Chapter 302: Major Breakthrough in Witcher Potions

Listening to Francesca's narration, Geralt sighed secretly in his heart.

Actually, how could he not understand the meaning of the Elf sorceress? Now that Demavend had brought his army away from his own kingdom, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to weaken the Kingdom of Aedirn? Having been bullied by the Kingdom of Aedirn for so many years, the people of the Elf race must also be thinking of revenge. This is human nature.

As a racial leader, Francesca had to take care of the voices of the people no matter what, even if sometimes these voices were not rational.

However, now is not the best time.

Geralt pondered the language for a while, and then said to Francesca: "Enid, I think you need to wait for a period of time. If you show the fangs of the Elf race now, it will easily make the chaotic Northern Kingdoms have a target to fight against together."

Francesca sighed upon hearing this. She also understood this truth, but as the leader of a force, many times, some of her decisions were involuntary.

"The atmosphere within our race has been a bit radical recently."

"On the one hand, it is because of the cooperation with your Witcher Order, which brought back a large number of clansmen and other non-human races."

"They are all poor people who have suffered various human oppression for many years, otherwise they wouldn't be willing to leave their homes and go to live in other places."

"Now that these people are gathered together, some radical ideas are very popular among them."

"They think that the Elf race's strategy toward humans is too soft. We must resist and show our strength to get human respect, rather than achieving peace through wagging tails and begging for mercy, through concessions."

"On the other hand, the living environment of the Dol Blathanna is indeed quite hard compared to the towns of the past."

"There is no convenient commerce, no rich materials, and even many people cannot get a set of clean houses. Food, clothing, housing, and transportation cannot be satisfied in many aspects. This is also the longing for a better life for those clansmen who moved here."

Geralt nodded upon hearing this, reached out and took Francesca's white and slender hand, which felt like a work of art, stroked it a few times, and then said: "I can understand the problems you mentioned, Enid. I will let the Geralt Chamber of Commerce tilt more resources to the Dol Blathanna. This should make their lives better."

"However, regarding the military action of the Kingdom of Aedirn this time, I still think you must continue to endure."

"Your intelligence personnel in the south should have also received some news."

"This great war between the North and the South has been brewing quietly for a long time. The rise of the Nilfgaard Empire is largely because of their complete military merit system. Everyone is proud of military merit and plunders the resources of other countries."

"That usurper king wants his throne to be more consolidated, so he must let the officers who support him obtain more military merit."

"Now the situation in the North is turbulent. The usurper will not let go of this opportunity. Within ten years, the North-South War will definitely break out. That will be a war that sweeps across the entire continent, and it is also an opportunity for our Elf race to rise."

"Since many young clansmen are already eager to try, why don't you select a part of the most active members and organize them into an army, and strictly train them in the way of training an army."

"This can not only wear down a part of their overly enthusiastic revenge emotions, but also let the Elf race have a batch of guard forces that can be mobilized at any time, used to deal with the changes in the future."

Francesca sighed secretly upon hearing this, bit her lower lip, nodded to Geralt and said: "I listen to you, Geralt."

"After so many young Elves returned in recent years, it is indeed time to organize an army to protect our home."

Actually, the Elf sorceress might see more clearly than Geralt, but after thousands of years of waiting, the encounter of the Elf race finally had a turning point. Now that the situation was turbulent, she was a bit worried about gains and losses.

Geralt knew very well this psychology of Francesca. He comforted the Elf beauty a few more times, and the Elf beauty looked back at the Witcher with her soft and clear eyes. Looking at this exquisite and beautiful face in front of him, the fire in Geralt's body quietly began to burn again.

However, just as the two were looking at each other and the atmosphere was gradually becoming ambiguous, the door of the conference room was suddenly knocked "bang bang bang".

A middle-aged man's duck-like voice shouted at the door:

"Boss, boss, the project you asked me to study has made a major breakthrough."

Still without opening the door, this voice shouted loudly:

"However, the experimental materials for our project have been used up. I need more research funds."

Hearing this voice that destroyed the atmosphere, as the boss, Geralt also felt a bit embarrassed. He let go of Francesca's soft little hand and then said with a smile:

"It's Kalkstein, Enid, you should know him."

"Although he is a bit informal, as a researcher, he is indeed very excellent."

"Now, he is employed by me to engage in research work for our Witcher Order."

Francesca covered her mouth and chuckled upon hearing this, and then said:

"Of course I have heard of him, Geralt. In Ban Ard Academy, Kalkstein can also be considered a male sorcerer with quite a lot of talent."

"However, he is not good at using too much magic, but loves to engage in various research, and is not chasing power. Although he is a professor in the academy, he is always excluded from the power range of Ban Ard."

"He is indeed a very good researcher."

After telling some intelligence she knew, Francesca stood up gracefully, then leaned over and kissed Geralt on the corner of his mouth, with a soft and gentle expression: "Since you still have things to deal with, then I will leave first." "Since I want to organize an army, there will be many things for me to deal with next."

