After Letho finished speaking, Kolgrim also laughed.
He added: "I told Letho about your promise to us, and Letho told me about the emperor's mission. Isn't this a coincidence? So we took the opportunity to take on the task of dealing with you, followed the warlock all the way north, and even passed through several portals..."
In Lan's memory, Reso made his debut in the North six or seven years later. At that time, he accepted the emperor's dispatch and began to assassinate the king for various reasons. He did not expect that because of him, Emhyr had contacted these snake hunters so early and went north.
After explaining the causes and consequences of their appearance, Reso and the others also began to talk about the purpose of their visit tonight.
Snake pupils faced lion pupils: "Are all the things you said to Kolgrim true?"
Lann nodded without hesitation: "Since you have accepted the mission related to me, you must have a general understanding of my situation. Although I have become a demon hunter, I am the one in charge of Cintra now. All the promises made by the country will definitely take effect if they are spoken by me."
"And our princess Cirilla, the unexpected child of the wolf-faction witcher Geralt, is now under protection in Kaer Morhen. It can be said that Cintra and the witchers are now inextricably linked. Cintra is the natural home of the witchers and fertile ground for their future development. It is also the place where the witcher cult is destined to revive."
"I am a griffin, and I have the full support of the school. The wolves of Kaer Morhen have long fought alongside us. We also have the help of two sorceresses and a druid, and there is also a warlock apprentice receiving education in Aretuza. If you join, I can also bring you to the cat school in the future."
"That is to say, if you join us, we will have a strong military power as the foundation, three spellcasters to assist us, and a collection of demon hunters from the three schools of griffin, wolf, and snake. In the foreseeable future, we can also add a warlock and a cat school."
Lane was passionate and heartfelt.
Although there is a lot of water in what he said now, the Snake Faction on the opposite side doesn't know it.
From Lan's perspective, everyone in the Snake Clan except Kolgrim remained calm, but his keen hearing could detect that their breathing was getting heavier.
"The power you possess... is greater than what Kolgrim conveyed." Leisuo said, "At that time, he didn't say that there was a sorceress by your side."
"The Snake School has now reached the North, and has no plans to return to Nilfgaard. If you allow us, we will stay with you for the next period of time to verify what you said. If the school can really be revitalized in Cintra, then the Snake School will become Cintra's strength."
Lann stretched out his hand and shook it with Letho: "Kel Siren was also attacked by warlocks, and I also shoulder the responsibility of revitalizing the school. I am very happy that I finally have a companion now."
Reso's palm was almost half the size of Lan's, and it was a solid and powerful hand. This was also the first complete school of demon hunters that Lan had officially secured for Cintra.
The snake and the lion reached their first agreement in this temporary manor from Novigrad and began to move forward side by side.
"I also heard from Kolgrim about the relationship between the Wild Hunt and you. We will discuss this in detail later. Right now, there are more important things."
After basically deciding to join Lann's camp, Reso said, "You are in trouble now. The people who want to deal with you have united now."
"We just finished a combat meeting. There was a warlock named Reens, three gang leaders from Novigrad, a ruined noble named Olgierd, and someone you would never expect - Caleb Mangi of the Eternal Flame."
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Reso explained in detail to Lane all of Rience's secret combat meetings, including not only all the combat plans and details, but also the intelligence they had collected about each person.
Lane was surprised. He didn't expect that Reens could create such a big scene. With Viggofortz and Nilfgaard working behind him, he actually managed to accomplish something.
If he really succeeded, he might be fine because he had the trump card to protect himself, but Shapet would definitely be doomed.
Shapet's face was heavy. "Because of the change in my style of doing things, there have been many voices against me within the Eternal Flame, but I never thought that Caleb Manji would go to this extent."
At this moment, the effect of [Moon Dust] has passed, and Shapet has transformed from a shapeshifter back into the security officer of the Eternal Fire.
Lann asked curiously about his situation. In the original book, he appeared as Shapet, and no one knew how many years had passed.
At the very least, Lane wanted to know what Shapet's real name was.
"I have forgotten it." Shapet's answer surprised Lan. "I have been Shapet for too long. Shapet's memory and personality have been affecting me. I have long forgotten my name. But this is not bad. I will be Shapet from now on."
