"Your Majesty."

"I guess you figured out whom to bow to?" Francesca put away her smile when talking with Gnaiya, as if she had suddenly changed people.

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"A wise decision, although it's too late." Francesca snorted calmly. "Then let's get started."

The first thousand nine hundred and forty-six chapters world war

The wind roared around the dragon.

Zelin didn't like this feeling very much.

If someone can raise their head at this time, he will find that in the sky, a golden dragon and a green dragon are flying in the sky, flying one after another to the south.

Below, the phalanx of men in black slowly moved forward on the plain, and Aden’s archers stood at the forefront of the team, bent their bows and shot arrows at the Imperial Legion, and the ignited arrows shot through the air like a ball of fire . From time to time, someone in the Imperial Legion fell down with an arrow, but then a new soldier rushed up with a shield to take over. Hidden in the phalanx, the black-clothed archers took advantage of the gap between the Adenian soldiers to replace their arrows, walked out of the position between the shields, and fired at the Adenian army in a round. After the arrow rain passed, the unprotected archers lay corpses all over the field, and the remaining alive quickly turned around and fled back to the battlefield.

The battle has been going on for several hours. Zelin didn't know if this was the same battle they had just seen. Clouds drifted past, blocking the sight of the demon hunter. The last scene he saw was the imperial legion raising its dagger and rushing towards Aden’s position. Black and brown collided fiercely.

Zelin retracted his gaze, he saw Aiden opened his mouth to himself, as if to say something, but only the whistling wind remained in his ears.

"I can't hear what you are talking about!!" Zelin gestured in his ear, grabbing the dragon's claw as much as possible with his other hand to prevent it from falling. The three jackdaws grabbed him and Aiden, while on the other side, Geralt and Guxart rode on Saqiya's back. Out of respect, they did not ride on Golden Dragon's back. Although Zelin was not so unfamiliar with flying in his paws. "The wind is too big!!"

Aiden covered his mouth and coughed twice, then shouted louder. At this time, Zelin could vaguely hear what he was talking about.

"We are almost in Livia!!!" Zelin shouted and replied. "You can get to Anglin at night!!"

The clouds drifted away, and the scenery below slowed down again.

The defenders of a castle dug trenches outside the city and set up horse-rejecting stakes in the passage. The imperial cavalry bypassed the trenches and launched a fierce attack. They threw torches on the roadblocks. The archers on the city wall immediately released arrows, and the cavalry dropped a few corpses and retreated to their positions to regroup. When the roadblock burned down, the infantry crossed the corpses of the fallen comrades and launched a new round of assault on the long bridge in front of the castle. The guards slashed and slashed the enemy with axes, spears, and flails, while the invaders moved forward step by step with tight formations and short swords at the same time. Zelin twisted his neck, and he saw a messenger riding a horse rushing out from behind the castle and disappearing into the woods to the north.

Immediately afterwards, the battlefield was blocked by a continuous forest, leaving only thick smoke floating into the sky.

"Your friend asks you if your castle will be in trouble." The voices of the three jackdaws rang in Zelin's ears. "He said that the Adenians could not stop the imperial offensive, and they would soon reach the border of Mahakam."

"Don't worry about these things, and solve Anglin's enemies first." Ze Lin pursed his lips. He really has to consider, if Aden is defeated and the imperial army comes to the Ponta River again, what should he do? Last time, due to the stalemate in the battle, the imperial army did not take the initiative to attack Mahakam, but blocked the border. But this time, once they stepped into Mahakam, would they attack his castle like the White Rose Knights?

He had no idea.

Maybe he should consider Maria's proposal. Cain Hirst is a good refuge, he should let others go to Cain Hirst first, and Zelin stayed alone. No matter what the Nilfgaard people are preparing to do, he can let go of thinking about countermeasures.

When leaving Lomugne, he wrote a letter to Yusevka, asking her to go to Yanan to hide for a while with Hezer, who was incapable of action. After the battle became clear, Zelin considered the countermeasures before deciding the next step.

Continue to the south, the forest becomes much sparser. He lowered his head and saw a group of men in black in the forest marching along the path in the forest.

