From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 263 Great Elder Brovar Hogg

Lan, who had cast a strange spell, was surrounded by excited dwarves, asking questions excitedly.

As an ancient and long-lived race, the dwarves have never seen magic, but the scenes of the spellcasters fighting are not as exciting as Lann.

After confirming that these dwarves would not harm his own Duke, House turned his attention to the Sharma ice sculpture that was frozen by [Alder Fayin · Bone Bone].

Outsiders might be intimidated by the Duke's power and dare not think about it, but House, who is already familiar with Lane, knows that Sharma, who has become like an ice sculpture, is not dead yet.

With the addition of the environment of the snow mountain, the strange magic seal of the Duke at this moment can freeze the monster, but it will not completely kill it.Now that Sharma just lost consciousness due to the sudden cold, that is to say, she fainted from freezing in the popular sense.It's also because the Duke didn't do his best, and didn't explode with such a powerful force as he did against the Krakens in Skellige, otherwise this Sharma wouldn't even have a whole body, and it would be turned into pieces on the spot.

[However, this kind of monster is indeed not qualified to die under the Duke's hands now, it is an honor to just subdue it] House thought so, [I will end it after that, and then turn it into an alchemy material ...]

However, with a sound of "boom" before House approached, the ice sculpture of Sharma was suddenly smashed by a torrential force.

Saskia smashed the monster with a swing of a giant axe.The handle of the ax was as thick as her arm, and the blade was bigger than her head.Such an ax would be strenuous even for a dwarf to swing, but in Saskia's hand it was as light as a wooden pole.

The dwarf who lent the ax to Saskia had his eyes widened, but he was relieved when he thought that the girl had won the wheel battle of dozens of dwarves by wrestling her wrists.

Sensing House's surprised eyes, Saskia showed a friendly smile.

"Well...you're welcome." The lake-like blue eyes blinked twice, "If you just joined the team, fighting side by side will help you better integrate and gain friendship, right?"

Saskia looked at those Sharma who were eliminated by the lightning offensive, and showed an apologetic look: "I originally wanted to charge and deal with them together. But your movements are too fast, I just borrowed a With the ax, all the enemies will be eliminated, so I can only help clean up the battlefield."

"So." Saskia kicked the corpse under her feet, "This is what I should do."

……

House felt that the woman in front of him was too strange.

She has a rare tall figure, her appearance is very correct, she can even be regarded as mature and majestic, and her temperament is also very calm.But what she said was too straightforward, even childish, which formed an extremely sharp contrast with her personal temperament.

And this power... House glanced at Sharma's body on the ground.

This kind of power is difficult for members of the "Lion Pride" who have been strengthened several times.And although this woman's figure is vigorous, the shape and size of the muscles definitely don't look like they can stimulate this level of strength.

In this world, there is no such thing as "the power of the strong" or "murderous perception". If a master of ten enemies strips off the excellent equipment on his body, he will not feel stronger than a veteran.

Therefore, mercenaries often appear among the people to provoke the strong alone, villagers dare to sneak attack demon hunters with pitchforks, and warlocks may also be made things difficult by the landlord because of rent arrears.When this kind of plot is written in the novel, it may even be suspected of "forcibly creating conflicts", which will be criticized by readers, highlighting an absurdity and outrageousness.

That is to say, after House became a "lion group", he upgraded and strengthened some perceptions, and after a long period of travel, he somewhat exercised his eyesight.When Saskia first appeared, he felt a kind of uneasiness as if facing a monster. He thought it was an illusion at the time.

Now it seems that there is indeed something worth pondering.

House took a deep breath. He didn't know when, weird-looking guys always appeared around the Duke.You must know that when he first met Mr. Geralt, he only felt that poetry was being staged in front of him, and the witcher was the most magical character he had ever come into contact with.

But since even the Duke has accepted the existence of the other party, then it is enough for him to open his heart. At most, he should pay more attention to the other party.

So House looked at the smashed body of Sharma, thought for a while and said, "Uh...thank you."

As if the theory had been verified, Saskia, who felt that she had gained friendship, showed a satisfied smile.

……

The attendants and the new team members are communicating in a friendly manner.

On the other side, Lan is also talking to Gabo and Leila.

When fighting side by side with human soldiers, Lann will deliberately restrain his seal and fight with swords to show his bravery. This will also make it easier to gain recognition and accumulate power.

