Chapter 19: Garona's Reprimand
Over the next few days, it became clear to Regna that the already bustling city of Melinder had become more lively. All sorts of mercenaries, adventurers, and even quite a few ronins from the Stoke Empire have come to Melindel.
After all, the champion can be rewarded with 10,000 gold coins, which is a very considerable wealth even for an old mid-level mage. So, like husks who smell fresh cow dung, they flocked to Melindell, hoping that they would be able to get their hands on this great fortune.
Oh, of course, there are some guys who are jealous of money, and naturally they don't naively think that they can win the championship with their strength. So, this group of guys who thought they were smart started small moves. Some tried to bribe the organizers, some started to crowd out their opponents, and some even tried to make some powerful enemies disappear before the tournament even started.
In just three days, there were more than a dozen murders in Melindel, seven of which died. Most of these victims are heroes with a lot of names in the continent of Chino, some of them were assassinated because they were considered the favorites to win the championship, and some of them may have been killed by the enemy fishing in troubled waters.
In short, this unexpected chaos not only made the Ministry of Security scramble for a while, but also provoked the wrath of Ralvin the Great. In the end, the Fat King brought in the Imperial Capital City Guards to assist the Ministry of Security in maintaining order in Melindell, and under the absolute oppression of the army's force, these lawless fanatics were reined in.
"Since you're participating in the competition, why don't I look at you in a hurry at all? Look at Kordak and Vera, the young couple have been training every day for the past few days. Garona asked.
"Ah, I didn't expect to win the championship in the first place, and I came to the tournament purely to find Annie. It doesn't really matter to me whether I win or not. Regner replied lazily, probably because the thought of Annelot made him a little upset, even Innellis and Erin could see that Regner really didn't have much fighting spirit these days.
"What's the point?" said Garona, muttering, "You're my Garona's apprentice." ”
"But this competition is being held in full view, I can't expose my attribute ability for a single game, right?" Regner rolled his eyes: "Without the dark body, I don't have the confidence to make any achievements on my own strength." ”
Garona sneered and said, "You know your level now?"
"Huh?" Regner was stunned.
"You now know that you're nothing without the Body of Darkness?" asked Garona coldly.
"......" Regner didn't know what to say.
"If I'm not mistaken, since the accident of Little Yini's family, the big and small battles you have encountered have basically been solved by your own attribute abilities. Seeing that Regna didn't speak, Garona continued: "Hmph, it's convenient for you to meet the enemy, as soon as the dark body opens, and then directly crush the enemy with the advantage of your rank, hum, really speaking, I haven't seen you encounter any decent battles with you for so long." ”
"I'm ......," Regner said with difficulty, "but I'm really inferior to them......"
"But every time you fight, you have more power than them every time!" Garona scolded: "I admit that your attribute ability is strong, very strong, even with my experience, the threat power of your combination of these attribute abilities can be ranked in the top three." But I want to tell you, attribute ability is your advantage, but it's just an advantage, not all! If you rely on this ability so much in the mid-level realm and don't repeatedly exercise your own strength, then I can guarantee that you don't say that breaking through the high-level is not as good as the holy realm, you may even stop at the mid-level directly, and it will be difficult to even step into the high-level!"
"Really...... Is it so serious?" asked Regner, hesitantly.
"Hmph, although there are few attribute abilities, but from the perspective of you humans alone, with such a huge population base of yours, there can be dozens of attribute abilities in the entire human race!" said Garona.
"Oh, not a lot. Regner thought silently, but didn't dare to link this thought to Garona's consciousness.
"Hmph, don't you think it's much?" asked Garona.
"......" Regner did not speak.
"Compared to the number of the entire human race in this world, dozens of people are indeed very rare. But do you know how many of your human Sanctuary warriors and legendary mages there are?" asked Garona.
"More than twenty people?" Regner guessed, although there are few Sanctuary powerhouses and legendary mages, but Ragnar has seen a lot of them after coming out for a few years, Clayton, Wellles, Malolet, and even his own teacher Garona are all Sanctuary powerhouses. This couldn't help but make him look down on the Sanctuary and the Legend a little, it seemed that these super powerhouses with unpredictable powers of ghosts and gods were not as rare as he imagined.
