Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

Where there are mountains and water, the scenery is generally good.

When the waves are calm, it looks like an emerald mirror, and when the breeze rises, it looks like smooth silk like cream.

The Blue Mountain, dressed in dark green clothes and surrounded by pure white clouds.

In addition, the fragrance of grass and wild flowers blown by the gentle wind from time to time.

Kaer Morhen in summer is beautiful, especially for demon hunters who are very sensitive to all senses.

The only regrettable thing is the water ghosts with a unique fishy smell.

Ailin thought that these disgusting monsters would gradually disappear in Kaer Morhen because of the massacre by Ms. Vera and the large-scale hunting brought by the heart essence of the water ghosts.

Unexpectedly, he still underestimated the value of the most populous monsters in the demon hunter world.

Lakeside, streamside, pond, even if there is only a small puddle.

In summer, water ghosts grow like weeds. You can always see them in the mountains with water vapor. Because of the rising temperature, they are even more active than in winter.

"Quack, quack" is annoying.

Even if he could avoid them along the way, Ailin still killed fourteen more.

If it weren't for the current attribute improvement, perhaps this number could be increased ten or twenty times.

"The mountain trial is held in winter, which still reduces the difficulty for the apprentices." Ailin shook his head helplessly.

He turned his wrist and danced a sword flower, waving away the blood stains that might be stained on the sword, and sheathed the sword.

Then he collected all the materials of the water ghost and put them into the material bag.

Even if he is rich now, he naturally cannot waste the materials that can be saved.

"Ding!"

[Monster group "Water Ghost" Lv11 subjugation! ]

[Reward calculation: ...]

[Final rating: F]

[Obtained spoils: None]

Yes.

Now Ailin's evaluation of subjugating water ghosts alone is basically F, and he gets nothing.

The only thing that Demon Hunter's Notes is kind is that although F's rating doesn't even reward the water ghost's heart essence, it also won't remove the water ghost's heart.

It just requires Erin to go and get it himself.

That's right.

Since Erin's attributes have all been raised to above 50 and he has obtained the Way of Beast Roar, the last rating column of the character panel has changed from "Demon Hunter Rookie" to "Demon Hunter".

The permissions he has also changed a little.

Now.

Even if the final rating of the monster subjugation is above E level, Erin can choose whether to keep the key parts of the monster, such as the heart, when calculating the rewards.

This function or permission is actually quite practical in most cases.

On the one hand, it can avoid exposing oneself in some occasions with outsiders.

On the other hand, the commission for extracting heart essence in Demon Hunter's Notes is too high.

For example, the heart essence of water ghosts and ghouls, one heart can be refined into five essences, but the reward for subjugation in Demon Hunter's Notes is only one.

It doesn't matter if it's just a common monster like a water ghost or a ghoul, but if one day I can get the heart essence formula of the water ghost king and the giant swamp fairy.

If I am still forced to drain the water by the Demon Hunting Notes at that time, it will be a big loss.

Of course.

After collecting the materials, Ailin deliberately opened the crusade record on the panel, of course not to see F's evaluation.

"Level 11..." The demon hunter thought, "I remember that in winter, the average level of no group of water ghosts exceeded level 10. The strength of the monsters is indeed increasing..."

When hunting water ghosts in front of the apprentices, he was still a little uncertain.

Along the way, we have encountered five groups of water ghosts, and three of them are over level 10.

Although the average level has only increased by two or three levels, the increase in combat power is not great, but this also shows that Ailin's previous guess is not wrong.

The strength of monsters, or at least water ghosts, is really increasing.

"Boom~"

A faint sound suddenly sounded from the front of the mountain road, interrupting the demon hunter.

The ground seemed to be shaking slightly.

"Is there a fight?" Ailin immediately became alert, pulled out Elsa, and looked intently.

The winding mountain road was blocked by cliffs and green trees.

"Isn't that the camp of Big Stone and his men?"

"Not good!"

The demon hunter who had figured out the direction immediately sped up and trotted in the direction of the sound.

"Rumble~"

The closer he got, the louder the sound of the fight became.

The ground trembled and the trees shook.

"What happened?" The demon hunter frowned tightly, "Now that Old Spearhead has long been dead, is there any monster that can threaten nearly twenty rock trolls?"

"What's more, there are super-sized monsters like Rock Stone among them..."

Thinking like this.

Ailin's face became more and more solemn.

He opened the reagent bag and adjusted the Giant Ghoul Decoction and Blizzard to the most suitable position for use.

"Da Da Da~"

The footsteps were swift.

Countless trees trembled and flashed by on both sides, and then the branches and leaves were blown by the strong wind brought by the demon hunter.

