MMORPG: Rise of the Primordial Godsmith

Chapter 482  To Discern, To Discover, To Exploit

”Youʼve got to be joking.” Taking in a deep breath, Valyr looked at the man before him in slight disbelief, the sight of Jekyll slamming the staff on himself at full strength unharmed bringing shivers to his body.

Though his current level of strength would definitely cause quite a few people to turn their heads to look back at him, having the ability to fight against peak Rank 3 monsters, and even monsters at the early levels of Rank 4...

That level of strength was nowhere near enough for him to surmount the gap that existed between him and Jekyll.

At least... not yet.

”You do know how much of a gap we have in strength, right?” Looking at Jekyll with a bitter smile, he asked this question to the man, hoping that the latter knew what he meant by his words.

”Of course I do.” Jekyll nodded, a slight playful smile creeping up on his face. ”How about this? The goal doesnʼt change, but I can neither retaliate against your hits, nor defend against the hits you send at me to complete the goal.”

”That doesnʼt really help out much, to be honest,” said Valyr in response, thinking of the change from multiple perspectives.

Though Jekyll restricted himself from fighting or defending against Valyrʼs attacks definitely leveled the playing field somewhat, there was still the massive problem of having to overcome a difference in stats that came along with the ranks.

Naturally, it did not help out that Jekyll was already at the later levels of Rank 5 according to the aura Valyr sensed from him, though it wouldnʼt be surprising if he was already at the peak.

Sure, with his main class being Mythic grade, as well as having access to quite a decent number of buffing skills, Valyr would probably be able to match Jekyll in terms of agility and dexterity at certain situations.

However, that certainly wouldnʼt be the case once Jekyll started using buffs of his own.

”Do we really have to do this?” Considering that there was still a small chance for Jekyll to retaliate against him due to natural instinct, Valyr decided to try and ask the man for alternatives to truly increase his chances, even though his chances of landing a hit on Jekyll werenʼt actually that low.

”Well, if you think about it, itʼs a good way for me to gauge your current combat strength,” said Jekyll in response, slightly shrugging his shoulders as he leaned on the wooden staff. ”But since youʼre so adamant...”

”Alright, fine.” Letting out a low sigh of defeat, Jekyll shifted his gaze towards a line of training dummies that were positioned a few dozen meters away from where they stood. ”But before I talk about that, are you seriously not that confident in landing a hit on me? Even with the handicap Iʼve given you?”

”I mean... I believe that my chances of landing at least a single hit on you wouldnʼt be low,” replied Valyr.

”Then, why...?”

ʼBecause it would be a pain in the ass to chase you around, only for my efforts to end up being useless.ʼ Clearing his throat at the thought, Valyr decided to twist his thoughts a fair bit, giving Jekyll after my eyes have transformed?”

”Now youʼve piqued my interest.” Grinning as he looked at Valyr, an answer that caused him to let out a peal of laughter.

”Well... wouldnʼt it be interesting for me to do something like that after my eyes have transformed?”

”Now youʼve piqued my interest.” Grinning as he looked at Valyr, Jekyll soon used his staff as a pointing stick, diverting the young manʼs gaze towards the line of training dummies he looked at earlier.

”Since thatʼs how you want it, might as well go along with it.”

”Though it would have been faster for the transformation to happen if we were to do what I suggested earlier, this current method Iʼll be telling you isnʼt that half-bad either. After all, with it, youʼd be able to understand the workings of the skill in greater detail,” said Jekyll, his expression returning to its earlier calm.

”Anyways, through this process, Iʼm sure youʼll begin to appreciate the gradual transformation that happens to your eyes.”

”At first, you will only discern. Then, from that discernment, youʼll begin to discover things that you can use to your advantage.”

”And once you find those advantages...” Gripping tightly on the staff, Jekyll briefly radiated a bit of killing intent. ”You exploit and kill.”