Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

The Wolf School strictly adheres to neutrality.

In fact, it is not only wolves. In addition to cats and manticores, griffins, bears, and vipers all try their best not to do anything other than their job of hunting monsters.

This is the excuse for the demon hunters not to intervene in secular disputes, a lesson learned from the disintegration of the demon hunter cult.

It is also the common need of all humans in the northern continent where monsters were rampant at that time.

People's bottom line can be infinitely low.

If you can get enough money and status by killing people for the powerful, who would risk their lives to hunt all kinds of strange, dangerous and powerful monsters?

Therefore.

For a long time, "strictly adhere to neutrality" can actually be regarded as a law recognized by all demon hunter schools and the rulers of the northern continent.

Violators of the school and demon hunter will be severely punished.

However, as time goes by and the number of monsters continues to decrease, the habitable places in the northern continent have been occupied by humans, and the priority of eliminating monsters in the affairs of the rulers of various countries has become lower and lower. Only the demon hunter schools still adhere to this tradition.

But no matter how much Arryn despises this principle, he has to admit it.

Now, the Wolf School still needs this principle in fact.

At least this principle is needed in this matter.

Otherwise...

Unless Aedirn finally completely occupies Kaedwen, the forces hostile to the witchers in Kaedwen can completely send troops to attack Kaer Morhen openly.

After the war, they can dig up the past.

And there is no need for some wizards and nobles to desperately spread rumors to weaken the influence of the witchers.

Helping the enemy country during the war, the Wolf School witchers as "traitors" will definitely be spurned by all the nobles and civilians in Kaedwen, and will most likely be hostile to other countries in the northern continent, and finally they can only completely surrender to Aedirn.

If this is the case, it would be better to move the school to Elland earlier and surrender to Temeria.

At least Temeria is the strongest among the northern countries, and both civilians and nobles are much friendlier to witchers than Aedirn.

So what Vesemir said is right.

Regional monster harassment, or even dealing with some small monsters that attack the army, can all be covered up with some excuses.

But the great griffin mentioned by Holden Qui-Gon has too much influence on the war, and it may even be a certain tactic of Kaedwen.

This is a commission that Vesemir and Aylin cannot accept at all.

"At least not openly..." Aylin thought.

The suffocating silence, under the blessing of the biting cold, seemed to freeze the air.

Vesemir suddenly said, "Tell me the amount, Horton."

The dwarf listened, glared at Vesemir, then looked at Arlin, and finally sighed with a relaxed expression and waved his hand:

"Forget it, take my good girl away, remember to let Ms. Vera carefully choose the appropriate alchemical magic circle, I personally recommend the fire element or the earth..."

"Wait..." Vesemir interrupted the dwarf's nagging, "Red dragon skin and poisonous scorpion spider queen silk are at least 30,000 orens, and you don't want it?"

"It's not my red dragon skin and poisonous scorpion spider queen silk." The dwarf waved his hand.

"But this..." Vesemir hesitated.

"Take it." The dwarf smiled and patted the witcher master's thigh. "Demave II had long expected that you would refuse. He is a treacherous but very generous person..."

"I know he is very generous," Vesemir smiled helplessly, "You have said it many times."

"Then I advise you witchers from the Wolf School to come to Aedirn more often," the dwarf laughed. "Although we are not as rich as Elland and can give up a castle to the Wolf School, we still have no shortage of bounties."

Vesemir was stunned and felt that the dwarf's words seemed to have other meanings.

"What's wrong?" He frowned.

"Since the Dark Sun Curse, the world has become increasingly unstable," the dwarf nodded to the two demon hunters and left the treasure room. "The deep mountain valleys in Vergen are okay, but the village below the mountain has been attacked by water ghosts two or three times, and there are also many ghouls attracted by the fighting on the battlefield..."

"You still care about this?" Vesemir said in surprise, "Don't you always care about hammers and wine?"

"What are you talking about!" The dwarf widened his eyes angrily, "After all, I am the lord of Vergen, managing hundreds of people in the entire city..."

"Bang!"

