In front of you is.

High-level vampire, Regis.

To put it humorously - Regis.

After subduing Vigfortz and cleaning up the battlefield outside the town of Brokilon, everyone easily found Regis and collected all his parts.

At first, Mossak thought it was some high-quality material from some monster and almost took it away to study.

After hearing Ciri's explanation, Lann decisively kept the "Regis" exactly as they were, because he knew the most core and important ability of high-level vampires.

——Immortality.

Not to mention being half-carbonized after being torn apart by hands, even if it was completely burned into charcoal, or even melted into glass together with the pillar, if the high-level vampire was given enough time, he would still be able to recover as before.

But the recovery time may be a bit longer.

Mossak showed great interest in this, so he opened a small soaking pool in the deepest part of the dungeon and added various precious monster blood, recovery potions, and even death row prisoners and worthless captives into it.

The reason why Regis was not taken back to the Druid's laboratory was because we were worried that he would misunderstand something after waking up and become furious. The first impression is still very important.

Unfortunately, although Regis's body still retained some "alive" characteristics, after so many days and consuming so many resources, he still showed no signs of recovery.

This frustrated a series of enthusiastic magic researchers including Mossak, because they knew that the research could not continue.

Lan prepared to attack.

It is better to awaken such a high-end combat force as soon as possible.

…

Open the System panel.

The last time Lann operated skill points was when Mahakam made a contract with the red dragon. At that time, Lann absorbed the fire magic gems that the red dragon had collected specifically for hatching dragon eggs and gained four skill points.

At that time, he already had one extra skill point, and with these four, he had a total of five.

One of the skill points was used to contract a dragon egg to share the talent of [Chaos Creature]; then another skill point was used to contract a red dragon, matching the system's demon hunter skill [Metabolism Enhancement].

As for the remaining dragon eggs, since they all had the same talent of [Chaos Creatures] and the dragon eggs had no skills, the skill points used for the contract were returned.

So Lann now has three skill points left.

Lann had been busy recovering Cintra recently and hadn't collected any extra magic items. At the same time, he had been suppressing his level to accumulate experience points and hadn't upgraded, so he still only had three skill points.

One of them is used here.

…

"Regis, I am Lann Lannister Rhaanron, son of the Ancient Blood."

Regardless of whether the now half-carbonized Regis could hear him or not, Lan still took a deep breath and spoke.

No one knows what the state of a high-level vampire is. If he is half-dead but still conscious, and resists Lann's operation for a while, then a lot of experience points will be wasted.

Every bit you save counts.

"Nanomi and Ciri should have told you about me, and now I will use my unique 'Ancient Blood Ability' to heal your injuries."

Click on the [Follower] column and spend a skill point to create a blank follower panel.

"The energy of the ancient blood will penetrate into your body soon, and it will repair your body. I need you to cooperate with me as much as possible."

Grabbing the half of the body with the head in his left hand, Lann felt depressed.

Follower, contract.

The experience value began to jump downward.

Ones and tens.

Finally it stopped in the early hundreds.

It was not known whether Regis really heard what he said, or whether the seriously injured vampire had an instinctive cooperation with all the treatment measures driven by the desire to survive. In any case, the contract process went more smoothly than Lane had imagined.

A brand new panel unfolded in front of him——

[Follower: Emil Regis Lochreko Tagif

Gender: Male

Race: High-level vampire

Level: 1

Talent: Immortality

Health: 1/10000

Mana: 1/5000

Inventory: None

Skills: Bloodline Command, Shadow Magic Intermediate, Mysticism Advanced, Alchemy Advanced, Botany Advanced, Biology Advanced, Pharmacy Advanced, Geography Advanced, Linguistics Advanced, History Advanced, General Studies Advanced, Art Appreciation Advanced

Mission: None]

[Shared follower talent]

[Shared Talent: Immortality Seed]

[Immortal Species: Under natural conditions, the owner of this talent will not die; under adverse conditions, the owner of this talent will retain the bottom line of health and recover slowly; only irreversible extreme conditions can kill the owner of this talent. ]

The moment his talent was shared, Lann felt an indescribable force begin to flow through his body, begin to merge, and begin to slowly transform and enhance his life essence.

