2077: V really knows how awesome he is

He intended to use this move to force the Witcher back and buy himself time to get up, but Geralt chose to cast a Quen sign on himself to take the damage head-on, passing through the sword wind with his bare body, and then raised his hand to deliver a heavy blow to Eredin's head.

With a clang, Illerith blocked the attack with his shield at the last second, and Calanhild seized the opportunity to teleport in from the side and send Geralt flying with a magical blast.

"Ugh!" The Witcher knelt down and coughed up blood.

Ciri was about to step forward when Geralt stopped her: "Go back, this is my battle."

"But……"

Yennefer took Ciri's hand: "Trust Geralt."

V added, "I also believe in the stimulants produced by our Night City."

Ciri glared at V, but ultimately didn't go forward.

Geralt stood up, looked at Eredin and the other two, stretched his neck and shoulders, and said in a deep voice, "Come on, all of you come at me together."

The four activated simultaneously. Kalanhil was the fastest to appear, but Geralt, with his rich combat experience and enhanced reflexes from military stimulants, made the first judgment. Kalanhil, who launched a surprise attack from the side, didn't even have time to chant a spell before he was caught up in the sword dance. A flash of silver light appeared, Kalanhil's armor shattered, blood spurted from his throat, and he was beheaded with a single sword strike, dying on the spot.

"asshole!"

Next came Illerith, who, enraged by the death of his comrade, brought down a heavy hammer. Geralt nimbly dodged it, and the Witcher sidestepped, crossed his steps to get behind Illerith, and then stepped forward, leaping like a cat in a triple jump, easily arriving behind him. With his left hand forming a hand gesture, he unleashed an extraordinary Aard sign at the back of the chief warrior's head, like an iron fist, shattering Illerith's skull and smashing his brain to pieces.

The massive body crashed to the ground. Eredin's eyes widened in fury. He raised his longsword, gathering the power of frost, and brought it down fiercely. Geralt also raised his longsword, gathering the determination of a father and the power of technology, and brought it down just as fiercely.

A loud sound!

Eredin's expensive, fully enchanted sword snapped in two, while Geralt's plain, unremarkable steel sword continued its downward trajectory.

The blade, having withstood countless battles, was incredibly reliable. It cleaved through the helmet and embedded itself firmly in the Wild Hunt King's forehead!

With a thud, Eredin fell to his knees.

Geralt kicked him in the chest and pulled back his steel sword, and the fearsome King of the Wild Hunt died on the ground like trash.

The cold wind gradually weakened, and the murderous intent dissipated.

Geralt leaned on his sword, panting. The weakness from the fading effects of the stimulant was making him feel terrible, but when he saw Ciri not far away, a relieved smile appeared on his blood-stained face.

The Wild Hunt is over, Ciri is safe. A father's duty is fulfilled.

This was his last wish.

Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri embraced each other. V glanced at them, silently offering his blessings, then his eyes sharpened as he gave the order: "Withdraw the troops. Retrieve Eredin's body and send it back to Night City, to give those who perished some closure!"

Chapter 140 The end of the story

Night City never intended to conquer anyone; Night City simply came to seek revenge.

So after killing Eredin, the Night City army left without even glancing at the elven capital, leaving Regent Gael, who was prepared to fight to the death and live or die with the elven empire, nearly throwing a tumble in his back.

Regardless, he was greatly relieved. He had hoped to take this opportunity to revitalize the Elven Empire, but unexpectedly, without external pressure, problems immediately arose within the Elven Empire.

Conservatives believed the Elves should uphold their pride and fight Night City to the death; radicals, on the other hand, believed the Elves should recognize the situation and surrender to Night City to preserve their race and civilization.

The two factions argued fiercely at the meeting, with the conservatives accusing the radicals of not being radical enough, while the radicals also felt that the conservatives were not conservative enough. Regent Gael wanted to mediate, but without the backing of Eredin's powerful military, he, a regent with only the title, was like the United Nations on Earth—without a single soldier in his hands, and no one listened to him.

