The Void Pathfinder from the Demon Hunter World

Although the middle-aged woman in silver armor and white robe was safe and sound from the raven's perspective, Marvin had to come and see it in person.

First, to confirm that the woman was Calanthe, and second, being close to her would make it easier to prevent accidents from happening on the chaotic battlefield.

The 360-degree ice-blue breath froze four black-clad soldiers. After Marvin kicked two of them, he found that someone in the Cintra army was staring at him in amazement.

The man was burly, with a neatly trimmed beard and black curly hair. He wore leather armor in the style of the Skellige Islands, but metal chain mail was added to key parts to enhance defense.

That man should be Calanthe's husband, Ister Tursek.

Marvin raised his knife to block the long sword that was slashing from the side, and pointed to Tursek's right with his left hand, indicating that the enemy was coming.

The sea knight reacted at this time, temporarily suppressed the shock in his heart and started fighting again.

After dozens of seconds, the two finally met in the center of the battlefield.

Marvin cut the enemy into three pieces with a knife, dodged the flying blood, and asked: "Ister Tursek?"

Tursek knocked the enemy's weapon apart with a short axe, stabbed the enemy's lower abdomen with a short sword, pulled out a piece of intestines, and then kicked the enemy over with a kick, and then asked with a heavy breath: "Do you know me?"

The two passed each other, neither looked at each other, but continued to fight back to back.

"I don't know, I guessed." Marvin knocked the crossbow arrow away with a knife, raised his hand and shot an ice arrow to nail the crossbowman to death, and continued to ask: "Is Calanthe in there?"

Tursek turned around suddenly and stared at Marvin. Half of his face was stained red with blood, and he asked fiercely: "Who are you? What do you want to do?"

His common language has a strong Skellige accent, very similar to the Irish accent, weird but not unpleasant. Note ①

However, Marvin had disappeared in front of him.

Dang, puff.

Marvin's voice came from behind Tursek: "Stupid, this is a battlefield. If you die, Calanthe will become a widow again."

This is the first time Marvin used teleportation on the battlefield, in order to save a love-brained bootlicker.

There is no other way, who said Tursek is the strongest fighting force on the Cintra side.

"I am a member of the royal family of Temeria, so I can be considered a relative of Calanthe." Marvin said while killing the black-clad soldiers, "Otherwise, no one would be willing to help her."

Seeing that Tursek finally stopped being dazed and finally started fighting again, Marvin continued: "Take me to see her, it's urgent."

The two passed each other again, and Tursek chopped off half of the enemy's arm with an axe, and the dagger slashed the enemy's neck. After confirming that the enemy was dead, he panted and replied: "Huff... Are you kidding me? Huff... Huff... After her father died, the royal family of Cintra had nothing to do with Temeria."

Marvin turned around to help him block a drifting crossbow arrow, but he couldn't find the crossbowman, so he could only stand and say: "Yes, it's his father's previous relative. My name is Amavit, and my sister is Fiona."

"The abyss of Saidna, you must be kidding me!" Although Tursek was sighing, his expression and movements were frivolous. Obviously he didn't believe it. "How old are you? You look younger than my nephew."

"110 years old." Marvin answered while kicking the former king of Skellige away to prevent him from being stabbed by the spear.

Marvin grabbed the spear and slashed the black soldier with his knife, then continued: "The soldiers are about to lose their defense, and you still plan to continue arguing with me?"

I have heard that the pirates in the archipelago are rough and savage, and Marvin has finally seen it.

Compared with ordinary pirates, Tursek is still reliable.

Marvin finally met the Queen of Cintra, the lioness Calanthe.

Dusk was approaching. The queen in silver armor and white robes looked Marvin up and down and said, "You do look like the portrait, but I'm not sure if you are the person in the portrait. I know that warlocks can live for a long time..."

"Okay." Marvin interrupted her nonsense, "Instead of caring about who I am, you should think about how to escape. The north is about to be blocked."

As it concerns the life of his lover, Tuersek was anxious. He waved his dagger with his left hand and said urgently, "Kalan, retreat, I will help you to cover your retreat!"

Marvin had no hope for the retreat level of the Cintra soldiers. He asked, "It's already night, are you sure the retreat will not turn into a rout?"

The queen and the sea knights looked at each other. They were not sure, or the retreat would definitely turn into a scattered rout.

