I have sent away the representative of Northern Coalition. Today's work is not over yet.
Lynn still needs to meet the last guest.
A middle-aged man in black clothes walked into the conference room. Around his neck hung a strange necklace - a triangular hollow pendant made of gold, with stars surrounded by flames engraved inside.
Lynn has seen the same style of pendant twice.
This is Nilfgaard Merchants' Guild, a token used to identify your identity.
"Sander·Chester, I would like to offer my most sincere respect and blessings to the co-owner of Hengfors, Isparaden, and Nazair, the respected Grand Duke."
The members of the Merchants' Guild bent their waists very low and showed great posture.
Lynn took two cups, placed them on the table, and poured some Est Est into each.
"It's really interesting. I thought that with Nilfgaard's dedication to the land, he wouldn't be willing to give up Nazair so soon."
"It is naturally acceptable to make some sacrifices for a more noble cause."
"Oh, you mean sacrifice?"
"The current situation of His Majesty the Grand Duke must not be good, right? After all, the northern neighbor that borders you is an ambitious queen. In order to completely annex the vassal country, she can marry off her granddaughter who has the right to inherit."
Lynn is noncommittal.
"Perhaps, we can cooperate."
"Cooperation?" Lynn smiled, "Although not all of Western Army Group's 80,000 elites were killed by me, they were all lost because of me. The hatred of the Imperial people towards me is probably as great as the ocean. Do you want to talk to me about cooperation?"
Sander picked up his cup and drank Est Est in it in one gulp.
"I came here with sincerity, so why would His Highness make fun of me? Whether it's the south or the north, the country is made up of nobles and common people."
"The nobles are smart, knowledgeable, and rational, while the common people are dull, ignorant, and stupid."
"Therefore, a country must let the nobles guide the common people in order to make great strides forward. If it is guided by the common people, it is tantamount to putting shoes on the head and putting hats on the feet. In the long run, the country will not be a country."
To put it bluntly, although Lynn caused many people in the empire to lose their husbands, sons and fathers, as long as they, the nobles, are willing, they can point the finger in other directions and make the civilians of the empire who have lost their husbands, sons and fathers hate others.
Of course, if Lynn loses its use value in the future, they can also pick up this hatred again.
To put it bluntly, the right to speak and the right to final interpretation are in their hands, so they can do whatever they want.
However, reaching a ceasefire agreement with the empire is also beneficial and harmless to Lynn.
Even if it's just temporary, it's good.
"Okay, let's get straight to the point. You... or those behind you, those who sent you here, what do they want to talk about?"
"Overthrow the imperial power."
"Well, you want to overthrow Emhyr Entres?"
"His Royal Highness is from the north, and may not understand the system of Nilfgaard. Emperor and king are not only different in terms of titles, but also mean differences in power. Nilfgaard is a highly centralized empire. If the imperial power extends outward, the power of the great nobles will take a step back."
Lynn rubbed his chin, half smiling.
"Don't Nilfgaard people always despise the backwardness of the northern system, jokingly saying that the northern kings are just bigger nobles?"
Sander said, "From the perspective of the emperor, you are right, but from the perspective of the nobles, it is not necessarily true. No noble would want to see the emperor concentrating power into one person."
"Besides, the previous usurper emperor, although he gained the country unfairly, at least under his leadership, Nilfgaardian Empire successively conquered the southern countries."
"Furthermore, even the talented usurper emperor at least did not have the living space to oppress the great nobles too much."
"After Emhyr came to power, he vigorously centralized power and reduced many of the privileges and powers of the great nobles. This made the great nobles who supported him secretly regret it. Not only that, Emperor Emhyr suffered an unprecedented defeat when he used troops against the north for the first time."
Lynn Put the cup on the table.
"So, those people behind you want to choose another emperor?"
"Absolutely."
"Then your conditions are..."
"I hope His Highness the Grand Duke will lend us your witcher troops."
Although there was not a single survivor left when they attacked Nilfgaard's supply route, the nobles of Nilfgaard were not fools. Through subsequent investigation of the scene, they could easily come to the conclusion that Grand Duke Augustus's men had a group of super soldiers.
Considering that Grand Duke Augustus himself is a demon hunter, and Nilfgaard's previous usurper emperor, he once tried to "win over" School of the Viper for his own use.
Therefore, the great nobles generally believe that those super soldiers should be composed of demon hunters.
School of the Viper and School of the Cat, after all, had been active in the south for a while.
