The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 317 I prepared a table of dishes, but three tables of guests came. How can I eat this meal?
Anyway, it would take some time to reach the Little Skellig Islands, and since he had nothing to do, Lynn asked "Madman" Lugo how the peace talks between the two families went.

"Not long after you delivered the message for the Drummond family, our two families met on Indalsfair Island (the territory of the Sea Rose family). I represented the Drummond family, and the 'Sea Boar' represented the Quit family."

"The young head of the Quit family is more reasonable than I expected. He is willing to put aside the past grudges between the two families and agree to peace talks. He is also willing to make certain concessions."

"To be honest, the land he asked the Drummond family to cede was less than we expected, and he was even willing to make some compensation to us."

Seeing that the peace talks between the two families had made good progress, Lin En felt relieved: "That's really good."

Every family on the Skellige Islands is insignificant if taken individually.

But if all the families unite, they will have the strength to rival any powerful country in the north.

The rest of the journey was speechless.

When they arrived at Little Skellig, they unexpectedly found a large group of people building a fence on the east side of the island.

The arrival of the Drummond family's longship attracted the attention of the laborers who were building a fence and the soldiers guarding nearby.

The laborers quickly dropped their work and fled into the distance.

The soldiers lined up on the beach, waiting for the invading enemy.

However, when they saw that the flag of the longship was that of the Drummond family, and that the first people to disembark were "Madman" Lugo and a witcher, the soldiers lifted their alert.

A middle-aged man with a full beard and wearing chain mail came forward.

"Lord Lugo, I am Captain Og, serving Count Thorgil. The Count and I have already heard from Lord Gede, who arrived earlier. Thank you, Lord Lugo and the Drummond family, for your assistance."

Then, the middle-aged man turned and looked at Lin En.

"You are Lord Ged's companion, the witcher Lord Lynn, right? Your name has long been known throughout Little Skellige."

"I can assure you that your generous help will never be in vain."

"Also, I personally want to thank you very much for saving my son."

"Your son?" Lin En was stunned for a moment before realizing that the man in front of him should be Owen's father.

After a brief greeting, Lin En looked at the crude construction in front of him that was in full swing and asked in confusion.

"What are you doing here? Since you already know that the Nilfgaardians are about to attack, why don't you return to the city?"

Oger pointed to the farmland in the distance behind the simple wooden wall and said, "To protect the fields, sir. If the fields are destroyed by the Nilfgaardians, even if we successfully defend the castle and repel the enemy's attack, who knows how many people will starve to death."

Lynn also looked into the distance.

From here, you can't see Earl Thorgill's residence, and all you can see are vast farmlands.

In an instant he understood the intentions of Og and Earl Thorgil.

In this era when productivity was not yet developed, if God was a little unkind, the harvest would be poor, not to mention a war like this.

Moreover, the Skellige Islands are not as wealthy as northern countries and regions such as Kovir and Novigrad. Even if the lords are willing to help the victims, they do not have enough money in the treasury to purchase food from outside.

If we want to avoid the tragic end of starvation, we have no choice but to bite the bullet and stop the enemy here.

……

The soldiers of the Drummond family were all sent to rest. Lynn and "Madman" Lugo followed Og to a tent behind a wooden wall, where they met Earl Thorgil, Gerd, who had arrived before them, and the young head of the Quet family, Kratz.

Lynn and "Madman" Lugo first met Count Thorgil, and then greeted Gerd and Kratz.

Perhaps because the two families had reconciled, or perhaps because they were facing a powerful enemy, both "Madman" Lugo and Kratz behaved very restrainedly.

This made Earl Thorgil feel a little relieved.

As the head of one of the major families in the archipelago, Earl Thorgil naturally heard about the feuds between the Drummond family and the Quet family.

He had already made preparations and was always standing between the two decision-makers.

Although the result surprised him, he was also relieved.

"Now that Mr. Lin En and Mr. Lugo have arrived, let me reiterate our current situation:"

"The Tursek branch has only 300 troops left on Little Skellige. Half of them need to be deployed to monitor the north and south sides of the island to prevent the Nilfgaardians from landing there."

If the enemy really bypasses here, the 150 people alone will definitely not be able to stop them, but at least they can delay them for some time and send out a warning signal.

It's not like we don't even know that our home has been stolen by the enemy.

"Therefore, the troops that can be mobilized are only 150 men. Fortunately, Lord Kratz also brought 150 loyal and brave soldiers."

Only one hundred and fifty people?

Although the "madman" Lugo did not say this aloud, he could not help but sneer in his heart.

Of course he knew that the Quet family, like his Drummond family, had also sent most of its troops to join the archipelago fleet commanded by King Bran.

But it wouldn't be necessary to send only 150 people.

You know, his Drummond family sent out a full two hundred light infantrymen.

Although they have decided to reconcile with the Quit family, the culture of the archipelago is competitive and there is no such thing as humility.

Being strong is being strong. As long as you don’t bully the weak and just show your own strength, what’s wrong with that?
However, what "madman" Lugo said just turned around in his stomach.

He is not stupid, so he will naturally not create obstacles at this important juncture of reconciliation between the two families.

Count Thorgil added, perhaps having seen the inner thoughts of the "madman" Lugo.

"Although the Quete family has a small number of people, forty of them are archers, and the remaining fifty are heavy infantry and sixty spearmen. They are also a force that cannot be underestimated."

"Madman" Lugo suddenly lost control.

I was very glad that I didn't make any sarcastic remarks just now, otherwise I would have been so embarrassed.

Although he brought more people than the Quet family, these two hundred people were all light infantry.

There were neither archers nor heavy infantry.

Only the Quet family, with its prosperous commercial port of Keldra, could afford to maintain such a rich and diverse army.

Seeing that the purpose of beating had been achieved, Count Thorgil changed the subject and said a few soothing words, which made the "madman" Lugo's face look better.

(End of this chapter)