Princess Sibylla's mansion.

She was holding little Baldwin in her arms, and in a gentle tone, she recited to him the song of winter and fire—one of the most popular legends in Jerusalem's aristocratic circles at the moment.

Looking at the pen, the author and the author of the witcher seem to be the same person, but the writing is smoother and the description is more delicate.

In his writing, Sibylla seems to see another continent called "Westeros", where the nobles are deceitful and fierce.

"Mom, Jaime is so bad, he actually pushed Bran off the tower, it's a murder!"

Princess Sibylla shook her head earnestly, "No, child, you have to understand what drove Jaime to do such an insulting act as a knightly act of pushing a child off a tall building. ”

In her opinion, the person who can really be called "bad" should be "queen".

Greedy, arrogant, and self-righteous.

is obviously a top-level idiot, but he still thinks that he has superb means and deserves supreme power.

Such a stupid woman is also worthy of the throne of the Queen Regent? She can be in power, it is an "evil" to the people, to the people around her, and to herself.

In the bottom of her heart, Sibylla silently added: "It's as annoying as that Yin Sabella!" ”

The best-selling popularity of Winter and Fire Song did not surprise Lothar.

With the Witcher book in front of you, the new book also uses more beautiful illustrations and covers, and the price is not very high, so it's no wonder that it doesn't sell well.

But Lothar didn't expect to make money selling books to keep the printing workshop running.

In addition, at a time when the Song of Winter and Fire sparked a wave of popularity in Jerusalem, Coors quietly carried out his plan.

…

Jerusalem.

Inside the tavern.

The bard gracefully recited a new story to the sound of the lute.

The tavern was noticeably more upscale, and the people who came to spend it were mostly knights or wealthy craftsmen and merchants, and they were quieter than the noisy taverns in the city.

The pilgrim from Gaul, Baron Furk of Langidok, took the green glass bottle from the bartender with some surprise.

"In Langedoc, only churches still have this large piece of green glass," he says. ”

The bartender smiled, "Sir, this is Jerusalem, full of rare treasures. It's just glass, and every wine we have here that can be named is kept in this bottle. ”

Bang –

At this moment, the sound of tables and chairs colliding sounded.

Immediately after, there was an uproar.

Fulke looked at the scene with interest: "It seems that even in Jerusalem, there will always be drunks who drink too much and fight each other. ”

The bartender shrugged: "That's probably the charm of the drink." ”

On the field at this time.

Two tall knights were facing each other.

One of them shouted: "Bastard, you dare to insult the great Van Helsing, you scum, I will duel with you!" ”

Who is Van Helsing?

In Furk's heart, such an idea came to him.

He asked the bartender next to him, "Is this Van Helsing a very famous nobleman?" ”

The bartender looked solemn: "No, but he is nobler than the nobles, he is a great witcher, often exempts the poor from their honorariums, travels far and wide, and proclaims the will of the Father." ”

"Ah, there is such a figure in Jerusalem?"

Fulke was shocked: "Where is he now?" I wish I could see him in person. ”

The bartender smiled teasingly: "I'm sorry, sir, I'm afraid you don't have this chance, because Mr. Van Helsing is a character in one of the most popular books of "The Witcher" at the moment. ”

“？”

Fulk felt a sense of anger that he had been fooled.

The bartender hurriedly explained: "Although it is only a story, Van Helsing is no less than a real hero in the hearts of the people of Jerusalem. Many people worshipped him from the bottom of their hearts, but others saw it as blasphemous, and the two groups often clashed. ”

Fulk was a little incredulous.

Is this Jerusalem?

Would people fight over a fictional character?

At this time, the man on the other side of the field who was confronting the knight shouted: "His Majesty the Pope has said that it is a sin to waste one's precious life in the dueling arena. ”

"If you really feel that I have insulted your hero, we can use this to duel!"

The man took out a stack of cards kept in an iron box, and the back of the cards had a gold pattern and a border made of copper extravagantly.

