Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf.

Chapter 548 Everything is ready, only the east wind is missing! (4400 words)
I knew it would be like this...

Ailin sighed in his heart and said, "To be honest, we are also worried about how to deal with Thomas Moreau. Uh... let's start from the beginning..."

Looking back on the past in his mind, he started by talking about how the Wolf School was targeted by the King of Kaedwen and the wizard Ban Ade, and briefly described the background before the fighting competition between the apprentices of the Wolf School and the Cat School.

Then he described in detail how Thomas Moreau and another wizard attacked them on the outskirts of Vergen.

Jeroen Moreau listened calmly throughout the whole process, with no expression on his face, and seemed to have no emotional fluctuations at all.

"…At that time, the School of the Wolf was not yet able to face the wrath of Ben Ader. It was extremely inappropriate to release him or kill him, so we took him back to Kaer Morhen and locked him in the dungeon."

After the brief background was explained, the cave suddenly became quiet.

after awhile.

"Since fate sent me to the Siren of Kael, I am no longer anyone's child. I am just a demon hunter, a demon hunter of the Griffin School."

“So there’s no need to go into so much detail.”

"I trust the Wolf School far more than a madman, even if he is my biological father."

Jeroen Moreau paused, as if he still had some unresolved feelings in his heart that he couldn't help but express.

Without waiting for Ailin's response, he frowned and continued:
"He kept saying he wanted me to return to a normal human life, but he never asked for my consent."

"In the end, even after the failure of an experiment that was harsher, more cruel and more painful than the punishment, they still refused to let me go."

"If it weren't for you, I would have almost died in this place."

"He is just a paranoid lunatic. It's not surprising that he does anything. Don't worry that I will have a grudge against the Wolf School because of what happened to Thomas Moreau."

"to be honest……"

Geron Moreu paused, stared at the stagnant golem in the distance, took a deep breath, and gritted his teeth:
"I have tried to kill him numerous times here."

"Use a raging fire to burn his sinful body, cut him into pieces with a sharp knife, or even strangle him to death with your bare hands..."

"But no matter how reluctant I am to admit it, Thomas Moreau is still my biological father, and the rules of the Griffin School do not allow me to do so."

"I even wanted to ask you to kill him just now, but the Wolf School is the orthodoxy of the Demon Hunter Order, not those wild cats without bottom line."

"I don't want to, and I can't, let the Wolf School do something dishonorable like murder."

"So don't worry about what I think, Brother Arryn."

"You can do whatever you want with Thomas Moreau. It is none of my business."

After finishing a long speech, Geron Moreau let out a breath and looked straight into Ailin's eyes.

"As expected of the Griffin School!" Ailin couldn't help but sigh.

While he was still carefully weaving words to win over the Griffin School, Geron was so frank that he even spoke out the darkest, most immoral and dishonorable thoughts such as patricide, almost opening his entire heart to others.

He also put himself in the other person's shoes and was unwilling to tarnish the reputation of the Wolf School, even if the whole thing could be done without anyone knowing.

"I have brought discredit to the school," Jeroen Moreau shook his head, "but let's not talk about that now. You just said you needed help, how do you want me to do it?"

……

The passage outside the golem's core.

The ball of light illuminated the narrow passage and Ada Emin, who was frowning at the end of the passage.

She was carefully observing a black stone the size of a human head with a ritual array etched on it, and she kept muttering to herself.

"There's nothing here... there's nothing here... nothing... nothing... nothing..."

"How is this possible?" Ada Emin asked in a puzzled tone, "Why is the core of the obsidian intact, but has lost all elemental fluctuations? How did Aylin do it?"

What does this amount to?
This is equivalent to a king living in a castle, with closed gates, a wide moat and millions of troops outside the city that may resurrect at any time, but being inexplicably killed by a knight on his throne.

By the way, that knight is outside the city and among the millions of resurrected troops.

You can imagine how outrageous this is!

This is completely contrary to Ada Emin's most basic understanding of the world.

The unbelieving elven sorceress checked again and finally got the same answer -

The obsidian core is "dead", but the outer shell is not damaged at all.

"Forget it. The Miracle Child has his own special qualities."

After all, Ida Emin is not young anymore, and she is no longer at the age where she wants to get to the bottom of everything.

"Ms. Ada, can we set off now?" Ailin's voice came from outside.

"Coming!" she whispered, glanced at the motionless obsidian core in front of her, and had no intention of putting it away. She stood up and was about to walk out.

An obsidian core that has lost its magical activity is just an ordinary gem no matter how big it is.

Maybe it is worth a lot of money on the secular level, but on the magical level, it is useless and has no research value.

