"Our research has yielded some results, Your Majesty." The warlock fixed the eyeglass chain to his ear: "But more materials are needed. There have been too many recent changes. The monsters from the Dragon Mountain are really... It is even different from monsters in other places. We investigated the mutants in them. These mutants have similar places, but the details are completely different. Perhaps because of the influence of the anti-magical metal in the Dragon Mountain... .."

"How far has the previous plan progressed now?"

"I'm sorry, your Majesty, there is not much progress, but we still found some results. We can use a certain drug to affect the mutants in the monsters, so that their behavior will not be so irritable, but sometimes it may cause some opposites. The result..."

Suddenly, a scream came from outside the tunnel.

Then came a low muffled noise.

The people in the laboratory were stunned. The two guards at the door immediately clenched the halberds and turned to face the tunnel.

"Who is outside?!"

Schell turned around and stood in front of Tancred.

But there was no response from outside.

A shadow was projected on the wall behind the corner of the tunnel, getting closer and closer. The two soldiers holding the halberds stepped back subconsciously.

"I never knew that you still hide such a laboratory here." Zelin's figure appeared in the tunnel. He narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the monsters and mutants stacked in the laboratory: "I have A friend told me that Corvell has been making some dangerous eyes, right? Oh, Sear, your loyalty to Corvell clearly exceeds compliance with the Order’s treaty. I should have thought about it long ago... .. In this situation, only one place will accept so many warlocks, so many... Renegade warlocks."

Chapter 2615: The Boundary of the Chessboard

Lightning across the night sky

"I think he has found what he was looking for."

The electric light shines through the window to illuminate the chess board on the chess club: "Open, tolerant, without any management, a natural heresy soil. It took Istrad Tyson thirty years to bring the divided Kewell Gathered again under a banner. But I remember that he once told me that his son Tancred was a trash, addicted to gambling and prostitutes, and looked like a marionette in front of the nobles of Targohou. He would pass his throne to his nephew, a young kid who was still playing soldier chess. As a result, he died too early, and the throne fell into Tancred's hands. The witch named Schill changed everything. He Turning Tancred into a good young man is like the kind of good student who will be reserved for parents in the school, or a young monastery who will become a recorder."

"Are you sure? Dixie? A demon hunter is coming to control the battle? Even the future of the North?"

Opposite the chess table, sits the former Prince Sdennis of Aden. In other words, the current King Sdennis.

"Don't forget, Your Majesty, if he was in Frjan that year, he only had to show a little bit of related tendencies, and a little bit about you and Saqiya being poisoned, the angry mob would tear you to pieces." Dikoscher stretched out. One finger: "But you paid a lot of price, didn't you? Forjian and Shangyadian are independent, and Nanyadian is more willing to be under the command of Baihuagu. Only Van Geborg and Esteberg are left in your hands. Great The descendants of King Vidmon, the Aden family is expanding its territory in each generation. Even your grandfather, Villefrell, defeated Mandel of Tamoria at the Haji Fortress and took the most important part of the Ponta River. Trade node. But now, Aden’s territory is only one-third of what it used to be."

"This is only temporary, Dikoscher." Sdennis' lips twisted with anger: "I will make Aden great again like my grandfather! Saqiya is just a woman, and she will have a child in the end. I will make sure that my child can inherit the throne of Aden and Fjian at the same time. The elves of Baihua Valley are not worried, at least they are on our side for the time being, and I am still the nominal Nan Yadian and Esteberg Lord, use the crime of collaborating with the enemy to catch those barons who obeyed Hundred Flowers Valley and strip them of their titles. That piece of land is still mine."

"That's why I want to work with you, Prince Sdennis."

Another flash of lightning flashed across the night sky, and a pale light illuminated the pale pawns on the chessboard: "You are a motivated young man. Foltest is old and may not survive this winter. His heir is a An illegitimate daughter, but if she dies, Yada will become the only heir to Tamoria. To be honest, if the form is not too bad, I would rather wait until Yada and Radovide have a child before killing him ."

"There are only three crimes in history that cannot be pardoned, Dikoscher." Sdennis said coldly: "Murder babies, disrespect gods, and assassinate the royal family."

