Chapter 259: Attack Power Testing (Part 2)

Chapter 259: Attack Power Testing (Part 2)



For an ordinary Level 3 Apprentice Wizard, even with the Fog Condensation Elixir and all other promotion conditions met, one must still proceed with caution when attempting to advance to a full-fledged Wizard.

After all, becoming a certified Wizard is a challenging task, and failure is always a possibility.

But Rain is different! He can complete the promotion process with a 100% success rate in a very short time.

As Rain silently recited, "Yes!"

The promotion process began immediately.

[Host's spiritual power greatly enhanced. Fogging activated.]



[Ding! Promotion to Wizard (Legendary) successful! Constitution +3, Strength +3, Agility +3, Spirit +13!]



[Obtained Wizard (Legendary) talent spell: Metal Transformation Technique]



Instantly, Rain seemed to break through some deep-seated restraint within his mind.

Mysteriously, Rain felt that his mind had gained a three-dimensional structure identical to the 'Metal Transformation Technique' spell model, seemingly composed of some kind of spiritual energy fog, and surrounded by thin, silvery mist.

This must be the fogging of spiritual power!

Is this three-dimensional structure the talent spell? Rain wasn't sure if these perceptions were real, but he was certain of one thing.

He now seemed to perceive the world at a deeper level. He could sense even the slightest changes around him, and if he wished, he could track the trajectory of a single speck of dust falling behind him.

On the system panel, the previous Apprentice Wizard (Extraordinary) panel had been replaced by the Wizard (Legendary) profession panel.

The entire panel flashed with an intense blue light, almost identical to the blue glow of the Weapon Master (Legendary) panel.

The flood of system notifications left Rain overwhelmed.

However, each new profession attribute displayed was carefully scrutinized by Rain.

Hiss!

All attributes had increased by three points, except for Spirit, which had increased by thirteen points.

[Talent Spell: Metal Transformation Technique]



Metal Transformation Technique (Talent Spell) Effect: Consumes a small amount of spiritual power to solidify the spell model and manipulate surrounding metal-type energy particles, rapidly changing the shape of metal objects.

(Metal Transformation Technique is a continuous guidance-type spell. The speed of transformation is influenced by the affinity with metal elements and spiritual power, and inversely proportional to the amount of metal and the complexity of the transformation.)



Rain focused on a few key words—"small amount of spiritual power" and "rapidly"—and his face lit up with joy!

"The talent spell significantly reduces spiritual power consumption and greatly increases the speed of transformation!"

"It's like the innate talent of some ferocious beasts, allowing them to unleash their abilities swiftly, effortlessly, and almost instinctively!"

"Now I can use the Metal Transformation Technique like this!"

During the promotion process, Rain solidified the Metal Transformation Technique as a talent spell. He was eager to test the effects of this talent spell.

Rain walked to the table and picked up the iron dagger used earlier for testing.

With just a thought, the iron dagger instantly transformed into a small hammer.

The speed of the transformation was almost instantaneous! A brilliant smile spread across Rain's face.

"However, the amount of metal in the dagger is too small; I need something bigger."

Rain quickly walked to the side and picked up the 'Pseudo Warhammer' from the wall, which was previously formed from over a dozen iron ingots.

As Rain cast the Metal Transformation Technique, the Pseudo Warhammer took about 0.2 to 0.3 seconds to transform into a solid tower shield, and then rapidly changed into a two-handed greatsword.

Finally, it transformed back into the shape of the warhammer.

Although the transformations weren't as instantaneous as the dagger, the time consumed was still very short.

Rain was delighted with the results!

"It seems that solidifying the Metal Transformation Technique as a talent spell is not a bad idea after all!"

The current effects of the Metal Transformation Technique had fully met Rain's expectations.

He could now transform weapons at any time during combat, catching his enemies off guard.

Of course, the Metal Transformation Technique wasn't without its limitations.

For example, Rain could quickly transform an iron ingot into a solid iron ball or change a shield into a spear.

However, to perform a ranged attack, he still needed to exert force to throw the transformed object at his enemies; it couldn't attack on its own.

In other words, Rain's Metal Transformation Technique itself lacked ranged attack capabilities.

Nevertheless, this wasn't much of a drawback for Rain.

Rain, as a legendary profession holder, possessed the Weapon Master (Legendary) skill, which allowed him to transform weapons and use Extraordinary Battle Techniques to combat his enemies.