But in the face of an ancient race like dwarves, the power of the supernatural domain is easier to gain respect.It was also for this reason that Lann unscrupulously swayed his magic power and wiped out the Sharma group in front of him by means of thunder.

Judging from the attitude Gabo and the other dwarves showed towards themselves at this moment, this muscle was successfully displayed.

"I'm really sorry, Duke Lannister. Such a situation never happened in Mahakam in the past. A big cleaning is enough to keep these monsters quiet for a whole year, but I don't know what's wrong now..."

Gabo said worriedly: "Besides, there is Kirturis... If what the witcher master sensed is true, then there must be something that angered her. I must tell this information to the elder .”

For the anomaly shown by the red dragon, Lann didn't know the reason.But if the underground monsters like Sharma reach the ground abnormally, Lane can explain it a little bit.

It's all the fault of the ancient blood... no, it's all the fault of Master Mirror.

Lan En thought for a while, and said relatively tactfully: "In fact, not only Mahakam, but also many other places in the northern border have similar situations. Many monsters have behaved contrary to their usual habits, and many of them hide in forests and deep mountains. The monsters from there appeared near the gathering places of humans."

"Perhaps because Mahakam is deep in the mountains, it was not affected much before, but it still cannot be ignored."

After listening to Lan En's words, Herilera showed a look of approval, and affirmed: "There is a similar situation in Aden. Many soldiers who went deep into the woods to search for the Scoia'tael were killed by monsters."

Gabo's expression became more serious: "Is that so? Thank you, Lord Duke, for the information. I need to tell the Great Elder about this. Many traditional traditions may have to be changed to a certain extent. At least the cleaning needs to be done. Step up the intensity..."

This gathering place itself is just a transit, and there is no loss from the battle of the people, so there is no need for any rest time.

The group soon decided to continue deeper into Mahakam and visit the Great Elder of the Dwarves before sunset.

Yarpan stayed and continued to wait for his family to arrive, and to meet Ryan and his party after they came out.

Sakiya followed Lane's team and finally entered the real Mahakam realm.

After Lann's team showed their might just now, Layla became preoccupied and stopped talking to Geralt. Instead, Saskia talked with Geralt with great interest.

"My father once mentioned you to me, Mr. White Wolf." Saskia said happily, "He praised you for having great love in your heart, and for valuing life more than money and honor. I have always wanted to see you in person !"

And when Geralt asked Saskia's father's name, the woman hesitated.

White Wolf cared a lot, but he couldn't ask more questions because of the journey.

……

There was not much wind and snow in the mountains in the beginning of spring, and everyone left shallow footprints along the way, which could not go away for a long time.

Without Yarpan's singing, the atmosphere of the whole team was much quieter, and even the speed of marching accelerated.

Soon, an exaggerated city appeared in front of everyone.

In human society, even if it is the capital of a country, the city wall is only seven or eight meters high, and the height of ten meters is the level that can only be achieved by the four major countries in the north. The thickness of the city wall does not exceed three meters.

But the wall of this "city" in front of me is more than 20 meters high, and the thickness is even more immeasurable.

Rather than saying it is a "city", it is better to say that it is a "mountain" that has been hollowed out.Instead of nature, the dwarves performed uncanny workmanship, relying on the structure of the mountain to carve out the city gate at the foot of the mountain, and carved densely packed towers and sentry posts on the mountainside, row upon row, and steel and rock have achieved the most perfect fusion on this "city wall".

"Welcome to Carbon Mountain, the capital of Mahakam!" Gabo proudly introduced to everyone, puffing out his chest.

Colgrim opened his mouth wide, and poked Cohen with his elbow: "Do you think it takes more effort to carve such a high city wall from the mountain, or to build such a high city wall from the flat ground?"

Cohen shook his head in admiration: "I don't understand architecture, but I know that such a majestic city will never be seen in other places."

Leila has been here several times, and she can barely take her eyes and mind out of this man-made spectacle.Her eyes met Geralt inadvertently.

The white wolf said to her convinced: "Now I understand why you said that if Temeria sends troops, it will definitely fail in Mahakam, unless they have flying troops, otherwise it is really not possible to capture it by manpower of the city."

At the city gate dug out at the foot of the mountain, there stood a group of heavily armed dwarf soldiers. They were the Mahakam heavy infantry that Lan had been coveting for a long time.

