All the soldiers suddenly fell silent and did not dare to speak anymore.

Only the young trader was minding his own business, as if he had won a victory: "In my opinion, the Scoia'tael came into being because of the fault of you Kaedwen people. It was you and other nobles and knights who caused it.

.You oppressed the inhuman races and did not allow them to live in their own way. Now you pay the price. And we have been transporting goods on this road, but we have swallowed your bitter fruit..."

He was immersed in his own world and could not see the changes around him, but the businessman who was trying to smooth things over suddenly covered the young businessman's mouth severely.

He looked at the soldiers slowly surrounding him with a horrified expression. Whether it was because of drunkenness or anger, the soldiers' faces were all red at the moment.

The beaver hat sergeant clenched his fist fiercely and slapped the hilt of his sword: "I can't pretend that I didn't hear you insult Kaedwen on Kaedwin's territory. As a businessman, you are really not smart..."

With a "bang" sound, the businessman turned around and suddenly saw that his cart was overturned and fell to the ground, and all the drinks and other contents inside were spilled out.

"You...what are you going to do? We are merchants from Temeria and Aedirn, this is not your Kaedwen!"

The young merchant finally became frightened, and suddenly forgot what he had just insisted on, and backed away in fear.

"Where we are is Kaedwen." The beaver hat sergeant said through gritted teeth.

Kaedwen's soldiers gathered around. They did not draw their swords, but seemed to want to teach the people in front of them a lesson with fists and kicks. They were already familiar with this kind of thing.

However, just when they were about to execute the two merchants, a soldier who had just fallen to the ground after a boxing match suddenly felt a vibration coming from the ground.

Everyone present was a soldier, so they naturally recognized this kind of noise. This was the sound that could only be made when a large group of cavalry approached.

"Woo--" A dull and long horn sound suddenly came from the sentry at the entrance of the military camp.

In response, the same horn sound came from the road outside, indicating that he was not the enemy.

"Woo——"

Regardless of whether they were enemies or not, Kaedwen's soldiers could no longer be as lax as they were now, and they quickly straightened their attire.

The first thing that caught everyone's eyes was the flag of the Three Lions of Sintra flying in the strong wind. When the flagpole slowly rose and was exposed to everyone's eyes, the composition of this team was also clearly visible.

This is a cavalry team of only about fifty people, but their momentum is astonishing. They are obviously elites on the battlefield.

The leader was a blond knight with a formidable momentum. The lion emblem on his chest seemed to be roaring at the scorching sun under the sunlight.

Behind him were two male attendants and one female attendant, and then four warriors wearing strange armor and carrying double swords.

After that, there are the Sintra cavalry neatly wearing standard silver-gray armor.

Triss is no longer in the team now. After finishing her trip to Novigrad, she no longer accompanies Lan to Haji Fortress.

One is because her "magic lessons" have ended and she needs to return to Cintra and Arethusa to handle matters; the other is because the other kings of Haji Fortress did not bring their own royal advisors this time because they did not trust the warlocks.

To attend, it would not be appropriate for Lan to bring the sorceress Triss alone.

When Triss left, she also took the [Janitor's Shovel] that Lan obtained from Everrick Manor. This kind of equipment enchantment with a blood-sucking effect was simply unheard of. She decided to go back and talk to Mossa.

Let them study it carefully and see if they can reproduce it.

In addition, there is also a royal mage who has come all the way from the Kingdom of Ophir and is proficient in the "magic infusion" technology to accompany Triss, preparing to teach the technology to Mossack. Lann believes that he will wait until he returns to Sinte

When you pull it, you will definitely have a bumper harvest.

Lann's team now consists of himself, three [followers] blessed by the system, four snake-sect demon hunters, and more than forty Cintra cavalry.

Looking at the other countries in the Pontar Valley from a distance, it can be seen from their waving flags that the soldiers they bring far exceed Lann's team composition.

Because it was the king himself who was on the tour, the three major countries that had already arrived - Temeria, Aedirn, and Kaedwen - each brought about a thousand soldiers, mostly composed of knights, royal guards, and the country's elite corps.

The Pontar Valley is located at the junction of the four countries, and they also stationed their troops at the edge closest to the valley. Whenever the situation changes, they will organize a large army to rush out to protect the king - this may be the situation Nilfgaard wants to see the most.

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After the sentry at the gate of Kaedwen and Lann's team communicated with each other using bugles, loud horn sounds were soon heard from the direction of Haji Fortress.

Soon, a host from each of Kaedwin, Temeria, and Aedirn rode over from the direction of the fortress and led them to their base.

