The Monkey's Wrench (SI)

by Draidecht

We all want power. Maybe it's political or maybe it's monetary. I was given such an incredible chance in the shape of a 'Gamer' ability in a supposed fictional world. Canon? I spit in its general direction. (Gamer-Self Insert)

1. Chapter 1

BEGINNING

It all started on a beautiful morning. The sun was shining, birds were singing in the forest and the fresh summer breeze brushed against my hair as I enjoyed the summer wind, relaxing lying on the on a grassy field. The only strange thing about that being I distinctly remembered going to sleep in my own bed. My apartment being in a city that didn't have anything resembling such open space for over sixty to seventy miles.

"This had got to be the worst way I ever was woken up and that includes the time I woke up in naked on a beach" My head throbbed with a headache from hell. I clutched my head moaning in pain. The Bright sunlight wasn't doing my eyes any favors nor my headache. Getting up, I saw that I was in an open grassy plain extending as far as my eyes could see into the distance.

The momentary shock of before was forgotten by the breathtaking sight before me. I hadn't noticed before but the air was clean. Too Clean. I lived in a city and the constant smell of petroleum burning and the noises of vehicles and pedestrians was common. Here, none of those things could be seen nor heard. I felt isolated from the world and left in some ancient forgotten land untouched or spoiled by the hands of man.

I took a minute to take in the view but remembered to take inventory of what I had with me. But as luck would have it I was missing my cell phone and my wallet. I was dressed in a T-shirt and PJ's I had worn while going to bed and my sneakers.

While this was not my first time waking up in a strange place, this was the first time doing so without getting drunk the night before. I am not a man with a great number of people I could call friends and ones I do weren't cruel enough to drop me off in the middle of nowhere in my PJ's without a cell-phone or wallet.

I don't believe I was kidnapped either. But regardless of how I got here, I needed to get out of here and get to civilization. The Plains in front of me was not somewhere I could casually walk through hoping for the best; so, the forest was my only chance. The Forest might be dangerous but I have a greater chance of survival there as I could forage for edible berries and food if I am stuck there and can't find civilization within the day. That should both help with food and rehydration. Fruits contain large quantities of water.

I kept my track near the edge of the forest looking for a place where the forest thinned out but I was out of luck. The Forest extended for miles in either direction seemingly without end. The only thing left to do in such condition was to toughen up and brave the wilderness and move deeper into the forest. I had picked up a large stick for self-defense if I run into wild pests.

Venturing into the forest, it felt European in origin. The distinct lack of rainforest sounds of birds, animals, and insects alluded to that. The weather was calm as well, thankfully. I wouldn't like to be stuck in a forest, wet and cold.

I had been walking for half an hour or so and hadn't run into anything save some crows on the tree branches. That changed when a wolf that appeared before me and looked as thin as a rake. It looked like it had already taken one step into death's door, so I was cautious but not scared enough to lose my higher faculties.

Besides, I was never a person who would easily be scared by animals. I loved animals. I've personally played with young tiger cubs who mew in this adorable way. I've survived nearly being turned into a pancake by a Rhinoceros. Run into Elephants, Deer, Wolves, and snakes before.

At any other time, I'd try to calmly walk away and hope the animal won't follow me. Which they mostly don't, if they are well fed. That was not the case here. This wolf was clearly starving, and being put in such corners it will be much more vicious in an attempt to survive.

Highly social animals like Dogs and wolves respond to direct eye contact in different ways depending on the situation. They perceive direct eye contact often in behavior as establishing or challenging dominance so this can make them uncomfortable or irritated. I was hoping for the former and it would leave me alone as I stared directly at its eyes.

Luck wasn't on my side as it kept approaching me while growling slowly. I could infer that it was considering myself as its next meal and that's not something I want to happen. So, what I needed was a distraction. Picking up a few stones I started throwing them around to distract it. It looked back the sound and that gave me a chance to charge it with my stick.

I hit it on the face as If I was trying to score a home run, throwing it a bit further than I expected but it lived the hit. Probably had a concussion though. Growling, it came running at me. I tried to dodge but it was simply too fast. It snapped its jaws around my ankle as I tried to jump away and pulled me with it.

Having sharp fangs biting into your ankle and feeling the bones creaking from the pressure as it bleeds out, is simply put painful. This was no fictional Isekai story where a protagonist feeds a dying or injured wolf and nurses it back to health. They become companions and travel together and go through many adventures, and the wolf saves the protagonists' life many times.

But this is real life. I being transported to wherever I was is meaningless and it doesn't change the fact that this is probably a diseased wild animal biting my ankle. A hungry wild animal that is trying to turn me into its next meal.

"Arrgghh" Despite the pain, despite losing the stick…I still tried to pry its mouth open with my hands and failed miserably. It wasn't strong enough to shake me but wasn't letting go of its bite. Searching around while almost being delirious in pain, I found a relatively large stone. Picking it up, I started hitting the wolf on the head abandoning all other thoughts.

It yelped a few times trying to move out of the way, but its bite itself became a hindrance as it couldn't let go. So, I kept hitting it between screams of pain. By the fifth hit, it was slowly letting go of my ankle, by the seventh, its jaws were dislodged from my ankle entirely. By the twelfth, its head was crushed as brain matter was dripping out of its nose and eyes.

As I clutched my foot trying to stop the bleeding, I got a strange notification box appearing in front of my eyes.

Wolf Killed (1)
+ 12 XP
Level Up

I kept staring at the floating notification box in front of me until disappeared unsure if it was real or a figment of my imagination. I would have pondered longer but the sharp pain in my leg reminded me of my injured foot.

I was only in PJ's and those tore as easily as paper. I was pretty sure there was fracture and probably infections as well. If I don't reach civilization and get a shot, I'd probably have rabies or something equally nasty. As for my foot, now that the adrenaline rush has tapered off the pain was more acute.

The only thing I could do in this situation was, bandage the wound the best I can and probably hobble off hoping to find people. I was about to do just that when I noticed something curious. My wounds were starting to heal up on their own at an unprecedented rate. The former puncture wounds were starting to close itself as new strands of flesh covered them and soon returned to pristine condition taking the pain with it. The only signs that I had been injured were the torn-up PJ's covered in blood I was still wearing.

"No matter how you look at it, that's regeneration right there" I was stumped by what happened. I slapped myself to make sure I was still awake and wasn't in some coma induced dream.
"Ouch! Yeah still awake"

Humans don't suddenly gain wolverine-like healing ability. Then again Human don't appear in a different place after going to sleep in their bed.

"Is this related to the floating notification box that appeared? That looked surprisingly similar to Han Jee-han's boxes in the manhwa the Gamer" Yes, I had read and had been following the webtoon since it first released and loved the concept behind it. So, I could get the gist of what may have been happening.

"Status?" That seemed to be the magic words. Soon as I uttered it a large floating box displaying my own stats appeared in front of me. It was translucent and glowing in blue with the words in White.

Damien Grey
Level : 1
EXP : 10/20

HP : 120
Regen :39
MP : 100
Regen : 30

CON : 13
MANA : 10
STR : 11
INT : 65
DEX : 30

Points : 10

Innate Abilities

Inventory
Extra-Dimensional Storage locked to the user's souls. Entirely unbreachable by any means necessary. Virtually limitless in space

Akashic Vocabulary
Gives the user the ability to comprehend, speak, Read and Write any language they encounter.

Observe
The ability to look at a being and learn basic information about them including their stats.

Disease Immunity
The ability makes the user immune to all diseases natural or unnatural.

"Huh, no Gamers body or Gamers Mind?" Now that I thought about, I still got injured physically and bled when the wolf bit me. "So, I can still get injured but I will heal up from it. Disease Immunity though is something I am thankful for. I really don't want to go around getting sick. Although, the Attributes are different from any RPG stats I saw before" Clicking on the Stat mentally gave a description of what they meant and what they did.

CONSTITUTION: Determines the overall health of the being.

MANA: Determines the amount of Mana possessed by the Being.

STRENGTH: Determines the overall strength of the Being. How much they can lift, how hard they can hit.

INTELLIGENCE: Determines the overall Intelligence of the Being. How powerful their spells are or which spells they can use

DEXTERITY: Determines the overall dexterity or agility of the being. How fast they are when moving or their reaction time.

"Well, thank the lord my health recovers or I'd probably have died from that wolf bite. Leaving that aside, I can apparently use spells. So why not try making one and see how that turns out? But what to make?" It was like there are too many fishes and I am a stork blinded by too many to choose. Snapping my fingers "That's right! Fireball. It's the most featured spell in Fantasy magic tropes so why not go with this classic?"

Putting my palm pointed up like and my fingers like I am holding a baseball, I try to create an image of a ball of fire in the palm of my hands and get a notification saying I succeeded as I keep holding the ball of fire floating above my palm.

FIRE BALL
Creates an Orb of Fire that can be thrown.
Cost: 10
Damage: 100

I could only marvel how I was holding a ball of fire in my hand. It felt weightless, I threw it at a trunk and it exploded.

Slowly the fire that spread went out and I noticed that despite the explosion the damage wasn't too bad.

"Huh, perhaps it works better on living things? Let's see what other spells I can create" After experimenting for a while I got a few spells that I could use.

NATURE'S BREATH
Increases the rate of recovery by a factor of 3 for 3 minutes
Cost : 15

ACID SPLASH
Creates an orb of Acid that can be thrown at the target.
Cost : 15
Damage : 150

RINFORCEMENT
Reinforces an Object or the Body of the user by filling the imperfections in the body with Mana. This increases all the physical stats of the body and damage caused by the Weapon. But it is detrimental when used on a living body as it forces the body to work beyond its normal capability
Cost :
20 MP : 2 x - 10 HP per Min
50 MP : 5 x - 30 HP per Min
100 MP : 10 x - 60 HP Per Min
300 MP : 30 x - 100 HP Per Min
500 MP : 50 x - 160 HP Per Min
1000 MP : 100 x - 250 HP Per Min

MAGIC BULLET
Creates a concentrated ball of mana into the shape of marble and shoots it at supersonic speed. The Rotation of the orb, create great grinding forces and pierces through most materials.
Cost : 2
Damage : 50

MANA WEAPON
Creates a Melee Weapon by shaping Mana directly into a semi solid shape.
Cost : 30
Damage : 100
Duration : 10 Min

SOWILO
Creates an Eldar Futhark Rune in the air which ignites releasing a blast of Flames in the direction the caster points at.
Cost : 40
Damage : 250

I felt a bit more secure knowing I could take on enemies with spells. Range is always a great advantage.

I had been walking for nearly an hour yet the forest remained as dense as it was before. I felt a bit tired, maybe not physically but mentally. As I stopped to catch a breath, I noticed something white moving at the corner of my eyes.

Following whatever it was, I went to check only to find Rabbits. Quite a lot of them. I counted around twenty and I was sure there would be more.
"Seems like I found Lunch" Pointing my finger at one of them I shot it with a Magic Bullet. It didn't get to move as its head exploded and it went down.

Rabbit Killed (1)
+ 1 XP

"Huh, not bad" I started sending magic bullets at anything I could see moving with reckless abandon. Everywhere the bullets hit, either the ground exploded, the tree bards exploded or the bodies of bodies exploded. Fifteen minutes of pretending to be cowboy later, I had killed 16 Rabbits. Most of the bodies surprising in one piece.

Rabbit Killed (16)
+ 16 XP

Killing the rabbits by themselves wasn't a problem. But these agile critters dodge the bullets as much as possible. It took longer simply because I missed a lot of shots.

I was getting a little hungry so I decided to skin one of the rabbits and smoke it on fire. Skinning the Rabbit wasn't difficult with a Mana Knife; those are incredibly sharp. Creating a Fire with a Fireball may have been a bit overkill though.

Once the meat was sufficiently cooked or so I hoped. Not like I needed to worry about stomach problems thanks to disease immunity. I bit into the rabbit and it was a bit crispy, I may have overcooked it. Being done with the meal I wanted to try something I hadn't yet.

Getting into a comfortable position or as much as a comfortable position I could find, I tried meditating.

MEDITATION I
The user reaches a oneness with oneself of their spiritual essence as well as their mind, making them able to develop a higher-level consciousness over their bodily processes.
Mana Recovery : 50%
Passive : 25%

This was incredibly useful in recovering Mana. Not to mention the passive twenty-five percent increase.

I kept walking searching for any sign of man-made constructions when I heard a stream running in front of me. Running towards it, there was a stream moving to my left and coming from the right. It was sparkling and I assume was pure and not polluted.

I decided to follow the stream down and hopefully find someone. As I kept walking, I heard leaves crunched from behind me.

I created a Spear instantly and turned around to look at what the cause of the noise was. Turns out they were wolves, ten of them. More could be hiding in the foliage so I couldn't be certain how many there truly was. Using 'Observe' on them with a mental command gave me a basic gist of their abilities.

Grey Wolf
Level: 21

It is the largest extant member of its family. Tt is distinguished from other Canis species by its larger size and less pointed features, particularly on the ears and muzzle. Its winter fur is long and bushy and predominantly a mottled gray in color, although nearly pure white, red and brown to black also occur.

HP : 300
MP : N/A

CON : 30
STR : 180
INT : 35
DEX : 190

'This could get a bit problematic' I thought, looking around at the wolves closing in, it seemed my only option was to do or die. I don't know if its adrenaline pumping through my veins or for myself being a sociopath; I felt calm.

