Chapter 182: Unbreakable Shield

"Da~da~da~"

The barely audible sound of footsteps echoed in the passage.

A man with his face covered and wearing a black turban walked out of the darkness and into deeper darkness.

However, the witcher was not frightened by the thick and deep darkness.

He was surrounded by a sea of ​​chamomile and cedar, and walked towards his destination at a brisk pace like a cat.

"Night is really useful."

Ailin sighed softly.

Francesca's estimate was still too little.

With Ailin's level, he can use "Night" for more than fifteen minutes.

After leaving the illusion, he has been using the invisibility function, and ten minutes have passed now.

Not even a quarter of the magic power stored in Ailin's body had been consumed.

In other words.

He can remain invisible for at least forty minutes continuously, and even with the addition of silencing, it can last for twenty minutes.

twenty minutes!

Ailin could even turn invisible and mute while using sigils and magic to fight.

"The 'Night Color' given by Francesca is simply an assassin's weapon!"

Ailin couldn't help but admire it in his heart.

As expected of the elves, any one of their props is so stunning.

At this time.

Ailin suddenly sniffed and subconsciously glanced at the darkness in the distance.

A faint stench of decay was coming from the end of the passage in front of me.

"It's the stink of rotting flesh."

Ailin thought.

The rock troll camp is not far away.

The witcher couldn't help but slow down his pace.

I passed through the passage in front of me and turned a few corners.

The stench became stronger and stronger, occasionally mixed with a faint smell of blood.

"...Victory...Meat...Meat..."

"... mountains, stones... flesh... humans... death..."

Silly cheers accompanied by a foul smell came from the front.

Out of caution.

The demon hunter slowed down his pace again, took a deep breath, and circulated his magic power, focusing his mental strength on the turban.

In an instant.

Ailin felt as if he had suddenly disappeared from this world.

Footsteps, breathing, heartbeat...

Even the rubbing of body fabric.

Not a single word could be heard.

"..."

He let out a long breath, but no sound came out.

This made the demon hunter with keen perception a little confused. After several seconds of adaptation, he returned to normal through his strong body control ability.

I underestimated this magic item... Ailin thought.

He originally thought that with the Cat School Two-handed Sword Lv5, he would not need the magic item "Color" which only had the function of silencing. But...

All Ailin could say was that the two effects were very different.

"I guess even if I walk through the rock trolls' cave in a swaggering manner, no troll will find me."

The witcher thought with a somewhat inflated heart.

"...Meat...Huff...Delicious...Huff..."

A faint firelight flickered at the cave entrance at the end of the passage.

The strong smell is mixed with the sound of eating, which is very satisfying and pleasant.

We have arrived at the rock troll's cave chamber.

Look out.

Rockhead was sitting next to the cave entrance, holding a large plate and distributing rotten meat to the rock trolls.

The strong stench of decay came from there.

wrong!

Not a plate!

Ailin's eyes suddenly widened.

Aren’t those magic props in the shape of tower shields?

next second.

The demon hunter subconsciously looked towards another cave entrance.

At least ten human corpses, neatly dressed in leather armor and armor, were lying not far from the cave entrance.

Look closely at the past.

Every corpse whose face could be seen was filled with shock and fear.

It was like seeing something unbelievable.

Meat paste, crush marks and blood flow.

The demon hunter simulates in his mind the ways these humans died in his own way.

In just a moment, he came to the conclusion.

There is no doubt that the well-fed and well-drinking rock trolls gave the Kaedwen soldiers and knights a big surprise.

The tower shield with a linking effect, plus the casualties of dozens of elite soldiers...

The price was just a pile of rotten meat.

value!
It’s really worth it!

Ailin felt excited.

At this moment, he did not feel any sorrow for his own kind.

Every extra person who survives here will help in the future defense of Kaer Morhen.

He might have one more elite human enemy and one less familiar and approachable face.

It is true that Ailin's compassion was not overflowing.

At least not a single bit for his enemies.

"Clang~"

Ailin looked in the direction of the voice.

After Shanshitou distributed the rotten meat, he threw the shield to the ground.

The demon hunter was somewhat tempted when he saw the shield.

It’s a pity that he doesn’t have space props.

