Chapter 205 How to develop from a griffin into a griffin cavalry regiment?
The experiment on witcher mutation has made a breakthrough, which is great news for Lan now. It's no wonder that Lann would be so eager. You have to know that when Jielong and other experimenters came out with the results of their experiments, they were many times more excited than Lann is now.
Faced with Lan En's inquiry, Jie Long affirmed: "We have not conducted human experiments yet. We are currently only using animals for horizontal comparison. But what can be expected is that under the joint supervision of multiple warlocks - that is, myself, Mo Ssak, Triss, and Kelda can barely play a role—the success rate of mutation has increased to about 50%.
Jaylon added: "But if we want to further advance the experiment, we still want to Take a look at mutation recipes from other schools of thought. Mossack is already negotiating with the Wolf Faction. If possible, I hope the Snake Faction can also lend a helping hand. Lan En patted his chest and promised, "
I'll tell Leisuo that no demon hunter will refuse this kind of business." Don’t you want the cat pie? I can also go to Novigrad to find Kyaan. Jie
Long hesitated to speak: "As for Mao Pie... forget it, come over. It's always helpful to draw parallels. "
Lan En understood the other meanings in Jie Long's tone and nodded amusedly.
"In addition, I also need to collect some blood and tissue samples from you. "Jie Long said, "You are by far the most special and perfect mutant individual, and you can serve as the ideal blueprint for mutation. Coupled with the ancient blood in your body, it might be able to provide new ideas for our experiments. I didn't come to you before because our experiments hadn't reached that stage yet, but now it's time. "
No problem. " Lann nodded, "Just draw blood, and what tissue samples are needed?" "
Jie Long looked at Lann with a very strange look, from bottom to top, and then from top to bottom.
"Various forms of tissue samples. "
At this point, the two of them had walked to the entrance of Kelseren's laboratory. When they opened the door, Lan found that there had been a lot of changes inside. The
first thing they entered was a huge constant-temperature incubator. This is Lan's lab. I haven't seen anything before. The things in this incubator made Lan's eyes widen.
"This is..."
Jeron chuckled and said: "This is the first thing Mossack left here for you. Gift. "
I saw a little golden monster lying inside and sleeping soundly.
The sleeping little monster looked extremely weird. It had the beak of a bird, but the head and body of a beast. Its neck was There is a black-gold mane, and two forelimbs connected to two wings that have not yet begun to develop. This ugly appearance looks like the cubs of two beasts have been forcibly blended together. It is a griffon. At
the
beginning When Lan went to Brokiron to rescue Ciri who strayed into the forest, he killed a pair of gryphons and a large gryphon for the town. Now the cloak made of the skins of these unfortunate mandarin ducks is still draped on him. And Ciri.
It was the first time he faced a monster as a mortal. The weak Geralt came over and drew his sword to help and almost overturned. Levin almost fell over there, but was finally saved by the tree spirit and ended up being a blessing in disguise. They formed a lot of "friendship".
Among the spoils of that battle was a huge gryphon egg, which was given to Mossack by Lann.
At that time, Lann didn't have much knowledge of magic at all. He didn't know how to use the griffin egg. Originally, he thought that this thing should have been given to Mossak as a magic material and consumed in some experiment, but he didn't expect that it was actually hatched now. Seeing
Lan With a surprised look, Jie Long smiled and said: "Gryphon eggs are actually not uncommon. But Mossack discovered that this egg still retains amazing vitality, and he felt that this egg was quite meaningful to you, so he decided to hatch it and give it to you as a gift. “
He took the egg back to Skellig’s Druid’s Circle to be hatched. The druids there have mastered the skills of taming pterodactyls, and have a relatively complete training process and animal taming methods. But after establishing contact with our school of thought, Mossack and I both felt that the Feilong Mountains were more suitable as a place to cultivate griffons. "
Jie Long pointed to the winding mountains outside the castle that are covered with white snow all year round: "There used to be many griffins here, which shows that the environment inside is very suitable for their growth and life. It’s just that these griffins were almost eliminated by our school later, and they are now very rare. "
Lan twitched the corner of his mouth and looked at the sleeping griffon baby inside. Fortunately, it can't understand human language yet, and it doesn't know that the school of thought it belongs to once particularly liked its compatriots. Jielong
suggested : “You can take it out, let it get familiar with your scent, and then come over and feed it a few times from time to time. When it gets a little older, it can be trained accordingly. "
Lan heard this and carefully put his hand into the incubator. He was not very eager to develop a relationship with this little griffon. This was not necessary for him. With the [Follow] system, he only needed one skill point to do it. It can make this little guy who has not yet developed wisdom recognize his master on the spot.
