From Witcher to Lord of the Empire

Lan smiled and assured the senior druid, and then began to ask about the possible identity of the traitor druid and how to find him.

Gracelet began to think seriously: "Druids will not stay in one place for a long time, even scholars will travel to the mainland, so it is not easy to accurately find the traitor."

"But the guy who is willing to join the barbarians of the Svalblo sect must have shown signs of it in his daily words and deeds, let alone captured our apprentice..."

Gresmit thought for a moment, and decided to ask others for help: "I need to consult with the seniors who often stay in the Oak Ring to practice, and they may give us directions."

"It will take a while, so you have to be patient."

Gray Smith's tone was very steady, showing the demeanor a druid should have.

This made Ged, who was behind Lann, curl his lips unavoidably.

Lane, on the other hand, smiled and nodded.

"During this waiting time, I think you can visit King Bran, you should be relatives?" Grace Mitt suddenly suggested: "He has encountered a little trouble... no, it should be said to be a big trouble .”

...

I haven't seen him for a few days, and when King Bran appeared in front of Lan again, he was already visibly haggard.

The king of the archipelago, who was once bold and strong, was now thinner and his cheeks were deeply sunken; the originally well-maintained beard was now dirty and messy, showing the owner's poor physical condition.

King Bran didn't notice Lan En's arrival at all, and his attention was attracted by the hospital bed in front of him.

Lying on the hospital bed was the dying son of Prince Bran, Svanrigi an Tursek.

He lay on a bed of oak, cushioned with woven mistletoe and holly leaves, and the air smelled of fragrant herbs that Lan could not smell.

Four candles were lit in the four directions of Svan Ridge, and a druid stood beside Svan Ridge's bed, chanting. As soon as Lan stepped into the house, he felt the griffin badge on his chest vibrate slightly.

The druids were casting their world-famous healing spells, and apparently not for the first time in days.

But even so, Svan Rij's state is still worse than when he was attacked by a giant bear a few days ago. At this moment, his whole body is almost turning into a corpse. separate from the dead.

Even Lane judged that the wounded was still breathing by the slight trembling of the oak leaves placed in front of Svan Ridge's nose, rather than the rise and fall of the chest - because Svan Ridge's chest did not rise and fall at all, and the whole body There was no movement at all.

It is worth noting that even though the son is so dying, only King Bran, the father, is still in the room, while Bierna, the mother, is nowhere to be found.

Lan En looked around and had a little guess in his mind.

...

In addition to Svan Riji, King Bran, and the druid who is casting healing magic, there are several druid apprentices in the room as assistants. They are explaining Svan Rigi's current situation to Easter. Condition.

Lan En took a look and stepped forward slowly. His appearance and coat of arms are too iconic, and the druid apprentice immediately nodded slightly as a greeting when seeing him approaching, and simply explained together:

"Svan Rij is dying, there is nothing we can do, the current magic is just to keep him alive as much as possible."

The first sentence made Lan and East frown together.

The druid apprentice said regretfully: "Our magic is 'healing', not 'resurrecting the dead'. And Svan Rij was injured too badly."

"That was the full-strength blow of the Velka berserker, even a one-foot-thick oak bar could be snapped off, let alone a human body..."

The apprentice sighed: "Svan Ruiji usually practiced martial arts diligently, and he was also wearing a thick bear fur cloak at the time, which gave him a certain buffer and did not kill him on the spot...but that's all."

East gritted his teeth hard. He had a close relationship with his nephew and couldn't accept this result.

"Isn't he still alive now? He was just injured, he must be saved." East spoke in a very low posture at the moment, even with a little pleading.

The druid apprentice's stance was even lower: "We tried our best, but Svan Ridge's injury was too serious...Let me explain to you this way, when he was carried over, he even spit out a small piece of lung Tissue fragments. You are brave and good at fighting, you must understand what this means, we are doing our best to keep him alive now."

Of course East knew what the message in the apprentice's words represented.

