From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Lane was taken aback by surprise.

According to the skill characteristics of [Active Shield], this is a shield that offsets the attack at the cost of consuming one's own mana, and his mana is almost full now, and he absolutely did not receive any powerful attack just now!

If it was an ordinary warlock, he would definitely become a hedgehog in the next second after encountering such an accident.

But Lan is not a warlock, his reaction ability can be described as top-notch.

[Active Shield] The shattered spot of light was still in mid-air, and he kicked Radcliffe's waist directly, causing Aedirn's advisor to fly into the air and land in a safe place.

Then he activated [Flash] himself, and the golden light moved five or six positions to the right in a flash, avoiding the oncoming arrow rain.

At the same time, he maintained the operation of the [Flash] skill, and looked around with the time-slowing special effect that comes with the skill: amidst the dense arrow rain, an extraordinarily delicate arrow swimming slowly like a fish The arrow fell into Lane's eyes.

It has an arrow shaft made of ebony, and arrow feathers made of black feathers, only the arrowhead is glowing with a long blue light.

Demon gold!

Lan En turned his gaze bit by bit, looking in the direction when the magic-blocking golden arrow came.

Surrounded by the black-clothed cavalry, a senior officer wearing a black-winged helmet and a cloak embroidered with gold in the sun was slowly withdrawing his arrow-throwing right hand, reaching into the quiver to take out the second arrow.

And beside him, there was a knight in lint-padded armor who was reciting loudly, and an electric arc flashed on his body.

Warlock!

However, the clothes that seem to be obviously partial to the standard should only be the low-level warlocks or even apprentice warlocks in the warlock army.

After locking the enemy, it will be easy to handle.

In the next second, the [Flash] effect is removed. Lan only felt the griffin badge on his chest vibrate slightly, and then heard Radcliff behind him yell, and the sound of the portal opening and closing immediately came.

Aedirn's advisor runs away.

But Lan didn't bother to talk to him anymore. There was light on his body again, and he disappeared in the next moment, and immediately the lightning released by the warlock struck the place where he was just standing.

"Lannister, it's Lannister! The warlocks of Aedirn brought Lannister!"

The senior officer who had just broken Lann's [active shield] with the magic-blocking golden arrow shouted excitedly, and hurriedly ordered his guards: "He disappeared again! Attention everyone! Find him first..."

...

The officer suddenly felt the eyes of the guards around him become terrified, and several of them jumped up from their horses and rushed towards him.

He looked back with a bad feeling, only to see that the warlock who had just launched a magic attack was already decapitated. And Lannister, who he ordered the guards to look for, maintained a posture of jumping in the air, with blood that had not yet landed, and swung his sword towards him.

The torch-like sword full of runes was very dazzling.

[It is said that Lannister obtained the Sword of the Lake Lady...Damn it! Obviously this is a sword handed down in Toussaint, and Toussaint is our vassal state! ] This was the officer's penultimate thought.

[Damn it! Why did Lannister kill the warlock first? ] This was the officer's last thought.

In the next second, a guard wearing plate armor jumped in front of him, but the long sword in Lannister's hand suddenly pulled out an arc of light far exceeding the length of the blade.

It was clearly a warm and bright golden color, but it was as cold as the breath of death. The extended sword blade mercilessly split the body of the plate armored bodyguard, and then severely sliced ​​through the officer's armor, skin, breastbone, and internal organs, and then stopped.

"Colonel Mortensen!" cried the senior officer's bodyguard in short, miserable voices.

From teleporting to landing in the air, Lan En had already remembered the position where he encountered the enemy.

Continuously stepping forward and twisting shoulders smoothly, the sword light swayed, and the guards were chopped to the ground one by one.

With a "crash", the banner of the black sun that this senior officer was facing was suddenly broken and fell with the sound of howling wind. At this time, other people on the battlefield noticed Lan's existence.

As well as the commander and guard group who had already bled all over Lann's side.

"What a big deal, it even broke my [Active Shield]." Lane twitched the corner of his mouth, "Scared me..."

When the shield shattered just now, Lan thought he had been ambushed carefully. Now it seems that the regular configuration of this army is relatively high.

"The Duke of Lannister! The Duke of Lannister is back!"

The morale of the coalition forces on the Eastern Front suddenly rose. As if someone had injected courage out of thin air, the coalition forces that had been retreating steadily gained strength again, and they were able to withstand the black-clothed army for a short time.

