"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 seeping 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 -
【爱丽丝】
欧吉尔德以自己的妻子重新命名的传家宝剑，原作游戏中无数玩家宁可忍受着要饶欧吉尔德一命的不适感也想要入手的钢剑TOP级别武器。
这把刀原本就是开国武勋的传家宝，价值连城。欧吉尔德又确实在黑魔法一道天资横溢，不知道给这把刀增加了多少附魔效果和炼金改铸。
毫无疑问，这是一把在材料上面可以比肩兰恩手中湖女之剑的宝刀，而且它还有着特殊的魔法效果：它在战斗中会不断积攒红色的魔法能量，到了一定程度后可以随着使用者的挥砍爆发出强大的中距离魔法斩击。
放在游戏中，效果大概就是常态的重击变成双倍伤害，红光状态下再叠加伤害。只是不知道代入到现实中会是什么效果。
唯一个的一个缺点就是这把刀在红光状态下的魔法攻击会消耗持刀人的生命值，有点以命搏命的狂战士味道。但是对于有着【美食家】技能和【金莺】等回血魔药的兰恩来说问题不大。
总的来说，兰恩对这个战利品很满意。只是联想到欧吉尔德用自己的老婆给这把剑命名，无形中似乎又多了一层让纯爱战士狂怒的意味。
端详一会之后，兰恩手一闪就把爱丽丝弯刀先收进【物品栏】中。
雷索凑了上来，指着四散的欧吉尔德对兰恩问道：“你打算怎么做？把他身体分成很多份找个地方埋起来，就好像童话故事里面的魔王一样？”
兰恩摇摇头：“那样太麻烦了，现在这么做只是为了方便带回去。最好的还是【化器封形术】，不过结果你也看到了，我可能还需要练习练习。”
雷索道：“如果你身边的女术士还在就行了，我记得她叫特莉丝？”
兰恩点头肯定，解释道：“沙佩勒那边现在更需要特莉丝。”
……
“特莉丝女士，我这边已经就位了。”
在永恒之火神殿的一个阳台，一块阴影中闪出了两道暗淡的红光。
那是猫派猎魔人凯亚恩的眼睛。
在他面前是空无一物的屋顶。但是在听到凯亚恩的话之后，屋顶上的空气突然微微扭曲了起来，紧接着传出特莉丝的声音。
“你是怎么发现我的？”
凯亚恩理所应当地说道：“我知道你在屋顶待命，之后根据徽章震动的幅度就能够找到我们两人的相对方向，进而确定你的方位，这很容易。”
屋顶上面那块空气的扭曲抖动更加剧烈起来。
特莉丝沉默了两秒，问道：“那个欧吉尔德的弟弟，你带回来了？”
凯亚恩点头道：“对，现在他附身了一个神殿守卫，一会得让他在里面厮杀一会好好高兴一下，然后让他留下一个重返阳间而且已经享乐过的书面证据，最后再做一点小小的引导……兰恩交代的任务就结束了。”
“今后的诺维格瑞是谁说了算，就看现在的了。”
特莉丝自然是知道这个流程的，她出现在这里本就是任务的一环。但是她闭上眼睛朝着凯亚恩手指的方向细细感受了许久，却没有发现魂灵的踪迹。
“你说的那个灵魂附身在一个神殿守卫的身上，他在哪？”
凯亚恩朝着一个特别亢奋的守卫歪歪脑袋：“就那个，浑身散发着让人讨厌的气息，很明显，你感觉不到？”
特莉丝睁开了眼睛，摇摇头。
此时此刻，女术士突然对猫派猎魔人起了一点学术方面的兴趣了。
也是得亏她现在是魔法幻术的隐身状态让对方看不到表情，不然敏感的凯亚恩估计要黑脸。
这两个人在永恒之火的总部旁若无人地大声密谋，放在往常肯定是不行的，但是今天所有的巡逻守卫全都都被召集到了一起，自然没有人再关注这种小事了。
沙佩勒和迦勒·曼吉此刻各自被自己的手下团团包围保护，两波人马真正意义上地剑拔弩张。
“迦勒·曼吉！你只是神殿守卫的团长，谁给你的胆子和沙佩勒先生刀剑相向！还有你们，永恒之火的信徒，你们知道自己在做什么吗！”
沙佩勒是永恒之火的安全官，在诺维格瑞可谓是最有权势的人。他是武官出身，如今的职务更相当于是市长、执政官一类的角色，在政治上也有举足轻重的地位。
