From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

There is a question that Ciri has always been curious about - has the wish she made for Lan come true? In what way will Di Jing realize this wish?

In fact, Lann couldn't laugh or cry when he heard Ciri's wish. He thought Ciri wasted a wish.

Ciri didn't care about this. Even if Lann had the ability to move freely on the battlefield, he could still win the war with the help of his grandfather and others...

But it’s always better to add a layer of insurance!

Dijing didn't think so.

As mentioned before, the same wish can actually be understood in many different ways, and each wish can be realized in many different ways.

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Firewood was thrown into the fireplace and the flames burned brightly.

The majestic king began to read the battle report in his hand.

[On February 15, 1265, all of Livia fell. King Henselt of Kaedweni took the opportunity to invade Aedirn.

On February 16, King Demavi of Aedirn dispatched 3,000 light cavalry from the front line to return to the north of Aedirn, and at the same time commanded the central army in Vengerberg to go north to fight against Kaedwen, which greatly weakened the strength of the Aedirn forces in the southern coalition. .

On February 19, the combined forces of Queen Meve and King Demavi were defeated again by Nilfgaard at Edesberg in Aedirn. King Henselt led the Brown Banners across the Diverney River in Aedirn and captured the town of Guleta in Aedirn.

On February 20, King Demavi and Queen Miwe divided their forces and headed north to return reinforcements. Nilfgaard left only three thousand men to deal with Queen Meve.

On the same day, Duke Lannister of Cintra, who received a request for help from Aedirn's advisors, arrived in Aedirn and helped Queen Meve repel the Nilfgaardian forces, and then went north to pursue the Nilfgaardians.

On February 21, the Nilfgaardian Central Army located in Obersoden, led by Marshal Menno, collectively advanced eastward.

On February 22, the Lannisters and Queen Meve faced off against Nilfgaard's division of Usika and the 7th Dellani Cavalry Brigade. The Nilfgaardians were driven back.

On February 23, Duke Lannister, Queen Meve, and King Demavi joined forces to pursue Nilfgaard's defeated army. The army of Aedirn continues north to fight against Kaedwen.

On February 24, the three-nation coalition came into contact with Nilfgaard's Central Army on the Livia border and was defeated again. Marshal Mennonite left Alba's division to consolidate the results and led the Third Army and the Fourth Cavalry Regiment to continue northward.

On February 25, Duke Lannister suddenly appeared among Alba's division who was staying behind. Alba Division Commander Aigbulaj was assassinated, and all core officers were wiped out.

On the same day, the Mennonite marshals stopped moving north, allowing Queen Meve and King Demavi to take a breather and defend the capital of Lyria.

On February 26, Duke Lannister appeared behind Army Group Center, suspected of assassinating Marshal Mennonite. A large number of Nilfgaardian warlocks appeared on the scene, as well as two dragons.

Later, Duke Lannister appeared in Lyria again, and Major General Marcus Brebant, commander of the Nilfgaardian Fourth Cavalry Legion, was killed in action.

On February 27, Marshal Mennonite sent Verihed's Brigade and Deswen's Division back south to build fortifications in Livia and Lower Soden. Lord Lannister did not appear. 】

The fire burned brightly in the fireplace.

"Tretog's Court Pearl" Philippa Eilhardt looked at the battle report in front of her with dazzling light in her eyes.

The leader of the Redanian intelligence organization, Sigismund Dijkstra, had trembling hands. He could not imagine that the "Duke Lannister" in the battle report was the blond knight with whom he had a chat at the Cowburg not long ago.

"Tell me about it, my advisor, and my count." King Vizmir II of Redania looked at the fireplace in fascination, as if he was looking forward to the opinions of his ministers, "What should we do next?"

Philippa glanced at Vizmir II and quickly lowered her head. There were too many emotions in her eyes, and it was not suitable to show them in front of the king at this moment.

"Father, I think we are going to behead all the spies who sent this battle report!" the king's eldest son Radovid shouted, "this information is so ridiculous!"

Compared with the last time he met Lan, his hair became even more inch-inch.

The king did not speak, but turned his gaze to Dijkstra.

"Your Majesty, Redania has the best intelligence agency in the north." The spy chief said immediately.

"So, is this information true?" the king said lightly, "I'm not surprised about the first half, everything Henselt did is normal; but I'm a little wary about the middle part, Demavi and Mevi are no match together, Maybe we should pay more attention to Nilfgaard.”

