Officer Nilfgaard then reported.

"Sintra is the closest country to the north"

"Huh, country? In the north, there is only a bunch of uncivilized savages. ”

Before Vatil could finish speaking, Duke Adar Epp Darcy let out a low sneer.

He had always looked down on the North, and to be precise, the only ones he could look up to were the 'pure Nilfgaards'.

But then, with a glance from Encille, the sneer on the duke's face faded away.

"Duke Darcy."

"I'm here, Your Majesty."

In the emperor's raised eyes, the duke lowered his noble golden head.

"We are talking about military operations. You discriminate against the North, you discriminate in your villa, you discriminate in front of your daughter, it doesn't matter, I don't care. But as a military commander, I ask that you not underestimate your opponent because of discrimination. ”

"Do you have a problem with that?"

The duke's masseter muscles twitched under the skin of his face.

"No, no problem, Your Majesty."

The Emperor nodded, and buried himself back in the papers.

"Go on, Vatil."

The intelligence officer nodded calmly and continued his report.

"As we have just said, Sintra is the closest northern country to us, and the starting point of our conquest. Our men are unstoppable, fast-moving, and disciplined. So we didn't have to think about the ideas of Kodwin and Aden for a long time after the conquest began. ”

"They are all on the east side of the north, and they are blocked by the Mahakan Mountains, and it is not easy to get to the west of Sintra, where Sintra is. So the only thing we need to care about in the early days is actually two countries. ”

Vatil held out two fingers, which withdrew into his fist with a little bit of his name.

"Temoria, Redania."

"And the most important thing to watch out for is Temeria, who is the closest of the four northern powers to Sintra. At the same time, Foltest is also the ruler of the Soden region, which is incredibly close to Sintra. He could easily use the threat of this place as an excuse to intervene militarily in our operations in Sintra. ”

The other man, who had not spoken all this time, interjected at this time.

"If Foltest gets a legitimate reason to intervene militarily, it's a hassle for us."

The man who spoke had a glancing mustache, and was wearing Nilfergaard's general armor, and the black full-body plate armor was shining as if it had been coated with a layer of glaze, and the gold thread on the armor, as well as the golden sun pattern of the human face on the chest, were even more gorgeous and precious.

Menno Kuhoun, an imperial general who was loved and trusted by the Emperor. At this time, His Majesty the Emperor had not yet designated the command of this military operation, but all those in the know were sure that he must be on the list of candidates.

"If Foltest gets a legitimate excuse to send troops"

The general carefully weighed his words and spoke.

"Then it will be difficult for us to use diplomacy, espionage, and other low-cost and efficient means to divide their internal forces and prevent them from gathering troops. Legitimacy would be a good reason for Foltest to consolidate domestic power that should not be denied. ”

"When the time comes, we'll have to do it with real guns, and it's really expensive, Your Majesty."

In the eyes of the high-level who started the war, war is indeed just a social activity about 'worth it or not'.

"That's why." Vatil then said calmly. "We just decided to send troops in the fall."

Menno Kuhoun looked at the intelligence chief suspiciously, the two of them had communicated very little before. Because they are in the military and intelligence agencies respectively, it is really a long time to often get mixed up.

They also have to avoid suspicion.

"Count Stessa of Temeria was slaughtered by a witcher, as you should all know. What we invested in him is now being stuffed into Foltest's mouth and chewed, which would have made us passive. But bad things don't necessarily mean bad things don't turn out to be good. ”

Vatil smiled slightly smug.

"One of my informants is expected to be a confidant of Baron Kroll by the end of the summer."

"Klor?" Adar Epp D'Arcy recalled the name, "I remember he was under Stesa? ”

"Yes, apart from Folteste, Baron Klor inherited one of the largest inheritances of Stesa. Handicraft workshops, manors, mills, company shares, technology patents, and so on. And under our protection, his king could not catch a single tail of him, and therefore there was no excuse to do anything to him. ”

Vatil spread his hands.

"But at the end of the summer, I will give my informant a vital and irrefutable proof that Baron Kroll has been involved with us for a long time, and that he has committed a traitorous act. And that informant will offer his long-overdue loyalty to his king. ”

Like a hungry mad dog, Foltest would bite and swallow Klor's weight on the evidence. This cruel process may continue from the end of summer to the winter, after all, the meat is really not small. ”

"But at the same time, the mad dog with the meat in its mouth can't bite people for the time being."

Vatil smiled, as if there was a mad dog in front of him that was holding meat and trying to bite.

No threat, just a farce.

"Well done, guys." After a brief pause, the Emperor behind his desk nodded. "Just report to the Senate according to this schedule, those old guys won't have half a 'no'. Meeting. ”

The three men went out of the Emperor's office one after another, and then the court governor Cherac walked in with Deula Trefen Broni, and then walked out alone.

The beautiful woman who was left inside was the wife of the Count of Blony, and she was plump and slender, with beautiful blond hair.

At the same time, she was also the third mistress of Emperor Nhil.

The three people who came out knew that this meeting had put the emperor in a good mood and wanted to relax.

"It's a shame."

The trio walked towards the outside of the palace, and Adar Epp Darcy made a joking voice as he walked.

"Your Majesty is still unleashing his precious energies on his mistress, and is not willing to really enter into a marriage with a noble girl worthy of him and give birth to an heir of noble blood."

The two people next to him had cold faces, not wanting to get involved in this topic.

Neither of them was an old-school aristocrat, and the emperor's marriage had nothing to do with them.

But they knew that many people, including Duke Adar Epp D'Arcy, were already dissatisfied with the emperor because of this.

The marriage of Emperor Nilfgaard to an ancient noble woman was a sacred tradition of the Empire.

Satisfying desires on a mistress is not a big deal. But the emperor did not show his intention to marry, and this is problematic.

Mennon Kuhorn and Vatir immediately quit after this topic, showing their attitude of not wading into muddy waters and working wholeheartedly.

Adar Epp Darcy looked at the hurried backs of the two men and smiled condescendingly.

Perhaps in his eyes, these upstarts avoided talking about the emperor's marriage, which could be regarded as a little self-aware.

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