novelraw Chapter 11: Revenge Contract
Chapter 11: Revenge Contract
After the recent investigation, Kiriman discovered that Kovirghm’s soul was extremely complicated.
Simply put, most of his soul had already dissipated, leaving only a fragment of residual soul behind. The vast majority of this fragment was composed of the hatred and unwillingness from his tragic death, along with a strong will for revenge against the Lord of White Orchard.
These stubborn negative spiritual forces wrapped around the fragments of his soul like rocks, twisting the inner spirit of the soul and turning it into a malevolent wraith.
Although not impossible to eliminate, once these negative wills were completely worn away, what remained would only be useless soul residue with no value even for extracting soul power.
Kiriman was unwilling to do this.
This was not out of sympathy, but because Kovirghm was the first, and possibly the only, witcher soul he had encountered in a short time.
In his expectation, to obtain the witcher knowledge and skills contained within this soul—even at the cost of injuring his own spiritual power—would be worthwhile.
As a system-created perfect witcher, once he completed these witchers’ swordsmanship, monster knowledge, and instant casting seals, he could quickly reach a strength comparable to a seasoned witcher. This was exactly what he urgently needed now.
Therefore, despite the difficulty, Kiriman still attempted to communicate with Kovirghm’s soul on the spiritual level to see if there was another way to resolve this matter.
Such soul communication was impossible in reality, but within his soul space, success was plausible.After several attempts, the result was surprisingly smooth.
Although Kovirghm’s residual soul could not communicate in words, after deep spiritual communication, Kiriman concluded that as long as the murderer who killed this Viper School witcher—namely the current Lord of White Orchard, Ignatius Veriles—died a tragic death, Kovirghm’s grudges and hatred would naturally dissipate and no longer obstruct Kiriman from absorbing this soul fragment.
He could then absorb the knowledge within this soul fragment at a relatively low cost.
This might also explain why, years later, when the White Wolf Geralt entered the noble tomb, he did not see the vengeful witcher wraith.
Because by that time, that foolish Lord of White Orchard had long been sent to the gallows and hanged by the harsh Nilfgaardian soldiers.
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Avenging Kovirghm, then inheriting his knowledge?
Kiriman, after a short rest, nodded thoughtfully.
This was an unexpected development.
However, in his heart, he felt no hesitation or difficulty about killing for revenge.
In Kiriman’s eyes, nobles in this era, except for a very few with higher moral standards, were nothing more than parasites sucking the marrow from commoners.
The so-called privileges and bloodlines were nothing in the face of power.
Even if he killed them all, it would be a righteous act of ridding the world of pests and making it a better place.
Since this former comrade had such a last wish, then fulfilling it, avenging him, and inheriting his legacy was a mutually beneficial arrangement, nothing could be better.
After making the decision, Kiriman stood up and looked disgustedly at the decayed flesh and corpse fluids covering his body.
But he did not leave immediately. Instead, he took the Viper School witcher badge hanging on Kovirghm’s body and placed it into his storage space, planning to clean and use it himself.
As a fake witcher, he had to obtain both academy equipment and witcher badges by himself.
It was rare to find a ready-made one, so how could he let it go?
Then, he searched Kovirghm’s pockets and found the blueprints for the witcher’s Viper Steel Sword, two bottles of witcher potions, and some miscellaneous items.
Unfortunately, Kovirghm was also a poor soul. He didn’t have a single coin on him, and his leather armor and other equipment were worthless.
Besides these, the witcher silver sword that should have been by his side was likely taken by someone else, which disappointed Kiriman greatly.
He had originally hoped to pick up a silver sword by chance and gain a windfall.
After tidying up Kovirghm’s belongings, Kiriman’s gaze turned to the noble coffins in the tomb, his face showing anticipation.
Since he was here anyway.
Moreover, he was going to eliminate the only surviving member of their family later.
Since the grudge was already formed, these noble lords should not mind lending some support to this poor witcher.
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In the following days, Kiriman’s witcher activities went unnoticed by anyone. It was unlikely that anyone would imagine a noble family’s cemetery had been robbed in broad daylight.
By a super thief who had a storage space and could silently take large amounts of valuables, sparing nothing worth money.
A rough estimate put the value of the burial goods of the Veriles family’s generations at about 1,200 Orens.
Enough for Kiriman to buy a good horse and craft a set of fine equipment in Vizima City.
Moreover, since the noble tomb was known to be haunted throughout the territory, no reckless commoner dared to explore it.
As long as Kiriman did not expose himself, it was unlikely anyone would discover this matter soon. Follow current ɴᴏᴠᴇʟs on novel·fiɾe·net
With this concern removed, Kiriman was in a great mood. While completing other witcher commissions in White Orchard, he covertly inquired about the whereabouts of the Lord of White Orchard, preparing for the revenge contract on Kovirghm’s behalf.
The herbalist Tomira was a pretty woman in her early twenties. She had once been a nun at the Melitele Temple but was expelled after eloping with a man she fell in love with. Now, she was the herbalist of White Orchard.
The commission she provided Kiriman was to clear out water wraiths by the riverbank to prevent their increasing numbers from disturbing the villagers’ lives.
This was a very ordinary witcher commission, paying only a meager thirty Orens, and most witchers had done such work.
Of course, this reward was not paid solely by Tomira but was raised among the villagers through her reputation as the herbalist.
This water wraith clearing task was a walk in the park for Kiriman. Upon arriving in this world, the creatures he had killed the most were water wraiths.
In less than a morning, he had slain more than a dozen water wraiths by the riverbank, earning much praise from the villagers.
Most of the time was wasted on finding the wraiths, and killing each one paid less than two Orens.
The dwarf blacksmith Velis’s commission was to protect him to a mine to extract some very rare ore.
The enemies encountered were fiends skilled at burrowing tunnels underground.
This task was time-consuming and required Kiriman’s full accompaniment to protect the dwarf blacksmith. But to earn money, Kiriman did not refuse.
By the end of that day, through killing monsters, he gained more than twenty soul power points, bringing his total to one hundred twenty-five points, compensating for his previous deficit.
Unfortunately, herbalist Tomira seemed uninterested in Kiriman the handsome witcher.
Besides completing the tasks, nothing pleasant or romantic happened between them, and Kiriman’s spiritual ascension remained far off.
In his spare time, Kiriman successfully found the Viper School armor and the blueprints for the Viper Silver Sword hidden away, based on the information in a letter Kovirghm had written to the Viper School Grandmaster.
These were relics hidden in the ruins of the Amarvit Fortress before Kovirghm was captured by the Lord of White Orchard.
Because they were hidden very secretly, they had survived until now.