Looking back, Rorschach's path of swordsmanship was probably the most difficult.
His swordsmanship at the level of Sword Saint was probably at the peak of Swordsman. However, he had been training in an area free of magic, so he was purely honing his swordsmanship. His physical strength didn't increase.
Rorschach himself wasn't sure what level his swordsmanship was at. Logically speaking, as a Sword Saint, he should be at the level of a tier-7 swordsman. However, swordsmanship was a technique that relied on the physical body to fight. No matter how good one's swordsmanship was, it was meaningless. Rorschach estimated that he wouldn't have a chance of winning against a tier-5 warrior.
Of course, there would always be returns. The swordsmanship that Rorschach had been practicing since he was young was there. If he wanted to become a warrior, he could start all over again.
With such a level of swordsmanship, he could train his body step by step and nurture his inner energy. If he was given ten years, he would become the weakest tier-7 Sword Saint.
However, Rorschach still gave up in the end. The reason? I've already said it many times. Unsuitable means unsuitable. Short arms will always be a fatal weakness.
"Although it's a pity, this isn't my path. The wood spirits and elven bloodlines have too obvious a disadvantage in melee combat. Even if I work hard my entire life, I'll still be far behind others. Also … there's no future as a pure warrior. Even if I'm a high-level cannon fodder, I'll still be cannon fodder.
Actually, this was the main reason why Rorschach gave up on the path of a warrior in the end.
When a magical fantasy world wasn't a game world, when there was no such thing as balance between job classes, how could a warrior job class that relied solely on the physical body be able to compete with a mage job class that possessed supernatural powers? Especially in this day and age where technology and magical engineering had advanced, and where powerful physical body cheats like magic armors had become commonplace, the ultimate selling point of a warrior, the strong physical body and high vitality, had become meaningless.
If one wanted to find a job or study, one would naturally look for a job class that had a future and money. Rorschach could only reluctantly give up on a pure warrior job class that didn't have a future and wasn't suitable for him.
Of course, the time he spent on this wouldn't be wasted. After all, times had changed, and many things had come back to life.
Rorschach didn't have the physical body of a high-level swordsman, but in the later stages of the game, when everyone was equipped with magic armor, the experience and skills of sword techniques, which were purely technical, would be able to shine brightly.
Although the Magic Armor that could close the gap in physical strength was one of the reasons why melee classes that were purely physical were weak, Rorschach was confident that he wouldn't lose to anyone in melee combat if both parties had the same Magic Armor.
The path of a warrior monk and a swordsman was Rorschach's earliest path, but he didn't continue down it. However, the things he left behind had always influenced Rorschach.
The fact that he was a Tier 3 Monk and a Tier 3 Swordsman had always influenced him.
"If we can't fight in close combat, then let's go with ranged combat. A ranger like Su Nanna should be very powerful."
The third path that appeared in front of Rorschach was Su Nanna's Dark Ranger path.
From a certain standpoint, this was indeed an excellent path. As the times progressed, long-range weapons were constantly updated, and traditional melee combat was introduced, long-range classes became more and more popular.
In this aspect, Rorschach's weak physical body wouldn't cause any fatal injuries. His short stature gave him an obvious advantage in hiding. His wood spirit bloodline's natural Divine Arts buffs were basically like cheats. As for the Gold Elves, as the elves among elves, they wouldn't lack the natural talent of a ranger job class.
When he was in Aishi, he was a nature ranger who focused on Divine Arts. When he was in Ansorenne, he was a regular Dark Ranger. He practiced dual swords, archery, and Divine Arts. He also knew some magic tricks. Perhaps he wasn't at the top, but his life-saving abilities were top-notch, and he was extremely strong in actual combat. That was enough.
That was Rorschach's personal plan in the past. If it weren't for some accidents that happened along the way, Rorschach would probably already be a Level 5 ranger or higher.
Magic Swordsman? That was only when Rorschach was still too weak. He forcefully used his natural talent for magic and swordsmanship to create a "high-level job class" in order to increase his combat strength and save his life.
Later on, Rorschach discovered that he wasn't suited to be a magic swordsman. His natural talent was limited, and he could learn too few magic spells. He also had to practice magic sword techniques that combined magic and swordsmanship. This was basically starting from scratch.
The biggest problem was still time. Learning both swordsmanship and magic required a lot of time. This was far too unfriendly for someone like Rorschach.
"As expected, the magic swordsman job class is only suitable for two types of people. Either it's the elves, who have been learning swordsmanship and magic for several hundred years, or it's the muscular idiot who has no natural talent for magic and uses a special magic sword to forcefully learn magic."
Level 3 Nature Ranger, Level 3 Dark Ranger, and Level 3 Magic Swordsman. Rorschach's job class was already on the verge of becoming a Legend. All he lacked was the determination to take one more step forward. And that step would be the same as confirming his future.
"… I really didn't expect that he would still become a mage in the end."
Now that he thought about it, Titan becoming a special mage in his domain was both a coincidence and an inevitability.
At the very least, such a special job class advancement was indeed quite suitable for Rorschach.
After all, as a traditional mage, Rorschach's naturally incomplete spell list would probably become a fatal weakness in the future.
In that case, rather than being a generalist who knew many spells, it would be more suitable for him to become a specialized mage with his own strengths and weaknesses.
As for the mage job class … perhaps it would be more appropriate to call them master mages. No matter which generation it was, mages would always stand at the top of the world. No matter how the generation (version) changed, the strongest generation would always have a master mage.
In this generation, not only did the mage's magic armor make up for the mage's weak physical body, it also gave mobile mage towers mana reserves and magic buffs. Mages were more like master mages than in any other generation.
Perhaps, the only weakness of mages was that they had high job requirements (high intelligence and magic power), a long training period, and far too many resources to invest.
Rorschach knew that mages were strong, but the reason why he didn't choose to become a mage was because mages required sufficient time to learn. Not to mention, his own natural talent limited his learning speed.
In the end, he still became a mage by accident. If he had to evaluate it, it would probably be …
"How wonderful."
Yep, the more he researched, and as time passed, the more Rorschach felt that this was a path that was very suitable for him and had a bright future.
Earth's knowledge and common sense didn't become a restriction as he expected. Instead, it became a new yardstick that could be used to measure and compare the distance between truth and reality … This was the true source of Rorschach's crazy advancement.
In just a few short years, a level 6 mage became a legend in the eyes of the world. His classmates' parents talked about him as someone else's child.
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