Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 506: Philippa Eilhart, the Exhibitionist! Returns to Kaer Morhen!
"Is Kaer Morhen ahead?"

Philippa Eilhart grabbed the griffin's mane and pointed excitedly at the fortress surrounded by mountains.

The future controller of the political situation in the northern continent, the sorceress who was revered as "Saint Philippa" by later generations, has been excited all the way.

In the first half, he was very interested in the "good girl's" body, grabbing here and there, and almost irritated the "good girl" into throwing everyone on her back out of the air.

After being warned, he behaved himself for a while, then asked about the origin of the "good girl".

The length of the feathers, daily meals, the abundance of elemental favors...

She was even interested in the color and texture of the feces that the "good girls" excreted every day.

With the foresight and ambition of the future Philippa Ehrhart, Ayling felt that she was trying to deduce the elements of conquering the great griffin from this complex information.

But Ailin didn't care. He told everything he knew except the giant beast hunting of the One-Eyed Clan.

Even those who didn't know promised that she would be allowed to observe for a week after the big griffin finished hatching the eggs.

If Philippa Eilhart could figure out something from this information, even Tissaia de Vris would not be shocked by the taming of the great griffin and would look at Arryn with new eyes.

of course.

It would be even better if it could be researched.

After the news that the griffin eggs were about to hatch came out yesterday, other young demon hunters rushed to get them, as if as long as they could grab the spot allocated by Arryn, they would be able to own a cool sky mount like a "good girl".

But both Arryn and Vesemir knew that the probability of this happening was actually not very high. Otherwise, with so many warlocks and nobles in the northern continent, the legend of the Griffin Knight would not exist only in fictional knight novels.

Although with the help of the "good girl", the probability of taming her child is definitely several times higher than the probability of an ordinary person taming a big griffin.

But when we don’t know when the next giant beast hunting rope of the One-Eyed Clan will be available, who knows how many children of the “good girl” can be captured in the end?
Or will the whole army be wiped out?
However, such "unselfish" behavior still made the relationship between Philippa Eilin, who knew nothing about it, advance rapidly in just one morning.

It probably changed from a respectful title of "Ms. Ehrhart" to a plain name of "Philippa".

Well, that's a good start.

"That's the fortress." Ailin nodded with narrowed eyes.

The small gray castle is embedded in the emerald green forest. Compared with Drakenberg, it is as small as a small piece of cat's eye carved out of the Blue Mountains.

It seems that the "good girl" may be blown away without a trace just by flapping her wings.

The Killer Lake, which once seemed extremely wide, now appears to be extremely thin and slender, and cannot be compared at all with the vast Pontar River.

Hard to imagine.

It was this small lake, not even as big as a thumb, that made him frown, his scalp tingling, and he was so desperate that he couldn't sleep all night before the mountain trial.

"Kaer Morhen is already under our protection." Vesemir suddenly sighed in a meaningful voice.

"They are not our wings," Dante sighed as he looked at Aelin, "They belong to the 'good girl'..."

Both witcher masters knew that without the master of the "good girl", the Wolf School would be in great trouble this time.

Counting everything that happened yesterday, Ianna, Tissaia de Vries, Mason...

The reason why the Wolf School escaped the disaster temporarily was all because of Ailin.

But even so...

I don’t know how Chief Soi will react... Vesemir withdrew his gaze from Arryn’s face and sighed.

"Don't let the good girl fly into the castle. It's not appropriate to make too much noise at this time." He said softly.

"I know." Ailin nodded and gave the order in his mind.

"Wow~"

The big griffin responded softly and landed at the end of the Killer Trail.

The Killer's Trail is Kaer Morhen's natural barrier to prevent outside invasion. This winding path with many traps will scare away any invaders who are not strong enough.

According to the unwritten rules or consensus, Kaer Morhen is a haven for only the Wolf School witchers, and school members are not allowed to bring any unrelated people up the mountain.

The main reason is that they are afraid that someone with ulterior motives will remember the correct path to the castle.

Now, flying over this path from the sky makes it impossible for Philippa Ehrhart to know the correct answer to go up the mountain, which can be regarded as a way of circumventing the rules.

of course.

