Chapter 15: Now We Are Far Ahead

Chapter 15: Now We Are Far Ahead

Lynn drew out a hunting knife, removing infusion fragments, monster heart, Cyclops eyes, and other things from Old Spearhead's body, muttering to himself.

"Although the Medallion Trials, as the final stage of the Witcher trials, are no joke, is it too harsh, even brutal, that the apprentices should be presented with a novice murderer such as Hogg straight away?"

He did not know whether Witchers had the habit of talking to themselves.

After coming to this world and becoming a Witcher, Lynn found that he occasionally spoke to himself subconsciously.

But it was not a killer problem.

After digging up the materials, he jumped off Old Spearhead's body and walked towards Lambert.

"Are you okay, Lambert?"

"Yeah, I won't die."

Lambert drew out a vial of Swallow potion and drank it.

Later, his face looked a lot better.

The self-healing ability of Witchers is stronger than a normal person's, combined with the effect of the Swallow potion, that as long as it's not an instant killing wound that will kill them right away, they can be saved in most cases.

Lynn questioned, "What was that just now? What were you doing wild?"

Lambert let out a sigh. "Kid, I'll never say kid again, and stop asking questions, how's that, is this fair?"

Lynn stared at Lambert's cat eyes silently.

But even if Lambert didn't speak it, he knew.

It was for Wodhe.

The kid that Lambert had mentioned earlier, who died at the hands of Old Spearhead.

They say Witchers don't feel anything.

They say they love only gold.

They say these mutants are cruel animals.

They are wrong.

Lynn did not continue to ask questions. He merely put his hand on Lambert's shoulder and patted it gently.

"Let's go, let's leave."

.....

More than a dozen minutes later, they finally came out of the stinky cave.

"We're finally out."

Lambert put hands on hips and exhaled towards the sky.

Lynn agreed.

Humans simply cannot live without fresh air and sunshine.

They had not been in the cave, at most, for less than an hour.

But it felt like a century.

"Next, if we can pass through the land of Trolls, we can reach the final destination, the Circle of Elements."

Lambert sneered. "They should be afraid, not us."

Maybe because he got his revenge successfully for Wodhe, Lambert was in good spirits.

Lynn was subdued.

Actually, his impression of Trolls wasn't bad.

Whereas formerly, there existed instances where Trolls assaulted human beings.

Such instances are getting fewer and far between these days.

There exist some Trolls who like building bridges and reside beneath them, so they will be able to charge tolls from travelers.

As far as Novigrad, the Jewel of the North, is concerned, it's far ahead in this area.

For example, the respectable people of Novigrad just started a new fashion of hiring a Troll to guard their treasures.

Of course, if you think about it, it's not something to disapprove of.

This job requires not only loyalty, but also an enormous body, unlimited energy, and bone-crushing strength.

And speaking of brains, everyone thinks that it's not essential and even thinks that too much brains is a disadvantage.

To put it bluntly, the best known great guard tought to be a guy who is so stupid that he "wouldn't even think about betraying his master."

.....

When they arrived in the Trolls' country, they thought that they would be attacked by stones.

But they saw an unexpected sight:

"Get out of here!"

Two rock Trolls picked stones from the ground and threw them into the air.

Some harpies hung in the air.

They were very fast and avoided the stones with ease before they could strike them.

Then the harpies swooped down shrieking.

The rock Trolls bent, flattened themselves on the ground, and rolled up into a ball.

The sharp claws that could gut men were useless against the rock Trolls' stone backsides, scratching out only streaks of sparks.

"What's happening?"

Lambert was also perplexed.

The last time they were there, there weren't any harpies, but only rock Trolls.

They had to make way by dodging rocks thrown at them by the rock Trolls in order to reach the Circle of Elements.

He was assuming that the same thing will be repeated this time.

But he did not anticipate that the monsters would turn against each other.

"They're fighting over food, look over there, Lambert."

Lynn gestured toward the horizon.

On the ground in the distance, a pile of wild animal meat was stacked carelessly, and a much smaller Troll was hovering guard over the meat pile.

"These fools actually know how to stock up on food for the winter before they can't get any. I see who's going to say Trolls are stupid in the future."

Lambert paused and continued.

"But this is a good chance for us."

Before Lynn could answer.

A new change came into the picture.

The remaining two adult Trolls, with the deliberate guidance of the other harpies, were going farther and farther from the little Troll.

Seizing the opportunity, some harpies swooped down.

Although the little Troll looked small, it was highly intelligent.

The little Troll bent down like its friends, fell flat on the ground, covered its soft belly, and used its stony back to face the enemy.

But this time, these harpies did not pass by in haste.

Instead, they flew down and grasped the protrusions on the small Troll's rocky back.

They flew the small Troll off the ground, swaying.

It seemed that they were going to kill the small Troll by tossing it to the ground.

And the small Troll knew this.

It struggled wildly.

But it was useless.

Its limbs were too short, and the body structure of rock Trolls was different from that of humans. Their backs were turtle shell-like.

So, it could not do anything about the harpies grabbing the protrusions on its back.

But at this moment, a silver light suddenly pierced from afar and hit a harpy in the chest.

The latter cried out and crashed down to the ground below.

Then the terrible expression on the other harpy's face ceased and, as if crazy, then it snarled at its friend and flailed its claws wildly.

Puchi!

A lot of blood was scraped on the attacked harpy's neck with a lot of surprising wounds.

It also fell to the ground like a damaged kite.

With wounds that were so serious, even monsters couldn't help but die.

The other harpies were left dumbfounded for a second.

Though they did not understand why their friend would fight their own, they came as a group, dropped the little Troll, and assaulted the harpy that assaulted their friend.

On the ground, Lynn pulled out his silver sword from the killed harpy.

Lambert cast an Axii sign on the harpies in the air.

The harpy he attacked also went mad all of a sudden and attacked its friends, as did the other harpy which went mad.

This is the power of the Axii sign.

It can influence, enchant, and master other animals.

Even if they are not intellectual animals, they will also be influenced by the Axii sign.

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