Ch 64: Training [7/Last]

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In the person room of the training where Rey was looking straight at the screen on which the thing written was...

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Daggers & Knives: F+ (^) {0% → 47%)}

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Yes, he just crossed one of the minor stages in dagger mastery and even reached halfway to the major stage.

"How is this possible? I don't think I should have been able to get much increase one hour. Is there some kind of mistake? I didn't get that enlightenment stuff you all talk about."

"Oh, do you you're going to get that enlightenment time you cross these hurdles? You might be wrong. What happened to those two times was coincidence and will not happen easily again. Don't worry about and be happy to have reached this stage," Aiden told him. Rey thought he might have been lucky a few times and wouldn't get it again, so he started to walk toward the weapon he could use after the daggers.

He went to the side and checked the time to see how much was. He wasn't worried about the attendant asking for money, as he had plenty, but he didn't have time because Emmy was coming back home. If he didn't meet with her, he would surely get beaten up by his mom.

Even if he got stronger, the damage caused by her slipper would be several times higher than his defense and endurance could handle.

He then checked his phone and found that there was still one hour and fifty-six minutes left to go out.

He closed the phone and went to pick his next weapon and was little confused over it as he called out to Victor, whom he believed was a great warrior of old times.

"Victor, can you tell me what will happen if I train with a polearm stick now, even I don't proficiency with it? Will it not show weapon mastery, or it will be add-on to spear mastery? In my opinion, these two are the same," Rey asked, as Victor tried to hold back his anger at such a stupid question.

"Kid, listen carefully. You may think they are the same, but they are not. A spear is typically a pointed weapon used for thrusting, throwing, or piercing. Pole arms, on the other hand, refer to a broader category of long-handled weapons, such as halberds, guisarmes, and poleaxes, which can feature different blade or impact heads. All pole arms can be considered pole weapons, but not all spears can be categorized as pole-weapons. So don't ever think of them as the same."

"So... they're not the same, right?"

"No, they are not the same."

"Then why did you give me such a long lecture over this small talk? Don't you have common sense about time? And what about my last question?"

"Oh, I was just venting my anger on you. As for your last question, ask Aiden. I don't know much about Zero's abilities, but he might."

Just after he said that he disappeared. Rey then called out Aiden, who answered his question easily.

"No, Rey, they won't. Zero's ability is quite massive compared to other weapon masteries distributed around the worlds. While other masteries may combine multiple weapons into one, her mastery ability includes proficiency in every single weapon she wishes to master. Even our master wasn't able to master most of the weapons in her list; maybe he managed to master about ten thousand weapons to the maximum before he got bored and left it like that. And do you kn...."

"Wait, wait, I am not here to listen to your old master's achievements. Just tell me if this is good for me..."

Rey then ignored his story and picked up the spear to become proficient in it. He thought that if pole arm mastery wouldn't be added or formed, there was no reason to train with it.

He then returned to his position, ready to thrust his spear onto the dummy and began training with it.

His way of attacking was clumsy, he didn't even know the basics of using the spear and was randomly thrusting it at the dummy without hitting the target he intended. When aimed for the dummy's shoulder, he hit its chest; when he aimed for its head, he missed entirely. He felt ashamed of using the spear, a basic weapon used by many. 

However, he didn't lose hope. Instead of attacking aimlessly, he began to attack the dummy slowly, like a child poking a wall, playing with it. He started to poke the wooden spear tip onto the dummy without haste. As he gained in hitting the target, he increased his speed. he missed many times, his improvement was also great.

The downside was that time was passing; only half an hour remained when he checked the time again, and his mastery was still a mere <61%> despite all his training. Nevertheless, he was proud that he could hit his target more accurately.

He then picked up the pace, relentlessly thrusting the spear at the dummy, which began to be pushed back quickly every ten seconds, then every nine, and every eight seconds and so on, as Rey became more proficient. His angle of movement also improved slightly, although his posture and hand angle were still poor, as observed by Aiden and Victor.

"Well, what do you think, is he going to get past one minor stage in this weapon or not?" Aiden asked Victor, who was watching eagerly.

"I don't know if he did it, but if he did, then he can be called a little genius. This kid may not be talented, but his resolve is strong enough to pass through this kind of training easily," he replied. Aiden nodded with a grin as he opened Rey's weapon mastery screen and saw the spear mastery ranking up continuously. Rey was thrusting the spear so quickly that before anyone could understand what happened, a cracking sound came from the spear.

Rey, who was in a frenzy, stopped and looked at the spear to find the spear tip lying on the floor and the handle part in his hand.

His face lost its color as he remembered that a poster on the wall of the attendant table stated that destroying wooden weapons is prohibited and breaking one would incur a charge of 10,000 Dragon points.

"Ah~~~oh~~~! and oh~~~ho~~~!" he exclaimed, initially scared of the penalty, but then delighted by the notification of mastery.

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Daggers & Knives: F (^) {63% → 3%)}

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His final mastery of the spear was accomplished successfully, but unfortunately, the spear broke. 

Before he could react, a knock came at the door. 

Rey lifted his head and the as a voice called out, ", please come out as the time limit is over."

-< To be Continued >-