“Ah, that’s right. Since we have Sword Knowledge and Swordsmanship, how about we test if they get rewritten?”
“Eh, really?”
“Normally I would call that a waste, but under these circumstances…”
“For you master, all you have to do is defeat twenty fighter goblins to get the Swordsmanship skill.”
“I’m growing numb to darling’s nonchalance!”
As I pet Ayane, who’s elevating me as always, I think about how to use this.
“Aira and I are out of the question, because our Swordsmanship skills are pretty high level. Aki fights hand-to-hand, Maki uses a spear, and Ayane a staff… By the way, if we use the term loosely, can’t we call a spear a sword? And wouldn’t fists with blades be considered a sword? Ah, and what about those sword canes that appear a lot in period pieces?”
“Eeh? Something completely out of left field again uh? Hm, I don’t know…”
“The spear is about how you use it. I guess you could use it as a thrusting sword, but I can’t imagine Swordsmanship would apply to that. But there are hand-to-hand weapons with blades.”
“I do not believe the workshop I use makes sword canes.”
Hm, so a spear and sword cane aren’t applicable. What about hand-to-hand weapons?
“I know someone who likes this kind of weapon and uses them. They are called katar or jamadhar. I believe if Miss Aki were to use the skill, it would not be such a waste.”
“Eeh? Me!?”
“Go right ahead then.”
“Ahh… Okay okay.”
She first learns Sword Knowledge Lv1, and then Swordsmanship Lv1.
“So?”
“It did rewrite it. I only see Swordsmanship.”
“Then take Sword Knowledge again.”
“Hn… The skill orb is gone, but I don’t see the skill.”
“Then what if it’s Sword Knowledge Lv2?”
“…Nope, still Swordsmanship. The other one just disappears.”
“I see…”
I thought that maybe, like how skills without levels grow if four are stacked, something would happen if these were stacked… But no.
Wait. This skill goes up to level twenty. What if she takes twenty-one?
“It could be worth a shot…”
“Hey, what are you thinking now?”
Aki says as she looks at me with a wary expression and holds her body.
I tell her my idea, and everyone’s eyes open wide.
“So you want to waste seventeen more Sword Knowledge Lv1!?”
“Yes, but if Swordsmanship levels up, that’s pretty remarkable, right?”
“I guess…”
The possibilities… And if True Appraisal levels up, I might be able to see information about that.
“I’ll keep Compressing, starting from the more numerous ones.”
First.
Great Strength: 129
Great Strength II: 2
Great Strength III: 3
Turns into…
Great Strength: 1
Great Strength II: 6
Great Strength III: 2
Great Strength IV: 2
Next.
Iron Wall: 153
Iron Wall II: 1
Iron Wall III: 2
Iron Wall IV: 1
Turns into…
Iron Wall: 1
Iron Wall II: 3
Iron Wall III: 3
Iron Wall IV: 3
Lastly, 125 Pursuer turns into…
Pursuer : 1
Pursuer II: 3
Pursuer III: 3
Pursuer IV: 1
Then we take the skills we can learn.
I take one Great Strength III and two Great Strength IV to turn it into Great Strength IV (2/3). One Asura II, one Swift III, one Iron Wall III, turning into Iron Wall IV, one Rampart III, turning it into Rampart IV, one Adamantine Body II, one Swordsmanship Lv1 and one Swordsmanship Lv4, turning it into Swordsmanship LvMAX, one Pursuer IV, two Destructive Wisdom, turning into Destructive Wisdom II, and two Regal Pressure III, turning it into Regal Pressure III (2/3).
Ayane already took Healing Magic, so she takes Iron Wall IV and Rampart IV.
Aira takes three Great Strength II to turn it into Great Strength III, three Super Strength III to turn it into Super Strength IV, one Asura, one Iron Wall IV, one Rampart III, one Adamantine Body, three Swordsmanship Lv1 and one Swordsmanship Lv3 to turn it into Swordsmanship LvMAX, and one Destructive Wisdom.
Aki takes one Great Strength III, one Super Strength II, one Swift, one Iron Wall III, one Rampart II, one Swordsmanship Lv2, and one Grappling Lv2.
Maki takes one Super Strength II, one Swift, one Iron Wall IV, four Rampart to turn it into Rampart II, one Spear Techniques Lv3, and one Command III.
Lastly, I take out Enki’s Command II and give it Shield Techniques Lv2.
I wanted it to have the Shield Techniques skill, since it’s holding two shields. But since it needs the others, I took Command II and turned Maki’s into Command III. This lowers Maki’s fighting power a little, but she almost never fights, so she didn’t mind.
That leaves me with…
Great Strength: 1
Great Strength II: 3
Super Strength: 2
Super Strength II: 1
Fast Run: 2
Fast Run III: 1
Swift: 2
Swift III: 1
Iron Wall : 1
Iron Wall II: 3
Iron Wall III: 1
Command: 2
Command III: 1
Sword Knowledge Lv1: 3
Swordsmanship Lv1: 1
Pursuer: 1
Pursuer II: 3
Pursuer III: 3
Hm, the stock has gone down a lot.
“I have a Command III left, but I won’t use it on Aki for now. Sorry Maki, but Aki will stay with the base version for now.”
“Can I ask why?”
“Yes. I’m sure you all know I can’t use my full power yet, so I want to keep the multiplier at x2 until my proficiency can catch up.”
“I see.”
“That’s fine. You’re already pumping your stats with the gacha anyway. If you don’t do something about it, you’ll just run around in circles.”
“We’ve also experienced rapid growth lately, and I don’t think we have caught up with the doubled stats. Let’s all work on it.”
And Ayane and Aira also grew because of the golden fruits.
Ayane in particular had a low level, so she passed level one hundred in a short amount of time. We might be in pretty much the same situation.
“Aira, you’re a veteran, so is there a good way to train?”
“Of course, you cannot beat actual combat.”
“I see…”
Well, I knew it wouldn’t be easy.
“Well then, let’s wrap it up by using Compressing on the skills I have.”
‘Will you use Skill Compression?’
“Use.”
‘Searching for applicable skills…’
‘Applicable skills confirmed.’
“Oh…”
‘Compressing applicable skills…’
I learned a lot today, so I wonder what will change…
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