From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

When leaving Kyaan in Novigrad, Rann gave him two instructions:

The first is to accept a commission in the most prosperous city in the north, and then cooperate with the opera troupe there to spread a good reputation to improve the reputation of the witcher.

The second is to cooperate with Lann's past life memories and let Kiyaan visit various inhuman races and intelligent monsters in Novigrad in order to gain income from Cintra.

After all, Novigrad, a trading city-state with prosperous economy but semi-independence from politics, is really suitable for Tibetans.

Lann considered Kian's feedback.

We have seen shapeshifters and night demons before, so there is no need to say more. And "Dream Diviner" is another special magic-related occupation in the previous game.

Just like the "psychic masters" who came from Nilfgaard not long ago and have the ability to read minds, dreamers are another special group of people created by the influence of chaotic energy on humans.

She was not able to gain the ability to cast spells under the influence of chaotic energy, but she had a "prophecy" ability that was similar to that of the early days of the devil's source - the dreamer could obtain certain metaphors from dreams through dreaming to predict the future.

"You didn't kill them all, did you?" Lan asked hesitantly, looking at the somewhat excited Kyaen.

Kyan showed a ridiculous and helpless expression.

"Didn't you specifically tell me before that I need to understand the whole story before taking action? This has reduced the efficiency of my commission." Keyan complained, "Lan, according to me, we demon hunters should not Regardless of this mess, we will do whatever the employer tells us."

"It's enough to know how much money you can get, where to go, and who to kill!"

Lan shook his head and said: "The future demon hunters will not act like this."

Keyan muttered a few words about "the nature of griffons" and could only say helplessly: "Okay, from now on you will be the communicator of the order, and you have the final say."

"I told you that I didn't kill anyone. The shapeshifter I met just stole things, and the female night devil found a part-time job in a female branch, so I spared their lives; as for the fortune teller, It’s even more impossible for me to kill the dreamer, I think she is the kind of person you would be interested in~”

Lan nodded with satisfaction: "Have you contacted them?"

"How do you think the shapeshifters and night demons will react when they see a Cat-sect witcher?" Kyaan asked, "As for the Dreamer, she is living well in Novigrad, and is even quite wealthy. . If you want to conquer them, I think you, the Lion of Sintra, should come forward in person."

Lann expressed his understanding, and he still wanted to go to Novigrad in person.

Anyway, I want to discuss the future situation of Redania with Shapet, so it would be good to visit various capable people along the way.

"Then, did you encounter anything particularly difficult there? For example, a commission that couldn't be completed or something like that?"

"Can't complete it?" Kian exclaimed exaggeratedly, "Since you used the ancient blood to treat me, I have become extremely powerful! And when I completed the commission in Novigrad, I still had the guts to do it. I feel like I’m getting stronger and stronger.”

The demon hunter of the Cat Sect is very confident: "With all due respect, in the entire sect, only your two seniors from the Griffin Sect can defeat me! How can I have any tasks that I can't complete with such strength?"

Kyaan refers to Geron and Kelda.

Lann chuckled softly: "Are you sure it's just the two of them? Where are Vesemir, Letso, and Gerd? And you've also beaten Geralt and the others?"

The red-eyed cat who was confident just now suddenly became hesitant again.

"Let's get down to business," Lan reminded.

After calming down, Kian relived the experience of this period in his mind.

"There is really nothing that can't be completed. Even the blood demons and bat-winged demons have been killed by me. At most, there are commissions that I don't want to complete..."

Kian thought about it: "That commission was given to me personally by Shapet. He said that there is a place called [Devil's Pit] outside the city of Novigrad, which was used to isolate patients from various plagues and infectious diseases. , because too many people died and evil spirits appeared, and he wanted me to clean them up."

"I'm not going... What if there are still germs or residual plague there? That's not something that can be solved with swords and seals..."

Lan En's eyes suddenly lit up.

This was one of the powers he wanted to gather as much as possible.

In this so-called [Devil's Pit], there is a powerful ally that can be recruited, and a powerful boost to the demon hunter's strength that is second only to the [Second Mutation].

Lan thought for a moment and decided to call a few helpers together.

