From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Lan thought for a while and replied: "I 'saw' a man who looked like a warlock apprentice came out of that secret laboratory and fell into this pool of water, and the water was full of water ghosts. Since he was able to get out of the When you come out of the laboratory, you must have the key with you."

Triss nodded to accept Lan's explanation, glanced at the water ghosts rippling in the water, and began to mutter.

With a "click", the lightning as thick as an arm descended again, this time its target was the puddle.

There was a burst of electrical currents that made the scalp tingle and the hair stand on end.

In just two breaths, the five water ghosts slowly floated up from the bottom of the water with their white belly, and their bodies were in a strangely stiff state.

Lann withdrew the consciousness that had sunk into the [item bar] and planned to take out the crossbow. This weapon, which had never been played since it was built, seemed to be sleeping for a while.

All the underwater obstacles have been cleared, and the next step is naturally to go into the water to find the key.

Triss is definitely not willing to do this job, and Lan has no intention of handing over this kind of work to the lady. He patted his chest, and the [Extreme Griffin Armor] on his body was immediately put into the [Inventory Bar].

Then he took a deep breath and "plopped" into the water.

After a while, the water bubbled up again, and the naked Lan climbed up again, holding a rusty key in his hand.

"Okay, now you can open the door."

Triss glanced at Lann's angular upper body, as if she couldn't get enough of it. While the other party was wiping the drops of water off her body, she walked around the gazebo a few more times.

"I found an experiment note." Triss held up the old yellow paper in her hand, "'We conducted a series of research on the water ghost's genes according to the order of the teacher Irenius W. Steingard.

After being fed with tetrodotoxin, all research subjects fell into a coma, and after 24 hours, all of them lost signs of life, and the experiment could not continue. '"

Triss read the above content to Lann, and speculated: "The signature is 'Mateo Sikura', so this laboratory belongs to this 'Irenius', and this 'Mateo' It is his apprentice.

So the demon spirit we just killed is probably this 'Mateo', who used tetrodotoxin to study the gene of water ghosts, and kidnapped a demon hunter—this Irenius also seems to be obsessed with biological research Warlock. "

The female sorceress suddenly became excited: "Maybe this sorcerer also has a lot of research results on the mutation of the witcher, which can be brought back to Mossak and Geron to study together. Lane, this time our harvest may be more than imagined." Even bigger!"

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Outside the laboratory door, two braziers for lighting were burning.

Lan En took a deep breath and said, "Ignore me for a while, focus on opening the protective cover behind. If I remember correctly, the cat sent the demon hunter may still be able to move, and not very rational, attacking Very strong."

Triss showed a surprised expression: "But this laboratory seems to have been abandoned for at least 20 years. Can the Maopai witcher who was locked in it still survive? I thought you came here simply to hunt for treasure, to find some Legacy of the Witcher."

Lan En nodded, with a serious face: "His state...is very strange, and you may need to perform the [Transformation Art] to take him away from here. You can stay far behind me in a while, and the opponent is The cat school is a school that focuses on dealing with people, if a warlock lets him get close, the consequences will be disastrous."

Seeing Lan En's solemn expression, Triss couldn't help but nodded.

Lane took a deep breath.

The cat demon hunter in it is one of the regrets in the original game. His experience is very similar to that of Geron, and he was also a demon hunter who was kidnapped and used as an experiment.

But his luck was much worse than that of Jielong. At least Jielong faced his biological father in order to make him return to a normal person.

And the warlock who kidnapped this demon hunter simply wanted to capture a demon hunter for experimentation, and the treatment was not much better than that of a mouse. When I saw him in the game, he was already out of shape, and even had to kill him.

And if I remember correctly, the strength of this demon hunter is not weak, and many players in the game have "first sight kills". Although I don't know how this kind of strength is displayed in the real world, Lane estimates that it will definitely be stronger than the first cat-pie demon hunter "Judd Carradine" he met.

Rescuing him, Lane wanted to verify a conjecture of his own, and try to see if he could subdue him and fill the vacancy of the cat faction in his Demon Hunter Cult.

But if things cannot be done, maybe the result is only that one...

Help him get rid of it as soon as possible.

"Crack——"

After inserting the key, the solid door did not rise or fall as Triss imagined, but opened inward like an ordinary wooden door, making an old sound.

They have already entered the real laboratory, and the lights are brightly lit as far as they can see.

The decoration style here is obviously much more refined and gorgeous than the outside. The gorgeous reliefs on the floor have not been weathered and blurred, and the stairs in front of you are still intact. It doesn't even mean that it is cold and damp, as if someone has always lived and maintained here.

The laboratory is clearly divided into two areas.

The right side belongs to the living and experimental area.

