Bear School Astartes

[Arzu’s Double Cross], the magic most famous for creating the Demon Hunter group, and also most notorious.

The giant monster [Saliva Demon] summoned under the Double Cross Array crushed half of Maribo City.

The outside world assumed this magic would be some kind of powerful summoning magic.

But when Lann visited Ker Morhan, the original base of the Demon Hunter Order, he was allowed by Vesemir to enter the oldest and darkest rooms of the castle to read the knowledge and wisdom within.

With Mentos’s comprehensive understanding and computational ability, Lann successfully replenished the knowledge lost when the Bear Demon Hunters split from the Order, including the Demon Hunter’s potion alchemy, the advanced forms of the five Magic Seals, and so on.

He also pleasantly and keenly discovered the true nature of Arzu’s famed magic—

[Arzu’s Double Cross], releasing this magic independently holds no meaning; it is also not any ’powerful summoning magic.’

The foundation of Arzu’s magic system is his [Multiple Triangle] theory, which allows him to spontaneously induce various mutated traits in organisms, both good and bad, all uncontrollable.

He recklessly applied [Multiple Triangle] to insects, utilizing their high reproduction rate, to accumulate quality through quantity.

The excellent mutated traits born among them were then unified with [Double Cross], gathered onto a target, ultimately creating the formidable [Saliva Demon].

Arzu was not the legendary master of summoning magic, but from beginning to end, a master of biological transformation in the field of magic.

And upon realizing this point, Lann became very interested in [Arzu’s Double Cross] magic.

Because ’integrating various biological traits into one individual’ coincidentally aligns with his plans for [Enhanced Organs].

Understanding this magic would greatly aid his future surgical upgrade planning.

Just like now.

[Fog Nest Master Terror Dragon’s stomach pouch]... even if Lann has fully analyzed and understood this super organ.

Yet if without the aid of magic or alchemy, how this organ, which already has semi-spirit body characteristics, should fit with his own body remains an issue.

"Both the analysis of magic and alchemy need to continue, but collecting [Enhanced Organs knowledge] is also necessary."

Lann emphasized his course of action to Mentos.

"There are many things to do, but they must be done step by step, always moving forward."

"I very much agree with your thoughts, sir." The biochemical intellect enthusiastically praised but then shifted tone, "Yet your tone sounds as if I’m hesitating due to difficulty."

"I’m just a helpless and busy biochemical intellect and wouldn’t have such emotions, sir."

With Mentos’s sarcastic and playful tone, Lann pursed his lips but said nothing further.

He stored the sliced-off thin piece of stomach wall separately in a preservation jar for future research.

Lann cleaned the laboratory briskly and stepped out, ready to eat dinner.

It must be said, with Wende greatly expanding the Investigation Team’s activity domain in the New Continent, Weapon and Mountain Cat Pavilion have also gained more regional ingredients.

For example, in the Valley of Miasma, this rancid-smelling place, the head chef discovered a type of special rotten meat which can be eaten after processing and even has a unique flavor.

Like stinky tofu or fermented bean curd or herring cans, this odd taste, once launched, surprisingly appealed to adventurous Hunters who eagerly tried it and subsequently, quite a few grew fond of it.

And the varieties from other regions like the specialty mushrooms of the Ancient Tree Forest, the cactus fruits of the Great Ant Mound Wasteland, and the terrestrial seafood of the Land Coral Plateau...

Lann, when dining now, also carries a bit of a surprised mindset, eager to see what the chef can present as the standard menu for today.

"Is today’s dish actually bird meat?"

Seated in an empty spot before the stone bar overseen by the head chef, Lann raised an eyebrow in surprise.

Because to cater to the whole base’s hunters and scholars, Weapon and Mountain Cat Pavilion usually opts for high-yield seafood or large pieces of dragon meat, not bird meat...

"Oh?" The similarly handsome one-eyed head chef raised his paw to lick it, looking at Lann with surprise. "You actually recognized the different quality of the meat at a glance, huh?"

Saying this, he scooped up a large piece of meat cooking on the stone slab and placed it in front of Lann.

"Today a Fifth Period Team hunter took down a Poisonous Demon Bird not far from the base, so we decided to drag it back and have a feast."

"This piece is from its big tongue, you were fooled by it, weren’t you? Haha!"

Lann shrugged when he first encountered the Poisonous Demon Bird, its tongue stretched to twice its body length suddenly swept over him.

This incident the head chef also remembered.

