Chapter 177: The Appearance of the Shapeshifter and the Journey of the Snake Faction
"Long time no see, Kolgrim. Come in quickly."
"Don't worry, Lann." The Snake Faction Demon Hunter smiled slightly, "Remember what I told you before. Are you a school mate? Today I want to introduce you to some new friends."
Lann gave up his position and allowed Kolgrim to climb through the window.
In his surprised eyes, there was another set of footsteps on the roof, and then a second person climbed in while holding on to the window edge, and then a third and a fourth person.
They lifted the hoods of their cloaks one after another, revealing faces that Lan had never seen before but were extremely familiar to.
The surprise in Lann's eyes turned into surprise and even ecstasy.
While Kolgrim was about to speak, his eyes suddenly fell on Chapelle.
"It looks like I have one more surprise for you." The snake sect demon hunter pointed at Chapelle, "Lan, be careful, he is a shape-shifter!" Before Lann could reply, he opened one
. The bolted [Moon Dust] spun out from the hand of a person behind Kolgrim, exploded with a "boom", and placed silver shavings on Chapelle's body before anyone could react.
Chapelle's eyes became panicked when he saw the four demon hunters suddenly entering the room. He seemed to want to call for the temple guards, but at this time, the call suddenly stopped in his throat.
Under the shroud of mercury, his whole body suddenly melted, like a puddle of mud or a piece of baked cheese.
His hands and feet began to stretch and became as slender as a spider, all the facial features on his face disappeared, and his skin and clothes turned into one color and even one material, and he didn't even look like a living thing anymore.
"Chapelle" let out a whimper and rushed towards the door in a hurry, only to find a man with snake eyes already standing there.
"Scream, call your temple guards in, let them see what kind of thing they have been serving these days."
Triss's eyes lit up, looking at this magical thing in front of her that she had only seen in books. biology. Then she looked at Lan again, her eyes brighter.
"He is a shape-shifter." Kolgrim explained. "When we arrived in Novigrad, we heard about the drastic change in Chapelle's personality after suffering a stroke. We felt something was wrong at the time. After investigation, we found that there were many changes in his life. We no longer have contact with silverware, and later we even discovered the body of 'Chapelle 1' through the demon hunter senses." "
These evidences confirmed our guess about his identity. The current 'Chapelle' is a Shapeshifter!"
"What an irony. The real Chapelle was feared and died silently. The fake Chapelle came to power, but gained fame and even raised the image of the eternal fire to a higher level." "Chapele
. "Peller" let out another whimper. The shape-shifter's character will change as his image changes. At this moment, he no longer has the aura of the Eternal Fire Security Officer, and has become pitiful, even crying when he speaks.
"Lan, don't be like this, don't hurt me... I have never done anything against you, and I have never hurt anyone..."
He seemed to have grabbed a life-saving straw: "What you said before It's all true, right? You said you wouldn't hurt a creature that didn't do evil. You didn't even hurt that toad... You are Geralt's friend, and so am I... Please don't hurt me..."
Although He had already expected Chapelle's true identity, but seeing this sudden change in personality, Lan still couldn't help but show a tangled expression - this was really different from the image of the security officer who was cold-talking and dignified before. too big.
Yes, Chapelle is now a shapeshifter.
In the original novel, Geralt once had a friend of the halfling race who was robbed by a shapeshifter on the outskirts of Novigrad. Later, the shapeshifter turned into a halfling and went to live in the city, giving the halfling a new life. There's a lot of trouble coming.
Geralt finally helped his friend capture the shapeshifter, but he felt that the other party's crime was not worthy of death and only wanted to punish him slightly.
It's a pity that other people in Novigrad didn't think so. Just at this time, "Shapelle" appeared. Under the cover and protection of the security officer, the shapeshifter was safe and sound. And "Chapelle" also revealed his identity in front of Geralt - another shape-shifter.
Naturally, Lann would not want to harm the current "Shapelle". Emotionally speaking, the other party is a kind-hearted shapeshifter. After turning into Chapelle, he used this identity to improve people's livelihood, spread faith, and protect the weak. He is more like a security officer than the original security officer, and more like the eternal fire. The believer is more like a believer.
Rationally speaking, the current "Shapelle" can also provide more help to Lan. They had already established a vague friendship, and before the snake demon hunters came in, they were even ready to start an in-depth conversation.
And Lann believed that after he saw the other person's true form, this friendship would become deeper and even unbreakable.
Lan said softly: "Of course Chapelle, I won't hurt you."
The voice was soft, as if coaxing a child, and even Triss shuddered. Obviously this is the product of emotional management going online.
After saying that, he turned towards Kolgrim again.
