From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 178 Mirror Master's Mirror (6000 words)
After Letho finished speaking, Colgrim also laughed.

He added: "I told Lei Suo the promise you gave us, and Lei Suo told me about the emperor's mission. Isn't this a coincidence? So we took the task of dealing with you and followed that warlock all the way Going north, even passing through the portal a few times..."

In Lan's memory, Lei Suo made his debut in the northern border six or seven years later. At that time, he accepted the emperor's dispatch for various reasons and began to assassinate the king.Unexpectedly, because of himself, Emhyr started to contact these snake-sent demon hunters so early and went north.

After explaining the ins and outs of their appearance, Lei Suo and the others also began to explain their purpose for coming here tonight.

Snake Eyes faced Lion Eyes: "Is what you said to Colgrim true?"

Lan 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 now in power in Sintra. All the promises made at the national level are absolutely valid when spoken out of my mouth."

"And our princess Sirila, she is the unexpected son of the wolf demon hunter Geralt, and is now receiving protection in Kaer Morhen. It can be said that the current Sintra and the demon hunter are inextricably linked , Sintra is the natural home of the demon hunters and fertile ground for future development, and it is the destined revival of the demon hunter order."

"I am a Griffin, and I have already received the full support of my school. The wolves of Kaer Morhen have already fought alongside us. We also have the help of two sorceresses and a druid, and now there is a Apprentice warlocks are educated in Arethusa, and if you join, I will be able to bring you in touch with Cat Pie in the future."

"That is to say, if you join in, we will have a military power as our foundation, with three spellcasters to assist us, and we will gather demon hunters from the three schools of griffins, wolves, and snakes. In the foreseeable future, You can also add a warlock and cat pie."

Lane is impassioned and sincere.

Although there is a lot of moisture in what he said now, the Snake faction on the opposite side doesn't know it.

From Lane's point of view, everyone in the Snake faction except Colgrim didn't change their faces, but his keen hearing could detect the increase of their breathing.

"The power you possess...is more than what Kolgrim conveyed." Lesso said, "At that time, he didn't say that there was a sorceress by your side."

"The Snake Sect has now reached the northern border, and we do not intend to return to Nilfgaard in the future. If you allow, we will temporarily follow you to verify what you said. If the Sect can really When Cintra is revitalized, the Serpent faction will become the power of Cintra."

Lan stretched out his hand and held it together with Lei Suo: "Kel Siren was also attacked by warlocks, and I also shoulder the important task of revitalizing the school. I am very happy that I finally have a companion."

Leto's palm was almost half the size of Lann's, and it was a solid and powerful hand.This is also the first complete witcher school that Lane has officially won for Sintra.

The snake and the lion reached their first agreement in this temporary manor in Novigrad and started to walk side by side.

"I also heard Colgrim talk about the relationship between Wild Hunt and you. We will talk about this in detail later, and it is more important right now."

After basically confirming to join Lann's camp, Lei Suo said: "You are in a difficult situation now, and the people who want to deal with you are now united."

"We just finished a battle meeting, in which there was a warlock named Liens, three gang leaders from Novigrad, a ruined nobleman named Ogierd, and someone you would never expect - the Eternal Flame Caleb Manji."

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Leto explained all of Reans' secret combat meeting to Lan in full detail, not only including all the combat plans and details, but even the information they collected about everyone.

Lan was amazed. He didn't expect that Reins could create such a big scene. With Wigfortez and Nilfgaard behind him, he actually made something happen.

If he really succeeds, it may be fine to have a hole card to protect himself, but Shapet must be buried.

Shapet's face was heavy: "Because of the change in behavior, there have been many voices against me in the Eternal Flame, but I never thought that Caleb Manji would actually do this."

At this moment, the effect of [Moon Dust] has passed, and Shapet has transformed from a shapeshifter back to the security officer of the Eternal Flame.

Regarding his situation, Lan En asked curiously.In the original book, he was the appearance of Shapet when he appeared on the stage, and it has been unknown how many years have passed.

At least Lane wanted to know what Shapet's real name was.

"I have forgotten." Shapet's answer surprised Lan, "I have been Shapet for too long, and Shapet's memory and personality have always affected me. I have already forgotten my name. .But that's not bad, I'm Chapette from now on."

