Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 996 978. Try to improve

Foltest was bleeding.

It would definitely not be easy to get the money approved, but he never said that when he met Lan En.

This is how smart people behave.

He also knows Lan En's personality.

Lan En looked at the account book in his hand and smiled.

"It looks like the Knights' finances should still have a surplus of about 50,000 oren."

Lan's fingers tapped on the ledger.

Not only is Foltest providing blood to the Knights, Aretuza has also been providing support to the Knights.

These things add up to a huge sum.

Even if you exclude the cost of running and maintaining the Knights, you can still easily come up with 50,000 Oren coins.

"I now need to withdraw thirty-two thousand orens from the surplus. Will this have any impact on the Knights?"

Lan looked up and asked Lincoln and Stuart.

As Lan En traveled through the gap between heaven and autumn again, Lincoln, who had grown up a lot, now had a glimpse of a soft green beard on his lips.

It seems to be to make himself look more mature for his age of less than eighteen years old.

He thought for a moment and responded confidently and simply.

"Sir, there is no problem. It's just that our nearby projects need to be extended. My brothers and I have not pursued material comfort for a long time, so we have a lot of surplus. If the Lord needs it, these things should be used by you. "

"Thank you, Lincoln." Lan En scratched his chin awkwardly at first, and then said solemnly.

"Thank you also to all the brothers in the Knights. But this is just a loan. I will return the money as soon as possible after the emergency."

"I built Ember, but I will never use it to exploit anyone."

"We all believe so, my lord."

Lincoln put his hands behind his back and leaned slightly towards Lan En.

Later, Lane handed over his bank account to Lincoln and asked him to wire the money into it.

In this way, the risk of capital chain rupture faced by industries such as Lan En will be objectively solved.

The reason why I say "objectively" is because subjectively, Lan En does not regard the operating funds of the Knights as his own property.

If he said he would pay it back, he would definitely pay it back.

It's just that repaying the money to the Knights is not as urgent as the capital chain being broken.

"Okay, we're done talking about such a relaxing topic."

After arranging a huge sum of thirty-two thousand orens, Lan En's expression suddenly became serious.

Before this, although there was a slight embarrassment, the overall atmosphere was still relaxed.

Geralt, who was standing against the wall next to him, looked at Lan En in surprise.

He didn't say anything else before coming.

But Lincoln and Stewart seemed to have expected it, and their expressions remained calm and unchanged.

The velvet ball sitting on the small chair next to Lan En also let out a "meow" without knowing why, and then his eyes moved back and forth between the two people opposite him and his boss.

"You guys." Lan En's eyes narrowed slightly, "You haven't given up on the idea of ​​conducting a grass trial, right?"

Hearing the familiar and chilling words, Geralt's body subconsciously tensed up, and his whole body straightened up from the relaxed posture of standing against the wall.

The old demon hunter looked at the two knights in front of him with his cat eyes.

The disbelief in his eyes was beyond words.

How could anyone want a Trial of Green Grass? Wouldn't it be more pleasant to apply a knife directly to the neck?

But the reaction of the two people opposite told Geralt: yes. They just long for the 'torture' that even demon hunters avoid.

Lincoln pursed his lips, and the soft and green beard on his lips twitched.

Stewart was as cold and persistent as ever, just like the steel part in the gap in his mandible.

As always, the Ember Knights were the first armed force that Lan En personally raised.

Although in [Memory Dive], Lan En's perspective commanded the war that destroyed the stars, incomparable star battleships and thousands of superhuman warriors.

But those are just the memories of a bystander.

The 'Embers' were the first team he personally organized and commanded. He was proud of how far these Cintra men had come.

But at the same time, while they worshiped him as if they were gods, this autonomy also gave him a headache.

Obviously, even if Lan En repeatedly warned that "Green Grass Trial is a dangerous and immoral operation," these knights were all willing to take this risk in order to strengthen themselves and keep up with Lan En.

Even eager to endure the ‘trial’.

To this day, it's hard to tell how far Lan En's power has reached.

But during the Northern War, just the look in his eyes after a burst of slashing on the battlefield was enough to scare the battle-hardened Nilfgaard veterans into silence.

Even just rushing past those Nilfgaardian soldiers can induce their 'superman phobia'.

My hands and feet are weak and my mind is in a trance.

But now, he looked at the two knights opposite him with serious eyes.

The two knights looked at him impartially, with cold sweat breaking out on their heads, but their bodies remained motionless.

Stubborn as a stone.

