The Divine Hunter

n you no harm… I will get you out of this cage and free you in a year or two.”

 

 

 

“Boy, you made it nervous.” Letho, who was at a distance, paid attention to this scene and shook his head, reminding him, “Don’t lean over too much, and be careful of getting kicked.
It can break your bones and our trip might get delayed.
You should honestly change to a more docile one.
Get a gelding.”

 

 

 

“I have a unique method to tame it, so don’t worry and just wait,” Roy said to Letho.

 

 

 

Taming a fierce horse provided a unique sense of accomplishment… If Roy were an ordinary person, there would indeed have been no way to tame this ‘stubborn boy’, but he wasn’t ordinary.

 

 

 

With a thought, he used Mount on the horse in front of him, and a message suddenly appeared in the template:

 

 

 

‘The target has not been tamed and cannot be bound as a mount.’

 

 

 

‘Do you want to tame it?’

 

 

 

‘You can tame it using two methods:’

 

 

 

‘Natural Taming: After long-term training, feeding, and riding, you gain its trust and obedience.
A high level of Charisma will speed up the process.
After successful taming, the mount will get close to you, rely on you, and treat you as a friend, relative, or…’

 

 

 

‘Forced Taming: When your Will is equal to or more than twice the target’s, you can use your will to forcibly make it obey you.
The more your Will exceeds that of the target’s, the less time it’ll take.’

 

 

 

‘During the process, the target must be conscious and close to you.’

 

 

 

‘In forced taming, the target might fear you, run away from you, or launch an attack at you.’

 

 

 

‘After successful taming, it will respect, love, obey, and treat you as its master.’

 

 

 

* * *

 

 

 

Of the two taming methods, natural should be used by those who had Charisma as their main stat.
And those who had Will as their main stat, like Roy, should use the 2nd method.

 

 

 

However, the target would resist, which meant that if he wanted to forcibly tame a griffon or a dragon, he had to be ready to endure its terrifying claws and breaths.

 

 

 

Unless… 

 

 

 

Forced taming required the target to be conscious, but that didn’t mean the target had to be in a healthy state.
If they were too weak to resist, they wouldn’t harm him.
Roy got excited after finding this solution to tame monsters.

 

 

 

He turned around and tried to Mount Letho.
Unsurprisingly, the target had not been tamed and could not be bound as a mount.

 

 

 

Okay, humans are also within the parameters.

 

 

 

A bond with someone of your own kind was not as strong as that with other kinds, and it was almost impossible to tame a human with the natural method.
But if an ordinary person were tied and forced taming were used, would the effect be better than if it had been done with a monster?

 

 

 

Roy planned to give it a try later.

 

 

 

“Boy, what are you thinking?” Letho noticed his weird gaze, crossing his arms over his chest.
His pupils turned amber as he observed Roy.

 

 

 

“I found a good horse… How much do you think it’s worth?” Roy quickly changed the subject.

 

 

 

The witcher glanced over the brown horse’s muscular figure and slender limbs, and nodded.
“The payment that Hereward gave you is enough to buy it, but are you sure you want to choose a horse that hasn’t been gelded? It might get agitated and you may fall and injure yourself.
Don’t blame me then.
I warned you.”

 

 

 

“I’m going with this one.
What about you?”

 

 

 

“I’m taking this black one.”

 

 

 

After a while, the duo called the horse dealer to complete the transaction.
They also purchased a pile of corn, grass, and stalks that were chopped and crushed as feed.

 

 

 

They had spent all the reward money from the duke.

 

 

 

After returning to the inn, when there was no one around, Roy went to the brown horse in the stable.
After being taken away from the horse dealer, it became much more docile.
It seemed to have understood that its owner had changed.

 

 

 

Roy patted it on the neck.

 

 

 

My Will is 8.5, and it must be twice the target’s for forced taming, which means I need to get it to a 9 if I want to force tame it.
Luckily, I have one more attribute point that I haven’t spent.

 

 

 

Having said that, Will had been a very useful attribute — it could tame pets, affect the power of Massacre, had helped him survive the pain and despair of the Trial of the Grasses, and resist abnormal mental status effects…

 

 

 

‘Will: 8.5’

 

 

 

‘Use attribute points for Will?’

 

 

 

“Yes.”

 

 

 

‘Will: 8.5→9.5’

 

 

 

Roy closed his eyes and felt a warmth within his body when his Will increased.
He could not feel any physical change, but the brown horse beside him shook its head uncomfortably.

 

 

 

Change in Will affects the surroundings?

 

 

 

He stroked it on the head with his right hand and suddenly activated forced taming —

 

 

 

For a moment, the brown horse seemed to have seen its natural enemy and the thing it feared the most.
Its legs lost all energy and collapsed, making it kneel on the ground.
Its slender body was trembling, but it dared not scream.
The thing it feared was reflected in its pair of bright, black eyes.
A human figure with bloody tentacles entwined all around its body.

 

 

 

But this lasted only for a couple of minutes before everything went back to normal.

 

 

 

‘The target has been tamed… Do you want to bind it as a mount?’

 

 

 

“Yes.”

 

 

 

The brown horse shook all over, stood up on its legs before lowering its head.
It licked the palm of the man in front of it, its hairy tail fluttering lightly at the back.

 

 

 

Roy clearly felt the emotion in Brown Horse’s heart — awe and surrender, unable to resist any of his commands.
Now he had a subordinate he could communicate with through his soul.
So he tried to give commands in his heart without speaking.

 

 

 

Squat! Stand! Turn around in circles! Neigh!

 

 

 

It did them all, one by one, obediently.

 

 

 

“Very good, boy!” The young witcher smiled with satisfaction.
Forced taming was really time and energy efficient.
“Starting from today, you have become one with me.
And don’t worry, when I find a replacement, I will free you! Now, you should have a worthy, fashionable name… Following the trend, let’s call you Wilt…”

 

 

 

In Elder Speech, it meant a place or location far away, meaning that it would follow the witcher on a faraway journey.

 

 

 

Wilt neighed happily and bowed respectfully.