Witcher's Atelier

Lomugna's sewers, adhering to the magical style of elf creation, are not only spacious but also high-ceilinged. They have been abandoned for a long time and have natural drainage. They are actually quite clean. Of course, with the presence of soldiers from various countries, the environment is deteriorating at a high speed.

In the darkness, Victor stood up calmly. The ruby ​​found on the body was similar to the one found on Udvik Island, and the magic circuits inside were also similar.

In other words, this woman was most likely the one who used the avalanche to plot against Halma. The mage of Quit. I didn't expect that she would die here.

"Yaxi, the art of psychics!"

Curling up his ring finger to cast the seal, the witcher tried to obtain information about the corpse's life. The monkey version of "Hamawi's Blue Dream" could be traced back to up to twelve hours ago. Unfortunately, this body has expired and no information remains on it.

"Judging from the clothing, she is a Nilfgaardian. I guess...she should be Ashley Val Anahim."

"Really!? Why her? How do you know this name?" Angoulin, who was leading the way, rolled his eyes.

"Because Radovid just told me that Nilfgaard is cleaning up the members of the 'Sorceress Assembly'. And Nilfgaard's Ashley is the core figure, and she is not Fringilla Vigo. As for How do I know her identity? Don't forget I'm a prophet."

After answering the members' doubts, the leader stood up and poured fuel on the body, lit the body with the Igni seal, and then followed the original path out of the sewer and returned to the ruins in the northeast.

This area where the Scoia'tael hides is sandwiched between Nilfgaard and Temeria, but there is no chance of being discovered by either party, because they go back and forth through the central square.

After greeting the elves who stayed at the camp, Victor walked straight back to the exclusive luxury tent without stopping, and sat in front of the cauldron to start alchemy.

He must seize the time to blend the materials collected on the road and turn them into bombs or potions to prepare for the fierce battle that may occur tomorrow night.

The so-called alchemist is a model who prepares for half a month and shines for ten minutes.

Angouleme also sat in her exclusive seat, the lounge chair on the right side of the cauldron, to observe the alchemy. And from the way she hesitated to speak, Victor judged that she now had many questions in her mind.

This is not difficult to guess. Starting from the beginning of Temeria, surrounding the gathering place of kingslayers and sorceresses, and temporarily getting involved in wars and revolutions along the way, there are too many questions that need to be answered in this wonderful journey.

Throwing saltpeter, charcoal, sulfur, iron filings and iron shells into the water, the young man began to stir, "Just ask whatever questions you want. What we need to do now is very simple. You can distract yourself from talking."

After being allowed to ask questions, the girl patted her belly regardless of her appearance, "If you say yes, then I'll ask! Wick, what is the sorceress gathering place you just mentioned? Why do they want to assassinate the king? Leisuo again How did you get together with them?"

With his left hand manipulating the stirring stick, and with his right hand picking up the wine bottle and taking a swig, Victor smacked his lips.

"Tsk! Your question is very complicated. Fortunately, my logic is very clear. If I want to explain it, I have to start with the background of the Lomugna Summit.

Since 'Pure White' Rafad, kings and advisors have ruled the world together, and the tradition of mages involved in politics in the northern countries has a long history.

Until the Sunide Island Incident, some mages betrayed the northern countries and supported Nilfgaard in the south, causing the "Magic Council" to split and collapse.

This civil war among the mages directly caused the royal advisers to lose the trust of the people, and the kings in the north became vigilant.

During the period of ruling without advisors, the king suddenly discovered that they did not need the constraints of advisors; instead, the advisors lost the power and support of the king, and the mystery of the mage was gradually wiped out.

The situation has changed. At this point, many far-sighted mages know that even if they cannot completely restore their past status, they must at least reverse the deteriorating public opinion.

'Lang' in front of you. Carduin of Esset took the lead and called on the kings of the north to come and establish a new order, hoping to take the opportunity to rebuild the Mage Council.

This is the background of the Lomogne Summit. "

Angoulin rested his cheek on his hand and listened attentively.

"And Philippa Earhart, after the incident on Sunide Island, firmly believed that the king always needs the restraint of a mage to avoid doing stupid things.

So she secretly established the 'Sorceress Assembly' to help each other, and their peak achievement was to promote the signing of the 'Contract of Sintra' to end the Second Nilfgaardian War.

But the world is unpredictable, and times have chosen to eliminate mages. Demokin is widely used to restrain spellcasters, the Church of the Eternal Fire blames sorcerers for disasters, and kings are happy to throw dirty water on them to rid themselves of the influence of their advisors.