But now Lan has no intention of contracting this little guy so early. Just like Leo who is still receiving training as a demon hunter - the little griffon has not yet grown up. , although I don’t know if it has [Talent], but it definitely doesn’t have any good [Skills]. Now spending a skill point to contract it is not worth the gain.
Lan En picked up the little gryphon at this moment, more out of curiosity And the prospect of the future. This is the first time he has held a monster cub in his arms, and this is a powerful monster that can soar into the sky in the future. The
sleeping little monster seems to have smelled something, and he groaned with a "hiss" sound. It opened its immature eagle's beak, revealing a small section of pink tongue. Then it buried its head, which had not yet opened its eyes, into Lan's great griffon cloak. It seemed that there was a scent of the same species in it that made it feel at ease. "I suddenly felt
that . Lan En said with a look of confusion on his face, "We once killed its parents, and now we even put its father on our body..."
As he spoke, Lan En raised the great griffin cloak on his body: "In such a situation It feels weird to tame this little guy and ride him in the future...
Jie Long glanced at Lan: "Some of your ideas are weird. " But if you care about this, don't worry - get closer and take a look at the breed and coat color of this little guy. Have you studied the monster illustration I gave you? "
Suddenly there was a feeling of suffocation as if he didn't study hard and was unable to answer the teacher's spot test. Lan quickly followed Jie Long's instructions and took a closer look, muttering to himself: "It looks like a gryphon
... huh? But the golden fur, the mane is extremely thick, and there are no poison glands..."
Lann said in surprise: "This is the [Royal Griffin]? Jie
Long nodded and said meaningfully: "Yes, it suits you very well." The [Royal Gryphon] is the most majestic and best-looking of all griffin subspecies, and is often used by nobles as their family crest. In the early years, it was almost killed by the royal family who liked to collect. I didn't expect that one could be hatched under such circumstances. Lan
En looked incredulous: "Can a [Gryphon] and a [Great Gryphon] give birth to a [Royal Griffon]?" No...so this royal griffon was not born from that pair, or even their egg? "
Jie Long nodded and sighed at the wonderful encounters in nature: "I heard that the pair of gryphons attacked you because of this egg? Maybe the monsters have many other strange habits that we have not studied clearly. The demon hunters are currently also It only focuses on recording their aggression and hunting-related knowledge, but does not know much about their possible biological and social structures." "
But in this way, at least you don't have to fall into the trap of 'killing its parents and riding it' Are you in a moral dilemma?"
Hearing Jie Long's words, Lan smiled sheepishly.
.........
The young griffon is only a few months old and is still in the development stage of growing its body by sleeping soundly. However, from its sharp claws and sharp beak, the majestic appearance of the proud "Aerial Knight" can be vaguely seen.
In the future, with the blessing of Lann's [Follower] panel system, it will surely become the strongest griffin in history, and may even have the opportunity to rival the dragon, truly gaining absolute air supremacy for Lann.
If he thought more divergently, Lann would even wonder if it was possible to use this royal griffon as a starting point to form a griffin cavalry team? A true team of aerial aces...
but right now this is just a cub that needs to sleep in an incubator.
After gently stroking the down on the little griffon's body a few times to satisfy his curiosity, Lan put it back into the incubator. It will take about half a year before it can fly freely in the blue sky; if it wants to grow enough to carry people, it will take one and a half years, which is still very early.
Kelda is said to be very interested in taming griffins. You must know that the prerequisite for becoming an apprentice of the Griffin School in the golden age was to sneak into the Feilong Mountains and steal a griffon egg. Kelda didn't know how many eggs she had witnessed being brought back by the apprentices, and most of these eggs were turned into alchemical materials.
