The Witcher: Lord of the Empire

Lann returned to the room, smelling of alcohol and very tired. The young servant Hardy came forward and handed him more comfortable casual clothes. Lann had been uncomfortable in his court dress all day.

The old housekeeper on the side excitedly handed over a map, on which a place close to the border of Cintra was circled. 

"Young master, look, this is 'Brokilon', our new territory!" 

Lann stepped forward and took a closer look. The place was not big. After all, there are too many nobles in Cintra, big and small. It is estimated that this is a territory that a small noble abandoned, but after all, it is his own territory. 

"I don't know much about this stuff, Enns. What are we going to do next, grab our things and head to Brokilon? 

The old housekeeper was stunned upon hearing this: "If you are willing, young master, we can go to your territory. But Brokilon has a mayor and a tax collector assigned by the kingdom. The taxes will be given to us after being collected every quarter. If you are not satisfied with the assigned staff, they can also be replaced with our own staff." 

"No need to go to such trouble." Lann waved his hand, "That means we can actually stay in the royal capital, right?" 

"That's natural. You are a court noble and a member of a royal family. No one can drive you away except the Queen." 

"Then stay here for now. How about the things I told you before?" 

Enns took out a book from his pocket and reported while flipping through it: "Your attendants have been selected. There are ten of them in total, all good young men. The collection of magic props is a bit difficult, mainly because of the price." 

"Collect as much as you can, have you bought any already?" 

"Yes, I will bring it to you later." The old butler paused. "Master, I have no intention of interfering with your hobbies, but please remember, playing with these things will lead to loss of life." 

Lann smiled and replied: "I know." 

Then he turned around and threw the clothes to Hardy: "Let my attendants wait for me at the training ground tomorrow morning, and then prepare some bath water. It's enough to have Hardy here. You can rest early." 

The servants and butler bowed and left. Lann opened the window and let the cold wind blow on his head to make himself more awake. 

There was a small mechanism box on the desk in the bedroom. Lann opened it and found a seal engraved with a lion's head, several medals, and a thread-bound black book. 

He took out the book and opened it. He saw that it was full of words and that there were many notes added to each page.

On the first page of the book, it was written in English: 

[1. Save Cintra] 

[2. Become stronger] 

[3. Development] 

[4. Major Events] 

Lann is a person with an extremely strong desire for planning. When he learned that he had transmigrated, the first thing he did was to get familiar with himself, and then he found this notebook and started making plans. 

How to survive, how to become stronger, what are the possible crises in the future, and those big events that may turn into opportunities for him. Everything was written down in this little book. 

It is written in the English language of his previous life, no one in the world can understand it except him. 

Lann pinched the label that said [Major Events] on the notebook and turned it to the back. The page inside said: Ciri escaped from marriage and met the protagonist of the original work for the first time. 

The next paragraph says: Nilfgaardian invasion. 

Going down to the next paragraph: The kingdom of Cintra is destroyed. 

Lann does not remember the specific timing of some incidents in the original book. He can only attempt to infer the timeline through the classification of major events that occur in the original plot. 

However, the timeline of the first two books of the original work is messy, and they are just a collection of short stories. 

Now that Ciri has committed herself, this means that the invasion of Nilfgaard is getting closer. 

Lann thought for a moment and returned to the previous section [Save Cintra] and began to read what was written again. 

[1. Try to find allies for Cintra by any means.] 

[2. Improve Cintra technology.] 

[3. Promote institutional reform in Cintra.] 

[4. Preserve national strength while waiting for the opportune moment to recover Cintra.] 

Lann took a deep breath and crossed out the first three items. Most of the Kings and Queens in the original play have cerebral palsy and cannot see the big picture clearly. If you want to try to convince them of the pros and cons of allying against Nilfgaard, it would be best to go directly to the King of Nilfgaard and convince him that the best victory is the one achieved without fighting. 

