The Witcher: Darkness Falls

The Kangongen region, as one of the northern countries, borders the three countries. It is not large in area, and there are no plains in the country, but mostly hills.

To the north, it is bounded by the Bra River, across the river from Maliur; to the south, it is bounded by the Kestrel Mountains, bordering Redania; and to the east is Kaedwen, the former suzerain state.

It is rare for such a small northern country to not be annexed by the two giants, Redania and Kaedwen.

This is mainly due to the diplomatic wisdom of the former Kanggong rulers.

He went north to form the Hengfors Alliance with Maruer and the former Creyden. Later, Creyden was annexed by Kovil and Povis, but the Hengfors Alliance still existed and was even larger than before.

Although he was in the Hengfors Alliance, he swore allegiance to Kaedwen in the east, and legally, Kaedwen was the suzerain of Kangorn.

To the south, Kangongen also actively contacted and imposed the lowest tariffs on goods entering from Redania, and even reduced them for a time.

This move also won the favor of Redania.

Therefore, even though many of the small northern countries had actually been annexed by the alliance of Kovir and Povis, Kangongen still maintained its independence.

Even later, the king of Kangongen married the king of Maliur, making the alliance even closer.

Thirteen years ago, the old king of Mariul died without a successor.

From a legal point of view, the King of Kangong is actually the most suitable candidate to succeed King Mariul.

To the extent that until now, King Kangong still serves as the king of Mariul.

The two regions did not merge into one country. After all, the other allied countries of Henfors would certainly not agree. The merger of independent kingdoms could only be done through invasion and conquest, and peaceful mergers were very rare.

Moreover, it was very common for a king to be the king of another country, and it was not necessarily the case that these countries were merged.

Therefore, the king of Kangong had to give birth to two sons, one to succeed King Maliul and the other to Kangong.

If there is a son and a daughter, then the daughter will succeed Mariul as Queen. After all, in the Hengfors Alliance, women are allowed to succeed to the throne.

But what if King Kanggong had only one son and not even one descendant?

Then the Mariul region will find the person with the closest bloodline to the old king to succeed to the throne, or seek help from the allied countries.

It has always been like this.

On this day, a patrol team was patrolling along the Bula River as usual.

"How exactly does King Freddy plan to deal with those monsters? How long do we have to be so nervous?" a young soldier complained.

"This is something the king should consider. It has nothing to do with us. Just stick to your post.

If those monsters come, we will just fight them with swords. Besides, we are just patrol soldiers and the sheriff will be in charge of dealing with the monsters.

Our mission now is to walk along the river bank and then go back to report!" His captain, a cunning middle-aged man, glanced at the recruit next to him and said.

The young soldier frowned and looked at his superior, and emphasized again: "Captain Lowe, aren't you afraid that we will encounter monsters when we patrol?"

Lowe picked his nose and flicked out the booger, seemingly not worried at all.

He glanced at the young soldier and said, "Private Crowell, I know what you are thinking. If you want to leave the patrol and join the Security Force, I can recommend you."

The soldier called Crowell shrank his neck. He was still frightened when he thought of those wolf-like monsters with two heads.

Lowe sneered, picked up the kettle and took a sip of water.

Another soldier next to him who was about the same age as him said, "Don't worry about the monsters. I heard that people from the True God Church have arrived. They are said to be specialized in dealing with these monsters."

A soldier at the side immediately echoed, "I've heard that too. It seems that those monsters are from hell and are the offspring of the three-headed dog, the two-headed dog."

"What a bullshit three-headed dog and two-headed dog. It's from hell. Do you know what hell is like?" Lowe said disdainfully.

As a veteran soldier, he scoffed at these claims and didn't even believe that the True God Church was the nemesis of monsters.

"These missionaries must have special ways to deal with monsters, just like hunters always have ways to avoid being attacked by wild beasts." Lowe thought to himself.

The group chatted as they patrolled, and occasionally someone talked about building a church here and making the True God Church the state religion.

Anyway, Redania has become a believer of the True God Church, so they can follow suit.

Soon, they reached the end of their patrol - Beacon Tower No. 23, an earthen beacon tower.

Then start to return.

Lowe began to have doubts in his heart.

They were patrolling along the riverbank, as were the usual Marlu patrols on the other side of the river.

But today, they didn't see any patrolling soldiers from Mariel.

"Captain Lowe, why do I feel that the other side is a little quiet today? Where is Mariel's patrol team?" a soldier asked in confusion at this moment.

It seems that not only Lowe, but others have also noticed this abnormality.

Lowe rode on his horse and looked towards the other side of the river.

Although he didn't know where Mariel's patrol team had gone, based on his experience, there must have been a problem in Mariel.

"Sir, look, is there anyone over there?" A sharp-eyed soldier pointed at Mariel on the other side of the river.

Lowe frowned and looked over carefully, then he widened his eyes and shouted quickly: "Go light the signal ball! Go!"

Then, a thick black smoke rose straight up from the beacon tower next to them.

At this moment, black smoke rose one after another in Kanggongen, and almost all the people in Kanggongen saw this strange sight.

Some people didn't even know what the black smoke rising across the country meant, and were even speculating whether a forest was on fire.

Hengfors, the capital of Kangorn, is a city very close to the Bra River.

This city, located in Kangon, was once the political and economic center of the Hengfors Alliance for a long time.

However, after the royal family changed, this place became just the capital of Kangongen. It was not until thirteen years ago that it became the capital of the Hengfors Alliance.

On this day, King Freddy of Kangong had just finished a sumptuous lunch and was walking in the garden with his queen.

Suddenly, his herald ran in in a panic.

"Your Majesty, although it is not in accordance with etiquette for me to rush in and disturb your walk with the Queen.

Especially what happens next will ruin your good mood, but I still have to report it. "The herald tidied up his appearance, saluted and said quickly.

Freddy frowned and asked, "Just tell me what's going on. Don't add so much nonsense."

The herald quickly said: "Your territory is being invaded!"

Freddy was stunned for a long while. He couldn't believe his ears.

"What? Kangongen was invaded?"

The herald nodded and said, "Yes, I saw the black smoke from the signal ball burning straight and powerfully..."

Freddy interrupted him eagerly and said, "Shut up and tell me where the black smoke is coming from."

"To the north, to be exact, it's the 23rd beacon tower on the Bula River." The messenger gave the exact location.

Freddy was stunned.

That's not right, he is also the king of Mariul!