The Vildkaarls are a group of people who exist outside the Seven Houses of the Skellige Isles.
The Welka people are more warlike than any other people in the archipelago. Even the early mainlanders' stereotypes of the people in the archipelago mostly came from the Welka people: barbaric, violent, and bloody.
They make a living by serving in battles, do not belong to any bloodline or family on the islands, and have no wives, children or offspring; the only way for this group to continue is for those islanders who wish to devote their lives completely to fighting to leave their families and take the initiative to join as a member of the Welka people.
Therefore, rather than saying that this is an ethnic group, it is better to say that it is a group or even a sect.
They were born as Svablo followers. There were even rumors that Svablo was actually the totem god of the Welka people, and that the Welka people later carried forward their ways, so the Svablo sect was formed around them.
After revealing his identity as a Welka, Mokvarg continued, "After our sect was targeted and purged by the Skellige people, we preserved the remaining fire and the training methods of the Berserkers, hid them, and waited for the opportunity to revive our god's teachings."
It was hard to imagine that such a vicious pirate could have faith. But when one thought about the teachings of the Svalblod sect, everything made sense.
Lann asked, "Where are you hiding?"
"Atop the mountains of Great Skellig, in a village called Fulhalla."
Gede's eyes widened in surprise. "Before I set out, I also learned about the history of the Svablo Cult and the Vilk people. If I remember correctly, the place you mentioned is near the original Svablo Cult base camp. How could you still be hiding there now?"
The werewolf Mokvarg murmured unconsciously: "There is the 'Bear Ring' there, which is necessary for training berserkers. And the Skellige people would never have thought that we would go back again..."
Lan rubbed his brows with a headache, it turned out that it was dark under the lamp.
But Mokvag has been trapped here for some time, and I don’t know if the Vilka people are still here. Maybe they have moved away.
But now that we have obtained the clue, it would be a good idea to take people to take a look. Maybe we can find some clues.
To be on the safe side, Lane continued, "Is there anything else we need to know or you want to say?"
"Help me lift the curse..."
Lann cut off the magic supply of the seal.
Mokwag's expression was confused for a moment, and it took him three breaths to react:
"You, what have you done to me? Blond-haired freak, damn plague-ridden bastard, I want..."
Lann rubbed his ears, turned around and handed over his Sword of the Lady of the Lake to Gede: "Do you want to try it out and see what kind of 'immortality' it is?"
Gede took the sword with great pleasure and looked at the glittering golden light on the rune sword in amazement.
With a loud "woo", the long sword was swung by the bear-faction demon hunter with the momentum of an axe. This was not because Lann had the blessing of a system, but purely because of his strong physical strength.
Blood splattered in the dark cave, extinguishing several candles.
The werewolf completely lost his vitality.
However, the next second, its body began to spontaneously combust like a demon spirit that had been chopped into pieces, and in an instant it was enveloped by dark green flames.
By the time the flames burned out, Mokwag had disappeared from the spot, as if he had never existed.
Gede looked solemnly at the other party's body, which was not even reduced to ashes. "I thought I could make a bottle of [Werewolf Decoction], but I didn't expect it to be such an 'immortal body'."
The bear-faction demon hunter pulled out the bear-headed silver sword that he had used to nail the werewolf. After comparing it with the glittering golden sword of the Lady of the Lake in his hand for a long time, he sighed deeply and reluctantly handed the sword back to Lan.
"I have another question... Why are you able to hypnotize magical creatures like werewolves?"
The things in the system are difficult to explain, and Gede is not yet a member of the Demon Hunter Order. Lann has not yet told him the secret of the Ancient Blood.
So after thinking for a long time, Lann gave a relatively reasonable answer: "I am from the Griffin School, so it is normal for my seal to be a little special."
Gede thought of the large-scale [Yarden Seal] that Lann had used before, which was like a fully automatic turret, and his eyes showed thought.
Lann obviously didn't want to discuss this issue any further and waved his hand to change the subject.
"If we don't want to get into trouble, let's get out of here quickly. In a little while, there might be another resurrected and unconscious werewolf pouncing on us."
"Although he's not that strong, the fact that he can't be killed is still quite troublesome."
Gede nodded in approval: "It's better to leave quickly. It's so troublesome even for us to deal with it. It would be even more dangerous if a normal person encountered it."
The two demon hunters turned their heads, their swords still in their hands. "Are you going to come with us, Mr. Unknown who is hiding in the shadows?"
…
The cave was silent for two breaths.
Next to the broken skeleton that was straightened up by the werewolf Mokvarg, one of the corpses lying on the ground suddenly shook.
