From Witcher to Lord of the Empire.

Chapter 375 The Land of Armored Wood
With a "hurrah", Kelturis flapped his wings and swatted away the clouds.

After riding the ice giant, Johnny sat on the shoulders of the red dragon and screamed excitedly again.

Fortunately, both red dragons and giants are very tolerant of small earth spirits.

Jotun gained the wisdom of the druids, and the red dragon seemed to have been in contact with these innocent creatures during its long life.

Their attitude is friendly.Coupled with Lann's order, the little earth spirit completed a feat in one day that he had not been able to complete in his long life.

"Lan Lann, we're here! Ahead is Balder Mountain, where the three witches held the [Witches Night Meeting]!"

After hearing the little earth spirit's guidance, Kelturi suddenly flicked his tail and landed with a raging wind.

Accompanied by the roar of "roar", the aura of the apex predator suddenly caused a panic on Bald Mountain. Water ghosts, ghouls and even trolls of all sizes fled the land in a hurry.

No one will bother them anymore.

Lann patted Kelturis' neck in a funny way, turned over and jumped off the dragon's head.

After looking around for a while, he frowned.

There seems to be no difference here. Lann has not found the power that can be taken away from him at any time like he did in Kaer Morhen [Ring of Elements].

Then Lann tried to activate the [Travel] skill again, and the feedback he received was no different from before.

Is it really going to be a waste of time?
But there is a saying in the poem that says well - everything that comes comes comes.

What you are looking for is not directly in front of you. At worst, you should look for it first. Maybe you will find something unexpected?
Lan En thought for a moment, and his dark golden pupils shrank.The landscape on Mount Balder suddenly lost color before his eyes, and monotonous lines began to appear before his eyes.

It’s the [Demon Hunter’s Senses] that he hasn’t activated for a long time!
As far as Lann's current strength is concerned, it has been a long time since there has been anything that requires him to search carefully. The strength of the Northern Lion can already penetrate most scenes.

But this time, using his long-lost senses, he actually discovered something unusual on the top of the mountain.

——On a deserted mountaintop, there are many traces of human transformation and arrangement.

Lan invited the little earth spirits to search carefully, and found that most of them were leftover traces of barbecues, all-night carnivals, or other unspeakable behaviors.

Just as he was frowning again, Johnny suddenly exclaimed:

"Lan Lann, there is a very special feeling here!"

……

Lan followed the sound and walked away. Before he could make any move, the power that had been sleeping in his body suddenly began to boil spontaneously.

Lan's eyes widened as bright emerald light spots began to twine around his body involuntarily.

This is the power of the ancient blood. This has never happened before. It has been awakened!
Lan quickly looked in the direction Johnny pointed. It was a piece of solid land, but now he knew it was definitely not that simple.

Decisively summoning the ice giant, the palm comparable to a door panel suddenly penetrated into the solid earth. As the earth and rocks flew down, the things that were originally buried deep suddenly revealed their true colors to Lan.

"what is this?"

A cone-like thing rolled out. At first glance, it looked like it was made of fine iron. However, upon closer inspection, you could see that it was the horny substance of a creature, with regular thread patterns on it.

Although it is now stained with sand, gravel and soil, you can still get a glimpse of the past. This should be a beautiful thing comparable to a work of art.

Lann tentatively held it in his hand, and felt an icy feeling like a top-grade gemstone.

At the same time, the ancient blood was so active that it almost boiled.The bright emerald light spots around Lan En were completely connected, wrapping around his body like a ribbon, as if urging something.

After shaking the items in his hands, Lan suddenly had a guess.

He thought for a moment, and then he exerted force with both hands, and in Johnny's surprised eyes, he actually broke the hard-earned piece of art into two pieces with a "click".

"Johnny, take it. The key to whether I can come back from outside or get back there later depends on this thing." Lan said and threw half of the spiral awl to the little earth spirit.

