Kyan threw the heavy purse in his hand proudly.
In addition to the reward for hunting basilisks, there are also caravan escort fees paid in advance.
Now there is no blood left on the blue hat businessman's face.
the other side.
The black-haired officer specially prepared four horses and gave three to the demon hunters.
There is also a horse responsible for carrying the body of the basilisk, which is the trophy of the demon hunters.
"The Duke summoned all the master demon hunters some time ago. It seemed that they were discussing some internal matters among the masters. He specifically asked us to arrange for you to enter the city as soon as possible after seeing you." The black-haired officer said, "Always follow this road. You can reach the capital as quickly as possible by walking. You must have the coat of arms given to you by the Duke, and the sentries along the way will not stop you."
Kian's face showed a lively expression.
Gaitan and Aiden behind him were also stunned for a moment, and then showed anticipation.
Combined with the description of Lann that Keyan had described to them before, they could naturally imagine what big things would happen if all the demon hunters were summoned.
However, Kian quickly suppressed his excitement and said to the black-haired officer: "I'm afraid you have to prepare another horse." "
Oh?"
The black-haired officer showed a puzzled expression and looked at Kian. People in the caravan making gestures.
A man with his head wrapped tightly in a cloak came out.
Kian approached the black-haired officer and whispered: "He contacted me through the 'Machete' in Novigrad - that guy has some credibility among the non-human races." "This guy is
an elf and a Scoia'tael. The leader calls himself 'Iorveth'. He has Lan's coat of arms on his hand, and he said that he contacted Lan when he was having a meeting in Pontar."
Kiyaan asked: "You leave Novige. I don’t know much about what happened after Rui... Is there really any connection between Rann and the Scoia'tael?"
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Iorveth, as one of the leaders of the Scoia'tael, once led the Scoia'tael during the talks in the north. Assassination of the King in the North.
However, he was blocked by Lan when he was about to succeed.
Lann did not simply intercept the Scoia'tael's actions, he also put the mark of [Teleportation] on Iorveth during his spare time during the battle.
Later, Rann appeared at the Scoia'tael gathering place and had a cordial meeting with them.
In that conversation, Lann showed his identity as an ancient blood, and at the same time evaluated and improved the Scoia'tael's strategy, painted a better blueprint, and finally expressed his desire to fight with the people behind the Scoia'tael. The elves’ willingness to engage in contact and negotiation.
This time, Iorveth returned with instructions from the depths of the Blue Mountains, replacing the current leader of the elves - "Valley Daisy" Francesca Findabe, and came to have a second meeting with Lan. touch.
However, Lann did not leave any contact information with Iorveth at that time, so he could only rely on the relationship between the non-human races in Novigrad, and accidentally got together with three cat-sect demon hunters and came to Sintra. .
"Please take off your cloak." The garrison outside the capital of Cintra said to Iorveth, calling back the consciousness of the Scoia'tael leader.
Although Iorveth also holds Lann's heraldic token, he still has to go through the most basic review process. This is the rigor of Cintra, and it is also the process created by Lann to prevent infiltration by unexpected people.
Iorveth frowned and had no choice but to take off his hood, revealing a pair of pointed and thin ears.
He was very uncomfortable. The Scoia'tael itself had an absolutely hostile relationship with humans, and now his true face was exposed at the gate of a human capital.
But to his surprise, the people of Sintra who came and went did not show any strange eyes to him: not to mention hatred towards the Scoia'tael, they did not even feel a sense of rejection or alienation towards normal elves.
He even heard a few compliments on his handsome appearance.
"Thank you for your cooperation and your service to the Duke." The guard returned the lion crest to Iorveth and saluted.
Then one of the guards was specially assigned to take them to the Sintra Palace. Another person who looked like a white-haired butler took over and led them to a conference room.
"Gentlemen, you can call me Enns." The old butler introduced himself to the elves and demon hunters.
The royal palace in Cintra looks to be in many damaged places, and it has obviously been plundered by the Nilfgaardians.
The recovery period was short, and there was no time to repair the building.
But very neat.
The butler reported outside the conference room and then apologized to Iorveth: "The Duke is discussing something. These three master demon hunters are related to the topic, so they can go in. But you may have to wait a moment."
Meeting The door of the room opened, and the three eager cat-sect demon hunters entered without any hesitation.
