Chapter 8 The Magical Uses of Heart Essence
There are no various magic potions and no highly targeted sword oils.

There is only the panacea-like witcher potion.

Take a sip when you encounter a monster to increase attack and reduce damage.

Drink a sip when you get injured to stop bleeding and relieve pain.

After confirming with Vesemir again, Arryn could only accept the reality helplessly.

Time passes quietly as I process the materials and think about the future.

Even though he was multitasking, Ailin handled the material quite well.

"The dissection technique is almost perfect," Vesemir crossed his arms and examined Ayrin's work with satisfaction. "The shape of the water ghost's brain is intact, and the cross section of the water ghost's tongue did not cut into the magic nodules."

"At Ben Ade College, you could get full marks for materials handling."

This is praise bordering on exaggeration.

Ban Ade College is one of only two magic schools in the north, and is well-known across the continent for its ambitious wizards and various strange alchemical products.

When it comes to alchemy, Ben Ade College is undoubtedly the most professional.

Material processing is an important branch of alchemy, so it is impossible for Ailin to surpass professional wizard apprentices.

Ailin nodded humbly in thanks.

"Master Vesemir has been to Ban Ader?" Hughes asked curiously.

Ailin was also curious about this question.

Not only are Kaer Morhen and Ban Ard both located in the Kingdom of Kaedwen, the castles of both schools are carved out of the rocks of the Blue Mountains.

It’s just that one trains witchers and the other trains wizards.

“A few times.”

"Because of what?"

“Why else would a demon hunter go to a place?” Vesemir rolled his eyes, a little impatient. “To kill monsters, of course.”

"Doesn't Ben Ade have his own magic academy? Why does he need to hire a witcher?" Zeus asked curiously.

The apprentices are not completely ignorant of the world outside Kaer Morhen.

There are always children who are brought to the mountain when they are old enough to remember things, and they bring back rumors that are either half true or half false, or half understood, such as "Wizards created witchers", "Ban Ader's apprentices do not have to go through cruel trials", and "The King of Kaedwen prefers male wizards".

The wizards in preparation at Ban Ade Academy are always the object of envy and jealousy among the witcher apprentices because they do not have to take trials and have a bright future.

As if sensing something strange in Zeus's tone, the Demon Hunter Master stopped checking the materials, turned to look at the two apprentices, and said seriously:

"Because demon hunters are the best monster hunters."

"We live by this, and we die by this."

Even a heartless child like Hughes could feel the heaviness implied in the words.

For a moment, all three of them fell silent.

Vesemir turned back and continued to examine the material.

Zeus lowered his head, his silver hair covering his eyes, and it was impossible to tell what he was thinking.

Are you destined to die from this?
Ailin muttered to himself, staring at the cold old castle in a trance.

It wasn't until Vesemir's scolding sounded that he came back to his senses.

"Hughes!"

"Did you listen to my lecture just now?"

Vesemir's voice broke the silence.

"The most important thing about the water ghost tongue is the magic nodule at the root of the tongue."

"Look at the materials you are handling..."

"Tsk tsk, with materials of this quality, I'm afraid they can only deceive ignorant farmers."

Leto also appeared at this time.

Hughes asked curiously, "What does the farmer want the water ghost tongue for?"

"Hahaha," Leto laughed, dodging Vesemir's slapping hand and laughing in an indecent way, "Water ghost tongue soaked in wine. There are always people who are willing to try some weird recipes for the sake of manliness, right?"

"A man's virility?" Xius's face was full of question marks.

Vesemir kicked Leto, who dodged the kick expertly and ran away laughing.

With Leto's interruption, Vesemir noticed that the time was almost noon.

After a headache changing the subject, Vesemir carefully pointed out Hughes' problems one by one, and gave Arryn the material used for the demonstration - as a reward for an outstanding apprentice.

Then they were asked to go back to the apprentice dormitory for lunch.

"correct."

"Stay away from Ban Ader, demon hunters are not welcome there."

Just after saying goodbye to his apprentice, Vesemir suddenly seemed to remember something and turned back to seriously warn the two of them.

Then, without explaining anything, he walked in the direction Laito had left.

……

After parting with Vesemir, Arryn and Hughes returned to the apprentice dormitory in the southwest corner of the castle. The apprentice dormitory was very large.

Surrounded by cold grey stone walls, more than forty wooden beds were placed closely together, leaving only an aisle in the middle for easy passage.

In the empty room, there were only four beds with bedding stacked on them.

Deserted and eerie.

Looking at this scene, who would have thought that ten days ago, this place was full of orphans and abandoned children from various northern countries?
The passing rate of the Green Grass Trial for Ailin's group of apprentices was less than 10%, far below the average of 40%.

This year may be a bad year for the Wolf School.

After returning to the dormitory, neither Aelin nor Hughes had much to talk about.

Everyone put their things away, cleaned themselves a little, and changed into clean clothes.

Bonte and Fred, who had eaten "lunch" in advance, have taken a "lunch break".

The portion belonging to Ailin and Hughes was placed on the table at the door.

Special mushroom juice in a beer glass, gray and viscous.

This is Erin's lunch.

In the ten days after passing the Green Grass Trial, their three meals were all kinds of strange liquids.

These fluids can help the mutated body quickly return to "normal".

After drinking lunch, Ailin and Xius returned to their beds and waited for the medicine to take effect.

……

There are ants crawling in my muscles.

A mixture of pain and itchiness.

Although it was far less painful than the herbal medicine, which caused the organs to dissolve, it was still very unbearable.

Ailin twisted his body instinctively and silently recited "Demon Hunting Notes" in his mind.

The "lunch" effect still lasted a long time, and he needed to find something to distract himself.

[Name: Ailin]

【Age: 13】

[Title: Child of Miracle]

【Level: 2】

[Health: 100% physical strength 56/56]

【属性：力量5.3（+0.1），敏捷5.4（+0.1），体质5.6（+0.2），感知7.2（+0.3），神秘3.3（+0.2）】

[Special skills: Demon Hunting LV1, Appraisal LV1]

[Skill: Wolf School Two-handed Sword LV2 (0/500)]

【Evaluation: Dish!!!】

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Attributes improved!

While Ailin was surprised, his physical attribute increased by 0.1.

Mushroom juice works so well!
Although there was a slight improvement in the past two days, there was no panel after all.

The pleasure brought by the direct increase in numerical values ​​seems to relieve a lot of discomfort in the body.

Although the speed of attribute improvement is slowing down, it can still increase a little bit before the "lunch break" is over.

"No wonder those demon hunters' stats are so high," Aylin thought.

Ignore the harsh comments.

After Ailin received all the rewards for the mission, he opened the props list.

[Items: Water Ghost Heart Extract *3, Small Experience Beads *19, Water Ghost Treasure Box *8, Universal Treasure Box *1]

The number of small experience beads is not enough to upgrade the two-handed sword, so keep them for now.

"The properties are still rising. Should I wait until I stop taking the essence before using it?" Ailin was a little hesitant.

After thinking for a moment, Ailin decided to drink a bottle to test the water.

After all, the water ghost's heart essence is not a precious reward. One will drop every time you kill a water ghost.

They are rare now, only because Arryn is not able to move freely and leave Kaer Morhen.

He clicked on the item with his mind, and a bottle filled with blue liquid disappeared from the item bar.

The cold feeling appeared in the throat again.

The next moment, Ailin's expression suddenly changed.

"Fuck!"

"What a rare treasure a water ghost is!"

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(End of this chapter)