…

"Is Vesemir here?"

At the new site of the Demon Hunter Order, large areas of civil engineering work are being carried out by architects and workers to build the prototype of a tall future base.

Eskar was directing from the side. When he heard the question, he turned around and saw Lan.

"How was your day, our 'Grand Mentor'?" The wolf sect demon hunter smiled, and the scars on his face looked ferociously handsome when moved.

The workers who saw Lan around him saluted him one after another. Lan waved his hands to encourage them, and then expressed condolences to the supervisor for a while before replying to Eskar.

"Don't call me that, none of you know more about demon hunters than I do." Lann shook his head.

Eskar spread his hands: "Then what do you do with 'Your Majesty the Duke'?"

This sinister joke made Lan sigh: "I almost thought it was Lambert standing in front of me."

Eskar smiled and took Lan's punch with his shoulder. It could be seen that he had been in a good mood since the reconstruction of the Order.

"I'm looking for Vesemir, or all of you members of the Wolf Faction." Lann said seriously, "Where are they?"

"Lambert went drinking with his good cat friends. I think he has the idea of ​​changing schools." Eskar shrugged jokingly, "Geralt and Yennefer didn't know what they were doing. They Once they are together, they will be missing for a long time.”

"The situation with Vesemir is similar." Eskar's expression suddenly became ambiguous. "Did you know that Mrs. Minoru is planning to settle in Cintra."

"Oh?" Lann was stunned.

He actually knew the news.

Mrs. Minoru is a duchess after all, and a herald came to report to her when she entered the country a few days ago.

However, it was later said that the Duchess wanted to buy a house in Sintra first and take care of some personal matters, so she had not been able to meet Lan. Lan En forgot about this matter as soon as he got busy.

Now it seems the Duchess is even busier.

"She originally seemed to have planned to meet you first." Eskar sighed, "But now it seems..."

Lann chuckled: "It seems like I have to meet them now."

Looking at it this way, it seems that Eskar is the only one in the entire Wolf Faction who is still working conscientiously to contribute to the cause of the witcher.

In the original history, after the last cohesion of Kaer Morhen dissipated, it was Eskar who finally guarded the witcher castle in the mountains, just like Kelda who watched the afterglow of the witcher.

"What do you want from us?" Eskar asked.

Lan smiled: "I found information about a member of the Wolf Faction, but he is now in certain danger. I think you will want to participate in the process of saving him."

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As the largest trading city in the north, Novigrad has a long-distance fixed-point teleportation array.

However, demon hunters avoid this method of long-distance crossing. Fortunately, Lann left a mark on Shapet's body when he first awakened the [Teleport] skill.

As several spots of light lit up and went out, six demon hunters landed on the Temple Island of Eternal Fire.

Lann, Vesemir, Geralt, Eskar, Lambert, Kyaan.

In addition, there is also Yennefer who came with Lann's suggestion and Geralt's plea.

When Triss learned that Lan wanted the warlock to accompany him, she tried to follow him. However, without Yennefer, Mossak lacked a big help, and the pressure on magic research suddenly increased.

In the end, I had to give up.

"Lan! And Kyaan is back too! And Geralt!"

In the conference room of the Eternal Fire, the shape-shifting Shapete warmly hugged Lan, and then, under Lan's introduction, he greeted everyone in the Wolf Faction who met him for the first time.

Geralt had met Shapet once before Belan was still there, and they were barely acquainted with each other.

"The relationship between Cintra and Vizmir II has been somewhat tense recently." Lann asked Shapet, "Please keep our whereabouts secret for the time being."

The Eternal Fire Archon, whose body is a shape-shifting monster, nodded solemnly.

"Redania will be in great turmoil in the near future. I will discuss the specific matters with you later." Lan pointed at the members of the Wolf Faction behind him, "But there is something that needs to be dealt with first."

Shapet listened carefully, then his expression turned confused.

No, according to rumors, there is just an evil spirit in the [Devil's Pit]. Why is there such a large formation coming all the way from Sintra now?

What kind of evil spirit requires a team of six demon hunters and a sorceress, including the [Lion of the North]? Does the other party risk destroying the entire Redania?

