From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

I don't know if it is the bad taste of fate, love stories rarely have happy endings. Especially in this era, and especially in the aristocratic families of this era.

"The happy time lasted for a while. But then, we were discovered by my father... Vesemir fled in a hurry, and even forgot his soft armor." Madam Minorer's tone changed at this time Very disappointed, "My father issued a warrant for his arrest and married me soon."

Lan En asked with interest: "That's the armor of the Wolf faction, right? I heard that you have always liked to collect collections related to demon hunters. It must be your first collection."

Mrs. Minole nodded reservedly: "My later husband passed away very early and left me a lot of property. So I became a lonely and rich woman who can only live in memories. These collections can allow me to obtain A moment of warmth."

After listening to Vesemir's romantic history from a first-person perspective, Lann was in a great mood. That is to say, he is now a member of the Griffin faction. If the Wolf faction were here, he might not be able to suppress the corner of his mouth.

"Then, Madame Minoret."

Lan En's eyes were full of sincerity: "I'll take you to Vesemir!"

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For Lane's invitation, Duchess Minorle burst out with amazing enthusiasm.

In particular, Lane also selectively took out a few letters that Ciri wrote to him to show, which did not involve any secrets of Sintra or Lane himself, but only described the friendly and warm relationship between Vesemir and Ciri. of interaction.

For some reason, Mrs. Minorer's eyes softened when she looked at Lann.

It's just that before departure, Mrs. Minole needs a few days to make some preparations and explain some things. After all, she has a noble status and countless properties under her name, so it is impossible for her to leave immediately.

Lane expressed his understanding and gave some help in the process.

As for how Lady Minorer gets to Kaer Morhen? Naturally, it relied on Triss' portal, and even Triss made a special trip to tell Vesemir the news.

Lan asked curiously, "How did Vesemir react?"

Triss smiled without saying a word.

Lane asked again: "What is the reaction of the other members of the wolf faction, such as Geralt?"

Triss fell to the ground laughing.

Since then, Maximilian Borsodi's house has also safely entered Lane's [item bar].

In the [Heart of Stone] series of quests, there are still the [Party on Earth] and the boss battle [Memories of Marriage] to summon Ogierd's deceased brother.

And these two missions involve relatively far places.

[Party in the Sun] We need to go to the family cemetery of the Everik family, where Ogierd’s younger brother Flodimi is buried; The wife is under house arrest there.

A little troublesome thing is that these two places are both in the Niubao area; although these two places are on the edge of Niubao, it takes more than a day to ride a horse back and forth.

Moreover, Lan only knew the approximate directions of these two places.

Lane decided to let people go out to inquire about the news first, and at the same time asked the temple guards to propose the idea of ​​going to see Chapelle, hoping to learn the specific location of the Everec family manor through the information of the Eternal Flame, so as to save time.

"The gang riots have become more frequent recently. Mr. Chapelle has personally taken people out. However, he has confirmed the itinerary with me before, and he will come to see you tomorrow. It should be about the follow-up matters about that toad monster."

This passage comes from Chapelle's adjutant, who is responsible for recording Chapelle's itinerary. At this time, he respected Lan En a lot: "Thank you for helping us get rid of that monster. It killed many of our brothers."

Lan En had no choice but to return to his residence because he didn't see anyone he wanted. And House, who went out to inquire about the news, also brought unexpected information at this time.

"The place where Ogierd lived before was burned down by him?"

Faced with the earl's doubts, House nodded: "It was a fire that soared into the sky. There was almost nothing left in the manor, and it is said that the fire started not long after we left."

Lan can't help but think of what the mirror master said before when he came to find him: Riens found Ogild.

"So we've lost track of Ogierd now?"

House nodded in shame.

This is not over yet, after bringing Ogierd's bad news, House continued: "My lord, the soldiers on our guard these days have responded, and people wearing cloaks often haunt our courtyard. "

"It means someone is watching us?" Lann frowned, "Who are they?"

House's expression became even uglier: "We... didn't catch them. Their movements are so flexible that even experienced scouts can't keep up with them."

It seems that they are professional stalkers, at least they have strong reconnaissance and anti-reconnaissance capabilities.

Lan En asked again, "How many 'cloaked men' are there in total, can you know this?"

House nodded and said: "Judging by the size, there have been four cloaked people before and after."

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Four cloaked men sat in a corner of the basement, their breathing was weak, and their bodies and chests could barely see any fluctuations under the cover of the cloaks.

The disputes in front of them were disturbing, but the four of them remained unmoved, like four sculptures, or four poisonous snakes entrenched in ambush.

This is a spacious basement, and the decoration style looks a bit like an underground vault. At this time, it has been transformed into a simple underground meeting room for the people who are currently inside.

A round table was placed in the middle of the basement, with five people sitting around it. A silver candlestick was placed in the center of the round table, emitting a dim light, pulling out the shadows of the five people.

