"You told me that this guy obtained this ability by making a deal with the devil. Is it [Summoning Magic]?"
Lann shook his head: "I can't tell you in detail now. Maybe I will have a chance after I completely solve this problem."
Lei Suo was well-informed and knew some of the rules of forbidden magic. He just frowned when he heard this, but he also understood very well and did not ask any more questions.
"How are you going to deal with him?"
Lan En had already prepared a plan in his mind: "We can't kill him. We can only attack him together and use a force far greater than his to subdue him instantly - a bloody subjugation."
Lann said this, clenched his fist with one hand, then suddenly unclenched it and made a "break into pieces" gesture.
Letho glanced at him and said, "But I see he looks like he'd rather have a one-on-one with you."
Lan shrugged. "That's his business. I'm a count, and this is a battlefield. If I wasn't unwilling to sacrifice human lives to kill this monster, I would have sent my soldiers to charge forward."
Not far away, Ogierd saw Lann and Letho standing together and finally stopped shouting.
He tried to reach the hilt of the sword that was piercing his back, but he couldn't touch it. In the end, he simply gave up and raised the knife towards Lann:
"Lannister, don't hide behind your men, fight me!"
Lan looked around, and saw the bodies of the Wild Boar Army everywhere. He asked, "You knew I was coming, and you knew this would be the result, but you still waited for me, right? Why? Just to fight me?"
Olgierd smiled a smile that was seeing blood. "I told you, Lannister. Life needs fun, but I am slow to it. Only when I go crazy from time to time can I feel the vitality of life. Clashing swords and playing games with you has given me a little interest for the first time in a long time."
"As for the Wild Boar Army? It doesn't matter. After a while, new ones will gather around me, just like my body will recover sooner or later."
Lann raised the rune sword: "Although these words sound unreasonable, I can suddenly understand them when it comes to you. But have you ever thought that you may not have a 'period of time'?"
Olgierd raised his scimitar. "That's harder than dying right now, Lannister. Today is the first time I've fought a witcher, but I believe you're not just any witcher. I've been looking forward to it."
"Do you need me to wait for you to draw all the swords?"
"Don't worry, I don't feel any pain. The pain doesn't bother me. But fighting like this is new to me—"
Before he finished speaking, a black mist suddenly emerged from Ogierd's body. Then he seemed to ignore the weight of the steel on his body and in the blink of an eye he crossed a distance of more than ten steps and arrived in front of Lann.
Lann's reaction was extraordinary. He raised his hand with a [Quen Seal] and raised his sword to block.
"clang--"
There was another eardrum-trembling symphony of steel, and Lann firmly held the scimitar in the opponent's hand.
However, he saw that the opponent used the reaction force of the collision to turn his wrist, and the scimitar slightly drew a circle above his head, and then he attacked quickly with a series of "woo" and "woo", each attack was heavier than the last.
That posture actually had a bit of the flavor of a sword dance.
At the same time, the red light on the scimitar in his hand became increasingly intense.
Finally, as if he had accumulated enough strength, Ogierd changed the light attack into a heavy slash, and chopped down on Lann's sword spine like a landslide. Not only that, a blood-colored arc of light extended from the scimitar, which pushed Lann back a long distance like a blade, causing the [Quen Seal] on his body to fluctuate.
If Lann didn't have a defensive seal on him, he would have been injured by now.
"Lannister, is this all you have?"
Ogierd shouted, and was about to move forward again.
Suddenly, a huge but swift black shadow flashed by his side and split him in half with one sword.
It was Lei Suo, the poisonous python. He succeeded in one strike, but then he stopped and frowned slightly, because the feeling was not right.
"It's the same trick again..."
It was seen that Ogierd did not split into two halves at this moment, but completely dissipated into the air, turning into black mist to avoid the attack.
Fortunately, this seemed to be just a temporary spell, not an innate skill like the "Mist Demon". After dodging the slash, Ogierd immediately turned into a human form again.
Then, another silver light illuminated his eyes.
It's still Reso.
Have you ever seen a bear with the speed of a leopard? Olgierd has.
The sturdy figure rushed towards Ogierd at an unreasonable speed with a whistling sound.
This guy's performance doesn't match the animal hanging around his neck at all!
"Good!" Facing the aggressive enemy, Ogierd cheered loudly. He almost popped his eyes out and rushed forward with his scimitar in hand.
