Chapter 166 Women in the Camp
night.

The starry sky is low.

The faint light cast by the crescent moon and the stars is not enough to illuminate the world, not to mention that this is a valley.

Under the cover of the towering rock walls, the light from the stars and the moon received by the camp was even weaker.

In addition, there are some abandoned tall wooden frames and various piles of stones whose original purpose is unknown.

"It's a great place for stealth assassination."

Ailin, a veteran keyboard assassin in his previous life, commented as he hid behind a supply box in a corner of the camp.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

Seven or eight soldiers holding fine spears and wearing well-tanned leather armor patrolled along the main road of the camp.

Ailin quickly shrank his head and hid in the shadow of the supply box. Looking at the backs of the soldiers, he felt a strange excitement in his heart.

He had the urge to follow them and slit the throats of the guards with a sword.

"As long as I kill everyone who sees me, it will be a successful stealth operation."

A thought suddenly flashed through his mind, and then the young demon hunter shook his head violently, throwing away this terrible idea.

calm! calm!
This is reality, not a game!

His goal was not simply to kill an important target in the camp.

He must regain the track formed by the black magic points, find the human couple, and finally escort them out of the camp smoothly and safely.

With this goal in mind, there is no point in killing these guards.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

His reverie was interrupted by another team of guards passing by, illuminated by blazing torches on both sides of the main road.

As long as they paid a little more attention and checked the pile of supply boxes, Ailin would be exposed and would most likely die in this unknown temporary camp.

Thinking of this, the young demon hunter's heartbeat quickened and his breathing became rapid.

It's like...

The team of guards walking slowly towards them might suddenly turn their attention to the supply box at any time.

Then, amid the commands of "alert" and "engage the enemy", he thrust the sharp tip of the spear and rushed towards him.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

As the guards drew closer, the young witcher's heartbeat became like the beating of a war drum in his ears as his reverie deepened.

fortunately,

This group of guards also did not notice Ailin. Like the patrolling guards in front, they gradually moved away in the dim flickering firelight.

"call!"

Aelin breathed a sigh of relief.

The young demon hunter had all sorts of unrealistic fantasies in his mind...

Sometimes I want to stalk and assassinate like I did in the game of my previous life, and sometimes I feel scared and suspicious...

On the one hand, it was because he had never done anything like a stealth assassination, especially in an environment where hundreds of elite soldiers gathered.

The Wolf School is not a cat or a viper after all.

The enemies they faced were basically monsters, and Vesemir had not taught them how to escape thousands of miles away if they missed a single attack when surrounded by them.

As for the other side…

[Name: Ailin]

【生命值：100%，体力值310/310，魔力373/410】

He is waiting for his magic power to recover.

"Boom~boom~boom~"

Another team of guards came on patrol.

As they happened to pass in front of him, Ailin's entire body was covered with ripples like the surface of water.

Then it merged into the dark night in the camp.

At this time.

The last soldier on patrol seemed to have noticed something and turned his head to look back vigilantly.

"What's wrong, Tres?" the soldier next to him asked in confusion.

"Uh... nothing, I just felt like something moved behind me." Not noticing anything, Teles looked behind him again.

"Sigh~"

The soldier next to him gasped, followed his line of sight, and looked behind him vigilantly.

Under the dim, flickering firelight, there was nothing behind.

"Don't scare me, Tris."

"Ban Ade is a very weird place. It is said that there is a haunted castle in a nearby town, and there are wandering ghosts..."

The soldier called Teles scratched his head in a simple manner and was about to speak.

"Soldier! What are you talking about?"

They were interrupted by a loud shout from the front of the team.

The two soldiers looked at each other, then immediately shut up and continued patrolling.

"Whoo~"

Behind the two soldiers, under the cover of the illusion, Ailin quietly exhaled a breath of foul air.

Mirage Pearl·Illusion.

Ever since he used the Mirage Pearl to create an illusion and avoided the Water Ghost King's fatal blow.

Ailin never relaxed his practice of Mirage Pearl, and would spend at least an hour every day to explore how to construct the illusion.

Hard work pays off.

