The Limits of Attributes
"I have more than one hundred Experience Orbs, but the next Beast Roar of the Path of the Beast Roar - [Beast Roar: Life Whisper] - doesn't seem like it can deal with the source of magic."
Put away the Heart Skill Book of the Path of the Beast Roar and turn to your Personal Panel.
Staring at the nearly twenty skills, the Witcher pondered carefully once more.
[Ding! Consuming one Special Skill point, your skill: Demon Hunter LV3 has been upgraded to Demon Hunter LV4]
[Name: Demon Hunter]
[Type: Special Skill]
[Level: LV4]
[Active Effect: Consumes 250 (+100) stamina points, focuses the mind to enter a 250 (+100) second Demon Hunting state, and after the conditions are met, launches a fatal blow (guaranteed to kill the monster).]
LV4 Additional Effect: Consumes an additional 250 mana; when switching between two (+1) targets, the hunting progress is calculated separately for each target.
"Time extended, two more targets added without loss of demon-hunting progress..."
"Not bad!"
For a long time, preventing the progress from being reset due to instinctive switching of attention when using [Demon Hunter] to deal with multiple enemies has been a major problem.
Adding one more would be a huge boost to Ailin's strength.
More importantly.
If Vilgefortz, whom we'll be facing tonight, doesn't summon other monsters, he'll have two opponents.
The skills marked in the Witcher's Handbook are basically all enhanced with a special effect at level three.
[Demon Hunter LV4-LV6] should increase stamina consumption by 100, demon hunting duration by 100 seconds, and mana consumption by 100 per level, and allow for one target switching.
So that should be enough to deal with tonight; any further upgrades would be a waste.
In any case, upgrading Special Skill is not like upgrading ordinary skills, where a large amount of information is transmitted during the upgrade process, affecting the battle.
There's not enough time for demon hunting, but a temporary upgrade is still possible.
The remaining two Special Skill points should be reserved for improvisation.
Next up are the basic skills.
"One hundred and seven Experience Orbs and one hundred and eleven Lesser Experience Orbs, that's 101,800 experience points. It sounds like a lot, but upgrading a skill from LV6 to LV7 requires 50,000 points, and from LV5 to LV6 it requires 20,000. We have to make some compromises..."
Ailin pondered this in his mind, scrolling down his Personal Panel with his thoughts.
"Hmm... As for the signs, the LV3 Oterrohp Sign, which defends against magical attacks, is a must-have. Hopefully, it will unlock a useful effect... The mind-bending Axii, Flame Igni, and Magic Trap Yrden are all unlikely to be very effective. The LV4 Wave Ald sign only increases the range, which is also not very useful... Quen Shield is versatile, but upgrading from LV6 to LV7 is too expensive..."
"It's somewhat comforting that Battlecry doesn't need to be upgraded."
"Compared to the School of the Wolf Two-Handed Sword, the School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword, which specialize in assassinating humans, are obviously more important. But to really improve them, it would take at least 70,000 experience points to upgrade them from LV5 to LV7. Let's put that aside for now."
"Ice Lance Spell and Mudslide are useless... Blink LV4 is enough, and spatial skills are too sensitive. A Witcher who gets dizzy even when entering a portal would never learn them. Avoid using them if possible, but if you really have to..."
Ailin touched his chest with a dark and uncertain look in his eyes.
"In summary, the only skills worth upgrading right now are the LV3 Oterrohp Sign and the LV5 School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword..."
The Witcher had a thought.
[Ding! Consuming 50 Lesser Experience Orbs and 2 Experience Orbs, your skill: Oterrohp Sign LV3 has been upgraded to Oterrohp Sign LV4 (0/10000)]
Unlike the Demon Hunter, when the Oterrohp Sign is upgraded, a large amount of training information is poured into the mind, but Ailin, who was already familiar with this process, quickly absorbed it all.
[Name: Otherrhop]
Type: Sign
[Level: LV4]
[Active effect: Continuously consumes mana to defend against magic attacks.]
LV4 Additional Effect: Mirror Shield: Creates a single-use magical shield that deflects elemental spells, with a very small chance to reflect damage.
Single-use elemental shield...
Ailin thought for a moment, circulated his magic power, and quickly crossed his hands to form the Oterrohp Sign.
A pale purple, transparent, spherical protective shield formed from beneath the feet and instantly closed above the head.
at the same time.
Inside the pale purple protective shield, a flash of silver-purple light also appeared on the Witcher's body.
It was as if he was coated with a silver plating with purple impurities.
Sensing the changes around him, Ailin paused for a moment, and the magic power surging in his hands faltered.
The pale purple spherical protective shield vanished instantly, but the purplish-silver plating continued to shimmer.
"It's similar to Quen's shield," Ailin realized. "It's useful against Vilgefortz, who excels in melee combat, without needing to maintain a sign!"
