From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Chapter 343 The only designated material for the Demon Hunter’s mutation—Lan

The cold wind howls in the mountains and spreads the ice along the valleys, even making the residents at the foot of the mountains frightened.

But when passing by the castle in front of me, all the coldness became calm like a tamed beast.

Kaer Siren, the headquarters of the gryphon school of demon hunters.

Not long ago, this place looked like a dilapidated ruin. Less than one-tenth of the huge building complex had been cleared, and even fewer areas had been repaired and usable.

But ever since Xili made a wish to Di Jing, this place has seemed to be reversed by the hand of time and has become full of life again.

The four demon hunters of the Wolf, Snake, Cat, and Bear factions are all people who have seen the world, but they still look at the magic castle in front of them with wonder.

Relive the glory of the golden age of witchers.

"Griffin School." Vesemir sighed. He patted Kelda, who was also gray-haired next to him.

The old griffon had already come back early, and when he saw the brand-new castle, he burst into tears in front of Mossack and Jeron.

But at this moment, he acted as if the embarrassing incident had never happened, proudly introducing his home to his fellow demon hunters and juniors.

The door slowly opened, and Mossack's tired face was revealed.

Mossack, who had just crowned Ciri at the ceremony, returned to the castle non-stop to prepare for the experiment.

He began to explain to the witchers the subsequent mutation of the witchers.

"This castle is really amazing." Mossack explained to everyone. "There is a magical place beneath our feet, and the land is full of pulses of magic. The witcher mutation here allows us to The caster’s spell intervention is more precise and easier.”

In the fantasy genre, this is a standard paradise.

Vesemir nodded: "Any conditions that can improve mutation are what we should strive for, but -"

The old wolf showed a nervous expression: "Mossack, can you tell us how far the current research has reached? Is it really achieved - 100% success rate?"

As soon as the experiment was mentioned, Mossack's already excited spirit suddenly began to develop into mania.

He excitedly began to explain his research results to the demon hunters.

"The Witcher Mutation is indeed an epoch-making masterpiece. The more in-depth I go into this research and interpretation, the more I am amazed at Arzu's genius."

"But with all due respect." Mossack shook his head, "Today's demon hunters are only half-finished products."

The demon hunters present paused, feeling offended to varying degrees.

"Druids are proficient in biological experiments. When I was young, I participated in many experiments on the transformation of animals and monsters."

"A serious transformation experiment should first create a large number of experimental samples through undirected mutation, and then select the best-quality individuals that are most suitable for the purpose of the experiment for targeted cultivation, and expand the base; and then use the individuals to extend the Select better quality individuals from the sample and repeat the above steps.”

"But it's a pity that Arzu's experiment was only halfway through, and then it was discontinued. The Demon Hunter Green Grass Trial is actually the first half of the process: using alchemical potions to destroy the original body structure and reshape a new frame, but the process But it’s uncontrollable.”

"This is like opening a 'door' for all experimental subjects to gain strength, but there is no predetermined 'direction'; as a result, many people strayed off the 'road', or 'fell' halfway. This This resulted in a large number of uncontrollable malformations or aborted benign mutations.”

Mossack looked at the survivors of the demon hunter mutation in front of him: "It also resulted in a survival rate of less than 30%. Not to mention controlling the direction of mutation, this trial essentially connects 'life' and 'death' You can’t control the direction, it all depends on luck.”

The old Druid was indignant: "This is not the result of a mature experiment!"

Looking at the old druid who suddenly became academic, the demon hunters looked at each other a few times.

Vesemir continued to ask: "Can we now control the direction of progress after 'opening the door'?"

"Of course." Mossack nodded, "Originally, this process should take more time. How to choose the road behind the 'door' requires a lot of in vivo experiments. So I changed my mind -"

"Can't I just follow the current 'road'? Based on the current demon hunter, set the 'end point' in advance, and the subsequent changes will go in that 'direction'. This means crossing the river by feeling the stones. 'Exploration' becomes 'reverse deduction' of filling in the process after you have the answer, and everything becomes easier."

"So some time ago, I took a tube of each of your blood." Mossak looked at the demon hunters who suddenly realized, "And luckily, and not beyond my expectation - I found the most suitable one. The Witcher blueprint as 'The End'."

Everyone looked at the old Druid's fingers.

Lan raised his chin slightly, showing a shy and reserved smile.

Mossak had already studied his body long ago. At first, it was to check whether there were any hidden dangers in the Witcher's trial, and later it was to help Lan adapt to the new power to burst out with the strongest power.

Later, after it was confirmed that Lann was not in danger and this body was of astonishing value... the old Druid could no longer hold back his scientific research spirit.

Hair, dander, nails, epidermal cells, these are fairly restrained.

Blood, small pieces of muscle, and even more embarrassing other body fluids...

It can be said that all the body tissues that can be collected while ensuring Lan's integrity have been collected by Mossack.

That is Mossak. If Arzu was still alive, Lann might have been dissected into pieces by now.

The demon hunters didn't have any objections to the matter of "losing their body to Lann's body".

On the one hand, everyone sees Lann's strength. This guy has been a demon hunter for more than two years, but his combat power has surpassed that of a two-hundred-year-old warlock. In terms of combat power, this is indeed the best "mutation direction" and the most suitable for becoming a new demon hunter. "end".

Secondly, Mossack later added that the direction of Lann's mutation was more controllable than others.

His "road" is a broad road, and the subjects will "move forward" in this direction with a little guidance; while others are narrow paths, which are not only difficult to find, but will "go astray" if they are not careful.

When Jie Long learned the news, he was still confused. How did he perform mutation surgery on Lan in the first place?

Are you that powerful?

…

With such a good primarch existing, all the demon hunters couldn't be happier.

Even a little schadenfreude.

