From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 319 The Defense of Brokilon

Brokilon Town, Lord's Mansion, Study Room.

Ciri was formally approving the documents that Lane hadn't had time to process before he left.

Cohen set another table for himself, and spread out his [Griffon School Contact Notes], not knowing what he was writing.

All accidents happened unexpectedly.

With a "boom", a muffled thunder suddenly exploded out of thin air, followed by a storm that enveloped the entire town.

The griffin badge on Cohen's chest vibrated suddenly, and in conjunction with the loud noise outside, countless cold air exploded in every pore of Cohen.

He rushed to the balcony in three steps and two steps at a time, only feeling that the doomsday scene in the poem seemed to appear before his eyes.More than a dozen huge, distorted figures appeared in every corner of the town at the same time.

Each of them has a height of two or three floors, and there is unparalleled power in the body of each end, and each end has a crazy desire for blood and killing.

"Chimera, troll praying mantis, mutant crab demon..." Cohen's eyes widened in disbelief. These monsters, each of which could destroy a town alone, appeared together at this moment.

The demon hunter of the Griffon School shuddered suddenly: "Hey Li, run! Run to the Brokilon Forest and find the Dryad! These monsters are not naturally produced, they are all deformed products of alchemy experiments. Worth the cost of a castle at one end, this is the attack of Nilfgaard!"

Ciri had never seen such a scene before, and said with the naked eye, "What about you, Cohen?"

Cohen gritted his teeth: "I'm the only demon hunter here now, and no one knows how to deal with these monsters better than me. I'm going to stall for time and give the people in the town time to retreat... Everyone here It is an important force for the reconstruction of your country in the future, and you must not lose too much here."

"Lan left the black wind behind, you ride it and go immediately, I will let my town guerrillas protect you."

The demon hunter tidied up the alchemy backpack straps on his body, jumped off the balcony without hesitation, took a horse by hand, and galloped towards the center of the town.

"Korn!!" Ciri screamed at the back of the witcher from the balcony.

She stomped her foot hard and turned around in the room anxiously.

"Calm down, Ciriella, you are a princess, calm down."

"Lan's not here, but what would he do if it was Lane? If it was Lane, if it was Lane..."

Just the appearance of that figure in his mind was enough to make people feel safe. Ciri took a few deep breaths and suddenly calmed down, and then his eyes became firm.

Instead of running away, she carried two swords on her back.One of them was the steel sword [Swallow] that Lann had presented at the beginning, and the other was the ordinary wolf-headed silver sword that Geralt had begged for some time ago.

Apart from the lack of a badge, Ciri now has the appearance of a witcher.

"I can't escape. I'm a princess with a heavy responsibility and a demon hunter who protects civilians." Ciri muttered to himself, "But Lane also said that you must 'plan carefully and then act'. Emotions go to the brain."

"The enemy is coming towards me. I will be the best bait, which can create a chance for everyone to fight back or escape; but I also need to provide myself with a layer of insurance. If I am caught, it will be the opponent's bait." En and the huge blow of Cintra..."

Thinking of this, Ciri suddenly saw the seat before Cohen.Because he was in a hurry, Cohen hadn't put away his [Griffon School Contact Notes].

Ciri showed a pensive expression, then grabbed a pen.

……

The situation in the town was even more serious than Shirley had imagined, just like what Cohen said—these monsters were single-handedly capable of destroying the town.

Appearing in groups now is enough to kill a small country to the point of bloodshed.

But in a sense, the situation in the town is not as bad as it is in the conventional sense.The town of Brokiron is named "small town", and in fact, under the careful construction of the old druids and Sintra people, it has surpassed most of the war fortresses in the north.

It is unsurpassed in terms of architectural solidity, and is full of towers, arrow posts, walls that can be used as bunkers, and basements.

What's more, the combat units in the town are quite special at the moment, and the resistance is not generally strong——

……

"Troll demon, protect, home!"

With the momentum of a landslide, the three boulders galloped towards a huge and strange praying mantis with a height of three floors, and "boomed" left amazing cracks on the dark green carapace.

"Hawk——" the huge mantis screamed in pain, and its forelimbs, which were comparable to side knives, swung immediately, and it could only cut off a large piece of dust on the huddled troll, but almost smashed the sawtooth on the forelimbs. collapse.