The inventory of the Demon Hunter's Notes can only store system-related items and potions.

then.

After the rock trolls had eaten and drunk their fill and went back to sleep, the demon hunter tiptoed into the cave room, intending to go out and check out the situation in the camp.

One step, two steps, three steps...

The demon hunter felt the direction of the wind and tried his best to avoid the rock troll from smelling his scent.

that's it.

It only took him two minutes to walk silently to the center of the cave.

There were a few times...

In order to follow the wind direction, the witcher was only two meters away from a rock troll, almost walking close to it.

But the rock troll was still sleeping soundly.

"Sure enough, Night is a magical tool for stealth!"

Looking at the less than half distance left, the witcher, surrounded by the fragrance of chamomile, couldn't help but sigh again.

at this time……

"…Demon Hunter!"

A heavy roar suddenly sounded behind him, very close to him.

The stench of rotting flesh even blew away the fragrance of chamomile and cedar wood with a gust of wind, instantly filling the area around the witcher.

Ailin's body also suddenly froze at this moment.

A strong aura of favor enveloped him, oppressed him, and imprisoned him...

The chill penetrated directly from the witcher's tailbone to his scalp.

Damn!

when?
The witcher cursed in his heart.

But in the next moment.

The intensity of the aura of favor has slightly decreased.

But Ailin didn't dare to take this opportunity to escape.

He turned stiffly.

really!

Shan Shitou was standing in an open space three meters away from him.

He bent over, lowered his head, and stared at Aelin with his blood-red eyes that were bigger than the witcher's head.

The wind just now that was filled with the stench of rotten meat was not a cave wind at all!
That's the tone of rocks!

At such a close distance, the demon hunter has nowhere to escape.

However, at this time, Ailin calmed down.

Although it was difficult to understand how the rock sensed him, since it did not drop a stone on him directly, it meant that everything was not yet irreversible.

"Because of the rotten meat?"

The demon hunter was speculating.

then.

He took a deep breath and removed the invisibility and silencer effects on his body.

"...Witcher...bad...troll...house destroyed..."

"... Demon Hunter... bad... Qing Shitou... seriously injured..."

"...Demon Hunter...bad..."

The familiar noisy sound suddenly rang out.

"...Shut up...The rock is talking...Shut up, little troll..."

The huge body turned around and roared.

All the rock trolls fell silent.

"...Monster Hunter...send food to the trolls...why?"

The stench of rotting flesh mixed with drops of saliva the size of beans hit me.

Although Ailin felt a little more confident after hearing this, he did not dare to move at all, for fear of irritating the big rock troll in front of him.

"Gift!"

"...What gift?" Shan Shitou roared.

There was no expression or emotion on the huge face that looked like it was made of bluestone.

Ailin organized his words and said carefully:
“Apologetic and friendly.”

"I apologize for what my fellow witchers have done in the past."

Although he still doesn't know what Vesemir did to these rock trolls

"I am for..."

Before he finished speaking, a rock troll suddenly roared:
"... the demon hunter... killed... destroyed... the house..."

"...Shut up, little troll...otherwise...Shanshitou's fist...is waiting for you." Shanshitou turned around and roared again.

The rock troll suddenly fell silent.

"…The demon hunter continued."

Ailin took a deep breath to calm his violently beating heart.

"The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I think we can be friends. After all..."

"I already have three rock troll friends, so I'm here for the friendship as well."

The witcher looked up and happened to meet Shan Shitou's gaze.

Ailin's heart couldn't help but beat rapidly again.

Shanshitou looked at him for a long time, as if he was thinking, but looking at his dazed look, it didn't seem like that.

After a long time.

Shan Shitou suddenly seemed to wake up from a dream and asked:

"...My demon hunter troll friend...what's his name..."

"Big stones, broken stones, and small stones. They are all on the mountain near the witcher's castle, Kaer Morhen. They have always been friendly with the witchers of our Wolf School..."

Before he could finish his words, the aura of favor surrounding the witcher suddenly subsided.

There is a play!

As expected, Big Stone and his friends knew these rock trolls.

Ailin thought.

"...Before I left Kaer Morhen, I often visited them with food... um... with this meat."

He pointed with his eyes at the mountain of meat not far away.

"Gulu~"

A swallowing sound was heard in the empty cave.

