Chapter 319: Praise to the Mother of All Things

It may be very difficult for the rock trolls, who are used to living underground, to suddenly learn to forage in the mountains.

But this is not because the rock trolls can't catch any creatures.

There may not be much of anything in the mountains, rivers and lakes around Kaer Morhen, but there must be enough water ghosts.

Moreover, water ghosts are like monsters without brains. They don't care whether the enemy is strong or weak. They just rush when they meet.

It can be clearly heard from the conversation between Shanshi and Dashi that the rock trolls from Viscount Hudson's abandoned mine caught a lot of water ghosts not long after they came here.

It's just that because the meat is too unpalatable, it seems that it is not only not in the menu of Dashi and his friends, but even the rock trolls brought by Shanshi are not willing to eat the blue-skinned monsters they caught.

Of course.

This does not mean that the rock trolls cannot eat water ghosts. From the desire of Dashi, Broken Stone and Small Stone for rotten meat, it can be seen that the rock trolls are also scavengers or omnivores.

Just like humans, they can eat grass and tree roots during famine, but when conditions improve, who would be willing to eat these things that are not nutritious and unpalatable?

"No wonder Big Stone is unhappy. It has exchanged the water ghosts that no one likes to eat for their food reserves. It has been considered that Big Stone has given face to Mountain Stone for enduring until now, and it values ​​the relationship with Mountain Stone."

Alin smiled in his heart.

So...

"If you want Big Stone to accept Mountain Stone, just make the water ghosts "delicious."

Thinking of this, he opened the inventory with a thought and flipped down.

Finally, in the corner, he found...

[Name: "A Brief Discussion on Twenty-three Cooking Methods of Water Ghosts"]

[Type: Miscellaneous]

[Function: None]

[Introduction: The second book in the "Delicious Little Guy" series]

[Note: Written by the legendary chef Troll Long, it has been a bestseller for more than 300 years]

It's really nostalgic!

This is the first harvest from opening a treasure chest after he traveled to the world of demon hunters.

He never thought that he would be able to use it one day...

Although he didn't know whether the troll Longge was a rock troll, they were all trolls, and they were legendary chefs. They had been selling well for more than three hundred years. Presumably, the way to cook water ghosts should be in line with the appetite of Dashitou and his friends.

Now there was only one question left...

Can Dashitou and his friends read?

After hesitating for two seconds, under the expectant gaze of Shanshitou, Ailin reached into his wallet and quickly took out a thick book from the inventory. The short side was as wide as the shoulders of a demon hunter, and the long side was almost as tall as a demon hunter.

The leather cover was blue and smooth to the touch, and there seemed to be a unique fishy smell.

The source of the material was self-evident.

The slippery and strange touch made Ailin throw it on the ground with a little disgust as soon as he pulled it out.

"Pah~"

It hit the ground with a sound.

Countless dust was smashed into the air.

After the smoke and dust settled, a row of huge and very abstract words appeared on the upper quarter of the cover, which should be the title.

It's just that Ailin didn't recognize a single word, perhaps it was a language unique to the trolls.

But he could guess that the meaning of these words should be "A Brief Discussion on the 23 Cooking Methods of Water Ghosts".

Under the title, there are also color pictures that are rare in books in the Demon Hunter World.

A troll with an orange-yellow and reddish body, like a ball of fire, pinched the fin on the back of the neck of a water ghost that was only one-tenth of its size with one hand, and made a gesture with the other thick hand with sparks.

Judging from the strange smile on the face of the water ghost, Ailin estimated that this gesture should be similar to a thumbs-up.

In front of the troll, there was a big pot with a fire burning underneath, and the pot was boiling and bubbling blue soup.

But if you look closely, those bubbles are all big, small, light blue, dark blue, and various water ghosts with their teeth bared and smiling.

It's really a bit creepy.

But...

Although this strange book is very eye-catching, the surrounding rock trolls only took a look at it because of the sound it made when it fell to the ground.

Then, almost simultaneously, they all shifted their sights to the slightly opened leather armor of the demon hunter, and the big pointed bald head was full of question marks.

"Dong Dong Dong ~"

The little stone even walked over directly, stretched out his hand as if to pull at his leather armor, but was stopped by a punch on the forehead by the big stone.

The demon hunter naturally found something wrong.

