With the first glimmer of dawn, the open space in front of the Rhino Bar was already bustling with noise.
There were some stones, straw dolls, archery targets, and other simple exercise equipment in the open space. Old Barton wasn't too bad. As long as it was a customer of the Rhino Bar, they could use it for free. Sometimes, when he was bored, he would go on stage and give some pointers.
For adventurers who were motivated to improve themselves, it was impossible for them to sleep until dawn before they retired. Life wasn't a game, and those freaks who relied on completing quests and killing monsters to obtain EXP for no reason didn't exist in real life … Well, there was still a bug in the game.
Ahem, for the vast majority of people, the insights gained from battles and life and death were indeed the turning point for a breakthrough. However, if one only relied on the sparks on the battlefield to seek improvement, it would not be enough no matter how many lives one had. Moreover, since it was an epiphany to make a breakthrough, it naturally required sufficient accumulation, and that accumulation naturally required the study and cultivation of the past.
Although spellcasters needed enough sleep, it had become a routine to analyze spells every morning when they were in the best state. Most priests had to pray to the gods at dawn, as if they were "paying respects" to the gods for their divine power. But in this aspect, the priests and judges of the law class were different. Law professionals didn't need to pay respects to Wumianzhe in the morning and report to him at night. They only needed to study and believe in the law itself. In this aspect, they were more like mages who also had "intelligence" as their main attribute.
But although it was troublesome for priests to pray, compared to other professions, it was extremely easy.
From the sound of the law reciting in the goblin room on the second floor of the bar, Saul, who became more and more aware of his own shortcomings as he adventured, didn't waste any time.
And from the lights that didn't go out until three or four in the morning, the goblin judges, who had just lost face yesterday, seemed to have a sense of bravery after knowing their shame.
However, just like how mages only read book knowledge and studied theories, they wouldn't be able to improve much. Mages needed to use experiments to verify their own theories, and practice to prove their own deductions. Law job classes also needed to apply the law in handling cases and enforcing the law. They needed to turn empty laws into actual cases and use their own actions to fulfill their own understanding of the law.
Of course, Mages could look through other people's experimental records, and Judges could look through case collections. However, looking at information and experiencing it personally were two completely different things. In order to reach the peak, one needed to be able to slowly grind away at a rock, and there was no room for falsehood. Back in Sulfur Mountain City, the strongest individuals of the four Halls were also judges, handling cases every day.
Warriors, Knight, Saint Knight, and other melee professions would have it even harder. They would often need to hone their sword techniques and train their bodies. If they didn't touch their sword for three days, they would be rusty. If they didn't touch their sword for a week, they would regress. If they didn't touch their sword for half a year, they would be half crippled. If they wanted to improve step by step, those warriors who practiced their sword techniques every day before the sun rose were the best examples.
Of course, if one reached Adam and Marguerite's level, combat techniques and spellcasting would become second nature, and there would be no need to hone their skills every day. But perhaps it was because it had become a habit, Adam and the others never neglected their training. Tens of thousands of sword techniques every day would be enough for an ordinary swordsman to train for a month. Only Roland would sleep until noon.
Mary woke up very early, but she only stretched her body and did some sword swinging practice before returning to her room.
After all, as a Four Elemental Swordcaster, although there was the word "sword" in their job title, nobody expected them to be skilled in sword techniques. Their numerous and widely used sword seals were the foundation of their strength.
Seven years was the fastest period of growth for a new job class that had started from nothing.
Back then, Roland saw the potential of this job, but what he threw out was an incomplete job. Now, countless people had perfected this job that did not have high requirements for both magic and martial arts.
Starting from the initial Four Elemental Sword Seals, there were now more than thirty types of regular sword seals. This new job also had its own direction of advancement, and a large number of regular Gold-rank advanced jobs were produced. For example, there were those who specialized in the extreme advancement of certain elemental sword seals, and in battle, they were similar to spellcasters. There were also those who specialized in the use of sword seals, and in combination with magic sword techniques similar to magic warriors, they were Spiritswordsman.