Meanwhile, in the administrative building adjacent to the testing hall, Admiral Edward's office occupied the topmost southern room, a spacious chamber with an excellent view.

At that moment, Admiral Edward was chatting with an elderly man dressed in a lavish red robe, his face exuding both kindness and authority.

Suddenly, Admiral Edward asked, "Archbishop Gomes, what's the matter?"

"It's nothing, I just felt a newborn surge of mental power nearby."

"It felt like someone was promoting to a formal wizard, but the surge was brief, so it's a bit odd."

Upon hearing this, Admiral Edward couldn't help but laugh. He stood up and looked out the window, saying:

"Your Excellency, perhaps your perception is too sensitive. Which wizard apprentice wouldn't return to their family after becoming a formal wizard? At the very least, they'd be in the quiet room of the training building. If it were the training building, it's too far away for you to sense it."

"Hmm, it's very likely the surge of a magical item." Archbishop Gomes nodded, agreeing with his old friend, Admiral Edward.

Looking out the window, he saw the street in front of the Swordbearer Division.

The other side of the street was too far away for his keen perception to reach, and the rest of the area was within the Swordbearer Division's jurisdiction.

If there was a Swordbearer promoting to a formal wizard, Admiral Edward, his old friend, would surely know more than him.

"By the way, Your Excellency, regarding the suspected Forbidden Gate that appeared underground at Weilisheng Coast, what are your thoughts?" Admiral Edward asked, his expression turning serious.

Archbishop Gomes thought for a moment and replied:

"I was also shocked when I received the news yesterday. I had someone check ancient records. Now, it can be confirmed that it's likely a Forbidden Gate."

"But it's been too long, so I don't know what the goddess sealed inside during ancient times."

"It could be a direct minion of an evil god, an evil creature, a pet, or a powerful entity." Archbishop Gomes shook his head, expressing uncertainty.

"However, my suggestion is to avoid opening it easily."

Archbishop Gomes added:

"Alas! You know, some things aren't within our decision-making power." Admiral Edward sighed.

"The higher-ups mean that they will handle whatever is released from the Forbidden Gate."

"If it's their decision, there's no room for negotiation."

"Well, my old friend, I bid you farewell." Archbishop Gomes shook his head in resignation, stood up, and said goodbye.

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In the room, Rain picked up the pig-head hammer with a hardened fine gold ingot handle. Then, he took out his cherished 'Skull Warhammer'.

He intended to transform the single-handed skull warhammer and reshape its handle to fit a two-handed warhammer.

However, when Rain gripped the skull warhammer, the system prompt sounded again:

[Ding! Detected host obtaining the wonder 'Skull Warhammer', triggering special job change - Warhammer Wizard (Legendary)!]



Huh?

All conditions met?

Rain wasn't surprised by the job change.

What surprised him was that all the conditions were fulfilled.

In other words, he could job change to a warhammer wizard at any time!

"Condition four is also met?"

Well, it's time to upgrade the wizard (legendary) job board, gain some skill points and attribute points, rather than choosing to job change again so soon.

After some thought, Rain put down the skull warhammer.

He planned to test the attack power when using the metal transformation technique with the weapon master job.

The attack power testing room mentioned by the female staff in the training building earlier was just right for this purpose.

Soon, Rain transformed the hardened fine gold ingot and covered it on the plate gauntlets, returning to the training building.

Upon arriving, Rain found seven or eight Swordbearers already inside the room.

The entire testing room occupied an area of several hundred square meters, and the most eye-catching feature were three metal cylinders with a diameter of about two meters.

The cylinders were laid down on tracks resembling iron rails, with the circular faces facing the crowd.

The cut faces were similar in color to pure silver.

At that moment, each Swordbearer wielded various weapons, demonstrating extraordinary combat techniques as they slashed at the cylinders.

Rain could clearly see that these slashes created marks of varying depths on the pale silver surface, but they didn't cause the weapons to dull. The material of these metal blocks seemed to be similar to pure silver, with a relatively soft texture.

Nevertheless, intricate patterns were engraved around the metal blocks, enhancing their appearance.

Additionally, there was a spring-like mechanism behind the metal block.

Whether using a hammer or a sword, the metal block could absorb and measure the attack power of each strike, and quickly display the numerical value representing the attack power on the nearby Wisdom Slate.

Seeing this scene before him, Rain nodded in approval.

