The Warlock Council was disbanded, but there were still warlocks in Nilfgaard. What should they do?
In addition to winning over the warlocks who were born in their own country and showed their loyalty, the northern countries began to learn from the "advanced experience" of the Seven Gods World. First, they vigorously developed the Blademaster Knights. Second, they imitated the universities of the Seven Gods World, and refined the extraordinary professions and single attributes. Finally, they tried to introduce the faith of the Seven Gods, so that the Church of the Seven Gods could assimilate the Seven Gods.
Dani herself had already traded Laws and Bloodlines with the otherworldly Laura. She had even given away the First Flame's Trait. There was no need for her to set up a trade barrier to prevent others from selling cultivation techniques to the other world.
The Demon Hunter World and the Song of Ice and Fire world were not competitors. As long as Danny did not have any bad intentions, they were not enemies.
After the celestial convergence, both sides went their separate ways, and it was difficult for them to meet again.
Therefore, the Source Warlock Vilgefortz had broken through to the Sword God Realm. In the past decade or so after the celestial convergence, the royal family of the Demon Hunter World had already obtained the Blademaster Training Technique, and even created a large number of Blademasters.
Yes, not just one or two, but a large number of them, hundreds and thousands.
Especially the northern countries near the Megalosaurus Mountains, they could form a hundred-man Blademaster Knight Regiment.
Before the celestial convergence, the swordsmanship of the Demon Hunter World had developed to a level that was not inferior to extraordinary powers. For example, Geralt had killed countless extraordinary monsters and warlocks.
The introduction of the path of the Sword God was like adding wings to a tiger. Countless demon hunters and knights who had reached the peak of swordsmanship found the right direction in the lost path, and naturally advanced bravely.
Blademasters were much more reliable than warlocks, because the nobles who had the most resources were the easiest to cultivate Blademasters.
Blademasters and Sword Gods were the advanced versions of knights.
Most of the merchants in the Song of Ice and Fire world were imperial merchants. While selling the Sword God Realm, extraordinary spells and meditation techniques, they also obtained many cultivation techniques of the Demon Hunter World.
For example, the nature spells of the Druids, the body forging techniques and swordsmanship of the Demon Hunters … The exchange of knowledge multiplied the total amount of knowledge.
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In addition to the path of the Sword God, the detailed extraordinary professions of the Song of Ice and Fire world also made the nobles of the northern countries excited.
Since the traditional Warlock groups had other ideas, the bigwigs could only helplessly accept it.
However, even if the wildfire specialists openly rebelled, it would only cause the industries involved in wildfires to wither. It would not have a fatal impact on the kingdom's political power.
In fact, in the second year of the celestial convergence, the Wildfire technology was also introduced to the demon hunter world.
However, those small countries did not have the ability to build railways. At most, they could buy a Wildfire Steam Engine Airship or a car from the merchants of the Other World.
Three years after Joffrey and Danny traveled through the other world, they got married and set up a small car production line in the Northern Ice Nation. They specialized in producing small cars and small airships to sell to the other world's royalty.
Other than earning gold, silver, and treasures, they were also happy to purchase precious metals and alchemy products from the other world.
Apart from the True Gods, the level of martial arts and magic in the Demon Hunter world was much higher than in the Song of Ice and Fire world. There were too many treasures that the otherworldly people coveted.
Also, because of the countless years of celestial conversions and the fusion of countless world fragments with this world, the quantity and diversity of resources in the world of demon hunters were far greater than in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire.
For example, coal.
In the Megalosaurus Mountains where the two worlds collided, there was an immeasurable amount of coal stored.
Danny chose the Megalosaurus Mountains as the point of collision, not only because it was empty and uninhabited, but also because of the coal resources.
She planned to dig out a small piece of land from the Demon Hunter world and leave after the convergence.
This was just a normal phenomenon of the celestial convergence, not a robbery.
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As for the priests of the Seven Gods …
Danny had always been easy to talk to when it came to faith.
