Chapter 235 The Demon Hunter Who Changed the Future

Mary stroked her long golden hair and continued:
"Kaer Morhen is far away in the Blue Mountains, and few people go there."

"Even if the war between Kaedwen and Aedirn is fierce, what does it matter?"

"Could it be possible that the armies of the two countries could fight all the way to the Blue Mountains?"

Vesemir glanced at Arryn and asked:

"Alin, do you think it matters?"

Ailin sighed deeply and lowered his head to think.

Although he didn't know the situation in the Kaedweni court, it was obvious from Dieter, the royal tutor who was suspected of being murdered by a wizard conspiracy.

The prince who lost his father should not trust the nobles in the country who are suspected of colluding with wizards.

Instead, he would rather believe a powerless tutor from Toussaint.

Therefore, there is at least a gap between the new king and the wizards and nobles of Ban Ade's lineage, and there may even be hatred between them.

This was all caused by Ailin.

He was also pleased with the political turmoil within Kaedwen that had resulted from the mutual hatred between the two great enemies of the Wolf School - the wizards and the royal family.

The longer this tit-for-tat situation lasts, the more beneficial it will be to the Wolf School.

but.

Once there is a powerful external enemy, the situation will be completely different.

Whether it is because of family feud or because of Aedirn's ambition to expand.

As long as Aedirn takes action.

Kaedwen will almost certainly stop its internal strife for a short time. The new king, whose position is already unstable due to the death of his father, will need the support of powerful forces in the country even more.

Especially Ban Ade, who possesses powerful magical powers and huge aristocratic influence.

therefore.

Vesemir's so-called merciful Rado will face a problem.

When facing the danger of national destruction, should we compromise or take revenge?
If you compromise...

Ailin thought of Thomas Moreau's face, which was somewhat deformed by hatred, and sighed again.

So how could it be unrelated to the Wolf School?
Of course, the fierce battlefield could not affect the Ancient Sea Fortress, but the key point was whether this war would really happen or not was very important to the Wolf School.

Or.

Can the intensity of the war really make the enemies of the Wolf School turn their attention away and ignore the witcher far away in the Blue Mountains?
"Crack~"

A snap of fingers interrupted his thoughts.

After the light red barrier was broken, it rose again.

After all, Mary is not yet a complete form, and her proficiency in the soundproof barrier is not enough.

"Erin, what do you think?" Vesemir encouraged when he saw the young witcher looking up.

then.

Ailin expressed his analysis.

The more he spoke, the more astonished Vesemir's face became, and Mary's expression became more serious.

After Ailin finished speaking his rough idea, Vesemir took a deep breath and thought:
“So politics is something that requires talent?”

Now he was even more certain that Ms. Vera must have given Ailin some special treatment.

but……

He glanced at Mary, who looked confused.

But why would Ms. Vera only teach Ailin?

After thinking for a few seconds, Vesemir asked:
"So, do you think Rado...the new king, will compromise?"

"I don't know," Arryn shook his head. "I don't know how much he cares about his father's death."

"Is he impulsive and reckless, or hesitant and indecisive..."

"It is even more unclear how much power he can mobilize now, and how many military nobles are willing to obey his orders..."

"There are too many variables..."

“And what do you think we can do?” Vesemir demanded.

Ailin was silent for a moment, then shook his head again.

The School of the Wolf has no witchers serving in the courts of Kaedwen or Aedirn, although Vesemir and the other witcher masters know some of the nobles.

But most of them are just simple entrustment transaction relationships.

You pay, I pay.

Simple and direct.

Perhaps there are cases of life-saving favors, but according to the habits of ordinary demon hunters, they often ask for rewards on the spot.

They may even use the law of accidents to take away the other party's offspring...

Given the demon hunters' original mortality rate, a life-saving grace would often even turn into a blood feud of killing one's own children.

As for what the three of them can do in the face of the general trend?

Is it possible to open a celestial intersection in Wengerberg?
Ailin rejected the idea in his heart.

"Let's pass the news back to Kaer Morhen first. Perhaps the Chief and Lady Vera can do something with this news..."

"Then……"

Ailin paused, then continued, "When we meet the King of Aedirn, we will react immediately..."

"But I think there is no hope. On the contrary, I might get into trouble..."

"Master Vesemir, what do you think?"

After thinking for a few seconds, Vesemir sighed:

"Let's do this first, just as you said, and then act accordingly..."

After Aelin nodded, he looked at Mary and said, "Do you have a way to contact Ms. Vera like a love bird?"