The common people may not know it, but the nobles are very aware of the destructive power of these demon hunters.
A single demon hunter is actually fine, but I'm afraid that once these demon hunters form a numerical advantage of dozens or hundreds, unless tens of thousands of troops are mobilized (heavy cavalry or heavy infantry, not peasant soldiers holding pitchforks), otherwise...
Therefore, this is actually one of the purposes of the great nobles.
If Lynn is willing to lend them the demon hunter troops, then it will be easy to overthrow Emhyr.
Lynn shook his head.
Without even thinking about it, I flatly refused.
"Impossible."
Sander still wants to fight for it again.
"Your Highness, of course we will not let you suffer losses for no reason. We are willing to pay the employment fee twice that of the most expensive mercenary group on the market."
"It's even ten times impossible. If you want to get rid of Emhyr, no problem. I can also reach an agreement with you, sign a non-aggression treaty, and guarantee that I will not go south to invade Nilfgaard's territory. But if you want to borrow troops, that is absolutely impossible."
Seeing that Lynn refused to let go no matter what, Sander had no choice but to give up.
Fortunately, the other goal, which was to keep Lynn neutral, has been achieved.
It's not like this trip was in vain.
Nilfgaard, City of Golden Towers.
The prosperous imperial capital of the past no longer exists.
At this time, the imperial capital was a sea of fire, blood flowed into rivers, and mourning was everywhere.
The fire engulfed the tightly clustered huts and licked the tall walls of the imperial capital.
Groups of black-armored soldiers passed through the streets and rushed to the palace.
"The Emperor deceived us, and the victory His Majesty promised turned into tens of thousands of homeless souls!"
Duke Adal Aip Darcy, who was riding on horseback, drew his sword and shouted.
This duke comes from the oldest aristocratic family in Nilfgaard, and is also a veteran of three dynasties.
Before serving Emperor Emhyr, Duke Adal also served Emhyr's father and the usurper Emperor.
Moreover, when Emhyr's father was overthrown, it was Duke Adal who helped the young Emhyr hide and helped him deliver Nilfgaard.
Later, when Emhyr returned to Nilfgaard, it was the old Duke who welcomed him back and assisted Emhyr in regaining the crown of the empire from the usurper.
But now, this great nobleman who was very kind to Emhyr has become the mainstay of the opposition.
Duke Adal has always hoped that Emhyr can make his daughter the queen of the empire.
Just like the tradition of the empire.
However, the emperor has been perfunctory Duke Adal.
Emhyr did not give him what he wanted, but instead took away some power from his own hands.
Not only that, the emperor also launched an aggressive war against the north.
Duke Adal is not against war.
After all, the previous usurper emperor obtained more land, population and wealth for the empire.
Let every member of the empire benefit from it.
Duke Adal has high hopes for Emhyr, and his expectations for Emhyr are far higher than those of the usurper emperor.
He hopes that Emhyr can conquer the north and trace the Rilun Banner to the land north of the Yaruga River or even Pontar River.
The result was an unprecedented defeat.
Western Army Group, who spent countless efforts and financial resources to cultivate, was buried in vain without even crossing over to the Amell Mountains.
Even Province of Nazair was lost.
This made Duke Adal wonder whether helping Emhyr was the right choice.
Especially when he sensed that Emperor Emhyr, whom he helped up with his own hands, was wary of him, Duke Adal no longer hesitated and joined the opposition camp.
"The enemy is at City of Golden Towers, kill!"
Joachim·De Wit Earl also shouted loudly.
Opposition troops poured into the palace walls and fought against the guards who remained loyal to the emperor.
But the number of the Emperor's Guards was still too small after all.
It was quickly overwhelmed by opposition troops.
Duke Adal, Earl Joachim, Earl Brony, Earl Dalvi and other opposition nobles entered the palace under the admiration of their subordinates.
Emhyr was sitting on the throne, with only two guards holding shields and a warlock standing in front of him.
"Emhyr Enris, in the name of our great nobles, I sentence you to treason. It's over. Surrender. At least I can leave you with a intact body."
"You think this is the end? A bunch of idiots!" The emperor put his hand on the throne and stood up.
He cursed angrily, "The foundation of the empire will be destroyed in the hands of you fools without foresight!"
"I've heard enough," Joachim shook his head. Having already committed regicide, there was no time left to debate scriptures, not to mention the longer it was delayed, the worse it would be for them, "Archer!"
