Chapter 282 Elland's Funeral

[Monster Group "One-Eyed Ghost Spirit" Lv73 Subjugation! 】

[Rewards: Defeat the enemy, basic rating D, kill above the enemy level +3-C, beheading deterrence +3-B, main mission +3-A, win with fewer troops +3-S,]

[Final rating: S (reward*3)]

【获得战利品：独眼鬼妖灵的净化灵*3、经验珠*45、独眼鬼妖灵的宝箱*18、妖灵的净化灵*630、妖灵的宝箱*18】

[Main quest completed: Ghost's revenge carnival (eliminate the demon 1614/1614)]

[Reward: Entering the Dream]

As a large amount of information poured in, my mind kept buzzing.

However, the demon hunter was already accustomed to this. He glanced at the evaluation and rewards of the crusade and was ecstatic.

Not to mention anything else, just this one S-level triple reward directly allowed Ailin to achieve the purification of the demon spirit and freedom.

Calculate the two demon spirits' purification spirits to increase a little perception after use.

This time, Ailin directly gained 315 points of perception.

Even if there is an upper limit on the amount an individual can take, it is enough to raise the strength of those around you by a small level.

Moreover, the perception attribute is very important for both demon hunters and warlocks.

"There is also the Purifying Spirit of the One-Eyed Ghost Demon Spirit. My strength is not much lower than Vesemir's. Perhaps I can surpass him directly this time!"

The demon hunter was eager to try.

However, there are too many people here, so it is better to wait until everything is settled and return to the Temple of Meritelli before upgrading.

Thinking of the temple, the witcher remembered opening five golden treasure chests in a row in the sanctuary.

"This time I have to open the treasure chest in Meliteli's temple. Besides, the task assigned by the goddess Meliteli has been completed. The 'Evil God's Gaze' attached to my body should also be removed..." Ailin thought.

Although the main cause of this disaster was those damn Wild Hunt.

But the goddess Meliteli would not let him destroy those Ain El before she would remove the "gaze of the evil god" from him...

That shouldn't be the case, right?

Shaking his head to get rid of the negative speculations in his mind, the demon hunter was about to focus his attention on the reward of the main quest - communicating with gods in dreams.

Let’s see what the use of this seemingly high-end skill is.

"Da da da~"

The sound of horse hooves came from behind him, and Ailin put away the Demon Hunting Notes with an idea.

"114..." Vesemir didn't slow down after approaching and immediately reported a number.

Upon hearing this, the demon hunter reluctantly sheathed his sword and said, "110, you win, Vesemir."

The fact that Balmer was not able to kill as many people as he had imagined had a significant impact on his mentality when hunting.

So in the end, after rushing and adjusting his mindset, he still killed four fewer spirits than Vesemir.

After sensing Balmer hidden in the scabbard, Ailin couldn't help but sigh in his heart as he realized that there had been no movement since the hunt for the one-eyed ghost.

How arrogant...

Is this looking down on monsters like demon spirits?

“Hahaha~” Vesemir laughed and patted his shoulder vigorously, affirming, “You are also very good.”

Feeling the force on his shoulder, Ailin shook his head gently.

Vesemir looked so smug, just like a child who had won a water gun shooting competition in kindergarten.

At this time.

The Royal Guards and Demon Hunters, who had been paying close attention to the situation on the battlefield, gradually cheered in unison after a commotion.

"Mayday King!"

"Mayday King!"

……

At the same time, Ailin's keen hearing also picked up some interesting noises amid the cheers.

"Why are you cheering for the Mayday King? I was counting just now, and Master Vesemir clearly killed more spirits than Master Arryn. Did I count wrong?" asked a guard knight in confusion.

"Did you really count?" another guard knight asked in surprise.

"Didn't you count?" The knight's tone became even more shocked.

When the other guard knight heard this, he was silent for a moment before saying, "It doesn't matter! Master Vesemir is very powerful, but even if he wins, it is only Kaer Morhen Vesemir's victory!"

"Master Arlin is the May King of our Elland! Between one of us and an outsider, who are you helping?"

The knight paused for a second, then suddenly realized: "Of course he is one of us!"

