Chapter 171 How much does a wolf head cost?

dark……

The darkness is deep and silent, like the deep sea.

He felt like he was sinking and sinking, as if he was about to sink to the deepest part of this lightless world.

Every drop of blood, every muscle, and every bone was pulling him down, as if calling the traveler to return home.

But he couldn't control his body at all, and couldn't even open his eyes. He seemed to be possessed and unable to wake up from his deep sleep.

He even forgot how he came into this world.

【yes……】

【Why am I here? 】

A thought flashed through my mind, like a match lighting a candle.

The soul imprisoned in darkness suddenly stopped sinking, like a ship anchored in the deep sea, neither moving forward nor backward, neither up nor down.

At this time.

"Click~"

Something seemed to crack in the silence.

A warm white light flashed.

Kaer Morhen, Veera, Vesemir, Hughes...

Pictures emerged before his eyes, and with each picture he called out their names subconsciously and in silence.

then……

He began to float up.

[No… No…]

He sensed something was wrong.

[My mind shouldn’t be so empty…]

next moment.

Two bright links suddenly appeared, and the two waves of joy brought by the links instantly cleared his mind.

The speed of his ascent suddenly increased, as if a rope was dragging and pulling him.

At a certain moment, he seemed to wake up from a deep sleep and remembered everything in an instant.

[Am I not fighting with the rocks... No... Am I dodging the rock trolls that are thrown at me by the rocks? ]

[Why did you suddenly come here? Where is this place? ]

next second.

"Ang~"

A whale cry came from behind him, as if trying to keep him, but it was more of anger.

The surrounding deep sea-like darkness surged with the whale's cry, and a huge pressure came from the front, trying to push him into the abyss again.

【what happened? 】

Ailin instinctively struggled to turn around and open his eyes, but his body immediately froze.

A blood-red eye was looking at him.

This eye was so huge that it was even larger than the city of Ban Ader. The tiny demon hunter felt that he could touch its pupil with his hand.

【Damn! 】

[What kind of monster is this? 】

The indescribable fear of the giant monster made him struggle and shrink back continuously. He could not even muster the desire to fight.

But the darkness behind him was pressing on him, forcing him to sink deeper and deeper, making it difficult for him to resist.

"Crack!"

There was another crisp sound.

A blinding white light lit up in the darkness.

A beam of light only as thick as an index finger shot out from Ailin's chest and headed straight for the huge blood-red pupil.

Seeing this scene, Ailin suddenly felt a sense of the tragic heroism of an ant trying to shake a tree.

Until the next second.

The beam of light focuses on the giant eye.

The pressure behind Ailin suddenly disappeared, and his body moved away from the giant eye at a speed visible to the naked eye.

"Boom!"

The huge noise was deafening.

Ailin closed his eyes instinctively. After a moment of trance, a female voice suddenly sounded in his mind.

Girls, women, old women.

The age-defying voice brings an indescribable sense of sublimity and sacredness.

she says:

"...Son of Miracle...Elland...quickly..."

[Where in Elland? ]

Ailin asked quickly in his mind.

She seemed to smile and said:
"...When you wake up...you will know..."

Ailin asked again.

At this time.

He suddenly felt himself floating to the surface.

next moment.

A severe pain came over me, and every nerve seemed to be twitching violently, and I felt pain all over my body.

"what!"

The pain he had never felt before, which seemed to touch his soul, made him scream.

"Alin, how are you?"

A cold and excited female voice came from not far away.

Following closely was a cold, wet cloth, wiping his face, neck, and body.

Ailin opened his eyes, suppressing the headache.

The blurry vision gradually became clear...

Wooden beams, thatched roofs, and hanging blue decorative flowers...

The air was filled with the fragrance of herbs and soft light came in from the window.

Ok?
Shouldn't I be down at Viscount Hudson's abandoned mine?

where is this?
"This……"

The hoarse voice cuts the throat.

After saying just one word, Aelin was stopped by the burning pain in his tonsils.

next second.

His neck was gently lifted up, and the touch of wood appeared on his lips.

Ailin opened his mouth instinctively, like a thirsty traveler in the desert, and couldn't wait to drink the sweet water.

"Guru Guru~"

Before I could have enough fun, the wooden cup was gone.

"Madame Asha has already told you that your fever has just subsided and you are injured, so you can only drink this much water," the woman said softly.

Who is Aunt Asha?

and also……

Who are you?
Ailin turned his head to look at the man.

