Chapter 46: True Insight

Dawn broke.

On the boundless wilderness,

two figures sat on the edge of a hill, watching the sky gradually brighten.

Dagonet did not teach Su Ya combat techniques.

After learning of Su Ya's talent for rapidly mastering combat techniques, Lucan and Dagonet discussed and changed their teaching approach for Su Ya.

At this moment,

The knight with the comical, entertainer-like mustache explained with a serious expression:

"Combat techniques create Battle Scars."

"Battle Scars nurture Miracles."

"And when the Battle Scars forged through arduous training are ignited, a person's body will undergo a qualitative transformation."

Su Ya asked curiously: "Ignite Battle Scars, qualitative transformation?"

He had heard a different explanation for Battle Scars from Merlin earlier; she said it was a choice.

"Exactly, but that's a description only for a small group of people, including yourself."

"A more widespread saying about Battle Scars is that they are crystals condensed from the spirit of warriors after countless days and nights of arduous combat technique training."

"This is actually a misconception."

"Because combat techniques are essentially a method of cultivation. Every new combat technique learned shapes a new Battle Scar within the body."

"Battle Scars are the door to power."

"The larger the door, the greater the power gained upon opening it."

"And the unwavering will forged through countless days and nights of hard practice is the key."

"Using the key to open the door naturally reveals the scenery beyond."

At this point, Dagonet paused, gestured towards Su Ya, and continued:

"And your current state is having an almost infinitely expandable door, but no key to open it."

"Or rather, such a door cannot be opened with an ordinary key at all."

Su Ya nodded, roughly understanding Dagonet's words.

In other words,

For normal people, Battle Scars, physique, and spirit complement each other, eventually breaking through to the realm of a high-level swordsman.

However, due to his overwhelmingly fast learning speed for combat techniques, the other two aspects—physique and spirit—found it difficult to keep up with the growth rate of his Battle Scars.

The enhancement of his physique might be solved by eating, but the abstruse nature of 'spirit' meant that even if he possessed the will level of a normal person after training in this world, it still couldn't match his almost infinitely growing Battle Scars.

"Therefore, we must ignite your Battle Scars!"

"If you were to advance to a high-level swordsman, or even master, demigod, hero, or legend, in the normal way, it would actually be a waste of your talent!"

"As long as the Battle Scars are ignited, the burning Battle Scars will spontaneously ignite all subsequent extended Battle Scars. Then, no matter what realm you break through to in the future—"

"As long as you learn new combat techniques, magic, specialties, unique abilities, or even grand magic, bounded fields, mental worlds..."

"These things can all serve as fuel, constantly making you stronger at the most fundamental level!"

Su Ya's eyes immediately lit up.

This explanation was quite novel, somewhat akin to cultivating immortals in a wuxia world or waking up one day to find everyone's IQ reduced by 99%, making him, with just high school knowledge, the world's greatest mind. It gave him a thrilling sensation.

He couldn't help but eagerly ask:

"Then, Dagonet, how do I ignite the Battle Scars?"

"It's simple." Dagonet suddenly showed a hearty smile,

"If the key can't open the door, then turn your will into a raging flame and burn the door down!"

"However..."

At this, Dagonet paused, looked at Su Ya, and his tone softened,

"This step originally presented no problem."

"It's just that..."

Su Ya quickly asked: "Just what? Tell me!"

Dagonet looked at the excited expression on Su Ya's face, remained silent for a while, struggled for a while,

Finally, he spoke heavily:

"My King,"

"Dagonet can feel that—"

"You are still lost. You don't know what you want. You don't have the typical thoughts of an ordinary person, like 'I must become a high-level swordsman in the army, become a glorious knight, raise my status, improve my poor life, make my family proud or live well, or make those who look down on me regret it.'"

"You don't have the desire to become something, change something, save something, nor do you have the will to see a task through once you've committed to it."

"You are always full of ambition, always have a three-minute passion, and always ponder the meaning of things, the meaning of existence."

"But this is not a criticism, but a compliment. With your abilities, with your talent, you can easily obtain everything you need to survive. This is the trouble of a noble, your innate noble shackles."

"But still—"

"You are like a feather, able to land anywhere, yet forever suspended in an empty realm, feeling neither the weight of the world nor your own weight. You can only experience a chaotic, inexplicable pain."

The excited expression on Su Ya's face froze.

But,

Dagonet didn't stop. Instead, he gave Su Ya a worried glance, gritted his teeth, and continued to expose him:

"You learned four combat techniques from Lucan, and in just two hours, you cultivated them to a level of proficiency that would take ordinary people years to achieve."

"However, in the day that followed, you never used or practiced those combat techniques even once."

"Even though you could have trained those abilities to an unfathomable degree in an extremely short amount of time, simply by continuing to train."

"But,"

"You didn't!"

"Sixty percent of your free time in a day is spent staring at that beautiful magician lady next to you, yet you don't talk to her or seek her to bear you children. Twenty percent of your time is spent looking at bugs on the road and white clouds in the sky, and the remaining twenty percent is for eating and resting."

Su Ya's smile completely froze on his face.

He admitted that Merlin's character model was indeed his ideal type. But this woman was a troublemaker he didn't dare to provoke easily.

He also admitted that he was a person of three-minute passions, having only scratched the surface of the abilities he copied in his previous life, and this habit hadn't changed even after coming to this world.

He understood even more clearly,

that he would always inexplicably fall into a state of great distress, finding everything meaningless, feeling tired even though he hadn't done anything all day.

But,

Why?

Why did you see all of this, see through me?

We've only known each other for a day, right?

So, you didn't do anything all day but spy on me?

Knight Dagonet, why is your 'insight' even more extreme than my innate panel talent?

Dagonet was about to say more.

Su Ya instinctively raised his hands to cover his ears.

Enough, stop talking, Knight Dagonet!

I'm about to break down!

However,

at this moment, seeing Su Ya's resistant posture,

Dagonet, who usually acted like a turtle withdrawing into its shell at the slightest disturbance, uncharacteristically became firm!

He raised his hand and, with a strong E-rank Strength, forced Su Ya's hands away from his ears!

He turned his head and looked at Su Ya with a helpless yet gentle gaze,

"My King—"

"You are undoubtedly a kind King."

"Your knight, Dagonet, wishes to tell you a story about a clown knight."