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TWL Chapter 184: Gearing Up for the Final Task
🕑 Added 2024-07-19 22:13:38 +0000 UTCThe effect of the silver chain created by Triss was still not enough to satisfy Chappelle. Especially when he thought that the Eternal Fire would order a batch of special silver items in the future, he sighed even more.
In response, Lann comforted him: "If anything happens, contact Kiyan immediately. Triss is creating magical communication devices, and if there is an emergency, he will rescue you. But if you travel far, take him with you. These devices have a limited range."
Chappelle nodded gratefully.
Lann had decided to leave Kiyan in Novigrad for a while, so that he could be his eyes in the city.
Although their time together had been short, under the influence of the [Followers] panel, Kiyan's loyalty was not a cause for concern. Others also did not know that Kiyan was Lann's subordinate. Chappelle even considered having Kiyan join the Eternal Fire as his personal bodyguard.
At the same time, Lann planned to have Kiyan return to his former profession as a witcher in Novigrad, accepting commissions and sharing the experience gained through the system.
After all, this was the main city of the North, with a constant stream of tasks. Lann was even worried that Kiyan wouldn’t be able to absorb all that experience by himself and wanted to send a few more people, but unfortunately he didn’t have any other witchers as [Followers] now, so he had to give up for the time being.
"Remember to equip Kiyan with good armor, according to the designs he provides."
Chappelle nodded as a matter of course. "I will ask the best craftsman in Novigrad."
After the dialogue, Chappelle left, he had been very busy lately.
When the surroundings were quiet, Lann took a deep breath, and the chaotic energy fluctuated again, and his mana began to decrease continuously.
In front of Lann, a man in a nomadic oblique-breasted robe had his eyes closed. His body twitched and twisted with the energy in the air, and a layer of jade-colored shell gradually climbed onto his skin, and his body became smaller and smaller.
But at the critical point, his body stopped shrinking and returned to its normal size. With the spell failing, he began to bleed, awakening him from his coma.
"Lannister!"
The man Lann used her spell on was none other than Olgierd. His robes could be seen to be completely soaked in blood, which had even coagulated and hardened, forming a scab.
Lann had been practicing the [Artefact compression] spell for three days.
What better way to increase spell proficiency than hands-on experiments?
Only, in the past, because the failure of the [Artefact Compression] spell would cause irreversible bodily damage to the target, and even endanger their life, this practice was strictly prohibited.
But with Olgierd, Lann didn't have that moral problem at all.
Seeing the experimental material wake up, Triss suddenly appeared beside him. She skillfully cast a spell, causing Olgierd to fall into a coma again.
"You have made rapid progress in magic these days." The sorceress affirmed. "Maybe tomorrow, or even today, your spell will be perfected."
Lann smiled confidently. "I think it will succeed next time."
Triss nodded in agreement. "I believe you."
With Triss guarding the captive, Lann knelt on the ground and meditated for a while. After his magic power was restored, he began to chant the spell again and cast magic on Olgierd.
The Elder Blood brought a magical physique that exceeded the conventional magic Source. Violent magic fluctuations emanated from Lann's body. Under the influence of this chaotic energy, Olgierd's body began to transform, twisting into the form of a jade sculpture.
At that moment, Lann heard the sound of a notification, and the system panel opened before him. A bright light flashed in the [Abilities] section.
In addition to the [Combat], [Alchemy], [Signs], [Second Mutation] and [Elder Blood] tabs, a new tab appeared...
[Magic]
At that time, there was only one solitary skill in the tab.
[Artefact Compression]: Encases the target in a jade shell and shrinks them into a statue that can be held in the hand. This spell can cause severe bodily harm to the target, depending on the mastery of the ability. (1/1)
The spell he had just learned had been registered as an ability in the system!
Immediately, that single skill shone again and turned into: [Artefact compression] (2/2)
[Magic Tide] had increased the level cap of this skill by one grade!
After the surprise, Lann soon calmed down and began to summarize the changes in skills recorded by the system.
