Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 578 Opportunity to Manipulate the Political Situation of the Northern Continent

"Upon learning of your unconsciousness, we immediately took Wigfordts into custody."

As Vera spoke, she tentatively bowed slightly, and seeing that Erin did not react, she sat down on the edge of the bed.

Vera and Soi certainly didn't know that the "culprit" was Wigford, but Erin had only been in contact with a few people before he fell into a coma.

After filtering the answers, Wiegolford can be easily selected.

Of course, Wigfordtz is not wronged.

"You've subdued Wigford, but Ms. Tissaya de Veris hasn't reacted at all?"

Erin sniffed the delicate scent of oranges mixed with cardamom, unconsciously twitching her nose and asking in surprise.

Although Tissaya de Veris never revealed it to him, she must be under considerable pressure because of the events in the Kingdom of Ban Ade.

To maintain the ancient order of the Novigrad Alliance, she needs to rely on the combined power of both supernatural forces and secular royal authority.

The secular monarchy that should have been fought for is now in chaos itself due to the turmoil in Cordwin.

Compared to allowing Aden to completely conquer the vast Kingdom of Cordwin and instead establish a powerful wizarding kingdom in the east of the continent, supporting a seemingly less powerful wizarding kingdom might seem presumptuous, but it's not unacceptable.

The secular monarchy is certainly already divided internally and can't contribute much.

But within the realm of extraordinary forces...

Most of the power that Tissaya de Veres can leverage comes from the wizarding society, which is deeply entrenched in secular power.

In the Wizarding Guild, Aretusa's power was utterly ineffective against the combined might of Ban Ad and the Risberg Civil Cooperative.

As for the other extraordinary forces within the Wizarding Guild...

To be honest, Erin wasn't optimistic.

If he were an ordinary wizard, and had the opportunity to establish a wizarding regime that could completely control the vast kingdom of Cordwin, he would certainly be willing to support Sunny and Ottolan.

Even after the kingdom is truly established, the core interests will mostly be irrelevant to most sorcerers, but the status of sorcerers will still rise.

Rescuing Hen Gedimidis, gaining the support of the uncrowned king of sorcerers, and splitting Ban Ad are perhaps the only fulcrum that Tissaya de Veris can find now to leverage the entire situation.

In the rescue of Hen Gedimidis, Vigfortz, who was in Ban Ade and completely unsuspected, was far more important than a witcher and Philippa Ehrert.

The Wolf School has now taken control of Vigfortz, and Erin has been in a coma for three or four days. If Tissaya de Veres' mental state is even slightly weaker, she might go insane.

Seeing that Erin didn't reject her approach, Vera's lips curved into a barely perceptible smile, and she said softly:
"Tesya didn't react much because Wigford was very cooperative and seemed to have anticipated your coma."

"When we found him, he was quietly sitting in the room, watching Lydia van Bradwater paint, and he voluntarily let us imprison him."

“He said that after ‘waking up’ you will only benefit and not lose anything, and told us to wait patiently. So it wasn’t us who locked him in the dungeon, but he went in on his own.”

Vera's eyes were questioning as she looked Erin up and down, but she didn't find any so-called "benefits".

Erin's breathing became somewhat heavy.

If Wiegolford knew the purpose of that letter, then he must know exactly where that sea and that vast grassland were, and what kind of place they were...

Is that really the future?

If that's true, then if we simply go back there at the right time and find She-Ra, we can find a way to solve the White Frost problem...

"Did he say why I fell into a coma?" Erin took a deep breath, calmed himself down, and eagerly asked.

Vera gently shook her head: "Should we call him over?"

Erin was about to nod when he froze and rejected the sorceress's suggestion: "No, I'll go find him later... later still, tonight."

He glanced at the sky outside the window; the sun was blazing brightly.

“However…” Erin paused for a moment, then continued, “You can release Vigorforts first.”

“Of course,” Vera nodded gently, rising from beside Erin’s bed. “So you really are unharmed and even benefited?”

Erin was silent for a moment, then said, "It should be, but I'm still... not quite sure..."

Upon hearing this, Vera gently patted his shoulder: "You know, Erin."

"No matter what happens, Soi and I will stand by your side."

“I know.” Erin gave Vera and Soy, who had been silent behind her, a smile.