Among them, Radovid and Philippa. Erhardt is such a classic combination, the adolescent king yearns for absolute power and cannot tolerate the advisers who restrain him.

The ‘Jewel of Tritog’s Court’ was unwilling to lose the political stage, but she could not compete with Radovid, so she decided to create a new country in the Pontal Valley. "

Crossing his arms in front of his chest, Angoulin was puzzled, "She wants to continue to be a consultant, why Pontal Valley? Why choose Saskia?"

"There is a northern proverb that says, whoever can control the Pontal Valley can control the entire north." Victor took another sip of red wine, "And I added annotation to the proverb, if you want to control the Pontal Valley, you must first control Vergen. .

Vergen sits on the upper reaches of the Pontar River and is adjacent to the four northern countries. It is a place where diplomacy is at stake. So when the Saint Saskia of Aden revolted, they decided to get rid of Demavi and plunge the country into chaos, so that the Upper Aden region could be established.

The inference so far, the evidence is that I discovered Xier in the medium of spiritualism. Tanshavier was the instigator behind hiring the witch hunters of the Viper School. "

Angouleme bit his finger, "It's understandable so far, but what did the assembly do to kill King Foltest? I heard that they also tried to assassinate Henselt. Does this mean that Saskia is with them? ?”

"Of course Saskia is innocent! She was not involved in the assassination at all!" Iorveth opened the tent door and entered. "Saskia doesn't know Leisuo at all. I can guarantee that with my life."

When he saw the elf commander, Angouleme immediately knew that he had said the wrong thing, so he jumped up and hid in a corner to feed Catherine.

And Iorveth glared at her, not bothering to pursue further, "Wick, I have investigated the room you mentioned, and it is indeed the place where Philippa lived before.

It is said to be Joffrey. There are many magic traps in Munch's former residence. The Redanian soldiers guarding the outside are purely for decoration. No one dares to enter the sorceress's house. "

Victor raised his eyebrows, "If you don't dare to enter the house, why do you dare to block the door?"

"Because the Nilfgaardians successfully captured Philippa Earhart - she almost finished casting the spell, but was still no match for the well-trained army. The man in black used a successful ambush to put an anti-magic metal on her Shackles, Radovid is negotiating extradition with Nilfgaard."

"It's incredible. It's not easy to ambush her."

Victor was quite surprised by the news, but when he thought about it, it wasn't that surprising. Triss overturned the car in Reso's hands, and Desmo died in a simple and embarrassing way. The "pure white" Rafael who dominated the world back then could be successfully assassinated, so Philippa's arrest was not an accident.

"Anyway, Radovid will teach that ignorant witch a lesson." Iorveth's tone was quite gloating.

"Any word on what they're going to do with her?"

"Although I don't know what her crime is, every sorceress must have done bad things. Prison is really suitable for Philippa Earhart.

I guess in the end it's either beheading or feeding the monster! It is said that the dungeons of Lomugna are full of all kinds of scum, and of course the gallows is more suitable. "

"Don't be too happy too soon. If she is killed, it will be difficult to cure Saskia. The power of memory rose is the power of love."

The witcher's words immediately broke the commander's good mood, "Damn it! We can't enter the Nilfgaard camp. The men in black must be as guarded against her as the emperor's bedroom."

"I'm not in a hurry to visit the emperor's bedroom, but we still have to find a way to get into the dungeon. Just because you can't do it doesn't mean I can't do it either, as long as there is intelligence support."

Feeling that the alchemy was almost complete, Victor slowed down the stirring speed.

Iorveth stood up suddenly, "I understand what you mean, I will send someone to spy on Philippa's location and find a passage in the sewer.

Will you search the sorceress's chamber? If she didn't expect to be arrested, she might find something interesting there.

Ah - I suddenly thought of a way to get you into the dungeon faster than the sewers. Maybe you can cause some trouble and be arrested by Nilfgaard's soldiers..."

"Go away! The man in black will take away the weapon, use anti-magic shackles to greet me, and then let me experience the ten tortures of Nilfgaard!" Killing this bad idea without mercy, the alchemist waved the commander to quickly carry out reconnaissance arrangements .

Iorveth left with his front foot, and the colorful light shone in the cauldron with his back foot.

Take out the "honeycomb" from the center of the vortex and put it away. Victor put in the Serikanian explosive powder, saltpeter, sulfur, phosphorus, black reed petals, and Nostrik wallweed, and then stirred.