When Philippa Eilhart asked to go along yesterday, Ailin asked Vesemir and Dante about it, and only agreed after the two masters agreed.

Ban Ade is now in a dangerous place. Without certain cooperation, Vesemir and Dante really dare not let Aelin and Philippa Eilhart go in.

But let’s be honest.

The two witcher masters agreed because this consensus is now in name only.

After all, the first person to destroy this consensus was Chief Soi. As everyone knows, Lady Vera and her apprentices have free access in Kaer Morhen.

"I wonder if Lady Veera has returned to Kaer Morhen..." Arryn thought.

Several young witchers stepped onto solid ground before Arin, shouting and yelling.

"Finally home!"

In fact, they were not gone for long at all.

However, Kaer Morhen is the home of the Wolf School witchers, and returning from a long journey always makes people feel particularly at ease.

"Wow~"

After unloading the burden, the big griffin shook its wings happily, lowered its beak, and rubbed Ailin's body reluctantly.

The "good girl" also has to go back to concentrate on hatching the eggs. The earliest we can see her again this time will be in the early spring of next year.

Arryn actually thought about asking the great griffon to move all the eggs to Kaer Morhen, to Old Spearhead's cave, or to the Ring of Elements, so that it would be easier to visit and take care of the pregnant women.

However, the proposal was rejected by the "good girl".

The probability of successfully hatching a griffin's egg is not high. Whether it is the shaking caused by the long journey or the spatial fluctuations of the portal, the already low probability of success will be made even worse.

So Ailin had no choice but to accept it.

"Go back and hatch the eggs well," he touched the griffin's hard beak and sent a telepathic message, "If you encounter an attack or any danger, contact me and I will arrive in time."

The close spiritual connection brought by the giant beast hunting of the one-eyed clan made Arryn and the good girl communicate and interact more frequently than with Vesemir. He also saved him in the Parsolon Forest and took him to Drakenberg as soon as possible a few days ago, so that Dante, Bonte and Fred would not die under the conspiracy of the despicable people...

Therefore, although it didn't take long to tame the "good girl", Ailin still has deep feelings for it.

Now that we are about to be separated for a long time, I feel a little reluctant.

"Wow~"

The "good girl" rubbed him affectionately again, then let out a long cry, flapped her wings and flew into the sky.

"Can't you really sell me a griffin cub?" Philippa Ehart's emotions fluctuated more than Arryn's. After reluctantly looking away, she followed the witcher to Kaer Morhen and immediately made her thirteenth purchase request.

"You can fly by yourself, why do you need a big griffin?" Ailin asked with a helpless sigh.

"It's different," Philippa Eilhart shook her head. "Transfiguration is still Transfiguration after all. Violent movement will make the magic skeleton that makes up the elements unstable. Short-distance flying and gliding are no problem, but if the distance is longer, it will collapse before it can fly far."

Seeing that Ailin seemed very interested, she continued, "The proficiency in Transfiguration can make it last longer, but no matter how proficient you are, it is impossible to move normally like the original animal."

"No exceptions?" Ailin asked.

"No..." Philippa Eilhart was about to deny it, but suddenly she thought of something and paused, "Druids seem to have a way of maintaining a stable form for a long time in Transfiguration, and they can survive like a real beast."

"But the druid's Transfiguration, although also called Transfiguration, is completely different from the warlock's spell in principle."

"What's the difference?" Ailin became more interested.

Everything related to druids has aroused his greatest interest in recent times.

"The warlock's transfiguration is just a spell. It can be a creature that exists in nature, but it can also be transformed into something that does not exist as long as it conforms to certain rules."

"But the druid's Transfiguration is different. Rather than saying it is a spell, it is more like a divine spell bestowed by nature after the druid communicates with nature."

"The druid's Transfiguration spell can only transform into creatures that already exist in nature. And not all creatures can be transformed. Only those creatures that the druids call 'Nature Spirits' can be transformed."

"Usually a druid can only transform into a 'nature spirit' in his lifetime. This is both a disguise and a way of attack, but the more important function is to practice..."

