Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

"Boom~"

The wooden box falls.

Two black and red balls, both fist-sized, fell out.

One is a dark red piece of rotten flesh, and the other is a dry talisman that looks like some kind of straw stalk.

Aylin glanced at Mary and explained:

"It's not a killer whale, it's a sage grouse."

"Don't worry, this herb is harmless to the human body as long as you don't take it."

"But after treatment, it will produce a fishy smell that is very attractive to griffins and large griffons..."

"What is a killer whale?" Dieter asked curiously.

Out of respect for the sponsor, Aylin took out a crystal bottle containing azure potion from the reagent bag.

"This is the killer whale, one of the witcher's potions."

"The main material for refining it is sage..."

Aylin glanced and lowered his head, seeming to recall something unforgettable about Mary, and continued to Dieter:

"She might be familiar with this smell... uh... so she subconsciously said the name of the potion."

More than familiar...

Mary mentally rolled her eyes.

During that time, her whole body almost smelled like sage.

After hearing this, Dieter looked at the beautiful blue potion in Aylin's hand with curiosity, but he did not ask any more questions, but frowned and looked at the witcher:

"So the Great Griffin's attack was indeed an accident. Someone is plotting against us?"

"Probably," Aylin nodded as he closed the mutated organ on his nose. He picked up a dead branch nearby and fiddled with the rotten flesh.

"This piece of meat has a bit of the smell of a large gryphon, which may be related to the one that attacked today..."

"The Great Griffin is a monster that is very loyal to its partner. Perhaps it was this piece of meat and the sage that attracted it."

Aylin's judgment is well founded.

With the evidence in front of him again, Dieter immediately accepted his judgment.

Although there had been speculations for a long time, when he found out that these people were really plotted against him, even Dieter, who seemed to be well-educated, suddenly became ugly.

For those who have never experienced it, it is difficult to imagine the oppressive feeling of a large gryphon rushing towards you.

And the fear of being powerless when being treated as prey.

The more he thought about the previous scene, the more angry Dieter became.

However, the savior was right in front of him, so he suppressed his anger and asked:

"Master Aylin, how many people know... about this method of making a large gryphon decoy?"

After discovering that Aylin was truly talented and knowledgeable, Dieter's tone became much more respectful.

"Not much..." Aylin shook his head.

Unless there is a plan to hunt the great griffon, even the demon hunters of the Wolf School rarely know how to make griffin bait.

The reason why Vesemir assigned the task to him was because Dieter's request was not very demanding. He just needed to find out the problem.

Instead of making a gryphon decoy.

"The Great Griffin is not a very valuable monster. Only a few organs in its body may be materials for certain potions, and its range of activities is generally deep in the mountains."

"The value is not high, and it is difficult to find..."

"So the only people who can make bait are some wizards who want to obtain certain materials, and demon hunters who want to hunt the Great Griffin because of the commission."

Aelin did not avoid the suspicion of a witcher in his words.

Not only is this unnecessary, it may be counterproductive.

Even if the nobles Dieter serves are basically the great nobles of Kaedwin, they may even be the royal family of Kaedwin.

After hearing Aylin's analysis, Dieter nodded, then turned his head to look at the fat businessman and asked:

"Where did this batch of perfume come from?"

"Where is the person who purchased the perfume? Is he still in the caravan?"

This box is almost identical in appearance to other perfume boxes, and there are only a few ways to get in.

The fat businessman wiped the sweat from his forehead. After thinking for a moment, he humbly leaned forward and was about to reply.

Suddenly something occurred to him and he glanced at Aylin.

"I'm going to help process the materials for the Great Griffin..."

Aylin made an excuse and tried to pull Mary away.

"Need not!"

Dieter stopped them and said to the fat businessman:

"Just say it..."

"Master Ailin saved our lives. There is nothing we can't say in front of him. Besides, I still need Master Ailin to help me check."

When the fat businessman heard this, he glanced at Ai Lin and hesitated for a few seconds.

Finally, he surrendered under Dieter's increasingly serious gaze.

He no longer hid anything and said directly:

"Ben Ad, the court wizard of the Royal City of Vengerberg, has always had a good relationship with us..."