Her skin is as white as snow and as smooth as satin, and her eyes are like the purest sapphires, clear and transparent.
The long dark golden hair fell on the side of the demon hunter's ears, and a pair of pointed pink little ears appeared from the thick hair.

As his hair swayed, he smelled the scent of white roses mixed with cedar wood again.

What a beautiful person... an elf girl.

She is worthy of being called the "Daisy of the Valley", the most beautiful woman in the world recognized even by the sorceress.

Aelin exclaimed.

Although this was the first time he saw Francesca's face under the mask, he recognized her the first time his eyes caught sight of those deep blue eyes.

"Where is this?"

After drinking a sip of water, Ailin's voice was still hoarse, but he could speak normally.

The elf girl frowned slightly, looking a little embarrassed for some reason.

"Hey! Is the little guy awake?"

A loud voice came from the door.

He looked in the direction of the sound and saw a fat middle-aged woman walking in from the door with a smile.

With a sudden thought, Ailin knew that this was most likely the Aunt Asha that Francesca had mentioned.

Aunt Asha walked in with a bowl of black liquid in her hands, her hands trembling slightly. When she saw Ailin standing up, she walked over calmly.

"Little guy, you've made your sister worry so much."

elder sister?

Ailin couldn't help but look at Francesca.

Francesca's cheeks turned pink and she tilted her head to look away.

"...decocting medicine, changing dressings, feeding medicine, scrubbing the body, applying ointment..." Aunt Asha muttered as she walked, "Although I was clumsy at the beginning, at least I learned seriously and quickly..."

"Hey, if only those crazy kids in my family could be as quiet and good at housekeeping and take care of their family as Francesca..." Quiet and good at housekeeping?

Quiet?

Are you serious?
and also……

All the bandages on my body were replaced by this reckless elf?
Ailin was stunned for a moment when he heard this, subconsciously glanced at the clean bandages all over his body, and looked at Francesca in surprise.

A fiery blush burned on her cheeks, and Francesca twisted the hem of her gray linen skirt with her hands and lowered her head.

Aunt Asha grumbled as she handed the bowl of medicine to Francesca: "If it weren't for your sister these few days..."

Recently?
Ailin was stunned. After drinking the bitter medicine, he quickly asked in a hoarse voice:

"How many days have I been here?"

"Three days." Aunt Asha thought he was worried about her injuries, so she took the wooden bowl with trembling hands and said:
"Don't worry, little one. Aunt Asha has learned herbs and medical skills at the Temple of Meliteli in Elland. You will be able to get out of bed in two weeks with injuries like this."

"Don't worry about the medical expenses. The owner here is kind-hearted. You can stay as long as you want."

"Edney, change the dressing for your brother. I have to go to the castle to check on my lady."

With that, Aunt Asha took the bowl and walked out of the room.

three days?

Three days have passed!

What about the commission? What happened to the human couple? Did the king and the wizard find them?
And Vesemir...

Vesemir and Hughes are still waiting for me at the inn. They must be very worried after not going back for so long...

Hearing that three days had passed, Ailin was completely stunned.

In his drowsy mind, all kinds of questions came to his mind one after another, making his brain feel like it was splitting apart.

"Erin, let me change your bandage." Francesca said softly.

"Wait!" Ailin said hoarsely, looking at the leather armor and clothes placed beside the bed, "Feed me the bottle of emerald green potion in my reagent bag."

Francesca's hands paused, and after looking at Ailin, she obediently took out the "Verdant Sigh" from the reagent bag.

As the cold liquid entered his throat, Ailin glanced at Francesca.

The future queen of the elves looked about the same size as him, about fourteen or fifteen years old.

Thinking about how the spoiled "princess" had been clumsily taking care of him while he was unconscious these past few days, Ailin's anger suddenly dissipated a lot.

Why would he, an adult, be angry with a child?
Although this child may be older than his two lives combined.

"Don't worry if I feel anything unusual later, it's all normal." Ailin reminded in a gentle voice.

Francesca thought she would be blamed, but when she heard the witcher's gentle voice, she was stunned for a moment and nodded obediently.

Half a minute later.

The intense pain came as expected, as if burning lava spread to every corner of his body.

Muscles, bones, nerves...

Every part is burning and growing.

Ailin's forehead was bulging with veins from the pain. He bit the gray linen quilt tightly in his mouth with a ferocious look on his face, and his whole body was shaking.

If he had not seen how Bunter took the potion and had been mentally prepared, he would have screamed by now.

Francesca looked at this scene, her brows furrowed, her hands twisted together, and she stood up and sat down several times, as if there were needles pricking her seat.

