The sorceress teased. She saw that Lann seemed to be very concerned about the dead guards, and explained:

"Although Viriles is an idiot, he wants to see the body of the dead. And the dust from the burning of the dead demons is a good alchemical material. I heard that you refused to subjugate these demons yesterday? Beg me nicely, maybe I will give you some now."

Lann now knew why his demon hunting mission was suddenly completed.

Keira might make some money, but Lane won't lose anything either.

He did not respond to Keira's teasing. Normally, Lane might have exchanged pleasantries with Keira Metz, but after a night of fighting, he was not in the mood for that.

After all, demon hunters don't fight unprepared battles.

And just when Lann arrived at the entrance of the tomb, he suddenly felt the Griffin School communication notebook vibrate, obviously there was a reply from Geron.

In the evening, Lann rode Black Wind to the entrance of the Signpost Village in White Orchard, where there was a huge signpost.

Jielong knew about White Orchard, but he had no impression of the location of the lord's mansion. Therefore, he had no way to accurately locate the portal and could only choose a place known by both parties to open the portal.

"My Lord Earl...what are we waiting for?"

In addition to Heifeng, Lann also brought Leo.

Yes, Lann wanted to bring Leo back to the Griffin School to see the attitudes of the two masters in the school and whether they were willing to accept this new apprentice.

Lan put his index finger on his lips to signal Leo to be quiet, and then there was a reaction around him.

With a loud "boom", the strong wind blew up large pieces of fallen leaves and grass stems, and large pieces of fences were shattered into pieces by the dimension.

Lan looked not far away and saw a portal about thirty meters away from him in the middle of the fence at the entrance of the village.

The portal was a little crooked. It seemed that after a hundred years of changes, the White Orchard was no longer the White Orchard that Jielong remembered.

Fortunately, it’s not a big problem.

Lan was about to ride his horse in, but he saw Heifeng retreating again and again with great resistance. No matter how Lan pulled or drove him, he would not move forward, and his four hooves were about to plow the ground.

The dark golden lion's eyes met the amber cat's eyes.

This guy...

Lann sighed, "Okay, then go back and tell House to bring a few people here to repair these fences. After all, we built them... There's no need to completely restore them. Leave enough space for the portal to open. I guess I'll open it here when I come back."

It was unknown how much the demon-hunting horse Black Wind understood, but as soon as Lann finished speaking, he ran away happily.

The portal that shattered the fence expanded a little more, as if urging Lann to move faster.

Lan took a deep breath, lowered his head, sprinted, landed, and retched.

Standard process.

Geron stood in front of Lann, his hair flying in the snow. Then he waved his hand and the portal disappeared in mid-air.

Seeing that his unexpected son took a long time to recover from the dizziness, he couldn't help but twitch the corners of his mouth.

Then he looked at the child who was holding Lan in panic: "Is this the boy you mentioned in your notes? The child who offered himself as a reward in order to bury his companion?"

Lan nodded: "Yes, his name is Leo. I saw from fate that he has the talent of a demon hunter, at least part of it."

Jaron nodded and strode forward.

Leo seemed very restrained. He could sense from a few words that the Earl spoke to the person in front of him with respect. That person was obviously a big shot whom he could not afford to offend.

Geron thought for a moment and said, "You want him to help me and Kelda, that's great. We can also train him in the 'Decision' stage when we have nothing to do. But we won't give him the grass and dreams for the time being."

Geron explained: "Kelda and Mossak's research has reached a certain bottleneck. We have vaguely grasped something, but we are still lacking an opportunity for a breakthrough. We believe that the improvement of the demon hunter mutation is achievable, so before that we will not give the apprentices new potion trials. That would be too much of a sacrifice."

Lan nodded and agreed. In the original book, Leo did not reach the last step of the dream trial, and even he was not sure whether the child could survive the complete witcher mutation.

Although being able to pass the first few stages of mutation trials is already considered a super soldier, it would naturally be better if there was a more reliable way to become stronger.

The three of them quickly returned to the castle, isolating themselves from the snow outside.

They first found a cloak for Leo, and suddenly came to the snow castle from the white orchard. The little boy was already shivering with cold.