"But these last parts - Lannister running around? Killing the commanders of so many troops so easily? And two dragons? Can you still say that such a battle report is true?"

To be honest, Dijkstra himself went through a long psychological struggle before submitting this battle report to the king.

"Count Dijkstra, don't you want to explain it to me?" Prince Radovid said sharply.

Dickos began to sweat.

Fortunately, Vizmir II quickly changed his gaze: "Philippa, my advisor. I hope you can give me some advice on such 'magic' information."

The sorceress had calmed down her mood at this time: "Your Majesty, we all know Duke Lannister's... special characteristics. Therefore, he likes to associate with special groups such as witchers and druids. The dryads of Brochlon and He has an alliance, and Triss Merigold, Temeria’s advisor, is under his wing.”

Philippa was trying her best to cover Lane and reduce his threat in the eyes of King Wizmir II.

She pondered for a while, seeming to sort out the information in her head: "The druids of Skellige themselves have rumors of controlling pterodactyls, maybe this has something to do with the two giant dragons in the newspaper - and Lannister can get This kind of record must have been helped by those druids and warlocks, but on the surface he was shown in front of people as a support, so everyone thought that Lannister achieved such a record alone."

"You mean that he is hiding the whereabouts of his magic troops, so as to increase the deterrence against the Nilfgaardians?" Wei Zimir II smiled, "At the same time, he can also take over more soldiers in the process. How many credits and legends, shaping his own image in Cintra, writing the epic of Cintra in the north?"

"Otherwise, there is no other way to explain it." Philippa lowered her head.

"It's despicable!" Radovid sneered, "Using warlocks and druids to fight, and taking their credit!"

The king frowned, and finally waved his hand to signal the prince to be quiet for a while.

He leaned against the fireplace again: "Philippa, if it's you...or a warlock you know, can you do this kind of thing? Can you reproduce Lannister's record?"

This time Philippa didn't hesitate at all: "I can't do it, and no known member of the Warlock Brotherhood can do it."

But she added: "But Your Majesty, I can guarantee that this will not happen in Redania."

Philippa's finger pointed to the battle report, and it stopped on February 26th.

The above is [Duke Lannister assassinated Marshal Mennonite, and a large number of Nilfgaardian warlocks appeared at the scene].

In the following battle report, Marshal Menno also appeared, indicating that Lannister's assassination was unsuccessful due to the presence of warlock troops.

Vizmir II pondered for a moment: "Dijkstra, I heard that there are always Nilfgaardian spies around the Ben Ard Academy of Magic contacting the dropouts and absorbing them into their intelligence system. And the Kaedwenians Turn a blind eye to this?"

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"We might as well start."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Then Philippa. Pass on my order—let the soldiers on the eastern border teach Kaedwin a lesson. Henselt cannot ignore our warning and not pay the price." Vizmir II thought for a moment, " We have to help Demavi free his hands for Nilfgaard."

"War." These two words made Prince Radovid look excited.

"Your will, Your Majesty." The sorceress gave a court salute.

"As for Sintra..." Vizmir II pondered for a while, "Forget it, let's do this first. After that, we can wait until the Nilfgaardians are driven away. After all, they only have so few people."

The conversation should have ended here, and Vizmir II felt a little tired.

But he suddenly saw his son who was full of excitement at the moment. His prince seemed to like war very much, and there were some bad rumors in the court.

This made Vizmir II start to ponder.

"Philippa, you need to pay more attention to Radovid's education. I have a hunch—times are going to be different."

Radovid froze for a moment, his excited brain cooled down.

"It is my honor, Your Majesty." Philippa smiled meaningfully.

She lowered her head again by saluting to prevent the king from seeing her eyes, which was the greed of the night owl who found the prey.

"And Dijkstra." Wizmir II turned to his intelligence leader again: "I asked you to contact Folterstadt some time ago to discuss the marriage. Did he reply? I remember that guy Is your daughter Adda?"

Dijkstra showed a hesitant expression: "Your Majesty..."

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Temeria, Vizima.

Unlike Redania, which singled out Novigrad as a trading city, Vizima, as the capital of Temeria, is itself one of the largest port cities in the north.

The city has an astonishingly free spirit, thanks to the constant stream of businessmen coming and going, and with it comes the roving, almost irrepressible gossip.

