Wizard: This witcher is not doing his job

Chapter 15 Ring of Elements
The trolls were really clumsy, and Wayne followed Geralt, neither of them hiding their bodies, but they didn't realize that someone was approaching them until they got within ten meters of the group of trolls.

One of them was the largest troll, whose stone armor was covered with green moss. He stirred the unknown food in the cauldron with a wooden stick. He was stunned for a few seconds before standing up and shouting to his companions:
"Witcher, two men, surround them."

As the troll yelled, five strong trolls immediately ran over and surrounded the two of them.

Seeing this, Geralt immediately yelled at them in order to prevent a conflict:

"Hey! Take it easy, we're not here to fight."

Hearing the words, the big troll tilted his head and was stunned for a few seconds. Instead of letting his companion attack, he spoke intermittently and said:

"Demon hunter, kill monsters, two people, six trolls, I'm not afraid of you."

Geralt raised his hands to indicate that he was unarmed, then looked at the steaming cauldron behind the trolls, and said:
"We are going to the Ring of Elements on the mountain. We just pass by here and won't disturb you."

However, how could the brain circuits of these trolls be the same as ordinary people.

The big troll suddenly said:
"Here, the mountain of trolls, witcher, cannot enter."

"Unless, give us, the toll."

Geralt patted his head when he heard the words, and was silent for a few seconds before asking:
"What kind of toll do you want, we are demon hunters, you better be sensible and don't make excessive demands?"

The big troll shook his head and seemed to think about it for more than ten seconds before saying intermittently:

"We, little trolls, are born, celebrated, and eat meat."

"Give the meat, a lot of meat, and let you pass."

Hearing the troll's request, Geralt immediately felt a headache. These trolls are tall and especially edible. If they want to feed these big guys, they can't be satisfied by a wild boar or the like.

Moreover, trolls are notoriously naive, if they don't agree to their request and want to go over, the only way is to kill them all.

When White Wolf was having a headache, Wayne who was following behind him reminded:
"Geralt, have you forgotten those harpy birds we killed just now?"

"There are exactly twenty of them. Give these trolls their corpses. These big guys will definitely be very satisfied."

Geralt's eyes lit up when he heard the words, he glanced back at Wayne appreciatively, and then said to the leading troll:
"I put a lot of meat in one place, you take a few trolls to move it back with me."

"There's a lot of meat there, enough to keep you all full."

As soon as he heard that he could eat all-you-can-eat meat, the leading troll immediately let out a halazi. Without any doubt, he said loudly to his companions:

"Follow the witcher, go get the meat, come back, celebration."

After hearing the leader's shout, the trolls who had surrounded the two immediately raised their hands and cheered, dancing like a group of children weighing hundreds of kilograms.

By the time the two of them took the trolls and walked the mountain road for 10 minutes to bring back the corpses of the harpy birds from the river beach, it was already noon before they knew it.

The trolls were more trustworthy. After getting the corpses of those harpy birds, they didn't even wash them. They tore them into pieces and piled them up by the pot or roasted or boiled them.

The leading troll even warmly invited the two to join their celebration.

Of course, Wayne and Geralt couldn't participate in this kind of activity. They didn't stop at the troll tribe, and went straight to the ring of elements on the mountain.

It was a ruin-like building. The city walls and the main body had disappeared, leaving only some broken walls and a flat ground made of gravel. A rectangular altar of about ten square meters stood on the flat ground, next to the cliff near the top of the mountain.

A quaint magic circle is carved in the center of the altar. Behind the magic circle is a rectangular stone table filled with candles. Four iron torches containing special fuel stand at the four corners of the altar. The overall look is quite ceremonial.

Wayne didn't know how to activate the wolf school badge in his hand, so he handed it to Geralt and asked:
"What should I do now?"

Geralt took the badge, put the badge in the shape of a wolf's head in front of his eyes for a while, and walked up to the altar, saying:

"The ring of elements is a node where magic power gathers, and it exists all over the world. However, their power is strong or weak according to the concentration of magic power. Only those powerful mages can use them."

"We demon hunters can't sense magic power. All we can do is use them to recharge magic items."

White Wolf put Wayne's badge in the center of the stone table, then turned his head and waved to him, saying:

"The magic circle here was carved by warlocks during the period of the Demon Hunter Order. It is quite simple for us to activate this ring of elements."

"Just light the four torches around you in the order of the earth, air, water, flame, and the four elements."

"Use the Sign of Igni to do it yourself."

After knowing how to open the ring of elements, Wayne did not delay, and walked to the center of the altar in a few steps.

He first observed the patterns engraved on the four torches. They were all very common elemental icons, representing the four elements in the wizarding world. Then, according to Professor Geralt's method, he lit the four torches one by one with the Igni Sign.

The moment all four torches were lit, even though the demon hunter couldn't sense the fluctuation of magic power, Wayne still felt some invisible force converging towards the wolf school badge on the stone table.

At the same time, the system in Wayne's brain also issued a prompting sound.

When a high-concentration magic energy node is detected, three ability points can be obtained by absorbing it.

Note that if you choose to absorb, this energy node will be permanently destroyed, its spatial structure will be destroyed, and a dimensional crack will be formed. Please choose carefully.

Three ability points, permanent destruction, dimensional rift.

Originally, Wayne was very excited when he heard that he could get three ability points, but when he heard the consequences of absorbing the magical energy here, he couldn't help hesitating.

This is the ring of elements closest to Kaer Morhen. The straight-line distance is actually less than 1 kilometer. It is a precious legacy left by the warlocks for the demon hunters during the period of the demon hunter order.

If he destroys this place for these three points of ability, not only will Kaer Morhen lose a powerful support forever, but he may also leave a troublesome mess because of the so-called dimensional rift.

Besides, Geralt the White Wolf is by his side now, and the movement of absorbing the magic power node is definitely not small. As long as he does this, it will be stolen and stolen, and it may even turn him against his companions from the Wolf School.

Weighing the pros and cons, Wayne sighed softly. Rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests, so he can't ignore the consequences just because of a small profit in front of him.

Just like what Geralt said, the rings of elements are scattered all over the world. In the future, as long as he spends his time looking for them, he will definitely find other rings of elements.

(End of this chapter)