Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 317: The Demon Hunting Corps' First Group Hunt

The stream is crystal clear and the water sparkles.

The banks are lush green, with trees with new leaves swaying in the wind, blocking out the bright sunlight.

The scenery is beautiful, but unfortunately...

"Quack-quack-quack-quack"

Noisy and terrifying roars rang out randomly.

A group of blue, somewhat disgusting monsters were playing in the shade of the trees on the river bank.

It's like a fresh and precious oil painting that has been wantonly smeared with dye mixed with smelly mud by someone out of jealousy.

It completely destroyed the harmony and beauty of the scenery.

until……

"rustle--"

The bushes and grass shook violently.

A tall figure, accompanied by a swift silver lightning, suddenly rushed out from the cover of the trees on the shore.

"Quack?"

The monster heard the noise, stopped playing instantly, and looked towards the source of the sound.

Unfortunately, I didn’t have time to see anything clearly.

The silver lightning is just around the corner.

The bulging, bloodshot eyes widened suddenly due to the sudden approach of the fierce murderous aura.

Suddenly.

"Pfft~"

"Pfft~"

The sound of steel cutting flesh could be heard in my ears.

Almost all the blue monsters by the stream saw the sky and the earth turned upside down at this moment, and their vision began to spin.

Immediately afterwards, with a series of "thumps" falling to the ground, dead silence and darkness descended.

"Qiang~"

The silver sword is sheathed.

The blue color, blackened by blood and motionless, looked much better than before.

"Gulu~"

The sound of swallowing could be heard from the bushes on the shore.

A witcher apprentice standing on the high ground of the bush opened his eyes wide with clear astonishment in them.

He looked at the obviously much more mature young demon hunter beside him and asked in surprise:
"E...Brother Erni, didn't Master Aristo say, 'If the monsters are really weak, they will be happy in groups?'"

"Under the captain's sword, ten...twelve, four, six...eighteen water ghosts, are they all unhappy?"

"I feel like they died without even seeing anyone." Another apprentice added in equal astonishment.

"I feel so too……"

"Me too……"

"Forget about the water ghosts. I opened my eyes wide and only saw a black shadow and a silver light. It took only a blink of an eye. Swoosh! Just one sound, and then they were all dead, all dead..."

In the second row of the crowd, an apprentice with dark and slightly cloudy pupils was dancing and making sounds with his mouth opening and closing, like a naughty little monkey.

"What's so surprising? He's the captain!" Elnir raised his head and glanced at the young junior behind him. "And last week, the captain even defeated Master Aristo."

"A dozen water ghosts, isn't that a piece of cake? What's there to be surprised about?"

Erni's tone was disdainful, but the emotion conveyed by his sparkling round cat eyes was obviously not as natural as he said.

“How can it be the same?” an apprentice muttered, “I didn’t see anything last week. The speed was so fast and there was all kinds of smoke. It didn’t take long for Master Aristo and Master Vesemir to hug each other and fall against the wall…”

"Yes! Yes!"

"At least we saw the sword light and blood this time..."

"I saw the captain draw his sword!"

"I drew my sword last week..."

"It's different... It's different..."

The apprentices around him also echoed in unison, obviously very dissatisfied with the boring duel the day before.

In fact, the battle just now was also instigated by these apprentices.

Otherwise, why would Ailin, a master witcher, come here to bully the water ghosts?
The apprentices' noisy denial seemed to make Erni feel a little embarrassed.

He turned around and glared:
"What? Captain? Is this the title you can call me now?"

"After watching the excitement, go back and practice your sword skills and magic signs. Even Master Aristo said that you are the worst group of demon hunter apprentices he has ever taught!"

When the apprentices heard this, they were not afraid of him. After looking at each other, they stuck out their tongues and made faces.

Then he ran away laughingly to the bloody stream to help collect materials, which made Erni so angry that he stomped his feet on the spot.

If Ailin hadn't been walking over, he would have probably started cursing by now.

Klar and others, who were also members of the first batch of Demon Hunting Corps, folded their arms, leaned against the tree trunks in a disorderly manner, and watched the fun with a smile.

Obviously.

This is not the first time this kind of scenario has happened.

"Ding."

[Destroy the monster group "Water Ghost"! 】

[Rewards settlement: …]

With a thought in mind, Ailin blocked out the clanking mechanical sounds in his mind, smiled and encouraged the apprentice who was dealing with the water ghost materials, then walked to the shore and asked:
"What are you talking about so happily?"

