Child of Miracle of a Previous Generation

"Is the reason it can't be replicated because the main ingredient in the Chief Trial of Grasses is a dragon?" Ailin asked.

"You know?" Vesemir tilted her head in surprise.

The recipe for the Soyer Trial of Grasses is known to very few people in the entire Northern Continent.

Ailin nodded. "Vesemir mentioned some of that when he talked about how the Witcher Conclave split up a while ago."

He also said that the School of the Wolf possesses the most comprehensive decoction recipes and experimental records for Trial of Grasses.

"Vesemir ..." Vesemir nodded slightly, "He has been with Soyer for a longer time, so he knows more."

"However, the reason why Soyer's example cannot be replicated is not only due to the materials used in the Trial of Grasses."

"In the 10th century, in order to save humanity from the threat of monsters, the Brotherhood of Sorcerers began research into enhancing humans, which would later become the Witchers."

"But in essence, what the council wanted at the time was not to enhance human strength and physique, but mystery, magic, and abilities that can only be awakened innately. They wanted to find a way to awaken the Sorcerer Talent in ordinary people."

"For the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, physical enhancement is rudimentary; the awakening of Sorcerer Talent is the future of humanity."

"This is not only due to the arrogance of the sorcerers who wield power sufficient to destroy cities."

"The more important reason is..."

Vesemir paused, then said in a deep voice:

"Physical strength cannot break through its limits and reach a higher level."

"The Vessel of Great Deeds?" A flash of inspiration struck Ailin.

"That's right," Vesemir nodded. "The rampage of monsters is just an excuse for the Brotherhood of Sorcerers to trick human rulers into investing resources."

"The main reason for launching the Witcher Project is that the research on the Vessel of Great Deeds has reached a bottleneck."

"The experiment required a considerable amount of material—at the time, they were called 'volunteers'."

"High-level warlocks are certainly unwilling to take the risk, and their numbers are too small to serve as a sample for the experiment."

"The Brotherhood of Sorcerers still needs these people to function."

"But the number of low-level warlocks is also not large."

"The situation then was different from now, when it was both the Ban Ade Wizard Academy and the Aretuza Sorceress Academy."

"At that time, the training method was the master-apprentice system. With many famous sorcerers unwilling to take on apprentices, the total number of low-level sorcerers was actually less than that of famous high-level sorcerers."

"Therefore, mentors who have difficulty conceiving will treat their apprentices as true family members, and will not use them as materials or consumables for the Vessel of Great Deeds —which was also called the Holy Grail at that time."

"So they turned their attention to ordinary people." Ailin's expression was not good.

No wonder he felt something was off when he heard about The Witcher Origins.

The sorcerers of that time seemed too noble and selfless, investing a great deal of resources and research in protecting ordinary people, which is quite different from the image of Ban Ade and the Rissberg Civil Conglomerate today, who disregard the lives of ordinary people and secretly conduct experiments.

how?

Is moral decay happening this fast?

They were all birds of a feather.

Vesemir's ruby eyes were fixed on the Witcher, and she sighed softly, "That's how the world works, Ailin."

"Under the guise of high-sounding pretexts, the lower classes are always just food, either for the nobles or the sorcerers..."

"I know, you can continue." Ailin took a deep breath.

Vesemir nodded and continued, "Activating the Sorcerer Talent of ordinary people is the essence of the Witcher Project. The Holy Grail Project needs a large number of test subjects with awakened talents."

"But you probably already know what happened next."

Ailin nodded.

"The witcher successfully awakened his magical talent, but it was severely emasculated, and he can't be called a warlock at all," Vesemir continued. "Such 'material' has successfully suppressed the ferocious monsters and improved the human living environment."

"But for the Holy Grail Plan at that time, it was naturally of no value."

"Cosimo Malaspina, the mastermind behind the plan, was prepared to give up, but his apprentice Alzure did not."

"It is said that Alzum admired chivalry from a young age and was once in love with a sorceress named Liliana who wanted to create a safer world and get rid of all the monsters lurking in the shadows."

"Therefore, he discussed it with his advisor and made a few final attempts..."

"He succeeded?" Ailin raised an eyebrow.

"No, he failed." Vesemir shook her head. "But one of his previous attempts unexpectedly had a unique effect."