There was a man hidden here, a living man, lying beneath the bodies of his companions, and Mokvarg, delirious and blinded by hunger, had not discovered him.
He climbed up tremblingly, and slipped several times because of the sticky blood on the ground and the injuries on his body.
"Praise Freya, thank you two...master witchers for your help." The man was trembling all over. "Please don't point your sword at me. As you can see... I am just an ordinary person."
"Ordinary people won't appear here." Gede said expressionlessly.
"Masters, my name is Einar." The man looked at the corpse next to him wearing similar armor and revealed a sad expression. "I am a believer of the Virgin Mary. I came here to eliminate filth for her..."
"I didn't expect that the Blasphemer's power was too strong. My companions all fell under its claws. Now I am the only one left... It must be that the Supreme Mother is watching over me and blessing me in heaven."
Just as they were talking, the howls of wolves were faintly heard from outside the cave, mixed with an especially rough roar.
It seems that after Mokwag turned into flames and died, he woke up somewhere.
The man who called himself Einar became visibly anxious upon hearing this: "Two masters, let's hurry up and leave. The Blasphemer is immortal, and it has been resurrected now..."
Lann suddenly interrupted Einar: "Aren't you here to kill him? Why do you want to escape now? When you were lying on the ground just now, you should have known that werewolves pose no threat to us. Isn't this just the right way to achieve your original purpose of coming here?"
Einar was stunned for a moment. He obviously didn't expect Lann and others to continue staying here. He was shaking even more violently.
The howling of wolves outside the cave became louder, indicating that the wild animals were approaching them.
Lan and Gede looked at each other and made up their minds.
They no longer bothered to find the answer: "Aina, right? You lead the way, let's get out of here."
The man was overjoyed when he heard this. He looked up suddenly, but what he saw was a left hand making strange gestures.
White light enveloped his eyes, eroding his sanity without hindrance.
[Axis Seal: Charm]
Lann asked expressionlessly, "Who are you, why are you here, and what do you know about Mokwag?"
"I'm Einar, son of Torda. But when I'm outside, my name is Raymond." The man denied the name he had just given to the witcher.
He continued, “I used to be Mokwag’s man.”
"I followed him to rob houses and kill women and children. This was a daily routine for me."
"But one day, Mokvarg suddenly led us to capture Freya's temple and massacred a large number of priestesses... Priestesses, even for me, this was too much."
Did the pirates, who had been doing evil for years, feel guilty for killing the priestess?
Gede sneered: "You have a bottom line?"
The man hypnotized by the seal did not respond to Gede, but continued to answer Lan's questions.
"I had long been tired of Mokvarg's ways. So when he celebrated, I took out the treasure my father had given me, a wolf tooth necklace. Legend has it that anyone cut by it will be cursed - and sure enough, Mokvarg turned into a monster afterwards."
Gerd showed a surprised expression: "So it was you who cursed him from a human to a werewolf, not Freya's priest?"
Raymond ignored Gerd's question.
Lan thought for a moment and asked, "Why did you return here?"
Raymond knew everything: "Mokwag locked all the loot in the temple room, and I hid the key after cursing him. But I didn't expect that he was so powerful after being cursed, so I fled in a hurry and failed to take the treasure with me."
"So you want to find a chance to take them away this time." Gede concluded. After thinking for a while, he suddenly asked, "How to remove the curse of Mokvarg?"
Leonard has no Rigaud.
Lann raised his chin slightly: "Answer his question."