…

A few hours later, as night fell, Victor and Angoulin approached Philippa's residence.

The soldiers guarding Redania in front of the door suddenly became alert when they noticed someone approaching!

"who are you?"

Just after he finished asking, he saw the other person's face in the firelight. The guard recognized the other person as the witcher who had visited the camp in the morning.

"You, you are that...Keldra's Victor, what are you doing here?"

After confirming that there were no bystanders, the witcher raised his ring finger, smiled and silently said "Yaxi Seal".

The Samsara Eye rotated, and the pupils emitted light that reflected into the guard's eyes. The two Redanian soldiers suddenly fell into confusion.

"It was very peaceful tonight. No one came in or out. You guys were bored waiting at the door, so you decided to find a place to sleep for two hours before coming back."

After Victor finished speaking, the two guards staggered into the alley next to them and sat down to take a nap as if they hadn't seen anyone.

Seeing that the two guards were so obedient, Angouleme's eyes sparkled, "Hi! The Yaksi Seal is too terrifying! Just by meeting their eyes, they can completely control other people's thoughts and actions..."

"What a wonderful idea you have! How can such a good thing happen!" The magic sensor opened, and Victor pushed the door open and entered the room. "It is difficult to take effect when the other party is extremely vigilant, and under normal circumstances, Yaksi is a single-body seal. Once It can only be used on one person. I have received professional training to control two at the same time.”

Angoulin followed him into the house and closed the door, "That's still very powerful. I promised to get the herbal medicine for me. When I find Reso and rescue Saskia, I can't delay it any longer!"

The leader had no objection to what the members said. If things hadn't happened one after another starting from Vizima, Angouleme, who had made a "decision", would have been a member of the witchers long ago.

Then they split up and searched the room.

Victor was not worried that Angouleme would accidentally touch the magic trap. It should be said that she was asked to help clear the mines. Eagle Eye Vision is unreasonable. Intuition tells you that where there is danger, there is danger, and vice versa, there is safety.

The girl carefully searched the cupboard, "Wick, the topic was interrupted by Iorveth in the afternoon, and now let's continue. Do you think Saskia is innocent in the matter of killing the king?"

Realizing that she really cared, the young man sneered, "Don't think too much. Saskia should not be aware of their little tricks, otherwise Philippa would not have used the memory rose to manipulate her."

"That's good... I don't want her to participate in the matter of killing the king." Satisfied with the answer, Angouleme's mouth corners rose.

The leader shook his head and did not comment. Obviously, even after being educated by himself for a long time, the members have not been able to transcend the limitations of the times.

The reason why she needed to confirm was that before the people's wisdom was fully enlightened, there was a crime that all civilizations recognized as uncompensable and unforgivable, that is, "killing the king."

The act of regicide violates the laws of humans and gods, and is a heavy blow to the fragile organs of society. The hands and weapons stained with the blood of the king are believed to be never clean.

Although some people in power create bloody destruction and enjoy it, they should not be punished. Because they are above the law, their crimes are not interrogated by ordinary people.

The above is the general view of this generation. But from Victor's point of view, Mencius' answer is more in line with his heart.

"I have heard of the execution of a man named Zhou, but I have never heard of the regicide." It means that if it is a tyrant, getting rid of him is just to enforce justice.

While he was sorting out his thoughts in his mind, Angouleme, who entered the room to search, suddenly exclaimed, "Eh! Flame Strike!?"

Hearing the shout, the surprised witcher walked to the next room and looked at the girl. She was holding her lost steel sword in her hand-"Flame Strike".

He stepped forward in astonishment and took the weapon. He was good at both light and heavy weights. With a slight swing, the sword body was flaming. There is no doubt that it is "Flame Strike"!

This discovery surprised Victor very much, because the sword was lost when it was stabbed into the opponent's body and taken away during the fight against the dragon in La Valette Castle.

Although the Dream of the Dragon was later found in Vergen, proving that she was haunting Upper Aedirn, the dragon never soared over the Pontar River during that period. It also made the witcher mentally prepared that he might never find it again.

Checking the weapon, the hilt was clean and the blade was well maintained. The skills of this experienced warrior were definitely not something a female sorceress could do.

The furnishings in this room were only armor and blades, which were slightly different from when she lived in Vergen, fully revealing the owner's simplicity and self-discipline.

Sheathing the sword, Victor was puzzled, "It's really strange, how could Flame Strike fall into Saskia's hands? Did she also encounter that golden dragon?"

Thanks to the book friend Wang Jubao Jakiro_J for the reward and encouragement.