Later, Lann, led by Geron, visited Kelda. The old demon hunter was completely immersed in the study of mutation and magic. When he saw Lann, he greeted him politely and then politely asked him to leave.

"Except for the regular time spent cleaning the castle, he has been doing research recently and hardly talks to me." Jielong said helplessly, "With the child you brought, at least I have one more person to communicate with."

Geron then found a room for Leo and asked him to tidy up a little. Then he took Lan to the alchemy laboratory.

Looking at the goat-horned demon mutation inducer that Lann took out, Jielong carefully took it with the experimental equipment and sighed: "The goat-horned demon is a big guy that is difficult to deal with, especially its high resistance to magic signs. How did you deal with it?"

Lann and Jeroen briefly explained the role played by Yarpan's dragon-slaying team and Zoltan and the others in the battle. Jeroen couldn't help but sigh:

"Dragon slayer... We in the Griffin School also had a dragon slayer before, but unfortunately..."

Jielong shook his head and quickly drove the emotion out of his mind. He then took out the other materials needed to make the decoction and instructed Lan En to help him.

The alcohol lamp was lit and the crucible was placed on the asbestos net. With the dwarven liquor as the base, the sudden mutagenic tissue of the goat-horned demon began to slowly blend with the alcohol under the effect of a pile of alchemical herbs.

After a while, Lann obtained three bottles of blue potions in glass alchemy bottles.

He tried to put the bottle of decoction into the [Inventory], and the system gave it a name in due time: [Sheep Horn Decoction]

[Sheep-Horned Demon Decoction]: Completely eliminates the imbalance effect, or reduces the knockdown effect to imbalance.

This is a skill that can make [Sword Dance] more joyful.

The above is the effect of this decoction in the game. In Jielong's words:

"After drinking this decoction, your ability to control your body will be greatly enhanced. Your muscle control will be more flexible, and the adjustment of your center of gravity will be beyond the scope of the human body. The stiffness in the connection between moves will no longer exist for you. After blocking the enemy's attack, you will hardly be affected by the force, which will allow you to react faster."

Geron sighed and said, "This is a decoction that is extremely effective for swordsmen. Unfortunately, it is not very suitable for our Griffin School. The Cat School will probably like it very much. If you encounter a Little Mist Demon or a Forktail Dragon next time, don't let them go. The decoction made from their sudden mutagen can enhance the damage of the sign."

Finally, Jielong warned: "The toxicity of the decoction is much greater than that of the magic potion. One bottle is equivalent to three or four bottles of ordinary magic potion. You must control the dosage when drinking it!"

Lan nodded.

At this moment, a system prompt suddenly sounded in his ears:

[Character level increase +1]

The sighing sound that sounded like a hymn made Lan's body stiffen for a moment, and luckily Jeroen beside him didn't notice anything unusual.

What's going on? Can brewing potions also increase experience?

No, no, it definitely won't be so sloppy. This is not some advanced online game system that can also develop life and careers.

If there is no task completion notification sound and you don't kill any monsters, then there is only one source of experience:

[Follower]: Followers can provide 20% of your experience and share some abilities.

Lane thought briefly and realized that he only had three followers now, namely House, Milva and Ace.

House and Milva were still repairing the White Orchard, and they had no interest in going out to do good deeds for the White Orchard residents who had offended them. Lann checked their dashboard and everything was normal.

That leaves only one possibility: Ace.

With this thought in mind, Lann immediately opened Ace's current panel:

[Follower: Ace Eloman Oman

Gender: Male

Race: Human

Level: 5

Talent: Magical Aura

Experience value: 0/1000

HP: 250/250

Mana: 250/250

Inventory: Warlock Apprentice Robe, Silk Pants, Samurai Boots, Mind Protection Pendant

Skills: Advanced Archery, Intermediate Horsemanship, Intermediate Swordsmanship, Elementary Meditation, Intermediate Social Skills

Missions: Missing Hometown, No One to Talk to, After-School Tutoring, The Center of the Dance, A Night Alone, A Lonely Moon Hanging High, Flower of the High Mountain, Black Pearl, Class Notes, The First Magic, The Way of the Knight, Ten Links]

What the hell?