"Don't let anything go wrong!" Alin thought.

It's okay for the mountain stone and others.

He still likes the simple rock trolls such as big stone, broken stone and small stone.

"Boom~"

The sound of the rumbling became louder and louder, and the battle seemed to be getting more and more intense.

However, Alin gradually felt that something was wrong.

"This movement... doesn't seem like a battle..."

Gradually slow down.

The huge rumbling noise seemed to be mixed with roars.

When Aylin got closer and fully heard the content of the roar, he suddenly stopped with a strange expression.

"...Mountain stones...rice buckets...a group of rice buckets..."

"...big man...waste...can't find food...blue skin...unpalatable..."

“…the evil witch…brought mountain rocks…small stones…and starved for a week…

"...Rice bucket...Rice bucket...Rice bucket..."

…

At this time.

Aylin also turned a familiar corner and finally saw what the roar like a fierce battle was.

In a familiar camp.

A large group of rock trolls gathered together...

No!

To be precise, it was a group of about ten rock trolls, who were forced to stagger back step by step by a familiar figure.

"Dong dong dong~"

"Rumble~"

"Dong" comes from rock trolls of different sizes, all familiar faces seen in Viscount Hudson's abandoned mines.

"Long" refers to a hill-like rock.

They were forced to the corner step by step by the much smaller boulder, roaring.

Not far away.

The bloody corpses of two or three water ghosts lay behind them.

A little further.

Broken rocks and small rocks hide in the corners of the camp.

Ailin was so far away, it was rare to see the gloating in the mung bean-sized eyes of Broken Stone.

Xiao Shitou hugged his thick thighs and kept shouting.

"...big stone...hungry...big stone...hungry..."

It's like holding fire.

"...Big rocks...Mountain stones are also hungry...Big guys are also hungry..."

Shan Shitou, who was forced into a corner by the big rock, lowered his head and spoke in a low voice under the pleading sight of the other rock trolls.

"The mountains are not as good as the underground...only blue skin...hard to catch...the big guys tried their best!"

One sentence was said intermittently.

The other rock trolls grouped together nodded innocently, indicating that they had indeed tried their best.

Aylin squinted his eyes and noticed that many of the rock trolls were much thinner than when they first met.

The size of large rocks and broken rocks is also much smaller.

It seems that after Ms. Vera moved the group of rock trolls from Shan Shitou, not a single troll has been able to eat well in the past two months.

but.

He remembered telling Ms. Wei that some carrion should be given to these rock trolls every week.

This was something he had promised Shan Shitou before.

Could it be that Vera forgot?

Aylin was a little confused.

certainly.

At that time, Soy knew that he was being targeted by the king and was plotting against him.

It's not surprising that the sorceress forgot about this.

After thinking about it, Aylin was about to unload all the remaining carrion in the inventory.

At this time.

"...Big Stone doesn't care...if there is food...stay...if there is no food...let's go!"

The big stone roared.

Shantou glanced at the surrounding rock trolls dejectedly, then walked out, as if he really wanted to leave.

Aelin was shocked.

He finally persuaded these trolls to come to Kaer Morhen, but he couldn't just let the big rocks drive away Kaer Morhen's trump card.

Regardless of the quantity, Aylin unloaded the carrion in his backpack as he walked. He didn't stop and coughed lightly until he was close enough to the rock troll.

The rock trolls suddenly looked in his direction warily.

"...Good witcher..."

"...big stone...friend..."

"...meat...meat...meat..."

Broken Stone, Big Stone and Small Stone recognized Aylin first.

Shan Shitou and other rock trolls stirred for a moment, and then seemed to recognize them.

However, to Aylin's surprise, Shan Shitou did not rush up and accuse him of not fulfilling his promise. Instead, he swung his heavy head to the other side.

"Are you having a bad temper?" Such a humane behavior surprised the demon hunter.

He greeted the big rocks, broken rocks and small rocks that came up to him, and asked again.

really.

The carrion that Aylin had promised was indeed not delivered, but it was not that it was not delivered from the beginning to the end, but that it suddenly stopped after about a month.

This seems a little strange.

But there's no rush to do this. You'll find out just by asking when you return to Kaer Morhen.

So Aelin continued to ask Big Stone why they didn't go to Kaer Morhen to get it.

Shan Shitou might not know where the Guhai Fortress is, but Dashitou and the others had only been there once at the beginning of the year, so there was no way they wouldn't recognize it.

"...Trolls...work...exchange...food..." Dashiru glanced at Shanshitou, seeming to be extremely disdainful, and then said, "...begging...trolls...disgraceful..."

