Demon Hunter: I have a red gourd

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Ivan sat naked in the bathtub, soaking in the green liquid.

He touched the huge wound on his chest that was once so deep that the bone was visible. It has now almost healed.

This was caused by the griffin and was the direct cause of the predecessor's death.

The death of his predecessor now seems to have many doubts. Since he was called "the most dazzling genius of the Griffin School since its founder", he was naturally not a reckless and incompetent person.

On the contrary, he is an extremely cautious person.

The predecessor strictly followed the teacher's instructions and the records in the "Monster Hunting Notes" written by the founder of the Griffin School, "Elan of Larvik", and picked buckthorn from the bottom of the river. The buckthorn gave off a strong rotten smell when it was out of water, and this smell happened to attract the griffins to leave their nests.

He smeared the juice of buckthorn on a dead sheep and set traps nearby. To be absolutely sure, he even used alchemical bombs: two "Dragon Dreams" and one "Dancing Star".

When the "Dragon Dream" explodes, it releases a large amount of flammable gas, while when the "Dancing Star" explodes, it releases a fierce flame. The combination of these two bombs can be said to be a deadly weapon for the griffin beast that fears fire.

Ordinary demon hunters would never choose this method to hunt a mere griffin, because the cost of alchemical bombs is extremely high. The cost of three bombs far exceeds the benefits of hunting a medium-sized monster.

But his predecessor still did it, because this was the high mountain trial mission of the Griffin School. Only after completing it can he be called a real demon hunter, so he felt it was worth it.

Moreover, according to his plan, as long as everything goes well, he will soon no longer be short of gold coins.

But as expected, an accident happened.

In Ivan's memory, it was a violent explosion. However, when the smoke cleared, he was shocked to see that the griffin, radiating a pale blue light from head to toe, was completely unharmed as it charged straight towards him.

With just one claw, he broke the predecessor's Quen shield, which was far more powerful than those of other schools.

With the second claw, a huge force directly knocked the silver sword in Ivan's hand away.

Then it flapped its wings, flew into the air, and then folded its wings and dived down.

Another claw tore through Ivan's breastplate, leaving a wound deep enough to see the bone on his chest.

In the face of sheer power and speed, all the knowledge and skills the teachers had taught him were useless. His predecessor had died inexplicably at the claws of a griffin, only to be taken advantage of by the time traveler, Ivan.

However, even if Ivan traveled through time and came back to life, the huge wounds on his body would not disappear on their own.

Thanks to the red gourd that appeared with him.

The appearance of this gourd is exactly the same as the "Red Gourd" which is the pre-order reward of the game Black Myth: Wukong that I played before the time travel.

In addition to being able to absorb essence to unlock incarnation abilities, after three months of exploration by Ivan, it has some other functions.

Firstly, the gourd is a container, so it can naturally hold wine. The witcher's body has mutated, and ordinary wine can no longer make him drunk, but the wine in the gourd can.

Secondly, most of the witcher's potions are based on spirits. Ivan discovered that pouring the potion into a gourd and then drinking it can also enhance the effect of the potion.

He had been severely injured upon arriving in this world, his armor and silver sword both suffering considerable damage from the griffin. Leveraging his original body's memories, he had found the healing Swallow Potion in his backpack. Later, he discovered that pouring the potion into a gourd for drinking could enhance its effectiveness, thus avoiding his sudden death upon crossing over. Now, after numerous potion-drinking sessions and medicinal baths at the herbalist's, his injuries had finally healed. However, the scar on his chest proved difficult to remove.

In the bathtub, Ivan reached out and took off a necklace from his neck, carefully examining the silver roaring griffin head pendant underneath.

Griffin School Demon Hunter Badge.

It is not only a symbol of the school's identity, but also an indispensable tool for demon hunters.

The badge has many practical functions, and each school has different ways of using it. For example, when the Griffin School releases a sigil, the communication badge can enhance the power of the sigil.

But the most important function is that it can sense the surrounding magical environment. Whenever a spell, magical illusion or magical creature appears near the wearer, it will vibrate rapidly to remind the wearer that there may be danger.

However, the badge is not absolutely reliable. In certain special environments, such as near a magical place with extremely abundant chaotic energy, or in an abnormal environment caused by the riot of chaotic energy in the air during the Black Day, the badge's reaction will often become unstable.

In addition, the badge may also react abnormally when it is close to a magic spell or magic circle set up by a warlock.

In theory, only demon hunters who have passed all the school trials will be awarded the school badge.

But now the instructors of the Griffin School are not so pedantic. Including Ivan himself, there are only three active Griffin School witchers left:
Old Kelda who stayed in the Castle of Ker Sirens all year round, Cohen who brought Ivan back to Ker Sirens, and Ivan himself.

With such a sparse population, the school's survival and development faced unprecedented difficulties.

Therefore, Kelda and Cohen naturally cherished this young apprentice very much. Fearing that something might go wrong when he went out for trials alone, they equipped him with everything they could get.

The school emblem, a handwritten copy of the Demon Hunter's Notes written by the founder, a large number of freshly made potions, sword oil and alchemical bombs
However, the current school is far too poor. Demon Hunter equipment is divided into four levels: primary, enhanced, advanced, and ultimate. As for the legendary master-level equipment, the blueprints have long been lost.

After searching the entire castle, Old Kelda only found a set of elementary Griffin School armor and a silver sword. However, he did have a lot of steel swords, so he asked Ivan to pick out a high-grade one.

I have yet to repay my master’s kindness.

Ivan stroked the badge. Although he was no longer the same Ivan as before, the deep affection his two mentors had for him still existed in his memory, without fading at all.

Just as he was organizing his thoughts, the door curtain was gently lifted, and a young woman with hair as red as spring grass walked in. She poured a basin of green liquid into Ivan's bathtub without any hesitation.

"Can I say you're worthy of being a witcher?" The woman stared at Ivan's exposed upper body with her bright eyes, and pointed at the wound on his chest with her green fingers.

"If an ordinary person had suffered such severe injuries, he would have died countless times already, right?"

"And you, a monster, not only survived, but you also recovered so quickly! Your wounds healed so well in just three months."

"Perhaps even a witcher would die from such an injury." Ivan chuckled. "I was just a little luckier."

(End of this chapter)