Demon Hunter: School of the Wolf

My guess is true? What guess?

Demaevi II, who had just come back from the trance of disillusionment, was stunned.

And the wizards of Ben Ade...

Although the order was to prohibit entry and exit, how could an ordinary ban prevent those senior wizards from entering and leaving? It was just to increase the cost of intelligence exposure. Is there anything worth mentioning?

However, when he heard that Kurt was not here to convey the news of the attack by the great griffin, Demaevi II was still quietly relieved.

Out of the king's majesty and image, he held the back of the high-backed chair, sat down gracefully, picked up the wine glass, took a sip, and then slowly asked:

"What are you talking about? Which of my guesses is true?"

"The great griffin," Kurt said, "The great griffin may really be subdued by the demon hunter..."

"What?"

Demaevi II's hand trembled, and the wine glass inlaid with ruby ​​and sapphires in pure silver fell straight down.

"Clang~"

The wine glass fell to the ground, dyeing the precious carpet dark red.

The sweet aroma of grapes mixed with the fragrance of irises was lingering.

Kurt thought for a moment and said solemnly: "Your Majesty, the great griffin has been subdued, and the crisis of Aedirn has disappeared."

Demaevi II was silent for a few seconds, staring at Kurt steadily, as if his soul had left his body.

"Are you sure?" He asked blankly.

"It shouldn't be wrong..." Seeing the appearance of Demaevi II, Kurt gritted his teeth and said solemnly, "Yesterday, nearly a hundred people saw the great griffin land in the birch forest west of Vengerburg and north of Lavido Village, and then two demon hunters appeared in the village. Not long after they left the village, the great griffin flew away from the forest again..."

"And the horses they rode were the black horses under the claws of the great griffin we saw yesterday..."

"Wait!" Demaevi II interrupted him with a frown.

"Aren't there nine demon hunters?"

"Only two appeared yesterday, and the others..."

"Only two demon hunters appeared, and your people were not caught!" Demave II easily grasped the key point.

"Yes, Your Majesty." Kurt took a deep breath and did not make any excuses, because he knew that Demave II hated excuses.

"You promised yesterday, two days," Demave II raised two fingers on his right hand, "If you don't invite them over within two days, you will ask to be included in the prisoner-of-war camp to attack the city."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"And now you tell me that the demon hunters have subdued the great griffin?" Demave II looked at him coldly.

Kurt was silent.

Demave II also looked at him silently. After a long while, he asked expressionlessly: "Now I ask you again, is it true that the great griffin was tamed?"

Kurt knelt on one knee, half lowered his head:

"It's true, Your Majesty."

"Although I failed to invite the two demon hunters, everything I just said is true, and..."

Kurt looked at the "window" instinctively. After his sight was blocked by the portrait of the founder of the country, he remembered that he was underground at this moment, where the king had to hide because of the humiliation of the monster.

"And it's almost noon, but the great griffin has not attacked yet. In the past forty-three days, at this time of day, the monster has long left..."

"Sail, go out and take a look." Demave II interrupted coldly, waving his hand to order the only servant in the basement.

After the servant went out, he came back soon and nodded to Demave II.

"Tap, tap, tap~"

Demawi II received the news without saying anything. He lowered his head slightly, tapped the table with his index finger, and looked up at Kurt expressionlessly from time to time.

The atmosphere in the entire basement froze, and even the frequency of the candle flame became cautious.

"Tap!"

The index finger with the ruby ​​gold ring suddenly tapped the table for the last time.

"Pah!"

Demawi II slapped the table, gritted his teeth, looked at the attendant Saier who was standing beside him with his head down, and said in a hoarse voice:

"Saier, pass my order to the King's Hand, let the logistics troops transport all the food, weapons and other supplies piled up in the warehouse to the front line now."

"Yes, Your Majesty..." Saier bowed and was about to accept the order, but after hearing the content clearly, his tone stagnated and he looked up in horror, "All supplies? Now... now?"

"Don't you have ears?" Demawi II shouted, "Now! Immediately! Immediately! Let all the carriages in Wengerburg move!"

"Yes... yes... yes, Your Majesty!" Saier was stared at by the king's bloodshot eyes, and his whole body trembled, and he rolled and crawled out to trot.

