From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 202 First contact with Scoia'tael

The fall of the ancient deer head essence means that the precious [ancient deer head essence decoction] has been collected by Lan En.

Then Lann raised his head and looked at several griffins and dragons flying in the sky.After surviving the initial chaos, the armies of various countries organized effective attacks under the command of their respective officers. At this moment, the monsters were shot down with arrows by the recovered army.

Careless soldiers stepped forward to kill the monsters to gain glory, but the flying monsters still have a powerful combat power even if they land on the ground. crack.

The Sintra side were happy to save them.

The human army lacks experience in dealing with monsters, and also lacks experience in using monster body tissues.They don't know the value of the monster's corpse, and they may not even know what the mutation inducer is.

Things would have been very different if the kings had brought warlocks or alchemists with them.But they don't.So Lan En and his party are the biggest beneficiaries of these monsters at this moment.

The proud kings at most chop off the monster's head as a collection, or divide some scales and leather, these are harmless.

Instructing a few Sintra cavalrymen and the demon hunter Serrit to stay and wait for the flames to burn out to deal with the corpse of the ancient deer head spirit as soon as possible, Lann jumped onto Hei Feng's back deftly and shouted at his troops :
"Go ahead and help, my allies need us now! For the North! For Cintra!"

The cavalry responded vigorously: "Yes! Your lord! For Cintra! For Lannister! For the lion!"

The fighting continued until dawn.

With the first ray of sunlight shining down from the sky, the last monster was finally squeezed out of the last scream in its throat, and fell to the ground with a bang.

Lane rarely uses Signs in the second half of the fight.

On the one hand, these monsters are not as good as the ancient deer head spirits, so they don't need to be so serious; on the other hand, Lan En wants to show the "heroic" that ordinary people can understand on a human level, just like the previous rescue team of Mi Wei.

For these knights and soldiers, chopping off the monster's head with a sword is far more worthy of respect and worship than smashing the monster with a hand cannon.

This is a hunt of a witcher, and it is also a personal show of the lion Lann.

In the course of the battle, he changed back to the posture of holding swords with both hands. The golden rune long sword and the black magic scimitar surrounded by red lights were more dazzling than torches in the dark night.

The system-blessed sword dance and New Year's greetings swordsmanship, after many upgrades and mutation enhancements, have already broken through the limits of the human body, allowing him to fight non-stop until dawn, leaving his footsteps in every corner of the battlefield.

The last monster was also a fork-tailed dragon. Its neck was pierced by Lan En's Lake Maiden sword at this moment, and Lan En nailed it to the ground like a punishment.

Lann, on the other hand, stood on the shoulders of the fork-tailed dragon, watching the experience on the system panel slightly jump up by a value, confirming that the monster under his feet was dead.

The system prompt sounded like a holy sigh:

[Character level increase +1]

The monsters slaughtered tonight pushed Lann up a level once again by killing.

It's a pity that I didn't receive the task of hunting demons, otherwise I would have gained more than that tonight.

Shaking his head, he let go of the thought that he was not greedy enough.Lan En stomped on the body of the fork-tailed dragon and pulled out his saber.

A hand wearing a steel gauntlet handed over a cloak, and Lann took it very naturally and wiped the blood on the sword, but suddenly realized something was wrong.

Lan turned around, and the man who handed him the cloak was not a soldier from Sintra, but a Redanian knight wearing an eagle coat of arms.

Seeing Lann's surprised gaze, the knight took a step back and praised: "Lord Lannister, I am amazed by your bravery. I have witnessed your record of one against ten, and I have also seen you fight from night to dawn. A figure that doesn't stop for a moment. If it weren't for you, I don't know how much we would have lost tonight."

There won't be much loss, at most there will be a little confusion, and the death of a strange king will be nothing more than that.The casualties of the soldiers were less than [-]%.

Lan En thought so in his heart, but a polite smile appeared on his face:

"My force is not worth mentioning. This is the momentum of all the fighters in the north united, so it can resist terrifying monsters. Gathering forces to resist powerful enemies is the purpose of our gathering here, isn't it?"

"Your modesty is also a shame."

The knight bowed his head and retreated to his team. All the comrades around him looked at Lan with the same eyes as him.

After such a night and after seeing such a battle, it was hard for them not to show such expressions.

They sighed in a low voice: "Seeing is worth seeing, Lion of Cintra."

Lan wrapped the rune sword with the cloak handed over by the knight, wiped away the blood, and revealed the dazzling golden light underneath.

"Sword of the Lady of the Lake"

The knight heard envious praise from someone around him, but he couldn't hear any greed.

"Only true knights will get the sword from the fairy of the lake."

