From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

In the dark underground cave, the blurred vision kept shaking.

In the darkness, the only thing that provided a faint light was a large pot that was simmering. The wood burns fiercely, and the heat is transferred to the pot through contact, heating and boiling the soup and meat inside.

As the bubbles burst, a strange smell emitted, which was trapped in the underground cave for a long time.

The three sisters in the forest gathered around the cauldron and took deep breaths. They stared greedily at the undulating ingredients on the ground and swallowed their saliva.

For the people of Velen, the Lady of the Forest is a trinity of goddesses like the goddess Meriteri. They have the ability to make the people of Velen have abundant harvests and have many children, and help people overcome difficulties.

Although the Lady of the Forest's gifts always require a price, or "sacrifice."

But worshiping a "god" that requires sacrifice is far more comforting than worshiping a lord, isn't it?

However, no one in Willen knew that the three witches in front of them were the true appearance of Lady in the Forest.

Mrs. Lin Zhong is just the "honorable name" they gave themselves. Their real names are: Zhi Po, Zou Po and Ni Nan Po.

They existed long before humans arrived on the continent. When they discovered humans, they were delighted at the help this new creature could give them, and quickly began to spread their "belief."

Naturally, these creatures that are older than humans are not very in line with human aesthetics. The painting in the "church" is nothing more than a façade used by the three sisters to deceive the people of Willen to gain respect. Their true appearance is like this——

distortion.

…

Nima Po is the eldest of the three sisters. She has a short and thick neck, a round head, a torso like a hemp pole, and arms as thick and long as a gorilla.

She carries a shoulder bag with arms attached to her all year round, and it looks as if she has a hand growing out of her abdomen - no one knows who or what creature that hand comes from.

At this moment, she picked out an ear from the chopping board, put it to her head and listened for a while with her eyes closed. After a long while, he threw it into his mouth and started chewing it.

"I haven't heard anything... The little baron is still on guard against us. There aren't many sacrifices hanging in his crow's nest." Nanny shook her head, "If you ask me, all humans in Velen should sacrifice an ear. Give it to me, then I know everything - how can I wait until the little baron tells me that there is ancient blood coming to Velen?"

…

In front of the chopping board stood the cooking woman. She was tall and plump, like an upright wild boar. The exposed skin was a strange tender pink color, and the surface was covered with wrinkles, stacks, and sores, like mud.

As her name suggests, Zoupo is very good at cooking ingredients and can even inject magic into them. At this moment, she was holding a huge bone-chopping knife and was chopping vigorously.

"Don't eat raw food directly, sister." Zou Po emphasized dissatisfiedly, "It's not healthy!"

Throwing Veserad's head aside, the cook threw the newly prepared meat into the pot, and what was boiling inside was bright red blood.

What an original soup!

…

Zhi Po, the youngest of the three sisters, stood beside the cauldron, swallowing her saliva as she looked at the boiling meat inside.

She is also the most human-looking of the three sisters. Physically, she looks like a "normal" skinny old woman.

——If you ignore the fact that flies are flying out of her eyes like a beehive.

"The soup that the little guy flying out of your face likes very much." Po Po laughed heartily at Zhi Po, "This will definitely be a good pot of soup!"

Numpo slurped the remaining blood on her hands and nodded repeatedly.

"The lord of Viren, the blood of the Baron. The soup cooked with this ingredient can help us better communicate with the forest and the land, and deal with the ancient blood."

"It took a lot of effort to raise him so big. I originally wanted to keep him at a witch night party to share with Illerys." Zhi Po yelled, "But now he has been eaten in advance... What a waste."

Zhuo Po said nonchalantly: "Soon we will have better ingredients...blood of the ancients! Hey!"

Po Po's words made Po Ni, who was still regretful at first, nod her head. She stared at the cauldron that was being boiled and murmured to herself: "The ancient blood cannot be shared with the Wild Hunts of Illerith, it is too delicious..."

The sisters had already begun to have sweet dreams, but Zhi Po, who had been swallowing her saliva, looked away from the pot.