The closest wolf was only ten meters away from me, my fastest attack was a Mana Bullet so that's what I went with; shooting one at its skull. What I did not expect was it to hit its head and its brains splatter out of the back. The Damage was less than the HP of the beast but it seemed the 'Damage' was more akin to guidelines. Getting hit in critical areas could still kill them.

The other wolves moved back as soon as one of them died. I took the opportunity to send four Magic Missiles at four of them. They tried to dodge but the homing aspect of the spells made dodging pointless as it tore into them, stripping flesh and bones and leaving the unlucky ones to bleed out. During that time, Magic Missile II got unlocked and the damaged increased by fifty percent, making them much more dangerous. Every time I use a spell, it gets a 25 to its experience.

The five remaining had rushed back into the foliage and I could hear them circling me. I clutched my spear harder I prepared for their attack. They all rushed me at once, but I was waiting for this. Putting hundred mana in reinforcement I got Ten times faster and stronger.

The effect of reinforcement was very noticeable as the wolves felt as if they were moving through tar. Not wasting the chance, I stabbed three of them in the head and the spear went through as if a hot knife through butter. Of the remaining two, I spin-kicked one in the face sending it flying into a tree and blasted the remaining wolf execution style with a Mana Bullet and then canceled the Reinforcement.

The wolf I had kicked was still alive, if barely. I took mercy on it and blasted its head with an acid orb.

Wolves Killed (10)
+ 350 XP
Level Up (5)

Each level up seemed to give a point in all the stats and add extra ten points to distribute manually which left me with fifty points. I have no idea how these points correspond to real life strength. I tried pushing a large rock to see if my strength has increased or not. I could barely roll it over. Putting ten points into strength, I could immediately feel the difference, as the rock felt comparatively easier to move. I already had reinforcement for when I need to get physical so I distributed 30 points in MANA and 10 points in CON.

It was approaching noon and as I was passing by the bank it started to get noticeably foggier, which was very strange considering the time of day. Looking up at the sky I could notice the bright sun, which was gradually growing dimmer and being obscured by the fog.

'It shouldn't be this foggy, something really strange is going on'.

As the Fog reached its peak, a growling noise started followed by glowing lights in the fog. Now, I am no genius but I had suddenly been transported to wherever I was and have become able to use magic. As magic was a thing now it's only logical to assume magical creatures are a thing as well. Because other than fireflies, Glowworms, some deep-sea creatures and a few more insects whose name I can't recall, most things on earth didn't glow and certainly didn't make such unnatural growling noises.

I waited hoping to get a glimpse of whatever these creatures are. I was praying to whatever god is listening that it's not a Wil O Wisp. Those are incredibly resistant if not outright immune to magic spells other than magic missiles. Their attacks were no jokes either. If it were one of those well, my chances of survivable would be; unpromising.

As I waited with bated breath, one of those creatures appeared from the fog. It was certainly no Will o Wisp, and while it looked familiar, I couldn't put my finger on where I had seen it before. Thus, I used an 'Observe'

Fogler
Level 35

These are magical creatures that appear in swampland's, mountain crossings or shores of rivers and lake. They have glowing eyes and mouths, keen ears and long pointed fingers and feed on the bodies of their victims whom they lead into traps with magic. They appear in fogs and if a fog is not available they create one themselves. They can become immaterial inside fog and thus remain immune to all attacks.

HP : 2000
MP : 550

CON : 200
MANA : 55
STR : 210
INT : 24
DEX :23

'Ah, it's a Fogler. So, I am in the Witcher world? Or maybe these monsters' original world? In any case, I need to figure out how many of them there are as I am certain there are more than one surrounding me. Moving from where I am would be bad but standing around will not solve anything either. What I'd need is some way to sense things around me. Maybe something like sonar to get an idea where they are in the fog'

As I attempted to create such a spell, I got the notification of success and I could also see ghostly outlines of the creatures in the Fog. The ease of creating spells with this system was amazing. I was pretty certain that If I were to break the spell down and try to manually do it the calculations needed to do so would be large and very much complicated.

SONAR
Sends a Pulse of Magical Energy in the form of a sphere and gives an accurate representation of the Creatures around the caster in a kilometer range.
Cost : 2

Getting a response from the pulse, there were 9 of these Fogler's around me. Six of them in front of me while three were behind me. As far as I know, these monsters are vulnerable to Silver; however, I had none on me at that moment. So, I would have to go full magic caster on them.

Creating a Straight sword with Magic Weapon, I cast a Magic Missile concentrating on the closest one at front. The Missiles went quickly and hit it before it could turn immaterial, blasting its body to pieces and making the glow from it disappear as it died. This pushed the other's to come to attack me but thankfully they decided not to gang up and come all at once.

Three from the front came running at me, reinforcing my body with five hundred mana I chopped one's head off in the blink of an eye and round kicked another in the face, ripping its head and sending it flying. The third one managed to cut into my thigh but thanks to reinforcement the damage was minimal and I sent an Acid Ball in its face in response. It died trying to claw the acid away from its face.

It seemed when they are being damaged, they cannot turn immaterial. Using Sonar I saw the rest had moved back away from me, not that it would help them. My every step was leaving craters simply from the force exerted but it was making it difficult to orient myself and not overshoot and hit a tree.

Reaching one, I cut it in half shoulder to hip and shot a Bullet at its neighbor which caused it to immediately collapse and writhe on the ground as the glow in its chest grew fainter before finally disappearing altogether.

The remaining three had turned immaterial and moved to the other side. I threw multiple magic missiles at them, which seemed to follow them even as they were immaterial. Two of them remained immaterial and the magic missiles passed through them but one turned solid again and got a face filled with Magical darts making its head explode.

Instead of getting close, I just kept spamming magic bullets at wherever they appeared till finally one of them died. The last one I got close and personal, holding its head in my hand and repeatedly bashing it into the ground it all that's left was a minor crater with a corpse with a smashed head.

As the last of the Foglers died, the fog surrounding me started dissipating and sunlight poured back in. I canceled my reinforcement and immediately fell on the ground in agony, coughing up blood and it dripping out my eyes as well. My skin looked parched and cracked and it felt like knives were being stabbed everywhere on my body.

"Why does it hurt so much?" I tried to scream but it came out as a gurgle while writhing on the ground. Opening my status screen showed me the cause.

HP : 15
[84 Regen]
MP : 12]
[173 Regen]

Injuries: Abrasions, Avulsion, C-Spine Damage, Concussions, Contusions, Cyanosis, Dislocation(multiple), Diplopia, Ecchymosis, Epidural Hematoma, Fracture (Multiple), Internal Hemorrhage, Hypoglycemia, Lacerations, Oedema, Ruptured Eardrums, Soft Tissue Injury, Subluxation, Tinnitus.

'Barely a minute of reinforcement and I already was close to dying. Lesson learned: I really shouldn't use a 50x Multiplier Reinforcement. I am no Son Goku going super-saiyan.'

I waited for the pain to subside and my injuries to heal but it was taking too long. I cast a 'Fast Heal' on myself and waited the few minutes required for all my injuries to mend.
'Boggles the mind where the body is getting the nutrients to fix itself. But then I am casually breaking physics with spells, so I guess that's that' I felt better soon and opened my notifications.

Foglers Killed (9)
+ 909 XP
Level Up (3)

Opening my status, I had gotten thirty points in vitality for nearly dying, so that's a thing apparently. After distributing twenty points into INT and ten points in Mana. My stats were decent or at least far greater than what I started with. But these monsters showed I needed to get out of this forest quicker. There could be more monsters in the woods.

I kept walking along the banks and I saw movement. Getting a bit closer, there were monsters.

Drowners
Level 28

A frightful creature of mud and scum, drags people down into mires and bubbling eddies. It feeds on young women who bathe in rivers and on occasion will pull men off their horses or carts as they cross a bridge or a weir. Despite superstitious belief, they are not drowned men brought back to life but rather monsters that ended up on this world during the conjunction of the spheres.

HP: 400
MP: 120

CON : 40
MANA : 12
STR : 195
INT : 57
DEX : 140

There were 8 of them in the muddy banks. I threw two fireballs at them and was surprised when two of them died from it. But it did piss the rest of them off as them came running towards me. Fire worked fine so I threw a few more fireballs and then a Sowilo at them before they could reach me, killing two more.

Reinforcing myself with a 30 multiplier, I ran towards them. Running at 259 Mph or 416 Kmph is pretty freaking fast for a human; getting hit at that speed along with the multiplied strength is more than enough to break skulls. I found that out the gross way as my fist hit its face and proceeded to keep entering its face and left through the other side. Now I had a corpse stuck to my hand and three more Drowners running at me.

Trying to remove my hand I kicked one that had jumped towards me and sent it flying into the middle of the stream, while blasting another in the face with a fireball from my stuck hand. I proceeded the use the old skill of using one being to bit the other to death and so pummeled the remaining drowner with the drowner corpse stuck on my hand. Soon enough I was left surrounded by the corpses remaining. Pulling the drowner still stuck on my hand I opened my Status to distribute the points.

Drowners Killed (8)
+ 424 XP
Level Up (1)

Putting 5 points in INT, bringing it to 100 and the rest in Mana.

For INT reaching 100, Spell Cost decreased by 10% and Spell Damage increased by 10%.

Damien Grey
Level : 10
EXP : 2/460

HP : 610
[84 Regen]
MP : 850
[255 Regen]

CON : 63

MANA : 85

STR : 31

INT : 100

DEX : 40

Points : 0

Innate Abilities

Inventory
Extra-Dimensional Storage locked to the user's souls. Entirely unbreachable by any means necessary.

Akashic Vocabulary
Gives the user the ability to comprehend, speak, Read and Write any language they encounter.

Observe
The ability to look at a being and learn basic information about them including their stats.

Disease Immunity
The ability makes the user immune to all diseases natural or unnatural.

Meditation I
The user reaches a oneness with oneself of their spiritual essence as well as their mind, making them able to develop a higher-level consciousness over their bodily processes.
Mana Recovery: 50%
Passive: 25%

The fight just now showed that I needed more spells to give me more attacks. While there was no cooldown, some of them couldn't be used in close quarters. So, I decided to simply copy the spells of the witcher's and hopefully get them to work.

Aard
Creates a Telekinetic Wave that is easily capable of crushing an ordinary man or group of people.
Cost : 15
Damage : 200

Yrden
A Magical trap placed on the ground, which will wound or immobilize opponents. It can make invisible creatures visible or force immaterial creatures to materialize while electrocuting those stuck in it.
Cost : 18
Damage : 30 Per Second

Igni
Releases a blast of Flames that sets your opponents on fire. You can continuously release it in an arc and it will get hot enough to boil a person or melt steel.
Cost : 10
Damage : 350

Quen
Creates a protective shield that lasts 5 seconds and absorbs all physical damage directed at it nullifying the kinetic force. When it breaks it releases half of the force back at the opponent.
Cost : 7

Axii
A charm that temporarily turns enemies into allies or convinces people to agree to the caster. It is capable of dominating the mind of weak-willed people and leave them entire subservient to the caster.
Cost : 15

"So, I can do it. Now all I need is some armor, a silver sword and a Steel one and a fake medallion and I can pretend to be a witcher with no one the wiser. Well, except for those who know witchers or witchers themselves but they are a dying breed so they don't count." I chuckled. I was of course joking. Who wants to be a hated monster hunter with little pay?

As I kept walking I the forest finally opened up to a Rye field but it seemed already harvested. There was a village or town on the other side of a stone bridge so I went to it.

Once I reached the place it looked medieval with its wooden hut-like houses and stables and what looked like an inn. Counting all the houses there were only fifteen of them so I would assume it was a small village. There weren't all that many people here. A few women seemed to be carrying dried laundry and taking them back home while animatedly talking with each other.

Walking around the people seemed to look at me strangely, that's when I realized I was wearing torn PJ's and T-shirt in a medieval world and to them, I may as well be some rich merchant that was attacked probably by wild animals or bandits.

There didn't seem to be any shopkeeper nor was there a Blacksmith shop, so I went to the Inn near the center. It was a simple thing, a one-story building with a wooden roof. Painted white with a stable at the side with no horses at the moment. There was a horseshoe above the door, superstition or maybe to actually ward off some kind of monster. This seems to be the Witcher world and there are plenty of strange monsters here, so you never know.

The Inn-keeper was a man in his fifties with graying hair, or at least looked to be in his fifties. Food was scarce in this era and the lifestyle of hard work may age a person more than they should.

"Can I help ye, stranger?" He asked looking up from the stool he was sitting in behind the wooden Counter.

"Ah, I was wondering whether you buy Rabbits? I have a few fresh ones"

"I do, 50 Copper per Rabbit"

Putting the 10 Rabbits in the counter, he brought out 5 Crowns and handed them to me.

"How did these die? There isn't much of damage to their fur" He asked.

"Slingshot to be honest," I said.

"Pardon me for asking though. I am a bit lost, could you tell me where I am and what year it is?"

"Ye'r at Kagen in Riverdell. If ye follow the road west, you'll go near the forests called Dankwood; don't venture there. I heard there was a Leshen there and they are plenty dangerous. Just follow the road and you'll reach the City of Riedbrune crossing which you'd reach the Amell mountains and if ya cross it you'll reach Toussaint. As for the year, it's 1271. Did ye forget?" he asked looking concerned.

Laughing it off "Ah, just a tonk to my noggin. It's fine, a bit of confusion. Thank you for the help"
with that, I walked out of the inn and then the Village on the trail west, along the battered muddy road.

Location
Dankwood Forest

It didn't take long for me to reach the forest. It was still near noon so there was plenty of light. If I don't go too deep I could probably hunt some animals and sell them to the butcher at Riedbrune for some money.

