Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

When the witcher's eyes turned around, he glanced at the city gate tower.

Vera held the arrow stack with both arms and looked at the lady under the city wall in trance. She looked lonely and didn't know what she was thinking.

The follow-up requirements of the canonization ceremony were very complicated, and Arthur only gave a rough outline, and then handed him a simple parchment:

"...This is the code of chivalry and the deeds of famous knights in history..."

"The other steps are easy to talk about, but the design of the family emblem and flag needs to be formulated as soon as possible."

"Lord Mason will send them to Vizima, and the noble council needs to record them and vote on your qualifications for the title..."

"Of course, this is just a formality."

"I understand." Aylin nodded, "I will prepare the family crest and flag patterns as soon as possible. Thank you, Sir Arthur."

Arthur smiled and said seriously:

"It is our honor to fight alongside you."

Just say it.

He looked at the old Duke.

After the old Duke nodded slightly, Arthur looked solemn:

"Please follow me, Master Mason has something to ask."

Then he walked at the front, guiding everyone towards the city tower.

The rain is getting heavier and heavier.

…

"Pa~"

Shortly after entering the tower, with a snap of fingers, a red flash of light lit up on everyone present.

A sudden warmth surged through him.

Mist steamed from clothes.

Clothes wetted by rain are dried instantly.

This made the body of the demon hunter who was about to stretch out to use Igoni stagnated, and then quietly retracted his right hand.

I have to say that the sorceress has quite a lot of life magic tips.

"Thank you very much, Ms. Vera."

Everyone thanked the sorceress.

In the slightly dim tower, the passage is narrow.

Arthur held a crystal lantern to lead the way, and the old Duke and Ianna followed closely behind, discussing in a low voice the resettlement of the refugees from Elland.

Aelin, Vesemir, Mary and Lysa fell at the back of the team.

"Congratulations, Sir Arryn of Elland." Vesemir approached and congratulated with a smile, "It has been a long time since a witcher has received a secular title."

Aylin smiled bitterly when he heard this, moved his mouth slightly, and whispered:

"Is it really okay for me, a demon hunter of the Wolf School, to gain a knighthood?"

This time is different from the previous life when Geralt accidentally saved the army of Queen Meve of Lyria and Rivia during the Second Northern War, and was awarded a knighthood.

At that time, the Wolf School existed in name only. Although many demon hunters still adhered to the principle of neutrality, in fact the school had no ability to restrain them, and no king or noble in the northern continent cared about the neutrality principle of the demon hunters.

And now.

Although the school's concept has changed slightly due to what Hackthor did, the principle of adhering to neutrality has not changed much for the time being, and it has a strong binding force on the demon hunters within the school.

At least they could be driven out of Kaer Morhen and removed from the school.

As a master demon hunter, Aelin accepted this award with Vesemir's approval, so he naturally wouldn't worry about this.

but.

Even when the old Duke was conferring honors, he deliberately avoided the relationship between vassals and lords.

When outsiders hear the title "Arryn of Elland", will they really not misunderstand Arryn's position, and then misjudge the neutrality principle of the School of Doubting Wolf?

With nearly a hundred people in the Wolf School, and with an average fighting strength of one to ten, which force in the northern continent can truly ignore it and not be suspicious and alert?

To be honest, if the incident hadn't happened suddenly and Ianna and Vesemir had supported him at the time, Aylin would definitely not have agreed.

"It doesn't matter," Vesemir shrugged quietly, "You are not the only noble in Kaer Morhen..."

Um?

Am I not the only noble?

The witcher paused.

He suddenly remembered that the old Duke seemed to have said similar words just now, "Kaer Morhen is not my fiefdom, and there is already another knight there."

"Who is the other one?" he asked curiously, "Duke Mason also said just now that there is another knight in Kaer Morhen."

"Well..." Vesemir thought for a while after hearing this, "He does have a knighthood, but that is not his most important title..."

The witcher was stunned for a moment.

The title of knight is the lowest level title, so it is not the most important title...

"Earl of Beaucolaire, Knight of the Golden Lion of Kaer Morhen..." Vesemir continued, "However, few people know these titles, and no one has mentioned them for many years..."

