Chapter 115 – Heroic Age (2/2)
With this story complete, Professor Moore took another short break. The next part would be the important aspect of learning. “Naturally, legends were just legends. In this, the legends had exaggerated the relations.h.i.+p part between Gungnir and the Perpetual Saint Gun. This is something necessary for legends. What we shall pay attention to is the essence of the story, which is that hyperdimensional life forms and rune weapons are the same. The only different is the degree of difficulty between their births. This difficulty isn’t a difference of one or two points and even to this day we are still unsure how to solve this question.
“It was during the despair of the dark era that the birth of divine weapons occurred, yet in this era of constant progression, we are instead unable to manufacture divine weapons like those of the past. Perhaps this is the question most worthy for us to reflect on.”
Stories of heroes resonated easily with the people, and all of the students gave a thunderous applause at the end. No one could resist the urge to dream of the day when they could summon soul beasts and leave their names in the history books. As for the things they should reflect on… f.u.c.k that. It had long been thrown up to the clouds.
Professor Moore smiled and made that pressing down motions once again. “Due to the constraints of time, I shall introduce just one more weapon. This is likely the most neglected branch of rune weaponry. It is also a most ill.u.s.trious example and something quite a number of students should be familiar with—the Limitless Cross Wheel.”
This was a name that made the solemn atmosphere inside the cla.s.sroom flip completely. Quite a few started to roar with laughter as this weapon had only recently gotten famous. The cause of this was the appearance of an expert whose popularity had reached the peak.
“Brother All-Mouthy King’s Cross Wheel!”
“Hanged Ghost’s eternal nightmare!”
“Too much exaggeration! What Brother King used isn’t as good as the original.”
“Naming it is useless as everyone is mistaken. Its full name is Laforgue Infinite Slash Crosswheel…” Professor Moore ignored the rising cheers of the students and started his talk of the Laforgue Infinite Slash Crosswheel’s cla.s.sic story without hurry.
w.a.n.g Zhong had heard the same story from Scarlet. While Professor Moore’s narration had some small differences, there weren’t any big changes on the whole. Professor Moore was obviously an expert at telling stories. On top of the information Scarlet had given, he also added various historic backdrops and the evaluations of the later generation about Laforgue. This allowed listeners to feel great shock and awe while also gaining a deeper impression of the entire biography.
Finally, he ended with his summary. “Everyone only knew that Laforgue was a very strong ranged soldier. In fact, he was also an outstanding rune blacksmith. His Unlimited All-cutting Cross Wheels were the most complex, difficult to control weapons among the Ten Great Divine Weapons. Therefore, it is usually underestimated.
“Of the large majority of soldiers who had researched the cross wheel, simply the ability to control the direction of the spin wasn’t easy. This was something usually quite simple on other boomerang-type throwing weapons. Wanting to unleash the cross wheel’s true might mean that one had to achieve thorough control over every minute detail of the weapon. To take a step in that direction is equivalent to traversing from the earth to the heavens.
“It is a pity that no news had been spread of anyone able to achieve the same level of proficiency in it as Laforgue. Perhaps it is only those geniuses who had the talent to do so. If one chose a rune sword or rune gun, then one could expect a quick return. Why would anyone waste their time researching a weapon that had simply no use in combat during the learning phase, especially for a weapon where one was unsure if they could actually master it in the end?”
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