The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 46 Mahakam will provide all support to the Sons of Liberty except practical assistance

Let’s talk about two things separately. Let’s not talk about Geralt for now. On this side, Lynn brought Thor and was surrounded by dwarf guards and came to the throne hall.

In front of Broval, Lynn woke Thor up.

After Thor saw his surroundings clearly and realized that he had failed, he no longer tried to argue but confessed everything.

To Thor's surprise, after he confessed all the secrets, he thought he would see an expression of shock and astonishment on his father's face.

But in fact, his father still had that indifferent look on his face.

"Saul, you disappoint me. I'm really disappointed in you. Do you think I know nothing about you and your accomplices? Trying to form an alliance with those Sons of Liberty? What's in the minds of you rebels, you muddleheaded?"

An expression of disbelief instantly appeared on Thor's face.

Brovard made no secret of his disappointment and disgust. "Put away that expression. I may be old, but I'm not blind."

Thor stood up excitedly and roared.

But he was quickly pushed back to the ground by the two dwarf royal guards standing behind him.

"If that's the case! Father, then why do you still stand on the side of humans? Humans persecute the elves, their persecution of our ancient race... why do you choose to turn a blind eye!"

Compared to the emotional Thor, Broval seemed much calmer.

"Watch your words, young man, you don't realize what you are doing."

In the empty throne room, Thor stared in amazement at Broval's expression, which was as cold as a rock and showed no emotion at all.

"My foolish child, Mahakam is located in the center of the continent, surrounded by many human nations, including the Kingdom of Temeria, the Principality of Elland, the Kingdom of Redania, the Kingdom of Kaedwen, the Kingdom of Aedirn, the United Kingdom of Lyria and Rivia, the Kingdom of Sodden, and the Empire of Nilfgaard."

"Do you know what would happen if we chose to fight alongside the Sons of Liberty?"

"If we do that, the kings will send an expedition against Mahakam, or they may simply impose a trade blockade on us, and we will die of hunger and poverty."

"After all, although Mahakam has many mines, it still has too little arable land to support such a large population."

"Moreover, do you really understand your so-called allies, the elves you call fellow ancient races?"

Brovard paused before continuing.

"In 1240 BC, the first elves arrived on this continent aboard white ships and settled there. After that, they dominated almost the entire continent and ruled the world."

"From the shores of the Great Ocean in the west, to the Blue Mountains in the east, to the Dragon Mountains in the north, and to the Mahakam Mountains in the south."

"The ruins of elven cities now scattered across the world bear witness to this glorious past. Great human cities like Vizima and Oxenfurt were built upon the ruins of the ancient elves."

"Then the question is, my foolish child, since the elves are latecomers, how did they obtain such a vast land from other ancient races?"

"Could it be that the ancestors of us dwarves, the gnomes, and other intelligent races saw that the elves had nowhere to live when they first arrived, so they gave their living space to them for free?"

Thor was silent.

Brovard sighed.

"Even though the elves always like to portray themselves as victims of human expansion, do you think they are truly innocent?"

"The foothills of the Blue Mountains and the coast of Lok Muinni are dotted with the ruins of ancient Lizardmen cities."

"And the remains of this intelligent reptilian race are still scattered in the caves beneath the ruins." "They had lived here for many years before the elves arrived. The remains in the ruins all bear the marks left by swords."

"You have to know that at that time, humans, a race regarded by the elves as the source of all evil and the evil of the world, had not yet set foot on this land."

"Of course, many elves now would defend their ancestors by saying that when the earliest elves discovered the ancient Lizardmen city, only the skeletons and ghosts of the Lizardmen remained."

"My child, if it were you, would you believe it? Those lizardmen voluntarily exterminated their entire race to make room for the elves?"

Thor was speechless after hearing what Broval said.

Although dwarves may seem like a race that "would rather fight than fight"—though in a sense, this stereotype is not wrong—dwarves are not entirely a bunch of reckless men.

Especially for dwarves who grew up in Mahakam, they also need to receive cultural education while learning how to use axes and hammers.

Of course, Thor also knew the history that Broval told him.

But just like most people who, after entering society, return the knowledge they learned from their teachers, believing that "it is easy to borrow again after borrowing", Sol had long forgotten everything.

It was only when my old father mentioned it that I remembered that it seemed to be true.

But he still argued unconvinced.

"Father, everything you said... is already in the past. Perhaps, perhaps you are right. Perhaps the elves were indeed our enemies. But now, a more important enemy has appeared: humans."

"The past is past. What's important is the present. The elves are no longer our enemies, but our allies. Our only way out is to cooperate with the Sons of Liberty."

Brovard shook his head.

Looking at his misguided child, he finally showed a trace of pity.

"No, you are wrong, poor child. You are just dazzled by the seemingly noble ideas of the Sons of Liberty."

"Do you know what you are asking for? You are asking millions of dwarves to bleed and sacrifice for your madness."

"You don't realize that even those so-called Sons of Liberty were pawns of others. 'Drive humanity back into the sea,' does that slogan sound familiar? Do you know who coined that catchy saying?"

"It was the Nilfgaardians! It was those despicable humans in your eyes who orchestrated this conspiracy, inciting those poor elves to join the Sons of Freedom, providing them with weapons and support so that the Nilfgaardians could profit from it."

"My child, what you thought was a struggle against oppression and tyranny was only part of a larger conspiracy, and the Sons of Liberty were only a tool of the South to plot against the North."

"Child, are you sure you want countless dwarf families to be torn apart by the ambitions of the South?"

……

When Thor was taken away by the guards, he was completely changed.

Fanaticism, passion and ideals all disappeared from his eyes.

He only saw how the elves at the foot of the mountain were struggling under the tyranny of humans, but he did not see that even the spark of resistance would only illuminate a greater darkness.

Broval's words shattered all his ambitions and ideals, and he seemed to have aged a lot in an instant.

However, when he was escorted by the guards to Lynn's side, he whispered "I'm sorry", but when the witcher turned to look at him, Thor's expression did not change at all, and his eyes did not look at him.

Maybe I just heard it wrong.

(End of this chapter)