With a "bang", the scimitar and the snake-headed silver sword collided violently, and sparks seemed to burst out at that moment. Lei Suo only felt a numbness in his palm and a slight tingling pain.
Looking up at Ogierd, he saw that his hands were covered in blood and his whole body was flying backwards.
This was the first time that Lann saw someone who could actually knock someone away with a knife!
It's worthy of him!
Seeing that Reso suppressed the enemy, Lann decisively slapped the ground with his left hand and raised the fully automatic magic turret.
[Seal of Aden]!
A flickering hourglass shadow appeared in the field of vision, and Lann hung on to Ogierd the moment he appeared.
With a "crack", Ogierd, who was still in mid-air, was suddenly knocked to the ground. Purple light climbed up his body, not only preventing him from turning into black mist, but also making his movements slow like an old man.
Leiso waved his hand tentatively, his brows raised. How come this griffin's [Yarden Seal] didn't work on him? Could it distinguish between friend and foe? And could it even attack others?
Olgierd got up, his whole body twisted like a drunkard in the crackling magic circle. Lann rushed forward, knocked away the opponent's scimitar with a sword, stepped forward, twisted his waist, raised his hips and turned his shoulders -
【Whirling Sword Dance】!
The attack was much faster and more violent than Ogierd's previous one, and it was poured unreservedly on this body that was not sure whether it could be considered flesh and blood.
The sword light that could not be detected by the naked eye made the surrounding servants' eyes sparkle with wonder. If it were an ordinary person, he would have died more than twenty times by now.
The Cintra Knights' steel swords stuck in Olgierd's body helped him block many attacks by accident, but even so, this set of sword dance almost cut open all of Olgierd's large muscles and internal organs, causing his whole body to become limp.
Lann slashed at the opponent's chest and abdomen with his sword again. The huge force caused Ogierd to turn half a circle and handed the hilt of the sword exposed behind his back to Lann's hand.
Lann held the hilt of the sword with one hand and kicked the opponent directly, pulling the sword out.
Then, while the opponent was unable to get up, he rushed forward and pinned him to the ground with a "puff".
He then repeated the same trick, repeatedly nailing Olgierd's limbs, torso, and neck to the ground with a sword each, and using the [Sign of Arden] to make him almost unable to move.
"Lannister, what are you doing!"
Looking at the enemy struggling on the ground but unable to get up, Lann took a deep breath. The magic power in his body began to work, and Lann recalled the lessons Triss had taught him during this period, and began to mutter to himself -
【Transformation and Sealing Technique】!
Olgierd's chattering came to an abrupt halt, not because of pain, but because he suddenly realized that he could not make a sound.
Then his body twisted and he felt as if he was shrinking, and even a jade-like color began to flow on his skin.
Unfortunately, this change only lasted for two or three breaths, and Ogierd's body immediately returned to its original state.
If it were a normal human, he would have died of internal bleeding by now, but the immortal Ogierd was still full of energy and even had the strength to curse Lann.
Lann began to think.
"Have you ever thought, Olgierd, that it is more painful for an immortal to face a powerful enemy?"
The enemy pinned to the ground was somewhat confused.
Lann shook his head: "At first I didn't plan to deal with you now. My primary target is only Reens. But now that I'm here, I might as well... heh."
"I originally wanted to use magic to take you away, but as you can see, I failed. So my actions may be rough from now on - my sword is very big, so please bear with it for a while."
Lann raised the rune sword in his hand, golden light flashed, and he kept striking with the sword.
Olgierd suddenly became "Ogierds".
Lann called on the soldiers to wrap Olgierd with cloaks, and each person carried one. The immortal body seemed to still be working, and a steady stream of blood soon seeped out from the cloak.
Although it was troublesome, at least Lann could "capture" Ogierd using this method.
The battle here was basically over, and Lann asked the soldiers to rest on the spot and count the wounded.
He himself turned his attention to the spoils in his hand: an ancient curved sword with a brown wooden handle and a scabbard with a strong nomadic style. This was the weapon Olgierd had used in the previous battle, and the [Inventory] also gave it a name at the right time -
Alice
The heirloom sword that Olgierd renamed after his wife, a top-level steel sword that countless players in the original game wanted to obtain even at the cost of sparing Olgierd's life.
