A knight with great martial arts skills and wearing plate armor can even defeat a dozen unarmored soldiers, and a well-trained heavy cavalry can often easily defeat an infantry army of tens of thousands of people.

This not only represents an advanced industrial base that can produce large quantities of armor and weapons and tame war horses, but also requires considerable financial resources to support such a large number of professional soldiers and junior officers.

In recent decades, the Nilfgaard Empire has used its military strength to annex several surrounding countries and has become a military empire with outstanding military achievements.

By plundering the wealth of other countries, raising slaves, and promoting military aristocrats, this southern country not only possessed a military force far superior to that of the North, but also entered a channel of rapid development in commerce and industry, showing signs of the budding of capitalism.

The continuous war dividends allowed the usurper emperor in the south to gradually transform Nilfgaard into a powerful empire with integrated politics and religion, and the people were highly obedient to the imperial power.

The lower-class people are proud of their military achievements, eager to gain glory and wealth on the battlefield, to be promoted to military aristocrats, and have no fear of war.

Although this expedition to the north came somewhat hastily, it did not affect the Nilfgaardians' enthusiasm and desire to conquer the north.

Half a month passed quickly. When Wayne finished his trip to Aretuza Academy and returned to Cintra, he heard from Sianna the news of the disastrous defeat of the Aedirn Kingdom army as expected.

Nilfgaard's black army was incredibly fast, and wherever they went they defeated the local Aedirn army with overwhelming force. In less than a month, more than 60% of the land in the Kingdom of Aedirn had been occupied, and more than half of the cities fell into the hands of the black army.

This made Demawi very anxious. He no longer cared about the territory of Kovind that he had just occupied. He desperately asked for help from other countries in the north while reorganizing his army without stopping.

Finally, he returned to Vengerberg, the capital of the Kingdom of Aedirn, before the black army of Nilfgaard. Without taking any rest, he commanded the soldiers and civilians overnight to build a large number of fortifications outside the city of Vengerberg, barely stopping the advance of the men in black.

However, the strength of the Kingdom of Aedirn is far inferior to that of the Nilfgaard Empire. Even if we ignore the equipment and combat skills of the soldiers, the number of Nilfgaard's black army is more than four times that of the Aedirn army in terms of numbers alone.

In the era of cold weapons, unless the enemy commander was an idiot, this was an impossible numerical gap to overcome.

As for reinforcements, unless the other kings in the north are noble, selfless and kind people, after receiving the message for help, they will immediately organize their troops and rush to the rescue without stopping.

Moreover, Demavie was able to hold out in Vengerberg for more than a month. Otherwise, the so-called reinforcements would be just a fantasy and it would be impossible for them to arrive so quickly.

However, these news are not worth Wayne's attention. As for him, he and his witcher cult are still neutral about the Civil War and have not decided which side to help.

After all, most of the northern countries are bastards and scum, barbaric and greedy, and the Nilfgaardians in the south are not as civilized and advanced as they advertise.

This Southern empire advocated slavery and had a large number of slave-catching groups, which turned civilians of defeated countries into slaves and provided them with cheap labor.

Perhaps the world only sees the power of Nilfgaard, but Wayne knows very well that beneath this seemingly prosperous country are buried the bones of countless slaves.

If we were to compare the worst, both sides could not be said to be equally matched, but they could be said to be evenly matched.

Unless it is absolutely necessary, the Demon Hunter Cult will not foolishly stand on one side like the Warlock Brotherhood.

After returning to Cintra, Wayne learned from King Easter.

Princess Pavetta's delivery went smoothly. Under the careful care of Archdruid Mossak, the baby girl with ancient blood was born.

Poor Princess Pavetta, after part of her memory was sealed, she completely forgot that she was kidnapped and forced to give birth. After losing the ancient blood in her body, she can finally be a carefree princess again, no longer involved in the dangerous and complicated supernatural world.

Queen Calanthe seemed to be quite disgusted with the newborn baby girl. She did not come forward to communicate with Wayne, but sent Butler Hakeso to quietly deliver the cradle baby to the luxurious hotel where Wayne lived under the cover of night.

The child was not given a name, as if she was just treated as a burden.

After all, according to everyone's speculation, the biological father of this baby girl is most likely Viggo Fortz, who was defeated by Wayne and escaped.

Although according to the speculation of Archdruid Mossak, the child in Princess Pavetta's belly was not conceived through primitive reproduction, but was the result of a magical ritual.

But when one thinks of the dirty blood in this child, it is indeed a shame that the royal family of Cintra wants to bury.

Speaking of Viggo Fortz, this guy has been having a hard time lately.

Although Queen Calanthe did not reveal all the details about the princess' kidnapping, she was forced to do so under pressure from the kingdoms of Cintra and Skellige.

After Viggofortz himself was summoned many times and was never able to come forward to defend himself, the Warlock Brotherhood finally kicked him out of their organization and issued a wanted order for him throughout the North, strictly prohibiting other warlocks from cooperating with him, which to a large extent cut off Viggofortz's influence in the North.

However, compared to the insignificant bounty of the Warlock Brotherhood, the one million gold coin bounty issued by the Wayne Chamber of Commerce in the entire north detonated the entire northern continent in almost an instant.

No matter they were nobles or commoners, farmers in the village or beggars in the city, they were all stunned by the astronomical reward.

With the two kingdoms of Cintra and Skellige guaranteeing the prize, the vast majority of people did not doubt the authenticity of the reward. Almost all mercenaries and gang members began to pay attention to this matter, and even many nobles could not resist the temptation of money and got involved.

In just less than a month, Viggofortz's reputation even surpassed that of the kings of many countries, and he became the topic of conversation among the people of the entire north.

Countless people fantasize about catching the wanted criminal, receiving the sky-high reward of one million gold coins, reaching the pinnacle of life, and living a luxurious life like a king.

Tens of thousands, even hundreds of thousands, of northerners, driven by the bounty, began to search for Vigfortz.

The news of the bounty quickly spread from the northern continent to the southern kingdom through the publicity of travelers and merchants, and like a depth charge, it was quickly detonated in all human kingdoms.

(End of this chapter)