After the meal, Beier looked at the little demon hunters with a gentle face and said, "You little guys, go clean up in the yard first."
These little demon hunters were very clever. When they saw this situation, they knew that the adults had something to discuss, so they hurriedly said "Okay" and ran out of the hall happily. Barry also didn't forget to step on the copper bolt and put it into the groove, and closed the door thoughtfully.
The old warlock Aode hummed an off-key folk song, took out a leather account book from the depths of his robe, and smashed it on the wooden table. A few pieces of dry sage fell among the paper leaves.
"What is this?" Dick looked at the notepad in front of him with confusion.
"The list of family assets, the head of the group must know how many coppers are left in his pocket Kelang." Aode said seriously, holding his messy beard.
Dick Turned over the yellowed paper page, and the ink stains cast different shades of shadows on it.
Except for Lynx Fort and Kaer Morhen, all supplies and equipment in the main castle are painted with scarlet crosses.
This is the bad news the demon hunters got when Dick retrieved the Grasses Decoction formula.
The weapons sorted out from the relics are enough to arm thirty people.
But the number of existing witchers makes Dick's throat tighten:
In the Warlock Group, Aode is the only "guest commander" left. The chief warlocks of School of the Lynx and School of the Grizzly Bear are no longer alive.
As for the demon hunters, there are five School of the Lynx: Dick, Kayn (the names are circled in charcoal), Russell, Harden, and Carter.
Dick knows in his heart that Kayn will not come back, so School of the Lynx actually has 4 demon hunters left.
School of the Coyote: Vesemir, Geralt, and a wanderer Aisi who is on a mission outside (the name is marked with suspected betrayal)
In addition, there are several little demon hunters between the ages of 11 and 14, all of whom belong to School of the Coyote.
Counting this way, School of the Coyote currently has 8 demon hunters.
School of the Grizzly Bear used to have the largest number of people, accounting for more than half of the entire sect, but this time the losses were also the heaviest.
Because almost all of them went to the religious group to celebrate the festival, there were only a few single seedlings left:
Beier, Tyson, Clark, Wayne, Arthur, Barry.
In this way, School of the Lynx has 4 witchers left, School of the Coyote has 7 witchers left, and School of the Grizzly Bear has 6 witchers left. There are only 17 witchers in total, plus an old warlock Aode.
Of course, this does not mean that there are only these 17 demon hunters left on this continent.
Maybe some demon hunters have not returned to the Order for decades, and the Order thinks that they have died in battle because they have no news, but no one can be 100% sure that they are really dead.
This kind of thing happened in the cult before. When a demon hunter was eradicating demons, he was trapped in the demon's formation for decades, but finally came back alive.
Dick rubbed his aching temples and ran his fingertips across the roster, "In other words, counting me, we have a total of 18 people available?"
"You misunderstood, Dick." Aode waved his hand vigorously.
"Huh? Am I missing something?"
"Too many, that demon hunter named Aisi hates the cult so much that he won't come back.
"This Aisi's father is a gambler. According to Law of Surprise, he half-sold him to Witcher Order.
"He has always hated his origin and the cult. He has a good relationship with Geralt, and has not returned to the cult for almost ten years. Even if we know where he is and send him a message, he will not come back."
"Okay, that means we only have 17 people available now?"
"That's right. Tell me, what should we do next?" Beier looked at Dick with a gentle expression.
"I'm not the leader of the group, you can just make your own decisions."
"Dick, tell me, if you are allowed to be the leader of the group, we will try our best to meet any conditions!" Aode looked over with wide eyes.
"It's fine if you want me to be the leader of the group. You'll take care of the daily chores. When something big happens, you have to make sure that I can go out and accept the entrustment at any time."
Aode's face covered with age spots wrinkled into orange peel. When he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Beier's laughter, "Deal."
"I was forced to be the leader of the group. If you two seniors don't give me advice on weekdays, I won't quit." Dick spread his hands and said half-jokingly,
"You brat." Aode tapped the account book angrily,
"Beier and I have been thinking about reconstruction for the past two days, and we already have some ideas.
"Although our main castle was destroyed, a few carrier pigeons survived.
"We have sent carrier pigeons to find Vesemir and Geralt with the letter. They will come back after a while.
"That boy will also bring his two lovers. Then if we work well, maybe there will be new members of the Warlock Group.
"Also, Little Yennefer's suitor might also follow."
Dick was confused. "You said Geralt has two lovers?"
"Yes, besides Little Yennefer, there is also a woman named Alice.
"She turned out to be Hunter's Domain's imperial sorcerer, but her ideals did not agree with the king's. She was a fellow countryman of Little Yennefer. Crown Festival should have returned to the southern countries when the time came, and Geralt would bring her with her.
"Anyway, this Witcher Order doesn't just belong to Northern Kingdoms. It doesn't matter if the warlock corps includes former imperial warlocks from other countries."
As he said this, there was a hint of dissatisfaction.
Dick knows clearly that Aode is disappointed with Queen Meve and other nobles.
Dick had discussed this matter with Aode and Beier before. He analyzed that the possibility of Queen Meve ordering an attack on the cult was extremely small. After all, they would have to deal with Manslayer together in the future.
But this time in the attack on Kaer Morhen, Brownie led the army to participate, which is obvious to everyone.
Brownie No matter how unworthy his status is, he still represents the noble side.
Therefore, it is only natural for Aode, an old warlock who has been rooted in the religious order for hundreds of years, to be dissatisfied with the nobles headed by Queen Meve.
His home was destroyed, his friends and disciples were gone, and anyone else would be sad.
"Then what happened to Little Yennefer's suitor?"
"He is a warlock named Ibu. He even had a sword duel with Geralt for Little Yennefer.
"He is also from the southern countries. He has never given up pursuing Little Yennefer, and maybe he will follow." Aode said with a wink.
"In a duel between a warlock and a witcher, the warlock has no chance of winning."
"Who says it's not the case! But Geralt didn't actually take action in the end."
"Okay, I understand this. Do you have any other suggestions?"
"Dick, I have money!"
Like a child showing off his treasure, Aode said with a smile, "I have tens of thousands Kelang. When Geralt and the others come back, we will use the money to transport some supplies."
"Slowly, the main castle will be rebuilt. At that time, I can rely on my huge reputation to recruit some Itinerant School warlocks with ease, and our 'grass team' will be established."