“让被诅咒者再次接触狼牙项链就好了，现在我正把它带在身上。”
洞穴外面的狼嚎声更近了，而其中那似人非狼的咆哮格外引人注意。
格德拍了拍兰恩的肩膀，后退一步。
兰恩领会了同伴的意思，停下了手中的法印。
作为人类的艾纳——或者说“雷纳德”，并没有如狼人一般很快恢复神智，等他清醒过来的时候，洞穴里面已经能够听见狼群的呼吸声了。
男人迷茫地打量了一下自己，才反应过来刚刚发生了什么，以及现场即将会发生什么。
他猛地瘫倒在地，朝着两人大声求饶着：
“两位大师，发发慈悲吧！我是说谎了，但我惩戒了莫克瓦格啊，是我收拾了这暴徒，让他不再害人了！”
“我现在是弗蕾雅圣母的忠实信徒，忠实信徒！我每天都会祷告，我每周都会去传教。”
“我每月都会捐赠……”
一个血盆大口猛然没洞穴中的烛光照亮，打断了男人求饶的话语。
那匕首一般的獠牙甚至还能够反光。
聒噪的男人发出一声短促的惨叫，一下子就被狼吻拖入黑暗之中。
猎魔人的双眼闪闪发光，在光线找不到的地方，他们能够看到那具身体在狼人的口中迅速地化为飞灰，根本没有变成食物去填报怪物肚子的资格。
“信仰暂且不提，收拾暴徒更不用说。”格德冷冷地说着已经听不到的话，“你现在的下场，才是符合你行为的结果。”
近在眼前的食物化成了飞灰，饥肠辘辘的狼人脸色更加狰狞了。
它把目光投向两名猎魔人，绿悠悠的目光在黑暗中比猎魔人的眼睛还要夺目。
然而下一秒，狼人的身体突然开始颤抖，它刚刚似乎确实把什么东西吞下了肚子，而那东西不是肉。
它开始狂热地呻吟，身体开始扭曲、膨胀以及变形。一股激烈的能量从它的身上升腾，慢慢地转化为光线。
随着光芒愈来愈亮，狼人的身体开始逐渐变形。尖刻的爪子退缩，身体的毛发逐渐消失，耳朵开始缩回头顶，然后，眼中的野性也逐渐消失。
一个面目凶恶的男人躺在地上，他剧烈地喘息着，难以置信地看着自己的身体。
“我……自由了？啊！我自由了！”
巨量的惊喜冲击着他的大脑，让他一时间都忘了自己身处何处，刚刚又发生了什么。
“酒馆在哪里？我饿得能够吃掉一头猪……再加上半头牛，以及一整桶啤酒。”
“哈哈哈！我要出海，外面的人肯定已经忘掉了我的名字！我要让他们好好回想起来，我要让所有人都知道——莫克瓦格回来了！”
男人爬起来，冲着兰恩和格德高喊起来：“干得漂亮，猎魔人！我会付给你们一笔丰厚的赏金的，我要……啊啊啊啊啊啊啊！”
莫克瓦格的兴奋戛然而止。
又几张血盆大口被烛光照亮，它们的牙齿不能反光，但是足够尖利凿进血肉之中。
那是刚刚跟着莫克瓦格一起来到山洞中的狼群。
强大的狼人莫克瓦格拥有号令群狼的能力，但是人类莫克瓦格却没有。
格德一动不动地看着被撕扯成为碎片的莫克瓦格，冷声说道：“这就是我想要的赏金，也只有这种下场——才符合我朴素的价值观。”
【任务－以狼皮为衣－已完成】
兰恩看着接连以相似的方式被审判的雷蒙德和莫克瓦格，沉默一会：“格德。”
“怎么？”
“你真的不像个熊派。”
“嗯？”
“但是我现在能理解为什么史凯利格人这么喜欢你了。”
兰恩朝着格德笑了一下，随后大步上前将已经把莫克瓦格吞噬干净的狼群用【伊格尼法印】驱赶干净。
在血泊中，一个狼牙项链格外醒目。
格德凑上前来，一边打量一边评价道：“上面有着很多符文，看样子似乎是上古语，但是也有着很多其他的文字。难以想象这种宝物会出现在一个海盗的手里。”
兰恩伸手捡起项链。
系统适时地响起提示音：
【发现魔力之源】
但是兰恩想了想，没有把这个项链吸收掉。
能够通过划伤就制造出拥有不死之身的狼人，这样的魔法物品就这么吸收掉实在是过于浪费了一点。
带回去给莫斯萨克和杰隆他们研究一下，说不定还会有意外收获呢。
话说，现在他们手头的魔法实验项目已经积压了多少个了来着？
正思索间，格德却突然拍了拍脑袋，懊恼地开始大喊：
“哎呀，那个雷蒙德好像有什么钥匙，莫克瓦格劫掠过来的财宝都在里面呢！”
“快找找，除了狼牙项链之外，地上还有没有钥匙什么的，快快！兰恩，这里面赏金也有你的一份！”
……
事后，兰恩和格德回到了弗蕾雅神殿，见到了尚在那里的大祭司和多纳。在得知莫克瓦格的下场之后，大祭司如释重负。
而兰恩他们此行也得到了自己想要的信息，知道了斯瓦勃洛教派的藏身之处，下一步也有了明确的方向。
虽然莫克瓦格给出的情报是许久以前的，如今的斯瓦勃洛教派不知道还在不在原地——但是去是一定要去的。
哪怕敌人已经转移了大本营，凭借着数名猎魔人敏锐的感官，怎么着也能够察觉出蛛丝马迹来，比起现在无头苍蝇一般的情况肯定要好上太多太多。
不过话虽如此，兰恩等人也不能够排除掉敌人依旧还在原地的情况，所以这次的行动绝对不能够草率。
单凭着兰恩此次带来印达尔斯费尔岛的人手是绝对不够的，因此兰恩原路折返了小史凯利格岛。
这里，伊斯特正在集结部队、整理装备、而在听到兰恩带回来的消息之后，伊斯特当即拍板，带着家族的侍卫准备一起出发。
而兰恩也紧急召回了在外的杰洛特、柯恩、寇格林姆，以及自己的侍从们，带人尽数前往目的地。
……
“斯瓦勃洛教派和维尔卡人居然还在大史凯利格岛，而我却一直没有发现，这可真是……耻辱！”
克拉茨紧紧攥着手上的斧头，脸上尽是羞愧，眼中饱含怒火。
在得知兰恩和伊斯特等人的到来后，克拉茨第一时间迎接了他们。而在得知自己一行人一直苦苦搜寻的敌人就在自己的领地上之后，他更是第一时间集结了部队。
