[Discovery Mission - Where the Flame Cannot Illuminate:

A highly poisonous monster appeared in the sewer of Temple Island. The Eternal Flame failed to suppress it many times, and the security officer Chapelle was at a loss. Professional matters should be left to professionals. Anyway, that monster is your target, so it's just a piece of cake, right, demon hunter? 】

Lann likes this kind of task of killing two birds with one stone the most.

"Of course." Lan nodded. "To make Novigrad no longer troubled by the giant toad, that's why I'm looking for it."

"That monster loves wine and flesh. This should give you some ideas." Chapelle nodded with satisfaction and said, "My guards will take you to the sewer. I must remind you - don't bring ordinary soldiers, otherwise there will be heavy casualties."

Lan nodded and accepted the commission, then asked another question: "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 the Bullburg."

After delivering the intelligence, the security officer of Eternal Fire left in a hurry. He always looked very busy.

Triss looked at Chapelle and suddenly sighed, "I've met Chapelle before. At that time, he was still an extreme religious figure. He was cruel and ruthless, and was willing to sacrifice others for his beliefs. I even thought that the 'Eternal Flame' was just a tool for him to gain power. I didn't expect that he is now a completely different person. I heard that he became like this after having a stroke?"

Lann glanced at the sorceress and said affirmatively, "He really has become a different person."

Triss' eyes widened, full of confusion.

Lan smiled, slowly buried his nose in Triss's red hair, and whispered something in her ear.

Triss's eyes widened even wider, this time filled with surprise.

…

Because all the sightings so far had indicated that the giant toad appeared at night, Lann didn't go out with Triss until the moon was high above the trees.

The Cintra cavalry accompanied them all the way, but Lann did not take them into the sewers. Instead, he guarded outside to prevent unauthorized personnel from entering.

Chapelle was right about one thing: fighting in the sewers, and facing such a giant monster, if the cavalry were allowed to go down, they would definitely suffer heavy losses. They should go to the battlefield instead of such a dark underground place.

If the three attendants were still around, Lann wouldn't mind bringing them down to train them. But now that Triss was around, that was enough.

The entrance was a well. Lan went down under the worried gaze of the soldiers and soon reached the bottom.

In sharp contrast to the magnificent elf-style buildings on the ground, the underground world is like an unmined mine, with only a few traces of man-made buildings.

There are rough rocks everywhere, and the irregular rock walls are covered with mosses and mushrooms.

All kinds of garbage and the dead bodies of small animals piled up here, emitting an indescribable stench; occasionally, traces of beggars' lives could be seen, but there was no sign 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 problems of other pampered sorceresses. Instead, she took out a small bottle from her bag with experience, fanned it in front of her nose twice, and then handed it to Lan.

A fresh plant fragrance mixed with Triss's body scent, which Lan En had become familiar with, poured into Lan En's nasal cavity, squeezing out all the foul smells.

The surrounding environment suddenly became much more comfortable.

Lann raised an eyebrow. "Potions? As I recall, you're allergic to these things?"

Triss shook her head. "It's just herbs."

After she finished speaking, Triss waved her hands, and a blue circular protective shield with a radius of about two steps appeared with her as the center. It flashed in Lan's sight and then disappeared.

The warlock is ready for battle.

"Let's go, Lion of Cintra. I have long been looking forward to fighting alongside you."

Lann chuckled, took out the [Cat's Eye] potion from the [Inventory] and drank it all in one gulp. His lion eyes suddenly lit up.

The lines and contours of the surrounding objects suddenly became clearer, while their colors became dim. In Lan's eyes, Triss's red hair seemed to be more than one shade lighter.

Then he drew out the Sword of the Lady of the Lake, and the shining runes briefly served as an illuminator in the darkness, making Lann's profile more angular in Triss's eyes.

The sound of the steel greaves kicking the ground spread far in the darkness and emptiness. From time to time, drops of water from the cracks in the rock wall hit the ground, adding a creepy atmosphere to the dark environment.

But Lann and Triss were both people who had seen a lot of ups and downs, and they actually had the leisure to chat in such an environment.