"These Siren Kisses are through his relationship..." The fat businessman paused again, "Well... he even helped us find out your information, so..."

The fat businessman did not continue.

But Dieter understood what he meant.

If he really wanted to harm him, the wizard could kill him without anyone noticing, so there was no need to go to such trouble.

Dieter thought for a moment, with an uncertain expression on his face.

"Da da da~"

The sound of heavy footsteps interrupted his thoughts.

Vesemir came over after processing the Great Griffin material.

"Sorry, I was distracted for the moment."

Dieter said modestly, and then looked at the fat businessman.

The businessman naturally took out a money bag from his chest, as if he had prepared it a long time ago:

"Master Aylin, there are 1,200 Orens here, please count them."

"No need to count, I trust you."

Aylin took the purse and put it away without counting it carefully. Then he looked at Vesemir and was about to say goodbye to Dieter and others and continue his journey.

Suddenly he was stopped by Dieter.

"Masters, where is your destination? Can you hire a few of you to escort us to Ade Kale?"

'I am willing to pay another 1,000 Orens..."

Deter said sincerely.

However, even though Aylin and Vesemir had a good impression of Dieter.

The reward for this escort commission was also sufficient.

They could not accept this commission.

Not only because they had to go to Elland to eliminate the curse, but more importantly, they had to avoid the storm of the king's death.

"Sorry, we have important things to do in Ellander and cannot go with you."

Aylin was a little embarrassed to refuse the commission just after receiving the reward.

"It's okay, it's just our bad luck."

"In that case, let's say goodbye now."

Dit shook his head, then bowed slightly and said goodbye to Vesemir, Arryn and Mary:

"May the Lady of the Lake guide your journey."

Arryn was stunned for a moment, and nodded seriously:

"I wish you all a safe journey."

Then the three of them left under the gaze of the caravan led by Diet.

...

After finding the three horses that were afraid to move forward due to the pressure of the great griffin, Arryn and his party continued to move towards Vengerburg.

"Arryn, do you know who they belong to?"

Vesemir suddenly asked while riding on the horse.

"The royal family of Kaedwen, maybe it's the king who is about to succeed to the throne."

Arryn did not hesitate.

Vesemir was a little surprised.

After all, he was the youngest demon hunter master before Arryn.

When he was young, he followed the chief to help Haxor do a lot of things, so it was understandable that he recognized the "smell" of those caravan guards at a glance.

But Arryn hadn't spent much time with them.

"How did you tell?" Vesemir asked.

"Their posture, body shape, and discipline..." Arryn pulled the reins, "I once observed the King's Guards of Kaedwen for a long time in the abandoned mine of Viscount Haxor."

"Of course, the most important thing is Dieter, the profession of tutor, and their destination..."

Vesemir nodded in admiration for Arryn's keen insight.

In fact, what surprised him most was not Arryn's skill in judging the identities of the guards from their postures.

But Arryn consciously thought about this matter and the identities of these people.

Instead of being like a reckless man, he only cared about completing the client's commission and collecting the reward, and didn't care about anything else.

There are many examples in the school that show that such demon hunters sometimes suffer great losses.

It's a pity that demon hunters who have been training in the Ancient Sea Fortress for nearly ten years without going out are often such reckless men.

Only after being deceived and used by a client will they learn this lesson.

But then it is easy to go to another extreme...

Fortunately, Aylin is not like that.

When he was still in Kaer Morhen, he seemed to have grown up, as if he had seen through all the vicissitudes of life.

Mature to a certain extent, it is a bit scary.

Some... It makes people feel distressed.

"It seems that there is no need to teach you the skills of observing words and expressions. In terms of logical judgment, ordinary demon hunters are not as good as you."

"But remember, hunting monsters is the main job of demon hunters."

"But the skills of getting along with people are no less important to demon hunters than swordsmanship or magic signs."

"Even now that there are fewer and fewer monsters, it will be more important..."

Although Vesemir's class is indeed boring, it is indeed full of practical knowledge.

So Aylin is actually familiar with it now, just listening carefully, and responding from time to time.

For a long time.

After Vesemir gave several examples of demon hunters' social skills, he suddenly sighed:

"Rado is really in trouble this time."