"Wait! Inform the King's Hand and other ministers to come to the palace. The meeting before the King has been advanced."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

Demawi II waved his hand, and Seri bowed carefully and left, gently closing the door.

"Bang~"

The wooden door had just been closed.

Kurt didn't dare to remain silent, and hurriedly stood up and advised: "Your Majesty, aren't you too anxious? Why don't you wait another day? The Great Griffin hasn't come by this time tomorrow..."

"Wait?" Demawi II glanced at him coldly, "Ban Green almost mutinied a week ago. The logistics are insufficient, and the number of deserters is increasing day by day. With each passing day, the possibility of the front line collapsing will double."

"Who knows, while you and I are in this damn cramped basement, discussing whether the monster will come again, a rebellion may occur in Pontar Valley, Bang Green, or Vidor Stone Bridge."

"Your Majesty, if the Great Griffin comes again, the logistics transported to the front line in a hurry will inevitably..."

Before Kurt could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Demavi II with a wave of his hand.

"What? Is what you just said all lies?"

"Everything is true!" Kurt responded quickly and seriously, "But no one saw it with their own eyes. Although it is very possible that the two demon hunters controlled the big griffon, it is just a guess. What if the big griffon was just a coincidence? Falling there..."

Before he finished speaking, Demavi II suddenly stood up from his seat, pointed at his nose, and shouted:

"Then you keep your promise and come to the front line for me!"

"Together with those damn Kaedwen mud-legged nobles, use your fists and teeth to pry open the gates of Ad Kalai for me!"

"Until those ignorant, cowardly and greedy nobles, merchants and damn dwarf vampires in Vengerberg drive me off this throne or kill me directly!"

The roars collided back and forth between the walls of the basement, causing the candlelight on the table to tremble.

The king's eyes were redder than blood.

Kurt has seen the same eyes from many places, businessmen, generals, nobles, civilians... but they all belong to the same type of people - crazy gamblers who lose in the end, leaving only their hands and feet to exchange for money.

They grasped the last straw, but they didn't know whether this straw would pull them out of the mire or push them into the abyss.

But Kurt knew that Demavi II was not something he could persuade at this time.

At this time, he also suddenly realized that no matter whether he captured the demon hunter or not, no matter how much the King's Hand, the Minister of Military Affairs or others protested, this war would continue.

So he remained silent and could only pray in his heart that his guess was correct.

The witcher truly conquered a large gryphon for the first time in history.

otherwise……

Once this batch of logistical supplies collected with difficulty is attacked by a large griffon that temporarily "slept in", Aden will really be hopeless.

"Hu-chi-hu-chi-"

Demavi II blushed and gasped violently.

After a long time.

With a "bang", Demavi II sat back in the high-backed chair. After calming down, he asked the same question for the third time: "Do you think the Great Griffin was really subdued by the demon hunter?"

Kurt could only nod hard.

"Huh~"

Demavi II sighed and murmured:

"That's good, that's good..."

Just say it.

He suddenly remembered the second thing Kurt said when he came: "By the way, what do you mean that the wizard Ben Ade has infiltrated?"

"It's also related to those witchers," Kurt said one by one, after the hotel owner, a man and a woman, came to visit, the seven witchers suddenly disappeared, and there were traces of fierce magic battles on the road leading to Vengerburg.

"The reason why there are seven less demon hunters is probably because of the two wizards who suddenly appeared."

Demavi II pressed his thin, razor-sharp lips tightly, stroking the wine glass that the attendant replaced before leaving.

"Wouldn't it be those two wizards who conquered the Great Griffin?"

"Master Aubrey detected the spatial fluctuations of the portal on the battlefield, and our people also found the location where the two wizards lived." Kurt shook his head, "Yakub's Garden Hotel is the best in Vengerberg. ’s hotel.”

"They are quite courageous." Demavi II snorted coldly, and did not question why the city guards did not search them out. "Then what?"

"They booked the biggest room, but they left shortly after booking and never went back."

"Leave in a hurry? Why?" Demavi II looked up curiously.

"It's not clear yet, but the owner of the hotel, Yakub, said that the time they left happened to be not long after the vision appeared in the northern sky. Moreover, there was an urging bell ringing on them, which may be some kind of magic prop."

"The vision in the north...the wizard...the sound of urging bells..." Demavi II muttered, and the fingers stroking the wine glass suddenly stopped.

