Following Lann's actions.

The experience bar, which had been almost full from the demon hunters and followers' Skellige quests, jumped down a little. Then, a new follower panel appeared in front of Lann.

[Follower: Bill Roval

Gender: Male

Race: Skellige Bear (Human)

Level: 1

Talent: Nature Affinity

Experience value: 0/1000

HP: 1067/2000 (106/200)

Mana: Unawakened

Inventory: None

Skills: Berserker Transformation, Advanced Fishing, Intermediate Sailing, Intermediate Diplomacy, Elementary Axe, Elementary Riding

Mission: None]

[Shared follower talent]

[Shared Follower Talent: Nature Affinity]

[Nature Affinity: Increases initial favorability towards non-human intelligent creatures by 100%, increases sensitivity to the chaotic energies of earth, air, and water by 30%]

Lann's brows raised involuntarily.

This Bill is really a talented person, and he gave Lan a big surprise. And it seems that he has found part of the reason why he can attract mermaids.

It seems that Mossak will like this guy particularly. In addition to being the Berserker's experimental living body, Bill may be able to find his place in some other unexpected places.

But now, he can play some other roles.

…

When Lane's left hand took Bill's forehead away, Gerd suddenly felt that the giant bear, whose throat was being strangled by him, was struggling much less vigorously.

In other words, it stopped struggling and was now merely twitching unconsciously as a living being's instinct.

Gerd thought he had finally suffocated the beast, but then he immediately heard Lann's chuckle.

"Ged, you can let it go now."

After hearing Lann's reminder, the bear-faction demon hunter took the time to look at the giant bear and found that the giant bear's originally violent eyes had become clear at some point.

It is not the kind of turbidity that is about to suffocate, nor is it the kind of violentness that is thirsty for blood and fish, but a kind of clarity with independent thinking, a sense of wisdom.

This feeling is very abnormal whether it appears in the eyes of a wild beast or a berserker.

Out of trust in Lan, Gede let go hesitantly.

After regaining its freedom, the giant bear hit him hard, then began to spin restlessly on the spot, growling fiercely and threateningly at the Skellige soldiers around it.

Gerd immediately became alert, ready to subdue the giant bear again: It was obvious that Bill's mind had not fully recovered, and it seemed that just like his current appearance, he only had the most basic beast instincts.

But the next action of the giant bear Bill was beyond Gerd's expectation——

The confused giant bear turned its head towards him and the Skelligers, baring its teeth and exhaling, but its side and neck were moving towards Lann.

Strictly speaking, it was moving towards the hand that Lann had just placed on its head - it seemed to be nostalgic for the feeling of having its forehead covered by the palm.

It had a ferocious expression, bared teeth, and brandished claws, as if ready to pounce on the people around it at any time; but the only small area of ​​its body that was leaning against Lan was quiet, kind, and docile.

As its body moved, the "ferocious" and "gentle" areas of its body were constantly adjusting, so that the "gentle" area was always sticking to Lann - as if there was some magical force of forced calmness where Lann was that made it difficult for it to resist.

Gede was stunned.

Lan chuckled, and with his left hand he avoided the giant bear's forehead that was begging for touch, and did not really treat Bill like a tamed beast - after all, he knew that the giant bear was actually a young man inside.

He issued a new order.

"Go." The Lion-Eyed Demon Hunter pointed in the direction of the Vilkans, "Go and disperse them!"

…

The Vilka people relied on surprise attacks to catch the three major families off guard; coupled with the large number of Skellige giant bears that broke up the formations of the soldiers of the three major families, this dragged the regular army into a melee.

When the giant bears transformed by the Berserkers were restrained or even destroyed by the witchers with professional methods, the Vilkers were left alone to face the Skellige soldiers who outnumbered them and had better equipment than them.

The Vilkers have always been famous for their fearlessness and their unique berserker form.

But now it seems that all the giant bears that Skellige could find have been captured by the Vilkans using special techniques, and then the young men from the villages who were kidnapped were transformed. The Vilkans themselves do not have any berserkers.

As for the "fearless and daring" fighting style... the soldiers of the three major families, who are already brave, pursue glory, and have now injured their family lords, will only be more fearless and daring than the Vilka people.

So the situation on the battlefield quickly reversed.

Under the protection of Gerd, Easter climbed to a high place and used the horn to command the soldiers of the three major families to counterattack at the same time; after the demon hunters dealt with the giant bear, they interspersed into the battlefield, using their skilled sword skills and magic seals to help break the enemy's offensive; Lan turned into a golden flash and shuttled through every corner, saving several soldiers and taking away several enemies at each flash.

The Vilkans no longer had the ability to resist.

When the anxious Kratz finally arrived with the support of the Clet family, the only task left was to clean up the battlefield.

"Uncle! Lan!" Looking at the scene in front of him, Kratz shouted, "What happened? Where are you? Am I late?"

A golden flash appeared five steps in front of Kratz, causing the guards around Kratz to raise their weapons in response, and they only felt relieved when they saw Lann's figure appearing.

"You came at the right time." Lann explained the situation. "We were attacked by the Wilka people in a planned way. We will tell you the details of the battle later..."