"Hmm." Vera nodded, said nothing more, snapped her fingers to summon a portal, and was about to leave.

"By the way, what happened to the new king of Kaer Morhen in Kaer Morhen village?" Erin suddenly remembered that before he "fell into a coma," a troublesome problem had arisen at the foot of Mount Kaer Morhen.

“Rado hasn’t realized he’s been exposed yet,” said Soy, “but we have significant disagreements about how to deal with him.”

"Disagreement?"

Soy nodded, and without keeping them in suspense, said directly, "There are disagreements among Vesemir, Dante, Aresto, Tissaya de Veres, and his disciple Philippa."

Erin raised an eyebrow.

It's a good thing that Lado didn't realize his whereabouts had been exposed, but there are disagreements...

and many more!

It seems that the opinion of the most crucial person is still missing.

"how about you?"

Erin looked at the calm-faced Grandmaster of the Wolf School.

The Grandmaster of the Wolf School sighed softly: "My opinion is not important, Erin."

"Soon, you will be the next leader of the Wolf School."

"The future of the Wolf School should be decided by you, not me."

Arlin paused, sensing something was amiss, and quickly asked, "Are you planning to leave Kaer Morhen?"

Soy had just experienced two major upheavals and should be at his strongest in his life, so why did he sound so listless, as if he was about to retire from the martial arts world?

The grandmaster of the Wolf School remained silent for a long time, making Erin's scalp tingle.

Despite the Wolf School's loose structure, the Chief doesn't have much control over ordinary Witchers and Witcher Masters.

Even with the support of Vesemir, Dante, Aresto, and Soy, he could not officially become the next chief of the Wolf School during the dead of winter.

But once Zoe leaves, most of the Witchers will inevitably leave Kaer Morhen.

Moreover, once a large number of witchers return at the end of the year, his succession as the chief of the Wolf School will undoubtedly be a difficult battle.

At this moment, Soi left...

I dare not think about it... I dare not think about it...

fortunately.

"Don't worry, not now."

After a while, Soy glanced at Vera and gently shook his head: "I am a Witcher of the Wolf School, how could I leave during the school's most difficult time..."

Upon hearing this, Erin secretly breathed a sigh of relief. However, judging from his tone, Zoe would likely still choose to leave Kaer Morhen in the end.

For some reason, Erin recalled the dreamlike Toussaint illusion when the container of Soy's Greatness collapsed and healed.

“However, it’s up to you to decide how the Wolf School should treat Rado,” Soy said. “Of course, we will all support you.”

Erin snapped out of her reverie and nodded gently.

“As for other things…” Vera glanced at Mary in the corner of the room, who was trying to keep a low profile. “You can ask Mary. Although she has been taking care of you these days, she always has someone inform her of anything that happens outside.”

"They've been taking care of me all along..." Erin paused, then turned her head to look.

The girl in the corner noticed her gaze, blushed, and lowered her head, letting her messy blonde hair hide her expression.

Vera smiled slightly upon seeing this, gave a few more instructions, and then left with Soy through the portal.
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"Erin".

The Witcher awoke with a start; the sky outside the window was already growing dark.

“Are you even listening to me?” Mary sat on the edge of the bed, glaring at him angrily.

“Of course, of course I heard it,” he said, turning to Mary with a gentle smile. “You just mentioned that Philippa Ehrert and Ms. Tessia de Veres had a big argument.”

“It wasn’t really a big fight…” Mary brushed a stray hair from her forehead, “but it was certainly unpleasant at the time. In the castle hall, Vesemir, Dante, and Master Arestor didn’t dare to say a word.”

"how about you?"

“Of course I wouldn’t dare,” Mary said playfully, sticking out her tongue. Erin could picture her timid expression at the time. “The whole castle hall was so quiet you could hear the firewood crackling.”

"I've never seen the dean get so angry before. Philippa's face was ashen, and she turned into an owl and flew away without saying goodbye to everyone..."

"Philippa's transformation magic is really amazing. I wonder when I'll be able to practice like her..."

As Mary spoke, she unconsciously veered the conversation towards less important topics.

However, the general content has already been explained.

A lot has indeed happened in Kaer Morhen during the days that Arlin was in a coma.

First, under Fred's example and Mary's tutelage, all members of the Witcher Legion learned "Warcry: Words of the Wild".

