Chapter 652 (1/2)

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at 11th of May 2019 03:35:09 AM

Chapter 652

Vesemir soon learned of their ident.i.ties . He could not help but tease his disciple about how he truly had a way with women . The children that other witchers brought back using the 'Law of Surprise' were usually boys . The 'Trial of the Gra.s.ses' would not be that much of a problem to them .

Females may have a harder time surviving the trial . Furthermore, Cirilla and Olivia were n.o.bility . They were not nameless, faceless orphans .

The term 'Trial of the Gra.s.ses' sounded relatively harmless . In reality, it was an extremely painful process . Apprentices who were unprepared could only die in pain . However, those who could survive it would obtain abnormal strength and agility . There was a survival rate of 3 out of 10 .

Those who knew of the 'Trial of the Gra.s.ses' would know how close to torture it was –

”On the third day all the children died save one, a male barely ten . Hitherto agitated by a sudden madness, he fell at once into deep stupor . His eyes took on a gla.s.sy gaze, incessantly with his hands did he clutch at clothing, or brandish them in the air as if desirous of catching a quill . His breathing grew loud and hoa.r.s.e; sweat cold, clammy and malodorous appeared on his skin . Then he was once more given elixir through the vein and the seizure it did return . This time a nose-bleed did ensue, coughing turned to vomiting, after which the male weakened entirely and became inert .

For two days more did symptoms not subside . The child's skin, hitherto drenched in sweat, grew dry and hot, the pulse ceased to be full and firm β€” albeit remaining of average strength, slow rather than fast . No more did he wake, nor did he scream .

Finally, came the seventh day . The male awoke and opened his eyes, and his eyes were those of a viper . . . ”

As the 'Trial of the Gra.s.ses' was so cruel, witchers from the School of the Wolf at Kaer Morhen were morally inhibited from carrying out such a process if they could help it . Under special circ.u.mstances, it may also not be used to create new witchers, but to remove certain curses . After all, the 'Decoctions of the Gra.s.ses' [1] was a kind of alchemical potion with special effects .

Vesemir had lots of experience of living with children . He could be said to be the most experienced 'nanny' on the continent . Thus, despite the scary scar on his face, his kind personality put the girls at ease .

To be honest, Olivia had used the game system's 'character information bar' to read up Vesemir's past . She knew that he was indeed a good person, all the way down to the soul . This was why he was deeply loved by other School of the Wolf witchers . It took her no time to call him 'grandpa . '

On the other hand, the manipulative sweetheart, 'Pearl of the Northern Kingdoms', Princess Olivia, was unparalleled in getting someone to like her .

Vesemir had most certainly heard of the 'Pearl of the Northern Kingdoms . ' However, he had never seen her before . Now that he stood before her, he could see that the t.i.tle had been well-deserved . Her beauty was undeniable . Her charming personality and talents were probably the other reasons .

After all, beauty gave many a great headstart in earning favorabilities . You would only have to complete it with some inner beauty . . .

After Kaer Morhen received the two princesses as refugees, Olivia's game system notified her, saying that she had successfully joined the neutral camp of the witchers . Thus, as long as she could expand the influence of the camp and complete all sorts of quests in the camp, she could obtain more skill points rewards .

This was no longer some side quest . It became one of the main quests .

In this era, the group of witchers were a relic of the past . Wherever they went, they would be ostracized and discriminated . Ordinary people thought that they were mutated monstrosities and feared them . However, they had to rely on the witchers to solve the problems of real monsters .

The witchers from the School of the Wolf held their own well enough . They did not partic.i.p.ate in politics and strictly abided by their neutrality . However, the witchers from the School of the Cat [2] had evolved into hired hands . They took part in a.s.sa.s.sinations . Some of them had been forced to do it for a living, while others had already thrown away their dignity as witchers . . .

As a result of the negative perception created by the witchers from the School of the Cat, the witchers from the School of the Wolf bore some weight to the accusations .