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Chapter 534: Chapter 234 Departure (Two-in-One Big Chapter)_3

“Of course, aside from you, there will also be two temple knights from the Church of the Goddess stationed there. Normally speaking, the pressure shouldn’t be too great.”

For the straightforward Hass, Rein didn’t choose to hide anything but instead decided to explain the situation to him directly.

After all, the matter of him going to attend the Sword Bearer assessment was already known by many nobles in County Town.

Although Hass knew he was no match for Rein, when two old friends met, it was natural to have a friendly contest besides exchanging pleasantries.

Seeking advice from an expert was also a way to quickly enhance one’s strength, especially since Rein had always been unwilling to compete with him during the noble evaluation period, which left Hass somewhat resentful.

In response to Hass’s request for a contest, Rein nodded with a smile, naturally not refusing the challenge.

…

Hass was proficient with the sword and shield, and Rein, upon reflection, didn’t choose his best Two-Handed Warhammer or greatsword, nor did he use a bow, but opted to use an ax and shield instead.

The reason was quite simple.

Considering Rein’s strength as a Great Knight, along with his mastery over the Tokkal Hammer Technique, Giant Bear Sword Technique, and Blood Fury Archery, the Experience reward from the system for battling Hass would likely be very minimal.

But if he used a level 1 Rocken Ax and Shield, the Experience reward he could get would relatively be higher, plus, it would spare Hass some dignity, preventing him from losing too quickly.

The first-floor training room.

“Rein, when did you also switch to using a shield?” Hass, seeing Rein not using the greatsword or Two-Handed Warhammer he was known for but also holding a shield, couldn’t help but widen his eyes in astonishment and asked.

After all, for people of their age, being able to train an Extraordinary Battle Technique to the level of successfully performing a secret technique was extremely difficult.

Yes, it’s a secret technique!

And not a “secret understanding,” which involves the use of primal force and is the domain of the Great Knight, not merely of a Knight.

“I happened to acquire an ax and shield Extraordinary Battle Technique, so I started training it,” Rein shrugged and explained ‘kindly’.

Hass, taken aback, said, “Rein, you don’t think that just by using this newly learned ax and shield Combat Skill, you can win against me in the contest, do you?”

“Bang! Bang!” Hass heavily slapped his sword and shield, continuing, “This family tradition sword and shield Combat Skill, I’ve been practicing it for nearly ten years.”

“Don’t careless let yourself be defeated by my hand.”

Rein couldn’t help but smile, saying, “Okay, I’ll try my best.”

No wonder Hass didn’t understand the situation; after all, Hass would never have guessed that Rein had already advanced to Great Knight.

Even mastering a secret technique…

If Rein switched to the Two-Handed Warhammer, he’d probably only be able to use 20% of his strength, and any more might accidentally kill Hass…

Just as Rein anticipated.

After three consecutive contests, Hass was red in the face, sweating profusely, and his gaze towards Rein was filled with deep confusion…

From Rein’s slightly unskilled movements, it seemed he really hadn’t lied to him; he was indeed new to this ax and shield Combat Skill, but why did he always lose…

On the other side, Rein was quite pleased as he glanced at the panel about ‘Rocken Ax and Shield Combat Skill’.

Hass’s contribution had just advanced Rein’s ‘Rocken Ax and Shield Combat Skill’ to level 2 (116/300).

Truthfully, even though Rein had the Weapon Master’s exclusive Talent ‘Elementary Extraordinary Understanding,’ increasing his Experience acquisition speed by 30%, this efficiency still surprised him.

Rein pondered for a moment and realized an interesting point.

It seemed that, because his Tokkal Hammer Skill and Giant Bear Sword Technique were at very high levels, he was almost continuously gaining insights from the brief contest where he wielded the ax and shield.

Even after the contest had ended, many insights continued to emerge.

Rein wasn’t entirely sure of the accurate reason.

But from his own understanding, it appeared that mastering any close-range combat weapon to a very high level could facilitate learning other close-range combat related Extraordinary Battle Techniques, creating a kind of cross-learning effect.

It seemed conceivable that close combat skills might share some commonalities; after mastering several close-range combat skills at high levels, this could boost the learning speed of subsequent close-range combat skills.

This realization was a delightful surprise for Rein!

Originally, he thought that after advancing to Weapon Master (Legendary), although he could master various Extraordinary Battle Techniques much faster than ordinary people, the Skill Points gap would also be significantly large.

Now looking at it, that might not necessarily be the case.

With him mastering more and more Extraordinary Battle Techniques, his future learning speed for Extraordinary Battle Techniques would also increase.

This meant that, even without spending Skill Points to prompt it, advancing from level 6 to level 7, or from level 7 to level 8, wouldn’t take him too much time.

Looking at it this way, the exclusive Talent ‘Elementary Extraordinary Understanding’ and Weapon Master were actually a perfect match!

Rein glanced at ‘Elementary Extraordinary Understanding’ with a bit of envy, not regretting that he had allocated points to the Talent ‘Intermediate Steel Body’.

‘Intermediate Steel Body’ was crucial for combat survival, naturally having priority.

It’s just that Rein now wished he could upgrade this ‘Elementary Extraordinary Understanding’ Talent from elementary to advanced!

In that case, perhaps without relying too much on adding points, within half a year, he could master four to five Extraordinary Battle Techniques’ secret techniques.