Chapter 89: Southwest of the Castle, Dragon's Rise

After the twelve treasure chests of the Water Ghost King were drawn, Ailin was not in a hurry to open the treasure chest of Old Spearhead.

The cutscene for the purple treasure chest contains a lot of information.

Ailin had a vague feeling that this purple-quality ceremony was not as important as the cutscene.

Closing his eyes and recalling the scenes he had just seen, countless questions arose in his mind.

First of all,

Where are the ruins of the city?
The world of the Water Ghost King or the world of the Demon Hunter, or neither?

Why did it become a ruin?

Secondly,

There were only old people, children, women and kids around the ceremony, and even the people performing the ceremony were elderly.

Where are the adult men?

At last,
Although the ritual information has not yet been unfolded, it can be seen from the picture that the ritual: flesh giant is obviously very aggressive.

So, who are those people's enemies?

Is it a monster like the Water Ghost King?

A ton of questions pop up, but none of them can be answered.

This feeling is really terrible.

This cutscene is obviously different from the previous ones, even the animation of opening the golden treasure chest.

In just a few seconds, not only are the pictures of different styles, but the characters' emotions and even the story are very strong.

It was as if it had really happened.

"Is the Demon Hunting Notes telling me something?"

Aelin muttered, focusing on the ancient pages in his mind.

For a long time,

Nothing has changed.

He sighed regretfully, but felt a little relieved in his heart.

"There is still too little information, and it is difficult to understand the meaning of a few words."

Let's put it aside for now and wait until new related things appear in the future.

Having made up his mind, Ailin turned the Demon Hunter's Notes to the inventory page and clicked on "Ritual: Flesh Giant" with his mind.

【Name: Flesh Giant】

【Type: Magic Ritual】

[Requirement: Ritual Studies Level 2 (Not met)]

[Element: Unlock after meeting the requirements]

[Function: Sacrifice flesh and blood to gain great power]

【Note: Who are you offering sacrifices to? 】

"what?"

"Why do you need to learn something again?"

Ailin groaned, like a high school student who was assigned homework before the holiday.

Ritual studies sounds like a magical knowledge of the same level as alchemy.

I'm sure a lot of experience beads will be needed.

But this is not the key point.

Aelin has quite a lot of experience beads now, and the sorceress is also in Kaermorn.

The key is these two levels of ritual science, plus the alchemy level 4 required for the water ghost's heart essence.

The character level will approach level 25.

"If I learn all of them, the rewards for hunting low-level monsters like water ghosts will decrease again."

Considering this, Ailin was somewhat reluctant to learn.

But in the cutscene, the effect of the ritual seemed to suit him very well.

Although I don't know how powerful he is as shown in the panel, as a flesh and blood giant twice the height of a human, he can at least fight close combat with large monsters like Old Spearhead at close range.

This posture is very suitable for accumulating the kill progress bar of the [Demon Hunting] skill.

It was tailor-made for him.

Moreover, when facing human enemies, large size is an overwhelming advantage.

The battle to destroy the Wolf School may be coming, and Ailin's opponents are no longer just monsters.

"Just wait."

After hesitating for a long time, Ailin decided to take a break and open the Cyclops' treasure chest first.

He closed his eyes and prayed once again for the protection of the spirit of his dead apprentice.

Although he didn't get a golden treasure chest last time, the information Ailin gained, plus the degree of compatibility with the ritual, the overall value is definitely greater than a golden treasure chest.

Even Ailin was a little confused. Given the strength in the picture, why was it only of purple quality?

"Perhaps the cost is relatively high and it takes time to prepare?"

Ailin guessed, and clicked on Old Spearhead's treasure chest with his mind.

[Ding! Cyclops's treasure chest*12 opened]

A cold mechanical sound rang out, and six more white lights appeared. Large piece of rotten meat*1
Large piece of rotten meat*1
……

If the rotten meat is replaced with larger pieces, can it be properly used to fill the treasure chest of a large monster?
Aelin was shaking with anger.

No matter how big this kind of carrion is, it can only be used to feed big stones, broken stones and small stones. What's the use of it?

However, the treasure chest will not change the items opened by him because of his anger, nor will it increase the drop rate of high-quality items.

In the blink of an eye, five more white lights flashed.

Ailin cursed inwardly and focused his attention completely on the last treasure chest.

His breathing was rapid, his heart was beating violently, and his eyes were red.

Just before the treasure chest was opened, he had a flash of inspiration and a premonition that the last shot would definitely produce gold.

really.

When the treasure chest was opened, a dazzling golden light flashed, which was particularly eye-catching.

"Ah~"

"Comfortable!"

Ailin hummed comfortably and let gravity take his body, leaning back and lying on the bed.

The golden light disappeared and the familiar darkness descended.

this time,

He held his breath and stared intently at the darkness ahead, afraid of missing any important information.

Two seconds passed.

It was still dark and silent.

"what happened?"

"Gold quality cutscenes have more sound elements than purple ones, but this one has no sound at all."

Another ten seconds passed.

If Ailin hadn't known that Demon Hunter's Notes didn't have a black screen, and that there wouldn't be any problems opening a treasure chest, he would have even thought of exiting the ancient book and reopening it with his mind.

"What's so dark?"

"Old Spearhead is a monster of the earth element, not the dark element. It seems that there is no darkness in the world of demon hunters..."

Ailin couldn't help but complain quietly.

The silent darkness is frightening, and even though it’s a cutscene, it still makes people feel insecure.

At this moment,

A faint breeze suddenly brushed against Ailin's earlobe, interrupting his meaningless mumbling.

He shuddered subconsciously and looked sideways.

Two huge blue cat's eyes appeared in the air at some point, and they just stared at him quietly in the darkness.

It seemed like I watched it for a long time.

A faint blue light lurks in the round pupils.

It was clearly blue, reflecting light from an unknown source, but Ailin felt like he was seeing darkness itself.

When he turned his head to look at me, the cat's eyes blinked.

The faint blue light flowed down like tears, turning into a bottle of dark blue potion, lying on a piece of parchment.

[Ding! Obtained: Large piece of rotten flesh*11, "Cat's Eye" potion recipe]

"If I hadn't noticed those cat eyes, would I have been trapped in the cutscene forever?"

Ailin couldn't help but ask himself this question.

"Whoo~"

He let out a long sigh to calm the shock in his heart, then opened the inventory to check the information on the cat's eye potion recipe.

【Name: Cat's Eye】

[Type: Potion Recipe]

[Refining requirements: Alchemy LV2]

[Recipe: Dwarven Liquor*1, Cypress Stem Fruit*4, Water Essence*2]

[Function: Allows people to maintain vision even in complete darkness and increases critical hit rate]

【Note: The darkness is watching you! 】

"The darkness is watching you!" Ailin read out subconsciously.

The blue cat's eyes flashed through his mind, and he shuddered instinctively.

Shaking his head to clear the images from his mind, Aelin focused on the potion's function.

"Night vision is understandable."

"But this world isn't a numerical game. How does the increase in critical hit rate manifest itself in reality?" Ailin scratched his head, somewhat puzzled.

"Forget it, I'll go to the alchemy room this afternoon and try making a bottle and I'll know."

Thinking of this, he looked out the window, then stood up and walked out.

"It's high in the sky, time to go to the castle hall for dinner."

"I don't know when the title of Demon Hunter Master will be awarded to me."

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