"That's right!" another knight said as a matter of course, "Then what are you waiting for? Shout now!!!"

"what?"

"Oh...Mayday King! Victory!"

"Mayday King! May all be won!"

……

A simple logic question:
It is known that Arryn's perception is 47 points and Vesemir's perception is 70 points.

Q: Can Vesemir hear the sounds that Arryn can hear?
Arryn tilted his head to look at Vesemir, whose smile was gradually fading.

Obviously, the answer to this logic question doesn't require any thought...

Avoiding Vesemir's resentful gaze, Ailin suggested calmly:
"Go back now?"

Vesemir looked helplessly at the crowd that was cheering happily, and a smile reappeared on his face.

"Of course, let's go."

Then the two witchers squeezed their legs onto their horses' bellies and galloped off in the direction of Elland.

……

"Mayday King! May all be won!"

"Mayday King! May all be won!"

……

As the distance got closer, the crowd's cheers became louder and more excited.

The witcher reached his climax after he got off his horse.

With the tacit approval and even connivance of Arthur and Sarah, a group of strong men in gray and black armor rushed forward when Arryn dismounted from his horse.

Cheering, he picked up the witcher and threw him into the sky.

I threw it back and forth many times.

in fact.

The reason why they cheered only for Arryn was not just because of the joke-like identity of the May Day King.

Half a month ago, he rescued their lord, Duke Mason, and his knights from a large group of ghouls and giant ghouls...

The ghost oil that was refined day and night shined brightly today, and it can almost be said that it directly saved Elland...

And that one-eyed ghost...

It was chilling to look at from a distance, as if it was a god, but it was destroyed by Master Ailin alone...

So many factors add up.

Arryn has done so much for Elland, for their homeland.

Perhaps only "hero", a title that is so old-fashioned and even a little outdated in today's contemptuous era, can match what he has done for Elland today.

Vesemir sat on his horse, his arms folded across his chest, watching the scene with a smile on his face.

"On behalf of Duke Elland and Mason, I would like to express my highest gratitude to you." Arthur approached quietly, pulling the reins, and said solemnly to Vesemir.

Perhaps he didn't want to discourage the hero who was also risking his life to save their homeland because of the soldiers' different treatment.

"I will report the incident to His Excellency the Duke truthfully..." Arthur continued.

“No need,” Vesemir waved his hand to interrupt, but did not turn around. “A small reward is no longer important to someone of my age.”

"When you report, try to hide me. Ailin is the one who needs this reputation the most."

Hearing this, Arthur looked up at Vesemir in surprise.

In the pair of dark golden cat eyes, besides a smile of pride and satisfaction, there was a figure being pushed to the highest point by everyone in the soft firelight.

See this.

The middle-aged knight was thoughtful. After a moment of silence, he nodded: "I understand."

Not far away, Mary stood in the empty darkness, her big, bright eyes moving up and down along with the figure of the witcher.

"What are you thinking about?" A cold female voice came from behind.

Mary knew whose voice it was.

But for some reason, she didn't want to look away at this moment, or even want to please like usual.

After hearing the question, she just stood there quietly, watching and thinking.

I don't know how long it took before he said something vague:
"He is so close to me, yet so far away..."

When the sorceress heard this, she was silent for a long time before she sighed.

She placed her hands on Mary's shoulders: "It's okay, take your time."

……

There is no never-ending feast.

The cheers for victory only lasted a few minutes, with occasional cries of grief drifting over from Elland City.

When Ailin falls from the sky, everyone must face the next battle.

Actually.

When they looked back and saw the young lives celebrating May Day died prematurely in the wilderness.

Silence replaced the cheers.

Sorrow replaced joy.

"Leave five teams to carry these... children back to the city. Don't let the corpses be defiled by corpse-eating creatures."

Sarah sighed and gave orders to her soldiers.

Immediately, dozens of black-armored soldiers left the team and began to sort out the young corpses on the road.

"Be gentle, there may be someone waiting for them in the city..." Arthur added.

As soon as this sentence came out.

There was no longer any joy of victory left in everyone's hearts.

Move forward in silence.

Stepping over bloody corpses, over terrified young faces, over Ireland's dead future.

