Chapter 15: The Ring of the Elements
The trolls were rather clumsy indeed, and Wayne followed Geralt, neither of them hiding their figures, but it wasn't until they were within ten meters of the trolls that the guys finally noticed that someone was approaching them.
One of them, the largest of them, with stone armor covered with green moss, stirred the unknown food in the cauldron with a stick, and was stunned for a few seconds before he stood up and shouted to his companion:
"Witcher, two people, surround them."
With the troll's shout, five strong trolls immediately ran from around and surrounded the two.
Seeing this, in order to prevent a conflict, Geralt immediately shouted at them:
"Hey! Don't be nervous, we're not here to fight. ”
Hearing this, the big man troll who had just shouted tilted his head and was stunned for a few seconds, and instead of letting his companion attack, he spoke intermittently and said:
"Demon hunters, kill monsters, two people, six trolls, I'm not afraid of you."
Geralt held up his hands to indicate that he had no weapons in his hands, then looked at the steaming cauldron behind the trolls, and said:
"We're going to the Elemental Ring on the mountain, but we're just passing through here, so we won't bother you."
However, how can the brain circuits of these trolls be the same as ordinary people.
The big troll suddenly spoke:
"Here, the mountain of trolls, witchers, can't go in."
"Unless, give us, tolls."
Hearing this, Geralt patted his head, and was a little speechless for a few seconds before asking:
"What kind of toll do you want, we're witchers, you'd better get acquainted and don't make excessive demands?"
The big troll shook his head, and seemed to think about it for more than ten seconds before he said intermittently:
"We, little trolls, are born, celebrate, and want to eat meat."
"Give meat, lots of meat, and let you pass."
Hearing the troll's request, Geralt immediately felt a big head, this group of trolls is tall, and they are very able to eat, and if they want to feed this group of big guys, it is not a wild boar or something, they can be satisfied.
Moreover, trolls are notoriously simple, and if they don't agree to their requests, there is only one way to kill them all.
When the white wolf had a headache, Wayne, who was following him, reminded:
"Geralt, have you forgotten the human-faced demon birds that we killed just now?"
"There are exactly twenty of them, and if you hand over their corpses to these trolls, these big guys will definitely be satisfied."
Geralt's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he glanced back at Wayne appreciatively, and then said to the leading troll:
"I've put a lot of meat in one place, and you bring a few trolls with me to move back."
"There's plenty of meat there, enough for you all to eat."
As soon as he heard that he could eat all-you-can-eat meat, the leading troll immediately flowed out of his son, and without any doubt, he said loudly to his companions:
"Follow the witcher, go get the meat, come back, celebrate."
After hearing the leader's shout, the trolls who were originally surrounding the two immediately raised their hands and cheered, dancing like a group of children of hundreds of kilograms.
By the time the two of them took these trolls and walked for dozens of minutes on the mountain road to bring back the corpses of those human-faced demon birds from the river beach, the time was already noon.
The trolls were still more trustworthy, and after getting the corpses of those human-faced demon birds, they didn't even wash them, they were all torn into pieces, piled up on the side of the pot or roasted or boiled, and then sat by the fire and drooled, staring at the meat motionlessly.
The troll in the lead even warmly invited the two of them to join them in their celebration.
Wayne and Geralt certainly couldn't have participated in this kind of event, so they didn't stop at the troll tribe and headed straight for the Elemental Ring on the mountain.
It was a ruin-like building, the city wall and the main body had long been gone, only some ruins and rubble paved flat ground, a rectangular altar of about ten square meters, standing on the flat land, near the cliff at the top of the mountain.
In the center of the altar is carved a quaint magic array, behind which there is a rectangular stone table full of candles, and four iron torches with special fuels are stored, standing in the four corners of the altar, and 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 wolf's head in front of his eyes, looked at it a few times, and as he walked up to the altar, he said:
"The Elemental Ring is a node where magic gathers and exists all over the world, but their power can be strong or weak according to the concentration of mana convergence, and only those powerful mages can use them."
"We witchers can't sense magic, and all we can do is use them to charge magical items."
The White Wolf placed Wayne's badge in the center of the stone table, then turned to beckon to him, saying:
"The magic circle here was carved by the warlocks of the Demon Hunter Order, and it's fairly simple for us to activate this elemental ring."
"You just need to light the four torches around you in the order of the earth, air, water, fire, and the four elements."
"Do it yourself with the Ignida Seal."
Knowing the method of opening the Elemental Ring, Wayne did not postpone and walked a few steps to the center of the altar.
He first observed the patterns carved on the four torches, all of which were very generic elemental icons, representing the four elements in the wizarding world, and then lit the four torches with the Ignidhorn seal in turn, following Professor Geralt's method.
The moment all four torches were lit, even though the witcher couldn't sense the fluctuation of mana, Wayne still sensed that some invisible force was converging towards the wolf school badge on the stone table.
At the same time, the system in Wayne's brain also made a prompting sound.
A node with a high concentration of magical energy is detected, and three ability points can be obtained by absorbing it.
Note that if you choose to absorb, this energy node will be permanently destroyed, destroying its spatial structure and forming a dimensional rift, so choose carefully.
Three ability points, permanent destruction, dimensional rift.
Originally, Wayne was very excited to hear that he could obtain three ability points, but when he heard the consequences of absorbing the magic energy here, he couldn't help but hesitate a little.
This is the closest elemental ring to Kellmohan, less than 1 kilometer away in a straight line, and it is a precious legacy left by warlocks for witchers during the Witcher Order.
If he destroys this place for the sake of these three ability points, not only will Kyle Mohan lose a powerful boost forever, but he may also leave a troublesome mess because of that so-called dimensional rift.
Moreover, now that the white wolf Geralt is by his side, the movement of absorbing the magic node is definitely not small, as long as he does this, it will be a combination of human stolen goods, and it will even make him and his companions of the wolf school turn against each other, maybe it.
Weighing the pros and cons, Wayne sighed softly, rabbits don't eat the grass next to the nest, he can't be reckless because of a small benefit in front of him.
As Geralt said, the Elemental Rings are scattered all over the world, and if he takes the trouble to find them, he will definitely find other Elemental Rings in the future.