If [Shapeshifters] are to be classified, they are [Remnants]. Although their combat power is not as strong as other [Remnants], their unique shapeshifting ability can be said to be a gift from nature, even to the point of making people shudder.
Strictly speaking, shapeshifters are not monsters, but a non-human race. However, their abilities are too terrifying for humans, so they have been hunted on a large scale. Humans hate shapeshifters far more than other monsters.
You know, the ability of shapeshifters is not only to change appearance, but also to copy memory and personality. Therefore, after they transform, they will become senior schizophrenia patients, and the part of their mind that is a shapeshifter will constantly intertwine and confront the personality of the copied object.
Folklorists, religious scholars, and mystics have reached an unprecedented consensus on the attitude of shapeshifters, and they even claim that shapeshifters will plunder the souls of the people they shapeshift. However, in fact, most shapeshifters are kind by nature, and their shapeshifting abilities are mostly used for self-defense rather than fighting.
For example, "Shapet", who for many years has been using his kind shapeshifting nature to fight against the cruelty and cold-bloodedness of Shapet, eventually emerged as a security officer who was both iron-blooded and had a bottom line, making Novigrad's attitude towards magic and non-human races more and more open, and making Novigrad more prosperous.
In a sense, it was a great success. He was also the best-performing shapeshifter known to man. Many shapeshifters, even if they imitated powerful people, could not live as them for long.
Few people show kindness to the shapeshifter. Geralt is one of them, and Lann is the second one Chapelle meets.
It was not known whether it was because of Lann's previous declaration of fairness towards non-human races and monsters, or because he had just vouched for himself in front of the four monster hunters, but even after turning back into the security officer of the Eternal Flame, Chapelle seemed very friendly towards Lann.
"Now that we know his plan, why don't we take action first? This will eliminate both your and my enemies at the same time." Chapelle suggested, "I will go back and gather my people to take down Caleb Manji first; Lan, you will take people to kill Olgierd and the warlock and eliminate the crisis. If you don't have enough people, I can lend you some guards."
The snake demon hunters turned the disadvantage of the enemy being in the dark and us being in the light into the enemy being in the light and us being in the dark, and Shapet wanted to use this opportunity to directly try a thunder strike. However, Lann had a different opinion on this.
Lane said, "Don't you think this is a good opportunity?"
Chapelle was stunned.
The political thinking accumulated over the years quickly made him react. He looked at Lan's face and began to speak uncertainly: "You mean..."
Lan nodded: "Can you guarantee that Caleb Manji is the only one who has a problem with you? If you take down Caleb Manji, there might be a second or third one. Why not take this opportunity to catch them all and completely eliminate the trouble.
I even feel that Caleb Manji is here to help you. He can help you completely master the Eternal Flame and even the entire Novigrad. Just get rid of him so hastily? No, you should let him play a greater role! "
The current situation would make any politician ecstatic, but Chapelle hesitated.
At this moment, it was the shapeshifter in the human skin who spoke: "This will kill or injure many believers of the Eternal Flame."
Lan was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted and changed his direction to persuade: "Do you think someone like Caleb Manji can still call himself a believer of the Eternal Flame? His existence is a defilement of the Eternal Flame!
It is better to suffer a short pain than a long one. This is not only for your own survival, but also for the future stability and harmony of the Eternal Flame and Novigrad. If these cruel people with ultimate motives continue to rely on the Eternal Flame, who knows what they will do in the future, and how many innocent citizens and believers will be killed and injured. "
This reason convinced Chapelle, but he then raised another question.
"According to Caleb Manji, he may have already suspected that I was a shapeshifter and was just waiting for an opportunity to expose me. If this is true, then he is invincible."
Lan En smiled confidently: "I have a good solution for this."
He whispered to Chapelle for a while, and pointed at Triss, letting the curious sorceress join in their conversation.
Soon, they finished their communication.
Chapelle showed admiration on his face: "As expected of you, Lann. Now I understand how you were able to save Cintra from the iron hoof of Nilfgaard."
Lan smiled modestly.
"You have helped me a lot, Lann. After this battle, I will be able to sit more securely in the seat of the Eternal Flame." Chapelle said sincerely, "I will repay you. Cintra will become the best friend of Novigrad, a better friend than Redania."
Lann smiled and said, "I thought we were already friends."
Chapelle's cold face showed a simple smile of a shapeshifter. After thinking for a while, he proposed one last thing.
