"I was going to kill you outright, but...... You are lucky that your talent is unique in this world. ”

The sound of this sentence was not loud, but in Ciri's ears, it was like a louder and louder roar of thunder.

Almost subconsciously, she wanted to activate her ability to escape from this world, this plane, no matter where she went, anyway, as long as she could escape from this evil lich far away.

"Daughter of Time and Space, do you know why I don't limit your abilities?"

However, at this time, the lich, who had obviously noticed the abnormal fluctuations, did not have any intention of stopping it, but continued to say in that calm and indifferent tone for a long time-

"Not just because I didn't find an effective way to restrict and shackle you, but because you can't just leave this plane...... Are you ready to give up hope of saving the world? ”

“……”

“……”

Ciri was stunned for a moment, only to feel a chilling cold breath spread from her toes to the top of her head, making it difficult for her to breathe, and even her body was trembling slightly uncontrollably.

Yes, his ability is not limited, and he can indeed activate the power given by his bloodline at any time to travel through time and space to leave this world and this time period.

But in this case, doesn't it mean that she has completely given up hope?

- It's easy to leave, but it's impossible to come back.

Before she arrived on a new plane, she didn't even know what kind of world was on the other side.

In other words, although the "blood of the ancients" gives her the ability to travel through time and space, it does not mean that she can completely control time and space...... Otherwise, she would be a true deity.

She casually stretched out a finger to crush John Connor from the future, or simply crushed John Connor directly to death in the future. There is no need to deal with the trouble of the other party in the past, let alone the hard work of traveling through time and space, making plans and changing history.

To put it more thoroughly, time and space are like the boundless ocean, and the material world is an isolated island on this endless sea.

As for human beings and other creatures, they are terrestrial species that live on isolated islands, and there is no way to leave the islands to survive in the vast ocean, let alone swim to other remote islands.

- The appearance of the "Ancient Blood" has changed this situation, and the meaning of existence of this miraculous bloodline that cannot be imagined is equivalent to a ferryboat.

With it, people are able to avoid the myriad risks of the sea and travel safely to other isolated islands.

However, it is important to understand that the emergence of ferries only means that people have the possibility and feasibility of crossing the sea, but it never means that people have a boat and control the entire ocean.

Ciri had traveled between different worlds and different times in order to escape from the world of Aine El, and even with the help of the unicorn, she was finally able to control her ability to travel through time and space, but there was no precise control at all.

When she returned to the world of the witchers, she even traveled hundreds of years later. It was only with the help of a sorceress here that she finally returned to the right point in time.

Therefore, with such a big error, she may not be able to return to the right world, and returning to the right world may not be able to return to the right point in time, she does not dare to bet at all.

“……”

“……”

"Looks like you should understand, you can't escape."

The lich seemed to be happy to see such silence, and its upper and lower jaws continued to open and close, and it let out a slightly harsh laugh.

"That's why you didn't let that frost dragon kill me, and instead chose to capture me alive?"

The girl with gray hair and a delicate face took a deep breath, then forced herself to calm down and said coldly.

"You think you can blackmail me like this?"

"Oh? Looks like you have something else in mind? John Connor asked indifferently.

Its tone seems to be always the same, it is all so bland, so indifferent, as if human beings should have emotions such as joy, anger, sorrow, and so on, it will not feel.

In contrast to the ridiculous rumors of witchers, the necromantic magic ritual that seems to transform the lich is what really deprives normal people of their emotional abilities.

"If I don't leave, there's no hope left...... And if I choose to leave, there is hope. ”

Ciri stared at the pale flames in the other party's eyes, and his body slowly tensed, as if he was preparing for something.

"You can't threaten me with my life...... Even if you die, I won't let you get the full blood of the ancients. ”

She is not that kind of little girl, she will not be frightened by a few words from the other party, so she naturally understands that once she chooses to leave, although it is equivalent to giving up hope of saving the world, the probability of returning to this world at this point in time is extremely slim.

But she also knows that if some things are done, the probability may be slim, but if they are not done, there must be no probability at all.

For example, in the current situation, if she gave up resisting because she cared about her own life, she would also give up hope, and even make the situation worse. She could scarcely have imagined what the lich in front of her would do if she had her gift.

So the girl would rather die, and she would never allow such a thing to happen.

"Well, it seems that there is some room for negotiation between us."

The lich said calmly, this calm tone made Ciri wonder if the other party had already thought of his reaction, and was even waiting for him to be trapped?

