Chapter 309: Survive Together
A golden-haired beast?

Aylin was stunned for a moment.

Where did that golden-haired beast come from just now?
What's with him...

"and many more!"

Ailin had an idea.

At the end of the "cutscene" that combined the eight golden treasure chests the night before, the image of "King Kano" with long golden hair, who looked like the snow monster in the legend of the previous life, jumped out of his mind.

He looked at Arestor, who rarely showed a cautious and eager expression, and chose his words carefully, asking a few questions about what the golden-haired giant looked like when it appeared.

Aristo was a little confused as to why Aelin asked this question after releasing his skill.

But after recalling for a few seconds, he described one by one the illusions he saw in the beast's roar.

really.

As soon as Aristotle described it for a few words, Ailin was certain that the golden-haired beast he saw was the King of Kano.

As Arestor's description became more and more intense and excited, the witcher's mind seemed to be in turmoil.

The attributes are enhanced, the illusion of King Kano appears when releasing the battle cry, and the five senses seem to be real in the "cutscene"...

"Where did that red light take me the night before last?"

Ailin looked down at his hands, which were covered with sword calluses.

It was his hands that reached into King Kano's head uncontrollably, absorbing the heat as hot as molten magma.

Could it really be my own hand that was put in that day?
Could it be that the tribe of the one-eyed snake giant was not wiped out by the disaster?

It just so happened that day that I somehow replaced "Italiano" and accepted the inheritance ceremony of the Way of Beast Roar?

Could it be such a coincidence?
and also……

[Praise to Shagdarzab, the god of roar, hunting and taming...]

A strange, immature and yet experienced voice was stirring in my mind not long ago.

If that voice wasn't Italiano's, who else could it be?

"That golden beast is the most beautiful monster I have ever seen in my life. It is wild, powerful, and imposing..." Aristo excitedly described the surprise of meeting King Kano for the first time. Suddenly, he noticed that Ailin's face seemed a little strange. "...Uh... Ailin, are you okay?"

"Why do you look so grim?"

"It's okay..." Aylin's recollection was interrupted by Arestor's voice, and he came back to his senses, "It's just that the consumption just now was a bit too much..."

Aristo nodded when he heard this.

It is normal for a move that can leave him confused and defeat him with one blow to consume a lot of energy.

But he wasn't going to ask what the trick was unless Ailin brought it up himself. After all, their current relationship was actually a bit awkward.

of course.

Although he was curious, he actually didn't care much about the trick that defeated him. He only cared about the golden-haired beast.

"The name of the golden-haired beast is Kano King. It should be... it should be a king beast of a group called Kano beasts..."

Thinking of Aristo's question, Aelin recalled the slaughtered beast he saw outside the tent and speculated.

King Kano...

Giant beasts...

Aristo's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly asked:

"Where can I find this Kano King?"

"What preparations do we need to make if we want to hunt these giant beasts?"

"I'm sorry, Master Aristo," Ailin shook his head, "those behemoths are not monsters of this world..."

"Huh?" Aristo was startled.

"Not from this world" is not difficult to understand. After all, there is the phenomenon of celestial spheres converging in the Demon Hunter world.

Most monsters, and even humans themselves, are not native to this world.

What Aristo didn't understand was why Ailin would say such a thing. If the monster called King Kano was not from this world, why would Ailin know this?

but.

Before he could ask, Ailin took the initiative to explain:
"It was with the help of the goddess Meliteli that I was able to meet the monster called King Kano, and from that I gained a powerful skill."

He didn't lie.

If it weren't for the harvest power of Goddess Meliteli, Ailin wouldn't have the ability to draw eight golds and one purple from nine draws.

Naturally, there will be no incredible "cutscenes".

"I see..." Aristo nodded, "So it was on the Meliteli woman... hm... hm?"

Aresto was halfway through his words when he thought something seemed to be wrong. He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then his dark golden cat eyes suddenly widened.

"Goddess Meliteli?" He raised his head suddenly and looked at Ailin in disbelief.

"Yes," Ailin nodded. "After we left Ban Ader, we went to Ellander in order to remove the curse of the evil god at the Temple of Meliteli..."

