$ Chapter 1411 1383 ‘Small Discrepancy’

Chapter 1411 1383. ‘Minor Ins and Outs’

The dangers facing High Hill Castle have been arranged.

Although there are only eight summoning symbols left, Lan En combined with Geralt’s continuous exploration for more than a week to be sure that this is enough.

So he has basically put aside his worries about High Hill Castle and the Embers.

“It’s hard for you.” Lan En patted Lincoln’s shoulder with all his strength, “Be alert, it’s not too late to start drawing summoning symbols after they attack.”

Even if the parts of the engineering machinery are transported to the road in pieces, then assembled, and then pushed along the road to the surroundings of the castle, the movement will not be small.

However, compared with the average reaction time of the army in this world when encountering emergencies, it is still considered an advantage.

But first of all, the quality of the Embers Knights is completely unrelated to the so-called ‘average’. Secondly, those White Rose Knights who hid in the hills and secretly built siege equipment did not know that the situation of the enemy being in the open and we being in the dark had long been reversed.

It would be a miracle if their raid could be effective.

"Since you are confident, I don't have much to say."

Geralt shook his head calmly.

Before, he was still worried about how the Embers would deal with this unfavorable situation when Lann had said that he would not take action.

After all, although they did not contact each other much at ordinary times, the entire Embers were also the refugees who supported each other in the chaotic war in Cintra.

The Embers still respected the master witcher, and Geralt still cared about them.

But now it seems that this matter should be stable.

"The wizards' meeting is about to start." Lann said to Geralt while calculating the time, "By now, Yennefer and Ciri should be halfway to Velen, right?"

The White Wolf nodded, and his tired and hard expression after more than a week of continuous reconnaissance also became a little softer and warmer.

In order to let Ciri get in touch with society and have a normal girl's growth environment, he sent her to the Meliteli Temple in Elland, where she was raised by his trusted sister Nenneke as an ordinary little girl who came to the temple for foster care.

Because of Ciri's identity as the [Magic Source], her gradually awakening power may harm others and herself if it is not guided, so he also lost face and asked Yennefer to teach Ciri magic.

If Yennefer had not taken the portal directly on the last day when she came to the meeting on the island of Thanedd, she would definitely be not far from Gos Velen by now.

'No, they can't take the portal. '

Thinking of the black-haired sorceress who always smelled of clove and currant perfume, Geralt concluded in his heart.

Yennefer also knew that someone was now tracking down Ciri's whereabouts by any means.

The portal looked convenient, but now it was just like a means of magical communication.

As the situation became more and more tense, coupled with the genius expansion of the warlocks' cluster command on the battlefield by General Menno Kuhoon of the Southern Legion during the last Battle of Sodden Mountain.

All those who got a little bit of battle report analysis realized the potential of warlocks in information, material and personnel transmission.

There are already too many people watching secretly.

It is said that the emperor of the Southern Empire has specially set up a new department to monitor the fluctuations of the portals of the entire continent around the clock.

Regardless of whether this is a rumor fabricated by the Northern Intelligence Agency, the dignitaries of the Northern Border countries now often use this as a topic to chat with the warlocks.

They use this to talk about the southern Nilfgaard Empire's defense against the northern warlocks, and the same attitude towards their own warlocks' tools.

On the surface, the fluctuations of the portals on the entire continent are as calm as a few years ago.

However, all the warlocks with insight and intelligence will feel a deeper sense of shock when they see the current calm situation than facing a storm.

I'm afraid that now, only those secluded and idle wild mages who really "have nothing to hide in their hearts and don't get involved in trouble" will casually use the portal.

The world has been changing, but in recent years, the speed of change has made these immortal warlocks difficult to understand.

"After Triss supervises the mutations of the remaining five people and allows them to safely pass the most dangerous period, you can set off and return to Gos Velen."

Lann once again told Geralt about their schedule.

This is emphasized.

When ordinary people see Geralt's face that is usually as stiff as facial paralysis, they will probably think that this is really a standard cold demon hunter.

But Lann is his life-long friend, and he knows that Geralt is actually an emotional person under that cold face.

If he really didn't care about the Knights of Embers before, he would probably stay directly.