Kalanthe asked Marvin, "What suggestions do you have?"

"Take your people to move north first and keep the retreat first. I'll kill the commander of the southerners, and you will have a chance to withdraw if they get in chaos."

"The storm is above, are you sure?" Tuersek exclaimed. The guards around were also whispering.

"I'm sure." Marvin nodded, then spread his hands and asked: "Or who of you has a better way?"

Queen Calanthe frowned and thought.

In any case, it is right to protect the retreat first. As for whether the man in front of him who claims to be his great-great-grandmother's brother can really kill the commander of the Black Army? If he can, that would be the best; if not, the situation will not be worse.

"Okay, let's do as you say." The queen said, "We will lead the team to move north first. Everything depends on you, Amavit."

Calanthe plans to temporarily use a name to get the white-haired man in front of him to work for him. Whether he is Amavit or not, it's good to have someone work for him.

She said to her husband again: "Ester, don't rush too hard. The soldiers will be confused."

Tursek wiped the blood on his face with his sleeve and nodded, "I understand! Karan, you should be careful too."

Marvin was too lazy to watch the love story between the two on the battlefield, so he turned and left.

…

The sun was about to set, and the battlefield in the valley was getting darker and darker, which was convenient for Marvin to move.

For Raven, it didn't matter whether it was day or night, he had already found the command center of the Nilfgaardians.

It was not difficult to find a group of guys wearing black armor and senior officers' uniforms gathered together from high altitude.

They stood on a huge rock on the southeast side, which was several meters high and leaned against the east side of the valley. The entire battlefield was in full view in front of them.

Hawat Mohan, the commander of the 15th Division of the Nilfgaard Central Army Group and the commander of the advance army of the Northern Expedition to Cintra, was wearing his beloved black armor with gold edges and looking at the entire battlefield. Note ②

The first penetration in the north failed, and the battlefield was in chaos. He didn't know why it failed. But it didn't matter. There were only 5,000 people from Cintra this time, and he was sure to win this battle.

I didn't expect that arrogant woman Calanthe would dare to bring only 5,000 people to try to stop His Majesty's strategy. She was indeed a northern barbarian, haha.

The commander of this Northern Expedition is Menno Kuhoon, the Duke of the Empire.

The Kuhoon family is an old noble family, and its history can be traced back 300 years.

Enhyr var Enreis's centralized reform touched the vital interests of many old nobles. What kind of powerful nobles are they without their own army? What kind of lords are they if they can't stay in their own fiefdoms? Will the people below still be afraid of them? It's just nonsense!

However, the title of "White Flame Dancing on the Enemy's Grave" is not fake, it is killed. It was killed by the dead, the enemies of Emperor Enhyr who hung this majestic title on the emperor's head.

These enemies are not only the nobles of the southern countries that were destroyed, but also the political enemies who opposed the emperor in the empire, and Menno Kuhoon is one of them.

Menno is very dissatisfied with the emperor, but he dares not resist because of the emperor's power. The emperor also knew that Menno was dissatisfied, but because of his high reputation in the army, it was difficult to deal with him...

So, taking advantage of this Northern Expedition, Emperor Emhyr played an open conspiracy.

Everyone knew that Cintra was difficult to fight, so he sent Menno Kuhoon to command part of the Central Army Group to fight.

If he won, Nilfgaard's expansion would not stop. The war dividend would make the emperor's authority even greater than before, and the new nobles who climbed up by military merit would continue to squeeze the power space of the old nobles. The emperor won twice.

If this Northern Expedition lost, the first person responsible would undoubtedly be Menno Kuhoon. The emperor could take the opportunity to reduce Menno's military power, let him gradually fade out of the power center of the empire, and clean up the old nobles in the army. The emperor won once.

So whether the attack on Cintra was a win or a loss, the emperor would win.

Of course, in order to ensure that this Northern Expedition would not be out of the emperor's control, Menno would not be self-reliant, and many middle and upper-level officers in the Northern Expedition Army were the emperor's men. For example, the commander of the 15th Division, Hawat Mohan.

However, how can an old duke who has been able to stand firm in the empire for 300 years not have some means? A commander with great prestige in the army is even less likely to be a fool.

The first difficulty in attacking Cintra is how to cross the Nasser River. It is not because the river is too fast or the terrain is difficult to cross, but simply because the river is too wide.

