[34 years (continued): The goblins come in waves, their screams ripping through the night air. You fight with almost inhuman ferocity, your blows slicing through their ranks. Your soldiers also fight bravely, galvanized by your presence, but the goblins are too many. One by one, your companions fall, and soon you find yourself alone, surrounded by a sea of hostile silhouettes].
[34 (continued): Even in the face of certain death, you refuse to give in. You continue to fight, your sword becoming an extension of your indomitable will. Every blow you land takes several enemies with it, but your wounds accumulate. Your vision becomes blurred and your strength gradually fails you. At the same time, a massive goblin approaches you to try and finish you off and win you some glory. But it seemed that not only had you underestimated the goblins, but the goblins had underestimated you too. With a final cry of defiance, you cut down the massive goblin who appeared to be one of the goblins' most powerful warriors, before succumbing to your wounds. Your body fell to the ground, and instead of rushing at you, the goblins backed off, reluctant to approach you - they were afraid of you. ]
[Age 34 (end): You die smiling and proud of having held your reputation as God of War to the end].
"He knew it was better for me if he lived longer, but for the security of his territory, he wanted to eliminate this threat early."
"He should have listened to his father who warned him in his youth that these goblins were strange."
"What a pity..."
While Adam lamented the fate of his incarnation in this simulation, he also admired it.
Right now, he knew very well that his mind was much weaker than his incarnation in this simulation.
At least, at the moment, he felt totally incapable of fighting so fiercely without fear of death.
He'd just felt the happiness of having a family, and wanted to enjoy it for a long time to come...
But after thinking vaguely about it, Adam concentrated on the essential:
The rewards.
[You're dead.]
[Simulation being analyzed.]
You lived for 34 years.
[34 Yxa points rewarded.]
Your reputation in the region where you were born is rare. Your reputation in the Organ Empire is unusual.
[15 Yxa points rewarded].
Unlocked achievements.
[Baron: 10 Yxa points rewarded].
[First tournament won: 10 points rewarded].
[Goblin Slayer: 20 points rewarded].
[God of War: 50 points rewarded].
[Total: 139 Yxa points rewarded].
Your balance will be credited with 139 Yxa points.
"139 Yxa points!"
That was more than the combined total of his previous two simulations!
He felt extremely rich all of a sudden, so much so that if he wanted to, he could immediately upgrade his body forging method to the petit stage of success!
With this level of mastery, even among second-year students, he would rank at the top in terms of mastery of the body-forging technique!
Don't look at it simply, this technique distributed to all first-year students was indeed simple to use at first, but the more you progressed in mastering it, the more difficult it became to improve.
For the high authorities of the Kingdom of Keria, this technique had two main objectives:
The first, of course, was to distribute a technique that combined simplicity and efficiency.
Indeed, this technique had a major impact on the strength and potential of the residents of the Kingdom of Keria, and therefore occupied an extremely high degree of attention.
It had to be simple enough for everyone to use, but it couldn't be too bad either, or it would slow down the martial arts geniuses.
A technique that was too simple might, for example, enable some people with weak talents to progress a little faster, but this would be at the cost of slowing down the growth of the geniuses.
In the long term, this would mean a reduction in the Kingdom's overall military power due to the lack of high-level experts.
If the technique were complex, this might encourage the growth of geniuses and thus the generation of high-level strongmen, but the overall quality of the army would be greatly diminished.
Indeed, if the strongmen had to do the work of today's soldiers, they would be exhausted to death, even if there were 10 times as many of them as there were then.
The number and strength of the strongmen were important, but the overall quality of the army couldn't be bad either, so a balance had to be struck.
The second objective had to do with being able to detect these martial arts geniuses so as to be able to give them resources to progress.
These geniuses went beyond the scientific framework that the Kingdom could estimate and detect, i.e. the quality of the talent displayed as well as compatibility.
Because there was indeed a third determining factor in the growth of a strong man.
And that was his degree of understanding.
Most of the time, having good talent also meant having good understanding.
For talent enhanced to some extent the original understanding of its possessor.
But there were always geniuses who sailed against the tide with an understanding far stronger than the talent they had manifested could suggest.
And clearly, Adam intended to hide behind this parameter to pretend he was a genius with a powerful understanding!
So, without hesitation, he decided to take his body-forging technique to the next level!
"System, improve body forging technique."
[Body forging technique (entry stage) (0/50), selected.]
[Upgrade in progress...]
[Upgrade complete.]
[Body forging technique (minor success) (0/200)].
"Worthy of being a technique with geometric growth difficulty, it takes 4 times as many Yxa points to go from small success to big success, as it does to go from entry stage to small success."
Obviously, this was the case for Adam, but most people stopped at the small success stage all their lives for lack of talent!
Adam had already done some research on the subject.
Only geniuses could hope to break through to the grand success stage of this technique.
And as for perfection...