Regarding items 2 and 3. Strengthening the country through science and technology, Lann does not have deep knowledge in science and engineering to obtain achievements that can change the situation in a short time; As for institutional reform, Lann was not interested in those issues in his previous life and he cannot achieve radical change before the war starts. 

Furthermore, in the current emergency situation, wanting to strengthen Cintra within a few years to the point of being able to resist Nilfgaard, which extends across the entire southern part of the continent, is not realistic. 

Lann also attempted to persuade everyone around him of the danger that Nilfgaard posed when he first came to this world but was ignored. Everyone still considers this more like the anger of a young man who has just lost his parents due to war and has lost his mind towards the enemy country. 

As a result, Lann had almost no influence on Cintra during this precious year. All he could do was familiarize himself with his identity and improve his strength. 

At this point it is impossible to save Cintra from destruction. The only thing he can do is preserve as much of Cintra's national power as possible. 

Hoping that the newly gained territory and the prestige of the tournament champion might be of some help to him, Lann dipped his quill in ink and wrote: 

[Form your own personal guard and rescue as many people around you as possible when the country is destroyed.] 

The following is a list. 

[Ciri, Enns, Hardy, Calanthe] 

Thought for a while and then wrote: 

[[Develop the territory]] 

[Make friends with wizards and witchers] 

Lann thought for a moment that there was nothing new to add, and then turned to the pages of [Become stronger]. 

[Go to the battlefield and level up by killing enemies.] 

[Accept tasks and upgrade.] 

[Verify whether magic items can replace the 'Places of Power' and obtain skill points.] 

[Become a witcher and open all skill columns.] 

These are all the ideas Lann wrote down before to become stronger. At that time, the first one was still too dangerous. The combat power had not even reached the ceiling of ordinary people, and personal strength was too small on the battlefield, and it was easy to die suddenly. So, He put it aside for the time being. 

Now he should take on quests to upgrade as much as possible and obtain skill points. This also allowed Lann to travel almost all over the capital of Cintra and the surrounding villages in this year, helping others to accept tasks, but in the end, he could only barely reach level ten. 

Upgrading in reality is still much slower than in the game. 

As for the places of power, it is a special relic in the original game that allows the protagonist to absorb magic power to temporarily obtain a buff and gain an additional skill point. I don't know if there is such a thing in the real world, but when it comes to 'absorbing magic power, he wonders if other things containing magic power can replace it? 

Since the current system has not been completely liberated, Lann has actually thought of other ways to become stronger, such as becoming a wizard. In most big countries in this world, wizards are hired to serve as royal advisors and participate in politics, and their status is also high. 

Unfortunately, the training of a wizard requires a long period of time, and a wizard who is less than a hundred years old can even be evaluated as 'young'. 

Lann estimated that if he chose to become a wizard, by the time his power system was formed, the main tasks would have been completed. 

The greater possibility is that he did not survive until that time. 

Secondly, he can know your bloodline by looking at your last name and attribute board. [Elder Blood] He is also a male heir who is theoretically unable to awaken his bloodline abilities! 

You must know that the people who are most interested in the elder blood are wizards. Go to the wizard's base camp to be an apprentice? It would be strange if it were not caught to generate offspring. Some ruthless people would even think of trapping him to draw his blood and perform transfusions on other people. His life would be ruined! 

The experimental equipment prepared by the wizards for Ciri in the original book is terrifying enough just by looking at the descriptions in the text, but Lann doesn't want to try it himself. 

He, on the surface, look glamorous, is a member of the royal family of a powerful military country, and has inherited a strong bloodline. But these titles are either useless at all or will be shattered in no time. Even if he was lucky enough to survive the war that destroyed his country, the road ahead would be extremely bumpy. 

He must use the system to get stronger as soon as possible within a year. Survival is more important than anything else. 

Lann was organizing his thoughts over and over again in the dark night light, and it was not until Hardy knocked on the door to remind him to take a bath that he came back to his senses. 

Time is tight.