…

There are two magic schools in the Northern Kingdom. One is for boys only, located in Kaedwen. Although the teaching quality of Ban Ade School is excellent, Ban Ade lacks control over male students, which leads to their frequent defeat in competitions with another magic school in the Northern Kingdom, causing the school to lag behind other magic schools.

Taking all of the above factors into account, residents near Ban Ade are rarely proud of their students.

In comparison, Aretuza, another school that specializes in training female sorcerers, has a much better reputation.

Aretuza is located on the island of Thanedd, which specializes in training female sorcerers, making Thanedd a holy place for northern sorcerers. Becoming a student of this school is a supreme honor, but it also means paying high tuition fees.

It is very expensive to train a sorceress, but the academy accepts girls from almost every corner of the world, whether they are rich or poor, beautiful or ugly. The academy's assessment of students is also extremely strict. Once entering the academy, those apprentices can only leave after they have completed their studies and graduated.

This also means that the quality of Aretusa's students is extremely high, and their alumni are highly respected. Almost all of the royal advisory sorceresses in the Northern Kingdom today were trained by Aretusa.

Due to Aretusa's good reputation, many sorcerers in the south would send their children here from thousands of miles away to study. Even though they had a long heritage of magical skills, they were lacking in many aspects of ladylikeness and court etiquette, and they could receive a complete education in Aretusa.

In addition, the rich alumni resources are also valued by Southern Warlock.

In addition to Aretuza School for Girls, there are also a large number of famous warlocks who have purchased properties and set up laboratories on the island of Thanedd. These warlocks are of both genders.

The island of Thanedd was built by the elves using magic, which is why it has become a unique wizard area, and a large number of spellcasters have gathered here. The headquarters of the Brotherhood of Warlocks is also set up here, and the Garstang Palace on the island is also the only location for the Wizard Conference.

As a member of the Wizarding Coven, Viggofortz not only had a mansion arranged for him on the island by the Brotherhood, but he also purchased his own laboratory.

At this moment, he was looking at the warlock apprentice who was chatting happily with a female student of Aretusa on the outskirts of Aretusa.

Ace Eloman Oman, a native of Cintra, servant of the Lion, and now an apprentice of magic.

Triss had brought him back from Brokilon in Cintra not long ago, claiming to have discovered his magical talent.

Vilgeforts became famous in the process of resisting Nilfgaard. Even the Lion in Cintra heard of his name, so he asked Triss, with whom he had a good relationship, to send Ace to Vilgeforts to learn magic.

For many warlocks who were unaware of the inside story, this was another reflection of Viggofortz's reputation and strength. At the same time, they were also happy that Cintra, which had rejected magic, had finally begun to accept the warlock community, and they were excited.

Viggofortz had many secret laboratories, and it was impossible for him to take Ace to those laboratories; and because he was busy with his own affairs, he placed Ace on Thanedd Island and taught him by his female assistant Lydia van Bradwater.

Triss would come to visit Ace from time to time and pay attention to his learning of magic.

Vigfortz was paying attention to Ace, and Lydia appeared beside Vigfortz without knowing when. Noticing the warlock's gaze, she took the initiative to explain:

"He's been like this ever since he got permission to go to Aretuza to find Triss."

Vigfortz repeated, "Always like this?"

Lydia nodded. "He seems to enjoy helping others, which is very similar to the characteristics of Lannister in our intelligence."

Viggofortz sneered, "Is he more interested in helping others or helping female students? How can you make progress in learning magic if you spend your energy on this kind of thing? Lannister's vision is not very good."

Lydia looked towards the door of Aretusa and saw the female apprentice who was communicating with Ace bowing slightly to him, as if to express her gratitude, with a beautiful smile.

Ace was also saying something and responding politely, but the distance was too far to be heard clearly.

Lydia took the initiative to explain: "His learning progress is actually quite good, and his magic power has been increasing."

Viggofortz shook his head. "That's all. You continue to teach him and keep his level at a moderate level. His current habits are good. Find a way to make him one of ours and then arrange for him to move to Cintra."

After saying this, Viggofortz didn't wait for the female assistant's reaction. He stepped back a few steps to a platform, waved his hands, and disappeared from Lydia's sight.

From beginning to end, his eyes never focused on Lydia for a moment.