The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 380 The Commission is Completed
Lynn did not jump down immediately.

Instead, he first used his Witcher's senses to detect that there was no ambush below, and then threw down a high-level scorching wind bomb.

This bomb is essentially a stun grenade, capable of stunning enemies within its effective range.

Lynn jumped down after the advanced foehn bomb exploded.

At the end of the wooden stairs was a narrow stone path that slowly descended.

A salty, damp, cold wind blew in from the depths of the stone path.

Lynn cast a Quen shield on himself.

After drinking the superior wolf potion, the superior swallow potion, and the superior tawny owl potion respectively, he and Triss walked deeper into the stone path.

I don't know how long I walked.

Finally, a very spacious cave appeared before them.

Apart from the ground they were standing on, the only thing they could see in the cave was an incredibly vast black lake.

A thick, impenetrable darkness hung over the lake.

The only exception was a human head floating in the darkness.

Yulcaster.

"Why did it take you so long to come down? I've been waiting for you for ages."

“My dearest niece, my invitation still stands. Come, join me in serving our great Lord.”

“Uncle, why did you do this?” Triss’s voice sounded full of sorrow. “You are a prince of the Prince of Maripo, and His Majesty Foltest trusted you greatly, so why did you choose to betray him?”

Yulcaster gave a disdainful snort.

"Of course, it's for immortality and power, my niece. You were born with these, so naturally you don't care. But do you know how many women want to be like you, to maintain the appearance and figure of a twenty-year-old forever, no matter how many years they live?"

"Although I don't care about appearances, whether an old man is frail or still looks like a young man, it doesn't matter to me. But I am not satisfied with being trapped in a flesh and blood shackle that can only live for a few decades."

"Worldly status, power, money... are all fleeting clouds in the face of immortality. I don't want to die; I want to live, at least another five hundred years. Am I wrong?"

“I have no talent for magic, so Ban Ade Academy rejected me. I offered a high bounty to lure a witcher to Maripo City, hoping he could use the Trial of the Grass to transform me into a witcher…”

"But the result was a cold and ruthless statement that there has never been a case of an adult surviving the trial of grass. Even if there is a three-tenths survival rate, that only applies to children."

"Do you know how unwilling I am when reality shatters my expectations time and time again? Why can a lowly street urchin become a witcher and gain a long lifespan?"

"I was born into a prestigious family, with noble blood flowing through my veins, yet I am repeatedly rejected by the gates of immortality..."

At that moment, Lynn suddenly noticed that the gem on Triss's wand was emitting a soft light, making her voice sound like heavenly music.

He realized it immediately.

This is enchantment magic.

“Turn back, Uncle. Although mortal bodies have an end to life, you can at least maintain the nobility of your noble lineage. If you become a servant of evil, even your soul will be tormented for eternity.”

Under the influence of the enchantment magic, Yulcaster seemed to have regained some clarity from the evil god's spell.

"I...I...but it's too late, niece, I'm afraid I can't turn back..."

As Triss spoke, she subtly winked at Lynn: "No, I can still save your soul and let it rest in peace."

The sorceress's charm magic seemed to have worked, but only seemingly.

Suddenly, a malevolent light shone brightly from within Yulcaster's head, and Yulcaster returned to his fanatical state.

"No! I will not give up my pursuit of immortality! I will never give up halfway! Since you are unwilling to offer your loyalty to my lord, then all of you shall die!"

"Hahahaha—you foolish ants, witness the power my Lord has bestowed upon me!"

Yulcaster's head disappeared into the darkness.

The darkness on the lake surface surged wildly.

In an instant, a huge hand emerged from the darkness.

Lynn and Triss dodged to the left and right respectively, as the giant claw swept past where they had been standing, leaving deep claw marks.

Then, another giant claw swept across the ground.

Triss's figure vanished from her spot in an instant, only to reappear after the hand swept past.

Lynn, on the other hand, leaped over it to avoid it.

"Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha--"

Unrestrained and wild laughter erupted from the darkness.

Triss waved her wand, and a small arrow shot towards the direction from which the laughter came.

