Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 256 Where is the Ghoul Model?

"Although our destination is outside the city, it is not a place that is rarely visited. There are villages around..."

After the carriage had been moving for a while, Ianna suddenly spoke, breaking the silence in the carriage.

Ailin looked in the direction of the voice.

Ianna, who was sitting in the same row with him, had her back leaning against a soft lumbar pillow and a gentle expression.

The old duke opposite was leaning on a cane with both hands, his posture was upright, but after ordering the coachman to set off, he closed his eyes to rest.

He didn't open his eyes when he heard Ianna talking.

There are villages all around, which means we won't encounter too many monsters along the way...

Ailin thought about Ianna's words and felt more confident.

But yes.

If there really was some big monster that was going to attack, how could the Grand Duke let the soldiers leave?

"What kind of monsters did you encounter when preparing for rituals in the past?" The demon hunter asked in a responsible manner.

"The most likely thing we'll encounter is corpse-eating creatures," Ianna thought for a moment and sighed, "Temeria has experienced several wars in the past few years..."

"Although Falca was killed by the old Temeria King Geidema in the Hotberg Fortress thirty years ago, the chaos she caused will not end so quickly..."

"Eight years ago..."

"The last remaining rebel group of Falgar was suppressed by Duke Merlin in an unknown hill south of Elland..."

The old duke who was mentioned twitched his nose slightly, but did not open his eyes or speak.

However, with Ailin's keen perception, he could sense that his head was raised upwards.

"Then five years ago..."

"The plague known as the Black Death has broken out in the royal capital of Vizima."

"In order to facilitate the treatment by the temple priests and doctors, the sick civilians were also isolated in the Kalm Basin not far from Elland..."

"The last time was three years ago..."

Ianna glanced at the old duke and continued:
"Because of the absurd behavior of the royal family, the nobles of Temeria launched a rebellion..."

"For some reason, one of the battlefields is also very close to Elland..."

"Hmph!" This time, the old duke snorted with an unpleasant expression, opened his eyes, and glared at Ianna unhappily.

"What?" The old duke's reaction seemed to anger Ianna, and the high priest's face suddenly turned cold.

"Are you not allowed to talk about the dirty deeds of your royal family?"

"Because of a prince's affair, at least 50,000 people died in Temeria..."

"Boom!"

Ianna was interrupted by the tapping of the cane on the floor of the compartment.

"Amavit is not necessarily the king's son," the old duke argued with a sour face, "He is very likely the illegitimate offspring of that bitch Falja..."

"If there is a problem, then he is Falga's bastard. If there is no problem, then he is your brother Geidema's good child?" Ianna snorted coldly.

The old duke's hand holding the cane had veins popping out from the force:
"Gedmar is not only my brother, but also your king and the protector of all Temeria..."

"Guardian?" Ianna smiled. "What does he protect?"

"besides……"

"The only king in my heart is a lady..."

For some inexplicable reason, the high priest and the old duke suddenly started arguing over a problem that couldn't be more normal, one of their own witchers.

This made Ailin a little confused.

What made him even more confused was how Falga had a child with the King of Temeria, and the child was a prince of Temeria?
Isn’t the Queen of Geidema the heir to the ancient blood of Lei Anlun?

and many more……

Ailin frowned and recalled it carefully.

The Hotberg triplets!

He remembered that after Falga imprisoned Lei Anlun, the two of them gave birth to children almost at the same time in Hotberg Castle.

Farga believed that only a queen was qualified to be her own child's wet nurse.

So she put her own children together with the twins of Lei Anlun, who was already insane at the time, and let her breastfeed her children.

The final fortress was breached by Geidema. After Falga's death, no one could tell which of the triplets were Falga's children and which were Geidema and Lei Anlun's children.

but……

He seemed to remember that the gender of Farga's child was determined to be a girl...

Ailin tilted his head in confusion and looked at Duke Mason and Ianna who were still arguing, but he tactfully did not ask any questions.

Then again...

Three major upheavals within ten years.

Temeria is really full of disasters!

"Most of them are ghouls. Sometimes there are giant ghouls and rot monsters. These are the only types of monsters..."

The old duke seemed to have no intention of arguing with Ianna about the Temeria scandal in front of the witcher.