"... often... the witcher said... often..."

A rock troll began to drool.

Although Ailin left a lot of rotten meat, all of it was under the control of the mountain stone.

Shan Shitou naturally didn't understand what wartime rationing was, but it was certainly impossible to let them eat as much as they wanted.

"Bang! Bang!"

"...mountain stones...big stones...relatives...monster hunters...friends..."

The second largest rock troll came over and knocked on the back of the stone.

The huge body of the rock troll turned its head to look at the other rock trolls, stared at Aylin for a few seconds, and shook its head "gently":

"... friends of big stones... are friends of mountain stones... friends return gifts..."

return gift?

In a trance, the witcher suddenly remembered what happened to them when they first encountered the big stone.

At that time, the big stone was also so strangely polite and thrifty, and gave him a piece of ruby ​​ore.

The ore is still on the south side of Kaer Morhen Keep.
talking.

"Dong~dong~dong~"

Shanshitou turned around and picked up the tower shield that was serving as a dinner plate.

Seeing this scene, Ailin's heart was beating fast.

I didn't expect that a pile of worthless rotten meat could have such value. Ailin had seen the effect of these shields before.

The effects of the three tower shields stacked together can block even the powerful attacks of rocks.

"Clang, clang, clang"

Three heavy shields fell to the ground.

The demon hunter immediately made an assessment and swept it across a gray and ancient shield.

[Name: Unbreakable Shield]

[Type: magic props]

【Function:
1. Shield Wall: Consume magic gems to create a magic shield wall that can absorb physical damage;
2. Unbreakable: Items of the same type trigger resonance when placed next to each other, doubling the amount of damage that can be resisted! 】

[Note: Three tower shields are like a thick city wall! ]

A demon hunter who is excited about the powerful new item he is about to acquire.

The moment I saw its function, my interest in this shield dropped by half.

Consume magic gems to create a shield wall?
What a joke!
If it were fifty years ago...

Do not!
It must be traced back to at least two or three hundred years ago when monsters were rampant, when monster hunters did not exist and celestial sphere conjunctions still occurred from time to time.

At that time, humans relied on the technology they learned from the elves.

Use various magic gems to drive the chaos magic with a mortal body to protect your home.

However, this technology has rarely appeared since the cessation of the celestial conjunction, the appearance of demon hunters, and the reduction of monsters.

The biggest problem is that magical gems are too rare.

You know, now the biggest use of this kind of magic gems is wizards' wands and witches' magic accessories...

Its main function is to help wizards guide magic power and expand the range of magic perception, which are both sustainable uses.

And the tower shield in front of us.

The demon hunter took a look and saw that the gems on the ancient shield had become somewhat dull.

This is an irreversible consumption of gems.

"As expected of the King of Kaedwen, you are so rich!"

The demon hunter couldn't help but sigh.

But he doesn't have that many magic gems to consume.

Actually.

He didn't have a single gem.

"…My demon hunter friend doesn't like it?"

Shanshitou noticed Ailin's hesitation.

"No, I love it!"

Ailin came back to his senses and nodded.

Although it was far from the magic props he had imagined.

but.

The strategic value of not breaking the shield is still worth affirming, especially in city defense battles.

This will be very useful for the Wolf School who may be facing the defense of Kaer Morhen!
Besides...

As someone who controls the intersection of the celestial spheres, is there no way for him to obtain these magic gems in the future?
"... Demon Hunter... Friend... Gift from a friend... Return gift..."

The stone nodded, and its hard mouth opened and closed.

It was looking at the witcher, but the witcher felt that the stone's gaze penetrated him, as if it was looking at another completely different person... or monster.

Among the rock trolls known for their low IQ, the politeness of Big Stone and Mountain Stone was beyond Arin's expectations.

The witcher thought there might be some story behind this.

But now is not a good time to listen to stories. There are many problems in front of him, waiting for him to solve.

The most prominent one is:
"How is he supposed to carry these three unbreakable shields, which are bigger than him, back to Kaer Morhen?"

The witcher thought as he looked at the gray shield on the ground.

But the next moment.

He doesn't have to think about this problem anymore.

because……

"...Humans are coming...Trolls...Kill!!!"

(End of this chapter)