From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 235

In order to strengthen his persuasion, Kratz pointed to the statue of Svalblo and the three druid apprentices lying on the ground.

"Rescued the two patriarchs who were greedy for meritorious deeds from the ambush of the Wilkas, and killed all the Wilkas; then found the real gathering place of the Wilkas, destroyed the statue of the evil god, and rescued the Three druid apprentices as blood sacrifices."

Kratz captured the key points of East's journey: "I think such achievements are enough for you to be crowned."

"Of course, I'm not saying just let the fallen druid go. We will definitely organize people to search for him in the future."

"But he is just a fallen druid and cannot represent the entire Svalblo sect."

"And the real Swablo sect is here." Kratz pointed to his feet, "We have already destroyed it."

Before Kratz finished speaking, he only heard a huge movement behind him.

Lane, East, and Kratz turned their heads together and found that it was the soldiers of the Dimen family who made the commotion.

Under the leadership of Juta Ann Dimen, they used swords, axes, and hammers to completely destroy the statue of Svalblo, and turned the symbol of the evil god into fragments of the ground.

"This is to avenge my uncle, the patriarch of our Dimen family, damned evil god!" Juta shouted, "May the Virgin Freya suppress you forever!"

……

Kratz withdrew his gaze and spread his hands towards East: "Look, even they think that Svalblo has been destroyed, and now it's revenge."

"The enemy must be killed, I understand. The fallen druid is on the island of Skellig, and he cannot escape. After that, I will mobilize all the soldiers to chase him. I believe the master of the ring of druids They will also be happy to help me." Kratz said sincerely, "But you don't need to get stuck in it anymore, your mission has been completed, and you can already be crowned king."

East hesitated.

Indeed, although he chanted slogans such as "complete the unfinished business of the ancestors" and "destroy the enemy for Skellige", destroying the Svalblo sect is not East's goal.

Become a king, help Cintra, destroy Nilfgaard, and avenge Calanthe.These are the purposes of East.

Eliminating the Svalblo sect is just a means, an excuse to stop the mouths of other family patriarchs and get them to support him.If you focus on fighting the cult and forget the original purpose of the coronation, then you are putting the cart before the horse.

It's just that the matter has developed to the current stage. If the corrupted druid who fled is just let go, I always feel that something is missing.

After thinking for a while, East turned his head to Lane: "Lanne, what do you think?"

……

Lane glanced at the system.

[Mission - Silent Rage]

It doesn't say "Completed".

If you are in the game at this moment, the judgment mode of whether the mission is completed or not is the subjective judgment of the mission publisher. After completing the task, you can enter the link of reward settlement.

Extremely high degree of freedom in task completion - this is also the attraction of the original game.

However, at this moment, Lane's system has a much more objective criterion for judging tasks. This eliminates the possibility of Lane taking advantage of loopholes to complete missions, but also gives Lane key information: the Svalblo Sect does have a particularly remnant party.

Will Rann go to fight the Svalblo sect?
not.He is not Bill, and he has no indelible hatred with the Wilkas.

Lan himself is not a person who is led by the nose by system tasks, nor is he so rigid.Compared with the experience gained from a mission, the matter of crowning East is obviously more urgent.

So he said: "I support Kratz's opinion—the fallen druid must be eliminated, and there is no reason why he knows the enemy but does not destroy him." Especially this enemy can also provide Lann with the experience of completing the task.

"However, there are priorities. The most important thing now is to let Uncle take the throne again." Lan said, "Or we should split into two groups. Geralt and I will find a way to track down the whereabouts of the druids." , this is a kind of job for a demon hunter.”

East chuckled: "You're not a witcher, Lann...at least you can't think of yourself as a witcher."

Lan En showed a taught expression and nodded.

"But what you said is indeed very reasonable." East thought for a moment, looked around, and decided.

"Well, take these comatose druid apprentices and go to the Druid ring with me."

"Bran is over there, let me talk to him about the current progress. After this incident, the Dimen family and Lugo's Drummond are no longer my competitors, and they may even become my own. There are only two neutral families, and I can lobby again."

"Lan, you can also consult the master druid there and ask about the situation of their fallen druid. I believe they will be very happy to help you."

"As for whether to be crowned immediately, or continue to follow the trail of the fallen druids. We'll talk about it later."

Everyone has no objection to this arrangement.

Soldiers from the Tursek family and the Kleite family scattered out to search for any other tricks in the Velca gathering place, and at the same time captured the cubs, which they planned to take back as trophies.

The demon hunters used their senses to search for traces of the Vilka people living inside, hoping to add some convenience to their future actions.

As for Lan En, he looked at the three unconscious druid apprentices thoughtfully.

Where is the corrupted druid who escaped...

……

Attis is heading for the coast of Great Skellige.

An oak cane was placed horizontally on his knees, and every strand of the wooden comb on it had been smeared with blood, and the black and red hard scabs firmly covered the original color of the natural wood, giving off a fishy smell all the time.

Under his crotch is a huge and astonishing Skellige bear. At this moment, the berserk beast is like the most obedient steed, even violating the body's instincts and deliberately flattening its back, providing the fallen druid with the most comfortable journey.