After looking at Ailin, he spoke the answer to the question on behalf of the high priest.

Ailin nodded when he heard this.

After thinking for a while, he took out the dark red corpse-eating biological oil from the medicine bag on his waist, took out Elsa and applied it carefully.

Although judging from the old duke's tone, the probability of giant zombies and gorge demons appearing is not high.

But if there is an opportunity to prepare in advance, of course, we should seize the time to prepare.

The materials for ghoul oil are cheap anyway.

"what is this?"

The old duke asked, frowning.

He had been to the battlefield when he was young, and knew that what Ailin took out was not the anti-rust oil used for daily maintenance and polishing of weapons.

"This is corpse-eating creature oil... uh... a sword oil that targets corpse-eating creatures..."

"Sword oil? Corpse-eating creature oil?" The old duke's brows furrowed even tighter.

After searching through his memories, he couldn't find such a potion.

This shouldn't be the case.

As the Duke of Elland, he could even buy potions like Verdant Sigh.

and……

Everyone knows that he established the Demon Hunting Army in recent years. There is no reason why they have never heard of this potion, whose efficacy can be known just by its name.

"Sword oil is a potion formula created by Ailin..." Ianna said.

The old duke stared at the overly young witcher with suspicion and immediately lost interest in the potion called sword oil.

He even felt that the young man in front of him was a little bit sensational.

“Hahaha~” Seeing the change in the old duke’s expression, Ianna guessed what he was thinking. After laughing a few times, she explained, “In addition to being a demon hunter master, Ailin is also Vera’s alchemy apprentice. She told me that Ailin has an excellent talent in potions…”

"Hmph~" The old duke opened his mouth slightly, as if he wanted to say something.

But when he noticed Ianna's smiling gaze, he snorted and closed his mouth again.

But Aelin noticed.

The old duke's eyes occasionally swept over Elsa's sword, which was shining with dark red oil, and he was obviously very interested in the corpse-eating biological oil.

This also made Ailin raise his eyebrows and have some ideas in his mind.

Although Haxo, who wanted to stop the gift money from the Wolf School, is dead.

But even if the new king of Kaedwen does not hate the Wolf School, it is unlikely that he will make up the gift money every year as in the past.

Expanding the number of apprentices is inevitable, and the expenses of various potions in the school will surely increase rapidly.

perhaps……

It’s time to find a new way to make money for the school.

Also.

Although he now has more than 20,000 orens, he is considered rich.

But the materials consumed in the ceremony over these three days were almost this number.

A real man cannot always live off his wife.

However, when Arryn noticed the old duke's intention, he didn't say anything. He continued to carefully apply sword oil, hoping that two zombies would come to serve as models for him.

Just as he was thinking this.

next second.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

The carriage door was knocked and the carriage gradually stopped.

Come back to life?
Ailin immediately became excited, but of course he still controlled his expression and pretended to be cool and silent.

"Your Excellency the Duke, High Priest, we have arrived at the first location..."

"But from a distance it seemed like there were a few shadows wandering in the bushes."

"It seems like we're being targeted."

The driver's tone was very calm, as if he was inside the car instead of outside it.

The old duke glanced at Ailin when he heard this.

The demon hunter stood up tactfully and said, "I'll go!"

Ianna smiled and patted the witcher's arm.

"Squeak~"

The moment the carriage door was opened.

The witcher's figure paused slightly.

next second.

"Ow~"

A long howl came from a distance.

Ok?
There seems to be something... wrong with the cry of this ghoul.

Why does it sound like a wolf?

Ailin looked in the direction of the sound.

Under the bright sunshine, a series of gray and white figures flashed in the grass about five or six hundred meters away.

Ok……

He forgot that besides monsters, the most common animals in the wild are actually various wild beasts, especially packs of wolves.

With a bit of disappointment, the witcher put the silver sword back and pulled out the steel sword as usual.

"They are some wild wolves."

Ailin reminded him, nodded to the driver, and got off the carriage.

The first location to be set up for the ceremony.

The demon hunter got out of the car and looked around.

It was indeed as he suspected.

Although it is in the wilderness, if you stand here and look back, you can still see the remnants of the Mahakam Mountains that are far above the ground.

At the foot of the mountain is the small gray city of Elland with a hint of orange.

