From the appearance of Lynn to the death of Vilgefortz, only a very short time passed. Fercart stared at the fallen Vilgefortz in shock.
No matter how hard his brain, which was much more knowledgeable than ordinary warlocks, worked, he could not imagine that the extremely powerful Vilgefortz would actually be defeated.
Fercart still wanted to run, but saw several golden chains suddenly flashing in the air, binding him tightly like a dragnet.
He struggled hard, but he was just a traditional warlock.
Unlike Vilgefortz who is also deeply involved in martial arts.
Without the use of magic, he is not much better than a salted fish at this time.
In the end, he and Francesca were tightly tied with chains and could not move.
"What do you want to do with them?"
"First gather the others and judge them."
Brotherhood of Sorcerers For centuries, you either sided with the North or you remained neutral.
There was no precedent for bowing to the South.
Especially this time, almost half of the senior officials have moved to the south.
Even Tissaia finds it difficult.
"It doesn't have to be so troublesome." The long sword in Lynn's hand was swung out like lightning. As the sword light flashed, the heads of Francesca and Fercart fell down with a sound, and blood splashed on the ground, dyeing the surrounding air red.
Tissaia's face was full of shock, but in the end she did not rebuke Lynn, but instead let out a sigh.
Lynn snapped his fingers.
The bodies of Vilgefortz, Francesca, Terranova, and Fercart instantly burst into flames.
Lynn never wanted to spare Francesca's life.
I didn't even think about conquering this elf sorceress.
Francesca is not a love brain, and will not let go of the contradiction between elves and humans just because he falls in love with himself.
Judging from the trouble-making performance of this woman in the original plot, even if you capture and marry this woman, I'm afraid there will be endless troubles.
What Lynn wants to build is a harmonious and equal world among humans, dwarves, and elves.
It is not a world where non-human races enjoy privileges by virtue of being a minority group.
There is no need for an opinion leader to speak out for the elves.
The Thanedd Island coup dealt a heavy blow to Brotherhood of Sorcerers and severely damaged his vitality.
Although Tissaia blocked the news of the rebellion of Vilgefortz and others, it is still an indisputable fact that four of the ten top executives died.
The reputation of Brotherhood of Sorcerers has plummeted. The three kingdoms of Temeria, Cintra, and Skellige Isles have long been dissatisfied with Brotherhood of Sorcerers's "invisible hand" that is independent from the royal power, but reaches into the kingdom and affects the political ecology of the kingdom.
Therefore, the Three Kingdoms took the opportunity to announce one after another that they would legislate to deprive the magicians of their privileges, purge the aristocratic forces related to the magicians, and expand the royal power.
On the other hand, in Redania, young Radovid V gradually realizes how embarrassing his situation as a king is.
As he grew older, he became increasingly dissatisfied with Regency Council—especially Philippa Erhardt's arbitrary power.
The titular king discovered that although he was the king, his power was very limited. Except for his three meals a day, he did not even have the power to choose the servants and maids who served him.
Not to mention military and national affairs, they are all in the hands of Philippa.
The nobles of the kingdom also value Philippa more than him as the king.
Even his mother, Queen Hedwig, has long been ousted from power by Philippa.
No one wants to be a waste waiting to die, especially if this person is a king.
As his mind matured, Radovid began to doubt the truth behind the death of his father, King Vizimir.
This king, known as the "Just One," passed away suddenly, and the biggest beneficiary was Philippa.
This gradually convinced Radovid that his father was most likely killed by this sorceress.
As for why the sorceress didn't just replace him, it's because this world is still a hereditary monarchy after all.
Only nobles can overthrow nobles, and only kings can overthrow kings.
What, you said Witcher Grand Duke Lynn·Augustus does not have noble blood?
That must be impossible. To be the co-owner of Isparaden, Hengfors, and Nazair, he must be a descendant of some noble bloodline.
In short, Radovid was unwilling to let his father's country... and more importantly, his country be captured by the sorceress.
Not even willing to become the sorceress's puppet.
So he began to plot secretly. He secretly contacted the nobles who were also dissatisfied with the sorceress and sent his confidants to Kovir.
In order to take back the country that grew and grew in the hands of his father, and to prevent the bloodline from being cut off in his own generation, Radovid returned several villages and a town in the north of Duchy of the Curved Coast that his father, King Vizimir, had annexed when he was still alive, to Kovir.
In exchange for this, Superior Dimeritium Bomb is carefully crafted by Grand Duke Augustus, the man from Kovir.
When his confidant returned to Tretogor city with these secret weapons, Radovid immediately summoned Philippa and proposed to marry Philippa.
