Bab 20: Chapter 20 Practice (2)
Chapter 20 Practice (2)
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The red-haired youth was standing there, staring blankly at the back of another boy.
This was the first time he had seen someone choose Rapier as a weapon. He was a little worried, so he started a conversation and tried to dissuade him. He knew Rapier wasn't useless, but it wasn't a good choice for a start. And the result was the boy ignored his advice.
Briar didn't feel sad or angry. The choice was made by each person, and no one else had the right to change it. He only gave advice, and whether people accepted it or not was not something he could control.
Leaving that aside, he simply wanted to make more friends. For some reason, the boys often had a bad attitude towards him. The boy from earlier was the only one who acted normally towards Briar. Just as he was about to ask the his name, he quickly disappeared into the crowd. Briar could only stare speechlessly.
'I keep feeling like he's avoiding me...'
Briar sighed and turned away, preparing for his training.
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I was standing in front of a mannequin in the melee training area. The mannequin that Hollis provided was extremely sturdy, enough for me to swing it until my sword broke without any damage. Through this, students could freely demonstrate their strength without holding back, trying to break through their own limits.
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath, and tried to adjust my state.
I was trying to visualize the first sword form of Andrea's sword technique in my mind.
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§ Andrea Sword Technique [Diamond]
- First Form: Convergence
Description: This sword form uses the action of thrusting the tip of the sword forward at high speed. When using this move to accurately attack a weak point, it will consume a certain amount of mana, causing a large amount of damage to the enemy.
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The description is simple, but it is not simple to apply. Stabbing straight may not sound difficult, but stabbing accurately at a weak point is another story. The smaller the weak point, the more difficult it is to successfully activate this sword skill. In return, the damage caused will not be too bad.
A hit at a weak point will always be able to cause a significant amount of damage to the enemy. And this sword skill will strengthen that hit, causing a large amount of damage to the opponent. It is very beneficial in narrowing the gap when fighting with enemies of a higher rank than you. This is the reason why I chose the Andrea Sword Technique.
To be honest, I used to feel very confused. Such a powerful sword technique. Just need to spend a little more time and effort to successfully learn it. Why do people decide to ignore it?
I don't know, maybe because I'm not from this world so my perception is a bit different.
Back to the first Sword Form: Convergence. In order to use the sword skill smoothly without any burden, I have to reach Mastery I for the Andrea sword skill.
Special skill mastery is divided into 4 levels: I - II - III - IV. And currently my mastery is "unranked".
And to achieve Mastery I, I would have to practice the straight thrust at least 10,000 times. I had to practice until I thoroughly understood and smoothly applied Convergence, and this was only the first condition. The second condition was that I had to accurately attack the enemy's weak point in combat at least 1000 times. This did not necessarily require activating Convergence, as long as I hit the weak point and it would count. I had to complete both conditions to successfully upgrade my mastery.
Stab 10,000 times until I mastered Convergence sounded like a lot, but as long as I worked hard every day, it would be enough. The difficulty here was the second condition. Where could I find so many enemies to attack the weak point?
'I should probably go to the Dungeon soon'
I originally did not intend to enter the Dungeon at the early stage, but life is not as we wish. Well, at least until I get close to understanding Convergence, I won't go there. If I don't understand anything about my sword technique, rushing into the Dungeon will just be waiting for death.
"Sigh." I sighed in frustration as I thought about it.
'Focus!'. I shook my head vigorously, trying to bring my consciousness back to a clear state, to get rid of those useless thoughts from my head.
I started to visualize how I would swing my sword. The image of me standing up straight, getting into a stance, and stabbing towards the puppet with a decisive and powerful thrust began to appear.
'Not bad.' I chuckled.
"Alright, let's do it."
I held the sword in my right hand, my eyes fixed on the red-painted center point of the puppet.
First, I had to stab at a certain point, to stab at a weak point, I needed to have a certain level of accuracy.
*Keng*
The sound of metal colliding rang out. The tip of my sword had already landed on the puppet in front of me.
Looking at my work, my mouth twitched a little.
"Does it have to be so off-center..." I muttered.
Just as I said, the tip of my sword was completely off-center by a large margin, not touching anything. With this margin, it would be a long time before I could actually attack the weak point.
I scratched my head in frustration.
'It really isn't as easy as I thought. I need to work harder.'
Oh well, it's just the first stab, what can I expect from myself.
"Haaaaa..." I let out a sigh and returned to stabbing straight, repeating it over and over again.
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Aveline, the strict homeroom teacher of class 1-A. She was currently standing outside observing the abilities of her students.
Overall, she was quite satisfied with these kids. A faint smile crossed the corner of her lips. She was in a good mood right now.
'They're all not that bad. And there are some really good seeds among them.'
'Especially Karen Alethea and Briar Sharron...' She thought to herself, her eyes couldn't help but turn to Karen and Briar.
Karen was currently chanting a long-range attack spell with the fire attribute. At first glance, it seemed like she was chanting Fire Spear - a spell that allowed her to create a long spear from flames and throw it forward, dealing massive damage to the enemy.
After successfully chanting the spell, Karen immediately launched her attack. A huge fire spear flew straight towards the target.
Bang! A huge explosion occurred. When the dust and smoke gradually cleared, a scorch mark appeared at the bull's eye of the target. Everyone around couldn't help but burst out in surprise when they saw this scene. Some people immediately started praising Karen endlessly. Karen didn't pay any attention to those empty compliments.
She ignored all the words and people around her, focusing only on her training. She started to cast the next spell.
This time it was an ice arrow from the Ice Arrow spell. The result was the same as last time, a single shot hitting the bull's eye.
Karen continuously launched various attack magic regardless of element.
'A multi-element mage...'. Aveline thought to herself, unable to help but be a little amazed.
You know, most mages can only master magic of one element, at most two. Three elements and above is extremely rare. Karen was the first mage in history who could freely use all elements.
Observing Karen for a while, she turned her eyes towards Briar.
A handsome young man with striking red hair was attacking the dummy with a long spear.
His attacks were extremely sharp and decisive. Every impact that fell on the dummy contained great power.
Briar's gaze was extremely determined. He continued to attack tirelessly. Every move exuded a heart-shaking aura.
The surrounding female students were unable to concentrate when they saw the passionate Briar.
'He's not bad at all'. Aveline nodded in admiration.
Then she took her eyes off Briar and continued to observe the entire class.
"Huh?"
At this moment, the figure of a skinny black-haired teenager caught Aveline's eye.
His appearance was nothing special that would make Aveline pay attention. But the weapon he used caught her attention. She couldn't help but feel a little surprised.
"Rapier...". She muttered.
Since she started working as a teacher, she had never seen a student holding a Rapier. Even when she was a student of Hollis, she had never seen anyone use that sword. That made her a little curious about this student.
Everyone knew that the Rapier was a weapon that was both difficult to use and not very powerful. In the past, many people had tried to practice using it but gave up after a short time. She guessed that he was one of those people. He would definitely give up after a while. It was better to choose another weapon right now to avoid wasting time and effort.
'I should advise him to change his weapon'
Thinking of it, Aveline quickly walked towards the student.
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