Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 511 The Roar of the Red Dragon! Toussaint!
Kaer Morhen is not very big. The area within the square city walls is actually about the same as that of an ordinary village, and is not even as large as an ordinary town.

This is determined by the purpose of building the fortress.

Although it is not known what the imaginary enemy of Kaer Morhen is, Kaer Morhen has been a military fortress from the beginning to the end.

No matter which military fortress, no matter how solid the stone of the city wall is, or how deep the moat is, the core is people.

They guarded the fortress, shot arrows with bows, fought through thorns and brambles, and fought in every street battle. In every defensive terrain, they were like millstones, crushing the invading enemies into bloody mud.

Without people, even the most indestructible fortress is just an empty city.

Therefore, in war, experienced generals can easily infer the size of the garrison from the size of the fortress.

Of course, the same is true in reverse.

The "difficult birth" of the witchers' troops and the extreme training methods determined from the beginning that Kaer Morhen could not be large in scale, and that it was filled with ravines and narrow passages, making it easiest for the individual combat power of the Wolf School witchers to be brought into play.

If the pace is fast, ten minutes is enough for an ordinary person to walk from the west gate to the castle hall in the east, a round trip.

Ailin had just come across this "narrow" place, and he had already gotten to know most of it through his daily life training. After passing the mountain trials and becoming a master demon hunter, all places in the Ancient Sea Fortress were completely defenseless to him.

Including the residences of a group of demon hunter masters and even the chief, you can knock on all the doors by carrying a bottle of wine from the castle hall.

He thought he knew this place well, but when Vera took him to an ordinary wall and pulled down the fixed candlestick, revealing a deep and dark hole, he discovered...

Kaer Morhen is not big, but it holds many secrets.

"This secret passage was born together with Kaer Morhen, and not many people know about it." Vera snapped her fingers.

A ball of light illuminated the way ahead.

The secret passage is very rough. The wall on the left is flat and solid, made of uniform limestone, while the wall on the right is gray and bumpy, with obvious stratification. It is the gray granite unique to the Blue Mountains.

The steps on the ground were carved out and were winding.

The wet water vapor seeped into the texture of the rock, making this irregular secret passage look more like a dry riverbed in the mountains after a rain.

Ailin lowered his head and pondered, then determined his position.

Now, he should be behind the main castle.

The Ancient Sea Fortress was built on the mountain. The wall on the left side of the secret passage is the castle, and the right side should be the majestic mountains of the Blue Mountains.

Ailin didn't quite understand.

It was normal to have secret passages in the castle in order to facilitate the nobles' escape in case of sudden attacks, political conspiracies, or meetings with mistresses.

But Kaer Morhen is not the King's Landing in "Game of Thrones". The total population there does not exceed two hundred, and the permanent population is less than one hundred. They are all men. It is hidden in the deep mountains and forests and is only densely populated in the severe winter.

The above three functions are not very useful.

Ok……

and many more!

Ailin's eyes fell on Vera in front of him.

Kaer Morhen was the chief designer and builder, and the two were probably in a passionate relationship at the time.

In order to avoid bad atmosphere affecting the school, it is not impossible for a couple to build a secret passage to meet in private.

But thinking of the Chief's serious and restrained look, Ailin became a little unsure.

"arrive."

Vera's voice interrupted Aelin's wandering thoughts.

Looking through the sorceress's shoulder, in front of the narrow passage, there was a black iron door that seemed to have grown out of the gray rock wall and fit perfectly.

There is a ferocious wolf head embossed on it, decorated with sword and flame patterns, reflecting a faint blue light under the illumination magic.

This light... looks familiar.

"Demon-blocking metal?" Ailin was unsure.

"It's magic-blocking gold," Vera nodded. "It's not very pure, but it's enough to block magic fluctuations."

No wonder Lady Vera doesn’t use a portal… Arlin thought.

Magic Repellent Metal can suppress magical energy. Wherever there is a large amount of Magic Repellent Metal, the activity levels of the four elements will be inert to a certain extent.

The success rate of casting general spells will be reduced, not to mention the portal which is known for its precision.

Of course, due to the purity of the magic-blocking gold, the degree of magic inertness in this area is not high.

only……

Why is the Chief here?
Ailin recalled that the area behind the door did not correspond to any direction of the main castle. Instead, it was more like a stone chamber dug out of the mountain.

"Cast Quen, and maintain the Ottrop seal," Vera said, turning back without rushing to open the door. "I'm going to open the door."

