Eldritch Creature's Guide

Chapter 284 Analysis of Opponent

Because they were letting them board their ship, the pirates atop the vessel of the Pirate King didn't have a problem when closing to the battleship and slowly, they began their boarding actions on the battleship.

Samiel watched everything that was happening with a certain level of patience, but at the same time, he was also deeply nervous about what was to happen because the enemy this time was dangerous...

Too dangerous a truth to be told.

From a distance, he could clearly see the imposing figure of the Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland.

Even though his aura was powerful and oppressive, the Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland had a very refined aristocratic appearance that may even seem gentle to some people.

He appeared like a middle-aged man with short blonde hair and a trimmed beard, wearing an attire that was not unlike the rest of the pirates.

While most of the pirates were typically wearing a combination of whatever clothes and armor they could find or plunder, Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland wore a very expensive and noble-looking white attire.

It was also decorated with gold and some gemstones, giving it a feeling of richness and nobility. Not to mention, he had a certain degree of pompous looks and he looked annoying for some reason... Samiel really wanted to punch him.

He looked like an embodiment of pompous, arrogant and incompetent nobility that was rather common among many monarchies.

It was like he was straightly cut out of some book or whatever, as the resemblance was indeed uncanny.

'But on the other side... He is close to getting Mastery of Strength and this means I am pretty lucky.'

When a Silver-Tier Professional reaches the peak of the Silver-Tier at Level 75, they would need to get Path Mastery in one of the five Paths: Energy, Mind, Strength, Soul, and Spirit and then achieve Gold-Tier.

This was something that made the Gold-Tier Professionals an entirely new dimension because they had Path Mastery which was tremendously increasing their combat prowess.

Naturally, they could master multiple Paths, but those cases were pretty rare.

Normally even geniuses mastered two Path Masteries and those of heaven-defying qualities mastered maximally three Path Masteries. More than that were only myths and legends that happened a very long time ago.

Yet mastering multiple Path Masteries gave tremendous advantages during the entire Legendary Level because the power of the Legendary Level Professional was decided by the Mastery and the Path one chose.

According to Samiel's calculations through Level 4 Transcendental Ability Architect, he calculated that even as Peak Silver-Tier Professional, he would have a chance only against weak, newly ascended Gold-Tier Professionals.

Such as the disparity between the two Tiers.

Samiel's ability to fight above his Tier would be getting lower and lower because from onwards, it would be much more harder to fight above his Tier. For him, mastering several Path Masteries would ensure that he would have the so-called "heaven-dying battle power" even at the Legendary Leve.

Fortunately, the Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland was still technically a Silver-Tier Professional and only touched the Path Mastery. Yet just touching the Mastery was something that distinguished him from all other Silver-Tier Professionals to a tremendous degree.

He obtained the Strength Mastery, which focused on the physical aspect of the Profession, which meant this greatly played into Samiel's cards because he didn't wish o engage him in close combat in the first place.

Practically speaking, every other scenario would be more troublesome compared to the Strength Mastery. Not that they would be stronger if they had another Path Mastery, bur rather, Samiel would be hard-pressed to deal with such opponents.

The Energy Master would mean that his opponent was an extremely powerful Magic User; Mind Mastery would be most problematic to deal with as it would signify powerful Esper or something in that way.

Soul Mastery, while one of the most powerful Masteries that the Gold-Tier Professional could grasp was actually no threat to him, and the same about Spirit Mastery; due to his racial capabilities, he was very resistant to any kind of Soul or Spiritual attacks.

Strength Mastery was, on the contrary, all about physical power and thus, from a certain point of view, it was easiest to deal with... People who practiced Strength Mastery usually lacked the troublesome capabilities that those with Soul Mastery or Spirit Mastery had.

Unless the person who had Strength Mastery wasn't someone who was a friggin genius with it and had a tremendous affinity for the Strength Mastery.

Then it would be more problematic, but from what Samiel saw about Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland, he belonged to the category of the more normal ones.

Samiel conjured one ice trident through the Winter Ruler Ultimate Ability that would be acting as a conduit for his Magic, as he sent a wave of frost forward, freezing the tens of pirates that attempted to cross over to the battleship.

Using the Nuclear Void Mana Control Method, he boosted up his legs and jumped on the deck of the pirate ship while simultaneously releasing a wave of freezing Mana that froze everyone in the vicinity.

Instantaneously he used Mystic Arte: Thorns as they appeared around him, shattering the pirates that were frozen to the popsicles. These average pirates that were mainly at the Steel-Tier or some even just at the Iron-Tier were instantly slaughtered by him.

Contrary to the aristocratic appearance of the Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland, the rest of his crew looked indeed like the majority of the pirates would look like... dirty, disgusting, rag-tagged and ugly by any means.

lightsΝοvel The rest of them feared Samiel to the point where they backed away and rather kept on boarding the battleship of his while making way for Samiel to the Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland.

"Welcome, welcome and to the third welcome, my friend, to my ship!"

Samiel heard the voice of Pirate King Wentworth Ruthland, who was clapping his hands and welcoming him aboard, as he frowned because even his voice was annoying to hear. He sounded irritating and one had an uncontrollable need to punch his stupidly smiling face.

"And I thank you for the welcome... should we come to the matter or keep up this charade?"

Samiel asked as he got ready in the battle position, ready to call upon any spell in his arsenal if needed. During the time, he was observing his opponent; he was also using the Level 4 Transcendental Ability Architect to calculate the best strategy to win.