The Journey of the Demon Hunter

After learning about Isengrin’s plan, Francesca not only hoped that Zelin would help the contact, but also mobilized Dole Bretanna’s special forces through orders, led by Toluwell, and arrived through the portal. Ruins of this underground city. After acquiring the technology of breeding ice trolls from the Dawn Guardian of Skyrim, Francesca established an army consisting of ice trolls, sword dancers, rangers, and a small number of scout cavalry. It's just that compared with the head-on confrontation, the more task of this force is to reach the destination through the portal as quickly as possible under the emergency call of the queen.

Most of the time, Ida Emin guarded the border of Hundred Flowers Valley.

"He escaped. I don't know how he did it, just like in Hydra Canyon. No one knows how he escaped under the guard of so many executioners, but he does have a good idea." Siska waved her hand: "I will not kill the same clan, but they will be imprisoned in Baihua Valley as a punishment for almost endangering the survival of the same clan and disobeying the king's order. Do you want to return to Baihua Valley with me? George and yours The apprentices are still resting in Baihua Valley, summing up their experience."

"No, Enid." Zelin looked at the elf soldiers who collected poison mist sprayers under the protection of protective magic: "I don't think Isenglin will escape. I have seen his experience, a soldier of the White Rose Knights. During the trial of heresy in his village, he called on the local elves to unite and attack the knights, so he became a squirrel party. He obviously didn’t seem to be a squirrel party. You used to command the squirrel party, I think he should know You and other warlocks can do things like mind reading. So... did he deliberately fail to tell his subordinates his real purpose?"

Only four of the most elite confidants followed, and Isenglin's mouth was tight, looking at the guards patrolling back and forth in the garden.

Raised hands in brown leather gloves.

Almost without a sound, the two Nilfgaard guards collapsed, a black feather arrow inserted between the helmet and the shoulder armor. But before they fell to the ground, two dark shadows sprang out of the bushes, holding on to the guards and preventing the iron armor from falling to the ground making a sound.

Nilfgadder's conversation came from the corridor not far away, gradually approaching. Isengrin turned his hand, and the elf assassin who received the order immediately dragged the guard into the grass. At the same time, the two archers ambushing outside the corridor stood up, turned and grabbed the bulge of the corridor stone pillar, and then climbed up the inclined corridor in a few seconds. Top.

"His Majesty the Emperor often meets with General Morfan recently. There are rumors that they have a bad relationship. It seems that this is just a rumor."

"It is said that the emperor wants to marry his daughter to Morfan. I don't know if it is true..."

"His Majesty, I have to deal with official duties in the study every night."

While the two courtiers were talking, their figures gradually disappeared into the dark shadows on the other side of the corridor.

Chapter 2338: The Power Behind the Scenes of the World

Vizima, Vivaldi Bank——

Boom boom boom!

"The bank has closed, come back tomorrow if you have something to do!"

Vilan Vivaldi exclaimed in dissatisfaction.

Boom boom boom!

The knock on the door did not stop.

"Okay, okay, stop, knock on my poor door panel and it will break!" The dwarf banker touched his beard down to his chest and walked quickly towards the door: "I have to attract the man in black. It’s only satisfying to catch you and hang you, right? It’s a curfew now!"

He touched the axe pinned to his waist and made sure that he could take out the weapon easily, then took off the bolt that was horizontal on the wooden door, and opened the door with one hand.

With his back facing the moonlight, a tall shadow enveloped him.

Wei Lan squinted his eyes slightly, and then heaved a sigh of relief: "Ah, Zelin, I don't seem to have posted a notice of the urgent need for a demon hunter recently? Are you here to save money? But I have to tell you the unfortunate news, Weiwa The Vizima branch of No.1 Bank is going to be temporarily closed. If you save money, go to Novigrad Bank. My cousin Vimy is the responsible manager there."

"Do you think I am someone who has money to deposit in the bank?" Zelin spread his hands, indicating that he is not hostile.

Wei Lan looked up and down the demon hunter, still blocking the door: "As far as I know, people who come to the bank only have two things, depositing money and withdrawing money. Did you deposit money elsewhere? Then give the receipt and check. Me, I need to verify before I can make a loan."

"I'm here to talk to you about another matter." Zelin grabbed the door with one hand to prevent the other person from closing the door: "You recently invested a lot of money on a certain elf, right?"

Wei Lan stared straight at Zelin, pressing his arm on the doorknob hard, but the door panel couldn't move a minute.

"I don't know who you are talking about. If you are talking about Baihua Valley, ah, my family may indeed have invested in a branch in Baihua Valley. What's so strange about this? The Zion Vanellis family has been expanding their business in the South recently. Of course, we have to increase profits to continue to compete with them, not to mention, every wise businessman knows that the queen of Dole Bretanna has the right to speak in the future of the north, and who does not want to please her."

"No, no, I can remind you." Zelin stretched out a finger and shook it: "Do you have any impression of the name Isengrin?"

"Hasn't the Iron Wolf disappeared long ago?"

"Weilan, you are a smart person, and playing such low-level dumb puzzles will make you look stupid."

