Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

When Krall heard this, he looked at each other with the apprentices around him, and asked in a cautious tone:

"Captain Aylin just went to find those trolls?"

Aelin nodded.

After hesitating for a second and sending the apprentices away, Krall whispered: "We have all transported carrion to those dozen new trolls."

"What happened next? Why did it stop suddenly?" Aylin asked.

Krall glanced around again and saw that no one was nearby. He took a step closer and his voice became softer:

"It was Ms. Mary who arranged for us to do this."

"The delivery went well at first. We also took the apprentices to clean up the water ghosts along the way from Kaer Morhen to the Ring of Elements."

"But then, about a month later, Master Aristo came back with the purchased supplies. After knowing that we were feeding more than a dozen rock trolls, he started a big fire..."

"There are no demon hunters raising monsters...what kind of backlash..."

"Lady Mary and Lady Vera were not in Kaer Morhen at that time. We could only stop..."

Aelin did not ask Kral if Aristo knew that this decision was his.

If Aristo didn't know, Krall wouldn't have such a sneaky expression now, and he might not be sure who the fire was aimed at...

But Aylin could actually guess this.

There weren't many people in Kaer Morhen at this time, who could be counted on one's fingers, who could legitimately interfere with Aelin's decision.

But Aristo...

If this stubborn and grumpy old man disagrees, it will indeed be a bit troublesome.

Next, he still has to deliver carrion to the rock troll camp. It is impossible for him to deliver it in person every time in order to avoid Aretos. Besides, he has planned to go down the mountain again in August and September, and he himself It is impossible to hide this from the school.

"Captain, where is Master Aristo..." A slightly hesitant voice came from the side.

Follow the sound and look.

Krall's immature brows were filled with sorrow, and he was obviously very worried and embarrassed about the relationship between Aylin and Aristo.

"It's okay," Aylin touched his head and smiled, "Master Aristo and I may have had a little misunderstanding on this matter. I'll ask him to explain it later and make it clear." ”

As a boy of twelve or thirteen years old, he believed whatever Ailin said.

Krall was immediately relieved to hear that there would be no surprises in the relationship between the two closest master witchers.

Then he started laughing and jokingly telling Aylin one by one about how strict Aristo was, how bad-looking he was, and how the apprentices who had been trained so harshly secretly slandered Zha Xiaoren in the past six months.

After a while, after all the apprentices who had been pushed aside came calling, he coughed twice and stopped, pretending to be a mature adult.

Aelin also took this opportunity to say goodbye and went to find Aristo before it got dark.

…

Aristo is not hard to find.

Since losing to Aylin a week ago, he has been training swordsmanship in a few remote corners on the north side of the main castle.

and.

Except for the first two or three days, he led Aylin to understand the training status of the demon hunters and apprentices in the corps, and described the characteristics and flaws of each apprentice in detail.

After Aylin became completely familiar with it, he never appeared again.

Obviously.

He is taking the initiative to transfer control of the Demon Hunting Corps.

So to be honest, Aristo actually treated him well.

"Hoo~"

"Pa~"

The whirring sound of the heavy sword being swung was accompanied by crisp knocks.

After reaching the gate of the main castle, Aylin followed the sound and easily saw the red figures flashing back and forth among several dummies wearing iron armor.

Seriously.

Aylin actually admires master demon hunters like Aristo.

Putting yourself in his shoes, it is hard to imagine that when he was two or three hundred years old, he would still practice boring swordsmanship every day as before.

If there hadn't been various crises one after another, they would have come up one after another inexplicably.

As early as after the high mountain trial, he was ready to lie down and enjoy the hard-won immortality of immortality.

"Pah~pah~pah~"

The continuous knocking sound interrupted Aelin's reverie about the life of a retired witcher.

He watched Aristo practice swordsmanship without interrupting, but organized the words in his mind.

It was different from the words he used to appease Krall.

Aristo's resistance to raising rock trolls is not necessarily a small misunderstanding. It may involve the witcher's fundamental attitude towards monsters, or even principles.

It can be big or small.

And there may not be any right or wrong in it.

Is it wrong for Aelin to use the power of the rock trolls to strengthen the Wolf School?

Of course not.

So is Aristo's resistance wrong?

Don't forget.

Two months ago, Ai Lin was almost killed by Shan Shitou.