The troll mantis is a monster named "Fearer" by the author of the Monster Manual because it is enough to make people fear.

I don't know why scholars who study monsters are obsessed with enlarging the size of insects. The troll mantis is the successful product of this experiment.It was designed by Alzur and perfected by Kaer Morhen's resident alchemist at that time.After the first troll mantis appeared, the alchemist horrified and destroyed the ungrown monsters, because he decided that his invention would become a problem for the mainland.

Facts have proved this to be the case. The alchemist's notes were later spread, allowing more troll mantises to be created. This kind of evil beast has caused far more damage to the people than the common monsters that exist in the celestial sphere and the local area. It is the winged mantis Regular apex predators such as dragons can only become food for troll mantises.

By the way, the alchemist later discovered that the eyes of the troll mantis can be added to the mutation experiment of the demon hunters. Unfortunately, the future demon hunters will no longer be able to hunt the troll mantis alone, and the "eye of the troll mantis" has also become Legendary material for witcher mutations.

Lane's mutation is useful, thanks to Thomas Molu's hard work and Mr. Geron's unconstrained creativity.

……

"Hissing——" Even such a powerful monster would be embarrassed to deal with groups of rock trolls, because the mountain-like hard rock shell can really restrain the slashing attack designed based on the praying mantis.

But that gigantic two-story-high build also brought unrivaled strength.After finding out that the troll couldn't cut through it, the enraged troll mantis immediately hit the troll's family like a baseball for a long distance, crashing into a building abruptly.

The rock shell is resistant to chopping but not to heavy blows. The troll didn't come out for a long time in a cloud of smoke and dust, and he probably passed out.

Fortunately, their attacks created opportunities for others.

"Warriors of the Todaloch family, let these monsters in the desert see the power of the man of the sea!" Yuna, a blond wrought iron girl in iron armor, stood at the height of the crowd, commanding the islanders to attack the troll Mantis. The fissures rained arrows.

The Todaloch family led by Yuna is positioned in logistics in Sintra, but the islanders are almost all soldiers, and the blacksmith is the most strenuous profession.

To put it bluntly, these logistics personnel who stayed in Brokilong Town were better at fighting than most of the frontline soldiers.

"Rena Luger! Rena Luger!" the islanders roared the battle cry of the archipelago.

The troll mantis stepped forward against the rain of arrows, and more islanders rushed up with the tower shields prepared for the Mahakam heavy infantry, creating opportunities for the companions behind them.

With their tacit cooperation than the army, they really forcibly resisted the monster's attack.

Except for these islanders, none of the other Sintra people escaped.City guards, craftsmen, and even ordinary refugees, those who have the strength to hold weapons will pick up stones and throw them at these monsters even if they only have stones at hand.

This kind of high morale, which is almost not afraid of death, made Yuna speechless.

The craziest of these was a group of people who drew three scratches on their clothes and called themselves the "Order of Lions".During the period when Yuna came to Brokilong Town, they were the most civilized and united people, and they would always spontaneously help the city guards maintain order, resettle refugees, and even share a small amount of food.

However, in the face of danger at this moment, those kind faces in the past have become ferocious like ghosts!

"For the lion!!!"

Yuna was dumbfounded, because they wanted to pounce on those monsters without wearing armor or holding a knife!

She grabbed a little girl who was showing her teeth and claws to prevent her from being sent to death.Feeling hindered, this girl who is definitely not more than 16 years old actually wants to turn around and bite Yuna violently.

"Skellige, don't stop me from fighting for the Lion!"

She is Fence, the first person Lann returned to Cintra to rescue after the mutation, and she was also the first to promote the name of the lion.

"Are you crazy!" Yuna yelled in the unique tone of the islanders, "What's the difference between going up like this and dying, don't you know how to make yourself more useful?!"

She pointed to the student next to him who was bandaging the wounded, and said, "The doctors who brought these bullocks withdrew to the forest first! They can provide more help to Lann later, they are precious!"

The Skelliges were indeed better at shouting than the Sintras. Fence was taken aback for a moment, and looked at the red-haired female student beside her.

"Don't leave either! I'm a medical soldier!" Xia Ni shouted, "This is where I should be!"

Encouraged by Fensi, she raised her hands again: "For the lion!!"

Yuna: "..."

