novelraw Chapter 14: Witcher Swordsmanship and Magic Signs
Chapter 14: Witcher Swordsmanship and Magic Signs
After leaving the revenge scene,
Kiliman did not rush to devour Kovirghm’s residual soul.
This was a world filled with monsters and evil gods where Witchers roamed. To be safe, he suppressed his eager anticipation, patiently traveled through the night, and only when he reached a prepared cave did he light a campfire, sit cross-legged, and enter a meditation state.
The process of absorbing a monster’s soul and devouring the soul of an intelligent being was fundamentally different.
The former used the power of the soul storm to directly crush the monster’s soul into its most primitive soul molecule state, destroying its will along with it, thus absorbing relatively pure soul power with less resistance.
The latter, however, involved him lowering his own soul defenses, absorbing memories, and fusing souls, merging the other’s soul with his own. It was like experiencing another person’s life—an extremely risky method.
If the opposing soul had an excessively strong will, it could not only be unhelpful but might cause cognitive errors, mental fragmentation, or even outright madness.
Still, to gain the Witcher’s swordsmanship and knowledge, even knowing the danger, it was worth it.
After preparing himself mentally, Kiliman no longer hesitated. He controlled his soul light orb to envelop Kovirghm’s residual soul and began devouring it.
Though essentially both were just mortal souls without rank differences, Kovirghm’s residual soul had lost autonomous consciousness. Also, because Kiliman had avenged him, he willingly sacrificed himself with little resistance.With the system’s power aiding him, the soul fragments quickly dissolved and merged completely into Kiliman’s soul.
For a moment, Kiliman, sitting by the campfire, trembled all over, cold sweat pouring from his forehead. He clenched his teeth and fists tightly, his expression filled with pain, even his clothes soaked through by sweat.
A massive influx of information pierced his mind, flickering rapidly like black-and-white film scenes extracted from memories.
It was as if he was reliving Kovirghm’s life—from starving and freezing as an orphan, to being adopted by members of the Viper School, barely able to eat enough.
From childhood training as a Witcher, enduring the grass trial, to surviving the near-death Witcher mutation.
From a rookie Witcher to a tragic death in the tombs of White Orchard.
Kilimán watched all of this from a third-person perspective.
However, since it was only Kovirghm’s residual soul, the memories were not sequential, with many missing parts and dull, fragmented content, making the overall picture chaotic and incomplete.
What he saw probably accounted for only about one-quarter of this Witcher’s life.
Yet even so, for a Witcher with a lifespan of over sixty years, one-quarter of a life was still about fifteen years of memories—a richly colorful life. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on novel•fire.net
The experiences, battles, insights, and life lessons taught him a lot.
Time passed quickly. The campfire beside him had long since gone out, the moon in the sky replaced by dawn. Beams of morning light filtered through the cave cracks, shining on Kiliman’s face.
Only when that familiar, emotionless mechanical sound rang did he awaken from the dreamlike memories.
Ding! Soul fusion complete. Soul power +5 gained.
Acquired Witcher-exclusive skills:
[Viper School Swordsmanship] LV1
[Alder Magic Sign] LV1
[Igni Magic Sign] LV1
Ding! Large amount of exclusive skill experience gained from memory fusion.
[Viper School Swordsmanship] upgraded to LV2.
[Witcher Alchemy] upgraded to LV2.
Kiliman Germann
Race: Perfect Witcher
Strength: 3.22 (Max 4.00)
Agility: 2.94 (Max 4.00)
Spirit: 2.05 (Max 4.00)
Mana: 3.05 (Max 4.00)
Poison Resistance: 15.52
Swordsmanship:
[Temerian Military Swordsmanship]: Mastery level, Strength +0.2, Agility +0.2, requires 200 soul power to advance to senior master.
[Viper School Swordsmanship], Level: LV2, Strength +0.4, Agility +0.4, Burst +2, Special Skill: Adrenaline Surge, current max level LV3, requires 500 soul power to advance to next level.
Magic Signs:
[Alder Magic Sign], Level: LV1, Spirit +0.1, Mana +0.3, Special Skill: None, current max level LV3, requires 200 soul power to advance.
[Igni Magic Sign], Level: LV1, Spirit +0.1, Mana +0.3, Special Skill: None, current max level LV3, requires 200 soul power to advance.
Subsidiary Skills: Witcher Alchemy LV2, Monster Gathering LV2.
Soul Sequence LV1: Mortal
Soul Ascension Progress: 10/100.
Soul Skill: Spatial Storage LV1 (One cubic meter space.)
Soul Power: 130 points.
The moment Kiliman opened his eyes, he felt everything around him had changed slightly.
His body felt lighter, stronger, more agile, and more coordinated.
His Witcher senses seemed enhanced—his eyes saw farther, ears heard more sharply, his sense of smell became keener, and his touch more sensitive.
More importantly, his understanding of swordsmanship and countless instinctive Viper School sword moves, sword techniques, and experience had grown immensely.
He even mastered two commonly used Witcher magic signs.
Undoubtedly, his strength had greatly improved. Even without the system’s aid, he could be considered a seasoned Witcher.
Previously, his control over his body was only based on ordinary human instinct, able to exert only about 40-50% of his strength.
Now, having absorbed decades of Kovirghm’s Witcher experience, he seemed capable of unleashing 60-70% of this body’s potential.
Squinting, Kiliman recalled how to use the Igni Magic Sign from memory and then snapped his fingers at the campfire on the ground.
Snap!
He vaguely felt a flow of mana released from his mutated organ to the outside. The campfire, which had already gone out, suddenly flared up with sparks flying, lighting up the somewhat dark cave again.
Kiliman grinned, revealing a smile.
This feeling was pretty good. Only those who could wield both magic signs and swordsmanship simultaneously were true Witchers.
Before, he had been merely a swordsman with sword skills but nothing else.
Moreover, from Kovirghm’s memories, he not only learned much about monsters’ knowledge and weaknesses but also the recipes for common Witcher potions like Swallow, Thunderbolt, and Blizzard, among others—five common potion formulas he had mastered.
Unfortunately, though the Viper School was very adept at alchemy, Kovirghm’s residual soul contained few memories about alchemical weapons. The only complete formula was for the Witcher’s commonly used beehive bomb.
But reality was not a game. Apart from some real events, he could not find precious items like pearls or gold in the impoverished homes lacking even pants.
Nor could he find various Witcher recipes in some rarely visited caves or wilderness.
To obtain these skills, besides asking professional Witchers, he would probably have to seek help from sorceresses.