This forest was just as ancient looking as the one I had left previously. Sending Sonar pulses to find living things, I could feel something at the very edge of the range. Moving in that direction I found a Warthog.

I may never have eaten any warthogs but I do know they are edible since they are similar to pigs and sometimes go for higher prices than a pig. Aiming a Mana Bullet at its head, the shot quickly killed it.

Warthog Killed (1)
+ 201 XP

Putting the kill in my inventory, I decided to check for more beasts to kill. Following the pings I got, I found a pack of wolves. I was downwind so they didn't catch my scent and seemed generally unaware of my presence. Taking the Opportunity, I simply spammed them with Magic Bullets from afar as they collapsed dead from the sudden barrage. I had come to the realization that Wolf pelts could be so, so I put them in my inventory as well.

Wolves Killed (9)
+ 2574 XP
Level Up (2)

It felt cathartic to end their lives or maybe I was letting my psychopathic side out in a place where I had no reason to worry about consequences. Following the pings deeper into the forest, I found more wolves, but these noticed my presence but I just spammed bullets like it was going out of style and threw Aard or Igni if they got near me. Four minutes of spamming spells and arrows, they died.

It was kind of anti-climactic how easy it was to kill them. The difference a few levels made just a few hours ago was astounding. But there was a lesson in it. Don't stay in a group when a wizard is spamming spells at you; you are likely to die.

Wolves Killed (13)
+ 2860 XP
Level Up (3)

I had sixty extra points. So, I put 30 in Mana, 20 in Con and the rest in Dex.

Walking deeper into the forest, I found more wolves that it was becoming more of a chore rather than a dangerous encounter to hunt them. As I was attacking and killing them, I felt something large ping at the edge of my Sonar and it was slowly closing in. The wolves died soon after, as I waited for the beast that was approaching.

Wolves Killed (7)
+ 1078 XP
Level up.

I quickly put the ten points in Con, bringing it up to 100. Giving me a nice little bonus.

For CON reaching 100, Health and Health Regen has increased by 5%.

It didn't take long for the being I sensed to appear in front of me and I realized I may have made a mistake staying here. As 'Observe' showed I may have picked a fight that might be unnecessarily dangerous.

Leshy (Ancient)
Level: 310

They describe this creature as a forest-dwelling, iron-resistant, highly intelligent monster. In its natural form, it is a wildcat-sized creature that looks like a cross between a wildcat and a bear, with mighty fangs and sharp claws. It mostly lurks among the tree branches; from which it quickly jumps on its victims. It usually devours the whole prey. Its mightiest weapon is the ability to shift shape. It can morph into a humanoid being that looks like a harmless old man or into a tree branch that is practically identical to real ones. It can call on the aid of crows, wolves, and nekkers.

HP : 120000
MP : 10000

CON : 12000
MANA : 1000
STR : 1500
INT : 160
DEX : 14

'On one hand its probably very strong and would be difficult to injure, on the other hand, if I kill it my levels would jump by a lot' I wanted to kill this. I knew it was weak to fire considering its mostly made of wood. I created Mana Two-handed sword something akin to Guts dragonslayer, which as a mana weapon was surprisingly light.

The leshen took this to send a murder of crows towards me and vanish. I slashed the sword and tore through the crows; sensing something behind me I rolled forward just barely avoiding the Leshens Slash. I sent an Igni at it to set it ablaze and took the moment it was flailing around to send a Sowilo rune as well giving me an opportunity to move back. It also kept pelting it with Magic Bullets, as they were cost-effective and did quite a lot of damage for their size.

It took nearly thirty seconds for the fire to fade and it had dropped its health by nearly a third. Before I could shoot anymore bullets It vanished and summoned nekkers and wolves to attack me from all around. But with spells, it barely takes a few seconds to dispose of them while keeping a wary eye for the leshen.

Wolves Killed (7)
+ 924 XP

Nekkers Killed (5)
+3064 XP
Level Up (3)

It appeared behind me and tried to attack me with Roots that appeared when it put its hands into the ground. At this point, I was getting a bit irritated with all the disappearing act and me jumping around. I wanted to end this quick so I went and did something a bit risky. I channeled a thousand mana into reinforcement and pushed my body to a hundred times its ability. Even at the beginning, I could already feel the strain, I couldn't keep this up for long.

I reached it nearly in the blink of an eye and chopped at its leg. What I didn't expect was for its leg to give in and make it collapse on the ground. Hundred times strength is no joke. To make it easier I chopped at its other leg too, just to make sure it no longer can walk anymore. I saw its finger claws coming towards me, I rolled by was still hit by them cutting through the flesh of my left arm making me drop my sword, so I sent an Igni at it.

After I destroyed its leg, it could no longer get up. This was a marked victory. I can take my time to kill it. When it nears the point it stops burning I send another fire at it, sit down and meditate and repeat.

Despite, doing it as simple as just throwing spells, it still took nearly twenty minutes for that damn beast to die.

Ancient Leshen Killed (1)
+ 185658 XP
Level Up (30)

"Hah! Take that" I rejoiced. I still had 30 points from before and combined with the extra 300 points I had 330 points to distribute. That's a massive haul. After distributing the points and bringing all the stats to 100 or more.

Damien Grey
Level 49
Exp : 758/12260

HP : 2200
Regen :660
MP : 2612
Regen :784

CON : 200
MANA : 209
STR : 100
INT : 200
DEX : 100

Points : 0

With Con reaching 200, I got a 10% bonus to health and Regen. Similarly, with the 200 in INT I got a 15% bonus to spell cost and damage.

With all the levels done, my Stats were in pretty good shape for a day of work. Then again, most people don't go fight with things far above them in power. It was lucky, I don't get any Level Penalty making my attacks ineffective, here Levels are just a number describing age and experience but not power.

The adrenaline rush was also incredible, I may be a battle junkie. Now I regret not joining in any actual martial arts competitions back on Earth.' I sighed ruefully 'I should probably start working as a contractor for hunting monsters or something. This is what I was looking for back on earth, the rush of battle.'

Seeing the Evening approaching, I sent a Sonar to check if anything was nearby. Getting the all clear, I put the Leshen's Corpse in my inventory and walked out of the forest to get back to the main Path and hopefully reach Riedbrune without anyone or anything disturbing my peaceful.

Reaching Riedbrune, the difference between the City and the village I left was quite clear. Riedbrune was bigger, way bigger. It had stone walls surrounding it and guards were posted at the gate to check travelers. The gate had Portcullis that could be lowered in times of emergency

Approaching them, I was asked to stop for standard questioning.

"Welcome to Riedbrune, Ye'r pretty empty handed. What business do ye have here?" Asked the one on the left.

Deciding to go with a vagrant traveler routine I answered as such "I am merely a traveler. Needing shelter for the night from monsters and bandits on the road."

"Right, seems simple enough. Ye can go" He answered "Next"

As I was leaving the guard on the right called from behind "Oi! If ye'r looking for a good place to rest, go look fer Bianca's Inn at the Market. It's got the Sign of a Goat Smoking, ye can't miss it. Tell Bianca I sent ye and she'll treat ye right"

"Okay, I will be sure to do that. But who do I say sent me to her again?" Giving him the hint to tell me his name.

"Ai Right, I am Franz, tell Bianca I said Hi" Saying his piece, he returned back to checking the people coming into the city.

The Marketplace was straight along the road. Which opened up to a square space with vendors selling a variety of things. It was a bit noisy from everyone being here. It reminded me of a farmer's fish market long before the age of cellphones and convenient supermarkets selling everything. There were small-time peddlers selling necklaces and other small goods, while vendors sold clothes, spices, fish, meat, etc. You name it and they no doubt sold it.

There was a podium at the side where the town crier could inform the populace of any important news. Despite it being late in the evening, the energy of the place was invigorating and felt much livelier than any other place I had been too.

But it didn't just show the nice part of the city. If I looked at the alleyways, I could notice shady characters keeping an eye on the normal folk. Some of these people looked like children. So, either they belonged to a Thieves guild or a Beggar one. Regardless, I don't want to get caught up in their business, it would never end well.

Despite my gung-ho attitude about killing monsters, I am not sure I could do the same about Humans. I will admit that I am a bit sociopathic and have fantasized about killing people in fits of anger. However, I am still a person raised in the modern day where murder is a crime with harsh punishment. If nothing else the idea of consequences of my actions would stop me from doing that. And even though I have seen plenty of corpses; human corpses in my life, from suicides to accidents to actual murders, what I had learned is that Humans stink as they decompose and, in this society, where the concept of antibiotics doesn't exist Plagues are a real concern. But if forced, I will not hesitate to end someone's life to save my own, I am not that nice.

Checking my inventory, I had 5 Gold which seems to be default currency of the system but if I pull it out it changes to whatever form of the coin it needs to be whether it be Crowns, Orens, Coppers or even Dollars. 5 Gold won't last me long but it should help me spend the night in the relative safety of an Inn.

But first, My clothes were in terrible shape. Covered in blood and torn. I'd have to buy some new ones. In my inventory, I had the corpse of a Warthog, 36 Wolves, and a Leshen. I should try to sell the Warthog first.

Asking around the street I was told to talk to the butcher about the Hog. Since the Hog was in good shape, I got 10 Crown and 24 Copper for it. I also managed to sell the Wolf corpses for 2 Crown a piece at 72 Crowns; Axii may or may not have been involved.

The Cloth Vendors had a lot of clothes, most of them of poor quality. I chose to buy a pair of leather pants at 1 Crown and 40 Copper each and forgo the jerkin. My T-shirt would do just fine for now.

Finally done with shopping, I went looking around for the Bianca's Inn the guard told me around. It was at the end of the street that split off into the upper district. As it was at the beginning of the richer district, the quality wasn't bad. It looked clean and painted, even if the paint was fading on some parts.

It was a two-storied building with the upper windows made of wood. There was light coming from inside the inn and the sound of people being merry could be heard from the street. It seemed like a very lively place with all the people congregating to drink their share and then retire for the night.

A woman in her late twenties or early thirties dressed in a Blue colored dress was behind the counter, taking orders from various patrons and conveying them to whom I assume was the Cook at the back of the Inn.

Hi there, might you be Bianca? Franz at the gate told me about this wonderful establishment but failed to convey the beauty of its owner" I said smiling.

Her cheeks blushed red "Yes, yes. I am Bianca" she fumbled with the words.

"Wonderful" I smiled "Would it be possible for me to get a table for one and a room for the night? I feel a bit puckish. What do you have right now?"

She coughed, hiding her face behind her hand and then trying to be professional "Of course, there are a few tables empty at the back. You may sit on any of them as you like." She said.

"We have a few rooms open for rent, it will be 3 crowns per night and as for food; we've Lamb stew, Roasted Ham, Freshly baked bread and Wine or Ale"

"Well, I will have them all. How much would it cost me?"

"Normally its 7 crowns" she hesitated " but you can pay 5..because Franz, yes Franz told you about me..us. Consider it a discount"

'How adorable, but I will take it'

"Oh? Very well then." I pulled 8 crowns and gave it to her.

"Thank you, I will have someone deliver your meal soon" She hurried back to the kitchen as soon she was done speaking.

Looking towards the back, I went and sat a table near the window just to keep an eye out at the night sky. The stars could all be seen sparkling as the pollution of the modern world was entirely absent here.

Surveying the people in the Inn, most seemed to be in a festive mood or maybe that was default mood for drunk people here. Unlike in fantasy, there was no bard singing in the background and filling the place with their music.

I watched a drunkard get up on the table while his friends egged him on. He was attempting, I say even that with hesitance as he was trying and horribly failing to serenade a woman on the table adjacent to them. If nothing else, it looked hilarious. If he wasn't a poor singer before, he probably was one as a drunk. Mangling all words together and almost falling off the table. I honestly felt a bit sorry for him as his friends pulled him back to his sit.

With nothing better to do, I decided to go help the man a bit.

"Hey, friend" I clasp his shoulder.

"Hrh wha..? whu are yee?" He slurred turning to look at me.

"A friend. I noticed you trying to woo the lovely young lady but she seems resistant to your ..um charms" His friends guffawed when I said that.

"Charms he says" One of them mocked.

"Shutt ye'r mouthh ye traiteerr" He angrily replied and tried to get up promising violence on his friend

Patting his back "Now now, no need to get angry" I tried to mediate. "Do you know what you need to help you? A song! Come" I said and dragged him off his table to talk to the lady he was trying to impress. His friends kept staring hoping to see a new scene to laugh at.

She was surrounded by a few other women as they were talking animatedly about this or that. I decided to interrupt the conversation and give this poor bloke a shot at impressing her. Now, I am not just being altruistic here. I wanted to amuse myself.

"Hello" I greeted them.

They turned around to look at me and saw the drunk with me. However, they didn't immediately shun me.

"Yes, what do ye want? And what does he want?" She looked at him with disgust.

"Ah! I was just here to tell you that you've gotten his intentions entirely wrong. True, him being drunk as a doornail didn't help but I am sure he could have conveyed things clearer if he were sober" I said and continued before she could reply "So, I have decided to help him and convey his emotions in his place"

Letting the guy sit on an empty sit I got up on the table and started to Sing John Legends All of me…

"What would I do without your smart mouth?

Drawing me in and you kicking me out

Got my head spinning, no kidding, I can't pin you down

What's going on in that beautiful mind

I'm on your magical mystery ride

and I'm so dizzy, don't know what hit me but I will be alright"

The Inn quieted down instantly as I started singing and everyone listening intently to me

"My head's under water

But I'm breathing fine

You're crazy and I'm out of my mind"

It seemed like some people have started getting sober as I kept singing.