He looked at Aylin, who was racking his brains to think about "where is Bocolaire" and "what does the golden lion mean?" and asked with interest:

“Do you know what the title he’s most commonly called now is?”

Aylin turned his head and looked at Vesemir's meaningful expression. A name suddenly came to his mind, and his eyes widened suddenly.

"That's right~" Vesemir's lips curled up and he said in a deep voice:

"People call him the Dragon Slayer, Zoe Henrietta the Dragon Slayer..."

…

After Aylin digested the news, Vesemir said again:

"So, you don't have to worry about the impact your knight title will have on the school."

"After all, if we really count, Chief Soy is actually in the line of succession to the title of Duke of Toussaint, and his rank is not low."

"But after you have the title of knight, your fame will be popular throughout the northern continent along with your heroic deeds of saving Elland."

"In a few years, even Skellige across the sea may have heard of your name."

"Moreover, this may have other benefits for the school..."

Vesemir advised Aelin not to think too much.

But before he could finish speaking.

The procession suddenly stopped.

"Squeak~"

A door was pushed open.

A bright and bright room with a long table and many seats suddenly appeared in front of everyone.

The old Duke took the chief seat.

Under the guidance of the attendants, everyone sat down one after another.

No pleasantries were exchanged.

As soon as the witcher sat down, he heard the old Duke ask:

"Is there anything I should know about the Wild Hunt?"

Everyone looked at Vesemir in unison.

Vesemir thought for a while, considered his words and said:

"There are not many files about the Wild Hunt in the Temple of Melitelli, and most of them are repetitive, and they are all legends about 'ominous omens' and 'premonitions of war'..."

Actually.

There really isn't much useful information in the temple's library.

The things he gained in so many days were not as informative as the few words Aylin said to him at the floating port.

Even when he was tortured by repeated files, he would always be very confused.

Aelin told him who Francesca was as a "Wild Hunt".

Can the Long Ears, who have been pushed into remote and barren mountains, really be able to hide the big news that "the Wild Hunt is actually the cousin of the Long Ears"?

This is news that does not even exist in the largest temple in the northern continent.

Can an ordinary elf know that?

The old Duke looked a little disappointed.

What he wanted to know was how to deal with those monsters flying in the sky that left people with nowhere to start.

Instead of digging into legends and meanings from ancient archives like an old scholar.

"But..." the master demon hunter changed the subject, "I discovered a somewhat strange... uh... concept from some other files..."

"What concept?"

"Spiral!" Vesemir said, and then explained without waiting for anyone to ask:

"This is a concept mentioned in an ancient parchment book called Celestial Conjunctions and Spirals, written by Geoffrey Monk."

"He is one of the first powerful warlocks among humans to master the magic of ancient races, a member of the Novigrad Alliance, and one of the founders of the Warlock Brotherhood..."

"I know him, or in other words, every warlock knows him." Vera added at this moment.

"Joffrey Monk is also the highest authority in the field of teleportation. He also wrote a book called "The Magic of Ancient Races", which is a masterpiece about elven teleportation magic."

"But the reason why he is so famous among warlocks is because of his hobby."

"Hobby?" the old Duke asked in confusion.

He didn't know why the topic changed from Wild Hunt to a wizard, but the age and identity of the bloody red fox deserved a certain amount of patience and respect from him.

"Yes, it's a hobby." Vera nodded, "He is a wizard who likes to capture Dijing, and he has captured more than one."

"Di Jing... World Spirit..." The old Duke felt that it sounded familiar. "Is it the legendary Di Jing that each one can grant three wishes?"

"Yes, but this is not a legend, but a fact." Vera corrected, "Di Jing...or the four elemental elves of air, water, fire, and earth, each one can fulfill three wishes."

"Of course..." She looked at the old Duke with a different color on his face, "They will misinterpret the wishes made by the user."

"There are rumors that Geoffrey Monk died silently under these misinterpreted wishes, otherwise with his ability, he would definitely be able to live to this day like Henry Gedimidis. "

"But it is undeniable..."

"It is precisely because of these wishes that he, as a human warlock, became proficient in the most difficult type of magic among ancient racial magics - space magic."

