"The rotting bodies, the disgusting slime everywhere, and the stench."

Lann couldn't smell anything thanks to Triss's herbs, but his witcher senses could still "see" the stench - all he could see was a thick red fog.

"This is his lair."

Lann squatted down and lightly picked a trace of the monster with the tip of his sword: "It's still fresh. It just left. It's nearby."

Neither of them was in the mood to just sit here and wait for the monster to come back. After all, there was a second operation tonight, so they needed to find a way to lure the monster back artificially.

According to Chapelle's information that "monsters like blood and wine", Lane looked around and quickly selected several relatively fresh corpses.

These are "blood".

"It can be considered as revenge for you. Thank you for your contribution. Please rest in peace."

Lan placed his right hand on his chest and prayed softly under Triss's strange gaze.

After politely paying respect to the deceased, Lann took out several barrels of liquor that had been stored in his inventory and poured them over the corpses.

There is also "wine".

The pungent smell of alcohol mixed with the sickening smell of blood instantly filled the entire space.

Lann still felt that all this was not enough, so he walked to the middle, covering his nose, and looked at the several passages connecting this transit point. He raised his hand and cast a few [Alder Seals], creating a hurricane to disperse the smell, hoping to expand the range of spread as much as possible.

And when Triss saw that Lann, who was busy at work, finally smiled, she uttered a few syllables quickly and briefly, and soon she became very popular.

This wind was not as strong as Lann's [Alder Seal], but it was continuous, quickly spreading the smell of blood and wine to every corner of the underground passage.

Seeing the demon hunter looking back in surprise, Triss raised her eyebrows and said, "The method of the warlock."

Lan En smiled and said, "It looks like you'll have to give me a few more lessons after you go back."

Time passed by minute by minute, and the two did not have to wait too long. Soon they heard the sound of a huge object jumping in the pipe in the southeast corner.

Then, a series of squeaking sounds began to be heard one after another, and countless rats fled out of the pipe. The swarm of rats that gushed out at that moment almost blocked the pipe, and they were in a panic and had no choice but to go somewhere else.

Looking at the rodent rushing towards him, Lann frowned slightly and cast a regular [Igni Sign], with the magic value slightly jumping to the single digit.

A cone of fire gushed out, startling the rats and causing them to scream even louder.

Before Lan could cast another Igni Sign on the mice, a burst of frog croaking like thunder began to echo, drowning out the noises of the mice.

A stench that even Triss's herbs couldn't cover began to surge out.

Lan's lion pupils shrank, and he reflexively cast a [Quinn Seal] on himself. The next second, a ball of mucus gushed towards him at a speed comparable to that of a catapult, instantly dispersing the fire waves sprayed out by his regular power [Igni Seal] and hitting him hard.

With a "bang", the [Explosive Shield] exploded, and Lann was blown several meters away by the impact force of the seal. He rolled on the ground several times before standing up, looking at the ball of slime with lingering fear.

If you get hit, whether the injury is serious or not is another matter, but the psychological trauma will definitely be huge.

He then cast a [Quinn Seal] on himself and watched a huge figure slowly walking in the darkness.

It limped and moved slowly, but it was huge, and even when it was curled up it was two heads taller than Lan.

Moreover, its body was covered with dense and disgusting tumors, which continuously sprayed out poisonous pus.

The monster walked out from the darkness with its mouth wide open, and its entire mouth opened into four petals like the mutated zombies that Lann had seen in his previous life, each petal was covered with tiny sharp teeth.

Then a long tongue as fast as an arrow shot out from the middle of the four-petal mouth, and immediately rolled the corpses soaked in liquor into its mouth. The huge body shook, as if the whole body was chewing hard together.

Lann grinned, "It seems like you really like wine."

While the monster's mind was still in his mouth, Lane sprinted forward like a galloping horse to close the distance, and raised his hand with a white light as the other party raised his eyes to look at him.

[Axis Seal] + [Charm]!

A monster of this size is almost a BOSS-level monster, and may even be stronger than the goat-horned demon we dealt with before. The mental confusion will not last long.

But Lann just needed a fleeting opportunity.

After quickly closing the distance, he immediately leaned down and patted the ground, causing the purple light to begin to flicker in the darkness.

[Seal of Aden]!

As soon as the Toad Prince reacted and wanted to attack Lan, his long tongue turned purple and the trajectory of its movement could be captured by the naked eye.

Lann kept leaping and dodging, like a piece of paper, as the Toad Prince's tongue moved, and from time to time he used the Sword of the Lady of the Lake to block and gain leverage.

He was restraining the enemy at the moment in order to create opportunities for the sorceress behind him.

The sorcerer sitting firmly in the back, if he has enough time to chant the spell, can cause destruction that no sword can match.

After the Toad Prince appeared, Triss found a dark corner far away from the battlefield. She fully trusted the demon hunter in front of her, so the rhythm of chanting the spell was particularly steady, and soon a torrent of flames with astonishing temperature began to gather around her.

"Lane, get out of the way!"

Hearing the sorceress's reminder, Lann immediately knew that the time had come. He cast a final [Yarden Seal] on the ground, and then deliberately hit the toad's tongue.

