoia'tael alone is enough to keep these large lizards away.

The Scoia'tael is nothing more than the pawns of the Nilfgaard Empire, and the pawns thrown by the white ship nobles in the Blue Mountains.

Once it has no value, it will be discarded immediately.

(The white ship refers to the ship of the demon hunter world, the elves that travel through the world, and the black ship is the battleship of the wild hunt, the one that appeared last in The Witcher 3. Judging from the existence of those elf sages, the white ship is still there, and the elves In fact, the inheritance is still continuing, and they obviously participated in the centuries-old blood breeding experiment, most of which are in the Blue Mountains. Most of the elves in the world of demon hunters were interrupted by humans. , so the White Ship nobles refer to those nobles who have inherited the knowledge of the White Ship, such as Francesca and Ada Emin.)
The cold-bloodedness of the Weilang people allows them to easily see the essence of many things. Under such circumstances, is it possible for them to join the Scoia'tael?That's not death.

"Then gather your clansmen."

Herme continued, "I'll give you one day. After one day, you must go to Vergen, and I will wait for you there."

"Yes, Lord Protector."

Just like that, the tall lizardman knelt down in front of Herme again, and all the Vilang people who knelt down together.

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It has to be said that the reaction of the Weilang people is still very fast.

Just three hours after Herme disbanded the army and reached Vergen, these large lizards arrived at the city of Vergen.

However, they created a lot of panic along the way. The Weilang people have not been active on the mainland for a long time, so their large-scale appearance scared many people.

Some lords even thought that these lizard monsters were going to launch a counterattack against humans, just like those elves, and began to gather troops to exterminate them.

Fortunately, they had the scrolls and banners that Herme gave them, as well as the envoys left on the way, otherwise these big lizards would have to fight all the way.

Because Jiasi Luojia did bring a team of Weilang elites, and their strong scales generally have scars. It goes without saying how much strength is needed to break the scales of these monsters. It can be seen that they What a horror of monsters ever wrestled.

In other words, this is a team that basically has fighting experience with powerful monsters, and is the elite of the Weilang people.

But just as they had made all the fuss on their way here, the presence of the Vilams in Vergen had frightened many.

Even many of Herme's entourage had the same reaction, and Herme had to spend a long time explaining before solving the problem.

Some people are disgusted by the presence of the Vilams, who are mainly Cliff followers.

In the propaganda of the Cliff Church, the Weilang people are demons, and it was the Cliff Church that mainly completed the achievement of driving the Weilang people into the mountains.

However, due to Herme's status as Cliff's favored person, it is not difficult for him to suppress such opposition. After all, those things have passed for a long time, and it is rare to really have a deep hatred with the Weilang people.

Just when Herme was about to move on and return to Wengerburg after finishing the matter that had been delayed for the past few days in Vergen, an unexpected news came.

"What? Hogg actually agreed to see me."

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Brovar Hogg, the actual ruler of Mahakam, the Great Elder of the Mountains, is also the most controversial non-human race.

He is almost 200 years old, and has been sitting in the position of the Great Elder for more than [-] years. He has witnessed the ups and downs of the surrounding human kingdoms, and also ensured that Mahakam will stand firm in the turbulent era.

Some see him as the last hope for the survival of the ancient race, while others see him as a cowardly apostate.

200 years ago, the elves made the last desperate attempt to drive humans out of the continent. The elves sent messengers to Mahakam, expressing that the ancient races must unite to drive out humans.

But after hearing this, Hogg turned around and drove him out of the dwarf's home, and closed the gate tightly.
When humans and elves fell into a fierce battle, ten years, 20 years, 30 years... After a full 100 years passed, Mahakam opened the door again.

At that time, the dwarves were eager to know the outside world, especially the news about the war.

But the result of the war was tragic, the elves were completely defeated, the kingdom was reduced to ruins, and the battlefields from Feilong Mountain to Anglin were covered with dead elf corpses.

If Brovar Hogg had agreed to fight a hundred years ago, the dwarves would have met the same fate as the elves.

It was the vision of the Supreme Elder that allowed Mahakam to prosper when the elves fell...

Although the guilt caused by this has been weighing on the hearts of the dwarves, this also includes Hogg.

Since then, the dwarf elder has worked harder to make Mahakam into an iron bucket.

The elves are finished, and as the largest non-human race group today, the dwarves naturally bear the brunt.

In various aspects, Hogg carried out a series of operations to strengthen the strength and unity of Mahakam. At one point, he even thought about cutting off Mahakam's connection with the entire outside world forever.

He believes that all other races are threats to the tradition and culture of the dwarves for thousands of years. They continue to erode everything about the dwarves secretly, and intend to assimilate them and reduce the dwarf's will to resist, just like they did to the elves. .

Because of this, the daily life of this mountain country is strictly regulated, and the decrees issued by the clan council will control even the smallest details.

Example: Are suspenders legal?Is the carp ready to eat or do I have to wait until it congeals into a jelly?Is playing the ocarina in line loyal to the tradition of the dwarves, or is it derived from the decayed human culture?If it belongs to the former, is it difficult to be elegant?
These complicated rules caused many dwarves to flee the country of mountains, but who can say that the dwarves who escaped from Mahakam have nothing to do with the mountains. It seems that the dwarf communities in various places must have connections with Mahakam.

Many believe that Mahakam has actually established an intelligence network covering the entire continent.

Hogg is undoubtedly successful. Under his rule, Mahakam has become an iron barrel, which is impenetrable in terms of politics, economy and culture, like a wall of iron.

The high-intensity control also allows Mahakam to explode extremely terrifying energy in a short period of time, not to mention the economic nuclear bomb that can destroy the human economy.

Hogg is also one of the few rulers on the mainland who really look forward to the arrival of the frost, because under the surface, the dwarves hollowed out the entire mountain and built a city.

The temperature here is stable, and the mushrooms grown can get a good harvest even without a little sunshine.

Therefore, even if hoarfrost freezes the entire continent for hundreds of years, the dwarves will be safe.

When the frozen period is over, there will be a free world without human scourges outside.

For a long time, Herme wanted to meet this legendary dwarf, and it was worth just chatting with him. Hemei believed that he and the elder dwarf had a lot to talk about.

Of course, there is also the release of goodwill towards Mahakam, as well as seeking more assistance from there, such as volunteers, such as weapons and armor...

Mahakam is the largest exporter of weapons and armor on the entire continent.

After all, Herme has always been very poor, and it is better to ask for something than to spend money on her own.

When he first started going around for alms, he still cared about face, but now, he doesn't care about face or not, what is important is getting things.

It's a pity that all his communication with Mahakam has been lost forever.

Then he didn't expect that Hogg agreed to Herme's visit when he felt it was impossible to meet the Great Elder face to face.

And also went to the branch of the Mahakam Mountains closest to Vergen to wait specially, which can be said to be extremely courteous to Herme.

Facing this long-awaited invitation, Herme did not hesitate.

It just so happens that my team is also at the juncture of departure, so I just need to change direction.

In this way, he led his team to Mahakam to meet the legendary Great Elder Mahakam.

Soon, the mountains of Mahakam also appeared in front of Herme. Looking at these majestic mountains, Herme was quite amazed at their majesty.

Then, he led his army into the mountains.

(End of this chapter)