Chapter 45: Good Chance, Little Du!
Just as the flames caused by the Dragon's Dream bomb Lynn threw were about to die down, Geralt also threw a Dancing Star bomb.
Compared to the previous two alchemy bombs, the Dancing Star bomb was just a simple incendiary bomb.
The flames released by the Dancing Star bomb, when they came into contact with the residual gas released by the Dragon's Dream bomb, immediately ignited a raging fire again.
The entire area within sight was filled with flames.
The effect was surprisingly good.
The swarming aberrants were all set on fire and howled in the sea of fire.
They tried to put out the flames on their bodies.
But it was useless.
Because they brought more than just these few alchemy bombs.
When Lynn and Geralt threw almost twenty or thirty alchemy bombs into it in one breath, they finally stopped.
And at this time, not only the entrance, but even the cave inside was completely filled with the spreading sea of fire.
Even the two Witchers had to retreat a few meters again to avoid being accidentally injured.
After a long time, the flames burning in the cave gradually subsided.
The two walked into the cave.
All the aberrants turned into charred corpses without any life.
Was it over?
Just as this thought popped up in Lynn's mind, the Wolf School Witcher medallion hanging around his neck suddenly vibrated violently.
"Lynn, be careful!"
Geralt beside him issued a loud warning.
From the countless charred corpses on the ground, a large amount of red smoke suddenly began to emerge.
These red smokes gathered in the air, gradually condensing into the shape of a thin and long ghost, and suddenly attacked Lynn.
Quen sign!
Bright orange light lit up around Lynn's body.
The red smoke hit the Quen shield, making a solid heavy sound.
Lynn felt that the magic power in his body was suddenly consumed.
If he hadn't upgraded the sign skill to master level, even the Quen shield in the continuous output of magic power state would not be able to stop the invasion of the red mist.
At this moment, a silver light lit up from behind the red smoke.
The silver sword seemed to cut through the air, passing through the red mist.
But a horrified scream came from the red mist.
The red smoke dissipated in front of Lynn.
But the next moment, it reorganized its body in front of Geralt.
The huge and sharp claws turned into black shadows, covering Geralt's back.
Clang!
Putting away the Quen sign and rushing to Geralt's side, Lynn used his silver sword to block the falling claws. The collision between the two made a violent explosion.
But the power from the silver sword was stronger than expected.
Lynn was forced to kneel on one knee on the ground.
But even so.
Lynn still felt that the force pressing on the silver sword was still increasing.
However, Lynn had no intention of competing with the Crimson Plague Ghost for strength.
When the Crimson Plague Ghost continued to exert pressure, trying to overwhelm Lynn, Lynn's body suddenly flashed from the left side and withdrew from the competition.
The Crimson Plague Ghost did not expect Lynn to react like this. It was too late to withdraw its strength at this time.
The body leaned forward out of inertia.
And Lynn used the rotation of his body to drive the blade and heavily cut on the back of the Crimson Plague Ghost.
Like Geralt's sword cutting through the air, Lynn felt the same way.
But the blood-red mist splashed like blood.
After a successful blow, Lynn did not pursue, but quickly jumped back, dodging the Crimson Plague Ghost's angry backhand.
The purple light lit up from the ground. The Yrden sign cast by Geralt bound the Crimson Plague Ghost in place and forced it to reveal its original shape.
"Good chance!"
Lynn's pupils shrank sharply.
He took out the Blizzard potion from his alchemy bag and drank it all.
Then he launched a surprise attack on the Crimson Plague Ghost bound by the Yrden sign at the fastest speed.
The Blizzard potion he drank quickly took effect, stimulating the nervous system, allowing Lynn to temporarily enter a super-sensory state like bullet time, and then superimposed the effect of the "Comprehensive Enhancement" expertise. As a result, others could only attack once in a round, while Lynn could attack two to three times.
Moreover, due to the Yrden trap, the silver sword that cut into the Crimson Plague Ghost's body this time no longer had the light and fluttering feeling of cutting through the air.
The crimson bones were broken by Lynn's slash, and then turned into more fine slag.
The specter oil smeared on the silver sword made the Crimson Plague Ghost's wound black and slowly corroded the Crimson Plague Ghost's spirit body.
The Crimson Plague Ghost kept making mournful cries.
It tried to avoid or block Lynn's attack.
But under the continuous effect of the Yrden sign, its speed was as slow as a turtle.
This allowed Lynn's every attack to accurately and powerfully act on the Crimson Plague Ghost's body.
Finally, in a desperate long howl, the Crimson Plague Ghost burned like fire in front of the two Witchers and turned into a pile of ashes.
An unprecedented hot current poured into Lynn's body along his arms.
"Attribute points: 2 (15%) → 4 (15%)"
The experience contributed by the Crimson Plague Ghost was quite large, the most of all the monsters hunted so far.
And this also proved the power of the Crimson Plague Ghost from the side.
This battle seemed simple, but in fact, Lynn and Geralt were able to win entirely because they had an absolute advantage.
There was a significant difference between one Witcher and two Witchers fighting a monster.
Moreover, Lynn was not an ordinary Witcher.
He was a master in Wolf School swordsmanship and signs.
Although his alchemy was only proficient, he was also at the level of a formal Witcher.
He and Geralt fought side by side, naturally exerting a miraculous effect of one plus one greater than two.
In addition, Elder Brouver paid for the sword oil, potions, and alchemy bombs for this mission, so they could use them casually.
The Witcher in his prime was also different from the Witcher who could not afford sword oil, potions, and alchemy bombs.
Even Geralt had never fought such a well-funded battle in his life.
Of course, the last and most critical point was:
Geralt's grasp of timing was superb.
Unless it was a creature that could teleport, no creature could avoid an attack while attacking, not even a monster.
Geralt's Yrden trap was neither too early nor too late. It just happened to restrain the Crimson Plague Ghost when it attacked and was too late to withdraw and could not avoid it.
If it was a rookie Witcher, even if he was lucky enough to trap the Crimson Plague Ghost with the Yrden trap, he would not be able to restrain the Crimson Plague Ghost for too long because the sign was not powerful enough.
But Geralt's sign power was estimated to be second only to Vesemir.
The Yrden trap not only restricted the Crimson Plague Ghost's short-range flashing ability, but also greatly slowed down its speed, making it unable to avoid Lynn's continuous attacks.
More importantly, the Yrden trap also forced the Crimson Plague Ghost to reveal its original shape, without any damage reduction, all of which were real damage.
Because of this, the dignified Crimson Plague Ghost, who had once disturbed Mahakam, died so aggrievedly.
He didn't even have time to hand over his talent ability before he died.
...
After cleaning up the battlefield, Lynn and Geralt walked out of the abandoned mine with Thor tied up.
The dwarven guards outside were stunned when they saw Thor tied up with Kinbaku, not understanding what was going on.
Lynn told them what happened in the abandoned mine. The dwarven guards were dubious, but they still escorted Lynn and Thor to see Brouver.
As for Geralt, he didn't go with them.
Anyway, Lynn would collect the reward for him.
He would give it to Geralt later.
He was going to the isolation ward.
That was where the sick miners were isolated.
He wanted to see if the miners had recovered after the Crimson Plague Ghost was eliminated.
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