"However, the amount of shield provided per use is still too small."
After thinking it over, he originally planned to spend 30,000 experience points to level up twice, but after careful consideration, he gritted his teeth and the seventy Experience Orbs instantly disappeared from his inventory.
With the Giant Ghoul Decoction and Blizzard, you can just brute force your way through in melee combat. If you can't brute force your way through, even if you upgrade the School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword to LV7 and get new effects and moves, it may not be useful.
[Ding! Consuming 70 Experience Orbs, your skill: Oterrohp Sign LV4 has been upgraded to Oterrohp Sign LV7 (0/10W)]
"Hmph~"
The moment the upgrade was confirmed.
An overwhelming amount of information surged through my brain like a tsunami.
The magic power throughout his body seemed to surge, permeating every Magic Veins in his limbs and bones, transforming him.
It took Ailin a while to recover from the shock to his brain and subconsciously mobilize his magic.
The previous stagnation vanished instantly, and the Magic Veins seemed to have doubled in size.
[Name: Otherrhop]
Type: Sign
[Level: LV7]
[Active effect: Continuously consumes mana to defend against magic attacks.]
LV4 Additional Effect: Mirror Shield: Creates a three-layer (+2) single-target magical shield that deflects elemental spells and has a moderate chance to reflect damage.
LV7 Additional Effect: Divine Wall: Forms a solid mental wall to block the intrusion of external psychic power (when detecting mental skills such as mind reading, the wall can be actively breached, causing a mental shock)
"Hooray! That's an amazing skill!"
Upon seeing the effect of LV7, Ailin immediately felt that he had truly made the right bet this time.
"A shield with three layers that reflects damage with a moderate probability per hit, and a divine wall that blocks mind reading and can cause mental shock..."
"This is a hard counter to warlocks!"
He quickly simulated several uses of the Oterrohp Sign in his mind, after the rapidly escalating dizziness subsided.
[Ding! Consumed 20 Experience Orbs, your skill: School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword LV5 has been upgraded to School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword LV6 (0/50,000)]
[Ding! Your level has increased to 55, and you have gained 1 Special Skill point.]
[Name: School of the Cat Two-Handed Sword]
[Type: Swordsmanship]
[Level: LV6]
[Effect: A rapid-fire swordsmanship that emphasizes attack frequency, body stability and balance, and incorporates some assassination techniques.]
LV4 Additional Technique: Wrist Thrust: Using wrist strength, at the cost of minimal (original - a small amount of power and speed) change of direction of the sword tip.
Countless quick-attack techniques and various weaknesses of humanoid creatures flashed through my mind.
Bones, ligaments, muscles...
A warm, unknown energy enveloped his limbs and bones.
The body's flexibility and balance improve rapidly.
"Phew~"
Take a deep breath and quickly adapt to the changes in your body.
The Witcher felt he was becoming more and more like a wildcat in every way.
[Experience Orbs: 15 Experience Orbs (-92), 61 Lesser Experience Orbs (-50)]
Ailin didn't intend to save the remaining experience points.
[Ding! Consuming 50 Lesser Experience Orbs and 2 Experience Orbs, your skill: Igni Sign LV3 has been upgraded to Igni Sign LV4 (0/10000)]
[Ding! Consuming 13 Experience Orbs, your skill: Alde Sign LV3 has been upgraded to Alde Sign LV5 (0/20000)]
Name: Igni
Type: Sign
[Level: LV4]
[Active Effect: Releases a burst of flame in a designated direction, burning enemies.]
LV4 Additional Effect: Armor Meltdown: Damage from the Igni Sign permanently reduces the enemy's armor value.
[Name: Ald]
Type: Sign
[Level: LV5]
[Active Effect: Releases a shockwave of psychic energy in a designated direction, causing enemies to lose their balance and reveal weaknesses.]
LV4 Additional Effect: Ranged Ald: Increases the casting range of the Alde Sign by 2 yards.
It took fifteen Experience Orbs and fifty Lesser Experience Orbs to upgrade the Wave Sign Ald from LV3 to LV5 and the Flame Sign Igni from LV3 to LV4.
Ailin was instantly penniless, with only eleven Lesser Experience Orbs left, a mere 150 experience points.
"Beast Roar: Berserk, Oterrohp Sign, Cat-Wolf Dual School Swordsmanship, North Wind, Giant Ghoul Decoction, Blizzard, Cat's Eye, Balmor, Night's Color..."
"I refuse to believe that after all this improvement, I still can't beat a younger version of Vilgefortz!"
With an angry growl, Ailin's wide eyes were filled with bloodshot veins.
"Phew~"
Taking a deep breath to calm his rage, Ailin finally used a Ghoul-Troll Spirit's Purification Spirit.
The familiar bone-chilling cold, the familiar floating spirits, and the familiar fear of a frozen soul...