He stood up, picked up a candle and walked to the opposite side, where a map was pinned to the wall.

There are many charcoal marks on the map, most of them are at the junction of Aedirn and Kaedwen, leaning towards the direction of Kaedwen.

The farthest arrow was only one finger away from Kaedwen's royal capital, Ard Kalai, but after being wiped away, it retreated a lot.

Demavi II did not pay attention to those traces, but closed his eyes and thought for a while. When he opened them again, the index finger of his left hand rowed straight north from the black spot marked Vengerberg to another famous city near the Blue Mountains. ——Ban Ade.

"I remember..." Demavi II looked back at Kurt, "Was Ben Ade attacked by a monster just a few months ago?"

"Yes, Your Majesty, the black sun rose over the wizard city that day."

Demavi II nodded, turned around and stared at the small words Ben Ade for a long time. He couldn't help but clenched his fists and his eyes flashed fiercely.

"Kurt."

"Your Majesty, I am here."

"The vision in the north the day before yesterday was due to Ben Ad being attacked by a monster again."

This is an affirmation rather than a question.

Kurt was stunned for a moment, and after seeing Demavi II's bloodshot and excited eyes, he nodded solemnly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"In the meeting before the king, I need you to report this information, persuade the king's hand, and guide the military minister to order a general attack."

This time Kurt did not hesitate. After sighing in his heart, he immediately responded loudly: "Yes, Your Majesty."

"As for the demon hunters..." Demaevi II returned to the high-backed chair and sat down, "Can you tell their identities?"

"They all have disguises on their faces."

"Not only are they hiding from us, but they are also disguised. It seems that they don't want others to know their identities," Demaevi II shook his head, "The Wolf School has been excluded by the royal family and wizards of Kaedwen, and they still insist on neutrality..."

"The hero of Vengerburg was forced to risk his life to subdue the great griffin, but he still had to hide his identity and refused to even accept the bounty."

"It's so pedantic!"

Demaevi II picked up the wine glass and took a sip of wine:

"But we are not ungrateful people. Since they don't want to reveal their identities, you can tell your men to keep their mouths shut."

"Yes, Your Majesty."

"Let's go, the ministers are almost here." Demaevi II stood up and slowly walked towards the door.

Kurt lagged behind and followed behind.

"Bang~"

The door of the nameless basement slammed shut.

The echo of the door slamming back and forth in the dim corridor became sharp and piercing.

Demave II walked a few steps in the corridor and suddenly said: "After the King's Meeting, let your people spread the news that Ben Ade's wizard attacked the Wolf School's demon hunters for no reason!"

Kurt paused and hesitated: "Won't people guess that it was the Wolf School's demon hunters who dealt with the Great Griffin?"

"Humph~" Demave II snorted coldly, "As long as we don't admit it, who can prove it?"

"And it's better to be guessed. There are only a few demon hunters who are capable of subduing the Great Griffin..."

Demave II was talking, and suddenly stopped, lowered his head and pondered for a few seconds, looking at Kurt thoughtfully.

"After the King's Meeting, you are ready to prepare..."

"Prepare for what?" Kurt's scalp was numb at the sight of Demave II.

"Get ready to go to the front," Demawi II smiled and patted his shoulder, "After all, didn't you promise? If you can't find a demon hunter within two days, you will be included in the prisoner-of-war camp to attack the city."

"?" Kurt's eyes widened instantly. The demon hunter subdued the great griffin, and the crisis of Vengerburg was solved, why...

He saw the king's eyes that seemed to be smiling but meaningful.

[There is only one demon hunter who is capable of subduing the great griffin. 】

I understand...

A senior official of the state was sent to a front-line prisoner-of-war camp to keep a secret for the demon hunter...

He was used as a tool to win over the demon hunter - the demon hunter who captured the great griffin...

But...

A highly skilled demon hunter, plus a great griffin that changed the situation of the war...

Kurt's eyes became serious, and he said, "Yes, Your Majesty, I will hand over the position after the King's meeting."

Demawi II patted his shoulder with relief: "Don't worry, I won't send you to the prisoner of war..."

"No!" Kurt interrupted his king, "Please send me to the prisoner of war camp!"

Demawi II paused and looked at him with wide eyes.

Kurt smiled gently:

"After all..."

"A great griffin is much more important than an intelligence minister who is forced to do something and can't collect intelligence!"