From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 225 Gerd's Lifetime Dream

"Lan, I have a question. Are you saying that the high priest tricked us into avenging her, so he gave us an irrelevant mission objective?"

Gerd asked Lane.He never imagined that he was obviously chasing down the thugs who attacked the king, but he didn't expect that he went back to his old job of being a witcher after going around - he started hunting werewolves.

Lan shook his head: "I don't believe in God, but I respect God, and I also trust a high priest's reverence for the oracle. It is absolutely impossible for her to avenge herself under such circumstances."

The Morkvarg the High Priest spoke of was a notoriously brutal pirate.

Once, Morkvarg and his crew were domineering, raping, and plundering in the Skellige Islands, and even the patrols organized by the lords could not do anything to them.

Gradually, people began to say that the only thing Mokvarg feared was the wrath of the gods.Unexpectedly, the lawless Mokvarg sailed straight to the Isle of Indalsfair after hearing the news, wreaking havoc on the goddess's garden, trying to prove the rumors wrong to people and himself.

That day was the darkest day in the Temple of Freya.It is said that Morkvarg first bound the priestesses of the temple and then slit their throats as if they were living sacrifices.

The high priest at that time was called "Ufa". It is said that she was indignant at the evil deeds of the robbers and cursed Mokvag before she died, turning it into a beast that was neither human nor wolf.

"According to the high priest's information, besides being a werewolf on the outside, this Mokvarg is immortal and will suffer from hunger forever." Ged commented, "But I have a question, why did Freya How could the temple be breached so easily by a group of pirates? And after being plundered and killed, it was only given such a curse. The punishment for the sinner is completely inequal to his deeds."

Lan En didn't answer the question of the bear's companion, but was very concerned about the attitude shown in his words: "Are you very interested in the law?"

Gerd shook his head: "Bears use money to do things, regardless of other things. It's just that when I worked for those in power, I also learned a lot, and I formed a set of... relatively simple moral values."

Gerd is indeed different from most "bear witchers", and even different from most "witchers".

No wonder he fits in so well in Skellige.

Lan patted Gerd on the shoulder: "Then you can start planning to give him a trial in your own way now."

As he said that, Lan looked at his system panel, and after the high priest made a request, it also gave a prompt tone in a very timely manner.

[Discovery mission - Clothes in wolf skins:
The garden of God Freya was originally a sacred place that the Skellige Islands are proud of, but now there are only ruins left.The cruel pirate Mokvarg paid the price for this, but it was not enough - the priest of the goddess wanted revenge all the time, but she couldn't do it herself because of her faith. Now the witcher gave her an excuse.But since this villain is related to your current mission, extending a helping hand is also helping yourself. 】

Lan can't help sighing: Since I came to the archipelago, the frequency of mission spawning is extremely high.

Gerd was thoughtful about Lan's answer, as if he was thinking about how he would deal with Mokvarg in the future.

"Lan, I have another question."

Lan raised his eyebrows: "Why, do you need my advice on the law?"

"No...no." Ged lowered his head, and his words began to falter, "I heard... your image has been made into a Gwent card, and even an enhanced version will be updated now, I think Learn how you do it..."

Gerd suddenly raised his head, his eyes determined: "I also want to add my image to the Gwent card!"

Lan's forward movement stopped suddenly.

He turned his head and sighed sincerely: "To be honest, I don't know why they made me into a card...so I have nothing to teach you..."

Gerd showed a disappointed expression upon hearing this.

"So... do you have that card of your own? I want to see..."

"I don't collect these things... But my attendant seems to have them. His card skills should be good. You can have a good communication with him later."

House tried his best to conceal the fact that he had collected the Lord Oath Card, but it didn't seem to work.

After hearing Lane's words, Ged was full of energy.

……

At this moment, in front of them is a dilapidated garden.

The collapsed stones and scattered dead trees reveal a faint light in the hole of the dusty teardrop hole that is smudged by the sun.From it, it can be distinguished that apple trees, cherry trees and other plants that were originally full of life are growing carelessly at the moment due to lack of care, and the domestic plants are two points more wild than the original plants.