Ten years ago, Vesemir was also seriously injured by these rock trolls.

So the threat does exist.

Just to put it bluntly.

For Aelin, the value of leaving this group of rock trolls to fight against the possible threats from nobles, wizards, wild hunts and even hoar frost far outweighs the hidden threats.

Both are right, which means it is difficult to convince each other.

And Aristo has always been a very stubborn old master demon hunter.

"Eh~" The demon hunter sighed.

Just thinking about the next scene, he felt that his head was starting to hurt.

"Pah~"

"Huh~"

Perhaps because Ailin did not hide his footsteps when he came, the knocking sound not far away stopped before he could think for long.

"Ailin, you are looking for me?" Arestor put the steel sword used for training back to the weapon rack in the corner.

Ailin was silent for a few seconds, took a deep breath, and nodded:

"Yes, Master Arestor. About the extra rock trolls under the ring of elements..."

Ailin paused instinctively.

Because he saw Arestor's figure coming, and when he heard about the rock trolls, he suddenly hesitated.

The tough face with thick beard suddenly changed from gentle to expressionless.

The pressure was like a sudden whistling mountain wind, and it came instantly.

Gritting his teeth, Ailin took advantage of Arestor's silence and quickly emphasized the idea of ​​using rock trolls to protect Kaer Morhen and the threats faced by the Ancient Sea Fortress from nobles, wizards and wild hunts.

But he didn't expect that he hadn't finished speaking.

"No need to say more..." Aristo suddenly waved his hand, "Do as you think."

"Rock Giant..." After hearing the first half of the sentence, Aylin, who was still trying to persuade him, was stunned for a moment, "Do you mean you agree?"

Aylin had thought of this possibility, but he really didn't expect that the Demon Hunter Master, who was famous for his stubbornness, irritability, and conservatism throughout Kaer Morhen, would agree before he even finished his carefully prepared series of words.

Could it be because he won the duel last week?

The image of Aristo in Kral's mouth and the contrast with his current straightforward attitude made Aristo only think of one possibility.

It shouldn't be!

Smoothly giving up the rights of the Demon Hunter Corps was already a great benefit brought by the duel.

Therefore, he compromised his own ideas and made a decision that Aristo thought might harm the school.

This doesn't seem like something that the upright and stubborn Aristo would do.

Just like the loyal ministers and generals in ancient times, they can give up their interests and divide their rights, but when it comes to the safety of the monarch or even the country, the more loyal they are, the more stubborn and difficult to compromise...

Aristo nodded, but he still had a blank expression and frowned slightly, and he didn't look like he agreed with Aylin.

"Why?" Aylin asked subconsciously.

Aristo frowned again when he heard the question, but he didn't know what he thought of, and he softened his expression and said:

"Aylin, a wolf pack is composed of many wolves, but they only choose one direction to hunt..."

"Do you know how they choose this direction?"

Aylin was stunned when he heard this, and didn't know what Aristo wanted to express.

However, Arestor did not seem to want Ailin to answer. After asking this question, he did not pause for a second and answered himself:

"Power!"

"The wolf pack chooses that direction by strength."

"The leader wolf who defeated all the other wolves wants to go to the direction that the wolf pack will eventually go to."

"The prey chosen by the leader wolf is the target of the wolf pack's fight."

"So..."

Arestor paused, stared at Ailin's blue cat eyes, and said:

"You beat me in the duel, so you are naturally more qualified to choose the direction for the wolf pack."

Sure enough, it was because of that duel...

Arestor thought.

But for some reason, he always felt that Arestor's metaphor was a bit strange.

"But..." Arestor interrupted Ailin's thinking again, "Witchers are witchers, monsters are monsters..."

"You can use it, but don't trust any monster that has used humans as a diet, understand?"

Arestor nodded when he heard it.

After carefully looking at his expression and making sure that Aristo was not perfunctory, Arestor smiled and looked up at the darkening sky:

"Anything else? I plan to practice for a while longer."

Aristo shook his head, knowing that Arestor was ordering him to leave, and left on his own initiative after saying goodbye.

"Da~Da~Da~"

On the way away from the training ground on the north side of the main castle, Aristo, who had been thinking about Arestor's words just now, suddenly had an idea and stopped.

He finally figured out what was so strange about Arestor's metaphor.

That's right!

The wolf pack selects the alpha wolf that determines the direction of the pack's advance and hunting targets, and it does rely on strength.