He hadn't expected that the Flasgold Town branch of the Swordsmen would have such sophisticated equipment for testing attack power.

At this moment, he noticed that in front of the third device, there was a muscular man wielding a one-handed hammer. He took a step forward, his muscles bulging, and delivered a powerful strike to the cylindrical metal block!

"Clang!!!"

A sharp metallic clanging sound echoed.

The originally flat surface of the metal block instantly showed a basin-sized dent, resembling a crater!

At the same time, the several-ton metal block slid backward about half a meter along the track, and the spring mechanism quickly returned it to its original position.

On the black Wisdom Slate nearby, a large number was displayed—35!

This strike made quite a commotion, causing most of the people in the testing room to turn their heads. Upon seeing the number 35, they began to murmur among themselves:

"It's that brute, Skolda."

"It seems his Brute Hammer Technique has improved. He seems to have mastered the Intermediate High Technique."

"Generally, a knight's attack power is between 5 to 15 degrees, while a Grand Knight's is between 15 to 40 degrees. Skolda is already very impressive!"

A Grand Knight's attack power is between 15 to 40 degrees? Rain listened to the conversation, his face showing signs of contemplation.

Although he had never heard this before, it didn't hinder his understanding.

Moreover, if Rain had turned his head when he was handling business at the Task Hall yesterday, he would have definitely remembered this muscular man.

Because the man had been standing behind him, waiting for half an hour in vain.

At this moment, a young man beside the brute Skolda extended his thumb and praised excitedly, "Captain, the power of that hammer strike is absolutely top-notch."

"Overstated. In the Flasgold Town branch of the Swordsmen, I can't even rank in the top five among hammer experts," Skolda waved his hand, smiling.

Clearly, while he was modest in his words, he was secretly very pleased with his companion's praise.

"By the way, Captain, speaking of hammer techniques, I heard from a new recruit from Habsburg Province that in their batch, there's a very strong new recruit. They say he felled an Obsidian Giant during the assessment and earned the nickname 'Master Siege Hammer.'"

"To me, it's just that there aren't many strong guys in this batch, making a fuss over nothing!"

"Captain, if you were to do it, felling an Obsidian Giant with one hammer strike would be a piece of cake," the young man said with a hint of indifference.

"Hmm? Is that so?" The Brute Skolda's expression turned serious. "While I can do that, it wouldn't be easy. For a new recruit to have such strength is indeed very impressive."

Since his High Technique had been tested, he and the young man began to walk toward the door while talking.

Seeing that a testing device was now available, Rain quickly walked over.

They passed each other.

At this moment, as the Brute Skolda was about to reach the door, he suddenly felt a sense of familiarity and immediately turned to look at Rain's back.

This back.

So familiar!

Right, this young man is the one who made me wait for half an hour in vain at the Task Hall yesterday!

Although Skolda was annoyed, he knew the other party was just completing a task normally, so he couldn't blame him for it.

Moreover, from the situation that day, it seemed that the Deputy Task Officer Olenna and Task Officer Yumaz were very impressed by this young man.

Seeing him here today, it was clear he was here to test his attack power.

This instantly piqued his curiosity.

Noticing his captain stop, the young man followed his captain's gaze and saw a young man he had never seen before.

There were only so many people in the Flasgold Town branch of the Swordsmen, so an unfamiliar face was most likely a new recruit.

"Captain, what's the matter?" the young man asked curiously.

"Nothing, just saw a rather interesting young man. Let's wait and see his attack power test," Skolda said.

Rain had never done an attack power test before.

He was also curious to see what his attack power would be with different weapons.

After some thought, Rain used the Metal Transformation Technique to deform the hardened gold of his plate gauntlet into a dagger.

"Huh? A dagger? That's quite rare!" the young man couldn't help but say.

Skolda also nodded, "Indeed, quite rare!"

Since it was a small dagger, the total amount of metal was minimal, and the transformation speed of the Metal Transformation Technique was extremely fast. Including Skolda, everyone thought Rain was carrying a dagger on him.

"Clang!"

A crisp sound!

The Wisdom Slate next to the testing device instantly displayed the number 18.

"His strength is quite average," the young man frowned slightly.

He didn't quite understand why his captain would pay attention to this young man.

Skolda was also taken aback by what he saw.

This number is not too high, but too low.

With this level of combat power, he couldn't understand why it would attract the attention of the task hall's administrator.

Rain nodded slightly.

