Witcher's Atelier

The village chief's house in "Sapopan" is located on the top of a hill on the east side of the village. It is a three-story independent mansion with an iron gate and iron fence. There is a flower garden and a pond in the front, and a family cemetery in the back. It is surrounded by trees. surround.

Seeing the creation, Victor couldn't help but glance sideways at Bowerman. He didn't expect this bald man to have such an amazing appearance, but his living environment was so luxurious? Even if the land here is in the countryside and the land is not valuable, this building is not the standard that village-level cadres should have.

But when the village chief opened the door, the boy no longer had any doubts, because standing in the hall with his back to the door was a mage wearing a white robe.

He was admiring the murals covering the entire wall, and the theme of the paintings was clear at a glance: the hoarfrost predicted by Islin—the end of time when everything freezes.

…

Some time passed.

The room on the third floor is beautifully decorated and furnished. What is particularly special is that the walls are separated by wooden strips and fixed with rows of neat transparent glass pieces.

With slightly convex cheekbones, curly hair parted in the middle, and wearing dark round glasses, the well-known criminal professor picked up the wine glass and said, "So Aza, can you tell me, why are we staying here if we don't leave? Waiting for the guy from Vigi Mar’s investigator comes to have a drink with us?”

In response to this irony, the Serikanian mage with dark muscles and pierced body tattoos squeezed out two low laughs from his throat, "It depends on the situation. If you are an interesting person, maybe you can!"

Then the door was pushed open, and a thin mage with a hooked nose, narrow eyes, and a white robe walked into the room.

His voice had an uncomfortable high pitch, "Professor, Aza, if you are in a hurry to leave, leave the fifth volume of "Revelation" with me. You can leave now."

Aza. Javid's lip ring was shining, and his pronunciation of Common Tongue had a strong foreign accent, "Forget it! Albert, why are you so anxious? First tell us about this kingdom investigator, what is he here for? ? "How was the conversation with him?"

Opening a new bottle of red wine for himself, the mage known as Albert sneered and responded: "The letter of introduction was written by the new Baron La Valetti, Arrian, asking him to investigate the case of corpse dismemberment in the woods."

After raising a toast, he walked up to the wall and cast a spell, beckoning Aza and the professor to come closer.

The spell triggered the signal, the glass pieces became hazy, and images emerged.

Then the three of them could clearly see Victor who was resting in the room. Different lenses could provide different angles.

He has blond hair, blue eyes, carries a backpack, and wears leather armor and a steel sword.

After standing in front of the mirror wall and observing for a moment, the professor spoke first: "I don't know this person. His pupils don't look like a witcher. I didn't see him in Kaer Morhen that day!"

Victor in the picture took out the microphone from his backpack, then sat cross-legged on the bed and began to speak into the microphone.

Aza. Javid, the Serikanian mage, had solemn eyes as he carefully observed the boy's muscles, "I've never seen a stranger before, but he is a very good warrior. He is much better than a guy like the professor who only relies on cruelty and despicability." !”

Hidden behind his sunglasses, the professor glared at Aza dissatisfiedly, but said nothing.

"Hehehehe!" Albert's sneer was sharp and harsh. "It doesn't matter if you don't know him. It's okay for me to know him. He calls himself Leonardo da Vinci, but even if he turns into ashes, I can still recognize him as David at a glance. Corleone."

The professor's sunglasses shone brightly, "Victor Corleone, the dragonborn poet with four knife marks on his face? It sounds like you are deeply impressed by him?"

Albert's narrow eyes flashed with hatred, "Bullshit poet, he is actually a cat-sect witcher apprentice. Last year, five companions and I were hired by Count Falwick of Morn to get rid of him.

We set traps and arrangements, thinking we were cats, but in the end we were almost wiped out, and I was the only one who escaped. This is a very alert mouse, keen and good at taking advantage of the environment. "

Looking at the young man on the screen, Aza touched his chin and said, "Well... there are no knife marks on the screen. Didn't he recognize you just now?"

"He was wearing a mask on his face at the time. He may have forgotten it, but I will not forget it. I vowed to make his death painful. Since it hit my hand, it was fate. It is just the right time to use it tonight. He came to test the power of 'Lika'!"

"Lika!? What is that?" the professor asked in confusion.

"The name given to a certain creature in the fourth volume of Revelation." Aza crossed his arms and replied contemptuously, "Don't bother to study it. That is a world that a fool like you won't understand. A real genius Think."

Catching a glimpse of the anger on the professor's face, Albert was equally nonchalant. Aza's words were correct and in line with his own thoughts.

