Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

The person you want to ask just asked you?

Ailin was stunned when he heard this.

What's the meaning?

Who asked...

"Huh? Could it be possible?!" After Erin looked at Vesemir, who also looked confused, he suddenly looked at Tissaia de Vris.

Wearing a blue velvet cape and a long dress with lace patterns on the collar and cuffs, Tishaya de Vries straightened the lace on her cuffs, which had not been blown messy, and smiled: "Yes, I just talked to Ottolan, the head of the civil partnership of the Risberg Group."

"He seems to be very interested in you..."

Tishaya de Vris adjusted the lace on her cuffs a few times, which were all messed up by the mountain breeze coming in from the window, then she stood up and closed the windows in the house.

"Bang~"

A soft sound.

The huge room became quiet in an instant.

The woody scent of cedar and cypress wafts in from the flickering candlesticks on the table.

If Mary were here, she might be able to clearly describe the other notes in this mysterious fragrance.

Ailin obviously couldn't do it. He was still stunned by Tissaia de Vris's answer and didn't even notice the fragrance that suddenly filled the room after he closed the window.

"Ortolan is very interested in Arryn...what does that mean?" Vesemir suddenly spoke in a dry throat.

"Literally," Tissaia de Vries smiled, "Ortolan cast a spell to call me early in the morning and woke me up. I thought the Wild Hunt was hitting Ben Ade again, but when he opened the teleportation mirror, he asked me about you..."

"What, Aelin?"

"Are you not only the Holy Son of Meliteli, but also the Holy Son of the Civil Partnership of the Risberg Group?"

Although Tissaia de Vris has profound attainments in magic, she is clearly not a genius at telling jokes.

Vesemir and Arryn both looked very unhappy, without even a twitch at the corners of their mouths.

A wizard who is said to idolize Malaspina, Alzu and Adarlan and is obsessed with experiments, inventions, genetics and human body modification is interested in a demon hunter with whom he has never met before...

This is not a good thing.

Ailin took a deep breath, calmed his inner anxiety, and asked, "Ms. Tishaya, what did Lord Ortolan ask?"

“Everything,” Tissaia de Vries shrugged. “He asked me to tell him everything I know about you.”

"Obviously I don't know you very well, otherwise you would have seen that rude guy in the mirror right now..."

Seeing that the two demon hunters had very bad expressions, Tissaia de Vris realized what the abnormal attention of one of the five legendary wizards of the Association of Talent and Skill meant to an ordinary person.

She restrained her smile and tapped the table lightly with her slender white index finger.

"Don't worry. Ottolan is such a weird person. Once he becomes curious about something, he will not care about the distance between several countries, consume magic gems that are more expensive than gold, and use teleportation mirrors to communicate over long distances..."

"I remember that during the last Novigrad Warlock Conference, which was held every ten years, Born Drummond, who lived in seclusion in the Dragon Mountains, complained to me..."

"Ottolan was asked to set up a video mirror to communicate with the golden dragon in the middle of the night because of some drunkard who made up the news."

"Except for Hen Gedimidis, who among me, Bon Drummond, and Narcisse de la Roche has not been harassed by him?"

"If he hadn't arranged for people from the civil partnership of the Risberg Group to deliver the mirror after each similar incident, we would have suspected that he invented the mirror just to earn money from the retirement savings of old people like us."

“Wait…” Vesemir asked in surprise, “…the video mirror was invented by Ottolan?”

Although he didn't have such strong magic power to use the teleportation mirror, he had used it many times.

Although this device is expensive to manufacture, consumes a lot of energy for long-distance communication, and requires a very high level of magic power reserves from the user, it is still available in almost all larger cities.

Tissaia de Vries seemed very pleased with Vesemir's surprise and laughed, "Haha." "Are you surprised that he can invent something useful?"

Vesemir looked slightly embarrassed.

Tissaia de Vries smiled and said, "Yes, Ottolan can occasionally make some good things, such as the Youth Potion and the Video Mirror."

"However, the Youth Potion is in line with his philosophy of popularizing magic, but the Transmission Mirror consumes too much magic power. Not to mention ordinary people, even some high-level warlocks find it difficult to use it. It does not conform to Ottolan's philosophy, so it is not as well-known as the Youth Potion."

"So don't worry," Tissaia de Vries smiled gently at Arlin, "Don't think of Ottolan as some scheming, cunning, powerful and weird wizard..."