After wiping the spine of the sword clean, Lan looked at the runes on the sword with the first ray of sunlight in the morning to confirm that there was no dirt left on it.

The sunlight and the rune sword almost merged into one, and the soldiers narrowed their eyes slightly.I don't know if it's because of the sunshine, or because of the sword of the lake girl, or because of the blond knight.

"No, that's not the Sword of the Lady of the Lake anymore. In the hands of Lord Lannister, it won't be anymore." A knight rescued by Lann from the monster's mouth muttered to himself, "It's the Sword of Dawn."

"His sword is like the light of dawn, and it is because of his sword that I can see the morning sun today"

Lan didn't hear the muttering of these soldiers, and even if he did, he wouldn't think it was a bad thing.He looked into the distance, looking for his troops, and soon saw the Cintra cavalry walking around the corpses of various monsters.

Colgrim gave Ranby a reassuring gesture, indicating that everything that needs to be dealt with has been dealt with.

Lane nodded.

Senior military officers from various countries shuttled between troops to regroup and take stock of the damage caused by last night's chaos.After confirming their safety, the kings in military uniforms also came out under the protection of their guards to boost their morale.

Except Henselt.

Demavi looked at Lesso beside Lann. This demon hunter's arms were thicker than his waist.This kind of warrior who can be seen with the naked eye is the favorite warrior of these kings who like to drive themselves.

"A demon hunter?" Demavi was thoughtful. "It seems that I also need to hire some demon hunters in my kingdom. They really have a different way of dealing with monsters."

"Let's take a rest as soon as possible, and then return to our respective territories, Your Majesties." Lann suggested, "It's too dangerous outside. And the slightest disturbance in the current situation will cause complete chaos in the northern border, throwing our few God’s painstaking efforts go to waste.”

Lane was referring to the incident last night when Kaedwin almost called in soldiers stationed at the border.When the troops of the four countries are all ready to fight, if one side irrationally breaks the balance and causes misunderstandings, it may trigger a super melee.

Then in the next decade or even decades, there will be no possibility of peace and cooperation in the northern border.

"The Scoia'tael is indeed a disaster." Demawi frowned. "Ardirn is too close to Kaedwen, and maybe it will be affected by that idiot Henselt in the future. Maybe I have to plan early when I go back."

"We must first secure our home when fighting against the outside world. I actually agree with this point. It's just that His Majesty Henselt's murderous intent is too strong." Lane sighed, "When dealing with non-human races, we need to distinguish between friends and enemies."

Demavi was noncommittal about Lane's words.

Mi Wei glanced at Lan En and shook her head at him.

There are rumors in the North: Demawiy, although strategically far-sighted, has a reputation for cruelty and jealousy.It is no wonder that he has been entangled with Henselt for so many years. He may be better than Henselt in terms of overall situation, but he is not much stronger in character.

The leaders were thinking about their arrangements after returning to China, and they were no longer interested in chatting.They just arranged for their subordinates to count the casualties this time, regroup, and at the same time contact the border guards to strengthen the search of the surrounding forests and eliminate the remnants of the Scoia'tael.

After the agreement between the countries is finalized, they will get up and return home.

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The Kingdom of the North has regrouped here.

And deep in the forest, Scoia'tael is licking its wounds.

The dwarves who stayed in the camp with little combat power looked anxiously at the direction of the forest, and it took a long time before they heard a rhythmic bird-like whistle, with joyful expressions on their faces.

But when they saw Iorves and the others coming out of the forest, the joy on their faces gradually froze.

The Scoia'tael who came back were not only wounded, but also less than a third of what they were when they went out, roughly 40 to [-] people.

"Iorveth!" A dwarf screamed and rushed forward to help the leader. "What happened?"

The Scoia'tael captain, who had a fierce temperament, now has dejected eyes: "We failed. We failed to cause a melee in the northern border, and failed to kill Henselt or any other king. The partners all sacrificed, sacrificed nothing. significance."

"How?" the dwarf continued to scream, asking the same question, "What happened?"

As soon as these words were uttered, a figure flashed in the minds of the returning Scoia'tael.

"We met someone." Iorveth closed his eyes in pain, "A person who was out of the plan... a person who might not be able to deal with even if he made a plan, I have never seen such a person ..."

"Who is he?" the dwarf screamed as he bandaged Iorveth's wounds. "What did he do?"

Before Iorves could answer, a dazzling emerald light suddenly lit up from his side.It happened so suddenly, and this kind of vision was something they had never heard of, so they forgot to react for a while.

In Scoia'tael's astonished eyes, the light gradually took the shape of a person, and a low, magnetic voice came out of it.

"That man was me, Lann Lannister Rhianlun," said the shimmering figure, "and I saved you."

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Not long ago.

After tidying up the battlefield, Lan returned to his room.

