Clinging to the Witcher world to become a god of martial arts

Chapter 202 Victor, the Mad Old Man

In the very center of the laboratory, an old man with white hair, wearing a robe stained with dirt, stood with his back to the two of them in front of an incredibly complex alchemical device.

The device consists of many glass bottles of varying thicknesses connected by metal tubing, filled with boiling, inky black liquid, which bubbled and gurgled outwards.

"Professor Victor?" Sadiq was somewhat surprised by his mentor's sudden appearance in his laboratory. "Thank you for making this trip."

The white-haired old man seemed not to hear, still focused intently on the center of the device, where a small, irregular fragment of black stone floated, shimmering with an unstable, eerie light under the energy of the inky black liquid.

Lorne stood quietly behind Sadiq, his gaze fixed on the white-haired old man's back, his heart filled with mixed emotions.

So this is Sadiq's mentor, the guy who created the Frostfire Ring and could control his every move? Turns out he's an old man...

He was facing away from Lorne, so his true face was not visible.

Time passed second by second, and the laboratory fell into an eerie atmosphere, with only the hum of the alchemy equipment and the sound of boiling liquid.

The white-haired old man simply stood there, doing nothing, yet in his passive perception, the other party's spiritual power was like an unfathomable abyss, dark and vast.

A chilling aura... Lorne could sense the immense spiritual power carrying darkness and coldness, which aroused disgust.

"Bang!" Suddenly, the black stone fragment at the center of the device lit up for a moment, then went completely dark, and several fine cracks appeared on its surface.

Seeing this, Sadiq sighed helplessly, "The properties of the Black Stone Fragment are still too special to bear the dark energy in the Shadow Flower."

He then quickly stepped forward and began operating the alchemy device, adjusting the energy output nodes to stop all energy extraction devices from working.

The buzzing stopped abruptly, and the boiling liquid in the glass bottle quickly calmed down.

Shortly after the alchemy device was shut down, the white-haired old man in front slowly turned around.

Between the folds of skin on the neck, Lorne saw rings of black markings on the other person's loose skin, like the lines of a solar eclipse.

This is!

The pattern didn't seem unfamiliar to Lorne; he had seen it somewhere before.

When the white-haired old man called "Victor" turned around completely, revealing his true appearance, Lorne's face, hidden behind the mask, instantly became uneasy.

This was an old man with deep wrinkles, sunken eye sockets, and skin so loose it was almost piled up. What was truly shocking were his eyes.

The two pupils in their eye sockets were incredibly dark, almost like murky darkness.

Even without any white in its eyes, these dark eyes were still incredibly sharp, seemingly able to pierce through "Faceless 3".

The veil, to look directly at Lorne's soul.

The air froze for a moment.

Victor grinned, revealing a set of uneven teeth, with a strange smile on his face.

Lorne's heart felt as if it were being gripped tightly by a pair of large hands. Even though the mask blocked most of the prying eyes, the malice still came straight through.

It was as if an innocent sheep had been targeted by a pack of wolves, and it seemed that the fierce beasts would extend their claws and bare their fangs at any moment.

It pounced and tore itself apart...

"You've come!" came a surprised exclamation.

Lorne instantly assumed a blocking stance, his muscles tensing, and his Star Core was already emitting a large amount of Heavenly River Qi, ready to unleash the Nine Manifestations of the Soaring Dragon at any moment.

The anticipated crisis did not materialize.

"This is so much fun!" Victor hopped around Lorne excitedly, his short legs making a cracking sound as he moved.

This sudden change startled Lorne slightly.

"Here? Here! Here..." The white-haired old man's aged body burst forth with unexpected speed as he quickly looked him up and down.

A pair of wrinkled hands touched Lorne's body again and again, finally stopping at his abdomen.

"We can remove the toy intact by cutting here." A hint of ruthlessness appeared on Victor's face.

"No!" Lorne's heart skipped a beat. He slapped Victor's hand away and quickly took two steps back.

Unexpectedly, Victor was even faster and stuck to him tightly.

—Just about to defend.

Victor moved his hand away from his dantian and turned his attention to other areas, as if he were curiously examining a new toy.

This old man is probably mentally unstable... Lorne felt a chill run down his spine. The two were very close, and the old man exuded a nauseating smell and an evil aura.

This caused my mind to fluctuate constantly, and my brain to feel a slight stinging sensation.

Before meeting Sadiq's mentor, Lorne had imagined him to be a dignified old man with profound plans and an understanding of everything.

Seeing the other person's back and making eye contact with them seemed to confirm my earlier thoughts.

Everything started to go wrong once the other party began to move.

Lorne did not struggle, letting Victor move his body as he pleased, even though so far, Victor's impression on him was that of a crazy old man.

However, the other party is Sadiq's mentor after all, and his status in the academic faction is probably not low. His actual strength may even exceed that of the Minister of Law Enforcement, Colón.

If we rashly resist, given this guy's madness, who knows what he might do.

Victor's withered fingers finally stopped on Lorne's left wrist, where he wore the Frostfire Ring, and a glint of light flashed in his murky black eyes.

"This is the Frostfire Ring that Tosadik is giving you." His own light transferred from the bracelet to Lorne's mask. "It should temporarily resolve the issue of the constitution conflict."

It must be said that academic wizards have truly unique insights, and there is indeed a significant difference between them and professional wizards.

Law enforcement minister Colón's initial advice to himself was to eliminate one side of the conflict's energy.

Since Victor had never met him and understood the true nature of the physical conflict, he was able to deduce his general ideas, starting from the aspect of reconciling two completely different energies.

"Thank you, Mentor Victor. The Frostfire Ring has been a great help to me," Lorne replied, forcing a smile.

Viktor's actions and behavior made him very uncomfortable, including the man's erratic state. He couldn't understand the white-haired old man's true thoughts.

It can only be said that he must have had the idea of ​​turning himself into an experimental subject.

"I really want to dissect you and study your body structure properly." A mesmerizing smile appeared on Victor's aged face, quite enigmatic.

Especially in Lorne's view.

His lips twitched violently beneath the mask, but he suppressed his discomfort and patiently replied, "You jest, Mentor Victor."

"Haha, that's exactly what I thought!" Victor circled around Lorne. "Too bad Cologne gave me a heads-up beforehand..."