【Transformer】If you want to classify it according to the classification, it is 【Remnant】.Although their combat effectiveness is not as good as other powerful individuals classified as [remnants], their unique ability to transform is so unique that it makes people creepy.

Strictly speaking, doppelgangers are not monsters, but an inhuman race, but their abilities are too terrifying for humans, so they have been hunted on a large scale. Humans hate doppelgangers far more than other monsters.

You must know that the ability of the shapeshifter is not only to change the shape, but even the memory and personality can be copied.Therefore, after they transform, they will all become senior schizophrenic patients, and the part of the spirit that is a shapeshifter will constantly interweave and confront the personality of the copied object.

Folklorists, religious scholars, and occultists have reached an unprecedented consensus on attitudes towards shapeshifters, and they even claim that shapeshifters will plunder the souls of transformed people.In reality, however, most doppelgangers are good-natured, and their shape-shifting abilities are mostly used for self-defense rather than combat.

Like "Shapet", he has used his kind shapeshifter nature to fight against Shapet's cruelty and cold-bloodedness for so many years, and what finally appeared is a security officer with iron blood and bottom line, which made Novigrad to The attitude towards magic and non-human races is becoming more and more open, which also makes Novigrad more prosperous.

In a sense it was a big success.He's also the best doppelganger known.Even if many doppelgangers imitate high-ranking people, they can't live as the other party for long.

Geralt was one of the few people who showed kindness to the doppelganger, and Lane was the second Chapelle encountered.

I don't know if it's because of Lane's previous declaration of fairness to non-human races and monsters, or because he just secured himself in front of the four demon hunters. The attitude is also very close.

"Now that we know his plan, why don't we take the first step? This can eliminate your enemy and mine at the same time." Chapelle suggested: "I will gather my people when I go back, and take Caleb first. Manji took it; Lann, you take someone to kill Ogierd and the warlock, and eliminate the crisis invisible. If you don't have enough people, I can lend you some guards."

The Snake Witcher turned the disadvantage of the enemy from the dark into the enemy's light, and Chapet wanted to use this to directly try a thunderbolt.Lane, however, sees it differently.

Lane said: "Don't you think this is a good opportunity?"

Chapelle was taken aback.

The political thinking accumulated over the years quickly made him react. He looked at Lan En's face, and his tone became uncertain: "You mean..."

Lane nodded: "Can you guarantee that Caleb Manji is the only one who has opinions on you? Take down one Caleb Manji, maybe there will be a second or third one. How about borrowing Take this opportunity to catch them together and completely prevent future troubles.

I even think that Caleb Manji is here to help you. He can help you completely master the Eternal Flame, and even the whole of Novigrad.Just get rid of him so hastily?No, he should be allowed to play a bigger role! "

The current situation could make any politician ecstatic, but Chapelle hesitated.

At this moment, it was the shapeshifter under the human skin who was speaking: "This will kill or injure many believers of the Eternal Flame."

Lan En froze for a moment, but he quickly realized that he changed the direction and persuaded him: "Do you think that someone like Caleb Manji can still claim to be a believer in the Eternal Fire? His existence is to tarnish the Eternal Fire." fire!
Long-term pain is worse than short-term pain. This is not only for your own survival, but also for the stability and harmony of Eternal Fire and Novigrad in the future.If these brutal people with ulterior motives continue to cling to the Eternal Flame, they will not know what will happen in the future, and how many innocent citizens and believers will be killed or injured by then. "

This argument convinced Chapelle, but then he asked another question.

"According to Caleb Manji, he may have already guessed that I'm a doppelganger, just waiting for an opportunity to expose me. If this is true, then he will be invincible."

Lan En smiled confidently: "For this, I have a good solution."

He and Chapelle whispered for a while, and pointed to Triss, so that the curious sorceress joined their conversation.

Soon, they finished communicating.

A look of admiration appeared on Chapelle's face: "As expected of you, Lan, I now understand how you were able to keep Cintra under the iron heel of Nilfgaard."

Lann smiled modestly.

"You have helped me a lot, Lane. 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, and Cintra will Be the best friend in Novigrad, even better than Redania."

Lan En said with a smile: "I thought we had been friends for a long time."

On Chapelle's icy face was the innocent smile of a doppelganger.After thinking about it, he proposed one last thing.