"We're talking about how Erni is getting along well with the apprentices, Captain." Klar said with a smile.

"Yes, yes." The other demon hunters also laughed.

Erni frowned, but ignored them and came forward: "Captain, your strength is really getting stronger and stronger. Before we go down the mountain, at least we can see your sword style."

"It's only been half a year, and it's hard for me to even see your steps clearly."

"Captain, how did you train? Is it so useful to go down the mountain?"

As he spoke, Erni's face was full of longing.

The other members of the Demon Hunting Corps also pricked up their ears and gradually stood up straight.

"The rapid improvement in strength is indeed related to going down the mountain," Ailin nodded with a smile, "After all, we encountered so many difficult monsters."

Seeing everyone's eager eyes, Ailin paused and said:

"Don't worry, we will go down the mountain once these apprentices pass the high mountain test."

"Really?" The members suddenly became excited.

They were already bored of staying in Kaer Morhen. Every day, apart from practicing swordsmanship and spells, they also took care of the children... oh... and the guarding was so boring that they were completely rusty.

If it weren't for the hot-tempered Aristo watching, he would have dislocated several legs.

There is no one in the Ancient Sea Fortress anymore.

"Of course..." Ailin nodded seriously.

Now even the young witchers who boasted themselves to be mature in front of the apprentices couldn't help but cheer, causing the apprentices who were handling the brain, tongue and heart in a pool of blood to stop what they were doing and look sideways.

"Focus and don't be distracted!" Erni shouted, "Master Aristo will check after we get back... Fiat, I'm talking about you. Do you want to wash the rag and wipe the sword again?"

The apprentices immediately made faces and started dealing with it again.

The closest apprentice with golden hair even stuck out his tongue at Erni. "You little bastard!" Erni cursed in a low voice.

At this time, Klar laughed twice again, and then he thought of something and frowned slightly, which was discovered by Erni who happened to turn around.

"What's wrong?" Ernie asked.

"Nothing..." Klar shook his head helplessly, hesitated for two seconds, glanced at Ailin quietly and obviously, sighed, and said:

"Even if we have to wait for all these apprentices to pass the mountain trial... no... even to be allowed by Master Aresto to participate in the trial, it will probably not be easy..."

"It's already the blooming month, maybe we won't be able to catch up even with the autumnal equinox month..."

Aelin remained silent.

In the week since he returned to Kaer Morhen, in addition to practicing the Way of the Roar, he has spent almost all his time on the Demon Hunting Corps.

[Legion name: Wolves' Alliance]

[Level: Level 3]

【Members: 10/15】

[Loyalty: Hughes 100 (die-hard), Bonte 100 (die-hard), Fred 100 (die-hard), Erni 100 (die-hard), Klar 98…]

[Skills: Loot Lock LV1, Teaching LV1, Resonance LV2]

The results of these seven days of hard work are also remarkable.

The members' loyalty was not only strengthened but also completely consolidated because of the legendary experiences Vesemir told them in the castle hall and their glorious victory in the duel with Aristo.

There is also a new die-hard member with full loyalty - Erni.

The loyalty of the other six members is generally above 95.

I guess as long as I lead him down the mountain and go through a few battles and fights together, I should be able to improve quickly.

Retract the panel.

The witchers were staring at Aelin with almost explicit eyes, so he naturally knew what Kral meant.

The mortality rate of the herbal decoction has dropped to zero, and the large number of apprentices passing the trial does not bring all benefits.

Although the mortality rate of this batch of Ailin, Hughes, Bonte, and Fred Fred was very high, they were all very skilled in using the two-handed sword of the Wolf School.

The proficiency of Erni and Klaar's group was slightly lower, but they also reached the qualified standard. To express it in the way of the Demon Hunter's Notes, the Wolf School two-handed sword had reached level 1, or was just a little bit short of it.

But the next two or three batches were just average.

Although Ailin did not include them as members, he could not see their skill proficiency.

But when you practice every day, you can tell the level at a glance...

They are still far from it.

Some students with poor talents may not even be able to pass the test by this time next year.

This is also the reason why, as crises come one after another and each one is more dangerous than the last, Ailin is not in a hurry to recruit new members to the Demon Hunting Corps and still maintains the standard of ten people.