Although Stuart is even older than Lan En, Lan En still has a feeling——

They are very similar to him.

He must have looked like this when Triss persuaded him not to cause trouble in Vizima.

Once you have thought about it and decided, just go ahead and do it.

Lan En looked at them with serious eyes for nearly a minute, and the sweat on their heads had gathered on their chins.

But in the end, no one gave in.

"You guys, go out first."

Finally, Lan En shook his head and said to them.

The two Ember Knights breathed a huge sigh of relief and walked out.

"That's what bothers me, Geralt."

Lan En, who was sitting on a large chair, said with his chin propped up.

"In order to keep up with my fighting intensity, they are obsessed with the Green Grass Trial."

"Hey, the Battle of Sodden Mountain stimulated them."

"But the knowledge of witcher mutations can no longer be passed on." Geralt stood by the wall and reminded Lan in a calm tone.

"This is the news you brought to Kaer Morhen, remember?"

"Of course I remember. I don't want my knights to become a group of demon hunters, as you know very well."

Lann responded to Geralt's question with a helpless voice.

Geralt nodded silently.

He was a witcher himself, so he knew better how abnormal Lan En's behavior was at that time, even for the witcher community.

His fighting intensity is not within the normal range at all.

So whether it was out of trust or something else, Geralt didn't believe that Lan En would spread the Trial of Grass in his knights.

"But... Stuart."

But then, Geralt struggled to spit out a name.

Stuart Lynn, son of Hackthor Lynn.

The torture and pain he suffered in the war, his perseverance and toughness, they all know very well.

And more importantly, whether it was Geralt or Lan En, or even all the survivors in the refugee group.

Dandelion, Ged, and Ciri all felt that they owed Haxor a favor.

A huge favor that was bought with the sacrifice of many lives.

Stewart himself never talks about these things, but just because he doesn't, doesn't mean Lan En and the others think they can forget about it.

"He's the only one." Lan En pinched his forehead with a headache, "He's the only one I can't refuse his request."

"He will definitely still insist on participating in the battle, but his body is not far away from being disabled. Entering the battlefield is seeking death. Unless..."

Unless you become a demon hunter, your transformed body will not only be stronger, but you can even undergo more surgeries and use crystal cultivation technology to repair your disabled body.

Geralt also opened his mouth, but nothing came out.

"The Green Grass Trial is too dangerous, not only in terms of success rate, but also in terms of the ripples caused after success. You understand, Lan En."

In the end, that was all he said.

"You're still doing the same thing, Geralt." Lan En shook his head and laughed in a low voice, "When faced with a dilemma, the first thing you think about is not choosing, having both. It seems like you can really not choose in the end."

Geralt was silent.

Because of this personality, Yennefer had been separated from him many times.

But this kind of hesitation and stalemate between difficult choices is also due to his kind nature.

"I will try to improve the Trial of Green Grass."

In the end, Lane had to make his own decision.

"So, what about those people who are staring at you, your knights? They see that this road is indeed feasible, so..."

Geralt said with a frown.

But when he looked up, what he saw were Lan En's eyes.

Eyes that have no hesitation.

"Just?" The corners of the young demon hunter's mouth raised slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.

"By then, I think that both the current situation and my strength and influence should be enough to handle these things."

Geralt relaxed a lot when he saw this: "That would be great."

——

They did not stay long at the castle.

Lan En came here mainly to transfer the urgently needed thirty-two thousand orens to his account.

He took the opportunity to recognize the castle that already belonged to him. This was the first time he came to this place after Foltest gave it to him.

After all, he has a lot to do.

After coming down from the mountain, you need to walk north from the south of Velen, approaching the border of Redania and Temeria.

The two countries are divided into the north and the south with the Pontal River flowing from east to west as the natural junction.

Novigrad is located on the border between the two countries, on the side near Redania, on the delta at the mouth of the Pontar River.

It is a free city nominally belonging to Redania.

Northerners often say 'Novigrad is the capital of the world'.

The city has incredible wealth, influence and strategic position.

Therefore, in the north, if your business does not reach Novigrad, no one will think that you are doing big business.

No one will think you are a successful businessman.

So when Geralt said that the shapeshifter named Dudu had property in Novigrad and was suitable to be Lan En's asset manager, Lan En felt it was reasonable.

However, the prosperity of the city is only limited to the surrounding areas of the city. The road from Willen to Novigrad is still barren.

So even with a demon hunter and a 'big man' whose figure was clearly out of place even without the cloak, trouble still came.