"Indeed, I was fooled by it before." the young Demon Hunter spoke seemingly casually, but before reaching to eat, he almost deliberately remarked.

"Ah! Head Chef, you just said ’meow’ several times, right? Really, so cute!"

Originally holding its arms across its chest, the proud large Elu Cat now instantly froze.

The head chef, hoping others perceive it as handsome and dignified, even deliberately avoids its ’meow’ tick.

At this moment, Lann’s ’retaliation’ was undoubtedly spot-on. And that final ’praise’ word by word delivered a critical hit.

The Bear School prefers it this way, compared to the Wolf School’s endless cold sarcastic remarks, they like to pierce through the opponent in one go.

"Head chef! Head chef, what’s wrong meow, head chef!?"

"Don’t give up meow! Dinner time isn’t over yet!"

Lann ignored the large Elu cat that had become despondent, as well as the group of helper Elu cats jumping and shouting around it.

Lann began to enjoy his dinner with a smile.

Beside Lann, Tishaya watched this scene with great interest.

Lann’s little mischievousness seemed quite adorable to her.

"We haven’t seen each other for a few days." Amid the chaos behind the bar with the Elu cats, the Demon Hunter was eating the tongue of a Poisonous Demon Bird while talking to the Female Warlock beside him, "How have you been?"

"Don’t worry." Tishaya was holding a solid wooden large mug with both hands, sipping the beer brewed by the investigation team. "The magic power you gave me last time is completely sufficient for my normal needs."

By this time, the dinner rush had passed, so she wasn’t taking up space.

"By the way, here’s your beacon back."

Tishaya placed the rune-engraved stone on the bar and pushed it toward Lann.

"You’ve finished your research?" Lann didn’t hesitate, reached out to take it back, put it in his alchemy pouch, and looked at Tishaya with some surprise. "It’s only been a few days?"

"Rita and I began researching this beacon as soon as you first brought it to Airetusa, remember?" Tishaya waved her hand nonchalantly, "But this time, it’s just a rare pure theoretical research."

Lann was very interested in Tishaya’s current relaxed demeanor.

This usually meticulous and self-assured Female Warlock was now idly drinking beer, her legs elegantly crossed, sitting on a stone stool at the bar.

This posture, to be honest... made her full legs and voluptuous waist and hip curves make the skirt a bit tight-fitting.

So while eating, Lann asked, "Looks like you’ve made some gains?"

"I’ve already understood the magic on this beacon. I just need to go back and verify it with magic."

Tishaya casually mentioned an incredible piece of news.

Even Lann couldn’t help but click his tongue.

"The magic technology on this beacon is very sophisticated."

"Using it, I think if I have enough magic power support, I can receive or send messages to another world, or even, if well-prepared, potentially open a cross-world portal."

Tishaya spoke plainly.

The technique of ultra-small-scale world-crossing portals actually has a rather low threshold.

Like the Ancient Deer-headed Spirit that previously invaded the New Continent’s ecosystem, it just used a [Random Teleportation Technique] to throw itself here.

The real difficulty lies in finding the right world in the boundless chaos outside the world and ensuring your teleportation technique can anchor to it.

And the Elf Beacon Lann acquired in the Ancient Greek World undoubtedly opened the vision of Tishaya, the most experienced Female Warlock among humans, serving as technical guidance.

The elves of the Ain Sidi Race, before the decline of their race, had quite profound cross-world teleportation technology.

"And that’s not all."

Tishaya placed the large wooden mug on the table, her fingers absent-mindedly brushing over the rim of the cup.

And her eyes followed her fingers, as if she were in a daze or thinking about something else.

"Do you know the word ’Sage,’ Lann?"

"I’m listening." Lann was impressed by Tishaya’s recent research, turning his body slightly, watching her while eating.

The word ’Sage’ in the ancient language is Ain Saveni, whose meaning Lann had always equated with the word ’warlock.’

He truly didn’t understand why Tishaya brought up this term after her recent pure theoretical research.

"You think ’Sage’ and Warlock are synonyms." Tishaya seemed to have anticipated Lann’s understanding of this term. "But that’s wrong."

This seemed to be a common mistake, so much so that Tishaya, who had been teaching for many years, was not surprised by it.

At this moment, she was habitually speaking to Lann with the demeanor of educating a student.

"Dear, placing the two together is like comparing a campfire to a volcano!"

"It’s as foolish as ’equating a new recruit holding a grass stem in his mouth with you Demon Hunters just because you’re both holding a sword.’"