Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1385 1357. Magic Source
Reigns has only a minor role.

Just when Geralt showed Lan a tiny sign of his recent worries.

It took the young demon hunter less than two minutes to see what the white wolf of Livia had never been able to see.

A wizard who was like a mad dog, crossing the borders of three countries, not letting go of any traces related to Geralt and Ciri along the way, bribing, blackmailing, torturing, and silencing them.

To ordinary people, it sounds horrifying.

He'd be good enough to be a villain in a knight novel.

However, this character is really just a minor role.

As Lann said, the intelligence departments of Redania and Temeria are not just there to do their jobs.

He had never come into contact with Kaedwen's intelligence department, so he didn't jump to conclusions.

It was abnormal enough that Coriens was able to enter Temeria alive from Redania.

The intelligence departments of the two northern powers were able to find all the traces that Reens could find, and even the process of finding them was without leaving any traces. They were far from being an amateur like Reens who did delicate work but with crude means.

They can easily know where he will investigate next and who he will investigate earlier than Reans himself.

As long as these intelligence agencies want to kill Reens, it will happen just as Lan En said.

You can lie in wait on the path he must pass, holding a crossbow or longbow, and shoot him as soon as he shows his head.

In a specific encounter, a few people from the intelligence department may or may not die, but it will not be a big deal.

If once doesn't work, try twice. The suppression of intelligence will allow them to play with Reens like a dog.

This wizard who suddenly appeared will eventually die.

But he didn't die.

Not only is he not dead, he is even continuing to conduct investigations brazenly and without scruples.

——That means someone doesn't want him to die. They want to see who else can be "revealed" by the splashes he makes if he continues to jump around.

"Phew~Thanks, Lan."

Geralt's shoulders slumped and he sank into his chair like a boneless man.

"I was almost driven to do what Berengar said, to find him and kill him. But after hearing what you said, tsk."

Geralt made a click of his tongue, apparently calming down and feeling glad that he was no longer impulsive.

Berengar, who had just slammed the wine glass on the table, picked up the glass again with a look of disappointment.

"It's too complicated." The old witcher sighed, looking at the two younger witchers across from him. "Once you break this down, it feels like the puff pastry on a dessert, with one layer on top of another."

"This is just thinking one step further." Lan En said calmly.

"If we think about it more deeply, what was the idea of ​​the person behind Reigns who sent him out?"

"He sent this mad dog out to investigate. He knew what this mad dog would do, but he sent him out anyway."

"Does this mean that he is not worried at all that Reens might be killed by the intelligence agencies of these countries along the way?"

"He knows the operating style of these intelligence agencies. He also knows that these intelligence chiefs will not easily kill Reens in order to dig him out."

With two "bangs", Lan En's fingers tapped the table casually with a sneer on his face.

"Heh, he looks like a mad dog that is extremely vicious, but in fact, it is only because the people behind both sides are gambling that they ignore him and let him bark and bite as he pleases."

"The intelligence chief bet that he could dig out the person behind Reigns."

"And the people behind Reens are betting on the greed of those intelligence chiefs and playing the long game. This will give them enough time to achieve their goals and leave without leaving any traces."

Berengar held the wine glass and took a sip with a depressed look: "This is really getting more and more complicated."

The old demon hunter's anger and the momentum or reckless impulse to chop people with his sword just now have disappeared.

In complex situations, mindless violence cannot solve the problem.

Lan En was not surprised to see Berengar still digesting the information with his mind blank.

The complexity of real society is far beyond imagination, so the mutual involvement in major issues is also more complicated than imagination.

In fact, he hadn't finished speaking yet.

There are two possibilities for the people behind Reigns at the end of his plan.

One is what Lan En just said openly. He is confident that after finishing everything, he can withdraw without leaving any trace.

The other one is that it doesn't matter if he leaves any traces. As long as the job is done well, he doesn't care if his identity is exposed or not. In other words, he doesn't care at all.

He was looking for Ciri, so why?
Why is it that as soon as Ciri is found, the people behind Rience no longer care about the intelligence organizations of Temeria and Redania, two major intelligence powers?
Why should he?
Thinking of this, Lan actually had some vague guesses in his mind. "Back to you, White Wolf." Without saying what he was thinking, Lan turned to ask Geralt. "That mad dog bit hard, but why did you stay in Gos Velen for several days?"

