Chapter 6 New Bet
"Leave it to you?"

"Yes, leave it to me."

Hearing Arryn's affirmative answer, Leto and Vesemir looked at each other.

“What do you want a water ghost for?” Vesemir asked in confusion.

Ailin replied: "I want to try to fight three at a time and deal with multiple water ghosts at once."

"Oh, it seems that someone is worried that the injured companions will be lonely, so they plan to find an opportunity to accompany them."

Leto raised his eyebrows and looked at Aelin with a smile:

"Are you sure, Witcher Apprentice? There's no silver sword worth 17325 orens to bet this time."

"Leto!"

Vesemir glared at Leto and advised Arryn earnestly:
"With your current level, you are not good enough to deal with three water ghosts at the same time."

After a pause, Vesemir continued to dissuade:
"Even if you have the Demon Hunter's Eye."

"But fighting one against many is not the same level of difficulty as killing a water ghost with a steel sword. This requires more skilled swordsmanship and footwork."

"Haven't you heard that proverb?"

"If the monsters are really lame, swarming them makes them happy."

Feeling Vesemir's sincerity, Arlin felt a little headache.

[Limited time mission: You all, come together! (Kill the water ghost 0/3)]

[Task reward: unknown]

The Demon Hunting Notes quests always pop up temporarily.

The previous main quest "The Beginning of the Demon Hunting Road" was like this.

This is also a limited time mission.

The moment Vesemir said "clean up directly", a task popped up in front of Arryn.

In a few minutes, the water ghost will be dealt with, and it will be difficult to make up an excuse on the spot.

"Don't worry, Master Vesemir. I'm sure I can do it." That was all Ailin could say.

Vesemir looked suspiciously at the dried blood on Arryn's face.

confident?
Could it be that I was the one who just lost my strength and fell on the water ghost's body?

"Erin, if you fail, I can still guarantee the safety of one water ghost, but I'm not sure about three." Vesemir tried to persuade him again.

"Visser, let him try." The Chief walked over from the wall.

"But……"

"Don't worry, the Demon Hunter's Eye is not that simple." The Chief patted Vesemir's shoulder and continued, "Besides, I'm here too."

Vesemir was silent.

He didn't know the extent of the Demon Hunter's Eye, and he didn't want to reveal this in front of the Chief.

So, after thinking for a moment, Vesemir finally agreed.

After signaling Ailin to be careful with his eyes, he moved the cage with Laito.

Aelin breathed a sigh of relief.

He had just changed into his silver sword when he noticed the Chief approaching.

The chief glanced at the sword in Ailin's hand and said:

"If you win with the silver sword, I will reward you with a custom-made leather armor."

After a pause, the chief took out a pendant from his lower back.

"But if you win with the steel sword, this Vision Pendant of Vera will be yours."

The magic jewelry lay quietly in the witcher's palm, sparkling with an alluring magical glow.

Even without mentioning its function, Aelin could tell the value of this magical jewelry from the envious looks on Vesemir and Leto's faces.

However, looking at the Chief's gentle smile, Ailin not only did not feel happy, but rather a little doubtful.

Vesemir is fine.

Ailin's argument came suddenly.

Vesemir didn't believe that Arryn could win.

It is understandable to make the best of a bad situation.

But why did the chief of the Wolf School do this?

Although I can't find much useful information in my memory.

But to be called the chief, this seemingly middle-aged demon hunter must be at the pinnacle of the Wolf School.

The Wolf School witchers in the game are decent, but are all the people in Kaer Morhen now good guys like Geralt?
Aelin is not that naive.

If the number of children who died in the Ancient Sea Fortress were piled up, they would be enough to drown the entire Kaer Morhen.

Why would such a powerful person be so fond of an apprentice?
Demon Hunter's Eye?

Suspicious! Very suspicious!

and many more!

Even the Demon Hunter's Eye was proposed by this chief. Not only is it not recorded in the game, other demon hunters are also unaware of the experimental record.

For a moment, Ailin felt as if he had fallen into an ice cellar, and sweat broke out on his forehead.

"What's wrong?" the chief asked with some concern.

"Um... um, it's okay." Ailin replied with forced calmness.

"So, what are your options?"

"Chief, are you sure I can win?" Ailin asked tentatively.

"I believe Demon Hunter's Eye will not lose," the Chief raised his eyebrows, "Besides, even if you lose, what will I lose?"

"From his tone, could it be that the Demon Hunter's Eye really exists?" Ailin was confused again.

Is this demon hunter really promoting the younger generation out of the interests of the school?
It seems to make sense.

In the absence of solid evidence, Ailin could only keep his suspicions to himself for the time being.

"Can you try carrying two swords?" Ailin asked.

The Chief nodded.

Before entering the training ground, Ailin handed Elsa in his arms to Xius.

This silver sword is too long and too heavy, not suitable for him to use now.

When everything was ready, Ailin walked to the center of the training ground.

Gripping the steel sword tightly and taking a deep breath, he nodded to Vesemir.

After receiving the signal, Vesemir and Leto opened the cage at the same time, dodged the attack of the water ghost, and pushed forward with their right middle fingers.

Alder Seal.

His movements were so coordinated that he seemed like a skilled worker on the assembly line in Ailin's previous life.

To be honest, water ghosts are indeed the simplest type of monsters.

Although I have a brain, it's useless.

If the distance is far, pounce on it; if it is close, catch it; if it is even closer, bite it.

Simple attack pattern.

After fighting a few times, you will be able to control the distance and make the water ghost run around in circles.

Of course, this is only the case with a single water ghost.

No matter what kind of monster it is, it will be difficult to deal with a large number of them.

Factors such as distance, terrain, physical strength, attack frequency and method, etc. will continue to change as the number of monsters increases.

Especially in a place like the apprentice training ground, where four creatures are fighting in a narrow area of ​​less than 100 square meters.

It is very difficult to move around.

The demon hunters outside the training ground also consciously stayed away from the railings.

This left Ailin no chance to "accidentally" divert the water ghost's hatred.

After dodging the attack from the leading water ghost by turning sideways, Ailin tried to use [Demon Hunt].

But as soon as the mental power touched the magic field around the water ghost, the claws of the second water ghost were already in sight.

He held the sword across his chest to block the claws stained with turbid body fluids. He adjusted his center of gravity slightly in an instant, stepped back with his right foot to offset the force transmitted to the sword, and then put the sword away.

The water ghost used all his strength in every attack, and was naturally thrown away by his own strength.

When he focused his mind back on the first water ghost, the progress bar of [Demon Hunting] had disappeared.

"[Demon Hunting] does have a lot of limitations," Ailin thought.

While he was thinking in his mind, Ailin's body did not stop.

He quickly spun his body and swung the steel sword that was stored at his waist, striking the neck of the last water ghost.

Although the sharp blade of the steel sword only cut off a few fragments, the water ghost was still chopped down to the ground.

In an instant, all three water ghosts fell to the ground.

Seeing this neat and clean scene.

Outside the training grounds, Laito's expression quickly changed from frivolous to serious to confused.

His eyes were fixed on Ailin.

After all the water ghosts fell to the ground, he tilted his head in doubt and asked:

"Vesemir!"

"Has this apprentice's swordsmanship become stronger?"

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