Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

Whether the rulers of the northern continent admit it or not, since humans met the celestial sphere thousands of years ago and set foot on this world.

The culture of the elves has penetrated into every aspect of human beings.

The most important of these are festivals and calendars.

The ancient elves divided the year into eight elven months by measuring the length of the sun's appearance in a day, and each month began with a festival.

When humans replaced the elves to rule the world, perhaps in order to dilute the traces of the elves' rule.

Although the elven calendar is not used openly, these festivals have been passed down to this day.

May Day, the first day of the elven calendar's blooming month, is one of the most famous festivals.

And the blooming month is the month with the most pleasant day and night temperatures in the year.

It is not too hot during the day, and it is not too cold at night.

But tonight.

This rule was broken in Elland, located on the central axis of the northern continent.

"Hu~"

The wind was whistling.

The closer the two demon hunters got to the hundreds of green lights, the colder the wind blew in their faces, freezing their souls.

In fact, Ailin originally did not intend to take action, at least not so early.

After studying rituals for so many days, he recognized the types of rituals and originally planned to assist Vera in setting up the magic ritual.

It was not that he was afraid of fighting.

After all.

The magic ritual was a large ritual that required at least half a day to set up, at least three hours.

One more person, especially Ailin who had learned and set up this ritual and reached level 5 in rituals, could save a lot of time no matter what.

However.

After the demon hunter carefully observed for a while, he found that although the materials used by the sorceress were the same, the ritual array that was gradually completed on the ground was also very similar.

But there were many differences in the details.

While omitting many details, there were also some subtle changes in many places.

With the demon hunter's level 5 in rituals, it can be seen that the final function is still the magic ritual, and it can also save a lot of time in setting up the ritual.

But he wanted to participate, but he was not able to do so.

He could help a little, but it might not save much time.

At least at this moment, a demon hunter who can delay a group of monsters is more important than a ritual apprentice who can only help.

And much more important.

"Are you ready?"

Vesemir took a deep breath and shouted with his head tilted.

Ailin did not answer, but just like those guards knights, galloping the warhorse and almost brushing against the demons, he pulled the reins with his left hand to turn.

Immediately afterwards.

He bent the middle finger of his right hand and pushed hard towards the place where the demons were most concentrated.

Alder Seal.

"Boom!"

A strong telekinetic wave rippled out from his palm, and the air along the way was distorted.

The demons that were hit were like pieces of paper floating in the air, with deformed postures, and were instantly blown away into the green tide.

At this time.

Vesemir's Alder Seal blew away the other half of the demons.

In a moment.

A large fan-shaped gap suddenly appeared at the front of the demon tide, and this gap was filled by the subsequent demons after nearly twenty seconds.

"We can do it!" Vesemir shouted.

He turned the reins and looked at Aylin excitedly.

But when Vesemir and Aylin met, he suddenly found that his apprentice seemed to be distracted?

What happened?

Was he attacked by a demon?

"Aylin!!!" In the howling wind, the demon hunter master reminded loudly, "Are you okay?"

"It's okay." After Aylin came back to his senses and shouted, he looked at the translucent interface in front of him again.

"Ding, a main task was found: [Ghost's Revenge Carnival] Eliminate the demon (32/1614)"

Main task...

How long has it been since I saw this familiar yet unfamiliar name.

Aylin vaguely remembered that the last main task was triggered in Kaer Morhen.

But I have to say it.

Identification, tracking, celestial intersection and demon hunting corps...

Every reward given by the main task is very practical.

But to eliminate 1,614 demons...

The demon hunter glanced at the dense green will-o'-the-wisp.

"Clang~"

A flash of blue light.

He pulled out Elsa, who was soaked in ghost oil, from the scabbard and looked at the hideous faces of the demons.

After exhaling a breath of white air, his eyes widened with anger.

Isn't this what he originally planned to do! ! !

The next moment.

"Swish~"

The violent vaporization sound of boiling water sounded.

The silver sword Elsa slashed into the body of the nearest demon.

In from one side, out from the other side.

Then it slashed into the next demon without any hesitation.

"Ah——"

The endless screams came one after another.

Green fireworks bloomed behind the demon hunter.

At the same time, the same flames ignited on the other side of the demon tide, which seemed to complement each other.

That's it.

Vesemir galloped in front, and Aylin followed closely.

Along the direction opposite to the guards knights, they began to shape the green demon tide like harvesting weeds.

