The path of growth had to be taken step by step, because the rewards along the way were the most important.
Since it was a job class, there would naturally be things worth studying.
The reason why the Aishi separated low-level and high-level job classes was so that people could slowly study them. Blindly pursuing high-level job classes wasn't worth it. The scenery along the way was the real deal.
But for Rorschach, something was wrong from the very beginning.
Slashing and slashing was a basic technique that every swordsman would learn. However, it was still the core basic ability of a melee job class.
After all, no matter how cool your supernatural abilities were, your ultimate goal was still to cut off your opponent's head with your sword.
All job classes' abilities could help you take more damage or increase your speed, but in the end, they were all for the sake of killing your opponent.
Swordsmanship was related to one's talent, but it was more about one's experience and hard work. There was no point in rushing it.
Typically, after a high-level job class accumulated enough combat experience, their swordsmanship would naturally improve.
Rorschach, who had grown up on Earth, had "trained hard" ever since he was a child. Under the guidance of a famous teacher, he had obtained extremely high-level swordsmanship. In fact, he had even reached the realm of Saint that most swordsmen would never be able to reach in their entire lives … Although he was pleasantly surprised, he discovered that it was useless.
If swordsmanship was software, then the physical body's conditions and abilities were the hardware that determined the difference in strength.
No matter how good the software was, it was meaningless without the support of the hardware.
Ki was the energy of life. It circulated in the bloodline and was often used to strengthen one's physical body.
Aishi melee job classes all knew how to use Ki. Even if they didn't specialize in it, they would still instinctively use it. As for Rorschach … in a low-magic world like Earth, teaching a newbie who didn't know what Ki was was like teaching a blind person how to draw.
Back when Rorschach first appeared, he hadn't even been able to provide Ki for the magic armor. This already showed that Rorschach's experience in Ki was even lower than that of ordinary Aishi people.
"I need to master how to use Ki."
This was the main goal on his quest list. It was the minimum requirement to use his swordsmanship.
Only by using Ki to strengthen his physical body would he be able to make his originally weak physical body reach the level of his opponents. Only then would he be able to use his swordsmanship to its fullest potential. This was also the path of a king for ordinary Sword Saints.
However, Rorschach discovered a problem …
"My foundation is too weak. The difference is too great. At this rate, I'm afraid that I'll need at least three years to reach the level of an ordinary second-level swordsman. Even if I rely on the magic armor..."
Wood spirits were the Children of Nature, and their talent for melee combat was quite average. Although nature type lifeforms generally had powerful life force, most wood spirits converted into the power of nature, so they weren't suited for cultivating the energy associated with the physical body.
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Although the Monk class was a typical melee class, it was fundamentally different from other melee classes.
. If other job classes used "Ki" to strengthen their physical bodies, Ki was more of a supporting role. However, the Monk job class system revolved around the cultivation and use of Ki.
Monks also used hard work and faith to strengthen the cultivation of Ki. They developed various job skills, including healing and releasing Ki. High-level Monks could even break swords with their bare hands when they strengthened their physical bodies.
Monks didn't advocate the use of weapons. Apart from avoiding reliance on weapons, weapons made of steel were very unsuitable for strengthening Ki. It was better to use one's own fists.
Ki was the energy of life. Naturally, it would stay in the body. Only Sword Saints and other job classes could break through this restriction and release Ki from their bodies.
As for the Martial Monks … A rank two Martial Monk could injure people with Qi at close range. They had even developed a Qi Healing Technique, an alternative method of using Qi. A high level Martial Monk could even inject Qi into the opponent's body, causing fatal internal injuries.
"The physical body is only an accessory. The cultivation of Ki is the foundation. If your Ki is strong, your physical body will naturally be strong as well."
This was the master's teaching to Rorschach. It was also the most essential difference between Monks and other close combat jobs.
But after confirming that the path of Monks could make up for his shortcomings, Rorschach didn't hesitate to walk down this path.
