Chapter 155 Zoe Henrietta
in the afternoon.

Castle ruins.

"Bang~"

The dark stones were pushed aside, revealing a dark passage.

Inside Viscount Hudson's castle, there seemed to be charred marks of fire everywhere, as if a fire had completely burned the place into ruins.

But actually.

The main structure of the castle was surprisingly intact.

"This must be man-made." Ailin thought.

When a real fire starts, even the hardest rocks will be burned and cracked by the high temperature.

In the past, cement buildings could hardly survive the merciless flames, so how could this medieval castle be so intact?

"Um... Ailin, now apply the ghost oil to the silver sword, is that right?"

Vesemir took out a bottle of oily potion with a hazy blue light from the reagent bag on his waist and asked hesitantly.

Although he also learned the formula of corpse-eating biological oil, he had never used this potion that Ailin called sword oil.

after all.

For him, this sword oil, which is aimed at water ghosts and zombies, can be destroyed with just one sword, whether it is applied with oil or not.

"Yes, Master Vesemir."

As Ailin spoke, he also took out a bottle of ghost oil from the bag on his waist.

Although I don’t know the specific formula and mixing method of the unlocked sword oil and demon hunter potion.

But he still remembers some common solvents in the formula.

Therefore, consider that the recipe may be available outside.

Before leaving Kaer Morhen, Arryn took some dwarven liquor, dog oil, bear fat and other commonly used potion solvents from the sorceress and put them in his bag.

As soon as I got the recipe, I went to the herbal medicine shop in Baiguoyuan and spent 30 copper coins to buy six portions of fleaweed. After borrowing the crucible from the herbal medicine shop owner for 1 copper coin, I quickly prepared six bottles of ghost oil.

It does not affect the exploration of the castle ruins at all.

"Boom~"

Open the bottle stopper and slowly pour one third of the sword oil in the bottle onto Elsa.

Rotate the sword.

After two or three circles, the beautifully decorated silver sword was covered with a layer of light blue light.

Vesemir watched his movements carefully, and followed Arryn's example, applying oil to the sword.

Afterwards, the two of them looked at each other, holding their silver swords, and walked into the dark passage...

……

Yadai Town.

The estate of the Earl of Burns.

Yadai Town is not far from Baiguoyuan.

After Serio settled the injured Fargo, he followed Fowler on a fast horse for only half an hour.

The heavily guarded manor, shaded by trees, appeared before them.

Serio glanced at Fowler, who was leading the way on horseback, and quietly led his horse to Bowen's side and whispered:

"Bowen, Fargo is injured and can't come, and Fowler heard that he was injured by a demon..."

"We can't hide the fact that we went to the abandoned castle."

Bowen gently pulled the reins, slowed down, and said:

“I’ve been thinking about this along the way.”

"Captain Cerio, we just need to tell the truth."

"Tell the truth?" Cerio asked in surprise, then realized that his voice was a little loud and glanced at Fowler in front of him.

Fowler led the way as usual, the sound of horse hooves drowning out the sound of the two men's conversation.

"You don't even know who is behind this, aren't you afraid of being exposed?" Serio said.

Bowen shook his head and said:
"As you said, Fargo was injured first, and then the matter of the demon spirit was exposed. We can no longer cover up the fact that we spent time with the demon hunter in the castle ruins."

"Demon hunters normally accept commissions, and if someone asks about it, they may not help us hide it."

“So this is something that cannot be avoided.”

"Since the secret method doesn't work, let's test the king's attitude openly."

"My family and I's goal is only to take back the castle and fiefdom. Compared to this, the truth behind the death of Viscount Hudson's family is dispensable."

"Besides, no matter what, the death of the Viscount's family and the burning of the castle happened ten years ago."

"No matter who is behind this, even if it is the king, in such a long period of ten years, he has done what he should have done, and he should have obtained what he should have obtained."

"There's no reason to have such a big reaction to a normal request for a noble's inheritance rights and the recovery of his fiefdom."

Serio also breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this.

Indeed, even if the king had the upper hand, as long as he did not make a formal judgment, it was normal for the nobles to try to reclaim their family castles and fiefdoms.

but……

Serio glanced at the young knight, whose brows unconsciously frowned.

Obviously.

Bowen was not as calm as he said.

After all, although the demands were normal, King Haxo, who was nicknamed "the big eater" by the people and the nobles, was not normal.

But there is no way.

The king's summons came too suddenly, and the two had no time to prepare, so even though they couldn't guess Hacksall's reaction, they had to bite the bullet and act according to the new plan.

Otherwise, if the secret is exposed, they, as the king's personal guards, will only be more passive.