The treasure rooms with a faint blue light closed heavily, locking every warrior's paradise behind the door.

Vesemir looked suspicious.

The dwarf smacked his lips and picked up the lantern: "Well, this is what Demaevi II said in the letter he sent me. He is a little pessimistic about the future."

"What did he say?"

"He said he had a bad feeling, a bad feeling that he was about to return to the era of rampant monsters..." The dwarf led the way in front of him without caring, "Of course I think this is bullshit. Demaevi II stayed in the palace all day long to plot secretly, so he was inevitably suspicious..."

"Wizards, dwarves and elves, who doesn't know that there are fewer and fewer monsters in the world..."

"According to those warlocks who can play some tricks, even the activity of magic is slowly stagnating..."

Vesemir stepped on the shadow of the dwarf and glanced at Arryn: "But there was a celestial conjunction in Ben Ade, and there was also the Dark Sun Curse..."

Horton paused, the lantern swaying the shadow: "When I was drunk, the forging was not always the same, and the long swords I made were also good and bad..."

"Is it not allowed that there would be some fluctuations in the world?"

"But..."

Before the two demon hunters replied, the dwarf turned back to look at Vesemir and Aylin: "This is just my opinion, maybe Demaevi II's guess is right."

"And some magic materials are just valuable, but if they are not valuable, putting them in his treasury will not allow him to win more battles and eliminate the water ghosts that emerged due to temporary fluctuations in the world."

"Why not use them in advance to make friends with you demon hunters of the Wolf School, just in case."

"After all, there are not many people in your Wolf School. After going down the mountain, you always like to run to coastal cities such as Temeria and Redania..."

"To be honest, except for meeting you twice this year, I haven't seen other demon hunters in Vergen in the past few years, not even once..."

This is indeed true.

The most common routes taken by the Wolf School demon hunters in the early spring every year do not include Aedirn.

Even if they go to Soden, Cintra and Toussaint on the south side of the northern continent, most of them take a detour from Temeria.

Part of the reason is due to the long-term war between Kaedwen and Aedirn.

Kaer Morhen, the territory of the Wolf School, is located in Kaedwen after all, and its relationship with the royal family was relatively normal in the past few years, so it is more or less taboo.

Another part of the reason is that Aedirn is too poor because it is located inland, mainly agricultural, and has been in war for many years.

Except for the capital Vengerberg, other cities basically cannot pay any decent remuneration, and the variety of entertainment is far less than that of the coastal cities in the west.

Demon hunters also have desires.

People with ability will vote with their feet.

"After returning, I will persuade the chief..." After a pause, Vesemir glanced at Arryn, "I will come to Aedirn often in the future."

Arryn also nodded.

"Hahaha," the dwarf laughed heartily, "That's enough."

At this time.

Several people happened to walk to the main hall.

The cold moonlight passed through the empty window, reflecting the ground as if covered with white frost.

"Will you stay overnight?" The dwarf looked at the sky outside the window.

"No," Vesemir shook his head and waved his hand unhappily, "We followed a group of caravans, because of your lies, we are still waiting for news on the banks of the Pontar River..."

"Okay, I'll see you off." The dwarf laughed and scratched his head.

Then he didn't walk a few steps...

"There's really no way to deal with the Great Griffin..."

"It really can't be done."

"I know."

The empty hall echoed with sighs.

...

The two demon hunters did not let Horton Qui-Gon see them off, and left Vergen the same way.

The knights of the Knights' Order sent by King Demaevi II of Aedirn to invite people were still in the city. Since they had rejected the Great Griffin's commission, there was no need to make any more noise and cause trouble.

It was late at night.

Walking on the neat stone road, the slightly cold mountain wind from the Blue Mountains whistled.

Listening to the footsteps and the rustling of the wind in the forest, Vesemir was thinking about the impact of the great griffin on the direction of the war and the future of the Wolf School. Suddenly, he noticed that Arryn's azure cat eyes were not focused and were also distracted.

After thinking about it, Arryn seemed to have been absent-minded since leaving Vergen.

"What are you thinking about?" Vesemir asked.