"Hmph, more than twenty people, even if you humans are extremely powerful now, I can guarantee that there are less than ten super powerhouses in your entire race who have broken through to the high level!" Garona said, "Then guess how many of these super powerhouses are attribute ability?"
"I ...... I don't know ......."
"At most, only half!" said Garona, "attribute ability, just a stepping stone given to you by God when you climb the peak of power, if you don't work hard, you will also fall behind others." And even if some people don't have attribute abilities, but with their own talent and indomitable willpower, they can also reach the height that even those with attribute abilities can only look up to! If you don't believe it, just think about what I said about our four Sanctuary powerhouses before. ”
"......" Regner had nothing to say, he had asked Garona when he was bored about what the strength of the four Sanctuary powerhouses including her was.
And Garona replied at the time: "Hmph, although Velles is also a rare genius, but he stepped into the Sanctuary more by luck and chance, if everyone can have such luck as him." Then I'm sure there must be as many powerhouses in this world's Sanctuary as a dog's hair!So, I'm sure Velles is the weakest of the four of us. As for Mallorite, although that guy is crazy, he still has strength, if I fight hard with him, even if both of them use attribute abilities, I'm afraid I will be half a point weaker than him. But if I am allowed to assassinate him, then I can guarantee that this psychotic will die a hundred times without knowing how he died! As for Clayton...... Even I, Garona, have to admit that this Clayton is a rare genius in my orc clan in a hundred years. In a head-to-head matchup, I'm not his opponent, and even if I use a sneak attack, I'm only half as sure that I can hit him hard, and as for a direct sneak attack, I think it's almost impossible. Clayton is indeed worthy of the title of the 'God of War' of my orc clan. ”
That's right, according to Garona's evaluation, the strength ranking of these four Sanctuary powerhouses from strong to weak should be Clayton, Garona, Mallolet, and Wellles. The weakest is Vellais without any attribute ability, and the strongest one is also Clayton without any attribute ability!
"Again, attribute ability is indeed very powerful, but after all, it is only an advantage, if you want to eat the whole world with such a small advantage, then I can tell you now, don't even think about it!, besides, don't forget ......" Garoan said faintly: "Don't forget, how big the side effects of your dark body are, and now it is even starting to affect your mind......"
"......!" Regner was startled, and he suddenly remembered the strange behavior of the previous few days.
Ever since the boss lady's affair had passed, Regner and Garona had a discussion, and after that, Ragner decided not to use the slightest power of the Dark Body these days. And it turns out that his previous series of abnormal actions seem to be really related to the dark body. Regner hasn't used the Body of Darkness for a while, and his behavior has been very normal, and he has never been in that crazy and murderous state again.
This result made Regner both excited and disappointed, and he was excited that he had finally discovered the cause of his anomaly in the past few days. And what made him disappointed was that this reason turned out to be the biggest reliance on his hard work - the dark body!
"So, little Ray. Garona's tone slowed, "As your teacher, I don't want you to be delusional about this. Attribute ability is powerful, but you can't rely on it completely, otherwise, you will suffer from it. ”
"Teacher, you're right. Regner sighed, "I've really relied too much on my attribute abilities lately. ”
"I can't blame you entirely, after all, the few enemies you faced before were too much beyond your ability, and even I have to admit that if you don't use your attribute abilities, it's almost impossible to get through these ups and downs. Garona said that she had been with Regna for the past few months, so she knew best what Regna had been going through recently. After all, he is still a child less than twenty years old, and it is indeed a bit cruel to experience so many life and death adventures and suffering and parting in a short period of time.
Since this boy was born, he has been destined for an incomparably bumpy and bizarre fate. But this is the reality, if you can't change your fate, then Garona can only choose to change Regner, she doesn't want this child to change her fate by her own strength, because it's too difficult to do.
However, she hoped that Regner would cry out her anger and unwillingness when fate came. It was her wish, but she didn't get it, and now, she hopes that Regner won't repeat her mistakes.