Tissaya de Vries's tone hesitated for a moment:

"Well, Ottolan is indeed weird, but he is more like an older child who likes to play..."

My goodness, even if they are hundreds of years old, they are still children, right... Ailin was speechless after hearing this description.

But to be honest, the sudden fear of being stared at by a ferocious beast did dissipate a lot after listening to Tissaia de Vris's description.

"Besides," Tissaia de Vries continued, "who wouldn't be interested in a genius demon hunter who could tame a great griffin and expel an evil god?"

"Two days have passed," she winked at Alin, "Have you made up your mind whether to accept my invitation?"

The smile on Ailin's face froze.

He glanced at Vesemir, who was shaking his head at him ever so slightly, his molten-gold eyes full of determination.

However, Ailin thought about it and nodded gently: "I am also curious about Aretuza, but the commission in Elland has not been completed yet, so I should go there later."

Vesemir frowned immediately, but said nothing.

Arryn knew that Vesemir would probably persuade him again afterwards, but he had his own considerations.

Going to Aretuza does have its risks, as Vesemir said.

But judging from the impressions from the original book and the real-life interactions, it is still reliable. When Arryn goes to Aretusa, he will also invite Lady Vera to go with him, so the risk itself has been reduced to a minimum.

and……

The magical forces in the northern continent have offended Ben Ade so much that they have almost made the Wizard Academy unable to recover.

The Risberg Group's civil partnership is unfriendly to demon hunters and its own quality is questionable.

The other two great wizards, one is in Novigrad, and the other is in seclusion in the Dragon Mountains, and cannot be contacted at all.

Magical power is the most powerful and largest supernatural power in the northern continent.

He had to win over some forces to influence the Warlock Brotherhood and deal with the approaching Wild Hunt and the eventual White Frost.

There was already a certain foundation due to Vera's relationship, and now there was a half-comradeship. The Aretuza Academy, which was the second largest warlock force in the northern continent, was naturally the best choice at the moment.

That’s not all.

Now that Ailin's warlock talent has been awakened, he naturally needs to learn some spells to equip himself.

Ms. Vera is of course the best channel. Not only do we not have to worry about anything being leaked, but she probably won't charge too high a price either.

But the spells that Ailin wanted to learn must be compatible with the set of Demon Hunters and Demon Hunter's Notes, and it would be best if they could be weakened into magic signs and taught to ordinary demon hunters.

There are so many restrictions, and Vera might just have them all.

As one of the two major academies in the northern continent, Aretuza naturally became the best place to choose spells.

However, whether he can learn it and how he learns it depends on his performance on the spot.

So many benefits, at a cost of only manageable dangers...

Why not go?

The benefits don’t even stop there…

"It doesn't matter. The situation in Ban Ader is still uncertain, and I may not be able to go back now." Tissaia de Vris shook her head and smiled. "As for your curiosity, Aretusa is a very beautiful place. Compared to Ban Ader, it can definitely satisfy all your curiosity."

"Then I'll be looking forward to it." Ailin also returned an expectant smile.

Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he returned to the topic.

"By the way, Ms. Tishaya, do you know why the civil joint venture between Ottolan and the Risberg Group went to Ban Ade?"

Tissaia de Vris gave him a deep look that made Ailin feel a little guilty.

But in the end, she did not find an excuse to refuse, nor did she question. Instead, she lowered her head and pondered for a while before saying:

"Sonny said that the civilian joint venture of Ortolan and the Risberg Group is interested in the body of the Wild Hunt. They want some samples to study their experimental projects to improve and modify humans."

"Actually?" Ailin heard her voice off-screen.

“I asked Ortolan about this this morning,” Tissaia de Vries said, “but he changed the subject.”

Arryn and Vesemir looked at each other and were immediately disappointed.

"But..." Tissaia de Vries glanced at the two demon hunters, "Although the civil joint venture between Ortolan and the Risberg Group may be interested in the Wild Hunt, to be honest, I am also interested, but this is not like their usual behavior."

“The Risberg Civil Partnership may not be as big as Ben Ade and Aretusa, but it’s richer than all of us combined.”

"The youth potion alone has made Ottolan a fortune..."

"When they encounter experimental targets that interest them, what they most often do is not to launch armed hunting or robbing, but to buy them with money."

Tishaya de Vries paused, looked up at Aylin and said, "This is another reason why I told you not to worry. Rather than worrying about Ottolan's conspiracy against you, you should worry more about whether you can resist temptation..."