The light spot beside him did not dissipate, and the power in his body did not fall asleep again. Lann nodded with satisfaction.

It is currently known that this unknown spiral cone can definitely connect his own world and the land of armored wood of the elves of the Ain El tribe, but how to get back is a problem.

He not only needs a way to go, but also a coordinate point to come back.Otherwise, if we rush into the enemy's base camp rashly, what if we get trapped?
As for whether the spiral cone would become ineffective after being broken into two halves - Lann could only say that he would rather not go than not come back.And there's always another way.

"Where are you going?" Johnny took the half of the items in confusion.

"Go and set up an outpost for the next battlefield." Lann smiled, "Wish me all the best."

As he said this, the bright emerald light strips originally wrapped around him suddenly connected together, forming a giant cocoon to wrap him up.

With a flash of light as bright as the sun, it completely disappeared.

[Travel]——Activate!
……

Lan came to the star realm for the first time. He looked at the gray chaos in front of him, with only the shining stars providing some sight.

But when Lan focused his sight, he was shocked to find that each of those stars was an independent world!
Near him, almost immediately adjacent to the world when he came, were four huge spheres each composed of earth, fire, water, and wind.

There was a slight commotion when they sensed Lann's aura, but after they were able to identify who it was, they circled Lann's world at extremely fast speeds like satellites and left Lann. Sight.

"Ha." He sneered, these should be the four elemental realms that originally coveted Lan En's power through the [Elemental Ring].

In the distance, there were more shining and flashing stars, and Lan En could vaguely see countless black spots moving inside, intertwining together the song of life that a world should have.

It's a pity that Lann tried to take steps toward these worlds, but he only felt as if there was a huge weight on his back; and when he activated his ability to resist this burden, the magic power in his body shrank downwards like a dive.

According to this consumption rate, Lan En can at most go around his world several times and hide and seek with the elemental planes; if he takes drugs in the extreme direction, he might be able to catch them all.

But there is no need to think about reaching other stars farther away for the time being.

——No, one star is different.

Lann raised his hand as if feeling something. The half spiral cone in his palm seemed to be a key connecting him to one of the stars.

He only felt the burden on his back suddenly lighten, and then with a thought, his whole person left the place.

First there was light, then darkness.
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Lan opened his eyes in a daze, adjusting to the discomfort caused by the first time traveling, and his vision became clear again.

He jumped up and looked around.

The thick steel greaves crushed something. Lan looked down and saw that it was bone.

Skull, tibia, ribs, femur, pelvis, he seemed to be walking through a huge ossuary, which seemed to have been a tragic battlefield.These skeletons should belong to the defeated side - because only the loser had no time to collect the corpses of his own people, and Lann did not see the enemy these corpses faced.

At the same time, the bones still look fresh and have not yet shown signs of weathering.It looked like they had been dead for a while, but not for long.

Lann didn't bother to care how long or how these guys died. His goal had been achieved - he came to a different world, the land of Armor Wood where the Ain El clan is located.

Closing his eyes, sure enough, the [Teleportation] marks on Ciri, Geralt, and House were all suppressed by an invisible force.

But in the midst of the perception, a mark that had been difficult to perceive before was lit up.

Lann raised the corner of his mouth. That was the mark on the body of Wild Hunt leader Eredin.

"Let you live a little longer." Lann said softly.

Once you are sure that you can connect to the Land of Armored Wood, and the key puzzle pieces have been obtained, there is no need to worry about anything else.

After that, they only have to wait slowly for Yada's child to be born, and then gather the three ancient bloods of himself, Xili, and the tree spirit sisters, a total of six ancient bloods, and activate the power of time and space to open a large cross-border portal and lead the army over.

As for the specific scale of the battle to be launched, it still needs to be considered in the long term.

After all, even the Ain Sheidi elves who are currently in Lann's own world cannot tell the size of their relatives, their number, and their distribution.