Thus, the Elf Empire was rife with infighting, and various schemes and assassinations occurred one after another, turning it into complete chaos.

They're in chaos, but Night City isn't.

The army chose a plain and began large-scale construction, erecting towering launch pads. Nakamura Kayo and a group of scientists came from Night City and, under the close guard of soldiers, measured and calculated various planetary data from the Alder World.

Three days later, a carrier rocket soared into the sky and entered space to the astonishment of the elves. Then came a second and a third, making the elves convinced that these things would fall down at some point and crash down on their heads.

But a launch vehicle is a launch vehicle, and three rockets are three satellites.

The first satellite will orbit the planet to collect C-particles from the Alder world; the second satellite is equipped with high-definition lenses and various detectors to closely monitor the planet's surface and study the local natural ecology and social structure; the third satellite is a very ordinary communication satellite, the only unusual thing about it is that it uses C-particle technology, which enables cross-space and time communication, ensuring that the 2077 world can grasp all kinds of situations in the Alder world in real time.

Once a complete set of mining and support work is completed, the mine will be operational.

If it runs smoothly afterward, the template will be recorded and archived for continued use in other worlds.

Having done all this, V prepared to return to Night City.

Geralt thanked V for everything she had done, and now that they were about to part ways, he invited her to have dinner together.

V asked curiously, "You're not cooking, are you?"

Geralt: "...Yennefer cooked."

"Oh, that's alright, I'll go."

It was a family dinner, with Geralt, Yennefer, and Ciri in attendance. V also enjoyed the atmosphere and, without realizing it, got the whole family drunk.

"You guys are really bad at drinking!" V laughed smugly.

Ciri still retained some consciousness, probably due to her ancient blood. She swayed and said, "Help me...take them...back to...their room..."

This was a piece of cake for V; she easily carried Geralt and Yennefer back to their respective rooms, one in each arm.

Ciri could barely stand at this point, practically clinging to V.

"You should go to sleep too. Where's your room?"

"there……"

Ciri pointed in a direction, and V helped her there. After placing Ciri on the bed, V was about to straighten up when Ciri stretched out her arm, wrapped it around V's neck, and pulled her down.

The more water you drink, the colder you feel; the more alcohol you drink, the warmer you feel.

That night, they were both very passionate. She didn't reject her, and neither did she.

The next morning, Ciri pushed V off her and said awkwardly, "Last night was all an impulse, I won't take responsibility for you."

V: "???"

Before she could even sort out the relationships involved, Ciri kicked her out.

Row.

If they're not going to take responsibility, then they're not going to take responsibility. It's fine to have casual sex without any burden and just enjoy it.

Ciri has a strong personality and wants to take the initiative in bed, unlike Michiko's submissive nature and Sasha's ever-changing style. Although V doesn't like to be passively defensive, he can still have a unique charm when he's on the bottom.

So she hummed a little tune and returned to the military camp, listened to the operational reports of the three satellites, and determined the specific time for the army's return. When she was about to go to sleep that night, Ciri suddenly appeared in her room in a flash.

"What the hell are you doing?" V exclaimed in surprise.

Ciri blushed slightly: "I was unwilling to accept my defeat last night, and I want revenge!"

"You want to have a drinking contest? Come on, I've lost before!"

So the two of them fought until dawn, with Ciri lying sprawled on the bed, as if she had been played with to death.

She lost the drinking contest again last night. She was able to take the initiative in the first half, but in the second half, V regained the initiative with her rich experience and skills and launched a fierce counterattack.

V was worried that she had gone a bit too far, but she unexpectedly discovered that Ciri had been enhanced by C-particles and had extremely strong recovery abilities. So V tried out many drinking techniques that she dared not use on Sasha and Michiko on Ciri. She had a lot of fun, and Ciri also... had a lot of fun.

"Don't think you can just let this go. I'll definitely avenge myself tonight!" Ciri, her arms and legs weak, leaned against the wall and walked away.