Looking at the five people, they are a slender man wearing a cloak, a thick dwarf full of tattoos, a shadowy middle-aged man in gorgeous clothes, a scar-faced man in iron armor, and a nomadic man in diagonal-breasted buttons. Samurai in robes.

The samurai in the oblique-breasted robe was the first to break the silence: "We are indeed 'conspiring' now, but there is no need to just light a candlestick, right? Could it be that the three friends on the opposite side have lived in a dark place for so long that even the candles Hate it all?"

"Ogild, they are also our companions, and they will fight side by side with us in the future." The scarred man in the iron armor said dissatisfiedly, "Perhaps you can bear with your temper for a while and listen to what they plan to say."

These two people are naturally Ogierd and Liens. They met in the outskirts of Novigrad, and now they came to the underground world of Novigrad.

Clearly they need more allies.

In front of them was another important political component of Novigrad—the gang.

Novigrad is the "City of Freedom", which is the view of the northern border; but in the eyes of Vizmir II, the real name of this place should be "Land Outside the Law".

Because of the existence of the Eternal Flame, the king's decree will be hindered layer by layer here.

It has been nearly two hundred years without the actual rule of the king, but Vizmir II has nothing to do.

It's just that the political power of religion is definitely not as comprehensive as that of an orthodox kingdom, which is why Novigrad's underground forces, namely gangsters, were born.

Don't underestimate these gangsters.

At the critical moment of the future Civil War, both Nilfgaard and the Northern Territory agreed that "the key to the war is to obtain Novigrad", but the gangsters dared to preach at this time that "if Novigrad is breached, it will be burnt." destroyed the fleet, robbed the treasury, and turned the city into a dead city".

In this way, Radovid V and Emhyr would be wary of them, and had to reach an agreement with the gangsters.

What is in front of you is Novigrad's current triad of gangsters.

This situation may be difficult to understand in other countries and cities, but in Novigrad, the freest, most prosperous, and most chaotic city, the power and wealth of the three giants can even surpass that of ordinary veteran nobles. Maybe they are nothing in their official identities, but in Novigrad, they are all "uncrowned kings".

The Big Three in front of us are:

In charge of all the thieves, assassins, beggars, vagabonds, street orphans in Novigrad, the self-proclaimed "beggar king", Francis Beran.

In charge of all the casinos, arenas, and women's houses in Novigrad, the leader of the gang family nicknamed "Hawthorne", Alphonse Willy.

And in charge of most of Novigrad's alleys and taverns, uniting all non-human races, the dwarf nicknamed "Machete", Carlo Varese.

Faced with Liens' words, the Big Three had different reactions.

"The news from the northern border will converge to Novigrad, and the news from Novigrad will converge to me." The Beggar King said in a calm tone, "As far as I know, Mr. Liens seems to have been in the northern border. It’s a pity that every time I search for Mr. Lannister’s news, I’m at a loss, why are you so confident this time?”

Machete was furious: "Don't call people 'companions' casually, don't think I don't know, you warlocks are all racist! You talk about fighting side by side, but in the end, you might want us to be an inhuman race. up front."

Hawthorne looked around with gloomy eyes: "This dark and damp place is disgusting, it might as well be in the bathhouse of 'Machete'. Liens, you'd better speak quickly."

The words of the three giants made Liens' expression even more ferocious, but he stroked the scar on his face with his left hand. After taking a few deep breaths, his emotions gradually calmed down.

Perhaps it was hard to tell from the outside that Reigns was still a warlock, but he was still trying his best to maintain his so-called "grace".

"Mr. Bellan's news is indeed very well-informed. I have indeed been wandering in the northern border for a long time, but this time is different."

Riens opened his arms, making his shadow even bigger under the candlelight: "This time, I brought the emperor of Nilfgaard—His Majesty Emhyr va Enrith's promise. Now I am not inviting You cooperate with me, but His Majesty the Emperor invites you to cooperate with Nilfgaard!"

Seeing that the expressions of the Big Three finally became a little more serious, Reans showed a satisfied expression on his face.

"His Majesty's trade policy must have brought a lot of benefits to everyone during this period of time." Reins said, "More types of goods and lower prices have brought more benefits to everyone present. .And after this cooperation, Nilfgaard will continue to increase its commercial tilt towards Novigrad, and everyone should know better than me what this means."

Hawthorne sat up straight, his property was most closely related to what Reince said, and he had already made up his mind at this moment.

The Beggar King said unhurriedly: "Niflgaard hasn't even entered Sintra, so it's too early to count Redania now?"

"No, no, it's not politics or war this time, it's just a purely commercial act. In the subsequent commercial tilt, you can rely on your industry to gain a greater voice in Novigrad."

Liens shook his head and said, "And if His Majesty really comes to Novigrad one day, you who have already established friendship with the Emperor will be able to make further progress in the new order. Why not do it? "