From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 256 Ciri's Parents

Cintra and Skellige became staunch allies due to the love of Calanthe and Ester.Ciri's mother Pavetta and father Doni often took Ciri to Skellige for vacation when Ciri was young, and they also visited the archipelago as members of the royal family to exchange friendship.

At that time, it was Kratz who was in charge of receiving the Pavettas and Ciri throughout the whole process.

However, when the Shirley family ended their vacation and was about to leave, there was a prelude to a stormy weather at sea.The experienced Kratz tried to stay for a while to wait for the weather to clear up, but Ciri's father, Donnie, insisted on going out to sea, and finally encountered a raging sea storm, and the whole ship disappeared on the sea, leaving only Ciri in Great Skellige survived.

Kratz firmly believed that it was his fault, and if he had stopped it a little more firmly at the beginning, he might have avoided the disaster.He once confessed in front of Calanthe and wanted to commit suicide to apologize, but Calanthe forgave Kratz, so Kratz swore to the mountains and seas that he would give his life to protect Ciri in this life.

The above is the bond between Kratz and Ciri, but Lane knows that there is a treacherous conspiracy in it.

First of all, Shirley's father is a fake—you can't say that, you can only say that his name and identity are fake, and he is a fraudulent marriage.

This person with the alias of "Prince Dhoni", whose real name is "Enhyr va Enrith", was a troubled prince who was exiled due to a coup d'état at that time, and now he has unified the entire south and is about to sweep across the north— Emperor Nilfgaard.

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Lan En has always been on guard against the current Warlock Brotherhood in the North, because he has ancient blood in his body.In addition to creating the ancient blood, losing the ancient blood, and now wanting to regain the wild hunting of the ancient blood, many ambitious people among humans also hope to gain the power of the ancient blood.

Among them is the current member of the Wizarding Association, the man who ranks enough to enter the top 3 warlocks in the mainland, and even the man who can faintly reach the top among the warlocks in terms of overall combat power-Vigfortsz.

In the current battle, Lann has fought against the opponent many times, both openly and covertly.

Because of Islini's prophecy, everyone knows that the blood of the ancients is the power to save the world.But we all know: prophecies, proverbs, and the like can be misinterpreted.

Therefore, in the interpretation of some people, the blood of the ancients has changed from "the power to save the world" to "the strongest power in the world", and is finally understood as "the power that can rule the world if you get it."

Vigfortez is a talented person, and he stood at the pinnacle of warlocks before he was a hundred years old, but he is ambitious and tries to pursue even more powerful power.After he had his own "understanding" of the power of the ancient blood, he searched the classics and confirmed that the ancient blood existed in the royal family of Cintra.

At that time, Calanthe had already emerged, and Sintra was on the way to develop into a military power. It was not something Vigfortz could plot with his own strength, so he made a careful plan.

Wigfortz first found Prince Emhyr, who was in exile due to usurping the throne and was cursed, and confirmed that the troubled prince was a "chess piece" that could be cultivated.So he secretly suggested to Emhyr the way to lift the curse on him: go to the forest around Sintra to save the king of Sintra who was in danger at the time, and at the same time use the ancient "law of accident" to designate the daughter that the king didn't know he had. Pavetta as payment.

14 years later, Emhyr returned to Sintra, and began a tryst with Paveta under the entanglement of fate, and let her conceive her own child-that is, Ciri.A year later, at Pavetta's selection banquet, Emhyr had a showdown with Calanthe under the pseudonym "Prince Doni".

Looking back at the wedding ceremony at the time, it can really be said that it was a gathering of heroes: besides Emhyr, there was also Dandelion who was invited to perform, Geralt who was hired by Dandelion to be a bodyguard, East, who brought Kratz to propose, and Mossak, who followed East to join in the fun.

After a series of twists and turns, Geralt and Ciri were entangled in the fate of this wedding, Mossak decided to stay in Sintra to teach the newly awakened ancient blood, and both Calanthe and Easter fell to death. Falling in love also allowed Emhyr's alias "Prince Doni" to marry Pavita.

So the time was pushed back to the birth of Ciri, and Pavetta and the "Prince Doni" family were going back to Sintra after vacationing in Skellige.At that time, Vigfortz felt that the time was ripe, so he taught Emhyr the prophecy that had been misinterpreted by him.Let the usurped prince think that his wife Pavetta and daughter Shiri can help him regain the throne and unify the world.

Then came the storm at sea.Vigfortez promised Emhyr that the family would be teleported back to Nilfgaard in the storm, but Pavetta was keenly aware of something, and she secretly left the young Ciri in Skellige until Emhyr didn't realize this until after sailing.In the end, Pavetta accidentally fell into the sea and died in a storm. Emhyr returned to Nilfgaard alone. Although he did not have the power of the ancient blood, he still relied on himself to regain the throne step by step and quickly expanded the empire.