They hacked with swords and axes, stabbed with spears and halberds, and struck with clubs and maces. The roaring infantry rushed in Lane's direction, seeming to swarm around their new commander.

In contrast to the Nilfgaardians, the sudden death of the commander made them panic. There was a cavalry rushing towards Lann. They had never seen Lann's true strength, and they seemed to think that the charging cavalry was easy for the lion's two-footed infantry.

But the [Igni] flames oncoming in the next instant burned all their consciousness, and the cavalry scattered at a faster speed than charging, rolled off their mounts and was trampled into rags and sacks .

"Duke Lannister!"

The soldiers of the coalition army followed at this time. Lan glanced at the articles on them, the black eagle and the red diamond flag.

"Where's your queen? Where's the Aedirn?"

"Her Majesty is on the other side, please hurry up and save her!" Leiria's soldiers swung their swords with all their strength, trying to get the savior who had just arrived to be sent to their queen.

Lan looked around, and in a flash of golden light, he rushed directly behind the Nilfgaardian, and slapped the ground before the sword came close to him.

[Alder Fayin · Biting · Alder Sweep]!

I didn't use magic power to explode, because I was worried that it would accidentally injure friendly troops. Lane flashed several times in the enemy's back row, creating a lot of screams and storms, until the Nilfgaardians on the front line were already shaking.

Then he crashed into the crowd in the melee, no longer used the seal, pulled out the [Alice] black magic scimitar with his left hand, and started dual-wielding weapons, constantly blocking the sharp blades from all directions, and began to harvest the lives of the enemies like a whirlwind.

The place where he was directly turned into a restricted area of ​​life, but all the sharp blades were able to precisely bypass the friendly forces and penetrate into the enemy's armor.

After an unknown amount of time, the black-clad army finally realized that he had very little left.

Without a commander, without a supervisory team, and even without a few comrades-in-arms, the remaining black-clothed army collapsed and fled, staggering on horseback or simply leaving the battlefield on two legs.

The soldiers of the coalition army did not chase after them, but looked eagerly at the golden-haired lion in silver-black armor while panting heavily.

"Livia and Leiria! Come with me to save your queen!"

...

The rest of the Nilfgaardians were human soldiers of a normal level, which belonged to the level that Ran could lead these Livia and Lyria to deal with.

He didn't dispatch Saskia and Kelturis. The existence of the magic-blocking gold shooter and the warlock shows that the configuration of this team is higher than that of the previous eastern and western armies. When the enemy's cards are unknown, Lane also needs to try again.

After all, the two giant dragons are strong, but they are really just giant dragons. If they fly around in the army without knowing why, it is really possible to be shot down.

After both sides paid a heavy price, the black army was driven out of the city.

Queen Meevil was pressing a muslin handkerchief with lace frills to her lips when Lan found her. The handkerchief was stained with blood.

A knight with gold embroidery on a purple cloak stood beside Mi Wei with a worried expression.

After seeing Lan En approaching, the knight immediately got up and saluted Lan En gratefully.

"Thank you for your support, Duke Lannister. I am Leonard Odo of Livia, the commander of this force."

Then he showed an apologetic look: "As you can see, our situation is really not good, our Majesty..."

Lan En looked at Mi Wei and quickly understood the source of the knight's apology.

"Thank you Li (you), La (Lan) En." A funny voice came from behind Mi Wei's handkerchief covering her lips.

Mi Wei removed the handkerchief, spat out a mouthful of blood, cursed vaguely, and a few drops of bright red were dotted on her gorgeous breastplate.

Before Mivi covered her lips, Lan saw a scary wound and noticed that she was missing a few teeth.

Leonard Odo showed admiration and apology in his eyes: "As you can see, His Majesty is fighting like a man and a knight on the front line. The wound will cause pain, but it will not embarrass her!"

"In a sense... this form of 'hurting' face is also very 'disgraceful'..." Lan tried to liven up the atmosphere.

Mi Wei laughed very cooperatively, and then gasped for air-conditioning due to the pain caused by her injuries.

Lan En hurriedly comforted him: "It's okay, Mi Wei, you know that I have a good relationship with the tree spirit, and Skellige also has a lot of druids here... They are all good at healing, just a few teeth..."

Leonard Odo breathed a sigh of relief immediately.