Until the salty sea breeze blows ahead, bringing the sound of waves.

They reached the coast of Great Skellige.

Artis rolled over from the bear's back vigorously, turned his head to look at the berserker who was carrying him all the way, with a look of pity on his face.

"Hasiya...you are the last Velka berserker."

"Now is the time for you to offer your faith to my God, as your companion."

The giant bear's eyes are clear, and the wisdom shown in them is no less than that of human beings.It and Attis looked at each other for two seconds, then lowered its head.

The roar of the beast echoed in the thick throat. If it was still a human throat, the syllables in it could be heard clearly.

That is: for my god, Svalblo.

There was a burst of bloody light on the oak cane, and the vines at the end of the cane began to twine and extend, growing a dagger-like tip.

With a sound of "Puff", Attis' cane pierced into the giant bear's neck, and the blood flowed backwards towards the oak cane in a trajectory that defied gravity, like rainwater dripping into dry soil, and was absorbed by the palm in an instant.

The shadow of Artis blurred for a moment, deformed slightly in the direction of the bear, but quickly returned to its original shape.

Then he knelt down on one knee, inserted his right hand into the bear's wound, dipped a little blood, and drew new battle patterns on his face.

"My god Svalblo..."

Finally, the fallen druid raised his hands, stirring up a strong wind on the coastline.

The sail that had been waiting here for a long time suddenly swelled up, carrying the hull and carrying Artis towards the destination.

"Everything is ready, everything is just for your pleasure."

"My God, Svalblo..."
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Lan didn't know where Artis had gone, let alone that the other party had even left Great Skellige at this moment.

But he really wanted to know more about Artis.So he followed Easter to the Druid Ring in Skellige.

Druids are students of forests and nature. They understand nature through dialogue with flowers, plants and trees, and they can also control powerful natural forces to maintain the balance of ecology.At the same time, druids are world-renowned for their healing skills. They are happy to take care of and treat injured wild animals, and they also adopt and help orphans abandoned by their families. Therefore, they appear as wise men in the eyes of the world and are highly respected. .

The druids in the archipelago are different from the druids on the mainland. They are not gray-bearded old men bowing in front of the sacred oak all day long, taming pterodactyls, and arguing with the lord to add something to the list of protected creatures.Many druids in the archipelago will rely on their own abilities to act as magic advisors to the family patriarchs, constantly wandering among the various families on the island, and acting as a buffer between endless disputes.

The Skelligs will ask druids when they are in trouble, they will turn to druids when they are sick, and they will tend to turn to druids instead of local lords even when they encounter disputes eager to mediate-it turns out that druids Certain lords of Yibi are indeed reliable.

The Ring of Druids is the gathering place and practice place for Druids.

Every place where druids gather can eventually form a "ring of druids".However, because the druids are particularly prosperous in Skellige, the ring of druids here is far larger than that on the mainland.

Just as Niubao is compared to other academic colleges on the mainland, and Eltusa of the Brotherhood of Warlocks is compared to other magic schools, Skellige's Druid Ring is also in a detached position.

So some druids gave it an extra sacred name: Ring of Oak.

Even druids from mainland China would sometimes travel thousands of miles to Skellige to communicate with the wise men here, and pay homage to their ancestors.

……

It is also a place full of natural atmosphere, and Lane will unconsciously compare the Oak Ring with the Oak Land of the Brokiron dryads.

Compared with the gathering place of the dryads, there are no giant trees that are big enough to be used as traffic roads and houses. The trees here are of moderate size, and there is an open sweet grass.

This is more of a gathering place for nomads than an academic base for a group of nature-worshipping spellcasters.

It is very popular here. It is reminiscent of the fact that Druids, in addition to being traditional spellcasters, also work part-time as alchemists, pharmacists, healers, animal trainers, etc., and the surrounding villagers will come to ask for help from time to time. Everything here The layout is very reasonable.

East greeted the Druid apprentice who came to greet him, and went straight to find his younger brother, King Bran, who seemed to be in a little trouble.

Lann, on the other hand, handed over to the druid apprentices and led him to treat the three druid apprentices rescued from the bear ring.

Soon, a mentor-level druid came over with an ugly face and arranged for the treatment of the three apprentices.

"The Svalblo Sect actually captured our apprentices as blood sacrifices!"

Although studying the way of nature, druids are not good-tempered, and some of them are even the opposite, such as the one in front of Lane and the others.

The druid instructor used almost all the Skellige swear words Lane knew to scold the Svalblo sect, and then turned around and noticed Lane who had been waiting aside.

But out of Lan's surprise, the druid didn't greet him immediately, but turned his gaze to Gerd behind him:
"Ha, witcher! Have you found the purple fennel I want?"

Everyone's eyes turned to Gerd immediately, making the bear demon hunter show an embarrassed expression.

Sensing everyone's suspicious gazes, Ged took the initiative to explain: "This druid is a master of alchemy and medicine. I admired his reputation and wanted to come here to learn. So he gave me a few tests and promised me Teach me alchemy after you finish it, and it turns out..."