As long as the priests of Meritley's church believed in the Seven Gods, or continued to believe in Meritley, but firmly believed that Meritley and the Seven Gods were the same gods, she would give the devout and virtuous people divine spells.
In just a dozen years, the native priests had gradually spread from the Megalosaurus Mountains in the north to the south in a fan shape.
With priests, sword masters, and Wildfire Bullets, the countries in the north were much less dependent on warlocks.
During the coup in Thanedd Island, even if only a small number of warlocks changed their stance and stood on the side of Nilfgaard because of the ancient prophecy, most of them chose to be neutral.
Being neutral without helping either side was also a betrayal!
While the rulers in the north were bitterly disappointed, they also began to suppress the living space of the warlocks.
Some radical kingdoms even prepared to purge the spellcasters.
The coup in Thanedd Island had hurt the warlocks too much.
Not only did they lose the trust and support of the kingdom, but the split in the Warlock Council also made the secular authorities see the weakness of the spellcasters.
Even if there was no betrayal, the warlocks' great power, their youthful looks, their constant interference in politics, and even their arrogant attitude as the uncrowned kings of the north made the nobles jealous.
A united warlock organization was too powerful, no matter how much dissatisfaction they had, they could only keep it in their hearts, but once the warlocks split …
Just like Aunt May, she was not afraid of anyone in a one-on-one fight, but in the years since she came to this world, how many times had she been defeated?
Warlocks who acted alone could not threaten the regime, but warlocks who banded together were terrifying.
The discord between the countries in the north and the warlocks was exactly what the Southern Empire, Nilfgaard, wanted to see.
To achieve this goal, they began to instigate the Second Northern War.
Cintra had fallen, and the countries in the north had lost their strongest southern barrier (Cintra had the strongest cavalry in the north), so Nilfgaard could attack everywhere.
Aden was the first unlucky one, almost a replica of Cintra in the First Northern War … No, their performance was far worse than Cintra's.
Cintra was the last person to die in battle, and even if they lost, they lost with dignity and vigor, winning the respect of everyone.
Even to this day, and even in the Third Northern War, when the armies of the northern countries fought, the most common battle cry was still "Remember Cintra" … Well, they shouted "Remember Cintra" to boost morale, but Calanthe could not find a country willing to support her no matter how hard she tried. She did not even allow her grandson-in-law to lead the Roaring Warriors south or cross the border.
Aden had the strongest agriculture and industry in the north, but because it had been ravaged by peasant revolutions for years, the regime of the kingdom was very unstable. When faced with Nilfgaard's invasion, it did not put up much resistance and fell.
"Sigh, it seems that 'equality and freedom' is not suitable for this world. Saqiya, come back to the World of the Seven Gods with me, and bring your godfather and mother."
In a mountain ridge outside Vinge Castle, the capital of Aden, a dwarf who had just suffered a huge defeat looked at the female dragon who was equally dejected.
Just yesterday, the peasant army that they led, "claimed to be five hundred thousand," was defeated by the 20,000 southern troops in a field battle to defend Vinge Castle.
The dwarf even mounted his warhorse again, raised his axe, and was ready to put on a show of "The Return of the Cloud at the Black River Pass."
Unfortunately, he did not have knights of the same strength as the enemy by his side this time.
Although the peasants had simple military training, their individual strength was too weak, and their cooperation was far from that of a regular army that had been honed for years.
The enemy's two hundred Sword Saints led five thousand heavy cavalry, like a sharp knife cutting through butter, with just one charge, they destroyed the army of fifty thousand.
If not for the dwarf's Tile Steel Armor, even if he disregarded his identity and transformed into a Demonic Dragon, he would not have been able to survive the encirclement of the Sword Saints and War Spellcasters.
"That bunch of unscrupulous merchants, they even sold Tile Steel. When I get back, I'll definitely investigate this matter thoroughly!" Stroking the fine cut marks on his breastplate, the dwarf felt a lingering fear, as well as anger.
