’So there’s more than one way,’ Sol thought to himself.
Zaman continued with the lesson. "In general terms, the three thods are rather similar to each other and are referred to as Ascension because of the changes your body undergoes when you comprehend a law technique. It doesn’t end with just obtaining a new power; your whole body becos much stronger in all aspects. How much exactly depends on the law technique, with so providing more than others. Also, the enhancent isn’t always balanced. Sure, so equally increase all aspects, but most usually increase one or more attributes or aspects greatly while the rest have smaller incrents. It all depends on the type of law technique you comprehend."
Valerie leaned slightly forward in her chair and asked, "What law technique do you recomnd we try to comprehend?"
The princess had once read a compendium of known talent skills, but it only contained their general characteristics. Though it didn’t detail the thod to obtain the law technique, she believed it was possible to work towards it, only that it would be a bit harder without any guidance.
Zaman shook his head. "There really is no better law technique over another. Each has its own strengths and weaknesses. For example, my own law technique [Everlasting Present]. My overall attribute increase doesn’t compare to Grand Knight Lawrence’s agility and wisdom focused increase with his law technique [Light Drive]. Without any external factors, he is nearly three tis faster than , yet I can still win against him. Do you know why?"
Both Sol and Valerie took a mont to think about the answer.
’It can’t be a level or skill level difference; he wouldn’t be ntioning it if it was…’
Sol knew that it had to do with Zaman’s talent specifically, but not really knowing what it did made it hard to guess the reason why Zaman would win against soone faster than him.
Sol guessed, "Does speed not matter with your law technique?"
Zaman made a so so gesture with his hand and said, "Close but not quite. Speed does matter, but my law technique is faintly related to ti. Though it’s more accurate to say that with my technique, I am able to squeeze the most out of a mont. To find the perfect opportunity through the chaos to accomplish my objective. Even with how fast Lawrence goes, which nearly rivals the speed of light in short bursts, I can still find the infinitesimally small mont to strike where it matters most. This doesn’t an my law technique is better than his, mind you, just that in a one on one fight, mine beats his."
"To attack at the perfect ti—is that really a law technique?" Sol didn’t quite understand how; it felt like it was sothing achievable with really good battle sense.
Zaman smiled at his question but didn’t answer, instead moving on with the lesson.
"Like I said before, there are three thods of Ascension. In order from easiest to hardest, they are: Talent Ascension, Skill Ascension, and Enlightennt Ascension. The first thod is to push your talent skill to the very limit, and once you reach it, break through those limits."
Sol and Valerie waited for a deeper explanation, but the Commander stayed silent with a smile on his face.
Valerie couldn’t believe it. "That’s it?"
He nodded. "Yes. I can’t really provide much more advice beyond that, as it all depends on what talent skill you are working with, and even then, those with the sa talent skill could comprehend different law techniques. For Skill Ascension, the rules are the sa, but pushing a regular skill to its limit requires a lot more ti and effort compared to a talent skill. The reason for this is because talent skills inherently start at a higher baseline compared to normal skills, being much closer to their associated laws. Oh, I should also ntion there are a few exceptions to this rule."
"What kind of exceptions?" Sol asked.
"Talent skills like [Analysis], [Status Deception], and generally any similar talent skill cannot beco the foundation for a law technique. Any guesses as to why?"
Valerie thought for a mont before reaching a logical answer. "Is it because those skills directly interact with the system?"
"But why are skills that interact with the system an exception?" It was a good answer, but Zaman wanted a little more than that.
Thinking it over a bit more, Sol’s eyes shot open in realization. It finally clicked. "They aren’t real skills to begin with; they were added for people to have a better understanding of the system when it was first implented."
Zaman nodded. "At least it’s the leading theory. After all, no one can really prove the reasoning behind the system."
’I could see it not being a real skill. Using [Analysis] sends a small wisp of mana that shouldn’t do anything by all ans, but when paired with the skill, it provides the information of whatever I targeted. As it leveled up, it didn’t improve or change in any tangible way besides allowing to see the status of higher level beings, which could honestly just be an arbitrary limiter put in place.’
"What about the last thod, Enlightennt Ascension?" Valerie asked. While the first two thods were rather vague, she reasoned that the last one would be different.
The Commander knew what she was thinking and chuckled. "If you ever figure it out, let know. It’s known as the hardest thod of Ascension because no one really knows how it happens; it just does. You could be a farr with [Farming] as your only skill, but one day you suddenly comprehend a law technique that lets you create and destroy entire mountains for so inexplicable reason."
"It kinda sounds like Ophis," Sol said, but in this case, it was already a god with its own law, and it comprehended a second one.
Zaman agreed. "Most believe Ophis went through such an experience, but don’t wait around thinking it will happen to you; such a thing almost never happens. The best I can suggest for both of your Ascensions is to focus on improving your talent skills and try to achieve A-Rank through them." The Commander was about to finish the lesson before rembering one final detail. "Also, keep in mind that you can theoretically comprehend infinite law techniques, but only the first three provide increases in all aspects, and each one provides smaller increases than the last. With that, you both know as much as I know regarding law techniques. Good luck, and I hope you comprehend one soon."
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