Lann caressed a holly, which was covered by fallen leaves and vines blown away by the storm. The trunk was covered with tiny cracks, and yellow fragile juice flowed out, as if it was cursing everything to people.

"How do we find that Morkvarg?"

Ged questioned Lann, and then began to talk to himself: "Werewolves can be lured out, but this one seems to be a bit special. Why don't we go to a headhunter or something and try bloodletting?"

Lan En shook his head: "If that's the case, before the werewolves come over, this deer will only have a skeleton left."

While they were talking, the howling of wolves sounded in the abandoned garden one after another.

Powerful werewolves have the ability to command wolves, and the Mokvarg they are looking for has an immortal body and is a product cursed by a goddess, which is obviously enough to be called "powerful".

Gerd nodded approvingly, acknowledging his lack of consideration.The right hand has touched the back, grasping the hilt of the Xiong Shou steel sword.

But Lane was one step ahead of him.

When the pack of wolves emerged from the shadow of the ruined walls, he slapped the ground with one hand.

The outrageously huge purple magic circle unfolded again, covering all these beasts.

Gerd obviously wasn't used to Lann's magic seal, and reflexively wanted to add a layer of "Quenn" to himself, but then he discovered that the movements were not affected by slowness at all, and there were only the movements of those wolves in the magic circle slowed down.

The expression of the bear witcher became excited.

"Lan, I have to say, the feeling of fighting side by side with Griffin School is really great!"

Gerd obviously misunderstood something, but this did not prevent the belligerence of his blood from boiling up.

He drew out his long sword, jumped up suddenly, and bent his body into a huge bow in mid-air.

A powerful heavy chop was about to fall, splitting the slaughtered wolf in mid-air into two, splashing blood.

However, in the next second, an incandescent lightning bolt covered the wolf's body, sending it flying far away.

With a sound of "boom", Gerd's long sword slashed into the soil fiercely, tearing up a large piece of turf, leaving amazing marks like a rut plowed.

The attack that condensed the whole body's strength fell into the empty space, and the emotion that had been activated to the peak was forcibly pressed down a second before it was released. Gerd only felt that he was not as depressed as he is now after losing ten Gwent cards in a row.

Looking back, I saw that the wild wolf had already fallen to the ground and twitched and couldn't get up. If there was no accident, it would die soon.

Most of its companions also look like this.

These beasts are no longer qualified to let Lann draw his sword, and the fully automatic magic fort is enough to solve everything by itself.

"I take back what I just said, Lan..." Gerd said sullenly, "It's not very pleasant to be side by side with you."

Lann waved his hand: "Replenish your energy, and there will be big guys later."

Saying so, the lion-eyed demon hunter pointed to the corpses of the wolves in front of him: "Did you find anything?"

Hearing his companion's question, Gerd also realized that there was a clue in front of him.His amber eyes lit up suddenly, and the witcher's senses opened.

I saw pheromones of different colors floating on the bodies of these wolves, and one of them existed on all the wolves at the same time, and extended to a direction that went deep into the garden, as if to guide everyone.

"A werewolf can summon a pack of wolves, so the pack of wolves will be contaminated with its smell..."

"Wait, that's not right!"

Gerd suddenly pulled away the sharp snout of one of the wolves, which had extremely fresh blood on it.

And in their demon hunter senses, the pheromones emanating from the blood were also extremely familiar to them.

"Human blood!"

Gerd looked up suddenly.

"This is the abandoned temple of the goddess Freya. Everyone on the island should know what happened here. Who would come here to challenge an undead werewolf?"

Lan En frowned: "We didn't find any traces of people all the way in, which shows that they are very familiar with this place and came in along a road we don't know."

Ged also began to think: "You mean, believers of the Freya sect? Only they will come to challenge this monster so bravely..."

Lan En gave a different opinion: "No, you forgot. Apart from believers, there is another kind of people who are familiar with this place—they may also return to look for this werewolf."

