Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 1658 1630. Material Requirements

Although Lan En was bragging when he said "You can buy anything in Novigrad", this city is undoubtedly the most active city in trade on this continent.

It is known as the Pearl of the North. Even the Nilfgaardian ambassador wrote in a book after conducting research many years ago that "if one day in the future, the continent can be unified under one flag, Novigrad may be the city most qualified to compete for the status of capital."

This city is not only the most prosperous trading port on the continent, but also connects to places such as Ofir and Zangweba across the ocean.

Saying here that 'you can buy anything if you have money' is undoubtedly an exaggerated rhetoric commonly used by poets like Dandelion.

However, the variety of goods in this city can indeed be said to be the best in the entire continent.

On the one hand, this city is the inherent territory of the superstitious Church of the Eternal Fire, but on the other hand, it has a strong commercial atmosphere.

So much so that even the current Civil War, which is affecting the entire continent, has not severely suppressed its business activities.

Lan even suspected that even if the Nilfgaardian army had not been blocked in the south by Temeria, and even if the black-bottomed golden sun flag had been planted on the south bank of the Pontar River, the people in this city might still be busy doing business.

It makes one wonder whether they are stupid or smart.

But at the moment, Novigrad's trade enthusiasm, which is not much affected by the war, is undoubtedly a good thing for Vergen.

Because they occupied the entrance waterway of the Pontar River Valley, they could smoothly restart the river trade machine.

This can also solve a large part of Lan En's material requirements for the fixed portal.

After giving the list of required materials to Stuart, Embers Knight filled it with some other common goods as smoke bombs, and the purchase order was taken to Novigrad.

But the message that came back was what the fluff ball had said.

Even in Novigrad, it is impossible to gather all the materials at once.

No one knows the relationship between Lann, Aretuza Academy and the rebels far away in Aedirn, thanks to their cautious approach.

Therefore, this ship that went from Vergen in Aedirn to Novigrad to purchase goods, although the goods purchased were rare, did not attract much attention.

With the help of the flannel ball, take out everything and put it in place one by one.

The kitten doesn't understand magic or anything, but some of the things here do look strange.

For example, the ghost dust and emeralds left behind by the demons during the day.

When it takes it out, it will tilt its head to look at it curiously.

In addition to paying attention to the war situation and planning targets and dates for Cassandra and her team's operations, Lan has been mainly busy with this recently.

The market in Novigrad solves most of the material problems.

Around the city of Vergen, the relatively primitive ecology of the Pontar River Valley solves another part of the problem.

At this point today, there is actually only one thing missing.

"It would be nice if we could dig out Sakia's heart."

Lan En said these terrifying words calmly.

At least the fluff ball looked at him and swallowed hard.

"Boss, you are too scary, meow!"

Fixed portals are best built in places of magic, mainly because they require abundant chaos magic.

But since the place of magic is too far away, we can only look for chaos magic that is strong enough and convenient enough.

According to the construction information Lan obtained from Aretuza, something like the heart of a creature like a dragon would be very suitable.

At the very least, it has to be a powerful core organ of a monster that has the ability to control chaotic magic and store magic.

By analogy, it is not difficult to understand why Lan En looked at Sachia's chest with strange eyes at that time.

This thing cannot be bought on the market even in Novigrad.

When Sakia heard what Lan said, she didn't feel angry at all. Instead, Iorveth next to her was frightened.

"My heart is the final ingredient you need?"

"To be precise," Lann muttered, nodding his head, "it's the heart of your dragon form. Oh, don't worry. I'm sure I don't want to kill you."

"Have you heard of Aretuza's crystal cultivation technology? I was thinking that if I could figure out the structure of your heart when you turned back into your dragon form, maybe I could use this method to produce it directly."

"I would feel very honored if my heart could do this."

Sachia said this calmly, smoothing her black and golden hair, because she didn't believe Lan En's words had any malicious intent.

But there are still some things that have not been considered carefully.

"But now you have no intention of using the Qilin to take me to Aretuza. Is there some trouble?"

The demon hunter sighed and said, "Two points. First, I am not sure about the heart of your dragon. How exactly does the chaos magic affect this organ and is stored in this organ?"

"But considering the fact that you are older individuals and your magic is often more powerful, I think maybe your hearts need to stay in your bodies and accept the long-term influence of chaos magic as a complete biological system. This is what we need." This means: a newly created dragon heart may be powerless because it is too new.

