The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 125: Game of Thrones: Tap, Tap, Tap, Tap

Lynn said hesitantly, "I thought you were going to tell me about the witcher's code of neutrality."

"Neutral principles? Ha!" Vesemir said, looking at his student who was obviously different from others.

"It's true that witchers shouldn't get involved in the political games between kings and warlocks, but that's for others."

Vesemir looked at Lynn, as if he saw his younger self.

At that time, my swordsmanship might not be proficient enough, and my use of seals might not be skillful enough.

But he has a passion that can never be extinguished.

As time passed, this passion slowly cooled.

Even if I try my best, I can only try my best to keep this big family together.

This alone made him feel a little overwhelmed.

As for reviving the Witcher, he had long given up on that.

But now, a young student he taught told him that he wanted to revive the Witcher clan...

And this student didn't just talk, he took actual action.

Vesemir is just old, not stupid.

How could someone be so stubborn and almost rigid in sticking to his own opinion?

The reason why he repeatedly emphasized the need to remain neutral in the past was because people like Geralt, Eskar, and Lambert could bargain with farmers for the heads of water ghosts.

If we expect them to get involved in the game of thrones, they won’t have enough lives.

I'm afraid they will be eaten until not even a bone is left.

That's why Vesemir asked them to maintain neutrality.

But Lynn is different from them.

As soon as Lin En came down the mountain and earned some money, he hired a group of dwarves to repair the castle...

This is unlike other demon hunters. Even if they are lucky enough to make a fortune, they will only spend the money on alcohol and women.

This is where we can see the difference between Lynn and others.

therefore.

Since Lynn was determined to restore the glory of the Witcher, Vesemir naturally wouldn't try to dissuade Lynn like he did with Geralt and the others, but...

"Lynn, do you know how many witchers were in this castle before the massacre at Kaer Morhen?"

"A hundred people?"

Vesemir shook his head.

Then he said a number that Lin En found unbelievable.

"Twenty-three witchers and forty apprentices once lived in this castle."

"so little?"

The Demon Hunter's Trial of Grass survival rate is three in ten, while the School of the Wolf's is slightly higher at four in ten.

Apprentices refer to those who have not undergone the Green Grass Trial, so we will not mention them here for the time being.

Let’s just talk about the official demon hunters.

Even if a hundred people accepted the Trial of the Green Grass, there should be at least forty official witchers in the castle.

How come there are only twenty or so people?
"The cruelty of the Trial of Green Grass is one aspect, but another aspect is that the king and the warlocks always try every possible means to obstruct the witchers, attempting to obtain troops through methods other than the Law of Accident."

"And the law of surprise will further deepen the public's misunderstanding of witchers, and become a handle for the king and the warlocks to incite public discontent."

Vesemir had lived through that era.

In fact, no matter what era it is, it is easy for demon hunters to increase their manpower.

Kings and nobles are often referred to as blue-blooded people.

This is of course due to silver poisoning caused by their extensive use of silver utensils.

But there is actually another reason, that is, when kings and nobles think about problems, they never put their position on the common people with red blood flowing in their bodies.

Even without the threat from the south, the northern nations would have fought each other. Although their intentions in starting the war were ridiculous, the harm they inflicted on civilians was real.

Demon hunters can take in orphans who have lost everything in the war, or buy extra food from penniless and extremely poor parents so that they can't feed the mouths they can't feed.

This is how the spies, assassins and assassins of other kings and nobles were trained.

Anyone else can do this.

But the only thing that can't happen is the demon hunter.

The king and the warlocks set strict rules, and if the witchers wanted to obtain soldiers, they could only do so through the law of accidents.

Besides this elusive law of accidents, another reason is that demon hunters are always unable to (or should we say, lack the money) to take care of their appearance...

It is said that people rely on clothes and Buddha relies on gold.

If a witcher is passing through a village with a child.

The villagers in the village saw it, and even if they didn't say it out loud, they would think in their hearts that it was the witcher who abducted the child.

But if it is a respectable person who wears fine clothes and spends lavishly, the villagers will have a completely different impression.

No one will consider whether the child was abducted.

They will just be jealous like crazy and wonder why they are not the one following that respectable person.

That's how people are.

Of course, some people may think that this is human nature.

But whether or not this is a bad trait, humans are indeed creatures that judge others by their appearance.

At least that's how most humans are.

It is precisely because of the above reasons that the ignorant civilians have an increasingly bad impression of witchers.

Lynn suddenly thought of a question.

"Teacher, why is there not a single book in the castle about the siege?"

The books in the castle mentioned how other schools of thought disappeared.

But there is no record of the siege of Kaer Morhen.

Vesemir suddenly stopped chopping vegetables.

"Because almost no one survived, they didn't even spare the youngest children. I was the only one who escaped because I hid among the corpses."

"But I'm not bringing this up to make you sad or angry."

"Those mobs... or rather, the Kaedweni soldiers disguised as mobs. Even if they were numerous, Kaer Morhen's defenses weren't what they are today..."

"At that time, the walls of Kaer Morhen were still intact, and the enemy had to pass through the main gate."

"There were ballistae and catapults on the city walls, and we also had sorcerers on our side, though not many."

Lynn hesitated and said.

"But the castle was still breached... Was it the work of a sorcerer?"

"You have a keen intuition, Lynn." Vesemir gave him an approving look.

He never mentioned the incident at Kaer Morhen to Lynn, and rarely discussed it with Geralt and the others.

But the fact that Lin En realized this shows that he not only knows how to use a sword, but also knows more.

"Indeed, without the strong support from Ban Ade, the Kaedweni army alone would not be able to capture this castle."

"A few dozen soldiers are enough to hold a fortress under siege by enemies ten times their number, let alone dozens of demon hunters."

Lynn knew that what Vesemir said was true.

In the European Middle Ages in his hometown world, to be exact, in 1403, Caernarfon Castle, which was guarded by only about 30 garrisons, withstood two fierce attacks by the Welsh army supported by the French army during a long siege.

Demon hunters have stronger physical fitness than ordinary garrison soldiers.

Without the aid of a warlock, Kaer Morhen would simply replicate the achievements of Caernarfon Keep.

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