Chapter 169: The imprisoned Cat Faction demon hunter
Lann thought for a while and replied: "I 'saw' a man who looked like a warlock apprentice fell into the pool of water after coming out of the secret laboratory, and the water The people inside are all water ghosts. Since he was able to come out of the laboratory, he must have brought the key with him."
Triss nodded and accepted Lan's explanation, and glanced at the ripples in the water. The ghosts began to mutter something.
With a "click" sound, lightning as thick as an arm came again, this time its target was the pool of water.
There was a criss-crossing sound of electric current that made the scalp numb and the hair stood on end.
In just two breaths, the five water ghosts slowly emerged from the bottom of the water with whitened bellies, their bodies showing a strange stiffness.
Lan withdrew his consciousness that had sunk into the [Inventory] and planned to take out the crossbow. This weapon, which had never been used since it was built, seemed to be sleeping for a while longer.
All underwater obstacles have been cleared, and naturally the next step is to go into the water to find the key.
Triss is definitely not willing to do this job, and Lan has no intention of leaving this kind of job to a lady. He patted his chest, and the [Excellent Griffin Armor] on his body was immediately put into the [Inventory].
Then he took a deep breath and plopped into the water.
After a while, the water bubbled again, and a 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 for a few times, as if she couldn't get enough of it. While the other party was wiping off the water droplets on his body, she walked around the pavilion a few more times.
"I found an experiment note." Triss raised the tattered yellow paper in her hand, "'We conducted a series of studies on the genes of water ghosts according to the order of our teacher Irenius V. Steingaard.
After being fed tetrodotoxin, all research subjects fell into coma. After twenty-four hours, all signs of life were lost and the experiment could not continue.'"
Triss read the above content to Lan and speculated: "The signature is' Matteo Sikura', so this laboratory belongs to this 'Ireneus', and this 'Matteo' is his apprentice.
So the demon spirit we just killed is probably this one.' Mateo', used tetrodotoxin to study the genes of water ghosts, and kidnapped a demon hunter - this Ireneus also seems to be a warlock obsessed with biological research." The
sorceress suddenly became excited: "Maybe this The warlock also has a lot of research results on the mutation of the witcher, which can be brought back to Mossack and Jeron for study. Lann, our harvest this time may be greater than imagined!"
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Experiment Outside the door, two braziers burned brightly for lighting.
Lan took a deep breath and said: "Ignore me for a while and focus on opening the protective shield behind you. If I remember correctly, the cat-sect demon hunter may still be able to move, and he is not very rational and aggressive. Very strong."
Triss showed a surprised expression: "But this laboratory seems to have been abandoned for at least twenty years. Can the cat-sect demon hunters locked in it still be alive? I thought you were simply Come here to hunt for treasures and find some demon hunter heritage."
Lann nodded with a serious expression: "His condition... is very strange. You may need to perform the [Transformation Sealing Technique] once to take him away from here. If you know how to do it, just stay far behind me. My opponent is the Cat Sect, a school that focuses on attacking people. If the Warlock lets him get close, the consequences will be disastrous." Seeing Lan's solemn expression, Triss couldn't help but nodded
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Lann took a deep breath.
The cat-sect demon hunter in it is one of the regrets in the original game. His experience is very similar to that of Geron. He was also a demon hunter who was kidnapped and used for experiments.
But his luck was much worse than that of Jielong. At least Jielong faced his biological father in order to change him back to a normal person.
The warlock who kidnapped the demon hunter simply wanted to capture the demon hunter for experimentation, and the treatment was not much better than that of a white mouse. When we saw him in the game, he was no longer human, and we even had to kill him.
And if I remember correctly, this demon hunter is not weak at all, and many players in the game have "first sight kills". Although he doesn't know how this kind of strength is displayed in the real world, Lann estimates that he will definitely be stronger than the first cat-sect demon hunter he met, "Judd Kaladin".
By rescuing him, Lann wanted to test one of his conjectures and see if he could conquer the other party and fill the vacancy of the cat faction in his demon hunter order.
But if nothing can be done, maybe there is only one outcome...
help him get out of trouble as soon as possible.
"Click—"
After inserting the key, the solid door did not rise or fall as Tris imagined. Instead, it opened inward like an ordinary wooden door, making an old sound.
They have entered the real laboratory, and everywhere they look is brightly lit.
The decoration style here is obviously much more exquisite and gorgeous than outside. The gorgeous reliefs on the floor have not been weathered and blurred, and the stairs in front of you are still intact. There is no sense of coldness and dampness at all. It is as if someone has always lived here and maintained it.
The laboratory is clearly divided into two areas.
The right side belongs to the living and experimental area.