"'Cause all of me

Loves all of you

Love your curves and all your edges

All your perfect imperfections

Give your all to me

I'll give my all to you

You're my end and my beginning

Even when I lose I'm winning

'Cause I give you all, all of me

And you give me all, all of you"

I stopped with that and you could hear the crackling of flames as no one was eating or drinking but merely staring at me.

Getting down from the table, I patted the drunk man on the shoulder and looked towards the woman. "I am certain he meant something like that"

That seemed to break everyone out of their trance as some people started clapping while some hooted. Taking a bow, I left the two to talk things out and went back to sit at my table and wait for the meal.

'Well, that experiment was a success. My voice seemed to have gained an ability to make people notice me if I want them to and keep their attention on me if needed. I am pretty sure if it reaches high enough level, I could compete with the fae and their allure.'

When my meal finally arrived, instead of a waiter, Bianca herself brought my plate of meal.

Putting the meal down "Here ye go. Do enjoy yer meal. I will go and fix your room for ye. Talk to me when you're ready to retire" She smiled and walked off to the counter.

Trying out the food it wasn't too bad. A Bit too much spice and although I have a liking for Hot Indian, Mexican and Chinese dishes; this dish wasn't hot just too much spice masking the flavor the meat. I suppose the palette isn't as refined but what can I do? I poured myself some wine to drink the food down. The wine itself felt a bit watered down. It tasted sweet enough but I supposed it could have been a bit stronger? I am not sure what the method is called. I am no wine connoisseur.

Done with my meal, I went to Bianca to talk about the room.

"Oh, are you done? How was the meal? Was it to your liking?" She asked in rapid succession.

"The Meal was fine, better than many places I've eaten but maybe cutting down on the spices might bring out the flavor more" I replied honestly.

She nodded "I will be sure to inform the cook of that. Please follow me, I will take you to your room"

Coming in behind her, she took me upstairs to a room at the end of the hallway.

"Here's your room. There is deadbolt so you can lock it from inside. The Loo is at the end of the hallway and if you need anything, anything at all please inform me" She winked and left sashaying.

"Anything huh?" Chuckling I opened the room and went in. Locking the door, I scrutinized the room. It was actually a good one. The Bed seemed to be filled with feathers, there was a window with a table and chair beneath it and carpet. With the walls being covered in purple wallpapers.

Now that I finally had time to unwind, the reality of my situation finally caught up to me. I was stuck in a foreign world with the clothes on my back and even my cellphone was bricked so no checking if by some strange coincidence I could still connect to the internet. And now, I went from being an average person with at most a few street fights to quite literally fighting monsters.

On one hand, I was ecstatic that I could use magic and am already far stronger and faster than an ordinary human. On the other, I currently have no means of leaving this world and returning to my own and even if I could I have no idea if that would be the real one. Multiverse and it's infinite possibilities makes that incredibly difficult if not out and out impossible to find one universe out of the rest.

Because I am a person more used to a sedentary lifestyle, today's as strenuous as it was had tired me out mentally. Physically I felt fine though. Trying to get some sleep I went to sleep hoping tomorrow would be a better day.

Waking up, it was bright outside. The sun was up and if I had to guess it was around 7 or 8 in the morning. Getting out of bed I went and took care of my morning rituals. I didn't have anything to clean my teeth so I took the easy way and created a spell, albeit a weird one.

Sparkle
The spell cleans any amount of dirt, blood, plaque, vomit and other unwanted substances from any surfaces including teeth, clothes, floors, etc.
Cost: 14

I wasn't sure why blood and vomit were mentioned but using the spell works wonders. It was as if I was using a really powerful mouthwash. When the spell was done, I felt that my teeth would sparkle anime style if I did something silly and posed like Maito Gai.

Going down, the inn wasn't as full as it was the night before. Bianca seemed to absent from the counter, as there was a teenage boy there instead. Asking him for breakfast and paying two crowns for it, I went and had my meal at an empty table.

After finishing my meal and went out to the market. My coffers were swiftly dwindling and I needed to get see cash pronto.

I still had the corpse of the Leshen in my inventory and with any luck, I will be able to sell it to someone alchemist for some money.

As I looked around, search for an alchemist was coming up empty. As I was about to look some more, I spied a young lady escorted by two guards in Nilfgaardian armor.

With the guards and armor, I could assume she belonged to the nobility and if the perfume wafting off her was any indication, she might be accustomed to alchemists and may be able to direct me to one. Vanity isn't something common to the modern era if anything the medieval people may have been vainer. Alchemists could appeal to that vanity and sell the rich nobles beauty products and perfumes and make a pretty penny.

"Pardon me, Milady. I" A guard got into my face before I could even complete my sentence.

"Halt! Identify yourself and do not approach the Lords daughter"

I know he was just doing his job, but that irritated me and I really wanted to throw him into a wall. Considering I was easily at peak human level and could increase my strength hundreds of times. I could throw him like a baseball.

"Oh Stop it, Hanz. Let the gentleman speak" The young woman stopped the guard and he backed off.

"Thank you, Milady" Bowing

"I just couldn't help but marvel the beautiful scent of the perfume you're wearing, the smell of a field of flowers in the early morning was entirely captured by the scent. I wanted to inquire if I could know who the alchemist who made it was or where I could find him or her?"

"Mmm, it is wonderful, isn't it? Sinzver really outdid himself with this. Oh! Where are my manners? I am Alizee Souchen de Bougamieres. A pleasure" she curtsied.

"A pleasure to meet you, Lady Alizee. I am Damien Grey, a mere traveler walking the roads, seeing the sights and fighting monsters for fun"

Her eyes sparkled "Oh! Fighting monsters, that must be scary. You must have so many stories."

"Madam! We still to reach the carriage. Your Father told you to get home by the Afternoon" Interrupted Hanz.

"Indeed" she looked dejected "I wish I had the time to listen to your stories monsieur, unfortunately, my father is very strict and will be cross with me if I am late. You should come to visit our manor in Toussaint. We have a Vineyard to the east of Beauclair. You can ask a guard and they will point you out" She said happily "I almost forgot. You can find Sinzver on the upper districts. His place is right next to the saloon. You cannot miss it. I must bid you Adieu, Monsieur"

With that, she and her guards walked away presumably to their carriage.

Following her instructions, I went to the upper districts. The dichotomy of the construction method was startling. Although the market area wasn't poor per se, it was a bit aged and in need of repairs in some places and a few paint touchups. In contrast, the Upper district was pristine. Everything was well maintained. The Roads were swept clean, the hedges were well trimmed and guards patrolled the area more frequently.

I found the Alchemist shop rather quickly. It had a wooden sign carved with a Beaker showing smoke and a Sign reading 'Sinzver's Alchemist Shop' in bold letters above the door.

"I guess I found the place" As I entered the bell above the door jingled but I didn't get the overpowering smell of herbs and chemicals that I assumed an alchemists shop would have at least according to Fiction. Or maybe that's what I assumed because of Harry Potter and Snape's entirely dangerous to health work ethics and environment of teaching.

There was a young woman with brown hair and eyes, a bit mousy looking reading a book at the counter. She looked up and greeted me.

"Hello, Sir. Welcome to Sinzver's Alchemy shop. What could I help you with?" she asked.

"I actually came to inquire if Mr. Sinzver purchased rare magical ingredients?"

"I am sorry, Sir. But I am not qualified to answer that. If you'd please take a seat, I will get Mr. Sinzver" She went to the back and walked up to the stairs.

Sitting down I looked through the bottles of perfume on display for customers to peruse. With Structural analysis, the chemical composition looked simple enough but it seems magic was also part of the ingredients. Before I could look too closely and figure out how magic had changed the molecular structure, Mr. Sinzver entered.

He Looked like a stereotypical Gnome. Well dressed with large roundish goggles that made his eyes pop out and a look that spoke of an obsession.

He Spoke "So, you're the one who claims to have rare magical ingredients? So, what is it? Speak up! I don't have all day"

"I don't know how rare it is, but it's the corpse of a Leshen..a very old Leshen and wonderfully preserved. Would that be valuable?"

He looked shocked "A Leshen? Wait! Do you mean that monster that was supposedly in the Forest of Dankwood? How did you Kill it? Entire regiments of Guards have died to it and the last Witcher some people sent at it never returned. We can only guess he died. But if you do have it, I will pay top price to get it" He practically salivated.

"It was a difficult battle but I persevered and won. Now, if you'd give me some space" I gestured.

They both moved back and I pulled the corpse of the Leshen and put it on the Floor. Thanks to inventory stasis it was perfectly preserved since the moment of its death.

Both him and his assistant kept staring at the Corpse. "So, you're a Mage. But that's some strange magic you used. Very useful from the looks of it." Getting down to observe the Corpse "Must have been some fight to leave this in such a state" Looking up at me "And you must be very dangerous to not have a scratch on you"

"I am not that strong, but I get by. Now that you've seen it. How much would say the value of such a corpse is? I am certain it would be near impossible for anyone to get you such bodies"

"Well, I can pay you Four Thousand Crowns right and write you a Cheque for Ten Thousand more to give to the Bank." He replied after giving it some thought.

"More than enough" I did not expect monster corpses to be valuable. The again a Leshen is a rare monster so maybe that increases the value. What surprises me is that Witchers don't think to sell the corpse of the monsters that they kill.

"Oi! Can you help lift this my Lab? I am not strong enough to lift this and neither is my assistant" He asked "I'll have her bring you your money in the meantime"

Picking the body up, I helped him get the corpse to his Lab which looked like a proper alchemist's lab with Bubbling concoctions and smoke leaving through the ventilators.

"Just drop it on the table," He said.

Getting down again, the assistant brought out a pouch with four silver looking coins in it. They looked like crowns but were bigger in size.

"There you go, four platinum crowns and here is your Cheque. Just show it at the bank and they will give you your money. If you ever kill any rare monsters bring them to me. I will pay you a lot for those" He said.

Thanking them both I walked out of the shop. Now I needed to find the bank, searching for it I found in at the end of the street.

It was two storied building with the name 'Cianfanelli' carved on shiny Metal place above it that shone brightly in the morning sun. The place was pretty empty at this hour of the day, so I easily reached the Teller without much fanfare or waiting in long queues.

"Can I help you?" He down at me.

"Indeed. I was given this Cheque by Mr. Sinzver and was told to collect the money from this Bank"

Taking the cheque, he looked at it. Then he brought out a large book that seemed to be filled with signatures and looked through the cheque with a magnifying glass.

"Everything seems to be in Order. Do you have an account in the bank? If you do not, we recommend you do. It is dangerous walking around with this amount of money. This city, unfortunately, has its own unscrupulous elements" He said.

"I see. I am a traveler so I don't stay in one place all the time. So, if I keep the money in your bank how will I access them at another branch?" I asked

"That is not a problem" He tried to assure me "All out branches are connected and depositing money in one is the same as depositing it on another. Through some Magic that I'm not entirely understanding of, we keep track of all transactions at each branch"

"Hmm, that is good. Very well, I would like to open an account but I'd also like some Money too as I have some things to buy"

"That is no problem. Please follow me" He led me to an adjoining room and came back with a few papers.

"Please signs your name and date of birth and place of birth here, here and here" He pointed at the dotted lines.

Name: Damian Gray
Date of Birth: Saovine, 1244
Place of Origin: Cintra

I wrote some meaningless information though and even changed the pronunciation of my name. You never know who might get his or her hands on it and use it to harm me with sympathetic magic. Names have power and you can never be too careful.

"Thank you. That will be all" He pulled out a Pouch containing a Lot of Crowns.

"Thank you for your patronage to our Bank. This here is your Coin. Please come back and pick up your Plate and stamp tomorrow" He bowed.

Now that I had some money, what I needed to do was get myself kitted out. While my T-shirt and Pants were fine, this place does have snow and not to mention while my method of attacking is all magic, I may need to get subtle now and then and not to mention having a sword is deterrent to keep unsavory people away from me. Having Armor is not a bad idea either, at least until I can figure out how to use something akin to Mage armor or a self-sustaining Force Field.

Asking around I found an armorer's shop named 'Baublin Swords and Armors'. The shop looked grandiose, with blue and white paints and frosted glass with etchings acting as a front window.

The shopkeeper was cleaning one of the hauberks and turned to look at me when the bell above the door jingled.

"Welcome, sir to Baublin's Swords and Armors. I am John, how may I help you?" He stood up all smiles.

"I was looking for swords. A Steel one and a Silver one, similar to those the witchers use. I'd also like some light armor preferably a Dark Black Long Coat with a Hood"

"Well, Sir. You are in Luck. I just so happened to get a shipment of all the things you described just yesterday. What a coincidence" He Laughed "Although, they all a bit expensive"

"Money is no concern" I assured him "As long as the products are as you claim" He didn't look like a shifty character so I will give him the benefit of the doubt and it seemed my luck stat does work because I never was this lucky.

"They are, I assure you. If you'd please wait here, I will get them in a moment. Please use the Chairs" He went out to the back and soon returned with two Sheathed Swords and a Folded Coat.

"Here they are. This here is a steel sword called Beann'shie" He took the sword out of the sheath and it started giving off a cold air immediately. Touching the blade, it was cold. Far colder than it should be. The Handle was curved however the blade itself was a straight one. Once I used an observe, it indeed was a powerful sword

Beann'Shie (Relic)

A Sword named after the Fae of the same name. It freezes the places it hits giving living beings frostbite. It deals 300 HP damage per slash and increases with 10 per level of the user.

