Blood tax

Chapter 57 Demon Hunter Squad

Led by Brownie, the group marched towards the mountain in front of them.The controlled goblin puppets are like undead, guarding the surrounding lifelessly.But the human ranks were equally dead.

Griffith noticed that several young witchers were all nervous, while their leader Karius was holding a feather fencing sword around his waist.

"Excuse me, Professor, do you know the situation of Miss Lamour and Galadia?" Griffith asked.In his capacity, he has the right to know.

"The two young ladies have reunited with the rescue team, and you are the only one missing," Calius replied to Professor Lordes. "When we go back, the school will conduct a comprehensive inspection on you. Before that , don't give me a crooked mind."

Hearing the news that the two girls were safe and sound, Griffith was slightly relieved.

"Hey, are you an apprentice knight from the Earl of Lamor?" Pella, the demon hunter who was in charge of monitoring Griffith, asked in a low voice.

"Yes." Griffith nodded.

"Then, is the girl named Galadia your girlfriend? I can understand Feng Jun's daughter, why are you so concerned about the other one?"

Griffith looked at Pera: "Guess what."

"..."

The witchers walking beside Griffith were stunned for a moment.Pera couldn't help laughing: "It must be! Does she know you like her?"

"If you answer one of my questions first, I'll tell you," Griffith smiled and looked at the demon hunters, "Why are you here?"

"It's a coincidence that there is a mission~" Pera replied carelessly, not paying attention to the eyes of the other companions, "Then the captain received the call from the wizard, and we came to meet up."

On Pella's cloak was a dark golden emblem that looked like a star.Not only her, but all the witchers present had similar emblems on their waists or cuffs.

Griffith had heard of the emblem and immediately understood their identities: "Are you apprentice witchers from Beacon Academy?"

"There are four of us, and the captain is our instructor," Pella nodded, "We are here for winter apprenticeship."

"Pella, be quiet," the witcher captain Karius shouted. "This is a high-threat area, so stay alert."

"Yes~!" Pera pouted, and calmed down honestly.

The team climbed along the gentle mountain path towards the top of the mountain.Gosla walked obediently in front of the team, and the quietness along the way made people flustered.

When they approached the top of the mountain, the road under their feet suddenly became smoother and easier to walk.

"Attention," Karius said suddenly, "this road is trodden by beasts, and the beasts in this place are only mutated monsters, so be vigilant. Raven, from now on you move on the trees and pay attention to your surroundings. Hakan, summon the familiar."

After receiving the order, the witcher Raven took out a strong crossbow and nimbly leaped up the treetops.

Pale flames flickered around Hakan, forming a circular circle.He took out a small bag from the package he carried and threw it into it, chanting the summoning spell in a low voice:

"Examine, Silver, Brimstone, Quicksilver, and Blood of Demon Wolf; Reconstruct, Pale Demon Wolf; Establish Spiritual Link."

Griffith was taken aback. It was the first time he had seen anyone other than a professor summoning.This means that Hakan possesses a rare and powerful Beyonder characteristic.

"Raven is the Sequence 9 "Forest Ranger" of the Ranger Path, and Hakan is already the Sequence 8 "Summoner" of the Collector Path. They are one grade higher than me," Pera explained to him, "It's amazing!"

Beacon is a comprehensive higher education institution dedicated to cultivating professional demon hunters and related talents.Different from magic academy and military academies, the students of Beacon have learned both spellcasting and combat, have a more in-depth study of black magic, and are more adaptable to tasks.Beacon graduates have historically been prime candidates for the CBI as well as the Kingdom's intelligence agencies, as opposed to witchers trained in other ways.

After the continuous orders, a giant wolf covered in pale flames appeared in the magic circle.It silently surveyed nearby creatures, as if picking out whom to devour.

"Captain, can I have a goblin?"

"Take it," Karius beckoned, and immediately a goblin woke up from the bondage of the shadow.Before it could make a strange cry, the pale demon wolf rushed over like lightning.

"Crack."

The demon wolf bit the goblin's head in one bite, then tore off its limbs and devoured it quickly.The chilling sound of tearing and chewing bones echoed in the woods.

