Sure enough, the Skinner took this opportunity to swing his sword hard, narrowly forcing Lann away, and held his sword in front of him in a defensive stance.

A khaki circular light film appeared in front of him.

[Quen's Seal: Shield]

Lan's pupils shrank, and he wanted to retract his sword, but he couldn't stop.

With a "bang", Lann's sword was bounced away by the khaki light film, and the empty spaces in his chest and abdomen were immediately exposed to the enemy.

Just like a feline predator foraging in the middle of the night finally showing its claws after a long wait, a silver shadow bypassed the Sword of the Lady of the Lake and reached for Lann's neck.

"Only pain is real!"

With a second "bang", the yellow light film on Lann's body exploded, and the violent impact threw the two men far away.

Lann nimbly rolled in the air and landed in a squatting position. Looking up, he saw that his opponent had also adjusted his posture and pointed his sword in the distance.

"Lann!" Triss, who had been watching the fight from behind, screamed. Lightning suddenly appeared on her hand and hit the skinned man with a "crack".

The opponent was staggered by the lightning, and electric arcs began to jump on the surface of his body, but there was no negative effect of paralysis at all, and he quickly adjusted himself.

It seemed that the muscles of this limb had already become stiff and numb, so they were not hindered by the electric current at all.

And this moment was enough for Lann to seize the opportunity.

With a wave of his left hand, the [Quen Seal] appeared again, and Lann rolled over to close the distance between him and the enemy. When he stood up with his sword in hand, he slapped the ground with his left hand.

A purple light suddenly climbed up the enemy's body.

The sword spine came at him with a silver glow, but this time Lann steadily parried the sword move that seemed to be slowed down. He even had time to use his solid arm armor to block and let his left hand brush against the opponent's blade and reach in front of his eyes.

[Axis Seal]!

A white light and shadow suddenly enveloped the other person's brain.

This only briefly affected the Skinned Man for a moment, and his eyes, filled with bloodthirsty red light, soon lit up again.

At this moment, when he looked up, he saw a rune sword that was held high above his head and had been accumulating power for a long time.

"No matter whether there is justice or evil... Happy New Year!"

The silver slash came down with a momentum as strong as a mountain. The khaki circular light shield supported it again, but this time it shattered into nothingness in just a moment.

"clang!"

The rune sword pressed against the skinner's sword spine, almost causing the opponent's blade to touch his face.

When the first strike failed, Lann raised his sword again using the rebound force of the steel collision.

"clang!"

The second time.

Although he was blocking with the sword, the skinned man's body seemed to have suffered great damage and he kept retreating.

"clang!"

The third time.

The skinner's hands holding the sword made a slight crisp sound, and the smooth sword spine reflected the skinner's scarlet eyes, and there were already faint cracks on it.

"clang!"

Fourth time.

Lann faintly heard the sound of biscuits being crushed, not from the skinned man, but from the sword in front of him that was blocking him.

“Dang—Crack!”

The fifth time!

The long sword in the skinner's hand finally couldn't withstand such rough and domineering fighting style, and it broke into pieces all at once.

The metal fragments, which had accumulated a huge amount of potential energy, flew in all directions at a speed far faster than that of an arrow. They pierced into the skinned man's body, causing him to scream wildly.

The [Quinn Seal] on Lan's body was broken again. He did not expect that the continuous [Rage Burst] would actually be so angry, but he realized that this was a good opportunity.

His body was carried backwards by the [Explosive Shield], but this time, before he landed, his left hand was already glowing white, and he shouted behind him.

"Triss, [Transformation and Seal], now is the time!"

The sound of high-pitched and rapid incantations began to echo back to the sky. The sorceress was always observing this battle that she could not intervene in, and was already ready for battle.

At this moment, the skinned man's body was covered with blades like a hedgehog. He struggled to get up, but was immediately controlled by the [Axis Seal].

Severely injured and with his mind controlled, the Flayed Man no longer had any chance of resisting Triss's magic, and his body twitched as it continued to shrink and deform.

Until it becomes a jade sculpture the size of a palm.

Even if it is turned into a jade sculpture, the skinned man still has that ferocious and crazy expression. If this jade sculpture was really made by a person, then we really need to be concerned about the mental state of the creator at the time.

Lann breathed a sigh of relief. As both were cat-faction demon hunters, this battle was many times more dangerous than the one with Judd Carradine.

He waved his hand and put the jade carving into the [Inventory], then looked up at the hexagram where the skinned man was kneeling and praying, and his eyes suddenly lit up.

A pile of neatly arranged documents was stacked there, between the black cat statue and the skinned man.

Lann quickly stepped forward and picked it up. After a quick glance, he recognized that it was the other main purpose of his visit - the equipment drawings of the Cat School!

