Chapter 108 When did our relationship with the tree spirits become so good?
Lann held Ciri and rode on the horse. Wearing cloaks, they looked like a big griffin holding a little griffin.
The little griffon was holding a thin sword in his arms. Lann looked at Ciri with a smile and said with a smile: "Don't lose the 'Swift' again." The roadblocks created by the
warlocks soon fell apart. After being cleared by more than a thousand people, Lan talked with his retainers and comrades one by one, accepted their salutes, and then gave a simple speech to encourage the morale of the soldiers present.
After temporarily dealing with Nilfgaard's pursuers, although the group's momentum was high and their morale was high, the large Nilfgaardian troops were still in Cintra. The group did not dare to stay too long and continued. Run all the way north.
In this regard, "Boar of the Sea" Kratz Ann Clayt has different opinions.
"You should go to Skellige with me, Ciri, Lan, we are a family."
Kratz warned solemnly. Ciri often went to Skellig Island for vacations when she was a child, and the young Lann before she was transported through time often went there to accompany her. Although the relationship between Skellig and Rann is not as close as that of Ciri, they are still family after all.
In the face of the crisis of national subjugation, Kratz's Klett family and East's Tursek family would lend a helping hand without any political considerations, just because of "family."
Lann sincerely refused: "We will indeed need Skellig's help, Kratz. But not in this form." It's interesting to say that in terms of age, he is about the same age as Kratz's son, but in terms of seniority, he is about the same age as Kratz's son. Kratz is a contemporary.
"If we leave now, Cintra will be destroyed immediately. Nilfgaard is a multi-front battle, relying on the suppression of numbers in a short period of time to catch us off guard. But if we want to occupy the entire territory of Cintra La, their forces must be dispersed and then dispersed. This will be a protracted war. And only with me and Ciri, can we unite the scattered Cintra and preserve the last fire of Cintra." Lann solemnly
said He said: "If you run away now, you will be sorry for your aunt and also sorry for Cintra."
Lann is confident in keeping the last fire in Cintra, firstly because of Brochlon's unique geographical location. Second, in the near future, a shocking battle will break out in the north to thwart the Nilfgaardians' invasion of the north.
And even at that point in the original work, when Ciri disappeared and was even rumored to be dead, Cintra, which had no legal heir and was completely in disarray, still stubbornly fought against Nilfgaard for a whole year, and the entire territory was not yet conquered. Fall.
Subsequently, the Nilfgaardians would sign a peace treaty with the Northerners, and Cintra would be nominally ceded to Nilfgaard as a vassal state. The people of Cintra, who had no hope of hoping for a royal master, gradually gave up their resistance and eventually became the province of Nilfgaard.
Now, Lann believes things will be very different.
At this time, Lann had also learned the news of Calanthe's death from the Skellige people. To his surprise, East was still alive, and Kurtz and his party actually followed his original advice. The large army was separated and was able to reach Sintra at this time and change part of history.
According to the original plot, East should have died in that battle, while Calanthe was seriously injured and was hung up by Mossack and brought back to the capital. After the recovery, he jumped off the building and died for his country.
Now at least one person is saved. But according to Kurtz, the current situation in East is not of much help to Sintra. Moreover, East's situation is special. For Cintra, he is the one who is more like a "queen". After Calanthe's death, his cohesion with Cintra is even less than that of Lann, who was born in the royal family.
Kurtz could only sigh after hearing Lann's words. As the head of the family, he could completely understand Lann's thoughts: "But if it really comes to a critical moment, you must not be brave. Skellig will always be Your safe haven."
After saying that, he looked at Ciri who was huddled in Lan's arms and fell asleep crying because of the news of Calanthe's death: "But at least let me take Ciri away and let her stay. It's too dangerous in Cintra..."
Lann shook his head and looked at Geralt's position: "I have priorities, and I won't let Ciri get involved in danger. But she has a safer place and something more important. Things have to be done."
Kurtz stared at Lann's lion eyes for a while, trying to find some sincerity. He didn't look away until he got goosebumps.
"You can't see anything at all in your eyes... I really don't know how you became like this. But I believe you won't harm Ciri." Kurtz hesitated for a while, then suddenly said: "
Lan... ...Have you become a demon hunter?"
Lann nodded, and Kurtz's eyes became more complicated.
Now the total number of witchers in the north and south is probably less than twenty, and the number is continuing to decrease. Many people no longer know that there is still a group of people on the mainland who make a living by killing demons. On the contrary, those countries that extremely reject inhuman races or try their best to smear demon hunters remember demon hunters the longest.
