Chapter 165: End this scene quickly, there are other programs in the second half of the night
[Discovery Mission-Where the Flame Cannot Light:
A poisonous monster appears in the sewer of Temple Island, and the Eternal Fire is encircling it. After a failed attempt, safety officer Schapel was at a loss what to do. Professional matters should be left to professionals. After all, that monster is your target, so it’s just a piece of cake, right, demon hunter? 】
Lan likes this kind of task the most.
"Of course." Lann nodded, "So that Novigrad will no longer be troubled by the giant toad, this is why I went to find it." "
That monster likes wine and flesh very much, this should be able to provide you with Some ideas." Chapelle nodded with satisfaction and said: "My guards will take you to the location of the sewer. I must remind you - don't bring ordinary soldiers, otherwise there will be heavy casualties." Lann nodded in response
. After giving the commission, he asked more eloquently: "You have sent people to encircle and suppress it and failed. If we don't show up or fail, what are you going to do?" "Drive it through the sewer to Cowburg." Come and deliver
it
. After receiving the information, the security officer of Eternal Flame left in a hurry. He always looked very busy.
Triss looked at Chapelle and suddenly sighed: "I have met Chapelle before. At that time, he was still an extreme religious person. Cruel, ruthless, and willing to sacrifice other people for the sake of his beliefs. Even I felt that' The Eternal Fire is just a tool to gain access to power in his hands. I didn't expect that he seems to be a different person now. I heard that he became like this after a stroke?" Lann glanced at the sorceress and affirmed:
" He really is a different person."
Triss's eyes widened, full of doubts.
Lann smiled, slowly buried his nose into Triss's red hair, and whispered something in her ear.
Triss's eyes widened even more, and this time they were filled with surprise.
.........
Because all the sighting reports so far indicate that the giant toad appears at night, so Lan didn't go out with Triss until the moon was on the treetops.
Cintra's cavalry accompanied them all the way, but Lann did not take them into the sewers, but guarded outside to prevent unauthorized persons from entering.
Schappeler was right about one thing: fighting in the sewers and facing such a giant monster, letting the cavalry down would definitely cause heavy damage. The place they should go is the battlefield, not such a dark underground place.
If the three attendants were still around, Lan wouldn't mind bringing them down to train them. But now that Triss is around, it’s enough.
The entrance was a well. Lann went down all the way under the worried eyes of the soldiers, and soon reached the bottom.
In sharp contrast to the beautiful elven-style buildings on the ground, the underground world is like a mine that has not yet been mined, with only a few traces of man-made buildings visible.
There are rough rocks everywhere here, and the irregular rock walls are covered with moss and mushrooms.
All kinds of household garbage and the dead bodies of small animals are piled up here, emitting an indescribable stench. Occasionally, traces of beggars' lives can be seen, but there is no trace of living people.
Triss changed back into her traveler's outfit and frowned at everything in front of her. Fortunately, she didn't have the delicate problem of other pampered sorceresses. Instead, she took out a small bottle from her bag with experience, lightly fanned it in front of her nose and smelled it twice before handing it to Lan.
The fragrance of plants mixed with Triss's body scent, which Lan had become familiar with, poured into Lan's nose, pushing out all the stench.
The surrounding environment suddenly became much more comfortable.
Lann raised his eyebrows: "Magic potion? I remember you are not allergic to these things?"
Triss shook her head: "It's just herbal medicine."
After saying that, Triss waved her hands, and she was the center of attention. A blue circular protective shield with a radius of about two steps appeared, flashed in Lan's sight, and then disappeared.
Warlock is ready for battle.
"Let's go, Lion of Cintra, I've been looking forward to fighting side by side with you."
Lann chuckled, took out the [Cat's Eye] potion from the [Inventory] and drank it in one gulp. It suddenly lit up.
The lines and outlines of the surrounding things suddenly became clearer, while their colors became darker. Triss's red hair became more than one color lighter in Lann's eyes.
Then he pulled out the Sword of the Lake Lady, and the shining runes briefly served as lighting in the darkness, making Lan's profile look sharp and angular in Triss's eyes.
The steel shin guards kicked the ground and spread far in the darkness and open space. From time to time, water droplets exposed from the gaps in the rock wall hit the ground, adding a creepy atmosphere to the dark environment.
But Lann and Triss were both used to seeing strong winds and waves, and they still had the time to chat in this environment.
