Chapter 236

Time flew by, and in the blink of an eye, another month passed.

Time came to May 1253. This month passed quite peacefully for the southern kingdoms or most of the northern countries, and basically nothing major happened.

But for the residents of the Kingdom of Kaedwen, it was a month of great suffering.

First was that strange hunting festival. Before the noble lords had even set off, they encountered an earthquake and a fire. The entire festival was thrown into chaos, and many people suffered varying degrees of injuries.

Although there were no large-scale casualties at the scene, only one or two unlucky ones were involved in the fire and lost their lives.

But King Henselt of the Kingdom of Kaedwen fell into a coma. Under the treatment and protection of the sorcerers, for a continuous month, there was no movement at all; he neither died nor woke up, and the entire kingdom fell into a strange calm.

And not long after, after testing by many professionals, the result given by the Sorcerers Brotherhood was that this was just an accidental incident, without any external interference, purely because King Henselt was possessed by bad luck and became an unlucky person.

And as the saying goes, a country cannot be without a king for a day. This king has neither heirs nor brothers. The Kingdom of Kaedwen cannot wait forever for a king who has become a vegetable and may die at any time to preside over the overall situation. Today's throne is very likely to be selected from the collateral bloodlines of the royal family.

The replacement of power is often accompanied by bloody wars and various conspiracies. Although Henselt has no heirs or brothers, he has many distant relatives, many of whom are powerful nobles in the kingdom.

So now, undercurrents are surging among the noble class of the entire Kingdom of Kaedwen, full of various unspeakable transactions and betrayals. Everyone is sharpening their swords, accumulating strength, and waiting for the further development of things.

Even the Sorcerers Brotherhood, which wants to preside over the overall situation, can only remain in a wait-and-see state and cannot easily intervene in the struggles between nobles.

And what makes the Kingdom of Kaedwen even more uncomfortable is that Green Valley Mountain, as the central area of the earthquake, has been turned upside down by the earthquake for unknown reasons.

Strangely, shortly after the earthquake, the entire Green Valley Mountain was covered by thick fog. Most of the hunters who entered the mountain to hunt nearby never returned. Even those who were lucky enough to return alive would act like they were crazy, claiming that there were many monsters in the fog and that the end of the world was coming.

Such rumors spread widely among the people, and the range of the fog also spread continuously with Green Valley Mountain as the center, causing a lot of riots, making the people of the Kingdom of Kaedwen panic and terrified.

In the past, whenever they encountered such strange things, people would subconsciously think of looking for a witcher and ask these monster experts to help them get rid of the monsters.

But for so many years, due to the Kingdom of Kaedwen's exclusion of non-human races, basically very few witchers have come to this kingdom. This has become a country unwelcome to witchers. Now they have searched the whole country and have not found any witcher to accept this commission.

And other mercenaries, even if they accepted the task and entered the fog, basically never returned, and they couldn't find out what was hidden in the thick fog at all. Moreover, only a very small number of people know that even the most powerful Sorcerers Brotherhood in the North has already failed twice on this issue, losing several sorcerers in a row, and is currently racking their brains over this problem.

And in the Blue Mountains not far from the Kingdom of Kaedwen, in Kaer Morhen, the lair of the Wolf School witchers, after nearly two months of transformation, earth-shaking changes have taken place here.

The original outer walls of the castle have been demolished, many old buildings have disappeared and turned into stones of various sizes, a large amount of land has been leveled, and the entire castle currently only has the original main building left.

As for the reason for doing this, of course, it is to carry out a large-scale expansion of the castle.

This was not the plan of the old witcher. Vesemir initially just thought about repairing and patching, so that this ancient castle, which had been built for hundreds of years, could hold on for another hundred years and continue to be used.

However, facing Wayne's persuasion and the beautiful future described by Wayne, the old man finally stopped insisting and agreed to the reconstruction plan.

After all, such a small castle could barely be used as the headquarters for the few people of the Wolf School, but if the order really developed in the future and witchers from other schools also returned, such an ancient castle would definitely not be able to bear such a role.

Therefore, their preliminary work was to collect a large amount of stones and other raw materials for building the castle with the help of these giants, and then open up a huge territory for the new witcher castle. When Wayne goes out next time, he will bring back a group of professional construction workers and castle design masters to build a new home for all witchers.

However, it must be said that compared to the size and strength of humans, giants are really very suitable for use as labor. Each of them is equivalent to a large humanoid crane. Many things that cannot be completed by manpower and require tools and machinery can be completed by giants, and the efficiency is higher, the speed is faster, and a lot of time is greatly saved.

And according to the report of the giant general Glas, among the giant tribe, a group of female giants have become pregnant and are trying to conceive a new generation of giants.

Such news seems to have brought new hope to the giant tribe, which has always been full of barbaric and violent atmosphere.

In addition, Wayne's management is not harsh, and he is not a cruel master. The lives of the giants are not miserable, which makes the giants' resistance to Wayne seem to have disappeared a lot. Life is full of hope, and even working has become more active, and smiles often appear on their faces.

After all, as the old saying goes, life is like rape; since you can't resist, then enjoy it well.