Mary shook her head in embarrassment:

"The telepathic projection spell is very complicated. I don't know how to do it yet..."

"Then we have to go back as soon as possible." Ailin touched his chin.

Kaer Morhen is so high that no pigeons can reach it.

The village at the foot of the mountain does have a special pigeon station, but the relationship between Aedirn and the witchers is not very good, and there is no special pigeon route between the two places in Vengerberg.

"War takes time. Even if there will be trouble at the Ancient Sea Fortress, there is no need to rush in one or two days." Vesemir consoled him, "We will go to Elland after we collect the bounty."

"The lord there has a good relationship with us. We can borrow the carrier pigeon."

"That's the only way." Ailin nodded.

then.

After a few more small talk, Vesemir went into the room to look after the little monster and her brother.

After exploring for a while, Mary found a special bathroom and happily closed the door to take a bath.

As for Aylin.

He was leaning against the windowsill, looking out with a frown on his face.

The resolution of Haxo had just aroused conflicts and hatred among the enemies.

The emergence of Aedirn almost made all his previous efforts go to waste.

The time that was originally gained by the king's death now seems to be becoming uncertain again.

Ailin suddenly felt that the world was like a Möbius strip. No matter how hard he tried or how far he moved forward, he would always return to where he was.

It's as if fate has already arranged everything, and all efforts of mortals are in vain.

It's a bright spring day outside the window, and the new buds on the trees are green with raindrops, full of vitality.

But the shadow of war is looming, and murderous intent is lurking.

Do not!
The world has changed because of me.

If it weren't for me, Chief Soi would have died in Ban Ade long ago, and the same goes for Hughes, Bonte, and Fred.

And Francesca...

She found her mother because of herself.

Shadia escaped from the wizard and Haxor and brought the child to Kaer Morhen.

The Ain El and his ilk may become the most loyal allies of the School of the Wolf.

correct.

And Hackso...

Now that he's dead, will the suspicious Kaedwen be stronger than when he first crossed over?

And he...

Attributes, skills, potions, spells, rituals...

He is more than ten times stronger than he was a few months ago.

The death rate in the trials is almost zero, and with the Demon Hunting Corps...

The Wolf School will only become stronger!

Even the change in Aedirn's sending out troops was entirely due to him...

The more he thought about it, the brighter Ailin's eyes became as he looked out the window.

I can win.

I will definitely win!
……

"Dong dong~"

There was a gentle knock on the door. Ailin, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up and opened the door.

Standing in the doorway was Jacob.

"Master Ailin, these are the materials you need." He handed a bulging paper bag to Ailin.

Open it and take a look.

Dog oil, white amaranth petals and cypress stem fruits...

"Thank you, the quality of the materials is very good," Ailin nodded with satisfaction. After taking it with one hand, he was about to take out his purse with the other hand.

"No thanks, Master Ailin." Jacob declined with a smile, "Just consider it as a little good karma for our shop."

Ailin was stunned for a moment, but did not refuse.

"Thank you then."

"As long as you're satisfied." Seeing Ailin accept it, Jacob smiled even more brightly.

"I won't disturb your rest."

Jacob nodded and left.

"Bang~"

Ailin closed the door and turned around to smell the fragrance of orange.

"Have the potion ingredients arrived?"

Mary came out of the room after taking a shower and took the paper bag from Ailin expectantly.

Her heart felt like it was being scratched by a cat along the way. She was curious about what the formula Ailin had figured out on the road was and what effect it would have.

"Dog oil, white hibiscus petals and cypress stem fruit..." Mary opened the bag, "Are you going to make sword oil?"

Mary, who had mastered many of the recipes created by Erin, already had a general idea of ​​his system for making potions.

The base of the potion is Dwarven Spirits.

The base of sword oil is dog oil.

All you need for heart essence is the heart of a monster.

of course.

The difficulty will be extremely great.

Mary shuddered as she recalled the days when she had to work day and night to make the water ghost heart extract in the burnt and smelly environment.

Think about it now.

Ever since Ailin appeared in her and Vera's world, she, who was originally left alone by her mentor, suddenly became inexplicably busy.

Ms. Vera's love was also divided.

Although……

There weren’t many…

"What's wrong? Did you catch a cold while taking a shower?" Ailin asked with concern, but was glared at by Mary.

It's all because of this demon hunter!

Mary gnashed her teeth inwardly.

What's wrong with you... Ailin scratched his head in confusion, and then answered Mary's question:

"A sword oil, a magic potion..."