And Iorveth tensed up slightly.
He was a Scoia'tael leader after all, and now he was trapped in a heavily guarded human palace.
In this nervous state of mind, he saw several dwarves and halflings walking hurriedly through the palace. The guards all looked at these inhuman races with respect.
Then he heard a greeting.
"Hey, Scoia'tael elf, are you here too?"
Iorveth suddenly jumped up, turned around, and saw Saskia's hearty smile.
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room full of amber vertical pupils stared at the three new demon hunters.
Looking at the room full of demon hunters, Kian, Aiden, and Gaitan also showed expressions of amazement.
Lann, Geron, and Kelda from the Gryphon School (Koen is still lying in the Dryad Forest recovering from his injuries);
Letho, Kolgrim, Oakes, and Seret
from the Viper School; Vesemir, Geralt, Eskar, Lambert;
Gerd from the Bear School;
and half-witcher Ciri who sneaked in as a reserve.
Since the golden age of demon hunters, there have never been so many demon hunters on the continent. Even if there are a few gatherings, they usually end in tragedy.
The smiles on the faces of the three older generation masters in the room, Vesemir, Geron, and Kelda, have not faded away yet.
In addition, there are three spell casters, Mossack, Yennefer, and Triss, participating in the conference room. They will be the resident mages of the Witcher Order in the future.
They were also looking at Kiyaen and his party.
Keyan is special. He was rescued from the underground laboratory in Novigrad when Lann was on his way north to attend the Northern Conference. Strictly speaking, he joined the team earlier than everyone else in the Snake Faction. However, because they were left behind in Novigrad by Lan, most people in Cintra did not know them; among the demon hunters present, only a few people from the Serpent Faction who had fought alongside him knew him.
The Griffins, Wolf Faction, and Bear Faction didn't know him.
Everyone looked at these three cats with scrutinizing expressions. After all, it is well known that the cat sect is full of lunatics - especially the wolf sect and the cat sect have some feuding elements.
However, before the atmosphere at the scene became serious, it was quickly broken.
First, Lambert shouted "Aiden!" in surprise after seeing the visitor, and hugged the one with half-long hair among the three cats, taking the lead in resolving the embarrassment between the wolf faction and the cat faction.
Then everyone from the Snake Faction sent greetings to their old friend Kyaen.
In the end, it was Lan, as the owner, who introduced the three members of the Cat Faction to everyone and gained everyone's trust.
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Although Keyan was left outside, Lann usually exchanged many letters with him. I know that since Keyan became famous in Novigrad, demon hunters from the school sect have come to contact him.
Lann confirmed the identities of the two Cat Faction members through letters.
Gaitan, a sad character in the previous game, is the protagonist of the extended side mission "Cat Dances with Wolves". He once accepted a commission from a village to hunt down a deer-headed spirit. He single-handedly killed the powerful [Remnant] with his martial arts specifically aimed at humans. Later, he was tricked into a barn by villagers who wanted to default on their debt. Pitchfork was seriously injured in a sneak attack, so he slaughtered the village in anger, leaving only a little girl who looked like his sister.
The protagonist played by the player can choose his own justice: kill Gaitan to pay for the villagers' lives, or understand Gaitan and let him go.
Another witcher is called Aiden, a cat faction who only lives in the mission description, and a close friend of Lambert, the wolf faction. Lambert described "I like Aiden better than Geralt." He was involved in a political turmoil because he took on a task to help the duke's daughter lift a curse, and was attacked and killed by a killer hired by a noble.
By the way, the killer who killed Aiden was named Judd Carradine, who was also a Cat Faction witcher. He is now dead.
Lane did it.
The most important thing for Lann is that these two demon hunters, like Kian, are one of the few rational factions among the cat faction that is full of lunatics, and they are the type that can be won over.
Therefore, as soon as he learned the news about them, Lann instructed Keyan to keep them, and then brought them back to Cintra to join the construction process of the Demon Hunter Order.
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"I've heard the news about you, Keyan." Under Lan's guarantee, Jielong also took the initiative to show goodwill towards the never-masked Cat Pie.
In addition to Lann's letters, Jeroen also learned about Kyaan from other sources.
