The Witcher: Make Witcher Great Again

Chapter 87: Cold wind blows, snow falls

"Stop!"

Lin En suddenly grasped the master-level silver sword behind him and pulled it out a little.

His body leaned forward slightly, as if the direwolf was ready to pounce at any moment.

With his free left hand, he made the Alder Seal, ready to strike.

Triss, who was following behind the witcher, chanted a few spells and rubbed a ball of burning flame in her hands.

She followed Lynn's gaze.

A few seconds later, a timber wolf suddenly appeared from behind the trees in front of him.

She was about to throw the fireball in her hand, but was stopped by Lynn.

After Lin En's reminder, she noticed that the timber wolf was different from the dead wolf they had encountered before.

Although its fur was covered with leaves and mud, its eyes were not red, and there were no wounds on its body, nor did it emit a rotten smell.

It is still alive, not a dead wolf.

After jumping out of the tree, the timber wolf also saw the two people.

But it did not attack them.

Instead, he turned around and quickly fled in another direction.

Looking at the way it looked, it looked as if something terrifying was chasing it from behind.

It seemed that the wolf was about to escape, but at this moment, several black tree roots suddenly emerged from the darkness, like octopus tentacles, from the depths of the forest, grabbed the wolf's body and wrapped it tightly.

The wolf struggled desperately, digging the mud with its front paws, but even though it left countless claw marks on the mud, it was still dragged by the tree roots into the depths of the forest and disappeared.

The witcher and the sorceress looked at each other, and could see the horror in each other's eyes.

It seems that those who disappeared from their minds also disappeared in this way.

Lynn put on a Quin shield for himself, and Triss also put on a magic shield for herself.

Then continue moving forward.

……

When the two reached the deepest part of the forest, they were immediately shocked by what they saw.

In the deepest part of the forest, there stood a tree.

A giant tree.

The bark is pitch black, with a dark green sap flowing on the surface.

Like a giant umbrella, storage sacs are hung beneath the treetops that block out the sun.

But if you look closely, you will find that the objects trapped in those sacs are human beings.

People who are still alive.

Ser Royce, Tyrion, Marillion...

Each of them was wrapped in a storage sac entangled with branches, with only their heads exposed.

Around the roots of the giant tree were a large number of wild animal corpses lying on the ground in a kneeling position.

Lynn noticed that the timber wolf that he had seen being dragged away earlier was now tied up with branches and held in the air.

Another piece of pitch-black tree root, regardless of the wolf's fear and desperate struggle, suddenly drilled into its mouth, which was opened painfully due to the squeezing.

The wolf struggled even more violently.

But it didn't work.

Finally, the timber wolf's struggles grew weaker and weaker until it was completely motionless, and the branches lowered it down and placed it around the giant tree, making it kneel beside it in a posture of worship.

"I see, so that's how it is," Triss said with trembling eyes, "I know what kind of monster this is."

"You recognize it?" Kaer Morhen's collection of books is incomplete.

Because Kaer Morhen was once besieged, many important materials and documents were burned.

Although a survivor of the massacre, Vesemir worked hard to recall and rewrite the missing information.

But some information is lost forever.

Triss nodded, her expression serious.

"In the library of Aretuza Academy, there's information on this monster. It's either a monster brought about by the intersection of the celestial spheres, or a species native to this world."

"The Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood feeds on intelligent creatures, devouring them and transforming them into energy to sustain its existence. Any intelligent creature it devours will have even the slightest trace of its existence erased, and even those closest to it will forget their existence."

"That's why we don't remember the others who came with us."

Lynn frowned slightly.

"But how can the Eye of Nehelene see the footprints left by the Forsaken?"

Triss's gaze remained fixed on the terrifying giant tree. She said, "This is because the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood hasn't completely digested them yet. That's why the illusion-breaking Eye of Nehrene can see them."

"Once completely digested, even the Eye of Nehrene won't be able to detect it."

"Also, the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood doesn't like animals or beasts, so it won't devour them. It will only transform them into slaves."

"If I remember correctly, the method of transformation is to kill them first, and then parasitize the roots of the Flesh and Blood Mother Tree within their bodies. Those roots are like parasites, but also like clones of the Flesh and Blood Mother Tree, and can control the actions of the corpses."

When the two discovered the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood, the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood seemed to have discovered the invaders at the same time.

It clearly has no mouth, yet it emits sound waves powerful enough to vibrate the air.

It's like a signal.

The beast corpses that were originally kneeling around the giant tree suddenly turned around at the same time, and their scarlet eyes stared at the witcher and the sorceress.

This scene is really creepy.

"coming soon."

Lynn took out a bottle of high-grade thunder potion, a bottle of high-grade Paicui's elixir, and a bottle of high-grade tawny owl potion from the potion bag and took them one by one.

As the Mother Tree of Flesh and Blood let out a loud howl, a large number of dead wolves rushed over like a tide.

Lin En stretched out his hands and two streams of scorching flames shot out from his palms.

The flames were like fire dragons, sweeping across the sky.

The elixir and "Mutation Enhancement" feat of the High Patriarch greatly increased the power of the Igni Sign.

The dead wolves in the front were instantly burned by the flames and howled in pain as if they were covered with grease.

Seeing this, the wolves following behind actually knew to go around to the sides, trying to avoid the fire dragon spewing from the front.

"Even after being parasitized, can they still retain their cunningness from life? I hate clever monsters."

Although he complained, the witcher did not stop moving his hands.

He took out four glass test tubes from another waist bag.

The ice-blue liquid in the test tube flowed happily.

The wolves that had come around from both sides had already pounced on them fiercely.

The witcher didn't even look at it, and threw the four glass test tubes in his hand to both sides with force.

Then he formed the seal of Quen's shield with his hands.

A bright orange light enveloped him and Triss.

Along with the sound of shattering glass, it seemed as if even the air froze.

(End of this chapter)