Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

"Now that you mention it, it does seem to be true." Rhodes recalled each of the previous battles.

Perhaps they were used to the sense of security of having a powerful, heavily armored warrior in front of them, but they overlooked the fact that all of Avira's skills were limited to the one attached to her greatsword—Thunderstorm.

The skills of the remaining warriors were never seen again.

Is it something special about the Elven race?

That shouldn't be the case; I've never heard of elven warriors being unable to learn skills.

Rhodes shook his head, not dwelling on those things, and continued browsing in the jewelry section.

【Name: Assault Bracelet】

【Type: Jewelry】

[Quality: Rare]

[Description: A relic of an orc warrior, capable of greatly increasing running speed]

[Attached Spell: Heavy Blade]

Priced at three gold coins and eighty silver coins.

Heavy Blade

[When wielding a heavy weapon, a brief charge-up increases the power of the next attack.]

This is good. It increases speed and comes with a combat skill. I'll buy it for Ivyra.

Rhodes waved his hand, signaling the waitress to pack the bracelets together.

This time he finally experienced the joy of shopping.

I used to hate going to supermarkets and shopping malls; I found them boring and tiring.

But now I realize it's just that I haven't found any products I like to browse.

Rhodes continued to select items, and the female attendant beside him was very attentive, always stepping forward to introduce the piece whenever his gaze lingered on it.

Rhodes's gaze fell on a small dagger, and he frowned in confusion as he looked at the information that popped up in the appraisal results.

【name:?】

[Type: Dagger]

[Quality: Average]

【describe:?】

"This dagger was found in the wilderness by an adventurer. According to the adventurer, the dagger was held in the hand of an old corpse, and he found it strange, so he brought it back."

"According to the guild's expert appraisal, this is just an ordinary quality dagger, but it seems to be made of a special material, much harder than ordinary daggers."

The waitress kindly explained from the side.

The guild's appraisers would probably get a normal appraisal result using the appraisal skill, but I have a panel where the appraisal skill provides more information and descriptions.

Rhodes examined the dagger closely.

The dagger has a very plain black handle, and there are no signs of rust or dents on the blade. At first glance, it looks unremarkable.

But what's with these two "?" marks?

Rhodes lowered his gaze: Price: One gold coin.

"I'll take this dagger too."

"Mr. Rhodes," the waitress advised, "Perhaps my explanation just now misled you. The dagger is only hard in the blade; all other specifications are only those of an ordinary weapon."

"The price of one gold coin is entirely due to the unknown material."

"It's fine, this is it," Rhodes insisted.

If it were merely a matter of unknown material, it would be impossible for a "?" to be displayed in both the name and description fields of the panel.

Let's get our hands on it first.

From now on, we'll call it the Question Mark Dagger.

The waitress said nothing more and deftly took out the dagger.

The two then picked out some auxiliary elixirs for battle and a batch of mana potions, spending almost all their savings before leaving the guild shop.

Across from the shop is the Adventurers' Guild.

Paril stared at Rhodes in shock, her eyes seeming to ask: Shouldn't we have gone to eat after we finished shopping, according to the plan?

Rhodes ruffled Paril's hair: "It's just a courtesy to pay a visit to Mr. Orion on the way."

Paril nodded pitifully.

"Mr. Rhodes, Director Orion is out and not in his office right now. Is there anything you need me to tell you?" A staff member in the lobby jogged over and explained to Rhodes.

"Nothing much, just dropping by to pay a visit to Mr. Orion," Rhodes said gently.

Just as I was about to leave, a guild staff member asked:

"By the way, Mr. Rhodes, your morning rental of the simulated battlefield is almost up. Would you like to extend it this afternoon?"

"What?" Rhodes was taken aback.

The staff member was taken aback: "Didn't you rent the guild's simulated battlefield all morning?"

what?

Rhodes probably guessed what was going on.

He pulled five silver coins from his empty wallet and said, "Let's book the whole place again this afternoon."

"Okay, have a good training session." The staff member took the money, bowed, and left.

The two arrived at the entrance to the simulated battlefield and entered the battlefield under the guidance of the waiting staff.

They spotted Avira not far away, clad in heavy armor and wielding a greatsword, repeatedly sweeping and slashing at the thick tree in front of her.

Occasionally, they also practice dodging and sprinting, running among the trees, and they seem very engaged in it.

She wasn't wearing a helmet, and sweat streamed down her fair and rosy cheeks.

As another training session ended, Avira inadvertently noticed the two people watching the show from a distance.

She jolted as if electrocuted, then stared wide-eyed at the two men and demanded, "How did you get in?"

Avira's voice was so loud that it startled Paril.

"We're right across from the guild shop, so close, and you're using my name, it's hard for me not to know you," Rhodes said with a grin.

"I remember you said you were going to rest inside, so why did you sneak over here to practice?"

"It seems the elf lady is quite ambitious."

The blush on Avira's face, which was already flushed from the intense exercise, gradually deepened, spreading down to her neck and up to her pointed ears.

Her lips moved, as if she wanted to say something but it got stuck in her throat.

Rhodes wasn't in a hurry and just waited happily in place.

Suddenly, Avira raised her greatsword high in her right hand and swung it down at her head.

"That ruthless?"

Rhodes instinctively dodged, but was still knocked off balance by the shockwave from the greatsword.

"Paryl!" Rhodes shouted.

Paril reacted quickly, firing a tracer bullet at Avira.

Avira dodged the tracer bullets, giving Rhodes the opportunity to chant his sword song.

The rapier was drawn, piercing towards Avira with the pale moonlight.

Avira's fighting style this time was very aggressive. Instead of dodging, she used the greatsword's additional skill, Thunder.

The runes on the greatsword suddenly lit up, and it crashed down with a thunderous explosion.

Rhodes wouldn't have been able to avoid that move.

However, thanks to the new enhancement of Sword Song, [Agile Perception], he sensed the danger, changed his move in advance, and quickly retreated the moment the lightning struck.

Unfortunately, the fan-shaped area of ​​the lightning was not small, and he was still hit by the lightning at the edge, causing his body to stiffen.

Just then, seeing a fireball condense in front of Paril's staff as the distance between the two widened, a fireball spell was launched at Avira.

At the same time, green healing spells and yellow enhancement spells flashed across Rhodes' body one after the other.

He got up again.

The fireball spell's damage was clearly insufficient to teleport Avira away.

She picked up her greatsword again and charged at Rhodes with a murderous expression.

Is this what they mean by being enraged out of spite?

Seeing that Avira's attacks were becoming increasingly fierce, Rhodes simply created an opening and was swept away by the greatsword, turning into a streak of light and being teleported away.

Seeing Rhodes killed, Paryl hurriedly threw down her staff, shouting, "I surrender!"