In the end, in this battle, which was later called Battle of the Braa River, more than 2,000 soldiers of the coalition Allies were killed, hundreds more were missing, and more than a thousand soldiers were made prisoners.
However, the casualties on the Kovir Army's side were almost negligible.
In addition to severely damaging Hengfors League, making it impossible to organize an army to resist the attack of the Kovir army, this battle also had a more important result, which was that almost all of the nobles, including King Niedamir, died in this battle.
This is not because they are so brave and fight to the death or anything like that.
In fact, when Kovir's infantry troops surrounded them from all sides and the soldiers of the coalition Allies fled like bereaved dogs, many Hengfors League nobles did not escape.
Because in Northern Kingdoms's war, nobles basically get preferential treatment.
Unless it is the kind of situation where the fight is indistinguishable on the battlefield and both sides are red-blooded, but most of the time, even the enemy will not deliberately kill the nobles.
Just like it is now.
These nobles from Hengfors League believe that the Kovir army has won.
As the defeated, they have dropped their weapons and raised their hands, so the Kovir army, as the victors, should accept their surrender like gentlemen.
It's a pity that these Hengfors League nobles don't know what Lynn did in Malleore and Creyden.
If they had known, I believe they would not have stayed where they were and dropped their weapons.
As the Kovir army got closer and closer, some of the Hengfors nobles finally realized that something seemed wrong.
"Wait! Wait a minute!"
"We surrender! Surrender!"
Looking at the Kovir soldiers who were charging straight towards them without slowing down at all, the nobles gradually showed frightened expressions.
Some nobles who finally felt something was wrong took up arms, but it was too late.
A shrill scream sounded.
Kovir soldiers carried out a brutal massacre of Hengfors nobles, regardless of whether they were nobles or not.
Even the few nobles who took up arms and tried to resist were just like the water splashes stirred up in the rapids, and quickly disappeared.
The massacre ended quickly.
Killing a group of nobles who laid down their weapons on their own initiative is not much more difficult than killing chickens.
In fact, Lynn has no habit of killing prisoners.
If Hengfors's soldiers surrender, he will allow them to surrender.
But the nobility is different.
Because Lynn had no intention of catching anyone alive.
After all, Lynn is planning to distribute their land to his soldiers.
It would be bad if there were still original owners of this land and disputes arose.
Therefore, I had no choice but to ask my husband to die.
After King Niedamir and Hengfors's nobles died, it was no longer possible for the remaining city-states of Hengfors League to resist the occupation of the Kovir army.
In this way, the various city-states that had become independent during the Poviss Secession incident once again returned to the embrace of Kovir.
However, these lands have become the private property of Lynn·Grand Duke Augustus.
Lynn redivided these lands, allowing more than half of the soldiers in his army to be allocated lands.
Of course, more land is still in his own hands.
The nominal fiefdom of Lynn, Autonomous Dominion of Eszpádén, is just east of Hengfors League.
But at this time, Lynn was not in a hurry to go to his fiefdom.
Instead, he stayed in Caingorn and began to rule the land of the original Hengfors League.
Shortly after this, another piece of good news came from Kaer Morhen.
Under the joint research of Tissaia, Mousesack, and Aglaïs, they finally found a way to improve the survival rate of Trial of the Grasses.
That is, before Trial of the Grasses, another mutation was added that allowed the apprentice's body to transform into a demon hunter in advance and laid the foundation. They named it Mild Mutation.
After repeated testing, they placed Mild Mutation one year before Trial of the Grasses.
And the results are gratifying.
In the simulation experiment conducted by Tissaia using magic, it was found that the appearance of Mild Mutation can increase the survival rate of Trial of the Grasses by another 20%.
In addition, if a warlock releases Stabilization Spell, the probability can be increased by 10%;
And Water of Brokilon can also increase the probability by another 10%.
At this point, the survival rate of Trial of the Grasses can reach 85%.
Although the success rate is not 100% as expected, all three people said that this is already the limit.
Unless future magic research achieves explosive innovation and breakthroughs, it will be difficult to go further.