Although Radovid is not the type that Philippa likes.
But the shrewd sorceress immediately realized that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity - through marriage, she could legitimately control Redania.
Although the sorceress is infertile, as long as she marries Radovid, she will become the queen, and her power will be more stable by then.
However, when Philippa stepped into the palace with high expectations, what awaited her was a carefully planned trap.
Radovid has placed hundreds of Superior Dimeritium Bomb throughout the palace to ensure that once Philippa enters, he cannot escape.
As the bomb detonated, Philippa instantly lost the ability to cast spells.
And a warlock without the ability to cast spells is just an ordinary person.
The king's guards caught the sorceress who was still trying to escape, and Radovid personally put Dimeritium shackles on Philippa's neck, hands, and feet.
Dimeritium There are also the best and the lowest.
The inferior Dimeritium shackles can only temporarily block the warlock's spellcasting ability. After the warlock adapts, he can break free of the Dimeritium shackles.
Only the best Dimeritium shackles can limit the spellcasting abilities of most warlocks.
Radovid ordered Philippa to be imprisoned in the dungeon.
He doesn't plan to kill Philippa, but he won't let her go either.
He wanted to torture her severely.
I want this once arrogant sorceress to suffer a lot and repay the humiliation she has suffered over the years.
The water droplets seeping out of the stone walls reflected the faint green in the swaying light of the torches. Years of mold stains accumulated in the gaps where the moss clung. The smell of putrefaction and rust condensed into a sticky mist, wrapping every inch of breath.
The corridors of the dungeon extend downward like the throat of a giant beast. The solidified blood stains on the stone steps have long oxidized to dark brown, intertwined with the scratches made by the prisoners' fingernails to form strange totems.
The iron chain hangs from the torture rack, with half a bone hanging from the end - it is a shackle that has not yet been untied, and the rusty rings are chewing on the wrist bones, as if even death has not been able to end the imprisonment here.
In the deepest water prison, sewage reached the knees, and maggots squirmed in the eye sockets of the swollen corpses.
The "Iron Maiden" torture instrument was embedded in the wall, and the rusty spikes penetrated a dried body. Half a piece of rotten prayer parchment was stuck between the ribs. The words "Forgiveness of the Gods" were vaguely visible, but they were stained to pieces by blood.
When the sound of the jailer's leather boots cuts through the silence, the torches will stir up swarms of bats, and the echo of their flapping wings resonates with the shaking of the chains, like a mass in hell.
The darkness here will swallow up time. When the mouse gnaws the last toe, and when the seepage water blurs the ink on the incriminating book into a ghost, there will be only one thing left that is real and tangible in the dungeon: those screams embedded in the stone bricks, which are more eternal than the shackles.
In the deepest cell of the dungeon, Philippa's hands were suspended by iron chains, but her ankles were shackled by shackles on the ground. Therefore, she has been in a kneeling position in this cell since she woke up.
The shackles that locked her hands and feet were made of the finest Dimeritium, and Radovid had long prevented her from escaping from prison.
A disgusting stench filled the air.
In this cell, there is no light or torch, just endless darkness.
In such an environment, even a powerful sorceress, Philippa's spirit is still greatly tortured.
Radovid seems to be in no rush to torture her, perhaps because he is still busy consolidating his rule, or perhaps because the outside world has not passed long at all.
Just when Philippa thought that he would just die here, suddenly, the sound of footsteps broke the dead silence.
The light of the torch stung her eyes that had not seen light for a long time.
She instinctively squinted her eyes, trying to adapt to the sudden light.
A man walked up to her, took out something, and fed it to Philippa's mouth.
'Is it poisonous wine?'
Philippa thinks like this
But if it is poisoned wine, it would be better to die, at least it would be free, and it would be better than suffering.
Therefore, Philippa drank it without hesitation.
But what came into his mouth was not poisonous wine, but cool water.
Her body was like a dry desert, greedily absorbing the source of life.
When she was almost done drinking, the visitor took away the water bag.
After a while, Philippa's eyes finally adapted to the firelight, and then he could see the face of the visitor clearly:
There was also a woman opposite. Although she was wearing a jailer's clothes, they were slightly ill-fitting and she was obviously ripped from a real jailer.
There is also a conspicuous scar on her face.
Philippa sneered, "Radovid is finally willing to drag me out and torture me?"
The woman shook her head and replied calmly.
"Let me introduce myself, my name is Francis Drake, I am Grand Duke Augustus of Kovir, and the current leader of the national intelligence organization "Syndicate"."
"Are you a subordinate of Lynn?" A glimmer of hope suddenly flashed in Philippa's eyes, "Did Lynn send you to rescue me?"
