The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Inside the Karna Castle, many researchers who looked like scholars were walking hurriedly and looked very busy.

Not only that, the aisle was filled with a strange smell, including alcohol and something bitter, like the smell of herbs.

Leon frowned slightly. Among these smells, he also smelled a hint of rust. That was the smell of blood, and... it was human blood.

Compared to the blood of wild beasts and monsters, human blood is easier to distinguish. It is not so fishy and is a little sweet.

“Fresh…” Leon thought to himself.

While the Knight's Breathing Technique strengthened his physique, his senses were also greatly enhanced.

"Good morning, Professor Mandela!" A researcher saw Fred come in and immediately came forward to greet him.

Leon glanced at the man and saw that he had dark circles under his eyes, but his eyes were shining.

This is a sign of physical fatigue but mental excitement.

Fred smiled and responded, "Good morning, Lark, what's wrong with you?"

Lark smiled, his tone full of excitement as he said, "Professor Mandela, it is really the blessing of the goddess of luck that the Experiment No. 13 project I am in charge of has finally made progress!

You know what? I originally wanted to take a rest, but the afternoon before yesterday, I suddenly found that the cells in the culture dish had multiplied!

This is significant progress, considering we've failed twenty-three times!

But this time it worked! We did it the same way as before, but somehow it worked!

We are investigating the cause, it is likely that we have overlooked something!"

Fred smiled and congratulated, "That's really congratulations! But I suggest you take a rest first, otherwise it's easy to misjudge in your current mental state."

Lark nodded in agreement: "Yeah, that's what I thought, so I plan to go back and have some sleep first. Bye!"

"Goodbye!" Fred responded.

Lak hurried out without even glancing at Leon.

Leon turned his head and saw that the other person was running very fast.

“Lake Becker is a young scholar in the field of biology, and he came from the headquarters of the Imperial College.

He was very interested in our genetic engineering and had a recommendation letter from his mentor, so we asked him to be in charge of the 13th topic of genetic engineering. "Come on, come this way," Fred introduced.

Leon looked away and followed.

He followed Fred, looking at the rooms on both sides of the corridor.

The room that was supposed to be a reception room or lounge has now become the researchers' office and laboratory.

Suddenly, he stopped at the door of a laboratory.

"What's wrong?" Fred asked confused.

In front of Lyon was a tightly closed crimson wooden door with a copper doorplate on it.

The doorplate reads "Bowen, humanoid, ex, gbl-005".

"What does this mean?" Leon was confused and asked, pointing to the code on the door number.

This one was very similar to the one he found behind the neck of the first goblin leader.

"Oh, this!" Fred looked over and explained with a smile, "This is the research room of Bowen Scholar. He is in charge of the fifth project of genetic engineering. His specific work is to study genetics and DNA. I won't go into details about this. If you are interested, I can tell you about it for a month.

Humanoid means...well, it refers to an extinct humanoid race from ancient times.

Actually, now that we have come this far, there is no need for me to hide anything.

The current breakthroughs in our genetic engineering are actually all based on a human-like race gene.

This is the mystery that the missionaries brought.

As for why, I will tell you in detail later.

The 'ex' means extinction, and gbl is the abbreviation of goblin.

Goblin is a transliteration of the dwarven language. According to the Elf dictionary, it means dwarf. But I have asked my good friend, Kalman Schultz, a linguist at the University of Newcastle, who is an expert in various languages ​​and has studied them deeply. It is said that he once studied with a druid for five years.

He told me that goblin means elf in the dwarven language, not dwarf.

I also think the Elf Dictionary translation is wrong, because the dwarves are alive and well and have not become extinct.

But in the Elven dictionary, goblins are equivalent to dwarves."

Leon nodded.

It seems that their original judgment was wrong. The number after Goblin is not the number of goblins, but the sub-project code of genetic engineering.

"So you are responsible for the genetic engineering part?" he couldn't help asking.

"011, breeding and hybridization of species." Fred said without hesitation, with a proud expression on his face.

Lyon raised his eyebrows. Breeding and hybridization?

Then his brows furrowed.

He thought of the characteristics of the goblin species, which can interbreed with almost all creatures.

"Come here, this is my laboratory." While he was thinking, Fred took him to the door of a laboratory.

Leon's eyes immediately turned to the nameplate on the door.

"Sure enough..." Leon thought to himself.

"Ryan, humanoid, ex, gbl-011"!

This is exactly the same one found on the back of the goblin leader's head!

The goblin leader "escaped" from here!

However, when he looked at Fred's face, there was no expression of discomfort on the other side.

Moreover, even though they had only started to get in touch yesterday, they had talked quite a bit.

Fred was always enthusiastic and took great pride in his career.

Especially after Lyon agreed to his conditions, he was almost honest with Lyon.

Fred is a very typical research scholar. He has been moving from one college to another throughout his life and has never experienced any social hardships.

In other words, there is no bad intention.

Intellectually, Leon simply didn't believe that such disgusting creatures as goblins could have been bred by Fred.

Moreover, he personally admitted yesterday that reviving extinct creatures is something that falls within the realm of magic and is unscientific. It is simply impossible to do with current human technology.

Moreover, there are too many uncontrollable factors in this kind of thing, and Fred himself is deeply averse to it.

Judging from Fred's attitude towards biological research, Lyon did not think that the goblins were created by Fred.

However, the nameplate on the back of the goblin leader's head could not be faked.

“Even if it wasn’t created by Fred himself, it must have a deep relationship with him…” Leon judged in his heart.

Fred had already opened the door of the laboratory. He stood at the door and enthusiastically invited Leon to come in for a visit.

"Come on Leon, this is the experiment my team and I conducted! Come and see!"

Leon nodded and walked in.