"The troops of the Drummond and Dimen families have suffered a devastating blow. We need some of your men to help the wounded."

As they were saying this, a shrill cry interrupted the conversation between Lann and Kratz.

The soldiers surrounded the place where the sound came from. Easter stood inside with a heavy face, and next to him was the madman Lugo, whose face was full of anger and guilt.

And where everyone's attention was focused, a female shield guard lay on Hogg Blackhand and cried.

Kratz looked at Hogg Blackhand in disbelief. The notorious pirate had lost his iconic black hand, and the wound had dried up and no blood could flow out.

Not surprisingly, he had stopped breathing.

As the patriarchs of the seven major families in Skellige, even if they don't get along with each other, Kratz can't help but feel a little bit of a sense of disdain.

"This guy..." Kratz took off his helmet. "He's annoying, but he's one of the strongest pirate leaders in the archipelago. I wasn't sure I could defeat him in a duel, but now he's been killed by a sneak attack on land."

Lan was silent.

"The Dimen family is about to start making a move." Kratz pointed at the crying female shield guard lying on Hogg Blackhand and whispered to Lan, "That's Jutta Ann Dimen, Hogg Blackhand's niece. Hogg no longer has a son, so this Jutta is also one of the heirs, and even one of the first ones."

But Lane suddenly caught something different, because both Jutta and Kratz's last names contained "An".

"Are you relatives? If we support her to become the patriarch of the Dimen family, will the Dimen family fall to our side?"

Although Kratz admired the warrior's death, as the head of a clan, he was also a qualified politician. Perhaps when he pointed out Juta's identity, he meant to introduce her to Lan.

"It would be better to let someone else inherit the Dimen family. Jutta's swordsmanship is superb. Although she is a woman, no man on the Faroe Island where the Dimen family is located can beat her in swordsmanship. Therefore, she was given the title of 'Iron Lady' and became Hogg's shield guard." Kratz thought, "It's a pity that the lord she is protecting now died in front of her. This is an unwashable shame."

"unless……"

"I want to avenge my uncle!" Jutta Ann Dimen, nicknamed the Iron Lady, suddenly shouted loudly, attracting the attention of everyone including Lane and Kratz.

She was lying on Hogg Blackhand's body, and she had no strength left to cry. But she still tried her best to find East's location, and after changing direction, she fell to the ground with her whole body prostrated.

"I will destroy the real gathering place of the Vilkas, kill all their remnants, smash the statue of the evil god, and use the bones of the enemies to build a tombstone for my uncle!"

"I now know that the place we were at before was not the base camp of the Vilka people. We were all deceived by the cunning enemy. You will definitely find the enemy's real hiding place. Please take me with you!"

Jutta Ann Dimen is the niece of the clan leader, a personal guard, and the Iron Lady with unparalleled swordsmanship on Faroe Island. She has great prestige in the army. As soon as she expressed her position, the remaining soldiers of the Dimen family knelt down to Easter:

"Please take us with you. We want to avenge our lord!"

East stared at them, not knowing what he was thinking.

At this time, he had already seen Kratz coming to support him.

After thinking about this for three breaths, Easter said:

"Hogg Blackhand was a warrior worthy of respect, and his death was glorious. I will avenge him and bring the blood of my enemies to his grave with the sword in my hand."

"As for you, soldiers of the Dimen family, you failed to protect your lord."

When East said this, Jutta and the soldiers behind her could be seen trembling all over.

"So in the coming battle, you must defend your honor with your own blood. I believe that the blood of the enemies brought by the soldiers of your own family is the blood that will make Hogg's grave drink the most."

Juta trembled even more violently: "In the name of our ancestors, we will obey your command. We only ask that you give us the opportunity to chop off the enemy's head with our own hands!"

Easter sighed, helped Jutta up with a heavy face, and ordered the soldiers behind her to join the Tursek family's ranks.

After doing all this, he looked at the madman Lugo who had been silent all the time: "What about you?"

Lugo's condition at the moment is not good, he suffered serious injuries.

Perhaps because of the shame of falling into a trap, he had always been at the forefront of the previous battles, without even having the chance to let his personal guards protect him.

"I won't go." Lugo said after a moment of silence.

"The task of wiping out the Svalblod sect and killing the Vilkah people is now up to you, Easter."

Madman Lugo's face was gloomy. After saying this, he stared at Easter for two seconds.

Finally, he lowered his head and said, "Please avenge Hogg."

East held Lugo's shoulders and promised, "I will."

…

With Kratz's support, the progress of cleaning up the battlefield was much faster.

The Drummond family had to escort their injured lord down the mountain and withdraw from the subsequent battles; and the Dimen family, excluding the wounded and the soldiers escorting the wounded, had only a few dozen people who could participate in the battle, led by Jutta and following behind Easter.

Thanks to Gerd's timely help and Easter's calm leadership, the Tursek family suffered little loss, and together with the reinforcements brought by Kratz, their combat effectiveness even exceeded that of the previous coalition of the three families.

This is the current situation on the Skellige side.