Considering that there is less than ten years left before that "future", Lynn decided to launch this improved Trial of the Grasses.
However, because Trial of the Grasses's survival rate is not 100%, he will give the orphans he rescues two chances to choose.
First, they can choose whether to voluntarily become a witcher apprentice;
Secondly, when they complete all physical training of apprentices, they will be informed of the dangers of Trial of the Grasses.
At this time, they still have one chance to choose whether they are willing to accept Trial of the Grasses, which has a survival rate of 85%.
If they don't want to, that's okay.
Even the apprenticeship training is enough to train an ordinary person into a warrior.
Lynn They can be incorporated into the standing army. If they make outstanding achievements on the battlefield, they will also have channels for promotion.
As for those brave people who are willing to accept Trial of the Grasses, as long as they survive, they will automatically receive the title of knight by default.
Although they still need to perform meritorious service to obtain land, at least until then, their salary is the highest in the military.
And those who did not survive will also be recorded to commemorate them forever.
After reporting the successful improvement of Trial of the Grasses to Lynn, Mousesack also informed Lynn of another matter:
Duya sent a message, and Druid Circle told him that Calanthe had made a request to the archipelago, hoping that he would serve as the royal adviser to Cintra.
Cintra and Skellige Isles have always been friendly. Although the relationship between the two countries has declined somewhat due to the deaths of Duny and Pavetta, in the face of the common enemy, Nilfgaard, the two countries have maintained the relationship of allies.
What's more, Cintra's current husband, Eist Tursek, is from Skellige Isles.
Inviting Mousesack to serve as Cintra's royal advisor is not just an invitation from Calanthe, but also has the meaning of Eist.
As a native of the Islands, Eist still trusts druids more than warlocks.
But before Mousesack, the work had not been completed, so it was delayed again and again.
Now that his mission has been completed, there is no reason to stay anymore, and he can finally leave with peace of mind.
Therefore, he chose to come to Caingorn City and tell Lynn the news of Improved Trial of the Grasses's success in person.
Lynn did not retain Mousesack.
Because he knows that the other party respects him enough if he is willing to come and say goodbye to him in person.
And it would be rude if you still force the other person to stay.
So, Lynn paid Mousesack a lot of gold.
He knew that Druids did not value money and material comfort, but gold best represented sincerity.
Immediately afterwards, Lynn gave another great gift.
That is the shocking secret of Queen Calanthe's son-in-law Duny, who is actually the current Emperor Nilfgaard.
"Back then, Emhyr Enrith's father was overthrown by a very influential noble in the country. The nobleman killed Emhyr's father and turned Emhyr into a hedgehog-like monster."
"After Emhyr was exiled, he traveled to the forest of Cintra, rescued Cintra's husband Roegner, and asked for Law of Surprise as reward."
"Since then, Emhyr has been living in the north and met a warlock named Vilgefortz."
"The latter is a man with great ambitions. What he wants can only be given by the emperor of Nilfgaard, so Vilgefortz has been secretly helping Emhyr."
"Fifteen years passed like this, and when Queen Calanthe held a wedding banquet for Cintra's princess, Pavetta, Emhyr also went to Cintra City because he asked Roegner for Law of Surprise's reward, which is Princess Pavetta."
"You don't need me to go into details about what happens next, right?"
Mousesack looked shocked.
Because he also participated in the wedding banquet that year.
Not only did he participate, but he also worked with Geralt to prevent Calanthe from harming Emhyr.
Because the old druids at that time believed that the tradition of Law of Surprise and the fate that followed it were irreversible.
However, it seems now that even if fate backfired afterwards, I should have been on the side of Calanthe at that time.
Immediately, Mousesack quickly remembered the shipwreck that resulted in the deaths of Duny and Pavetta a few years ago.
"If Duny is Emhyr, and Emhyr is Duny, then that shipwreck..."
Lynn spread his hands.
"Of course, it was deliberately created by Vilgefortz in order to get Emhyr out of Calanthe's sight and secretly return to Nilfgaard."