After discovering that the Queen of the North who was famous for her beauty was injured by the Nilfgaardians, all the Livians at the scene wanted to chase the Nilfgaardian cavalry with their own two legs.

"Your Majesty's language is inconvenient, so I will temporarily explain the current battle situation to you."

"La (Lan) En, Li (you) can trust Earl Leonard!"

Don't say a few words less, Your Majesty...

Leonard bowed to the queen to express his gratitude, and then began to perform his duties: "What you saw just now is the Mortensen battle group belonging to the Delaney 7th Cavalry Brigade, which is their main combat unit. "

"And Delaney's 7th Cavalry Brigade belongs to Nilfgaard's 4th Cavalry Regiment, and the Nausicaa Division was also sent here."

"His Majesty Demavi separated from us after he learned that the north was invaded by Kaedwen, which greatly reduced our troops. Fortunately, the main force of the enemy chased him, so we had a moment to breathe... "

You don't seem to be breathing, you were almost strangled when I came over.

Lan En complained in his heart, and after listening to the analysis of the battle report with a serious expression on his face, he bowed his head and pondered for a while.

"Mi Wei... No, no, don't talk, just listen to me."

"I roughly understand the situation, and I regret what happened to you recently. But this may be an unexpected opportunity for us."

"Sintra defeated the Western Group Army yesterday, and is ready to be fully engaged in the battlefield. Now is the time for us to organize a counterattack, but we need to plan well..."

Lan grabbed the Black Sun banner from the ground.

"Their Marshal Mennonite split up the cavalry regiment and sent them here. We can just break his arm first."

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"Marshal Mennonite! Frontline Battle Report!"

On Soden, where Army Group Center is stationed.

Marshal Menno was staring at the sand table in front of him thinking, and suddenly raised his head after hearing the sound.

"explain!"

Peter, the executive officer sent by Emhyr, tried to adjust his breathing: "The Seventh Cavalry Brigade sent the Mortensen battle group to fight Mivi in ​​Leiria, and the main force chased Demavi with the Usika division. But Lannister Appeared suddenly, defeated the Mortensen battle group, the commander Colonel Mortensen died, and the warlocks sent also..."

"Damn it!" Marshal Menno shook his fist fiercely, "Motensen is a tough guy... Ellen underestimates the enemy!"

Major General Erlang was the commander of Delaney's 7th Cavalry Brigade and the immediate superior of the deceased Colonel Mortensen.

"But Lannister did appear... Your Majesty guessed right."

"Blow the trumpet and send the order! Leave all the infantry behind to guard the camp, and take only the cavalry, and head for Aedirn at full speed!"

"Remember to call warlocks, all warlocks!"

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"Do you have any magic tricks that I don't know about?"

Sir Gray Owl, the imperial coroner, walked in the dark basement of the castle, expecting and impatiently asking questions to the senior warlock in front of him.

As soon as Vigfortz stretched out his hand, the torches at both ends of the corridor were lit from the outside to the inside, illuminating the darkness.

This is not just a basement, but more like a large underground laboratory, or dungeon. The thick stone wall divides this place into countless compartments, each of which is separated by a fine iron gate engraved with magic runes, leaving only a palm-sized window to see the scene inside.

There was a sound of "bang dang", it should have felt the sound of a person, there was a sudden violent crash from behind the door closest to the two of them, the steel door remained motionless, but the beast-like roar behind it couldn't be suppressed.

And this sound seemed to press a switch, and the dozens of compartments in front of him became violent.

Those roars and howls made the gray owl frown, and felt that the interrogation room of the empire was not as creepy as this one.

Vigfortez ignored the noise and walked forward unhurriedly: "If your majesty's plan goes well, what we have to face is 'only' a town that has been transformed into a war fortress, maybe it is still a town that has been transformed into a war fortress. I will meet a few witchers or warlocks. Your elite team plus my mercenary group is theoretically enough...

"But if we want to be sure, we need some other power."

Vigfortz pointed to the compartments. The dungeon of his underground laboratory is taller and more spacious than the buildings on the ground. It's hard to imagine what kind of magical creatures are imprisoned in it.

The gray owl immediately showed interest when he heard the words. He was a little afraid of the monsters that could smash the thick iron door, so he chose the only compartment where there was no roaring sound, and looked inside from the small window on the iron door.