Chapter 208: Alder People and Knights

The demon hunters of the Wolf School are not so stingy.

I won't get angry over a private gambling game.

On the contrary, Radek and Bogdan's open-minded and generous temperament, as well as their equal attitude towards witchers, allowed them to quickly integrate into the group of young witchers.

After getting to know each other better, Fred asked a question that everyone was curious about:

"Radek, Bogdan, aren't you Ban Ade's wizard apprentices?"

"The reason I'm going back now is..."

"Escape!" Radek bared his teeth and answered without hesitation.

"Now that the king is dead, Ban Ard will surely become the center of Kaedwen's political struggle. We don't want to get involved in this mess."

Bogdan nodded in agreement.

But intentionally or unintentionally, he seemed to look at Aylin much more often than at other witchers.

"What about your studies?" Hughes leaned his head out from beside Fred on horseback, "What about your courses after you return?"

"And your mentor?"

"You just leave like this, and he won't care about you?"

Ben Ade Academy of Wizards was the bright moonlight of Hughes' childhood.

Before reaching Ban Ade.

He has always been extremely curious about the Wizard Academy.

Although he has now uncovered the mystery of this place, things related to the Wizard Academy still interest him very much.

Vesemir was riding in front of the crowd. After hearing Zeus' question, he couldn't help but control himself and slowed down his horse.

He was also very curious about this question.

Based on his understanding over the years.

In Ben Ader, the wizard has a tight grip on his apprentices.

Most of the apprentices in the academy are almost equivalent to slaves of the wizards.

Just like Mary is to Lady Vera.

So for two apprentices to escape from Ban Ader was something that had never been seen or heard of before.

"Hehehe~"

Radek laughed awkwardly, touched his head, and said a little embarrassedly:

"My strength is too weak, and I am not qualified to have a mentor."

"Although Bogdan is more talented than me, he is not at the stage where he can choose his own research direction, and he has only been taking general education courses."

"so……"

understood!

It turns out that he was a poor student who no one paid attention to.

The demon hunter from the Wolf School understood, and tacitly did not ask any more questions, and continued to ride his horse towards his destination.

but.

Not long after he walked, Ailin felt a pair of eyes staring at him from the side.

After several times, he couldn't help it and turned his head to meet Bogdan's eyes.

He frowned and asked:
"Why do you keep looking at me?"

After being discovered, Bogdan did not avoid looking away. He smiled, scratched his head, and asked:

"Alin... uh... Master..."

"Do you think I have a chance to become a demon hunter?"

……

The scene suddenly cooled down.

Several demon hunters involuntarily pulled the reins and stopped their mounts.

Becoming a demon hunter means having one foot towards death.

This is the consensus of the entire northern continent.

None of the witchers on horseback became witchers voluntarily, so...

"Is this some new Ben Ade joke?"

After all, he is a friend of Vesemir's big client.

Although Bogdan's words were slightly offensive, Ailin did not intend to delve into it.

Just laugh it off, smooth things over, and get away with it.

But Bogdan was not joking.

He tensed up nervously, ignoring Radek's subtle movement of pulling at his clothes, stared at Ailin's blue cat eyes, and said:
"Master Ailin, I am serious."

"I really want to be a demon hunter like you..."

"Do you think I have a chance?"

Feel Bogdan's serious attitude and see his admiring eyes.

Arryn and Vesemir looked at each other in surprise.

Several seconds passed.

Ailin organized his words and said:

"I'm sorry, but if you want to become a demon hunter at your age, you will surely die!"

This is a lie.

With the water ghost's heart essence, the survival rate of over-age demon hunters has been greatly improved.

but.

Even though Bogdan looked like a little fanboy, they got along very well and he didn't have any of the arrogance of an average wizard.

As they had never met before, it was impossible for Ailin to reveal the school's biggest secret.

Bogdan fell silent upon hearing this.

No one spoke for a long time.

then.

Everyone continued to move forward.

Anyone can see that this is a wizard apprentice with a story.

But it seems that he is not willing to tell his story yet.

But Ailin and the others didn't care.

Who in this world doesn’t have a story?

……

along the way.

The witcher encountered blue bodies smashed on the road many times.

The water ghost screamed "Gua La Gua La" and rushed towards them madly.

Then, several witchers who didn't even get off their horses easily cut off his head with one sword each.

