Chapter 22: Tracking (Thanks to book friends "Yezou·Ubinye" and "He Stephen" for their monthly tickets)

When Vesemir heard this, the smile on his face froze.

He squinted his eyes and looked at Ailin's harmless face.

The apprentice's little face was stained with dirty blood, but his clean and clear blue eyes made people feel close to him.

"He must have been influenced by Leto. How could a 13-year-old apprentice understand this?"

Vesemir thought.

He glanced at the silver sword that was as shiny as new and sighed.

Even after killing eight water ghosts, Elsa's sword was still spotless.

Subsequently.

Vesemir handed Arryn a dagger and said:
"Process all the materials. Do you remember what I taught you yesterday?"

Ailin nodded, took the dagger, and squatted down to process the materials.

The only materials that the water ghost needs to deal with are the water ghost tongue and the water ghost brain.

After Ailin dealt with two of them, the remaining ones were behind a large rock.

The stone was just enough to block Vesemir and Leto's view.

After squatting down, Ailin hesitated for a moment and slashed the water ghost's chest with a dagger.

Does the water ghost's heart essence come from the water ghost's heart?
This is the question that Arryn wanted to know yesterday, but Vesemir was watching him at that time.

"puff"

The sharp dagger slashed from the water ghost's jaw, along the midline, to the crotch.

The moment the bloody ribs were opened, a strong stench of decay hit me in the face.

Ailin's pupils also dilated instantly at this moment.

Inside the dark red chest cavity, the center surrounded by thick blood vessels is empty, and the cross-section at the broken part is very neat, as if the space around the heart has been removed as a whole.

"The water ghost heart extract really comes from the heart of a killed water ghost." Ailin thought.

Although he was mentally prepared, seeing this scene with his own eyes still gave him an indescribable shock.

When was the heart removed?
When he kills, or when the mission is concluded?
How did The Demon Hunter Notes take away these hearts?

Is it magic?

"No!" Ailin shook his head.

When we were killing water ghosts these past two days, Vesemir and Leto were there, and yesterday at the apprentice training ground, there was a circle of witchers surrounding it.

They all have the Wolf School emblem that warns against magic and demons.

If the Demon Hunting Notes' method was magic, it would be impossible to hide it from them.

Or is it a method more advanced than magic?
Divine power?

Ailin sighed. There was too little information, so he could only write down the information first.

There wasn't much material to process, and Ailin quickly took out the tongues and brains of all the water ghosts.

But the number is not eight pairs.

The tongues and brains of three water ghosts were split in half by Elsa.

Such material is useless.

Vesemir took a quick look at Arryn's spoils and nodded with satisfaction:

"Not bad, not bad... Although the processing of water ghost materials is simple, it requires patience. It is very rare that you can process the materials so well while meeting the speed requirements."

Vesemir did not mention the destroyed materials.

When fighting, killing the enemy is the first priority. Fighting with the mentality of demanding complete materials is irresponsible towards life.

Although materials can be exchanged for money.

But what’s the point of having a lot of money if you don’t have the life to enjoy it?
After checking, Vesemir handed the special material bag to Ayling.

After Ailin packed everything into different categories, the three of them set off again.

Unlike in the game, you cannot ride horses on the mountain road leading to Kaer Morhen.

Demon hunters usually leave their horses in the village at the foot of the mountain and then walk up the mountain.

Ailin and his companions had no horses. They walked in the rugged mountains and forests, one foot deep and one foot shallow, following the direction of the water flow to search for the next group of water ghosts.

Ever since Leto's outspoken remarks at noon, Vesemir seemed to subconsciously avoid communicating with Arryn.

Aelin didn't care.

He took this opportunity to open the treasure chest.

Looking at the ten treasure chests in the inventory, Ailin smacked his lips in satisfaction and quickly opened half of them.

[Ding! Water Ghost Treasure Box*5 opened]

[Obtain: Small Experience Beads*3, Rotten Meat*2]

The small experience beads are okay, but what is the use of these rotten meat?
Just to fill up the treasure chest inventory?
Ailin shook his head, somewhat hesitant as to whether or not to open the remaining five treasure chests today.

I looked up at the angle of the sun. It was still early, around 3pm.

"Open it!" Ailin made up his mind.

It’s just a water ghost’s treasure chest. This is too petty to be frugal.

[Ding! Water Ghost Treasure Box*5 opened]

There was a blue light mixed in among the four white lights.

How many colors are there in the treasure chest?

Ailin couldn't help but complain.

White is the worst, gold should be the top, what about blue?
Something in between?
Whose treasure chest does not mark the probability of obtaining it?

It's really a garbage game.

Aelin continued to watch.

[Obtain: Water Ghost Whistle*1, Small Experience Beads*4]

Switch to the prop bar in the panel to view the information of the water ghost whistle.

【Name: Water Ghost Whistle】

【Type: Bait Flute】

[Function: Blowing the water ghost whistle can make a whistle sound to attract water ghosts to gather]

【Note: Demon Hunter + Water Ghost Whistle =? 】

Ailin had a vague feeling that there were many ways to play with this whistle.

But he can't use it now.

Vesemir and Leto were still around, and he suddenly took out a whistle and said, "I can summon water ghosts."

I'm afraid I'll be considered a fool.

However, the water ghost whistle is a very useful prop.

At least it’s not a loss to open these ten treasure chests.

After opening the treasure chest, Ailin took a look at the character panel.

[Name: Ailin]

【Age: 13】

[Title: Child of Miracle]

【Level: 3】

[Health: 100% physical strength 80/80]

[Attributes: Strength 6.1, Agility 6.2, Constitution 8, Perception 8.9, Mysticism 4.3]

[Special skills: Demon Hunting LV1, Identification LV1, Tracking LV1]

【技能：狼学派双手剑LV2（0/500）、昆恩LV1（0/100）】

[Recipe: Killer Whale (Unavailable)]

[Items: Water ghost heart extract * 16, rotten meat * 5, small experience beads * 58, water ghost whistle * 1, "A Brief Discussion on Twenty-three Cooking Methods of Water Ghosts"]

【Evaluation: Dish!!】

There is a new tracking skill on the panel, and the character level is also increased to level 3.

After the task was completed, the tracking skill automatically appeared in Ailin's mind.

Just when he wanted to try out his new skills.

"Erin, come here quickly and try to find these water ghosts." Vesemir squatted in the grass by the stream and kicked the grass with his right foot.

Arryn put away the panel and walked over to Vesemir, observing it carefully.

This patch of grass is close to a water source, and there are sparkling water droplets everywhere.

Obviously, the method of observing the reflection of mucus to search for traces cannot be used here.

Vesemir had chosen this location deliberately.

"But it's just in time," Ailin thought.

Tracking.

The moment the skill was activated, the world that Ailin observed with his naked eyes suddenly became a little darker.

The originally fresh and natural grass by the stream was now covered with many messy red paw prints, extending in the direction of the water flow into the distance.

Out of curiosity, he walked over to one of the crimson marks, wanting to see how the Demon Hunting Notes determined these marks.

Ailin squatted down, and the moment he focused on the claw marks, his vision changed.

Ok?
Can you do this?

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(End of this chapter)