Suddenly, the speed of Nilfgaard's army slowed down. Zelin blinked his eyes and realized that they had stopped. It was only because they were flying in the sky that they had an illusion that they had been moving forward.

The next moment, there was a continuous sound of horns in the forest, and the Adenian soldiers wearing brown shirts suddenly came out from the forest on both sides. They were holding daggers and axes, and holding small leather shields. Unable to transform from the long marching formation, they rushed into their team. Some archers were chopped to the ground as soon as they drew their daggers. Some soldiers raised their shields and wanted to form a square formation with their comrades to resist attacks from other directions, but then they were thrown to the ground by the Adenian soldiers, and they went straight from the branches on both sides. Jumped up and down, bumping the newly formed array again and again. An officer on a horse wielded a sword and kept giving orders. An Adenian soldier threw him off his horse from the side, and the officer was then drowned in the crowd. In the blink of an eye, the originally peaceful trail was full of corpses, blood, and the sound of war blades and the wailing of dying.

"Your friend said, how could the Adenians have an army," said the three jackdaws. "He said that the Adenian army should have been completely destroyed in the civil war. Did you do this?"

"Why do you think this has something to do with me?"

Zelin asked puzzledly. The three jackdaws repeated Zelin's words to Aiden again. Then, he turned his head.

"He feels that many things in the north are related to you, so he wants to know the answer." As they said, the three jackdaws added their own words. "People say that you demon hunters don't have much emotion, but I don't think so. The more people who have experienced it, the more emotions are hidden in their hearts...Oh, hurry up!"

A gust of wind blew, and the three jackdaws deflected in mid-air and stabilized again. Zelin felt that his intestines and stomach were being squeezed by something, and he almost vomited it out.

"I don't know." He wiped the corners of his mouth. "I really don't know."

He looked at the forest below. From the woods, the attack was launched from the branches. This is a common tactic used by elves. How could the soldiers of Adenian learn this trick without anyone's help? It may not be difficult, but these are completely two different combat strategies.

To the east of here is the boundary of Baihua Valley. In the sky, Zelin can almost see the dense verdant forest in the distance.

Dole Bretner.

The land of Aden is full of gunpowder smoke, but no place is close to its border.

Oh, Enid, what are you planning.

The first thousand and ninety-seven chapters of the Merchants Association

In the manor at night, a man in a trench coat walked down a cobblestone road accompanied by a servant. Walk into the two-story mansion surrounded by fountains, flower beds and sculptures. One servant opened the door, and the other servant took the windbreaker behind him and hung it on a wooden stand. In the living room, there are already two people sitting on padded armchairs. The man with a mustache took off his dome hat and sat in the middle of the guest table. The servant had already poured the red wine, and the best Tousent dry red echoed in the taste buds of each guest.

After a long sigh, the horoscope Hu man put down his wine glass. There were two in front of him, one with thin cheeks and wrinkles like poplar bark, and the other with a scar on his forehead, but only in his thirties.

"That **** elf thought it could take advantage of us!" Ba Zi Hu glanced over the two people present. "Hundred Flower Valley, she thought that when Hundred Flower Valley was merged into the empire's territory, she could still threaten us? We have to teach her a lesson and let her know who is in charge of the empire."

"Directly order the Legion to attack Baihua Valley? Don't lose too much, Boswell." Enjoying the mellow aroma of red wine greedily, the bald old man continued to say after a few seconds. "Enhill's legionaries are divided into two groups, respectively launching offensives on Tamoria and Verdon. The main attack direction is Verdon. He should want to destroy Verdon and Hidalis before winter and reach the Ponta River. At that time, He can publicize his achievements in the country. You all know what kind of prestige the legion commander who first arrives at the Ponta River will gain in the country. Wasting time to attack Hundred Flower Valley? This will give Enhill a bad argument for combat. , He can take the opportunity to replace Hobbs and replace him with his own. We will have time to clean up the woman slowly and make sure that we can block Enhill’s attack in this war. He started the war to be in the army. Establish prestige so that our forces can be completely driven out of the army."