"So, this toad is really the prince, the Toad Prince?" Triss said in a surprised tone, "And after we catch it, we have to explore a wizard's secret laboratory, right under the Eternal Flame headquarters?"

Lann had already told Triss about tonight's plan. Not only did they have to capture the Toad Prince, they also had to explore the Warlock Laboratory under the Temple Island.

Lann nodded: "I can't find an opportunity normally, but tonight is a good time."

A ring of flames ignited in Triss's hand. She exclaimed: "There are so many secrets under the Temple Island? How did you know all this? From the dream of the Ancient Blood?"

Lan could only nod.

"It's amazing, the legendary ancient blood. Speaking of which, Ciri also often had strange dreams in Kaer Morhen..."

Lann suddenly raised his hand to signal for silence, and heard a faint sound like a baby crying not far away, accompanied by a hair-raising chewing sound and the sound of flesh being torn.

It's a water ghost.

There are quite a few of them, but enemies of this level have long ceased to be a threat to Lan.

It can just happen to add some damage to the Sword of the Lady of the Lake and stack up the damage layers.

"Do you need help?"

Hearing the sorceress's question, Lann chuckled: "Just keep your eyes on me."

Lann kicked the ground hard, causing a dull echo to linger in the underground passage for a long time, instantly attracting the attention of all the water ghosts.

Once the water ghosts gather together, their courage will be infinitely magnified. At this moment, even though there is food under them, they still greedily pounce on Lan En and the others.

Lann slightly turned sideways, made a seal with his left hand, and waited for all the water ghosts to come into his attack range.

[Igni Seal] +50 magic burst!

Being underground, it was not advisable to set excessive fires. Lann only let the fan-shaped flames pass in front of his eyes, which just happened to ignite these fire-fearing monsters, causing them to tumble in mid-air and lose their balance and fall down.

Then came the usual sprint, with the silver sword raised horizontally—

[Whirling Sword Dance] Explodes!

The simple yet gorgeous sword moves shone with the light of runes, illuminating the entire basement.

The [Igni Sign] blessed by [Armor Melting] made the water ghost's body as brittle as charred wood. Wherever the silver sword passed, it was like a hot knife cutting butter, cutting the monster's body into several pieces.

After three rounds of sword dance, Lann stilled his body, while the water ghosts were still in the air. Segments of their bodies flew in all directions behind him with the huge force of the sword, leaving behind streaks of sparks.

From Triss's perspective, it looked a bit like a peacock spreading its feathers.

But the sorceress was clearly impressed and clapped softly.

Lann swung the sword lightly, shaking off the nonexistent blood foam. After the Lake Lady's sword killed the monster, the rune glowed even brighter.

The brief encounter ended quickly. After killing the water ghost, Lan looked at the bodies that had been eaten.

"It is the guardian of the eternal fire."

The armor on these guards was severely dented and torn, which was obviously not something a water ghost could do. Lan carefully found a relatively less damaged body and began to observe it.

"It's huge, and incredibly powerful. But it has no marks of claws or teeth, and its fighting style is unique."

"Is that it, the Toad Prince?" Triss also discovered it.

In several corners, there are some things like honeycombs and swallow nests made of strange white mucus, in which dead young girls are imprisoned. They are probably girls who were attracted by the legend of the "Toad Prince".

"It seems that the prince is too 'satisfied' with them and wants to eat them up and be together with them forever."

Lann shook his head, took a deep breath, and activated his witcher senses.

Red pheromones floated out from the soldiers of the Eternal Fire and these young girls, forming a ribbon-like visual synesthesia information that appeared in front of Lann's eyes.

They mixed and intertwined together, and finally rushed in one direction together.

“Found it!”

Lann started running in small steps, constantly passing by all kinds of corpses and mucus on the road. He was very glad that he did not put on the big griffin cloak, but changed into an ordinary cloak. Otherwise, he would probably not be able to wear that thing after fighting a battle here.

The view in front of me soon became wider. This seemed to be a central processing station for many pipelines. It was about two or three stories high and the area was one-eighth of a square. The ground was covered with all kinds of indescribable things.

Occasionally a little moonlight shone through the small skylight above, but unfortunately it did nothing to improve the atmosphere.