Ailin frowned upon hearing this.

Although he was puzzled, after looking at Vera for a few seconds, he still raised his right hand.

The magic power in the body flows, and the thumb and index finger are slightly bent, drawing a triangle in front of the body.

The brilliant golden light flowed on the leather armor and then disappeared.

Quen's Seal.

Then he crossed his hands in front of him, and a purple transparent spherical protective shield was generated from the soles of his feet and closed above his head.

The seal of Otrope.

"Alin, the strength of your seal..."

Vera watched the whole process, feeling the fluctuations of magic power, with a hint of surprise in her eyes.

It was different from the Ottrop Sign that Ailin had used just now when he discovered that his mind was being read.

At that time, he was only trying to activate the divine wall, and the fluctuation of magic power was fleeting. It was not obvious when there was an even more powerful warlock Ada Emin next to him.

But at this moment, in the narrow secret passage where only the two of them were, the strong fluctuations of magical power were like the tides at a full moon, shaking the walls back and forth. To the sorceress's keen perception, it was as deafening as the sound of a huge bell.

This is not a technique like the divine wall, but a strength boosted purely by a large amount of magic power.

"In the past two months, there has been some progress," Ailin said modestly.

"This is more than just a little progress," Vera shook her head, "The magical fluctuations that Mary can release are not as good as..."

She thought of something, her tone suddenly paused, and she held her breath.

The magic power fluctuation is stronger than Mary? ! !
"Alin, you... have awakened your talent!"

This is a certainty, not a question.

The genetic mutations induced by the witcher's decoction can bring magical talent, but there is a limit to that.

To surpass Mary, a sorceress who has already graduated from Aretuza, one must awaken the warlock talent to achieve this.

"Yes, I awakened some time ago."

Ailin also wanted to learn some practical spells from Vera, and had no intention of hiding it.

"Okay, okay!" Vera raised her lips, her eyes curved into charming crescents, without Ailin even having to open his mouth to ask, "You've always been very opinionated. Is there any spell you want to learn?"

"For defense, the Quen and Otrope Signs are enough for now. If you want to cooperate with the demon hunter's swordsmanship, Blind Dust and Magic Flash are both good skills."

"Magic healing can stimulate natural healing abilities. It is very dangerous for demon hunters to hunt demons. They must learn it before learning auxiliary magic such as blind dust and magic flash..."

"Gliding can reduce your weight when you fall, and it can give you an extra chance to survive when you encounter a strong enemy on a cliff..."

"The air bag technique creates fresh air. It is very useful underwater and within the range of poisonous gas..."

"There are also Talfen's prison, water purification spell, and rainstorm spell..."

"Aren't you good at alchemy?"

"Fire Crucible, Impurity Separation, and... they are all very useful spells."

"But fire magic is very dangerous, so let's start with water magic..."

"No!" "You haven't tested your elemental affinity yet. You need to test your talent after awakening first. If your affinity with water is not enough, earth element is also good..."

Vera became excited when she heard that Aelin had awakened his talent as a warlock.

He said that Ailin was very opinionated and let him choose the spells he wanted to learn, but in the end he arranged Ailin's future "schedule" on his own.

"Ms. Vera, there is no rush. I will stay in Kaer Morhen for a while and have time to study." Ailin was a little amused.

"Stay for a while?" Vera caught the key words. "It's almost autumn now. The witchers from the Wolf School will be back in a few months. Are you still planning to go down the mountain?"

"Maybe we'll go down the mountain again," Ailin said in an unnatural tone, changing the subject. "Let's not talk about this for now. Let's go see the Chief first. We'll talk about spells, talents, and affinity tests later."

As soon as she finished speaking, Vera's joy was instantly gone.

She pursed her lips and stared at Ailin for a long while, wanting to imprint his current self on her beating heart. "Okay, we'll talk about this after we meet Soi."

Just say it.

"Crack~"

A snap of the fingers.

Several colors of magical light flashed on Vera's body.

Every magical wave emitted is several times stronger than the Ottrop Seal.

Ailin wanted to ask why he had to take such cautious precautions when meeting the Chief, but when he thought of Vera's expression just now and that the answer was behind the door, he patiently watched Vera cast spells one after another.

When all the magical glow disappeared, Vera looked back at Ailin, and with her left hand, she passed through the magic shield of the Ottrop Sign and grabbed his wrist.

