When Wayne heard Francesca's answer, he felt a warm feeling in his heart. It feels good to be trusted by others.

Since the elven sorceress trusts him so much, he will not let down someone who believes in him.

Although his full strength could not be exerted due to the seal in his body, after several years of development, he also possessed many trump cards, and his strength was incomparable to the past. He could solve the problem without even doing it himself.

The reason why Wayne wants to deal with Nilfgaard this time, in addition to showing the strength of the Witcher Cult to other forces, he also has other purposes.

According to intelligence from a sorceress he had planted in the south, the main reason why the usurper emperor was in a hurry to attack the Kingdom of Aedirn was because of a man who had been disfigured by him and for whom he offered a reward of one million gold coins.

Perhaps Viggofortz had already made a lot of arrangements in Nilfgaard, and his influence was deeply rooted.

After escaping with injuries, this man quickly gained the trust of the usurper emperor and even directly served as one of Nilfgaard's royal advisers.

No one knew what reasons he used to convince the usurper emperor. Anyway, according to the intelligence from the sorceress, the emperor had made up his mind and was mobilizing the whole country. The war between the north and south continents was unstoppable.

Two days later, the news from Francesca also indirectly proved this point.

After the elven sorceress rejected the Nilfgaardian envoy, the high-ranking official of the imperial court did not say much, but left angrily. Soon, more than 20,000 Nilfgaardian black-clad soldiers gathered in the open space outside the Hundred Flowers Valley Forest, set up camp, and prepared for the attack.

Perhaps in the eyes of the other side, even the Kingdom of Aedirn was easily defeated by them. The elves who could not even defeat Aedirn dared to refuse their enticement, which was simply courting death.

The reason why the Nilfgaardian army is so powerful is not only because they have extremely sophisticated weapons and equipment, as well as good command, but the most important reason is that the Nilfgaardian Empire has a fairly complete military academy that can provide a large number of junior officers for the empire.

Under the control and command of these junior officers, the outstanding Nilfgaard soldiers were not only able to maintain high morale, but also to cooperate with other troops and quickly complete the commander's orders.

In the cold weapon era of the Middle Ages, the army that could achieve these two points was undoubtedly the most elite and combat-capable elite.

The general who commanded this army was one of the usurper emperor's most trusted commanders.

Even though they were facing a tribe of elves that didn't even have an organized army, the commander remained quite cautious.

The army without direct command entered the forest and fought with the elves in terrain that was unfavorable to them.

Instead, they gathered enough intelligence beforehand, took steady steps, targeted the location of the elves' palace in the Valley of Flowers, formed a defensive formation, cut through mountains and built bridges over rivers, and methodically attacked the core area of ​​the elves.

However, what surprised the commander was that after two days of marching in the forest, when tens of thousands of Nilfgaardian soldiers pushed the front line all the way to a place less than a few kilometers away from the Palace of the Valley of Flowers, they still did not encounter any resistance from the elves, as if the enemy had all fled.

Such a strange situation made the commander alert.

He did not continue to advance rashly, but instead sent out a large number of scouts to gather intelligence around the army to prevent himself from being ambushed by the enemy.

Just when the Nilfgaardian army stopped advancing, the Witcher Cult's attack was launched.

First, there was a rumbling sound like thunder coming from afar, and birds everywhere were startled and flew into the sky with flapping wings.

Then, the feeling of continuous vibration, from small to large, was transmitted to the ground, as if tens of thousands of heavy cavalry were galloping towards them.

Such a scene filled the hearts of Nilfgaard's soldiers and officers with fear. They looked at the direction where the sound came from, their bodies trembling slightly.

However, as professional soldiers, the habit of obeying orders has been ingrained in them.

Following the commander's order, more than 20,000 soldiers immediately took up their weapons, quickly changed their formation, and under the command of countless low-level officers, formed a dense spear formation to fight against the cavalry.

As the vibration and sound became louder and louder, soon, a huge figure appeared in front of the soldiers.

This is a knight who is over three meters tall and holds a huge two-handed sword that is over five meters long.

Its entire body was made of a solid metal structure, with magical inscriptions shining on it. Its running speed was comparable to that of the finest warhorse. When facing a battle formation composed of tens of thousands of soldiers, it did not stop for the slightest while moving. It brandished the giant sword in its hand and rushed straight towards the crowd.

