The Divine Hunter Chapter 34: Imagination and departure
"Wake up, kid, how do you feel?"
With a low and hoarse greeting, Roy struggled to open his swollen eyes, looked around with pain all over his body, and found that he was lying in the tavern room.
It was close to noon, and the light outside the window was so bright that it made the tables, chairs, cabinets, and everything around him cast a double shadow... making it difficult for him to see clearly.
He closed his eyes again and shook his dizzy head. After a long time, the shadows overlapped, and the scene in front of him returned to normal.
"Lesuo, how long have I been unconscious?" He frowned and used his hand to block the light reflected from the shining forehead next to the bed. "Can you sit somewhere else and dazzle my eyes?"
Hearing this, the witcher shrugged helplessly, moved his buttocks to the chair, and handed over a bowl of water.
"You were in a coma for a day and a night, which was shorter than I expected. This shows that your physical condition is very good." The demon hunter's tone was calm, like a doctor's statement to a patient.
"I don't feel very good, as if I've died."
Roy drank a bowl of water greedily.
Finally, there was a sense of coolness in his body. On the contrary, he thought of the extremely ruined state after drinking the predrug.
It was as if a fire was lit in his chest, every blood vessel and every cell was burning, screaming in pain, and at the same time, there were thousands of sharp tools piercing back and forth in the bones and flesh. In short, it looks like someone is using a red-hot knife to cut the meat and remove the bones.
"You should have warned me in a more stern tone then..." Roy's tone contained a hint of dissatisfaction, and there was a hint of shadow and a little fear in his heart. He never wanted to experience that feeling again in his life, it was worse than death.
"It is indeed different from my judgment." The demon hunter narrowed his eyes and forced an apologetic expression. "I thought that in that extremely painful state, you would quickly pass out. In fact, more than a hundred years have passed. , the vast majority of apprentices who took the prodrug did not last for five minutes, 90% less than three minutes, and all lost consciousness. Their pain only lasted for such a moment, and you——"
"Me?"
"You persisted for six minutes." Leisuo took out a dusty notebook, flipped through a few pages, and said seriously, "There were no symptoms such as incontinence, mumbling, cramps, or vomiting blood during the entire process. ”
Roy suddenly felt a chill on his back, and was extremely grateful that he had specially strengthened his physical attributes before.
"Why didn't you tell me these unexpected situations in advance?"
"Isn't it fine now? You have successfully survived." Leisuo patted his shoulder and comforted, "Don't worry, kid. Only the first time you take the premedicine will cause such intense pain... ...If you continue to take it, the pain will be reduced by half, getting lower and lower...it will only make you frown once you get used to it completely."
"I thought I was just going to take one?" Roy swallowed, with a look of fear on his face. Even if it was only half of it, it would still hurt. "How many more drinks are there?"
"It lasts for three months in total, one per week, so there are eleven left."
"..."
Roy took a deep breath and rubbed his cheeks that were sticky with cold sweat. Now that the matter has come to this, if you don't continue to drink, wouldn't the previous sin that was worse than death be in vain?
"Your willpower and physical fitness exceed 99% of the snake sect apprentices." Leisuo observed his face from the side. Seeing that the other party did not refute, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief and immediately changed the subject, "It may also be because of You are older and your body is more fully developed. Other apprentices start taking prodrugs when they are under ten years old. But you are not far from fourteen years old, right?"
"According to what you said, older age has advantages, so why do demon hunters still prefer to train young apprentices?" Roy suppressed his doubts.
"A child is a blank sheet of paper... full of infinite possibilities, allowing the guide to draw the future on it..." The demon hunter seemed extremely patient at this time, "The child's body has not yet fully developed and can be used in green herbal medicines. Systemic remodeling is obtained under the influence. The body of an adult who has completed development has been finalized, and the difficulty of remodeling will be much higher than that of a child. Basically, it will not be able to survive the mutation, and the body will collapse and die first."
Reshape, collapse?
Roy now began to truly understand the meaning of the Trial of Green Grass, rather than the simple sentence "70% mortality" that he read at the beginning.
If you can’t make it through, your body will collapse. So what if you can make it through, and if you can make it through again?
"Can mutation only be carried out once?" Roy asked what he has always wondered, "If you take the herbal medicine from the Snake School and survive it successfully, can you continue to take the herbal medicine from other schools? For example, Wolf School, Gryphon School?"
According to his previous knowledge, the formulas of herbal medicines of each school are different. After mutation and reshaping, the emphasis of strengthening is also different: Mao Faction wears light leather armor, is agile, elusive, and strengthened after mutation. The main focus is on agility attributes; the wolf faction is more balanced, and each attribute is strengthened; the gryphon seal is powerful, and mainly focuses on spiritual attributes; the bear faction wears heavy armor, two-handed swords, and swallows more magic potions in a short period of time to strengthen the direction It should be biased towards physical attributes...
If someone can survive the grass trials of multiple schools, what kind of existence will he become?
