From Demon Hunter to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 37: I am not only hungry for my body, I am noble

“Good, enough. Lann nodded in satisfaction, “I can go into the forest alone, but I hope that you will stay outside the forest until I come out, accompanied by our soldiers.” ”

Hearing this, the tree spirits behind were shocked: “Ellie, no!” ”

Lane continued, “I could have been more generous and let her, her, she—”

He reached out and nodded to a few tree spirits who had not drawn their bows and made an offensive stance just now: “I can let them accompany you and not leave you alone.” ”

Elle frowned: “What are you paying attention to?” Mankind. ”

Take you as a prisoner and insure my safety. Lane thought to himself, but this kind of thing must be beautified.

Lane said: “I said before that I would negotiate an equal agreement with you, and it was serious to let my subjects live peacefully with you—of course, now the condition is not that you mention it first, you have given up this right yourself.” ”

“I hope this can be a good start: I will go deep into the forest alone to find the princess, return with the princess safely, and show my trust.” And you can also take this opportunity to spend some time with human beings and feel our sincerity. ”

This passage was not something that Lane came up with on an ad hoc basis.

In fact, as early as when Rann knew that his territory was Blochlon, he had a mind for this territory that played an important role in the original work.

The shadow of Sintra’s destruction has always hung over him, and he has been looking for his way out.

If he waits for his individual strength to become stronger and stronger, and then pulls up a private army willing to follow him before the destruction of Sintra, will he be able to retain a living force after the destruction of Sintra, so as not to become a bereaved dog and displaced after the destruction of the country?

This kind of thinking did not begin much, because he knew that he would not be able to run the territory so well in less than a year, and he would eventually lose it all when Sintra was destroyed.

And a border town can provide too few resources, not to mention the support of a Lann army, a thousand-man population even to maintain their own self-defense forces is a big problem.

At that time, Lan, such a bright male heir of the ancient blood, the legacy of the Gasintra royal family, is here, and it is really difficult to say who will provide protection to whom. It’s better to be a wandering knight and at least hide.

Therefore, Blochlon was not in Rann’s future plan, and he preferred to go with Ciri to the wolf faction demon hunter where Geralt belonged, or simply go to Mossus’s thigh.

It really can’t become a demon hunter, with only one-third of the system to find a safe place to survive for five years, ten years, twenty years, and finally even if you can’t make a comeback, you can at least be a ranger knight who can come and go freely in the world.

So the purpose of the Sintra Blochlon’s territory for him is to provide tax revenues, give him a little financial ability, arrange for his men to search for information, and collect the magical items he expects to be the source of his magic. That’s all.

In this way, Blochron’s financial support for him was not as great as Lannister’s family fortune and Carantha’s uneventful reward.

But now, perhaps by chance, Rann, after today’s field trip to Blochlon, feels that he sees another possibility:

The greatest resource that Sintra Brochlon could offer him was not at all the original value of the territory, but the geographical location of its “proximity to the dryads”.

The Tree Spirit, a per capita elite archer, has a rare healing ability on the continent, and also possesses the Water of Blochron, which is most likely the source of mana.

And because tree spirits are women who cannot bear children alone, their reproduction depends on human males, which makes them contradict humans and have a slight basis for cooperation.

Dryads are not absolutely exclusive, either. After Nifgaard’s invasion, the Dryad Queen will also provide protection to the squirrel party composed of subhuman races such as elves and dwarves, and will also train a member of Geralt’s female hunting team in the future: Mirva. And Mirva is a human being.

The relationship between dryads and humans is complex, not just a simple “feud”. Dryads reproduce with the help of males of other races, usually elves and, rarely, humans. These men will be kicked out of the forest after leaving their children, and may even be reluctant to leave.

This is part of the reason why the small towns of Shikoku near Blochrom did not have a real large-scale conflict with the Dryads. None of the humans knew how many of their daughters were among these tree spirits.

It’s just that Lane doesn’t have the qualifications to use these tree spirit resources now, and the status of talking about cooperation is too unequal now. In the royal capital, he is the champion of competition, the nephew of the queen, and a rising star of the royal family. Facing the Dryad Queen, he is nothing more than a small town lord.

The title of count is the title posthumously given to his father by the queen, and it falls to Lann closer to the court nobility, he is not the kind of old aristocracy who has been fought for generations, and has no real power in his hands.

And this time to find Ciri, invisibly the power of the whole country of Sintra blessed Lan, giving him a basis for a brief conversation with the Dryad Queen.

It really didn’t work, Lane felt that he could also be a little aggrieved, provide some seeds for the tree spirits, and send them a few descendants of the Ancient Blood. It’s a win-win.

It’s just that no matter what Rann has planned, the priority now is to find Ciri.

If something really happened to Ciri, then the words he had scaring the dryads before would definitely come true. Queen Carantha went crazy and was really reckless.

Even if Queen Carantha can’t destroy Blochron, she will return to avenge Ciri after Lann is invincible with the system.

From here, Lane is not yet a qualified count.

He didn’t want to be that kind of person either.

The topic was pulled back, and after hearing Lan’s request to come close to “exchange hostages”, the Dryad side had a heated discussion.

In the end, Ellie thought for a moment, nodded and said, “Yes.” ”

She turned to a tree spirit and said to Rann, “This is Dunka, she speaks lingua franca and will be your guide to help you find your princess.” ”

Rann looked over and recognized it as one of the more sane dryads.

Compared to Ellie, Dunka is dressed more “naturally”, with a flower crown on her head, bracelets and ankles made of grass and branches, and a short skirt made of bark and leaves. But her upper body is barely covered, and the only thing that can block her chest is almost only her hair.

The matter has been decided, and for now this is the best outcome acceptable to both parties. If it drags on any longer, who knows what will happen again.

Rann briefly explained to the soldiers on his side, and then rode into the real Blochlon, taking the tree spirit Dunka.

PS1: Today I finally got rid of the first place in the list of new authors, although I feel that I will be in danger of being burst at any time, but even if it is short, I am now at the top of the list hhhhhh.

PS2: For the purpose of taking materials, I looked at the others in front of me on the overall list of new books, and I almost couldn’t resist voting for recommendations. TMD！ Well written! I know that I ate the Demon Hunter setting and fan bonus, and the pure original writing is so good!

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