Demon Hunter: I have a red gourd

Chapter 63 Don't disturb my sleep, thank you (4K -in-)

Fortunately, this is just an ordinary little fog monster and it is not too difficult to deal with.

Ivan remembered that in the game, there was a little fog demon living in Velen that had survived from ancient times to the present day.

It seemed to have its own name, Ignis Fatus, which had caused him a lot of trouble in the past.

The materials from the mist demon's corpse were of little value. While its brain or heart might hold the secrets of its illusion and invisibility abilities, these materials were not used in witcher potions or sword oils.

No way, that's how the recipe is written.

All alchemical items related to the Demon Hunter were created by ancient warlocks at the beginning of the Demon Hunter.

The legendary warlock Alzu who created the Demon Hunter and his teacher Malaspina are undisputed geniuses among the warlock community. Even in the current warlock brotherhood, few can compare with them.

For hundreds of years, there were very few witchers who were proficient in magic. Even before its destruction, the Griffin School had a much deeper understanding of magic than other schools, and the witchers in the school had never created or even improved any alchemical formula.

From the corpse of the little mist demon, only the teeth in its mouth could be used to craft some equipment, and the equipment of the Griffin School was not needed. The rest could only be sold for a few gold coins by trying to find a warlock to see if he was interested in this kind of monster.

Since the chestnut horse Chiyan was not by his side, if Ivan wanted to collect monster materials, he would have to not only carry two swords on his back, but also carry a leather bag in his hand to explore the ruins.

Considering safety issues, Ivan gave up the idea of ​​collecting materials.

"System, panel."

[Name: Ivan (Christine)]

[Spiritual Essence: 2490]

[Armor: Griffin Steel Sword - Advanced, Griffin Armor - Basic, Griffin Silver Sword - Basic]

[Treasure: School Badge (Griffin)]

[Spiritual Wine: Lamb Brew (Wine Soaking Hole: 1)]

【Ingredients for wine soaking: Double Crown Blood】

[Medicine: Fuhu Pill*1]

[Incarnation: Water Ghost, Wolf Assassin, Evil Ghost Warrior, Demon Spirit]

【Change: Wolf】

[Spirit: Scissortail Dragon Spirit*10, Griffin Spirit*10, Ghoul Spirit*11, Little Mist Fairy Spirit*5]

There are exactly one hundred demon spirits in the three villages, and the demon spirit's incarnation is unlocked. The spirits of other monsters are scattered, and if you want to unlock the incarnation, you can only go and find it specifically, which is not as easy as before in this era.
The extra spirit essence can be used to upgrade the level and strength of the avatar, but more than 2000 spirit essences have been collected, and they seem to have no use other than challenging dungeons.

Guangzhi's copy has been completely closed since Ivan successfully challenged it, which has resulted in the accumulated spiritual energy having no place to spend it even now.

The system would only explain new functions to Ivan when they appeared. At other times, no matter how he asked, no response would be given, leaving Ivan to guess by himself when the next copy would be opened.

The first dungeon only opens after collecting 1,000 Spiritual Essences, and after the challenge ends, the Spiritual Essences are almost completely depleted. Does this mean that the next dungeon will only appear after collecting 5,000, or even 10,000 Spiritual Essences?

By then, the monsters in the copy will be more powerful, and the spiritual energy consumed will be more, which will just be enough to consume all the accumulated spiritual energy.

However, Spirit Essence was not easy to farm. An ordinary monster only had about ten Spirit Essences. If he hadn't encountered a hundred extremely weak demon spirits in those villages, he wouldn't have been able to accumulate the number he had now so quickly.

Ivan dusted himself off, stood up, and continued walking deeper into the ruins.

He didn't feel the slightest bit of worry in his heart. After all, how dangerous could an elf tomb that had been abandoned for hundreds of years be?

Now, he has not used either the incarnation or Guangzhi, and there is only one Fu Hu Wan left.

There are plenty of arrows, please feel free to use them.

Shoot, shoot!
Gradually, Ivan left the deep corridor and came to a brighter and wider space.

