From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 266 I hate you so much that there is something in your words

Let's not mention Geralt's divergent thinking for now.The others didn't know until now that they had just experienced such a dangerous situation, and they almost met the person who asked for help.

Everyone showed a look of fear at the same time.

Lan En chuckled and said in relief: "How could I risk your lives? Our team has already been marked by me. Even if I just turned my face, I can teleport all of you out of Carbon Mountain and kill them out." .This distance is still enough for my magic power to be consumed, so don’t worry.”

"And now that the negotiations have been successful, we just need to move on to the next thing."

"I still don't understand what you call 'negotiation', it's in the air," Colgrim complained.

Lan sighed helplessly, and continued to explain: "As the Great Elder, Brovar ruled Mahakam based on 'tradition'. The dwarves did not obey the Great Elder, but obeyed the 'tradition and the Great Elder'. After all Brovar is just a 'Great Elder', not a 'King'. If he doesn't follow the tradition himself, how can he make the dwarves obey the tradition and then obey him?"

"So on the surface, even Broval himself can't violate the traditions of 'closing the country' and "absolute neutrality". But his words hint at the actions we can take next."

"The clans of Ferencz, Fuchs, Chiss, and Ziglin have 'opinions' towards Brovar, they are 'longing for the outside world', and it is possible to 'help friends' without his consent .

So we are going to help these clans clean up the riot monsters next, and then exchange the remaining blueprints for the 'support' of the 'warrior' young people in their clans - this is what we are going to do next . "

Colgrim tried his best to recall the conversation between Lane and the Great Elder before. After a few breathing words, he felt that he was disgusted with thinking, so he started to sort out his poison bag instead.

Geralt frowned, thought for a while and said, "These clans sent heavy infantry out of the mountain to help us. Isn't this obviously against Brovar Hogg? Can they come back?"

"If you don't come back, you won't come back. Anyway, the dwarves have many adult dwarves who stay outside every year. Remember what I said before?" Lane chuckled, "Just let the dwarves infiltrate into Sinte, which they have never set foot in." La, settling at the gate of the northern border, it will be beneficial to them and will not cause any harm."

"Then Lane, you..."

"Sintra needs this heavy infantry, so even if it's a little bit harder and the process is a bit tortuous, the goal must be achieved. And..." Lan's lion pupils flickered.

"...I have the confidence and the means. After this dwarf army settles in my country, Sintra will completely replace Mahakam as their new spiritual home."

In politics, Lane is the absolute decision maker.Now that he had made his own decision, the demon hunters naturally wouldn't say anything else.

Anyway, the witchers can't think of any other opinion...

And the job after that is what the witchers really like.

Lane's system had already given a timely reminder of the task when the Great Elder had just finished the conversation——

[Discovery Mission: General Cleaning

In order to ensure a stable life in the next year, Mahakam organizes a preventive hunt for monsters every spring.But this year their actions seem to have some accidents, and you are the initiator of this accident.Fortunately, by accident, this also seems to give you a chance to achieve your goal.Go kill monsters and fulfill your common mission as a witcher and guardian of Cintra, which is what you and your team do best. 】

……

The directions given by the Great Elder were the four clans of Ferenz, Fuchs, Chiss, and Ziglin. Except for the Hogg clan that the Great Elder himself belonged to, almost all of these clans were the largest in Mahakam. Clan up.

These dwarves themselves actually have hunting experience and experience in monsters, and there must be no shortage of manpower, but compared with Lann's team, there are not so many "professional" for a single type of monsters, and there is no spell as an aid. .

——Yes, the power system of the dwarves also excludes magic. They are also obsessed with swords and armor, and at most occasionally delve into a little alchemy.In the face of all kinds of monsters, they still use swords and all kinds of strange weapons, which are more than a little less efficient than demon hunters.

That's why Lan and the others can be of great help.