Lambert pretended to shout: "Ah, so Lan will be the 'fixed material' for the Witcher trials from now on, is that what you mean?"

The witchers couldn't help laughing.

Lann glanced at Lambert with vacant eyes.

Lambert turned a deaf ear to the murderous look in Lan's eyes, and then slapped his head again.

"Then what if Lan has an accident in the future? Should we find a way to collect more of his belongings now to avoid..."

"If you can't speak, then speak less!" Lan roared, "Vesemir, take care of your people!"

Looking back, even the white-haired old wolf was immersed in the joyful atmosphere, and he had no time to care about his apprentice.

Everyone laughed for a while, but Mossak still had something to say.

He then dropped another bombshell.

"We all know now that the sterility of witchers and the sterility of warlocks are two different concepts."

"You are unable to have children because the mutation creates a species-level gap between you and normal people; not only between you and humans, but also between demon hunters."

"But now that the direction of mutation is controllable, that means..."

The atmosphere in the venue was suffocating. Everyone followed the guidance and guessed what Mossack would say next.

Because of this, there was even more disbelief in their eyes.

"...That means that in theory, a witcher can have offspring between a witcher and a witcher." Mossack humored, "Of course, between a male witcher and a female witcher - if If we have a witcher after us.”

This news is even more shocking than the increase in the success rate of the Demon Hunter Trial.

Mossack and the other warlocks were excited for a long time when they came up with this hypothesis.

However, the reaction of the demon hunters to the news was much duller, at least not as exciting as Mossack.

They are all wanderers living one day at a time, and they have no desire or desire to conceive offspring.

At most, it's just curiosity and sigh, and I'm happy that future demon hunters will have one more choice.

"What's the success rate of this?" Lei Suo asked curiously.

But Mossack spread his hands: "This is just a theoretical hypothesis. I don't have the time or conditions to verify it yet."

The "time" and "conditions" required to verify this theory are indeed quite harsh. The demon hunters fully understood the meaning and laughed evilly.

Vesemir heard a different meaning from Mossak's words.

"You haven't verified this 'theory' yet, but have you verified the success rate of the Demon Hunter Trial?" Old Wolf asked hesitantly, "You have already conducted human experiments on the Demon Hunter Trial... and it was successful. ?”

Don't blame Vesemir for asking this question. The old school refuses to recruit apprentices just to prevent innocent people from dying because of the witchers.

The wolf sect's demon hunters frowned slightly, but the cat sect and snake sect didn't react at all.

Only the Griffin School and Mossack, who knew the truth, smiled mysteriously.

At this time, everyone had entered the castle's laboratory, and Mossack opened a door.

"Introducing the No. 1 experimental subject of the Demon Hunter Trial—Leo Bonnet." Mossack showed them the people inside.

The tall and thin bounty hunter was tied to an iron bed, with catheters inserted all over his body. His hands and feet were tied with thick leather straps and chains, and his waist, neck, and legs were also restrained.

He seemed to be in good physical condition and his muscles were well maintained, but his spirit was in a state of sluggishness or even collapse.

Hearing the footsteps, he immediately moved towards the source of the sound and began to move the only free part of his body - his eyes.

Mossak pointed at the amber vertical pupils and said: "He killed a member of the Griffin School, the Cat School, and the Wolf School respectively. Now he can atone for the evil he committed in the past."

"This is also another result of the experiment - mutation is not limited to children, but can also be carried out on adults. However, since the skeletal muscles of adults have already been formed, the mutation will be particularly painful, and the final strengthening effect is relatively weak."

Mossack commented: "But this can also verify our perfect control over the experiment."

All the demon hunters nodded together and looked at Bonnard. Using this guy for human experiments, even the Wolf Faction looked happy and had no objections.

Across the laboratory where "Experimental Subject No. 1" was tied up, Mossack explained to everyone Bonnard's future mission. He planned to continue to use this bounty hunter's superb swordsmanship to hone future demon hunters, and at the same time, he could He was used as an experimental subject to study the "secondary mutation" of the witcher later.

All the demon hunters had no objections and showed strong expectations for the research on secondary mutations.

Afterwards, there will be a laboratory where real witcher mutation experiments will be conducted.

The figures of the sorceresses caught the attention of the witcher.

Triss and Yennefer glanced at a group of chatting elders. They had been busy making preparations here for a long time.

The demon hunters suddenly fell silent, and the expressions on their faces were even more expectant - a mentor-level druid and two top sorceresses presided over the mutation together, which added another layer of insurance for the success of the experiment.

Then they looked at the small figure lying on the experimental bed.

Leo.

The boy Lan brought back from White Orchard was originally supposed to be adopted by the Wolf Sect after his homeland was captured by Nilfgaard, but now he was trained by the Griffin School by mistake.

"It hasn't been two years since he was brought back, right?" Vesemir heard the news about Leo from the Griffin School. "Did he pass the [Decision] trial? Let him experience [Green Grass] and [Dreamland] now." Isn’t it too early? At least... five to six years would be appropriate, right? "

"It's enough." Kelda reassured the old wolf, "The main purpose of [Decision] is to improve the apprentice's physical fitness to a level that can withstand the trial. He has passed the test now. There is no rush to hone combat skills. In other words, it’s better to go back to training after passing [Green Grass].”

"Excessively long [Decision] trials will lead to physical deformities or other abnormalities. This time is the result of our joint evaluation based on Leo's physical condition. This is also the new training method we want to try, which is more efficient. .”

Vesemir was not as good as Kelda in terms of academics, so he nodded.

Everyone looked at Leo nervously.

Lann strode forward and put his palm on Leo's forehead. He is the last layer of insurance. If something unexpected happens during the trial, he can use the skill point left specially to contract with Leo to recover from the injury and interrupt the trial.

"Are you ready, boy?"