"That great griffin," Arryn said subconsciously, his azure cat eyes trembled, and he leaned towards the witcher master, "Master Vesemir, do you think the great griffin that is attacking Vengerberg now has anything to do with the one we hunted two months ago?"

Vesemir suddenly stopped.

"Maybe it's related, maybe it's not, it has nothing to do with us." He looked at Arryn seriously, "I know you don't agree with the idea of ​​the school's strict neutrality, and I hate some wizards and nobles in Kaedwen, but we can't do anything about this matter."

Perhaps worried that Arryn would have some rebellious ideas, Vesemir walked towards the woods where the horses were tied and changed the subject: "Why don't we think about where we should go next and where we should go back to Kaer Morhen?"

"No."

Vesemir was stunned for a moment: "What's wrong?"

"We can't do nothing." Arryn shook his head, "Look at Horton Qui-Gon's anxious look. If we do nothing, Aedirn may be cut off from logistics because of the big griffin, and may cease fire."

Vesemir's footsteps stopped again.

But Aylin did not wait for the witcher master to speak, and continued:

"The school has torn its face with Ban Ade."

"On the day of the apprentice fighting competition, the wizards did not take action only because the king died in their territory. Later, this war involved most of their energy."

"But what if the war subsided?"

"Will the wizards and the new king compromise because of this war?"

"Will the relationship between them be mended because of this war?"

"Those nobles who hate the Wolf School can also draw out their strength after the truce."

"When the rift is already exposed, will they really tolerate their "enemies" and hide safely in the Ancient Sea Fortress?"

Aylin paused and looked at Vesemir seriously:

"The strength of the witchers in the Demon Hunting Corps is increasing rapidly, and every second is very important to us."

"War is not a good thing. Many people will die, but the Wolf School needs a Kaedwen who has no time to care about other things."

In silence, Vesemir stared into Arryn's eyes, his expression changing.

"Hoo~"

The mountain wind became stronger and stronger, bending the trees on both sides.

The leaves hit the two demon hunters with the wind.

For a long time.

"But...but if the people of Kaedwen know about the killing of the great griffin, Kaer Morhen will still be in danger."

Vesemir retorted.

But Arryn was not discouraged, but his eyes lit up.

"Then it will be fine as long as the people of Kaedwen don't know about it." He said firmly, "We are not going for the bounty given by the King of Aedirn, and there is no need to let other people in Aedirn, including Horton, know."

"The size of the great griffin is obvious, and according to Horton, it appears in Vengerburg every day, so we don't need others to tell us about the monster."

"We can just use illusions to disguise our identities like we did these days."

"After finding the great griffin near Vengerburg, find an uninhabited place along the path, use bait to lure it down, and kill it."

"No one will know."

When Vesemir heard this, he lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then sighed: "You always have reasons to convince me."

Alin was completely relieved when he heard this: "That's because Master Vesemir is accommodating me, and it's all for the future of the school."

"Yes," Vesemir sighed again with a tired look on his face, "It's all for the future of the school."

After speaking,

The two demon hunters walked silently to the grove where the horses were tied, untied the reins from the trees, and climbed on the horses.

He pulled the reins and turned the horses' heads back.

Seeing that the demon hunter master was not in high spirits, Aylin thought for a moment and said:

"Master Vesemir, in fact, if you want to take Erni, Klar and others with you, you may have to ambush the wizards on the way back, and you may also have to rely on the big griffin."

"And it will be easy."

"What do you mean?" Vesemir was stunned.

Aylin glanced at the translucent demon hunting notebook in front of him.

[Name: Giant Beast Capture Rope of the One-Eyed Clan]

[Type: Disposable Magic Item]

[Function: Put the capture rope around the target's neck and tighten the buckle to confuse the mind of the low-intelligence target and greatly increase the probability of the target recognizing the master]

[Note: It does not support capturing humanoid creatures at the moment. What are you thinking? This is a giant beast capture rope! 】

"You'll know when the time comes..."

Alin smiled mysteriously, squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and rushed into the darkness.

The night deepened.