He didn't expect that just a weapon enhancement to [+2] would improve the Lady of the Lake's Sword so much.
If he could enhance this weapon to the level of a divine artifact [+10], would he then be able to pull out a forty-meter golden greatsword at any time?
With such a somewhat humorous thought in mind, Guilliman then proceeded to use regular Smithing Stones to enhance his weapons himself.
To enhance a weapon by one level with regular Smithing Stones required two stones, and to enhance it by two levels required four stones.
He only had eight Smithing Stones in total, so he could only enhance one weapon to +2 and another to +1.
Without much hesitation, he took out the brass shield equipped by Godrick soldiers and enhanced it to +2.
This was a well-made medium shield that already possessed quite high magic defense. After the second enhancement, not only was its physical defense further strengthened, but its magic defense also improved.
For the last weapon, Guilliman took out his trusty Viper Daggers, which had accompanied him for a long time. He often used these two daggers as gathering knives, and they had become quite handy.
As for the ordinary weapons he currently possessed, other enhancements wouldn't be of much use to him; it was better to use them to enhance this versatile dagger.
After the weapon enhancements were completed, time had unknowingly come to night again.
Guilliman sighed, looking at the nearly ten thousand Runes on his arm. He thought for a moment, then took out two thousand and gave them to the wandering merchant Kale.
This was both payment for helping him enhance his equipment this time, and also for the numerous pieces of information he had inquired about previously.
Ten thousand Runes wasn't a lot. Although he didn't know if he could take them back to the Witcher world, this was it; he didn't have time to consider more.
After a simple farewell to Kale, the first resident he had met in the Lands Between, Guilliman slowly walked out of the church and then began to activate his Elder Blood ability to return to his own world... Although he had stayed in the Lands Between for about five days, Guilliman had only been away from the Witcher world for about three days.
Most people didn't even know that he, the busy man, had already visited other worlds.
For the next period, Guilliman did not go out on errands but focused a portion of his energy on the Witcher Academy, or rather, on the subsequent research into Witcher mutations.
Currently, the entire academy already had one hundred apprentices. Under the guidance of four school mentors, they began basic physical training and cultural courses, starting to learn reading and writing.
It must be said that these children were relatively lucky.
In this era, being able to eat enough from a young age and also learn to read and write, these two points alone made them incomparable to the children of ordinary farmers.
This was, of course, thanks to having a wealthy headmaster.
Upon returning to Black Gull Island, Guilliman went to the underground laboratory and met Margaret there.
Since their date in Toussaint, the two had not seen each other for some time.
During this period, Margarita had been busy debugging and improving the mutation equipment obtained from Professor Thomas Morry, as well as testing the risks and feasibility of the Witcher's second mutation.
After nearly half a month of research, the matter had yielded results.
"How is it, my dear?"
"Can I hear some good news?"
Guilliman brought comfort items, mainly desserts and cakes that girls liked.
Although the headmistress was over two hundred years old, she still loved sweets and indulged in them tirelessly.
Maintaining such a perfect figure was mainly due to her excellent genetics and superb anthropomorphic research.
Hearing his question, and thinking about her days and nights of work, Margarita snorted, stuffed a large piece of cream bread into her mouth, and then said huffily:
"I heard you came back a few days ago, but you didn't even come to see me once."
"I asked your companions, and they didn't have any news either."
"Sure enough, you're just a little liar, treating me as a woman you can use and order around whenever you like, right!"
Guilliman felt somewhat ashamed by her words. He thought about how he had already told Francesca about his travels to other worlds.
It made no sense not to let the headmistress, with whom he shared equally deep feelings, know.
So, he embellished his experience of traveling to the Elden Ring world this time, and also presented his gains from the other world.
For example, fruits, beast meat, and the corpses of certain monsters from the Lands Between.
He gave these things as gifts to Margaret.
As a highly skilled researcher and a knowledgeable sorceress, Margarita also greatly appreciated items from other worlds.
Thus, with a mix of coaxing and deception, the beautiful sorceress finally appeased her anger, while also saying in a cautionary tone:
"You should have told me about something like this in advance."
"There are sorcerers who travel to other worlds, but most of them encounter danger or cannot find a way to return."
"Although you possess special powers, you must still proceed with caution."
After discussing these trivial matters, the conversation finally returned to the research on the second mutation.
Margarita said with a somewhat joyful tone:
"I have conducted many tests using your blood, and the results are excellent."
"Your blood can perfectly adapt to this advanced mutation. It will cause beneficial changes in your genes, bringing you more special powers."
"However, I still recommend that your other Witcher companions undergo this mutation first."
"With your blood as an aid, their success rate is quite high, with basically no significant risks."
"However, this mutation requires certain physical qualities from Witchers; only powerful Witchers can undergo this further mutation."
"You must choose suitable targets."
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