As the head of a large family, and Skellig is a place where magic thrives, Kurtz is naturally no stranger to the existence of witchers, and he also knows the price to pay to become a witcher.
"Maybe under the current situation, you can better protect the country." Kurtz patted Lan's shoulder with a heavy heart and said, "When you come to Skellig, I might be able to introduce it to you. A friend, he is also a demon hunter, very strong, and he likes to play Gwent very much..." ...
Lann
and his party marched quickly through the forest path, and met many refugees along the way. , they were attracted by the armor of Cintra and the banner of the Three Lions. Although the Nilfgaardians have not yet arrived here, people have heard the news of the fall of the capital, and many of them live in the south of the country and have seen Nilfgaardian cavalry.
Lann's team continued to expand, and when they arrived at Brochlon a few days later, the town mayor Luca, who thought the enemy army was coming, was organizing the soldiers in the town to guard and prepare for a deadly battle.
Lan was followed by about the same number of soldiers and refugees as the entire town, with complicated eyes.
After recognizing that among the crowd in front of him was Her Royal Highness the Princess and everyone in the Lannister family, including Lan, the mayor quickly came out to accuse him.
The old mayor glanced at Lan's lion eyes and then lowered his head and did not dare to look again: "Your Majesty, there have been rumors. I thought you had... Anyway, welcome back to Brochlon."
Lan He had a good impression of the old Brochlon man. He helped him up and wanted to salute, and said comfortingly: "You have worked hard to take care of my territory during this period. Now you can see the situation behind me -" Lan En
said Pointing behind him: "This will be the place where Sintra will be revived in the future, but before that, they need to be resettled here."
Luca nodded in agreement, but looked embarrassed.
After seeing this, Lann patted the other party's shoulder: "I know that the town can't accommodate so many people, and it can't even support them. Don't worry, they just need to build a camp nearby to spend some time. The war There will be a turnaround soon.
And your task during this period is to manage them well with my housekeepers. After all, you are more familiar with Brochlon."
The embarrassment on Luka's face immediately disappeared when he heard this, and he smiled modestly: "My lord, the count is just joking. During your... absence, Mr. Ens came here often, and he brought unhappiness to the royal capital. With few resources, I no longer dare to say that I am familiar with Brokiron."
Lann looked back at the old butler in surprise, and Enns responded humbly. When Lan was away, the old butler could be said to have been working hard to build Blochlon, the last territory of the Lannister family. Since the manager here became Ciri in name, the territory as a princess also Able to receive more resources.
Many supplies, weapons and even injured craftsmen that were eliminated from the battlefield were moved here. Even Calanthe acquiesced to this behavior. Brochlon was no longer the same at this moment, and there was even a vague feeling. The smell of a small country castle.
Walking on the street, Lan looked at the town of Blochlon that was different from what he remembered. While feeling sad, he also noticed that there was not much popularity here. There were no people in the well-dressed houses, and there were no women or people on the streets. child.
Lann frowned: "Where are the people here?"
Luca looked at Lann's expression and suddenly realized: "You still don't know... a lot of things happened in Brochiron while you were away. In order to prevent war We moved all those who could not fight into Brochlon Forest..."
"Wait a moment..." Lan interrupted, "Aisna agrees to you taking refuge directly in the forest?"
Luke clicked. Nodding: "As I said, a lot of things happened in Brokilon."
Brokilon Town, the lord's mansion.
Lann's eyes became more and more strange as he listened to Luca's report on the relationship between the dryads and the townspeople of Brochlon during this period.
"Our hunters are allowed to go into the forest to hunt, and can also set up camps at designated locations. The hunters go in to hunt during the day and rest in the camp at night. As a result, everyone's life has improved a lot... This time the townspeople are trying to Shelters built to escape the war were built around these camps." "
Our craftsmen and women and children with more free time will make some objects to exchange with them. Although they often attract reprimands from the dryads, they feel We regarded them as barbarians, but they were just a civilization different from ours. In order to prevent conflicts, we later let the children trade with them..." Lan suddenly interrupted: "The townspeople have no worries about letting the
children Did you go into Brochlon alone to find the tree spirit without anyone watching?"
Luca nodded: "At first, some naughty children took things from home and went into the forest to play, but when they came back, they brought something back with them. Small pieces of gold. After the news spread among the neighbors, it became more and more strange. It was said that there were generous magic elves in the forest who would reward smart and innocent children. The children at the entrance of the village even began to sing related nursery rhymes. At first We also want to stop those who want to take advantage and ignore the lives of their children..."
Lan's eyes became dangerous: "What happened next?"
(End of Chapter)