But they have never tried to hatch the little monsters inside these eggs. This is the first time.
By the way, Leo is mainly led by Kelda now. This experienced old master demon hunter is particularly enthusiastic about training and teaching younger generations.
"How is Leo's performance?"
Hearing Lan ask this question, Jielong's words were full of affirmation of Leo: "He works very hard and learns quickly. He is considered average among the apprentices in the past. An upper level. We are very sure that he can pass [Decision], but the subsequent [Grass Trial] and [Dream Trial] cannot be completed with talent and hard work. Before the mutation experiment achieves a real breakthrough, we We don't even plan to convert Leo."
Lann nodded, this was what they had agreed upon from the beginning.
"Of course." Jielong added, "Compared with you, Leo still has a lot of gaps."
Lann couldn't help but smile after hearing this.
This royal griffon cub was Mossak's first gift to Lann in Caer Siren. After teasing the little monster, Lann also received the second and third gifts that Mossack left here - the
enchantment of [Vampire] and the infusion craft from Ofir.
"This [blood-sucking] enchantment is really unprecedented. You said it was the weapon of an alien demon, right?"
Facing the unique blood-sucking enchantment effect in the mainland, Jie Long couldn't help but sigh: "So far we haven't been able to Re-engraving the alchemical patterns on it can only crack the downgraded version. But since you are here, let's first perform a basic enchantment on your weapon. After we have thoroughly understood the subsequent craftsmanship, we can then upgrade. "
That's enough." Lann smiled.
There is a small problem here. That is, [Vampire] can only enchant [Alice] Scimitar, but not [Lady's Sword]. Because the enchanting technology on [Sword of the Lake Lady] has reached its peak and is integrated, no matter Geron, Kelda, or Mossak think that this sword can no longer withstand new enchantments, and it may even be possible to rashly modify it. It would destroy the original power of the sword, so I had to give up.
However, the black magic scimitar [Alice] and the [Vampire] enchantment have good compatibility and are perfectly compatible. Especially considering that the special effects of this scimitar consume life force, and with the [blood-sucking] enchantment that robs life force, the two can actually achieve a strange balance.
The enchantment of [Vampire] is an unexpected surprise, and it can add a new special effect to the existing rune system. What Lann is most looking forward to is the new alchemy system from the Kingdom of Ofir - Infusion.
After Triss brought the warlocks from the Ofir Kingdom back to Brochlon, Mossack contacted the two masters of the Griffin School almost immediately. Geron was unwilling to leave the base camp, and Kelda rushed to Brokiron immediately after hearing about this magical technology, and learned the magic infusion technique with Mossak; after returning to Kel Siren , and taught this technique to Jie Long.
Infusion is essentially similar to the alchemical enchantment process that is popular in the mainland today. It also uses magic and alchemical materials to give unique additional capabilities to armor. But this is a completely new system. For a long time, Ophir people have only helped others to infuse magic as merchants or craftsmen, and there has never been any precedent of teaching others to learn magic infusion technology.
Although Prince Ophir didn't pay much attention to the rumors of demon infusion, but if you think about it, you will know how could this precious technology be handed over to other countries casually? Infusing others with demons and teaching others to infuse demons are two completely different concepts. It can only be said that Lann's rescue of the long-missing Prince Ofir this time indeed made the Kingdom of Ofir owe a favor.
At the same time, since infusion and enchantment are two completely different alchemical systems, they can be compatible and non-interfering with each other to a certain extent. In other words: even a fully enchanted piece of equipment like [Lake Lady's Sword] can be added with an additional enchantment effect.
Currently, Rann can perform an infusion on each of his two swords, and he can also perform one on his armor. Jie Long and the others also plan to start a new research project to see if they can reduce the area of magic injection and also inject magic on things like gauntlets and cloaks. But now they have no choice but to give up. Their main focus is still on perfecting the process of witcher mutation.
There are six main types of magic infusion techniques that Ofir taught Cintra. They are:
[Breaking]: Makes the weapon extend a sharp blade formed by chaotic energy when attacking, and the distance attack is improved.