"But I think that a royal family who committed the first two crimes has long lost the protection of the gods." Dick Sicher supported the armrests with both hands, moved his body, and changed to a more comfortable position. The small wooden chair is not a suitable place for his body: "The war with Nilfgard must not be stopped. Ladovide is too crazy, he will kill everyone, Tancred is too weak, he We will definitely negotiate with Nilfgad and cede the land already occupied by Nilfgad. Just like the Hinterland contract that year, we thought that in the next Northern War, the Hinterland would become a mosaic of the North. The chess pieces in the empire, the result? As long as Enhill puts the heirs of the Hinterlands to bed, the Hinterlands can't wait to become Nilfgaard subjects, and they have to fight for their queen and conquer the north! Such a contract It didn't make any sense. It just threw a piece of meat to the scarred beast in the war, thinking that the piece of meat would eventually run back from the opponent's stomach."

"But the demon hunter... he is too dangerous." Sdennis said: "I will never allow anyone who can take the head of a royal family member to live in this world!"

Dixie chuckled lowly.

"I advise you not to have such thoughts, do you know, Stennis? I once had a backup plan, which was to let Princess Milina or Princess Dalimila marry a demon hunter and let him become Rui King of Dania. He can't bear children anyway, there will be no other problems."

"Are you crazy?"

"I don't care who is sitting on the throne of Redania, but he won't agree, but that's good. Demon hunters should do what demon hunters should do. Protect mutant secrets and hunt monsters. , Protect civilians. Anyway, Redania will continue to fight with Nilfgaard under my command. And the land that Ladovide III abandoned in the past-Kerviel, will be under the rule of Queen Milina. After returning, Rydania will get all the land from the Ponta River to the Dragon Mountain Range. And you, Your Majesty." Dikoscher pushed a bishop one step forward: "You will get between the Ponta River and the Yaluga River. The land of Tamoria will be restored. As for Kodwin, they are now ruled by a group of wastes called regents. The unicorn dynasty is extinct. Both Redania and Aden will have the right to get them. ."

"Where are Livia and Leiria?"

"You can swallow it, or keep it, I suggest you keep it, so that it will become a buffer between you and Nilfgaard." Dijkstra gave his hand.

But he didn't say it.

Tamoria and Aden, as far as Redania are concerned, are also buffer states against Nilfgaard.

"But everything is just hypothesis." Sdennis wiped the sweat from his forehead: "It's just hypothesis."

"Oh, it's not hypothetical. We will do it in January next year, three months later." Dikoscher let out a soft cough: "According to the news I have received, Enhill has mobilized a group of troops, A large number of frigates were ordered, and the Imperial Navy from the south came out. He planned to attack the islands in January when Skellige chose a new king. At that time, there will be a gap in the Imperial line of defense in the north, a 20,000 yuan The human gap."

"The Skelligs only have 5,000 soldiers, but they are all powerful warriors...We should warn the islands..."

"Not now." Dijkstra shook his head: "The person who appeared at the critical moment is the savior. Moreover, I have two news. When these two news come back, Your Majesty Sdennis, you will follow us as soon as possible. Foltest of Tamoria has been secretly mobilizing troops and preparing to take back Vizima during the Enhill expedition to the archipelago."

"What news?"

Dikoscher just smiled: "You should change your job as a spy, Your Majesty, I admire your curiosity."

Chapter 2616 Killing with a Knife

In the secret room, everyone retreated to the corner. The two guards stood in front of the demon hunter, but they kept retreating in front of the demon hunter. Several warlocks stared at the demon hunter nervously, especially the sword in Zelin's hand. Tancred turned his gaze to Schell at a loss.

"Wait, Demon Hunter." Shiel took a deep breath: "I don't know why you came here, but I can ask you first, what do you think this place is for?"

"I never thought that apart from Kyle Mohan, there is actually another place to study monster mutants." Zelin watched the animal specimens immersed in formalin, and there were several removed ones on the experimental table. Mutants, this kind of equipment was very familiar to Zelin. The mutation of the Demon Hunter is to inject potions and mutants into the body through the pipe: "Looking at our previous friendship, Schill, I will give you a time to explain. Come on, I'm listening."