"We use the enemy's plan to exclude dissidents, which is fine. But I don't want to involve innocent citizens. Lane, I am not a politician, but a security officer in Novigrad and a believer in the eternal fire."

Lan's face twitched. What kind of thing did this doppelganger and religious leader fuse together?
Lan En thought for a while and asked, "What do you want to do?"

Chapelle said: "I want to take some preventive measures in advance. Minimize the impact of gang riots without alarming the enemy."

They had been listening to the conversation between the two before, and the Snake faction, who were not very sensitive to politics, were silent.But at this moment they suddenly and keenly realized that they could contribute.

Colgrim took a step forward, and he looked at Letho with a consulting look, and saw that the other party nodded slightly in agreement.

"Let's go and assassinate these three gang leaders, it's easy. If we kill them, the riots will stop, right?

Reigns has very weak connections with our 'partners'. As long as we kill these gangster leaders one to two days before the plan is launched, the underground forces will be leaderless, and those who fall into the eternal fire will enter the arena to reorganize Order can easily quell chaos. "

The eyes of the Snake Demon Hunter were shining with excitement: "In order to protect the citizens and eliminate villains, this kind of assassination mission is rare. We can even charge a little less money."

That's the plan.

Lane made a plan for Chapelle to help him conceal the identity of the doppelganger from the followers of the eternal flame and eradicate dissidents.

The Snake Sect dispatched Oakes, Serritt, and Colgrim one day in advance to assassinate the Beggar King, Hawthorne, and Machete respectively.Their appearance fee is paid by Eternal Flame.

And Lane took Lei Suo to deal with the wild boar army and Liens together.

With this configuration, Lan felt that it would be enough to farm a small country alone.

Everyone has no objection to such a plan.

Chapelle was very afraid of the four Snakes, and left soon after the plan was finalized.

Lane, on the other hand, needs the help of the four Snake Sects.

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"Tell me, this is the cat's witcher?"

Letho held a jade statuette in his hand.

This is a naked humanoid creature with teeth and claws. It seems that he has been skinned, and every muscle texture is clearly visible.

Colgrim and the three of them also came up together, four pairs of snake pupils staring wide-eyed, full of inconceivable.

Lei Suo said: "Or, do I have any misunderstandings about [Transformer Sealing Technique]? The sealed statue is not the original appearance of the caster?"

"No, that's what he was."

Lan En sighed, took out the warlock's note taken from the underground laboratory from the [item bar], and handed it to several members of the Snake Sect.

The members of the Snake Sect didn't know how long they had been demon hunters, and they had personally faced knives and swords against demon hunters.At this moment, as the Warlock's experimental notes were flipped through, they deeply empathized.

"I don't like cats, but if I can save him, I hope I can help." Lei Suo said to Lann seriously, "How can we help you?"

Lan En explained: "When he undoes the [Encapsulation Art], he will definitely still struggle. I need all of you to help me control him and prevent him from resisting, so that I can use it later."

"It's very simple." Lei Suo nodded in response.

At this time, everyone has come to a remote open space, to avoid the battle that may break out in a while and cause riots in the city.

Lan put the jade statue on the ground, and patted the ground with his left hand to lay down the purple magic circle of [Arden Sign].

There was a purple hourglass mark in his line of sight that began to jump continuously. Lan didn't hang it on the statue. He only needed the magic circle to slow down, and it wasn't for killing people.

Lann then took a few steps back and walked out of the circle.

The four members of the Snake faction had already distributed their positions at the four corners. Seeing this, they each patted the ground, and stepped down a [Yarden Seal], which was slightly smaller than Lann, to expand the scope of the slow-moving magic as much as possible without It will affect the surrounding comrades.

everything's ready.

Lan nodded towards Triss, and the sorceress received the order and began to chant the spell.

Chaotic energy began to dissipate from the jade statue, and under the moonlight, a black shadow gradually began to expand, liberated from the palm-sized stone statue, and regained its human form.

The moment he regained his freedom, the Skinner jumped up on the spot, finding the gap in the encirclement and wanted to rush out.

Unexpectedly, at the same time, the purple brilliance clings to his upper body, and his whole body becomes sluggish and sluggish like a decayed old man.