A group of archers came out and fired a hail of arrows at the emperor.
The warlock chanted a mantra and shot a chain of lightning from the head of his staff. While blocking the rain of arrows, he electrocuted all the archers into charcoal.
The warlock chanted the spell again, and a small tornado rose in front of him.
But just before the tornado was completely formed, a Dimeritium arrow suddenly broke through the tornado and hit the warlock's chest.
The magic shield that the warlock applied to himself had no effect at all in front of Dimeritium.
Once the caster dies, the tornado loses its supply of magic power and disappears.
Joachim personally took a spear from his subordinates and threw it with all his strength.
Impaling the emperor and the throne behind him.
The opposition soldiers swarmed towards the two guards in front of the throne. The sound of fighting only lasted for a moment and then disappeared.
After the death of Emhyr Enrith, the great noble faction took control of the empire.
But the situation has not stabilized, because ambitions have been ignited and cannot be calmed down so easily.
When the imperial power was taken away by their own hands, the great nobles discovered why they should hand over their power and destiny to others?
Obviously he has the strength to become the emperor.
Thus, civil strife began.
Nilfgaard Instantly staged the Eight Kings Rebellion.
The great nobles gathered allies and attacked each other.
In fact, it is not that there are no wise people in the big aristocratic faction, and some people have tried to call on others to join in the crusade against rebellion.
But the problem is that compared to an aristocratic republic where power is equalized, the monarchy is indeed more marketable in this era.
What's more, since the founding of this country Nilfgaard, the emperor has been elected from various ancient noble families.
This is the so-called elector system.
But now, as long as we kill the other electors and make ourselves the only ancient family, won't our family be able to be kings for generations like the kings of Northern Kingdoms?
It was precisely because they realized that this was a time of great change that had not happened in a century that the great nobles joined in this chaos with the idea of "taking a chance and turning their bicycles into motorcycles".
As for the remaining knowledgeable people, it is impossible for them to stay out of the matter when everyone else has already died.
Even if you don't want to, you have to get involved in this chaotic whirlpool.
Lynn, who is far away in Les Lane, is listening to Drake's report.
Syndicate developed many downlines in Maecht, Geso, Ebbing, and Metinna, and information about Nilfgaard was continuously sent back.
Now Nilfgaard, it can be said that the human brain is about to have the brain of a dog.
Since the population and standing military strength of Nilfgaard are greater than those of Northern Kingdoms, the intensity of this war is far greater than the aristocratic war between Northern Kingdoms.
In order to reduce the strength of their opponents, these nobles mercilessly burned down their opponents' villages and plundered their opponents' towns.
In the original plot, all the methods that were supposed to be used on the northerners were used on our own people.
Of course the effect is very good.
But it is also foreseeable that even if the war ends, Nilfgaard's national power will be greatly reduced in the future.
It's just that the big nobles who are already in it at this time can no longer care so much.
So Drake suggested to Lynn that it would be better to take advantage of this moment to attack Nilfgaard.
Even if the entire Nilfgaard cannot be wiped out in one battle, at least the Maecht bordering Nazair can be recovered with relatively small losses.
But Drake's suggestion was rejected by Lynn.
The reason is actually very simple.
If we go south at this time and make the Nilfgaard people aware of the threat, they will reunite.
Lynn would never do such a stupid thing.
The more Nilfgaard people fight, the better.
Moreover, Lynn is not afraid that another great emperor will emerge from Nilfgaard, defeating all competitors and unifying Nilfgaard.
Because Nilfgaard people are doing amazing things.
They massacred civilians without any scruples, just to reduce the strength of their opponents.
United States During the Civil War, the Northern Army used this method.
It's not bad, but even if the winner wins, what he gets in the end is just a devastated country.
And it is absolutely impossible to stand up again from the ruins without going through a long period of time.
United States in the 19th century could use this method to quickly end the civil war, because the United States in the 19th century did not have strong enemies around it and had plenty of time to recuperate.
And Nilfgaardian Empire, which is on the same continent as Northern Kingdoms, obviously does not have such a superior environment.
Therefore, Lynn does not need to take the opportunity to attack Nilfgaard. Waiting until the Nilfgaard people themselves have reduced their country to ruins is the best time to move south.
Before that, what should be done is to develop Nazair, expand its influence in Nazair, and turn Nazair into a territory under actual control.
Moreover, compared to the south, Lynn's next plot is actually in the north.