This kind of conversation seemed to have happened many times. Shan Shitou did not argue fiercely, but said angrily, "...It's not begging...", glanced at Ai Lin again, and tilted his head again.

Ailin looked at the big stone in surprise when he heard this.

"Is it because of 'self-esteem' that you didn't go to Guhai Fortress?"

After thinking about it, at the beginning of the year, every time he came to deliver carrion, Big Stone would indeed give some gifts in return.

Looking at the big rock in front of him with the same beady eyes as the other rock trolls, Aylin became more and more curious.

Being so "knowledgeable" and having Shan Shitou, an obvious alien among the rock trolls, as a "relative", he was able to suppress them among so many more powerful rock trolls...

What is the origin of the big stone?

But once you become familiar with this, you will always know it.

After chatting with Dashu Shitou for a few more words, Aylin walked up to Shan Shitou, raised his head and apologized:

"I'm sorry, Shantou. Although I don't know what went wrong, it's true that I failed to keep my promise..."

Shan Shitou didn't look back.

He was still angry... Aylin smiled, and after sighing in his mind at the strangeness of the rock troll, he pointed behind himself and said:

"I brought some carrion as compensation. I was wrong this time. Can you forgive me?"

exactly.

As soon as Ailin finished speaking, the wind direction in the mountains suddenly changed.

There was a smell of rotting meat unique to the mountain road behind him.

certainly.

To the rock trolls, it's the scent.

"...meat...meat...meat..." The one who had the biggest reaction was Xiaoshi.

Drool flowed from the corner of his mouth, and he looked behind Ai Lin with wide eyes.

The other rock trolls covered up the commotion, and many of them rubbed the rough rock backs against the feet of the mountain stone.

"GuluLongLong~"

A loud noise sounded from about one meter above the demon hunter's head.

There is the white and brown belly of the mountain stone.

"...Okay...Shan Shitou forgives you..." Shan Shitou scratched his belly and nodded innocently.

Then he raised his hand, and the hungry rock trolls immediately swarmed out and pounced behind Aylin.

"...big rocks...broken rocks...small rocks...eat them too!" Shan Shitou's beady eyes looked at the big rocks flatteringly, like a puppy that had just knocked over its master's rice bowl and begged for forgiveness.

Unexpectedly, the big stone didn't appreciate it, and two heavy slaps stopped the commotion of the broken stone and the small stone.

"...Big rocks...Broken rocks...Small rocks...don't..." Ignoring the broken rocks and small rocks that almost turned into rivers of saliva, the big rocks refused, "...mountain rocks...begging...big rocks..." Shame on the devil..."

When Ai Lin heard this, he quickly stepped forward and defended Shan Shitou: "This is something we agreed on before."

Shan Shitou nodded repeatedly.

"...Shan Shitou...in exchange for...jobs?" Dashiru shook his head.

Shan Shitou paused and looked at the demon hunter: "... Shan Shitou... has nothing... exchange..."

Ailin understood what Big Stone meant and couldn't help but secretly praise the assist in his heart and said:

"The mountain stones can help us protect the castle..."

The words are not finished yet.

Shan Shitou's eyes suddenly lit up and he nodded repeatedly:

"...Mountain stones are powerful...Big men are powerful...Protect your friend's stone house..."

Then he looked at Dashu Shitou pleadingly: "...Shan Shitou...has a job..."

"...can't find food...trolls...leave..." Big Stone thought for a while and shook his head.

When Shan Shitou heard this, his expression suddenly changed. He leaned forward with his huge body, pointed at the water ghost on the ground and argued:

"...trolls find food...blue skin..."

"... blue skin... tastes bad... even big guys won't eat it..." Big Stone interrupted.

Shan Shitou, whose tone was stagnant, looked at Aylin subconsciously.

This is because the trolls under Shan Shitou's command can't find food to eat, so even if there is a job with him as a food source, they are not willing to let them stay...

Aylin understood.

In fact, his goal has been achieved at this time.

Shan Shitou has now accepted the request to use his force in exchange for carrion. Even if they don't live with Big Stone, it doesn't matter. Old Spearhead's cave is also a good place.

But it’s definitely more convenient to get together.

And judging from the look in Shan Shitou's eyes now, if he can find a way to make Dashu Shitou keep him, his favorability will definitely increase greatly.

only……

Under Shan Shitou's expectant gaze, Ailin sighed helplessly in his heart.

How can he help a group of rock trolls who are accustomed to underground life to learn to capture other animals besides water ghosts?

He didn't even know how the big rocks were able to contain their magic power and favor their aura, without disturbing their prey.

I can only let go...

etc!

An idea flashed in Aylin's mind.

"I seem... I really have a way..."