During the Second Civil War, a large part of it is collected in the "General History of the Continent" in the Military Warfare Library of the Royal Academy of Sintra.
[On February 3, 1270, Cintra, which had been on the offensive in the war, suddenly withdrew its defenses. This strategy was very unwise for the North.
At that time, although the Northern Alliance was unstoppable under the leadership of His Majesty Lann, the strength of the North was still inferior to that of the South.
Through historical data, we can calculate that the population of the Nilfgaard Empire, which integrated the South, was between 30 million and 50 million, and the total population of the North was between 20 million and 30 million. Even after the great consumption in the First Civil War, the number of Nilfgaard's troops was still several times that of the North.
Even though His Majesty Lann consumed his personal prestige for this, carried out unprecedented unification of the North through a wartime alliance, and then took several years to recuperate, the overall war potential of the North is still weaker than that of Nilfgaard.
On the surface, this tactic of shrinking the defense line and competing in logistics should not be made by His Majesty Lann.
His Majesty Lann's subsequent actions explained this and once again changed the continent's war philosophy. 】
[On February 5, 1270, the fleet led by His Majesty Easter, the previous King of Cintra and the then King of Skellige, transported the "Lion Guard" secretly trained by His Majesty Lan to the southern coast. At that time, the Nilfgaardians were still enjoying a rare rest time.
On February 7, 1270, the Lion Guard invaded the capital of Nilfgaard and annihilated all the soldiers stationed in the Golden Tower City. His Majesty Lan and His Majesty Cirilla personally led the expedition and captured the Nilfgaard Emperor Emhyr var Enreis.
[On February 9, 1270, the news of the fall of the Golden Tower and the capture of the emperor reached the front line. The coalition forces led by Cintra Field Marshal Vissegerd launched a general attack on Nilfgaard and entered Nasir.
Narthaire was the first large province of Nilfgaard to fall since Toussaint.
[What happened next revealed to us the true face of the vast empire of Nilfgaard.
From today's perspective, Nilfgaard undoubtedly had a more advanced and civilized system than the North at that time. Many of these systems were retained even by His Majesty Lann later.
For example, Nilfgaard attached great importance to laws and courts: after the war, many indigenous people in the occupied areas could even sue the imperial soldiers stationed there. As long as they could find appropriate legal grounds, this behavior, which seemed extremely absurd in the North at the time, could be successful and even encouraged.
However, due to its rapid expansion, the core area of the Nilfgaard Empire is only one-tenth of the empire's territory. Other areas have been occupied and expanded in the past 30 years. The nationalities, cultures, and customs are different, the degree of assimilation is limited, and the people's hearts are unstable.
After the expansion stagnated, the uneven distribution of war dividends, excessive taxation, the consequences of slavery, and the conflicts between the emperor and his subjects began to surface, until they broke out in one breath after the emperor was captured.
【On February 10, 1270, the province of Metina declared independence. On the same day, it was captured by the northern coalition forces and declared surrender.
On February 11, 1270, the provinces of Vicovaro, Yarmulak, Rowan, Aetolia, Aetolia, Ghiso, and Mag-Tuga declared independence.
On the same day, His Majesty Lann, who was located in the hinterland of the south, led the Lion Guard northward to break through the Aetolia province and establish the first base behind enemy lines, responding to the coalition forces on the front line.
At this point, the North's war potential was basically exhausted, and the North did not have the strength to swallow up the South in one round. After a breakthrough victory, the Civil War should theoretically end here.
Then another incident, promoted by His Majesty Lan, shocked the continent. 】
[On February 14, 1270, the secret trial of Nilfgaard Emperor Emhyr var Enreis was held in Cintra. We all know that His Majesty Lann is proficient in magic, and this kind of cross-continental teleportation is easy for him.
The meaning of a "secret" trial is that the trial process will not be spread to the outside world, and we still do not know the result of Emhyr's trial. We can only see from the records that after making that statement that shook the continent, Emhyr disappeared.
In a sense, Emhyr and the statement he issued provided the last piece of the puzzle for His Majesty Lann's cause of unifying the continent, shortening the establishment of the Cintra Empire by at least thirty years.
…
The sound of footsteps echoed in the empty hall, which had been deliberately cleared of furnishings.
This seemingly "courtroom" setting is very unqualified in Nilfgaard. There is no judge, no jury, and no witnesses are summoned.
The only purpose seemed to be to give an explanation to the person sitting next to him.
This was not the first time that Enhyr had set foot on this land, and the last time he met the person who was looking at him coldly in the same place.
Mossack, Easter, Kratz, Geralt, and many others all stared at the man in shackles in front of them.
"It's really him, it's Donny." Kratz sighed, and after his anger, he felt an indescribable feeling in his heart.
"Pavetta's death...was not because of me." The man, fearfully called "sea boar" by southerners, almost burst into tears.
Easter patted his nephew's shoulder. Unlike Kratz, there was only anger in his eyes.
They watched as Emhyr came to a stop in the middle of the hall, two knights each holding a spear in front of him to stop him from moving forward.
They recognized them as members of the Rann lion pride: Ace and House.
Another female attendant under the throne said loudly:
"Here comes: the white flame that dances on the graves of enemies, the Emperor of Nilfgaard—Emhyr var Emreis."
It even has a title used in diplomatic occasions, but in today's situation it seems more like a kind of irony.
Listening to the maid’s voice, Emhyr, who was standing at the bottom of the stairs, looked up at the man sitting on the throne—and his daughter sitting beside him.
He just couldn't understand how this guy had changed from a lost country to what he is today in just less than ten years?
At this time, Milva's voice sounded again:
"The one before you is the Lioness of Cintra, the daughter of Pavetta, Her Majesty Queen Cirilla Fiona Iren Rayanron."
