The Witcher: Darkness Falls

After the call ended, the atmosphere in the laboratory became a little solemn.

No one would have thought that the King of Redania would actually swear allegiance to the True God Church. This is big news that will definitely shock the whole world.

Geralt listened but said nothing.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that no one spoke, Leon couldn't help but ask.

He looked at Yennefer and Fringilla who were silent, and Regis who looked thoughtful, not really understanding what was going on.

Just as confused as he was, Eunice sat on a high chair, swinging her legs idly.

Regis said, "I feel like this is a signal."

Everyone's eyes were on him.

Regis said: "According to the information I know, um... the followers of the True God Church have been active in Metinah, but according to the news brought by Leon, they also appeared in Nilfgaard, but were expelled.

There are also many True God missionaries active in Nilfgaard. The closer to Nilfgaard, the smaller their number, or the more secretive they are.

They release monsters everywhere to cause panic, and then appear as saviors to save people, which can quickly gather a large number of believers. "

Leon frowned, becoming more and more confused the more he listened.

He waited for Regis to finish speaking, then looked at everyone and asked, "Who can tell me what happened?

I know what you are saying, but when you put them together I don’t understand.”

“War,” Geralt sighed. “War is coming.”

Leon had a question mark on his face: "Why are you so sure? Nilfgaard has always been peaceful. I don't feel the atmosphere of war..."

Fringilla stepped forward and said, “Because this is Nilfgaard, a unified country.

Leon, you should have heard that Nilfgaard launched a total of three Northern Wars two hundred years ago, right?"

Leon nodded. He was of course clear about this matter. Even though he had never been to school and had no special history teacher, he learned a lot from listening to the bards singing.

Fringilla sighed and said, "The Emperor of Nilfgaard, the White Flame, the Ambitious Man, Emhyr wanted to unify the entire continent and launched three Northern Wars in ten years.

But in fact, long before that, perhaps even decades earlier, Nilfgaard had been at war.

The First Northern War can only be regarded as a continuation of the previous war, except that the war spread from the southern continent to the vicinity of the Yaruga River and to the northern countries.

Although these three wars all ended in failure, they were actually an incredible success for the Nilfgaard Empire. "

Leon frowned, not quite understanding.

From what he knew, many Nilfgaardians died in the three Northern Wars. How could this be considered a success?

Regis was indeed an old monster who had lived for hundreds of years. He immediately gave Leon a very vivid example.

“No matter how strong a person is, if they eat too much, they have to find a way to digest it. Otherwise, they will feel bloated, vomit, and feel very uncomfortable.”

Leon began to think about what Regis said. He understood what Regis meant. The strong man was Nilfgaard.

While Leon was thinking, Fringilla said, “You know the location of Nilfgaard, it’s in the southernmost and most barren place of the entire continent.

With a small population and few resources, they could only plunder from outside. However, they plundered the entire southern continent in just a few decades.

In the northern countries, big countries control small countries through marriage. This is also the reason why the kings and dukes of the northern countries are more or less related.

In a few decades, even if Nilfgaard wanted to dilute the bloodlines of the rulers in various regions through marriage, it would not have enough time.

The only thing that can accelerate the integration of countries is war, and only war.

Even the emperor could die during the war, not to mention other nobles. The dukes of Ebina, Medina, Toussaint, etc., whom you know, might have been brothers, sisters, or even the same person for three generations.

It was the war that helped Nilfgaard digest the entire southern countries and become the only Nilfgaard Empire today, while other countries became provinces.

The heart of the province and the Nilfgaard Empire, the City of Golden Tower, like the northern countries, is maintained by blood ties.

But the difference is that Nilfgaard has been digested, but the northern countries have become chaotic, and frictions often occur between them.

Three years earlier, the old king of Soden had died, but his children had died before him, so Charles II and Radovid VIII simultaneously declared themselves heirs.

Both of them had very good reasons. The old King Soden had two daughters. The eldest daughter was the mother of Charles II, and the second daughter was the mother of Radovid VIII. Legally, they both had the right of inheritance.

So they fought a war for Soden's inheritance rights, which lasted for half a year, and in the end Charles II lost.

The above incident was just one of many, and similar incidents occurred between the northern kingdoms almost every few years.

In addition to this, if a vassal state demands independence, the suzerain state will definitely send troops to teach it a lesson, and so on, which is a series of bad things.

You grew up in Nilfgaard. Even if the current emperor of Nilfgaard died, those dukes' desire to compete for the position of emperor would only remain verbal, and there are also institutions such as the Senate and the Supreme Court to restrain them.

Anyone who dares to start a war will be directly labeled a traitor, and his inheritance rights will be denied legally, and he can even be directly deprived of his title.

The emperors of Nilfgaard have all worked hard to maintain the unity of the empire. Therefore, at least from a legal perspective, Nilfgaard cannot be in chaos, so you feel peaceful.

But if you live in the Northern Kingdoms, peace? It's a rare thing."

Yennefer nodded and said, "That's right, the countries are fighting each other for territory."

Leon understood and nodded. He really didn't know much about the situation in the northern countries.

He immediately asked, "What is this True God Church about? The King of Redania has declared his allegiance. Is there any problem?"

In his view, it is nothing more than making a religion the state religion, allowing it to be preached, and even having the king's endorsement to help them preach.

It seems that the Northern Kingdom also helped the Temple of Meliteli do this in history.

Fringilla shook her head and said, "It's not as simple as you think. You would think it's another Temple of Meliteli, right?"

Leon nodded.

Regis smiled bitterly and said, "Humans did not believe in the goddess Meliteli before they landed on this continent. I don't know when the Northern Kingdom began to generally believe in the goddess Meliteli. After all, I was not born at that time.

But I am sure that the priests of the temple have never spread their faith by spreading panic!"