Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 114 113. Something is wrong with the Demon Hunter

Count Stesa was flipping through a document in his study.

A piece of information about the witcher Lan En.

He had a pair of eye-clips on his face.

This kind of glasses is different from Lan En's home world. They do not rest on the ears. Instead, they are clamped on the bridge of the nose by shrinking the angle like a compass.

Frowning and taking off his glasses, this handsome and powerful middle-aged man murmured thoughtfully.

"This mutant is not normal."

For people like him, everything you want to know in the kingdom can always be known in detail.

Even with the intelligence system that Nilfgaard supports him, he can always get a rough idea of ​​things outside the kingdom.

Therefore, even if the order to collect intelligence was issued in the morning, he had already obtained a "book" that was neither thin nor thick in the evening.

These are Lan En's details.

Such operational efficiency and operational results are considered top-notch among Temeria's official intelligence organizations.

What Stesa actually uses is Temeria's official intelligence organization.

Very different from the speculations of many people who are far away from politics, the truth in this world is often more complex and absurd.

The political conflict between Count Stesa and His Majesty the King is not as incompatible as most people imagine.

The fact is: Whether it is an earl or a king, their orders are transmitted through the bureaucratic service system of the entire kingdom.

The conflict of political opinions between them would not lead the earl to establish another administrative system to confront the king. How is that different from splitting Temeria?

The power confrontation between them takes the form of competing for their voice and control in various bureaucratic departments.

Of course the bureaucracy should listen to the king, but the earl's inheritance rights, funds, and blood inheritance are all there.

Feudal kingdoms cannot ignore these things.

Therefore, in Temeria's administrative system, there will always be departments that ignore each other, or even undermine each other and hold each other back.

Because in these departments, the proportion of the king's voice and the earl's voice are different.

Even within the same department, there will always be internal disagreements.

The boss of the department belongs to the king, but the second boss belongs to the earl. What should the people under his command do when dealing with Nilfgaard-related matters?

Do you really think that the boss can get rid of the second child just by saying a few words?

Since ancient times, are there not many bosses who have been sidelined by the second child?

In the end, you still have to use your own resources, backstage, and intelligence to fight against each other.

Foltest is a powerful person, even Stysa has to admit this.

But Count Stesa also knew in his heart that he would not be killed suddenly by the king.

Because he now represents not only a force, but also a trend of thought.

A trend of thought that moves closer to a "more civilized and advanced" social system.

If you are still there, then the power brought by these thoughts gathers around you, which is tangible and has ways to deal with it.

As long as Foltest releases news that "Count Stesa was suppressed" from time to time, the people will think that the ideological trend itself has been suppressed.

Set up a target and let it represent an idea. Then the victory over this target is the victory over the invisible thought.

Foltest was extremely skilled at this technique.

But once he is gone, these thoughts will spread wantonly because there is no one to control them, and because they have no entity, they cannot be easily attacked.

The people and forces that he gathered and were attracted by his thoughts would scatter like stars throughout Temeria.

Becoming the "toxin" in the giant body of Temeria. Subtle and indistinguishable, but really harmful.

It is precisely because of this strange but logical political ecology that Count Stesa has the energy he has today.

In this magical Middle Ages, the relationship between those in power and their subordinates is still trustworthy.

There are companies and shareholding systems in this world, but at the same time, there is also blood succession and loyalty pledges.

Count Stesa used these social contracts to bind his own interests with those of his subordinates, creating mutual trust.

The most important thing is the real money invested in his subordinates.

Stetha is well aware of the importance of offspring to humanity.

He would gather his men and their families together on major festivals every year.

During this period, he will reward every child who studies seriously with almost luxurious rewards. Give them encouragement, give them tangible rewards, and promise them a future where they can make a big difference as long as they succeed in their studies.

Study law? OK! I have just the right person to insert in the legal department!

Study business? That’s fine! The Ministry of Commerce is currently short of an intern.

Excellent martial arts? That's even better! The income of several villages has been allocated to you, and all you have to do is become a full-time knight who can wear armor and cut through battle formations!

