Chapter 996 978. Trying to Improve
Foltest is bleeding.
It would definitely not be easy to get the money approved, but he never said that when he met Lan En.
This is how smart people behave.
He also knows Lan En’s personality.
Lan En looked at the account book in his hand and smiled.
"It looks like the Knights' finances should still have a surplus of about 50,000 orens now."
Lan's fingers tapped on the ledger.
Not only is Foltest giving blood to the Knights, Aretuza has always provided support to the Knights.
These things add up to a huge sum.
Even if you exclude the cost of running and maintaining the Knights, you can still easily come up with 50,000 Oren coins.
"I now need to withdraw thirty-two thousand orens from the surplus. Will this have any impact on the Knights?"
Lan raised his head and asked Lincoln and Stewart.
As Lan En traveled through the gap between heaven and autumn again, Lincoln, who had grown up a lot, now had a glimpse of a soft green beard on his lips.
It seems that he is trying to make himself look more mature even though he is less than eighteen years old.
He thought for a moment and responded confidently and simply.
"Sir, there is no problem. It's just that our nearby projects need to be extended. My brothers and I have not pursued material enjoyment for a long time, so we have a lot of surplus. If the Lord needs it, these Things should be used by you."
"Thank you, Lincoln." Lan En scratched his chin in embarrassment and then said solemnly.
"Thank you also to all the brothers in the Knights. But this is just a loan. I will return the money as soon as possible after the emergency."
"I established 'Ember', but I will never I won’t use it to exploit anyone.”
"All of us are convinced, my lord."
Lincoln put his hands behind his back and bowed slightly towards Lan En.
Later, Lane handed over his bank account to Lincoln and asked him to wire the money in.
In this way, the risk of capital chain rupture faced by industries such as Lan En will be objectively solved.
The reason why it is said to be 'objectively' is because subjectively, Lan En does not regard the operating funds of the Knights as his own property.
If he said he would pay it back, he would definitely pay it back.
It’s just that repaying the money to the Knights is not as urgent as the capital chain breaking.
"Okay, we are done with such a relaxing topic."
After arranging a huge sum of thirty-two thousand orens, Lan En's face suddenly became serious.
Before this, although it was a little awkward, the overall atmosphere was still relaxed.
Geralt, who was standing against the wall next to him, looked at Lan En in surprise.
He didn’t say anything else before he came.
But Lincoln and Stewart seemed to have expected it, and their expressions were calm and unchanged.
The velvet ball sitting on the small chair next to Lan En also let out a "meow" for no apparent reason, and then his eyes moved back and forth between the two people opposite him and his boss.
“You guys.” Lan En’s eyes narrowed slightly, “You haven’t given up on the idea of conducting a grass trial, right?”
Hearing the familiar and chilling words, Geralt's body subconsciously tensed up, and his whole body straightened up from the relaxed posture of standing against the wall.
The old demon hunter looked at the two knights in front of him with his cat eyes.
The disbelief in his eyes was beyond words.
Why would anyone want to conduct a trial of grass? Wouldn't it be more pleasant to apply a knife directly to the neck?
But the reactions of the two people opposite told Geralt: Yes. They just long for the 'torture' that even demon hunters avoid.
Lincoln pursed his lips, and the soft and green beard on his lips twitched.
Stewart was as cold and persistent as ever, just like the steel part on the gap in his mandible.
As always, the Ember Knights were the first armed force that Lan En personally raised.
Although in [Memory Diving], Lan En's perspective has commanded the war that destroyed the stars, incomparable star battleships and thousands of superhuman warriors.
But those are just the memories of a bystander.
The 'Embers' were the first team he personally organized and commanded. He was proud of how far these Cintra men had come.
But at the same time, while they worshiped themselves as if they were gods, this autonomy also gave him a headache.
Obviously, even if Lan En repeatedly warned that the "Green Grass Trial is a dangerous and unethical surgery," these knights were all willing to take this risk in order to strengthen themselves and keep up with Lan En.
Even eager to endure the ‘trial’.
To this day, it’s hard to tell how far Lan En’s power has reached.
But during the Northern War, just the look in his eyes after a burst of slashing on the battlefield was enough to scare the battle-hardened Nilfgaard veterans into silence.
Even just rushing past those Nilfgaardian soldiers can induce their 'superman phobia'.
His hands and feet were weak and his mind was in a trance.
But now, he looked at the two knights opposite him with serious eyes.
The two knights looked at him impartially, with cold sweat breaking out on their heads, but their bodies remained motionless.
Stubborn as a stone.
