Chapter 15: The Ring of Elements
Trolls are indeed quite clumsy. Wayne followed Geralt. Neither of them hid their figures, but it was not until they were less than ten meters away from these trolls that these guys finally noticed that there was someone there. Get close to them.
One of the largest trolls, whose stone armor was covered with green moss, was stirring 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: "Hunt the demon.
" People, two people, surround them."
As the troll shouted, five strong trolls immediately ran over from the surroundings and surrounded the two people.
Upon seeing this, in order to prevent a conflict, Geralt immediately shouted to them:
"Hey! Don't be nervous, we are not here to fight."
The big troll who just shouted tilted his head and was stunned for a few seconds. Instead of letting his companions attack, he spoke intermittently and said:
"Demon hunters, kill monsters, two people, six trolls, I'm not afraid of you."
Geralt raised his hands to indicate that he had no weapons. , then looked at the steaming cauldron behind the trolls, and said:
"We are going to the Ring of Elements on the mountain. We are just passing by here and won't disturb you."
However, these trolls' naive minds How can the circuit be the same as ordinary people?
The big troll suddenly said:
"This is the mountain of trolls. Witchers cannot enter."
"Unless you give us tolls."
Geralt heard this, patted his head, and was speechless. After being silent for a few seconds, he asked:
"What tolls do you want? We are demon hunters. You'd better be wiser and not make excessive demands?"
The big troll shook his head and seemed to think about it for more than ten seconds before finally asking. He said intermittently:
"We, the little trolls, are born, celebrating, and eating meat."
"Give me some meat, a lot of meat, and I'll let you pass."
Hearing the troll's request, Geralt immediately felt a big headache. These trolls were tall and very good at eating. He wanted to feed these big guys. , not something like a wild boar can satisfy you.
Moreover, trolls are notoriously naive. If you don't agree to their request and want to get over, the only way is to kill them all.
When the white wolf had a headache, Wayne, who was following him, reminded:
"Geralt, have you forgotten those human-faced demon birds we just killed?" "
There were exactly close to twenty of them. Their bodies will be handed over to these trolls, and these big guys will definitely be very satisfied."
Geralt's eyes lit up after hearing this, he looked back at Wayne with admiration, and then said to the leading troll:
"I am in a There is a lot of meat in the place. You can bring a few trolls with me to move it back." "
There is a lot of meat there, enough for you all to eat."
Upon hearing that you can eat meat as much as you want, the leading troll said The laughter immediately flowed out. He did not have any doubts and said loudly to his companions:
"Follow the demon hunter, go get the meat, come back, celebrate."
After hearing the leader's call, the few that originally surrounded the two people The troll immediately raised his hands and cheered, dancing like a group of children weighing hundreds of kilograms.
By the time the two of them took these trolls, walked the mountain road for dozens of minutes, and brought back the corpses of the human-faced monster birds from the river beach, it was already noon before they knew it.
The trolls were pretty good at keeping their word. After getting the corpses of the human-faced demon birds, they didn't even wash them. They tore them into pieces, piled them beside the pot, roasted or boiled them, and then sat by the fire to bleed them. He was licking his tongue and staring at the meat motionlessly.
The leading troll even warmly invited the two of them to join them in their celebration. Of course, it was impossible for Wayne and Geralt to participate in such an event. They did not 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 main body had long since disappeared, leaving only some ruins and flat ground paved with gravel. A rectangular altar of about ten square meters stood on the flat ground. Next to the cliff near the top of the mountain.
There is a simple magic circle 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 appearance Quite a ritual.
Wayne didn't know how to activate the Wolf School badge in his hand, so he handed it to Geralt's hand and asked:
"What should I do now?"
Geralt took the badge and put the wolf head-shaped badge in front of his eyes to observe. After a few glances, he walked up to the altar and said:
"The rings of elements are nodes where magic power gathers. They exist all over the world. However, their power is strong or weak according to the concentration of magic power. Only powerful mages can use it. They."
"We demon hunters can't sense magic. All we can do is use them to charge magic items."
White Wolf placed Wayne's badge in the center of the stone table, then turned to him He waved and said:
"The magic circle here was carved by the warlocks during the Demon Hunter Order. It is quite simple for us to activate this elemental ring." "We only need to follow the four types of earth, air, water, and
fire." To determine the order of the elements, just light the four surrounding torches."
"Use the Igni Seal to complete it yourself."
After knowing how to open the Ring of Elements, Wayne did not delay and took a few steps to the center of the altar.
He first observed the patterns engraved on the four torches. They were all very common elemental icons, representing the four elements in the magic world. Then he followed Professor Geralt's method and used the Igni Seal to light the torches one after another. Four torches.
The moment all four torches were lit, even though the demon hunter could not sense the fluctuations of magic power, Wayne still sensed that some invisible force was converging on the Wolf School badge on the stone table.
At the same time, the system in Wayne's mind also sounded a prompt.
High-concentration magic energy nodes are detected and absorbed to gain three ability points.
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, so please choose carefully.
Three ability points, permanent destruction, dimensional rift.
Wayne was originally very excited when he heard that he could get three ability points, but when he heard about the consequences of absorbing the magical energy here, he couldn't help but hesitate.
This is the closest elemental ring to Kaer Morhen. The straight-line distance is actually less than 1 kilometer. It is a precious legacy left by the warlocks for the witchers during the period of the Demon Hunter Order.
If he destroyed this place for these three ability points, not only would Kaer Morhen lose a powerful helper forever, but he might also leave a troublesome mess because of the so-called dimensional rift.
Moreover, the white wolf Geralt is by his side now, and the movement of absorbing magic nodes is definitely not small. As long as he does this, it will be easy for him to get the stolen goods, and it will even make him and his companions of the Wolf School turn against each other, and also maybe.
Weighing the pros and cons, Wayne sighed softly. Rabbits don't even eat grass on the edge of their nests. He can't ignore the consequences just because of the small benefits in front of him.
Just as Geralt said, the rings of elements are scattered all over the world. As long as he takes the time to look for them in the future, he will definitely find other rings of elements.
(End of chapter)