"How is it possible!" Triss exclaimed, "The [Transformer Sealing Technique] has just been lifted, why can he not be affected by any negative effects, and can immediately enter the battle?"

"Perhaps the pain from the spell's release is nothing compared to the pain he suffered before."

Lei Suo frowned and looked at the humanoid creature in front of him. His whole body was like a peeled orange. The muscle fibers and even the gaps in the bones were faintly visible, but he did not bleed a drop of blood.

It can be said that just seeing such a person appearing in front of him, there will be a dull pain in his body.

Especially for fellow demon hunters, that feeling is even deeper.

"Sorry buddy, but you still need to bear with it." Leto sighed.

The thick fingers dexterously pinched out the seal, and the impact of thought force immediately poured on the flayed man's body, knocking him back to the center of the magic circle of [Yarden's seal].

Seeing this, the other three also released [Ard's Seal] together, releasing storms from the four corners towards the center continuously, pressing the flayed man to the ground so that he could not move.

"There is no...justice...or evil." Even under the current situation, the skinned man was still chanting that sentence monotonously, "Only...pain is the most real..."

Those scarlet red pupils shone in the darkness, and he accurately identified Lan in the crowd. He opened his gums exposed to the air, revealing the madness of choosing someone to eat.

Lan took a deep breath and recalled what was recorded in the warlock's notes:
[As I guessed, the witcher is a great collection of energy!If there is a demon trapped in such an excellent body, it will definitely become the reincarnation of the god of death, and everything is under my control!That will be a great individual that has never appeared before! 】

According to the warlock's experimental notes, the experimenter should have summoned a demon from another world to possess the skinned man. The statue and hexagram circle in the laboratory may be the props for summoning and enshrining the demon.

The demon hunter who was possessed by the demon exploded with amazing power and killed the warlock, but he couldn't leave the sealed underground laboratory, so he was trapped there all the time.

Key words captured: alien world, devil.

Consciousness sank into the [item bar], and with a flip of his left hand, an ordinary mirror appeared in Lann's hand.

It was a mirror that was hawked by vendors on the side of the road, and it would never sell a single crown, but the moment it appeared, the skinned man's struggle in the magic circle stopped.

Because the owner of this mirror is called: Mirror Master.It is the only exotic demon in records that does not need to possess a body and can travel through the world with a physical body.

Lan stretched out his hand to signal for the Snake Demon Hunters to stop the impact of mind power in their hands, and then he approached the Skinner step by step.

Without the suppression of [Alder's Sign], the flayed man stopped running. At this moment, he just curled up on the ground, shivering like a cat.

Lan walked in step by step, and the cat trembled more and more.

Triss looked at the plain mirror in Lan En's hand in amazement. Where did Lan get the magic item from?
Lann was very satisfied with the skinned man's reaction, which showed that the mirror of the mirror master did have a deterrent effect compared to his low-level alien demons.

But this is not enough.

He stood outside the purple magic circle for a long time, waiting for the seal of the snake demon hunter to disappear, then walked into his magic circle, grabbed the skinned head with his left hand, and forcibly broke it out of his arms .

"Look at it." Lann moved the mirror to the other person's eyes, and said every word, "Get out of this body!"

The flayed man stared into the mirror helplessly, for he had no eyelids at all.

"Ah! Ahhh!!"

The flayed man finally began to speak the second sentence ever, although it was only the onomatopoeia of screaming, but it also made Lann overjoyed.

Without doing anything, he directly patted the mirror on the skinned man's face with a "snap".

This seemed to have finally broken through the psychological defense of the demon, and suddenly a miserable howl sounded in the minds of everyone, the sound was like a cat.

It's telepathic magic!

Immediately afterwards, thick black mist spewed out from the skinned body, and quickly condensed into the image of a black cat in midair.

It ran amok in the [Yarden Seal] in a panic, and collided with the purple magic circle nearly a hundred times at a speed invisible to the naked eye.

It's just a blink of an eye.

Lann, who was on the side, barely saw a black cat appear in mid-air, and then a black shadow that was faster than the wind flickered in front of him, and the purple magic circle turned into light spots all over the sky and dissipated in the sky. in the air.

Finally, with a shrill cat howl, the black mist completely dissipated in the air, presumably returning to his own world.

With a "plop", the flayed man lay on his back like a piece of dead wood, motionless.

(End of this chapter)