This premise is that the Professional possesses enough talent, energy, and effort to push both forward concurrently.
Gauss is confident about this.
There should be no greater "talent" than his in this world.
He doesn’t need to worry about being distracted, affecting or even causing "regression" in another profession’s strength.
Moreover, the profession of [Sword Soul] is not incompatible.
He slowly raised his right hand.
The action was very natural and smooth, without any surging momentum. His fingers formed a sword, pointing lightly towards the empty space ahead.
No sound, no light, no anomalies.
"Slash!"
Gauss exhaled deeply.
"Gauss, what are you doing?" Aaliyah widened her eyes, originally thinking he was about to demonstrate his newly acquired power for her, only to find he just "made a show" and gestured in the air.
"Nothing happened at all."
Gauss turned to look at her.
He was silent for a moment, and looked at her with a caring gaze.
Serdur and Ying instinctively felt that Gauss’s gesture was not so simple, but they had no personal experience to understand what it entailed.
Among the people present, only Rachel understood.
That attack could strike the soul.
What a mysterious profession....
Although there is a significant strength gap between her and Gauss, even if she stood still, allowing Gauss to attack, he couldn’t hurt her. But if their strengths were on a similar level, such a method attacking the essence would be terrifying.
Gauss smiled, without further explanation.
[Sword Soul] is the purest sword, so pure that it doesn’t even need a sword.
Professional Talent: Intention Sword
This professional talent allows its power to be freely layered onto most attack methods.
On the original basis, it layers more diverse damage, thus achieving the effect of maximizing power.
And when he wields a sword, the original Sword Skills also become more powerful.
"Congratulations, Gauss," Rachel congratulated him.
But deep down, she still had a trace of uncertainty, unsure if the cohesion of the second profession was a good thing or a bad thing for a genius like Gauss.
Perhaps only the future could witness it.
After all, even if she had opinions and views, she couldn’t intervene in Gauss’s choice.
These all belong to Gauss’s own will.
"Thank you very much for your help, President," Gauss expressed his gratitude.
Rachel indeed helped him greatly, not only providing precious dragon blood moss extract but also advising him despite her busy schedule.
Without her, the cohesion time of this second profession would probably have been delayed further.
"Was there something going on just now?"
Although Gauss was immersed in his breakthrough just now, he could subconsciously feel something.,
Rachel did not conceal it, simply narrating the course of the attacks and commotion in the city to Gauss.
"Is there trouble again?" Gauss sighed. "It would be great if everyone could coexist peacefully, unfortunately..."
The undercurrents in Sen City, even he, a newcomer, could clearly see.
Let alone the residents who have lived here for a long time.
Often, the reason why some issues persist is due to the complex web of interests and historical grievances behind them, making it hard to simplify with right or wrong or "discrimination".
Hatred only deepens in mutual entanglement.
Falling into a cycle of despair.
"Indeed."
Rachel’s tone also contained a trace of helplessness.
"The Adventurer’s Guild is a large neutral organization spanning the continent, maintained by many intelligent races and nations. Our primary creed is non-interference in local politics and maintaining absolute neutrality. In the face of turmoil in the city, unless it directly threatens the guild itself or the safety of a large number of ordinary citizens, in principle, we cannot and will not easily intervene, getting involved in the internal affairs of the city."
"If they hadn’t directly attacked the guild’s station this time, I wouldn’t have taken action personally either."
What angered her more this time was the seeming attempt by some hidden force to drag the Adventurer’s Guild into trouble.
But temporarily, this was not her concern, since this is merely a branch, someone at the Sen City Adventurer’s Guild headquarters would investigate.
"Understood."
Most members of the Adventurer’s Guild in human cities are primarily humans, while guilds in towns of dwarves, elves, or half-elves mostly consist of their respective races.
Within the alliance races accepted by the covenant, the Adventurer’s Guild cannot be biased, cannot wear tinted glasses towards other races simply because they are in a human town.
So this attack could only be categorized as an ordinary one.
"By the way, Gauss, you may need to be a bit careful." Rachel hesitated for a moment, but ultimately reminded.
"Is there any special intel?" Gauss scratched his head.
"No, it’s just my conjecture without basis. It’s just that the timing of the explosion seemed too coincidental, not ruling out the possibility it was targeted at you."
"It should just be a coincidence." Gauss noted Rachel’s reminder in his heart. "However, thank you, President Rachel, I’ll be more careful."
But analyzing rationally, this was a large-scale unrest, quite reasonable against the backdrop of increasingly tense racial conflicts recently.
Suggesting that the East District Branch explosion was to interfere with his breakthrough seems a bit far-fetched.
Admitting directly would appear somewhat self-centered.
"Then, President Rachel. We shall take our leave."
Gauss also completed his breakthrough.
He bid farewell to Rachel, as he was a bit hungry.
Moreover, such a large commotion just happened at the doorstep of the Adventurer’s Guild, as the President of the East District Branch, Rachel surely has a lot of follow-up work now.
She might have to work overtime for the next couple of days.
"Be careful on the road."
....
After stepping out of the Adventurer’s Guild building, Gauss indeed saw the devastation on the square.
Although cleaning and restoration work was underway, the severity of the explosion could still be vaguely seen.
"Let’s head back to the inn first."
Gauss shook his head.
Recently, his strength has been progressing rapidly.
Not sure if it’s related to the relatively tense environment of Sen City.
In this world, it seems there is a saying similar to a certain film work from his previous life, "Chaos is a ladder".
If adventurers become too comfortable, their strength improvement will be relatively slow; conversely, constantly placing themselves in certain events, especially major events, allows strength to grow rapidly.
Thinking back from the beginning of the year until now, he and his team experienced so many things.
Exploration of the labyrinth outside Barry City, encountering life-and-death crises.
Reaching Forest Crown Town to participate in the establishment of the outpost, involved in several battles, including a significant "beast tide" defense battle.
Later, a special non-public commission involving hundreds of goblins, eventually annihilating the Goblin Tribe by burning their nest.
Arriving at Sen City, redeeming rewards. First sea voyage.
Then came the recent events.
His experiences are objectively very rich.
Most Professionals would not participate in so many events in such a short time like him.
And almost every one could be considered a "special event" of some kind, rather than repetitive daily commissions.
Of course, he also executed a lot of routine commissions.
Plus, having the Adventurer’s Handbook as a golden finger, his leveling speed is actually understandable.
"Once I’ve mastered the Flying Technique, shall we take a commission and leave Sen City for a while?"
Gauss looked at his three teammates, suggesting his idea.
Though chaos can bring more opportunities, deep down, Gauss does not want to get involved in the current complex events of Sen City.
Compared to these turbulent and sinister plots, he prefers pure commissions and adventures.
In the forest, the ocean, the mountains, there are still many goblins waiting for him.
Call it helpless or self-comfort.
He indeed profoundly recognizes that at least for now, he can’t save the world; all he can do is slay "goblins".
This is his contribution to this world.
Everyone has their own responsibilities to bear, roles to play, and what he can do....is to slay monsters.
Without limit.