From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Kyan threw the heavy purse in his hand proudly.

In addition to the reward for hunting basilisks, there are also caravan escort fees paid in advance.

Now there is no blood left on the blue hat businessman's face.

the other side.

The black-haired officer specially prepared four horses and gave three to the demon hunters.

There is also a horse responsible for carrying the body of the basilisk, which is the trophy of the demon hunters.

"My lord duke summoned all the witcher masters some time ago. It seems that they were discussing some internal matters among the masters. He specially asked us to arrange you to enter the city as soon as possible after we see you." The black-haired officer said, "Always follow this road You can reach the capital as quickly as possible by walking. You must have the coat of arms given to you by the Duke, and the sentries along the way will not stop you."

A lively expression appeared on Kyaan's face.

Gaitan and Aiden behind him were also stunned for a moment, and then showed anticipation.

Combined with the description of Lann that Keyan had described to them before, they could naturally imagine what big things would happen if all the demon hunters were summoned.

However, Keyan quickly suppressed his excitement and said to the black-haired officer: "I'm afraid you have to prepare another horse."

"oh?"

The black-haired officer showed a puzzled expression as he watched Kiyaan gesture towards the caravan.

A man with his head wrapped tightly in a cloak came out.

Kyan approached the black-haired officer and whispered: "He contacted me through the 'Machete' in Novigrad - that guy has some credibility among the inhuman races."

"This man is an elf and the leader of the Scoia'tael. He calls himself 'Iorveth'. He has Lan's coat of arms on his hand, and he said he contacted Lan when he was having a meeting in Pontar."

Kian asked: "I don't know much about what happened after you left Novigrad... Is there really any connection between Rann and the Scoia'tael?"

——

As one of the leaders of the Scoia'tael, Iorveth once led the Scoia'tael to assassinate the King of the North during the talks in the North.

However, he was blocked by Lan when he was about to succeed.

Lann did not simply intercept the Scoia'tael's actions, he also put the mark of [Teleportation] on Iorveth during his spare time during the battle.

Later, Rann appeared at the Scoia'tael gathering place and had a cordial meeting with them.

In that conversation, Lann showed his identity as an ancient blood, and at the same time evaluated and improved the Scoia'tael's strategy, painted a better blueprint, and finally expressed his desire to fight with the people behind the Scoia'tael. The elves’ willingness to engage in contact and negotiation.

This time, Iorveth returned with instructions from the depths of the Blue Mountains, replacing the current leader of the elves - "Valley Daisy" Francesca Findabe, and came to have a second meeting with Lan. touch.

However, Lann did not leave any contact information with Iorveth at that time, so he could only rely on the relationship between the non-human races in Novigrad, and accidentally got together with three cat-sect demon hunters and came to Sintra. .

"Please take off your cloak." The garrison outside the capital of Cintra said to Iorveth, calling back the consciousness of the Scoia'tael leader.

Although Iorveth also holds Lann's heraldic token, he still has to go through the most basic review process. This is the rigor of Cintra, and it is also the process created by Lann to prevent infiltration by unexpected people.

Iorveth frowned and had no choice but to take off his hood, revealing a pair of pointed and thin ears.

He was very uncomfortable. The Scoia'tael itself had an absolutely hostile relationship with humans, and now his true face was exposed at the gate of a human capital.

But to his surprise, the people of Sintra who came and went did not show any strange eyes to him: not to mention hatred towards the Scoia'tael, they did not even feel a sense of rejection or alienation towards normal elves.

He even heard a few compliments on his handsome appearance.

"Thank you for your cooperation and your service to the Duke." The guard returned the lion crest to Iorveth and saluted.

Then one of the guards was specially assigned to take them to the Sintra Palace. Another person who looked like a white-haired butler took over and led them to a conference room.

"Gentlemen, you can call me Enns." The old butler introduced himself to the elves and demon hunters.

The royal palace in Sintra seems to have a lot of damage, and it is obvious that it has been looted by the Nilfgaardians.

However, the recovery time is still short, and there is no time to restore the building.

But very neat.

The butler reported outside the conference room and then apologized to Iorveth: "The Duke is discussing something. These three master demon hunters are related to the topic, so they can go in. But you may have to wait a moment."

The door of the conference room opened, and the three Maopai demon hunters who were eager to try entered without the slightest hesitation.