After Lan explained the whole story clearly, Shapet fell silent.

…

The Archon of Eternal Fire briefly explained the subsequent affairs to his deputy. His prestige is now unparalleled in this religion, and no one will find any order ridiculous.

Then he personally acted as a guide and led the team out of Novigrad, riding out of the city and galloping all the way.

The prosperous scene quickly faded away, and the surrounding area quickly changed from prosperous towns to remote villages. After that, even the villages became fewer and fewer, and all you could see was wasteland.

Only some dilapidated buildings and collapsed wooden statues prove that there was once a human habitation around.

"Although Novigrad is the largest trading city in the north, the world outside the city is not peaceful." Shapet said solemnly, "Thieves, monsters, and a large number of deserters and refugees caused by the recent Civil War are all. Let these lands be spilled with blood."

"Going forward a few hundred years, the situation will be even more chaotic. Even the eternal fire plays the role of executioner in most events-that's how the [Devil's Pit] came about."

"At that time, plague, cholera and other infectious diseases such as red corpse were rampant. It was impossible for patients to stay with ordinary people, so the Eternal Fire established quarantine zones to isolate those who had no hope of being cured. The isolation is there.”

"You mean 'let the patient wait to die without infecting normal people', right?" Lambert quickly retorted, "Brother, you don't need to completely change your tone to sound like the ruling class. There are no outsiders here. ."

The shapeshifter with the Archon's face was silent for a moment: "In short, this measure allowed most people to survive. So every time we encountered a large epidemic, isolating the patients here became a kind of management. ; Later, even Niubo began to cooperate with Novigrad and moved patients there to here."

Yennefer sneered: "That's why this place was later called [Devil's Pit], right? Was this name given by yourselves or was it an 'honorable title' given by the nearby civilians?"

Shapet did not answer the question. The thoughts in his mind were conflicting. After a while, he reminded: "We are here."

This place is even more desolate. There is a simple gathering place at the end of the road. This place is tightly wrapped by wooden fences and gates.

There were a large group of crows neighing in the sky, and it was obvious that there was enough food here to attract them.

The thick smell of blood and decay came out from behind the door. Yennefer frowned and took out a lace scarf to cover her mouth and nose. After thinking for a while, she took out a bottle of potion and drank it. Her face finally looked better. A little bit.

"According to the records in the book, during the first 'quarantine', the evil spirit had already emerged." Shapet said solemnly, "It's just that the governors of Novigrad and Cowburg ignored this matter. , and then just continued to drive the patients here. The quarantine area soon turned into a veritable 'devil's pit'..."

"I inherited the past memories of a person with this appearance, and the moral sense originating from the original body is tormenting me. I cannot tolerate the eternal fire committing such a crime, and I hope to make amends."

Shapet whispered: "So I want to deal with this evil spirit and ban this bloody 'quarantine'."

Everyone was silent this time. Lambert strode forward and looked at the chain tied in front of the door. The thing was almost thick enough to be used as raw material for a ship's anchor.

It seems that the former Eternal Flame really didn't want the patients inside to come out.

There was no key and the chain was too thick. Lambert shrugged and looked back at Lan.

The Sword of the Lake Girl was unsheathed, her hands were raised above her head, and after two or three breaths of energy, she drew a bright trajectory.

With a "dang" sound, the thick chain fell to the ground, splashing dust.

"Are you sure you want to follow?" Geralt asked Shapet.

Shapet nodded: "I want to see with my own eyes what evil the Eternal Flame has done before, otherwise I will feel uneasy."

"Then transform into us. The body of the witcher is strong enough to resist the plague that may remain inside."

This suggestion must be absolutely accepted.

Shapet's skin suddenly began to melt, and his limbs stretched, twisted, and reshaped like plasticine.

He first grew platinum half-long hair, and his eyes turned into dark golden lion pupils. But then he couldn't maintain this appearance, and an inexplicable power began to boil under his body to stop him.

Eventually, his hair continued to lighten from platinum to silver; his eyes honestly turned into amber vertical pupils, and there were scars across his face.

Shapet, who was holding Geralt's face, said nonchalantly: "Let's go."