Chapter 4 In-Depth
The ability of witchers to track down demons through blood is one of the most important things they rely on to hunt their opponents. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
To do so, they will need to go through a series of tests, and eventually go to the Endless Abyss alone to hunt a real demon.
The vast majority of the Witcher recruits die in the trials of the Endless Abyss, and almost ninety percent of them die in the first step of the test, drinking demonic blood.
Unlike mage apprentices with magical powers, there are very few true professionals among the witcher recruits.
In this day and age, only prisoners who have committed capital crimes will be given a chance to join the Witcher Order when their king extrajudicially favors them.
And most of these death row inmates are robbers, thieves, or simply ordinary civilians.
Those death row inmates who have real skills can't even account for half of the full staff.
Moreover, people who do not have a magical body will not enter the nightmare after drinking the blood of demons, and those who are lucky will go directly into a deep coma, and others will become as crazy as demons.
In the end, the guy who can survive this pain and maintain his humanity is the first basic condition to become a witcher.
It is precisely because of this rigorous test that the Demon Hunter Trial, which is held secretly once every few years, occasionally has one or two survivors who have returned from the Endless Abyss, and more often than not, no one can touch the gate of the Endless Abyss.
This keeps the number of witchers at a very low level, but they are all the best of the best.
The mutation of their bodies allows them to feel the pain of their injuries, and even fatal injuries can be restored after a long period of recuperation; Hunting demons and monsters for a long time has prompted their character to maintain absolute calm when fighting, but at the same time, they are also "somewhat" a little unkind in life.
"Monsters" - that's what people call them.
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Although he had been prepared, the sour stench behind the succubus's blood still made Lancet feel sick to his stomach.
You know, the game doesn't simulate the real taste of this thing so realistically.
He resisted the urge to vomit and tried to concentrate on feeling the wonderful sensation in his blood.
And just as he vaguely sensed the other party's position, a violent cough from behind him interrupted the witcher's meditation.
"I ...... Dead? Baron Morpheus lay on the ground, his chest heaving slightly, and he looked like he was already angry.
Lancet raised his eyebrows unexpectedly, the sword that pierced the opponent's chest just now failed to finish him, and sure enough, there was no swordsmanship supported by attribute values, even if he was already proficient in the chest, he could not exert its due power.
Morpheus's eyes were blank but clear, and it seemed that the succubus's control over him had been unraveled.
"Not yet, but ...... It's almost there. Ranster hesitated for a moment and decided to tell the other party the truth, "Your soul has been hit hard and you can't go back." ā
And there was no body left for him to go back to, and by this time the Templar's corpse had already been embalmed and placed in the coffin.
The baron grinned, as if he had long since decided about his own life and death.
"My partner, has he finished the trial?"
"Of course, he was the first mage apprentice to complete the trial." Faced with a dying man, Lancet did not hesitate to tell a white lie.
Morpheus's expression soothed, and a soft white light slowly emerged from his body, and the Sun Knight's body began to gradually become transparent.
His blood-stained palm touched his neck, but he didn't touch what it should be.
"The Ring...... The ring around my neck......" The knight didn't know where he got the strength, and hurriedly reached out and grabbed Lancet's boots.
By this time he could no longer utter a complete sentence, and the Templars' chest heaved violently, and the rapid death of his soul shattered his voice.
"Ring ...... Ring...... My corpse on ...... Give it to ......"
Lancet sighed silently, looking at the noble knight of Makana's expression with an almost pleading expression, considering that the other party was about to be wiped out, he didn't want the poor man to die.
"I promise you, find the ring and give it to the person who belongs to it." The witcher made a promise to the dying knight.
"Swear by the name of Corellon."
With the promise of the Lancet Oath, Baron Morpheus's soul finally turned into a few stars and completely dissipated.
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Hall of Trials.
The crowd around was silent, and the oppressive atmosphere was somewhat breathless.
Anvre sat in the chair and fiddled with his blonde sideburns with some impatience, the two men in the middle of the hall had been in the trial for a short time, but they had not come to the results he wanted.
Mauria Heather, as an indispensable part of the organization's plan, must not let anything happen.
If he failed to complete this mission, Anvre believed that his position in the heart of the lord would plummet, and the promise he had made to him would be null and void.
Just as he decided to do something, a hand gently pressed his shoulder, and a low, dry voice came from the dark cyan robe behind him.
"Rest easy, Lord Marquis." The hoarse voice of the church mage could be heard from under the cloak visor.
"Everything is in the hands of the Guide."
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The endless fog began to dissipate as the succubus fled, and Lance followed the demonic blood sense through the rugged gravel road.
