Betray Master Mirror
Betraying Master Mirror isn’t as simple as just standing beside Olgierd and pulling out your sword. He is far too cunning and powerful to allow things to end just like that. Geralt proposes a deal to play a game. If Geralt wins, both he and Olgierd go free. If he loses… well, let’s just say you don’t want to lose.
You’ll awaken in a twisted version of the temple you were just standing in and will hear a riddle:
“To all things and men I appertain,
and yet by some am shunned and distained.
Fondle me and ogle me til you’re insane,
but no blow can harm me, cause me pain.
Children delight in me, elders take fright.
Fair maids rejoice and spin.
Cry and I weep, yawn and I sleep.
Smile, and I too shall grin.
What am I?”
The answer to this riddle is found within the world you’ve been cast into. You will be on a timer with Specters lining the path. Simply spread Specter Oil on your blade (just in case you have no choice but to fight) and equip Quen to mitigate any passing damage.
You will want to run straight through this puzzle so that you don’t run out of time. Ignore any specters you can and just keep to your path in order to get through with ease. There will be valuable treasures along the way, stop to pick them up if you must but always keep the timer in mind.
The path you’ll want to follow in order to get through this quickly and easily is:
- Straight ahead on the initial path. Make a right when you come across two specters and cross the wooden bridge.
- After the bridge you’ll round a corner, keep heading straight towards the stone archway up ahead.
- Follow this path and you’ll reach stone ruins to your left and a path along a cliff to your right guarded by a large Specter. Take the path on the right. (If you climb the broken stairs to your left first, though, you’ll find the Venomous Viper Silver Sword.)
- Follow this path and climb the rocks ahead. Continue straight past the glowing tree and then make a left when the road forks.
- You’ll come upon a cave filled with gold and treasure. Loot it if you want or make a left in front of it. (If you do decide to loot it, make a right when you exit).
- Follow this path straight into the cemetery, then run past the two specters straight into the huge manor.
- Once you enter the front door their will be a hallway leading down, enter it.
At the end of that final step, you’ll drop through the floor into a room filled with mirrors. Ignore the mirrors (they explode before you can do anything to them anyway) and make your way around to the fountain that is ahead and slightly to the left of where you entered from. Use Aard on the wall behind this fountain and you will have solved the riddle.
Congratulations, you have defeated Master Mirror and Olgierd will gift you Iris, his powerful saber for your assistance.
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