Ailin felt the coldness on his wrist and nodded seriously.

Vera tilted her head and pointed her right index finger directly at the ferocious wolf head on the metal door.

"Om~"

The wolf emblem is buzzing.

The eyes of the wolf head in relief suddenly changed from black to pale green, as if a ferocious wolf had awakened from hunger.

"howl--"

Amid the ferocious howls, Ailin instantly felt that he was being watched, and then his body was pulled and torn, as if he was really being eaten by a pack of wolves.

The strong sense of crisis made him instinctively want to retreat, but after remembering Vera's instructions, he forced himself not to move.

The pulling and tearing pain is stronger.

But before long, the hungry wolf's pale green eyes suddenly became dazzling.

Then Ailin's eyes blurred and his body felt lighter.

Wait until you come back to your senses...

"Roar!"

There was a sudden roar, as if the sky was falling and the earth was collapsing.

The overwhelming pressure was like a collapsing mountain, suddenly pressing down on him, and it seemed as if he would be crushed into pulp in an instant.

In a flash, invisible waves came, and the purple shield of the Othrop seal struggled to hold on in the wave. The golden Quinn shield flickered in light and dark the moment it was activated from the dark red leather armor.

"Long Wei! This is Long Wei!"

Ailin, who was caught off guard, was suddenly horrified and immediately recognized a familiar fluctuation in the pressure.

He looked up instinctively.

A giant red dragon, as big as the main keep of Kaer Morhen, was staring at him with its ferocious vertical pupils. The shadow it cast was like a poisonous net that enveloped him.

The already powerful dragon might became even more powerful as they stared at each other, like a landslide or a tsunami.

Ailin was stunned for a moment.

Where did Ms. Vera take me?

How could there be a dragon here? ! !

at the same time.

The instinct brought by long-term training and killing makes his body precede his mind.

In an instant.

Ailin instinctively activated [Demon Hunt] immediately, and then canceled the Othrop Seal, dodged sideways, and pulled out a dragon from Balmer.

At this time.

The right wrist felt cold.

Vera!

Ms. Vera held my hand!
Only then did Ailin realize that the appearance of the dragon had caused him to completely ignore everything around him.

And when he realized this.

"roar~"

As the red dragon roared ferociously and unwillingly, flames ignited between each of its metallic scales. Then, if it came into contact with the most violent combustion aid, it would burst into flames with a loud bang.

Flames shot up into the sky, poking a big hole in the dark sky.

A burning hole was really poked out. Ailin was just stunned for a moment, and the hole quickly expanded, burning the entire world in the blink of an eye.

Then he followed the flames that burned the world and bowed his head again.

Vera was holding his wrist.

"Are you all right, Arryn?" she asked.

"No...it's okay." Ailin blinked his eyes, finally recovering from the shock of Long Wei.

Then he realized something seemed wrong.

His eyes passed through Vera holding his hand, and the lush green grass on the ground swayed in the wind, with a faint, refreshing floral scent coming from the wind.

Purple, yellow and white pansies, white saxifrage, lupines, bearberries...

On the undulating hills, a sea of ​​blue lily of the valley flowers is in full bloom.

In the sea of ​​flowers, there are windmills with rotating pure white blades and colorful cottages covered with vines.

Since his rebirth, Ailin's vision had never experienced such an impact of highly saturated colors, as if he was sealed into an oil painting depicting pastoral scenery.

Compared with the scene of the towering dragon destroying the world just now, it is completely different in style.

"Where...is this place?" Ailin reluctantly withdrew his sight from the beautiful scenery behind Vera.

"Is it beautiful?" Vera smiled gently.

"Beautiful!" Ailin nodded without hesitation.

Vera smiled even more happily. He could see that this smile came from the heart. It was the kind of smile that would appear when something that one cared about most in one's heart was praised by others.

"The place you see is Toussaint," she said, looking out at the sea of ​​lilies of the valley. "It has been the most beautiful place in the world since the days of the elves."

Toussaint?
Ailin was stunned for a moment, his eyes passed through Vera's shoulder, looking at the intoxicating beauty in the distance.

What kind of teleportation spell could transport him to Toussaint, far away in Nilfgaard?

and many more!

The place you "see" is Toussaint, so this is not Toussaint, this is...

"Illusion," Vera nodded with a smile, "This is the illusion I created. We are still in Kaer Morhen."

"Come on, I'll take you to see Soi..."

(End of this chapter)