The Witcher: Grinding Proficiency Starting with the Witcher

"Li Wei, you're going to die."

The boy listened to the sounds coming from behind him, his vision blurred.

"What?! How am I going to die?"

He muttered to himself, his pupils focused, and he saw the man sitting in front of him clearly.

The man appeared to be in his fifties or sixties, with shoulder-length brown hair, a rugged face covered with scars of various sizes, and deep-set features that were not typical of Asians.

What was most startling was his pale gold vertical pupils, which, like cat's eyes, contracted as the environment darkened.

Li Wei was stunned for a moment, then fell into a deep daze as a memory that didn't belong to him flooded into his brain.

pain!

It hurts so much...

The man sitting opposite him stared at him, noticing his pale face and blank expression. He frowned slightly and sighed.

He took out a bottle of medicine and a gold coin and placed them next to Li Wei.

"Leave the Witcher's Castle. Here's a recovery potion and a gold coin; that should be enough for you to get through the rest of your days easily."

After saying that, he stood up, turned around and left.

The spiked boots creaked and groaned as they stepped on the wooden floor.

"Bang!"

The wooden door closed.

The room fell silent.

After a long while, Li Wei rubbed his temples repeatedly with his fingers, finally relieving the pain in his brain.

My gaze swept around the room, and the furniture was very shabby, with just a table, a stool and a wooden wardrobe.

My gaze returned to the bedside, passing over the gold coin engraved with the king's image, and finally settling on the glass tube from which a pale blue liquid flowed.

He reached out and picked it up; the icy touch sent waves of sensation through his palm, assaulting his senses.

It was so real that he couldn't help but believe it.

"No way, all I did was stay up all night playing a game, and you sent me to time travel?"

The man's words came back to mind again.

There was no time to panic.

Because I'm really going to die!

He forced himself to calm down and began to organize his memories.

Finally, he couldn't help but swear.

"Damn it!"

This world is somewhat similar to the Western Middle Ages, but it is teeming with monsters and has many extraordinary professions.

His current identity is that of a Witcher apprentice.

The potion failed to awaken a few days ago, and the source of life was depleted. If it can survive for more than a month, we should praise the god of plague!

"No wonder you're so weak."

He moved his shoulders, and a soft, yielding force emanated from his entire body, especially in his chest, where even breathing caused a stinging pain.

"no!"

We must save ourselves!

"But I'm new here, how am I supposed to save myself!"

Li Wei is now somewhat desperate.

Forget about fantasizing about dominating another world and having three thousand blonde maids; that's probably going to be restarted at lightning speed soon.

Suddenly, a point of light appeared in sight, growing larger like a storm until it transformed into a blue screen.

[Job System Loading... 1%... 59%... 100%]

[System loading complete...]

Name: Li Wei

Age: 15

[Occupation: Witcher Apprentice]

Mutagen: None

【Life: 0.6/1.2】

【Strength: 0.6/1.3】

[Magic: Not yet unlocked]

Speed: 0.7/1.5

Endurance: 0.7/1.5

[A normal adult male has an attribute of 1, excluding magic power.]

[Life Essence: 15% (Severe loss, cannot be recovered through normal means)]

Moonlight Breathing Technique: 59/100 (Beginner)

Apprentice Swordsmanship: 71/100 (Beginner)

[Apprentice Physical Skills: 82/100 (Not yet a beginner)]

[Status: Life Essence Depleted, Remaining Life (31 days), Life Points Below Half, Base Attributes Halved]

【Moon Breathing (White): This is the basic ability of Moonlight Breathing Technique. It allows you to slowly restore your life force and stamina by absorbing moonlight, at a rate of 0.02 per hour】

At this moment, Li Wei felt as if he had seen salvation, and even felt like crying and wanted to let out a long howl.

There is always a way out!

System, add points!

Then, Li Wei was stunned.

There are absolutely no options to add points on the system interface.

In other words, if you want to become stronger and recover your body, you still have to rely on yourself.

Li Wei's lips twitched, and after cursing inwardly for a while, he quickly calmed down.

At least now, we are no longer just sitting and waiting to die.

Witcher Apprentice.

Seeing this profession again, combined with my memories, immediately reminded me of the game I had just finished playing on Earth, The Witcher 3.

If this Witcher's Castle wasn't called Kael'thas Morhen, and the Witcher Master he had just met wasn't called Vesemir, he would have really thought he had traveled into a Witcher game.

Thinking of this, I felt a little regretful.

"What a pity, we can't predict the future based on the plot anymore, especially with so many female sorcerers, sigh..."

[Warning: Host's life essence has been detected to be too low. Please obtain mutants as soon as possible to restore life essence.]

Mutagen?

"I remember in The Witcher 3, mutants were items dropped by killing monsters and could be used to enhance oneself. They could even restore one's life essence?"