This data is normal, without any extraordinary combat techniques related to daggers. His pure dagger attack, with an 18-degree angle, is not surprising.

After some thought, Rain decided to test the damage of an axe, after all, he possessed the extraordinary combat technique 'Rocken Axe and Shield Technique'.

However, before transforming, Rain thought of a problem.

He didn't want to reveal that he had metal morphing as a talent spell. This would expose too many secrets.

So, this time, Rain spent nearly ten seconds transforming the hardened fine gold covering his dagger and the metal gauntlets on his forearms into an axe.

This process was naturally captured by Skorda and the others.

Many people exclaimed in surprise:

"It's a rare metal wizardry!"

"This seems to be a Level 1 metal wizardry - Metal Morphing. I think I saw it in the Special Item Exchange List."

"This young man is actually a Level 3 wizard apprentice!" Skorda muttered to himself.

"Clang!!"

Rain, like lightning, swung the axe and slashed into the metal block, while the nearby wisdom slate quickly refreshed to show the number 27.

"Hey, not bad! This strength is quite impressive." The young man was a bit surprised and turned to his captain, Skorda, and said.

This number immediately attracted the attention of those who were observing Rain.

Rain once again took more time, about seventeen or eighteen seconds, to transform the axe in his hand into a two-handed sword.

The onlookers were quite interested in Rain's metal wizardry and started discussing it:

"This metal morphing is good, but it's too impractical in actual combat!"

"Yeah! Look how long it took him to transform, he wouldn't have time to do that in a fight."

"Exactly, it's like that. You can only use one weapon per battle."

"In my opinion, it's better to carry more weapons!"

"He's a newbie! It's understandable, he lacks combat experience."

"What do you think, how much attack power can he achieve with a two-handed sword?"

". "

"Swish!"

Rain, with his two-handed sword, fiercely slashed at the metal block, and at the same time, the wisdom slate beside him displayed the number 32!

This data immediately caused the onlookers to show surprise and discuss it animatedly.

"Captain, this... this newcomer's attack power is impressive!" The young man's eyes widened in astonishment, and he exclaimed to Skorda beside him.

"It's just not practical! But is he really a newbie?"

"I haven't heard of a high-level swordsman like him among the new batch of recruits." The young man wondered.

At the same time.

Mingster, third floor of the Aksen Auction House.

In a luxurious study room.

"It's been three days, Asani. The people you sent to find Hamisi haven't reported back yet, right?" An eight-character bearded middle-aged man leaned back in a comfortable moose leather chair, his eyebrows slightly furrowed.

"Yes, Viscount Fabien. On that day, Hamisi's people in Mingster didn't receive any messages from him. At that time, I suspected that something might have happened to him."

"According to the agreement, they were supposed to send a message every day."

Viscount Fabien nodded and continued, "Then, your people just told you that they saw this swordsman named Rain in the city?"

"Yes, my lord." Asani's expression turned solemn as he replied.

After a while, Viscount Fabien asked, "Asani, what do you think about how this swordsman named Rain managed to defeat Hamisi and the others?"

"Hmm, Rain alone probably couldn't take down Hamisi and his team."

"I think the most likely scenario is that when Rain went to Meyster on a mission, Hamisi and his team launched an attack, but they were killed by other swordsmen who were traveling with Rain."

"Besides that, I can't think of any other reasonable explanation. After all, Hamisi and his team working together are no less powerful than the elite squads of the Empire's special departments."

"Hmm, that's a high possibility." Viscount Fabien nodded in agreement.

"However, the problem still needs to be resolved! Marquis Oulen is pressing me, as his eldest son, Melvord, urgently needs these ancient giant demon fangs for his bloodline awakening ceremony."

"But, Viscount, currently in our province, there are no teams stronger than Hamisi's. What should we do?" Asani's face turned pale.

"Don't worry about that. Marquis Oulen will send high-level experts from the Imperial Capital."

"Arrange for someone to keep an eye on this swordsman, Rain. Recently, the entire Mingster Province has been in a state of chaos, and the opponent should leave Mingster soon to carry out a mission. Once he leaves Mingster, notify me immediately."

"Yes, my lord."

After a pause, Viscount Fabien added, "By the way, if the opponent doesn't leave Mingster for a short time, it's also fine. As long as he leaves the Swordsman Division, even if he's in the city, we can take action. We can blame it on a cult."

(End of Chapter)

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