The "fastest in history" to awaken Ki and become a first-level Monk made Rorschach adhere to the principles of physics magic without hesitation. As long as he could speed up the accumulation and cultivation of Ki, it didn't matter if he became a physics mage who was ridiculed by others.
But even so, the gap was still too big. He still needed time. Before he could make up for his shortcomings, Rorschach felt that he had to find a life-saving trump card.
Rorschach didn't refuse any learning opportunity because any opportunity could provide him with clues. On the road to a higher level, no effort would be wasted.
With the help of Lori and the master, Rorschach also found what he lacked the most.
"A sword without any attack power will be meaningless even if it hits an opponent."
A Monk's Ki cultivation combined with sword techniques could already make up for some of his shortcomings. However, a sword without enough attack power would be unable to protect him.
The fact that his physical body was that of a Gold Elf gave Rorschach inspiration and an opportunity. Perhaps he could make use of the Gold Elves' talent in elemental magic.
If he didn't have enough Ki, he could use magic to make up for it. After all, Ki and magic were both forms of energy. How could a single increase compare to a double increase?
What he needed was a sword with enough attack power. Elemental magic would definitely be more powerful than elemental magic at the same level.
Besides, Magic Swordsman sounded like an elven job class. It wouldn't hurt to give it a try.
Rorschach's first target was the second-level Magic Swordsman job class, Magic Swordsman.
That job class required a swordsman's abilities and a certain amount of elemental magic control. The swordsman was good at using support magic to buff himself. But soon, he discovered that there was an even better target.
The third-level job class, Elemental Swordmaster. This job class had a lower-level job class for commoners — the Four Elemental Swordmaster.
The Four Elemental Swordmaster was a product of the War of Dawn. It was a product of arcanotech before magic armor was invented. Its principle was to use Olivia's magic sword, which was filled with magic power, to allow ordinary warriors to use a certain amount of elemental magic power.
This was a job class that was born out of war. It was also perfected and matured after the war. Since there were almost no requirements to enter this job class, and it could allow pure warriors to quickly obtain the support of magic power, it could be said that there were people from mercenaries to royal knights who chose to advance in this job class.
It could be said that one could advance just by using a magic sword. Although it was nominally a third-level job class, there was basically no entry requirement. It could be said that a first-or second-level job class could advance to a pseudo-third-level job class.
And since there were so many people who advanced to this job class, plus the grinding and tempering of war, this job class was perfected. It had all sorts of abilities, and there were also many high-level and low-level jobs.
The Elemental Swordmaster was one such job class.
In order to better control the magical elements, these Magic Swordsmen who had already grasped elemental power would turn off the magic sword's elemental control system and use their own hands to control the elements.
The magic sword changed from a core to a supporting role. It was mainly used as a medium for supporting elemental power, and the elemental blade was formed from it.
And the one who focused on controlling the fire element was the Inferno Blade's demonic sword user, the Fire Spirit Sword User!
On the Roland Sword, the flames were faintly flowing. After the initial explosion, the Flame Blade had become dim.
Underneath that melting texture was an even more deadly high temperature. Rorschach was sweating profusely as he got too close. Just keeping his demon sword from going berserk had used up all of his energy.
"The Flaming Edge is so unstable? Did you just advance recently? "
"… Would you believe me if I said that I just mastered it?"
"… A Gold Elf's talent? It's even more ridiculous than what the legends say. "
Rorschach smiled bitterly. Was that really the case?
If it were that simple, why would the Elemental Sword Artist class be known as the most difficult class of the pseudo-Tier 3 classes?
Without the magic sword's ability to control the elements, that would be the same as personally controlling the elements. How different would that be from being a true mage?
The only difficulty of this class was that first, you had to be a warrior to advance into a magic sword user. And for this class alone, you would need to have at least the elemental control of the elements at the level of a rank 2 mage … In that case, why didn't you just directly become a mage?
To be honest, only a very small number of Four Elemental Sword Users would consider advancing into this class after obtaining mages' spellcasting abilities over a long period of time … That was still the same question. If it wasn't for the fact that you were so passionate about melee combat, why didn't you just advance into a mage class? That would have been safer, better benefits, and better prospects.