Ged was stunned for a moment, and then quickly realized: "You mean...those pirates? Because they broke through the temple, they are more familiar with this place than outsiders...but what are they coming here to rescue their leader?"

"It's all possible, and we can only verify it when we find them." Lan looked at the blood on the mouth of the wild wolf, "If we can still find them 'alive'."

All the red pheromones stretch out a path, showing them a direction.

Ged and Lan looked at each other: "Let's go!"

……

The garden was built against the mountain, and the two followed the scent all the way up with their witcher senses, and soon found a cave.

Faint candlelight came from the cave, as well as faint growls and human murmurs.

The target is in there.

Neither Lan nor Ged were ordinary demon hunters, but out of the principle of caution, they still bowed their waists carefully and groped in the dark.

Faintly, intermittent voices came from the darkness.

"The key... ho, ho... Raymond, where is the key... where!"

The owner of the voice seemed to be in great pain, and every time he uttered half a sentence, he would let out an uncontrollable roar, but the roar was extraordinarily rough, obviously not like a human voice.

Gerd gestured cautiously toward Lannbee.He didn't think it was a human being who spoke, but it was obviously asking a question, which meant that there were innocent passers-by in the cave.

The Witcher, who was not at all like the Bear Pie, didn't want to cause fratricide.

Lan En shook his head slightly at him, as if he knew what was going on.

Leading Gerd forward slowly, a huge black shadow suddenly appeared in the line of sight.

It has human-like limbs and muscles, but its hands and feet cast the shadows of its claws in the candlelight. Its body is covered with dark hair, which can perfectly hide in the dark; , seems extremely hungry.

Werewolves are classified as "cursed" among monsters. The vicious curse can turn people into this kind of half-wolf monsters, and the descendants of werewolves will also become werewolves from now on.

Among the monsters, it is not considered a powerful type, at least in the front, it is no match for beasts such as griffins and fork-tailed dragons that are born for killing.The danger of the werewolf lies more in its ability to hide in human society and cause unexpected losses.

I don't know if it's because Skellige's beasts are extraordinarily ferocious, but this werewolf is also extraordinarily tall, one-third stronger than the regular ones of the same kind.

But the "innocent passers-by" that Ged cares about is no longer an annoyance.

In front of this huge werewolf was a broken skeleton, which stood upright on a support, wearing broken armor.

Beside this skeleton, there were still a few corpses lying. The tooth marks and claw marks on them revealed fresh flesh and blood. It was obvious that the killing just happened not long ago.

"Raymond...you plague-stricken wretch...why don't you make a sound! My things are all there...I need...the key..."

Suddenly, the chattering werewolf stopped, it sniffled, and its ears twitched twice.

It turned abruptly.

Facing Lan and Gerd, the werewolf roared loudly: "Raymond...don't try to run!"

Lann showed a half-smile expression.

No one else could be affected, and Gerd had no scruples anymore.

With his left hand on his chest, he punched himself with [Queen], then turned his head and shouted to Lan: "Then let me be that 'Raymond' for once...it's mine, don't do it again this time !"

Lan leaned against the rock wall with his arms folded and made a "please" gesture.

……

In the darkness, the werewolf roared, and rushed towards Ged with a billowing wind.

And Gerd didn't give in, so he slammed down head-on against the werewolf's momentum, and used his bare arm to touch the werewolf's sharp claws.

There was a "boom" - Lann's expected scene of [Quen's Seal] being blown up did not appear.

I saw that Ged's body, which was originally surrounded by dots of golden light, was suddenly covered with a round golden shield.

And this layer of shield didn't seem to have any protective intention, it just appeared in the air for a moment, and then quickly began to expand rapidly, enveloping a layer of golden shock waves and slapping the werewolf away.

On the other hand, Ged himself, the dots of golden light surrounding him didn't lose the slightest bit.

……

Lann raised his eyebrows. This is based on his own [Quen's Seal] and set up a method similar to [Active Shield]?

Xiong Pai's research on [Quen] is really unique. At least Lann has penetrated these skills, but there is still no way to perform such a double blessing at the same time.