Dwarves were less than half the height of humans, but weighed about the same, meaning they had thicker, harder bones, more muscles, and greater strength.

Likewise, when in full armor, dwarves can also wear heavier armor than humans, and hold thicker shields than humans.From a distance, these heavy infantry looked like a lump of iron. Lane estimated that their plate armor could be as thick as half a thumb.

In the future, a well-organized dwarven heavy infantry will shine in the Civil War.They withstood the charge of the Nilfgaardian heavy cavalry head-on, not only forcibly consuming all the impact of the heavy horses, but even advancing against them!

Until the end of the battle, the phalanx of this dwarven heavy infantry had not been broken through once.

You must know that the Nilfgaardian heavy cavalry is the absolute trump card built by the Black Sun Empire with a lot of money. If they are allowed to drive straight into the camp that broke into the northern border, the human army in the northern border will have no single enemy.

But at this moment, none of the humans knew that the dwarves' heavy infantry could have such power.In fact, there has never been a single recorded appearance of a dwarven legion on a recorded battlefield so far.

Apart from the dwarves themselves, only Lann knew how powerful they were.

"This is the token of the Great Elder." Gabo strode forward and approached Lann's greedy infantry, and began to talk to them.

Gabo was also a member of these heavy infantry before, and now he is famous for his diplomatic post, and the city gate guards recognized his identity at a glance.

"These are the guests of the Great Elder." But even if they looked familiar, Gabo still had to show the complete procedures and documents, because this is Mahakam—a place that pays great attention to tradition, procedures, and rules.

They soon arrived at the place where the Great Elder was.From a distance, I heard the loud voice that was not inferior to, or even far surpassed, Yarpan.

The Great Elder is not in the meeting place, but in an arsenal.The sound of hammers colliding with steel billets could be heard from time to time, but it still couldn't cover the roar of the Great Elder.

"Damn it, what happened to this year's 'big cleaning'? Did you stay in the mine for a long time before, so your eyes were covered with stones like Sharma!"

"Why are all the clans reporting to me that they are being attacked by monsters? Even the big lizard can't stop those monsters!"

Everyone followed the sound, only to see a dwarf with gray hair and skin wrinkled like bark.

He looked old, but his body was as solid as a rock. He raised a huge double-edged battle ax and smashed it, sparks splashed on the face of the dwarf officer in front of him who was being reprimanded by him.

"Barclay! Tell me, are your eyes covered with stones?"

"...No, Great Elder."

"Then tell me why this year's 'cleaning' is the way it is!"

Gabo watched from afar, his face ashen.No one would want to get into trouble with such a furious Great Elder.

However, before Gabo temporarily avoided the front and planned to wait for the elder to calm down, the old dwarf with the battle ax turned his head back as if feeling something, and saw the outstanding Lann and the Sintra troops behind him at a glance.

Visible to the naked eye, the Great Elder became even more angry.

"Damn it! The dirty monsters in the cave are enough to cause headaches, why are humans here? Are they here to ask for money or people? Humans will never come to dwarves until the end of the world!"

Lane raised an eyebrow.The great elder Brovar Hogg in front of him is said to have sat on the position of Mahakam ruler for centuries, and he even wears a crown.

But obviously time did not extinguish his temper, but turned it into dry wood to burn it more and more intensely.

Gabo couldn't hide this time. He hurried forward to prevent the elder from saying anything that might lead to a diplomatic incident, and hurriedly explained: "Elder, this is the Duke of Lannister from Sintra, Lannister Lannister Leanlun. It is the one who brought the lost equipment blueprint through Carlo before, and hopes to talk to you."

Carlo Varese is the real name of the "machete" who is now in Novigrad.

The Great Elder's anger was suffocated. It has been a while since he sent Gabo out, and now counting the days, it is indeed the time for the Cintra people to arrive.

In just one breath, the Great Elder's face, which was originally like a furnace, became as rosy as if he drank a glass of fine Mahakam ale.

"Haha, Lannister, Lion of Cintra, you are finally here!"

Seeing the extreme face-changing speed of the Great Elder, Geralt behind Lane couldn't help but think of Leila's words:

[Brovar Hogg is very cunning, he seems to be more proficient in politics than most of the northern majesty. 】

【In a while, I also hope that you can remind Duke Lannister in time, so that he must not be fooled by the stereotype of dwarves, and must be careful when negotiating. 】

(End of this chapter)