And Iorveth tensed up slightly.

After all, he is the leader of the Scoia'tael, but now he is trapped in the heavily guarded human palace.

In this nervous state of mind, he saw several dwarves and halflings walking hurriedly through the palace. The guards all looked at these inhuman races with respect.

Then he heard a hello.

"Hey Scoia'tael, are you here too?"

Iorves shuddered suddenly, and when he turned around, he saw Saskia's hearty smile.

——

A room full of amber pupils stared at the three new witchers.

Looking at the room full of demon hunters, Kian, Aiden, and Gaitan also showed expressions of amazement.

Lann, Jeron, and Kelda of the Griffin School (Koen is still lying in the Dryad Forest recovering from his injuries);

Letso, Kolgrim, Oaks, Seret from the Viper School;

Vesemir, Geralt, Eskar, and Lambert of the Wolf School;

Gerd of the Bear School;

There is also half-witcher Ciri who sneaks in as a reserve.

Since the golden age of demon hunters, there have never been so many demon hunters on the continent. Even if there are a few gatherings, they usually end in tragedy.

The smiles on the faces of the three older generation masters in the room, Vesemir, Geron, and Kelda, have not faded away yet.

In addition, there are three spell casters, Mossack, Yennefer, and Triss, participating in the conference room. They will be the resident mages of the Witcher Order in the future.

They were also looking at Kiyaen and his party.

Kayan is quite special. He was rescued from the underground laboratory in Novigrad when Lann was on his way north to participate in the Northern Conference. Strictly speaking, he joined the team earlier than the Snake faction.

But because Lan stayed in Novigrad, most people in Sintra didn't know them; among the demon hunters present, only a few people from the Snake Sect who had fought side by side with him knew him.

The Griffins, Wolf Faction, and Bear Faction didn't know him.

Everyone showed scrutiny towards the three cats. After all, it is well known that the cat faction is rich in lunatics—especially the wolf faction and the cat faction have a bit of feud in it.

However, before the atmosphere at the scene became serious, it was quickly broken.

First, Lambert called out "Aiden!" in surprise after seeing the visitor, and embraced warmly with the one with half-long hair among the three cats, and took the lead in resolving the embarrassment between the Wolf Pie and the Cat Pie.

Then everyone from the Snake Faction sent greetings to their old friend Kyaen.

In the end, it was Lan, as the owner, who introduced the three members of the Cat Faction to everyone and gained everyone's trust.

…

Although Keyan was left outside, Lann usually exchanged many letters with him. I know that since Keyan became famous in Novigrad, demon hunters from the school sect have come to contact him.

Lann confirmed the identities of the two Cat Faction members through letters.

Gaitan, a sad character in the previous game, is the protagonist of the extended side mission "Cat Dances with Wolves". He once received a commission issued by a village to hunt the deer head spirit, and with his martial arts specifically aimed at humans, he single-handedly killed the powerful [remnant], but was later tricked into the barn by the villagers who wanted to renege. Pitchfork was seriously injured in a sneak attack, so he slaughtered the village in anger, leaving only a little girl who looked like his sister.

The protagonist played by the player can choose his own justice: kill Gaitan to pay for the villagers' lives, or understand Gaitan and let him go.

Another demon hunter is Aiden, a cat pie who only lives in the mission description, and a close friend of the wolf pie Lambert. Lambert described "I like Aiden better than Geralt". He was involved in a political turmoil because he took on a task to help the duke's daughter lift a curse, and was attacked and killed by a killer hired by a noble.

By the way, the killer who killed Aiden was named Judd Carradine, who was also a Cat Faction witcher. He is now dead.

Lane did it.

The most important thing for Lan was that the two demon hunters, like Kayan, were among the few cat factions that were rich in lunatics, and they were among the few rational factions that had not been drugged into their brains, and they belonged to the type that could be wooed.

So as soon as he heard about them, Lane instructed Kayan to keep them, and then brought them back to Sintra to join the construction process of the Demon Hunter Order.

…

"I've heard the news about you, Kyaan." With Lan's assurance, Jeron also took the initiative to show goodwill to Cat Pie, who had never been masked.

In addition to Lann's letters, Jeroen also learned about Kyaan from other sources.