After the Iron Knight rushed out of the forest hundreds of meters away, as the trees in the forest shook violently, hundreds of armored giants about eight or nine meters tall also rushed out from the dense woods.

When these monsters, who were covered in metal armor, holding huge weapons in their hands and dozens of times larger than ordinary people, saw the soldiers of Nilfgaard, they immediately let out earth-shaking roars of excitement as if they had seen lambs to be slaughtered, and ran towards the position of the army while waving their weapons.

Although the number difference between the two sides was hundreds of times, these giants showed no fear at all. They ran at full speed, and each stride was five or six meters long, which was no less than that of well-trained war horses.

Such a scene shocked the soldiers of Nilfgaard.

They had probably never even heard of a group of giants like this one, let alone seen one.

The unknown is what is most frightening. Although there are a large number of soldiers, the huge size difference and the opponent's seemingly sophisticated equipment have already demonstrated their strong combat effectiveness.

Looking at the giant army rushing towards them like a tsunami, the hearts of every Nilfgaardian soldier were immediately filled with heavy pressure.

However, things were worse than they imagined.

Before the Iron Knights and the terrifying Giant Legion could rush into the army, the soldiers of Nilfgaard suddenly discovered that groups of fiery red clouds suddenly gathered in the sky above their heads.

Countless huge rocks burning with flames were dragging comet-like flaming tails, falling at high speed from hundreds or even thousands of meters in the sky, and the target of these huge rocks seemed to be the defensive formation they formed.

"Spell, this is a wizard's spell."

"Quick, officers, take up the demonic metal equipment that was assigned to you."

"Their spells are just empty shells. As long as there is the demonic metal, these spells can't hurt us."

However, before the commander could finish his words, the burning boulders, under the influence of gravity, slammed heavily into the ground.

Just like powerful artillery shells, these huge rocks not only smashed any obstacles beneath them into pieces, but the shock waves created by the impact could even directly smash the nearby soldiers into meat paste.

These thousands of meteorites came and went quickly. Excluding those that did not hit the target, among the more than 20,000 soldiers, only about one or two thousand people died directly under this powerful magic. The so-called magic-blocking gold played a minimal role in the face of this kind of physical falling magic and could not save the lives of those soldiers and officers at all.

Although the spell was not extremely lethal, its most important consequence was that it was like the last straw that broke the camel's back. It not only severely damaged the morale of the Nilfgaardian soldiers, but also disrupted their well-prepared defensive formation.

It was not long after the meteorite magic ended, and the soldiers had not yet recovered from their shock and fear.

The Iron Knight at the front was already waving his giant sword and rushing into the crowd.

It was no use to the magic knight's powerful strength. Under the sword he swung, whether it was the officers in armor or the soldiers holding shields, they were all broken into pieces like tofu at the touch of a single blow.

There is no need to even use a giant sword to attack. Under the attack of this iron knight, even just a fist or a physical collision can easily smash the soldiers into a ball of meat paste.

Although his body size was not as large as those steel giants behind him, this magic knight was like the sharpest knife. He quickly cut into the army formation composed of tens of thousands of soldiers with an irresistible posture.

And when the iron giants who followed him entered the army formation, hell began to fall on the Nilfgaard soldiers.

The black armor that they were so proud of seemed like a piece of paper and was vulnerable under the huge weapons of these giants.

No matter how hard they used their weapons, they could only leave some sword marks on the opponent's armor.

This is not a difference in materials and craftsmanship, but simply because the thickness of the armor on these giants is several times thicker than that of ordinary human armor. Unless large-scale engineering machinery such as crossbows are used, human strength is not enough to break such steel defense.

Under such an absolute disadvantage, the outcome of the war soon became clear.

And just above this bloody battlefield, Wayne, Francesca, and the elf sage Ada were flying in the sky, watching the battle below coldly.

Aida had a cold expression and didn't seem surprised by the fighting power displayed by the giant army.

"Your legion is strong, Wayne."

"However, these giants are not immune to curses or poisonous magic. Under the damage of these dark magics, they will not last longer than humans."

When Wayne heard this, he rolled his eyes in his heart and found the arrogance of this elf sage quite amusing.

"I know that very well, Ada."

"Now, my Chamber of Commerce is purchasing all the magic-blocking gold. It won't be long before my giant army will have the power to fight against magic."

(End of this chapter)