"Rado?"

Hearing the unfamiliar name, Aylin looked up and asked in confusion.

"He is the only child of Haxor, the future king of Kaedwen." Vesemir explained, "When he was very young, I held him in my arms when I followed the chief to the Royal City of Ard Kalai."

"Unlike the ungrateful beast Haxor, Rado has always seemed to be a good child."

"Seems?" Ailin found the key point.

This is not something that someone who knows him well can say.

"Uh..." Vesemir's tone stagnated, "I haven't seen Rado since Haxor and our Wolf School became estranged in recent years."

"But I heard rumors that after inheriting the title of Duke Steiner, he governed his territory justly and kindly, much better than his father."

Stanner Ailin knew that it was a royal territory directly under the royal family around the Royal City of Ard Kalai.

Generally, when the princes of Kaedwen come of age, they will first inherit the title of Duke Steiner.

But...

Justice and kindness?

This doesn't seem to be a good word for a king?

Ailin thought about it but didn't say it out loud, and then asked:

"Why do you say he is in trouble this time?"

Vesemir sighed again:

"Even if I don't understand politics, I know..."

"It is definitely not a good thing for a king who is about to succeed to the throne to have his bodyguards rush to pick up a tutor from Toussaint..."

"What's more, this tutor, while being protected by the king's bodyguards who concealed his identity, was plotted against him and almost died from the mouth of a gryphon..."

"No matter how you look at it, Lado's current form is not good!"

Vesemir seemed to still remember the affection he had for hugging Lado.

But Aylin wouldn't think so much.

The more chaos Kaedwen gets, the better for the School of Wolves.

It is a pity that in the Kaedwen court, the palace monster advisor originally served by the demon hunter has been cancelled, otherwise the Wolf School may not be able to exert some influence.

But now...

Aylin sighed deeply in his heart and shook his head.

But when it comes to Dieter...

"Master Vesemir, do you think the bait that attracted the great gryphon was made by the court wizard of Vengerberg?"

Aelin asked curiously.

Vesemir lowered his head and remained silent for a long time, then shook his head:

"I have no idea."

"I just hope this matter will no longer involve our Wolf School."

…

Aelin and Vesemir were giving lectures while talking about national affairs and the development of the school.

However, Mary was only interested at the beginning. She didn't hear half of it before she started to look at the green grass on both sides of the road.

Count the red, yellow, purple... flowers.

until……

"Da da da~"

The anxious sound of horse hooves came from behind, causing her to turn around subconsciously.

It's the fat businessman.

"Master Aylin, Master Aylin..."

Aylin heard the sound and pulled the reins, stopping.

After the businessman rode over on horseback, he panted and showed a gentle smile:

"Master Aylin, this is a little thought from our caravan, please accept it."

Said.

The fat businessman took out a beautifully packaged small box from his saddle bag.

Blue silk lace tied a small and delicate bow on the small box.

"Is it for me?"

Aylin was a little confused and did not take it immediately.

"Yes, Master Aylin." Seeing Aylin accept it, the fat businessman smiled and said, "Mr. Dieter specially asked me to send this. Please accept it."

Aelin glanced at Vesemir in confusion before taking the small box.

“May the Lady of the Lake guide you on your journey.”

The fat businessman smiled ambiguously for no reason, then pulled the reins and left without stopping.

Aylin could only look confused and subconsciously said:

"I also wish you a smooth journey!"

Then, he watched the fat figure quickly move away.

for a long time.

Aelin, Vesemir, and Mary looked at each other.

Then he took a few more glances at the delicate, feminine box, and hesitantly pulled open the blue bow on the box.

"Squeak~"

After the wooden box was opened, a note was seen at a glance.

It reads:

"Kiss of the Siren, may you find your true love - Dieter."

Underneath the note were two bottles of Siren's Kiss perfume.

"call out--"

Vesemir, who also saw the note on the side, whistled, glanced at Aylin with ambiguous eyes, and then at Mary, whose face was red, and laughed loudly and said:

"As expected of a tutor from Toussaint!"

"So Master Aylin..."

"Who are you going to give this perfume to?"