About ten minutes later.

"Whoo~"

After Erin spit out the linen quilt, he let out a long sigh.

"Do you... do you need to change the medicine?" Francesca's cautious voice sounded.

Looking at Daisy of the Valley, whose forehead was covered with as much sweat as his, Ailin shook his head.
"no need……"

Before he finished speaking, Ailin refused Francesca's support, put on his shoes, and stood on the ground.

"I don't think I'll have to change my medicine again!"

Francesca was stunned.

After taking care of the witcher for three days and changing his dressings every day, she was most familiar with the injuries on Alin's body. There were bruises almost all over his body and as many as seven fractures.

Aunt Asha said that I could get out of bed in two weeks, but it would take at least a month to be able to move freely.

What kind of potion is this?
One bottle completely restored my health!
Francesca bowed her head and pondered.

Emerald green, a gorgeous medicinal body like new sprouts in early spring...

Almost completely restored...

She seemed to have some impression.

"Francesca, where is this place? Aren't we in a cave?" Alin's voice interrupted her thoughts.

The demon hunter tore off the bandages on his body, wiped his body clean, put on the leather armor that was badly torn, and tied on the sword bag.

Then he walked out of the house while asking questions.

"Squeak~"

The wooden door of the house was pushed open by the witcher.

At this moment, Francesca's answer came from behind with a somewhat strange tone.

"Hundred Fruit Garden."

"Auntie Asha said this is the Hundred Fruit Garden."

……

Yadai Town.

The estate of the Earl of Burns.

"boom!"

The meat and bones were thrown into the plate with a loud noise.

"what!"

"You said that the soldiers stationed at the Royal Guard suffered heavy casualties?"

The Kaedwen king's rage was deafening.

The knight in the armor of the royal guard knelt on one knee in front of the table, trembling under the king's wrath and said:

"The night before... the night before yesterday, two thieves sneaked into the camp with bad intentions. After being discovered by the guards, they fled to an abandoned mine deep inside the camp..."

"...After receiving the report, Sir Lai... Lai Te immediately led ten of the king's personal guards and more than forty elite guards to the mine to capture the thieves... The result... The result..."

"What's the result?" Hackso shouted, "The result is that the whole army is annihilated?"

The frightened knight's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He cursed the deputy commander in his heart for making things difficult for him and arranging him to report the damage. However, under the king's fierce gaze, he could only continue:

"As a result... the team led by Sir Light happened to encounter a group of angry rock trolls..."

After swallowing his saliva, the knight reported the ending:

"Sir Light and ten knights walked on the road of glory, while the other guards died tragically in the cave."

"The specific situation was not known until the deputy commander discovered something was wrong and sent out five scouts, but three of them died."

"boom!"

The silver basin filled with barbecue was thrown directly to the ground.

The bloody sauce splashed onto the knight's face, causing him to lower his head in fear.

"Then why did you report it to me only now?"

"It's already the third day? Is the guard station so far from here?"

The king's voice deepened, but it frightened the knight even more.

He was an old member of the royal guard and knew that the king at that time was a madman who could do anything.

So he didn't dare to follow the deputy leader's words to perfunctorily answer Hakso, and said truthfully:

"Deputy...Deputy Captain, I feel...I feel that we can't have nothing at all, so I came here to report."

"The next day, we sent thirty knights, a hundred guards, and two wizards to accompany the army..."

"The results of it?"

Hackso interrupted with a voice that was filled with suppressed anger, and it sounded like the roar of a lion.

"In the end, three knights died, seventy-six guards were killed, eleven knights were seriously injured, and two wizards who accompanied the army fled in fear... fled."

The knight lowered his head even lower.

"Okay, okay, just because of two little thieves, fourteen knights and one hundred elite soldiers died!"

Sitting back in his seat with a thud, Hackso frowned and didn't ask why he came to report now.

The mess was so big, so many noble boys died, his beloved brother, the deputy commander of the king's guards, would definitely need time to use his family connections to smooth things over...

Damn waste!
Without doing anything, I can’t even guard the house!

"Dong~dong~"

The silent room was completely silent, with only Hackso's index finger tapping on the table.

A few seconds later, he suddenly thought of something and his eyes lit up. Then he tilted his head and shouted:

"Wally!"

"Go and ask Grand Master Soi to come over."

The attendant named Wally bowed and left the room.

"Dart!"

Haxo stroked the oak tabletop with his right palm, lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then ordered:

"Go ask the wild cats how the commission is going, and then ask..."

"How much is a wolf?"

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