"Take Berengar and Triss with you. Yes, and Stuart, it's time for his face to return to its old look."

"Okay, okay." Geralt interrupted impatiently, "Why are you like a nagging old woman now, Lan? I thought I was talking to Nenneke. Do you think I'm stupid?"

"It's precisely because you're not stupid." Lan complained expressionlessly, "You're even smart and have your own ideas, so I want to remind you: don't do unnecessary things."

"By the way, please help me take the flannel ball back with me."

"Huh?" Geralt looked up at Lan En in surprise, "You are just here to arrange our itinerary, what are you going to do? Not even taking the kitten with you?"

Having said this, Lan En smiled slightly, stretched out his tongue and licked his dry lips.

But this ordinary action of moistening their mouths felt very chilling to Geralt and Lincoln at this moment.

It's like a lion with the smell of blood in its mouth lying on a person's neck and licking its teeth.

In just an instant, a layer of hair stood up on the backs of their necks.

"The Knight of the White Rose took off his coat of arms and became a bandit, and he dared to make weapons on the spot to attack my castle."

Lan En still smiled and spoke unhurriedly.

"But what do you mean by coincidence? There should be banditry happening at the place where their knights are stationed."

"Sir," Lincoln interrupted in a daze, "That's impossible, isn't it? The Knights of the White Rose are very close to Duke Seeward. Not only are they a political alliance, but even the resident castle is far away from the Duke's castle. It’s not far, and banditry is unlikely.”

Before the young clerk could even finish the last word 'maybe', he was glared at by Lan En and choked back.

"I said it's possible."

Under Lan En's speechless and angry mouth, Lincoln's expression quickly changed from confused to suddenly enlightened.

"oh!!!"

Then Lincoln smiled tacitly, and made a 'pinch' gesture with one hand in front of his mouth, indicating that he would not say much.

"Bandit." Geralt reacted faster than Lincoln. He crossed his arms and tilted his head to look at Lan En. "Is that why I didn't bring the kitten? Well, it is indeed too unique and conspicuous."

Immediately, the white wolf looked Lan En up and down again: "Qilin is easy to say, it can run away at any time. But what about you?"

"That's almost it. If you have an excuse to fool around, what else can you do?"

Lan En grabbed his large hooded cloak that was also placed on the desk and shook it. Obviously, this cloak was his 'excuse'.

"Do you really think I'm giving them face?"

"Isn't it obvious that the Knights of the White Rose and Grand Duke Elland are not fighting against each other recently? But so what?"

"Those White Rose Knights in the mountain have some brains and know not to make things big at the beginning. Take off the knight's coat of arms and use it as an excuse."

"Okay, now everyone doesn't want to make a big deal out of it." Lan En rubbed the fabric of the cloak in his hand with his fingers with interest, "Let's see who has the ability."

"..." Geralt relaxed his shoulders and slumped, "Okay, now I'm not worried at all. As you said, after Triss is done with her work, we will return to Gos Velen. One minute. No delay.”

——

Within two hours after Geralt brought the news, all five remaining mutant slots were available.

It was still Lan En who injected drugs into them one by one.

According to the experience of Berengar, who is already a little numb, they will begin to undergo the most dangerous physiological reactions among mutations in the early morning of tomorrow.

By the afternoon, this process will go through smoothly with the support of [Big Eater Vitality]. During this period, Triss acted as insurance and was ready to use the [Stabilization Spell] to intervene at any time.

As long as the most dangerous stage of this mutation has passed under care, Triss and the others will immediately set off for Gos Velen to prepare for the Warlock Summit that will begin the next night.

According to Geralt's investigation, the night of the Warlock Summit may be the time chosen by the White Rose Knights to take action.

After all, they are not stupid.

They know how to conceal their identity to confuse the public and reduce their impact, and they keep hiding it.

They were only waiting for Lan En to be stymied by the warlocks' meeting and had no idea what was happening in their castle. That was the time when they could safely take action.

But Lan En himself, as they thought, no longer cares about the affairs of Gaoqiu Castle.

It's just that the reason for 'not caring' is slightly different from what they imagined.