Runes can be applied to it to give it various effects.
Damage Dealt: 790 HP

Rune Slots : 3

'No runes and it's already powerful enough to butcher through normal monsters with a slash' I put the sword back into the sheath and John pulled out the Silver Sword.

"This sir is called Anathema. I am not sure who the blacksmith who made this is but it is very sharp and should kill monsters quite well".

The sword was a broad one with a tapering end. The Crossguard was bent like a bow with the points in the direction of the sharp end. The Grip had twists on it and then the pommel looked a bit like Sauron's Mace from Lord of the Ring. It looked like a pretty good sword, using 'Observe' gave a different story though.

Anathema (Relic)

This is a cursed sword that drains the health of the user when being used constantly and increases the damage done to the enemy with every slash and also increases the damage done by spells by a factor of four. It deals 400 HP damage per slash and increases with 15 per level of the user.

Runes can be applied to it to give it various effects.

Health Drained: 100 HP per Minute.
Can be increased at the will of the user for greater Damage.

Damage Multiplier: 4x

Damage Dealt: 4540HP

Rune Slots : 3

'That's both interesting and dangerous. At my current level, I can barely use it for half an hour before it shuffles me off the mortal coil. But it would help if I end fights quickly and might even help me if run into more powerful monsters'

I suddenly got a bad feeling like I just tempted fate.
'It's also surprising how someone got their hands on a Relic Ranked sword, but I can probably put it off to my Luck becoming good'

"I like them, although this Anathema here is cursed. Did you know that?" I asked him.

"C..C...Cursed?" He immediately dropped the sword and moved back like it was live cobra he was touching and not an inanimate piece of metal.

"Indeed. This sword drains the life force of whoever is touching it to make itself far sharper and more dangerous than it should be. However, if used long enough the person using it might just drop dead all of a sudden as their life force runs out" informing him of the sword.

"I didn't know" He sweats and replies in panic "I will get you a different sword and have a talk with my contact who sold me this"

"No, it is fine. I will buy this. Even if it is dangerous, it is a fascinating curse. I would like to study its effect in more detail. Although, I am sure you'd give me a discount considering you did try to give a cursed sword that might have killed me if I didn't have the discerning eye to notice such details. Why if it were any other person they might have died fighting and might have come back to haunt you for getting him killed" I was laying it on thick, but damn did it work well. The guy was literally shaking in his boots.

"No, sir. I will definitely give you a discount" He started wiping at the sweat on his forehead. He passed me the coat, which was a bit heavy but not enough to impede movement.

"That sir is the coat you wanted. It has metal plates sewn into it but still allows full movement."

When I used 'observed' I noticed that it came with extra stats, unlike the clothes I was wearing. Maybe they were modified.

Modified Hooded Long Coat
Weight: 10.8 Kg
Designed to make the wearer blend into the night and also protect them from arrows while not hindering movement.

Bonus: 50 CON

"This is exactly what I had in mind. Although do you have any Boots?"

"I do indeed. Please follow me" He seemed to have broken from his fearful funk and led me to a room filled with different types of boots. I chose a steel toe one.

Modified Steel Toe Leather Boots
Weight: 1.4 Kg

Modified to give the user maximum comfort while traversing the wilderness
Bonus: 10 DEX

'Huh, so the modified is what gives bonus attributes. I'd have to experiment on those later'

I bought a pair of leather gloves as well. Just in case.

"Well, I am pretty satisfied with these. How much would they total up to?"

He went to his desk and pulled up what looked like an abacus and started calculating.

"The total came up to 3600 Crowns but you may pay 3200 Crowns instead, Sir." He said.

Paying him the money, I went to an adjoined room and changed into my new clothes and strapped my swords to my back, just for show. However, this gave me a new ability.

Clothes Maketh The Man
All Clothes and Armor can be worn by the user and they will fit perfectly. Curses or Negative Effects from Clothing or Armor will not Affect them

Thirty-two hundred crowns less I walked out of the armorer with my new fancy clothes and armor. It was approaching mid-day and I had nothing to do.

I got some meal at a street vendor selling some barbeque style meat. I walked out of the city to a place out of view from the normal public and decided to see what else I could do to see how strong I currently am and what more I could do to increase my strength.

Picking up a rock, that would have been impossible to move before, I could lift it but it was still very heavy. I have a feeling I am as strong as humanly possible right now. I tried throwing stones at trees and the results were impressive. I could actually embed stones into the bark. I tried doing the same with a 50 times reinforcement only for the stone to either hit like a canon or simply tear through trees.

I tried punching a tree, it broke bark easy but also caused pain in my hand which thankfully heals up fast enough. 'Right, equal and opposite reaction. I need something to dissipate the opposite force or I can't hit with as much strength without seriously injuring myself'

Trying to think up some kind of spell to do precisely that ended up with a spell that would work but needed more INT.

INERTIA MANIPULATION
Allows the user to increase an object's Inertia, to make an immobile object immovable, or to make a mobile object unstoppable. They can also reduce the inertia of an object, making an object easier to accelerate, decelerate or change direction.

Required INT: 10000

'Damn! That is powerful but beyond me at the moment. So, I will need something else' Trying to create different powers I ended up with one that worked, Force Fields.

FORCE FIELD CREATION
Creates a permeable invisible barrier around the caster and their clothes. Allows only Normal Air without contaminants to pass and maintains a normal PSI. It can deflect up to a Low power Ballistic Missile before collapsing.
Cost : 10 MP per Second.

The Force-field is quite effective as I could hit as hard as possible without suffering damage. Trying to punch a tree I could easily put my fist into its trunk. Running around at maximum speed, I couldn't feel the wind as much as I should. It felt more akin to a normal breeze. Trying out reinforcement and I punched through a boulder, I still didn't feel pain but did get my hand stuck in the boulder. After increasing the Reinforcement level I managed to pull it out.

'This is Good, but perhaps I can do better. Bodies grow muscles through need and straining them through exercise does that job fine. I am already beyond human right now, so I need something even more strenuous to increase my strength.'

At first, I tried gravity but was unable to do so, apparently, I was not smart enough to manipulate that.

GRAVITY MANIPULATION
Allows the User to manipulate one of the four fundamental forces. They can create, shape or Manipulate gravitational fields as they please.

Required INT : 10000

'Maybe something like seals from Naruto?'

RESISTANCE SEAL
Creates Magical seals around the user and causes resistance to every physical action taken.
Reduces Strength and Dexterity by One-Fourth when Active.
Good for Physical Exercise.

Cost : 2

'This should be useful' I got down and tried doing some pushups and running while carrying weight. I continued doing so for 5 hours and got 20 points in both Strength and Dexterity. It seems it increases at four points per hour regardless of what exercise I do as long as I do it.

The sun was close to setting at this time, so I went back to the city and get some grub and get some sleep. I went back to Bianca and rented a room for the next few days and went to sleep.

---

Location: Riedbrune

One Month Later.

I spent the last month entirely on physical training while wearing my seals for at least 8 hours a day. With whatever absurd exercise I could think of. Jumping into rivers, carry rocks and Logs, Tie my legs and doing frog hops, Climbing trees etc. But that wasn't the only part of a training montage I had. It did grant me 480 points in both Strength and Dexterity and also 80 Points in health from healing constantly.

Since I had the money. I decided to get some actual training to use the sword. Mercenaries that passed through were more than happy to Show things for the right coin. It won't make me an expert but I am not likely to stab my own foot much. Being Stronger and Faster than ordinary humans mean I hit harder and can easily stagger or throw people if I hit them hard enough.

I had also taken contracts to hunt nearby monsters. Most were Alghouls, Drowners, and Nekkers. There was a wraith but it was easily disposed off with my silver sword and Yrden combination. All that did grant me two levels. I put the 20 points into health Bringing it to 300 and getting a 15% increase in Health.

I had tried to create the Instant Dungeon Skill from The Gamer but was unsuccessful. Well, actually I was successful but the mana Requirements were beyond me.

INSTANT DUNGEON
Creates an alternate dimension where monsters are created for the user to fight and gain experience. They can drop gold and crafting material

Cost : 60000

, I went around creating other spells instead. Like, An Ice spell that bombards enemies in numbers, a Sunlight Spear from Dark Souls rip-off, a Healing spell that was useful as it could heal anything. Including food poisoning. Apparently, food poisoning doesn't fall under disease immunity, no idea why.

ICE BARRAGE
Send out Hundreds of Ice shaped into sharp icicles at any direction of the caster's choosing
No of Shards : 250
Damage Per Shard : 10
Cost : 600

SUNLIGHT SPEAR
Sends Electrons Densely compacted and shaped into an oversized spear.
Damage : 6000
Cost : 1000

HEAL
Removes all ailments of the Body except curses, bringing them to an optimum condition. It cannot regrow limbs
Cost : 60

With everything in place, I could finally move for Toussaint and prepare in peace for the Wild hunt to come. Or to be precise Ciri to appear so I could at least get some of her blood for the power to travel worlds.

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Location: Northern Slopes

The Path to Toussaint was through a rocky mountain range. The river flowed a bit away in the distance from the main Road. It was early morning when I left Riedbrune and now it was approaching what I'd assume was Nine or Ten in the morning. I wasn't alone though, as plenty of carriages and carts were also on the same path. When I was approaching the town of Belhaven, I noticed all the carts and carriages have stopped and the people previously in them were hiding behind Rocks trying to stay quiet.

"Hey, what's going on?" I asked one of the people who looked like a Merchant.

"Ssshh, Be quiet. There are two Slyzard's up ahead if they see us, they'd kill us all. They have already killed two of the caravans at the front and are feasting on their corpses" He Looked a bit green while saying that. It wasn't just him who were fearful of their lives, quite a lot of people were here including women and children.

Personally, I could just use Reinforcement and run away so quickly I'd leave sonic booms if I needed to, but that would leave all these people to their death. Spying the Slyzards around five to six hundred meters away, I used Observe to see if I could take them on. The results were less than appealing.

Slyzard
Level: 89
A Large, grey-colored, flying reptile sometimes as big as a dragon, for which they are sometimes mistaken. A Slyzard can use fire breath and bake a person alive quickly. Their Tails are capable of crushing a person's ribcage with a single hit and they are also tipped with poisonous spines. They are immune to Fire.

HP: 220000
MP: 8000

CON : 22000
MANA : 800
STR : 3400
INT : 150
DEX : 250

"Wonderful" I muttered with as much sarcasm as I could. So, it's another High-Level monster, using 'Observe' on the other one and its stats were even greater.

Slyzard (Matriarch)
Level: 220
A Large, grey-colored, flying reptile sometimes as big as a dragon, for which they are sometimes mistaken. A Slyzard can use fire breath and bake a person alive quickly. Their Tails are capable of crushing a person's ribcage with a single hit and they are also tipped with poisonous spines. They are immune to Fire.
A Matriarch is both older and more dangerous of the species. After laying eggs they tend to be even more aggressive.

HP: 1540000
MP: 25000

CON : 154000
MANA : 2500
STR : 5600
INT : 210
DEX : 320

'Oh look it's a mother and son, hunting together! How cute?' I felt like screaming. 'Here I thought that Leshen was dangerous. Apparently, Draconids are an entirely different spectrum of monsters and Geralt kills them by the Dozen?'

"What are they even doing here? Shouldn't guards or Knight Errants have taken care of them?"
"Don't know, but I ain't feeling lucky enough ta go ask" Replied the guy near me.

It seems either I was really lucky or unlucky or the Guards here don't do their jobs properly and this kind of monsters can run amok with no one to stop them. I was a surprised no Knight-Errant appeared out of nowhere to come to slay the beasts.

'I better do this quickly or more people will get killed for no reason' Pulling out Anathema I could already feel the effect on my health in the form of a warmth moving through me and into my sword. Since I should end this quickly, I removed the seals and pushed reinforcement into Fifty for my body and hundred for my sword. While I couldn't hold this state for too long.

I accelerated like a Bullet and was reached them literally in the blink of an eye and then Slashed at the Weaker one and was surprised when I cut it in half with a single slash. The older beast looked pissed and hit me in the chest with its tail which threw me off. A boulder arrested my fall, cracking it.

"Ah, this hurt's" The pain I felt was substantial. I was surprised the Force Field Broke, I could feel my bones healing from being cracked as I spit out the blood from my mouth. If I didn't have reinforcement on along with the force field, my insides would have turned into Paste. That tails whip is dangerous. It seems I'd need to make an effort to kill it.

The Slyzard took to the air and seemed to be readying itself to attack. I felt like berating myself for being slow to react and not to mention not kill the beast when it was on the ground.

Before it could Fire its Flame Breath, I threw a Sunlight Spear at it. It went through its underbelly and came out the other side. Despite all that, the beast remained airborne and proceeded to throw Fire in my general direction. I ran away and hid behind a rock as I was running a bit low on Mana.

It took a few minutes of running and meditation to quickly gain back my Mana. I kept a watch on the Beast as well, seeing it throwing fire everywhere searching for me. It was in pretty terrible shape with its prodigious health at a mere 800000.

I had figured out how the points work, a single point in strength allows me to lift 15 lbs, so at 602 points I could lift nearly 4 Tonne and could throw things at around 1300 mph. For reference, the fastest baseball thrown was at 105 Mph. So, basically, I could throw a Baseball at nearly Mach 2. More akin to a bullet than a ball, I could do the same with a rock. Now, by reinforcing myself that speed increases by a very large margin, or four times faster than a Meteor entering earth's atmosphere. Of course, wind resistance is to be accounted so the stone may evaporate from the heat produced. But I didn't need that speed, Mach 3 would be more than enough.