The residual power of the fusion of foreign lands obviously affected more than just the City of Wizards.

Looking at these summoned water ghosts, Ailin was a little confused.

He had to think about a problem that he had ignored intentionally or unintentionally before.

What is the purpose of Demon Hunter Notes?
On the one hand, it has been using tasks and rewards to urge the host to hunt monsters, and it seems that it wants to kill all the monsters in the world.

on the other hand.

He also opened up the Celestial Sphere Intersection, which would obviously allow the monsters in this world to have more and more functions.

This morning's exotic fusion was not even performed.

Three large monsters and a large number of water ghosts were directly summoned.

"Hunting Quest: Water Ghost II" has already summoned monsters of this scale.

It is hard to imagine what kind of wonders will be brought about and how many monsters will be summoned after the hunting mission of "Water Ghost III" is completed?

"Could it be possible to teleport all the monsters from the other world to the Demon Hunter world?"

Ailin speculated in his mind.

Tell the truth.

He had a strong premonition in his heart.

Everything would really happen just as he imagined.

but……

"Why……"

"Why is the intention revealed in the Demon Hunting Notes so contradictory?"

"What is the deep-seated reason behind this?"

All kinds of questions appeared and disappeared in his brain like bubbles.

Compared to these problems, the idea of ​​a wizard apprentice inexplicably wanting to become a witcher.

Not worth mentioning.

……

Return to Baiguoyuan.

After helping the villagers get rid of the wandering water ghosts and several zombies attracted by the smell of blood, Ailin went straight back to his room, using the excuse of feeling unwell.

The problems swirling in his mind were beyond his ability to resolve at the moment.

but.

Ailin's understanding of the Demon Hunter Notes was not without progress.

At least……

[Ding! Absorbing the fragments of the Gate of Ad Geis...]

I opened the Demon Hunting Notes with my mind, and comforted myself by looking at the system prompt that more than ten days had passed and the fragments had not been absorbed.

"At least now I know that the Gate of Ard Ges is an important part of the Demon Hunting Notes."

Ailin bowed his head and pondered.

Perhaps we can use this to reversely explore the origin of the Demon Hunting Notes?
"The Gate of Ard Ghaith... The Gate of Ard Ghaith..."

He murmured a few words and suddenly felt that he had forgotten something very important.

However, after much thought, no results were obtained.

Ailin sighed and used his mind to move the Demon Hunter's Notes to his inventory, stopping his useless work.

【物品栏：水鬼的心脏精粹液*287，水鬼王的心脏精粹液*2、巨沼仙的心脏精粹液*2，经验珠*12、水鬼王的宝箱*5、巨沼仙的宝箱*5、水鬼的宝箱*5】

A wave of fat!

Even if you are in a low mood, it is hard to suppress your excitement when looking at the dazzling array of loot in the inventory.

Take a deep breath and adjust your state.

[Ding! Do you want to use Water Ghost King's Heart Essence*2? ]

The cold liquid ran down my throat and exploded directly in my stomach.

The heart extract of the Water Ghost King, which had severely injured Ailin at the beginning, no longer posed a threat to Ailin.

A cool, rapid bursting sensation exploded in my stomach.

Ailin suddenly felt the pleasure of drinking iced soda after high-intensity exercise in his previous life.

"Whoo~"

Thick white cold mist came out of Ailin's mouth.

There was a layer of frost directly on the floor of the room.

【属性：力量38（+2），敏捷33（+2），体质33（+2），感知33（+1），神秘45（+4）】

[Affinity: Water 9 (+2), Earth 3, Space Affinity 2]

The effect of the Water Ghost King's Heart Essence faded again.

Recalling the previous record, although the attribute was five points less than the last time, it still increased Ailin's attribute by eleven points.

If we just estimate based on this rate of decline.

Maybe the heart essence of ten water ghost kings is the limit.

After a slight adjustment, Ailin set his sights on the heart essence of the giant swamp fairy.

[Ding! Do you want to use the Heart Essence of the Giant Swamp Fairy*2? ]

The cold liquid went down his throat.

The vigorous chill was mixed with a sense of heaviness, a feeling of the blending of the dual attributes of water and earth, which spread out the moment it fell into the stomach.

Violently washing Ailin's internal organs and limbs.

There is strength in every cell and every bone.