After all, coming to Mahakam is to ask for help rather than an outing. If you finish early, you can bring your soldiers and legions back to start cooperative training.For the purpose of saving time, Lane decided to divide the army into three groups at the suggestion of Gabor:

Colgrim took Milva, the sharpshooter, and one-third of the Sintra guards, and went to the Ferenc clan; Cohen took Bill, the berserker servant, and one-third of the Sintra guards, and went to the Chiss clan ; House and several people stayed in Carbon Mountain to negotiate resources and soldiers.

Lan himself took Geralt and the rest of the Cintra to the Ziglin clan. After all, this is the hometown of Yarpan and Gabo, so we should pay more attention to it.

"Let me lead the way for you." Gabo laughed loudly, "Let the elders of our clan know that I brought back such a strong support army, and they will be happy to drink an extra barrel of ale at night!"

Lan En couldn't help but smile, and then he suddenly thought of something, and asked, "What about the Fuchs clan?"

The smile on Gabo's face suddenly subsided, and he let out a long sigh: "Fuchs lives with us, Ziglin, but... our relationship is not very good. You lead the team to destroy the monsters near our clan, which is equivalent to bringing together Cleaned up their troubles together... But I don't know whether they are spending more time on fighting monsters or guarding against each other now."

Judging from the current contact situation, Gabo Zieglin is a rare dwarf who can think rationally and independently.When he traveled abroad, he chose to return to Mahakam, but it was not that he couldn't bear the suffering of the outside world like other dwarves, but he really wanted to come back to "build his hometown".

Even among the dwarves, this kind of thinking is rare, and the whole Mahakam is in his heart.

It's just that people will be troubled by their own origins after all. Now it seems that the relationship between the Ziegling clan and the Fuchs clan makes Gabo feel very distressed.

"You took good care of Yarpan, Lord Lannister, that's why I'm telling you these words." Gabo hesitated, "If you want to ask for support, maybe Ziglin and Fuchs you just You can choose between the two.”

Lan En pondered for a moment, and replied: "Thank you for your reminder, Gabo. I will carefully consider this matter."

Gabo stepped aside with a heavy heart, and sighed again.

……

In addition to the arrangement of the Sintra team, there are several people who need to determine the direction.

Saskia has just joined the team, and she still has a hidden identity, so Lan is more assured of bringing her by his side.She was also happy to exchange some views and knowledge about "racial equality" with Lanndo, and with Geralt as a character who often appeared in her father's stories, Saskia naturally decided to follow Lann along the way.

And one last person.

"Captain Layla, how do you arrange it here? I can communicate with Brovar and let you go back to Aedirn first."

Layla with black hair and black armor thought for a while, then bowed her head towards Lann: "Your Majesty originally ordered me to use a lead ring to facilitate your visit, but it doesn't seem to be effective now, I am really ashamed."

"But please allow me to continue to follow your team until the end of your visit in Mahakam. I need to bring the final negotiation results between Sintra and Mahakam to Aden to help His Majesty assess the current situation in the northern border .”

Lan thought for a while, then nodded in response.Leila can be said to be one of the most powerful fighters in the country of Aedirn, and her military quality is also very strong. She may participate in the counterattack against Nilfgaard in the future. It is always good to have more exchanges.

Maybe through him, some confusing information can be sent back to Demavi.

"Then, let's go. After completing the task, we will meet up at Carbon Mountain!"
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Carbon Mountain is the capital, but the various clans are distributed throughout the Mahakam Mountains, which means that everyone has to cross the mountains again.Fortunately, these places are not truly primitive. The dwarves have long built roads along the mountain, saving the marching people a lot of effort.

Although it is spring, there is still a good layer of snow in Mahakam, and even the lakes in the mountains are still frozen. From time to time, some dwarf fishermen can be seen digging holes in the ice in an attempt to catch fish.

Such mountain roads and ice surfaces are naturally not places for cavalry to gallop their horses. In fact, no other horses are capable of running on this place except Heifeng.

At the beginning, Gabo wanted to dissuade Lan En from leaving Jingui's horses in Tanshan, but when he was sure that he might not be able to defeat Heifeng, he stopped talking.

Gabo was in a hurry, apparently unable to wait to go back and help his clan solve the infestation of monsters.

However, before everyone actually saw the traces of the dwarves' gathering place, the roars of monsters and the heaven-shaking shouts of killing had already been faintly heard.