As far as the eye could see, there was an open circular space, with small rooms neatly arranged around it. The doors of these rooms, having not yet experienced the baptism and destruction of war, were well-preserved with intricate carvings on each one, like pieces of exquisite works of art.

Although Ivan knew some knowledge about the elves from books and his mentor's teachings, he had no idea about the art and architectural design of this race, so he had no idea what these rooms were used for.

However, since the elves used the underground palace as a mausoleum, then these small rooms must be tombs, right?
Ivan slowed down his pace and walked to a door. After putting on a Quen shield in advance, he gently pushed open the heavy door.

The door creaked open. Fortunately, he did not encounter any strange monster that tried to kill him. What was inside was just as Ivan had expected. There was a gorgeous coffin placed in the center of the house.

The demon hunter badge on Ivan's chest remained silent, indicating that the coffin wasn't emitting any magical energy. He still remembered his purpose, so he had no intention of opening the coffin and desecrating the deceased.

He turned and walked out of the room, his eyes sweeping across the huge mural on the wall before closing the door.

In the center of the mural is a beautiful woman surrounded by flowers, with ears of wheat and vines entwined in her hair. Her skirt is dotted with flowing gold dust, and where her bare toes touch, hyacinths bloom on the rocks and wheat sprouts emerge from the earth.

Three white deer raised their heads from different directions to catch the dew dripping from her fingertips. Many beautiful elves with pointed ears knelt on one knee and gathered around her.

Is this the faith of the elves?
Goddess of the fields? Goddess of flowers?
Ivan muttered and closed the door of the tomb.

The elves do not have the custom of burying people alive with their dead. From the number of rooms, it can be seen that the people buried here are not noble characters, so there is probably no treasure either.

However, after experiencing the previous experience of Blind Jill obtaining Lamb Brew after exploration in the system copy, Ivan decided to explore this circular space to see if the badge had any reaction before moving on to other areas.

Ivan explored along the edge of the wall, admiring the unique aesthetics of the elven architecture.

It is rare to find such well-preserved elven ruins outside.

Just as he was strolling to the middle of the circular space, the badge on his chest suddenly vibrated slightly.

Oh? Is there a magical fluctuation?
Ivan's spirits lifted.

Sure enough, I told you that licking the map clean would help! Look, I found another hidden gem!
Sensing the vibrations of the emblem on his chest, Ivan searched for the source of the magic. After changing direction several times, he stood in front of an ornate door.

The demon hunter emblem was pulsing most clearly here, and this was probably the room. Ivan once again cast a Quen shield on himself and cautiously opened the door.

To his surprise, the scene in the room was exactly the same as the first one. Apart from a coffin quietly placed in the middle, there was nothing else.

Could it be that the object that caused the demon spirit to mutate is hidden in this coffin?

"I'm sorry." Ivan bowed to the coffin, then walked forward and gently pushed open the lid of the coffin.

After the lid was completely opened, Ivan leaned over and looked inside the coffin.

A man in a luxurious black robe slowly opened his eyes and met Ivan's cat eyes.

He wore a pendant inlaid with exotic crystals on his chest. The pendant showed no signs of aging, and the delicate gold chain sparkled and emitted a bright luster.

At this moment, the badge on Ivan's chest vibrated like crazy, almost jumping out of his chest!

Ivan was startled and stood still.

The atmosphere fell into silence for a moment. The man lying in the coffin and Ivan stared at each other for a long time.

Finally, it was the man who spoke first, breaking the silence.

"Is it 1358 now?" He asked in fluent ancient language, his voice clear and elegant, like a gentle breeze blowing, just like a gentleman.

"No." Ivan shook his head. "It's 1262."

The man frowned slightly, as if he was feeling something.

"The prophesied day has not yet arrived, and I haven't heard the call from the elders." He rubbed his temples, still seeming to be very sleepy.

"In that case, please put the lid of the coffin back on and don't disturb my sleep. Thank you."

"Okay, no problem. Sorry to bother you." Ivan's voice was emotionless. He nodded mechanically, then slowly leaned over and pushed the lid of the coffin.