It would be best if we could push this enemy away in one wave.If it doesn't work, he will expose his own abilities and scare the snake, and at the same time drive another group of cross-border people with the ability to travel through the world crazy, which will only cause more trouble for himself.

You know, he also has Nilfgaard as his great enemy!
"Then go back first... huh?"

……

The ground shook slightly, and Lan leaned down to touch the ground as if feeling something.

He was all too familiar with this kind of movement - cavalry!
There were not many, no more than a hundred. They looked like they were patrols or reconnaissance teams.

Lan looked around again and changed his mind.

It's the same sentence - come and come.

Since this is a battlefield, it is quite normal to be missing one or two, dozens, or even hundreds of people, right?

Grab a tongue or two and ask for some information, so that you can be more relaxed when you come back to this world later.

Lann looked around, then turned and hid in the ruins of the wall. He recalled the assassin skills he had learned during his usual interactions with Leisuo and the others, and calmed down his breathing.

Then he realized that his judgment was wrong.

What appeared before me was not the cavalry.

……

The horses rumbled in, their murderous intent rising.

They are strong and wild, and each one placed in the north is a BMW that can arouse competition at auctions, and is a work of art that can make knights fall in love.

But if warlocks and scholars see them, they will become even crazier.

Because they each have a long spiral horn on their heads.

Lann looked at the "key" in his hand that connected the two worlds, and felt enlightened.

No wonder.

Unicorns are sacred objects that carry all the beautiful descriptions in mythology.They hate evil and always symbolize peace. According to legend, only the purest virgins can approach them.It’s just that the dirty world is not worthy of them, so unicorns are rarely seen in human history.

Of course, practitioners know that most legends are nonsense.

Lann knew that the unicorns were an intelligent race that was hostile to the Ain El tribe in the Land of Armor.They also have the power to travel between different worlds, but the development of this power is smaller, the conditions for activation are more stringent, and the cost is more profound. It is far less powerful than the Ain El tribe and the current Ancient Blood. Take control.

The unicorns seen in human history were just young horses that could not control their abilities and accidentally traveled through time.

Lann also knew that the Ain El tribe began to hunt down the unicorn tribe after losing their ancient blood. They were also one of the important tools for the Wild Hunt to cross the world.

The enemy of the enemy is the friend.

Lan touched his chin. Perhaps the breakthrough to the Armored Wood Land lies with these unicorns.

……

The unicorns rumbled here, just like a piece of moonlight passing over the earth. If a poet saw this scene, he would be inspired to write a masterpiece that will be handed down for generations.

None of them communicated, but all of the unicorns slowed down and stopped for an instant.

They looked around quietly, occasionally bumping into each other with the horns on their heads, as if they were sensing something.

"Excuse me, are you looking for this?"

A bright emerald light spot suddenly lit up twenty steps in front of the unicorn leader, making all the unicorns startled.

They all formed a circle and watched warily as the emerald light spot slowly extinguished.

Rows of spiral sharp corners faced the smiling Lann. These beautiful things were also rare weapons in the world, enough to pierce through all iron and stone.

Lan looked at these mythical creatures up close and found that they were not always bright silver like moonlight.Dark red, blue gray, and jade can also be their appearance, and the only thing in common is that they are as beautiful as works of art.

Lan put half of the unicorns in his hand on the ground, watched them attract the attention of all the unicorns, and slowly withdrew ten steps away.

Suddenly, he felt an ether elemental energy similar to the [Axi Sign] trying to break through his mind, and whispers, voices, shouts and screams suddenly mixed together.

These dissonances are confusing to an indescribable degree.

Lan's eyes were slightly cold, and he was about to muster up the chaotic energy to drive them away. The noise quickly calmed down, and understandable and clear thoughts began to flow like a stream.

"Is this language understandable?"

The unicorn leader didn't speak, but his moist eyes conveyed this meaning on their own.

"Okay, that's it." Lan nodded, "Let's talk?"

(End of this chapter)