Some of them were wearing the armor of high-ranking officers, and some were pampered and looked like royal butlers.

This is a kind of balance. Although Haji Fortress is nominally under the jurisdiction of Aden, there are actually many articles in it. Now that the kings are gathered here, they can't find a "representative" to send a steward.

Therefore, all the countries participating in the conference should work together to form a "master's" stewardship group to be responsible for the living matters of the participating monarchs in Haji Fortress. Lann and the others will also have someone join this organization in the future.

Kaedweni's senior officer obviously smelled the smell of alcohol when he passed by his camp. He glared at the non-commissioned officer, and the two merchants took this opportunity to sneak away.

Lan En and his party slowed down when they were about two hundred steps away from the sentry post, advanced slowly, and met the steward group at the gate.

House took the lead and shouted: "Before you are - the Return of the Dead, the Lion of Cintra, the Gryphon Knight of the Lady of the Lake, the Lord of Brochlon, Rann Lannister

·Count Leianlun!"

The three officers cooperated very well and dismounted to greet Lann. Even if the noble title of some of them was not much different from Lann, they still had to show enough respect in a diplomatic situation at this time.

After all, the person in front of me will be discussing matters at the same table with his king in the near future. If you don't respect him, you will disrespect your king.

Lann looked at the three people in front of him.

Kaedwen's officers wore beaver fur hats, brown cloaks, and brown and khaki cotton coats. On their chests was a unicorn standing tall, majestic.

Temerian officers wore studded armor with iron plates sewn inside. Under the armor were blue shirts, hoods, and blue-and-white striped scarves.

The person sent by Aedirn was not an officer, but a royal steward, dressed in elegant silk clothes. However, the muscles under his shrouded clothes were tattooed, and it was obvious that he also had the duty of guarding.

The outfits of these three people reminded Lann of the ace troops of various countries that appeared in the Civil War in later generations. Although most of them had not been formally established at this time and some even had no designations, they had vaguely taken shape.

"Lord Lannister, it's been a hard journey. I wonder if the journey went well?"

Both officers had serious faces, but in the end it was the royal steward of Aden who came out first and saluted Lan.

"It's okay, but the security around here doesn't seem to be very good. I encountered a lot of water ghosts, ghouls and the like."

Lann shook his head and was quite surprised: "What did you gather here to do? Logically speaking, these monsters should stay away from places where such a large army is stationed."

Unexpectedly, the royal butler also smiled bitterly after hearing this: "Even the demon hunters behind you don't know about things, and we don't know even less. The monsters around you have become extra numerous and manic recently for some unknown reason.

.In the beginning, the soldiers almost had a misunderstanding and started a fight.”

On the way, Lann discovered that there were far more monsters in Pontar Valley than outside. Although they were not everywhere, they killed more monsters in one week than in the previous two months combined.

And the number has also changed from groups of three to five to a large group of more than a dozen. Although there is no loss for Lann and the others, for a small village, this number of monsters is a disaster. Lann passed by

During that time, he saved many civilians who were affected by the disaster and received a lot of gratitude.

This process really allowed the snake sect demon hunters to experience the happiness of griffins for a while.

Originally, Lann speculated that it might be because of the geographical location at the junction of the four countries in the Pontar Valley, which led to a situation where the father did not love the mother and no soldiers took over the security here, which led to the proliferation of monsters.

But now it seems that this is not the case, because there are frequent monster harassment even around the army station, obviously it is not a simple public security issue.

"Now you don't have to be troubled by monsters anymore," said the royal steward of Aedirn. "This is now the safest place in the north."

Lann nodded noncommittally.

Cintra is different from the four northern kingdoms. They can deploy their troops here unscrupulously, but Lann only has a few dozen cavalry accompanying him. However, because of this, Cintra's garrison is arranged closer to the Haji Fortress, which is okay.

Save a lot of time.

But before they could walk back to the castle, they suddenly heard a dull horn sound coming from outside the end of the road.

This sound sounds like... there are troops calling for help with bugles?

Lan turned back and looked in the direction of the sound, only to see two black spots hovering low in the sky, dropping smaller black spots from time to time.

Through the keen vision of the witcher, one can see that those small black dots left behind by the big black dots are human shapes!

Looking at this scene, I could even faintly hear the hoarse and unpleasant roars of beasts echoing in the air, and then the screams of humans gradually faded away in mid-air, and then stopped abruptly.

At the same time, Lan heard an exclamation from the Aedirian royal housekeeper behind him: "According to the itinerary, besides Earl Lannister, the only person who has just arrived in Pontar Valley at this time is Queen Meve.

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Chapter completed!