As for the Svalblod Cult, the Vilkans didn't catch a single one alive. All of these barbaric tribesmen who worshipped fighting died in the previous fight. The Skellige soldiers didn't feel terrified during the battle, but now that they have calmed down and think of the Vilkans' crazy posture, they are even a little horrified.

Miraculously, three of the berserkers who were transformed into giant bears by the Svalblod sect survived, but they were all seriously injured. After the battle, they gradually turned back into human form after being unconscious.

The soldiers from the three families looked at them with flickering eyes: although these were their compatriots, the kidnapped residents of Great Skellige Island; but they had indeed just killed a large number of their comrades, indirectly or directly causing huge casualties to the troops.

Some people even shouted slogans like "Maybe they have already joined the cult and are just pretending to be one of us", wanting to execute these new berserkers on the spot.

But in the end, no one acted rashly. Instead, they all looked at Easter, waiting for his attitude.

Easter looked at Bill thoughtfully - this young man had transformed back into human form on his own after the battle and was still conscious, but now he was completely exhausted and collapsed on the ground.

…

Is it a good idea to execute all the Berserkers?

At least it's not a bad thing.

Whether from the current mood of the soldiers or from the overall concept of the Skellige people, there is no problem in killing these berserkers - even if these berserkers were just innocent villagers a few days ago, and may not have done so intentionally in the recent battle.

The islanders have a policy towards the Svalbloc sect of "it is better to kill a thousand by mistake than to let one go".

But after thinking it over, Easter finally ordered his men to tie up these berserkers and keep them under strict supervision. For this purpose, he even asked Kratz to send some of the Clete family guards down the mountain with them to detain them.

He did this for two reasons:

Firstly, all the Vilka people were dead, and there was no one left who could ask questions or lead the way, so it was necessary to let Bill, who knew the route to the enemy, stay.

The second one was still because of Bill, but this was because Easter could see that Lane wanted to keep Bill.

Easter was still accommodating to Lane.

Since Bill stayed, the other Berserkers had to stay as well. However, Bill was to stay to lead the way, while the other Berserkers were to be taken back and imprisoned to prevent them from uncontrollably transforming again until a method to control them was found.

In addition, during this period of time, East has also been influenced by Lann. He has also begun to have some ideas about these wonderful and powerful special combat units.

The Skellige people fear the Svalblod Cult because of their brutality and the power that matches their brutality. But what if these powerful berserkers stopped being brutal and became their own people? What would happen then?

This time, these young Skellige men who were kidnapped and forcibly transformed into berserkers seemed to be an opportunity for Easter, an opportunity to add a powerful force to Skellige.

Especially considering that he would have to deal with Nilfgaard and avenge Calanthe in the future, Easter now had an almost obsessive pursuit for increasing his strength - this could be seen from the idea he had come up with to conquer the Frost Giants.

However, if he wanted to keep all these berserkers, then East would need to have strong prestige to suppress the trivial voices.

In other words, it's still the same old problem - Easter wants to become the king of Skellige. At the same time, this operation must completely wipe out the Svalblod sect to prevent future troubles.

Otherwise, even if these people were brought back, they would have to arrange a grand execution ceremony to appease the public anger...

…

Watching the soldiers start to clean up the battlefield in an orderly manner, Lane walked to Bill's side.

Gede was standing next to this unruly young man, looking at him in amazement as he collapsed on the ground.

Bill was like a puddle of mud, motionless.

But his condition did not seem like exhaustion. The process of obtaining the system template had the effect of restoring all the status, just like Lann's upgrade. Although Bill rushed into the crowd in the giant bear state for a while, it did not last long, so he should not be exhausted.

Lan looked at him carefully and found that what the young man showed now was more like... a kind of despair as if the sky was falling and his life was completely shattered.

The whole person exuded an aura of death.

Lann frowned: "Look up."

This time there was no need to use hypnosis seals, and Bill almost obeyed Lane's orders.

The face regained its rosy and healthy look, no longer the weak feeling as if it had taken anesthetic powder, and also showed a charm that could attract mermaids. Although it was still far inferior to Lann, if he cleaned it up a little, Lann even thought that he could throw this guy to Aretuza to keep Ace company.

"I also need you to lead the way to the Svalblod hideout. I need to know if you can complete this task - so tell me, what is it that has made you such a puddle of mud now."

Bill looked at the dark golden lion eyes, frightened by the majesty in them, and couldn't help but lower his head again.

He said painfully: "I was influenced by the Welka people. They gave me hallucinogenic mushrooms and poured me herbs, which made me confused and muddled, so I forgot a lot of things."

"I forgot that I was torn to pieces and swallowed by the giant bear along with the others who were thrown into the giant bear's lair. I woke up very early, so I regained consciousness and escaped before the Vilkans arrived. I returned to the village in a daze."

"I, I have a talent. Whenever I fall into a coma, I always wake up quickly. The mermaid song that can confuse people in poetry has no effect on me. That's why I have the opportunity to get along with Shyvana."

"I love her and she loves me."

Shivana, Lan knew, this was the name of the mermaid.

"But, but..."

When he said this, Bill finally couldn't hold on any longer and collapsed to the ground again, holding his head.

"But I killed Shyvana..."

"I turned into a giant bear and tore her apart..."