The illusion created by the young demon hunter with the help of the mirage beads was transformed from a blurry photo-like or oil-painting-like plane into a three-dimensional illusion of 16 cubic meters, almost the size of an ordinary room, under extreme conditions, after his familiarity with the mirage beads, and their mystery and magic were greatly enhanced.

Of course, this 16-cubic-meter three-dimensional illusion only lasts for a very short time, probably only two seconds.

Moreover, when there is sufficient light, the illusion created by Ailin is very similar to the original object, but it is very inconsistent and the details are seriously distorted.

fortunately.

It's night now and there's no need for such extreme effects.

A dark and husky illusion simulating the normal scenery of the camp is enough.

"These soldiers in this camp are definitely elite."

He crept up behind the guard.

The Cat School Two-handed Sword LV3 makes his steps more flexible, lighter and silent.

Even if you are only one meter away from the previous guard, you will not be discovered.

This is something that the Wolf School two-handed sword steps cannot do.

After walking about ten meters, a deep and dark cave appeared in front of the team.

A cave?
is it here?

Immediately linking the wolf emblem in his mind, Ailin concentrated and observed it carefully.

There seemed to be a faint line made up of small black dots in the air.

The black line extends in the direction of the cave ahead.

Found the place!
Ailin's eyes suddenly lit up, and then he looked around.

A pile of rocks as high as a person, fallen and broken wood, and...

Ok?
Is this a minecart?

The young demon hunter was about to take a closer look when he suddenly felt dizzy.

not good!

Not enough magic power!
Ailin left the patrol route and walked quickly to the front of the cave, where there was a pile of rocks as tall as a person, while maintaining the illusion.

The moment he hid behind the pile of rocks, his magic power was exhausted, and Ailin's brain suddenly felt empty.

Yes.

Even if it was a rough illusion of a dark, rough plane, with Ailin's current magic power, it could only last for two minutes.

therefore.

The young demon hunter walked around the camp, stopping and starting frequently, and spent most of his time hiding in a small corner waiting for his magic power to recover.

"Whoo~"

Leaning against a large rock, Ailin let out a long sigh.

There was no one in front of the dark cave ahead, only an abandoned mine cart parked on the track.

This place should have been a mine. Thinking of this, Ailin frowned slightly.

Mine?

It seems like I've heard it somewhere before?

The young witcher bowed his head and pondered.

"who are you?"

At that moment, the sudden voice coming from behind made the young demon hunter, who was thinking, tremble violently.

He instinctively turned around and drew his sword, but he felt something suddenly pressing against his heart on his back.

The sharp touch made his hair stand on end, and he instantly stopped his body's instinctive response.

what happened?

I clearly didn’t see anyone behind this pile of rocks just now?
"Answer me! Who are you? What are you doing here? Why did you suddenly appear here?"

The voice was low but serious.

At the same time, the demon hunter felt a sharper sensation on his back over his heart, even a stinging pain.

But Ailin was relieved.

Because this time he heard it clearly.

The voice hiding behind him was a female voice, and it was almost impossible for women to appear in the human army of Kaedwen.

At least there couldn't be any women holding weapons.

unless……

This woman was not in league with the Kaedweni soldiers in the camp.

"As you can see, I carry two swords on my back." The witcher wanted to turn around, but the increasing pain in his back stopped him. "So I am a witcher, a witcher of the Wolf School."

As soon as he finished speaking, Ailin felt the stinging pain in his back ease a little.

"What are you doing here? And you're acting sneaky. Isn't this your human territory?"

Human territory?
There is a strong hostility towards humans in the words!

The person behind him is really not human?

After considering for a moment, Ailin spoke the truth and said:

"I received a commission from an elf a few days ago, and now I am trying to complete it."

"Which elf, what commission?"

"A red-haired female elf who gave me a commission in my mind."

"The one with red hair and the ability to get into your head is Ada!"

The woman behind him sounded surprised, and the sharp weapon against Ailin's back completely loosened.

The demon hunter took this opportunity, took a step forward, and turned around in an instant.

A slender figure in a black tights appeared before him.

She was holding a gleaming dagger, and her eyes, revealed through the black mask and headscarf, were wide open with surprise in their eyes.

It seemed that he had not expected the demon hunter in front of him to be so bold.