Lordes snorted softly and said to Gothra who was leading the way: "How far is it?"

"Just ahead, great listener, the entrance to the ruins is just ahead," Gosra said humbly, not looking at the torn goblin, and pointed forward not far away.

There is a deep tunnel, where weathering and corrosion have erased all traces.

"Please wait a moment, Professor Lordes," Griffith hurriedly stopped, "this brownie is not to be trusted, there may be traps and ambushes set up in the ruins. We should retreat temporarily today, and gather more forces to explore again. ."

This is an unknown ruin!
When I first met Gothra, I didn't have a choice. Now that there are so many of the same kind around me, why should I go to the ruins?

Griffith had heard of these monstrous ancient ruins on the battlefields of the Far East.Without adequate preparation and clean-up, the densely distributed traps and mutant creatures in the ruins would have to rely on a lot of resources and sacrifices to find a way out.

With the current manpower to enter the mysterious ruins to explore, a few lives are not enough.

"Ha! What a cautious little dog," giggled the witcher captain Karius. "Lord Lordus' rank, strength, and wisdom are beyond your imagination."

"Let the goblins lead the way," the icy Professor Lordus was indifferent to Griffith's warnings and Karius's compliments, like two flies whirling in his ears, "Go forward. "

"Professor, I am an apprentice knight of the Larmor family, and I have the right to refuse to cooperate with the battle under the current circumstances," Griffith gritted his teeth and said again, "My ability is shallow, please allow me to withdraw."

Lordes glanced at Griffith blankly, raised the wand in his right hand, and chanted an unidentifiable spell.

Griffith didn't have time to react, and immediately found that he could no longer make a sound.It turned out to be under the spell of banning words.

To make matters worse, his body began to move mechanically, following the goblins towards the dark ruins.This is the double effect of Silence Spell and Suggestion!
"It's better if you don't talk, that's a super scary high-level mage!" Pera quickly followed, poking at the apprentice knight who couldn't control him with his elbow, "I can't help it now! Look how good I am, Not a word of nonsense."

Under the guidance of the goblins, the team gradually went deeper into the ruins.Thick marble frames the entryway.From the moment he stepped in, distant and indecipherable babble echoed in Griffith's ears, as if some evil spirit was calling.

I have been in this forest for more than 3 hours. During this period, I have been fighting against mutant creatures. I should have accumulated a lot of corruption... Griffith was panicked, and was very worried that he would suddenly start to fester and mutate.

At this moment, the pale wolf stopped suddenly, and its owner Hakan hurriedly shouted: "There is a creature approaching us."

"It is the mutated creature that has occupied this ruin, the great Lord Lordes," Brownigosla said humbly, "We are recognized as intruders."

As soon as the voice fell, several huge shadows appeared in the passage ahead.

"Corrupted tarantulas." Karius lifted his cloak and pulled out the two sharp swords at his waist. "Their venom can paralyze people, and a certain amount can be fatal, but the poison sac is a good thing."

The tarantula moved extremely quickly, instantly knocking down the goblin at the front, opening its fangs and biting it down.Other tarantulas swarmed from the floor, walls and roof of the passage.

Griffith watched as the goblin's bitten neck continued to bulge and dent, apparently being injected with venom for the first time.Soon, the goblin withered like a torn leather bag.

The witcher squad deftly moves into battle formation.Hank raised a round shield with three sharp ramming horns, Pera dragged Griffith back quickly behind the round shield, and LaVine opened his crossbow and shot at the tarantula that bit the goblin. go.

"boom!"

The moment the crossbow arrow hit the tarantula, the arrow suddenly brightened and exploded into a fireball inside the tarantula.

The dark space was immediately filled with light, and even Griffith was startled back two steps.The swarms of tarantulas were repelled by the fire for a few seconds, but when the light disappeared, another group of ferocious shadows surged in the darkness.

"Keep shooting, fire and light are effective!" Karius shouted at his students.