"As a result, none of the tests have been completed!" The druid yelled, "I could see that you were a stone head, and you wanted to learn alchemy from me, but you couldn't even find a single purple beetle! "

Purple betel is a precious alchemy plant that grows deep in the forest. It is said that the place where it grows will be guarded by dangerous monsters-a very familiar setting.

But for Gerd, who can hunt and kill green dragons alone, no matter how ferocious the monster is, theoretically, he should not be able to stop him, so at this moment, his hands are empty, and there must be something hidden in it.

Gerd snorted lightly, ignoring the words of the stinky druid.

And this druid didn't pester Ged much, he still knew the business.

Turning his head to face Lan, the druid's expression softened visibly.

"I kept you waiting, the lion of Cintra, Lann Lannister Ray Allen, right?" Before Lann could introduce himself, the druid actually said Lann's name by himself. .

"I'm Gresmit. As you can see, I'm a Druid, and I'm good at herbal medicine and healing, as well as alchemy."

The druid named Gresmit recognized him at a glance, which surprised Lan En, and the other party's subsequent words answered Lan En's doubts——

"Mossack often mentions you—this 'frequent' refers to very 'frequent'." Grace Mitt chuckled, "Every time he comes back, he will bring a few old friends to exchange apprenticeships and offspring training. Topics like that—they used to talk about academic research, like how to better control the weather.”

"We're not interested in this topic at all, but Mossak wants to bother us with it! So your reputation is well known in the Oak Ring, Rann of Cintra. Many old guys know you maybe Better than an apprentice who knows himself!"

Lane smiled awkwardly but politely.

For him, Skellige is really full of surprises.

"But now it seems that Mossak's praise for you may be quite true." Grasmeet looked at the hut behind him, where the three rescued druid apprentices were sleeping. "You just came to Skellige, and you helped us eliminate the Svalblo sect, and even helped us rescue three apprentices."

"The savage whose mother was fucked by a giant bear actually used our apprentices for a blood sacrifice!" Grasmeet once again showed an indignant expression, and kept spitting out Skelliger's swear words from his mouth.

After a dozen more breaths, the druid calmed down. He turned to Lan and said with a pleasant face:

"All the druids of the Ring of Oak owe you their favor. Do you want to learn alchemy, little guy from Mossak?" Gracelet began to take something into his arms, "I can take mine I'll give you the alchemy notes, and you can also show Mossak when you go back, it's an academic exchange!"

Ged showed a stunned expression when he heard the words. His visit to Gracelet was not as simple as he described in a few words before, but he was scolded—and after being scolded, he was given a few so-called test.

He didn't expect that the alchemy, which he couldn't learn after such a hard time, was easily handed over to Lan by the druid.

Although there is a factor of Lann rescuing the apprentices in the gathering place, for the free-standing druids, whether to give thanks is purely based on personal favorability...

Gerd could only remain silent.

Lan took the alchemy note and pretended to put his hand in his arms, but actually put it in the [item bar].

Then he thanked the druid again, giving a master alchemist enough face, making him straighten up happily and reservedly, and stroke his beard.

"But in fact, the Svalblo sect has not been completely wiped out. As far as we know, a fallen druid was also involved, but we haven't found any trace of him yet." Lane said, pointing out his own The main purpose of a group of people here.

Gresmit stared at this and immediately denied: "Impossible!"

But then, he calmed down again, and denied himself: "...No, it's possible what you said... The berserker trials and blood sacrifices of the Vilka need to be presided over by spellcasters, and they are often druids. .Since the Vilkas have made a comeback, it means that there is a shameful traitor among us, and this traitor has betrayed us for a long time..."

Grace Mitt took a deep breath: "Thank you for telling us this news, little lion. We should have thought of this a long time ago, and it really shouldn't be pointed out by a child now...Let's leave the rest to ourselves, this It's something inside the Ring of Oak."

But Lan shook his head: "I was taught by Uncle Mossack, so I can be regarded as one of Oak Ring's own people? If I want to deal with that fallen druid, I also want to do my part."

[Silent Rage] This mission has not been completed so far, the reason should be that the fallen druid has not been executed.

Although letting the druids of the Ring of Oak to clean up the portal can still complete the task by itself, if possible, Lane still wants to do it himself.

This coincides with part of his purpose of contracting Bill as a [follower]: for the secret of the Svalblo sect, for the complete secret method that transforms humans into berserkers.

If it was a druid from the Ring of Oak, or someone from Skellige, they might not ask too many questions, and they would simply kill the druid who was the last to know the secret, and let the secret It was lost.

Even if Mossack and other warlocks on Lane's side can reverse the secret method through Bill, but with the original formula, it can save a lot of time, and maybe they can get other surprises.

……

After Lann took the initiative to ask for a share of worries, Gresmit's eyes became inexplicable.

Gracelet looked at Lann's lion eyes again, and after a few breaths, he gave Lann an answer.

This time his gaze softened a lot: "You seem to speak better than Mossack."

"If you really want to contribute to the Oak Ring and hunt down the traitor together, then I will not stop you, but will help you."

As if he felt that his attitude was too friendly, Gracelet snorted and added: "But you have to pay attention, don't cause trouble for us."

(End of this chapter)