Astartes of the Bear School

Chapter 919 901. Poison Stone

"Tsk, it's difficult to handle."

The flaky ashes that caused heavy casualties to the residents of Lothric City were piled up too thickly in the courtyard.

Originally, there was an elevator room in this elevator. It was considered indoors after all, so it should not be affected by these flaky ash.

But because there were too many and too thick piles, the piles of ashes overflowed in from the outside.

Lan En tried to step on it, and the thickness of the white ash easily covered the soles of his feet.

And not long after he stepped on it, black veins began to appear on Lan En's neck and face.

And there is a tendency to gather towards the eye sockets.

This is the reaction of the witcher's body after being attacked by poison.

Lan En quickly took his feet back and was speechless looking at the white ashes.

It seems that the excessive accumulation of flaky ash has caused special changes. As long as you step on it, these ash piles will release a toxin into the body of the person who comes into contact.

Lan En made a rough estimate and found that this toxin was very toxic.

One bite would probably kill an ordinary person.

But now, Lan En has no plans to back down.

"Get on my shoulders and hold your breath."

The witcher said to the calico kitten.

The flannel ball immediately grabbed the skirt of Lan En's master-level Bear School armor and ran up to his shoulders, squatting on it.

"It would be nice if there was an antidote or Kampo medicine, nya."

The flannel ball whispered.

Both of these are medicines made from plants in the strange ecological environment of the New World.

Thanks to the strong natural power there, while these two drugs can detoxify, they are also completely non-toxic and can be used by ordinary people or Ellu cats.

Lan En plans to stock up on some when he goes to the New World next time.

After taking a deep breath, the witcher quickly walked out of the elevator and officially entered the King's Courtyard.

The situation was much better than he expected in the elevator room.

The terrain in the courtyard is slightly undulating, so the higher areas are not covered by the ash piles, and are still the black color of the soil, rather than the lifeless grayish white.

Lan En quickly ran toward the black soil with a low voice.

When he stood on the black earth without ashes, Lan En took a small breath.

The total distance was only fifty meters, but Lan En's face felt as if he had drank several bottles of witcher potion.

The toxins collect around the eye sockets through blood vessels, turning the whites of the eyes into jet black.

If it weren't for the [Gene Seed] and [Song Gland] regulating Lan En's endocrine system, then this pile of toxins would even exceed the endurance of an ordinary demon hunter.

It's time to start eroding the body.

The flannel ball looked at Lan En worriedly on his shoulder, but the demon hunter waved his hand indifferently, and then took out a bottle of [high-grade white honey] from the alchemical leather bag.

After taking a sip, the black lines on his face disappeared in the blink of an eye.

For Lan En, who was not short of money and had his alchemy talent maxed out from beginning to end, he had already started upgrading his potion reserves after getting the advanced formulas for various potions from Kaer Morhen. .

The potency of high-level potions is quite strong compared to low-level potions.

If the previous [White Honey] formula was used, it would be necessary to drink a whole bottle to clear out the toxin dose that reaches the upper limit of the demon hunter's body.

"There are a lot of places to stay, much better than I thought."

Lan En whispered to the flannel ball while scanning the entire courtyard.

Although now there is a thick layer of ash piles everywhere in the King's Courtyard.

But the elegance and refinement of the past can still be vaguely seen.

There are withered remains of vegetation in the courtyard, as well as traces of water channels after the water has dried up, and the remaining buildings also look neat and tidy.

But in today's environment, these things seem gloomy and forbidding.

The black earth is intertwined with gray ashes, the vegetation is withered and yellowed, and under the traces of the waterways, there is still a sticky "chirp" sound, and it is unknown what creatures are moving underneath.

The originally magnificent stone Gothic building would only make people feel cold under such circumstances.

And in this gloomy courtyard, there were a few figures that were familiar to Lan En - those black mud snakes.

Or according to the official name of Emma's chief priest after investigation, [Human Pus].

The officiant said that it looked like "the pustules of human nature are swollen".

In a small courtyard, there were three or four human puss wandering around.

Their skinny human legs support a large, twisted, asphalt-like mass of snakes on their upper bodies, and from time to time they emit heart-chilling screams.

This made Lan En even more firm on a certain guess in his heart.

The density of human pus is too great here.

On the high wall of Lothric, although the people were treated like plants by these flakes of ashes, only one thing like human pus could be found in hundreds of people.

So when a group of them rushed back to the church, they only met the three-headed man's pus along the way. Not much resistance.

But here

Lan frowned.

"Mentos, plan a route. Try to walk on the black soil. We don't need to get entangled with these monsters. This is not our purpose."

The biological brain accepted the task request.

And soon, road signs were projected on Lan En's retina.

"Hush, flannel ball. Let's get through quickly."