The former mainly focused on the research of higher level sword seals. They often carried multiple miniature energy pools, and their magic swords would also have a few more insertion slots for "Olivia's Magic Box" and "Sword Seal Module". The latter, on the other hand, was proficient in the combination of various sword seals. They often carried multiple magic swords for themselves to use various magic sword techniques.
Compared to the traditional spellcaster job, although the Spiritswordsman only had a single spell and a smaller attack range, the advantages of faster casting and higher frequency were obvious. But what really made it so popular, apart from the lower requirements for spellcasters, was mainly because it was a gold coin job … Yes, this was a gold coin job that burned more money than mages. As long as you had money, and had enough "Olivia's Magic Box" and "Sword Seal Module", you would be the king of war with endless firepower.
As for the Spiritswordsman, their path of growth was even more steady and steady. They specialized in the use of various sword seals, as well as the various powerful "magic sword techniques" that were created by combining sword seals. Perhaps the effects would be slower in the short term, but in the eyes of the truly strong, their evaluation would be much higher than that of the Spiritswordsman.
And the strongest Spiritswordsman, Cohen, was said to have already stepped into the Myth rank. He even had the battle record of not being defeated by a SemiGod, and was viewed as the most accomplished member of the younger generation on the continent.
By the way, when Roland saw this news, he had extremely complex feelings. Apart from "My disciple has finally surpassed me on this path, I'm very gratified." Apart from that, there were even more thoughts like "How did he surpass me so quickly? How am I supposed to put on airs in front of him in the future?"
Getting back to the main topic, the most obvious advantage of the Four Elemental Swordcasters being ahead of the times, and the reason why they were quickly accepted by the various countries and the people of the world, was their excellent compatibility with the magic machinery of the new era.
Every Swordcaster carried various small tools on them, and as long as they inserted their magic swords into the magic machinery, they would be able to control the machinery as if they were controlling their own arms. This was something that a pilot with natural training would never be able to compare to.
Because of this, among the Four Elemental Swordcasters, there were also those who used their magic swords as controllers to control all sorts of magic machinery. However, since large-scale battle machinery was expensive and often used for the military of a certain country, there were still very few professional pilots. They would often choose to use specially made magic swords and work for the military.
It could be said that the strength of a Four Elemental Swordcaster had nothing to do with their physical body, but rather how many sword seals they had mastered, how many magic sword techniques they had learned, whether they had enough sword seal modules and Olivia's Magic Box, and whether they had brought all sorts of new battle machinery with them.
Mary had already stepped into the Gold rank, but just by looking at the magic swords with three sockets, one could tell that she was a Spiritswordsman who mainly used high-level sword seals as her main combat strength.
All the equipment on her body was expendable. Under the premise that the enemy's current situation was unknown, actual combat training was actually a kind of meaningless preemptive consumption of combat strength, and could easily expose one's trump card.
Tiana also woke up very early, and started practicing her swordsmanship before the sky had even brightened. As an Anti- Knight, they had lost almost all of their supernatural abilities. The only thing they could rely on was their firm willpower and the sharp sword in their hands.
For an Anti- Knight, willpower could be turned into protective armor, could be turned into a sharp blade for attack, but it could only turn the opponent into a mortal like themselves. In the end, the victory still depended on the sword techniques in their hands.
In a sense, this was a difficult profession that only martial arts experts had the confidence to advance into. Of course, if your martial arts were too lousy, you could put on heavy armor and compete with your opponent in a battle of attrition, but it would be hard to say who would win. Most of your painstaking training would be wasted from the beginning.
But obviously, Tiana was the former. She was an expert swordsman, and an extremely outstanding would-be sword saint.
As she swung her silver-white longsword, pitch-black clouds and mist appeared. The blood patterns on the blade vaguely flowed, and the standard enchanted mithril heavy sword whistled in the wind like a magic sword.
This wasn't because they had fallen into darkness, but because the Anti- Knight carried the special effect of the God's Loathing Curse. All their weapons and armor would gradually be dyed black, which represented depravity.
When Tiana swung her sword, there was still some black mist surrounding the silver armor. But due to the armor's special design, the black mist wrapped around the key parts like floating clouds, making the armor appear faintly discernible, adding a mysterious, elegant, and bizarre sense of beauty. The curse seemed to have become another kind of decoration.