However, since obtaining "A Brief Discussion of Twenty-three Cooking Methods for Water Ghosts", it has been pressed at the bottom of the inventory and has never been taken out. When it is really taken out, it is too late.

However, it doesn't matter.

For these silly rock trolls in front of him, his secret may not be as important as a piece of rotten meat.

Of course.

Ailin still diverted their attention in time and said:

"Big Stone, Mountain Stone, do you recognize the words on it?"

"Dong Dong ~"

The attention of the rock trolls was instantly shifted to the "A Brief Discussion of Twenty-three Cooking Methods for Water Ghosts" on the ground.

The big stone walked forward, staring at the unfamiliar words on the cover with his small eyes, and subconsciously shouted:

“……% # &…”

Ailin was delighted when he heard this.

Although he didn’t understand it, the tones were orderly, and it was obviously a language.

Sure enough, the big stone actually knew these words.

Amid the rumbling sound, the mountain stone also walked over, staring with eyes wide open and leaning over to take a closer look.

“……%…………&…”

It was also a similar, very difficult roar.

Although he couldn't understand, Ailin always felt that Shanshitou paused too much, like a babbling baby, and was unfamiliar with the text.

Compared with the big stone, it seemed to be missing a few syllables in the middle.

"... Where did the good demon hunter find the book?" The big stone raised his head, and his small eyes as big as green beans were full of very complicated emotions, which should not be the complicated emotions that a rock troll should have.

"I got it by accident." Ailin said, "Is it useful?"

The big stone seemed to see that the demon hunter didn't want to elaborate, so he didn't ask any more questions. He just looked up at Shanshitou who was still stumbling to recognize the words, and then turned back to ask:

"... The good demon hunter wants the troll... Shanshitou to stay?"

The sentence was grammatically disordered, but it was obviously much more coherent than before.

Ailin was stunned for a moment, until he felt Shanshitou's eager gaze, and then nodded seriously.

The big stone was silent for a moment.

The rough hand with a stone on the back wiped his abdomen, as if to wipe away the non-existent dirt and mud.

Then he slowly bent down, and the four-toed giant hand carefully picked up the blue book on the ground.

"Hua La~"

The page of the book was turned, and the words inside were also unfamiliar to Ailin, and the surrounding rock trolls probably didn't understand it either.

Even Shan Shitou just scratched his head and looked at the big stone, waiting for judgment.

The emotions he showed were not as complicated as the big stone.

The big stone turned the pages carefully, seemingly looking at the contents carefully, but the demon hunter felt that it was not that simple.

"Have you seen this book?" Ailin asked curiously.

The big stone paused and shook his head.

"Have you seen a similar book?"

This time the big stone didn't shake his head again, but he didn't answer. He just closed the page and handed it to the demon hunter again.

"...The book...is useful... Shan Shitou left it..."

The big stone roared before it fell.

Shan Shitou and his surrounding rock troll friends cheered immediately.

"...Good demon hunter...good demon hunter..." followed the broken stone's greeting to Ailin.

At the same time, Ailin also felt that Shanshitou's eyes were looking at him differently.

If we put it in a more understandable way, it would be...

[Due to your gift of the book, Dashitou accepted Shanshitou Rock Troll Clan, Shanshitou's favorability towards you increased by 30, and your reputation in Shanshitou Rock Troll Clan increased by 300, reaching respect]

[The Ancient Sea Fortress obtained legendary troops: Rock Troll 14/14, Rock Troll Legendary Lord Shanshitou 1/1]

This made the demon hunter feel relieved.

In a good mood, he did not take the book "A Brief Discussion on the 23 Cooking Methods of Water Ghosts".

This book is of no use to him. Although demon hunters have high poison resistance, water ghosts are not in their recipes. It is better to give it as a gift to improve the favorability of the rock trolls.

"Don't give it back to me. This is your troll's thing. It's useless for me to take it." Ailin smiled and shook his head.

After hesitating for a few seconds, Dashitou said "thank you" and put it away. He seemed to like it very much.

The settlement of the rock trolls has been completed.

Ailin was about to remind them of the possible vibrations that might occur in a while, and then went to the cave of the old spearhead to complete the summoning task.

But he didn't expect that the big stone ran to the camp, hid "A Brief Discussion on the 23 Cooking Methods of Water Ghosts", and then walked over again, still looking timid and strange.

"What's wrong?" Ailin asked.

