From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

From the outside, water ghosts look like corpses picked up from the bottom of a pond. Mucus and mud ooze from the pores of their bodies, giving off a rotten sour smell. Humans often mistakenly believe that water ghosts are born of lost travelers who fall into the mud, children who swim too far from the shore, or drunk farmers who fall into the swamp and are drowned.

Of course this is not the case, as with most rumors about monsters, humans' understanding of water ghosts is completely wrong.

Most of what humans think about the world is wrong, they just don't realize it.

Today, the water ghosts seem to realize their misunderstanding of the world.

They had always thought that food was fished out of the water, dug out of the ground, and taken from the two-legged beasts of the road.

And today, the food - fell from the sky!

"Bang" and "bang", the two bleating sheep in mid-air stopped all sounds, and fell into a big puddle of meat at the bottom of the valley.

The water ghosts playing foolishly on the bank of the river were even more happy to see this. They swarmed like piranhas smelling fishy, ​​eating the meat mud on the ground unsuspectingly. Several water ghosts surfaced to join the feast.

Thank you for the gift of nature!

Lan En and his party were lying on the cliff directly above these water ghosts, and it was the sheep they threw down.

With this viewing distance, normal people can only see small blue and green things the size of a finger rushing into a lump of red things, and then dye themselves red.

But Lan and Geralt, with the help of magic props, could clearly see those water ghosts devouring flesh and blood, gnawing horns, and even devouring wool.

If there are evil spirits like "starving ghosts" in this world, one of the following piles counts as one, and they will all have to change in the future.

Lan En looked away and covered his mouth. He just saw a few water ghosts grabbing an untreated large intestine, which was delicious.

Geralt poured a bottle of potion into his mouth and looked at it for a while, then said to Lan with his half-black pupils and eye sockets: "Most of the water ghosts lurking in the water have come out, but there are still a few." A lot of them didn’t come out. So we still can’t dive in to explore the ruins.”

Lan En took a sip of water and suppressed nausea: "But at least it shows that this method is effective, right?"

Geralt nodded.

"Well, let's set up camp here today, we may have to stay for a few days." Lan En turned back and ordered, taking another sip of water, "Also, I don't need to prepare my lunch today."

Before the soldiers came out, they had already prepared for a protracted battle, and they had already brought camping tools with them.

People like demon hunters and druids who are used to eating and sleeping in the open have no problem with camping.

A group of people gathered around the bonfire and began to maintain their equipment, each resting their minds. Sward replaced House's work to feed Heifeng, but Heifeng seemed to want to come and let Lann feed him.

Geralt seemed to have something to talk to the druid, and it happened that the druid was very interested in Mossak.

Lane thinks this guy is a fan or something. At this point in time, Mossak already had fans among the druids.

The passing of the day passed quickly.

On the second day, Lane and his party threw three sheep from the cliff. The water ghosts seem to have their own communication system. The water ghosts who had a full meal yesterday spread the news of the big meal, so all the water ghosts at the bottom of the river came out today.

They dance around the red sand with their bloodstained faces: the gifts of nature have multiplied!

It was densely packed like a large group of ants, and the scalps of everyone on the cliff were numb.

The druid was sitting on the cliff to rest his mind, and all the cattle, sheep and livestock thrown down were transported by him from the distant village. He sighed helplessly: "This is the first time I open a portal to do this kind of thing."

Lan En asked with some concern: "You...would you feel disgusted by our use of cattle and sheep as bait or slaughter of water ghosts? Think they are too pitiful? If you don't want to participate, I can understand."

The druid gave Lan a strange look: "When did the world's misunderstanding of our druids increase again? Not to mention that the sacrifices were domestic animals kept by humans, and the water ghosts killed were sent by mages." Alien species, our behavior is completely in line with the teachings of nature.

Even the most extreme druids are just obsessed with those monsters that are about to become extinct, and water ghosts are too—"

A disgusted expression appeared on Druid's face.

Lane nodded thoughtfully.

On the third day, four cows were thrown down today.

The herdsman selling cattle and sheep at the house the druid visited was beaming.

Today's situation is very special. Before Lan and the others threw the bait down, the water ghosts in the river gathered at the bottom of the valley at the same time in advance, singing and dancing around yesterday's blood-soaked red land, waiting for the food to fall from the sky.

In a sense, this is also a kind of wisdom.

Lan put down the crystal bird skull and handed it to Geralt beside him: "Are they all out?"

Geralt squinted to observe the shadows in the river through the eyes of the skull, and said affirmatively, "They're all out."

Lane nodded, almost.

On the fourth day, no sheep or cattle were thrown down.

The water ghosts danced under the valley for a day, they were dazed for a day, and they were hungry for a day.

The plan was successful, but Lan was a little entangled. He asked Geralt: "These water ghosts...don't they go hunting or something by themselves? We don't just throw them away and wait for a day."

Geralt was silent for a while and said, "It may take another two days of hunger to react. To be honest, this is the first time I have seen such a silly water ghost."

The Druid on the side added: "They are probably raised by warlocks in underground rivers or places with a lot of food. They have been reproduced for several or even ten generations. They have no knowledge of the outside world at all. It's normal to be stupid."

The water ghosts were just starved for a day, so stupid that most people would feel guilty.

Fortunately, Lane is not an ordinary person.

On the fifth day, Lan En and his party bought four cows and three sheep.

They first roasted one of the cows to fill their stomachs.

Then they disemboweled the other heads and took out their internal organs, just like filling the stomachs of roasted cows and lambs with spices, and stuffed a lot of leaves and hay into the bodies of these livestock as a buffer, almost killing all of these livestock. Packed to the brim.

Then, they took out the alchemy backpack belt, and took out [Dragon Dream] and [Dancing Star].

Thus, the six cattle, sheep and livestock turned into six blood bombs.

Lane spread out the team, leaving only two people on the top of the cliff to throw cattle and sheep down. The others slowly touched down the valley and hid themselves in the bushes on both sides.

If there are water ghosts running into the river for a while, they will come out to block and wipe them out, and no one will be left behind.