"This is the base that Corvell uses to study the characteristics of monsters." Sher didn't say much, and went straight to the subject: "We are studying the monsters living in the Dragon Mountains and how to tame them. Druids can tame pterodactyls. Compared with wild wolves, there are only these two creatures, but there are not many. Pterodactyl eggs are edible for ordinary humans. But what about other creatures? If it can solve the danger of monsters in the mountains, and raise pigs, sheep and birds. These monsters will not only not harm Kerviel, but also solve the food crisis that Kerviel is currently facing. The research includes not only mountain monsters, but also ocean monsters. The situation in the ocean is as bad as ever, and fishing boats want to enter. The outer sea must be accompanied by a frigate, but the number of fish catches along the coast has been declining. If we can find a way to solve the aggression of Hekna, the sea banshee, and the water ghost, Kevel's food source will be even broader."

"Yes, that's it, Demon Hunter." Tancred said to the side: "Food has always been the biggest limitation of Kevel. My grandfather signed an agreement with Emperor Fergus, precisely because we need a lot of money from Neve. Gad’s food must be imported to meet domestic demand for food."

"But I remember that there are always grain export ships from Keville in Novigrad. How do you explain this?" Zelin narrowed his eyes slightly: "When you are insufficient, you are still exporting grain?"

"Because this is the only way to monopolize the food trade." When talking about trade issues, Tancred's voice was natural: "Nilfgaard needs us not to support other northern countries. Therefore, in the agreement, we lowered the price of food. Therefore, Ke Weir can eat more than 80% of Nilfgad’s exports of food. But the agreement does not allow Nilfgad to sell food to other countries. If they switch to export large amounts of food to other kingdoms, the agreement will For Kerviel, it will be meaningless-we still have to import expensive wheat from Radania, Kodwin or Aden. So we have to import large quantities of Nilfgaard grains, and then sell them to the northerners after a slight increase in prices. In this way, Nilfgaard will get a stable and generous grain customer, and the northern countries will get relatively cheap wheat to support their farmland abandoned due to years of war."

"Then why are you studying mutants?"

"Because our warlock discovered that mutants are..."

"It's the important factor that affects monsters." Sear said: "We don't know why there are mutants in these organisms, but this should be the mutation effect brought by chaotic energy. Chaos energy produces mutants in the body, and then changes them. It’s genetically and physically strengthened, and some lucky ones get the power to use the magic of chaos. Just like when there are mutants in the human body, they will become demon hunters, and the mutants turn them into monsters. It is possible to study the reversal process to make the individual mutated by the mutant return to the appearance before the mutation, or to restore the part of the monster that was destroyed by the mutation, including reason, perhaps, it is not impossible for humans and monsters to coexist. This is right. For Kevel, it is of great significance. If he can reach an agreement with the monsters in the Dragon Mountains, or get along with monsters such as Hekna in the sea, Kevel will be able to continue northward, climb over the mountains, and explore more unknown lands. "

Zelin's gaze swept across the laboratory: "...Only these?"

"What do you think this laboratory should be used for, Demon Hunter?" Schell calmly explained: "This project last year, when Margarita led the students of Eritusa College to Cowell to take refuge, Kevel started this project. Because there are enough warlocks to support. The Order also knows about this, you can ask Francesca or the Great Teacher. This matter is confidential, and Kevel will fully support the Order , And the Order will also help Kerviel solve the problems from magic and monsters. The environment in the north is very harsh, and there must be resident warlocks to deal with the magic disasters that accompany winter."

"You, what do you think it should be here, Demon Hunter...?" Tancred asked nervously, "Why are you doing this? I don't think this thing threatens anyone. Benefits. This is not harmful to anyone."

"I got the news..." Zelin's gaze swept across the warlock hiding by the wall: "Just as you said, then tell me why, there is a cattail dragon spinal fluid on your desktop. ?"

"This is to study the body structure of a cattail dragon." A warlock said: "I am studying the relationship between a cattail dragon and a pterodactyl. It is best to tame the cattail dragon like a druid tame a pterodactyl. "

"And the poison gland of the flying lion monster?" Zelin tilted his head.

This time, no one answered.

"Maybe it was the experimental materials left before...?" Tancred broke the silence uncomfortably.

"Oh, I saw your tongue on the shelf on the left. It was cut from the vampire mouth, right? Albino vampire tongue. Are you still studying vampires?"

"...A demon hunter once came to the academy with the results of hunting. It seems that there is a vampire tongue inside." A bald researcher scratched his head: "At that time he brought a lot of materials, the academy It's all bought. Ordinary people can't get that much."

"There are potato taro, plantain and mandala root?"