Hakan immediately began to chant spells, and the demon wolf he summoned shot up pale flames all over his body, attacking the tarantulas like a huge fireball.

Professor Lordus, who had been silent, suddenly raised his wand and whispered a spell to the hordes of tarantulas.

He speaks extremely fast, his voice is indecipherable, not at all like other people can hear the process of the formation of the spell, and even when Griffith stares at his mouth, he will feel intense dizziness and trance.

It is rumored that the high-speed divine words that can only be mastered by high-level mages are fundamentally different from those of Sonia and the others.

The fan-shaped area in front of the exploration team was surrounded by faint waves, and the besieged tarantulas seemed to have hit an invisible barrier. The gravity position was deflected by Lordes' magic, and it became a cage that restrained the tarantulas. .

Immediately afterwards, the high-level archmage waved his wand again.This time, flames rose from the ground in the area where the tarantulas were restrained, swallowing groups of corrupted tarantulas and a few goblins together.

This is also a double spell.At least it seems so.

The witchers who were still fighting hard were all looked at foolishly. The combat effectiveness of their team cooperation was not worth mentioning in front of high-level mages.

"Clean up and move on," Professor Lordes stretched his arms and drew his wand back casually. "Quick."

The witcher team immediately stepped forward and stabbed the tarantula, which was charred but not yet dead.Captain Karius even cut open the tarantula corpse quickly with green eyes, and took out a mass of red organ tissue from it.

"This is the poison sac of tarantulas, and their effects become even more amazing after they are corrupted," Karius exclaimed excitedly as he collected poison sacs from several tarantulas.

"How much is it? Captain." Hakan asked casually.

"Usually, you can buy one for 5 gold florins, but the price after mutation will be tripled," Karius skillfully put the poison sac into his pocket, "and there is no market for it." .”

Griffith noticed that the eyes of several young witcher students present were all blazing, and they all stared at Karius' pocket and couldn't take their eyes off.

"Captain," Hakan and LaVine exchanged glances and said, "The corrupt poison sac here can let us each get one."

The two spoke in a calm tone, but Griffith vaguely noticed that Hakan's giant wolf had swum over, and LaVine took a half step back casually, just under the cover of the ruins, and maintained that he was ready at any time. The state of shooting with a crossbow.The magic wolf silently stared at Karius' movements, and the gray-white liquid kept dripping from its mouth.

Pella and Hank watched the actions of the three indifferently.In terms of age, the two are younger, perhaps because they have less seniority and have no right to speak.

Karius' movements froze for a few seconds.He turned his head slowly, and took a deep look at the two demon hunters: "Yes, I will distribute them fairly after we leave here."

Something is wrong!Griffith saw all this in his eyes and panicked in his heart.

Demon hunters are a relatively mysterious group.The cooperation between them relies on large and small witcher guilds or official organizations.Ordinary demon hunters would accept tasks issued by the guild and live off bounties and loot.Even the interior of a famous university like Beacon is inevitably contaminated with the characteristics of this industry.

Veteran witchers who survive several missions tend to have bizarre and powerful abilities or weapons.After years of competition with black magic and cultists, many of them still have a wealth of unsystematic knowledge of the occult that they do not know where they came from, and have strong single-person combat power.

The five people in the team in front of them were faintly divided into three small groups.Captain Karius formed his own faction. The older summoner Hakan and the shooter Lavin joined forces to check and balance Karius. The younger and weaker shield guard Hank and the hunter Pella had a better relationship and were also a small group.

This is often the case with demon hunter teams, free and flexible, well-equipped.But the disadvantage is that the degree of organization is low, and it is common to collapse when encountering dangers and conflicts of interest.

Griffith felt a strong sense of powerlessness.This is a mysterious ruin in the Whispering Forest. It is unknown what dangers and traps are hidden inside the ruins.

　This weekend, I will add more and more to the first volume, and then I will make a summary. After a two-day suspension, I will ask everyone to comment.Opinions are related to the direction and scale of the follow-up plot. Although this book will have a happy ending, for the sake of literature and plot, I would like to hear what everyone has asked for and how much damage they can bear.

　　
　
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