The Divine Hunter

roachable. Maybe this is why my Charisma grew.

 

Since his hair was only starting to grow, Roy stood out among the crowd, and those who walked the world more would recognize him as a witcher.
But Roy could accept that, since his changes weren’t extreme in nature. 

 

I’m not an albino like Geralt, and I’m not permanently bald like Letho, nor did I go insane.
No complaints there, that’s for sure.

 

***

 

He read through his character sheet again.

 

‘Level 5 Witcher (2/2500)

 

Rank: Rookie witcher

 

Conditions for intermediate witcher:

 

Consume another school’s Decoction of the Grasses.

 

Kill ten different monsters with a stat higher than ten (0/10).

 

Acquire mutagens (0/10).

 

Tip: The six witcher schools used to be one.
It is up to you to complete the recipe.

 

School: Viper

 

Job perks:

 

Main stat: Will.
Every time you level up, your Will will be increased by 1 without any cost (Rookie witcher).

 

Bound weapons:

 

Crossbow — Gabriel (Not chosen yet)

Steel sword — Gwyhyr (An ancient black metal flame sword made by gnomes.
A hidden power in its components is awakened after its second power up.)

 

Type: Steel sword 

 

Materials: Black iron, lava, meteoric iron, pine wood, and body parts from powerful monsters. 

 

Details: The sword weighs 3.06 pounds, and its handle measures 9.3 inches, while the blade comes in at 36 inches.
A spirit dwells within. 

 

Circulation: Heals the user for a small amount of stamina after every kill.

 

Ignite: Every hit has a very low chance of igniting the target’s blood and causing burn damage.

 

Painful Strike (New): Every time you hit a target, there is a small chance to trigger an overwhelming pain that can take out most humans.
Warning: This effect may trigger an unquenchable hatred in the target.

 

Silver sword — N/A

 

Full Recovery

 

Mount (New): All witchers have a mount by their side on their journey.
You may bind a tamed creature.
You may communicate through telepathy with the bound creature.
Additionally, you may also spend a hundred points of mana to summon the creature no matter where it is.
You may also heal its wounds with mana.
Unlike weapons, you may unbind it at any time and free it into the wilds.

 

Loot package: two → four cubic meters

 

You have (1) skill point(s) and (1) attribute point(s) remaining.’

 

***

 

Roy was shocked about the new additions and power ups.
He spent quite a while combing through the new things he just got.
First, there were the weapons. Gwyhyr can get one new effect every time it levels up? The sword had three effects at the moment.
Even though the chances for them to trigger were low, once it had enough effects on it, Roy could imagine the devastation it would cause. One hit from Gwyhyr, and the target’s going to get hit with all the special effects.
Man, that would be a fireworks show.
Not even trolls could take that, I think.

 

He was delighted and almost summoned Gwyhyr back to admire it, but then remembered Letho took it to clear a request from Dennis Cranmer. If he’s in a battle, summoning it back would kill Letho. Roy put that thought aside. I should wait for him for now.

 

He closed his eyes to feel where Gwyhyr was, and he realized it was in Ellander City.
It wasn’t far, but that was why he was worried, because Letho didn’t come back to celebrate his victory despite the fact that he loved that tradition.

 

Cranmer’s request is that hard, huh? I’ll have to take a look. Then Roy looked at his hand crossbow, which had a different path of evolution.

 

‘Gabriel (Not chosen yet) (Gabriel used to be an old, dusty hand crossbow, but it has regained its strength after powering up twice.
It has also become a better match for your abilities.
The second power up unlocks two paths of evolution for Gabriel.
The paths are chosen after evaluating your stats and abilities.
You may choose one path.
Different paths will provide different power up choices.

 

Effect — Burst Shot.
You will fire two shots at the same time every time you pull the trigger.
Please make sure you have enough bolts in reserve, or this effect will not activate.

 

Effect — Guided Arrow.
Costs twenty mana points.
Fires a magically charged shot.
Effective range and penetration are slightly increased.
The arrow will lock onto your target and is able to change directions in a 45 degree angle range.’

 

Roy took a deep breath.
One of the paths leaned on the number of shots fired.
It would allow him to fire more shots at the same time, while the other path emphasized precision and power.
The arrows could even lock onto his targets.

 

He had some speculation of his own. If I choose the first one, then burst shots might turn into multiple shots or an AOE skill in the future.
But the second path is related to mana.
I bet the effects down the road will be more on precision, range, and power.
And I bet it’ll synergize perfectly with my mana pool.

 

***

 

What should I choose? Roy didn’t think too long about it.
The first path was limited, since it only relied on the number of arrows, while the second path was related to mana, so it had more possibilities.

 

Once he made the decision, Gabriel’s details started changing.

 

‘Gabriel

 

Type: Hand Crossbow 

 

Materials: Mulberry wood, tendon, hemp 

 

Details: Weighs (5 → 6) pounds and measures at (2 → 2.2)  feet.
Has a draw weight of (30 → 40) pounds and an effective range of (150 → 180) feet. 

 

Effects:

 

Simplify: Gabriel reloads automatically as long as there are bolts in your inventory space.
Reload time is now 0.4 seconds.

 

Guided Arrow: Costs twenty mana points.
Fires a magically charged shot.
Effective range and penetration are slightly increased.
The arrow will lock onto your target and is able to change directions in a 45 degree angle range.’

 

***

 

Roy caressed Gabriel lovingly.
After the double power up, Gabriel had grown in size.
It was great to touch, as if it were made of real skin.
Roy wondered if it would have a soul of its own if he kept powering Gabriel up. Nope.
Too early for that. He kept the weapon in his inventory space.

 

Then he kept looking into his character sheet.
After becoming an official witcher, his inventory space expanded as expected.
He could keep more items, making future battles easier.
After that, he read up on mounts. Long-distance summoning and telepathy, huh? Perfect vehicle.
Hmm, taming a horse needs time. Roy had another idea. The skill didn’t specifically state that I have to tame horses.
Can I tame other creatures? Even monsters?

 

But that wasn’t important.
Roy had to travel to Ellander and see why Letho was stuck there.