Chapter 298

If there is no stake, is it still Gwent?

Her eyes shifted to the maid outfit placed aside... Although it was a maid outfit, the degree of exposure was far from what she knew about maid outfits.

Lin Qiao did not make any excessive demands.

It was nothing more than losing again, and then changing clothes to play cards with him.

——If this is not too much...

Wow, sorry, Geralt, Vesemir... I didn't keep the glory of Kaer Morhen...

"This is impossible, you cheated!"

Biting her lower lip tightly, Ciri's mentality finally collapsed after losing for a whole afternoon.

After all, it was incredible that a person from another world knew Gwent.

Not to mention that he was familiar with the rules, and was very good at spies and bait operations.

Finally, let alone why this guy had so many good cards in his hand!

Hero cards, synergy enhancement, burning...

Often, after a round, Lin Qiao's points can reach hundreds, completely suppressing Ciri.

This is not magic, this guy must be cheating!

"Yes."

He admitted this openly.

Lin Qiao casually spread the deck in his hand on the coffee table in front of him, and then pinched one of the cards with two fingers.

Then, in Ciri's unbelievable eyes, the picture on the card quickly changed to a hero card with a gold border - Geralt of Rivia.

Lin Qiao certainly didn't have a Gwent card.

These were all made by hand after he referred to the texture of Ciri's cards and used his ability to reorganize materials - this was also the reason for Ciri's miserable defeat.

Not only that, he also used his dog-licking stance from time to time to disturb Ciri's mind, making it difficult for her to calm down and think.

And the surveillance cameras arranged behind her and on the ceiling, which were mimicked by genetic factors, would expose the cards in her hand to Lin Qiao.

Taking all these factors into consideration, it would be a miracle if Ciri could still win.

However, Lin Qiao was not ashamed of this, but looked at the angry Xili opposite with interest.

"I did cheat, and besides that, there are far more means than you think, but so what?"

"You!"

Hearing this, Xili glared at Lin Qiao, and the latter showed a healthy smile.

"...Give it back to me."

"Heh."

Lin Qiao chuckled and spread his hands: "Do you think it's possible?"

"..."

The atmosphere on the field quickly cooled down.

The two looked at each other briefly and silently, the girl clenched her fists, bit her back teeth, and her face flushed a little because of anger.

And someone was still waving his tiger whiskers with an ignorant look.

"!"

After a short silence, Xili's tense muscles suddenly burst out.

Since talking nicely doesn't work, violence can only be used.

Just like an agile cheetah, with the good skills she had learned from living in Kaer Morhen for many years and under the guidance of many demon hunter masters, she burst out with amazing speed in an instant.

She took a step forward and took back the sword of Givaleel next to Lin Qiao.

Then the sharp blade was unsheathed and pointed directly at a cheating and bullying alien...

Having said that, considering that the other party helped her heal her scars and did not do anything too excessive, she did not intend to kill him.

But a lesson was inevitable.

"!"

However, what was beyond Ciri's expectation was that Lin Qiao, who was half lying on the sofa like Ge You, was not nervous at all, but rushed over directly.

With a smile on her face, she raised one hand and quickly swung it at the sword of Givaleel with a sound of breaking through the air.

'Is this guy crazy? '

A trace of panic flashed in Ciri's eyes.

However——

Dang!

With an extremely crisp sound, the sword of Givaleel was instantly broken into two pieces in the middle and slipped out of Ciri's hand.

She was also hit by an inexplicable impact and flew backwards from the spot.

Her body fell from midair to the ground, and Xili suddenly felt a sweetness in her throat.

The severe pain in her arm made her realize that she might have a fracture.

"Ah...ah?"

But before she could scream, she found that the pain in her body had disappeared.

And Lin Qiao, who stood in front of her at some point, pointed a strange-shaped gun at her.

The light from the muzzle seemed to have healed even the scratch on her forehead.

"Although I never think that weakness is the original sin, you have to admit that when facing oppression, the weak never have room to resist."

"Just like now, or your past, and your future."

Taking back the medical emergency gun, Lin Qiao used telekinesis to move the broken sword of Jiweier in front of him, and raised his hand to hold the broken end of the broken sword.

Just a moment later, when he let go again, the broken sword had been reconnected.