He can use demon hunting points to upgrade the skill levels of members, but the prerequisite is that the skill must be displayed on the member's panel.

Furthermore, no matter how the Mountain Trial changes, the Wolf School masters will not allow an apprentice who cannot even pass the most basic two-handed sword skills to participate in the trial.

So what Klar said was actually correct. If we have to wait until all the apprentices can pass the mountain trial, I am afraid that by the time the demon hunters who spent the winter this year have returned, it may be too late.

but……

Didn't Ailin know?

Of course he knew, he did it on purpose.

Otherwise, with so many days left, how can we urge them to seriously teach the apprentices swordsmanship?

Swordsmanship is different from spells and basic potion making. It is important to fight with others and gain corrections and improvements from fierce battles.

These days, when practicing with the apprentices every morning, they were very perfunctory.

therefore.

Under the gaze of everyone, Ailin lowered his head calmly, as if thinking seriously and "considering it carefully".

"At least half..." He raised his head and looked at the backbones of the Demon Hunting Corps, "As long as half of them are recognized by Master Aristo and pass the mountain trial, we will set off."

really.

As soon as Ailin finished speaking, the witchers looked at each other, nodded vigorously with full fighting spirit, and their eyes looking at the apprentices by the stream immediately changed.

"Okay, Captain, just wait and see. In three months, no, two months, we will be able to get down the mountain!"

Ailin nodded slightly.

Not long after, a group of apprentices packed up the bloody monster materials, and trotted over happily, carrying bulging material bags.

Ailin praised the skill he had just seen and said to Erni and the others:
"That's all for today. Take the apprentice back to the castle."

Erni just nodded, and suddenly realized something was wrong:
"Won't the captain come with us?"

"No," Ailin shook his head, "I want to go to the Ring of Elements."

The witchers understood, nodded and said goodbye, and left with their curious and chattering apprentices.

soon.

The noise along the stream died down and peace returned.

However, Ailin did not leave immediately. Instead, he frowned and looked at the place where the corpse was lying in a small pool of blood, and looked at it for a long time.

"These water ghosts...are they a little stronger than the Budding Moon..." he murmured.

Although he had just killed nearly twenty water ghosts with great force and it seemed effortless, there was no unique change from Wolf Emblem's perspective.

But the demon hunter who had killed hundreds of water ghosts at once after the Apprentice Fighting Competition in Ban Ade could sense...

In the past few months, the water ghosts in Kaer Morhen seem to have become different from the past.

"Could it be because of that foreign fusion?"

Thinking of what Meliteli said in the Kingdom of God about the intersection of celestial spheres and active magic, Ailin speculated.

"If that's true, even the water ghosts of Kaer Morhen have been affected. I wonder how many changes have taken place in the monsters near Ban Ader..."

Because there is too little information available, the changes in the water ghosts are not very obvious and the impact is not great.

The demon hunter only thought about it for a while and kept this change in mind for the time being.

He took one last look at the stream bank that was dyed brown by the smelly monster blood, then turned and walked towards the Ring of Elements.

It's been a long time since I came back, and I've been busy practicing the Art of Beast Roar and recruiting new members of the Demon Hunting Corps. I haven't gone to see the big stones, broken stones, and small stones.

"Shan Shitou has also been brought here by Ms. Vera for two or three months. I don't know how they get along."

"in addition……"

Ailin thought about it and called up the Demon Hunting Notes.

[Ding! Mission: Summoning I (Collect Rock Troll Blood 18/20)]

Checked the reagent bag again.

Hidden in the deepest crystal bottle was a thin layer of scarlet blood.

"I don't know what kind of monsters will be sent over by the summoning mission, which is different from the hunting mission, and the reward of the celestial intersection - the troll."

"It would be great if we could teleport a large number of rock trolls that are as easy to communicate with as big rocks, broken rocks, and small rocks."

"The Demon Hunting Corps is gradually getting on track, plus a large number of rock trolls with high defense and strong attack..."

"Tsk tsk~"

"Whoever dares to attack Kaer Morhen will die!"

With anticipation for the new intersection of the celestial spheres, the demon hunter thought about it and decided to go to the rock troll camp under the ring of elements first to say hello to Big Stone and the others.

The intersection of the celestial spheres will cause quite a stir, so be careful not to cause any misunderstandings.

(End of this chapter)