And she is not short of money. Since the existing free elves are few in number, no Ain Sheedi would be short of money, let alone an Ain Savini.

What a wasted trip… She muttered and took two steps outside.

"and many more!"

She suddenly thought of something, stopped and turned around.

“Perhaps it is not completely worthwhile for research.” Aida Emin thought of Alin’s incredible experience, waved her hand, and summoned a black hole to swallow the obsidian core.

next second.

The black hole and the obsidian core disappeared at the same time.

"Huh~"

The elven sorceress cried out in surprise. She bent down and picked up an etched silver medal with the image of an elven girl wearing a hyacinth wreath and a rainbow ribbon around her waist, where the obsidian core disappeared.

"Hyacinths, rainbows, skylarks... this is Gwendolia, the daughter of spring!"

"Alin!" The elven sorceress held the silver plate, or amulet, and immediately remembered what Alin had said not long ago.

[For some reason, I saw Gwendolia, the Daughter of Spring, and... there seems to be hope for her to be resurrected...]

Without thinking too much, Ada Emin knew that Ailin must have learned about Gwendolia, the Daughter of Spring, when he destroyed the golem. It was even possible that he had been summoned by Meliteli and traveled to the kingdom of God as rumored, and had also seen the holy form of Gwendolia, the Daughter of Spring.

"What a little liar. He knows how to deceive women at such a young age." Ada Emin raised her eyebrows.

She rubbed the amulet of the Daughter of Spring, wiping off the suspicious dark red stains that stained it.

"Thomas Moreau is a human wizard, how can he be protected by the Lady of Spring..." Ada Emin suddenly had an idea, "Oh, right, that demon hunter from the Griffin School is half-elf, and he knows my identity as a priest, so..."

"Ms. Ada?" Ailin called again, interrupting her surprise.

Thinking of Aida Emin summoning the portal, Ailin suddenly interrupted Jeroen Moreu who was waiting there. Aida Emin then responded with tenderness in her eyes.

"And a kind and considerate little liar."

She shook her head slightly, and before leaving, she looked at the spot on the amulet and then at where the obsidian core had originally been.

"I met the wrong person..."

Ada Emin clenched the amulet, sighed regretfully, and walked towards the direction where the sound came from.

……

Ailin walked out of the golem holding on to the wall, and Jeroen Moreau chatted and waited at the feet of the golem.

In just a few moments, Jeroen Moreau had recovered a lot, although his face was still pale, his body was thin, and he looked severely malnourished.

But his posture was now as straight as a normal demon hunter, and Ada Emin actually sensed danger from him. Was this a secondary mutation?

She frowned slightly. If the secondary mutation could be popularized by Ailin, the Wolf School would not necessarily decline even if something happened to Soi.

"The northern continent is going to undergo another big change," Ada Emin murmured in a low voice. "Fortunately, the free elves and the children of miracles are allies now. Instead, the ones who should be worried are the wizards of Ban Ader."

She fell lightly from the sky and landed beside Ailin.

"Where are you going?" Ada Emin asked after looking at Jeroen Moreau.

Ailin said: "Laboratory."

"Laboratory?" Ada Emin looked at Jeroen Moreau in surprise again.

"Yes," Ailin nodded, "Not only the laboratory, but also Master Geron will follow us back to Kaer Morhen. He promised to assist us in studying secondary mutations."

"Huh?" Ada Emin opened her mouth in shock.

What did Ailin do just now that made Jeroen Moreau, who had undergone several years of cruel experiments, agree to assist in the research?

"The life-saving grace should be repaid with one's own life, not to mention that Ailin did not hesitate to tell the Wolf School the truth about its current dangerous situation." Jeroen Moreau seemed to see the surprise of the elven sorceress and said solemnly:

"If others treat me with sincerity, I will treat them with sincerity."

The dangerous situation of the Wolf School... Ada Emin blinked.

"Yes, I told Master Geron about Soi's injury," Ailin nodded. "The demon hunter of the Griffin School is trustworthy."

Ida Emin nodded noncommittally.

After all, it is the internal affairs of the witcher, and it is even more of a family matter.

The other person’s son is not afraid, so what should she, an outsider, worry about?

"Boom~"

An orange-red portal appeared next to the golem's right foot.

Just as Aida Emin was about to enter the portal, Alin's voice appeared behind her.

"What's wrong, Master Geron?" He looked at Geron Moreu who was staring at the golem in a daze.

"Nothing." Jeroen Moreau shook his head, took a step, and suddenly stopped hesitantly. "You interrupted me and brought me here. Is there... Is there a reason?"

