Melee Mage

Mastering both melee combat and magic, and still hoping to reach great heights, was basically impossible.

You couldn't have both fish and bear's paw; the ancients had taught later generations that truth long ago.

After all, a person's energy was extremely limited. Han Dong, for example, had spent an entire year immersed in the library studying magic, essentially reading from dawn to dusk every day... Where would he have found time to temper his body and train combat techniques?

Hundred Beasts Abel was the same. Every day, he needed to conduct high-intensity sparring sessions with all kinds of Beast Knights in the Behemoth Knight Order.

His time for sleeping and eating had been compressed to four hours.

Moreover, actual combat carried a high chance of injury, making it fundamentally impossible to study magical knowledge.

But... that only applied to ordinary people.

Han Dong was different. The trait of his "assembled body" allowed him to bypass many detours.

For example, when it came to "training the body," while others needed years or even decades to forge their physiques, Han Dong could assemble an already-trained body as long as it remained within his cells' tolerance limits.

However, there was another issue to consider.

Even with a trained body, he still needed "combat techniques" to bring out its potential.

Han Dong usually needed to study magic, conduct experiments, manage the manor, and handle various matters related to the Knight Order... Therefore, the time needed to learn "combat techniques" also had to be saved.

As a result, blades, swords, spears, and axes had basically said goodbye to Han Dong.

The question then became—how could he unleash his body's potential without relying on conventional combat techniques?

The answer lay within Han Dong himself—his "tentacles."

Scarlet Villa.

When Han Dong had first met the Earl and