If the current Nilfgaard Empire still has any shortcomings, it is undoubtedly the navy.

Compared with the barbaric pirates in the Skellige Islands, the Nilfgaard navy is still a long way behind in terms of the volume and number of warships, the soldiers' water combat capabilities, and the level of water combat command. Note ③

The capital of the empire, the City of the Golden Tower, was once robbed by that group of pirates, and they easily escaped after the robbery. What a shame!

The mouth of the Nasser River is too close to the Skellige Islands. Cintra still has the former king of the islands, Ister Tursek, and the current king is his younger brother.

If we really need to send the navy north to support... hehe...

So, Marshal Menno didn't ask for the navy at all, and directly drove the large army into Nasir and stationed along the river.

When everyone thought that it would take Menno a month or more to build a bridge, he transferred the mage troops of the Central Army Group and all the scattered mage advisors who accompanied the army.

Thousands of Nilfgaardian mages froze the two-kilometer river surface overnight, and 30,000 advance troops walked on the ice to cross the river.

It took only three days for the advance troops to cross Nasir and go straight into the inland of Cintra. Queen Calanthe also had no time to gather the national forces.

The commander of the advance troops appointed by Marshal Menno was the emperor's confidant and beloved general, Hawat Mohan.

Menno used the same routine as the emperor: if the advance troops won, Menno would have made a great contribution; if the advance troops lost, they would be punished by military law, and the emperor would lose a rising general in the army.

So, whether he won or lost, Marshal Menno would not lose.

…

There was only one last ray of sunset light left in the sky, and the battle in the Manada Valley had been going on for almost an hour.

The Cintra soldiers who were about to be trapped in the valley came out again and fought hard to open a passage back to the north.

The bravery of the Cintra people is well-deserved.

But if you stand on the side of the Nilfgaardians, it will be very uncomfortable.

Commander Hawat Mohan does not want to defeat, but to annihilate and capture the Cintra Queen Calanthe. If you really can't catch her, killing her is not a bad idea.

Whether it is catching or killing, Wahat believes that he will get a higher position, a higher title, and greater power. After all, His Majesty values ​​him very much...

And Marshal Menno's conspiracy will fail. Although Menno will benefit, it is not something he can handle as a division commander...

Without sunlight, only scattered torches and burning bushes can illuminate the battlefield, and some fallen flags and corpses are also burning. The smell of the battlefield is getting worse and worse.

The entourage beside him held a torch, and Wahat frowned in the firelight, not because of the smell, but because he was dissatisfied with the progress of the soldiers.

The ambush turned into an encounter. It had been an hour, and it was already dark before the goal was completed.

There are still more than 3,000 Sintra people left out of 5,000, but they are still so brave and fearless of death.

In the Manada Valley, the battlefield selected by Wahat is less than one kilometer wide. Even if the advance army reaches the battlefield with less than 20,000 troops, it cannot be fully deployed.

If those magic freaks could make the ice on the river thicker, the most elite 7th Cavalry could cross. A single charge of 20,000 heavily armored cavalry can overwhelm 5,000 Cintra barbarians.

If the previous march had not been so urgent, all 30,000 advance troops could have arrived. If the battlefield was further south, the space there would be larger. If...

There were no ifs on the battlefield. Wahat planned to give orders to the officers behind him, asking the soldiers below to work harder to resolve the battle within half an hour.

As soon as he turned his head, there was suddenly a strange sound in the sky behind him.

Woo~~~

The eight Nilfgaardian officers, 12 guards and 4 attendants on the huge rock all turned to look.

In the last glow of the setting sun, an ellipsoid-shaped object flew from the sky.

The tail fan of the fat mini-nuclear bomb turned to scream, slid along a graceful parabola, and crashed into the middle of the officers.

boom!

The miniature nuclear explosion illuminated the valley, igniting nearby trees, and the small mushroom cloud shocked all the soldiers.

Further back on the hillside, in the sparse woods, Marvin put away the Fat Man nuclear bomb launcher in the darkness and read the kill prompts.

Sure enough there was no punishment.

It seems that the mini-nuclear bomb is indeed not an "unconventional weapon of mass destruction", and the eight officers and a dozen soldiers who were killed are not even civilians.

He originally planned to use a sniper rifle to kill him from a distance, but gave up.

He didn't know whether killing the Nilfgaardian commander would cause chaos in the enemy. After all, war command was a system.