"I didn't expect it to have such an effect. Is this the reason why they chose this armor? Sure enough, these elves love beauty to the bone. "
Tiana didn't choose the elves' favorite rapier and scimitar, because those two obviously lacked strength and weren't suitable for the heavily-armored Knight class.
The heavy sword vibrated like rolling thunder, and a faint sword aura enveloped the blade. The black sword aura faintly reverberated on the heavy sword. This was the sign of a would-be sword saint who had mastered Aura. When she could release sword aura as she pleased, that would be the day she truly became a sword saint.
Seeing this scene, my first reaction was.
"So that girl isn't as young as I thought …"
Elves matured extremely slowly. A qualified true warrior would need two hundred years. Judging from past experience, a would-be sword saint like her wouldn't be able to advance without several hundred years, unless she was a super genius. And if she was a veteran warrior with several hundred years of experience, then her experience wouldn't be too bad.
And perhaps the reason why they dared to accept this mission was because they had such an expert following them.
In a sense, the Anti- Knight and the Four Elemental Swordcasters were two extremes. One reached its limit without external help, while the other was completely useless without external help.
Over the past few years, through actual combat, these two classes were the best partners on the battlefield.
One had many abilities, but they weren't stable. Since low-level sword seals had limited instantaneous explosive power, they were the worst at dealing with powerful individuals. The other didn't fear any duel, and specialized in difficult attacks, but lacked support abilities. This formed a natural complement of abilities.
But because the number of Four Elemental Swordcasters kept increasing, the Anti- Knight's advancement requirements were too high. Even the lowest rank had to be a Gold job, and they had to be skilled in martial arts. This combination had unwittingly become a monopoly of the northern powers. Of course, this also had a lot to do with the strongest Anti- Knight and the leader of all the Anti- Knight, Diana.
"If that Mary is about the same level, then I probably won't have to worry about being killed by those little fellows from the Death Council."
At this moment, I was lying under a tree, reading a newspaper while thinking about how to tell them about my latest discovery without leaving a trace. Yep, I definitely wasn't sipping tea while looking at beautiful women. I was doing something serious.
That's right, I went to investigate last night and discovered something. Although I wasn't a member of the Death Council, it could be said that I was on their tail. As long as I followed the clues, I might be able to dig out a large group of them.
"How do I unknowingly let them break the ritual? I can't even expose myself. So it's so difficult to be a good NPC. What a headache. Eh? Devils and demons are fighting again? This year's fourth conflict between a Devil Lord and a Demon Lord? That's a rare piece of good news. "
The newspaper headlines were about a new round of fighting in the Chaos Abyss. A certain Demon Lord was torn to shreds, and a certain Devil Lord successfully advanced in rank in the midst of battle.
Right now, the most chaotic part of all the planes in Aichy wasn't the mortal plane, but the lower planes. The disappearance of the will of the Chaos Abyss directly caused the entire Chaos Abyss to go completely out of control. The devils and demons, who already had many conflicts with each other, were now fighting each other. As for whether this was a good thing or a bad thing, nobody could say.
"They're even able to gather information about the lower planes so quickly. It seems that I underestimated the fairies in the past. Perhaps I should consider cooperating with them."
It was worth mentioning that as the Holy War progressed and the fairies paid no heed to the costs, Aichy's already well-developed newspaper industry became even more prosperous. Using griffins to deliver the latest weekly magazines seemed far too extravagant in the past.
Just as the content of the newspaper, which was supposed to be a cover, truly attracted my attention, Diyana suddenly walked over and smiled at me.
"Karo, have you learned anything after reading for so long? Do you have time to practice swordsmanship with me? "
I paused for a moment, and then judging from my embarrassed and angry expression, it seemed that I had accidentally offended her. But as a wily old fox, how could I possibly admit defeat so easily?
"Of course, my lady. As long as you're willing to treat me to a week's worth of ale as payment. However, I've already pawned all my weapons and equipment for ale, so you can help me buy a set of chain mail and a longsword. Right, if you accidentally injure me, can I apply for medical fees and mental compensation? "
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