After simply ordering his soldiers and the Snake Sect to deal with the confiscated mutation inducers, Lan himself closed his eyes and began to sense his own chaotic energy marks.

When he rescued Henselt at the top of the fortress before, he deliberately marked Iorveth, and he was waiting for this moment.

Soon, several clusters of familiar energy appeared in his consciousness.

This is the energy perception attached to the [Teleportation] skill, allowing him to control which marker he teleports to.Through these marks, he can also vaguely perceive the marked person or the situation of the marked object.

Among them, the nearest groups of marks were by his side, and they were his attendants and the snake demon hunters.

The mark not far away is Black Wind in the stables of Haji Fortress.The child was motionless, probably resting after being tired from playing last night.

A little farther away is Kiyan in Novigrad.The light spot representing him was jumping up and down restlessly, not knowing what it was doing.

The farthest mass of energy almost left Lann's sensing limit, it was Triss.It's just that Lan's brain is not strong enough to draw a map with his mind. I wonder if the sorceress is in Sintra, Kaer Morhen, or Arethusa?

But it wasn't them Lane was looking for.In his perception, a group of newly branded energy marks are rapidly moving away from him, it is Iorveth.

After turning on his perception ability for a short while, Lan felt that his mana was constantly passing away, as if he was continuously using [Magic Burst] to bless the magic seal.

He paused for a while, took a short rest, and when he turned on the [Teleportation] senses again, the mark representing Iorveth was motionless.

This meant that the Scoia'tael captain had returned to his camp.

Lan En chuckled lightly, ordered a few words to his attendants, and then activated his skills in the eyes of everyone, turning into emerald light spots and disappearing in front of everyone.

Colgrim crossed his arms, smacked his lips and asked Leto, "Do you think Master Iva has similar skills, but we have not been qualified enough to learn them before, and he has been waiting for a chance to teach us. ?”

Lei Suo was expressionless: "You can ask him next time you see him."

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After activating the skill, Lan En's eyes were instantly covered by a huge amount of light, which blinded him for a moment.

But this is not the blindness of being "blinded", but the feeling of being blindfolded.It was amazing. Although the light in front of him was very bright, it was not dazzling at all to Lan En.

This blindness only lasted for a moment, and when Lan regained his sight again, he saw a slow world.

The elf was running in the camp, with his feet off the ground like a balloon floating forward; the dwarf was comforting the halfling, patting his comrades on the shoulders so that the clothes there slowly spread and wrinkled around like water waves; the dwarf While bandaging the leader's wound, he said words that were extremely difficult to distinguish:

"He...is...who? Did he...do...what...what?"

Maintaining this slow-motion state, Lane's magic power is also constantly draining.

And Lann noticed that other people were not completely unable to perceive him. The eyeballs of many Scoia'tael had already turned towards him, and their bodies began to lean over.

The most important thing is that Lan's own body is also in a slow state at the moment, and he cannot be exempted from this slow world.

So Lan quickly restrained the chaotic energy, causing the emerald light on his body to dissipate.After attracting everyone's attention, he said to Iofes and the dwarf who was healing him:

"That man was me, Lann Lannister Rhianlun. And I saved you."

Lan looked at the shocked Iorves: "And I'm here this time to continue saving you, lest you bring your compatriots to a dead end."

It's a pity that Lane's words were not listened to.

The Scoia'tael was in turmoil.Especially the elf swordsmen and halflings who had been beaten by Lann on the top of the fortress, they were even more enemies at this moment.

"Humanity!!!"

"How did this human appear, is he a warlock? But why is he wearing armor?"

"How did he find our camp?"

The Scoia'tael camp seemed to blow the horn of attack, and the soldiers who had just retreated from the battlefield once again showed the momentum of fighting for their lives.Even dwarves with little fighting power drew out their small weapons and showed ferocious eyes when facing the enemy's inescapable situation.

Iorveth started to think in his mind, and soon discovered the blind spot:

"Humans, did you let us go when you were in Haji Fortress, did you actually plan to use magic to track us and annihilate us!"

Iorves was outraged, the shame of being calculated and his uncompromising belief in human beings made him draw his weapon and rushed towards Lann knowing that he was invincible.

The form in front of him was a bit chaotic, and it was not suitable for conversation.But this did not exceed Lane's expectations.

Comparing his heart to his heart, if Lan En suddenly appeared around his former enemy after taking a small path, his first reaction would be to draw out a big knife and slash at the enemy's head.

Unless it is a ceiling-level powerhouse like Master Mirror who can be recognized by Lane, who has the strength to wipe out Lane's team.Then he might weigh it up and try to see if he can make a detour to keep his team.

"Then have a beating first, and then slowly ask the questions to be discussed after the beating."

