On the battlefield of cold weapons, the gap in the combat capability of individual soldiers and the number of troops is very obvious.

A knight with high martial arts skills and armor can even defeat a dozen unarmored soldiers, while a well-trained heavy cavalry can often easily defeat an infantry army of tens of thousands.

This not only represents an advanced industrial base, capable of producing a large number of armor and weapons, and domesticating war horses, but also requires considerable financial resources to support such a large number of professional soldiers and low-level officers.

In recent decades, the Nilfgaard Empire has used its military strength to annex several neighboring countries and become a military empire with outstanding military achievements.

By plundering the wealth of other countries, raising slaves, and promoting military nobles, this southern country not only has a military power far superior to that of the north, but also enters the channel of rapid development in commerce and industry, and there are signs of the germination of capitalism.

The successive war dividends allowed the usurper emperors in the south to gradually build Nefgard into a powerful empire with a high degree of obedience to the imperial power.

The people at the bottom are proud of their military exploits, eager to gain glory and wealth on the battlefield, promoted to the nobility of military merits, and are not afraid of war.

Although the expedition to the north came in a hurry, it did not dampen the enthusiasm and desire of the Nilfgaard people to conquer the north.

Half a month passed quickly, and when Wayne returned to Sintra after his trip to the Erethusa Academy, he unexpectedly heard the news of the crushing defeat of the army of the Kingdom of Aden from Sianna.

Nefgard's black-clothed army was astonishingly fast, and almost everywhere they went, they defeated the local Adenite army, and in less than a month, the kingdom of Aden had occupied more than sixty percent of the land, and more than half of the cities had fallen into the hands of the black-clothed army.

This made Demavi so desperate that he could no longer care about the territory he had just captured in Corvinde, and while desperately asking for help from the other countries in the north, he reorganized his army without stopping.

Finally, before Nefgard's black-clothed army, he returned to Wengerburg, the capital of the Kingdom of Aden, and without any rest, he commanded the soldiers and people overnight, and built a large number of fortifications outside Wengerburg, barely blocking the march of the black-clothed people.

However, compared with the strength of the Kingdom of Aden and the Nilfgaard Empire, the difference is too huge, even putting aside the equipment and combat quality of the soldiers, in terms of numbers alone, the number of Nefgard's black-clothed army is more than four times that of the Aden army.

In the era of cold weapons, unless the enemy's commander is an idiot, this is already an impossible numerical gap to overcome.

As for the reinforcements, unless the other kings of the north are noble and selfless good people, after receiving the message for help, they immediately organize their troops with all their might, and rush to the rescue without stopping.

Moreover, De Mavi was able to hold out at Wengerburg for more than a month, otherwise, the so-called reinforcements would be just an illusion, and it would be impossible to come over so quickly.

However, this news is not worth paying too much attention to for Wayne, as far as he is concerned, he and his Witcher Order are still neutral for the time being in the Civil War, and have not decided which side to help on.

After all, most of the northern kingdoms are bastards and miscellaneous, savage and greedy, and the Nilfgaard people in the south are not as civilized and advanced as they advertise.

The Southern Empire promoted slavery and had a large number of slave hunters who turned civilians from defeated countries into slavery and provided them with cheap labor.

Perhaps the world has only seen the strength of Nilfgaard, but Wayne knows very well that under this seemingly prosperous country, there are countless slaves buried with the bones.

If it is worse, although the two sides cannot say that they are half a catty, they can also be said to be comparable.

Unless it is a last resort, the Witcher Order will not be stupidly on one side like the Warlock Brotherhood

Then after being used, it was treated as a fat sheep on the chopping board, bullied, and finally disappeared into the long river of history.

Upon his return to Sintra, Wayne learned from King East.

Princess Pavita's birth went well, and under the careful care of Grand Druid Mossake, the baby girl with the blood of the ancients was born.

And poor Princess Pavita, after being sealed with a part of her memory, completely forgot about her kidnapping, and then forced to give birth, and after losing the ancient blood and blood in her body, she can finally be a carefree princess again, and no longer have to be involved in those dangerous and complex transcendent worlds.

Queen Caranthor seemed to be quite disgusted with the newborn baby girl, and she did not come forward to communicate with Wayne, but sent the head of Hacksoll to quietly send the baby to the luxurious hotel where Wayne lived, taking advantage of the night.

The child was not given a name, and it seemed that she was just treated as a burden.

After all, according to everyone's speculation, the biological father of this baby girl is likely to be Wigo Fortez, who was defeated by Wayne and fled.

Although, according to the speculation of the Grand Druid Mossake, the child in Princess Pavita's womb was not conceived by primitive breeding, but the effect of a magical ritual.

But the thought of the filthy blood in this child's body is indeed a shame for the Sintra royal family that wants to be buried.

Speaking of Wigo Fortez, this guy hasn't had a good time lately.

Although Queen Caranther did not give a complete inside story about the kidnapping of the princess, she was under pressure from the kingdoms of Sintra and Skellig.

After being summoned several times and unable to defend himself, the Warlock Brotherhood eventually kicked him out of their organization and issued a wanted warrant for him throughout the North, strictly forbidding other Warlocks to cooperate with him, which largely cut off the power of Wildfortez in the North.

However, compared to the insignificant bounty of the Warlock Brotherhood, the bounty of one million gold coins issued by the Wayne Chamber of Commerce throughout the North detonated the entire Northern Continent almost instantly.

Whether it was a nobleman or a commoner, a farmer in a village or a beggar in the city, they were all stunned by this sky-high bounty.

With the kingdoms of Sintra and Skellig guaranteeing the bounty, the vast majority of people did not doubt the authenticity of the bounty, and almost all the mercenaries and gang members began to pay attention to the matter, and even many nobles could not resist the temptation of money and participated in it.

In less than a month, Wigo Fortez's fame surpassed that of the kings of many countries, and became the subject of after-dinner discussions among the people of the entire North.

Countless people fantasize that they can catch this wanted criminal, get the sky-high reward of one million gold coins, go to the pinnacle of life, and live a luxurious life like a king.

Tens of thousands, if not hundreds of thousands, of northerners, were driven by bounties and began to search for Vigo Fortez.

And the news of this bounty was quickly transmitted from the northern continent to the southern kingdom under the publicity of those travelers and merchants, and it was quickly detonated in all human kingdoms like a depth charge.

(End of chapter)