"Second." Lan En looked at Sakia speechlessly, "If I want to know the structure of your heart, I have to dig out your heart and then slowly dissect it and study it."

"Currently, there is no spell that can easily reveal all the secrets of a vital organ with just a scan."

"That's a pity." Sakia patted his chest playfully towards Lan En, and a surge of whiteness surged at the collar of the cotton armor that couldn't be fastened. "It seems that my heart can only stay in here for now."

Of course, Sakia's heart cannot be dug out and used, but Lan En has not been idle during this period. He assigned the Embers Knights to search for powerful monsters in the surrounding area.

This is probably the first time they have done their job since becoming witchers.

The Pontar River Valley was originally formed by the Mahakam Mountains and the Kestra Mountains. Even though the Pontar River has become a mature waterway, many monsters can sometimes appear.

The eutrophication of water bodies caused by human settlement is attractive to many monsters, and monsters attract monsters.
Lan En is confident about the monster ecology in the Pontar Valley, and after searching, the local residents of Vergen also said that they remembered a dragon turtle appearing nearby.

If you search more, you will eventually find something.

"Bang bang."

The steady and powerful knock on the door echoed in the empty underground warehouse.

Lan En was sorting out the materials in his hands while shouting, "Come in."

The warehouse door opened, and Stuart leaned half of his body in: "Sir, the dragon turtle has been found."

Lan raised his eyebrows.

The fluff ball simply jumped up lively: "Hey hey! Hunting hunting meow!"
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"What's going on? The dragon turtle was only found now?"

Lan and Stuart walked towards the outside of Vergen together. On the way, they greeted a dozen rebel soldiers, including dwarves, humans, and elves. They seemed willing to help these cloaked men.

With Lan En around, he didn't plan to let these people participate in the hunt for the dragon turtle. However, the process of cutting out the heart of a large monster would be much more convenient with more manpower.

Besides, it would be a waste if the things on the dragon turtle's body were not transported back after it died.

The ball of fluff squatted on Stuart's shoulder, and the magic cloak could completely cover it.

"Dragon Turtle?" A dwarf who seemed to be from Vergen exclaimed with his mouth wide open, his beard flying.

"Are you talking about the dragon turtle in the silver mine? My goodness! My beard! Are we here to deal with it? You should have said so earlier! I'll go get some help and bring in a crossbow!"

This dragon turtle is quite famous in Vergen.

"It should have occupied the silver mine." Stuart ignored the noisy dwarf behind him and explained to Lan, "In fact, the silver mine was abandoned because of it."

This dragon turtle has appeared in Vergen for some time and has caused considerable casualties.

But the strange thing is that so far, no one has bothered it.

Even though the city of Vergen was inhabited by a group of hot-tempered dwarves, most of the people who had died before were dwarves.

The reason for this is because of the way this dragon turtle occupied the silver mine.

"I found out that it must have dug through the partition in the water system next to the silver mine and ran into the silver mine."

Stuart whispered as the group walked out of the noisy but bustling city of Vergen. The ground under their feet became increasingly wet and muddy as they headed toward the mountains on the side of the Pontar River Valley.

"It caused water to flood the silver mine, and it was flooded on the spot. Many people drowned that day, and many were eaten by it."

"But if the silver mine is still good and there are just monsters, then of course there are people who want to take over the business. As long as the mine can be reopened, it doesn't matter even if they hire a few more demon hunters."

"But since the silver mine has been flooded and can't produce silver, it would be a big loss to provoke the monster. So even though this monster occupies a silver mine, no one wants to cause trouble for it."

Among the group of people, the elves and humans had never heard of the things here, and many of the dwarves were not locals, so they were all sighing.

The local dwarf who had been making a lot of noise just now sighed and smacked his lips in self-deprecation.

"Don't laugh at us. After all, there are people who make money, but no one who loses money. The silver mine is already in such a state, and the people are dead. Who would bother to mess with it?"

In fact, no one laughed at him. Most people would deal with a powerful monster occupying an already unimportant place in the same way.

The elves and humans patted him on the shoulders to express their relief.

This action caused the dwarf to mutter a thank you.

"As for why it took us so long to find it, given how famous it is."

Stuart's hood turned toward Lane.

"My lord, monsters will run away when they are frightened. And you should be familiar with the commotion in Pontar Valley a year ago, right?"

Under the hood, Lan En was silent at first, then he laughed dryly twice: "Ha, haha."

(End of this chapter)