"And... then, with the help of the goddess, you met the monster and gained a powerful skill?" Aresto interrupted in confusion.

"Of course not." Arlin shook his head. "Didn't Vesemir just tell me about the goddess's dream to save Elland?"

"The night before yesterday, after meeting the goddess Meliteli, the Kano King was part of the reward for the mission."

"No... no, you also saw the goddess Meliteli?" Seeing Ailin nod, Aresto felt incredible.

How could it be as easy to meet the most honorable and widely worshipped great god in the northern continent as going downstairs, turning a corner, knocking on the door, and meeting Vera and Mary from the residence in the south tower of Arryn?

You should know that other evil gods may frequently appear in dreams and give revelations to believers.

But as everyone knows, even the priests of Meliteli may never see the goddess Meliteli in their lifetime.

A demon hunter like you can meet a god like this?
No matter how Aristo thought about it, he felt that Arryn was just trying to please him by telling him stories.

But the whereabouts of a monster did not seem to be enough to make a talented and powerful demon hunter master tell such a huge lie.

What's more, the skill that just caused him to lose so badly, and the majestic and beautiful golden beast...

Such things are gifts from God, so it seems...it seems to be reasonable.

Otherwise, how could Aelin, a witcher who had only left Kaer Morhen once since he was born, see such strange monsters that even he didn't know about?

Even from the difficult resistance at the beginning of the duel to almost killing him instantly later, it only took two strange roars...

At this time.

Vesemir heard the noise and walked over quickly, also looking at Arryn in surprise.

He knew that the evil god's curse on Ailin had been removed, but Ailin had not yet told him the specific details.

So he always thought that Ailin was in a dream, and the goddess Meliteli gave him divine power to remove the stubborn evil god's curse.

but.

When Vesemir approached, he did not ask in a hurry, but winked at Arestor.

Aristo, who had not yet recovered from his shock, subconsciously looked in the direction of Vesemir's gaze.

Around the training ground.

The demon hunter apprentices were excitedly discussing the battle that had just taken place, even though they had seen nothing from beginning to end.

Seeing this, Aristo also knew what Vesemir meant.

It is related to the goddess Meliteli and is Ailin's private matter, so it is naturally not suitable for too many people to know.

then.

He frowned and was about to open his mouth.

But he seemed to suddenly think of something, turned his head to look at Ailin, and asked:
"Captain Ailin, do you have any other arrangements for the apprentices?"

Ailin was stunned for a moment, then shook his head: "I just came back and I'm not familiar with it yet. Master Arestor, just do as usual." Arestor nodded and shouted to the apprentices:

"Erni, Kral, take the apprentices and train them in swordsmanship and magic signs here according to the original plan."

"Captain Ailin and I have something to discuss. I'll be back to check on your training progress. If I find anyone slacking off..."

"Humph!"

After a cold snort, Aresto ignored the noisy complaints and whining around the training ground and asked:

"Shall we talk somewhere else?"

Arryn and Vesemir looked at each other and nodded.

……

Strength always comes first, especially for demon hunters.

Leaving the apprentice training ground and heading to the castle hall, Ailin once again realized this universal truth in the northern continent.

It’s not that after Aristo lost, he became arrogant at first and then humble and deliberately flattered.

Let's speak realistically.

Even when he just became a witcher master last year, several witcher masters in the school, including the chief, were very nice to him and would answer any questions he had.

He even remembered that when he was about to leave Kaer Morhen at the beginning of the year and go down the mountain to participate in the apprentice fighting competition between the Wolf School and the Cat School, several witcher masters told him some tips on how to deal with the Cat School.

Among them, Aristo spoke the most.

For some reason, he seemed to be particularly fond of Aelin.

but.

There are many ways and types of being friendly.

Before this competition, Arestor treated him more like a talented nephew. He would consider some of Arryn's opinions, but perhaps he would stick to his own ideas more often.

but now……

This hot-tempered demon hunter master implicitly put Ailin on a more equal footing.

Especially at the level of the Demon Hunting Corps.

Along the way, Aristo even took the initiative to bring up this topic, asking Ailin what he thought about the development of the Legion.