Drake did not answer.
Philippa looked directly at Drake for a while, and suddenly seemed to understand something, suddenly enlightened.
"That's it, that's it. All of this was designed by Lynn, right? He sent you here not to save me, but to kill me."
Drake remains silent.
"Since your master sent you here, then take action. Are you going to stand there and watch me die of old age?" Philippa said sarcastically.
"My Lord asked me to bring you a message: If you are given a way to survive, are you willing to drop everything and live in a country outside the mainland?"
"I am very willing, but can your master give me a way to survive? He, like me, is the type of person who will not leave any danger behind."
Drake shook his head. "Ms. Philippa, you have a deep misunderstanding of my master."
"Misunderstanding? I just wish I didn't see his face clearly earlier. I should have known... should... uh? Uh uh uh..."
Philippa's face suddenly turned pale and looked horrified.
"Did Nidui cause kidney damage?"
"It seems that the effect of the medicine has taken effect," Drake smiled slightly, "This is the paralysis poison taken from the body of a highly poisonous spider named "Thornflower Spider" that lives in Korath Desert. This poison is colorless and odorless, but it can paralyze the nerves, causing people to lose control of their bodies in a very short period of time."
"Ms. Philippa, I'm sorry for poisoning you, but I must complete the task assigned to me by the Lord without any mistakes."
Philippa stared at Drake, who was shackled by Dimeritium and had no ability to cast spells. At this time, she lost control of her body and could only express her anger and unwillingness with her eyes.
But Drake didn't care about this at all. Since he accepted this task, he naturally wouldn't care about that either.
What's more, it's still the grudge of a dead person.
Drake took out the dagger and stabbed Philippa more than a dozen times in the stomach, then wiped her throat cleanly.
Seeing Philippa dying, Drake poured kerosene on the body and threw down the torch before leaving.
The raging fire instantly devoured Philippa's body. This was to prevent the powerful sorceress from turning into Wraith after her death.
In this way, Radovid regained supreme power.
And the first thing he did after becoming the real king was to erect a large number of burning racks in the country.
Ordered his minions to capture the warlocks everywhere.
Of course, they are said to be warlocks, but in fact many of them are herbalists, alchemists and other professions.
But Radovid doesn't care about this. Not to mention people who look like sorcerers, even if they are accused of colluding with sorcerers, or if others just say "I saw that person doing witchcraft", but in fact the person is dressed like a peasant, they will all be caught and burned.
For a time, Redania was confused by him.
Radovid's series of perverse actions succeeded in angering the people, so that rebellions continued.
And Dragon-Slaying Saint of United Kingdom of Kaedwen and Aedirn also sent an army to attack Redania.
However, unlike his terrible internal affairs management ability, Radovid is an outstanding military genius.
Even though internal and external troubles continued, he actually pulled out a team and quelled the domestic rebellion in one fell swoop while the United Kingdom's troops were still gathering.
And quickly turned around and stopped the United Kingdom army at the border.
Even though the Union Army had the advantage in terms of strength, Radovid still defeated the Union Army in the first confrontation.
The coalition forces were forced to retreat several miles.
The cold fog of the autumn night shrouded the camp like a ghost, and the air was filled with rusty dampness, penetrating into Lynn's thick woolen cloak.
He stepped on the frosted grass stalks and walked lightly through the camp, as if he was one with the night.
Glamarye disguised him as an ordinary Redania soldier.
Radovid is cautious by nature... or can also be said to be suspicious by nature. He arranged a large number of Dimeritium in the camp, but these had no effect on Lynn's disguise.
Glamarye is an extremely rare magic item that is not affected by Dimeritium.
Originally, Lynn was not prepared to take action himself.
But Radovid is worthy of being the character who defeated the arrogant Nilfgaard Army in the original plot, and he was able to force back Saskia's army under such circumstances.
Moreover, looking at this posture, if he doesn't take action, Saskia's army may not be able to defeat Radovid.
I had no choice but to take action myself.
A few minutes later, Lynn came to the king's tent.
However, just before he was about to step into the tent, ten Guardsmen wearing full plate armor stood in front of him like iron towers.
The leader of the Guards shouted, his voice like falling ice rain.
"Who are you? What dare you to disturb His Majesty's rest?"
Lynn looked calm and his voice was low and firm. "This is an urgent military situation."
"Say." The guard's tone did not waver.
This situation was also expected by Lynn.
So he decided to use Plan B.
Take out the huge Lady of the Lake's Sword from the magic pattern leather bag.
The next moment, the head of the Guardsman standing in front of him flew up, and blood sputtered out like a fountain.
