"If you do that, I think they might endure it for a while."
Hearing the Witcher's teasing, Keira glared at him angrily, but said nothing else.
Guilliman chuckled, his attitude quite casual.
After all, among the six people present, besides the prisoner Philippa and the Blue Stripes Roche, the other three women—Princess Adda—would definitely support him, Keira had very little influence and had even been intimate with him, so she shouldn't harm him.
And the red-haired beauty Triss was someone he had rescued from the dungeon yesterday, and their relationship had already matured, making her a trustworthy person.
Frankly speaking, unless Foltest awoke from his coma and forcefully interfered with Adda's rule, the current administration of the Kingdom of Temeria was almost entirely under his control.
If he put in more effort in bed and persuaded Princess Adda well, with her trust and reliance on him, even becoming a regent now would be an easy matter.
He pondered for a few seconds, then said to Adda and the two Royal Advisors:
"Declaring war on Redania in a week is fine."
"Before then, Marshal Natalis's troops don't need to be recalled."
"Your Royal Highness, and ladies, the two Royal Advisors."
"Please provide me with the names and portraits of the Maribor rebel leaders within a few days."
"I will capture all of them and send them to Vizima for trial."
"As for those difficult-to-breach towns, I can also help."
"In short, within a week, I will quell the Maribor rebellion."
"Any individual who openly dares to resist Temeria can be left to me."
Now that Foltest was ill, the entire kingdom was being ruled by Adda, and the whole world was at a turning point, heading towards imminent chaos.
After attacking the Redanian Royal Palace, Guilliman was no longer prepared to remain low-key.
With the support of Adda, the legitimate royal heir, combined with his almost invincible power among mortals.
He intended to establish himself as a banner, an invincible, god-like banner in this era.
Let alone assassinating nobles or capturing rebels.
If the opportunity arose in the future, he was even prepared to do things like assassinating kings and defeating an entire army single-handedly.
The mortal forces in the Witcher world were too weak, and ordinary monsters provided very little magical power.
He had to integrate the resources of this world and make the entire world serve him so that he could quickly increase his power and break through to higher levels.
The Kingdom of Temeria was the starting point of his career.
He planned to find a way for Adda to conceive his heir, making their relationship even closer.
After Temeria declared war on Redania, he would discuss with Adda and gradually eliminate the other nobles in the country, turning it into a centralized state.
Although he was not interested in being called the emperor of this world, nor did he want to waste his energy on handling government affairs.
But in order to make the Witcher world his backyard, some necessary work still had to be done...Early the next morning.
As Guilliman walked out of Adda's bedchamber, he unconsciously lit a cigarette to calm his emotions.
Last night, he brought Philippa to Adda's bedchamber as promised, and participated in the bloody and decadent feast throughout.
Adda truly lived up to her reputation as the mad princess.
Perhaps the anxiety she had felt for her father in recent days had suppressed her for a long time, so almost all the bloodlust and cruelty hidden deep within the young girl's heart were unleashed upon Philippa.
And participating in this torment were not just Adda and Guilliman.
Besides them, the vampire Anne, who was arranged to be Adda's personal maid, and Sabina, who had always lurked by the princess's side in ghost form, also participated in the action of tormenting the sorceress.
Speaking of which, Philippa could be said to be one of the most important masterminds behind Sabina's death and transformation into a wraith.
It was she who enticed and assisted Sabina, leading to that magical disaster that caused over ten thousand casualties.
A Striga, a vampire, a wraith, and a Witcher.
Even though Philippa was utterly desperate and had accepted her impending death, facing such a monstrous combination, she couldn't help but curse, screaming hysterically until she was exhausted.
Of course, the process of this torment, though perhaps cruel to outsiders, was for Guilliman, the only man present, a rather unique, even somewhat morbid, enjoyment.
Until Philippa's injuries were healed again and again by various healing spells and potions, until Princess Adda and the tormented Philippa were both exhausted.
Only then did Guilliman finally extract Philippa's soul, leaving behind only her still beautiful body.
However, Philippa's body was not wasted; it became Sabina's reward and her toy. She could even occasionally experience being human again by possessing it.
This was not just a twisted pleasure; as an excellent sorceress, Philippa's body had resistance and affinity for chaotic magic.
For the wraith Sabina, this was an excellent complement. In a possessed state, she could almost display ninety percent of her living strength and use high-level magic again.
And after leaving the Royal Palace, in the soul space, amidst Philippa's pleas for mercy, Guilliman mercilessly split her soul into three, turning them into three absorbable soul fragments, effectively killing her on a spiritual level.
Absorbing the soul of a high-level sorcerer was an idea he had long entertained.
Although a Witcher's body, after modification, found it difficult to use complex magic, as a powerful individual with a long life ahead, mastering profound knowledge was essential.
And absorbing the memories of other powerful individuals through soul absorption was his unique talent as a cheat-code user, an advantage unmatched by other spellcasters.
Although this process was quite painful and required the beauties to heal him.
But as long as he didn't give up, accumulating bit by bit, he believed his knowledge reserves would soon surpass those of other sorcerers in this world, making him the most knowledgeable one.
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