This sword was originally a family heirloom of a founding military hero, and was extremely valuable. Olgierd was indeed gifted in the dark arts, and it was unknown how many enchantments and alchemical modifications he had added to the sword.
There is no doubt that this is a sword that can be compared with the Sword of the Lady of the Lake in Lann's hand in terms of material, and it also has a special magical effect: it will continuously accumulate red magic energy in battle, and when it reaches a certain level, it can burst out powerful medium-range magic slashes as the user swings.
In the game, the effect is probably that the normal heavy attack becomes double damage, and the damage is superimposed in the red light state. I just don't know what the effect will be in reality.
The only drawback is that the magic attack of this knife in the red light state will consume the health of the knife holder, which is a bit like a berserker fighting for life. But for Lann who has the [Gourmet] skill and [Golden Oriole] and other blood recovery potions, it is not a big problem.
Overall, Lann was very satisfied with this trophy. However, considering that Olgierd named the sword after his wife, it seemed to have an extra layer of meaning that made the pure love warrior furious.
After looking at it for a while, Lann quickly put Alice's scimitar into the [Inventory].
Letho came up and pointed at the scattered Olgierd and asked Lann: "What are you going to do? Divide his body into many parts and bury them somewhere, just like the devil in the fairy tale?"
Lann shook his head: "That's too troublesome. I'm doing this just to make it easier to bring it back. The best is still the [Transformation Sealing Technique], but you've seen the result. I may need to practice more."
Lei Suo said: "It would be fine if the sorceress next to you is still here. I remember her name is Triss?"
Lan nodded in affirmation and explained, "Chapelle needs Triss more right now."
…
"Ms. Triss, I'm already in position."
On a balcony of the Temple of Eternal Fire, two dim red lights flashed in a shadow.
Those are the eyes of the cat-faction demon hunter Kaiyan.
In front of him was an empty roof. But after hearing Kaiyan's words, the air on the roof suddenly twisted slightly, and then Triss's voice was heard.
"How did you find me?"
Kaiyan said as a matter of course: "I know you are on standby on the roof. Then, based on the amplitude of the badge's vibration, we can find the relative direction of the two of us and determine your position. It's easy."
The distortion and shaking of the air above the roof became more violent.
Triss was silent for two seconds, then asked, "Did you bring back Olgierd's brother?"
Kaiyan nodded and said, "Yes, he has possessed a temple guard now. We need to let him fight inside for a while to have some fun. Then let him leave a written evidence that he has returned to the world of the living and has enjoyed himself. Finally, we need to give him some guidance... and the task assigned by Lann will be completed."
"Who has the final say in Novigrad in the future depends on what happens now."
Triss knew the process, of course. Her presence here was part of the mission. But she closed her eyes and felt the direction of Kaiyan's finger for a long time, but found no trace of the soul.
"The spirit you mentioned possessed a temple guard. Where is he?"
Kaiyan tilted his head towards a particularly excited guard. "That one, he's giving off a nasty aura, it's obvious, can't you sense it?"
Triss opened her eyes and shook her head.
At this moment, the sorceress suddenly developed some academic interest in the cat-faction witcher.
Fortunately, she was now in an invisible state due to magic illusion so that the other party could not see her expression, otherwise the sensitive Kaiyan would probably have been very angry.
These two people were plotting loudly in the Eternal Fire headquarters as if no one was around. This would have been unacceptable under normal circumstances, but today all the patrol guards were called together, so naturally no one paid attention to such a trivial matter.
At this moment, Chapelle and Caleb Mange were each surrounded and protected by their own men, and the two groups of people were really on the verge of a showdown.
"Caleb Manji! You are only the head of the temple guards. Who gave you the courage to fight with Mr. Chapelle? And you, believers of the Eternal Fire, do you know what you are doing?"
Chapelle is the security officer of the Eternal Flame and the most powerful person in Novigrad. He was born as a military officer, and his current position is more like a mayor or governor, and he also plays an important role in politics.
Therefore, even though Caleb Manji is the leader of the temple guards and has a large number of trusted men under him, he still has to be extremely cautious when facing Chapelle.
After all, the Eternal Flame is a religion rather than an ordinary political force. It doesn't mean that he can naturally replace Chapelle after killing him. In addition to money and power, faith is also needed to unite these people.
At least, it is a reasonable "belief".
"I received a tip today that gangsters will create chaos in the city." Chapelle said coldly. At this moment, his expression and posture were exactly the posture of a security officer in everyone's memory.