……

After entering the manor, Serio and Bowen, under the guidance of the manor servants, took off their armor and weapons and changed into aristocratic clothes.

Even as the king's personal guards, it was difficult for these noble children to gain the king's full trust.

Every time they met the king, they had to take off all their weapons.

"Squeak~"

The dark wooden door opened.

The aroma of barbecue and fine wine hits you in the face.

"Your Majesty the King."

When Serio and Bowen walked into the room, they knelt on one knee without looking around and with great respect.

The chewing sound of "huff~huff~" suddenly stopped.

"There's the matter of the elves... um... what about the other person, Serio? Were you attacked by elves?"

Hackso put down the bloody bone and noticed something unusual before he finished speaking.

"Your Majesty, Fargo was scratched by a demon spirit and is currently recovering at the mayor's place in the Hundred Fruit Garden."

"Demon spirit?"

A middle-aged man's deep voice suddenly came from Serio's right.

Who is so bold? How dare he be so presumptuous in front of the king... Serio subconsciously turned his head to look over, and happened to see a pair of silver cat eyes.

Looking down again, the flat silver metal badge was shining.

Wolf School Demon Hunter?

No, that's not the emblem of the Wolf School.

"This is the Demon Hunter Grandmaster of the Wolf School, the Dragon Slayer Zoi Henrietta. He is also the legitimate son of the Grand Duke of Toussaint, of course... in the past."

Someone on Serio's left seemed to see through his thoughts and spoke in a deep voice.

It really is a Wolf School Demon Hunter, but who is this voice?
Before Serio could turn his head to look, the voice continued:
"I am Jaynes, the vice-president of Ben Ade."

"Janes!" Hackso growled.

"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I forgot that I shouldn't use my mind reading skills in front of you..."

The voice responded frivolously, obviously not caring much about Hackso's attitude.

Upon hearing this, Serio was immediately startled and quickly turned his head to look over.

A young man wearing a long pointed hat looked him in the eye and smiled at him.

Was he being mind-read?
What was read?
"I haven't read anything yet," the frivolous voice continued.

"Don't worry. Under the dragon-like majesty of your noble king, I am trembling so much that I can't read a word."

"I can tell this from your straightforward face."

"Janes!!!" Hackso's face was gloomy. He threw the bone in his hand into the silver basin and shouted loudly.

"Okay, okay, I'll shut up, I'll shut up..." The wizard named Janes shrugged, raised the corner of his mouth, and smiled at Serio again.

Serio didn't dare to look any longer and quickly lowered his head.

He was a wizard and a demon hunter who had slayed dragons. No wonder the king called back all his guards. When Hackso saw that Jaynes had calmed down and was about to ask for more details, he suddenly thought of something, frowned, and asked:

"Wait, you said Baiguoyuan?"

Looking at the king's thoughtful expression, Serio's heart sank.

How could an ordinary town arouse the king's thoughts? This was not a good thing for either him or Bowen.

He felt a little regretful. The water in the castle ruins seemed to be deeper than he had imagined.

But since the king asked, he still said:
"Yes, Fargo is now recuperating in Baiguoyuan."

At this moment, the wizard next to Jaynes seemed to remember something and his expression suddenly changed.

He tilted his head close to Jaynes' ear, his mouth opening and closing.

Jaynes' expression gradually changed from casual to serious.

"The Hundred Fruit Garden you mentioned...is there a castle ruin nearby?" he asked.

Serio looked up at the king and saw that Hackso was frowning. He nodded and said:
"There is indeed a castle ruin in Baiguoyuan. It was there that Fargo was chopped by the demon spirit."

Upon hearing this, Hackso instinctively looked at Jaynes. When he saw Jaynes nod, his face immediately darkened and he was about to scold him.

Suddenly he saw Suo Yi standing beside him, so he suppressed his anger and asked:
"What is the current situation of the castle ruins?"

……

Castle ruins.

The sound of metal clashing rang out, and sparks flew from the sound, instantly illuminating the angular handsome face under the black wide-brimmed hat.

Then the next moment.

Spin around.

cut!
The light blue light quickly spun into a bright fan shape along with the force of the rebound, penetrating through the demon's belly.

"Shh!"

It sounded like water suddenly evaporating.

The place where the silver sword and the spirit body intertwined seemed to be boiling. After a large-scale twist, the translucent body of the demon spirit suddenly stagnated.

In the next second, it shattered into countless green, blue and purple gravel.

However, this demon hunter, who was wearing a strange hat in the dim room, did not stop to rest after killing a demon. Instead, he turned his eyes and set his sights on the next demon.

That's right.