But that alone wasn't enough. This was a magic swordsman, not a mage. The requirements for elemental magic weren't high, but the requirements for using both magic and martial arts were abnormally high.
Simply speaking, don't even think about chanting spells at close range. You would need to use elemental power like air, physical body, and weapons. You would need to instinctively control elemental power.
Fortunately, Rorschach had found an opportunity to practice.
Rangers were also a warrior class. However, rangers were skilled at using supernatural powers to support themselves in battle. The only difference was that rangers controlled the elemental power of nature, while elemental sword users used the corresponding elemental power of wind, fire, earth, and water.
In Aishi, the wood spirits were able to easily control the elemental power of nature as if they were breathing and infuse it into their ranger's path. In Ansorenne, the Gold Elves were able to easily control the elemental power of fire as if they were breathing and infuse it into their magic swords.
Double the amount of cultivation, double the amount of experience in using magic and martial arts.
Over the past few days, Rorschach, who seemed to be fooling around, didn't slack off at all. In the end, he forcefully gathered the three prerequisites for becoming a Fire Elemental Sword User.
The foundational Ki required to become a qualified swordsman? Okay, a grandmaster with a similar cultural background would be the most suitable teacher for Rorschach when it came to teaching Ki.
Ki had elemental control and magic power that was comparable to a mage's, but didn't have any ulterior motives for becoming a mage? … Okay, that was okay as well.
Not only that, even though Rorschach didn't have enough magic power, he still brought along two Olivia's Magic Boxes that were filled with magic power. He forcefully raised his magic power control level and magic power storage level to pseudo-level 2.
When it came to teaching magic, Lori was also a very patient and responsible teacher. Although Rorschach was a pig-headed student, the number of magic spells he knew could be counted on one hand …
Casting a spell that concentrated elemental power seemed abnormally simple and concrete, but Rorschach was still capable of doing it. For example, he could cast Fireball, Fireball, Fireball, and so on.
However, Rorschach was very successful in condensing a sword of fire.
"Natural talent limitations? Ha, do you think I don't know about Battlecraft Combat? I love dark warriors so much! Just think of it as a sword of light condensed from energy. This magic sword is the hilt of the sword of light. This is completely understandable. "
Coordination of magic and martial arts in combat? That was okay as well.
Actually, apart from different types of elemental power, rangers and magic swordsmen had far too many similarities. Su Nanna was a good teacher in every aspect.
With the help of his companions and Rorschach's own hard work, within three months of arriving at Aishi, Rorschach successfully leveled up to become a Fire Spirit Swordcaster, which was said to be the most difficult job class to level up to Rank 3!
Of course, Rorschach's current job class advancement wasn't complete yet. Apart from being able to summon a single blade of fire, Rorschach didn't know any of the Fire Spirit Sword's other job class abilities. He would have to start over from scratch. However …
"… That's more than enough! With this elemental sword of fire, we can have a proper swordsmanship competition! Now, we're on the same level. Then … the second round! Begin! "
That's right. Swordsmanship was on the same level, and there wasn't much of a difference between their job classes' abilities. Both sides were finally on the same level.
The next instant, Rorschach suddenly dashed forward. Even though there was still some distance between them, his sword of fire transformed into a streak of light that flashed in midair before vanishing.
The one who sensed danger and retreated ahead of time was Jack, who hadn't defended himself at all!
He silently inspected his shoulder and right hand, only to find that they were all charred black.
"Silver Equipment."
Jack's entire body then flashed with silver light as a full set of silver armor of light covered his body. At the same time, three spears and a longsword appeared.
"Angel's Favor."
The four holy emblems on his back connected together. Silver light extended from his back and formed a pair of silver angel-like wings. He obtained the ability to fly for a short period of time. His short legs were no longer a knight's weakness.
"Enhanced vision, reflexes, strength …"
The holy emblems activated one after another. Every one of them looked quite nice, making the strange-looking Jack seem like a God of War.
