From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 108 When did our relationship with the dryad become so good?
Lan was holding Ciri on the horse, and they were wearing capes like a big griffin hugging a little griffin.

The little griffin was still holding a rapier in his arms, Lan En looked at Ciri with a smile and said with a smile: "Don't lose 'Swift' again."

The roadblocks created by the warlocks were quickly cleared by more than a thousand people. Lan talked with his retainers and comrades one by one, accepted their salutes, and then gave a simple speech to the soldiers present to encourage morale.

After temporarily solving Nilfgaard's pursuers, although the group's momentum is high and their morale is high, the large force of the Nilfgaardians is still in Sintra, and the group dare not stay in place for too long. Run all the way to the north.

In this regard, "Boar of the Sea" Kratz Ann Clayt has a different opinion.

"You should have come with Ciri to Skellige with me, Lane, we are family."

Kratz warned solemnly.Ciri often went on vacation to Skellige Island when she was a child, and the young Lann before being time-traveled often went there to accompany her.Although the relationship between Skellige and Lan is not as close as that of Ciri, they are family after all.

In the face of the crisis of national subjugation, the Clayt family of Kratz and the Tursek family of East will lend a helping hand without any political considerations, just because of "family".

Lane refused sincerely: "We will indeed need Skellige's help, Kratz. But not in this form." It is interesting to say that he is about the same age as Kratz's son in terms of age, but he is the same age as Kratz's son in terms of seniority. Kratz is a peer.

"If we leave now, Sintra will die immediately. Nilfgaard is fighting on multiple fronts, relying on the number of people in a short period of time to suppress us by surprise. But if we want to occupy the whole territory of Sintra It will be a protracted battle. Only with Shiri and I can gather the scattered Sintra and preserve the last fire of Sintra."

Lan En said solemnly: "If you run now, you will be sorry for Auntie and Sintra."

Lane is confident in keeping the last spark of Sintra, one is because of Brokilon's unique geographical location.The second is that in the near future, a shocking battle will break out in the northern border to defeat the Nilfgaardian invasion of the northern border.

And even at that point in the original book, when Ciri disappeared or even was rumored to be dead, Sintra, who had no legal heir and was completely disorganized, still stubbornly resisted Nilfgaard for a whole year, and the entire territory has not yet fall.

Subsequently, the Nilfgaardians will sign a peace treaty with the Northerners, and Sintra is nominally ceded to Nilfgaard as a vassal state.Cintra, who hoped that the king's master would be hopeless, gradually gave up resistance, and finally became the province of Nilfgaard.

But now, Lane believes that the situation will be very different from then.

At this time, Lane had also learned the news of Calanthe's death from the Skellige people. What surprised him was that Easter was still alive, and Kertz and his party actually followed his original advice from The large army was diverted, and this was able to reach Sintra at this point in time, changing part of history.

According to the original plot, East should have died in that battle, while Calanthe was seriously injured and was hanged by Mossak and brought back to the capital.

At least one person is saved now.But according to Kertz, East's current situation can't help Sintra.Moreover, Easter's situation is special. For Sintra, he is the one who is more like a "queen". After Calanthe's death, his cohesion to Sintra is not even as good as Rann, who was born in the royal family.

Kertz could only sigh after hearing Lane's words. As the helm of the family, he could fully understand Lane's thoughts: "But if it really comes to a critical juncture, you must not be brave, Skellige will always be Your haven."

After finishing speaking, he looked at Ciri who was curled up in Lann's arms and fell asleep crying because of the news of Calanthe's death: "But at least let me take Ciri away and let her stay in Cintra. It's dangerous..."

Lan shook his head and looked at Geralt's position: "I have my own priorities, and I won't put Ciri in danger. But she has a safer place, and she has more important things to do."

Kertz stared at Lann's lion eyes for a long time, trying to find some sincerity, and he didn't look away until he felt goosebumps all over his body.

"You can't see a thing in your eyes at all... I don't know how you became like this. But I believe you will not harm Ciri."

Kertz hesitated for a while, then suddenly said, "Lan...have you become a witcher?"

Lane nodded, and Kurtz's eyes became more complicated.

Now the combined number of demon hunters in the north and the south may be less than twenty, and the number is still decreasing.Many people no longer know that there are such a group of people who slay demons for a living on the mainland.On the contrary, the demon hunters of those countries that extremely reject non-human races or try their best to discredit demon hunters remember the longest.