This witcher is Vesemir.

He is crazy about killing!

"Erin is such a genius. He even thought of a potion like Ghost Oil." Vesemir spun around and danced with his sword, feeling very excited.

He didn't care about the corpse-eating biological oil before. Anyway, these kinds of physical creatures can be destroyed with just one sword, and the effect is not obvious to them, the demon hunter masters.

But ghost oil is different.

No demon hunter who has ever hunted demons can refuse ghost oil.

Absolutely not!

Although I don't know why Ailin's Demon Hunter's Eye can kill the demon spirit with one blow.

However, the speed of destroying the demon spirit has little to do with the demon hunter's own strength. It simply relies on the slow mutual cancellation between silver and spirit.

No matter how powerful a demon hunter is, the most he can do is deal with multiple demons at the same time without getting hurt.

It still takes a long time to destroy each demon.

Vesemir even calculated when he was bored that it would take more than two hundred and thirty slashes with an ordinary silver sword to kill a demon spirit.

It's mechanical and cumbersome, without the usual exciting and thrilling feeling of battle.

But with the ghost oil created by Ailin.

Three swords and one demon spirit.

If the sword penetrates the spirit body deep enough, one strike can kill it.

"Shh!"

Another demon spirit left the world.

"Cool!"

Vesemir roared heartily, not even caring that the duration of the Aden Sign had expired, and quickly pounced on the next demon.

Vesemir enjoyed the kill.

but.

Arlin, who was not far behind Vesemir, was not very happy.

He even regretted refining the ghost oil in advance and giving it to the demon hunter master.

He watched Vesemir dance with such grace and fluidity in the dim castle.

After each change in the rhythm of the dance steps, there would inevitably be a demon spirit emitting green light, screaming miserably for the last time, and then disappearing, leaving behind a pile of materials.

Just three minutes,
Six out of the ten demon spirits that were suddenly encountered were turned into materials by Vesemir's sword.

"Master Vesemir, don't kill them all, leave a few for me!"

Ailin shouted hurriedly after seeing the demon hunter master swinging his sword and killing another demon not far away.

He lowered his head to avoid the slow-moving sword swung by the demon spirit, and with his left foot as the axis, he spun around and swung the sword away.

There was also a gasifying sound coming from the demon's belly, and then it shattered into black powder.

"Shh!"

Violent gasification sounds came from both sides of the body at the same time.

Ailin turned his head and looked.

The last demon disappeared with a flash of green light almost at the same time as the one he killed.

"Ding!"

[Monster group "Demon Spirit" Lv38 subjugation! ]

[Rewards: Defeat the enemy, basic rating D, kill above the enemy level +3-C, decapitation deterrence +3-B]

【Final rating: B】

[Obtained loot: Demon Spirit's Purification Spirit*2, Experience Beads*9, Demon Spirit's Treasure Chest*4]

Yes.

Of the ten demon spirits, Ailin only managed to grab two.

After discovering the special effects of the ghost oil, Vesemir seemed to want to put aside the past, the frustrating time when he mechanically hunted down ghosts with his sword, and even Aiden only opened it once.

He chased after the demon and hacked at it like a madman.

"Cough cough~"

"Alin, I'm sorry. I couldn't stop myself for a moment."

Under Arryn's resentful gaze, Vesemir coughed twice and explained.

Ailin: “…”

When he opened his mouth to remind him, Vesemir was still in the corner.

This is not that he can't stop, he just enjoys killing so much that he doesn't want to stop.

And this happened more than once or twice. The three waves of monsters I encountered after entering the castle were all like this.

“Um, Ailin… your ghost oil is really useful…” Vesemir wanted to change the subject, but under Ailin’s silent gaze, he finally agreed, “Next time I encounter ghosts, I will give them to you… I will give you a few.”

Ailin nodded and collected all the spoils on the ground into a glass bottle.

Looking at the two piles of spoils left by the spirits on the ground, Vesemir glanced at Arryn and tacitly did not point out the difference between the two piles of spoils.

After packing up the spoils.

The entire castle was searched, but no other spirits appeared.

Vesemir's promise was in vain.

However, this is not the point.

The point is that although the two demon hunters have collected all the bones.

But the bones offered no clues other than that the men did not die in a fire.

Especially the clues about the human couple.

"There must be something wrong with the environment here, otherwise these demons wouldn't appear during the day!"

"If only demon hunters could feel magic like wizards!"

Vesemir sighed as he looked at the pile of pale bones.

Feel the magic?

Ailin caught the key words.

He gently touched the school badge on his chest with his right hand and thought:

"Although I can't feel the magic, I can see it!"

(End of this chapter)