"As for Princess Pavetta, Emhyr thinks it was an accident, but I think you should know the name of Vilgefortz."
"As the human warlock second only to Tissaia, Vilgefortz can't even do Dora alone? I don't believe it anyway."
When revealing this truth to Philippa, Lynn concealed the name of Vilgefortz.
This is not because Lynn thinks that Philippa will go to Vilgefortz to report it.
Philippa and Vilgefortz are not in the same group. He is not worried about this, but worried about each other's brains.
At least before the Thanedd Island incident, Vilgefortz had not jumped out to oppose Northern Kingdoms.
He even called on the warlocks to fight for the north in First Northern War.
If you tell Philippa now and let that woman go find Vilgefortz, it will be troublesome.
The amount of information Lynn said was huge, even Mousesack had some indigestion for a while.
Before Mousesack left, Lynn also gave Mousesack a free piece of advice:
In the past few decades, Nilfgaard has completed the conquest and unification of the entire south. Except for Duchy of Toussaint, who is like a distant utopia, all the southern countries have been conquered under the iron heel of City of Golden Towers.
But the Nilfgaard people will never stop conquering. Sooner or later, they will cross Marnadal Valley and set foot on the northern land.
"Did you see something?"
After spending so much time in Kaer Morhen, Mousesack gradually heard some rumors about Lynn.
For example, Lynn is not only a demon hunter, but also a prophet.
Because magic and gods exist in this world, and prophets and prophecies do indeed exist, Mousesack cannot help but not believe it.
Regarding Mousesack's question, Lynn nodded directly and acknowledged it.
He cleared his throat, looked into the distance, and spoke slowly.
"I saw that under the dark night sky, the city was transformed into a sea of fire. Thick smoke billowed out from the streets and the houses were engulfed in flames. There were screams and the muffled sound of sharp weapons being cut into bodies everywhere. The piles of corpses were higher than the mountains, and the blood was flowing more than the moat."
"The Three Lions Flag (the coat of arms of Cintra) with a blue background burned under the golden sun and turned into ashes."
Mousesack frowned.
"Nilfgaard and Cintra are blocked by the tall Amell Mountains. The only place that can pass is Marnadal Valley."
"Cintra was not originally a great power in the north. Since Calanthe ascended the throne in 1232, Cintra gradually made the country rich and powerful."
"What's more, Calanthe defeated Nazair's army in Battle of Hochebuz when he was only fifteen years old."
"Cintra... will he really lose to Nilfgaard?"
Mousesack has met Queen Calanthe several times.
Although she is a woman, she far surpasses other kings in the north in terms of domestic affairs and military affairs.
Therefore, it is really difficult for Mousesack to imagine that the scene predicted by Lynn will occur.
Looking at Mousesack's expression, Lynn knew that the other party didn't believe it.
Normal.
Mousesack is, after all, a native of this world and has limitations of the times.
Shrouded in dark clouds, you can only see the false prosperity in front of you, but not the disaster behind it.
In fact, let alone Mousesack, even if she is the queen of a country, why not Calanthe?
Speaking of which, Lynn has never seen Calanthe since he came to this world.
But if Calanthe in reality is the same as in the original work, then what Lynn just said to Mousesack may be enough to punish Calanthe.
However, Lynn is not afraid of Lioness of Cintra punishing her. If she has the ability, she will leave Cintra city and travel across most of the north to punish her.
Lynn did not want to see the plot in the original work happen again, so he once again reminded Mousesack with a serious expression that after going to Cintra, he must advise Calanthe to strengthen the defense force at the border of Marnadal Valley.
If possible, it is best to build a fortress in a valley.
Amell Mountains traverses Cintra and Nilfgaard. Although in addition to Marnadal Valley, there are several intestinal trails that can connect the north and the south.
But if the road is to be used by a large army, especially a supply convoy, then the only way is Marnadal Valley.
Therefore, once Queen Calanthe follows her own advice and builds a fortress in Marnadal Valley, she will only need to leave a few hundred garrison troops behind, enough to keep the Nilfgaard people firmly outside the border.