Once you step into the city gate, you will find yourself in a new hell.

Where it enters the eye.

The flowers that once adorned the entire city like a fairyland have fallen into the mud and are covered in blood and dust.

Crying and sobbing replaced laughter and cheering.

The broken buildings were on fire, the broken bodies were lying on the cold ground, and there were ordinary people kneeling lifelessly in front of the ruins and the bodies...

They are alive, but they look more dead than the corpses on the ground.

Vesemir and Vera were fine, after all, they came out of Ellander after the disaster.

Arlin and Mary, who had been parading and partying outside the city, were really stunned when they saw this scene.

There is a sense of conflict between beautiful flowers one second and blood and flesh the next.

The contrast is strong.

As for everyone else.

The eyes of every Knight Guard and Demon Hunter were red, and it was unclear whether they were out of anger or sadness.

Or maybe both.

after all.

Arlin and Mary just didn't fit in.

But many of the people who died on this day were known to the Royal Guards and the Demon Hunters, and might even be their relatives.

"Damn Wild Hunt!" Ailin couldn't help but curse.

"Wild Hunt?" Arthur, who had been standing next to the witcher, heard this and stared at Arryn with red eyes.

Not only Arthur, but also many guards knights and demon hunters around him looked at him after hearing what Erin said.

"What does Wild Hunt mean?" Sarah came over and asked.

The demon hunter was stunned for a moment, and said truthfully:
"At the end of the May Day parade, I saw a knight on a skeleton horse flying through the sky."

"The 'meteor' that hit Elland was released from the scepters in their hands..."

Everyone was stunned for two seconds.

“Isn’t the Wild Hunt a myth to scare children?” Sarah said in disbelief.

Don’t they know about the floating harbor?
The demon hunter was startled.

But then he came to his senses.

Information travels very slowly in this era.

It doesn't even necessarily spread according to spatial distance.

For example, the information that Floating Harbor was attacked by the Wild Hunt.

Mason, the Duke of Elland, only found out about the incident half a month ago, more than ten days after it happened.

And it was only after the king of Vizima, the capital of Temeria, issued an order that it was known.

But the straight-line distance from the floating port to Elland is much farther than from Vizima.

This is because Ireland is a mountain city.

The floating port is almost inaccessible from land because of the wild forest.

Therefore, only merchants by ship would enter the floating port, and merchants leaving the floating port would naturally leave by ship and would not pass through Elland.

Now it’s been nearly a month.

There might be some news in the tavern in Elland, but it should have just been reported.

The Demon Hunters and the Knight Guards are both elite troops, and are not as free as the City Guards.

It is understandable that you are not aware of this.

then.

The witcher looked at Vesemir and then told him what happened at the floating harbor.

After hearing this.

The eyes of the Demon Hunters and the Royal Guards were so red that they seemed to be bleeding, and they were filled with indignation.

"These sons of bitches!" Sarah cursed.

Arthur took a deep breath, raised his hand to signal everyone to be quiet, and said, "First, finish the current work and appease the people. After Elland is stabilized, we will have a say with Lord Mason."

The middle-aged knight's tone was as calm as ever.

However, the demon hunter could feel a strong anger from it, as if it was about to turn into a raging fire.

Next.

The crowd continued to walk into the city.

There were more and more living and dead people on the streets, and the scene became more and more horrific.

Every second is refreshing everyone's cognitive limits.

It was the first time Ailin realized that people could die in so many ways.

Being crushed to death, being burned to death, being blown to death, being trampled to death, being frozen to death by ice...

The only thing in common was that all the corpses whose faces could be seen had extremely painful expressions.

Terrible and terrifying.

"Chi~chi~"

Stepping on the sticky dark red blood puddle under my feet, I smelled the strong smell of blood and burnt odor.

Not only did Mary fail to bear it many times, she also retched from time to time.

Even Ailin, who had seen many bloody scenes, felt his stomach churning and felt extremely uncomfortable.

That is to say, the demon hunter has a high level of control over his body, which is why it is not shown.

Many of the Demon Hunters and Royal Guards, who were tough guys and not afraid of death, cried as they walked, their lips trembling.

Today is the funeral for the entire Elland.

(End of this chapter)