After completing his second Witcher mutation, Guilliman found himself quite busy for a period.
First, to obtain more precise data, he had to cooperate with Margareta's various tests and research. During this time, the two of them flirted and engaged in intimate moments, inevitably having many'sparring sessions'.
With his current stamina and enthusiasm, each'sparring session' took about half a day, which was quite time-consuming, and a day would pass before he knew it.
Afterward, he continued to prepare for the world of Elden Ring.
Compared to the Elder Scrolls world, Guilliman was more optimistic about the Lands Between.
Not only was it home to numerous weapons, equipment, and magical treasures, but it also had a denser concentration of monsters with abundant Soul Power, making it ideal for his rapid growth.
Unfortunately, the world of Elden Ring should also be considered a medium-magic level world, and there were simply too many powerful individuals in the Lands Between.
After several days of observation, the real Lands Between was not like the game, where a demigod could be whittled down by dozens of archers simply by exploiting numerical advantages.
Without such numerical limitations, a truly elite archer would be instantly killed by a powerful individual, and their arrows would likely not even be able to penetrate the powerful individual's defenses.
Whether it was a demigod of the caliber of Malenia, Blade of Miquella, or General Radahn, their mere battle aftershocks were enough to nearly obliterate large areas.
In terms of actual strength, even elite knights like the Tree Sentinel would probably be instantly killed by them.
Moreover, in the Lands Between, there were even stronger individuals than the Valkyrie, and true gods also existed.
With Guilliman's current strength, if he wanted to gain a firm foothold in the Lands Between, he still needed to improve as quickly as possible.
Thus, he began to look for ways to rapidly enhance his strength.
Normally, improving a person's strength can be divided into two methods: internal and external.
The former involves improving one's stats, which means physical fitness, magical intensity, swordsmanship skills, and so on.
The latter refers to relying on external objects, such as weapons and equipment, magic scrolls, alchemical bombs, or even combat pets like Sabina, or summoning combat companions by 'calling for help'.
Guilliman had always been working on improving both his internal and external aspects. In just a few months, his strength had increased by an unknown number of times compared to when he first arrived in this world.
However, he couldn't acquire Soul Power too quickly now to enhance his various skills, and his Evil Dragon Armor and Aerondight were already top-tier equipment.
As for consumables like alchemical bombs and magic scrolls, their effect was negligible against true powerhouses.
Instead, the last option, 'calling for help' — finding powerful companions to explore with — was the most practical method and offered the fastest increase in combat power.
Unfortunately, Guilliman's strength had increased too rapidly. Now, apart from the Dragonborn girl, the other experts he knew could barely keep up with him.
If he brought them along to the Lands Between, they would likely die in battle, as they didn't possess bodies that were nearly immortal.
As for Francesca and Margareta, not only was he reluctant to let his two confidantes risk danger, but they also wouldn't agree to his whimsical request.
Moreover, the Headmistress and the Elven Queen were not his subordinates; they both had their own ideals and careers. The fact that they could dedicate so much time to help him already showed the depth of their affection.
He truly couldn't ask them to sacrifice any more.
So, after much consideration,
The first method Guilliman thought of to quickly improve himself was to learn mortal sword techniques, acquiring common skills like [Temeria Military Swordsmanship] to rapidly boost his stats.
After all, [Temeria Military Swordsmanship] only cost three hundred Soul Power to advance from common to master level, yet it provided a significant increase in Strength and Agility.
The reason he hadn't learned those common skills before was not only because his physical limit was restricted, but more importantly, learning ordinary people's skills also took time. Only by devouring souls could he master skills the fastest.
At that time, his soul rank was still very low, and even an ordinary person's soul would be difficult for him to bear.
But now it was no problem; his soul rank had reached the transcendent level. If he only devoured ordinary souls, the burden was much smaller.
He decided to act immediately. So, during a break from his research with Margareta, he obtained a warrant from Princess Adda and went to the death row cells, selecting a few suitable targets.
There were hunters who had committed murder, deserter bandits from Kaedwen, Nilfgaardian spies, and so on.
After all this trouble, by devouring these ordinary souls, Guilliman successfully acquired several common human skills as he wished.
[Basic Archery], [Stealth], [Riding], [Kaedwen Military Spear Combat].
After spending 1,200 Soul Power to raise these four skills to master level, his various basic abilities did indeed improve, with both Strength and Agility increasing by about one point.
The stat increase wasn't significant, perhaps because his current strength was already very high, and basic skills could no longer bring him noticeable improvements.
However, master-level basic skills usually come with some special attributes.
For example, master-level [Basic Archery], in addition to providing Guilliman with extensive practical archery experience, also improved his dynamic vision and ranged weapon accuracy.
Master-level [Stealth] enhanced his ability to reduce noise while moving, making him more suitable for assassination.
Master-level [Riding] increased riding stability, allowing for more difficult maneuvers while mounted and enhancing mounted combat capabilities.
As for [Kaedwen Military Spear Combat], in addition to teaching him how to use spear weapons, it also increased his battlefield premonition and battlefield presence, similar to [Temeria Military Swordsmanship]—two elusive and mysterious special attributes.
It's true, spending only 1,200 Soul Power to improve so many miscellaneous attributes and basic combat skills, although not an immediate, dramatic boost, did have a good effect on Guilliman's overall combat power.
Over the next half-month, the Witcher, having tasted success, began to relentlessly hunt down powerful mortals to acquire their skills.
Of course, he mainly killed those who deserved to die, such as wanted criminals, bandits, despicable nobles, or notorious evil mercenaries.
Thus, in a short period, Guilliman learned more than twenty ordinary combat skills.
For example, military swordsmanship from various countries, shield bash techniques, two-handed weapon combat, polearm combat, and some ranged weapon combat skills.
For every three hundred Soul Power, he could raise a mortal's combat skill to master level, and roughly every four mortal skills would increase his Strength and Agility attributes by one point each.
By the time the 8,000-plus Soul Power was nearly used up, Guilliman's Strength and Agility had each increased by about six points during this period. He also mastered the use of most weapons, and the accuracy of ranged weapons like archery and javelin throwing greatly improved.
Most importantly, because most of the skills he chose were military skills, once these skills were all raised to master level,
Guilliman gained a total of about twenty points in battlefield premonition and twenty points in battlefield presence.
These mundane basic skills not only made him a true weapon master but also a battlefield expert.
Regarding the effects of these two attributes, the former allowed him to better grasp the situation in combat, avoid enemy encirclement, anticipate enemy intentions, and so on—essentially, a keen sense on the battlefield.
The latter attribute gave him an extraordinary presence on the battlefield, like a Shura or a fierce general, capable of suppressing enemy morale and fighting spirit with his aura, making it easier to win.
Unfortunately, easily learned ordinary combat skills were ultimately limited.
The more than twenty ordinary skills he had currently learned essentially encompassed all battlefield skills, at least all the battlefield skills in the Witcher world had been exhausted.
To learn more ordinary skills, he would have to put in more effort, learning things like family heirloom skills from knightly families or inherited skills from certain martial arts schools.
However, by this time, a month and a half had passed since Guilliman returned to the Witcher world from the Elder Scrolls.
The time he had agreed upon with the Dragonborn girl was within two months.
So Guilliman prepared to pack up, bringing more valuable items like gold and jewels, and head to the Elder Scrolls world to 'restock' again.
In that world, which possessed numerous treasures, there were still many ways to improve his strength.
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