"Caravans from outside often bring some ballads and news about famous operas." Geron smiled, ""The Good Neighbor of the People of Novigrad" has moved towards the entire northern border with Novigrad as the center The song and dance troupe spread."

"Except for [Lion Rann] and [White Wolf Geralt], among the witchers in the north, you [Proximal Cat Kyaan] are the most famous."

The other demon hunters laughed out loud, especially Gaitan and Aiden who came with Keyan. It was because of their reputation that they were attracted to Novigrad to visit their old friends. I have personally watched this performance in a cabaret.

This was an important move by Lan to use public opinion to reverse the image of the Witcher in the entire North, and it seems to have been quite effective now.

On the other hand, Kian's own expression was quite embarrassing. He didn't like this form of fame very much, and he wouldn't have cooperated if it wasn't for Lan's request.

"Okay, let's first welcome our old brothers back to the team and new brothers joining the team." Lan said and arranged for the three cats to sit down.

Formally, a grand occasion of five factions was formed around the conference table. Except for the Manticore School, which was far away and had no news for hundreds of years, all the current Demon Hunter Schools in the mainland were gathered in Sintra.

Lann looked around at the various eyes.

"I have told you a long time ago that I intend to rebuild the Demon Hunter Order in Sintra, revive the mission of the Demon Hunter, and reappear the glory of the Demon Hunter." Lan said solemnly, "Now is the time for me to fulfill my promise ”

Ciri nodded along with him: "In the future, Cintra will become the headquarters of the Demon Hunter Order, just like Kaer Morhen is to the Wolf Faction, and Kaer Siren is to the Griffin School, Cintra will be Your strongest support!”

The expressions of the demon hunters were all cheered up, and even Lambert, who was most sitting still, could not help but straighten his posture.

"After the celebration of the restoration of the nation in Cintra is over, we will send a formal notice to the North, announcing the re-establishment of the Demon Hunter Order. In this way, we hope to reunite the demon hunter brothers who are outside."

"Today is to collect everyone's opinions in advance: such as the location of the sect's headquarters, the establishment of the sect's institutions, the slogans the sect will use to the outside world in the future, and the demands of each school, etc." Lann smiled, "After all, I am the most junior among the demon hunters, so I still want to refer to the opinions of my seniors in this regard."

Lan En spoke very politely and was very considerate. Everyone also knew that these were Lan En's polite words and should not be taken seriously.

Let’s not talk about whether there is anyone present except Jie Long who can beat Lann. Even if the cult is officially established in the future, the land occupied, the money spent, and the technical support required will almost all depend on Lann alone.

Not to mention that the demon hunters present had reason to gather together because of Lan.

However, they also knew that this sentence actually meant that Lan had lowered his profile and let other schools of thought give their opinions.

Now let's discuss and balance our respective demands together, argue about what should be argued about, and set the general framework for the future of the sect.

Interests are one aspect, and the rules of conduct in the future are also another aspect.

The former Order of Demon Hunters eventually fell apart due to differences in ideas. Now that the Order is being rebuilt, it is natural to avoid the original situation.

"There are still a few days before the restoration ceremony. Everyone has been fighting for Sintra before and maybe they don't have time to think about these things. Now you can go back and think about it." Lan En said empathetically, "I will come back later. Call a second meeting."

"In addition to this purpose today, I also want to announce a piece of good news to everyone—a real piece of good news." As he spoke, Lan looked at Mossak.

The old Druid felt the sight, nodded and stood up.

"Everyone, I am very happy to announce to you that the technology of demon hunter mutation has achieved an experimental breakthrough, and it is controllable!"

As soon as he opened his mouth, Mossak dropped a bomb.

The demon hunters in the room all lit up their pupils without drinking [Cat].

The oldest demon hunters even started to tremble.

Since the new era, the older generations have abandoned the Witcher Trials because of the high mortality rate in the trials. This was a compromise to their inner goodness, and they even accepted for a time that the school would perish in their own hands.

Now, hope appears.

"In the next few days, the two ladies and I—" Mossack looked at Triss and Yennefer next to him, "—will conduct [Grass Trial], [Dream Trial] It is expected that the first demon hunter mutation of the new era can begin after the restoration ceremony."

"At that time, everyone can visit this mutation trial together. Use the first demon hunter in the new era to celebrate the establishment of the Demon Hunter Order!" (End of this chapter)