Wizard: This witcher is neglecting his duties.

Chapter 10 Water Ghost

"Teacher, I won."

Wayne sheathed his steel sword and looked at his mentor.

Although the two battles weren't particularly intense, Wayne had used up a lot of Chaos Magic and was feeling somewhat tired.

Geralt, the next opponent, is probably the most difficult of the three Witcher predecessors to deal with, and he must come up with a good strategy.

However, the old witcher Vesemir sighed and said to the crowd:

"Alright, that's enough for the competition."

"Wayne, you have proven your strength and are qualified to graduate. There is no need for a third match."

He scanned Geralt, Lambert, and Eskel's faces.

"However, you lack experience in dealing with monsters."

"For the next few years, you'll team up with Geralt and go on missions together."

"He will teach you how to become a true witcher."

As the old witcher finished speaking, a system notification sounded in Wayne's mind.

Expert-level task: [Graduation] Completed.

Gain 30 experience points and one expert-level treasure chest.

Wayne had originally wanted to try again, but after hearing the notification that the mission was complete, he shut up.

The reason I put in so much effort for this test was not only to earn the qualification to graduate, but also to complete this first expert-level task.

The rewards seem pretty good now. Thirty experience points are equivalent to ten normal-level quests. As for the expert-level treasure chest, although I haven't opened it, according to the system's description, in addition to a lot of coins, there is also a chance to get a rare-level item.

Speaking of this, his system panel also contains all the common-level treasure chests he has obtained over the past year and a half, one per day, totaling more than five hundred.

Each regular treasure chest can yield a small amount of currency or some ordinary random items. With so many chests combined, you're sure to get a lot of good stuff.

Of course, he didn't open the treasure chests in Kaer Morhen's castle, lest the unexpected acquisition of items arouse the suspicion of the old Witcher Vesemir.

Wayne (16 years old)

Occupation: Witcher

Level: 5 (263/500)

Ability value: 2 points

Attributes: Strength 17, Agility 22, Constitution 19, Spirit 22.

Skills: Swordsmanship LV5, Signs LV8, Genetic Mutation LV1.

Special Bloodline: Ancient Blood (weak, unawakened) requires 10 ability points to activate.

Additional skills: Archery LV1, Cooking LV5, Planting LV3.

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Two weeks later, heavy snow once again blocked Kaer Mohan from the outside world.

After receiving permission from Vesemir to begin his training, Wayne's main task, besides his daily combat training, was to work with Geralt the White Wolf to gather herbs, search for monsters, and find the materials needed to brew the Witcher's potion in the forests, mountains, and rivers near Kaer Morhen.

Practice makes perfect, which allowed Wayne to apply the knowledge from the books to reality and learn a lot of herbalism and monster science knowledge that was not in the books.

The only downside is that the area around Kalmukhan is full of forests and valleys, and it was the middle of a cold winter.

The types of monsters and herbs they can find are few, with water ghosts and evil spirits making up the vast majority, and the materials they can collect are not many.

A small lake a few kilometers from Kaermohan.

Geralt the White Wolf held a silver sword in his hand, watching with great interest Wayne, who was surrounded by five water ghosts not far away.

Watching him dash left and right among the monsters, his sword flashing, he effortlessly dodged their attacks and slashed them with abandon, like a nimble cheetah.

He couldn't help but be amazed by the young witcher's talent.

Perhaps, this little guy really will become the strongest Witcher of the Wolf School in recent centuries, just as Vesemir said.

After just a few demonstrations, the young man overcame the human instinct to fear monsters and was able to calmly pick up the silver sword and display his superb swordsmanship when facing a blue-skinned, foul-smelling, and hideous water ghost.

Thinking back to his first encounter with a monster, Geralt shook his head helplessly, feeling a sense of "the younger generation surpassing the older."

With a final horizontal slash, the sharp silver sword sliced ​​through flesh and blood, sending the water ghost's head flying high before slamming it to the ground with a thud.

In less than two minutes, the five water ghosts were turned into corpses lying haphazardly on the ground by Wayne's swift and skillful swordsmanship.

However, after killing all the water ghosts, Wayne seemed to be lost in thought. He didn't do anything else, but stood in the middle of the corpses in a daze, as if he was in a daze.

"What are you standing there for? Hurry up and take the water ghost brain out!"

"Today's lesson is on making swallow elixir."

Seeing Wayne standing there, somewhat dazed, holding the silver sword after killing the water ghost, Geralt, carrying his potion-making tools, stepped forward, patted him on the shoulder, and asked with a smile:

"What's wrong? Are you scared seeing these monster corpses?"

Upon hearing this, Wayne exhaled and shook his head slightly. It wasn't that he was afraid, but rather that he felt a little nauseous.

I didn't feel that strongly when I was fighting among the water ghosts.

But after he hacked these five monsters, whose bodies were highly similar to those of humans, into pieces, the sight of limbs flying and blood splattering everywhere made this transmigrator from civilized society feel nauseous.

This wasn't the first time he had killed a monster, but the previous monsters, like the water ghosts, were different. The water ghosts looked too much like humans, which is why many civilians mistakenly believed that they were monsters transformed from the corpses of drowned people.

Geralt didn't care. He took out a small knife from his waist, squatted down in front of Wayne, grabbed a water ghost's head, cleanly and neatly cut open the water ghost's scalp, and then pried open the water ghost's skull along a thin seam between the bones, taking out a white, walnut-shaped water ghost brain from inside.

He deliberately patted Wayne's chest with his foul-smelling, slimy hand, and said jokingly:

"Wayne, kid, fighting and killing is just a small part of our lives as witchers."

"Dealing with all sorts of corpses is the main theme of our lives."

"From now on, you'll have to get used to living with rotting corpses, mud, and dog poop."

As he spoke, he placed the extracted water ghost brain into a basin-like container, then waved to Wayne and said:

"I heard from Vesemir that you really enjoy being assigned tasks."

"Come on, our task today is to dissect twenty water ghost corpses and concoct ten doses of Swallow Potion."

As soon as Geralt finished speaking, a system notification sounded in Wayne's mind.

Triggered Quest: [Dispose of the Water Ghost's Corpse, Brew the Swallow Potion] (Normal Level)

Do you want to accept the mission?

Yes, accept the task.

The pungent smell of the corpse made Wayne feel nauseous. He forced himself to endure the stench and disgust from the water ghost, squatted down, took out a skinning knife, and began to dissect another water ghost's corpse, mimicking Geralt's actions.

Indeed, Geralt is right.

No matter how disgusting it is, since you've chosen to become a Witcher, you have to get used to this kind of life, dealing with corpses.

Anyway, when he acts alone in the future, it will be up to him to decide what kind of mission he takes on.

(End of this chapter)