The mage swallowed half a glass of red wine and said, "Haha, if you can write something like "The Book of Revelation", the 'Handsome Brother by the Sea' is a wise man who truly devotes himself to science. If possible, I really hope to meet Handsome Brother. Being able to listen to his teachings is definitely a blessing.”

Watch Aza. Javid, he then asked: "How is it going on there? Have you figured out the handsome guy's name?"

"Hurry! That stupid witcher hasn't discovered my disguise yet. I'm using him to open the mage tower on the outskirts. It contains the last part of Azulie's manuscript, which can completely complete the missing documents we are missing."

Albert nodded in approval, then pointed at the screen, "He is using a 'microphone' to talk to people. This is an ancient device that can be used for remote communication. Only mages can charge it and use it. Standing behind Victor Yes, it should be a certain royal advisor, Triss Merigold or Keira Metz."

"We cannot be exposed to the sorceress yet. The royal advisor can go directly to the king and asking her to report it will cause a lot of trouble."

"Don't worry, I will cut off the communication methods and portal channels at night. Investigator Victor will never escape."

Aza. Javid: "Then I will stay tonight to appreciate the results of your work during this period, and we can also confirm each other's understanding of the Book of Revelation."

"Ah, a very good proposal, I am looking forward to it!" Albert nodded.

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In the room on the first floor, he was assigned to a warm and comfortable room. Victor took out the microphone from the bag behind his back. It was estimated that it was about time, so he sat cross-legged on the bed.

"Test, test, did Michelangelo hear it? This is Da Vinci calling. Da Vinci is calling Michelangelo. If you hear it, please answer."

Far away in Vizima, Keira had just finished her conversation with the king and returned to the room to receive the message. Keira shook her head. Wick was really unyielding and unswervingly chose the code name to send messages. He also changed it every day. No one knew where he came from. So many weird names.

Speechless, she turned on the microphone and replied, "Vinxi! Vincent! This is Ji Luo. The message is clear. If you hear it, please come back."

"...Sorry, please be sure to call me by my full name, Da Vinci!" His voice came from the receiver.

Blinking her eyes, Kayla suspected that she heard it wrong, but she clearly felt some subtle resentment from the voice. The other party seriously wanted her to call him by his full code name! ?

Although I don't understand the reason, since Victor cares, there is nothing to say. I have to play devil's advocate, "Okay, Vincey! No problem, Vincey!"

"..., whatever you want, Michelangelo. In today's remote course, can you tell me how exactly the mage's portal works? Why can the door sometimes be opened out of thin air, and sometimes it needs the support of a magic source? "

Da Vinci simply gave up arguing with Michelangelo. It was impossible for her to know the real reason anyway, and she would soon forget it. It would make more sense to save time and conduct remote lessons.

Today he wants to learn about portals. This problem has troubled Victor for a long time. When playing games, he always sees mages opening doors and moving freely around at will.

But when I actually came to this world, I learned from the literature that there is such a thing as a 'spell mark', and I also found it on Udvik Island. Since positioning coordinates are required, it means that the transmission is not completely arbitrary.

But how does the portal work? He was still looking at the smoke and mirrors.

For example, in the recent Battle of Kaer Morhen, the mysterious mage of Serikania needed to reconcile the magic ring in order to open the door and evacuate the entire laboratory. But when Triss was about to turn around to Vizima, she opened the door and left.

What's the difference? All of the above are secrets of the mage, knowledge that cannot be found in books. Fortunately, I now have an advisor who can guide me.

When she noticed that Da Vinci had given up arguing and Michelangelo flattened his mouth in a boring way, the sorceress preferred to chat with the boy instead of conducting these boring remote courses.

Coming from east of Serikania, Belltown's unique sense of humor may not always be funny to her, but it's certainly new.

Unfortunately, a promise is a promise, so Keira's voice was lifeless.

"Listen, to put it in a way that even a fool can understand, the world is filled with magic, or chaotic energy, and magic is the art of bending chaotic energy to one's own will.

The consumption of opening the portal requires calling in magic power from the surroundings, as well as maintaining it, so strictly speaking, all portals need to be prepared. Teleportation that seems to be instantaneous is just a matter of high communication skills so it is fast, or it must be communicated with the surrounding environment in advance. Magic resonates.

However, there are always exceptions to everything. This unique existence is the ‘Source Warlock’, and they themselves are the source of magic..."

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During the dinner at night, Victor did not see the host Albert, and the person responsible for greeting him was Bowerman.

