With Wendigo as his shield, Oscar couldn't break through it.
It wasn't because he lacked strength, but because he didn't have the right skill. Not yet.
Fighting meant using a sword. The sword came first: slashing, thrusting, footwork, Battle Qi. Using magic wasn't something he considered, unless it was Blood Sea magic.
Breaking through any of Wendigo's massive shields would require a whole new system combining Battle Qi and magic.
There wasn't one yet.
Perhaps ancient magic had something, but he didn't know it.
As for new theories, those were being developed over in Olesian.
Otherwise, he could just try brute force. That was another theory for developing new skills.
He didn't have time for that.
To put it plainly, it was like the T-34 crisis in art-history armies.
It wasn't that he was weak, or that he lacked the power to break shields and armor. He simply didn't have the right skill yet. But for someone at his level, developing one would be easy.
Take magic, for example. Originally, magic had been specialized for defense against magic, and could specifically absorb attacks from mages.
But it hadn't focused on defending against physical impacts, so Heat Weapons had become its counter.
Now, a whole new school of magic shield research had emerged, specializing in defense against physical attacks.
Though, of course, it was the Principality of Olexian doing the research.
The Blade was only Seventh Order, but he was astonishingly fast. Sneaking up on Oscar was still possible.
Sigris, meanwhile, was a Special Attack. She was the most troublesome of all.
Especially when she stood there with Strange strength and holy light. No matter what order she was, she was always an eyesore.
The Faith system was different from magic and Battle Qi.
Take Divine Favor, for example.
When a