Bab 116: 116. The Lone Wolf Dies, the Pack Survives.
Hughes, Fred, and Bond drank the essence liquid bottle by bottle. Allen opened the corps interface with his mind, but after searching for a while, he still couldn't find the invitation prompt. It shouldn't be like this!
What game has a team function but no team invitation?
Allen went through every interface of the Monster Hunt Record again, but still couldn't find any words related to the invitation.
"Do I need to invite them verbally?" he wondered.
So, Allen had no choice but to bite the bullet and ask: "I have received the chief's approval to create a school's witcher corps… um… would you like to join?"
Hughes and the others froze for a moment, weakly asking: "Witcher corps? Created by you?"
Allen nodded and looked seriously at the three, saying: "I can't say much right now, but the school is facing a major crisis. Establishing the witcher corps is to respond to this crisis."
Hughes, Bond, and Fred looked at each other and couldn't help but get excited after a moment.
"Join! Join!"
"Of course, we'll join your witcher corps, Allen!"
"Yes, yes!"
As Allen expected, the three agreed unanimously. But the main task remained unchanged, and the member count of the corps interface was still zero. Just then, a familiar system prompt sounded.
"Ding! Please use the [Monster Hunt] skill to invite members to the corps."
Monster Hunt?
Allen was stunned for a moment, and the scene of encountering the Drowner King for the first time suddenly appeared in his mind. When he was hiding behind the rock wall, in the Monster Hunt state, he could subtly influence Vesemir's dodging movements. Moreover, each time he hit the Drowner King, the Monster Hunt progress would increase. So, that use of Monster Hunt was the correct way to use the skill?
"Turns out the Monster Hunt Record had already hinted at the real core, I just didn't notice it." Allen pondered.
With his thoughts clear, he no longer hesitated.
Monster Hunt!
The moment the skill was activated, time slowed its flow. In the Monster Hunt state, the spiritual power originally used to sense the aura of monsters and increase the critical hit gauge extended outward. It quickly enveloped Hughes, Bond, and Fred.
[Ding! Hughes, Bond, and Fred have been locked in. Do you wish to recruit new members for the corps?]
Yes!
Allen quickly chose with his mind.
"Hmm?"
Hughes, Bond, and Fred suddenly had a hunch and simultaneously turned to look at Allen. They found him looking unfamiliar and somewhat frightening.
Cold, aloof.
Those deep blue vertical pupils seemed like the eyes of a god, high above. Life and death swirled in those eyes.
"Al... Allen?"
Hughes swallowed hard and called out weakly.
"What's wrong?"
The moment Allen responded, the eerie feeling vanished, and Allen instantly reverted to the person they trusted. It seemed like everything just now was an illusion.
"N... nothing!"
Hughes laughed awkwardly, thinking he must have been mistaken, and turned to continue digesting the potion. Bond and Fred scratched their heads in confusion before joining in. Allen curiously glanced at them but didn't mind. He then immersed his mind into the Monster Hunt Record.
[Ding! Main task completed: The Beginning of the Witcher Corps]
[Reward: Witcher Corps]
"Phew!"
Allen breathed a sigh of relief and eagerly switched to the corps interface.
[Corps Name: Unnamed]
[Rank: Level 1]
[Battle Record: 0/100]
[Members: 3/5]
[Loyalty: Hughes 100, Bond 96, Fred 92]
[Skills: Loot Lock LV1, Teach]
[Ding! A new hunt mission detected: Monster Hunt I. Do you accept?]
[Reward: 20 Battle Record points]
Battle Record should be the corps' experience, and the method of obtaining it is undoubtedly through hunting monsters. Once it reaches 100, the rank should increase. After the rank increases, the member limit will definitely go up, but it's unclear if new features or skills will appear. As for skills...
[Loot Lock]
[Level: 1]
[Type: Corps Skill]
[Effect: Minimum evaluation of D level is locked when the corps hunts and exterminates.]
Whoa!
This skill means that no matter the level of the monster, as long as the corps hunts, the final evaluation will not drop below D. In other words, each hunt will at least give three small experience orbs/experience orbs and two treasure chests. As expected, the main function of the Monster Hunt Record is the corps. He had felt something was off before.
The Monster Hunt Record, as the name suggests, encourages Witcher. Yet, after leveling up, the reward for killing low-level monsters plummeted. Now, killing a regular drowner sometimes doesn't even yield essence liquid.
Risking life and limb for no reward, who would still want to kill those small monsters?
With this corps passive, it makes sense. Before unlocking the corps, hunting monsters to improve the host's strength was to prevent the host from dying easily. Suppressing levels was to avoid the host from stealing kills and to actively cultivate more demon-hunting elites after the corps is unlocked.
At the same time, the "Against All Odds" settlement bonus encourages the host to challenge strong enemies actively, not slack off in strength due to the corps.
"The Monster Hunt Record... knows management!" Allen couldn't help but praise inwardly.
Then he continued reading...
Although it's unclear why the corps skill is related to the identification skill, Allen didn't hesitate to invest his remaining special skill point into Identification after seeing the unlock restriction.
[Ding! Your skill: Identification LV1 has been upgraded to Identification LV2]
At the same time, the effect of the Teach skill appeared.
[Teach]
[Level: 1]
[Type: Corps Skill]
[Active Effect: Skill experience of members can be increased at a 1:1 ratio by consuming Battle Record points.]
[Passive Effect: In combat, the skill experience of members will grow influenced by the leader.]
Hmm?
Can use Battle Record points to increase members' skill experience?
Wait a minute!
Identification LV2 allows viewing skill levels?
Allen quickly used an Identification on Hughes.
[Name: Hughes]
[Loyalty: 100]
[Attributes: Strength 8, Agility 7.6, Constitution 11.4, Perception 8.4, Mystery 4.3]
[Skills: Wolf School Two-Handed Sword LV1, Quen LV1.]
It really shows. And it even added loyalty. But the experience value is quite low.
Although unsure of Hughes' skill level during the Trial of the Grasses, Hughes had diligently trained in swordsmanship for a month and only gained 3 points of experience, which is quite realistic. It fits the long lifespan characteristic of witchers; if the talent is insufficient, each skill's improvement takes years. Actually, Allen's training speed was about the same. So after trying for a few days and lamenting why his system wasn't proficiency-based, he gave up and directly used experience orbs to level up.
After casually accepting the hunt mission, Allen closed the corps panel.
"By the way, Allen."
"What is the name of our Witcher corps? Should it be called the Wolf School Witcher Corps?"
Hughes, having digested the essence liquid, suddenly asked curiously. Bond and Fred also looked at Allen upon hearing this. Allen froze for a moment, recalling the current plight of the Wolf School. After a moment of contemplation, he raised his head and said seriously: "The lone wolf dies, the pack survives."
"Let's call it the Wolf Pack Witcher Corps!"
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