"I understand, nya!"

Elma agreed in a low voice and covered her mouth with her paws.

The sensing range of these human puss is not large, and Mentos collected this data incidentally the last time he fought with them.

At this time, these data are just provided to the subject for reference.

Lan En's stealth ability is also quite good. After all, he trained with Ashina Ninja.

Although due to their heavy weight, they are still unable to achieve their light-weight movement efficiency. But in terms of "quiet movement", he is actually no different from the ninjas.

Using the silent steps in the "Lone Shadow Ninja Technique Book", Lan En quickly traveled beyond the three-headed man's pus's perception.

From time to time we step on the black earth, and from time to time we step on the ashes and white earth.

When he passed by the traces of water channels, he also saw what those things making sticky 'squeaking' sounds were.

It was a group of black slugs that were the size of a normal human. A group of slugs gathered together and seemed to be eating several human corpses.

At the edge of the waterway, Lan En also grabbed something.

It was a fairly large stone that could not be grasped with just one hand.

He now has a [Blessed Gem] in his hand, which Klimt said was produced by the qualitative transformation of the keystone.

This stone looks a bit like a wedge-shaped stone.

Considering that the larger the keystone, the greater the power it contained, so Lan En took it easily.

The depth of the courtyard is not very large. It is more than two hundred meters away from the elevator to reach the main building in the depths.

This should be the king's residence in the courtyard.

After walking onto the stone building floor, Lan En took another sip of [high-grade white honey] to remove the toxins from his body.

The velvet ball was finally able to jump off his shoulders and walk on its own.

In front is a gate guarded by two church knights armed with great swords.

Church Knights are knights who have been given the right to use King Oceroes’ personal crest, the ‘Giant Bird Pattern’.

This is undoubtedly a sign of deep trust.

Considering the identity and prestige of the king and the protoss, in this era when political and religious power was unified in the hands of one person, King Osroais may really have more trust in the church knights than he did in the Lothric knights.

At least in this courtyard, he did not arrange for anyone from the Knights of Lothric to interfere with the guard work.

As soon as Lan En and Velvet Ball came over, a church knight spotted them.

And he stepped down from his guard position, carrying the big sword on his shoulder, and walked towards the man and the cat.

The plate armor boots made a muffled sound of "dong dong dong" on the ground, heavy and menacing.

The other church knight continued to stand guard as if he had noticed nothing.

This performance made Lan En think that there might not be a need to start a fight.

"I am the messenger sent by the chief priest of Emma and the leader of the Knights of Lothric. There are many changes happening outside that need to be reported to His Majesty. Can you please pass them on?"

As he spoke, Lan En also pulled out a small flag from his arms.

That was the certificate that the priest Emma gave him before leaving.

It was said that it was enough to prove his ‘stand’ in front of King Osroais.

But Lan En soon realized that he was wrong.

Perhaps this church knight who walked straight towards them had no human thinking and logic under his iron bucket-like helmet.

Perhaps this church knight felt that he didn't need the help of his companions to solve the problem of one person and one cat.

In short, his silent actions do not mean that he can communicate rationally with Lan En.

"call!"

The big sword on the shoulder used the momentum of stepping forward to make a clean and horizontal slash!

The heavy and wide blade left a heavy roar in the air.

Lan En, on the other hand, took a step back as if it was just right. The broad blade that tore through the air only lifted a few strands of hair on his forehead, but had no other effect.

Lan En narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at the church knight in front of him.

The hostility was now clear.

"I am too optimistic about finding a normal person in this pile of ashes. But since you take action first."

"bass!"

The projector on the left arm armor was activated with a hook lock. Lan En, who took a step back, fired the hook diagonally behind him almost at the same time as he moved.

"Then we won't have any psychological pressure when we fight."

The claws clicked and caught a priest standing on the edge of the stairs on the upper floor of the building.

The priest was originally crouching on the ground as if on the verge of death, but when the church knight was about to fight Lan En, he stood up again.

And shook the Holy Bell Catalyst in his hand, as if to perform some kind of [miracle].

A faint golden light emanated from the priests and church knights.

But before the golden light could completely take shape, Lan En's left hand tugged.

"Stab" sound!

The priesthood, which was forcibly torn from the upper floor of the building, stood directly in front of Lan En!

The church knight's great sword tore the thin human body and the thin priestly robe in front of him into two pieces.

The blood should have sprayed backwards towards Lan En, but under the reduced power of [Alder's Seal], the minced meat, broken bones, and blood all went towards the church knight's face.

"Meow!"

The flannel ball also swooped up at the same time, grabbed the iron bucket helmet with two claws, and pulled it up slightly. The helmet's viewing hole was pulled up to the knight's forehead, misaligning his eyes.