【My ancestors, why are these Sintra people crazier than us islanders! 】

Yuna gritted her teeth and watched Fensi gather another group of Lion Sect members.Fortunately, Yuna's words were somewhat listened to by these fanatics, who were unarmed at least knew to find weapons first, and would not casually cause trouble for the soldiers in front.

But he still acted like he was willing to die for the lion at any time.

"The unarmed refugees are all on the battlefield, did we fail to protect them? Pull out our bed crossbows! There are also chariots and battering hammers!" Yuna turned around and roared, "Give these monsters some strength! And what about demon hunters? Isn't Koen in Brokiron? Can anyone tell me what the weakness of these monsters is?!"

……

Cohen is climbing the stairs.

He was moving towards the big clock on the top of the clock tower, sticking to the ladder at almost flying speed.

Troll mantises are sensitive to loud noises, which can deafen the monster and disable its defenses.

The same goes for the mutant crab demons, these experimentally produced insects have similar weaknesses.

After climbing to the top floor, Cohen's left hand condensed a mental cannonball comparable to a battering hammer, and poured his power into the big clock in front of him without hesitation.

【Alder Seal】!
"Boom-"

Immediately, the resounding bells that far surpassed those in the past seemed to announce the first ray of dawn in every corner of Brokilong Town.

Visible to the naked eye, the speed of destruction in the town suddenly stopped.The warriors who besieged these giant insect-like beasts were pleasantly surprised to find that the monsters suddenly became stiff, curled up, and even twitched, without even the ability to resist attacks.

Someone saw Cohen's back in the clock tower through the moonlight, and immediately cheered: "It's Cohen! The witcher knight who is also of the Griffin School with Duke Lannister!"

The seasoned warriors would not let this opportunity go. They picked up their weapons and fell to the giant beasts that had no power to resist. They hacked with knives, axes, hammers, and crossbows, immediately causing a hoarse and noisy crowd. screams.

The screams were immediately drowned out by louder bells.

"Boom-"

Cohn smiled contentedly.

It's just that the smile didn't last long, and his expression became serious again in the next second.

The monsters he saw just now included not only these insectoid creatures, but also more powerful [synthetic beasts].When Kern rang the huge bell to make the monsters lose their short-term combat effectiveness, it also attracted the attention of other more vicious monsters.

A monster with antlers, a mane covering the back of its neck, and a red carapace and scales all over its body flapped its wings and rushed towards Cohen from the night sky.

If the troll praying mantis and the mutant crab devil still barely have the appearance of creatures, then the experimental traces on the [Chimera], which is a mixture of four different creatures, are too obvious. They simply look like pure war weapons.

Ke En drew out his silver sword and made a gesture, and wanted to circle around, but then he found several other chimeras rushing out of the darkness.

The bell was so loud that he stood out now like a drop of blood in a school of sharks.

There was nothing to say, Cohen finally fired the Fayin air cannon to the big clock, turned around and was about to jump off the building.

However, Cohen was surprised to find that the clock tower was surrounded by crows at some point.

……

A flock of black birds took off amidst the deafening flapping of their wings and calls, and circled around the town, forming a black curtain to cover the already dim moonlight.

Cohen suddenly smelled a strong herbal smell, it was the smell of sage, mint and musk.

"Squeak—!"

The chimera galloping in the night sky screamed again, but this time it was a scream.

A human-shaped black shadow streaked across the night sky, approaching the monster twice as fast as the Chimera.Through the moonlight, one could see that the humanoid bat had claws that were as long as a forearm, and it tore open the Chimera's neck as easily as a hot knife cutting oil.

The blood was sprayed, and the giant beast only had time to let out a short howl before falling towards the ground, and the other monsters that were originally coming towards the clock tower scattered away.

Ke En suddenly felt his body lighten, and it turned out that the crows held his body to prevent himself from falling from a high place and being injured.

Taking a closer look, Regis, who had regained his gentle appearance, was standing in front of him.

"Are you all right, Mr. Witcher?" Regis said slowly, "Or, can I call you Cohn? If we want to work together in the future, I think we can choose a more friendly name."

Ke En turned his head and looked at the Chimera that hit the ground and knocked down a house abruptly. The hideous wound on its neck was like a bloody fountain
　Well, although Regis himself is a big bat, his appearance is accompanied by crows.

　　This old boy still has a face.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)