For Ailin, it was definitely too late to draw his sword or cast a sigil at this time. Moreover, it was unclear whether the newcomers were friends or foes, and they were in the heavily guarded camp of the Kaedweni army, so it was not appropriate to make any big noise.

Ever since.

Ailin took a step forward, with his right palm facing upwards, and instantly lifted it up.

With lightning speed, under the black-clothed man's surprised gaze, he grabbed the black-clothed man's wrist holding the dagger.

So weak!

Feeling the strength in the black-clothed man's hand, the demon hunter opened his mouth slightly, with some confusion in his eyes.

He didn't expect that it would be so easy to disarm the enemy.

"Didn't you realize just now that this person was suffering from the side effects of running out of magic power?" Ailin was a little confused.

He held the other person's slender wrist with his right hand and shook it gently.

The gleaming dagger fell down in an instant and was grasped by a pair of hands covered with thick calluses.

next moment.

The sharp blade of the dagger was already close to the neck of the man in black.

The young demon hunter completed this series of actions within three seconds.

The man in black only felt a black shadow flash before his eyes, and then the sharp blade of his beloved dagger was pointed at his neck.

How... how is it possible?

Who is this demon hunter?

Oh yeah…Ada.

He just said that he was a demon hunter commissioned by Ian Savini.

……

Complex thoughts flooded into his mind, and the pupils in the black-clothed man's beautiful eyes trembled violently.

"Whoo~"

Take a breath of air.

Ailin clenched the dagger in his hand, glanced at the soldiers patrolling the camp, and quietly calmed his breathing which was a little disordered due to the short period of intense activity.

This was the first time he used a technique belonging to the Cat School Two-Handed Sword Level 3.

This grappling action, similar to that of the previous life, is an advanced technique used by the Cat School Demon Hunter to help him/her disarm his/her long sword when it is knocked off his/her chest, or to disarm his/her enemy in narrow terrain.

It was also the first time that Ailin used this kind of skill against humans, which was not available in the Wolf School swordsmanship. It felt amazing.

After all, there aren't many monsters that know how to use weapons.

"Very good, now it's my turn to ask questions."

"Who are you, this 'elf lady' who suddenly appeared?"

"What are you doing here?"

"Also... who is the Ada you are talking about?"

Aelin asked softly.

The man in black, who had no reaction to the word "elf lady", frowned instantly when he heard the name "Ada" and was about to speak.

Sudden.

The dagger that was holding his neck suddenly loosened.

She saw the strange demon hunter in front of her retract the dagger, then flipped his wrist and placed the dagger's carefully carved wooden handle in her hand.

This... what does this mean?
The man in black felt a little strange, but after hesitating for a moment, he still took the dagger.

"Lady Elf, can you tell me now why you are here?"

Ailin said softly.

"You... aren't you afraid that I will use this dagger against you again?"

The clear sound of a mountain spring suddenly came from the mask of the man in black.

Ailin was stunned for a moment, looking at the deep blue eyes that emerged from the gap between the mask hood.

"Is this her real voice?" he thought. "It's quite nice."

Then he shook his head and said:

"No, since you didn't hurt me in the beginning, you must have realized it."

"I am 'sneaking' around this camp, and like you who are also 'sneaking', I was not invited in by the Kaedwen army."

"Perhaps, our goals are the same, what do you think?"

Having said that, Ailin was actually not afraid that this unknown man in black would get the dagger.

When he was trying to snatch the dagger just now, he discovered that the man in black was very weak.

His wrist was so weak that the weapon fell with a slight shake. I'm afraid his melee skills are not above LV1. What's there to be afraid of?

It would be better to return the dagger, leave a good impression, and gain some favorability.

When the man in black heard himself being described as "sneaky", he frowned slightly, then remembered that he was commissioned by Ada.

So he relaxed his brows and nodded slightly.

Seeing this, Ailin smiled and said, "My name is Ailin, a demon hunter from the Wolf School."

The man in black hesitated for a moment, but when he saw the gentle smile on the demon hunter's face in the dim light of the fire, he was stunned for a moment and said:
"My name is Francesca Findaby..."

"Ion Sheedi... or as you humans call it..."

"An elf."

(End of this chapter)