The test is over.
Ed sat up suddenly from the bed in the Hall of Thought. The pain of his left arm being cut vertically made him blush and grit his teeth. Fortunately, the pain only stayed in his consciousness for a brief moment and then disappeared.
Let’s go here first, it’s already the limit. he thought to himself.
Although simulation training through the Keeper program in his dream can maximize time and efficiency, the impact on his sleep quality cannot be underestimated:
Normally, he would feel energetic after sleeping for six or seven hours, but once he was overtrained in his dream, he would feel physically and mentally exhausted and weak even after sleeping for twelve hours.
Therefore, he has been carefully controlling the duration of simulated real-scene training using the Keeper program on weekdays, trying not to exceed seven games a night to avoid affecting his mental state during the day.
But this time there is an exception:
He generated a new pseudo-phantom model based on Catalina's combat prowess today, and then tested it for a full fifteen games - this far exceeded his usual training volume.
The final result was one win, one draw and 13 losses. The only victory was when the fragments caused by the explosion of the pocket watch bomb happened to hit the eye hole of the armor, causing Catalina to become blind. In the end, Ed pulled her away and shot her repeatedly with the Volcano pistol, causing multiple internal injuries and losing her ability to move.
Through these fifteen battles, he came to the conclusion:
In a frontal battle without using Emperor's Blood incendiary bombs, Catalina equipped with black gold plate armor is enough to crush her current self. As long as he is dragged into a hand-to-hand fight, he will have no chance of winning.
Of course, this does not include the extreme case where he used the Wasp drone to carry the Emperor's blood to launch a suicide bombing. If he did this, he could definitely kill Catalina in the dark two hundred meters away, but that would have no reference value.
Although this huge gap is partly due to the protective ability of the black gold armor, even if Catalina does not wear the black gold plate armor and Ed does not use long-range attacks, he estimates that his chance of winning is only 20% at best.
The Keeper program can simulate a personality crystal that is almost identical to the person being copied. Whether it's physical enhancement or secret skills, his abilities are almost the same as Catalina's.
But the reality is that his ability in hand-to-hand combat is more than a little behind Catalina. And this is just the strength Catalina showed in front of her, maybe she has some hidden cards.
Is this genius? Ed was filled with emotions. He thought he was a little clever, but compared to a true genius like Katarina, it was completely inadequate.
"Do you need me to tell you some inspirational quotes?" Sylvie said tepidly from the side.
"No, I don't need psychological massage for the time being." Ed turned over from the bed and sat up, "Let's do some practical research first. What do you think is the essential gap between Catalina and I in swordsmanship?"
"What is the essence of swordsmanship?" Sylvie asked without answering.
"Essence...?" Ed thought for a moment and asked, "The pointed end is facing others?"
"That's right. It seems that you have completely understood the essentials of swordsmanship. Now let's challenge Katarina in black gold armor for Chapter 16."
"You're kidding, let me think about it again..." Ed lowered his head and rubbed his eyebrows, and suddenly came up with the answer, "Style?"
Catalina's swordsmanship style is extremely calm and she almost never takes risks. She is especially good at finding the opponent's flaws in the airtight defense and completing simultaneous offense and defense. This makes Ed, who likes to win by surprise, particularly uncomfortable.
The real difference between the two lies in the experience, skills, judgment and even the fighting style they have accumulated from countless sword swings. This is something that is difficult to copy with a character card. After all, he only simulates the opponent's personality crystal, not a perfect copy of Catalina.
Whether it is Catalina's steady swordsmanship or the Stranger's wild scimitar skills, they are all very different from Ed's own fighting style. He must find a technical system that suits his own style.
"I understand, thank you for reminding me." He gave Sylvie a thumbs up, "By the way, do you have any sickle skills suitable for me in your database?"
"I'm afraid not." Sylvie shook her head, "The sickle is a side weapon, and it's even more difficult to find a technique that suits your style."
"Well, it seems we can only start from other aspects first."
Ed gently stroked the cane with his palm and summoned the crystal arc blade. Under the pale sickle blade, vague turbulence could be seen vaguely, as if a storm of nothingness was gathering from it.
Approximately one-tenth full? He estimated based on his feeling. This time he absorbed the crystallization of Jaros's personality, but it was still not enough.
Although the Crystal Arc Blade's ability to harvest personality crystals makes it seem to have great potential, in reality, the opportunities for him to harvest it are very few, and he may not be able to make further progress in a short period of time.
Then we can only start with the "Puppet" secret text.
Ed ultimately decided on the next step in his promotion. He had witnessed the Royal Society's drone swarm, and its firepower and maneuverability were impressive. Colonel Haken's old regiment was almost helpless in front of him.
Maybe it's time to pay a visit to the Invisible Hand Auction House.
…
“Welcome back to your most loyal and warm haven, Mr. Ashes! I'm your loyal companion Robin! "The noisy robot welcome doll made a loud noise.
"About what I mentioned before..."
Before Ed could finish speaking, the welcome doll jumped in and said:
"Yes! Yes! Mr. Ashes!" I got good news - someone is willing to sell the blueprint of the Wasp drone for 3 faceless iron coins. "
What, is anyone really willing to sell it? Ed was a little weird. He originally wanted to raise the purchase price this time, but he didn't expect that someone was already willing to take action.
Although he has 7 faceless iron coins in his hand, considering that upgrading to the 3.0 system in the future will require the computing power of 5 iron coins, he naturally saves what he can.
"Okay..." Ed considered his words for a moment, and then said, "Okay, please contact the seller for me. I would like to find a time to discuss it further."
"Guess what a coincidence this is?! Mr. "Ashes", it's better to choose a day than to hit it. In fact, this seller is just free now! "
The shrill mechanical noise of the welcome doll was deafening.