"Even if you drink the soup made by the young baron, it will still be difficult to deal with the ancient blood, right?"

Namba nodded thoughtfully: "...That's right."

The cooking woman was immediately dissatisfied when she heard that her sisters doubted her ability to cook. After a while of fussing, she could only confirm helplessly.

She pointed at Po Nanny with her palm with only three thick fingers: "Judging from the news that my sister usually hears, this ancient blood is surprisingly powerful. The power brought by a pot of 'Little Baron Soup' is indeed not enough."

Zhi Po scratched the honeycomb on her face and said resolutely: "Then make a few more pots of soup and catch all the little guys in Willen! This is the blood of the ancients! People outside say that he has only used it for a few years. It’s so powerful that one person can fight an army!”

"If we let him grow longer, who knows how strong he will be in the future?" Zhi Po patted her belly, "We have raised Willen for so long, and now it is time to harvest."

Although Zhi Po is the youngest, Zhao Po and Nan Po recognize their sister's wisdom very much.

"It's a rare opportunity for Ancient Blood to come alone!"

"Hahaha - what you eat is the best!"

The three sisters cooked delicious food in the cave, imagining more delicious dishes, and laughed eerily and heartily together.

However, just when they were all feeling proud. A small black shadow suddenly flashed in the darkness of the cave, running towards the depths of the cave.

"That's not right!" Just before the black shadow disappeared completely, the sharp-sighted Numpo suddenly realized something was wrong.

She pointed to the depths of the cave and shouted angrily: "The little dwarf is going to cause trouble again!"

"How could he even come here?"

The shadow that was about to leave suddenly paused, and its originally gentle movements became no longer concealed, and its speed became more than a minute faster.

Zhi Po also reacted immediately and disintegrated on the spot with a dance of her arms. Countless crows emerged from the underground caves, blowing the wind of shadow underground with the noise that filled every inch of space.

"Johnny, I can't let you talk any more this time!"

——

"My lord, Lord Lannister, please allow me to ask." The lord and steward carefully rubbed their palms together, "Have you seen our lord baron?"

Keira was one step ahead of Lan and replied with a sneer: "We should be asking you this kind of question!"

The leader of the house was immediately speechless. He glanced at the sorceress in front of him and the man who had never looked at him with a blushing face, and walked away dejectedly.

What is Lan doing?

He was sizing up the troops gathered in front of him.

In the open space outside the crow's nest, the Willen local guards gathered here under the baron's order finally arrived.

Their quality is naturally incomparable to that of the blue-clad iron guards behind Lann. But as natives of Velen, they are able to take advantage of the forests and swamps that outsiders do not have.

Those advantages were just what Lane needed.

But having said that, even if Lann and others were mentally prepared, the army in front of them was too "mixed".

Lan frowned and looked at it for a while, then his eyes suddenly lit up: "You - yes, it's you. Soldier, get out of the queue!"

A soldier with a big beard shuddered, then puffed out his chest and marched out of the queue.

"Philip Strenger, Lieutenant of the Guards of Willen, salutes Lord Lannister!"

The voice is loud and energetic.

…

Lann looked at the person in front of him for a moment, and he looked more and more familiar, and he was sure that he had found the right person.

In the original history, Baron Veserad fled after the invasion of Nilfgaard, and the ownerless Velen had another ruler - Philip Strenger in front of him.

He had considerable prestige among the local soldiers in Velen, so he seized the opportunity to quickly occupy Crow's Nest, and then further became the local emperor of the entire Velen.

Because of his violent style and murderous character, Philip came to be known as the "Bloody Baron".

But the man with such a wild title is a real hotshot. The Bloody Baron quickly took over the responsibilities of Velen after occupying Velen. After several trials with Nilfgaard, he quickly started negotiations and eliminated the war that threatened civilian life.

After a short period of peace ushered in, the frightened locals quickly realized that the people of Willen, who had already experienced war, actually lived a more prosperous life than during the time of Baron Wesselad!