He also severely criticized every subordinate heir who let himself go.

He will tell them that he has prepared an extremely bright position and relationship for him in the future, but if you don’t get it because you are not good enough, then you deserve it!

At this time, subordinates will watch with great pride and concern as their children receive his attention.

Each of his rewards elicited applause, and each of his harsh rebuke elicited sighs.

Under the pitiful and pitiful eyes of their parents and uncles and uncles around them, those uneducated children will probably blush and get motivated.

Then, these noble and business owner families will get closer to Stesa!

His bloodline, the rights he currently possesses, and the help he received from the Nilfgaard Empire, these capitals that are already incredibly strong will only become larger and more unfathomable in the future under his operation. !

It was precisely because of this that Earl Stesa was able to extract so much information so quickly from the barren mud pit of Willen.

This is not all, more information is still on the way.

But just what he had already obtained was enough to surprise him.

What Stesa studied under the candlelight was Lan En's brief account of his experiences since his appearance.

The first time he appeared was when he was taken naked from a farmhouse by a witcher.

Fine skin and tender meat, no setbacks or weakness.

Stesa could read between the lines and imagine the image of a troubled young man who originally had a pretty good life.

Immediately afterwards, he became a witcher, participated in the hunt for the witcher mentor, worked in Auriden, and encountered a cannibal case.

One incident after another was briefly marked on the timeline and presented on the paper.

At a cursory glance, it doesn't seem like a big deal.

It's just that rumors say that witchers are trained from secret castles in the mountains, and then enter the civilized world to find work.

But this seems to be a temporary job, teaching on the road.

So much for the compelling drama.

But after these scattered events were put together on the timeline, things began to become abnormal.

This demon hunter named Lan En went from a layman who couldn't even swing a sword to a demon hunter who could single-handedly defeat an armed thug camp. How long did it take in total? !

Two months? !

"It's so fast that it's abnormally fast!"

There was surprise in Stesa's murmured tone, but more of it was a desire.

He wanted to know how this kind of rapid progress was achieved, as if he were riding a gryphon.

Can it be copied? Can it be applied on a large scale?

"Is it a witcher's potion?"

Since Stesa decided to investigate Lan En, he would naturally not let go of the basic information about the witcher.

In this pile of information, there is a lot of information about the group of demon hunters.

The demon hunter's alchemy technology is something that even the mages are curious about. In Count Stesa's opinion, it is naturally unique.

"But that's not right either. Can you advance alchemy to this point in less than two months?"

He also has information about Bordon. He is just a barbarian who is not very proficient in alchemy.

Stassa chuckled with interest.

If it was because of the magic potion, then Lan En was an abnormally talented person in the field of alchemy.

If it weren't for the magic potion, then Lan En would be an abnormal person!

The earl took out a piece of information, and it contained Auriden's information.

Coincidentally, the nobleman who held the chariot racing competition in Oriden was Count Stetha himself.

That village can be regarded as his private land.

According to the intelligence, the relationship between the demon hunter and the villagers in this village is not bad, and there is a lot of room for making a fuss here.

I just lost a good dog, so why not use it as a rein to tame a more ferocious one?

The Earl's fingers passed over the individual messages of each villager.

But just as his fingers were about to slide onto the head of the village elder, a young voice suddenly sounded from behind him.

"Haaren't these my friends?"

Count Stesa's eyes widened uncontrollably at the sudden change, and his pupils shrank.

The next moment - "bang"!

That noble and handsome face was pressed directly onto the desk by the pressure from the back of his head!

His facial features were being squeezed, squeezed by a pair of big blood-stained hands.

A silver necklace with the head of a roaring bear slowly dropped into the Earl's restricted field of vision.

"Should I be deeply honored to see the traces of Willen's country friends in such a noble place, Lord Earl?"

Brothers, it's really fierce. It's a bit beyond imagination. The first order was just over 3,000, which was three times more than my expected target of 1,000. Great! (laugh

But sadly, this means that I have to write 6,000 words a day for ten consecutive days (sadly)

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