The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 401 What a vicious scheme!
He frowned as he looked at the Humphries army that had already arrived in front of the castle.

He was equally unsure of the other party's intentions.

Fortunately, the other party stopped far away from the castle.

Before long, another knight galloped out from the army and arrived at the city walls.

The lord of Shabad cleared his throat and shouted to the knights below the city.

"Our country and the Humphers Alliance have never had any enmity. What are your Humphers Alliance troops doing in Shabad City?"

The Cavaliers responded loudly in return.

"Lady Beneja is a cursed child of calamity. Since taking office, she has persecuted nobles and common people and engaged in terrorism. She is not worthy to rule Targo. It was only at the desperate pleas of your nobles that our Lord King Niedamir sent troops to Targo to seek justice for the victims."

“Our lord has made a promise that if the city surrenders, Shabad will not be invaded. But if you remain obstinate, Shabad will be reduced to ruins.”

You have one hour to consider.

An hour flies by.

Seeing that the city gates of Shabad remained motionless and showed no sign of opening, Niedamir, who had personally led his troops and was stationed in the central command, seemed unsurprised.

He simply waved his hand and gave the order.

"Siege the city."

……

Outside Targos, in the Witcher's camp.

A messenger entered the camp and was brought before Lynn.

"My lord, Lord Istrad urgently summons you to the city for a meeting."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Filled with doubt, Lynn arrived at the Lord's Hall in Talgo City.

To his surprise, this time it was no longer a private meeting between him and Istrad.

The nobles of the Restoration Army are all here.

When they saw the cat-like pupils in Lynn's eyes, they were all shocked, but they didn't say anything.

They clearly knew that a witcher was also fighting alongside them.

There was no scene like the one in the online novels Lynn read in her previous life, where "a nobleman who considers himself to be of noble birth and blood disdains to associate with the protagonist, deliberately tries to mock the protagonist, and is then humiliated by the protagonist's arrogance, only to be amazed on the spot."

Soon, Istrad arrived.

However, his expression was very serious.

Clearly, he didn't gather everyone here because something good had happened.

really……

After a few brief pleasantries, Istrad got down to business and explained the purpose of calling everyone together:

"The Humphries Alliance is attacking."

This short sentence stunned all the nobles present.

It took quite a while before I realized what was happening.

It was mainly because it was too shocking and beyond everyone's expectations.

The Principality of Talgo and the Humphries Alliance have never had any territorial disputes. Lady Beneja and King Niedamir have never even met, let alone been enemies. Why would the Humphries Alliance suddenly march on the Principality of Talgo?

And why at this particular time?
Among the nobles present, there were no nobles from Targos, so Istrad spoke frankly.

"King Niedamir of Kangon has, in recent years, used methods such as marriage alliances and military conquest to bring together the scattered city-states that had broken away from Kovir and formed the Humphries League."

"Because of the Black Sun curse, Lady Benedict had suffered greatly because of it. So after she came to power, she put all those who had hurt her on the gallows."

"But some people did escape from Targo."

"Now, King Niedamir is demanding justice from Lady Beneja in the name of those remnants."

A nobleman scoffed, "What justice? They probably just want to annex the Principality of Targos."

None of the people present were children; aside from the chivalrous knights of Toussaint, who still talked about justice and righteousness?

King Niedamir has risen rapidly in recent years, and in just a few years he has built a country with a territory larger than that of the Principality of Targos.

If he were to annex Targo, the size of the country he ruled would be comparable to that of Cowell and Poves.

And this, perhaps, was the king's true intention.

King Niedamir is still very young, even younger than King Foltest of Temeria. If he can really bring the Margrave of Targo into the Humphries League, it's hard to say how far he can take the country in the future.

Another nobleman asked, "Sir, did you summon us here because of Lady Beneja?"

Istrad nodded.

"The city of Shabad on the eastern border of the Talgo Kingdom fell yesterday. The Niedamir Kingdom has executed all the nobles in the city as a warning to others, but has not harmed the common people."

"The Allied forces are currently besieging Iwato Castle. If Iwato Castle falls to the Allied forces, this city of Targo will face the enemy's army directly."

The Principality of Targos was originally a small country, its territory only slightly larger than the province of Velen in Temuria, but still only slightly larger.

Therefore, after capturing the city of Shabad on the eastern border of Targos, the Humphries Alliance forces advanced rapidly, and the entire eastern border could no longer resist the invasion of the Alliance forces.

They charged recklessly all the way to the walls of Iwato Castle.

Upon hearing this, everyone gasped in shock.

One nobleman voiced the sentiments of everyone present.

"King Niedamir actually only executed the nobles when the city fell; what a ruthless scheme."

If the city of Shabad were to be massacred after its fall, it would only provoke fierce resistance from the entire Talgok principality.

But now, the Allied forces have only executed the nobles and have not harmed the common people in the slightest.

This will be crucial for the subsequent conquest of cities and territories.

King Niedamir's actions were tantamount to separating the nobles, soldiers, and commoners of the Talgo Kingdom.

They turned a "war against aggression" into "an infighting among nobles. It doesn't matter who becomes a noble, why should we common people shed blood and sacrifice for the nobles?"

It might even have a further impact within the Duchy of Targos—"If the Humphries really do rule the Duchy of Targos, this new land will still need nobles to govern it. So who will be the new nobles? Why can't it be me?"

"Lady Benedict has been kind to me, and I cannot abandon her when she needs help the most. Therefore, I have decided to help Lady Benedict repel the invading Humphries Alliance first, and then restore our homeland."

None of the nobles objected to Istrad's decision.

Lady Benedictine not only took in the Thyssen family when they fled to the Margrave of Targary, but also devoted herself wholeheartedly to the war to restore Istrad.

From any perspective, it's impossible to abandon Mrs. Benedict at this time.

(End of this chapter)