The big stone hesitated for a while, and then looked at Ailin with his beady eyes:

"... The trolls also want... books... words... the same..."

"You want me to help find other things like this book that are related to the trolls, right?"

Although the big stone said vaguely, Ailin had spent a lot of time with the trolls after all, and it was easy to guess the meaning in the words.

Big Stone nodded repeatedly, then scratched his head embarrassedly:

"...Big Stone...nothing...exchange...now..."

"No need, we are friends..." Ailin smiled, and saw that Big Stone stamped his feet anxiously after hearing this, knowing that she had an inexplicable self-esteem and didn't want to get something for free, and said, "Monster hunters will collect rewards after completing the commission."

"So the reward for finding something will be discussed after I really find it."

To be honest.

A large group of rock trolls have already agreed to defend Kaer Morhen, and he really has no special desire for Big Stone.

The only thing he is curious about is her origin.

But at present, Big Stone doesn't seem to have the intention to reveal it.

If the favorability is not enough, he can only take it slowly.

When Big Stone heard this, he smiled gratefully at Ailin with a big mouth and a "friendly" smile, saying that he would invite him to the next rock troll banquet.

However,

When the demon hunter was invited by the great stone to sit on the stone, and heard the great stone directing the rock trolls to deal with the water ghost's body, and talking about the cooking skills he had just learned, he jumped up from the stone instantly.

He refused repeatedly, using excuses such as "I just ate" and "I have something to do later" and other common words used by office workers in his previous life, and finally the enthusiastic rock trolls gave up the idea of ​​entertaining him well.

Drinking the heart essence extracted from the heart of the water ghost, the potion refined from the water ghost's tongue and water ghost's brain is already acceptable to Aylin, and it is the ultimate use of the water ghost.

Big Stone's method of fully utilizing the blood, flesh, and bones of maggot-rotted water ghosts is still too advanced for today's demon hunters.

then.

After the demon hunter warned, "There may be an earthquake soon," he said goodbye to this group of silly trolls who were eager to prepare a feast for the water ghosts.

…

The cave of Old Spearhead is still as usual, invisible.

Open the reagent bag, drink the cat's eye, and clean up all the water ghosts that ran into the cave at some point.

The demon hunter stopped at the place where Old Spearhead often slept soundly, found a fairly spacious place in the corner, and took out the chalk, sulfur, magic dust and mercury solution that had been prepared long ago.

Although the goddess Meritelli said in the Kingdom of God that the fluctuations caused by the ordinary intersection of the celestial sphere are very small, as long as it is used in a sheltered place, such as a cave, it can be completely avoided by the Wild Hunt.

In fact, even in the wilderness, the probability of being discovered is very small.

After all, he also summoned a celestial sphere confluence in Elland, and then stayed in the temple for nearly a week without seeing any sign of the Wild Hunt.

However, the summoning mission is a new type of mission after all, and the intensity of the celestial sphere intersection is still uncertain.

More importantly, Aelin was quite curious about the "Meriteri's Hidden Ritual" taught to him by the goddess.

[Name: Meritelli’s Hidden Ritual]

…

[Note: In essence, this is not a hidden ritual, but more like remotely transmitting a message similar to "Mom, I'm hungry". All subsequent concealment processes will be remotely operated by the object of the information transmission using divine power. 】

In particular, the content in the remarks seems to indicate that the main function of this ritual circle to shield space fluctuations and prevent the Wild Hunt from being detected is actually not "concealment", but "Meritelli".

so……

Is there a possibility.

Every time he uses "Meriteri's Hidden Ritual", Aelin can contact the goddess and ask her to give her a harvest buff?

If there is no reason, of course it is not easy for the witcher to bother him just to get buffs or open boxes.

But now I had an excuse, so of course I had to give it a try.

The three intertwined ritual circles drawn with chalk symbolize the three-in-one body of the goddess, the pregnant woman, and the old woman.

Put mercury in a young girl, put magic dust in a pregnant woman, and put sulfur in an old woman.

After carefully completing the arrangement according to the ritual requirements in my mind, I walked around the entire ritual array four times clockwise, and happened to stop in front of the ritual circle that symbolized the girl.

After Aylin checked again, he took a deep breath and prayed devoutly:

"Praise to the Mother of All, the God of fertility, harvest and childbirth, the eternal maiden, mother, protector of old women..."