Abilities recorded by the system can receive a significant improvement in proficiency. Lann only needs a thought to cast them with ease, as if it were a muscle reflex. There is no chance of errors due to poor state or mispronouncing the spell, which could cause the magic to fail.
At this moment, Triss watched Olgierd turn into a jade statue and happily hugged Lann.
"Success, Lann! You succeeded!"
Lann touched the flaming red hair and took a deep breath. "Yes I did it." He said: "Then we can continue with the next thing."
Now, there is only one reason for Lann to stay in Novigrad: The commission of the Mirror Master, the last link of the [Hearts of Stone] series of tasks: [Scenes From a Marriage].
Lann needed to go to the von Everec Estate, find Olgierd's wife, and bring back the purple rose that symbolized their love.
But now Olgierd is in Lann's hands in a physical sense, so Lann decided to take Olgierd there and throw him in front of his wife, and the effect should be the same.
But there's another problem here: Going to the von Everec Estate means there will be an absolute BOSS battle.
As mentioned before, Olgierd had an innate talent for dark magic, and had even made contact with the Master Mirror by accident.
Therefore, the von Everec Estate was filled with creatures from other dimensions summoned by dark magic [Goetia], in addition to many other monsters.
The interior of the von Everec Estate can be said to be a separate world in itself.
Now that he is in the Real World, Lann doesn't have the confidence to go there alone like in The Witcher game. He even thinks that he might end up buried in the estate even if he brings the entire Cintra Cavalry. Originally, he hoped to get the help of the Eternal Fire to complete the task. If that didn't work, he would ask Jerome and Mousesack to come and help temporarily.
But now, he has other options.
Letho, Kolgrim, Auckes, Serrit and Kiyan. Four witchers from the Viper School and one witcher from the Cat School were called by Lann.
At that moment, they gathered in Lann's room, listening to his explanation about the purpose of their mission and the dangers they might encounter at the von Everec Estate.
Triss was also present, wanting to help in the fight, but Lann politely turned her down: "The creatures inside the estate are unpredictable. If you enter, you might be attacked before you know it, and your protective shield would probably not be effective. This kind of situation is more suited to witchers."
In order to be fully prepared, Lann spent more than half a month on Temple Island. With the funding and manpower provided by Chappelle, he upgraded all the witchers' equipment from head to toe according to the Viper School equipment blueprints found by Kolgrim and the Cat School equipment blueprints brought back by Kiyan.
In addition to the time to build the equipment, such a long time also gave the Witchers time to familiarize themselves with the new equipment and make certain modifications according to their own fighting style.
Everything was ready. The witchers checked their alchemical bombs, potions, poisons, sword oils and other equipment for the last time, and set off one morning from Novigrad.
Lann's group saw them off.
"I hope the Earl will come back soon... Hmm? What's wrong with you?"
House was gritting his teeth and clenching his fists. His unusual behavior quickly caught the attention of the other three attendees.
House swallowed hard. "A place where six witchers are sent together, and even the Earl has been preparing for this for so long, how dangerous is that place? Obviously, we are the Earl's attendants, we should always be by his side, fighting and dying for him. But now, the ones standing by his side are those... new witchers."
He stroked the pommel of his silver sword, where a vivid lion's head was carved, and said through gritted teeth, "I can't accept it!"
Levin comforted: "Didn't the Earl tell us? He wants us to take advantage of the influence of the previous riots and promote Cintra's reputation in the city. This is a more important political task."
Milva also nodded. She was also very sorry that she couldn't follow Lann, but she was meticulous about Lann's mission.
House shook his head. "I have no opinion on the mission, but I can't accept... I can't accept that I can't protect the Lord's back. It's difficult for us to intervene in the Earl's current battle. It was like this before in Oxenfurt, and it's still like this this time."
"But we are already a member of the 'lion group', and you can definitely feel your improvement." Milva said: "I am now stronger than those big men. As long as we continue like this, there will always be a day when we can surpass those witchers9."
House remained silent, he still felt it was not enough.
He looked at the lion-headed silver sword. As Lann's oldest assistant, he knew that this sword had been recast from a silver sword of a witcher from the Cat School.
Witchers...
'If I became one, could I escape this situation?'