"When you are free, remember to come to the Dol Blathanna. After Ada studied the dark mana on your body, she put forward new ideas."

"You can come to her laboratory and take a look. Maybe it will be helpful to you."

As the most powerful spellcaster in the Wizard World, Geralt was very willing to listen to the suggestions of the Elf sage.

He nodded, watched Francesca's beautiful back leave the conference room, and then turned his gaze to Kalkstein, who had an excited look on his face.

This middle-aged male sorcerer didn't notice at all that he had destroyed his boss's good deeds. He just glanced strangely at the Elf sorceress who walked out of the conference hall, then hugged a wooden box, walked to Geralt's lower position, pushed the box in front of the boss, and said: "Boss, the Witcher potions are really quite magical and powerful, capable of strengthening the physical fitness of you Witchers in a very short time, and can even achieve the effect of doubling combat power, making people feel incredible."

"The only pity is that these potions contain highly toxic substances, which are not something that ordinary people's bodies can withstand. If you try to remove the highly toxic substances, the efficacy will be left with little, which is too unadaptable."

"Otherwise, those kings or adventurers would definitely be willing to spend a lot of money to buy these formulas or finished potions."

Kalkstein didn't notice his boss's eyes at all. He wasn't the kind of person with high emotional intelligence. Besides focusing on research, he wouldn't consider too many other things.

After sitting in Geralt's lower position, he immediately began to talk about his research results.

After a few years of getting along, Geralt also knew the guy's personality. Talking to him about emotional intelligence and workplace rules was redundant. If he had this ability, this professor of Ban Ard in the original work wouldn't have ended up in the city of Wyzima, looking for funds everywhere to engage in research.

He didn't waste any more time, but picked up the few syringes in the box and observed them carefully.

Kalkstein's expression was a bit proud, and his two eight-character mustaches were curled up, laughing:

"Hehe, boss, according to the formulas of Swallow, Thunderbolt, and that what, Tawny Owl you gave me, I developed these six types of injectable potions."

The middle-aged sorcerer touched his mustache and said with some emotion:

"This tool called a syringe is indeed quite easy to use. I feel that if this tool is put into the medical field, it might set off a huge medical revolution."

"Of course, this is your idea, boss. If I publish a paper in the future, I will definitely not take your credit, and will tell everyone in the research world that this epoch-making tool was invented by the Witcher Geralt."

Regarding what signature on the paper or academic reputation, Geralt was of course indifferent. This might be the pursuit of researchers like Kalkstein, but it was not his.

"Why are there six syringes here, and each potion is divided into two types? What is the difference?"

Geralt played with the samples Kalkstein sent over. They were all pure silver syringes thicker than fingers, gorgeous and exquisite in appearance, but the firmness was also quite excellent, and they should be the works of Elf craftsman masters in the workshop.

However, Geralt only gave Kalkstein three formulas, but there were a total of six syringes in the box. Kalkstein's research results were obviously not as simple as he imagined.

Sure enough, mentioning this, the proud expression on the middle-aged sorcerer's face became more obvious.

He picked up two syringes marked with text, and then explained to Geralt: "According to the ideas you provided, boss, I found after research."

"In the past, Witchers took Witcher potions directly by oral administration, which not only had very low efficiency, but also ingested a large amount of toxic substances, and after taking them, they also needed a certain amount of time for meditation to let the potions take effect."

"So Witchers always had to make preparations in advance when dealing with strong enemies, and often made mistakes in combat due to wrong intelligence."

"But if you inject directly through blood circulation, this absorption efficiency can be increased by more than ten times, and it only takes less than thirty seconds for the Witcher potion to take effect, which can adapt to various emergencies and greatly strengthen the Witcher's ability to respond."

"Moreover, through oral administration, the Witcher's absorption organs cannot completely absorb the drugs you take. Although it won't show up usually, these toxic substances will settle in the Witcher's body, and will affect their lifespan and health when their physical strength is weak."

"However, boss, according to the formulas you gave me, I have improved the way of making medicine and purified the Witcher potion, removing many impurities."

"Although the cost of making medicine has increased by about ten times, many side effects have been largely removed."

"Just like the two potions in my hand, they are both Swallow potions, but one is a normal version, and the other is a strong version."

Speaking of his research field, Kalkstein's attitude became very professional. For research and academics, this middle-aged sorcerer had always maintained a very rigorous personality.

"After my research and development, the efficacy of the normal version of the Swallow potion can be maintained at the level of normal decoction, but the toxicity is reduced by about three times."

"That is to say, under the condition that the Witcher's toxicity resistance is the same, using this injectable potion I developed, each Witcher can probably use three times more different potions to enhance their combat power."

"And this strong version of the Swallow potion is about the same as the normal decoction in terms of toxicity, but the efficacy is increased by two to three times or more."

"If used together with other potions, it will definitely allow the Witcher's strength to increase by a large margin."

(End of Chapter) ===== CHAPTER 303 =====