A small path that can only accommodate a carriage extends from Mahakam, from far to near.

On both sides were gradually growing knee-high weeds and unknown pink flowers.

and an apparently cleared lot.

"Tap~"

Footsteps came from behind.

Ianna and Mason also got off the carriage.

Ailin turned around and said, "Madam Yianna... High Priest, Duke Mason, although they are just a few wild wolves, it will still be dangerous if they come down. You just wait in the car."

Ianna smiled and said nothing.

"Why?" the old duke snorted, "You can't do it?"

The demon hunter chuckled and shook his head, not trying to persuade him any further.

After using his witcher senses to confirm that there were only eight wild wolves around, he habitually added Quinn, then danced with his sword and rushed towards the wolf pack.

"Ow~"

The wolves in the distance noticed the witcher, the prey that had separated from the group and was getting closer and closer, and they immediately rushed over howling.

in fact.

As a typical bully who only bullies the weak and fears the strong, it is not night yet, so the eight wolves definitely dare not attack them.

At most, we can just follow and watch.

After all, although the Demon Hunting Army did not come, the Duke was accompanied by more than ten guards who followed the car on horseback.

But just now, Ailin thought it was a zombie and agreed.

We certainly can't go back on our word just because a wolf appears instead of a ghoul.

"Whoo~"

The wind whistled in my ears.

Running in both directions, the distance between them and the wolf pack was getting closer and closer.

When he was close enough to see the gray hair flying in the wind and the pale fangs, the witcher held the sword in his left hand to protect his body, bent the index finger of his right hand, and quickly reached forward.

Igni Fire Seal.

A hot current rose from near the heart, flowed through the right hand, and gushed out.

"Sa——"

After the violent shock wave, there was a huge fan-shaped flame with a radius of three meters, which instantly ignited all the wolves that were approaching.

"Woo——"

Amid the miserable and panicked wails, thick smoke and the stench of burning protein instantly came over with the wind.

But Ailin didn't care.

He looked at his right hand and was stunned for a moment.

It was the first time he used the Igni Signet after his mystical attribute had increased to over fifty.

What were originally just a bunch of small sparks and flames turned into a large ball of flame.

Outstanding effect.

"Woo——"

The wolves' screams woke up the witcher.

"Pfft~"

……

With eight quick and decisive strikes, he chopped off the wolf's head.

"Ding."

[Destroy the monster group "Wolf"! 】

[Rewards settlement: …]

The witcher ignored the ringing in his head.

Monsters of this level are probably not as good as water ghosts. If they are not hunted as a demon hunting team, there will be no rewards.

and……

Ailin looked at the eight of them. It was almost impossible to tell the wolf corpses from their originally shiny fur.

"There is no need to collect the wolf skins," he concluded.

Take another closer look.

Even the belly fat that can be made into dog oil was burned by the high temperature flames.

The witcher sighed and thought:

"After the power is increased, Igni's power is too great. Next time, for the sake of spoils and materials, I should restrain my power or just use a sword..."

It was the first time for him to encounter a wild beast like a wolf, and he subconsciously used the fastest method of hunting monsters, "more fur, weaker fire".

In the end, there was no spoils left.

Ailin was secretly alert.

Good quality wolf skin is not cheap, but it is not that expensive.

But if it was bear fur and bear fat, he would be at a great loss.

"Shasha~"

As Ailin turned and walked towards the carriage, he was about to sheath his steel sword.

Only then did he notice that the steel sword in his hand was the newly acquired divine sword Balmer.

Suddenly, it felt like the sword didn't want to follow its new master's first battle to kill wolves, which affected his use of the seal.

But after feeling it carefully for a few seconds and finding no fluctuations, he laughed and shook his head.

"Qiang~"

The steel sword is sheathed.

"What's wrong, Aelin?"

"injured?"

When Ianna saw the witcher coming towards her in a depressed mood, her heart skipped a beat. She no longer cared about the old duke and hurriedly took a few quick steps towards Ailin and asked.

Ok?
Injuried?

Do they match?

The demon hunter looked at the high priest who was examining him with doubt, and after thinking for a while, he smiled bitterly and said:

"No injuries."

"I just didn't expect the wild wolf to be so weak..."

"No spoils left..."

(End of this chapter)