整个史凯利格的敌人这么多年居然一直藏匿在自己的地盘，这让克拉茨格外地阴郁。
兰恩拍了拍表兄的肩膀表示安慰，接着若有所思地看着摊开的地图：
“弗尔哈拉村庄……在群山之巅，很偏僻。而且如果没有记错的话，这块地方位于南部半岛，是疯子卢戈的地盘？”
克拉茨愤愤不平：“在那个疯子的口中，整个大史凯利格都快要变成他的领地了！”
群岛人不会长久地沉浸在懊恼的情绪中，雷厉风行的克拉茨已经等不及地想要洗刷自己失职的耻辱了，一路上那积极的样子比兰恩和伊斯特还要迫切。
一行人很快就到达了自己的目的地附近。
眼前是一片望不到头的山脉。不高，但是绵延不绝。
峰顶如刀刃一般锋利，山峰间的缝隙深不见底，一边是悬崖峭壁，另一边则是层峦叠嶂的山岭。
仰望山巅，颤巍巍的悬崖峭壁斜斜地倾挂着，仿佛每一个碎石都会掉下来。峭壁边上，隐隐还能够见到几只形状如鹰隼的野禽绕着石峰在盘旋。
“靠着内岛的崖壁上面的是鹰身女妖，靠海的一侧应该是海妖。”克拉茨介绍到，“这些会飞的怪物最难对付。”
猎魔人们很有默契地对视了几眼。
熊派的装备中有专门配置十字弓，格德对此表示没有问题；兰恩之前通过凯亚恩获得的猫派装备蓝图中也有十字弓的设计图，他早就靠此升级过自己的装备，甚至给自己麾下的猎魔人也都依样配置了一把。
他们甚至还有点期待碰上这些飞天的怪物。比如兰恩，鹰身女妖在凯尔莫罕已经见过了，有点倒胃口；但是女海妖就不一样了，要知道她们在非战斗时候的姿态可是能够吸引水手们自投罗网的——那是最原始、最自然的姿态。
伊斯特的声音把众人的思维拉了回来：“兰恩的情报是通过长时间离乡的维尔卡人问出来的，真正的维尔卡人现在可能已经转移。但是我们不能不考虑周围依旧存在大批敌人的可能性，因此要做好万全的准备。”
“克拉茨，你对附近的比较熟悉，我需要你的人作为向导探索群山，寻找可能藏在山脉中的维尔卡人。”
“兰恩，你的士兵都是骑兵，我需要他们沿路封锁住各个道路，防止克拉茨他们发现目标后爆发战斗，导致敌人逃窜离开。”
“剩下的人原地待命，如果见到信号，随时支援。”
对于伊斯特的命令，众人没有丝毫异议。
The people of Cintra stood behind Lann. They looked at Queen Calanthe's former husband and even felt unspeakable emotions for a moment.
"I have a suggestion." After thinking for a while, Lann added to Easter, "I want to take the demon hunters to the village of Fulhala. After all, it was the former base camp of the Vilkans. There must be some clues of them left there. Demon hunters are best at finding clues that are difficult to see with the naked eye. Maybe there will be unexpected gains."
After saying that, he pointed at House and said, "It will be fine if he is in charge of the Cintra Cavalry."
Easter looked at House thoughtfully: "I have some impression of him... He was one of your three former attendants, right? It turns out that he has the talent to lead troops, that's really good..."
Facing East's scrutinizing gaze, House's chest suddenly straightened up.
"I believe in your judgment, and I also believe in the warriors of Cintra." East nodded. "Lane, but I still think you should bring a few more people with you. Although I know that your current strength has reached a level that I can hardly understand, you still have to be careful."
Lann smiled and shook his head, then turned to look at Geralt, Kolgrim, Cohen, Gerd, and himself, a total of five witchers behind him.
"We are enough."