The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 265: Drain Them
Therefore, Lin En’s own idea was actually that he intended to make these elves his subordinates.

These elves had just escaped death and were extremely grateful to him.

The mainland is so big, but they actually have nowhere to go.

This era is actually quite exclusive.

Except for big cities like Novigrad, most towns and villages will not easily accept outsiders to settle down.

Even other elven settlements within Kaedwen might not be able to accommodate them.

And with a little training, the loyalty of these homeless people will be beyond doubt.

Not only their loyalty, but Lin En also values ​​their training value.

Elves, dwarves, and gnomes are all immortal species.

It is said that diligence can make up for lack of talent and practice makes perfect.

If you don't understand a lesson after listening to it only once, then you will make some progress after listening to it eight or ten times.

The lifespan of elves is three times that of humans. Therefore, theoretically, when the elves still ruled the continent, they should have been able to easily mobilize a large number of standing troops.

After all, even if we follow the training method of human militia, farming in peacetime and receiving military training during the slack season, and train for decades or even hundreds of years, wouldn't that be equivalent to obtaining a large number of off-duty soldiers who do not engage in production?
As a result, the number of elves' standing troops was far lower than humans imagined, and they had no mobilization capacity to "squeeze them dry."

In the end, the elves, who had dominated the continent for nearly twenty centuries, were defeated by humans, and their remnants were forced to integrate into human society.

In addition to the well-known fact that humans are fertile and can defeat elves by numbers, there is actually another lesser-known fact, which is the elves' Varna system.

This is the most typical and strict hierarchy system. The original purpose of establishing this hierarchy system was to ensure that there were a certain number of people in each profession in each elven country.

However, as time went by, it became fixed and rigid to meet the needs of the rulers and became a hierarchical system.

Although elves have a long lifespan, their age suitable for childbearing is very short, so their fertility is much weaker than that of humans.

In addition, due to the Varna system, only children born into "warrior" families could become warriors; children born into "serf" families were serfs.

If a serf's son was found to have dared to practice swordplay in secret, he would be severely punished.

After humans landed on this continent, even though the elves had already gone to war with humans, they still insisted that the laws of their ancestors could not be changed.

It was not until the end of the war that an enlightened elven sage finally felt that the Varna system should be abandoned and a policy of universal conscription should be implemented, allowing every elven civilian to take up arms to defend their homeland.

Unfortunately, it was too late by then.

Lynn is short of manpower right now.

He gave all his funds to Dudu to manage, and in just a few months, Dudu had multiplied the funds several times.

If Dudu continues to do this, it will definitely become bigger and stronger and achieve greater glory in the future.

But the bigger the business, the more bad things will happen.

In Lynn's hometown world, where the laws are sound and public security is perfect, there are still frequent news reports of kidnappings of wealthy people, let alone this world.

Dudu is still in its infancy. After a while, someone will definitely take notice of his business.

The Syndicate and Roche can protect Dudu in secret, but Lin En thinks that Dudu should also be assigned some exclusive private guards.

He believed that these elven civilians were the best candidates.

……

The rest of the journey was smooth and nothing else happened.

After the group had traveled northeast for more than half a month, a river that was rushing and hitting the deep riverbed came into everyone's sight.

This is the White Rock River.

It originates in the central valley of the Blue Mountains and is only a wide stream in its upper reaches, not very deep. But when it reaches the territory of the Kingdom of Kaedwen, that is, in its middle reaches, the White Stone River becomes the insurmountable chasm it is today.

Reaching the White Stone River means that you are not far from the depths of the Blue Mountains where Kaer Morhen is located.

In fact, before arriving at the White Stone River, everyone had already discovered the towering blue mountains with snow-white peaks.

Next, everyone continued to move forward along the White Stone River.

Heading towards the Blue Mountains, after several days of walking through valleys and forests and climbing up the semicircular hillside, they finally saw a magnificent castle backed by a steep stone wall.

"Is that Kaer Morhen?"

Berengar rubbed his eyes, an expression of disbelief on his face.

The others' reactions were similar to Berengar's.

As for Reso and his two companions and George from the Griffin School, it was even more unbelievable.

One of them was a school whose headquarters was captured by the Nilfgaardian army. They had no home to return to and had to leave their homeland and become homeless.

The other was that a greedy warlock used magic to trigger an avalanche in the base camp, causing the Griffin School's castle to be buried in the snow and turned into ruins.

Before arriving at Kaer Morhen, they had heard of the Kaer Morhen Massacre that happened many years ago, although the besiegers did not occupy the castle for long after capturing Kaer Morhen before abandoning the city and leaving.

But they also thought that what the Wolf School was guarding was just a ruin.

Who would have thought that it was such a magnificent fortress?

Among the group, only Lin En kept smiling and did not look surprised.

"It seems that Yarpan and Zoltan have done a good job."

Needless to say, the castle became like this thanks to the dwarves he found in Novigrad last year.

Although dwarves are short in stature, they are strong and sturdy, with greater strength than humans. They are also more proficient in stone and civil engineering operations than humans. Therefore, the efficiency of a dwarf worker is often several times that of an ordinary human worker.

And there is Vesemir, an old man who has lived from the time of the Old Order to the present day, and who witnessed with his own eyes the building of Kaer Morhen brick by brick.

With his command, the dwarves' construction efficiency was naturally higher.

"Let's go in first."

Lin En kicked his horse's stomach and led the way, crossing the suspension bridge that had been replaced with new wooden boards and entering the city.

Vesemir was feeding the horses in the stable.

"Teacher Vesemir."

"Vesemir."

Lynn and Geralt spoke at the same time.

He dismounted and ran over.

"Lynn, Geralt."

The old witcher also smiled when he saw the two people at the front of the team.

He shook off the fodder in his hands and came forward.

The three of them exchanged a few brief pleasantries, and then Lynn noticed that there were several horses in the stable.

He couldn't help but ask doubtfully.

"Teacher, have Eskar and Lambert returned?"

(End of this chapter)