The enemy's Sword Saints had Tile Steel Swords, and more than one. The Marshal of the Empire was even wearing Tile Steel Armor with the image of a human face on it.
"They must have noticed that you are wearing Tile Steel Armor. Thanks to the merchants of the World of the Seven Gods, your identity was not exposed." The female dragon sighed.
"We have failed," Tyrion said.
"I don't believe that all fifty thousand soldiers will die on the battlefield. When we return, we will regroup and engage in guerrilla warfare like in the early years." The female dragon clenched her teeth.
Yes, earlier on, the rebel army was still engaging in guerrilla warfare. With the dwarf's advice, Saqiya quickly seized a few earldoms and established a more stable base.
The King of Aden, Demavi III, even secretly sent a messenger, intending to use the title of Duke to recruit her.
Saqiya rejected him without hesitation.
It was also because the rebel army and the army of the Royal Court each fought that Aden fell so quickly.
Uh, when the Southerners first attacked, the Royal Border Guards were at the front, and the rebel army was prepared to take advantage of the situation. In the end, the border outpost with only a few thousand soldiers fell in two days.
No matter what, the Royal Court had to leave a portion of their main forces to guard against the rebel army, so as to prevent a revolution, they did not dare to send out all of their forces.
With this, the Royal Court, which only had a total of thirteen thousand soldiers, fell in a few days.
The dwarf was dumbfounded by the tragic state of the Royal Army. He could only hurriedly call over the peasants in the fields. A total of fifty thousand, claimed to be five hundred thousand. In the end, they were taken away in one wave at Vinge Castle.
He did not defend the city.
In this world with powerful Warlocks, defending the city was equivalent to taking a beating, unless you had a group of Warlocks equal in number to the enemy, and could defend against the enemy's spell attacks.
But with Warlocks equal in strength to the enemy, why would they choose their own capital as the battlefield for war spells?
"You misunderstood me. Reorganizing the army is not difficult, and guerrilla warfare is even easier. I even have the confidence to drive away the invaders.
The failure I'm talking about is not the failure of the war, but the idea of equality between races and classes, and freedom for all. It's beautiful, but it failed. "The dwarf sighed.
"If we drive away the Nilfgaardians, won't we achieve our ideals?" Saqiya was puzzled.
"Only the idea of making the country richer and stronger, and making the people's lives better, is a successful idea. The victory or defeat of a war is only the strength of the means, and has nothing to do with the quality of the idea.
Now the facts have proven that absolute equality does not exist in the world of power.
You saw how the Sword Saints and the Warlocks slaughtered our peasant army, how can both sides be equal?
Forcing equality will only cause greater unfairness. "The dwarf said bitterly.
Saqiya's expression changed a few times, and said in a low voice, "Then fine-tune the idea, do not pursue absolute equality, but must make this world fairer."
"Isn't this the 'freedom of young girls'? You want to follow in the footsteps of the Dragon Queen? Back then, you were very disgusted with this' false 'freedom. "Tyrion said in a strange tone.
Uh, 'freedom and equality' was actually Danny's slogan when she started, and it was also the idea she persisted in until the end.
Now, there were no more slaves in the world of the Song of Ice and Fire, and Hell and Heaven could also guarantee relative equality between the nobles and the commoners.
Saqiya had a very high opinion of the Dragon Queen's action of freeing the slaves, but after understanding the norms of freedom and equality in the Seven Stars Bible in detail, she showed great disapproval.
She thought that the Dragon Queen's revolutionary stance was not firm enough, and even betrayed her early ideals in the "later years of her life."
"I was still too young back then, and this failure made me understand that the Dragon Queen was right.
Because I insisted that the Sword Saint Knights and ordinary soldiers were completely equal, it led to the peasants and subhumans under my command.
The powerful Warlocks and Sword Saints of Aden would rather follow Demavi (King of Aden), who retreated without a fight, than surrender to me, who swore to protect the capital.
Perhaps, I have to introduce the doctrine of the Seven Goddesses in Aden? "The mother dragon sighed.
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