Although Stuart is even older than Lan En, Lan En still has a feeling——
They are very similar to him.
This kind of firm and stubborn look must have been the same look on Triss when she persuaded him not to cause trouble in Vizima.
Once you have thought of it and decided it, just go ahead and do it.
Lan En looked at them with serious eyes for nearly a minute, and the sweat on their heads had gathered on their chins.
But in the end, no one gave in.
"You guys, go out first." Finally, Lan En shook his head and said to them.
The two Ember Knights breathed a sigh of relief and walked out.
"This is what gives me a headache, Geralt."
Lan En, who was sitting on the large chair, said with his chin propped up.
“In order to keep up with my fighting intensity, they are obsessed with the Trial of Green Grass.”
“Hey, the battle on Soden Mountain stimulated them.”
“But The knowledge of the witcher's mutation can no longer be passed on," Geralt reminded Lan in a calm tone as he stood by the wall.
"This is the news you brought to Kaer Morhen, remember?"
"Of course I remember. I don't want my knights to become a group of demon hunters, you know that very well."< br>
Lan responded to Geralt’s question with a helpless voice.
Geralt nodded silently.
He is a demon hunter himself, so he is more aware of how abnormal Lan En's behavior was at that time, even for the demon hunter community.
His fighting intensity is not within the normal range at all.
So whether it was out of trust or something else, Geralt did not believe that Lan En would spread the Trial of Green Grass in his knights.
“But Stuart.”
But then, Geralt struggled to spit out a name.
Stuart Lynn, son of Haxall Lynn.
The torture and pain he suffered in the war, his perseverance and toughness, they all know very well.
And more importantly, whether it is Geralt or Lan En, or even all the survivors in the original refugee group.
Dandelion, Gerd, and Ciri all felt that they owed Haxor a favor.
A huge favor that was bought at the expense of many lives.
Stewart himself never talked about these things, but just because he didn't, it didn't mean Lan En and the others thought they could forget about it.
"He is the only one." Lan En pinched his forehead with a headache, "I can't refuse his request."
"He will definitely still insist on participating in the battle, but his body is not far away from being disabled. Far, entering the battlefield is seeking death. Unless."
Unless you become a demon hunter, your transformed body will not only be stronger, but you can even undergo more surgeries and use crystal cultivation technology to repair your disabled body.
Geralt also opened his mouth, but nothing came out.
"The Trial of Green Grass is too dangerous, not only in terms of success rate, but also in terms of the ripples caused after success. You understand, Lan En."
In the end, that was all he said.
"You are still doing the same thing, Geralt." Lan En shook his head and smiled softly, "When faced with a dilemma, the first thing you think about is not choosing, having both. It seems like you can really not choose in the end. ”
Geralt was silent.
Because of this personality, Ye Naifa had been separated and reunited with him many times.
But this hesitation and stalemate between difficult choices is also due to his kind nature.
"I will try to improve the Trial of Grass."
In the end, Lan En can only make his own decision.
"So, what about those people who are staring at you and your knights? They saw that this road is indeed feasible, so..."
Geralt frowned and said.
But when he looked up, what he saw was Lan En's eyes.
Eyes that have no hesitation.
“Just?” The corners of the young demon hunter’s mouth raised slightly, but there was no smile in his eyes.
"By then, I think that both the current situation and my strength and influence should be enough to get these things done."
Geralt relaxed a lot when he saw this. : "That would be perfect."
——
They did not stay long at the castle.
Lan En came here mainly to remit the urgently needed thirty-two thousand orens to his account.
He took the opportunity to check out the castle that already belonged to him. This was his first time here since Foltest gave it to him.
After all, he has a lot to do.
After coming down from the mountain, you need to walk north from the south of Velen, approaching the border between Redania and Temeria.
The two countries are divided into the north and the south with the Pontal River flowing from east to west as the natural junction.
Novigrad is located on the border between the two countries, on the side near Redania, on the delta at the mouth of the Pontar River.
It is a free city nominally belonging to Redania.
Northerners often say 'Novigrad is the capital of the world'.
The city has amazing wealth, influence and strategic position.
Therefore, in the north, if your business does not reach Novigrad, no one will think that you are doing big business.
No one will think you are a successful businessman.
So when Geralt said that the shapeshifter named Dudu had property in Novigrad and was suitable to be Lan En's asset manager, Lan En felt it was reasonable.
However, the prosperity of the city is only limited to the surrounding areas of the city. The road from Wellen to Novigrad is still a barren land.
So even with a demon hunter and a 'big man' whose body shape was obviously out of place even without taking off his cloak, trouble still came.
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