Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1693 1665. Waves

Faced with Lan's sudden and nonsensical question, Dijkstra, with the string in his mind tense, answered almost subconsciously.

"At least a month!"

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, the spy noticed the playful look of the demon hunter opposite him.

But before the words are spoken, you are the master of the words. After the words are spoken, the words become your master.

Words that have been spoken cannot be taken back, so Dijkstra had no choice but to bite the bullet and pout as he continued to explain further to Lan En.

"Okay! We have been keeping an eye on you, including the time you disappeared, the time you appeared, and any changes you made after you appeared. You should ask yourself which intelligence officer in this world doesn't keep an eye on you!"

"We're keeping an eye on your horse and your cat. They first came into the public eye when you went to Novigrad because your personal assets fluctuated a bit."

"But I know you don't care about that right now."

The spy folded his arms across his chest.

"It took your horse two days to get from Vizima to Goth Velen, but even if it could maintain that speed, it would take half a month to get from Novigrad to Long Exeter! It is truly an incomparable horse."

"But we all know that no creature can keep moving at its maximum speed for a long time. Even the monsters you demon hunters are familiar with cannot do that. So your horse's journey must be extended by at least half a month for rest along the way."

"Teleport it here and get you straight to Novigrad. It will still take at least a month."

"It won't help your anxious situation at all, unless?!"

At first, Dijkstra was very sure of what he said.

But later, as his analysis became more in-depth, and Lan En's eyes on him remained unchanged, he himself began to realize that something was wrong.

Even his tone became hesitant.

"You can't do this!"

He had a guess in his mind, but it was ridiculous.

"Why not, Dijkstra?"

Lan En passed him and went back to the terrace. When the fluffy ball saw Lan En put on the armor, he immediately put on his own cat armor in high spirits.

Why is it impossible?

Dijkstra now just found it ridiculous.

He subconsciously wanted to say: Of course this is impossible.

This was not the first time that Lan appeared in the sight of spies and secret agents riding a Qilin. In fact, as Dijkstra said, for those who were paying attention to his every move, this unprecedented and sudden appearance of the horse would certainly be noticed.

However, Lan En rode the Kirin several times back to the Magical Middle Ages, but either no one saw him at all, or he only rode in private. Whenever he was seen, he was mostly with others. He would accommodate others in terms of speed.

So much so that no one in this world, except Lan En's friends, has ever truly seen the speed of Qilin.

The speed he showed while riding Qilin alone was actually only shown this time. It was just this time when he just came back from the magical Japanese Warring States world.

It took him two days to get from Vizima to Goth Velen.

To be able to complete this journey in two days, anyone would have to say that this is definitely an extremely rare horse.

And it's not just the speed, it's even more terrifying that he can run at this speed even with Lan's size and weight on him.

This is basically pushing the physiological limits of horses as people imagine.

There are magic and portals in this world, but no one has any idea of ​​a creature that can run at such a speed using only its body.

Monsters like the Royal Griffin and the Great Griffin might be able to use their flying abilities to exceed the limitations of this era in terms of speed.

But they are predators, and in the ecosystem, it is rarely heard that predators are known for their long-distance endurance.

It can fly fast enough and its body is strong enough to carry heavy loads, but the griffin is a territorial monster because it cannot run long distances.

Furthermore
"You came back more than two months ago, right?"

Dijkstra asked suddenly.

More than two months ago, when we were still in the truce, everyone knew that the truce would end, but no one was sure when and how it would end.

And at that time, he had already thought of disguising his movement efficiency?
That's why the spying husband just thought it was ridiculous.

How can this be?

"I knew what kind of trouble I would face when this war started, more than half a year ago."

Lan En walked onto the terrace and spoke to the spy without turning back.

"I told Foltest at the time that the Nilfgaardians would attack the north in a loose and flexible manner. The northern countries, which were fighting on their own, should seek a decisive battle if they wanted to defeat Nilfgaard."

Nilfgaard's military deployment can be loose, but that's because they have a unified empire.

The northern kingdoms were originally scattered, so they should unite. This was the unquestionable advantage of the unified empire over the scattered kingdoms in terms of organizational strength.

"But the Nilfgaardians are not stupid." Lan En spread his hands and smiled, "Since everyone knows it, why follow the other side's rhythm?"