So, picking up a very large boulder, nearly as big as myself and threw it at the beast. The Boulder burnt and I wouldn't have noticed it moving if my reaction time weren't increased as well. Being hit by something that large, tore the beast's wings off and sent it tumbling in a parabolic trajectory towards the ground. The boulder itself disappeared into the horizon.

The beast wasn't dead but was on its last breath. I Reinforced my sword and walked towards it with intent to decapitate it. While I pulled up my sword to cut its head it blasted fire in my face. My sword fell and put an end to that but the fire that would have nearly melted my flesh off if I didn't have my force field on. Putting the sword into its sheath I dropped it back in the Inventory.

Slyzard's Killed (2)
+ 603765 XP
Level Up (28)

Distributing 161 to MANA, 70 to CON and 49 to INT. I had gotten notifications.

For CON reaching 400, HP and Regen increased by 20

For MANA reaching 400, MP and Regen increased by 20%

Damien Grey
Level : 79
Exp : 2885/31610

HP : 5400
Regen : 1620
MP : 5800
Regen : 1740

CON : 450
MANA : 400
STR : 630
INT : 279
DEX : 630

Points : 0

Money : 452 G : 12 S

I was done checking my stats and putting my seals back on when I realized I may have looked like a monster to these people.

1. I moved so fast no one could keep track save for blurs and afterimages.
2. I was throwing around plenty of spells and even a single one could eviscerate them.

Altogether, that would definitely not be human by their standards or any standards.

'What to do?... Let's be casual'

I pulled the body of Slyzards into my inventory and came up to the crowd that had formed. They were looking at me as if I was going to murder them all but they were too scared to move in case I decide to get offended by that and then murder them all.

"Hello Folks, Are you alright? Anyone else got hurt?" I smiled disarmingly.

"We're fine, Sir. Thank ye for killing that beast. We don't have anything of value ta give ye. Please don't hurt us" One of them babbled.

"It's fine. I killed it because it was blocking the way. I am a bit sad that I didn't get earlier to help the people those monsters already killed" I said with the saddest looking face I could muster.

That seemed to get them to stop trembling in their pants "At least ye arrived when ya did. Otherwise, we'd all have been killed. Thank ya for saving our lives"

Everyone followed the same tune and thanked me after they felt assured, I'd not kill them all.

After all, pleasantries were done I decided to get out of there. Turning my reinforcement back on to 50, I blasted out of there swiftly. Before they could realize I'd already crossed kilometers and reached Belhaven but my destination was not this so I kept running. After a few moments, I'd reached the entrance to Toussaint.

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Location: Toussaint

Toussaint is just as vibrant as it was in the Game. Beautiful vistas and sparkling river. Windmills here and there and the Beauclair palace shining far away. The land looked far larger than in the game.

But I was not here to enjoy the scenery and since my destination was Beauclair, I increased my reinforcement in short burst and ran till I approached the Village of Francollarts. I stopped a bit away from the village so no one could notice my entrance and started walking towards Beauclair.

As I walking past, I saw the sign of a building called 'The Pheasantry'. If I remembered correctly it was an inn. The innkeeper was a brown-haired woman who greeted me as I entered.

"Welcome. Are you perhaps here for luncheon or rent a Room?"

"Lunch, please. What would you have?" I asked

She passed me a menu of the food available, which surprised me. This was similar to the medieval ages after all. Looking through the menu I ordered some Roasted Stuffed Chicken, Roasted Mallard, Pork Pie, freshly baked Baguette, Sugared Almonds, Spiced Wine and some Croquembouche, totaling to 15 crowns.

I may have been a bit hungry from both the fighting and excess use of Reinforcement.

She asked me to follow her to the back where I was led to an open space at the river bank. Chairs and Tables lined up and separated by partitions of wood that had flower vines growing on them. All in all, it looked beautiful. Taking a seat near the river, I awaited the meal.

After a while, a waiter came with my food.

I can finally settle down here, but I need a base of operations. If land could be bought, well and good but if not then a Building with a Basement would do just as well. With that in mind, I went to look for a Bank and inquire if they knew how to acquire land or a house here.

It was approaching noon when I finally reached the City. The guards were a bit lax here but then again with all the so-called 'Knight-Errant' running around they could afford to be. Entering the city, it was just as vibrant as they made out it to be in the game.

I didn't want to get my face seen so I wore my hood. There were plenty of people milling about going about their business. I could even find knight errant and ladies mingling and waxing poetry. Honestly, it felt a bit weird.

I found a Cianfanelli bank. Entering the place, it was similar to the one back at Riedbrune. There were plenty of clerks and clients in line. While I could cut the line, it will needlessly antagonize the Clerks and the Clients so waiting in the shortest line I found.

It took nearly an hour for me to reach the Clerk.

"Hello, I'd like to withdraw 2000 Crowns and would also like to know if the Bank also dealt with buying estate or Buildings?" While passing him the plate I acquired at the previous bank.

The Clerk, a man in his middle forties from his appearance checked the plate "Please wait while your money is retrieved and we do not deal in Real estate since you'd need the duchess permission to buy land. However, we do have connections to those who sell permits for buying buildings in the city. If you'd like we can facilitate the exchange. For a price"

"That's sound agreeable." I waited.

It didn't take long for him to return with my coin and escorted me to a building that apparently had dealings with the sale of buildings.

After a lengthy hour-long discussion, a building east of the Gran'place was sold to me for 4000 Crowns and 150 extra was paid to the bank for the transaction.
Checking the building it was three-storied one. With Glass windows and painted a bright Blue. It had an attic, a kitchen, two bedrooms, a bathroom and a Basement that was connected to the sewers but the gate was sealed shut. All in all, it looked okay for my work.

It took a few days to truly move into the place. I spent the days seeing the sights around Beauclair and getting to know the populace and the nights at the Inn till my House was fully furnished. I also trained a bit, getting around 40 points in STR and DEX.

After I had moved in, I ordered some alchemy or chemistry equipment like beakers, burners, and vials as well as books on Magic and whatever else I could find.

'Right now, it's August. So it should give me four more months to prepare for the events of the Witcher 3. I need to make a list of what I need to do'

1. Get stronger by any means necessary, except child sacrifices.
2. Make myself harder to kill. If possible by acquiring the traits of a Higher Vampire.
3. Learn more magic of this world.
4. Acquire a lot of cash.

Step 2, I could do tonight itself. First I need to see if Regis is here in Toussaint. In the game he was in the Mere-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, if he is there I could try to find him. If he isn't I guess, I will have to use normal Bruxa blood. There is Orianna here I suppose. I will stay away from the Unseen Elder, for now, once I am strong enough though. I will hunt it down.

Leaving the city, it was approaching sundown. Instead of running I took a leisurely walk towards the Cemetery. There were plenty of people coming through the gates at this hour but I paid them no heed and kept walking.

As I left past the Metinna gate, I had to pass by the Belgaard Vineyard. Oddly enough there were Ghouls in the area, I could sense with Sonar. "Surprising! didn't think those existed here"
Pulling out my silver sword I decided to hunt those down and found what looked like Vineyard workers trying to push the Ghouls back and save themselves.

"Well, time to be a hero" I jumped into the mix quite literally from above and landed on a Ghouls' head. If nothing else the entrance looked cool, or so I hoped as I crushed the ghouls head. What followed next was a depressingly easy one-sided slaughter as I jumped casually avoiding them and cutting them all to pieces.

'Two months ago I had trouble with wolves and now these are not even a challenge'

Ghouls Killed (7)
+ 2450 XP

"You folks alright?" Approaching them I noticed one of them had a bite mark on their calf and if not treated would probably fester. Leading to either amputation or death.

They looked at me and the corpses "We're alright, thank ye for saving us Sir Knight"

"Ah! I am not a knight. Merely a traveler. Although your friend there looks in terrible condition. Mind if I take a look?" I pointed at the injured man.

"Ye can sir, we were going to carry him to the lord and see if he can get an alchemist ta look at the wound" He admitted while scratching his head.

"I see. Let me see, I am something of a healer myself" Pulling the torn piece of cloth to look at the wound, it was bad. It will definitely get infected at this rate.

"Well, this is not going to end well and if ya let the wound last he will die" I said honestly.

The injured man has now bugged out eyes and even more scared "Sir, I don't wanna die. Ah have a child and me wife will be heartbroken if I were ta die. Please save me" Sobbing his eyes out.

"Well, you're in luck." I pulled out a bottle of water and poured it over the wound while secretly using 'Heal' on it.

Like Time going back in reverse, his wounds started closing themselves and soon he was left with a healed leg without even a scar.

"Well, that should do. I will be seeing you, boys!" I got up to leave.

"Sir, who are ye? I have never seen wound heal so quickly" They looked awed, primarily the injured man as he was standing and was feeling fine and was easily standing on the previously injured leg.

"My name is Damien Grey, merely a traveler who currently lives near the eastern Gate of Beauclair. Good evening" I left them to their work and went back on the trail to the Cemetery. With any luck they will spread my name, if it gets to the right circle I could have plenty of easy work or even get work to take care of monsters I couldn't find myself.

When I reached the Cemetery, I searched everywhere but I couldn't find hide nor hair of Regis. It was disappointing but it was 5 years before the story of Blood and Wine so it may have been expected. It was still a nice moonlit night so I decided to wander around the countryside and see what more things I could find.

For the next few hours, I spent the time walking around all over the western region of Toussaint and killed a lot of monsters. Nothing worth mentioning in detail and a got few thousand points in the experience.

+ 25410 XP

It was past midnight when I was walking back to Beauclair. As I was passing the Village of Francollarts I noticed something or rather someone strange. I didn't know if it was because she couldn't see me but I saw her leaving the window of a house without a care in the world.

Normally when one sees a beautiful woman fleeing a house deep at the night, it can be assumed to be lovers fling even if the Man is the one who normally does the fleeing. However, this wasn't earth and monsters that looked like human are dime a dozen over here. Many who have interesting tastes, whether it be blood or other fluids.

But even if my Luck has been great these days, all of it comes back to fighting monsters or running into monsters of the dangerous kind. So, I would assume this would be something similar. Using 'Observe' showed that I was indeed, right.

'Observe' showed that I was indeed, right.

Bruxae
Level: 182
A Very powerful type of Vampire that takes the appearance of a dark-haired, young human, most often woman, but whose natural form is that of a large, black bat with sharp fangs and claws. They have incredible speed and can turn invisible. They are also capable of sonic attacks that can stun you. They tend to sing in the native vampire tongue after they feed.

HP: 25000
MP: 12000

CON : 2500
MANA : 1200
STR : 750
INT : 150
DEX : 520

'A Vampire! Finally,' I decided to follow her from a distance and figure out how to get the blood from her. As I was busy pondering, she started singing in a strange language but I could hear the difference between the words she was speaking and the translation in my head.

'That's something I didn't expect. I can understand the Vampire Language although I have no idea why she is singing about troubled flowers and busy bees. Does it have some different meaning I don't know about?'
Apparently, Akasha's Vocabulary is pretty powerful and allows all languages to be understood regardless of where it originated or what species uses it as long as it's a legitimate language.

I reinforced myself by ten and decided to call her out. Concentrating on the Vampire language, I could suddenly understand it all. It felt like a second language that I had spoken my whole life and I could read and write it just as well.

Appearing a bit behind her "Good Evening, Had a Nice snack?"

If you have never seen the look of shock on a Vampire's face, I recommend you do. It's hilarious, even more, when her head turned around so fast, I swore she'd have whiplash.

"Who are you? How do you speak our tongue?" She sniffed the air "You smell both human and not? what are you?" She asked cautiously as her hands started turning into Claws.

"Peace" I show my hands in surrender "I am merely a traveler. I learned your language from a Higher Vampire who taught it to me. For a price." Lying through my teeth but somehow, I made it convincing enough as her claws started disappearing.

"For a Lord to teach you, they must hold you in high regards" She looked awed, I felt a bit bad about lying but needs must.

"I was actually here looking for another Higher Vampire by the name Regis and if not possible, I was looking for Detlaff" I looked at her "Have you heard anything of them?"

"Lord Detlaff hasn't visited this land in a few years" she admitted "I do not know of anyone named Lord Regis though"

"I see. And I can't go to meet the Unseen Elder either" I grumbled.

"Tell me, is it possible for me to acquire a bit of your blood? Not to worry its not to harm anyone, I have been researching Vampire regeneration and common ancestry" she was looking at me curiously so I said "I was hoping to study a Higher Vampire's regeneration but, in a pinch, even yours will do. Will you be able to give a few drops of it?"

She looked to be hesitating for a bit before acquiescing to my demands. "If it's only a little, its fine" She gave her wrist towards me.

Taking out three vials I had acquired; I pricked her finger and poured the blood into them. Her wounds closed off in a few seconds entirely.

"Thank you for this. It will be a great help to my research" being honestly grateful for it.

"Well, I think we should both leave in case people find us and try to kill us. Fearful people do funny things" I said.

"Although, I did not catch your name?" I asked.

"My name is Eleanor, a pleasure" She replied curtly

I bowed "and I am Damien Grey, a pleasure to meet you as well"

Looking up at the sky it was getting close to morning "It's about time for me to leave, if you wish to visit me, I live on a building a few houses away from the east gate or Cooper's gate" while pointing towards the city.

