"Ciri, how has your power gotten over the years?" In the gardens of the palace, Jiang Ning summoned Ciri and asked her about her level of control over the power of the bloodline.

Ciri thought for a moment, then said, "It always feels as if my power has not been opened up a little. However, I feel that this power has been opened up a long time ago, but I don't know why I just can't fully grasp it. ”

"It takes time and chance."

"Serendipity?" She didn't understand what chance was.

Jiang Ning didn't say much, this kind of thing is difficult to explain clearly, Xili has not received this kind of cultural learning and edification, and it is difficult to understand what the word chance means. "When the time comes, you will naturally master it and you will not have to put pressure on yourself. We've been waiting for thousands of years and don't care about waiting a little longer. ”

Ciri nodded, didn't speak, and the atmosphere was a little stiff for a while. Subsequently, Jiang Ning opened her mouth to ask about her life in the upper world and how she lived during this time.

"Your world is so beautiful, I've never seen anything like it. I never knew there was such a thing, the people here are very kind, and I have made so many new friends here. I also met old friends, such as the pony who helped me save me in the desert, and the old unicorn who helped me in Ternalia and wielded the power of the bloodline. Speaking of this, Ciri was a little excited, "Seriously, I thought I would never see them again in my life, who knows, I even have the chance to see them again." This makes me very happy. ”

Jiang Ning nodded and took a sip of tea, "It's a good thing to make friends, I wish you more and more happiness in the future." Don't be like me, and end up alone. ”

"Don't you have any friends?"

Jiang Ning shook his head, "No!" He said: "With the passage of time, the original friendship has long faded away. With the exception of Ilfas, the mount that followed me first, my former friends were either killed in battle or never heard from. The years always disappear when you don't notice it, until these 10,000 years have passed, and I have become accustomed to this kind of life. ”

"Oh my God, there are no friends, no one to communicate with, it should be..."Suddenly, Ciri felt a wave of sympathy for the supreme elf king in front of him.

Jiang Ning could naturally feel this sympathy in Ciri's heart, and he said with a smile: "Don't sympathize with me, this path is what I chose." It is destined that I will not have friends in my life, and even if I do, in the end, I may choose and be hostile to each other because of the entanglement of interests. Until one side, utter defeat or death declares the end! ”

"That's too sad."

"Pathetic?" He said, "Heri, you haven't gotten to the point where I am, and it's hard for you to understand what you're talking to now. But once you reach this level in the future, then sooner or later you will be like me. What choice do you have between going further and friendship? He said: "This is a lonely road, destined to be without the help of friends, because at the peak, only one person can stand." ”

"I don't know, I don't know." Ciri had never considered it, but she knew and fantasized about how lonely the road was. Because this is a path that is destined to be the enemy of the world.

In other words, has Jiang Ning ever regretted this kind of thing? The answer was no, on the contrary, he was grateful to the butler for choosing him, because in this way the trajectory of his life changed completely. However, the occasional eagerness of the butler made him more vigilant. And he has been staying back and forth in different worlds, it is difficult to settle down, and he always acts with a strong utilitarianism. The world is done for the sake of calculation, and there is also a point that he does not regard people in different worlds as equal to himself. Instead, it's like playing a game, like an inconsequential NPC and a plot character.

Well, the traverser is on top!

In that world, Geralt is constantly on the move, looking for allies willing to help him. He first made a trip back to Kellmohan and spoke carefully about it with Viselmir. After hearing this, Viselmir was silent, and then gave him the token that Jiang Ning had given him. With this, he can freely enter the upper world. Viselmir, on the other hand, didn't want to meddle in the matter, even though he was worried about Ciri. But he was more convinced that although the friends he had made during his travels were cold and high-minded, they definitely did not look like evil people. Viselmir was reluctant to help, and Geralt, though disappointed, did not say much, instead inviting his fellow witchers, Lambert and Eskar, two skilled witchers, to readily agree. With the addition of Yennefer, Triss, Kayla, Drotan and others, Geralt's manpower was still insufficient. Then he went to Enshir again, and I don't know what he said, but in any case borrowed three thousand elite cavalry, but the command was managed by one of the generals of Nilfgaard.

But, even so, Geralt was not satisfied, and he returned to the Skelly Islands, from which he borrowed more than two thousand men. Then, everyone scraped together and got some money and hired a large number of squirrel people. Later, Yennefer and Triss also began to lobby the Sorceress's Guild, hoping that these powerful sorceresses would help. However, Philippa Earhart of the Sorceress's Guild is ambitious, she is well aware of Ciri's identity, and is more bent on establishing a country controlled by the Sorceress's Guild, or a country where they maintain strong influence. Looking at the countries of the north and the south, only the Nilfgaard Empire is the most powerful.

If Ciri is 'rescued' and eventually ascended to the throne, then their Sorceress's Guild will surely grow under Ciri's protection. And having the support of a powerful empire, or controlling a powerful empire, is more powerful than a small country. As a result, the members of the Sorceress's Guild also managed to join the camp. 、

Only a few warlocks and mages who knew the unknown ancient secrets rejected the offer. From some ancient documents, they saw the codex of the wizard who had come here from another world or some rare books, and the words in them clearly recorded the power of the High Elves. Most of the people who recorded this knowledge were precious materials left by very powerful mages and warlocks in history. Therefore, some rational mages and warlocks were not at all interested in the proposal to go to the upper world to cause trouble. No matter how much time has passed, the content of some materials is doubtful, but in the face of the race and world they don't understand, most mages and warlocks maintain a rational attitude.

Although these neutrals or lone rangers do not join, to the disappointment of some sorceres. But then they let that disappointment go away. Because, in their opinion, so many forces and powerful warlocks joined were enough to save Ciri. Therefore, everyone gathered at the place agreed between Geralt and Avalak in advance, and Willen.

However, the actions of these already sensitive armies and forces were known to the half-elves living in the Valley of the Elves. The descendants of the High Elves who had been left here in the first place reported these things to their ancestors. Then the elven wizard in retreat appeared. When he learned that some people were trying to invade his homeland, he was naturally full of anger. Subsequently, he began to think of a way to tell the news to his clansmen, and he was also preparing to relocate.

Over the centuries, the High Elves and their descendants who came here in the past have also accumulated a rich family background. Otherwise, they would not be able to settle down in the situation surrounded by wolves. These are the prestige that they have established by thwarting the human coalition time and time again. Even though the land of Nilfgaard was already connected to them, it never thought of annexing them, but instead gave a tacit attitude.