Name: Ailin
[Level: 50]
[HP: 100%, Stamina: 640/640, MP: 780/780]
[Attributes: Strength 70 (+1), Agility 61, Constitution 63 (-1), Perception 77 (+2), Mysticism 79 (+1)]
[Affinity: Water 16 (Magic Source - Water 6%) (+1), Earth 12 (Magic Source - Earth 2%) (+1), Wind 10 (Magic Source - Wind 0%) (+1), Fire 7 (+1), Space 2]
"Now we only need three more points to reach the Magic Source level for all four elemental affinities."
Get dressed and familiarize yourself with your enhanced body.
The Witcher took out an empty crystal bottle, put the remaining portion of the Ghoul-Troll Spirit's Purification Spirit into it, and then went out to Vesemir's room.
"Once Vesemir has used up the Ghoul-Troll Spirit's Purification Spirit, it will be time to deal with Vilgefortz..."
"Squeak~"
The door to Vesemir's room was not closed.
Ailin had just pushed open the door, one foot not yet stepping onto the mottled, blackened floor.
"Ailin, are you planning to go rescue the little ones tomorrow at noon, as that damned wizard said on the note?" Vesemir, who had been kneeling in meditation, quickly stood up when he saw him come in.
"Of course we're going tonight." Ailin paused, then asked, "What's wrong?"
Leaving aside the fact that the Shapeshifting Sealing Artifact Technique compresses the human body, causing enormous damage to the organs of the recipient.
The male wizard lacks night vision, while the witcher possesses dim vision and the Cat Eye Potion; they cannot afford to give up the enormous advantage of nighttime.
Vesemir shook his head helplessly, pointing with his index finger to the crystal bottle on the table containing twenty portions of silver-gray Nekker Essence:
"Then I won't be able to take that potion."
"The first potion you gave me was so potent that I had just managed to retract my suddenly heightened senses before you arrived..."
Ailin was taken aback and gave the Witcher Master an appraisal.
Name: Vesemir
[Attributes: Strength 53, Agility 63 (+5), Constitution 68 (-1), Perception 84 (+14), Mysticism 53 (+10)]
He hadn't forgotten that ordinary witchers were different from him; they needed time to adapt to the sudden increase in attributes.
Ailin left and returned to his room, which was originally intended to give Vesemir time to adjust.
Perception and mystery, unlike strength, agility, and physique, are most easily digested by the body.
Moreover, Vesemir himself has a high level of perception and strong attributes.
Logically speaking, fourteen points of perception shouldn't elicit such a strong reaction, especially considering the Nekker's Purified Spirit that can boost perception by ten points.
It might take a little longer, but half an hour should be enough.
"Moreover, I can feel that my reaction speed and the ability of my Mutated Organ to store and manipulate magic have also improved, but my body adapts very quickly."
"However, the senses seem to..."
Vesemir paused, then closed his eyes as if to experience the changes in his body.
"It seems to be nearing some kind of limit," he opened his eyes, stroking the Gilna silver sword beside him blankly. "It's like the sword is becoming heavier, tougher, and sharper, but the scabbard is almost too small to hold it all."
Ailin looked at the silver sword in its sheath, lost in thought.
Vesemir picked up the crystal bottle filled with Purification Spirit: "If this potion is for enhancing... uh... like you always say... strength, physique, then I should be able to drink it..."
"No, it also enhances perception..." Ailin quickly said, then put the Ghoul-Troll Spirit's Purification Spirit in his hand back into his inventory.
He hadn't noticed it at the time.
If Vesemir were to drink the Nekker's Purified Spirit and the Ghoul-Troll Spirit's Purification Spirit, his perception attribute would steadily exceed one hundred points.
"Could it be that the reason Vesemir felt he had reached his limit was because his perception attribute block had reached 100 points?"
Ailin pondered this in his mind.
Are there any restrictions on exceeding 100 points in each attribute? Do all attributes have to be increased evenly?
The next instant, he thought, "What if the attribute exceeds 100 points...?"
Etc!
Mary's strength, agility, and constitution are all below 20, but her perception is as high as 76, and her mystery even reaches 81...
Since Lady Vesemir and the Aretuza Witch Academy do not offer her the opportunity to train in other attributes, then to exceed the limit of an attribute, it is certainly not necessary to improve all attributes equally.
in addition.
Lady Vesemir is so powerful, does her perception and mystery level exceed one hundred?
"Then there's nothing we can do." Vesemir glanced regretfully at the crystal bottle, interrupting Ailin's musings. "In that case, shall we set off now?"
Ailin nodded, and with a thought, he was about to use the Tracking.
"By the way Ailin, did you brew that potion yourself?"
"I guess... I guess so!"
"That's..." Vesemir clicked his tongue, "That's truly remarkable!"