……

At the same time, the werewolf who rushed over aggressively was caught off guard by Ged's tactics and lost his balance, completely exposing the emptiness of his chest to the long sword in Ged's hand.

Everything that happened after that fell into place.

The candlelight in the cave was flickering, and the silver light of the long sword reflected the firelight, and there was a roar of "clang".

Ged's witcher's body exploded with the power of a bear, pushing the half-man, half-wolf monster back and nailing it to the rock wall.

And the werewolf kept scratching Gerd with his sharp claws in pain, causing the [Quen] on his body to ripple, but they still couldn't break it.

I have to say that this method of combat is quite pleasing to the eye, and it also makes people excited.But demon hunters of other schools have no way to learn it.

Even Lan believes that within the Xiong School, few people can achieve Gerd's level.

The demon hunter who had just finished the battle took two steps back to keep himself out of the werewolf's attack range.

A large piece of stinky blood splashed down from the werewolf's body, and took away its strength, making the monster's struggle weaker and weaker, until finally only the strength left was whispering.

"I remember saying that it is immortal?" Gerd pulled out the remaining bear-headed steel sword behind him in case of emergency. "It seems that it is just a little taller and stronger. It is far from the so-called' Immortal' is a far cry..."

Lan stepped forward and gave different opinions: "The immortal body can manifest in various forms, maybe it will give you other surprises in a while."

"Raymond... Raymond..."

The werewolf was still chanting the name that made it memorable, but his eyes gradually became clear.

As the blood continued to drain, its strength declined and sanity returned.

"You... aren't Raymond?"

"I'm glad you're finally able to think. It seems that knives and swords are the best way to awaken your mind." Lan said expressionlessly.

Ged showed a look of surprise: "It's rare for a werewolf to be able to communicate with people normally in the transformed state."

The werewolf was nailed to the rock wall, maintaining a painful and awkward position.

"Huh, huh... ever since I was cursed... I've always been like this, there's nothing... I can't change my shape."

"I don't know how long I've been in this state... I'm trapped here, and all the food will turn into ashes as soon as I eat it... But the hunger is tormenting me all the time..."

"It's not the werewolf state that makes me lose my mind...it's the hunger...I even bite my own hand sometimes...just swallowing a small piece of meat, but it's like drinking pitch..."

The werewolf's speech was intermittent, and after becoming weak after the battle, his voice became more vague and rough, making it difficult to listen to.

"It seems that death has brought your sanity back. Sure enough, death is more terrifying than starvation." Ged folded his arms, "It's just that after learning about your 'deeds', no matter what punishment you are now, in my opinion It’s all right to come.”

"Huh, huh...but you have something to ask of me, right? Otherwise...you can kill me immediately." As the blood flowed, the wildness of the werewolf seemed to be completely suppressed, "Are you decent people? Hehe...but no matter how much you hate me...you still have to resist communicating with me."

"Look at your outfits...you're freaks from those mutants, right? No wonder you're so strong...but it doesn't matter, it's better this way!"

"I want you to find a way to help me lift this curse and give me back my freedom. I can give you my treasures that I looted before, and everything else you want!"

As he talked, the werewolf became more and more excited, as if he was returning to the light.

Gerd turned his head to look at Lane: "Do you think he really knows what we want?"

Lan is not in the habit of guessing, nor is he in the habit of being led by the nose.

Looking at the chattering werewolf, he directly stretched out his left hand to pinch out the seal, and a dense white light instantly enveloped the opponent's eyes.

[Yaxi Sign · Charm]

The Axi sign strengthened by the ring of elements is much smoother to use than before. Before, Lan was able to hypnotize the warlock Liens with his powerful magic power reserve, and now he is not in the face of werewolves. Next.

With the rolling flow of magic power, the werewolf's eyes became confused.

"What can you tell us about the Svalblo sect?"

"My god Svalblo...I can tell you all."

Lann and Ged were surprised by Mokvag's name for Svalblo. The werewolf in front of him was actually a believer of evil gods during the pirate period?

The werewolf continued on his own: "I'm from Wilka..."

(End of this chapter)