Then, he lowered his feet and rushed toward the remaining Guards like a ghost.
"There is..."
After just shouting one word, this Guardsman was split from the shoulder by Lynn, and his whole body was almost broken in half.
Now Lynn's speed has far surpassed that of mortals, even far surpassing the strongest demon hunter.
In just a few seconds, he had killed all ten Guardsmen.
Most people didn't even have time to draw their swords.
Lynn stepped over the corpse and got into the tent.
They happened to be eye-to-eye with Radovid who was sitting up from the bed.
The young king was so alert that he fell asleep wearing his armor.
But this doesn't matter anymore.
Because before he could react, Lynn had already rushed in front of him, with blood mist rising from his cloak, and split him and the cot in half with a sword.
At this time, he heard noisy shouts from outside the tent.
Without hesitation, he cut open the tent with his sword and ran outside.
In the camp, countless soldiers are gathering here.
Lynn quickly put the giant sword into the magic pattern leather bag and activated Glamarye at the same time, changing his appearance and making the blood stains on his body disappear without a trace.
He blended into the crowd, pretending to be a soldier who came after hearing the noise.
As expected, the other soldiers did not notice anything unusual. Their attention was attracted by the torn tent and the body of the Guardsman lying on the ground. Someone rushed into the tent and immediately let out a shrill scream, "Your Majesty!"
This scream was like a signal, and more soldiers rushed towards the tent.
Lynn took advantage of the chaos and retreated quietly, gradually moving away from the center of the chaos.
When he was some distance away, he quickly took out Superior Dancing Star from his leather bag and quietly threw it around the camp.
The moment Superior Dancing Star exploded, flames sprang up like wild snakes and quickly swallowed up the tents and supplies in the camp.
Not long after, the entire camp was engulfed in flames, with screams and shouts coming and going, and the chaos reached its peak.
Lynn took advantage of the chaos and quietly left the camp, disappearing into the thick smoke and night.
After Radovid died and the camp was attacked, the frontline troops no longer had the will to fight and were quickly defeated by the coalition forces.
After that, Redania could no longer stop Dragon-Slaying Saint's attack.
The whole territory was occupied.
However, Saskia is not interested in the land of Redania, but only transferred the inhuman race of Redania to the United Kingdom.
Then, the entire territory of Redania was replaced with the flag of the black and golden double-headed eagle.
At this time, people finally realized that the reason why Dragon-Slaying Saint was able to win consecutive battles and win every battle was because Grand Duke Augustus of Kovir was backing him up.
The series of changes that happened to Redania in the past might have all been the work of that Witcher Grand Duke.
Not long after Lynn moved into Tretogor's palace, several envoys were again welcomed:
They are Mousesack who came on behalf of Cintra, Vizima's mayor Velerad, Queen Meve's eldest son Prince Villem, and Lynn's old acquaintance Crach Quite.
After some pleasantries, everyone slowly explained their intentions.
First, Mayor Velerad, who came on behalf of King Foltest, spoke, "His Majesty the King heard that His Highness the Grand Duke is not yet married, so he specially sent me here, sincerely willing to conclude a blood covenant with the princess."
"Princess?"
Lynn frowned.
Immediately I remembered that the so-called princess should be Princess Adda who was once relieved of the curse of the vampire bird by Geralt.
In the original plot, Princess Adda is famously slutty, and like Philippa, she also loves to manipulate politics.
But she didn't have the ability to control the situation.
Marrying such a woman may, on the surface, provide legitimacy and legitimacy for Lynn to control Temeria, but in the long run, it will undoubtedly do more harm than good.
Lynn's fingertips lightly touched the armrest of the throne. "Tell King Foltest for me that I am already engaged, so I can only refuse His Majesty's kindness. It is a pity."
This is a lie.
But that's not important.
Velerad Suddenly felt that his throat was a little dry, and he was secretly surprised.
"Already engaged?"
He had never heard that His Highness the Grand Duke was engaged to a princess or a noble daughter.
Velerad couldn't help but sweat a little.
Because before he came, the task given to him by King Foltest was to at least reach a non-aggression treaty with Lynn, and preferably a marriage and a military alliance.
Now even a blind person can see that Lynn is now the most powerful and powerful king in the north. Although his title is still only the Grand Duke of Kovir, his ambition to annex and expand other forces is already obvious.
More importantly, Lynn was not prepared to abide by the aristocratic power game at all, but broke the traditional game rules.
Originally, a king needed to claim a piece of land in order to gain the allegiance of the local nobles.
Otherwise, rebellion and trouble will only continue.