Of course, in any place, the private affairs of the royal family will always be the most enthusiastic topic, especially in Temeria where there is such an explosive orthopedic atmosphere.

Princess Adda was born into such a family and has always attracted the attention of the people of Vizima.

What's more, her own experience itself has a certain degree of legend. She was cursed by a court warlock as a vampire demon bird in her early years, and was rescued by the famous demon hunter "White Wolf". Since then, she has always carried a wildness that can never be removed from her body, and she has always acted in a high-profile manner. It is said that she was mixed with some underground gangs in the city for a while.

Fortunately, the current king of Temeria, Fultesty, did not stick to small matters, otherwise most of the people in Vizima would be imprisoned.

But in recent months, the people of Vizima have been surprised to learn that Princess Adda has not been seen for a long time.

And another outrageous rumor began to spread from the court of Vizima—Princess Adda was pregnant without marriage!

...

Keira and Fikat walked in the royal castle, passed through the spacious and luxurious stone hall, the tinted window glass and the domed ceiling, and came to the king's executive suite.

They were summoned by the king, and the royal steward delivered the message for them, and then opened the door.

Before entering, a roar came from inside: "Lannister!"

Keira and her companions looked at each other and shrank their necks.

The King has been very irritable lately, especially when the subject of Lord Lannister of Cintra is involved.

But Xiongshi has been too active in the northern border recently, and every information passed to the court cannot avoid him. The distressed agents once thought about whether they could exclude the part about the Lion of Sintra from the intelligence, but they found that there was no intelligence to convey to their superiors.

Then the king became more and more angry.

With a face that was more beautiful than a woman's, Foltest threw a battle report towards his warlock advisor. It showed Lann's recent battle situation in the north.

Keira and Fikat are not as strong as Philippa, and the expressions on their faces have become sluggish to the naked eye.

"It's magic, it must be magic. That Lannister guy likes these things." Foltest yelled, "And Merigold, he kidnapped Merigold! What's in this battle report The victory is definitely due to Merigold!"

"Kayla, Fikat! You have worked with Merigold before, tell me, can you do what is on the battle report?"

Even Feikat, who has now become one of the top ten members of the Warlock Brotherhood, can only shake his head at this kind of question. They also gave a similar answer to Philipba.

Folterstadt plopped back on the couch, trying to get some blond out of his head.

He began to care about his daughter.

"Kayla, you have been taking care of Adda, how is she doing?"

Keira Metz tidied up her wording: "Her Royal Highness is... very healthy, but she has been sticking to her previous point of view recently."

"You want me to send troops to support Cintra?"

"Yes." Keira lowered her head.

As expected, the handsome king who had just calmed down jumped up again: "This is Lannister's trick! It's shameful revenge! He has simply embarrassed Calanthe! Do you actually want to use this method to make me surrender? Damn it. A Lannister! A vile witcher!"

"No, this is also a lie! He is not a witcher at all!!"

“Everyone in the North was deceived by him!!!”

Who would have thought that not long ago Fuertestai was planning to marry his illegitimate son to the Princess of Cintra, but now it has turned into this situation.

Feikat looked around and cleared his throat: "Your Majesty, actually this matter is not a bad thing from a political point of view. It can even help us achieve many strategies..."

"Get out!"

So the emotional intelligence of warlocks is really low.

After driving away his two advisors, Folterstadt gasped for breath again.

After being silent for a long while, not knowing what he was thinking about, the King of Temeria ordered his royal steward again: "Has Roche returned to Vizima?"

"Just arrived yesterday, Your Majesty. He just completed the last task you ordered."

"Get him here."

A man like iron quickly asked to see him. He was wearing a blue cotton leather armor with scattered stripes on his sleeves, holding a brown turban, and his face was determined.

"Your Majesty." The iron man knelt down to his king.

"Roche, you are one of my most trusted subordinates." The king said, "I want you to call back all the [Blue Iron Guard] members who are outside immediately. I will need this special force within a period of time. Be my bodyguard."

Roche's face immediately became serious: "Your Majesty, is there an assassin?"

"No." Foltest gritted his teeth, "I want to personally lead the army south!"

Roche hesitated for a moment and asked tentatively: "Are we... going to take action against Cintra?"

Anyone who heard this order would think so given the recent temper of the king.

"No." Foltest almost broke his teeth.

He took a deep breath and said in a very unwilling tone: "The target is the Nilfgaardians!"