因此哪怕迦勒·曼吉作为神殿守卫的团长，手下已经有了大批的亲信，此刻面对沙佩勒依旧要慎之又慎。
永恒之火毕竟是一个宗教而不是一般的政治势力，不是说他杀了沙佩勒之后就能够自然而然地取而代之的。团结这些人的除了金钱、权利以外，还需要信仰。
至少，是一个说得过去的“信仰”。
“我今天接到线报，黑帮分子们会在城中制造混乱。”沙佩勒冷冷地说道，此刻他的表情和姿态完全就是所有人记忆中的安全官姿态。
“而且我还有线报，说迦勒·曼吉你跟他们也有联系。原本我还不相信，想着等处理完了黑帮的事情之后再回去找你确认，现在看来……消息是属实了？”
沙佩勒一方的守卫们都拔出武器，咬牙切齿地盯着迦勒·曼吉，只等着自己的安全官一声令下就为永恒之火献出生命。
迦勒·曼吉微微扫视周围，在他原本的计划里面，诺维格瑞此刻应该已经是暴乱四起，而沙佩勒手下的部队也应该有三分之一以上派出去平息混乱。而不是现在这样全员依旧整装待发，就好像在等着自己等人送上门一样。
此时要是爆发冲突，谁赢谁输还真的不好说。甚至陷入缠斗的话，自己这边的士兵还可能会被沙佩勒的威望压下去而很快失去士气。
阴沟里的老鼠果然都靠不住！
迦勒·曼吉在心里狠狠地训斥黑帮分子，打算事后再去清算他们。
不过他并不慌张，虽然计划微微出现了一些偏差，但是他手里的王牌还是没有打出来，而此刻正是时候。
“你们现在拥护沙佩勒，认为他是你们的安全官，是曾经带领你们传播永恒之火福音的战士。”迦勒·曼吉不紧不慢，胜券在握，“我曾经也告诉过我自己要跟随那名伟大的安全官，他是我所见过的最坚定的执火者。”
“既然你知道沙佩勒先生代表了什么，那还不快点让开！我们要在黑帮的混乱波及到市民之前阻止他们！”
听到沙佩勒手下的副官斥责自己，迦勒·曼吉猛地提高了声音，吓了众人一跳。
“没错，黑帮在威胁着我的信徒，但是现在神殿里面存在着远比黑帮的威胁更加致命的危险，他就在我们的眼皮子底下，甚至每天跟着我们对永恒之火一起祷告！”
他手中的长剑猛然指向沙佩勒：“那就是你，你不是沙佩勒，而是一头肮脏、狡诈、邪恶的变！形！怪！”
听到迦勒·曼吉的话，沙佩勒一方的士兵都哗然了。
没有人相信这种荒谬绝伦的话。
“沙佩勒先生，您下令吧！迦勒·曼吉已经被权利蒙蔽了双眼、背叛了信仰，成为了欲望的奴隶！我们现在确实有着比平息黑帮更重要的事情了，那就是让背信者受到火焰的净化！”
面对士兵们的愤懑，沙佩勒一抬手制止了他们。
“你说我是变形怪，这种……指控让我感到惊讶，毕竟这是根本经不起推敲的的栽赃。我更好奇是谁给了你这个错误的引导，让你在大庭广众之下说出这样的话来？”
沙佩勒依旧语气冰冷，他今天一天的语气基本都没有什么起伏，就好像是刻意假装出来的语调一般。
但是此时此刻他身边的战士们都没有注意到这种异样。就算有所察觉，也只是想着可能沙佩拉先生是在刻意压制自己的愤怒，因此说话的感觉奇怪一些也不算什么。
迦勒·曼吉怒目圆瞪，压抑了许久的情绪终于在所有人面前爆发了出来：
“你们难道就没有人觉得奇怪吗？还是你们明明心有疑惑，却从来没有勇气提出？自从那次中风之后，我们的安全官就变得优柔寡断，不再坚定，不再嫉恶如仇。我一直以为他是被病魔所击倒了，却没想到事实更加可怕——他是被恶魔取而代之了！”
“卑劣的恶魔在众目睽睽之下爬上了永恒之火最顶端的位置。是因为我尊敬以前的沙佩勒，我才更想要消灭这个恶魔，这正是永恒之火给予我的启示！”
迦勒·曼吉手下的士气都随着他的声音被带动起来，他们聚集到迦勒·曼吉身边一个重要的理由就是对现今沙佩勒控制下的永恒之火的现状不满，他们现在行动处处受制，钱袋也比以前干瘪了不少。
若是正常情况，他们受阻于心中或多或少的信仰和沙佩勒的威望，还能够忍受。但是当迦勒·曼吉跟他们点出事情的真相之后，他们立刻一拍即合，决定“肃清”永恒之火。
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.