Chapter 81 Ancient Ritual
“Quack, quack, quack…”

He hadn't noticed it when he used the Ice Spear Curse alone before, but now that it made such a loud noise in public, Ailin felt particularly ashamed.

Especially when I see the witchers and sorceresses around me, with their distorted expressions as if they want to laugh but are too embarrassed to do so.

and many more!

What about Hughes, Bunter, and Fred?

Didn't they come back a long time ago?

Arryn paused his spell and looked around.

When everyone saw Ailin stop the spell, they thought he had failed. They were about to comfort him when they suddenly heard Ailin ask:
"Where are Hughes, Bunter, and Fred?"

"They should come back before me!"

"Snapped!"

The demon hunter masters slapped their foreheads with their right hands almost at the same time, then turned around and ran towards a thick tree behind them.

Because of the tension with the sorceress and their curiosity about what Arryn was carrying, the witchers forgot that there were three apprentices tied to the tree.

Vesemir was closest and ran the fastest, so he was the first to reach the tree.

His face flushed with embarrassment.

After all, Zeus and the others were his apprentices, and it would be wrong to just forget about them.

Avoiding the resentful gazes of Zeus and others, Vesemir untied the knot of the rope.

After Zeus and the others took the cotton cloth out of their mouths, they looked at the witcher masters in front of them who were smiling awkwardly with their heads down, and didn't care about it anymore.

After a "humph", they all ran towards Ailin and jumped around him.

"Alin, I knew you would be fine."

Hughes was the first to speak, and the first to be exposed.

"I don't know who it is, but his eyes are red as if he's about to cry, and he wants to run back to save Ailin. Do you think Ailin still needs our help?"

"Bunte! Didn't you turn back too?"

"I...I just followed you out of habit..."

……

The familiar chirping filled the environment around Ailin, lively and noisy.

But at this moment, he only felt warm in his heart, as if he was soaking in a hot spring.

Vera, who was standing by, supported her right elbow with her left wrist and held her chin with her right hand, just watching the little people laughing and playing.

A gentle smile involuntarily appeared on her delicate face.

As they were arguing, the three of them suddenly fixed their eyes on the heads of Old Spearhead and the Water Ghost King.

Xiu Si couldn't help but look at Ailin with admiration, and said excitedly: "Ailin, you are so amazing. When I left the cave, I really thought I would never see you again. I didn't expect you to kill the old spearhead."

Bonte and Fred looked at Ayling with the same look.

Just by looking at Old Spearhead from afar, their bodies couldn't stop shaking.

But not only did Aelin kill the Cyclops, he even killed the Ice King who looked almost as powerful.

"As expected of Aylin, a natural born demon hunter!"

Bonte thought to himself, he tilted his head to look at the demon hunter masters around him, and suddenly an idea came to him, and said:
"Alin, are you also a master demon hunter now?"

Bonte's words made the witcher masters look at each other in bewilderment, and then they also reacted.

It seemed that they no longer needed to worry about whether to grant Ailin the title of Master Demon Hunter.

Old Spearhead's head alone was enough, not to mention the head of the Ice King.

As for Ailin's hunting method of taking advantage of the situation.

Most demon hunter masters use similar methods when hunting large monsters.

Sometimes they even used poison, a dishonorable method in the eyes of the nobility.

Therefore, Ailin's hunting method would not only not diminish his glory, but would make them appreciate him even more.

after all,

Being able to seize opportunities and turn danger into safety when life is threatened is a rare talent in itself.

It is even more difficult than hunting a large monster head-on.

However, although they had already agreed in their hearts, the witcher masters just exchanged glances with each other and did not respond to Bonte's words.

Bonte glanced at a few witcher masters, and seeing that they didn't react, he was disappointed for a few seconds, and then joined in the admiration of Arryn's great achievement.

Ailin naturally noticed this scene, but he was not as disappointed as Bunter.

Long before the heads of the Water Ghost King and Old Spearhead fell to the ground, the honor of Master Demon Hunter had already fallen on him.

However, what he did not notice was that the corners of the mouth of the sorceress, who seemed like an outsider, became more gentle.

……

No matter how exciting the conversation was, it couldn't last long with seven or eight adults watching.

After calming down from the anger caused by being tied up, Hughes and the others slowly shut their mouths when they saw other people surrounding them.

"Alin, keep demonstrating to us!"

Seeing that they had expressed their emotions, Laito reminded them.

Hughes and the others stepped back consciously, looking at Ailin expectantly.

Although they were tied to the other side of the tree, the witchers' keen senses ensured that they did not miss what had just happened.

Ailin nodded when he heard this and mobilized his magic power again.