The witcher smiled naturally.

But suddenly, the laughter stopped. The witcher's voice was calm and rational.

"Then why not just induce the other party to follow my pace?"

The spy's son only felt a sudden sense of terror in his heart.

"From the beginning." Dijkstra grinned with difficulty, "When I invited you to Kovir, I felt that this would happen?"

"In fact, did you let the assassin scratch your wrist on purpose?"

Lan En asked back, "Why else do you think I suggested you check on your own people, the ones who reported their actions to you?"

"Looking at it now, isn't it good?" The demon hunter spread his hands. "In order to quickly break through the north, the Nilfgaardians have concentrated their forces as never before."

"Now, it's their chance to seek a decisive battle and win."

The spy rubbed his cheeks with his big, thick hands. "So, this is the path you had planned a long time ago? You took the initiative to follow me to Kovir and jumped into this trap?"

"By heaven and gods, Lan, you're giving me the creeps."

"Does it feel bad?"

"No!" Dijkstra rubbed his face, breathing in excitement through his fingers. "This feels so good! How fast can your horse run? Is it really like the wind?"

"Oh! Look at how silly I am now, wasting time talking nonsense! I'll have someone teleport it here first! If it's really that fast, I beg you, Lan En, can I let it breed?"

As Dijkstra spoke excitedly, he turned around and ran out to find a warlock in Ensenada Palace to open the portal.

Whether it is Sire Tanshavier or any other court sorcerer!

In the past week or so, the Nilfgaardian army had made extraordinary breakthroughs on the front line. Not to mention Dijkstra, even Foltest was under so much pressure that he didn't sleep for more than twenty hours in the whole week!

Lan En now finally told him frankly: This is all in the plan!

It is no exaggeration for the spy to say that he was so excited when he heard these words just now that he almost peed on the spot!
However, a loud noise stopped Dijkstra, who was about to turn around to look for the sorcerer in the palace.

The spy looked at the smiling witcher in doubt, then walked closer to the railing of the terrace and looked towards Long Esateri outside the palace.

The noisy noise comes from the whole city!

To be precise - it came from the mouth of the canal where Lang Exeter was!

First, at the dock of the port at the entrance to the sea, someone discovered the sharp white waves piercing straight from the distant sea level like a sharp sword!
Anyone who has ever made a living on the sea will immediately realize that these waves are definitely not natural waves!

Then the human brain's ability to extract knowledge and wisdom from past experience began to emerge.

These sharp and narrow waves are very similar to the waves caused by the sharp fins of swordfish in the sea breaking through the water surface while swimming rapidly.

But you can see it with the naked eye from the pier, which means the waves are bigger than you can imagine!

"monster?!"

The captain and sailors on the dock were all confused and began to get agitated.

There are far more monsters and lives in the sea than on land. Not to mention those far away, in Sidaris, not far from Temeria, there is a mermaid civilization in the sea area covered by the national coastline.

At that time, we almost got into a war with a noble from Sidaris.

Captains are well aware that there are countless monsters and demons in the sea, and that is why stable and safe shipping route information is invaluable.

But now the monster in the sea is going to rush to the coast and the canal today?!

"Ring the bell! Alert bell!" The captains were people who had experienced great storms and waves. They were the first to be alert and the first to come up with countermeasures. They immediately shouted and pushed, asking someone to ring the bell on the dock.

The white waves are extremely sharp and so fast that they seem to be flying!

In fact, from the moment the eye saw it, the thing that caused the waves did not give the witnesses much time to react.

It took no more than three minutes for that thing to travel from the distant sea level to the port of Long Exeter!
The captains who saw this scene from the beginning thought that a disaster was about to happen! Something that could swim at such a speed in the sea could crash through the capital's port with an astonishing throughput!

So they all screamed like noble ladies whose skirts had been lifted.

And in the eyes of the 'thing' that came.
'The people here are really strange.'

Patches of lightning spread out from under the Qilin's hooves, allowing it to step on the water easily.

The ancient dragon's body is elegant and flowing, and it is moving at a very fast speed yet still full of rhythm.

The captains and sailors at the dock therefore received both good and bad information.

(End of this chapter)