The Witcher: Start gaining experience from Knight's Breathing

The mechanical stone table slowly emerged from the ground.

A worn and aged parchment scroll was quietly laid flat, with various scribbled and casual little people painted on it with scarlet paint, in strange postures and different movements, forming a circle.

Outside these little people, there was a black-scaled snake that seemed to be enough to surround the entire castle. The snake had an abstract appearance, spitting out its tongue, and a simple candle stood on its lower jaw. The candlelight dispelled the darkness and illuminated all directions.

"This is the breathing method passed down from the ancestors of the Snake family: the Black Snake Breathing Method. It is the powerful foundation of the Snake family, and the Snake blood flowing in your body is the key to unlock all this."

"This excellent quality breathing method is more precious than this Black Water Valley."

  Knight Fred said solemnly.

Levi breathed heavily. He could finally embark on the path of true knight training!

As far as he knew, the knights divided the breathing methods into four levels according to their sophistication and growth potential: superficial, excellent, perfect, and legendary!

Among them, 90% of the breathing methods were of superficial quality.

Practicing this kind of superficial breathing method, many people can only be mediocre in the stage of knight squires throughout their lives, and cannot step into the realm of knights at all. It is already a dog shit luck to be able to condense the "seed of life" and step into the formal knight. It is basically impossible to step into the great knight. For example, the "snake breathing method" practiced by Knight Fred is like this.

Of course, the excellent quality breathing method is just a stepping stone to step into the great knight. To become a great knight, you still need 90% talent, 9% opportunity, and 1% sweat.

The perfect level of breathing method is probably only owned by those duke families, and there are not many in the entire kingdom.

As for the legendary quality breathing method, like the legendary knight, it almost only exists in legends, so it is better not to mention it.

An important feature of the breathing method above excellent quality is that most of the breathing methods inherited by the family require family blood to practice. The specific reason is not clear to the knights. This kind of breathing method is also called "blood breathing method" or "secret practice method".

The black snake breathing method is a blood breathing method that belongs exclusively to the Snake family!

In history, there have been some knights who robbed other nobles of their ancestral breathing methods for practice. The final outcome was either a lifetime of practice without doing anything, or going crazy and dying of blood vessels bursting all over the body.

Some people say that this is the curse of the noble ancestors in the sky for those who blasphemed their family.

But Levi is not worried about this. He is a noble starting point, with pure Snake family blood flowing in his body, and he is the "child of the black snake"!

The black snake breathing method is too precious, so Levi did not take it out of the secret room, but began to practice in the secret room under the guidance of Knight Fred. In this way, it took half a month.

During this period, Knight Fred was always by his side. Although he did not know the black snake breathing method, he was knowledgeable and more than enough to teach Levi to get started.

On this day, Levi woke up from a strange posture. It seemed that there was no intense exercise, but he was sweating all over, his veins were bulging, his face was red, and his breathing was rapid.

He felt that his blood seemed to be boiling, circulating and metabolizing at an unusual speed. The energy stored in his body was burning crazily, and a feeling of extreme hunger came, making him want to eat a whole snow rabbit raw.

  "Hungry!"

Levi said like a beast, low and hoarse.

Seeing this, Knight Fred had been prepared. He brought a plate of barbecue, a bowl of goat milk, and a large portion of white bread rolls wrapped in a layer of fragrant jam, and boiled cabbage.

This food combination has all the carbohydrates, proteins, and vitamins. In fact, the nobles in this world rarely eat vegetables. They think that vegetables grown in the ground are inferior food and food for the poor. However, Levi knows the importance of balanced nutrition, so every time he asks the servants to cook, he always mixes meat and vegetables.

He inhaled the food violently, gobbled it up, and the feeling of hunger disappeared, and his expression also relaxed.

He just had a meal that was twice the amount of a normal man, but he was only eight-tenths full.

On the proficiency panel in his mind, a new skill has appeared:

  Levi Snake -

Black Snake Breathing Method: First Order (1/1000)

According to Levi's previous experience, once a skill appears on the proficiency panel, it means that he has already entered the door.

The next thing to do is to practice step by step to improve proficiency.

At the same time, the initial mastery of breathing methods is also a sign of becoming a knight's squire.

"Shield squire, sword squire, and quasi-knight."

These are the three apprenticeship stages before becoming a formal knight, collectively referred to as "knight's squire."

In the shield squire stage, in addition to practicing breathing methods, you also need to learn the basic use of shields. Regardless of whether you need a shield in the future, learning to fight with a shield is a required skill for knights.

In the sword squire stage, you have to start learning real sword skills, not the basic swordsmanship.

In this world, what can be called "skills" are extremely advanced combat skills that require years or even decades of persistent practice. They are the most important things for knights to improve their strength besides breathing methods.

In simple terms, breathing techniques are internal martial arts techniques, while sword techniques or other advanced weapon use techniques are means to unleash the power of breathing techniques, and are external martial arts techniques

When breathing techniques are practiced to some extent, one becomes a quasi-knight, which is a crucial step, because the next step is to condense the "seed of life".

If successful, then the world is bright and the sky is wide, and one can become an invincible official knight on the battlefield; if failed, it will be even more difficult to condense again.

"It seems that the young master has already mastered the Black Snake Breathing Method. Although it is much slower than your father who mastered it in three days, it is above the average level in the history of the Black Snake family." "

In addition, you should have felt that when you really learn the breathing method, you will consume a lot of food every day for practice, so you must prepare enough food in advance before practicing.

Otherwise, the exaggerated feeling of hunger will dominate your mind and destroy your will like a gluttonous demon. Driven by the instinct of hunger, you may do some crazy and depraved things. Many of the notorious "knight madmen" who were burned to death by the church came from this.

These crazy poor guys are basically civilians who want to practice the Knight's Breathing Method. They want to become stronger to protect their families, so that they can have enough food and clothing and live a life of superiority.

They walked on the edge of madness again and again, thinking that they were different, thinking that there would be many lucks and miracles in the world, but in the end some of them ate their old fathers, and some ate their wives and children..."

Knight Fred said with a complicated look in his eyes.

He was a knight born in the common people, he knew that feeling, so he was very grateful to his father Levi who saved him at the critical moment.

  (End of this chapter)