【Title: The Wild Language】

[Type: Beast Roar]

……

[Passive Effect: Maintains the power flow of "Beast Roar: Wild Words" daily, can]
1. Slowly increase perception attributes.

2. Reduce hostility from low-intelligence creatures.

[Active Effect: Consumes energy to enable the Howler to perceive the thoughts of low-intelligence creatures and transmit simple commands.]

of course……

The battle cry that Elni and Klar learned was naturally not as powerful as Erin's direct communication with Mother Nature, nor did it have the ability of Fred to manipulate plants. Instead, it could only be used to be friendly to wild animals and reduce their hostility when actively released.

Young witchers generally report that the mind-bending Axii sign is less effective.

However, the reason why Arlin had them learn the Wild Words was not because he intended for this war cry to play a significant role in battle, but because only by learning the former could they learn the latter.

The Wild Words are indeed a bit weak, but the subsequent Whispers of Life (keenly sense hostility and detect living things within a certain range) is very useful, not to mention the upcoming "Beast Roar: No Air Defense".

On the other hand, it is also to provide a stable way to improve attributes besides essence liquid and purification spirit.

this point is very important.

Besides the Demon Hunter Legion, there's also Rado.

In the past few days, there have been many arguments in the castle hall over lunch and dinner, especially dinner, because of attitudes toward Rado.

In summary, the attitudes can be roughly categorized as follows:

Perhaps influenced by Erin, Vesemir and Dante chose to directly refuse any request for help from Rado.

The ever-radical Aristotle, on the contrary, hoped to at least escort Rado and his men out of the village of Kaer Mohan and to the west bank of the Buina River.

As for Tissaya de Veres, she originally did not intend to interfere in the ownership of Rado, but the ambitious Philippa Ehrert wanted to persuade her former mentor to have Aretusa support Rado's restoration of the kingdom, as a political opportunism.

Tissaya de Veres naturally refused, and they argued several times over the next few days, each time ending on bad terms.

Mary did not express her opinion on the matter, and although Erin did not speak, she sided with Philippa Ehrert on this issue.

Aretusa is now planning to rescue Hen Gedimidis. Although this does not mean that they will become hostile to Aden, given Hen Gedimidis's position, after integrating Ban Ade, he can neither support the establishment of a sorcerer kingdom nor support the invasion of Aden.

Most likely, they will act as a middleman.

Let Aden and Cordwin cease hostilities, provide some compensation in the form of wealth and land, welcome back Rado, and end the war peacefully.

Given Aden's current state of being overwhelmed by war, it was impossible for him not to agree.

Aretusa's intervention at this time is perfectly timed, spreading the Academy's influence in the eastern part of the Northern Continent, and Hen Gedimidis would have no objection.

It's important to know that in the past, Kaldwin was always Ban Ard's territory, and many female sorceresses who graduated from Aretusa had a hard time finding jobs there, essentially taking away the job market that originally belonged to Ban Ard.

The secular world and the transcendent world are interdependent.

With more high-ranking female warlocks, there are more resources, which is equivalent to indirectly elevating Eretusa's status within the Warlock Brotherhood.

And the cost?

The cost would be nothing more than Aden's hostility, but Aden was too small and had a deeper hatred for Ban Ade, and Henry Gedimidis would be the one to support him in the future, so there was almost no risk.

Therefore, from Aretusa's perspective, supporting Rado's restoration of his kingdom was indeed the optimal solution.

But Tissaya de Veres refused, and quite decisively.

“Philipba Ahart will certainly not pass up such a political opportunistic opportunity, and she will not pass up it even without the support of Tissaya de Veres.”

"So, this seems to be an opportunity for the Wolf School."

Erin pondered for a moment and had an idea.

"...But that's roughly how it went," Ms. Mary concluded meticulously.

Erin snapped out of her reverie, made a note of Rado's matter for the time being, and looked up to thank her, when she suddenly noticed that Mary's gaze was fixed on something below.

"Eirin, what have you been holding in your left hand?"

"Left hand?" He paused, instinctively following Mary's gaze. "I have nothing on my left hand..."

Um? ! !
My left hand actually grasped something.

When he realized this...

"Ding!"

A cold, impersonal system notification suddenly rang in my ears…

(End of this chapter)