But...

Once the alpha wolf is selected, it will be defeated by other wolves in the pack.

Otherwise.

Even if one of them is much stronger than the others, how can it surpass the alpha wolf to determine the direction of the pack's pursuit?

Thinking of this, Aristo turned back suddenly.

The sky was dim.

The training ground in the distance became extremely small in the field of vision due to the distance.

Although he couldn't see his face clearly, he had just issued an order to expel him. He said that he was going to practice swordsmanship for a while, but now he stood still.

Like a match with a bent top.

Squinting his eyes, the cat's blue pupils suddenly shrank.

He saw clearly.

The bent "match head" was clearly looking up at the sky.

"No! Not looking at the sky!"

The witcher followed Arestor's line of sight.

In the dark blue sky, low gray clouds were blown by the mountain wind, surrounding the towering castle.

At the end of the line of sight.

The windowsill was empty, with a dim candlelight.

The curtains were blown up by the cold wind, lonely and secluded.

That was the highest place of the Wolf School.

There,

lived the king of the wolf pack...

...

An hour later.

After a simple dinner, the demon hunter returned to the third floor of the north tower.

"Bang~"

After the door closed, the demon hunter opened the demon hunting notes with a thought.

[Name: Ailin]

[Age: 14]

[Title: Son of Miracle]

[Health: 100%, Physical 660/660, Magic 730/730]

[Attributes: Strength 63 (+2), Agility 61 (+1), Constitution 66 (+1), Perception 68, Mystic 73]

The three attributes of strength, agility and constitution, a total of four points of improvement, come from the energy cycle of [Beast Roar: Violence].

Although the improvement is not large, it is exaggerated that it only took him a week to improve.

Moreover.

Even after a week, Ailin still failed to complete a cycle.

It is conceivable.

When the energy cycle of [Beast Roar: Rage] is fully run, or even maintained for 24 hours a day, what level will his strength, agility and physique reach?

And.

This is just one skill in the Way of Beast Roar.

[Beast Roar: Wild Language] also has the effect of improving perception, but since [Beast Roar: Rage] has not yet reached a complete cycle, Ailin does not want to be distracted.

And.

Improve "control ability of 'Beast Roar: Rage'", "50% of 'Beast Roar: Rage' casting speed" and "20% increase in the roar intensity and range of 'Beast Roar: Rage'"...

Due to the powerful effect of [Beast Roar: Rage] in actual combat, the side effects of these energy maintenance states can almost immediately improve the strength of the demon hunter.

It also means that before the maintenance state of this beast roar reaches a bottleneck, the demon hunter will probably not be willing to change the maintained beast roar.

It's just a pity that...

The roar can improve the speed, strength and range of the roar in actual combat. Since the demon hunter can only maintain it when it is not disturbed, it cannot be used in actual combat for the time being.

It can only be expected in the future.

However, when it comes to [Beast Roar: Rage], the demon hunter remembered the "Sword Light" in the cave of the old spearhead, which killed the giant demon spirit with one sword, causing huge terrain damage, and even caused the first progress of [Demon Hunting] to be 100% but ended because of the death of the target.

Yes, Sword Light.

This is the name given by the demon hunter.

Although the effect is not true qi, but magic energy, it is at least intuitive enough.

And...

Very handsome!

After entrusting the metal troll to the big stone and the mountain stone, Ailin couldn't help but try it again on the way back, wanting to see if the "Sword Light" was a coincidence and whether it could be reproduced.

After all, this skill that does not rely on [Demon Hunting] and directly kills large monsters is too powerful.

If he could control it stably, it would be a great comfort to the demon hunter who had been wary of the Demon Hunting Notes until now.

Unfortunately...

Balmer's sword, giant ghoul decoction, blizzard potion, beast roar: violent, [Demon Hunting]...

Alin followed the steps in his memory and did them one by one in strict order, but he could not reproduce them.

I don't know if it's because there are no strong enough enemies to make Balmer excited.

But this can only be tried next time.

After all, the other conditions are actually okay, but the giant ghoul decoction and blizzard potion are really expensive.

Even if Alin is rich now, money is not wasted like this.

Sighing lightly, shaking his head to get rid of the phantom pain in his heart, the demon hunter thought.

[Ding! Do you want to use the purification spirit of the giant demon spirit?]

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