It includes armor, pants, gloves, and shin guards, just a complete set.

Although Lann already has the [Top Griffin Set], it is extremely expensive. It is said that the older generation of demon hunters in the golden age, such as Geron, spent decades saving up to upgrade from the most basic set.

If we want to form a witcher cult in the future, we will definitely need more types and levels of armor, to the extent that they can be standardized and mass-produced.

This set of drawings for the Cat School equipment armor is the beginning!

You have to know that the Jad Carradine we met before was only wearing mercenary-level leather armor.

"Did you find what you wanted?" Triss couldn't help but feel happy when she saw Lann's happy expression.

Lan nodded: "This is just the beginning."

Afterwards, the two quickly began searching the remaining test areas.

Those unknown biological tissues and magic potions all belonged to Triss. Lann couldn't use these things at the moment. Maybe they could play a greater role if they were handed over to professionals.

In addition, Triss was also surprised by the warlock's collection of books.

And Lan, after a brief search, found more than a dozen large gems.

These gems were different from the ones Lann usually saw. They were surrounded by a faint chaotic energy.

[Discover the source of magic]

"These are gems that can be used by alchemists to carve runes or enchant spells," Triss explained. "There are not many gems on the market that can play these roles, but it's rare to see such a large piece of gems with such good quality."

Lann nodded, activated the system, and began to absorb magic power.

But the situation this time was different from before. When he held a gem in his hand, the system did not move.

It's clearly indicated that it's the source of magic power?

Lann suddenly had an idea and held two gems in his hands at the same time.

No response.

Add one more, three gems.

This time the system finally started to work, and a familiar warm current slowly flowed in from the gem in his hand.

[Skill Point +1]

All three gems lost a bit of their luster. They might still be used to make precious jewelry, but they were no longer useful in terms of mysticism.

Lann frowned. This was the first time he encountered such a situation. It seemed that the material of these gems was much inferior to the magic crystals and magic items he had encountered before.

[Skill Point +1]

[Skill Point +1]

More than a dozen gems only provided Lan with three skill points in the end. The extra ruby ​​and emerald could not be absorbed and were all put into his [Inventory].

It’s a considerable gain, enough to start the second-level magic seal skill.

After counting the harvest, Triss began to look through the experimental notes left by the warlock Irenius, and soon pieced together a story about the skinned man.

This story made the two of them frown:

[The first day.]

I was so tired of that wreck that I hoped the storm I summoned would send it crashing into the rocks off the grassy knoll and shatter it completely.

When I was away, the students' experiments on water ghosts did not produce the results they had hoped for. I still had to do everything myself.

I will first administer a dose of anesthetic to the test subject. This "milk of the poppy" will make the demon hunter half-awake and half-conscious, and powerless, and then I can start the research. 】

"From what I've read, it seems that this warlock named Irenius deliberately kidnapped the demon hunter. He seems to be a very powerful warlock, and he can even summon storms at sea to attack ships."

Triss sighed, and then said in distress: "But why have I never heard of his name?"

Lann speculated: "If I remember correctly, biological experiments of this level should be banned by the Warlock Brotherhood. People who do such things definitely don't want to publicize their reputation too much."

Triss nodded in agreement with this view.

The two continued reading.

[Day 4.]

The subject had a very high tolerance for pain. He finally gave in after being tortured on the second day. The interrogation was satisfactory, and I got information about witcher training and the Cat School. As I suspected, most of the witchers in the Cat School have elven blood, and this school must have some connection with the ancient race.

(P.S. Perhaps the founders were members of the Ion-El race?)]

Since Triss could speak the Old Language, she had naturally studied the history of the elves.

Today, the word "elf" is a transliteration of the common language of mankind; in the ancient language, the name of the "elves" was actually "Ain Woodod".

Later, the elves encountered a great change and split into two branches. One branch was called "Ain Sheedi", which are the elves living on the continent today.

The other is called "Ain El", they live in another world. They have a notorious army - the "Wild Hunt"!

[Day 7.]

Apply extracts of bamboo and poison ivy. Usually in humans, this mixture will cause paralysis of the peripheral nervous system, and then paralysis of nerve endings, causing muscle, bone, respiratory and cardiac paralysis, and ultimately death by suffocation.

But the witcher is not an ordinary person. Although the toxin did slightly stimulate his nervous system, his mutated body quickly neutralized those harmful alkaline substances.

[Day 8…]

[Day 9…]

[Day 15. Injecting jellyfish toxins did not produce the desired effect. To increase the toxicity of the toxins, I also poured alcohol on the wounds.]

[Day 20…]

The more Triss looked at it, the deeper her frown grew. As a traditional academic warlock, she still abided by the rules of the Warlock Brotherhood and hated this cruel biological experiment.

In this mood, the experimental log came to the last page.