"We use the enemy's plan to eliminate dissidents, which is fine. But I don't want to involve innocent citizens. Lan, I am not a politician, but a security officer of Novigrad and a believer of the Eternal Flame."
Lann's face twitched. What on earth was this shapeshifter and the religious leader fused into?
Lan thought for a moment and asked, "What do you want to do?"
"I want to take some preventive measures in advance to minimize the impact of gang riots without alerting the enemy," Chapelle said.
The Snake Clan members who had been listening to the conversation between the two and were not very sensitive to politics had not said anything. But at this moment, they suddenly realized that they could contribute.
Kolgrim took a step forward and looked at Letho with an inquiring look, and saw that the other party nodded slightly in agreement.
"We just need to assassinate these three gang leaders. It's easy. If we kill them, the riot will stop, right?
Reigns' connection with our 'partners' is very weak. As long as we kill these gang leaders one or two days before the launch of the plan, the underground forces will be leaderless. Then the people of the Eternal Flame will enter the scene to restore order and easily quell the chaos."
The eyes of the snake hunter flashed with excitement. "To protect the citizens, we need to eliminate the villains. This kind of assassination mission is rare. We can even charge less."
The plan was set.
Lane devised a plan for Chapelle to help him conceal his shapeshifting identity from the followers of the Eternal Flame and eliminate dissidents.
The Snake Clan dispatched Oaks, Serrit, and Kolgrim one day in advance to assassinate the Beggar King, Hawthorne, and Machete respectively, and after completing their missions, they kept an eye on the movements of the gang. Their appearance fees were paid by the Eternal Flame.
And Lann took Reso with him to deal with the Wild Boar Army and Reens together.
Lann felt that this configuration was enough to conquer a small country alone.
Everyone had no objection to this plan.
Chapelle was very wary of the four members of the Snake Faction and left soon after the plan was finalized.
And Lann needs another favor from the four members of the Snake Sect.
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"You're telling me, this is a demon hunter from the Cat faction?"
Reso held a small jade statue in his hand.
This was a naked, fang-baring humanoid creature, as if he had been skinned, with every muscle texture clearly visible.
Kolgrim and the other three also came over, four pairs of snake-like eyes staring at each other in disbelief.
Lei Suo said: "Or do I have some misunderstanding about the [Transformation Sealing Technique], and the sealed statue is not actually the original appearance of the caster?"
"No, this is just the way he is."
Lann sighed, took out the warlock's notes from the underground laboratory from the [Inventory], and handed them to the members of the Snake Sect.
The members of the Snake Clan had been demon hunters for a long time, and they had personally faced the knives and swords used against demon hunters. At this moment, as the warlock's experimental notes were flipped through, they felt deeply sympathetic.
"I don't like the people of the Cat Sect, but if I can save him, I hope I can help." Reso said to Lann seriously, "How can we help you?"
Lann explained: "When I release the [Transformation Sealing Technique] later, he will definitely struggle. I need you to help me control him and prevent him from resisting so that I can use my next method."
"That's easy." Reso nodded.
At this time, everyone had arrived at a remote open space to avoid the possible outbreak of fighting and causing chaos in the city.
Lann placed the jade statue on the ground, and slapped the ground with his left hand to cast the purple magic circle of [Yaden Seal].
A purple hourglass mark began to jump in his sight. Lann did not hang it on the statue. He just needed the magic circle to slow down the speed, not to kill anyone.
Then Lann took a few steps back and walked out of the range of the magic circle.
The four members of the Snake Faction had already been stationed in the four corners. Seeing this, they also patted the ground and set up a [Yaden Seal] that was slightly smaller than Lann's, trying to expand the range of the slow-motion magic as much as possible without affecting the surrounding comrades.
Everything is ready.
Lan nodded to Triss, and the sorceress received the order and began to chant the spell.
Chaotic energy began to dissipate from the jade statue. Under the moonlight, a black shadow gradually began to expand, breaking free from the palm-sized stone statue and returning to human form.
The moment he regained his freedom, the Skinner jumped up on the spot, found a gap in the encirclement and tried to rush out.
However, he did not expect that at the same time, purple light would cling to his body, and he became as sluggish and slow as a decayed old man.