V: "..."

For several days in a row, Ciri would come to challenge V to drinking contests. The two would drink all night long. Ciri showed an indomitable fighting spirit, but unfortunately, she, a cheat character enhanced by the Ancient Blood, met a cheat character whose blood was full of nanobots. In the end, she could only fight again and again, and be defeated again and again.

Feeling deeply humiliated, the Time Maiden disappeared for two days. V rubbed his aching back, saying he could finally have some peace and quiet. But on the third day, Ciri returned, appearing in V's room in a flash. She drank a potion, and V watched helplessly as Ciri's white tiger transformed into a blue dragon.

Holy crap, a magical version of a super-powerful cannon?!

V was taken aback and instinctively took a half step back: "Wait a minute, I'm not mentally prepared for this."

Ciri smirked proudly, pressing closer: "Go ahead and scream, no one will come to save you no matter how loud you scream. Tonight I'm going to avenge myself!"

That night was too brutal and depraved for V to recall.

Anyway, Ciri slept in her room for the entire next day, which was obviously because the potion had taken a heavy toll on her body, and had nothing to do with her various whimsical ideas.

Ciri didn't come back for the next few days, partly because she was frightened by V, and partly because V was busy with important matters.

The Elven Empire sent a letter of surrender.

It was personally delivered by Regent Gael.

He was willing to die for his country when foreign enemies invaded, but now that the enemies are gone, he still wants to live a good life.

Regent Gael also joined the radical faction, immediately deciding the outcome of the elven infighting. The old conservatives were purged one by one, and the young radicals seized control of the nation.

With the slaves currently in rebellion and under the protection of Night City, the Elven social system has been completely shattered from the bottom up. The radicals believe that in order to regain control of the slaves, they must obtain the approval of Night City. Therefore, Regent Gael personally delivered a letter of surrender.

The letter of surrender stated: The Elven Empire voluntarily becomes a vassal state of Night City, fulfilling all obligations to its overlord, obeying all orders of President V, paying taxes on time every year, and accepting all policy changes and arrangements of the overlord. It also expressed the hope that Night City would fulfill its responsibilities as overlord, guaranteeing the safety of the Elven Empire's nobles, maintaining legitimate changes of government within the Elven Empire, and ensuring the normal lives of the Elven Empire's citizens, among other things.

To show his sincerity, Gale also brought a lot of gifts. V didn't care too much about the gold and silver treasures, but he was very envious of the various research reports and historical documents.

You have to understand that the Elf Empire has existed for tens of thousands of years; even a bunch of monkeys should have invented the steam engine by now.

Elves also studied and utilized natural phenomena, and some of their achievements were comparable to modern science, even possessing unique and ingenious methods in certain areas. However, due to the existence of magic, they were unable to develop these skills further.

V consulted with his advisors and concluded that the reason they accepted the Pointy-Eared Kingdom's surrender was because they coveted the research achievements of the Elven Empire. However, restoring slavery was definitely out of the question; feudalism was too backward. They decided to adopt some form of capitalism instead.

Night City sent several economists to assess the economic level of the Elven Empire and tailor a new system specifically for them.

The new system stipulates: all slaves will be restored to their freedom and granted formal citizenship. The Elven Empire will completely abolish the slave trade; any buying and selling of people will be considered illegal and severely punished. Citizens will be employed on a wage system, and their labor will be sacred and inviolable. The Elven Empire must pay wages on time and according to the agreed-upon terms. Any delays in payment can be reported to the nanobots, the "Stone Rhinoceroses," at any time. The AI ​​will not accept bribes or fear the powerful; it will strictly adhere to relevant laws and regulations to deliver the fairest judgment. The Elven Empire must obey and cannot disobey; even nobles who violate the rules will be punished the same as commoners.

The slaves cheered when this system was introduced, and although the elves were heartbroken, it was still better than their kingdom being destroyed.