With the help of these giant laborers, a large amount of building materials were piled up, a large open space was cleared in the forest near Kaer Morhen, and even the large lake at the foot of the mountain was transformed, and some fishing labor began to be carried out.

The magic plantation area that Wayne attaches great importance to has also been expanded several times, but because the abilities of the two dryad beauties are limited, they cannot urge the growth of more magic vegetables without enabling other magic gathering and infusing magic into more magic vegetables.

However, these basic developments are not the most gratifying things. For the entire witcher order, the most significant thing is that after two months of painstaking research, the genius beauty sorceress Triss finally activated the Mythic Lock magic array in the Wizard World using her own wisdom.

On this day, in the entire Kaer Morhen, except for those giants who were still working, everyone else came to the back mountain, which is the location of the Magic Node.

Triss, with some dark circles under her eyes but covered by makeup, had an expression of fatigue mixed with excitement at this time.

She, Vesemir, Berengar, Wayne, and several others gathered around the controller of the Mythic Lock device, watching those small magic crystals and the large magic crystals inside suspended in the air, rotating in a posture that looked very mysterious and profound. Layers of intense magic fluctuations continued to expand outward from this device, all focused, seemingly wanting to see some tricks from this device.

Due to long-term research, Triss's voice was slightly hoarse, and she said quickly: "Wayne, my dear, the Mythic Lock magic array has officially started to activate."

"It is currently accumulating magic power. In just another half an hour, a powerful magic barrier will be built."

"By then, with this place as the center, within a diameter of fifty kilometers, it will become a domain that our order can directly control."

"Although the ability of this magic node can only allow us to enable half of the functions of the Mythic Lock magic array, and the control area has also shrunk a lot, this barrier is still very powerful. I think it is already the most powerful barrier in the world."

Wayne nodded. He also participated in the research of the Mythic Lock magic array. Although the main force was Triss, he also provided many excellent suggestions and had long known the role of this magic array.

This explanation was mainly for other members to hear.

Thus, he took over the conversation and said to the others, mainly Vesemir: "Once the barrier is formed, a large shield capable of forced intervention will be formed at the outermost edge of our barrier."

"Any information inside cannot be observed from outside the barrier, and teleportation spells cannot be used to enter our barrier. Those who use their bodies to break into the barrier will be forcibly teleported outside the barrier."

"In short, only those allowed by us can enter the barrier, and inside this barrier, all magic power is controlled by the magic array."

"As long as we are willing, we can isolate the magic power of anyone entering the barrier, making the enemy's spellcasters lose the permission to use magic power and become ordinary people who cannot cast spells, and we can also provide magic support to our own spellcasters, making their strength greatly increase."

"And for other enemies, we can teleport them at will, break them into pieces, or even teleport them directly into the prison and any terrain favorable to us."

Speaking of this, Wayne smiled at the two dryad beauties and said:

"After the barrier is established, we will increase the magic concentration of the magic vegetable planting area. By then, we can accelerate the growth time of these magic plants as a whole."

Subsequently, Wayne talked about some details about the functions of the Mythic Lock magic array. The powerful power of this magic array stunned Vesemir and others.

Vesemir touched his beard, looked at Wayne with strange eyes, sighed, and said with emotion: "What a powerful creation, child."

"That is to say, in this magic barrier, you are almost like a god, winning every battle, doing whatever you want, and doing whatever you want."

"As long as this magic barrier is still there, the witcher order established here will be in an invincible position and exist forever, right?"

Wayne was a little embarrassed by Vesemir's statement, but he still explained: "Teacher, although it is almost as you said, this magic barrier also has limitations."

"If the enemy's strength is strong enough, as powerful as a god, such a person can resist the control of the magic array and not be affected by the magic array."

"Of course, such an existence is extremely rare. Perhaps there is such an existence in our world, but they are unlikely to appear in our lives."

After listening to Wayne's explanation, the others were silent, most of them immersed in shock. Vesemir coughed lightly and said:

"Anyway, this is a good thing for witchers. At least our order will not be destroyed by the enemy's siege like in the past. The new generation of witchers has a broader living environment and a safer training area."

"With such a large territory, we can also accept many people who are willing to fight side by side with us and live here together."

After a brief silence, the charging of the Mythic Lock magic array was soon completed. Wayne nodded to Vesemir and others, then walked to Triss's side, took out the master control ring, and issued the activation command to the Mythic Lock device.

Accompanied by a wonderful melody.

In an instant, a powerful magic power sufficient to interfere with the world, with this device as the center, continued to expand outward.

All creatures within the barrier felt a powerful magic fluctuation sweep across their bodies, and finally, at the outer edge of the barrier, a transparent, fog-like super-large diaphragm was formed, completely separating this place from the world outside the barrier.

And from this moment on, Wayne finally had a safe base that he didn't need to spend a lot of energy to protect.

But his witcher order plan also had a safety guarantee that could be called a cornerstone.

Ding! Epic-level task 【Rebuild Witcher Order】, task progress plus one.

Obtained: 300 experience points, Master-level Treasure Chest *1.

Current progress: 3/10.

Hearing this system prompt, Wayne breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.

Now that the base has a foundation, it is time to recruit more newcomers.

(End of this chapter)