Chapter 99: Silver Sword, Unsheathed

Hughes, Bunter and Fred were stunned for a moment.

Ailin didn't wait for them to speak and continued:

"If you are willing to participate, the school will give each of you 100 orens, plus the school's standard silver sword and cotton armor."

"But this inter-school fighting competition is held by the King of Kaedwen. It is no safer than the Mountain Trial."

"In a sense, it is even more dangerous than the mountain trial."

The three people looked at each other in bewilderment after hearing this long speech. Finally, Hughes stood up and asked doubtfully:
"Don't you want us to go?"

Ailin shook his head, glanced at them, and said:
"I just want to make it clear in advance about the dangers of the fighting competition."

"Are you going, Arryn?" asked Fred.

"I will definitely go," Ailin said.

Or rather, he had to go, he had to see with his own eyes what the king of Kaedwen looked like.

The three of them breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Ailin was going too.

Hughes looked at Bonte and Fred and said affirmatively, "That's nothing to say. We will definitely all go!"

"Yes! 100 orens plus the silver sword and equipment, I don't know how many commissions I have to take to get enough money." Bonte continued, thinking of the rewards from the school, his face full of longing.

Fred was full of fighting spirit and said, "If I can't beat Aylin, can I beat those scums of the Cat School?"

Suddenly, the crowd under the south tower became excited.

It was as if Zeus and his companions had knocked down the apprentices of the Cat School and won the Apprentice Fighting Competition.

Although he had expected this, Ailin was still touched that Hughes, Bonte and Fred trusted him so much.

"Okay, let's prepare well in the next few days."

"By the time of the Spring Equinox, we will surely defeat those scums of the Cat School."

After informing them about the fighting competition, Ailin gave some sword skills advice for a while, then said goodbye to Hughes and the others and walked out of the castle.

Before leaving, he gave Fred, the strongest of the three, an appraisal.

【Name: Fred】

[Attributes: Strength 8.3 (+0.5), Agility 9.4, Constitution 11.3 (+1), Perception 12.1, Mysticism 7]

Fred's strength is obviously one level higher than Hughes

Ayling also got a little surprise from Fred's panel.

When the attribute is increased to more than ten points, the effect of using the water ghost's heart essence will not decrease.

When Ailin used the water ghost's heart essence, the enhanced effect quickly diminished after the attribute exceeded ten points.

He thought it was because the attributes were too high.

It now seems that high attributes may reduce its effect, but after a certain number of times, the body will be like having antibodies and will completely adapt to the essence.

But before this number, no matter how high the attribute is, it should be possible to get a full improvement.

Therefore,
"Can the heart essence of low-level monsters also be effective on a demon hunter like Vesemir, whose attributes are already very high?"

Ailin lowered his head and pondered, then walked out of the castle.

He didn't notice that as he left, Hughes, Bonte and Fred all slowly stopped training at the same time.

They watched Ailin's figure getting farther and farther away and smaller.

"Is Erin going out of Kaer Morhen again to hunt monsters?" Bont couldn't help but ask as he looked at the direction Erin was heading.

Without looking back, Hughes asked, "Where else can this road lead to?"

"But didn't we just pass the trial?" Bonte scratched the back of his head. "We worked so hard to improve our strength before the mountain trial so as not to die in the trial, but why did we do that after the trial?"

"Didn't Arlin just say that?" Fred interrupted.

"say what?"

Fred and Hughes turned around and looked at Bonte with a puzzled look on his face.
"Didn't you hear what Ailin said just now? He said that the fighting competition organized by the king is very dangerous, even more dangerous than the mountain trial."

"He should be preparing for the fighting competition now."

"Ah? I didn't notice." A clear smile appeared on Bonte's face.

"Then why did you agree just now?"

"There are only four of us who have just become witchers. We can't let Aelin go alone."

Bonte's logic was clear, and he continued:
"He saved my life during the mountain trial."

"No matter how strong Ailin is, we can't let him face those despicable little wild cats alone."

When Hughes and Fred heard this, they looked at each other and nodded vigorously. "Then continue training, so as not to become a burden to Aylin."

Xius looked at the place where Ailin disappeared and said in a sonorous and powerful voice.

……

Killer Lakeside.

There are still more than twenty days until the winter solstice, and the Blue Mountains are already freezing cold due to their high altitude.

Although the clear Killer Lake has not frozen, a thin layer of ice has formed on the edge of the lake.

“Crack~Crack~Crack~”

The sound of snow being trampled broke the tranquility here.

Ailin exhaled lightly.

The moment the warm white mist was exhaled, it condensed into frost mist, slowly drifting away and slowly dissipating.

I opened Demon Hunting Notes with my mind and flipped to the taskbar.

[Hunting Mission: Little Mist Demon I (Kill Little Mist Demon 0/100)]

[Activate hunting mission: Water Ghost II (kill water ghost 0/500)]

[Mission: Summoning I (Collect Rock Troll Blood 0/20)]

If you want to improve your strength as quickly as possible in a short period of time, completing tasks is definitely the fastest way.

Looking at the tasks in the task bar, it is clear what Ailin is going to do next.

Kill the water ghost, kill the little fog monster, and give warmth to the big stone, broken stone and small stone.

To put it more simply, it is to follow the path of the mountain trial and fight your way to the Ring of Elements.

"Let's choose the left bank of Killer Lake!"

Ailin looked at both sides of Killer Lake and walked towards the left bank.

“Crack~Crack~Crack~”

It has to be said that this snowy environment is not very friendly to Ailin.

A low temperature environment is not conducive to the spread of odors.

Although the white snow will leave footprints of monsters, it is difficult to distinguish them from a distance.

therefore.

Even with two tracking skills used at the same time, it took Ailin nearly an hour to find the first batch of prey in the forest near the lakeshore.

“Crack~Crack~Crack~”

Although Ailin tried his best to slow down his pace, the snow still betrayed his location.

fortunately,

It should be a group of water ghosts who discovered him.

"Quack~gua~"

Listen to the roar of the approaching monster.

Magic power flowed through Ailin's body, and he slightly bent his thumb and index finger, drawing an imaginary triangle in front of him.

Quen's Seal.

A pale golden light flashed across the brown leather armor.

The snow was slippery and difficult to move around, so Ailin leaned against a thick dead tree, ready for battle.

"Quack~quack~quack~"

The water ghosts were making so many noisy noises that it was hard to tell how many there were.

The familiar stench of decay wafted in with the wind.

"Chong-"

A touching moan.

Silver sword, unsheathed.

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