"What do you mean?" Ailin was stunned.

Tishaya de Vries smiled playfully: "He will pay a large sum of money to buy your time and your body for him to practice..."

"We can't possibly agree to that!" Vesemir's face was grim and his tone was firm.

"Don't be so absolute," Tissaia de Vries shook her head, "A large sum of money is a truly large sum of money. It can even be exchanged for rights, magic items, rare weapons and armor..."

"He can easily make you a knight, a baron, a viscount may be a little difficult, but becoming an earl is not impossible..."

"The magic potion of immortality, the powerful force..."

"To be honest, many people will refuse like you when they first hear it, but very few can stick to it to the end."

Tissaia de Vris looked meaningfully at Vesemir, then at Arryn.

Then, without waiting for their response, he continued:

"Of course, Ortolan may just be interested in your experience. Old people always like to listen to the stories of young people. He may be more interested in the method you used to tame the great griffin. Who knows?"

"However," Tissaia de Vries suddenly looked at Aylin solemnly, "I hope you can be ruthless and refuse. Although Ottolan's methods are always reasonable, legal, and rational, the people who are captured by unearned money always have a tragic ending."

"Without exception."

Ailin looked at Tissaia de Vris's extremely serious expression, and a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.

Are you admonishing me?

"Thank you." He thanked.

"You are Vera's disciple after all," Tissaia de Vries nodded with a smile, "Let's get back to the point. Sunny must be lying. It is impossible for the civil joint venture between Ottolan and the Risberg Group to take the risk to go to Ban Ade just for experimental materials."

Vesemir and Arryn looked at each other, lowering their heads in thought.

Tisaya de Vris was not in a hurry. She snapped her fingers and summoned a bottle of East of the East. She looked through the crystal glass window with decorative patterns, looked at the scenery outside the window, and started drinking by herself.

Of course, he didn't forget to pour a glass for Arlin and Vesemir.

The sweet and mellow aroma of the wine spreads through the high-quality crystal glass.

"Gurgle~"

Arryn heard Vesemir swallow, but he didn't touch the glass of wine in front of him.

“I’m curious about a question,” Vesemir blushed and spoke unnaturally, “Heng Gedimidis was abducted and imprisoned by Sonny, and you…”

"Why don't we save him?" Tissaia de Vris looked away.

Vesemir nodded.

Tissaia de Vris said: "The treaty of the Novigrad Alliance stipulates that it is Ban Ader's business. We cannot cross the line."

"Then why Ottolan?"

"Ortolan did not interfere with Heng Gedimidis's life or death. He went to Ban Ader in the name of studying the Wild Hunt, and the Lisberg Group Civil Partnership was hired by him."

"So you won't care about Heng Gedimides anymore?" Ailin couldn't help asking.

After all, they are all members of the Talent and Skill Association. There are only five people in the association. Are their relationships so bad?

"Of course we're not ignoring it," Tissaia de Vries shook her head, "We will jointly submit relevant proposals at the end-of-year wizard conference."

My goodness, how come every world has such a weird meeting system...

By the time the year-end meeting comes, Heng Gedimides will probably be too dead to be dead.

Ailin cursed inwardly.

But then he thought that Sonny must have dared to take the risk because of the complicated process.

As if she had guessed what Arryn was thinking, Tissaia de Vries sighed and put down her glass: "Perhaps you will find it absurd, Arryn, but every rule of the Novigrad Alliance is established for a reason."

"At the cost of blood and fire..."

Ailin remained silent upon hearing this.

After a while, he and Vesemir looked at each other, and when they found that neither of them could think of any other questions, they decided to get up and leave.

after all.

Tishaya de Vris could only guess about the details of Ban Ade's cooperation with the civil joint venture of the Ottolan and Risberg Groups.

But this does not mean that Ailin's visit this time is meaningless. On the contrary, he has benefited a lot.

Knowing that Sonny was lying and that there must be something fishy going on in the cooperation between the two forces was a huge gain in itself.

Moreover, he had an accurate understanding of Ottolan's character and the behavior style of the civil joint venture of the Risberg Group in his mind. After connecting it with the fragments in the original work of his previous life, all he had to do was think about it carefully.

"Bang~"

The intricately carved ebony-clad iron door was gently closed.

Tissaia de Vries sat at the wooden table, staring at Arryn's seat and shaking her crystal glass.

After a long time, she sighed quietly:

"Heng Gedimides..."