Theoretically, after surviving a grass trial, the body's resistance to toxicity will be greatly increased. Will it be easier to do it a second time?
Of course, it is more likely that there are some fatal conflicts hidden among different herbal medicines.
Currently, this is just Roy's idea.
"You mean to carry out multiple mutations and reshaping?" Lei Suo's eyes shone with a dangerous light, and he warned very sternly, "Kid, why do you have such arrogant and ignorant ideas?!"
"I have lived for decades, and I have never heard of anyone who dares to take two different herbal medicines, even one after the other. There is no such idiot in the world! If there is, he must have become a pile of bones. !"
"Okay, kid, you haven't even gotten through the pre-drug stage yet, so don't have any unnecessary fantasies." Lei Suo's voice became calmer again, holding the notebook on his knees. "Now tell me, do you feel any changes in your body? You usually get a little benefit after taking the prodrug for the first time."
"Change?" Roy temporarily put aside his fantasy and turned his attention to the template.
Health: 30/55 (poisoned)
It dropped directly by 20 points, which shows that the toxicity of the prodrug is severe. Compared with the toxicity of the cypress stem fruits and dandelion flowers he had swallowed before, it was completely negligible.
As he looked down, his eyelids twitched.
Among all attributes, Will has changed, 5.8→6.
It increased by 0.2. He thought it was normal for his willpower to be tempered after going through the kind of suffering that was worse than death. But it probably only works the first time.
Other than that, there are no other changes in the template.
"Is it because my physique has exceeded that of ordinary people, so I haven't improved?"
He originally thought that he would develop an ability related to toxicity. Was it because he didn't take enough predrugs?
"There is indeed a slight change..." Roy said, "I can feel it...my thoughts and will have become more determined and solidified."
"Okay." A trace of disappointment flashed in Lei Suo's eyes, "The results are consistent with the results I just checked. Maybe you are a little older... But it doesn't matter. We won't know the final effect until the first stage is completed. ”
……
After Roy rested for two days and his body completely recovered, he was ready to leave Edsberg with the demon hunter.
He didn't plan to go to Cadell House to say goodbye, which would only add to the sadness.
The dwarf wine merchant suddenly came to the door.
He walked towards me with a hearty laugh and high spirits. It could be seen that he had lived a very nourishing life during this period. The beard that hung down to his chest was neatly trimmed and shiny, and his face was full of energy. No trace of insomnia.
He behaved like meeting a long-lost relative, his **** hairy hands holding Roy and Leisuo's hands tightly on the left and right,
"Thanks to the two of you for your help this time, I finally let go of my heavy heart. When I return to Edsberg in the future, I must gather at my house so that I can show my loyalty as a landlord."
Roy waved his hand nonchalantly. In fact, the benefits he gained from this "transportation business" were already quite substantial.
The dwarf continued,
"You and Master Leisuo are heading west and are about to cross Mahakam. However, there have been strange things in the mountains these days, and there are checkpoints set up by the elders everywhere. If you go there empty-handed, you may have a long way to go. Obstruction."
"But how can I embarrass my friends and brothers? Here is a letter of personal recommendation. With it, you two can travel unimpeded in Mahakanth. I, Sevier Hogg, still have some respect."
As he spoke, he winked at Roy, who took the envelope but felt a little uneasy.
"Sewell, you don't have any other purpose, do you?"
He always felt that the dwarf's blink contained a special meaning. ~IndoMTL.com~ What are you saying? I am not an ungrateful person, and I will never entertain my friends and brothers with intrigues. ”
After the dwarf’s repeated assurances, Roy felt reassured and took a look at the contents of the letter:
Brothers of Mahakam,
The two Your Excellencies who appear before you are highly skilled master demon hunters from the Viper School. They helped me solve my major problem in Edsberg and became my good friends. Please Brothers, please show due respect and kindness and allow the two of you to cross Mahakam.
Pay tribute
Your brother, Mahakam Squirrel, Sevier Hogg
1260, November
It was indeed just an ordinary letter of recommendation, so Roy stopped worrying about it.
He hesitated in the end and asked the dwarf wine merchant for one thing - to help look after the children and teachers at Kadel House.
The other party also simply agreed.
Soon after, the two of them finished packing their luggage and sat quietly with their eyes closed for a while.
They didn't have much luggage. They only had a few changes of clothes for Roy, magic potions and alchemy tools. Two packages and a saddle bag were enough.
In the past, Lei Suo traveled the world alone, and there was no need for extra clothes.
Walk in the water and mud in the wilderness, and go without washing for ten and a half months is common. When the half month is over, go to the tavern to wash up, find a woman and have a good night, and work with sailors, coachmen, bodyguards and other coolies. The men at the bottom are not much different.
However, Roy was more particular than ordinary people of this era, bathing frequently to prepare for the future. It made Leisuo, who was not so particular, a little uncomfortable.
The two of them exchanged pleasantries, left the Edsberg City Gate, and headed along the west path toward Mahakam shrouded in clouds and mist.