His own health points did not increase, and his other attributes did not improve at all, but a sense of fullness of power involuntarily emerged from every corner of his body.

At that moment, Lane had a thought: I am invincible.

Fortunately, this inflated thought only lasted for a moment.

Lann quickly calmed down and began to think about this talent.

First of all, “invincible” is definitely a joke. As we all know, this is a debuff, and all those who claim to be “invincible” end up with a bad ending.

Among the known existences in the world, there is a high-level vampire leader called the "Shadow Elder" who holds the method of killing high-level vampires, that is, the immortal species.

Secondly, Lann was sure that a wandering merchant who did not want to reveal his name in multiple dimensions could easily kill high-level vampires.

Again, even though he cannot be killed, it does not mean he cannot be defeated or subdued. Regis’ current appearance is a good example of this.

Lann calmed himself down a little and regained his senses.

If the talent of "Immortal Species" was really so invincible, then the world would have been ruled by high-level vampires long ago. They wouldn't have hidden themselves in history as monsters and wouldn't dare to show up easily.

However, if I have this talent, then it will be very feasible.

At least I can be more extravagant in my future actions.

A little wasteful.

It’s an exaggeration to say that he is “invincible” from now on.

I'm invincible below the mirror.

…

Pull out the awareness of feeling the changes in your body.

As soon as he opened his eyes, Lan saw a naked middle-aged man with gray hair standing up from a pool mixed with various monster blood and healing potions.

His eyes were complicated.

"Nice to meet you, son of the ancient bloodline." Regis behaved gracefully. "I'm sorry to start our first conversation in such an impolite manner. I hope I didn't leave a bad impression on you."

"Also, thank you for using your magical power to heal me..."

Lann shook his head and said seriously, "I haven't thanked you for protecting Ciri yet, Mr. Regis."

Regis smiled gently, his eyes first showing gratitude, then becoming a little strange.

"Excuse my wording, I can't believe I'm going to say this."

"But," Regis pondered, "Why do I feel so...kind towards you?"

That's a good thing, isn't it?

Of course, Lan Lan couldn't say such words directly, so he spoke to Regis in a more tactful way.

Judging from the panel, Regis' attributes are much worse than those of the red dragon Keltulis and the ice giant.

However, frontal combat capability is not calculated solely by the panel. The demon hunter's panel strength is less than one-tenth or even one-twentieth of that of the dragon.

With his special racial talent, Regis is not afraid of any numerical monsters.

Lann also hoped that through the conversation he could indirectly understand how Regis used his talents and integrated them into his own fighting style.

For a moment, the atmosphere was harmonious.

…

But soon, an unstoppable shout of curse broke the silence.

"LANNISTER!!!"

Then came the curses of the dungeon guard.

Regis smiled slightly: "You seem to have other things that have not been resolved?"

Lan En tilted his head and glanced out the door: "Although you didn't sleep for long, a lot of things happened recently..."

"I'm sorry, I might have to excuse myself for a moment."

Regis was very considerate: "Please help yourself."

This is the deepest part of the dungeon, and the prisoners here are naturally extremely vicious or have important strategic value.

The sorceress with short black hair squatted in the corner of the cage, while the sorceress with long flaxen hair grabbed the railing and started scolding as soon as she saw Lann inspecting the dungeon, attracting Lann's attention.

They are the Imperial sorceress Fringilla Vigour and Ashlei va Anahin.

Ever since he was captured by Geron outside the city of Lyria, he has been imprisoned here in golden handcuffs that block magic.