“How is this possible!” Triss exclaimed, “The [Transformation Sealing Technique] was just lifted, how come he was not affected at all and was able to join the battle right away?”
"Perhaps the pain of the spell being lifted is nothing compared to the pain he suffered before."
Reso frowned as he looked at the humanoid creature in front of him. His whole body looked like a peeled orange, with muscle fibers and even bone gaps faintly visible, but not a drop of blood.
It can be said that just seeing such a person appear in front of oneself will make one feel a dull pain of empathy.
Especially as fellow demon hunters, the feeling is even deeper.
"Sorry, buddy, but you have to bear with it for a while." Letho sighed.
The thick fingers deftly formed a seal, and the mental force impact immediately poured onto the skinned man, knocking him back to the center of the [Yaden Seal] formation.
The other three people also released the [Alder Seal] together upon seeing this, continuously releasing storms from the four corners towards the center, pinning the Skinner to the ground and making him unable to move.
"There is no... justice... or evil." Even in this situation, the skinner was still repeating the words in a monotonous voice, "Only... pain is the most real..."
The pair of scarlet eyes sparkled in the darkness, accurately identifying Lann in the crowd. He grinned, his gums exposed to the air, revealing his madness of choosing anyone to devour.
Lann took a deep breath and recalled what was written in the warlock's notes:
[As I guessed, the Demon Hunter is a great collection of energy! If a demon is trapped in such a sophisticated body, it will definitely become the reincarnation of the God of Death, and everything will be under my control! It will be a great individual that has never appeared before! ]
According to the warlock's experimental notes, the experimenter should have finally summoned a demon from another world to possess the skinned man. The statue and the hexagram array in the laboratory might be the props for summoning and worshiping the demon.
The demon hunter possessed by the devil burst out with amazing power and killed the warlock, but he had no way to leave the sealed underground laboratory and was trapped there.
Capture keywords: alien world, devil.
His consciousness sank into the [Inventory], and with a flip of his left hand, an ordinary mirror appeared in Lan's hand.
This was a mirror that was sold at a roadside stall for absolutely no more than a crown, but the moment it appeared, the struggle of the Skinner in the magic circle stopped.
Because the owner of this mirror is called: Mirror Master. He is the only foreign demon in recorded history who can travel through the world in the flesh without the need for possession.
Lann stretched out his hand to signal the Snake Faction Demon Hunters to stop their telekinetic attacks, and then he approached the Skinner step by step.
Without the suppression of the [Alder Seal], the Skinner no longer ran away. At this moment, he just curled up on the ground, shivering like a cat.
As Lan walked closer, the cat began to tremble more violently.
Triss looked at the ordinary mirror in Lan's hand in amazement. Where did Lan get this magic prop?
Lann was very satisfied with the reaction of the Skinned Man, which proved that the mirror of the Mirror Master did have a deterrent effect on the alien demons who were lower than him.
But that’s not enough.
He stood outside the purple magic circle for a long time, waiting for the snake demon hunter's seal to disappear, then walked into his own magic circle, grabbed the skinned head with his left hand, and forcibly pried it out of his arms.
"Watch this." Lann put the mirror in front of the other person and said word by word, "Get out of this body!"
The Flayed Man stared into the mirror without any resistance, for he had no eyelids at all.
“Ah! Ahhh!!”
The Skinned Man finally began to speak his second sentence in history. Although it was just an onomatopeia of screaming, it made Lann overjoyed.
To make sure he got through it all, he slapped the mirror directly onto the skinner's face with a loud "snap".
This seemed to have finally broken through the demon's psychological defenses, and suddenly a miserable howl like a cat rang out in everyone's mind.
It's the magic of telepathy!
Then, thick black mist gushed out from the skinned body and quickly condensed into the image of a black cat in mid-air.
It rushed around in the [Yaden Seal] in a panic, colliding with the purple magic circle nearly a hundred times at a speed invisible to the naked eye.
It only takes a blink of an eye.
Lan, who was standing by, could only barely see a black cat appear in the air, and then a black shadow faster than the wind kept flashing in front of him. The purple magic circle turned into light spots all over the sky and dissipated in the air.
Finally, accompanied by a shrill cat howl, the black fog completely dissipated into the air, and it seemed that it had returned to its own world.
With a plop, the skinned man fell on his back to the ground like a dead tree, motionless.
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