"And I have a tip that says you, Caleb Manji, are also in contact with them. I didn't believe it at first, and thought I would go back to you to confirm it after I dealt with the gang. Now it seems... the news is true?"
The guards on Chapelle's side drew their weapons, stared at Caleb Manji with gritted teeth, and waited for their security officer's order to sacrifice their lives for the Eternal Fire.
Caleb Manji glanced around. In his original plan, Novigrad should have been in chaos by now, and more than a third of Chapelle's troops should have been sent out to quell the chaos. Instead of all of them being ready to go like they were waiting for him and the others to come to them.
If a conflict breaks out at this time, it is hard to say who will win and who will lose. If they get into a tangle, the soldiers on their side may be suppressed by Chapelle's prestige and quickly lose morale.
It turns out that rats in the gutter are unreliable!
Caleb Manji scolded the gangsters in his heart, planning to settle accounts with them later.
But he was not panicked. Although there were some slight deviations in the plan, he had not yet played the trump card in his hand, and now was the right time.
"You now support Chapelle, believing that he is your security officer, the warrior who once led you to spread the gospel of the Eternal Fire." Caleb Manji said slowly, confident of victory. "I once told myself that I would follow that great security officer. He is the most determined fire bearer I have ever seen."
"Now that you know what Mr. Chapelle represents, why don't you get out of the way! We have to stop the gang's chaos before it spreads to the citizens!"
Hearing Chapelle's lieutenant scolding him, Caleb Manji suddenly raised his voice, startling everyone.
"Yes, the mafia is threatening my believers, but there is a danger in the temple that is far more deadly than the mafia. It is right under our noses, and even prays to the Eternal Fire with us every day!"
The long sword in his hand suddenly pointed at Chapelle: "That's you. You are not Chapelle, but a dirty, cunning, evil deformed! monster!"
When the soldiers on Chapelle's side heard what Caleb Manji said, they were in an uproar.
No one believed this absurd statement.
"Mr. Chapelle, give the order! Caleb Manji has been blinded by power, betrayed his faith, and became a slave to desire! We now have something more important than pacifying the gangs, and that is to purify the traitors with fire!"
Faced with the soldiers' resentment, Chapelle raised his hand to stop them.
"You said I was a shapeshifter. This... accusation surprised me. After all, it was a frame-up that could not stand up to scrutiny. I am more curious about who gave you this wrong guidance and made you say such a thing in public?"
Chapelle's tone was still cold, and there was basically no fluctuation in his tone throughout the day, as if the tone was deliberately fake.
But at this moment, the soldiers around him did not notice this abnormality. Even if they noticed it, they just thought that Mr. Shapera might be deliberately suppressing his anger, so it didn't matter if his words sounded a little strange.
Caleb Manji's eyes widened with anger, and the emotions that had been suppressed for a long time finally burst out in front of everyone:
"Don't any of you find it strange? Or do you have doubts in your heart but never have the courage to raise them? Ever since the stroke, our security officer has become indecisive, no longer firm, and no longer hates evil. I always thought he was defeated by the disease, but I didn't expect the truth to be even more terrifying - he was replaced by a demon!"
"The despicable demon climbed to the top of the Eternal Flame in full view of everyone. It is because I respect the former Chapelle that I want to destroy this demon even more. This is the revelation that the Eternal Flame gave me!"
The morale of Caleb Manji's men was boosted by his voice. One important reason why they gathered around Caleb Manji was that they were dissatisfied with the current status of the Eternal Flame under Chapelle's control. Their actions were restricted everywhere, and their wallets were much emptier than before.
Under normal circumstances, they would have been able to endure it due to their more or less faith and Chapelle's prestige. But when Caleb Manji told them the truth, they immediately agreed and decided to "clean up" the Eternal Flame.
On the other hand, although Chapelle's followers were a little uncomfortable with Caleb Manji's words, they were still able to maintain basic order.
They are the group of people who support Chapelle's changes, or the group of people who have stronger faith in their hearts. Eternal Flame and Novigrad are getting better day by day. If the people who made such changes are "devils", then what are the former Chapelle and other Eternal Flame executives like?
"Very exciting, Brother Mangi." Chapelle still had that cold look on his face, and his tone of voice had hardly changed throughout the day.
Even Caleb Manji's accusation did not cause him any panic.
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