"What is this? It's similar to the material of the cover of "The Witcher"! ”

"The Witcher's Gwent card?"

"Someone actually made it!"

"Heavenly Father is above, is the scene described in is really going to appear in front of me—the knights duel with Gwent cards?"

The people in the tavern exchanged their heads with surprised faces.

Fulk felt like a turtle from the countryside, with mud on the soles of his feet, and he couldn't understand the situation on the field at this time.

Why not draw your sword?

What are they doing with these cards?

The knight smiled proudly: "Don't tell me you don't know how to play Gwent, I have a whole Jerusalem deck." ”

Not to be outdone, the man opposite took out a stack of cards inlaid with copper edges: "Compare and compare, who is afraid of you?" I have to warn you, neither in the dueling arena nor at the poker table, I can't afford to lose to you. ”

The two of them posed around the table.

The crowd of onlookers rushed over, and Fulk hurriedly squeezed in with his attendants, and finally occupied a good position with his strong body that he often eats meat.

The two knights, whose faces were already serious at the moment, set up a position on the table.

With the middle as the line, the knights on both sides place cards on their own field one by one, and he is attracted by the beautiful drawings on the cards.

"A witch is painted on it?"

He muttered quietly.

The knight laughed and said, "That's right, it's a witch, an elite with a score of up to twelve points in the ranged class, and this is the strongest card I opened after buying ten packs of cards." ”

The knight on the opposite side looked cold: "Heh, do you think that GWENT cards are cards bought with money?" No, it's by wisdom! ”

As he spoke, he played a card with a black cloud painted on it.

Among the onlookers, someone who knew how to do suddenly exclaimed: "It's a weather card, it's exactly as described, haha, on a cloudy day, your witch's attack power is greatly reduced, and you're going to lose!" ”

Fulke said to himself, witches will not be unable to see clearly and cast spells just because it is dark.

It's just that... Looks pretty interesting.

The knight grimaced: "Well, what if you win this round?" You've consumed far more cards than I do, so I'll see how you win the next turn? ”

Sure enough.

On the second turn, the Knight changed his tactics and was no longer obsessed with dropping cards in the same column, but placed them in melee, marksman, and siege engines.

Although the knight on the opposite side played a weather card again, reducing the combat effectiveness of all siege engines, he still couldn't turn the tide, and could only lose by three points.

By the third round.

The crowd of onlookers was already fascinated, and they stood on both sides of the table to give advice to those on their side.

"Playing this big knight card, it's a full ten points, and we're sure to win."

The knight was so angry that his face turned red: "Fool, don't report my cards to the other side again." ”

But at the moment, he has no other cards to play.

The scores on both sides bite to death.

The only "Weather Card" left in his hand is the "Scorching Sun" that has the same negative effect on both sides, if he uses this weather card, it will only greatly reduce his combat effectiveness in the melee column card.

So, he could only grit his teeth and play this "big knight" card.

But then he saw the knight on the other side laughing and throwing out a card depicting Lothar wearing fine plate armor with a black double-headed eagle cloak fluttering behind his back.

The name of the card is - Grand Master Lothar.

The number of points is: 6

In terms of points, it is inferior to the big knight card on the opposite side.

But the effect of this card is to destroy the card with the highest number of melee points in the opponent's melee column.

Suddenly, the tavern burst into thunderous cheers: "Ha, it was the Count of Lothar who led us to defeat the evil infidels, and now, he has once again turned the tide and defeated the villain who insulted Van Helsing!" ”

The knight on the opposite side turned red and scolded: "No, this is not fair, you don't pay attention to the etiquette of watching cards at all, if you didn't report my card face, I wouldn't have lost." ”

Immediately afterwards, there are obscure words such as "the newspaper does not count" and "the opponent does not speak martial arts".

However, no one cared what he was saying anymore.

Almost everyone is asking, where do you buy this GWENT card, and how much is each card worth?

Fulke was also fascinated by it, and asked: "Man, what kind of card is this Kun, where can I buy it?" I've never seen this kind of novel gameplay before. ”