"Thank you for your help, Kolgrim. I had some vague suspicions before, but I didn't confirm it. Now there are no secrets between me and 'Shapelle', and we can communicate more frankly." He did not show off that he had known it for a long time
. Secret, he did not protect the shapeshifters, but instead thanked the snake sect demon hunters for their actions, preventing them from falling into the embarrassment of "good intentions doing bad things" when they first met him.
To be honest, Lan had no reason to be angry.
Who among those present had reason to be angry?
"Chapelle" timidly glanced at the snake-eyed witcher blocking the door, and then at the sorceress. She didn't know what she was thinking, but she actually waved her spider-like thin legs and ran to Lan's side. , it seems that this can provide a little sense of security.
"Well, if you insist." Kolgrim shrugged.
The misunderstanding came to an end, and Lan invited everyone who had come from afar to sit down.
He first introduced Triss to the four demon hunters. The badges around their necks were already trembling. They were all very concerned about the sorceress's existence.
For a witcher, a warlock is necessary. Because the Demon Hunter Trial requires the control of a warlock to increase the success rate, and the Snake Sect has long had no warlocks.
I wonder what the expressions of the Snake Faction people will be like when Lan mentions Mossak and Yennefer later.
After the host has introduced himself, the guests who come to the door begin to introduce themselves.
At this time, Lan finally calmed down a little and began to look at the four big men who came in through the window late at night.
Never before had so many demon hunters appeared in front of him at the same time.
"This is Leitho, our current school leader."
The bald man standing in the middle stretched out his hand towards Lan: "I am Leitho from Guleta. Thank you for your help to Kolgrim. If it weren't for you If we do, we will lose a partner."
"I am Lann of Cintra." Lann smiled and shook hands with the other person, "Every passing witcher cannot allow the situation to develop like this. Go down."
Kolgrim pointed to the two demon hunters behind Leitho: "This is Seret, and this is Oaks. They are both trustworthy and good friends. They and I are like brothers." Lan and two
snakes He sent the witchers to shake hands and accepted their thanks again for saving Kolgrim.
Seret and Oakes are dressed very similar, both wearing rough leather armor, with some steel elements on the shoulders and gauntlets; Kolgrim is slightly better, and the armor on his body is more refined. I don't know what it is. Didn't he modify the armor himself with the drawings in his hand during the journey?
These three demon hunters all have a strong Snake School style: they are strong and medium-sized, and they are always fully armed but with extremely simple equipment, like poisonous snakes ready to hunt at any time.
But their snake leader is completely different from their image.
If Kolgrim and the others are poisonous snakes, then Letho's image is more like an anaconda, and it is poisonous.
In front of him are: Leitho of Guleta, the bald giant, the man who defeated Geralt many times, the current leader of the Snake School, the future warlock killer, and the regicide.
If you don't look at the badge on his neck, Reso is more like a bear, or he is more like a "bear": he is as wide as his two companions combined, and his upper body is only wearing a leather vest, which is exposed The arms were about as thick as Lan's legs combined, and the muscles on them were entangled like tree roots.
He was the strongest man Lan had ever seen, someone who could truly embody the word "strength" in a visual sense.
Leisuo's achievements in later generations are also shocking. In order to revive the school, he would accept the commission from the Emperor of Nilfgaard and go north with two companions. Then they would split up and assassinate King Demavi III of Aedirn and King Foltest of Temeria alone, paralyzing them. Lost half of the northern border.
Players with good intentions think that Leisuo is more like a "King Hunter" than a demon hunter.
Lan and the Serpent Demon Hunters were sizing each other up, and Kolgrim began to explain to Lan the reason for his presence here.
"Since our headquarters was destroyed, we have developed a technology for companions to find each other's traces. When I took a boat from Baiguoyuan all the way south, I happened to find them nearby; what's more, they actually also We need to go north."
After hearing his companion's words, Leitho nodded: "The Emperor of Nilfgaard knows that we have the idea of rebuilding the school, and has been trying to win us over, and wants us to work for him." "Those who haven't returned from Kolgrim
yet At that time, a warlock came to me and said that on the emperor's order, he wanted us to go north to attack the Lion of Sintra so that he could not reach the Haji Fortress for talks. But then they changed the conditions and wanted us to be more Go further and capture the lion alive - that is, you."
Leisuo sneered, maybe because he thought it was ridiculous: "Nilfgaard first destroyed our school, and then tried to win us over in the name of helping us revive. It's unavoidable to think that Great. So we have never agreed, and the emperor's people have been monitoring us and restricting us from leaving the country. We can only wander around Nilfgaard, unable to settle down-until we meet Kolgrim again."
"I heard what Kolgrim said about your power and your promises: about the Order of Witchers, about the future of Cintra, about the Ancient Blood. So I wanted to come see you in person and verify what you said. , Rann of Cintra."
(End of chapter)