A notification sounded in Geralt's mind: [Demon Hunter level experience +10] A bookmark hovered in the air.
Another notification followed: [Bookmark discovered. Pick it up?] This time, Geralt did not pick it up immediately. He focused on its contents first.
[Item name: Dog's Friendship.
Category: Bookmark Effect: Canine affinity +50% for 24 hours.
Note: Woof woof woof!
] "Pick it up."
Geralt was used to the bookmarks making no sense.
"Fly King."
Geralt summoned the vacuum cleaner.
It was the first time he had summoned a magic tool in front of anyone. The Fly King's bizarre appearance startled Megan and Luke.
But Geralt did not rush to explain.
There was a first time for everything.
Luke would probably decide the Fly King was a secret art of the Winchester Family.
"Devour it, Fly King."
Its fang-lined mouth opened. Its tongue swept out and cleaned up the black mist in one easy motion.
"Hm?"
Geralt was puzzled.
There was no notification of an attribute increase, and the Red-Eyed Black Hound had not been recorded in the Book of Proverbs.
Then he remembered that the Red-Eyed Black Hound had yielded only ten experience points, and it made sense.
Not every monster could boost his attributes, and not every monster could be recorded in the Book of Proverbs.
Some were simply too weak!
He dismissed the Fly King, and it vanished.
Geralt continued forward to the wooden door.
The door was made of white hardwood, one of the hardest woods there was. Used mainly for railroad ties and large buildings, it was known as the "Axe Terminator."
A thick iron chain, two fingers wide, wound around the handle. As Megan had said, it was secured with an old-fashioned U-shaped padlock. Rust clogged the keyhole; even a key would not open it.
Geralt opened