The trolls were indeed quite clumsy. Wayne followed Geralt, and neither of them hid their figures. However, it was not until they were less than ten meters away from the group of trolls that these guys finally noticed that someone was approaching 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:

"Demon hunters, two of them, surround them."

Following the troll's cry, five strong trolls immediately ran over from the surroundings and surrounded the two of them.

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."

When the big troll who just shouted heard this, he tilted his head and froze for a few seconds. Instead of letting his companions attack, he spoke intermittently and said:

"Demon hunters, kill monsters, two of us, 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, how could these idiotic brain circuits be the same as those of ordinary people?

The big troll suddenly spoke:

"Here, the mountain of trolls, witchers cannot enter."

"Unless you give us tolls."

When Geralt heard this, he patted his head and remained speechless for a few seconds before asking:

"What tolls do you want? We are demon hunters. You'd better be wise and not make excessive demands?"

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

"We, the little trolls, are born, celebrating, and eating meat."

"Give me some meat, lots of meat, and I'll let you pass."

Hearing the troll's request, Geralt immediately felt a big headache. These trolls are tall and very good at eating. If you want to feed these big guys, it won't be enough for a wild boar or the like.

.

Moreover, trolls are notoriously naive. If you don't agree to their request and want to get past, the only way is to kill them all.

When Bai Lang had a headache, Wayne, who was following him, reminded:

"Geralt, have you forgotten those human-faced demon birds we just killed?"

"There happen to be close to twenty of them. Give their bodies to these trolls. These big guys will definitely be very satisfied."

Geralt's eyes lit up when he heard this, he looked back at Wayne with admiration, and then said to the leading troll:

"I put a lot of meat in one place. You bring a few trolls with me to move it back."

"There's a lot of meat there, enough for you all to eat."

As soon as he heard that he could eat meat until he was full, the leading troll immediately burst into laughter. Without any doubt, he loudly said to his companions:

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

After hearing the leader's words, the trolls that originally surrounded the two people immediately raised their hands and cheered, dancing like a group of hundreds of kilograms of children.

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 still kept 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 participate 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.

A simple magic circle is carved in the center of the altar. Behind the magic circle, there is a rectangular stone table filled with candles. Four iron torches containing special fuel are placed at the four corners of the altar. The overall appearance

It's quite ceremonial.

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 we do now?"

Geralt took the badge, put the wolf-head-shaped badge in front of his eyes and looked at it for a few times. 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 depending on the concentration of magic power. Only powerful mages can use them."

"We demon hunters cannot 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 wave to him and said:

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

"You just need to light the four surrounding torches in the order of the four elements: earth, air, water, and fire."

"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 element 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 three ability points can be obtained by absorbing them.

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 destroys this place for these three ability points, 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.

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 and his companions from the Wolf School to turn against each other.

maybe.

Weighing the pros and cons, Wayne sighed softly. Rabbits wouldn't even eat the grass beside their nests. He couldn't ignore the consequences just because of the small gain in front of him.
Chapter completed!