Chapter 324: Defeat and Wooing
Under Wayne's operation, Viselmir and the Countess met again that afternoon.
The scene of the two old lovers meeting is quite moving, although there are no imaginary kisses and hugs, and there are no sweet words.
But it's just a "You're here." "I've always wanted to find you." Such simple dialogues make Wayne feel like time has flown by, and the vicissitudes of life have passed.
Although now, he has not yet experienced the scene of his lover or friend being separated from himself forever because of the death of Zhaohua, but as a strong man who will be able to survive for a long time, he will definitely experience the situation that many familiar people will leave him forever because of the passage of time.
In fantasy works, the theory of longevity has always been a powerful knife, and it is basically difficult to produce a happy love affair between the long-lived and short-lived species, perhaps they may fall in love because of a momentary passion, which looks beautiful and romantic, but the cruelty of reality often brings only tragedy.
Compared to ordinary humans, demon hunters with a lifespan of more than three hundred years can also be regarded as an immortal race.
After decades of not seeing, the Count of Minole has changed from a young girl in the prime of life to a lady who has now entered middle age, and her feelings for Viselmir will definitely not be as impulsive and adoring as a few decades ago, but more of a beautiful memory and fantasy of youth.
However, no matter what the result is, presumably after this meeting, the hearts of the old witcher Viselmir and Countess Minole will be able to have a satisfactory explanation of their past relationship, and it will not become a regret.
After arranging the meeting, before he could rest for a while, Xia brought him the latest news, which was news about Aden.
King Demavi was defeated, and Nefgard's Blackcoat army emerged victorious.
However, despite the loss of the capital and the defeat of the army of the Kingdom of Aden, the king was lucky enough to escape.
With the remnants of his defeated army, he broke out of the siege at night and returned to the city he had captured in the kingdom of Kodwin.
Of course, such a result was not only expected by Wayne, but almost everyone who knew the difference in military strength between the two sides could guess this result.
Although as demon hunters, they don't need to care too much about the current situation, as long as there are all kinds of monsters in this world, no matter who is the emperor, they will always need the witchers to help clean up.
However, as the head of the Demon Hunter Order, now that he encounters a matter like the Civil War that will affect the fate of countless people and affect the situation of the entire continent, whether it is active or passive, he must pay attention to it.
After all, this incident will not only affect his future life, but also affect all aspects of this world.
But what's interesting is that it's different from Enhill, who is very happy with his achievements, thinks very highly of himself, and always likes to make big moves, but in fact he doesn't have much research on military affairs.
The aristocratic usurper emperor was the result of the accumulation of military exploits by low-level officers, and finally accumulated strength and gained the support of many people to overthrow the Enreis family, who had ruled Nilfgaard for generations.
He may be inferior to Enhill in politics, inferior to the politician with the nickname of Grave Jump, who was defeated by Ciri's father in the original book and finally completely erased from the historical record.
But when it comes to leading troops in battle and commanding wars, his ability is several levels higher than that of Enhill.
It can even be said that it is precisely because the usurper emperor replaced Enhill's father and became the emperor of Niffgard that the country was able to annex the surrounding kingdoms through wars and through continuous victories, and became an extremely powerful empire.
After launching the Civil War, the usurper emperor did not directly send a large army to fight the entire north as an enemy like Enhir, but limited his military power to the kingdom of Aden, and constantly weakened the power of Demavi through a steady and steady approach, trying to completely control the country.
He even sent his own envoys half a month ago to find a plausible reason for his black-clothed army to sneak attack the Kingdom of Aden, and barely found an excuse for the fairness of this war.
This is a very good way, if the usurper emperor, like Enhir, has targeted the whole north from the very beginning of the Civil War, it will inevitably cause the whole northern kingdom to hate the same enemy, and face multiple enemies at once.
But now, Nilfgaard has only ignited the war on the kingdom of Aden, and has found a reason for the war between him and Aden.
Then whether it is out of luck or out of all kinds of scorwelling between the northern countries, it is difficult for them to make up their minds to immediately raise an army and unite against Nilfgaard.
Even, the original intention of sending reinforcements to support the Kingdom of Aden became hesitant because of Nilfgaard's countermeasures.
Without the support of other reinforcements, Demavi's army was eventually unable to withstand Nilfgaard's black-clad army, and after holding out in the capital of Aden for half a month, it was finally defeated and completely defeated.
The war lasted less than two months, and a kingdom that had existed among the northern kingdoms for thousands of years fell into the hands of Nilfgaard.
Although Demavi escaped, with his current strength, it was basically impossible to organize an army and retake his kingdom.
According to the latest news from Sianna, after the capture of the Kingdom of Aden, Nilfgaard temporarily stopped his pace and did not take any more military actions, but began to clean up the resistance forces in the Kingdom of Aden.
Whether it was the old nobles of the kingdom of Aden, the defeated deserters, or the inhabitants who rebelled against Nilfgaard's rule, they all became the targets of the Black Army.
Under the control of tens of thousands of Nilfgaard soldiers, the influence of King Demavi and his original royal family was rapidly eroding, whether they were liquidated or co-opted, or captured as slaves.
It is believed that in a few years, the inhabitants of the kingdom of Aden, Demavi, who will be completely forgotten, will become a vassal of Nipgaard.
This must be a rather dangerous signal for the other northern kingdoms, with the strength of the other northern kingdoms, they are simply unable to independently fight against the kingdom of Nilfgaard, and the huge military gap has frightened many far-sighted and wise northerners, and they immediately connect with each other in private and begin to discuss the matter of jointly fighting Nilfgaard.
Originally, Wayne was just in a wait-and-see state about this matter, wanting to see what the Warlock Brotherhood was going to do next.
However, before the kings of the north, and the high-ranking spellcasters, could react, a problem came to the Witcher Order.
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In the halls of the Witcher's Castle, Wayne sat on the golden throne, one hand propped up on his chin and the other tapping lightly on the armrest.
His brow furrowed slightly, and he looked at Francesca, who was sitting below with an equally gloomy expression, and asked in an inquiring tone:
"You mean to say that Nilfgaard sent a warlock, found the Valley of Hundred Flowers, found the elves, and wanted to talk to you about cooperation, right?"
"They are willing to support the independence of the Valley of Hundred Flowers, establish a kingdom of elves, and are willing to support you to become the queen of the elves."
"And the condition is that you will create unrest in the entire north by agitating the inhuman race, and weaken the strength of the north to go abroad?"
(End of chapter)