As the helm of the big family, Kurtz is a place where magic flourishes. He is no stranger to the existence of demon hunters, and he also knows the price to be paid to become a demon hunter.

"Maybe in the current situation, you can better protect the country." Kertz patted Lan on the shoulder with a heavy heart, and said, "When you come to Skellige, I might be able to introduce you to the country." A friend, he is also a witcher, very strong, and he likes to play Gwent very much..."

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Ran and his party marched quickly through the path in the forest, and they encountered many refugees along the way. They were attracted by the armor of Sintra and the flag of the Three Lions.Although the Nilfgaardians hadn't arrived here yet, people had already heard about the fall of the capital, and many of them lived in the south of the country and had seen the Nilfgaardian cavalry.

Lan's team continued to swell, and when they arrived at Brokilon a few days later, the mayor Luca, who thought the enemy army was coming, was organizing the soldiers in the town to guard and prepare for a deadly battle.

Lane was followed by about as many soldiers and refugees as the entire town, with complicated eyes.

After realizing that Her Royal Highness and all the members of the Lannister family including Lann were among the crowd in front of him, the mayor hurriedly came out to apologize.

The old mayor glanced at Lan En's lion pupils, then lowered his head and didn't dare to look any further: "My lord, there have been rumors all along, I thought you already... Anyway, welcome back to Brokilon."

Lann had a good impression of the old Brokiron, and he helped him up to salute and said in relief: "You have worked hard to take care of my territory during this time, and now you have seen the situation behind me—"

Lan pointed behind him: "In the future, this will be the place where Sintra will revive, but before that, they need to be settled here."

Luka nodded first, but his face was troubled.

Lann patted each other on the shoulder when he saw it: "I know the town can't accommodate so many people, and it can't even support them. Don't worry, they just need to build a camp nearby to spend a while, the war Will get a turnaround soon.

And during this period of time, your task is to manage them well with my housekeepers. After all, you are more familiar with Brokilon. "

The embarrassment on Luka's face immediately disappeared when he heard the words, and he smiled modestly: "The Earl was joking, during your... absence, Mr. Enns often came here, and he brought the dissatisfaction of the king's capital. With few resources, I dare not say that I am too familiar with Brokiron."

Lan En looked back at the old housekeeper in surprise, and Ernes saluted modestly.When Lann was away, the old steward could be said to be ruthless in building Brokilon, the last piece of the Lannister family's territory, and since the manager here became Ciri in name, as the princess's territory, it was also More resources can be poured in.

Many materials, weapons, and even injured craftsmen eliminated from the battlefield were moved here, and even Calanther acquiesced in this behavior. Brokiron is no longer the same at this moment, and there is even a faint The taste of a small country castle.

Walking on the street, Lan looked at the town of Brokilon, which was different from what he remembered. While sighing in his heart, he noticed that there was no popularity there. child.

Lan frowned: "Where are the people here?"

Luka looked at Lane's expression and suddenly realized: "You don't know... a lot of things happened in Brokiron while you were away. Rocky Long Forest..."

"Wait a minute..." Lan interrupted, "Eisna agrees with you to take refuge directly in the forest?"

Luke nodded: "As I said, a lot happened to Brokilon."

Brokilon Town, the lord's mansion.

Listening to Luca's report on the relationship between the dryads and the townspeople of Brokilon during this period, Lan's eyes became more and more strange.

"Our hunters are allowed to go hunting in the forest and set up camps at designated locations. The hunters go hunting during the day and can rest in the camp at night. Everyone's life has improved a lot because of this... This time the townspeople did it for The shelters built to escape the war were built around these camps."

"Our craftsmen and women and children who have a lot of spare time will make some objects to exchange with them. Although many times they will attract reprimand from the dryads, they think we treat them as barbarians, but they are just different from us. Civilization. In order to prevent conflicts, we later sent children to trade with them..."

Lan En suddenly interrupted: "The townspeople are already assured that the child will enter Brokiron alone to look for the dryad without supervision?"

Luca nodded and said, "In the beginning, a naughty child took things from home and went into the forest to play, but when he came back, he brought back a small piece of gold. After the news spread among the neighbors, it became more and more strange. It is said that there are generous magic elves in the forest who will reward smart and innocent children, and the children at the entrance of the village even began to sing related nursery rhymes. At first we wanted to stop those who wanted to take advantage of the children's lives..."

Lan En's eyes became dangerous: "What happened next?"

(End of this chapter)