"What?" Mary was stunned for a moment while holding the bag, then she turned her head to look at Ailin, "You came up with two formulas along the way?"

"The sword oil was obtained on the road."

"I got another potion formula in Kaer Morhen, but it's missing a key point..."

Aelin said truthfully.

"Oh I got it……"

Mary looked at Ailin's nonchalant manner, as if creating the recipe was as easy as eating and drinking, and suddenly felt a little powerless.

The anger in my heart came and went inexplicably.

"Humph~"

With a slight snort, Mary took out the crucible and other simple alchemical tools from the room.

"Squeak~"

Vesemir also heard the noise outside the door and came out with the little monster wrapped in cloth and her brother.

The two little guys seemed to have accepted the fact that they were sold by their father, or Yennefer really knew how to take care of children and comforted her brother very well.

"Should we start brewing a new potion?"

Vesemir also came over to help with expectation in his eyes.

Same with Mary.

He was also very curious about the formula that Ailin came up with on the road, whether it was useful and what effect it had.

With the concerted efforts of the three people, they quickly set up the crucible on the stone table in the living room.

"First, refine the sword oil. Similar to the ghoul oil and ghost oil, this is a mixed animal oil that is specifically designed to restrain monsters like griffins..."

While using magic to soak the white amaranth petals, Ailin explained to Vesemir and Mary the method of refining mixed animal oil.

It is not difficult to mix animal oil, which only requires alchemy level 1.

In fact, all sword oils are not difficult to make. Basically, you just need to soak, boil or simmer them.

The most technically demanding steps are at the very beginning, using magic to process the material and stimulate the hidden magic nodes and circuits in the plants.

Even the materials used are some cheap plants that can be found everywhere.

For example, the dandelions of Ghoul Oil, the fleas of Ghost Oil, and the white amaranth petals in Ailin's hands.

It is very easy to obtain, and even if you need to buy it, it is very cheap, and any demon hunter can easily get it.

The preparation is simple and the materials are easily available, but the effect is particularly outstanding.

It seems that after thousands of trials and tribulations, only the simplest and most essential parts are left.

Every time Ailin used it, he would wonder how such a child's play formula was created.

soon.

A large pot of viscous oily substance emitting amber bubbles came out of the pot.

This is six parts of mixed animal oil.

"You... have done it already?" Mary came back to her senses when she saw him bottling it, and asked in surprise.

"Yes." Ailin nodded.

After filling the sword oil, he gave three bottles to Vesemir and then handed his own bottle to Mary.

Mary sensed it using a method unique to alchemists.

The faint scent of magic was different from that of ghoul oil, but very similar.

It is clearly a product of success.

Although they hadn't tried it yet, given the precedents of ghoul oil and ghost oil, Vesemir and Mary had no doubts about its effectiveness.

Vesemir was fine. He was happy after receiving the mixed animal oil.

Mary felt a daze.

She knew the simple preparation method and had refined ghoul oil before.

Her trance and shock were only due to Ailin's understatement...

While riding a horse on the road, I came up with a formula that can be refined with two raw materials, and I can know the effect of the formula without testing...

It's as if this recipe already existed.

But Mary was very sure that this was a completely new alchemical system.

"Is this the true alchemical genius?" Mary stared at the young witcher.

She felt that Arryn's talent was even more profound and moving than his beautiful sapphire eyes.

After refining a pot of mixed animal oil, Erin saw that there were still a lot of materials left, so he taught Vesemir and Mary how to refine a pot each.

Except that Mary was a little dazed for some reason during the refining process and almost failed, so she was scolded by Ailin.

Both attempts to make the medicine were successful, and Mary and Vesemir learned it at once.

The two little ones also squatted aside and listened quietly. I don’t know if they can understand.

After teaching the mixed animal oil, Ailin was about to take out the cypress stem fruit and the swamp witch mutation inducer.

At this time.

"Dong Dong Dong~"

There was a sudden knock on the door of the room.

Vesemir glanced at the already dark sky outside, muttered something strange, and went to open the door.

"Squeak~"

Outside the door was Trick, the deputy commander of the Knights of King Aedirn.

He came to inform the audience with the king... Vesemir understood.

After talking with Arryn, he had been thinking about how to persuade the King of Aedirn, so he was looking forward to this audience.

But I didn't expect...

"I'm sorry, Master Vesemir."

Trick's face looked a little ugly:

"I'm afraid you won't be able to see the king!"

(End of this chapter)