After saying this, Vera looked at Vesemir again.

The master witcher knew that the sorceress was endorsing his next words and emphasizing their credibility, so he glanced at her gratefully and continued:

"Yes, in many files I found, Geoffrey Monk was called the tallest giant in the field of space magic in history."

"So what is a spiral? What does it have to do with the Wild Hunt?" After hearing that the world spirit's wishes were misinterpreted, the old Duke immediately annihilated some of the throbbing in his heart and asked inexplicably irritatedly.

"The intersection of the worlds, the origin of time and space, the cross-border ship... Geoffrey Monk in "The Convergence and the Spiral" has many names for it, but the most important point for us is that living beings can Traveling through time and space via a spiral.”

"Teleport from one place to another."

"What do you mean?" The old Duke frowned, thinking of the wild hunt that disappeared in the floating harbor during the day and suddenly appeared in Elland at night.

really……

"I suspect that the Wild Hunt uses spiral teleportation." After saying this, Vesemil paused, glanced at Aylin, and continued, "And only intelligent creatures can use spiral teleportation..."

Vesemir guided the old duke step by step.

Although it is unknown when the old duke will ask them about the Wild Hunt, this is bound to happen after the old duke came to the temple to inquire about the floating harbor.

Moreover, the Wild Hunt appeared again on May Day and caused such a large number of casualties.

So a few days ago, he basically read through the relevant files, and only talked to Arryn in advance when he was about to make the final summary.

Checked the tone.

Which aspects should be said and which aspects should not be said?

How to make the listener cautious while not losing confidence in fighting the Wild Hunt?

"The Wild Hunt is the cousin of the long ears" must not be revealed.

Otherwise.

The old duke and the nobles and ordinary people of Elland will inevitably vent their anger on the elves who have shrunk into the ravine.

And this may not only cause the allies that Arryn has finally won to turn against the Wolf School.

It will also meaninglessly consume and disperse the forces against the Wild Hunt.

What's more.

Even if the Ain Sheed in the Blue Mountains may really be related to the Wild Hunt as Arryn said.

But it is obvious from the powerful strength of the Wild Hunt that they must have lost contact.

Otherwise, would the long-eared people be as miserable as they are now?

Therefore, Vesemir had to process the language on the basis of concealing this fact.

"So... the Wild Hunt is not a disaster or a ghost, but some kind of... living being?" The old duke speculated.

"At least it is not a ghost without wisdom as rumored," Vesemir added, "and its reckless performance in Flotsam and Elland also indirectly supports this view."

"To put it bluntly, at least no matter what kind of ghost, it is impossible to hold back the hatred and hatred for living beings, and just leave after releasing magic."

"It's more like an army with a certain target but poor military discipline, passing by an ordinary village, torturing it, and then leaving."

The old duke, who has been in the army for half his life, raised his eyebrows when he heard this vivid and familiar metaphor.

This seems... indeed... very reasonable.

But after thinking about it, he frowned again:

"Wait!"

Vesemir, who was originally confident, was startled, thinking that he had made a mistake in his coding.

But the spiral is indeed recorded in the book "Conjunction and Spiral", and it is also the most useful information among the few gains he has made in so many days.

"All this is based on the fact that the Wild Hunt is teleported through the spiral, but I remember that warlocks can also teleport from one place to another?"

The old duke looked at Vera.

"This is different." The female sorceress shook her head, "Long-distance teleportation magic such as the portal requires the caster to have been to the destination in advance."

"And the interval between memorizing the coordinates and casting the portal cannot be too long."

"Although it is not clear how the space magic skills of the Wild Hunt are, human warlocks have to re-'record' every ten years at most."

After speaking, Vera paused and looked at the old duke:

"Has the Wild Hunt come to Elland in the past ten years?"

"Not only Elland, the Wild Hunt has not appeared in this world for hundreds of years." The old duke was relieved.

Of course, he also hoped that what Vesemir said was true.

If the Wild Hunt was the invincible disaster in the legend, how could Elrand's hatred be washed away?

However.

Since the Wild Hunt was indeed some kind of intelligent creature, there was only one question left.

"How do I kill them?"