He took two steps back dejectedly, almost fell, but was held up by Lane.

The joy that had just been wiped out of the Svalblo sect was gone at this moment.

King Bran and East could be said to be the two most prestigious people in the archipelago. Seeing these two warriors who could be written into poetry show such a gesture at the same time, even the druid apprentice couldn't bear it.

He comforted: "We have also contacted the priests of Goddess Freya. Although the treatment methods they currently have are helpless, Lord Dona and the High Priest, Your Excellency Siegdrifa, have been praying in front of the statue of the Virgin for many days. , maybe a miracle will happen in a while."

What a desperate person would think of a miracle as the only hope.

But this happened to be the only expectation of King Bran and East at the moment.

...

After an unknown amount of time, the druid who was casting a spell slowly opened his eyes. The aroma of the herbs in the room reached its peak at this moment, even to the point of choking his nose.

And Svan Ruiji's pale face also flashed a trace of rosiness in an instant, like an illusion.

...

Inside the house are the dying Svanrigi, the worried Druid, the mournful King Bran, and the moaning East.

Only Lan's expression and aura were out of tune with them.

He had a plan in mind.

Glancing at King Bran, he didn't dare to tell him directly what he thought. Lan quietly pulled Easter aside and said in a low voice.

"Uncle, you have lived with your aunt for so long, you must know that our bloodline contains special power?"

The concern on East's face was still there, and he looked at Lan with a frown, wondering why this proud nephew brought up this topic at this moment.

But then he thought of something, showing an unbelievable look of anticipation.

East asked tentatively: "You mean... the blood of the ancients? If you mean this, then I know it. It is because of it that I don't have children with your aunt."

"But she doesn't seem to have awakened the power in it. She can only peep a little bit from the history books and... Pavita. She rejects this power."

Queen Calanthea failed to awaken the ancient blood, and she herself hated the power brought by the elven blood. Instead, her daughter—that is, Shirley's mother, Pavita, was awakened at her coming-of-age ceremony banquet.

It's a pity that Pavetta died unexpectedly later, and Calanthe also blamed the bad luck brought by the blood of the ancients for her daughter's death.

In fact, looking for the blood of Calanthe, it is true that every bearer who has awakened the ancient blood has many twists and turns in his life, and even died because of it. From this point of view, Calanthe's knowledge of the ancient blood can't be wrong.

Of course, there are also various awakened people who have only a half-knowledge of the power of the blood, and even failed to fully awaken because they just touched the edges. Unlike Lan En, who has the double blessing of the system and the mirror master.

Even Ciri in the original book, as the first blood bearer in history to fully awaken the blood of the ancients, was once in danger because of this power. In a sense, the damage done to Ciri by the blood of the ancients far outweighed the gains.

East looked forward: "I heard from Mossak that you seem to have fully awakened the power in the blood of the ancients, so you can display various powers beyond our understanding on the battlefield."

"Could it be that the blood of the ancients also has great power in the field of healing?"

Facing East's question, Lan nodded and shook his head again.

"That's not the power of healing, but more like a one-time...rebirth?" Lann considered the words carefully, even if it was exaggerated enough, "I can only cast it on everyone once, and only this time, no matter what Multiple injuries can be recovered, and even hidden and old injuries on the body can be removed together.”

Lann is naturally referring to the contract [follower].

After hearing this, East got excited and grabbed Lan En's hand, and was about to go to King Bran: "One time is enough!"

But Lan quickly stopped East, preventing him from telling King Bran the news too early.

Because Lane has no skill points.

In addition to adding some skills, Lann only saves one skill for emergencies. If you encounter a follower who particularly wants to make a contract, or if there are important people around you who are dying, use this skill point to play a role.

And just now, he had already used this skill point to contract Bill, a heterogeneous berserker and a reckless hero.

He didn't expect that Sifan Riji's situation was so bad, and King Bran never mentioned his son's situation to Lann. Lane always thought that the other party could get a proper rescue in the Ring of Oak.