With that thought, he stared at the line for mutants on the system interface.

Mutants: Obtained by hunting monsters; specific effects depend on the attributes of the monsters hunted.

really.

Li Wei's eyes gradually hardened, and he immediately set himself a small goal.

You must kill the monster to obtain the mutant within one month.

Otherwise, game over!

As for where the monsters are, as the Witcher's Castle, the Witcher's headquarters, there is no shortage of monsters here.

Thinking about this, my mood improved a lot, and I looked out the window.

The moonlight, like gauze and mist, gradually seeped into the room; night had already fallen.

With a goal in mind, Li Wei's thinking became very clear.

First, you need to restore your health to a healthy level, otherwise, when you encounter monsters, it's a 90/10 chance!

The kind that dies nine times a minute!

I uncorked the recovery potion, and the cool liquid flowed down my throat; I drank it all in one gulp.

Look at the status bar.

[Status: Used a low-level recovery potion, slowly recovering health at a rate of 0.1 per hour, totaling 0.3...]

"Great, that brings my health to 0.9. With the help of Moon Breathing, I should be mostly recovered tonight. The specific steps seem to be like this."

He struggled to get up from the bed, kneeling with his hands loosely clasped around his lower abdomen, facing the window.

"Inhale for eight seconds, hold your breath for five seconds, exhale for eight seconds, and imagine the shape of a crescent moon in your mind..."

"call……"

The cool air entered my nostrils, traveled all the way to my abdomen, and finally dissolved, turning into a cool sensation that permeated my limbs and bones, and the stinging pain in my chest also lessened a bit.

[Moonlight Breathing Technique Proficiency +1!]

It works!

Li Wei was delighted and continued with the tedious breathing technique.

However, after a long time, no system notification sound came.

It wasn't until half an hour later.

[Moonlight Breathing Technique Proficiency +1!]

Although it was only half an hour, it was undoubtedly a long and tedious experience for Li Wei.

I felt a slight bitterness in my heart, and even a sense of disappointment that they were not living up to their potential.

"Half an hour plus one point, if we calculate based on 8 hours in a night, that's 4 PM."

"You orphan who was taken in as a child, how come you're 15 years old and your Moonlight Breathing technique proficiency is still below 60?"

Have you ever considered whether you've been working hard enough?

No wonder the potion awakening failed!

"They left me with a mess."

After making a brief complaint, Li Wei continued to concentrate on breathing with his eyes closed.

The dead deserve respect, especially since he was someone who got something for nothing.

Being lazy is out of the question; there's no time to spare.

……

The moonlight faded, and the eastern sky gradually turned a pale white.

Li Wei silently opened his eyes, his brain was somewhat oxygen-deprived, and his eyes were bloodshot.

However, he could clearly feel that the pain in his body had lessened considerably.

The power transmitted through his strong arms was far greater than it had been back on Earth.

He braced his right hand on the bed, trying to get up and stretch his muscles, but as soon as he lifted his buttocks, he sat down heavily again.

"My legs are numb, oh my god..."

Li Wei gasped, slowly straightened his kneeling legs, gently rubbed them with his hands, and glanced at the system interface.

【Life: 1.06/1.2】

Moonlight Breathing Technique: 75/100 (Beginner)

Now, he understands why the original owner's progress has been so slow over the years.

"Who invented this thing? It's utterly inhumane!"

"Who practices meditation so late at night? They haven't even recovered their energy yet!"

However, I've finally shaken off my weakened state, and with my [Moonlight Breathing Technique] proficiency almost at 100, I'm filled with anticipation.

According to the system introduction, proficiency is divided into seven stages: beginner, beginner, proficient, expert, master, grandmaster, and legendary.

Each stage of advancement may unlock new talent traits; the higher the level, the higher the quality of the talent traits.

Just like now, his [Moonlight Breath] is of white quality.

I hadn't been massaging my legs for very long.

The wooden door was suddenly pushed open.

A light-blonde boy wearing a linen shirt strolled in leisurely.

He looked up at Li Wei, a hint of mockery in his triangular eyes.

"Li Wei, I heard your potion awakening failed, yet you're still alive?"

Upon hearing this, Li Wei slowly lowered his legs to the side of the bed and looked at the light blond-haired boy. He was slender, but his limbs were very muscular.

A name immediately came to mind.

Ethan, fourteen years old, did not undergo the potion awakening due to his age. He usually bullies the apprentices because he has a strong older brother.

His brow furrowed, and he spoke in a cold voice, "What are you doing here?"

Ethan's lips curled into a smirk as his gaze fell upon the glass tube protruding from Levi's bed and the gleaming gold coins, revealing a look of greed.

With a flick of his right hand, he produced a small knife with a wooden handle.

"Nothing much. I heard Master Turka gave you a recovery potion and a gold coin. You're almost dead anyway, so give them to me, how about it?"