There are all kinds of alchemy instruments inside, including a human-high cultivation cabin, a gourd-shaped liquid filter, all kinds of strange biological tissues that have shrunk now, and a large pile of them that are either scattered on the ground or neatly arranged. Various books stacked on shelves.

And directly in front of their line of sight is another area.

At the end of the line of sight, there is a stone sculpture modeled on a cat, with an elegant figure and a hideous complexion. The walls around it are a mass of shed bricks, with tangled plant meridians growing inside, giving the laboratory a raw, wild, rough feel.

With the body of the statue as the center, hundreds of candles are densely placed on both sides, burning wantonly at the moment.

Directly in front of it, a hexagram circle was drawn with pure white ashes on the ground, and a candle was placed on each of the six corners.

The brightly lit feeling of the whole laboratory is given by these candles.

And what attracted Lan En's full attention was a person kneeling inside the hexagram—or, "creature".

With his back to Lann, his posture seemed to be meditating or praying.

"There is no justice...or evil." The voice was hoarse and harsh, piercing, "Only...pain is the most real."

Ignoring this obviously abnormal voice, Lan can still see his back, which is even more shocking:

This "creature" is like a skinned person, all the muscle fibers are exposed to the air, and some white bone stubble can be seen in some places.

And on the visible muscle tissue, there are large areas of burns, electric burns, knife marks, pinholes, and other scars and injuries that even Lann's knowledge cannot see.

Just such a body, not only has it not been swallowed by infection and decay, every muscle fiber on it is even clean, not a single drop of blood.

As if the creature was born this way.

Lan Enshi's pupils shrank suddenly, and he didn't care about the ridiculous pictures he saw in the game, but he realized the seriousness of the matter when he saw the state of the person in front of him with his own eyes.

Sensing someone approaching, the Skinner stood up slowly, and he also had a sword in his hand. Under the light of the candle, the glare of silver light reflected from it.

"There is no justice, or evil."

The flayed man turned his head, his face was even more terrifying.

The gums that are directly exposed without lips and cheeks, the eye sockets that are completely exposed without eyelids, and the red light emanating from the eye sockets.

Not even a trace of a witcher.

"Only... Pain is the most real!"

The originally calm and pious prayer suddenly turned into a howl. At this moment, the skinned man and the black cat statue behind him merged into one, and rushed towards Lann together.

Lan En didn't dare to be careless, he just felt a gust of wind enveloping him, so he let [Quen's Seal] get on his body.

"brush--"

It was too late to cast the second seal, and the two silver swords pierced the air at the same time and collided fiercely, sparks flying everywhere.

As if the action was re-enacted, the two stretched their feet forward together, turned their legs and twisted their waists——

[Whirling Sword Dance] VS [Cat Pai Sword Dance]

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

It was as if the sound of striking iron kept ringing, but in just a few seconds, the two had already fought dozens of hits.

The more Lan En fought, the more frightened he became. The skinned man in front of him had severe muscle atrophy, and he was still missing weight everywhere, but even so, his strength was surprisingly great. Although not as good as myself, it is far more than the Judd Carradine I met at the beginning.

But Lan was unable to suppress the other party, because the flayer's movements were too fast!

He seems to be a tangible ghost, his body is erratic, and his sword is also elusive.

The most important thing is that he is not afraid of death. Sometimes he insists on letting Lan En's long sword cut a wound that splits the entire muscle on his body, and even leaves even insignificant sword marks on Lan En's body.

Mao Pai was the best at sword dancing, and with this style of play, he even suppressed Lan En for a while.

But Lan En's is not an ordinary sword dance after all, but a [swirling sword dance] with the blessing of the system!

[Whirling Sword Dance]: Use the weapon in your hand to attack all nearby enemies with a spinning attack. Continuous whirling sword dance needs to consume one or more of all energies including stamina, adrenaline, and magic power. The energy consumption will increase with the Skill level down (1/5).

Whirling sword dance itself is not an ordinary sword skill, but a system skill that can be driven by multiple energies. It's just that Lann has never encountered an opponent that is strong enough for a single player before, and now is a good time to try its power!

With a thought in his mind, Lan En originally only used his physical strength to power the [Whirling Sword Dance]. At this moment, under his deliberate control, his adrenaline and magic power also began to slowly decline at a slow and steady speed——

Lan En's speed and power of swinging the sword suddenly improved to a higher level!

"Bang bang bang bang bang!"

The two repeatedly collided and separated, collided and separated again and again as if they were more than tired, playing a waltz of iron and blood in this silent basement.

"There is no justice, no evil!"

Under the fierce fighting rhythm, the skinned man suddenly yelled.

Distracted during the battle, his sword moves really slowed down, but after a while, Lann made several cuts.

Lan En didn't dare to be careless, there must be a demon if things go wrong.