Under Lan's instructions, the dungeon guards did not make things difficult for them, but they also did not give them preferential treatment. After a few days, their appearance was completely different from a few days ago.

He looked dirty, decadent, and had a faint sour smell all over his body, without any of the dignified and elegant appearance of a high-level warlock.

"Lannister!!" Ashley cursed again.

They were Lan's second purpose for coming to the dungeon.

Lann walked out of the dark room at the end, the firelight illuminating his shadow.

As the steel greaves stepped on the ground, the crisp sound of collision echoed again and again in the empty dungeon corridor.

Ashlei, who had just been cursing, suddenly stopped talking and shrank her neck.

The humiliation of being captured had been brewing for some time, but when the object of her anger suddenly appeared so real and substantial within five steps of her, Ashley suddenly calmed down.

It was at this moment that she seemed to remember that the man in front of her had the power to order the execution of both of them; and even if he was not in the cage, he still had absolute strength.

The cage seemed to have become a protection at this moment.

"Lannister...Duke." Ashley stopped talking, but Fringilla Viego asked at this time.

Honorifics are still used.

Ashley's eyes suddenly widened at her companion.

They were the only two warlocks captured on the battlefield, which meant that Cintra had plans for them. If they negotiated, their lives could be saved.

For a long-lived spellcaster, this is more important than anything else.

"What are you going to do with us?"

Looking at Fringilla who was asking questions cautiously, and Ashley who was standing beside him with a fearful look on her face but still holding her neck stiff.

Lann narrowed his eyes.

"Don't worry, I plan on letting you go - at least one of you."

…

Although Nilfgaard was temporarily repelled, Lann knew that the current peace was only temporary.

The gap between the strength of the North and the South was too great. Nilfgaard was, after all, a highly centralized militarism with a professional military, and its standing army was several times larger than the improvised conscripted army of the North.

Even though Lann defeated more than 100,000 enemy troops, including the heavy cavalry regiment, in this battle, Nilfgaard still retained enough manpower.

In the original history, the North paid the price of Cintra in the first Civil War to repel Nilfgaard. But in just five years, Nilfgaard once again made a comeback, and its offensive was far stronger than before.

The Empire easily annexed Lyria, Rivia, Aedirn, and Temeria during the Second Civil War, but was later hampered by extreme hail weather.

In the end, only Radovid V of Redania took advantage of the hailstorm to annex Kaedwen, integrated the remaining strength of the North, and barely built a line of defense to resist the Black Army.

Nilfgaard has sufficient resources and can lose many times; but the North does not have so many opportunities for trial and error.

——This is the gap between the North and the South.

Cintra, which is in a state of disrepair, now needs a relatively stable period of development and currently does not have the time to fulfill its duties as the "Gateway to the North" again.

If Lann wants to fight against the South in the future, he must first carry out a real integration of the North.

In the process of integration and gathering strength, Lann needs Nilfgaard to remain quiet and not come to cause trouble.

So these two southern warlocks who would join the northern warlock group in the future caught Lann's attention.

Subdue them and send them back to the south. Whether they are stirring up trouble in the south or just passing on information as spies, they are of great value.

Although Lann now has two skill points, he needs to keep one as a backup for unexpected situations that may arise in the subsequent Demon Hunter Trials.

Therefore, for now, only one sorceress can be signed as a follower.

Looking at the attitudes of the two female sorcerers in front of him, for the sake of saving experience points, he could only sign one of them.

"Ms. Fringilla Vigo." Lan called out the sorceress's name, causing the figure leaning in the corner with her knees hugged to tremble slightly.

"Maybe we can talk about this first."

As for how to sign it?

Ms. Wei Ge, you don't want to...

Oh no, the other party is now his prisoner, and it would be a waste of effort to threaten him with words.

"What are you going to do?!" Fringilla swallowed, and Ashley screamed.

The torches in the dungeon flickered, and the light cast Lann's shadow on the wall, which began to distort as the flames rose.