They discovered that although the Bloody Baron quickly began to enjoy life after taking office, he had a very important trait: he did not act like a monster.

Enjoy life and do nothing else - this style of the Bloody Baron has already made him surpass 99% of the nobles in the mainland.

Of course, compared with the real bloody baron in Lan's impression, the officer in front of him was much younger, at least his beard was not white yet.

And even if something happens to Baron Veserad, Viren, who is still under the rule of Temeria, will not let a low-level officer with a mud-legged background become the emperor.

This Philip can no longer become a "Bloody Baron", but at most he can become a "Bloody Lieutenant".

Unless he has other opportunities - such as the present.

…

After calling out Phillip, Lan frowned and glanced around the Crow's Nest guards.

It was a pity that he could not find another soldier with a slightly better spirit.

"Okay, Lieutenant Phillip, only you can take on the important responsibility from now on."

Phillip immediately puffed up his chest when he heard this.

As the Temerian closest to Cintra, he had also heard many legends about the Lion, and he had long been envious of the Gwent card that Baron Veserad was rumored to have collected.

"Your command, Lord Lannister!"

Lan nodded: "You should know the purpose of Commander Roche coming here - to eradicate the evil monsters disguised as wild gods in the depths of Velen."

"Originally, I was thinking of letting you collect information about each other, but that's no longer needed."

"In the near future, we will start a war with each other. And your task is to evacuate the nearby residents as much as possible, and keep the people here away from all swamps and forests to prevent them from being affected."

Philip was stunned when he heard this and looked embarrassed: "But Duke Lannister, Waylon is full of swamps and forests."

"That's why I came to you to find a solution."

Lann pointed at the blue-clad iron guards behind him, implying that he didn't need to use these local crooked melons and jujubes at all.

"You - no, can you accept this order? Lieutenant Phillip?"

Philip took a deep breath: "Yes! Duke Lannister!"

After hesitating for a moment, Phillip asked hesitantly:

"Duke Lannister, may I know how many troops you will need to mobilize to destroy that... Lady in the Wood?"

"The problem is not with us, but with them." Lann shook his head, "As a native of Willen, don't you know that the Lady of the Woods can draw strength from the swamps and forests?"

Phillip blushed: "I don't pay much attention to these magical things... Even if I hear them, I don't think they are credible."

"Now you have a chance to get to know each other again." Lann shook his head. "As for our military strength, I can only say -"

Lann pointed to the sky: "She is one of the participating parties."

Phillip looked up in the direction of Lan's finger in confusion.

In their sight, a mobile biological bunker in the sky broke through the clouds and fell like a meteor in their direction.

"Oooh!"

Perhaps because he was used to being domineering in Mahakam, Kelturis was very concerned about his majesty in front of others. Every time she appeared, she would roar slowly and forcefully, and she would only give up when she saw the horrified expression on the ground.

Saskia once advised her, but instead the red dragon taught her sincerely: "Humans are afraid of dragons, otherwise there would be more dragon-slaying warriors."

Willen's local guards dispersed and looked for hiding places. Only Philip, although his hands and feet were trembling, still stood beside Lan.

However, the blue-clad iron guards did not lose their reputation as special forces. Although each of them pressed their weapons nervously, they all maintained their formation in place.

"Hula——"

The broad wings pushed away the strong wind and swept away the mud and rocks on the ground.

"Kerturis, did you get anything?"

The dragon was quite dissatisfied with Lann treating him as an aerial scout, but he still threw out a small shadow honestly.

"I didn't find the three witches you asked for...but I found him!"

The little black shadow fell to the ground and rolled a few times before standing up in disgrace.

He grimaced in pain and kept jumping, but said nothing.

"A child?" Roche asked doubtfully from behind Lan, "Duke Lannister, your dragon captured a child? Or a mute... child?"

Roche's voice became smaller and smaller, and he suddenly felt that the child in front of him looked a little too strange.

Kayla chuckled, mocking the blue-coated commander's narrow knowledge: "This is no child, Mr. Roche."

"He might be older than your grandfather - this is a little earth spirit!"