Chapter 20: The Shadow Lynx
There was only a brief interrogation when he entered the city, but Lin Xuan had the guidance of Commander-in-Chief Mormont, so he easily entered Winterfell.
The city was lit up at this time, and it seemed that some kind of big celebration was going on. Lin Xuan inquired a little and understood. It turns out that he is just in time for the scene at the beginning of the plot. King Laubo comes to Winterfell to visit his old friend, and wants Ned Stark to serve as Prime Minister and assist him.
This visit can be said to have indirectly led to the tragedy of the Stark family in the future. But it was also the beginning of the legend of several Stark kids. Except for the eldest son who died, and a young son. The rest of Jon Snow, Arya Stark, Bran Stark, and even Sassanid Stark each left their mark on the rest of the story. And even to some extent changed the pattern of the entire continent.
Lin Xuan ignored their welcome ceremony and just wandered around the street. This was the first time Lin Xuan had come to the true Alien Plane. The previous worlds were all similar to reality. And the world a year ago was a real magical continent. Everything in this world is different from reality. For a mage with all sorts of research obsessive-compulsive disorder. If he couldn't carefully observe and understand the world, Lin Xuan would not be able to sleep at night.
The level of productivity in the world of fire and ice is about the same as that of medieval Europe. Maybe it's stronger, but it's not much stronger. It is worth mentioning that the world's seafaring technology far surpassed that of Europe at the same time. Their merchant ships were able to cross the ocean and reach another continent. This has also led to a fairly developed port trade.
Because of the cold weather, the titles of the entire northern drama prefer to pass on some fur costumes. It's just that most of the workmanship is very rough, and it is completely different from the fur that Lin Xuan knows.
There are quite a few stalls on the street. But the vast majority are for the sale of some dead prey, meat and the like. Lin Xuan was not interested in those unknown meats, but all kinds of living pets made him look at them differently.
Several hunter-like men are selling a small beast in the shape of a leopard. The little beast was all black, and its fur shimmered with a strange sheen. Although it is a young beast, the fierce light that comes in and out of his eyes from time to time makes it clear that this is definitely a dangerous character.
Shadow Lynx, that's supposed to be the name. It has not appeared in American dramas. However, it is mentioned in the original novel that there are few powerful creatures that are said to have magical blood.
Lin Xuan bent down and looked at the little guy carefully. He silently unleashed a detection spell. It turned out that the Shadow Lynx did indeed have a faint magical bloodline, but it had been suppressed. In other words, it's a real magical creature, but it probably doesn't have any external special abilities. At best, the combat effectiveness may be particularly strong.
The little guy was also looking at Lin Xuan, and the animal instinct made him feel that the human in front of him was very dangerous. But it still stared at Lin Xuan stubbornly, refusing to show weakness at all.
"Interesting, where did you catch it?" Lin Xuan asked.
"In the depths of the neck, we spent more than ten days laying traps. It took another six days to finally lure it into the trap and catch it. This is the Shadow Lynx, the Hunter of the Finest. It'......"
"So, make an offer." Lin Xuan ignored the hunter's tirade. I directly selected the ask price.
The three hunters got together, discussed for a moment, and finally made a decision.
"Three hundred gold coins."
This is undoubtedly a price. In terms of the productivity of this world, three hundred gold coins can buy about a dozen strong slaves, or three or five maids. The Shadow Lynx is a plaything at best. And this creature is known to be extremely difficult to tame, so this is obviously a sky-high asking price.
Lin Xuan thought for a moment, opened the backpack behind him, and took out a short knife. This is a high-carbon steel weapon specially built by Lin Xuan in the real society. It belongs to the pinnacle of modern metallurgy. Several of the hunters are knowledgeable guys. As soon as Lin Xuan took out the short knife, he had already looked straight at it.
A dull but hideous blade, a jagged back. The high-pressure leather shank is fully ergonomic. You can feel the difference when you hold it. One of the hunters took the knife. It could be seen from his expression that he was quite satisfied.
"If you're looking for the Shadow Lynx, this knife isn't enough. At least three. ”
He saw the other knives in Lin Xuan's backpack, these were specially created by Lin Xuan before he came, just so that he could make some exchanges in this martial world.
"I think that's enough, and if you insist on it, then you can only say goodbye." Lin Xuan ignored the other party's lion and opened his mouth, but was about to leave.
The other two hunters couldn't help themselves. The three of them got together and discussed. This time it was noticeably more intense. Lin Xuan was not in a hurry, just silently waiting for their results.
After about a minute, the argument stopped. A hunter in the territory put away Lin Xuan's knife and pushed the cage of the Shadow Lynx towards Lin Xuan.
"It's yours."
Lin Xuan smiled slightly, lifted the cage and left. Behind him, there was another quarrel between the three of them.
I was going to pay a visit to the Starks, but this little episode changed his mind. Because he just thought of something interesting.
Lin Xuan found a hotel and asked for a secluded room. Of course, this seclusion refers to the most corner room. The Shadow Lynx's cage was then placed on the ground. Then I started writing and drawing around the cage.
After more than ten minutes of busyness, a strange magic circle appeared around the cage. It is different from the plum circle commonly used by Lin Xuan. This is a completely different magic array. There are new magic patterns, spells from the Ancient White Witch, and some runes from the druids. This was a spell that Lin Xuan deduced based on clues in some ancient books. It was the ancient druids who used psychic spells for their animal companions.
The original spell has long since been lost. Lin Xuan had only found some clues in the collection of the Holy Axe Cross Society. Then he combined some spells from Merlin's vein to develop a similar spell. One thing that must be mentioned is that since Lin Xuan completed this technique, he has never really practiced it. Because there is simply no valuable creature to be found in the real world for him to experiment with this spell.
The Shadow Lynx is a creature of magical blood, and his IQ is at least much stronger than that of ordinary animals in Kota Kinabalu. It's a pity that it definitely doesn't know that it has been used as a test subject by some unscrupulous guy.