"Caravans coming from outside often bring some songs and news about famous operas." Jeroen smiled. "The "Good Neighbors of the People of Novigrad" has centered on Novigrad and spreads to the entire northern border. The song and dance troupe has spread." "
Aside from [Lion Lann] and [White Wolf Geralt], you [Neighbor Cat Kyan] are the most famous among the witchers in the north. Yes."
The other demon hunters laughed out loud after hearing this, especially Gaitan and Aiden, who came with Kyaan, the loudest. It was because of this reputation that they were attracted to Novigrad to visit their old friends. Yes, I also watched this performance in person in a song and dance troupe.
This was an important move by Lan to use public opinion to reverse the image of the Witcher in the entire North, and it seems to have been quite effective now.
On the other hand, Kian's own expression was quite embarrassing. He didn't like this form of fame very much, and he wouldn't have cooperated if it wasn't for Lan's request.
"Okay, let's first welcome our old brothers back to the team and new brothers joining the team." Lan said and arranged for the three cats to sit down.
There were officially five sects sitting around the conference table. Except for the Manticore sect, which was far away and had not been heard from for hundreds of years, all the current demon hunter sects in the mainland were gathered together in Sintra.
Lann looked around at the various eyes.
"I have told you all a long time ago that I intend to rebuild the Demon Hunter Order in Cintra, revive the mission of the Demon Hunter, and restore the glory of the Demon Hunter." Lann said solemnly, "Now it's time for me to fulfill my promise. Yes."
Ciri nodded along with her: "In the future, Cintra will become the headquarters of the Demon Hunter Order, just like Kaer Morhen is to the Wolf Faction, Kaer Siren is to the Griffin School, Cintra I will be your most solid backing!"
The demon hunters' expressions cheered up, and even Lambert, who was sitting the most, couldn't help but straighten his posture.
"After the celebration of the restoration of the nation in Cintra is over, we will send a formal notice to the North, announcing the re-establishment of the Demon Hunter Order. We hope to reunite the demon hunter brothers who are outside." "
Today Let's collect everyone's opinions in the early stage: such as the location of the sect's headquarters, the establishment of the sect's institutions, the slogans the sect will use to the outside world in the future, and the demands of each school, etc." Lann smiled, "After all, I am As the most junior demon hunter, I still want to refer to the opinions of my seniors in this regard."
Lann spoke very politely and was very considerate. Everyone also knew that these were Lan En's polite words and should not be taken seriously.
Let’s not talk about whether there is anyone present except Jie Long who can beat Lann. Even if the cult is officially established in the future, the land occupied, the money spent, and the technical support required will almost all depend on Lann alone.
Not to mention that the demon hunters present had reason to gather together because of Lan.
However, they also knew that this sentence actually meant that Lan had lowered his profile and let other schools of thought give their opinions.
Now let's discuss and balance our respective demands together, argue about what should be argued about, and set the general framework for the future of the sect.
Interests are one aspect, and the rules of conduct in the future are also another aspect.
The former Order of Demon Hunters eventually fell apart due to differences in ideas. Now that the Order is being rebuilt, it is natural to avoid the original situation.
"There are still a few days until the Restoration Ceremony. We have been fighting for Cintra before and may not have time to think about these things. Now you can go back and think about it carefully." Lan said understandingly, "I will come back later. Convene a second meeting."
"In addition to this purpose today, I also want to announce good news to everyone - really good news." As he spoke, Lan looked at Mossack.
The old Druid felt the sight, nodded and stood up.
"Everyone, I am very happy to announce to you that the technology of demon hunter mutation has achieved an experimental breakthrough, and it is controllable!" As soon as he opened his mouth,
Mossack dropped a bomb.
The demon hunters in the room all lit up their pupils without drinking [Cat].
The oldest demon hunters even started to tremble.
Since the new era, the older generations have abandoned the Witcher Trials because of the high mortality rate in the trials. This was a compromise to their inner goodness, and they even accepted for a time that the school would perish in their own hands.
Now, hope appears.
"In the next few days, the two ladies and I -" Mossack looked at Triss and Yennefer beside him, "- will conduct the [Grass Trial], [Dream Trial] It is expected that the first demon hunter mutation of the new era will be started after the restoration ceremony." "At that time, you
can all visit this mutation trial together. With the first demon hunter of the new era, Come celebrate the founding of the Witcher Order!" (End of Chapter)