The arrow flew into the darkness and was quickly swallowed up.

But Triss uttered a spell, and the next moment an explosion rang out in the darkness. A silvery light briefly dispelled the darkness, illuminating the shadowy creatures hiding beneath.

By this time, Yulcaster had become a true monster, literally. Its head was swollen to the size of a two-story house—and that was just its head.

The two enormous claws that attacked the two men earlier grew out from below their heads, where they should have been on their necks.

Its body has mutated to exhibit many obvious characteristics of marine life.

"Igni."

The flames condensed into a long spear, which swiftly pierced Yulcaster's right eye.

The terrifying heat instantly melted the monster's eyeballs, and flames burned inside its eye sockets.

Yulcaster let out a piercing scream, flailing his claws wildly.

In an instant, the entire cave was filled with smoke and dust.

However, the sensation transmitted through the claws never felt like the real sensation of hitting flesh.

Suddenly, Yulcaster paused for a moment.

Within its sight, the billowing smoke and dust vanished.

There were no signs of damage to the cave.

Yulcaster's forehead instantly broke out in a sweat.

It was just an illusion.

It was under the spell of illusion.

It turns out it hadn't launched an attack at all.

Realizing this, Yulcaster then noticed that a figure had leaped over the lake, which was several meters wide, and arrived above him.

The enormous sword blank in the figure's hand was getting closer and closer to him.

Yulcaster instinctively reached out his hands to grab the figure.

But a fire serpent shot in from afar, and under Triss's control, the fire serpent used its body to bind Yulcaster's two enormous claws.

Before Yulcaster could try to break free, a harsh sound of hard objects colliding echoed through the cave, and Yulcaster felt a buzzing pain in his head.

However, this is not the end.

Lynn released the Aard sign with his left hand, which struck Yulcaster on the head. Using the recoil, Yulcaster flew up again, and then fell down again.

when!
With two consecutive heavy blows landing on the same spot, Yulcaster even heard a horrifying cracking sound as his skull split open.

It was immediately terrified.

"That's impossible! You're not a Witcher at all!"

However, the answer was the sound of the giant sword blank finally piercing through the skull through sheer force.

"Wait, Witcher, let's talk this out. What's the point of following that lake bitch? Why not join me in worshipping Dagon, the only master of the deep sea? As long as you convert to my Lord, I will surely make you the chosen one for eternity."

Yulcaster sensed that the attack from above seemed to have stopped.

Is there a chance?

Its face showed a mixture of relief, triumph, and smugness.

However, Lynn, who was actually standing on its head, did not continue to attack, but instead took out a cluster bomb from the magic-patterned leather bag. The cluster bomb consisted of a number of bombs, including a high-level Dancing Star, a high-level Dragon's Dream, a high-level Burning Wind, and a high-level Demon Dust.

He pulled out the massive sword blank, stuffed the cluster bomb inside, then stomped hard on Yulcaster's head and leaped swiftly toward the shore.

boom!
Even after releasing the Quen Shield, Lynn still felt an extremely strong push against his back.

As Lynn returned to the ground, Triss rushed to his side and added another layer of magical barrier.

With a crashing sound, you could hear many pieces of flesh and blood, like hail, constantly hitting the magic barrier.

Finally, once the surroundings had calmed down, the sorceress removed the barrier.

The darkness on the lake surface seemed to have been shattered by the explosion.

But when Lynn used his Evil Detection Tool to scan the lake's surface, he was astonished to discover that the entire lakebed had been corrupted by evil spirits.

To purify it, even a high-level sorcerer would need at least several high-level sorcerers working together for a long and arduous process to succeed.

But Lynn had a better idea.

So he had Triss temporarily use her magic to turn mud into stone to seal off the lake, and when they left the cave and returned to the surface, she also blocked the stone path connecting the surface and the cave.

Lynn knew this was only a temporary solution.

But as long as we can temporarily stop the evil spirits from spreading up from the bottom of the lake, that will be fine.

Because his next plan was to find the goddess of the lake and eliminate Dagon once and for all.

(End of this chapter)