4: The adventure is over, prepare to win

As Clarissa walked, thinking about what she should do and what she could do, she suddenly felt something in front of her and looked up.

It was two men and one woman, all wearing the same white uniform with gold trim, and an ice-blue bird-shaped emblem on their uniforms.

Although Clarissa was "inexperienced," she knew what this emblem represented, because the national emblem of the Grosster Empire was this very symbol.

The brown-haired boy let out a soft hiss.

The moment Clarissa looked up, her captivating charm was evident.

Mom, I'm in love!

"Um, hello, let's introduce ourselves. We are students from the Grosster Empire Knight Academy. May we chat with you?" Allie politely said to Clarissa.

"Ah... no problem!" Clarissa thought for a moment, then nodded.

"Let's go somewhere quieter, how about the plaza next to us?" Allie suggested.

"No problem." Clarissa had no objections and followed them to a nearby plaza, stopping in front of a garden fountain.

"Let me introduce myself first, my name is Allie," Allie said, then pointed to the blond boy: "This is Cos."

Cos smiled and nodded at Clarissa, looking very gentlemanly.

Allie then pointed to the brown-haired boy: "This is Jack."

Jack grinned at Clarissa, chuckling, a bit simple-minded.

Well, from another perspective, he seemed a bit like a simp.

"My name is Clarissa," Clarissa said, nodding.

Allie and the others smiled, looking at Clarissa, waited for a moment, then blinked, somewhat confused.

"Um... which Knight Academy are you from?" Allie asked curiously.

After all, if someone like Clarissa were from their academy, there's no way they wouldn't know her.

So, she could only be from another academy.

After all, there wasn't just one Knight Academy.

There were official ones, private ones, and even "international" ones.

Clarissa didn't look very old, and to be a cultivator, one had to either be from a Knight Academy or have a family inheritance.

"I'm not from any Knight Academy..." Clarissa said, shaking her head.

Allie and the others suddenly understood; she must be from some family, but that wasn't important. Their goal was to recruit Clarissa to join their team.

"Um, we have an impolite request; we hope you can join our team..." Allie said to Clarissa.

"Huh? What do you mean?" Clarissa heard Allie's words and asked, slightly frowning in confusion.

Allie explained to Clarissa.

The Knight Academy was very "free"; basically, apart from fixed assessment times, students relied on their own efforts. Of course, there would be specialized teachers for instruction at fixed times.

However, the private cultivation of Breathing Technique, physical training, swordsmanship, and battle techniques were all up to the students themselves.

As the saying goes, the master leads the way, but individual practice is key.

Allie and her team had passed their assessments, and they were only one graduation trial away from graduating. Their trial assessment was set for one month later, and they wanted to use this month to gain experience, train their combat skills, and incidentally fight magical beasts.

This brought them here, to a neutral organization of "international organization" level: the Adventurer's Guild, where they wanted to register a mercenary group to take on missions and train.

However, to form a mercenary group, there needed to be at least four people.

But Allie and her team weren't really trying to set up a mercenary group; they just wanted to train together. It was best to find someone to join them, and they didn't really look down on ordinary mercenaries.

Even if it was just for show or something, there was no need, and others knowing this wouldn't want to join either.

After all, they were "playing around," while others were serious.

This delayed them for two days, and just as they were considering whether to "lower themselves," Clarissa appeared!

So they sought her out.

"I see ~ No problem for me!" Clarissa nodded. She was just wondering what she could do, and wasn't this an opportunity that came to her?

And she should be able to earn some elemental crystals or find some rare treasures, all of which could be exchanged for source points. Everything for source points! Clarissa thought.

Next, Tang Ziheng watched Clarissa go on an adventure with these three.

Fighting magical beasts, gathering herbs, completing guild quests...

The source points she collected slowly increased.

Clarissa also underwent the baptism of "blood," and her combat power began to climb steadily.

And Allie and her team also discovered Clarissa's solid and terrifying swordsmanship during their battles.

Although Clarissa didn't use any battle techniques, Allie and her team didn't doubt for a moment that Clarissa was "hiding her true abilities."

She didn't use battle techniques because she didn't need to.

They watched Clarissa easily kill magical beasts with her solid swordsmanship without using any battle techniques, and the quality of the knight's sword in her hand was also extremely good, though it wasn't an elemental weapon.

But its sharpness was several grades better than the knight's swords in their hands.

This made them envious, and they wanted to ask where she bought it, but they were too embarrassed to ask.

In just seven days.

Clarissa gained 582 source points, but her gains were not just source points; she also gained combat experience and completely mastered basic swordsmanship.

Adding to that, she had been eating magical beast meat these days, along with cultivating her Breathing Technique.

Clarissa's physical fitness rapidly increased.

It had now reached 4.7 points.

"Phew~" Today they returned to Mans City.

Seven days of outdoor life was very stressful for "newbies" like them, especially for Allie, because they basically couldn't bathe outside, at most finding a water source to wipe themselves down.

And the food and lodging were definitely not as good as in the city.

However, the benefit was that the battles these past few days had greatly benefited them, and they were greatly impressed by the effectiveness of Clarissa's solid basic swordsmanship.

People in this world don't invest much in cultivating basic swordsmanship.

Because everyone's focus is on battle techniques.

No matter how strong basic swordsmanship is, it doesn't have any elemental bonuses.

But battle techniques are different!

Even the worst battle technique, once mastered, can increase its power by at least 150% or more.

And basic swordsmanship? Not only does it have no power bonus, it's easy to learn but hard to master, let alone higher realms.

It's also a process of grinding away.

So naturally, everyone practices battle techniques; they don't even have enough time to practice battle techniques, so where would they find time to practice basic swordsmanship?

"Then this is where we part ways!" Clarissa bid them farewell. She had gained so much and planned to rest for two days and also "spend some money."

"Hmm~ Clarissa, come find us when you're free!" Allie said goodbye to Clarissa.

"I will!" Clarissa smiled and nodded.

Clarissa returned to her room.

She immediately opened the system, ready to spend money to get stronger!