"And." Milva took a deep breath.
"The Lion King of Cintra, the heir of the ancient blood, the dragon slayer, the sword of the dawn, the slayer of monsters, the mentor of the witcher cult, the lifelong advisor of the warlock brotherhood, the savior of multi-racial equality, the general marshal of the Northern Military Unification Alliance - His Majesty Lann Lannister I Rhaanron!"
…
Geralt whispered to Yennefer: "It's a bit exaggerated, and he has many other titles in private that I haven't mentioned here."
…
This is a rather serious occasion.
Emhyr took a deep breath. “What are you going to do with me, Cirilla?”
Ciri seemed to have gotten over her anger. She looked at Emhyr, who had his back straight, with a calm look in her eyes.
Lann chuckled, "You are her captive, but she doesn't think you are qualified to talk to her."
"This is not a trial, if you really want to use a name - you can think of this as your 'execution'."
"So you have no rights here, and you are not qualified to comment on your situation. The only thing you can do is to listen to everything I say next, and remember every word in it with your lifelong memory - understand?"
Lann held out his hands, showing Emhyr the hall.
“For the three lions’ sake—it’s going to be hard to stop them from coming up and hacking at you, Emhyr.”
Enhyr lowered his head. He was really well-mannered.
After three breaths, he readjusted his tone.
"You didn't kill me outright, so you still need me."
"What are you going to do with me, Lannister?"
Lann clapped his hands, and a bright emerald flame ignited in front of Emhyr, and then a large document was spread out in front of him.
"You are partially right, but the most crucial part is wrong."
"It's not that I need you, it's that you need me - to give you a chance."
Enxier looked at the contents above, his eyes gradually becoming solemn.
Lann had a blank expression on his face. “After I finish speaking, I want you to copy all the above contents and read them out in the most sincere tone. I will use my own method to deliver the above contents to every Nilfgaardian.”
Emhyr scanned the contents word by word, and was silent for a while.
"You want me to announce my secret and acknowledge that Cirilla is my daughter. Then announce that the throne will be passed to her, so that she has the legal right to inherit Nilfgaard?"
Lan knocked on the armrest of the throne: "I am glad that you can still read in the North."
"But given the current situation, even if she has the legal right, she cannot inherit Nilfgaard!"
"Indeed, it cannot, but it will reduce a lot of resistance in the process of Cintra annexing Nilfgaard."
“Cintra annexed Nilfgaard?” Emhyr couldn’t help but sneer, as if he heard a snake trying to swallow an elephant.
But he suddenly found that he seemed to be the one being laughed at.
So he remained silent for a few breaths, and after thinking for a while, he asked dryly: "You won't kill me?"
"Everyone here has a reason to kill you, and the right to kill you, but they also have another thing in common—"
When he said this, Lann glanced around and looked at Easter, Geralt and the others one by one.
Finally his eyes rested on Ciri.
"They all love Ciri." Lann shook his head, "So they don't want Ciri, who captured you, to bear the responsibility of 'patricide'."
"Even if this doesn't mean anything to me." Ciri followed Lan and finally said the first sentence of the day.
Emhyr paused.
Lann held Ciri's hand and continued:
"We used magic to create a small island in the Sedna Abyss." Lann chuckled, "If you remember, that's where Princess Pavetta was shipwrecked."
"There is enough wood and stone for you to build a house, enough fields and seeds for you to cultivate, and occasionally you can try to catch some fish around - although there is no boat."
"It's twenty nautical miles from the coast of Cintra and even further from Skellige. I won't send any soldiers or monsters to guard it, but I will deploy a few gargoyles without the ability to speak to ensure that you don't die."
"For the rest of your life, you will never see another human being besides yourself, you will never hear another voice besides your own, and you will never feel any trace of another civilization besides that island."
“You are an honorable and proud man, Emhyr. So you will not die, not now, and not for some time. And it is not your death that we need, but your sorrow.”
“Perhaps you haven’t started to grieve yet—but you will eventually start to grieve. And from that moment on, your judgment will begin.”
Lann's voice echoed down the hall.
An atmosphere began to brew in everyone's eyes, and Emhyr's temperament became more silent.
"Is this it?" His throat felt like it was filled with sand. "Lannister, is this the end of it?"
"If you're willing to let some of the people here stab you a few times before you go to the island - that's fine with me."
Lann gestured to the brush in front of Emhyr. “I don’t recommend it, but I’d really like to see you make that choice.”
A chilling light flashed in the eyes of East, Kratz and others.
After a long while, Emhyr finally bent down and slowly picked up the pen on the ground.
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[On February 15, 1270, Emhyr announced the life story of Her Majesty Cirilla to the entire continent, read out the conspiracy he had been planning for decades, admitted his seduction of the young Princess Pavetta and the series of cruel methods that followed.
On February 20, 1270, Aetolia announced that it would give up its independence and recognize the rule of Her Majesty Cyrilla.
Subsequently, the provinces of Vicovaro, Yarmulak, Rowan, Aetolia, Giso, and Mag-Touga successively welcomed back their respective crown princes and announced that they would fight the Nilfgaardians to the end.
On March 1, 1270, His Majesty Lann returned to the base established in the province of Aetolia and led the Lion Guard northward.
On May 1, 1270, the South was unified. 】
[Some details in history are now impossible to verify. The final whereabouts of Emhyr has always been a truth that the remnants of Nilfgaard and subsequent historians have always wanted to explore.
However, these can only end up being "unverifiable".
How did His Majesty Lann know the secrets hidden by Emhyr? We can only irresponsibly blame it all on the magical "Ancient Blood".
In all myths and prophecies, it is shown that it is a power that is powerful enough to rule the continent and save the world.
Judging from the results, they were right. 】