The disaster of the Kingdom of Kaedwen, the heavy blow to the Brotherhood of Warlocks, and the spread of hellish monsters not only made the entire north more mysterious and dangerous, accelerating the chaos throughout the northern countries, but also attracted the southern empire Nilfgaard, which had been expanding by force and eyeing the resources of the northern countries.

While all the northern kings were focusing on trivial matters in their own country, a crisis that was about to sweep across the entire north had quietly arrived.

But crisis, crisis!

Danger also breeds opportunities. Whether it is for the ambitious northerners, the southern soldiers, the mercenaries who work for money, or the witcher cult, this is an opportunity for them to rise quickly.

Three years passed in a flash, and it was already 1256, six years before Ciri and Geralt met in the original novel.

The disappearance of the fog did not improve the situation in the Kingdom of Kaedwen. On the contrary, the continuous spread of thousands of monsters shook the foundation of the entire kingdom's rule.

Although the fog was dangerous in the past, it only covered about one-fifth of the country. Although most other areas faced some threats, they were still able to allow ordinary people to survive.

Now, when all the monsters in the fog spread to the forests, fields and near the villages, the villagers who had neither equipment nor combat capabilities could no longer resist the attacks of the monsters, nor could they continue to live in those unprotected and dilapidated villages.

They built high walls, allocated most of their young and strong labor force, trained guards and militias, and protected the safety of their families.

It means abandoning your hometown, taking all your belongings, and going to a city with stronger defense power, accepting the fate of being exploited.

Today, the wilderness of Kaedwen has become a paradise for monsters. The escaped Fallen wizards have become small leaders of monster groups, resurrected a large number of corpses, and are entrenched in various places in the Kingdom of Kaedwen.

And those fallen humans who survived, under the command of some leaders, became the most brutal bandits in the wilderness.

They attacked towns, looted villages, captured the surrendering residents and converted them into one of their own, and a model similar to bandit camps and even small warlords has been formed throughout the country.

However, for now, these are only troubles within the Kingdom of Kaedwen and have not spread to the neighboring countries.

Because Henselt has been in a coma, the two major aristocratic groups are still in a confrontation and dispute over the throne.

Without unified leadership, the strength of the Kingdom of Kaedwen declined rapidly, and it had no ability to deal with these troubles.

Originally, as a group of spellcasters in the north, the Warlock Brotherhood had the responsibility to help the Kingdom of Kaedwen eliminate these monsters from another world.

However, during these three years, fallen warlocks who were corrupted by the power of Hell began to appear one after another in various parts of the world, causing a lot of trouble and tying down much of the power of the Warlock Brotherhood.

It seemed that because they had lost the control of the Demon Lord Baal, and because they were spellcasters themselves, these people gradually regained some of their autonomous control.

However, the evil power of hell has a permanent impact on them. Their personalities have changed greatly, becoming cruel and cunning, vicious and furious, and loving killing and creating chaos.

These corrupted warlocks are not like those monsters that can only slowly spread to the surrounding areas of the Kingdom of Kaedwen.

As spellcasters, they quickly spread throughout the north, and even secretly formed an evil spellcaster group, recruiting many social scum and wandering warlocks to fight against the entire Warlock Brotherhood. The headquarters of this organization was somewhere in Kaedwen, which had lost official control.

And those peasants who entered the towns to make a living were on the brink of collapse due to soaring prices and exploitation by the nobles.

In this medieval country, in order to maintain their luxurious lives, the nobles transferred all the pressure to the common people under their rule. The confrontation between the two major aristocratic groups consumed more and more resources, which invisibly exacerbated this phenomenon.

However, faced with all kinds of difficult circumstances, a sudden war had already befallen the Kingdom of Kaedwen before it could encounter any major problems.

………………

Blue Mountains, Kaer Morhen.

Three years have passed, and the witcher castle that had stood for hundreds of years has long been demolished. With the cooperation of skilled elf architects and strong giant craftsmen, the castle has become a castle town similar to a small military fortress.

Although it is still named Kaermerhen by Wayne, it has all kinds of facilities such as city walls, towers, horse farms, gardens, blacksmith workshops, etc.

It combines the elegant and exquisite architectural style of the elves with the magnificent and huge workload of the giants. Even if this castle is placed among the entire northern countries, it is definitely a great building that makes people jaw-dropping and look up in amazement.

At this moment, in the magnificent meeting hall of the castle, Wayne sat in the main seat at the top, supporting his cheek with one hand, tilting his head, and looking at his subordinates sitting at the meeting table with a rather lazy look.

The beautiful Shumei lady Aigles, wearing a light yellow dress, was holding a pot of tea and acting as a personal secretary. She was looking at everyone present with a naive and youthful look in her eyes.

"Boss, according to the latest intelligence we have received, Demave of the Kingdom of Aedirn has led an army of 10,000 into the territory of the Kingdom of Kaedwen."

"According to their marching route, they will probably surround the southern city of Sherilla where Earl Carwin is located tomorrow."

"The King of Aedirn has a clear purpose. He has probably already reached a deal with many people in secret and has been planning for a long time. It seems that he is preparing to take a piece of meat from the territory of the Kingdom of Kaedwen."

The person who was speaking at this time was Julia, a beautiful little cat wearing shiny armor. As Wayne's subordinate who controlled the mercenary corps, she was probably the most well-informed about the outside world except for Francesca, her ally.

Due to the dangerous environment of the Kingdom of Kaedwen in recent years, the country's demand for mercenaries has greatly increased, and now this young lady, in addition to the Cat's Paw Mercenary Group she founded, has gradually recruited thousands of mercenaries as guards for the caravans and joined the Wayne Chamber of Commerce, which has become famous in the north.

As the two kingdoms with the longest operating history, Temeria and Kaedwen, she has already gained access to countless intelligence personnel in these two countries, and is able to obtain information of all sizes within these two countries, providing a lot of convenience for Wayne.

"Boss, if Demave succeeds in defeating Count Karn, perhaps all the nobles in the southern part of the Kingdom of Kaedwen will defect to the Kingdom of Yadian."

"By then, half of Kaedwen will be annexed by Aedirn. Given King Demave's strong character, he might affect your plans."

“Do we need to do anything?”

(End of this chapter)