Desire

It had been nearly a week since Li Si obtained the Proficiency in All Weapons warrior class specialty.

Li Si had lived a very fulfilling life during this time!

Joining the Ya Er Adventurer Team had been unexpected, but Li Si had seized the opportunity to study and train diligently.

After all, there was no reason not to freeload skills from his teammates for free.

He had picked up quite a few useful skills from Ya Er and Arsen, such as Charge, Soul Severing Slash, Tendon Severing, and Thunder Strike.

From Lunbos, he learned several highly practical life-saving skills, including Hold Fast, Shield Wall, Iron Armor, and Stamina Enhancement.

He had even managed to get his hands on the Black Iron Dwarf racial skill, Statue Form.

Statue Form: Upon activation, grants immunity to bleeding, poison, and disease effects, and increases armor by 10%. Lasts 8 seconds. Cooldown: 3 minutes.

As for Elena, after becoming familiar with Li Si and learning that he was not one of those disgusting nobles who kept elves in captivity, her relationship with him improved considerably.

At Li Si's request, she also demonstrated some hunter class skills for him, such as tracking, Traps, and Windwalk Spell.

Li Si successfully copied them all.

As for the hunter's core set of Tame Beast skills, Li Si still could not learn them. He guessed that he would first need to obtain the hunter class specialty before unlocking that portion of the skill set.

Compared to the bunch of warrior-only blockheads among the family guards, Li Si could only sigh. They truly could not compare, whether in quantity or quality. (Family guards: Then should we leave?)

Although everyone was curious about Li Si's requests to demonstrate the methods of using each class's skills, Li Si explained that he had rarely come into contact with other extraordinary classes before. He wanted to familiarize himself with them so he would not be completely clueless when facing such classes in the future.

Li Si did not want to hide things from his teammates either. It was simply that his All-Rounder talent was far too significant, and until he possessed enough power to protect himself, he had to remain cautious.

Mastering the corresponding skills across even one class was already rather rare. If you could master the skills of every class, would that not make it obvious that there was something wrong with you?

Li Si planned that whenever he acted under his own identity in the future, he would use warrior skills at most. At worst, he could claim that his class was a Magic Swordsman!

As for skills from other classes, he would avoid using them whenever possible.

At the same time, after Li Si learned so many skills and obtained the Proficiency in All Weapons warrior basic specialty, the bonus experience granted by his All-Rounder talent had risen to 30%.

The power of the All-Rounder talent was gradually revealing itself.

Today, Li Si had once again sparred with Ya Er until very late. On the villa grounds, he was drenched in sweat and covered in dust, yet he still held his longsword as he practiced with Ya Er.

It had to be said that Ya Er truly deserved to be a future Story Protagonist-level figure. Though still young, both her strength and her combat experience and techniques far surpassed those of Welf, a man in his forties! (Welf: Then should I leave?)

"All right, come inside when you're done. Dinner's ready!"

Seeing that the two had stopped, Arsen called to them through the window.

The two stopped fooling around, put away their weapons, and returned indoors.

Ya Er ran into the house excitedly and shouted, "I'm starving! What are we having tonight?"

"I ordered food from Passel Restaurant. It may not be as good as Li Si's cooking, but make do with it."

Arsen said with a smile as he greeted Li Si.

"You're too kind. How could I cook as well as a restaurant chef?" Li Si said modestly. Over the past few days, he had cooked many meals, and he had practically conquered every member of the Ya Er Adventurer Team.

Arsen waved his hand without saying anything. In his view, Li Si truly was strange. He was clearly a noble, yet he was highly skilled at cooking. He was a mage, yet he trained in close combat with Ya Er.

But after spending the past few days together, Arsen felt that Li Si was quite a good person. Unlike some old-fashioned types who carried themselves with noble airs all day, he was well-traveled and knowledgeable, able to explain many things Arsen did not understand. He was easy and pleasant to get along with.

Today, all members of the Ya Er Adventurer Team had gathered together, a rare occasion. While everyone enjoyed the meal, Arsen tapped the table. Once everyone turned to look at him, he cleared his throat and said, "It's been quite a while since we completed our last commission, and we have a new member, Li Si, joining us. Shouldn't we head to the Mercenary Guild and take on a new mission?"

As one of the few Gold-level adventurer teams, the Ya Er Mercenary Group was naturally an important force for the Mercenary Guild in completing high-level commissions. The guild had already sent someone to ask Arsen whether they were willing to accept a high-level commission. Besides, this was also a task entrusted to him by those above.

Miss Ya Er's personal strength had already reached a certain level. What she needed more now was to broaden her experience and knowledge in every respect.

That was also why Miss Ya Er had become a mercenary and traveled everywhere.

"I agree!" Ya Er was the first to raise her hand, still clutching a chicken leg. She had long been unable to wait any longer. Staying in the city every day was far too boring.

"I have no objections!" Lunbos glanced at the mug of ale in his hand. Almost all the reward from their last commission had gone toward his drinking, so he truly needed to earn another round of drinking money.

Elena brushed several loose strands of golden hair behind her right ear and nodded lightly in agreement.

Li Si had even less reason to object!

Taking a commission = completing a high-level mission = massive experience!

That was far too tempting for Li Si right now!

"Good, then it's settled." Arsen nodded. He handled most of the Ya Er Adventurer Team's daily affairs.

"Then shall we go to the guild tomorrow morning and take a look?"

At that point, Arsen turned to glance at Li Si. After hesitating for a moment, he said, "I think that since this is Li Si's first time joining our adventurer team, we should choose an easier extermination mission this time and get used to working together first."

Li Si nodded. That was only reasonable. After all, he was still Bronze-level, while his teammates were all Silver-level. Ya Er was even a Gold-level warrior. If they did not coordinate well, his presence might even become a liability to the team.

Compared to missions involving dangerous exploration, extermination missions allowed more room for error. When exploring secret realms, danger could strike from all directions at any time, placing even higher demands on the team members' mutual understanding. Arsen's consideration was therefore quite thorough.

Still, Li Si was not worried about holding the team back. He dared not boast about anything else, but his practical combat experience working with teammates was extremely solid. It had been honed through countless team wipes in his previous life.

Li Si did not believe anyone else had experienced death as many times as he had. Ordinary battles could no longer shake his calm and steady combat mentality.

Li Si's current situation was somewhat like a clever housewife unable to cook without rice. He possessed the mature, seasoned combat experience and techniques of his previous life, but lacked the corresponding strength.

His rate of improvement was still not fast enough. He was still far from strong enough!

These days of practical training had shown him the gulf in strength between himself and Ya Er, a Story Protagonist.

Even if he unleashed all his strength, it would be impossible for him to harm Ya Er in the slightest.

Too weak!

Li Si clenched his right fist. His blood surged through his body, and his heart roared without cease. Never before had his desire to grow stronger burned so fiercely!

It was even stronger than when he had just been reborn as a viscount and realized the threat of death awaiting him.

That was right!

Now that he had come to this magnificent world, to this age where heroes rose together, how could he be willing to lag behind others, swept along by the tides of fate and content to drift wherever they carried him?

Not even if they were protagonists!

I am Li Si!

In this life, I will stand at the peak of this world and have my name remembered by every race within it!

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