The Witcher: Darkness Falls

After listening to Fringilla and Regis' analysis, Leon had some understanding of the current situation.

Simply put, it is a small religion that originated in the Vatican in Bovis. It took only a few decades for it to develop into the behemoth it is today, and it has shown its sharp fangs to all parts of the world.

Fifty years... Yennefer and Fringilla couldn't tell exactly how long it was, because no one had paid attention to that place from the beginning.

After all, the religion is too small and its location is too remote.

Povis itself is very remote, at the northernmost point of the world.

More than two hundred years ago, the regions of Povis and Coville were prosperous, although they were all mountainous and not suitable for farming.

But there are rich natural resources there.

The mining volume of silver, nickel, lead, tin and zinc ores once reached a quarter of the world's total, the mining volume of copper ore and native copper reached half of the world's total, and the mining volume of manganese, chromium, titanium and tungsten ores reached three quarters of the world's total.

Pure metals including platinum, iron, and demonic metal accounted for three-quarters of the world's total. Before the discovery of the Kaedwen gold mines, gold mining in the Povis and Kovir regions accounted for more than 80% of the world's total!

Such abundant natural resources made Povis and Coville extremely wealthy, attracting many adventurers, gold diggers, scientists, and some extremely vicious people.

Some experts speculate that the wealth of Povis and Kovir at that time was even greater than that of Redania and Temeria.

But it was precisely because of its excessive wealth that the King of Redania became jealous.

When the King of Redania took out the contract they had signed and asked Povis and Kovir to pay taxes, the King of Kovir directly refused and announced to the world that Povis and Kovir were not vassal states of any country.

This move angered the King of Redania, so Redania joined forces with its vassal states to impose a comprehensive economic blockade on Povis and Kovir.

Povis and Kovil are located too far north, and nearly half of the year is in winter. The shortage of food directly restricts its development. The food, furs and cloth in this area are highly dependent on imports.

This is very deadly.

The countries near him were mainly mountainous, and they did not have enough food to exchange for the ore from Povis and Kovel.

If Povis and Kovir wanted to exchange mineral resources for food and other necessities of life, they had to trade southward.

However, Redania is an obstacle it cannot get around.

Redania has a coastline second only to Nilfgaard, and ships traveling north and south must stop at Redania's ports to replenish supplies.

In addition, in the inland areas, he is surrounded by either vassal states or countries that are friendly with him. Therefore, if he wants to pass through by land, the freight alone is more expensive than that of ore or goods.

This does not even include the tariffs that Redania has raised against Povis and Kovir.

Moreover, the King of Redania also ordered that any merchant ships coming from Povis and Kovir must sell their goods within Redania.

Similarly, any merchant ship wanting to go to Povis and Kovil must unload its cargo within Redania, otherwise the cargo will be detained and the ship will not be allowed to pass.

This directly killed Bols and Kovel, and after that, Bols and Kovel began to go downhill.

Until seventy years ago, the King of Kovir died without an heir.

At this time, the King of Redania found a family tree from somewhere, proving that his ancestor four generations ago, that is, his great-grandfather, was the king of Kovir. According to the law, he was the most entitled to inherit the throne.

Thus, Povis and Kovir, which had been separated for more than a hundred years, became vassal states of Redania again.

In order to prevent Povis and Kovir from becoming independent again, the King of Redania ordered the factories there to be relocated, directly cutting off the source of funds and destroying the manufacturing industry there, making Povis and Kovir the mineral production areas of Redania.

Not only that, the King of Redania also split Povis and Kovir and sent his two sons to take over as kings.

Bolls and Coville fell into decline and have shown no signs of rising since then.

There is nothing there except minerals, it is remote, and the climate is bad, so the Wizarding Association does not have any spies there.

When they noticed, or discovered that there were True God followers active in Redania or Temeria, it was only in recent years.

Interested people in the Wizarding Association followed the clues and discovered that this religion had only been developed for more than fifty years.

Maybe longer, but no one cares. After all, there are many religions in the world, but most of them only last for a few decades and very few can be passed down.

Didn’t the Church of Eternal Fire, which was once thriving, disappear into the long river of history because of the plague that followed?

No one cared about the True God Church because their initial missionary methods were very ordinary and did not conflict with local rulers or religions at all.

But now, the True God Church has actually made the King of Redania swear allegiance, which proves that the True God Church is actually not as simple as it appears.

Moreover, judging from their recent actions, they are probably targeting not only the Kingdom of Redania, but also other countries, and possibly even the giant in the south - the Nilfgaard Empire.

There is only one country in the world that combines politics and religion, and that is the Nilfgaard Empire. The emperor of the Nilfgaard Empire is not only the king of the country, but also the high priest of the state religion, the Sun Cult.

This is the state controlling religion.

However, the relationship between the True God Church and Redania is not like this. It is the other way around, with religion being above the country!

This is absolutely something that no king can tolerate.

Let's assume that the True God Cult wants to control all kingdoms, and from what they do it seems to be the case.

And the king will certainly not surrender obediently. What happened in Redania is enough to arouse their vigilance, and they will definitely be wary of the True God Church.

However, judging from the current situation, the True God Church is very popular among the grassroots people and has become deeply rooted.

If the True God Church continues its ruling plan, it will inevitably come into conflict with various countries.

And the next conflict may be a real war!

This is what Lyon got.

However, they certainly cannot think too far ahead now, as the True God Church is still thousands of kilometers away from them.

The vampire issue is right in front of us. If it is not handled properly, this place will soon become a river of blood!

Everyone's attention was drawn back to the present.

Eunice listened with great interest, as if everything had nothing to do with her, until Yennefer's questioning gaze fell on her.

Eunice shrank her neck and asked cautiously, "How about I step aside for a while and you guys continue chatting?"

As she said this, she was about to leave, but was blocked by Fringilla.

Yennefer walked forward and walked around Eunice, saying, “The sudden fire magic and hurricane magic, but the demon hunter did not feel the breath of magic.

That means these two magics are not magic, but the talents of some creatures. As far as I know, there is only one creature in this world that has these two talents with opposite attributes..."

As she spoke, Yennefer suddenly raised her left hand, and the next moment, a huge fireball burned on her palm.

But this fireball was not offensive at all, she lowered it, and in an instant, Eunice's shadow was pulled very high.

Then, everyone saw the shadow under Eunice's feet deformed.

Transformed into a giant dragon!