If the enemy doesn't mess up, keep killing. Kill whoever steps up to take command, which will always cause chaos in the black army.

This battle is not dangerous for him anyway. This is not a task issued by Paradise. If it doesn't work, he won't give up. Just make sure Calanthe can come back alive.

But a group of senior officers were gathered together like this, and their positions were so comfortable that Marvin would be sorry for their cooperation if he didn't blow up.

When he said goodbye to Calanthe, he wasn't sure what would happen next, so he didn't agree on a signal to retreat.

Now, with such a big explosion, the command level will be wiped out, the black army will definitely be in chaos, and the people of Cintra will definitely see it.

A few minutes later, Marvin stood in the woods, watching the Cintra people flee north through the eyes of a raven, watching the black army in chaos, and sent a message to Modus: "You will follow Karan again. Serfei section.”

Modus: "Okay."

Then, he walked towards the rock. There were two treasure boxes that he had not picked up. They should have been dropped by the officers.

There is no treasure chest for killing soldiers, probably because the soldiers have neither strength nor identity. Looking at it this way, there may be more than two treasure chests. Have to look around.

Sure enough, they found 6 more white treasure chests, a total of 8 white treasure chests, and killed a dozen Nilfgaardian soldiers by the way.

Marvin remembered the first battle in the north, where the Nilfgaardian army was quite large. This is definitely not everything, what about the rest?

If the Northern Expedition of the Black Army cannot be completely disrupted, the kingdom of Cintra alone will certainly not be able to sustain it.

Now that the most urgent problem has been basically solved, we need to get some more news.

Before, he would hardly use teleportation on the battlefield because teleportation consumes too much energy. I don’t use magic very much either, because it consumes my God.

The battlefield is completely different from the skirmishes, and the battles last for a long time. If you want to avoid accidents on the chaotic battlefield, you must retain enough physical strength and energy, otherwise you may die from exhaustion.

Although Marvin is now covered in blood, he is in pretty good condition.

He cast a veil of darkness over himself and resorted to all possible means to claw his way through the messy black army like a ghost.

Anyone who looked like an officer was arrested and tied up in the woods on the hillside. When enough people were counted, they were interrogated one by one.

It's easy to talk, but hard to talk. In the prisoner's dilemma, it is easy to obtain information. Even if you encounter someone who is stubborn and refuses to speak, you can still use your mind to persuade and ask.

In less than 2 hours, he had a rough idea.

By this time, the raven had returned and was standing on Marvin's shoulder. The chaos of the black army has subsided, and the people of Cintra have fled far away.

There are no pursuers behind, and Queen Calanthe's life is saved, but how many soldiers can return to Sintra alive?

The raven flew into the sky again and helped Marvin find the two stray horses.

After killing several soldiers who were arguing over their horses, Marvin rode south...

…

Note ①: In the Witcher 3 game, you can go to the Skellige Islands and chat with the islanders. The original dubbing in the game is in English with a strong Irish accent. It is very flavorful, and it has a taste of wilderness, hunting, sea, and wildness as soon as it is spoken.

Therefore, I don’t like the Chinese spoken language in The Witcher 3, which has lost its original flavor.

Just like foreign players who are familiar with the story of Journey to the West, they don’t like to use the transliterated version in their own language when playing Black Monkey, but prefer the original Chinese version.

Imagine playing Showa Utopia and hearing Chinese instead of the rigid Showa Japanese. Wouldn't it be a pity not to hear the classic phrase "Red Bean Paste ~ Private Marseille"?

Note ②: In the original timeline, after the Second Northern War, Hawat Mohen was appointed as the governor of the Temeria region. He was a senior officer that Emperor Emhyr trusted and favored.

He appeared in the Witcher 3 game. When Geralt first arrived at Crow's Nest, Hawat reached an agreement with "Bloody Baron" Philip Strenger to assist the Empire and set off. He also left a letter to the baron to remind and emphasize their agreement.

Note ③: Witcher 3 players may say that in the final chapter of the game, the Imperial Navy was overwhelming, how could it be impossible to defeat the pirates of Skellige? The game time is 1272, and now it is 1263, a difference of 9 years. It is true that the Golden Tower City was looted by the pirates of the archipelago. It was led by the sea knight Tursek a few years ago. For this reason, Enhyr ordered the construction of the navy to be strengthened.