As for sending the slaves back to their original worlds... sorry, V isn't a saint, and she can't use her newly acquired warp technology on unrelated people. However, she had someone record the slaves' descriptions of their worlds, and if they encounter them during future interstellar travel, she will provide support and help these unfortunate souls return home.

In this way, the internal conflict of the Elf Empire was resolved in a few swift moves, and V and Regent Gael signed the relevant agreement at the Elf Palace.

This agreement was originally supposed to be signed with the elven royal family, but Gael told her a secret instead.

"The Daughter of Time and Space once stayed in the Elf Empire for a period of time. We originally wanted her to have a child with the Elf King Oberon to inherit the ancient blood, but unfortunately, an accident happened."

V asked curiously, "What accident?"

Gale looked embarrassed, but he dared not refuse to answer V's question, so he could only bite the bullet and say, "The Elf King Oberon is impotent."

"Pfft!" V couldn't help but burst out laughing. She meant to apologize, but what came out of her mouth was a series of laughs: "Hahaha, no, hahaha, I just couldn't help it, hahahaha..."

Gail was quite helpless, but some things, once said, are just that—things. Since the person had already been lost, Gail couldn't be bothered to hide it anymore.

"The Elvenking Oberyn was over 650 years old at the time. His advanced age was one reason, but another was the long-held beliefs of the elves. In the eyes of the elves, humans were just hairless monkeys. In addition, Ciri was a descendant of the Elven princess Laura Dorron, making her Oberyn's granddaughter. Therefore, he was unable to have any desires."

A hairless monkey?

V thought about Ciri's bald appearance and realized, well, she really didn't have any hair.

"And then what happened? What was the unexpected event?"

Gale replied, "Eredin presented Oberon with a secret potion, the kind that can enhance pleasure, and it's extremely potent. After all, the Ancient Blood is related to the continuation of the entire elven civilization, and whether Oberon wanted it or not, he had to make a sacrifice. But an accident happened at this moment. Perhaps because the potion was too strong, Oberon suffered a sudden heart attack and died after taking it. The elven empire was thrown into chaos, and Eredin seized the opportunity to ascend the throne, while Ciri also took advantage of the chaos to escape."

"The previous Elf King died from taking aphrodisiacs?" V was shocked and felt a sense of absurdity. "Could Eredin have done it on purpose?"

"It shouldn't be, at least not at that time."

"How to say?"

"Eridin ascended the throne to stabilize the domestic situation. After becoming the new Elf King, he continued to travel to various worlds with the Red Knights. Instead, he appointed me as regent to take control of the power. At that time, he probably didn't have much desire for power."

"You weren't very big then, but you grew bigger later?"

"That's right. The subsequent deaths of several members of the royal family in accidents were likely orchestrated by Eredin in secret."

V nodded. She had no intention of seeking justice for the elven royal family, nor did Gale. He told V these things mainly to show that the legitimate royal family of the elven empire was extinct.

As for whether the royal family members were killed by Eredin, since Eredin did not object, then it should be true.

V looked at Gale and said, "What I need is a stable society so that it can provide me with a continuous supply of resources, understand?"

Gail quickly replied, "I understand."

“Good that you understand.” V said, “From today onwards, the title ‘Regent’ will be changed to ‘Elf King’.”

Gail was overjoyed and quickly bowed, "Yes!"

And so, the matter of the Elf Empire was settled. V obtained the resources of an entire planet, as well as the research results of the elves over tens of thousands of years.

Kayo Nakamura treasured these documents, gaining a deeper understanding and application of C-particles. She combined magic and science, forging a new path of dual magical and martial arts cultivation, significantly improving Night City's technological level and accelerating the reconstruction of human society. Of course, that was all in the future.

But there's no such thing as a free lunch. V gained the allegiance of the Elf Empire, so naturally he also had to shoulder the empire's problems.

The problem is white frost.

The elves believed that the white frost was a curse, a natural disaster, but after research by scientists such as Nakamura Kayo, it was finally determined that the white frost was actually a phenomenon of drastic entropy increase.