If King Bran had explained the situation to Lan En earlier, no matter from a practical point of view or in terms of closeness, Lan would have used this skill point to save Svan Rij.

I also blame Lan En for not explaining his abilities to the two of them earlier. It's just that he has too many secrets, and he has never been in the habit of revealing his abilities to others.

At this moment, he could only explain to East: "The foundation of the ancient blood is magic, which is why I need enough chaotic energy to use this ability. Generally speaking, I need to find some magic items to absorb the chaotic energy inside." Energy, to activate my ability."

In fact, Lann also collected a lot of runes and magic gems from the mirror master before, but he had already given them to Mossak and Geron for magic research, and some of them had simply become his own equipment. There is nothing on him that can be converted into skill points all the time.

And the energy in the magic item is needed to cast the ability, which is also within the scope of Easter's understanding. He thinks it is very reasonable. If ordinary spellcasters want to cast some powerful spells, they often have to go through special props, terrain, weather, and even astronomical phenomena such as solar eclipses.

East pondered: "There is no problem with this. The Tursek family has a lot of collections. I will write a letter immediately... No, let the instructor here help open the portal and go back to Little Skellige Island to find it."

"But the magic items I need are quite special, and not all of them meet this requirement." Lane explained, "If not, then I can still... er, hunt monsters, or help others complete some specific tasks." desire, and draw strength from it."

Lan Enhaoxuan didn't say the official words of "punishing the evil and supporting the weak" to fool the attendants.

Even so, East showed an unbelievable expression.

Because this is completely beyond the cognition of the sea knights, there is no known spellcaster that is the way to improve power.

But soon East also showed a pensive expression: "'Lannister, promise a thousand dollars', this is why you helped people everywhere in Sintra, because you can gain strength from it?"

Lane nodded: "I don't know how long Svan Ridge can last, is it too late..."

As he said that, Lan glanced at his experience bar, which was not far from the full value. It might be faster than looking for magic items everywhere, and completing a random task in the Oak Land. Especially in this case, the soldiers of the entire Tursek family will help themselves, and the efficiency is absolutely high.

After hearing Lane's reason, East thought to himself: "Then I will ask the soldiers of the family to help you...to help others. Then I will also go to the druid to open the portal and go back to the family to find the magic items you need .Don't tell Bran about this, so as not to cause his emotions to fluctuate, I just hope that Svan Rij can hold on..."

Lane nodded in approval.

But then he slapped his head, and suddenly remembered whether he had obtained a spike necklace in Freya's garden before, that simple magic item that could create an undead werewolf, it seemed to be a source of magic power coming.

This kind of new acquisition always failed to appear in his memory in time.

Lann hadn't absorbed it in order to bring it back to Mossak to decipher the wonderful rune on it, but now it seems that it is time to use it.

Lan hurriedly stopped the furious East, flipped his left hand, and was about to take out the wolf tooth necklace from the [item] to absorb it, when a voice suddenly sounded behind him.

"I already know about it, brother, and Lane."

It was King Bran's voice.

In order to avoid King Bran, Lane and East specially left the room where Svan Rij was healed at this time.

They also thought that King Bran could not receive information from the outside world in such a state. But he didn't expect that King Bran's state seemed sad and sad. In fact, whenever there was any information about his son, he could accurately receive the syllable words "Svan Rij" around him.

The druid who was healing Svanrigi also walked out of the house side by side with King Bran, and looked at Lann with a kind of loving and curious eyes unique to elders.

"Are you Lane? Mossack mentioned you to me, saying that you have many magical abilities, but you didn't elaborate on it to protect your secrets. I can only do so much for Sven Ridge , he was seriously injured."

Druids didn't shy away from dignity and face, and everything was prioritized in treatment: "So if you can do anything, Lann, just do it. Do you need to use the magic of nature? There is a star in the center of the Oak Ring. The oak tree communicates the magic of the entire island, maybe it can help you."

