Chapter 5 - 4
Lumberling stood inside the weapons cache—an improvised storage the soldiers had scavenged from fallen allies and enemies. He stared at the weapons laid before him, contemplating which one to master first.
"I already have Beginner Spearmanship and Swordsmanship. I prefer the bow, but I don’t have the skill for it yet. I could try to develop it from scratch, but that’ll take too long. Sprint is useful, sure, but I need to focus on combat first."
’A spear and a sword, then?’
He pondered it for a moment, then grinned.
"Why choose? I’ll master them all. With Essence Devour, I’ve got an edge—I’ll surpass any other Knight Page if I level up every skill."
Having made up his mind, he also began drafting a plan to make better use of his Devour ability.
"I’ll train with the spear today and the sword tomorrow."
At a secluded clearing deep in the forest, Lumberling mimicked the spearman he had once fought. That bastard had been quick and precise—his posture lethal. Lumberling recalled his stance and drove his spear forward with all his might.
(Beginner Spearmanship Lv0 – 25 + 1 / 1000)
A prompt echoed in his mind after he successfully copied the stance.
"Nice. Let’s keep going."