To prevent the demons from floating around and being too scattered.

It is not conducive to the demon hunters to use the Alder Sign and retreat the enemy more effectively.

Moreover.

Unlike the guards.

Although the war horses under their crotches are not theirs, the coordination is a bit awkward.

But the two demon hunters who drank the cat's eye potion as soon as they got on the horse can not only see at night...

Their strong physical fitness and superb swordsmanship also allow them to control horses at extremely close distances while avoiding attacks from demon spirits.

The witcher almost brushed the strange green lantern as he passed by.

As the wind roared, the half-empty and half-solid muscle textures on the demon spirit's body were clearly visible.

Immediately afterwards.

The extreme speed brought by the galloping horses made neither of them exert any effort.

Manipulate the direction a little.

The silver sword covered with ghost spirit oil almost completely penetrated the demon spirit's body.

In most cases, the monsters are killed by a sword before they have time to react.

other side.

The knights of the guard, who had lured many demon spirits away, also noticed that the demon hunters were killing people and shouted "Wan Sheng! Wan Sheng!" with high morale.

After rushing to a small hillside, he turned around and charged towards the demon spirit again.

"...[Ghost's Revenge Carnival] Destroy the demon spirits (39/1614)"

"...[Ghost's Revenge Carnival] Destroy the demon spirits (84/1614)"

"...[Ghost's Revenge Orgy] Destroy the Demonic Spirit (193/1614)"

…

With the cooperation of demon hunters and knights, demon spirits were just low-level monsters without intelligence after all, and the number of kills in the main mission in the corner of Aylin's sight increased rapidly.

Being blocked by both sides at the same time, the distance between the demon spirit tide and Vera's ritual circle slowed down almost visibly.

Things look great.

but.

Is it really that simple?

"ah--"

Another scream.

The demon spirit turned into a bright green flame.

Aelin's face suddenly became empty.

They fought their way to the rear of the demon spirit wave.

"Cool!"

Vesemir laughed loudly and pulled the reins to stop the horse: "I have never killed a demon so happily."

Follow closely.

"Ding ding~"

Amid the clatter of bottles and cans.

The Master Demon Hunter excitedly took out a bottle of ghost oil and began to oil the silver sword.

Aylin also took out the sword oil.

But his expression was not as happy as the master witcher.

Open the taskbar with your mind.

"Main mission: [Ghost's Revenge Carnival] Destroy the demon spirits (473/1614)"

The progress is good.

However, what made Ailin look hesitant and displeased was not the progress of the main mission.

But...

[Hunting Mission: Demon Spirit I (Kill Demon Spirit 47/100)]

While the number of kills in the main mission continues to increase, the demon hunting mission is also making progress quietly.

After the hunting mission is completed, there is an uncontrollable intersection of the heaven and earth.

After the strong vibration, a large monster will almost certainly be summoned.

The Wild Hunt has just left, will the celestial convergence attract them again?

Vera is still arranging the ceremony, and wonders whether the earthquake caused by the intersection of heaven and earth will undo all the previous efforts.

in addition……

Although it was dark and he didn't have to worry about the intersection of the celestial spheres being seen by humans, he had no idea what kind of monsters might be summoned.

What if it's a monster that can drive ordinary demon spirits?

More than a thousand demon spirits without a command are different from more than a thousand demon spirits with only a command, which will almost certainly lead to the fall of Elland.

"Chi~chi~"

The war horse under his crotch snorted tiredly and panted heavily.

Countless thoughts flashed through Aylin's mind.

At this moment.

"Why are all those Elland knights going back?"

The action of smearing sword oil on the demon hunter's hand stopped, and he raised his head and looked to the other side.

In the green light, the knights of the Guards were like a galloping dragon, running towards the direction of the demon-hunting army at high speed.

Aylin opened the task list again, looked at the progress of the main task, and sighed:

"They've run out of ghost oil."

…

During the charge just now.

Aylin changed a bottle of sword oil midway and killed thirty-five demon spirits.

Vesemir also had two bottles of sword oil, but he didn't die. There was no need to consider the hunting mission, so he should have killed a few more than him.

So do the math.

There were almost a hundred guards knights, and two bottles of sword oil actually killed less than four hundred of them.

A bottle of sword oil kills two demon spirits.

The difference in number of kills compared to the two demon hunters was more than seven times.

But for this.

Aelin can understand.

Reality is not a game.

