I Just Walk Away

by madhat886


Chapter 48

Kaer Morhen is an inaccessible mountain stronghold which has been the headquarters of the witchers' guild for centuries. The name comes from the language of the elves, the original Caer a'Muirehen translates into Old Sea Fortress. The castle's time of greatness has passed, the battlements and moat have deteriorated, and a cold wind blows through the spacious halls. Currently, only a handful of Witchers live here, but once many young boys underwent gruesome training along the infamous "Gauntlet" near Kaer Morhen.

Geralt of Rivia has been gathering allies to help fight off the Wild Hunt that have been hunting Ciri. And has managed to gather a sizeable group of friends and allies that he has made over the years. Ciri had told Geralt of some of the many worlds that she had travel to in her escape from the Wild Hunt, of her meeting a group of 3 powerful witches who defeated the Wild Hunt party that was after at the time. They like her are travelers from a different world and before they parted ways, they gave her a small blue crystal that all she would have to do is break and they should be able to locate her. But they did told her that they might be doing something else and might take them awhile to get to her.

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The Wild Hunt appeared ready to take their prize that they have been hunting for years. The magical field surrounding the castle kept them from just opening a portal into it, so they had to open portals outside of the castle and had to take the only road leading to the castle. With their numbers and how powerful they are they didn't even bother hiding themselves. Their portals appeared out in the open letting out their hounds acting as the first wave with them following right behind them.

Only for the sounds of gunfire which they haven't heard for a very long time erupted in the night air. As before in the worlds they attack that have guns, the hounds were cut down along with the Wild Hunt members. Their armor withstanding some of the bullets that struck them but the sheer amount of bullets hitting them quickly broke through and found their weak flesh.

All along the wall of the castle machinegun turrets mounted on a tripod fired on the attacking Wild Hunt soldiers, mowing down warriors who are centuries old. Many never even got far from the portals before they were cut down. Once the soldiers learned that somehow the defenders how somehow gotten ahold of guns, the soldiers broke out the armor and shields that would give them greater protection from those weapons that they avoid from facing.

They tried using a human wave tactic that had allowed them in the past to just overwhelm the defenders with just sheer weight of numbers. Using their hounds to charge in first. But the gunfire never wavier for a second as the guns didn't seem to need to reload at all.

The new wave of soldiers came with armor that was made to withstand bullets and them carry big shields to protect them more. They formed what is known as a turtle formation as they march towards to the castle using their shields to protect them. Only for a fireball to strike them sending all of them flying. Where those who survived the fireball were riddled with bullets.

The soldiers finally spotted that the gunfire was coming from machines that they have encountered before in some worlds. They used whatever long range attacks they could do against the machines, while staying out of the range of the weapons. But found their attacks being block by a barrier, that only allows things to come out not in. Suddenly the attacks found themselves being fired upon by cannon fire and rockets.

Caranthir Ar-Feiniel watch from a far as his soldiers were cut down by the advance weapons that they have encountered before in some worlds. In those worlds the only time they got the better of the people of worlds with advance machines were when they attack small and isolated places. Other times they did managed to raid and capture people of those worlds but if they weren't fast enough the guards of those cities would appear. Their armor offer some protection but their guns are still fatal when they hit a weak point. Then there are the worlds where the guards are arm with guns that just rip through their armor like they weren't even there. Not to mention the ones where the guards have guns that fire beams of energy that they had no defense against.

Which is why the avoided worlds that have advance weapons and machines. Seeing how their king's son was killed in one of those worlds and the war of revenge ended with the lost of so many soldiers. That it took them centuries to recover from that lost.

"Caranthir Ar-Feiniel?" a strange blue skin man with green hair ask who is floating in the air having flown out of the portal behind him.

"Captain Planet?" Caranthir ask in shock. The men with him also step back sensing how powerful he is.

"So you met a counterpart of me before. Then you would know that I'm just as powerful as the planet I'm summon on. And seeing how this world has such a rich source of magic, I'm also powered by the combine magic of their world along with everything else on this planet," Captain Planet said.

"I know that you don't kill," Caranthir said.

"Wrong Captain," Captain Planet said as he simply willed all the air in the lungs of the soldiers around Caranthir to leave them. All the soldiers fell as the air they need to live was just gone. "Amazing how people don't just think of doing that."

"What did you do?" Caranthir ask stepping back in fear.

"I simply took away the air from their lungs and they just died. I don't fight anymore, I just kill," Captain Planet said. "I went to your world and talk with the spirit of your world after giving her a mind of her own. And she was very disappointed with what your kind have been doing. So she like I just did with your men, took away the very air you all need to live."

"What?" Caranthir asked in shock.

"Don't worry she only killed about half of your people and made your king press his head on the ground before her. Right before she transformed him into a tree. Your people are now under your planet's rule and if any of you does anything that she doesn't like she just takes away the air you need to live," Captain Planet explains to all the soldiers around loud enough to hear.

"What have you done?" Caranthir shouted.

"Gave your people a choice. Either do as what your world wants or she'll just take away your air. Simple as that. Reminds me of one world I been to with people who can become so strong that nothing could stop them. Till I pointed out and showed that no matter how powerful someone is that they still need air," Captain Planet said before flying off leaving the remaining Wild Hunt to decide to either make on last charge or go back and kneel before their new goddess. (1)