The Witcher: Darkness Falls

Fred's laboratory was huge, much larger than any of the ones he had seen on his way here.

This room should have been a banquet hall or a large restaurant. It has a large space, and several stone pillars cleverly support the superstructure.

As Leon took a quick glance, he saw traces of dwarven craftsmanship on these important structures.

In fact, the load-bearing structures in most large buildings are generally designed by dwarf craftsmen.

After all, in the field of architecture, dwarves are the real masters of construction.

In these large spaces, dining tables or long conference tables should have been placed, but now they have all been replaced with laboratory tables covered with marble slabs.

There are test tubes, beakers and other experimental instruments on the laboratory table. In addition to these conventional instruments, there are also a large number of experimental equipment that Lyon has never seen before.

This is a very professional laboratory, much better than the one in Sikori.

Compared with Fred's laboratory, Sicori's laboratory is just like a child's toy.

In addition to professional experimental equipment, there are about a dozen researchers doing experiments or taking notes here, and everyone is very busy.

As the laboratory door opened, many people stopped what they were doing and turned to look over.

"Professor Mandela!" A female researcher greeted at the experimental table closest to the door.

Her hair was wrapped in a white silk scarf, and the red color could be vaguely seen inside.

Her face was smooth, her pupils were light green, her nose was high, and her lips were sharp.

"Elf blood..." Leon could tell at a glance that the woman in front of him had elven blood.

However, her elf features are not particularly obvious. The iconic pointed ears and olive-shaped pupils of the elves have disappeared, leaving only smooth skin and a delicate face.

The skin of ordinary humans, even nobles, is very rough compared to that of elves, especially for women over the age of twenty-five.

Because the elves have a long lifespan, the passage of life is measured in years. Compared with humans whose lifespan is measured in seconds, their lifespan can be called eternal.

Therefore, it would take at least three hundred years for time to leave traces on the elves' skin.

However, people with elven blood will have a more or less longer lifespan, and their body shape will also change.

This is also the reason why Leon can recognize the other party's bloodline at a glance.

The other party looked very young, probably less than 30 years old. In addition, she had elven blood and was also an expert scholar.

The woman in front of me must be a noble.

When Leon looked at her, the female researcher also looked at Leon.

"Professor, this is... a demon hunter?!" When the female researcher saw Leon's pupils, a look of surprise appeared on her face.

Fred introduced with a smile: "Mara Cuhoon, her ancestor is the famous Marshal Menno Cuhoon.

You can see this one, Demon Hunter Leon."

Leon was a little surprised when he saw the female researcher in front of him. Although he guessed that she was a noble, he didn't expect her to be so powerful!

Menno Cuhoon was a famous military strategist in the history of the Nilfgaard Empire. As the right-hand man of Emperor Emhyr, he served as the marshal of the Second Northern War and at one point caused the northern countries to collapse.

However, in the end, due to some tactical mistakes, he caused irreparable losses and even lost his life.

Even so, he is still an outstanding military strategist in the history of the Nilfgaard Empire.

And the female researcher in front of him is the other party's descendant.

Moreover, this manor was also donated by the Quehoun family.

"Hello! Nice to meet you. To be honest, I have always been interested in demon hunters!" Mara did not hide her curiosity, and her light green eyes kept looking at Leon.

Her gaze was extremely aggressive, like a wild animal staring at its prey of interest and eager to pounce on it.

Her gaze was sharp, as if she wanted to penetrate Leon's body and see through all his secrets.

"Stop staring at my friend Mara like that, just continue with your research!" Fred said helplessly.

Leon didn't react much. He had seen all kinds of looks and had long been immune to them.

Mara crossed her arms across her chest, showing no intention of continuing her work.

"Teacher, my work is almost done... But why did you bring a demon hunter here? Is he also for dissection?"

Fred frowned and said seriously, “Don’t mess around, Leon is here to assist us in our research, get out of the way!

If you continue to do this, I will ask you to go back, and then you can only change a supervisor and continue your graduate career. "

Fred's threat was very effective, and Mara immediately grabbed his arm and said coquettishly, "Oh, teacher, I was just kidding!

Come and see, my work is really done. The fertilized egg is perfectly formed and is now resting in the culture dish, waiting for implantation."

She took Fred's hand and walked him to the lab table, where he leaned over and looked at something through a device that looked like a telescope.

This device is very large. The tube alone is almost one meter long and thirty centimeters thick.

Lyon looked over curiously and saw the vertically placed "telescope" diagonally facing a petri dish.

He only saw a yellowish, viscous liquid like snot in the petri dish and nothing else.

"Leon, come and take a look. This is what I want to show you, in vitro fertilization technology! This is a very important part of hybridization!" Fred greeted enthusiastically.

"What is this?" Leon asked puzzledly.

"This is a microscope. I bought it from the dwarf. It costs about 10,000 florins," Fred said casually.

Lyon was shocked, this huge pile of stuff cost ten thousand florins!

"Don't be so surprised. The dwarf engineer had to do the assembly himself, and the labor cost two thousand florins!" Mara said dissatisfiedly, "They are a group of money-grubbing guys! In the future, regular maintenance will be required every month, which will cost a lot of money!"

Leon opened his mouth, but no sound came out.

He came to the microscope in silence, and Mara enthusiastically taught him how to use this expensive instrument.

"Put your eyes closer and pay attention to the wheels on your left and right hands. If you turn the left wheel forward, you can control the microscope to move left, and if you turn it backward, it will move right.

The wheel on the right controls the focus of the microscope. Turning it forward zooms in, and turning it backward zooms out.

But you don't have to do anything now, I have adjusted it to the best viewing angle, you just have to watch it."

Leon put his head close to a convex lens that was bigger than his head.