The dwarf banker coughed heavily.

"I thought the demon hunter never cared about this kind of thing. The Iron Wolf told you?"

"Don't worry about how I knew it." Tishaya's mind-reading technique harvested a new piece of information for the demon hunter. Isengrin fled until later when he returned to Temalia and kept getting the dwarves. With the sponsorship of bankers, the Vivaldi family played a very important role in this matter. Considering the location where Isengrin might launch the attack, Zelin was surprised to find that there is a Vevadi Bank in the cities of Novigrad and Vizima he selected: "Tell me, what is Iron Wolf's plan? Is it just to establish a new elven kingdom in Vizima and Novigrad?"

"That's his dream." Wei Lan closed the door again: "But what does it have to do with our dwarves? Mahakam has stood for thousands of years, and the kingdom under the mountain has flourished and destroyed. Gold will not disappear with the collapse of the kingdom. We It’s just choosing the most suitable method to gather the gold coins other than Mahakam into the mountain treasury. He wants to build a kingdom, so let him go. The things under the mountain have nothing to do with the dwarves."

"I don't think this is free sponsorship."

"You are inquiring about trade secrets." Vivaldi pinched his waist with both hands: "Sorry, I can only say that I have no comment."

"I'm not interested in your trade secrets, but you shouldn't hire an elf, Vivaldi." Zellin said, "This is a message from Dole Bretner's people who asked me to help you."

"Oh? Do those elves have any thoughts?"

"Don't ask me, I'm just a messenger."

When meeting in the sewers, Tishaya gave Zelin a suggestion based on Zelin's political experience. Tell him why he didn't throw all these things to Baihuagu in the name of commission when he was helping Enid. In this case, no matter what other people want to do, they will not focus on the entire group of demon hunters. They will only think that Zelin is willing to help because of his relationship with Francesca, and maybe even both. Won't notice him. After all, who would deliberately deal with a front-end goal, while ignoring the master behind the scenes.

In this way, the demon hunters will not have any pressure, nor will they fall into the political quagmire between kingdoms. The pressure will be transferred to Hundred Flowers Valley instead of Zelin.

To Zelin's expectation, Francesca also supported this idea.

According to her, Dole Bretanna has got enough room for development and a solid barrier. The remaining thing is to use this kingdom to ensure the living environment of the Ain Xidi people outside the Valley of Flowers.

"So, what's the message?" Vivaldi folded his hands on his chest, "I am listening."

"It's very simple, give up support for Isengrin, Francesca will use other benefits to compensate for your loss."

"This is a lot of money." Weiwa said firstly: "Do you know how many bonds my bank issued before the war broke out?"

"What does the bond have to do with supporting Isengrin?"

"Of course it's related, my friend." Vivaldi seemed to be teaching an ignorant person: "People in the trade zone have been worried about the shrinking of their property due to the war, so they are willing to buy bonds in exchange for interest and returns. But if Neve The Gad people have stabilized the order, and I will repay all of them at the interest rate. Wouldn’t it be a loss to bankruptcy? Originally, the money should be used for investment, but who would have thought that Tamoria would be defeated so quickly, and I would always find some way to stop it. Loss. While repaying the bonds, we must also ensure profitability."

"What are you going to do?"

"I won't tell you the plan, but if the elves of Hundred Flower Valley want to exchange with the Vivaldi family, they have to compensate for the losses caused by the suspension of support. Don't tell me anything for the sake of the ancient races, when we dwarves and The elves came here after the goblins and the lizardmen took root in this world. They hadn't said anything about the ancient races before, but when the humans came, they began to talk about the friendship of the ancient races." Waved his hand: "Money is money, there is no negotiation."

"Aren't you afraid of me saying it?"

"I have been paying interest to creditors for these years. Do you think they will believe in a dwarf who is honest, has frequent business dealings and helps them make money, or is an empty-mouthed demon hunter?" Vivaldi opened his hands. : "Bring my conditions to the king of the elves, it's that simple. Oh, yes, time is pressing, you'd better hurry up."

"There is not much time, so no messenger is needed."

Francesca, who had been waiting invisible outside the door, carried her skirt and stepped over the door fence: "I think Baihuagu and the dwarf still have room for cooperation."

"Welcome to you, Your Majesty." The banker bowed to the elf: "It is undoubtedly the best result to be able to negotiate directly with the customer."

"Don't worry, I know who your Vivaldi and the other two banker families represent." Francesca narrowed her eyes slightly: "I will add another clause to my clause. No matter what you do in the future, it will be involved. When it comes to political battles, it is not allowed to hire any elves to participate."

"Iron Wolf is the best fighter. A good commander and an angry avenger. I really can't find a better patron than him. We each get what we need." Vivaldi rubbed his hands: " Since your Majesty requested this, I will tell the other people in the family about this to avoid similar situations again."

"Where is Isenglin?" Zelin asked.

"Where else can he go? Do you think that as long as you kill a few people in black in the camps, the imperial army in the Vizima area will be defeated? The people in black will give up counterattacking. As I said, he is an excellent commander. , Knows where the man in black's strategic weakness lies."