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"what!"

In order to explain the cause and effect to Kratz, Lann specially changed to a secluded place and repeatedly asked Kratz to stabilize his emotions.But Kratz still screamed out, causing the sailors who were busy not far away to look sideways.

The truth is too jaw-dropping. Fortunately, Kratz is already a mature patriarch of the big clan, so he didn't say anything that really revealed the secret.Even so, it took him more than a dozen breaths to slightly let the avalanche-like emotions fall into the normal range.

"I'm sorry Lan, the news you said is too shocking." Kratz paced irritably, "Dony is Emhyr? This is really..."

After a while, Kratz turned his head abruptly: "Does Shirley know about this?"

Lan shook his head: "How should I tell her?" Shirley, your father is actually still alive, but his previous identity was false, and he also killed your mother, and now he killed your grandmother. , slaughtered your country. So even if he is your father, we are going to kill him, and we hope you can join me.' How do you want me to tell her such a thing?"

Not to mention a little girl, even Kratz was silenced by Lan's long list of oversaturated words.

"But Shirley...she wants to know after all."

"I'll tell her, it's just... I haven't figured out how to organize the words and what timing to look for."

Lan En said sincerely: "Kratz, I tell you this today, just hope that you will no longer feel guilty about Princess Pavita's death. It was not your fault, but a heinous conspiracy."

Kratz felt that today was the day he had been silent for the longest time. The last time was the day he learned that Pavetta was buried in the sea.

"No, Lane. You're not right." Kratz shook his head suddenly. "Donnie is Emhyr in disguise. He's a villain. It's me who didn't see through his evil disguise. As my brother; I wept for his death and felt so guilty that I wanted to commit suicide to console him."

"It was my fault that I did not see him for what he was, and that I delivered Pavetta into his hands, and my ship and sailors. Pavetta's death, the death of those brave sailors, and myself The torment of conscience I have suffered over the years, all of this must be blamed on Emhyr!"

Kratz patted Lane on the shoulder: "Thank you for bringing me this news, Lane. But I will continue to atone for my sins and continue my vow to protect Ciri with my life. But at the same time, Shi Kelliger's Kleite family will live forever with Nilfgaard!"

Lan opened his mouth, but although Kratz's face was full of anger at the moment, it was also mixed with relaxed relief.That was the exhilaration of being able to swing the battle ax as much as you want after throwing off the shackles.

So Lan didn't say much.

"You also mentioned a warlock named Vigfortz. He is actually the mastermind behind the scenes, right? Did he plot against the blood of the ancients? Did he attack you?"

Lan nodded: "He joined hands with the current Emhyr and sent assassins to assassinate me more than once, but they were all resolved by me. As for how to deal with him, I have a plan in mind."

Kratz gritted his teeth and said, "You must tell me when you kill him. I hope this process will be slow and painful."

The sails were raised, and the sound of horns was heard in the distance. The servants of Cintra came to remind Lan that the gifts had been delivered to the hands of the various patriarchs, and the luggage had been packed.

"Bon voyage, Lan." Kratz let go of Lan's shoulders, and formally and solemnly extended his right hand, "See you later."

Lan nodded, reached out and shook hands with Kratz.
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Sintra, Brokilon Town, an open space outside the military camp.

The ground is densely covered with vines, but upon closer inspection, it can be found that they are connected to each other quite regularly, outlining a huge magic circle, and these vines will grow branches at regular intervals. Holding up a fragment of a small jewel.

Mossak stood in front of the magic circle, which was a teleportation circle.

Advanced mages can master teleportation magic, but this does not mean that they can run around in different places.The size of the portal, the maintenance time, and the distance of the transmission all require the caster to continuously invest in magic power to adjust and maintain it.

Even within the northern border, when high-level warlocks traveled from their own countries to attend a meeting on Shaned Island, they would need to go through the portal several times.

On weekdays, when Mossak returns to Skellige, he also needs to use the Oak Ring's special teleportation and positioning circle.Not to mention that at this moment he was bringing an entire army across the sea from Skellige to Cintra.

Fortunately, spellcasters are all good at using the power between heaven and earth to replace their own spellcasting existence, which is also the power of knowledge.By drawing the magic circle, the consumption of spellcasting can be greatly reduced, and the fragments of gemstones of various colors that Lan obtained from the mirror master are also good spellcasting materials.

"Consultant Mossak, it's almost time." The old butler Ens reminded him.When Lann returns, he must be the first to greet him.

Mossak himself was secretly estimating the time in his heart, and when he heard the words, he moved his hands and chanted the spell aloud.