"So, this toad is really a prince, a toad prince?" Triss said in a surprised tone, "And after we catch it, we have to explore a mage's secret laboratory, just below the Eternal Fire headquarters? "
At this time, Lann has already told Triss about tonight's arrangements. Not only do they have to capture the Toad Prince, they also have to explore the Warlock's laboratory under Temple Island.
Lan nodded: "I usually don't find opportunities, but tonight is a good time."
Triss lit a ring of flames in her hands and praised: "How can there be so many secrets under the Temple Island? Did you start from Where do you know this, the dream of ancient blood?"
Lan En could only nod.
"It's really wonderful, the legendary ancient blood. Speaking of which, Ciri often had strange dreams in Kaer Morhen..."
Lan suddenly raised his hand to silence, only to hear a faint sound like a baby not far away. The sound of crying was accompanied by the numbing sounds of chewing and tearing of flesh and blood.
It's a water ghost.
There are a lot of them, but enemies of this level are no longer a threat to Lann.
It just happens to be able to add some damage to the Sword of the Lady of the Lake, and stack up the damage layers.
"Need help?"
Hearing the sorceress's question, Lann chuckled: "Just keep your eyes on me."
Lann kicked the ground hard, letting the dull echo echo in the underground passage for a long time. , instantly attracted the attention of all the water ghosts.
Once the water ghosts gather together, their courage will increase infinitely. At this moment, there was obviously food under them, but they still rushed towards Lan En and the two greedily.
Lan turned slightly sideways, took out the seal with his left hand, and waited for all the water ghosts to come within his attack range.
[Igni Seal] +50 magic burst!
Being underground, it was not advisable to set too much fire, so Lan just let the fan-shaped flames pass before his eyes, which happened to ignite these fire-fearing monsters, causing them to lose their balance and fall while tumbling in mid-air.
Then came the usual sprint, and the silver sword was raised horizontally -
[Swivel Sword Dance] broke out!
The simple but gorgeous sword moves shone with the light of runes, illuminating the entire basement.
The [Igni Sign] blessed by [Armor Melting] made the bodies of the water ghosts as fragile as burnt wood. Wherever the silver sword passed, it divided the bodies of these monsters into several sections like a hot knife cutting butter.
After three rounds of the sword dance, Lan froze his body. The water ghosts were still in mid-air. With the huge force of swinging the sword, sections of their bodies flew away in all directions behind him, pulling out streaks of sparks.
From Triss' perspective, it looks a bit like a peacock spreading its tail.
But the sorceress obviously liked this trick and clapped her hands lightly.
Lan gently waved his sword to shake off the non-existent blood foam. After the Sword of the Lady of the Lake killed the monster, the runes shone even brighter.
The brief encounter ended quickly. After killing the water ghost, Lann looked at the eaten corpses.
"They are the guards of the eternal fire."
The armor on these guards was seriously dented and torn, which was obviously not something that a water ghost could do. Lan carefully rummaged through it and found a body that was relatively less badly damaged, and began to observe it.
"It's very big, and its strength is amazing. But it doesn't have the scars of claws or teeth, and its fighting style is different." "
Is this it, the Toad Prince?" Triss also noticed.
In several corners, there are some honeycombs and swallow's nest-like things made of strange white mucus, which contain dead young girls. They are probably girls attracted by the legend of "Toad Prince".
"It seems that the prince is too 'satisfied' with them and wants to eat them and be together forever."
Lann shook his head, took a deep breath, and turned on the demon hunter's senses.
Red pheromones floated out from the bodies of the Eternal Flame soldiers and these young girls, forming a ribbon-like visual synaesthesia information that appeared in front of Lann's eyes.
They mixed and intertwined, and finally rushed in the same direction.
"Found it!"
Lann started running in small steps. Various corpses and mucus kept passing by on the road. He was very glad that he did not come down wearing the cloak of the big griffon, but changed into an ordinary cloak. , otherwise I won’t be able to wear those things after a battle here.
The field of vision in front of me soon became wider. It seemed to be a central processing station for many pipelines. It was about two or three stories high and one-eighth of the area of a square. The ground was covered with all kinds of unspeakable things. .
Occasionally, a little bit of moonlight shines down from the small skylight above, but unfortunately it does not help to improve the atmosphere of the scene.
(End of chapter)