No matter how magical the ghost oil is, it is just an oily substance smeared on the long sword.

It will be carried away by strong winds, it will inadvertently come into contact with the horse's fur, and it will quickly lose effectiveness without contact with demon spirits due to various unexpected circumstances.

Considering the physical and mental qualities of the Guards Knights, as well as the habit of using swords developed over the years.

When attacking, only the first third of the sword blade from the tip will cut into the demon spirit's body.

The last two-thirds are almost useless and will be quickly consumed by various factors.

Moreover, a bottle of sword oil will only be used up after several charges, which greatly increases the useless consumption.

Calculate it this way.

The knights of the Guards, who had never used sword oil or dealt with demon spirits before, were able to kill two demon spirits with one bottle of sword oil. This was actually considered an extraordinary performance.

But Arryn and Vesemir are different.

They have all used ghost oil to hunt down a large number of demon spirits. They can kill a demon spirit with one sword and use two bottles of ghost oil in one charge.

Accidental wear and tear is kept to a minimum.

but……

Aelin sighed and shook his head slightly.

There is nothing we can do about this.

There are 1,600 demon spirits, and the two of them alone cannot stop them and buy time.

Even now.

The number of demon spirits following the guard knights was five or six times that of Aylin and Vesemir.

As for not using ghost oil, charge directly with the steel sword to attract monsters to chase.

Not to mention the fact that the knights of the Guards were wasting their horse power and manpower in vain.

After all, the purpose is to buy time, which is also valuable.

But when he was in the Baiguoyuan, the abandoned castle of Viscount Hudson, Aylin discovered——

Although demon spirits have no intelligence.

But within a certain range, if there are multiple demon spirits present, they will definitely attack the person with higher damage.

Otherwise, they will attack in the direction with the largest number of people, and there will be a vague feeling of hive consciousness.

In other words.

If the damage caused by the guard knights is not large enough, only a small number of demon spirits in the outermost layer will be attracted by them.

There is no point in doing so.

so……

What should they do now?

"The demon spirit followed those knights and floated in the direction of the ceremony!" Vesemir exclaimed, interrupting Aylin's thinking.

He looked in the direction of the Guards Knight.

Perhaps because of the exhaustion of horsepower from several consecutive charges, the knights' return was not very fast.

A large group of demon spirits carrying strange green lanterns followed closely behind them, not keeping much distance apart.

Perhaps even because the direction of the knights was the same as the direction in which the demon spirits originally surged, the speed of the tide of demon spirits was even faintly increasing.

The next second.

"Knight of the Guards! Turn around!"

Aelin heard Arthur, the leading knight, raise his sword and shout.

Obviously.

He also discovered this and tried to make the knights of the guards turn back, and then draw back the demon spirits that had been held in hatred.

However, without the damage caused by the ghost spirit oil, it is difficult to say how many demon spirits they can attract.

But for a while.

It would definitely be too late for the demon-hunting army who had formed their formation to collect ghost oil and get on their horses to deliver it to them.

Everything seems to be in dire straits.

The strange green sea is getting closer and closer to Airland City like a tide.

Looking from Aylin's current position, it seemed that these demon spirits were almost engulfing the demon-hunting army that was faintly commotion around the campfire.

It was as if the stormy waves caused by the violent wind and rain would swallow up the thin fishing boat.

Vera, who was arranging the ceremony, and Mary, who was helping Vera, were like two inconspicuous grains of sand, busy behind the demon-hunting army.

After the fishing boat was engulfed, it would definitely be their turn.

at last.

The green wave will pass through the rocks, extinguish the lights of Elland, and turn this place into a dead city.

The ghost's revenge spree...

The name of the main quest suddenly appeared in the witcher's mind.

He clenched his fists, shook his head vigorously to throw away some unknown thought, and stared at the surging green tide.

what to do?

What should be done?

The brain works quickly.

In less than two seconds, Aylin shouted to Vesemir, who was also at a loss:

"Master Vesemir, quickly go to the Guard Knights and lead them to charge towards the demon spirits..."

When the Master Demon Hunter heard Aylin's words, he subconsciously dug his feet into the horse's belly and rushed towards the Guards Knight.

When he came back to his senses, he realized something was wrong and turned around and shouted:

"What about you, Aelin?"

The demon hunter took a deep breath, looked in the direction they came from, and said softly:

"I have a battlefield that belongs only to me..."