After the rat extermination operation in Vizima concluded, everyone felt a sense of relief.
It was simply too difficult to accomplish anything in the chaotic and poorly governed era of the Middle Ages.
Fortunately, the requirements for the rat extermination operation were not high; it merely asked the common people to stay in their homes and not cause trouble.
If those commoners accidentally rushed into a pile of rats, even if they weren't scared to death, they would most likely be bitten by fleas and rats, contracting the plague.
And if this operation proved effective, and the capital city of Vizima could suppress the spread of the plague, no longer seeing an increase in new patients...
Royal Advisor Keira's reputation would undoubtedly spread widely among the populace, earning her immense praise and fulfilling a dream of this proud sorceress.
Unfortunately, regardless of the outcome, it would still require some time to prove its effectiveness.
It was not easy to consume the rat souls of an entire nation.
Guilliman's next target was to explore the world with the Erdtree. If it truly turned out to be the Elden Ring world, he would have found a suitable world for extensive soul-farming, which would be very beneficial for his future growth.
Before becoming a Demigod, he shouldn't have to worry too much about a lack of soul power.
However, before that, he planned to find a helper, or even a pet. Acting alone had too many limitations.
As for the target, Guilliman had already decided: it was the sorceress Sabrina, who had already become a wraith.
Although he hadn't met her yet, this sorceress was already his designated pet.
The existence of wraiths was inherently quite random and rare, and a sorceress's wraith was even rarer throughout history.
Coupled with the Deep Blue System's built-in Soul-Snatching Seal and Soul Contract, which had a very obvious restraining effect on ghost-type monsters, capturing a wraith as his combat pet was indeed a good choice.
It was said that Sabrina was a beauty no less than Yennefer, and the two were rivals in many things in the past. Regardless of whether he could'stake' a female ghost, taking her in to feast his eyes was also a good option.
However, due to the level four magic, the battlefield where Sabrina was located had become an extremely terrifying realm of Asura ghosts. The souls of the fallen soldiers were transformed into special wraiths, constantly replaying the battle before their deaths.
That place was called a 'magic disaster' by sorcerers; ordinary people who entered would surely die.
Even he could not act too rashly.
After some consideration, Guilliman went directly to the Valley of Flowers and found his beautiful lover, the Elven Queen Francesca.
Among the many sorceresses, only this High-ranking Sorceress Queen possessed the highest overall quality and the strongest abilities as a spellcaster.
She had extensive knowledge in magic, alchemy, spell formations, otherworldly lore, and the Elder Blood.
Although Francesca always had her own little schemes, she had not yet done anything to harm their relationship, so she was still trustworthy.
After they met, there was, of course, another round of sweet words, deep affection, and inseparable closeness.
The Witcher told the Elven Sorceress about his discovery of the Erdtree world and his plans to explore it in the near future.
He also didn't hide his intention to subdue Sabrina's wraith and use her as a combat pet.
Of course, Guilliman didn't state it so bluntly; he merely said that he had a way to sign a contract with a wraith and use the power of the Soul Contract to tame one.
Sabrina was the best candidate.
After hearing his idea, Francesca was quite surprised, unconsciously frowning.
She didn't know whether she was surprised by his idea or by his ability with the Soul Contract.
After a few seconds of thought, Francesca did not object. Instead, following the Witcher's idea, she analyzed and said:
"Let's not even talk about whether your Soul Contract can truly kill a powerful wraith."
"However, wraiths born from negative energy and death do not necessarily fear death. On the contrary, these undead creatures, due to their own suffering, may even crave death."
"Threatening them with death will likely be ineffective."
Uh, Guilliman hadn't considered this problem.
Indeed, the most important ability of the Soul Contract was to control the contracted party using death and pain.
If the contracted party didn't fear death and pain, then she wouldn't fear the Soul Contract either, preferring death over submission.
"What you said is possible."
Guilliman stroked his chin, then retorted:
"However, from my understanding of sorceresses, they rarely experience difficult battles and have always enjoyed a comfortable life far beyond that of ordinary people, holding high positions of power. Therefore, most of them do not possess the strong will to resist others with their lives."
"As long as Sabrina maintains a certain level of sanity, she shouldn't rather die than submit to me."
Hearing Guilliman say this, Francesca shot him a sidelong glance, as if to say,
"Do you know a lot of sorceresses to dare say such a thing?"
However, seeing his firm resolve, the Elven Queen did not try to dissuade him further. Instead, after a few seconds of thought, she said:
"Perhaps you don't know, Guilliman."
"Currently, due to the existence of that magical disaster, King Henselt of Kaedwen has temporarily halted his invasion of Aedirn."
"And Demavend of Aedirn, having lost control of Upper Aedirn and a large portion of his military, is currently actively recruiting soldiers and building up more armies."
"If at this time you capture Sabrina, causing that magical disaster area to lose its balance and change..."
"Whether this area expands or disappears..."
"It could potentially trigger a further, more intense war between Kaedwen and Aedirn, as both of them are determined to claim Upper Aedirn."
"Once these two countries become entangled in the quagmire of war, the entire North might be drawn into it."
"The Nilfgaardian Empire would certainly be very happy to see this."
"And once Kaedwen and Aedirn are severely weakened, the Nilfgaardian Empire's third Northern War is highly likely to accelerate and launch its attack sooner."
Although Francesca was a sorceress who was both bad at and loved playing politics, her concern for politics and her grasp of intelligence far surpassed Guilliman, who was a Witcher completely unconcerned with politics.
After her analysis, Guilliman realized that his idea of capturing Sabrina might indeed cause such turmoil.
However... what does it have to do with me?
Guilliman muttered inwardly.
To him, the war between the South and the North was an inevitable conflict. Neither Kaedwen, Aedirn, nor Nilfgaard were good entities.
Their fighting was just dog-eat-dog.
As an extraordinary being, soon to enter the Saint rank, he no longer cared so much about wars between mortals.
This was probably the mindset of those goddesses, rule gods, and even evil gods—higher-dimensional beings.
Wars between mortals were too common. These short-lived creatures, every ten or even a few years, if they didn't fight a war, they would be bored to death.
So, he showed a brilliant smile, reached out, and pulled the somewhat solemn-faced Francesca into his arms.
He unceremoniously reached his hand into her exquisite white dress, cupping her delicate and charming'small steamed buns,' and said indifferently:
"This is none of my business, Francesca."
"I'm not like you, possessing great power yet worrying about this and that."
"I am a willful person, without any weaknesses or vulnerabilities."
"To me, my own needs are the most important."
"As for the war between the South and the North..."
"If I wanted to, those Henselt, Demavend, or that damn Emperor Emhyr, they are all just weak mortals."
"If they dare to block my path, I will kill them and cut off their heads."
"Once those damn kings and emperor are dead, the war will immediately subside."
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