"Druids improve their strength by imitating nature, getting close to nature, and communicating with nature, and Transfiguration is the most advanced way of practicing."

"Moreover, compared to attack and disguise, cultivation is the main function of the druid's transformation."

Philippa Eilhart did not hide her secrets; Transfiguration was her most proficient skill.

As a future companion of Ban Ade, it is necessary to understand the limits of her abilities so as to avoid being held back at critical moments due to lack of understanding.

But even so, after Philippa Eilhart finished her explanation, she still looked at Aylin, who was particularly "curious", strangely.

"You're a demon hunter, why are you so interested in transfiguration?"

"Although I don't want to discourage you, it is difficult for demon hunters to learn even the simplest spells. Transfiguration, especially human transformation, is the most difficult type of advanced spells."

"It's impossible for a demon hunter to learn it."

That's not necessarily true... Ailin thought.

After meeting Chief Soi, if he was lucky enough not to be expelled from the Wolf School, during his time in Kaer Morhen, in addition to training and cooperating with Philippa Eilhart and managing the Demon Hunting Corps, he also planned to learn some practical spells in preparation for rescuing Heng Gedimides.

The most critical part is camouflage and concealment.

In terms of camouflage, Ailin is actually very powerful with the help of the Cat School two-handed sword, the "Night·Color" suit and the Mirage Pearl.

But except for the Cat School two-handed sword, these methods will produce spell fluctuations.

This would be easily exposed in Ban Ade, surrounded by a large group of wizards who were extremely sensitive to spell fluctuations.

However, with the current LV6 level, it is difficult for a simple Cat School two-handed sword to pass through the dangerous Wizard Academy.

Upgrading again is certainly an option, but it requires fifty experience beads, which is very expensive, and its priority is after [Beast Roar: No Fly]. I don’t know if I can get it before the operation starts, and the improvement effect is also unknown.

In comparison, human body transformation without spell fluctuations seems to be more cost-effective.

In addition, by becoming smaller in size, it can pass through terrains that normal humans cannot pass through.

Ailin was indeed very moved.

But after listening to Philippa Eilhart's words, he was now more interested in Druid Transfiguration.

He had a hunch that the druidic art of transfiguration might be the key to his entry into that forest.

"Do you know how druids transform?" Ailin asked tentatively, and unsurprisingly received a negative answer.

Philippa Eilhart rolled her eyes. "I'm a warlock, not a druid. How would I know how a druid transforms?"

She paused and looked at Ayling strangely for a long moment:

"You don't really want to learn Transfiguration, do you?"

"Regardless of race and identity, as long as one lives in this world and believes in the way of nature, they have the opportunity to become a druid."

"However, how far one can go on the path of nature depends not only on one's devotion to the so-called path of nature, but also on one's talent."

"As far as I know, there are demon hunters in the Druid Circle, but no demon hunter has ever become a druid."

"Demon hunters cannot learn transfiguration, whether it is magic or the natural magic of druids."

Philippa Ehrhart spoke in a firm tone, as if she really wanted to dispel the delusions of a witcher.

Ailin didn't say much, just nodded: "Just asking."

Philippa Ehart opened her mouth and was about to say something when she heard this.

At this time.

The team in front suddenly stopped.

"Kaer Morhen is ahead." Vesemir walked back from the front.

Aelin looked up.

The mottled walls of the Gu Hai Fortress revealed a pitch-black arrow turret at the end of the hillside.

He looked back at Philippa Eilhart.

The sorceress shrugged and chanted a few spells in full view of everyone.

A flash of purple magical light appeared.

An owl flapped its wings and flew onto Arlin's shoulder.

But everyone's eyes did not look at the owl, but fell on the ground involuntarily.

Men's short jackets, leggings, high boots, black stockings, and several very intimate pieces of fabric were exposed to the sun.

"Philippa, clothes..." Ailin was speechless.

The owl tilted its head and smoothed its hair over his right shoulder.

Philippa Ehrhart's voice, with a playful tone, appeared in his mind.

"This is another disadvantage of Transfiguration, my dear partner."

"Pick it up quickly and help me pack it up..."

(End of this chapter)