"What's negotiable?" Ciri asked warily, the monster was the real demon in her eyes.

"As I said, you are the only complete inheritor of the blood of the ancients currently known, and your talent is unique. In any case, only by keeping you alive can you maximize the value of your bloodline. ”

The lich said indifferently.

"This ability is also closely related to spiritual thinking, just like a dead person should not be able to act normally, if you don't have your own conscious ability to guide, then this power will lie dormant in your body, as if it didn't exist at all......"

"So what?" Ciri didn't understand what the other party meant.

"I want to get the full Gates, so I have to make sure you're safe, and I can't even pull your soul out of you, or make you unconscious or unconscious, I can tell you that for sure."

John Connor said, and a hint of demagogy began to take on the flavor of his flat voice.

"But as long as you take the initiative to cooperate with me in researching and copying the "Gate of the Worlds" technology of the Ain El Clan, I promise that I will not harm you, and I will release you after my research is completed, and allow you to change the fate of this world and change the direction of history......"

……

……

"Report to the captain, there is the cemetery in Baiguoyuan Village ahead, where it is said that there are spirits and ghouls."

"Have you found any signs of dragons?"

"Not for the time being, if it had been flying in the sky and had not landed, we would probably never have found any obvious traces, and we could only confirm it based on the fact that the air in the path it flew over would be cold."

"Then continue to investigate until confirmed! I don't think you want to run into a dragon on your daily patrols. ”

"Yes!"

Captain Peter frowned slightly, looked up at the sky, and saw that the moon was already sinking, and the darkness before dawn made the earth dark and dreary.

The surrounding woods stretched across the wilderness plains, and at first glance there were jagged shadows, and there were strange howls from them, which made people's hearts crunch, and it was unknown what kind of beast or monster made it.

To be honest, in such a world, it is really not a wise thing for humans to hang out in the middle of the night, and even seasoned old hunters would not do such stupid things.

After all, there is only one life, but those predators don't care how precious human life is, they also only have one life, and they will starve to death if they don't eat, so there is no reason to let go of prey that can be easily hunted.

If it weren't for the fact that these Nilfgaards were well-trained soldiers, the local garrison stationed in the White Orchard, most of the infantry and a small number of cavalry, they were all fully armed, with armor, shields, weapons, crossbows, and horses.

Then they don't dare to do such a brain-dead thing...... Well, it's not brain-dead, after all, if there is no way but it is necessary, who wants to march into the wilderness in the dead of night, at great risk?

A dragon!

This is no joke, if you don't take advantage of the traces of the other party's appearance just now to search, you may not know where it has gone tomorrow. After all, as long as it hasn't come down from the sky, the only trace that can trace it is the cold air—

The temperature seems to drop sharply in the path of the dragon, and it becomes very cold, although it does not freeze, but it is noticeable in this summer.

However, this could not last forever, and the cold air would eventually dissipate, so they had to set out immediately to track the dragon, as the conditions did not allow them to wait until daylight to start tracking the dragon.

They had to make sure as soon as possible whether the dragon had left the area around the White Fruit Orchard, or had it found a hunting ground in the wild of the White Fruit Orchard and was the king?

"Ahhhhh——!!h

At this time, there was a sudden sound of screaming from the front, and it sounded as if the scouts who had been sent out were in danger.

The troops immediately stopped, and then they heard a low roar from the cemetery and mass graves in front of them in the night wind, mixed with the painful screams and desperate roars of the scouts, which looked particularly terrifying.

Each soldier subconsciously clenched the weapon in his hand, feeling his scalp tingle.

What's going on? Did those people meet the dragon?

"Everybody, keep up!" Captain Peter's face changed, and with a wave of his hand, his legs clamped the horse's belly, and he rushed out first.

The rest of the infantry and cavalry were only able to keep up, and the only consolation was that their commander said "follow me" instead of "give me it".

In the cemetery of Baiguoyuan Village and the mass graves nearby, more than a dozen living corpses happened to kill a few scouts who broke in, and then a large army rushed into the scene. There is almost no need to confirm, after all, the living corpse placed in the cemetery of the White Orchard is itself a poor seller.

No one would think that these guys were still human when half of their heads were missing, or there was a big hole in their hearts, or their stomachs were hollowed out, and their internal organs and intestines were gone.

"Up! Kill them! ”

Captain Peter raised his sword and pointed it forward, and the war was about to break out!