Chapter 73 The Water Ghost of Nine Valley
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As mentioned before, what Lan wants to explore this time is Thomas Moreu's laboratory.
Around 1087, Thomas Moreu was rescued by a witcher. He was grateful for this, but the witcher proposed the "Law of Accident" as reward, and in the end the professor had to give his son to
The witcher Thomas vowed to study how to reverse the mutation process of the witcher. He felt resentful that he could not be an important person in his son's life, and hoped that one day his son would understand his good intentions as a father.
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In 1102, Thomas established a secret laboratory in the Valley of the Nine in Toussaint, where he spent all his efforts studying mutations, conducted a large number of experiments and experienced many failures. The experimental subjects included various creatures (
Such as giant centipedes) and living humans.
It wasn't until 1121 that Thomas became confident enough in his experiment and decided to reverse his son's mutation. He lured the witcher's son to his laboratory with a commission with a generous bounty. Thomas used magic to temporarily transform his son.
Paralyzed, he began to carry out his own experiments on his son.
Unfortunately, in the end, the medicine and treatment process developed by Thomas Maurue not only failed to reverse the mutation, but enhanced its effect, making the witcher's son stronger and more agile. In the end, he gave up all this and was forced to accept his
The fact that his son became a witcher. He returned to his wife Lydia and died shortly afterwards.
Thomas Lumo's son is called Geron Lumo. He is a gryphon school demon hunter who is proficient in seals. And yes, Thomas Lumo is a mage and he has a son.
Most of the warlocks' bodies are affected by magical energy due to the use of chaotic energy, causing defects in reproductive organs and eventually leading to infertility. But there are always exceptions, such as Professor Moru, which is why he has such crazy love for his only son.
There are actually many special cases of this kind of warlock. Geralt's mother is a sorceress, and she is also a senior druid and physician. She once inherited the talent of the original warlock to Geralt, but Geralt
Eventually he gave up the possibility of becoming a warlock and concentrated on being a demon hunter.
The reason why witchers are infertile is even more complicated. Because the mutation of witchers involves changes at the genetic level, it is an uncontrollable evolution of the species. Fundamentally, witchers are no longer the same species as humans. There is reproduction.
isolation.
Theoretically speaking, if there are male and female witchers with identical mutations, they can actually raise offspring. Unfortunately, due to the immaturity and uncontrollability of mutations, the direction of each witcher's mutation
The degree of mutation is different. It would be an exaggeration to say that every witcher is an independent human subspecies, which leads to the current result of "witchers are sterile". In the final analysis, it is because Alzu gave up his son halfway through the experiment.
pot.
Next to him, a young man dressed as a druid said: "This is where it is, Mr. Lannister. Our exploration ends here. We can't do anything until we deal with these water ghosts."
Very professional and practical answer.
Lan En looked at the green valley in front of him. A river flowed in the middle of the valley. The surface of the river was crystal clear, and jagged and dilapidated buildings were faintly visible.
Swade was suddenly startled. He glanced nervously at the dense crowd of water ghosts below, and then glanced at Lan, sweating profusely.
Professor Lu Mo, who failed to "save" his only son, eventually died in Beauclair. This year is 1263 in the human calendar, and nearly two hundred years have passed.
But I think you are not someone who cares about such details. I think it is very feasible. According to what the druid said, these monsters came out of the portal, so they should have never seen human society, so they can seduce
Give it a try.”
Lann agreed: "Then it's decided!"
The witcher handed Lan a bottle of grease-like substance in an alchemical glass bottle and said:
Lann took the bottle of sword oil and threw it away, and said angrily: "I'm not that reckless."
"That's easy, we can use bait." Lann said, "Do you think you can use food to fish these monsters as stupid as shoes out of the water? For example, cows, sheep, etc.?"
"What's their IQ like?"
After a while, he turned back and said: "There are no less than twenty water ghosts outside, and there are more in the water. They are probably building a nest below. If you want to sneak into the underwater portal, you must not only solve the problem outside
These, we still have to find a way to bring out the ones below."
"This is the sword oil prepared by the demon hunter specifically for monsters. This bottle is the sword oil for corpse-eating creatures. Applying it to your sword can greatly increase the damage to those water ghosts."
From time to time, there are groups of four or five children-like figures playing and playing on the river. If you look closely, you can see that their bodies are covered with fine scales and webs in different colors. They are mostly blue and green, and occasionally there are one or two.
Only a tall black figure interspersed and concentrated.
Lan thought for a while and asked: "I remember that water ghosts are afraid of fire, right?"
Geralt didn't reply. He didn't use Lan's crystal bird skull. He only looked with his naked eyes. His cat-like amber pupils shrank slightly, taking in the entire scene below.
Lan led the exploration team to stand at the top of the valley and look out. He held the crystal bird skull in his left hand and looked down through the slits in the skull's eyes. He did not find any magical fluctuations.
Geralt nodded: "Just like your squire is afraid of Calanthe."
The demon hunter replied: "With such a large number, I usually turn around and run away. These water ghosts are enough to destroy a large village."
"Most of them are water ghosts, and the black ones are drowned ghosts." Geralt explained, "They are all corpse-eating creatures and are very good at turning people into corpses."
From a distance, they seem very happy, singing and dancing around the food in groups. It’s just the type of food they eat that makes humans shudder when they see them.
"I usually don't do this, because even if I kill all these guys, the bounty I get may not be enough for a cow.
"Lan, I don't recommend that you use soldiers to exterminate these water ghosts. There will be huge casualties."
Geralt explained: "No, the courage and strength of water ghosts are consistent with their size, far less than that of adults. But they bounce very fast, and many inexperienced soldiers are often caught off guard and killed by them.
; And once they taste blood, they are not afraid of death, and even strong soldiers are easily killed by them."
The demon hunter said without looking back: "I guess you will be the first to rush forward, so I won't stop you."
Sward seemed a little confused. In his eyes, a demon hunter who was not as brave as Lann should not say this: "Are they strong?"
Ask professionals about professional things. Lann asked Geralt: "What would you normally do in this kind of situation?"
The young druid nodded to Lann. After explaining the matter, he stood aside as if he were a tool. He was neither close nor distant from Lann.
Geralt shook his head: "They are as stupid as shoes, so stupid that the Mark of Axis has no effect on them."
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