A huge portal appeared in mid-air, and out of the old butler's expectant eyes... Lan, who was being supported by Ciri, walked out.

The Lion of Cintra rubbed his temples with a headache.His [Teleportation] is similar to the magic principles of warlocks. At present, it is still impossible to return to Sintra on the mainland after traveling a distance of nearly a month, so he has to go through the portal as a last resort.

"Welcome back, master." The old butler knew Lann's habits like the back of his hand, and smiled as he stepped forward to offer herbal juice to relieve dizziness.Although Lan En felt that this was too delicate more than once, the old butler never tired of it.

After Mossak saw Lan, a smile could not help but appear on his serious face: "Welcome home, Lan. I have already heard part of your achievements in Skellige. Vesekid knows you I came back today with Shiri, and I made a special trip back from the front line, and it should be almost there by now."

Lan patted Ciri on the head to indicate that he was fine, and said to Mossack: "Then go to my study, there are still a lot of things happening in Skellige, I need to communicate with you , it will take a long time."

Mossak nodded as expected: "We also happened to report to you the latest situation in Sintra."

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Brokilon Town, Lord's Mansion, Study.

Familiar seats, Lane, Mossack, and Wisekid sat separately.The old marshal was travel-stained, obviously just got off his horse, and his whole body was exhausted.But his eyes were extraordinarily bright, because during this period of time he really felt the hope of the restoration of Sintra, and the vitality brought by this hope was not the same as when he was stationed in Brugge before.

Ens was the last to enter the house, because Lann had brought back a lot of people this time, and the old housekeeper in charge of internal affairs needed to arrange them properly.

"Miss Yuna chose a residence near the lord's mansion, and now she is inspecting our forging with the craftsmen of the Todaloch family."

Yuna and her party did not come to Sintra by boat, but returned directly from the portal at the invitation of Rann.Craftsmen are what Sintra is in urgent need of right now. The sooner they can invest in territory construction, the better. Lan can't wait for the ship to sail slowly on the sea for a month.

Yuna has no problem with this, and even enjoys it.

Lane has also now clarified Yuna's true identity, which is also a pivotal character in the previous game-a super armor blacksmith who can create master-level armor for players.In the absence of additional expansion packs and DLC, this is the most advanced armor that players can access.

Yuna's fate has also been changed too much by Lann.Yuna is a member of the Todaloch family. In the original book, her family was destroyed by the ice giants. Because she did not have the protection of the family, but also to prove her forging skills, she began to travel to the mainland.

However, the mainland's contempt for women made Yuna's forging skills unable to be used. She even had to find a dwarf with poor craftsmanship and push it to the front of the stage as a publicity, and she made armor in the name of the other party's assistant. .

It wasn't until the player learned the truth and rectified Yuna's name that she burst into a brilliance that shocked everyone.

At this moment, Yuna is not yet the perfect body who will stand at the top of the armor craftsman in the future, but she is already much better than ordinary royal craftsmen, enough for one person to preside over all the forging work of a kingdom.

And her potential doesn't stop there.This kind of talent is of great help to the current Sintra.

"However, after my observation, the Todaloch craftsmen brought by Miss Yuna are better at making armor and weapons, as well as shipbuilding. They are very unfamiliar with making siege equipment." The old housekeeper said worriedly .

This is reasonable, Skellige's pirates do not need to attack the city, so the crafting skills of the corresponding equipment can only be regarded as "mastery", but it is far from "proficient".But this is also because Ens is a little greedy, and being able to get the help of an entire group of armor craftsmen can already alleviate Cintra's urgent needs to a large extent.

"Mr. Gerd went to contact Mr. Lesso and the others, and Bill was arranged by me and House." Ens continued. As a new member of the lion group, he also attached great importance to it and made a proper placement.

"As for Nanomi...uh, miss." This is the female Night Demon, "She doesn't seem to like towns, but wants to settle down in Brokilon Forest, and even wants to meet the dryads. "

When he said this, Ensi's expression was unnatural, as if he hesitated to speak.

Mossak unabashedly cast doubts, jokes, and even a little bit of admiration on Lann, and even a sense of relief that "green out of blue is better than blue".He never imagined that Lann could bring back a female night devil after going to his hometown.

Lan En rubbed his temples, and didn't want to explain further: "Don't worry about her, the forest is the forest, let her go."

After the old butler sat down completely, the familiar butler's grandson, Lann's personal servant Hardy, filled everyone's wine glasses.

Lane straightened his expression: "How is the situation in Sintra now? I remember that before I left, Uncle Mossak was in charge of going to Kovill to contact the mercenary group, and Ens was in contact with the surrounding countries to purchase supplies. Now How is the situation? And the marshal, how is the front line going?"

(End of this chapter)