Chapter 275 Saskia’s Confusion
“It has been hundreds of years since Mahakam, such a thing has happened, and I have not been in such a bad mood as I am today for hundreds of years. So I will only say the next words for the last time-” “Put down your weapons
. !"
As if a drumstick was beating on their eardrums, all the Zyglin dwarves couldn't help but take a few steps back. Facing the Great Elder's order and Barclay's angry face, the Zygrin dwarf no longer had the courage to raise his weapon.
They turned back together and looked at their clan leader eagerly, eager to hear the order they were looking forward to.
"We, we..." Chief Zyglin stared at Barclay and Lan with his eyes red, and the sound in his throat seemed to be squeezed out from his stomach.
It is no longer possible to kill the feuding enemy, and even one's own clan may be involved. In this way, Chief Ziegeling still refused to give up. He could not accept that the clan's centuries of accumulation would be wiped out and he would become a lonely miner, or become a bereaved dog and be expelled from his home.
"We can, we can..."
With a "bang", Chief Zygelin's head tilted suddenly, and his body fell heavily into the snow.
Gabo slowly retracted the ax handle, looked at the unconscious clan leader and sighed.
Behind Gabo, an obscure passage appeared in the queue of dwarf warriors of the Siegelin clan. These Siegelin warriors unexpectedly gave way spontaneously, allowing Gabo to approach the clan leader as if he was in no one's land.
"We put down our weapons," Gabo said.
Then, the sound of steel falling to the ground continued to sound.
...
Lann and his party stayed in Davor for another two days, waiting for the army from Carbon Mountain to arrive and take over the conflict between Sieglin and Fuchs.
On behalf of the great elder, Barclay expressed his gratitude to Lan for his timely detection of Zygrin's conspiracy and preventing the conflict from escalating to an irreversible point. But thanking him was of no use. Lann knew that this traditional and cunning old dwarf would not make any more concessions in terms of support.
On the contrary, Colonel Barclay himself expressed a strong favorable impression of Lann, and also expressed his admiration for this Cintra force, which only had a few dozen people but dared to intervene in a battlefield of thousands of people. This was an unexpected gain for Lann. If this dwarf with extremely high military qualities and wide reputation would lead the volunteer army to help the North as in history, it would be convenient to have a good relationship with him in the future.
Barclay also invited Lann and his party to return to Carbon Mountain, but Lann declined after careful consideration.
Although something like this happened between Fuchs and Siegelin, their previous promise to help the Ferentz clan as lobbyists still remained. If there is a chance to get more support, Lann will always try - after all, it is the Mahakam heavy infantry.
In addition, Lan also wanted to see the red dragon Kelturis in Mahakam.
Another person who had this idea was Saskia, who had been following Lan's team. She had been extremely excited ever since she knew that the team might go to the Ferenz clan. The reason why she chose to rest in Mahakam was because there was a red dragon here.
However, after the conflict between Zygrin and Fuchs, Saskia's mood has been very low.
"Lannister...Duke?" Saskia, who hesitated several times on the way, finally couldn't suppress her desire and walked quickly to Lan's side.
"Can I ask you a question?"
Lann chuckled: "Your question is basically written on your face. I have been waiting for you to ask it all the way."
Saskia lowered her head and secretly reflected on her own thoughts. The shortcomings are all written on my face, and I feel that I am still inexperienced and inexperienced.
But she quickly remembered her purpose: "I don't understand, Duke Lannister. Why did the conflict between Fuchs and Sieglin intensify to such an extent?" "Mahaakam
is the spiritual home of the dwarves. It is also the home of the dwarves to resist outside invasion. They should be united here. Don't they know how much damage their actions will cause to Mahakam?" Lan glanced at Saskia: "Why
? Do you care so much?"
Saskia's eyes showed confusion: "My father has been looking for a country where all races live peacefully and equally, and I also hope that I can find such a country. I have always thought that it is only necessary to reconcile races. It's okay to have conflicts, but now it seems that there are horrific tragedies happening even within the race. I don't understand..."