She nodded and left towards the wilderness.

Next Day

I could finally start working on the blood and study what made vampires different than normal humans and what gave them their ability to turn invisible.

I am no geneticist but using Structural analysis showed its molecular and genetic composition was almost similar to humans, at least this worlds human. However, with a major difference being they were saturated with Magical energy but they also had a bit of different type of energy. If I remember my Witcher lore correctly, this is Force or Primordial Chaos energy.

I rather not mess with this energy; not even sure I could. I don't want Multiversal Unicorns hunting me down. Not when I am not even sure I could take the Unseen Elder yet.

Trying to inject pure mana into it ended with it literally exploding into flames as my Mana overwhelmed whatever magical energy it had.

"Well, that was a bust" It was a bit disappointing not being able to use it myself and I had no intention of injecting myself with the blood and hope for the best. That would either get me something similar to septicemia or an incompatibility reaction which would be bad.
But this did give me some idea that whatever magical energy I use, it's incompatible with this source energy and overwhelms it entirely.

With that avenue of research lost, I started working on the Slyzard corpses I had. Structural Analysis was truly incredible when you're not bound to something silly as Element and Origin that limits the information it can retrieve.

For one, the Slyzards are very magical creatures. Their flight should not be possible with how heavy they are, but it seems they have some sort of weight decreasing innate spell. Not to mention their Fire Breath is entirely magical. Not all that hotter than normal fire but that is enough as they can sustain it. Their huge health was due to their body being denser overall giving them a greater defense to add to that and they could see infrared instead of normal light.

There wasn't much I could learn from them but it did give me some ideas for a few new spells that I created.

INVISIBILITY
Makes the Caster invisible as long as the spell is active.
Cost:2 MP per Second

SILENCE
Decreases the vibrations caused by the body when interacting with the environment making the caster nearly impossible to detect when in motion.
Cost: 5 MP

MYSTIC EYES OF SIGHT
Allows the user to see the entire Electromagnetic Spectrum
Cost : 3 MP per Second.

Some of them really let me play up as the dangerous rouge as I could appear and disappear at will but what was really useful and weird was 'Mystic Eyes of Sight'

Seeing the entire electromagnetic spectrum is in one word, Bright. The Sky isn't dark at night, everything is always bright. Whether it be from Infrared, Ultraviolet, Cosmic rays, X-Rays, Gamma Rays, Microwaves etc it was bright and is both strange and awe-inspiring and headache inducing. But I will say that the sky is so much more beautiful when you see all the Cosmic Background radiation. I cannot describe it but apparently Magic also falls inside this spectrum because I could see veins of energy moving around my body and wafting off everything else.

Watching other people is also odd. Everyone is both greyish and colored and as they move as shadowy smoke follows them. Privacy also becomes a complicated thing when you can see through walls. Monsters also have magical energy but instead of veins, they have a pulsing core that saturates their body.

With one research avenue cut off, I decided to work on leveling up but the monsters I run into are simply too weak to actually be of use to level up quickly. Ten days of hunting monsters and I still hadn't leveled up once.

Just for practice, I didn't even use any swords and spells and only attacked them with my unreinforced strength and what hodge-podge martial art I created using my knowledge of Taekwondo and Karate. If I were a normal human, against monsters that would be a death sentence, but I am thirteen times stronger and faster than a human and can reinforce that to even greater amount and that makes all the difference.

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2 Month Later

'Not sure how to say this, but I think I went a little overboard when exercising and it no longer fell into realms of exercise and went somewhere else entirely. I mean I was thirteen times stronger than a normal human. That's already absurdly fast and strong. But due to the excess training, my points had increased by 1080 points in both strength and dexterity, not to mention the extra 210 in the constitution.

'I had also gotten my hands on lots of books of magic and bestiaries. Over a hundred of them. I had lost nearly 6000 Crowns while buying them all. But despite all that I could only level 2 times in the last three months. The monsters simply weren't strong enough here to give much experience. Reading from the books had given me 2 INT per book so that was 206 INT.

My Meditation skill had also increased in levels from how many times I used it; from Level I to level IV giving me an extra 100% increase in Mana and Mana regen.

Not to mention all the spells I learned.

PORTAL
Creates a Portal between two places in space-time connecting them and allowing the user to travel to it instantaneously.
Its limited to the realm/dimension/plane the caster is in.

Cost : 25

PARALYSIS
Immobilizes the Target

Cost : 100

FIRE MISSILE
Sends 10 Darts of Fire at the Target
Damage per Dart : 100

Cost : 50

EARTH BIND
Forces a being to the ground for 10 min and doesn't allow them to fly.

Cost : 400

HESITATE
Forces a being to stop whatever action they are taking

Cost : 20

ASPHYXIATION
Chokes a being by cutting off their air supply

Cost : 30

While running from place to place seems alright. I created the best spell for flying.

FLIGHT
The User can move through the Air and fly by creating a field of energy to ignore the effect of gravity. Its speed is directly relative to the maximum speed of the user.
Current Max Flight Speed : Mach 3

Cost : 20

Flying is fun. No, if or buts about it. There is something majestic about watching the Sunset from the upper atmosphere. The world being pre-industrial one lacking all the pollutants is also nice.

I had taken to flying all over the map but it was surprising I hadn't run into a single bandit in all this time. I know these Knight-Errant take their job seriously but this was ridiculous.

It was one of these tracks to find stronger monsters that I found a strange tree. I was a small distance away from Fox-Hollow and stopped when I noticed the tree felt strange. Using All-Sight on it showed it had Blood? Instead of sap and it was quite magical at that.
I was about to touch and use Structural Analysis to see what made it tick, someone shouted from behind me.

"Oi, What are ye doing?"

Turning to look at the man, he was with a green hat and was holding an Axe, following near him was a dog.

"Oh, nothing much. Just trying to figure out what this magical tree is and why it has blood instead of sap" I replied.

"Whaa…blood?" He came and chopped at the tree with his ax before I could stop him and it did bleed but the tree also seems to groan in pain.

"well, I will be" He looked shocked and amazed.

"I know what this is" He turned around "This is Daphne, I heard fairy tales of her. She used to be a woman who was in love with this Knight-Errant. The Knight went to a quest to lift the drought plaguing the land by confronting ta witch on Lynx Crag. But he never returned" Looking at the tree he said, "They say she longed for him so much she turned into a tree, awaiting the day of her return" He shook his head, "I didn't think it was real"

"Is that so? Are you sure the witch didn't curse Daphne here herself?" I was skeptical of that story.

"Err. Maybe? I don't know the truth but the Witch should be able ta lift the curse" He said "Someone should go talk to her"

"I see. I will go talk to this witch, but if I do not like what I hear from her. Well, I am not a forgiving person" I affirmed.

He pointed me towards Lynx Crag which was north of where we were and said the Witch lived at the top.

Reaching the place, I realized I have no idea why they called in Lynx crag because it didn't have Lynx's but did have Puma's. One such tried to attack me, but a single punch to the face with five the reinforcement left nothing but a crushed skull and its body being thrown like a ball down the mountain.

At the top was a hut, presumably the witches. But at this time, it was empty or so it seemed. My clairvoyance told me something was there so turning on All-Sight I could see her standing at the corner of the room. I couldn't help but laugh at that.

"Are you going to turn visible or do I need to force you to become visible?" I said while staring at her eyes and using an 'Observe'.

Human (Mage)
Lvl 578

A Mage is a person skilled and educated in the use of magic. Only rare individuals have the potentials to become mages. Unless the individual in question – known as a source – learns to control their power, he or she may end up half-insane, slobbering oracle. Because of their powers, Mages age slower than ordinary people.

HP : 22250
MP : 1521430

CON : 2225
MANA : 152143
STR : 31
INT : 13500
DEX : 23

Her eyes widened as she turned visible "A guest from afar, why have you come to my home?"

"Curiosity mostly. And to find the truth if the rumors about you being able to lift the curse on the girl who has turned into a tree are true or not"

"Oh? You do not aim to lift the curse from the tree girl, do you? Then you best know you'd waste your time. Even I, the Witch of Lynx crag, would be hard-pressed overcome love and longing" she mocked while sitting atop a table.

"Is that so? Strange you should say that. Because I doubt it was 'Love and Longing' that turned her into a tree" using air quotes to display disbelieve.

"I simply have to ask, were you the one who killed her Knight-Errant lover and cursed her into that form?"

"and what if I were?" she asked, while a large cat entered the room.

"Well, I'd make you regret doing that. Verily" I smiled.

"Threatening me under my own roof? It makes my blood boil, but it matters not as soon you'll be dead" she threatened.

Before she could do anything, I jumped out of the window and waited. She came out wielding what looked like a ball of lighting. Looks dangerous but has nothing on my Sunlight Spear.

The Big Cat tried to jump me as soon as it came out and I dodged out of the way with ease.

"I said, I'll make you regret it. Well, if you're religious then time to start praying to your impotent god now" I kicked the Cat like a football. I could feel its ribs break and turn its internal organs into mush and then it partially exploded into blood and gore.

The witch's eyes were bugged out and she looked scared as all hell. Before she could utter a word, I grabbed her by the neck.

"I honestly came here for answers you know. But you? You're just a cruel greedy witch. You fit the stereotype to a T" I lightly increased the force of my grasp making her face turn blue now.

Looking with 'Mystic Eyes of Sight' at her pulsing core, I could see it. ' A Gift given that could have been used to spread joy but instead misused to such an extent that it only spread misery? It's not like she even profited from it. She killed the guy after laying with him simply because he wanted to leave? Breaking her word without reason? Such Craven acts.'

As I tried to create something to remove her magic, a strange ability appeared.

ALL DEVOURING CHAOS
Allows the user to attack a being's inner world as long as they can comprehend it and take their traits and powers for themselves.

"You know, it's a very unlucky day for you." I tried putting my hand into her pulsing core and oddly enough I could reach it despite not actually harming her physically. Gripping it with my hand I pulled it out, I could see strands of magic snapping as I tore the core from her body.

Her screams of pain were practically music to my ears. Strangely enough, as soon as I pulled the core completely out of her body she started convulsing and fell to the floor. I could see her visibly aging from a young woman in her 30's to older and older. By the time it was over, she was dead and all that remained was the clothes on a desiccated corpse.

"Well, that was unexpected. I thought I'd feel a bit queasy or something with my first human kill, but I feel fine" It actually surprised me how calm I felt.

Human (Mage) Killed
+ 4300320 XP
Level up (65)

I still held the core in my hand. It was a white orb with a pulsing green light.
"So, I eat this right?" Putting it in my mouth and swallowing the small orb felt like I was eating a marble. Nothing happened for a minute, but then it got intensely painful.

My stomach felt as if it was on fire and my stomach linings were being burnt. Removing my shirt showed Greenish veins growing from near my diaphragm and spreading out everywhere. Like someone pouring molten metal through your veins. I writhed on the ground for nearly fifteen minutes as the pain finally started disappearing.

"That was a doozy! What in tarnation's happened?" Opening my Status, the results were shocking.

One-Tenth of all Acquired stats Added.

Damien Grey
Level : 79
Exp : 2885/31610

HP : 13020
Regen : 3906
MP : 1566378
Regen : 469913

CON : 790
MANA : 15822
STR : 1551
INT : 1903
DEX : 1550

Points : 650

Money : 201 G : 1 S

'That is an absurdly large increase in stats. Apparently ripping someone's core is akin to ripping apart their soul and devouring it? The process doesn't seem very efficient if I lose nearly nine tenths of their power while absorbing.'

I also got a uniquely useful skill for INT reaching 1500.

PAMNESIA
The user can remember and recall everything they will ever experience, encounter or learn in their lifetime. The user needs only to read, hear or see something once and they will never forget it.
Their mind is immune to Memory Manipulation.

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Location : Beauclair

2 Months Later

With being able to recall all that I learned and somethings I didn't want to recall. I ventured into other avenues. Particularly armor creation and weapon creation.

Now some might think I should make guns and Go with more Dakka. Unfortunately, while I know modern gunpowder is made of nitrocellulose. I rather not use that to test how durable I am. Nitrocellulose is a volatile substance. The only thing I know that is worse is the chemical that was given a cute nickname, Azidoazide Azide. It's so volatile it will explode if you look at It funny. That is not a joke, even using infrared light on it can make it explode.

So If I were to go guns, I would have to use magic. But it's not like I need guns. I could flick metal balls faster than bullets. So, that a meaningless point.

So, I spent the month trying to learn Smithing. A little bit of Axii on Master Lazare Lafargue and I had him taking me on as an apprentice. Leaning the craft isn't difficult when you can see every single fault being formed and can remove it either with a hammer or directly manipulating it with Mana and pulling it out.

Apparently, I had become a wee-bit famous working under Lazare as his current apprentice and being able to make high quality if not outright legendary quality weapons and armor. Being the cheating hack, I am, of course, I used magic to speed up the process of making the weapons. Working there I earned nearly 121000 crowns selling weapons and armors to Knight errant and wealthy merchants who wanted to display them in their homes since some of the designs I made had a bit of fantasy element to them with carvings and meaningless runes. I gave 20000 to Lazare as I'd feel worse for stealing his knowledge and leaving him without compensation.

But the crowning achievement was the armor and weapons I and thus I could pour lots of mana to enchant them. Unlike normal armor, this was in the shape of clothes that were enchanted to high heaven with Runes. Somehow the scripts could be used as long as I understood the meaning.