Now Geralt is so worried that he is confused. The master witcher who used to be able to handle various curses and strange tasks calmly is now like a dangerous and stressed wolf because his adopted daughter is being pressed step by step.

Telling him this uncertain news would only irritate his already tense nerves.

If this nerve breaks when the pressure suddenly increases, Geralt might end up doing something bad because of his emotional outburst and outspokenness.

"There will be a conference on Thaned Island, and many warlocks will be here."

Geralt had been weighed down by Lan's analysis of the complex situation, so he took a big sip of wine before speaking.

"Given Yennefer's status and strength, she must be on the list of participants."

"If she were to come to the meeting, she would never let Ciri stay alone in the Temple of Meliteli in Elland."

Lan frowned. "Isn't there Sister Nenneke taking care of Ciri? She is not alone in the temple of Meliteli."

"Yennefer has always been more willing to believe in her own abilities than to believe in the promises of others." Geralt shook his head helplessly. "So, compared to placing Ciri in the safe Meliteli Temple, she would rather keep her by her side all the time."

"Confident to the point of conceit," Berengar commented scathingly, "but also suspicious and unable to trust others. This is a common personality trait among sorceresses."

Lan En scratched his chin beside him: "I don't feel anything."

"You are different, let's talk about it separately." Berengar was no different from before, leaning back in his chair, waving his hands, and said it again.

Geralt shook his head. He also knew that Yennefer's strong personality was not very popular with his friends.

But there's nothing we can do. He loves her and she loves him too.

So that's it.

After so many years of separation and reunion, it seems that they can never really separate.

"And." Geralt continued as he missed the unique perfume of lilac and gooseberry on Yennefer, her plump skin, and her thick, charming black hair.

"Yennefer told me that it's time for Ciri to start studying to become a sorceress."

Geralt picked up the bottle Berengar had placed on the table and filled his own glass with more.

"Ciri is the source of magic, or in other words, the descendant of the ancient blood inherited from Laura Doron. As long as it is obvious, it is the source of magic."

"It is high time for her to learn magic. If she delays any further, her talent may start to harm her."

[Magic Source] refers to a group of people with unique talents who can become sorcerers and use magic.

For ordinary warlocks, their magical journey often begins with sensing the existence of chaotic magic and being able to interfere with that magic to a limited extent.

That's what 'the gifted person' is.

If one undergoes systematic training and education, one can enable his body to have the power to absorb and transform external chaotic magic and become a warlock.

[Magic Source] goes a step further and is a group of people who can be considered gifted even among the warlock community.

A normal warlock needs to absorb chaos magic from the external environment, transform it with his own body, and then use it under control before magic can appear.

But the [Magic Source], the magic power that does not need to be converted and can be used directly by them, will naturally flow out of their bodies.

In other words: The body of the [Magic Source] is more like a hole through which chaotic magic can flow out.

Their bodies can spontaneously generate magic, which sounds very similar to the tiny amounts of magic that come from the mutant flesh of a demon hunter.

But the quality is completely different.

Throughout history, as long as the magic source warlocks had undergone education and training by a wizard in their life, there was basically no one who was unknown.

Even the innate characteristics of [Magic Source] would remind people of the first group of spell users who emerged when the ancient northern humans landed.

Joffrey Monk captured a dozen Djinn, which were intelligent creatures born from the interface of the four elements. They could naturally control the chaotic magic of the world without any hindrance.

Joffrey Monk even achieved a kind of "endless magic power" by using the Djinn he captured as a medium for casting spells.

The concept of [Magic Source] is indeed somewhat similar to elemental interface creatures such as elves and fire giants.

But another saying is that this resemblance is almost the same as the similarity between [Magic Source] and Demon Hunter. The quality is completely different.

[Magic Source] Chaos magic power under their control can naturally emerge from their bodies.

However, elemental life forms such as Djinn and Fire Giants do not need "magic power to emerge from their bodies" at all. They can absorb and control all the chaotic magic power in the world without any obstacles.

This is the source of 'endless mana'.

Compared to this, [Magic Source] is like a 'small drain' of chaotic magic.

(End of this chapter)