When the lid is completely closed and a crisp "click" sound is heard,

Ivan quickly stepped back and leaned against the wall of the room, still feeling frightened.

The back of his shirt was completely soaked with cold sweat, and he grabbed the witcher badge that was still trembling on his chest.

Damn, where did you bring me, you bastard?
What the hell!

High-level vampire!
What the hell!

A high-level vampire who has lived for an unknown period of time!
This isn't right! Isn't the Demon Hunter Badge incapable of detecting high-level vampires? What's going on?

Ivan was 100% sure that the man just now was the legendary high-level vampire, and definitely not anything else!

【High Absorption Orianna↓】

High-level vampires, classified as remnants in the demon hunter's knowledge system, originally lived in another world, but were trapped in this one due to the intersection of the celestial spheres.

Many powerful blood-sucking creatures are mistakenly called high-level vampires by ordinary scholars, such as blood demon, vampire girl, Katakan, etc.

But professional demon hunters knew that this term was wrong. A true high-level vampire had nothing in common with those monsters except the ability to suck blood.

Although they can suck blood, they do not need to suck blood to survive. Blood is like Coca-Cola or beer to them. Some high-level vampires are addicted to it, but some think it is harmful to their spirit.

The difference between high-level vampires and low-level ones is completely the difference in biological evolution, just like the difference between humans and monkeys.

High-level vampires have a similar appearance to humans, and their intelligence and behavior are also very similar to humans. If they do not expose themselves voluntarily, almost no one will discover their true identity when they are mixed in the crowd.

They are the darlings of heaven and earth, and almost all methods of killing vampires in human legends are ineffective against them: sunlight, garlic, holy water, silver, crosses, and piercing the heart with a wooden stake are all useless.

High-level vampires are extremely powerful, can become invisible, have a certain resistance to fire and high temperature, can transform into giant bats, can control blood, can manipulate ordinary people and animals with their thoughts, and most importantly, only high-level vampires can completely kill another high-level vampire.

Otherwise, no matter how serious the injuries are, even if they are burned to ashes, they can be resurrected with the passage of time.

They have almost endless lifespans, and the older the high-level vampires are, the stronger they are. The oldest high-level vampires are called Shadow Elders. Their strength is unfathomable, and all vampires need to obey their orders, whether they are high-level or low-level.

【Shadow Elder↓】

The Shadow Elder doesn't like to talk, but if he utters a word, the entire tribe must immediately appear in his lair, waiting to carry out his orders.

The man in the coffin just now mentioned the call of the elder, so he must be a vampire. He looks no different from a human, and can communicate with Ivan using language, so it can be inferred that he is a high-level vampire.

Each high-level vampire can easily destroy a human city, but their numbers are small. Even if they are individually powerful, they cannot fight against the human race with many high-level warlocks.

Their overall strength is not as good as that of humans, and their reproduction rate is far lower than that of humans.

After realizing that it was impossible for them to conquer the world, the high-level vampires stranded here split into two factions due to their different ideologies.

One group decided to use their appearance to integrate into human life. Some still retained their vampire habit and would secretly suck human blood, while others gave it up and lived in the human world like ordinary people, leading a new life and enjoying it.

The other faction has no interest in human society at all. They choose to sleep in secret places, waiting for the next celestial conjunction. At that time, they may return to their original world.

The one in the coffin was obviously from this faction. He was hiding in a coffin in the elven ruins and sleeping quietly, but he didn't expect that Ivan would interrupt his sleep.

Fortunately, he seemed very graceful and did not get angry about it. This was really a lucky thing for Ivan.

No demon hunter would want to fight a high-level vampire. No matter how experienced a demon hunter is, he would think twice before accepting a commission to kill a high-level vampire, even if the reward is half a country.

Just as Ivan was about to leave this dangerous tomb, he suddenly heard a slight friction sound coming from the coffin in front of him.

I saw that the lid that Ivan had just closed was now moving slowly, sliding to the side inch by inch!
(End of this chapter)