The huge impact force immediately poured onto Lann's body. With the second breaking of the [Quinn Seal], Lann was like being hit by a giant with a soft hammer wrapped in a huge amount of sponge, and the whole person flew backwards.

The next second, the flames around Triss began to collide violently, and two torrents of flames thicker than a person rushed out, rushing towards the Toad Prince with amazing momentum, wrapping it tightly inside.

"Boom!" It was as if a war drum fell from great height. The muffled sound with a shrill tearing feeling made Lan's eardrums hurt.

Looking up, I saw that the tumors on the giant toad's body were bursting due to the flames, and its originally moist skin was now cracked in large areas, like a piece of charred wood.

"Boom!" A violent vibration came from under the feet of the Toad Prince, and then a huge figure stood up from the ground like a cannonball!

In the game of the previous life, the Toad Prince's attack methods were very varied. In addition to the tongue whip attack that made people unable to react, there were also mucus and venom attacks that were hard to defend against, as well as rapid bouncing collisions and mountain crushes that mobilized the entire body.

Because it was transformed from a human, the toad was subconsciously not used to walking on four legs, which led to its staggering posture at the beginning. But the power of those four limbs was no joke, combined with its huge body, splitting mountains and cracking rocks was not enough to describe its momentum of bouncing and colliding.

But Lann was not panicking at all at this moment.

The threat to his life made the Toad Prince try to break free from the flames, but he didn't know that the area where he was was the place with the least flames. The entire open space was already covered with a torrent of flames, which quickly rotated around the toad, forming a tornado of flames.

This was all because Lann wanted to capture the Toad Prince alive, so Triss left a way out.

At this moment, the Toad Prince jumped up on his own initiative, as if he had jumped into the sea of ​​fire. He went from being charcoal-roasted to being scorched, and with a "squeak", he was sucked into the fire tornado.

The only sounds left on the entire open space were the whistling wind and the raging fire.

Triss was very anxious when she saw this, and she quickly dispersed the magic power that controlled the flames in her hands. The flame tornado remained in place for a full ten seconds before it suddenly dispersed, turning into rolling heat waves that spread in all directions.

The underground space that was originally colorful with mucus, corpses, garbage, etc. has now turned into colorful black. Except for the large toad-shaped black thing in the middle, there is no life at all.

Lann backhandedly hit himself with another Quen, then used the [Alder Seal] to break through the oncoming waves of fire, and carefully approached the Toad Prince who seemed to have turned into charred wood.

With a "whoosh" sound, a violent sound of breaking through the air was heard. Lan's body reaction was faster than his thinking, and he immediately placed the Sword of the Lady of the Lake in front of his chest.

He felt as if he were being stabbed head-on by a lance from a charging cavalryman, and he almost let go of his sword and let it fly out.

It's the Toad Prince's tongue.

There was enough mucus on the tongue that Lann felt an irresistible pulling force in his hands the next second, and he fell down.

When he looked up again, he saw that his sword of the Lady of the Lake was stuck in the Toad Prince's mouth by the tongue.

Oh shit!

With a "puff", the tip of the glowing sword emerged from the Toad Prince's lower lip. The huge body suddenly stiffened and remained motionless.

Lann quickly raised his hand and used the [Axis Seal] to completely calm the Toad Prince down and prevent it from continuing to chew the silver sword in its mouth desperately.

The magic power in the body continued to pour out to maintain the current situation. That is, the monster had been seriously injured by the flames, which allowed Lann to control it like this.

Having rehearsed the coordination countless times in her mind, Triss trotted forward with her arms open. A skilled spell sounded, and the giant toad's body began to tremble continuously. Then, contrary to common sense, it began to shrink continuously on the spot until it became a jade sculpture the size of a ball.

【Transformation and Sealing Technique】, success.

This monster, which is equivalent to a small boss, was captured just like that. It's really amazing that such a huge and ferocious monster can be so cute after shrinking down.

But Lan En looked at the small pointed protrusion under the jade carving with a troubled look on his face: "My sword..."

“It’s okay, Lan.” Triss was a little amused, but she forced down her upturned lips. “I can remove the [Transformation Sealing Spell] and cast it again after you draw your sword. The casting and removal of this spell will cause intense pain to the castee, depriving them of their mobility. There’s no need to worry about another fight breaking out.”

Lan could only nod.

In the moonlight shining through the skylight, a black shadow the size of a ball suddenly swelled up in the open space, and intermittent "quack" screams sounded.

But with a "puff", the huge black shadow became quiet, and then it shrank again until it became a ball.

Lann grabbed the cloak he had brought with him and wiped the dirt off the Sword of the Lady of the Lake with disdain. He casually put the jade carving of the Toad Prince into the [Inventory].

This is the second benefit of the [Transformation and Sealing Technique]. The jade carvings formed by the spell are considered "items" and can be stored in one's own personal space.

Triss went forward to check on Lann's body. She saw that Lann had been knocked away several times before. She didn't understand the principle of [Explosive Shield] yet and was very worried.

The sorceress breathed a sigh of relief after making sure the witcher was not injured.

"Do you have enough magic power? Do you want to meditate for a while?"