A strong sense of power surged to every part of his body, and the mutated organs next to his heart were growing.

"what?"

A soft cry.

The effect of the Giant Swamp Fairy Heart Essence has just disappeared.

The cold chill was biting.

It seemed to grow from the bone marrow and permeate every bone in his body.

"This is how the same thing?"

Surprised, Ailin opened the Demon Hunting Notes with his mind.

【属性：力量42（+4），敏捷37（+4），体质35（+2），感知35（+2），神秘53（+8）】

【亲和：水11（魔源·水1%）、地5（+2），空间亲和2】

Magic source water?
Ailin knew the source of the magic.

This is the most powerful talent a warlock can have.

It allows the owner to gain psychic powers, escape into daydreams, and unconsciously speak prophecies from fragments of vision.

Allows the owner to gain the power to transform magic upon contact. Transform water, earth, wind, and fire into primordial magic, store this primordial magic in the body, and cast "primordial" magic that is far more powerful than ordinary magic.

Of course, the original magic can also be divided into four types of magic: water, earth, wind, and fire.

The owner of the magic source can cast powerful spells without even using programmed spells and gestures, relying solely on the drastic changes in emotions.

Of course, this ability, or "loss of control", often occurs when the magic source awakens for the first time.

In the original work.

Pavetta, the mother of the heroine Ciri, exploded in anger because of the farce at the bride-selection banquet.

As the magic source got out of control, it released extremely terrifying energy, almost razing the Sintra castle to the ground.

……

There are still many unknown abilities of the Demon Source. At least when Ailin was reading books and playing games in his previous life, he did not see a complete definition.

but.

This does not hinder the power of the magic source.

A more recent example.

Heng Gedimides is a source of magic.

When he suddenly appeared in the arena without making any movement, Ailin felt a strong sense of crisis.

It's like standing under an active volcano that's about to erupt.

He didn't even dare to casually apply an appraisal to Heng Gedimidis. A strong premonition told Ailin that as long as he did so.

The latently active volcano would instantly spew forth molten lava and kill him.

Recalling that scene, Ailin now shudders a little.

And now.

Is he also the source of magic?
……

The sky is red and the ground is red.

A large group of cavalry galloped across this barren land of only red rocks and yellow sand.

The leading cavalryman was a dark-haired elf.

He rode a dark brown stallion that looked like a dragon.

The stallion wears a bull-head-shaped helmet on his head and his coat is embroidered with golden scales.

The other elves also had black hair and wore red jackets under armor that was made of incredibly small steel rings that clung to their bodies like wool.

Amid whistles and shouts, the riders galloped away.

It seems like he is chasing an enemy, or looking for rare treasures.

But there is clearly not even a dead blade of grass in this desolate world.

"Tap~tap~tap~"

The sound of horse hooves rang out in this world on the verge of destruction.

And was swallowed up by this red world.

Sudden.

The leading black elf suddenly pulled up the reins woven from black jade with his right hand.

Raise your left arm and make a fist.

"Yu Yu!"

The horses neighed.

Nearly a thousand heavily armored cavalrymen stopped in an instant as if they were one person.

Suddenly.

On the desolate red earth, even the sound of horse hooves disappeared.

Dead silence.

moment.

The black-haired elf took off his skull-shaped helmet, frowned, and looked up at the sky.

next second.

"Om~"

The red translucent ripples, with a low whimpering sound, vibrated back and forth in the sky from a very far distance.

The fierce black-haired elf knights watched without blinking as the thin red clouds wove a web in the sky.

It’s like watching fate weave its own fabric.

for a long time.

The buzzing sound that echoed in the red world had dissipated, but the leading black-haired elf was still staring at the web in the sky.

then.

The brows are relaxed.

"Hahaha!"

The black-haired elf laughed, revealing his small, white, and terrifyingly fine teeth.

"The Grand Gate has appeared!"

"Noble knights of the Alder Folk!"

"Let us find Him and take back the glory of the Ain Woodard clan!!!"

The knights were extremely excited after seeing this vision and hearing the encouragement of the black-haired elf.

They raised their weapons high, showing beautiful and delicate, yet cruel smiles, and shouted in response:
"Aye! Aye! Aye!"

"The Alder King! The Alder King! The Alder King!"

“Take back the glory!!!”

(End of this chapter)