In fact, Ailin had already had this idea before he left Elland, and even before the end of Ban Ade's apprentice fighting competition.

The first point, of course, is to lead the members to fight as many monsters as possible as quickly as possible.

On the one hand, the Demon Hunting Corps is at the third level and has a maximum membership of fifteen people. There are only five vacancies now, which is too few.

To be honest, judging from the number of members, it would be more like a squad than a legion.

Ailin just roughly counted the number of apprentices around.

In addition to the seven people who were already members of the legion, there were a total of thirty or forty demon hunters who had passed the Green Grass Trial.

Of course, not all of these people will be included like the first batch, but at least thirty vacancies must be reserved.

otherwise.

As for the demon hunters who were not incorporated into the legion, Ailin was unable to quickly improve their skills.

On the other hand, the large amount of battle points and monster materials needed to improve the members' strength must be obtained from actual combat.

With Ailin's current extremely high level of 48, the reward for killing most common monsters by himself is almost zero.

Moreover, the fusion of the seven gold-quality treasure chests the night before, and the scene of inserting both hands into King Kano and stepping into the roar at the end, had always lingered in his mind...

If he wanted to collect enough treasure chests to merge again, he would need a lot of treasure chests.

These treasure chests must also be obtained through "Legion Skill: Loot Lock".

The second point is to teach some potions, sword oils, bombs and skills to the members in order to improve their strength as quickly as possible.

However, in this regard, Ailin planned to hand it over to Mary, his respected chief warlock of the Demon Hunting Corps.

He was only responsible for selecting the appropriate potions, sword oils, and skills.

For example, the lowest-grade sword oil, as well as restorative potions like Swallow and White Honey, should of course all be promoted.

More advanced sword oils and more lethal bombs could be promoted according to loyalty levels, or a points redemption system could be established, but Ailin hasn't figured this out yet.

However, in the early stage, loyalty should still be considered.

But there are potions like Giant Ghoul Decoction and Blizzard that can be considered cheating.

For the time being, Arryn has no intention of spreading the news, and neither do Mary and Vesemir.

after all.

These potions were too powerful and posed too great a threat to him.

What's more, the materials needed to refine these potions are very rare. If they are really needed, it would be enough for him to refine them alone.

The last point is the system.

For example, the points exchange mentioned in the second point, as well as the level division and promotion within the legion, and even the punishment for evil deeds and betrayal that will almost certainly appear in the future...

When there are few members in the legion, you can manage them in a rough manner to see if there are any major problems with loyalty.

However, after the death rate of the Green Grass Trial was almost reduced to zero due to the water ghost's heart essence, the school is now in such a crisis-ridden situation that it will certainly not restrict apprentices from becoming demon hunters.

Therefore, a surge in the number of legion members under the effects of the Legion and the Demon Hunting Manual is almost inevitable.

When there are too many people, it is not appropriate to use loyalty, and Ailin cannot manage it all by himself.

At that time.

Without a system that clearly distinguishes between rewards and punishments and has an orderly system of promotion and demotion, big problems are bound to arise.

This system must be thought about in advance. It will not work if we wait until problems actually arise before thinking about it.

Also.

As the number of members in the school increases, the current loose school management model will inevitably need to be changed.

of course.

This has little to do with Ailin now, but this is only now.

【Want to be the chief? 】

The voice of the Wolf School's Grand Master would tickle someone's burning heart from time to time.

Although Ailin felt that after Soi, the next head of the school would almost certainly not be himself.

But the future...

Who can tell clearly?
Monster hunting, knowledge imparting, system improvement...

Thinking about it this way, Ailin realized that he still had a lot to do in the legion.

of course.

Of course, it was impossible for Ailin to tell Arestor all of these three aspects.

But if you just pick out some of the parts that can be said and expand on them a little, the way Aretus and Vesemir look at him becomes slightly different.

No wonder.

After all, it is difficult to expect a demon hunter, who was created for the sole purpose of hunting demons and lives and dies every day, to consider the long-term future.

But Ayling was different.

He didn't just want to live.

He also wanted his "home" and "family" to...

Let’s survive together.

(End of this chapter)