Lann thought for a while and asked: "You are from Zerikan, right? There is nothing like this there. Have things happened before? And you have been in the North for so long, don't tell me you haven't seen conflicts within the race." "I know about the
Nilfgaard invasion, and the various frictions between the countries in the North - —Those are much larger than the ones here." Saskia whispered, "But, I always thought that only humans were special..." "Since you said that races are equal
, why are humans special? Humans are now It's so 'special' just because of its large population. Do you believe that any race with the numbers and dominance of humans can still fight every day for profit?" "
Elves don't do that," Saskia retorted seriously.
The elves are indeed a strange race. After they ruled the continent, they began to live in an almost perfect state of singing and dancing. In the early days of humankind's rise, it actually retreated again and again. It was expected that humans would be content with harvesting the territory in front of them. But everyone knows the result. Now humans have replaced elves as rulers, but elves have no one in mainstream society. An official country or even city-level gathering place.
Lann sneered: "Don't forget that elves are also outsiders from another world. Before the arrival of elves, dwarves and dwarves lived here. Guess how the elves obtained and To consolidate their own rule?"
It can only be said that the long-term peace has paralyzed the elves, and these are just the elves of the Ain Siddi tribe in this world today. You must know that there is a group of Ain El clan elves in another world, and their actions will be even more bloody, definitely beyond the imagination of the girl in front of them.
Saskia was silent again. It seemed that she began to think about these issues realistically for the first time. Her views had always been too idealistic, and it was only now that she discovered the sharp points.
"Why is this happening, Duke Lannister?"
Lann thought for a while and replied: "If it were an older guy, he might answer you 'Where there are people, there is struggle', and this 'person' Including all races. It’s really powerful to say this. It has a feeling of seeing through the world and even transcending one’s own biological level.” “But what we want is
not this kind of detachment. We cannot let it go after saying something that sounds powerful. After all, we have to do things down-to-earth." Lann sighed, "In fact, I haven't reached the level where I can answer this question. That is not knowledge that can be obtained from books. I still need to learn from myself. I want to find the answer to this problem and come up with a solution to it in our rule." "
But the reason why I came to you is because I heard that multiple races live in harmony in Cintra. You seem to have done this? "
Yes, but Cintra's situation is special." Lann nodded, "Cintra has the atmosphere it has today because everyone is a comrade fighting side by side; at the same time, Cintra has also abandoned the hostility between various races." The slanderous rumors have created a clean public opinion environment; and the most important thing..."
Lan pointed at himself: "...There is still me, a talker who allows all this to happen and who will not be restricted by his own racial stance...at least too much. Only when these elements are combined can we be able to Establishing the prototype of a country where multi-racial groups live in peace." "
And the reason why I did all this was not driven by idealism: I just needed to rebuild the power of the country at first; and those races needed a clean, peaceful land. Land. This allows us to strive for the same goal to a certain extent, so we can live in peace."
Saskia lowered her head, thoughtfully: "So such a country can only start from scratch in this way. Establish without thinking about changing the current situation of people in a certain area, right?"
Lann nodded: "It is much easier to re-establish an idea than to reverse the existing strong idea."
Saskia found something wrong. : "In this case, maybe the first generation of Cintra can live in harmony, but what happens after that? Especially since human lifespan is short, won't such a change make Cintra unstable in a few generations?" "In addition to being able
to Apart from an emperor who is powerful enough and long-lived enough, or even immortal, I can't find a way to maintain this kind of kingdom."
Saskia seemed to have reached a dead end, but this statement also made Lann smile. stand up.
"I think it is very irresponsible to tie a country's thousands of years of heritage to one person. It's just..." ...The
topics
these two people were talking about seemed a bit too profound, and Geralt on the other side was a little bit too deep. Looking at Saskia in surprise.
This girl has only been in the team for a short time, and Geralt doesn't know her very well yet. It's hard to imagine that such a socially awkward girl spends her whole day thinking about such lofty ideals. And Lan seems to be particularly patient with Saskia.
Even if Geralt has a strong sense of politics, this kind of topic is not something he can participate in at his level. He even thought it would be impolite to listen for any longer.
Knocking lightly on the horse's belly, he moved slightly away from the two of them. As he glanced around, Geralt saw a few more dwarves in the team.
Among them was Petrit, the messenger arranged by the Fuchs clan to Lann and his party.