"Yes, and..." The middle-aged man hesitated for a few seconds. "We have signed a contract. We who do business should act in accordance with the contract, otherwise everyone won't make money. That woman has some tricks, we'd better be careful."

"Do you know why your property still only stays at Vikvallo and Nilfgaard, Keppel? You are too careful. Before that, I have investigated this elf. She is the leader of the northern elf. Go Before a Northern War, she was a warlock. Her kingdom has only been established for four years, with a population of 20,000. The internal economic situation must be very bad, because my spy report said that most of the trade between Baihua Valley and the northern countries Mainly imports, but few exports. Based on her performance at the meeting, I suspect that she has been using the treasures left by the northern elves to maintain the country's operations."

"Is that money really so much?"

"You didn't participate in the meeting, you can't imagine how much it is." Boswell put his hands on the table and took a deep breath. The scene that day really scared him. Perhaps the north is not as wild as they thought, and there are many treasures in it. "If we can get that money, we will have a bigger bargaining chip in the fight against Enhill. Friends, a weak kingdom has so much gold in our hands, what do you think we should do? The money should be Keep it in a safe place. We have to help this lady."

"Leave your good voice, Boswell." The old man raised a pair of sword eyebrows. "Let's get straight to the point, is this worth the risk? Hobbes is progressing well in Livia. He is now approaching the hinterland of Aden. But those Adenites, unlike what the intelligence said, they are not only unbearable. On the contrary, it caused Hobbes a lot of trouble. This is not the same as the information you provided before. Someone must be punished for it."

"You can think of this as a flashback, Amos." Boswell's fingers shrank slightly, and he wrinkled the tablecloth. "Four years ago, Kochlen took two battles to defeat Adenian. It was only a few days ago. My spy will figure out what the Adenian people want to do, and the news will be soon. But before that , I think the most important thing is how to deal with Hundred Flowers Valley. Seventy percent! Damn, if she swallows seventy percent of the north, we will divide the remaining thirty percent, and there will be little benefit in this war! "

"Have you sent a spy to Baihua Valley?" Keppel asked suddenly. "That is the kingdom of the elves, and the human spy is too conspicuous."

"I'm asking them to find where the treasures of Hundred Flowers Valley are hidden, and to figure out their military deployment. I'm not going to go to that woman's court." Boswell picked up the cup again and stood by. The attendants quickly refilled. "So I sent three people, all of whom I hired from the Rogue Guild."

"There are three in total, I think I didn't miss it." Long Yi looked at the three men who were **** with their hands and feet and threw them into the palace hall. Each of them had a swollen nose, and one of them had passed out. "In other words, Virginia's magic has not been missed."

"Life Detection only pointed out these three people for me." Virginian, holding the Magnus Staff, sat at the desk. "Have you given a holiday to the others in the palace?"

"Yes, I am worried that there will be accidental injuries. Tomorrow morning, you will go back as soon as possible. I think they will do it soon." Francesca narrowed her eyes and looked to the right porch. "Kenna, bring them in."

The psionicist bent down and bowed his head and walked out of the palace.

"You just signed an agreement with the merchants in the south, you are going to betray them?" Virginia frowned. For a girl whose parents run a grocery store near the imperial capital of Cyrodir, she instinctively loathed this behavior. . "This...isn't it a bit bad?"

"Believe me, Virginia, when merchants get to their level, they are no longer merchants. There will not be many honest merchants who can get to this point alive. When you return to Mahakam, By the way, give me this letter to Van Geborg...what is the name of the Aibin who partnered with Zelin?"

Upon hearing Francesca's question, Virginia and Gnaea looked at each other, and they also saw confusion in each other's eyes.

"I, I don't remember either." Gneia met Francesca's gaze. "What is your look? I really don't know."

"Don't you like asking for news in bed?" Francesca muttered in a low voice.

"Hi!" Gnaiya jumped up suddenly. "I'm not interested in what kind of business partner he has! It's you..."

"Cough!" Virginia made a fist with one hand and coughed heavily before her lips.