"At that time, although the Trial of Grasses of the dragon material was successful, there was no other example besides Soyer. Therefore, after paying attention for a while, Alzure shifted his focus to other experiments."

"However, Soyer reached his physical limit shortly after his apprenticeship ended and he had been traveling in the Northern Continent."

"He found Alzure..."

"Wait!" Ailin interrupted, "The Chief found Alzure? Didn't Alzure discover this during the examination?"

"No." Vesemir shook her head. "Just as Soyer said, when the body reaches its limit, it will naturally feel it."

She paused for a moment and explained, "For a sorcerer, it is a momentary overflow of thought, as if the soul leaves the body."

"For a witcher, it's an extreme feeling of fullness in the body, like forcibly squeezing water into an overflowing bottle."

"Moreover, these two sensations will reappear after the body reaches its limit, each time a powerful spell is released, or when fighting with all one's might, without fail."

It seems that it's not just about reaching the limit of a single attribute, but rather that at least the three attributes of strength, agility, and constitution must all reach their limits... Ailin thought to himself.

But...

Is there really anyone in this world who can reach the limit of all three attributes?

Is White Gull Potion really that potent?

Ailin was immediately taken aback.

"What's wrong?" Vesemir asked.

He couldn't help but ask, "Besides the chief, is there anyone else who can cultivate to this level?"

"I only know of one case, Soyer," Vesemir shook her head.

"That's true..." Ailin wholeheartedly agreed.

In the world of Witcher, there is no such thing as martial arts cultivation, and ordinary people cannot fully explore the limits of their bodies.

All extraordinary powers in this world are related to magic, not physical strength.

But that might not be the case in other worlds...

Ailin recalled the Wild Hunt captain in the Spiral, whose sword strikes were so unpredictable that they couldn't even be seen clearly.

He was quite certain that Ian El had broken through the limits of the physical body.

I just don't know how many combat powers in the Wild Hunt have broken through such limits, and what level the legendary King of the Wild Hunt is at.

"Ailin?"

"It's alright, please continue." Ailin snapped out of her reverie and smiled apologetically.

Vesemir continued, "Soyer found Alzure, at that time, research on the Witcher had failed in the eyes of the Brotherhood of Sorcerers and Cosimo Malaspina."

"But because of this research, Alzure gained enough prestige among the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, the great nobles of Temuria, and the common people, and had long since acquired the key points for constructing the Holy Grail."

"It must be said that Alzure is indeed a rare genius."

"He attempted to modify the 'Holy Grail' ritual to suit the Witcher, or more precisely, Soyer's physique..."

"They succeeded?" Even though he had guessed the answer, Ailin couldn't help but feel excited.

Since Soyer, transcending limits is no longer something only warlocks can achieve.

The Witcher can do it too.

"Yes."

Vesemir nodded solemnly:

"The Holy Grail is not something that only Sorcerer Talent can create. When flesh and blood reach their limit, they can also gather the Holy Grail and break through that limit."

"It was also after Alzure that the name of the Holy Grail gradually became the Vessel of Great Deeds because of its process."

Vesemir took a deep breath and gazed at the distant, pure white snow-capped mountains.

Her gaze was unfocused, as if looking towards the distant past.

"Back then, the secrecy surrounding the Holy Grail wasn't as strict as it is now."

"The Brotherhood of Sorcerers is still hoping to complete the grand plan of human perfection, to transcend the Circle of Druids, witch doctors, and prophets, to become the top of the supernatural powers, and to take root in every land where humans and power exist."

"Throughout the entire Northern Continent, wherever there are sorcerers, there are the names of Soyer and Alzure."

"The ignorant but well-informed nobles would also talk about witchers at the ball, about the limits of humanity that Soyer had expanded, and fantasize about when they could take his place."

"The whole continent is full of knights eager to achieve great things, especially Toussaint."

"The elements of the Holy Grail in the current faith of the Daughter of the Lake originated from Soyer."

"Ailin," she murmured, "Before you, Soyer was the Child of Miracle who swept the entire continent."

"Naturally, Cosimo Maraspina picked up the experiments again and extended the research period."

"It's just a pity..."

Vesemir paused for a moment and turned to look at Ailin.