This meant that the hunt for the weak had come to an end. Jack would have to use his true power against the current Rorschach, a Sword Saint who possessed an elemental blade!
A knight with supernatural abilities would naturally start by adding buffs. Activating the holy emblems required only a single thought. Rorschach wouldn't be able to stop Jack from activating them.
Rorschach still had a smile on his face, but he really wanted to curse Jack in his heart.
I only have one job class ability, and you're casually tossing out seven or eight? Is this how you bully me?
Both sides exchanged glances. The second round of battle was about to begin. Who would live and who would die would be decided immediately. However, something unexpected happened.
“BOOM！”.
A huge explosion sounded from the end of the hallway. The next instant, the ship began to tilt, and the items in the hallway began to slide down.
"Rorschach, didn't you say that there were still fifteen minutes left? It's only been three minutes! "
Su Nanna's angry roar came from my system's interface. This unexpected incident directly disrupted their entire plan.
Rorschach didn't know whether to laugh or cry.
"… He was the one who said that?"
"You actually believed what he said? Has your talent for honesty been destroyed? "
Su Nanna was even angrier now. She had trusted in Rorschach's abilities to begin with, and had relied on his judgment to come up with a plan. Now that her plan had been destroyed prematurely, it was all over.
"It's not destroyed, but it's useless against him … Every single word he says is a lie. Everything from his expression to his actions to his words is fake. I have no way of judging him at all."
Yes, every single word he says is a lie, but some of them are definitely true as well. However, my talent for honesty is unable to tell the difference. This is the first person who has ever defeated my talent for honesty so easily.
Smart people typically don't lie. A single lie would require countless lies to make up for it. But if a person never tells the truth and uses meaningless lies to replace their daily lives, then their true self will probably never speak. Is that person even human?
Su Nanna fell silent on her system's interface. Neither of them were noobs. Just from hearing Rorschach's words, she could imagine just how twisted and powerful his current opponent was.
"Survive."
I didn't need to say anything else. If I could help, I would have come long ago.
Jack fell silent. When he heard Rorschach's "praise", he forced out a strange smile with a distorted expression and spoke the first true sentence he had spoken since he met Rorschach.
"Oh, I just casually said 15 minutes. Actually, I just randomly set the timer for those bombs. I don't even know when they'll explode … But don't you think that this sort of anticipation and the unknown is the most interesting thing? Before I could even react, boom! We'll all be crushed to bits! Haha, haha! "
Jack's talent for honesty told Rorschach that this was the first true sentence Jack had ever spoken, as well as a heartfelt smile.
"Ha, actually, it doesn't matter. It's meaningless to us when the bombs will explode."
Jack spoke the truth again. The next instant, the silver spear and the flame blade clashed together, and the battle began.
In the hallway, on the deck, and on the ceiling, both sides jumped, slashed, and killed.
If there were any bystanders here, they would probably only see two ghosts that would occasionally disappear and reappear as they fought.
What was Rorschach's answer? Words were meaningless. Jack wasn't wrong. The explosions would be meaningless to the two of them, because one of them would definitely die before the explosions even occurred.
Any normal person would probably avoid the danger, but Jack was currently smiling in delight as he enjoyed the battle while sincerely hoping for the moment of destruction to arrive.
"Dammit, Jack! You lunatic with the tendency to self-destruct! Don't drag me down with you if you want to die! "
"Ha, is there a difference between us? Look at yourself. Aren't you smiling so happily as well? Aren't you also enjoying the joy of dancing before death? "
This was yet another honest statement. Only when Roxia saw the reflection of his sword's metallic hilt did he notice that his mouth was unknowingly arcing upwards in delight.
Roxia shut up, but his Inferno Blade suddenly flashed with light and transformed into sparks. As he swung his sword, a scorching hot sword wind infused with the fire element turned the entire hallway into a living hell.
"Ha, you want to kill me to silence me? Don't joke around. From the moment we met, I knew that Gold Elves are the same! Isn't the joy of tearing off other people's masks our common hobby? "
What welcomed Jack's rare true sentence was Rorschach's even more ferocious attacks.
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