[Deflection]: The armor can deflect the enemy's arrows and other long-range attacks at a small angle.
[Protection]: Absorb the chaotic energy in the air and automatically generate a small shield.
[Retribution]: There is a certain probability that the damage on the armor can be reflected back to the enemy.
[Balance]: The weight of constant equipment, whether it is light armor or heavy armor, will become the weight of medium armor.
[Frivolity]: Reduce the weight of equipment, the effect is enough to reduce heavy armor to the level of light armor.
Among the above various enchantment special effects, some are suitable for weapon enchantment, and some are suitable for equipment enchantment. It can also be seen from these special effects that unlike the enchantment process that "increases elemental attack by a percentage", the enchantment process is not so simple and crude, and many special effects tend to be auxiliary types.
After some simple consideration, Lan planned to add the [Breaking] special effect to both of his swords to increase the attack distance of the two swords. This will allow him to mow grass more happily when playing Wushuang in the crowd in the future; when fighting against some large monsters, he can also avoid the embarrassing situation of the long sword entering without a handle but unable to reach the opponent's vital points.
As for the magic infusion on the armor, Lann chose [Offset] at the insistence of his elders such as Mossack and Jeron. After all, he was going to the battlefield, so Leng Jian and Liu Ya still had to guard against him. Although [Quen's Seal] is with me, how can active defense be as reassuring as passive deflection?
"The enchantment of [Vampire] is okay, but the cost of infusion is very high. Just like what Warlock Ophir said, this kind of thing can only be circulated between the upper floors. At present, we only have the materials here for you to inject. The amount of magic, and other things need to be invested in more important research." "
But Mossak also had new ideas. He planned to simplify [frivolity], saying that this would be conducive to forming a strong heavy army. Cavalry. Of course, this needs to be discussed later, he doesn’t have time now.”
[Frivolous] If it can be simplified and used on a large scale in the army, it will be enough for heavy cavalry to gain the mobility of light cavalry without losing the impact of heavy armor. and defense. Just thinking about this scene can make any officer in the world tremble with excitement.
But Lan pursed his lips: "For spellcasters, [Protection], a process that can automatically generate shields, is more important, right? Shouldn't Uncle Mossack give priority to studying this infusion?" Jie
Longqing Smiling: "This is his choice."
Lann felt an indescribable warmth welling up in his heart, which made him feel vulnerable while he was fighting abroad.
But he soon regained his composure, changed the topic and said with a smile: "If you think, teacher, the cost of the magic infusion process is too high, I can solve this problem right now." In
Jielong's confused eyes, Lan Take him to the empty warehouse next door, wave his hand, and let the gold and silver treasures in the [Inventory] pour out.
The light called "wealth" that burst out at that moment even covered the sun reflected by the snow on the top of the mountain.
Even a person like Jeron, who was accustomed to seeing the big world in the golden age of gryphon demon hunters, had his eyes widened for a moment, his breathing was heavy, and his hands were shaking slightly.
Lann looked at Jaylon's reaction and smiled with satisfaction: "These coins are not only enough for everyone to infuse magic, but the extra should be enough to buy the castle at our feet, and this is far from everything I have now. Wealth."
Jie Long pressed his chest hard, took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down. There was still excitement in his eyes, but he had already regained his calm expression:
"I don't want to know where you got so much money. You want to use the money to help me rebuild Kelseren, right? Or accept it?" Get up, Cintra needs this money even more now."
After speaking, he raised his hand and stopped Lan who was about to speak: "This is my choice."
Lan showed a tangled expression, but listened Jielong's firm tone meant he could only give up.
Jeron suddenly laughed again: "You want to help me rebuild Caer Siren as soon as possible, and then ask me to go to Sintra to help you, right? In fact, it doesn't have to be like this. During this time, I am in Caer Siren I have been thinking about it for a long time, and I am unwilling to leave here to settle in Cintra..."
The master of the Griffin School looked at his disciples and said: "But if you encounter any enemies that cannot be solved, you can use us Contact me from the school's notes, and I will take action for you. Not just me, but Kelda too."
After hearing this, Lan's lion eyes were as bright as a cat's eyes: "Really?"
(End of Chapter)