Ailin was silent for a second, then shook his head and denied it. "No, it's just that Ms. Ada wants to collect materials for the golem, and we came over to save some time. What's wrong?"

"nothing."

Geron Moreau looked at the motionless golem, chuckled, and made a joke:

"After spending so much time together, I even began to feel reluctant to part with the jailer sent by Thomas Moreau to guard me."

"It's strange."

After saying this, he shook his head, walked past Ada Emin, and entered the portal first.

Aida Emin watched Geron Moreau disappear from view and said, "Thomas Moreau is in Kaer Morhen. He will know it eventually."

Ailin paused, shook his head, not knowing what he meant, and then walked into the portal.

Aida Emin sighed and followed closely behind.

But in just a moment, the only thing left in the huge cave was the golem leaning silently against the rock wall.

The candlelight flickered, dimming constantly.

……

a few days later.

The witcher's laboratory in Kaer Morhen.

The witcher's laboratory is located in the basement of Kaer Morhen Castle and is actually an alchemy room.

However, the witcher's laboratory is much larger than Vera's alchemy room on the second floor of the east tower, with an area difference of at least ten times.

At the same time, since it was originally a place for warlocks of the Wolf School to improve herbal potions, it is fully equipped with various alchemical equipment used for witcher mutations.

A copper kiln the size of Moreau's golem, a distillation kettle connected to various glass and rubber hoses, and many bottles and jars whose inner walls were dried and yellow, and it was hard to tell what the divine liquid was inside...

It is a paradise for everyone who studies witchers, or even researchers of genetic mutations and biological experiments.

Of course, what is more conspicuous, in addition to the secondary mutation equipment that has been carried in batches from Thomas Moreau's laboratory in recent days, is the iron beds arranged against the corners of the wall, locked in steel cages.

Especially the iron beds were connected to shackles with iron chains at the four corners, making the entire demon hunter laboratory look eerie and cold, more like a torture cell.

Even if most of the witchers of the Wolf School cannot make potions, they must be very familiar with this place.

Yes.

The Demon Hunter Laboratory is also the place where demon hunter apprentices undergo the most painful Green Grass Trial, which has the highest mortality rate.

"Squeak-"

The heavy iron door groaned as it was slowly pushed open.

Two demon hunters carrying double swords walked in. One of them had blue cat eyes and complained as he walked.

"Every time I step into this place, I feel goose bumps all over my body, and I feel chilly even in the hot summer."

"Today is the last class, Ailin, please bear with me for a while." Another demon hunter with three-color eyes smiled gently. "Once you are proficient in the Crucible of Blending Mutant Genes, you will be able to fully master all of Thomas Moreau's experimental instruments."

"You don't have to come to this place again until Ms. Ada digs out what's inside Thomas Moreau's brain."

"Then I would rather Ms. Ada not give me time to rest and get the results today." Ailin sighed softly, walked to the gourd-shaped silver container next to the "Iron Maiden", and operated it skillfully.

Jeroen Moreau opened his mouth when he heard this, but thinking of how Grandmaster Soi had bled heavily last night and nearly died, he finally patted him on the shoulder and said in a pale voice, "It will be fine."

Ailin didn't say anything, just nodded, and followed Jeroen Moreau's voice to practice the operation of the secondary mutation instrument and understand its principles.

To be honest, after Jeroen Moreau temporarily joined Kaer Morhen, his greatest role was not to conduct secondary mutation experiments, but to impart his experience in operating various experimental instruments that he had personally experienced countless times, and to study their principles with Ayling.

Before, Aelin had never thought that in the game, Geralt only completed the secondary mutation by entering and exiting the Iron Maiden.

The operation of the experimental equipment actually stumped him at first.

Of course, this is also because Geralt only needs to use it, but he must have a sufficient understanding of the operation, function and principle of each experimental instrument before he can use it to carry out modifications within a certain range.

This is of course more difficult.

"... Considering the Grand Master's physical condition, perhaps the pressure of the steel plate needs to be changed..."

"Well, these needles should also need to be hardened by Ms. Vera and Ms. Ada..."

……

Time passed quickly during the discussion between the two witcher masters from different schools.

"In this respect..."

"Squeak-"

The door of the witcher's laboratory was pushed open with great force, emitting an even more piercing wail, interrupting the discussion between Aylin and Jeroen Moreau.

The two witchers looked in the direction of the sound.

Vesemir and Aristo panted, their faces full of excitement:
"Ask it out, Aylin!"

"Ms. Ada, I have found out the specific experimental method for secondary mutation!"

(End of this chapter)