SIMURGH'S COAT (Unique)
Weight: 6.5 Kg
As White as Fresh snow. A Composite of Ceramics and Synthetic fibers created through the use of magic. The Upper layer is composed of Carbon nanotubes which can be aligned vertically to turn into Light absorbing material from normal darkness all the way to VantaBlack. It hardens itself when attacked. It is virtually impenetrable and most blunt or sharp attacks would be dispelled.

Bonus :

+150 CON

HELMET OF THE EVIL EYES. (Unique)
Weight: 0.7 Kg
A Special Helmet for intimidating others. Despite appearances, the features on the Helmet expect the eyes are all decorative. It is made of a composite of Ceramic and Synthetic Fibers created through the use of Magic. Pouring mana into the eyes increases its glow and releases a 'killing intent'. Higher the Mana more powerful the intent. It cannot kill but make people give up battle altogether or make them unconscious if they are not strong in will. It can also throw a beam of Heat that can melt through steel.

Bonus :

+25 CON
+Killing Intent
+Heat Beam

NIDHOGG'S SKIN (Unique)

Weight : 2.5 Kg
Made of Ceramic and Synthetic Fibers. Capable of Keeping the User in a comfortable temperature regardless of the environmental temperature. The Upper layer is composed of Carbon nanotubes which can be aligned vertically to turn into Light absorbing material from normal darkness all the way to VantaBlack. It hardens itself when attacked. It is virtually impenetrable and most blunt or sharp attacks would be dispelled.

Bonus :

+200 CON
+ Perfect Temperature

BOOTS OF HUGIN
Weight: 2.5 Kg
Made from Leather. It is very comfortable and increases the speed of the user.

Bonus:
+100 DEX

It was a bit difficult to acquire the Aluminium for the Ceramics, but by spending 20000 crowns you can get it. The synthetic part was made of modified spider silk and plant fibers. Apparently, Axii can also be used on animals and insects, who knew? Going Skitter and creating a Spider Farm was productive. The pants were made of the same material but strangely didn't give any extra bonus.

But the Spear and Sword I made are something special.

SWORD OF FIMBULWINTER. (Unique)
A Special sword with a monomolecular edge created using alteration magic. Made of Bulk Metallic Glass with an Alloy of Titanium-Zirconium. With Silver Added to its composition, it is capable of hurting and killing monsters. It deals 10000 damage per slash and increases with 20 per level of the user.

Runes Applied:

Thurisaz Kaunan Hagalaz

Effect: When Mana is applied, the Weapon radiates Bloodlust. It also causes a great amount of Pain and Frost Damage with every strike and is capable of hurting incorporeal entities. It halts regeneration.

Damage Dealt : 12940 HP
Rune Damage : +3000 Frost Damage
Mana Used : 50 MP per Second.

SPEAR OF BURNING CHAOS (Unique)
A Spear with a Monomolecular edge created using alteration magic. . Made of Bulk Metallic Glass with an Alloy of Titanium-Zirconium. With Silver Added to its composition, it is capable of hurting and killing monsters. It deals 8000 Damage per thrust and increases with 20 per Level of the User.

Runes Applied: Sowilo Mannaz Laguz

Effect:

The weapon bursts into flame when mana is injected to it create Fire Damage whenever a being is slashed. The Weapon can weave around like a snake and attack at impossible angles. It also increases the physical capabilities of the user when being used.

Damage Dealt: 13540 HP
Rune Damage : + 2600 Fire Damage
Mana User: 50 MP per Second

It was a bit difficult to acquire Titanium. I had dig through many Igneous Rocks I got from the Fiery Mountains next to Toussaint. Removing it from Rutile was relatively simple with Magic.
Zirconium though was harder to find, at first. But then I found some merchants had used rocks to make gravel. Using 'Observe' had told me it was Baddeleyite, a Zirconium Oxide mineral. So, I just ordered a lot from Kovir. It took nearly a month to get here.
Creating Bulk metallic glass is relatively simple. Just quickly cool the melting alloy so its forms and amorphous structure instead of crystalline structure, which was hilariously easy with Alteration and Structural analysis.
And before anything, I know monomolecular edges would deform quickly. But honestly, magic and its mind-boggling physic breaking absurdity somehow stops the blade from deforming and remain ever sharp.

Oddly enough, it cannot cut through my own armor as easily. It takes quite a lot of hitting to cut it. So, active magical defenses still can be used to stop the weapons, but normal weapons and armor? May as well be paper.

Of course, to make the items I had created two more spells

STRUCTURAL ANALYSIS
Allows the user to see the molecular structure of an object in real time.

Cost : 50

ALTERATION
Allows the caster to modify the molecular structure of the physical shape of an object.

Cost : 200

Few days later, it was time for me to leave for the area's where the main story of the Witcher 3 takes place. But there was still something I needed to take care of. The Unseen Elder.

I had created a special chain spell specifically for that. I modeled it after Gilgamesh' Enkidu. But I'm not sure how they would compare. Unlike his Golden Chains, mine are pitch black.

CHAINS OF PERDITION
Nearly Unbreakable. These chains can torment whoever is enchained by them and also stop them from using their magical powers or supernatural powers.

I had tried using those on myself and on animals and monsters. It doesn't who it was or what, none of us could move once bound by them. They don't appear from golden portals but rise from the ground as if connected to shadows. Those would be helpful in binding the elder. I don't know how strong those are, I couldn't break it, heck I couldn't even move them.

I also learnt a few other spells, like summoning, Polymorph, Invulnerability, Chain Lightning, Eagle Eyes, Reconstitution, Leech Life, Resurrect and Soul Lance.

SUMMON I
(0/100)
The Caster can summon extraplanar entities to do his bidding.
Currently Summonable Monsters.
Giant Rat
Giant Toad
Wolf
Giant Eagle

Cost : 500

POLYMORPH
Allows the Caster to turn himself into any creature they can imagine above 2 KG weight

Cost : 5000

INVULNERABILITY
Makes the Caster invulnerable to all attacks. Physical, Mental, Spiritual, Conceptual for 10 Seconds

Cost: 100000

CHAIN LIGHTNING
Sends a blast of lightning and that travels from one being to another in a chain. It doesn't distinguish between friends and foe.
Damage : 2000 HP
Cost : 1200

EAGLE EYES
Allows the user to zoom in and see things from far away.

RECONSTITUTION
Allows the caster to heal people in large Areas.
Cost : 5000

Leech Life
Drain HP from an Enemy and add it to your own to heal yourself.

Cost : 20 per Second

RESURRECT
Allows the user to heal and resurrect the freshly dead.
Cannot revive those who have been dead for more than an hour.

Cost : 500000

SOUL LANCE
A Pure Lance of Death Magic that ignores defenses and directly harms the soul.
If the target is weak, they will explode.

Damage : 200000
Cost : 110000

The spells would be decidedly useful. Now all that's left was to find the Unseen Elder.

The easiest way to do so was to find Orianna and get the key to the cave from her. I went to her estate, but she wasn't in. According to the Guards she was not in Toussaint at the moment. So brute force was the only way left.

Flying around with mystic eyes on, finding the cave became a trivial task. The barrier barring entrance was a bit of an annoyance but was easily disposed of after blasts of mana at it. Entering the place, there was what remained of the skeleton of some human who probably somehow wandered in.

Going deeper I found the unseen elder hanging from the ceiling.

Higher Vampire (Ancient)
Level 4521
Higher Vampires can look exactly like humans. They are virtually immortal and do not require blood as sustenance. They are incredibly intelligent and possesses numerous -often individual- abilities.

HP : 2259000
MP : 3171000

CON : 225900
MANA : 317100
STR : 10230
INT : 4100
DEX : 1205

Before I could react, I was thrown into a wall. Being thrown at around 300 mph tends to create craters as I remain embedded on the rocky wall. I still had my force field on and I was pretty strong myself so I didn't actually get hurt. But was a bit disoriented. The Elder seems to think I was easy prey as it was bringing its mouth to my neck. Too bad for it, I kicked it -hard- at its chest with a reinforcement of 50. His body moved at such speed it looked like he teleported and appeared on the other side of the cavern in a humongous crater as his chest was squished into pulp.

I seemed to have torn his torso, but it was healing rapidly. I pulled my Spear and reinforced it. Bringing its already formidable damage of alongside its ability to set things on fire to greater heights.

"You are not human, but not one of us either" He accused in a raspy voice, one like gravel from disuse as he fell down to the floor.

"No, and I don't particularly care about you either. I just want your power and unfortunately for you, that requires your death" I said.

"Fool, you think you can harm me?" He replied before growing wings and starting to look like a Bat Monster and his claws growing far larger.

'So, this is the Vampiric Transformation. I didn't get any special powers from the Witch since she was human. I wonder if I will get some from him'.

I created an Instant Dungeon and pulled him into it. Space shifted and suddenly the cavern was filled with Corpses or Zombies. Their levels were pretty bad and they were probably weak as well but they are a distraction.

I jumped back and watched him tear through them like grinder on meat. I took potshots by pelting him with stones at near Mach Speed. It may not kill him but it does force him to regenerate all the time. His regeneration was linked to his mana as the more hurt he was, his mana went down and he came back into perfect health; as perfect as an emaciated-looking humanoid being could look like.

"Enough of this" He Shouted in Anger and tore through all the Zombies in a fit of rage and speed. He was quickly approaching me with claws open wanting to tear my head off. I simply used a 'Hesitate' spell as soon as he was near me. He actually pulled back his hand without even understanding why he did so. So, I kicked him in the face and off he went flying.

"Man, ya know. I thought this would be a challenge with how the other Higher Vampires hold you in such high regards and fear you so much. But, you're a proper disappointment" I shook my head conveying my dissatisfaction.

What happened next was frankly amazing. He merely growled and then the place was filled with fifteen, FIFTEEN Higher Vampires all aiming for me. He was capable of not simply calling other vampires but teleporting them to his location if needed.

"Well, that's a bit impressive" I looked at them "But, it won't change things much"

The one closest me tried to move in and slash at me, A soul lance to the chest sent him flying. What was surprising was that he died.

Higher Vampire Killed (1)
+ 2918270 XP
Level up (24)

The corpse started petrifying and turned to dust. All of us stared at the dust pile and then at each other. I slowly put my spear into my inventory and brought out my sword and reinforced it with 30.

"This won't kill you, but it will take care of you" Reinforcing my body to 10, I could move at nearly Mach 7. I didn't really need this speed, but I am not one to unnecessarily waste time. The Vampires were fast, really fast. But even then, they move subsonic. The Elder was clearly the fastest approaching supersonic speed, but the others? Not so much.

The remaining fourteen vampires all ran towards me, but they may as well be molasses with how slow they seemed. I just went around easily chopping their heads off and proceeded to stab the elder in the chest and impale him into the wall.

"Grrrghhhh" He seemed to be in pain, as the silver component in the sword was burning him. Reinforcement doesn't just physically affect an object but does so conceptually. So, the conceptual damage done by silver was upped by ten.

Rather than allow any more chances I called upon the 'Chains of Perdition' and wrapped him in them like a cocoon. He started struggling but it was in vain, the chains held him firmly.

"Well, then. It seems our battle comes to an end"

"Release me!" followed by vulgarities in the vampiric tongue.

"No," I replied deadpan.

I looked at his core with 'All-Devouring Chaos', and it was different from the Witch's core. For one thing, it was more colorful(?), vibrant maybe. It was a kaleidoscope of colors always shifting through various hues.

As I pulled it out, he started gurgling and trying to scream. Once the Core was pulled out, he started calcifying and turning into dust. Within a few moments, he turned to dust.

"Well, that's that"

Higher Vampire (Ancient) Killed (1)
+ 98331750 XP
Level Up(229)

Looking at the remaining undead bodies, I threw Soul Lances as if they were going out of Style and ended the lives of the vampires stuck in torpor.

Higher Vampires Killed (14)
+ 2062640 XP
Level Up (2)

"Since, Detlaff and Regis weren't among this group. I could assume these were young vampires at least in comparison'

Looking at the core, it was still glowing in my hand. "Well, No time like the present" and I gulped it down waiting for the inevitable pain that is soon to follow.

I wasn't wrong. It was painful, much more so than before. My skin started bubbling like pustules of pus were trying to form and pop. Fang's started growing from my teeth and my fingers became claws. My heartbeat was beating over 150 and increasing. One of my eyeballs actually exploded like an overfilled water balloon and again started reforming back into a new one. This continued for a while as my mind went blank from the pain. When I finally came to, I was back in my human form and notification.

One-Tenth of all Stats has been added.

All positive traits have been Added.

Traits added :
Claws
Enhanced Smell
Blood Consumption
Semi-Immortality
Hypnosis

Checking on the traits, they were useful. Semi immortality stops me from aging anymore and recover from even the most grievous of wounds if I have enough mana. And Blood Consumption Allows me to drink another's blood to restore my own health. Not very useful, but its good for a scare tactic. My stats now, had become ridiculous and I still had points left.

Damien Grey
Level : 402

HP : 1443600
Regen : 433080
MP : 3345090
Regen : 1003527

CON : 23635
MANA : 47787
STR : 2829
INT : 4568
DEX : 1925

Points : 2984
Money : 201 G 2 S

I had what I wanted and it also proved two things. One, levels are not the be all and end all. Two, I can take traits and those are useful. Now I just had to figure out how to take them without killing someone. All that's left is for me to go to Novigrad.

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Link to Armor and Sword Design on Profile. Just remove the Spaces.

PS : I don't have a Beta Reader so expect mistakes. I am a bit dyslexic as well.
But I will try to be as clear and concise as possible.