Lan didn't even draw his sword, he saw the timing and kicked Iorveth's body that was rushing towards him.

This kick hit his chest, and Iorves almost breathless for a while.Several elves rushed to catch their captain together, and then fell to the ground together with the huge impact force.

Lane picked up the dwarf who was being treated by Iorveth like a chick and threw it out to prevent accidental injury.

Then, looking at the Scoia'tael surrounding him, he chuckled lightly.

Even with a sword alone, he could kill all these Scoia'tael, not to mention that now he doesn't have to deliberately hide his seal in order to gain favor with the northern army.

Just trying out new skills.

Facing the oncoming swords and flying stones, Lan did not dodge or dodge.He clenched his left hand and put it on his chest. In the next second, a golden round shield that looked as thick as the earth enveloped Lan within.

The golden shield was shining brightly, and countless attacks landed on this shield, causing ripples.But those ripples due to the attack were smoothed out in an instant, as if they had never appeared.

[Quen Seal Active Shield]

It was obvious that he was the one being attacked, but Lan En only felt that power gradually surged up in his body, and he was refreshed for a while.

Turning on the system, I saw that the health that had dropped due to some minor injuries last night had been fully restored as if it had been refreshed.Correspondingly, his mana value is constantly declining.

[Active shield] can provide 360-degree defense without dead ends, and can also convert the enemy's attack into life value to supplement the caster.Corresponding to this is the consumption of mana. The more and heavier the attack is, the faster the mana will be consumed.

Lan En estimated the frequency and strength of these Scoia'tael attacks in his mind, and he probably had an estimate in his mind.This skill is far better than the defensive magic of those warlocks.

The skill test is over.

Lan no longer gave the Scoia'tael a chance to attack him, and waved his left hand to release the shield seal.

However, the [Active Shield] did not disappear immediately, but quickly expanded to twice its original diameter in the blink of an eye, pushing all the enemies surrounding Lann out in the form of shock waves.

Suddenly, the Scoia'tael turned their backs on their backs, and the encirclement disappeared without a trace.

This is the special effect of [Active Shield], but it is a bit like [Burst Shield].The only difference is that the caster can actively explode the [Active Shield], while the [Burst Shield] can only be broken passively.

The fly in the ointment is that the distance of the explosion is not far enough.

The Scoia'tael three or four steps away just swayed, and the half-length people ten steps away were not affected at all, and were still throwing stone slingshots at themselves.

Then change to an attack with a larger attack range.

"Should I say something at this time? Like 'Feel the pain, Scoia'tael' or something."

"But 'feel the pain' seems more appropriate to be shouted by Scoia'tael to humans?"

The whimsical thoughts in Lan En's mind flashed, but the movements in his hands were undisturbed.

The left hand slapped the ground violently, but this time there was no purple magic circle raised, but an invisible and huge shock wave of thought power spread out around him in a 360-degree direction without dead ends.

Shenluo Tianzheng... No, it's [Alder Sweep]!
With a "boom", an unknown amount of impact was released in the camp, which was stronger than the previous release of the shield.

It seemed that a gust of wind blew with Lan in the eye, and the turf in the camp was lifted up.The Scoia'tael who fell on the ground rolled away for an unknown distance, and the lighter halflings and gnomes almost flew into the air.

When they opened their eyes in a daze, they found that there were no tents in the camp.

"Humanity!"

Lann's kick at the beginning was not hard, but it was a coincidence that Iorveth flew far away, and because of this, the elf swordsman who supported him was also far away from Lann.

Five or six of them supported each other and bent over and bowed their heads in the storm. They survived the impact abruptly and are still standing now.

Lann snorted, thinking it was time to end the battle.

Emerald light burst out from his eyes again, thick chaotic energy almost spewed out from his eye sockets.

The world slowed down again in his eyes.

Remembering the locations of these people in his mind, Lan took a deep breath.

In the next second, his body disappeared from the spot.

flash.Ran appeared behind the elf in Iorveth's left hand, and landed a heavy blow on the back of the opponent's head.

In the second flash, Lann appeared from the waist of the elf in Iorveth's right hand, and kicked the opponent high off the ground with a warm foot.

Three flashes, Lan En's body was suspended in the air, and with one move, he split his legs and landed hard on the back of an elf.

Then there are four flashes, five flashes, and six flashes. Every time there is one golden flash, an elf will lose its fighting power.

In the last flash, Lan appeared less than one step directly in front of Iorveth, his cold lion eyes staring directly at the other's amber eyes.

In the eyes of the other Scoia'tael who fell to the ground, they could only see the terrifying human knight disappearing in place, and then there was a golden light flashing on the elves like a dance, and they all flew out within one breath. .

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