Beyond that, there’s Gabo.
He had a worried look on his face and walked in the middle of the queue with his head lowered. He was no longer as heroic as when he first met. But when you think about it, it’s understandable. After such a big thing happened, no one can still look sunny and cheerful.
"What are you thinking about?" Geralt asked as he rode forward. He and Yarpan's team have been friends for many years, and he has a good impression of Qigrin Love House and Wu Di. He also liked Gabo's character after entering Mahakam. Although what happened before, Geralt knew it was not Gabo's fault.
Gabo looked up at Geralt, guilt appearing in his eyes again. Some dwarves care more about glory than human knights, and Gabo is one of them. Therefore, he feels particularly guilty for concealing the behavior of Lann and his group.
"I...was wondering what Cintra is like. After all, that is where the Zygrin boys will live in the future." ...The
Zygrin
clan - or part of the Zygrin clan will move to Cintra in the future. , which is another huge gain for Lann in this event.
Great Elder Brovar Hogg's punishment for the Zyglin clan was: "All Zyglin who participated in this operation were put into the mines and served as miners for five hundred years; those who did not serve as miners were expelled from Mahakam and will not be able to live with them for the rest of their lives. I will definitely set foot on the land of the mountains again."
So which dwarves will eventually go to mine, and which dwarves will be expelled from Mahakam for "not doing hard work"?
Lann didn't know who was serving the labor force, but the dwarves who were going to be expelled from Mahakam had been identified: it was Gabo, the young dwarves led by Gabo, plus those who were unwilling to take action against Geralt. The dwarf warriors who were squeezed to the back of the team finally made way for Gabo to sneak attack on the clan leader.
This list was definitely not chosen by Lan, and there is no unspeakable tacit understanding.
These dwarves were expelled from Mahakam by normal procedures, which was in line with tradition. Even now, all dwarves except Gabo are being held in Carbon Mountain awaiting trial. Lan just knew the result a little earlier.
As for why these dwarves who were expelled from Mahakam ended up in Cintra, that is another matter.
Now that he heard Gabo worrying about his future life, Geralt, who was not good at words, rarely started to comfort people.
"Believe me, witchers are even more unpopular than dwarves in the North, but even so, I fell in love with Cintra." Geralt slightly raised the corner of his mouth, "And Yalpan should have talked to you more than once Having already talked about his life in Cintra, what else do you have to worry about?"
"As for Lann..." Seeing Gabo cast worried eyes on the lions in the team, Geralt shook his head, "Believe me, he has no objection to you. As long as you lead the warriors of the clan to obey the command on the battlefield, you will definitely get what you want." "Maybe you can also build a kingdom in
Cintra The new, more powerful Zygrin."
...
The long journey passed quietly in their respective conversations.
Soon, the smell of civilization appeared again in the distance on the road, and there was smoke floating above the snow.
What appeared in front of us was another obvious dwarf-style building. Each house seemed to grow out of the mountain wall and the ground, and most of the houses were integrated with nature.
"This is the 'Witch's Lair', a town where the Ferentz clan lives." Garbo mustered up his energy to perform his duties as a guide, "I know the name is weird, but this is the scene where the Ferentz clan annihilated a group of harpies. They think this name can engrave their glory on the land snatched by demons." "
I know you will be thinking in your hearts why it is not called 'Banshee Lair', but after all, this is their own territory, and no one has ever Ask the Ferentz clan chief why he chose this name." Petrit took over Gabo's words and shrugged.
The two dwarves looked at each other and turned their heads at the same time.
"What I care about now is not the name of this town, but the people..."
Geralt pointed to the edge of the town, where a group of dwarves in different clothes were gathering, looking forward to the wind and snow.
"Are they...welcoming us?"
Lann shook his head: "We have not sent any news to the Ferentz clan before that we are coming. And..." "
And I don't think anyone who welcomes foreign guests will be this worried. expression."
I saw dozens of dwarves gathering together at the edge of the town named [Witch's Lair] where the Ferenz clan gathered. They looked expectant and anxious, each carrying a basket filled with dry sausages, soft and fluffy wraps, and bubbling beer cans.
(End of chapter)