King Bran waved his hand to stop the druid's proposal, then lowered his head, and took out a simple necklace from his neck.

"This is to save my son, there is no reason for the masters to pay the price."

After finishing speaking, King Bran turned to East, showing apologetic eyes: "Sorry, brother, this necklace..."

Before he could finish speaking, East directly interrupted his younger brother: "Svan Rij's safety is the most important thing."

Then East took the initiative to take the necklace and handed it to Lann, explaining: "This is the symbol of the patriarch of our Tursek family, a treasure passed down from our ancestors to this day. It should have been a powerful It is a treasure, but we have never known how to activate it, and we only hope that we can use it to save Svan Rij’s life now, which can be regarded as the blessing of our ancestors.”

...

The Skellige are a romantic people, with myths and legends running through their culture and into their politics.

In the legend of the islanders, they have a common ancestor - Hamdor. It is said that he wears golden armor brighter than the sun, wears a helmet of antlers, and wields a long sword that can split the night and bring dawn.

According to the poems, the mythical hero hunted monsters beyond the power of the gods, but kept fame and fortune behind him, living in seclusion in his hunting lodge. Until the summer solstice of a certain year, he met the goddess Hailin by the sea. The goddess had long admired this hero who was stronger than a god, so he quickly fell in love with each other. They came to Skellige, where they were intimate all summer.

But when autumn came, Helene had to leave. In the end, Hailin gave birth to six sons for Hamdor to continue the bloodline. These six sons are also the ancestors of the seven major families in the archipelago.

And Heimdor also fell into a deep sleep after raising himself and the six sons of the goddess.

He has no tombstone, and no one knows where Heimdor ended up, but the Archipelago believes that Heimdor will eventually return.

...

"In the last era, a giant wolf will devour the sun, the moon will eclipse, and then the world will enter the age of hoarfrost, and mankind will face a severe winter that seems to freeze everything. A long ship named Nagfar from Set sail from Homer Island, a ship built of dead men's nails, and filled with an army of sprites and demons."

The Skellige take this legend so seriously that to this day, at their funerals, the nails of the dead are stripped to prevent them from being used as shipbuilding material for evil spirits.

"There is a hero who stands in his hunting lodge and watches the longships come. He is Hamdor. At this time, the golden rooster will begin to cry until he dies with blood, and his cry will warn Hamdor. The arrival of the Longship, and then Hamdor would step onto the Rainbow Bridge, sounding the horn he carried at his belt, calling upon all the Skelliges who had died so bravely to take up arms and join in this final battle. The campaign will determine whether the world will be shrouded in eternal night, or usher in a new dawn."

East recited the story very seriously, and said: "I know that the blood of the ancients also has a similar prophecy about the end of the world, and it is in Calanth's royal collection."

"And we islanders are the descendants of Hamdor. We built the archipelago to welcome the return of the hero and become his army."

"The Tursek family is the descendant of Tyre, the son of Hamdor. This necklace is the treasure that Tyre once wore."

Lann took the necklace that East handed over. It was made of plant rattan and metal, engraved with simple and complex runes.

But it seems that because of the passage of time, these runes look like rigid stone carvings. If it weren't for Easter's reminder, no one would think it was a treasure that contained magic power.

And the fact is the same, until now, it is only a token of the Tursek family patriarch, and it no longer has any magical effect.

Fortunately, Lane's system gave a timely reminder.

【Discover the source of magic power】

In the expectant eyes of East and Bran, Lan nodded: "It can be used, it is enough."

Then he grabbed the necklace and started the system.

A stream of heat, like a warm winter wind, gushed out from the necklace and trickled into Lann's body.

[Skill Point +1]

[Skill Point +1]

[Skill Point +1]

【Skill Point +1】

I don't know how many years this has existed, but it actually provides four skill points!

With so much magical power, can't even activate the runes depicted on it? It is worthy of being a treasure handed down by heroes in mythology. It is hard to imagine what kind of power it will have when it was just created.