But Victor didn't care. He was regurgitating what he had learned in the afternoon. Study the interoperability between magic and the witcher's sigil. Both can use simple gestures to drive specific effects by consuming energy.

After finishing the meal, he didn't think much about it. He returned to the room and prepared to go to bed. However, after lying down, he felt a vague uneasiness hovering around him. He seemed to have forgotten something, and something very important must be remembered immediately.

I was thinking about other things before and didn't pay attention, but now in the quiet night, the uneasiness is particularly clear, which means that danger is approaching.

Rolling over from the bed, Victor was sitting in meditation and began to read through the fragments of today's encounters in his mind.

Enter the village in the morning and buy local products.

Then he met Mr. Bowerman, the village leader, a strong man with no hair, no eyebrows, and no beard.

Then we met the owner of the mansion with a hooked nose and narrow eyes, the white-robed mage Albert.

Wait...narrow eyes! ?

The sleeping memory was suddenly awakened. Some things were not forgotten, but I just couldn't remember them for a while. The moonlight high platform, the clear hatred in those narrow eyes, and the gesture of cutting the throat.

Creepy!

Although he didn't string together all the clues at once like in a detective novel, it was certain that staying here would give others an opportunity to murder him, so the boy immediately stood up and began to put on his armor.

Raising his hand and pressing the microphone, Victor tried to call Kayla, but only a rustling noise came out of it.

As expected, the communication had been cut off, so positioning and transmission were even more impossible.

He took out the herbal bag from his bag and put it on his back, and put the microphone and bag in the bag in reverse. Since he fell into the trap, there was no reason to hide the cards.

Then the question was, in what form would it be, or what would attack him?

After the equipment was completed, he gently pushed open the door. The corridor of the mansion that was once brightly lit was now dark, and there were faint screams and clattering sounds floating in his ears.

Drawing out the Flame Strike, Victor flicked the hilt of the sword, causing the flames to blaze. Then he saw a "Lika" lying on the ceiling... It was lying there, with hairless body, many destructive scars on its degenerated eyes, thick finger joints that evolved into sharp claws, brain directly exposed, and a long tongue hanging from it...!

Seeing the appearance of the monster, Victor had an urge to vomit, because he could clearly imagine how the so-called Lika was made.

The boy had killed many monsters similar to humans in the past, such as water ghosts, ghouls, rotten demons, and female sea monsters.

Their appearances all have some similarities to humans. But at the same time, there are some decisive differences. For example, the gills of water ghosts, the structure of ghouls, the body fluids of rotten demons, or the lower limbs of female sea monsters can all make people clearly distinguish the differences.

But Lika... all the structures on this monster can be found in the original human body. From a distance, it looks like a human being with the skin peeled off.

The metabolism pushed to a very high frequency makes his claws extremely sharp, and the exposed brain is his weakness.

If it were someone else today, who didn't understand the characteristics of the creature called Lika, or "licker", he might make a sound in panic and then be attacked by a storm. But Victor had already known it in his heart. He had a premonition when he walked out of the room and saw the darkness.

So far, he can fully assert that in the near future, all the worst imaginations in his notes will be realized by these people one by one, and Lika is just the beginning.

Thinking so in his mind, Victor calmly walked to a distance closer to the monster. He knocked on the sword hilt to extinguish the flames, and only relied on the faint light of the stars and the moon outside the window to identify it.

With a flick of his finger, a crown fell not far in front of him.

Then he heard the sound, and Lika on the ceiling swooped down, with a strong wind of claws, and the tip of the claw pierced into Radovid's side face.

What a terrifying power, Victor thought, and began to move around the monster's back. He wanted to approach the monster from behind.

"Confusion" will make people "weak". The correct way to deal with Lika is not difficult. Just move slowly and silently, and be careful not to step on foreign objects.

Keep quiet, even quieter.

After positioning, watching Lika crawling in a daze, the Flame Strike moved at an ultra-slow speed in silence until it got close to the moment, and then it exploded like a beast, nailing the guy's head to the ground.

Kill him!

The fierce roar exploded harshly, and the monster waved its claws wildly, but could not attack the back. The boy who completed the attack stepped back a few steps and waited for the monster to die.

When the roar gradually weakened and finally became silent, he stepped forward and drew the steel sword to end Lika's pain.

...

Now it is certain that the wizard named Albert is in cahoots with the people who robbed Kaermohan.

This fact led to two pieces of news, one good and one bad. The bad news was that there might not be only one of them, he had already made more experimental subjects; and the good news was that Victor was determined to kill him.

It was you! Albert!

The boy had never wanted to kill a person so much.

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