……

"Ouch—"

"Squeal—"

"Damn it, shrink the camp, don't retreat, behind is our home!"

"what--"

……

Gabo's face changed drastically, and he no longer cared about the team behind him, so he pulled out his ax and rushed forward.

Turning around a rock wall that blocked the line of sight, a bloody battlefield appeared in front of everyone.

This is at the entrance of a mine, and the dwarves seem to want to organize another time to go deep into the mine for a general cleaning, so as to ensure that there will be no monsters with blind eyes to interfere with their work throughout the year.

But I didn't expect the monsters in the ground to come out from the depths of the cave. The number far exceeded the estimation of the dwarves. They were almost dispersed with just one contact, and they were forced to retreat. space.

Sharma, still Sharma.Once this monster that rolled like a chariot took the lead in charging, even trolls would have to avoid it.

However, the suffering of the dwarves is far more than that. The rioting monsters are not only underground, but also on the ground, and even in the sky.The sky-shattering shouts of killing attracted other more powerful monsters to come over.

A few harpies scattered their feathers in mid-air. Where there are mountains, there are such monsters. Their wings are thick enough for them to hunt in the wind and snow.

But at this moment, they were being hunted, dripping with blood, and even a harpy had broken wings, and fell into the formation of the dwarves in a whirl, knocking over several shield hands, and was replaced Multiple axes torn to shreds.

The remaining harpies had no intention of avenging their companions at all, flapping their wings hastily and disappearing into the wind and snow.The predator chasing after them did not follow, because its attention was attracted by the larger and more delicious pieces of meat on the ground.

"Ouch—"

The dwarves, who were preparing for a frontal impact, had no strength left to resist the monsters in the sky, let alone a large monster capable of hunting multiple harpies alone.

The predator that fell from the sky disrupted the dwarf's rear with a swoop, and then——

"Whooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo"

Flame fell from the sky!

"What kind of thing is this! A dragon? Is Kelturis attacking us? Hasn't the Ferenc clan always made offerings to that guy?"

"Idiots who are stupider than elves! It's not Kerturis, it's dragon lizards! But now is not the time for this monster to hunt!"

The monster that descended from the sky wielded wings that were as long as five horses. It was covered with a pale skin that almost merged with the snow, and there were small and broken scales on it.The mouth is like a huge gap, fangs of different lengths are staggered, and there are palm-length spikes on the tail that occupies one-third of the body length, which makes people shudder.

It has no eyes on its head, and it should have lived in a place that does not need light all year round, or it has simply undergone some weird mutation.But this monster's senses seem to be extremely sharp, and it can easily sense the traces of its prey.

The flames spread out, and the huge monster landed on the ground. With a sweep of its tail, it knocked out several dwarves who were running towards it with axes.The spikes on the tail scraped against the place where they were not covered by the armor, and black blood immediately flowed out.

The spines on its tail are poisonous.

With such a huge size, it can fly, breathe fire, and has poison, it is really a born monster to kill.

"help me……"

A dwarf who was previously affected by the dragon lizard's attack crawled on the ground and stretched out his hand towards his companion.

However, the compatriots around him turned a blind eye to his plea for help, and even showed a little joy in their eyes.This is extremely abnormal for dwarves who have always been united.

But if you look carefully, you can find the coats of arms of different clans on their mountains.

The dwarf fell to the ground in despair, and his companions of the same clan were twenty or thirty paces away from him, and it was too late to rescue him.

In the next second, there was only a "bang", and the dwarf who thought he was going to die felt a gust of black wind.

"His law—"

With astonishing power, the horse with amber eyes slammed into the dragon lizard's flank at a speed that no one or any living thing could react.

"Horse?" The dwarf on the ground thought it was an illusion created by himself out of fear, "This kind of terrain? This kind of speed? This kind of power?"

A horse actually knocked a dragon lizard several times its length into the air and flew backwards!

However, in the next second, the dragon lizard flicked its tail violently in mid-air.

With a sound of "stab", the body of the steed's steed shook violently.

(End of this chapter)