"Over the years, through countless experiments, countless corpses piled up like mountains at the foot of the cliffs outside Moghlag Castle, but in the end, only Soyer became a Witcher."

The Sorceress's words were filled with regret and melancholy at the passage of time.

Ailin paused, finding it hard to imagine the entire continent going mad for a single witcher, especially in contrast to the present, where Alzure's reputation still endures, yet not a single legend about Soyer is heard.

It was as if he was born to be the chief of the School of the Wolf, Witcher Conclave was just an insignificant background to him.

Why is this happening?

He really found it hard to reconcile the kind-faced yet dejected figure, covered in wounds, with the image Vesemir had described.

Moreover, Soyer wasn't just like this now; he had been like this ever since their first meeting after he transmigrated, when he gave Zoe the "Vesemir's Phantasm Pendant."

You would never guess that he is the strongest demon hunter in the entire Northern Continent.

"Then what?"

Vesemir sighed softly.

"Then Cosimo Malaspina and Alzure gave up. The Brotherhood of Sorcerers used this to seize enough power in the Northern Continent to begin covering up the ridiculous facts of the past, and the disgraced nobles cooperated with the Brotherhood of Sorcerers."

"Of course, research on the Vessel of Great Deeds will not stop. After the Brotherhood of Sorcerers abandoned the practice of training mortals as research materials, they began reforms."

"The master-apprentice system places too high demands on both the apprentice and the mentor, so the Brotherhood of Sorcerers established Ban Ad and Aretuza."

"At the same time."

"Witchers, unable to reach the pinnacle of skill, suffer from extremely high mortality rates and lose their fertility, naturally no longer favored by nobles and abandoned by the Brotherhood of Sorcerers, returning to their goal of hunting monsters to save human society from the monster-infested state."

"Of course, this is not a bad thing."

"The establishment of the Witcher Conclave has indeed greatly improved the living environment of mankind."

"However, Cosimo Malaspina and Alzure were unable to make any major breakthroughs in their research on the Witcher, and they lost interest in it."

"After managing the Witcher Conclave for a period of time, he relinquished control, left, and devoted himself to other projects."

"After that, you probably already know."

Ailin nodded, saying it was nothing more than the Witcher Conclave falling apart.

Anahad, the founder of the School of the Bear, is often used as a negative example in the education of apprentices in the School of the Wolf.

This history is often told to instill in the minds of apprentices that "adherence to neutrality" is the essential principle for the survival of the School of the Wolf.

"Da da da~"

The two looked at each other in silence for a moment, then Vesemir left the pointed arch window and continued down the spiral corridor.

"After leaving the Witcher Conclave, Soyer never gave up on popularizing the Vessel of Great Deeds and hoped to spread it within the School of the Wolf."

"The witchers who followed him also supported him."

"After I graduated from my advisor's program, I also got involved."

"It's just a pity that the result wasn't good."

Vesemir looked regretful. "The Vessel of Great Deeds requires physical strength and physique to be developed to the extreme. No demon hunter can meet even this initial requirement."

"Potions, alchemy, rituals... we use every means to enhance the strength of other witchers in the School of the Wolf."

"But the limit of a Witcher seems to have been determined during the Trial of Grasses, and most of the wealth left by the Witcher Conclave was spent, leaving nothing behind..."

She said with a self-deprecating laugh, "It's not like I gained nothing at all. The accumulation of a large amount of materials has at least made my alchemy, medicine making, and ritual skills improve by leaps and bounds."

Ailin didn't dare to speak, but she couldn't help but complain in her heart.

He also recalled that Vesemir had said that Anahad, the founder of the School of the Bear, was driven out and obviously had little chance of splitting up.

When Eran of the School of the Griffin of Larvik left at night with thirteen like-minded friends, he only took the formula for mutation with him.

In other words, the chief who held out until the very end inherited everything from the Witcher Conclave.

No wonder Lady Vesemir's alchemy skills are so high; it turns out that Soyer nurtured her with the wealth of the Witcher Conclave accumulated over hundreds of years.

"We've been stuck at this point for a full hundred years," Vesemir lamented. "After realizing that this path was blocked, we tried to find a way around it."

"Then..."

Her tone faltered.

The witcher's keen senses detected that the Sorceress's heartbeat had suddenly quickened considerably.

"Disaster has struck..."