"Get up, Princess of Cintra. Now that we've finished playing cards, we should talk business."

Throw it to Ciri on the ground.

Lin Qiao stretched and sat back in her seat.

"Ahem! Are you a warlock?" Picking up the sword of Givail on the ground, Ciri stood up.

Lin Qiao's method reminded her of Yennefer and Triss... She also had the talent of a warlock before, but she gave it up.

However, although the methods are somewhat similar to those of warlocks, frankly speaking, they are only a little similar... at least the two sorceresses mentioned above will not hit people with bare hands.

And there is no magic in this world - or chaos energy.

It's a bit far-fetched.

Seeing that Lin Qiao had no desire to fight, Xili also put the long sword back into its scabbard after a brief hesitation.

Now that the form is stronger than the other person, since the other party has no desire to fight, she might as well not overestimate her ability and send him off.

And Xili also wanted to know why Lin Qiao knew so many things about her.

She didn't tell Sasha or Lucy this.

Of course, what’s more important is——

"What exactly do you want to do?"

He frowned and looked at Lin Qiao with a hint of confusion in his seriousness.

The latter just showed a healthy smile: "It's very simple. I am somewhat interested in the blood of the ancients, so I hope you can cooperate."

"!"

Hearing this, Ciri's eyes widened.

Chapter 372 I like a win-win situation

Another person who has plans for the ancient blood...

But in a sense, this is an unsurprising answer.

Rather, if there was any other answer, Ciri would be at a loss.

After all, so far, too many people have attacked her because of the power in her body.

Regardless of whether they are elves or humans, there are too many people who approach Ciri with malice or good intentions.

And because of this, she is just like the evil lone star in novels or movies and TV dramas. People who come into contact with her basically have no good ending.

But let's talk about it and understand it, but whether we agree or not is another matter.

"Wait a minute, wait a minute, don't refuse in a hurry... at least listen to my conditions before making a decision."

Xili just wanted to stand up from her seat when Lin Qiao pushed her back with telekinesis.

"In exchange, I can give you the corresponding power."

"strength?"

"Yes, it is not a power that is difficult to grasp and cannot be controlled like ancient blood, but an absolute power that is enough to protect you and those around you."

Although the power of ancient blood is indeed powerful, it is a pity that this power is difficult to have an effect in frontal combat...

In other words, Ciri has not grown up enough to use this power in a direct conflict.

Now she is like a baby holding a heavy machine gun.

The gun was powerful enough, but as a baby, it was difficult for her to even pull the trigger.

In a nutshell, it is Tsai.

Last but not least, even with the powerful power of ancient blood, she is still just a mortal with a physical body.

He possesses advanced swordsmanship...but he is still a mortal.

"From the Massacre of Sintra to the card game just now, you must have experienced many things where you can only rage or run away because of your own weakness."

"Behind that, how many people were implicated because of you and died? How many people will die in the future for the same reason?"

"Can you save them? Come on, if you can, you won't be chased around for your life."

"I…"

Xili opened her mouth, but in the end nothing came out.

The blood of our companions...the blood of the villagers...

Bloody scenes from the past flashed through her mind, making her eyes red and her knuckles turning white from holding them too hard.

Seeing this, Lin Qiao also made the final and most critical blow.

"Even if one day you return to your original world, do you think Geralt and Yennefer will survive in the end because they want to protect you?"

With a hint of joking, the pupils emitting blue light seemed to be asking her: Have you protected these people?

And the fact is already obvious.

In that chaotic world, even a famous demon hunter will be stabbed to the core by a pitchfork if he is not careful.

As for sorceresses... anti-magic metal can be said to be a blessing for mortals, but a nightmare for sorceresses.

Lin Qiao's words were like using the most direct and cruel method to open the girl's newly healed wound, and then sprinkled a pinch of chili powder on it.

"…Why do you know this?"

Biting her lower lip, hoping to change the topic a bit... at least give her some time to think about it.

"You're not the only one who has the experience of traveling across the world, Ciri."

Lin Qiao glanced at her and continued.

"But really speaking, what I know is a timeline that is further back than the one you are living in now... You can mistakenly but intuitively understand it as predicting the future."

"Then Geralt and Ye..."