“Quack, quack, quack…”

As he chanted the strange spell, fluorescent blue light gathered in his right palm.

In a moment, an ice spear as thick as a thumb condensed, and his right hand pointed at the big tree that tied up Zeus and the others.

"Hey~"

The ice spear hit the big tree in the blink of an eye.

The thick tree that the two were hugging was directly pierced by the ice spear, revealing a small hole through which the Killer Lake could be seen.

Ever since Ailin started chanting the spell, Vera's initial indifference gradually changed to a mixture of seriousness and joy at this moment.

The reason was simple. She felt the magic power around Ailin gathering and decreasing regularly, which was a characteristic of casting a spell.

The Demon Hunter's sigils consume the magic power of their mutated organs and will not produce this phenomenon.

"When did Ailin have the ability to cast spells?"

This was the only thought in her mind at the moment. As her own child, the sorceress had no idea how many times she had tested Aelin's talent.

The result every time is that there is no spellcasting talent.

However, because there were outsiders around, the sorceress was surprised but did not ask directly.

The other demon hunters were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.

Is this a spell or a seal?
wrong!

Since Ailin can use it, it should be a seal!

and so.

Can they learn it?
Long-range attacks have always been the Demon Hunters' weakness. Although they will prepare a crossbow for long-range attacks, it is obviously not as useful as their own magic signs.

Moreover, when faced with special circumstances, material possessions often do not work.

Of course, the most important thing is that although the Ice Spear Spell has a chanting time, it is only a few seconds.

Although the lethality will be weakened when facing monsters, it is still very considerable.

Thinking of this, the demon hunter masters all focused their fiery gazes on Ailin.

"Alin, is your Ice Spear Curse a spell or a sigil? Can we learn it? What's the price?"

The Demon Hunter Masters might still be a little reserved, but Leto turned around and asked when he saw the outstanding effect.

Ailin thought for a moment, smiled, and said:

“You can think of it as a seal.”

"No price required, just help me move the bodies of the Ice King and Old Spearhead to Kaer Morhen."

"Master Vesemir also has this condition."

Although part of the magic power of the Ice Spear Curse skill comes from the outside world.

But most of them still come from mutated organs in the body, so ordinary demon hunters can naturally learn them.

Upon hearing this, the demon hunter masters looked at Ailin with even more fiery eyes.

Especially when they recalled the effect of the Ice Spear Curse when Arryn told them about the hunting of Old Spearhead and the Ice King, their eager eyes almost ignited Arryn.

But Ailin pretended not to see it.

Want to have sex for free?
Where does such a good thing come from?

He is just an ordinary demon hunter, not the head of the school, so there is no need for him to make selfless contributions to people he is not familiar with.

The many experiences in his previous life have given him a deep understanding.

Being selfless regardless of the other person does not gain respect, but endless demands.

Fortunately, the witcher masters understood what was going on when they saw Alin's expression, and did not take advantage of their seniority to ask for it.

after all,

A demon hunter will receive payment for completing a commission, no matter how poor the client is.

What Ailin did was very witcher-like.

Since he was willing to teach Leto and Vesemir, this matter was just a matter of distribution of benefits.

So, they all looked at the chief of the Wolf School.

"I will discuss the Ice Spear Curse with Arlin tomorrow."

The chief nodded and changed the subject.

Then he looked at the sky and walked in front of Ailin.

The expressions of the other demon hunters also became serious at the same time.

They formed a circle, surrounding the apprentices and the chief in the middle.

follow closely,

The chief took out Arryn's school badge, pierced the sharp wolf fang with his right thumb, and drew a bloody mark on Arryn's forehead.

Then he walked to the next apprentice and also left a bloody mark.

The other demon hunters present also smeared the blood from their thumbs on the foreheads of Aylin and the others.

This seems to be an ancient tradition of wolf hunters.

However, Ailin had never seen this ceremony in the game.

During the entire ceremony, no one spoke, and everyone's expressions were solemn.

The witchers felt like they were attending someone's funeral or witnessing the birth of a newborn baby.

I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or if this ritual really works.

After the chief smeared the blood, the dark clouds dissipated.

The golden light from the sky shone on the witcher, casting a shadow on the snow.

Light and darkness are intertwined at this moment.

After all the demon hunters had smeared their blood, the chief shouted:

"The sun is setting, and the wolf pack of Kaer Morhen has new blood today."

"Let's bring the good news back to the Ancient Sea Fortress, light a bonfire, and don't leave until we're drunk!"

"Aye! Aye! Aye!"

The demon hunters patted their chests rhythmically, responding to the ancient tune:

"Light up the bonfire and don't go home until you're drunk!"

"Light up the bonfire and don't go home until you're drunk!"

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