There are various alchemy instruments inside, including a human-high culture chamber, a gourd-shaped liquid filter, various strange biological tissues that have now shrunk, and large piles that are either scattered on the ground or neatly arranged. Various books stacked on shelves.
Directly in front of their sight was another area.
At the end of the line of sight, there is a stone sculpture based on a cat, with an elegant body and a ferocious expression. There are a large number of peeling bricks on the walls around it, and tangled plant meridians grow inside, adding a primitive and wild feeling to the laboratory.
With the body of the statue as the center and facing both sides, hundreds of candles are densely placed, burning wantonly at the moment.
Directly in front of it, a six-pointed star array was drawn on the ground with pure white ashes, with a candle placed on each of the six corners.
These candles give the entire laboratory a brightly lit feel.
What caught Lan's full attention was a person kneeling inside the six-pointed star - or rather, a "creature".
His back was turned to Lan, and his posture seemed to be meditating or praying.
"There is no justice...or evil." The voice was hoarse and shrill, "Only...pain is the most real."
Ignoring this obviously abnormal voice, Lan could still see his back. It was even more shocking there:
this "creature" was like a skinned person, with all the muscle fibers nakedly exposed to the air, and white bone stubble could be seen in some places.
And the muscle tissue that can be seen is covered with large areas of burns, electric burns, knife marks, pinholes, and other scars and injuries that even Lann can't see.
On such a body, not only has it not been eaten away by infection and decay, every muscle fiber on it is even clean, without a drop of blood.
It's as if this creature was born this way.
Lan En's eyes suddenly shrank, he didn't care how ridiculous the scenes he saw in the game, but when he saw the state of the person in front of him with his own eyes, he realized the seriousness of the matter.
Feeling someone approaching, the skinned man slowly stood up, and he also had a sword in his hand. Under the illumination of candles, it reflected a dazzling silver light.
"There is no justice or evil."
The skinned man turned his head, his face even more terrifying.
The gums are directly exposed without lips and cheeks, the eye sockets are completely exposed without eyelids, and there is a red light emanating from the eye sockets.
There is no trace of the characteristics of a witcher at all.
"Only...pain is the most real!"
The originally calm and pious prayer suddenly turned into a roar. At this moment, the skinned man and the black cat statue behind him seemed to merge into one, and they rushed towards Lann together.
Lan En didn't dare to be careless, he just felt that a fishy wind was shrouding him, and he raised his hand to let [Quen's Seal] get on him.
"Brush—"
Before he could cast the second seal in time, the two silver swords cut through the air and collided fiercely, causing sparks to fly.
As if they were recreating their movements, the two of them stretched their legs forward and twisted their waists together -
[Whirlpool Sword Dance] VS [Cat Style Sword Dance]
"Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang, Dang!"
The sound of forging iron continued to sound, but In just a few seconds, the two had already exchanged dozens of blows.
The more Lan En fought, the more frightened he became. The skinned man in front of him had severe muscle atrophy and was missing weight everywhere. But even so, his strength was surprisingly great. Although not as good as himself, he is still far better than the Judd Carradine he met at the beginning.
But Lann was unable to suppress the opponent because the skinned man's movements were too fast!
He seemed to be a tangible ghost, his body was erratic and his sword was elusive.
The most important thing is that he is not afraid of death. Sometimes he insists on letting Lann's long sword cut a wound on his body that splits the entire muscle, and also leaves even insignificant sword marks on Lann's body.
The Cat Faction is the best at sword dancing, and with this style of play, it was able to suppress Lann for a while.
But after all, Lan En's is not an ordinary sword dance, but a [whirlwind sword dance] with the blessing of the system!
[Swirling Sword Dance]: Use the weapon in your hand to attack all nearby enemies with a spinning attack. Continuously performing the spinning sword dance requires consuming one or more types of energy including physical strength, adrenaline, and magic power. The energy consumption will increase with the Skill level decreased (1/5).
The Whirling Sword Dance itself is not an ordinary sword skill, but a system skill that can be driven by a variety of energies. However, Lann has never encountered an opponent that is powerful enough on its own before, so now is the time to try out its power!
With a thought in Lan En's mind, he originally only used his physical strength to power [Swivel Sword Dance]. At this moment, under his deliberate control, his adrenaline and magic power also began to slowly decrease at a slow and steady speed -
Lan The speed and power of En's sword swing suddenly increased to a higher level!
"Dang, dong, dong, dong, dong!"
The two of them collided and separated again and again, colliding and separated again, as if tirelessly, playing a waltz of iron and blood in this silent basement.
"There is no justice, no evil!"
Under the fierce rhythm of the battle, the skinned man suddenly shouted loudly.
Being distracted during the battle, his sword moves slowed down as expected, but after a while, Lann made several cuts.
But Lan En didn't dare to be careless. If something went wrong, there would be a monster.
(End of chapter)