In the blink of an eye, half a month has passed.
Within half a month, an endless stream of carriages, horses and laborers came to Witcher Order to help.
With the help of Barbara and other warlocks, Kaer Morhen was rebuilt.
Normally, it would take several months to build such a fortress, but with the help of the warlock's spells, the time taken is greatly reduced.
In the past half month, the framework of the main castle has been rebuilt, and only the details need to be added.
The servants also renovated the city wall and thoughtfully added four heavy crossbow machines to the church and the city wall;
This kind of heavy equipment that can fire more than ten crossbow bolts at the same time can only be owned by the national army, but Queen Meve presented four additional precious heavy crossbow machines to Witcher Order as a token of appreciation.
Dick also privately discussed the leakage of the sect's location with West and Barbara. West assured that all the craftsmen who came here had served the royal family in the past, and kept a tight tone.
He also suggested that if Dick feels that it is still unsafe, the main castle can be completely repaired in a few months.
Speaking of which, West put his left hand on his neck as if to cut his throat.
Dick also knew at this time that although West was polite in front of him, he was also cold-blooded... and a person who wanted to do big things, but he still refused without hesitation.
Since Brownie's army can find this place, it means that the actual coordinates of this place have been leaked.
Only by strengthening one's own strength and preventing disasters from happening to Xiao Qiang is the most important way to ensure the development of the sect.
The others are all empty moves.
If these craftsmen were really killed, the conflict between the demon hunters, the nobles and the common people would probably intensify.
After all, they will continue to take root in Northern Kingdoms in the future.
But Dick also has a plan in mind. After returning to Ravenstern City, some people must have a good talk.
As for the possible consequences, just notify everyone at Kaer Morhen in advance and ask them to move to other countries in the Panda Continent.
Free City seems like a good place.
Regarding the noble families who participated in the attack on Kaer Morhen, Dick also learned from Barbara that after Queen Meve returned to Ravenstern City in the past few days, he had punished all the minor nobles:
Either become a suicide squad in the next battle with Manslayer's barbaric army; or be directly assigned to the Firstfall Bay silver mine and become a miner for the rest of his life.
This hatred with the little nobles is over.
This morning, Dick, Vesemir, and Geralt bid farewell to everyone, and together with Barbara, they rode back to Ravenstern City.
They decided to join Queen Meve's army there and head to the vicinity of Dawn Furnace City to defend against the enemy.
Because traces of the Manslayer army appeared near Dawn Furnace City, and flying pigeons have been sending messages continuously in the past few days, we also learned that Odinburg has been captured by the Manslayer army.
But fortunately, Baron Odin III responded promptly and moved all the residents away the day before. After two days, almost all of them were brought to Dawn Furnace City, thus a tragedy was avoided.
In other words, apart from Fisher and other officers and soldiers, even Anson's family and the barbarian girl Pipi all survived.
When Dick heard the news, he thought to himself:
I changed their fate before, but this time these people also acted on their own initiative. They actually knew how to run away in advance and were much smarter.
Odin III seems to no longer be so pedantic after Little Odin surrendered to the enemy, nor will he stick to his castle.
This is a good thing. Although Odin III is already over 50 years old, his character has matured a lot.
Ravenstern City, in the palace.
The afterglow of the setting sun poured into the sky through the skylight, and the light beams were floating with golden dust, and also sprinkled on the end of the long table.
The leader of Northern Kingdoms, Queen Meve, is not sitting on the chair, but the finger bones are rhythmically tapping the bronze beast armrest, and the echo is like the slowly rising guillotine;
He leaned forward and scanned the people around the long table. His shadow was stretched to an exaggerated length, covering all the nobles.
Wherever he looked, these nobles who had been so arrogant in the past were now like sheep seeing a tiger, with their heads slightly lowered and each sitting upright.
What's more, cold sweat has soaked the silk and satin clothes without even realizing it.
Earl Avalon's Feicui ring rattled on the trembling knuckles, which was particularly clear in the dead silence of the hall.
The Chancellor's thoughts drifted back to thirty years ago:
It seems that at that time, before executing the nobles, the late king would strike out the rhythm of death just like the queen in front of him.
The knight in full blue armor behind the queen still stood motionless, like an icy stone sculpture in the cold wind.
Fortunately, the queen slowly sat down.
At this time, the nobles secretly breathed a long sigh of relief.
However, Queen Meve slammed the armrest again and said in a loud voice, "Listen to me! This time about Witcher Order, don't think that I don't know what you are doing!
"Overtly or covertly, apart from the ones I found out, how many other people are involved? You just want to get rid of a big helper around me!"
"Now the Slayer has captured Odinburg. Fortunately, Baron Odin III reacted quickly and moved all the residents to Dawn Furnace City in time, so the tragedy did not happen.
"If it weren't for the full strength to deal with the Slayer army, some of you would not be able to go to Firstfall Bay to mine silver at this time."
The nobles lowered their heads one after another, not daring to look directly into the Queen's eyes, and some even trembled slightly.
Queen Meve stood up and paced back and forth:
"I have been vigorously promoting [hunting rights] and [subject status] in the past two years.
Hunting rights allow people to obtain food in the mountains and forests, sell excess fur and meat, and subsidize their families.
This not only allows people to have an additional source of food when the harvest is poor, but also promotes private trade;
The subject status allows the people to participate in the defense and management of the town, enhances their sense of belonging, and makes them no longer feel that they are just the objects to be ruled, but the real owners of this land.
In this way, local cohesion will be improved and our Northern Kingdoms defense strength will also be enhanced.
I implement these to make Northern Kingdoms more prosperous!
But as for you, you only focus on the petty profits in front of you, always forcing the people step by step, but you don't know that what you do is hurting the foundation of Northern Kingdoms!
Now you think that getting rid of Witcher Order will make me lose power, and thus distract you from the promotion of these two policies. It is simply stupid!"
The sound of begging one after another echoed in the hall, and the velvet sleeves were constantly wiping the shiny forehead.
"Huh! Are you afraid now? It's too late! I will continue to promote hunting rights and subject status. This is for the people of Northern Kingdoms and for the future of this land!"
Earl Avalon said, her voice barely audible. "Queen, we are just worried that these policies will... affect our interests. In fact, we have no intention of harming Witcher Order."
Queen Meve suddenly grabbed the nobleman's mink fur scarf, and the firelight of the fireplace danced in his pupils:
"Profits? You only think about your own selfish interests!
Prosperity and Northern Kingdoms stability for the people are the guarantee of your long-term interests.
For your selfish desires, you almost destroyed Witcher Order and almost destroyed the stability of Northern Kingdoms!
Northern Kingdoms's cold wind waits for no one. If you have this kind of intention again in the future and dare to do anything to Witcher Order... I remember that Firstfall Bay's new silver mine still needs many miners."
Queen Meve sat back down and closed his eyes. The shadow of the afterglow hid half of his face:
"Step back and reflect. When we meet up with Dick and his party, Northern Kingdoms still has a tough battle to fight."
"As commanded."