The low-hanging rattan sticks from the dead trees on the roadside looked like dead bodies hanging upside down, twitching or making strange noises from time to time.
On the other hand, at this time, Lenster's expression was much more relaxed than before.
"This is the demonic nightmare I know." He felt a little relieved, it seemed that the succubus's departure had slowly put everything he had experienced on the right track.
And his sense of demon blood is becoming more and more handy, and the other party is not far from his position.
The witcher wanted to speed up, but the skeletal claws that broke through the ground in front of him stopped him.
Five rotting skeletons struggled out of the dust on the side of the gravel road. With the exception of one wearing a suit of rusted armor, the other four were only armed with tattered swords and short bows.
Without a moment's hesitation, Lancet rushed forward, his magical sword of green flame slashing at a rotten skeleton wielding a short bow, splitting its fragile sternum to pieces with a single blow.
Prioritize the enemy's ranged attack firepower, which is the foundation of the enemy's tactical base.
These emotionless skeletons had no idea of dodging at all, and directly swung the weapons in their hands and slashed down at Lancet.
Dodging the sluggish attack with ease, the witcher took another archer with another sword.
By this time, the well-equipped skeleton had already walked quickly in front of Lancet, and the rusty sword in his hand swept towards his waist.
This skeleton's abilities are much stronger than the other four, but against the game-experienced Lancet, he is only abused.
With one sword in hand, he slashed away from his opponent's longsword, slamming the hilt of his sword and slicing off its skull with its torn helmet with a sweep.
As the lowest-level monster in the game, the skeleton exists purely as a training monster. Its wide distribution and ease of killing make it a favorite enemy for beginners.
Of course, this does not include the Skull Grave Guards and Bone Lords.
Quickly disposing of the remaining two bone racks, Lancet let out a thin bead of sweat.
Truth be told, this battle was more energy-consuming than it had been against the succubus before, and a flurry of quick attacks and poorly matched swordsmanship made it a little difficult for Lancet.
Strictly speaking, it was his first head-on battle in this world.
By practicing with these skeletons, Lanster also discovered that his biggest shortcoming now is not his low level and poor equipment, but that he has no martial arts but can't use them.
The Makanna military swordsmanship he has been using focuses on stability and accuracy, which is more suitable for him who is not high in strength attributes now.
However, after the actual battle, the result was exactly the opposite of what Ranster expected - with his current physical strength, he was completely unable to control this military swordsmanship used by the Makanna knights.
The skills that Lancet has learned in the game are quite varied, and most of them are of little practical use.
He learned a total of more than a dozen weapon skills such as swordsmanship and knife skills. Makana's military swordsmanship, the witcher's xenoweapon skills, dragoon spear skills, and so on are all his proud skills.
But judging from his current level, these three powerful weapon skills are useless.
"Sure enough, novices should use basic swordsmanship." Ranster sighed, and the long sword in his hand quickly danced a sword flower, and posed in the most basic starting style.
As a "native" player of Makana, the holy city of Makana, Lenster has spent three years in the novice village, Oak Town, the country town of Makana.
Due to the fact that Makana's eldest princess is of half-elf blood, Viniris has always been the preferred place for half-elf players.
And Oak Town is a gathering place of half-elves that is defaulted by players in the Eastern Continent. Both Half-Elf NPCs and players will make it the ideal place to live for a long time.
The only sword technique that a half-elf sword master can teach the player is the basic sword technique that Lancet is now in a posture.
The reason why basic swordsmanship is called basic is not because of its low damage or poor growth, but because it has relatively few changes in moves, and it is basically just those few moves - stabbing, slashing and slashing.
However, if you want to learn other advanced swordsmanship and weapon skills, basic swordsmanship becomes a compulsory course. Just imagine, is it possible for a guy who can't even hold a sword to be taught by the demigod sword saint, Wind Sword Levy?
After a few consecutive swings to find a feeling, Lancet's eyes glanced at the attribute panel that was vaguely appearing - the value of the experience point column had changed from zero to more than a hundred.
And above the sword mage's class icon, the witcher's icon has also been lit up.
Name: Lanster.
Race: Half-Elf.
Identity: Witcher.
Class: Sword Mage Lv1.
The +3 value behind the perception item in the attribute bar made Lance's relatively mediocre perception jump to 17 points.
+3 Perception, this is just one of the benefits of being a witcher, and the ability to "perceive demons" is the real reason why they are deeply feared by demons.
"Sensing Demons: The side effects of demonic blood leave you with nightmares, but it also gives you an almost instinctive sense of the creatures of the abyss.
The hunt has begun, feel the fear in their blood, witcher! ā