Becoming a god starts with enhancing fire arrows.

With the enhancement of the Sword Song, Rhodes' speed suddenly increased.

Several flaming arrows were fired at the core.

Although it was unclear what the entire factory was used to forge, and considering the possibility that Cassandra was lying.

But hearing the other person's confident tone, I felt an urge to shoot a few arrows.

Sudden.

Cassandra, who had been facing away from herself, moved, moving so fast that it was impossible to see with the naked eye.

The flaming arrow in mid-air was instantly shattered.

At that moment, Cassandra appeared in front of him.

"Well..."

Rhodes felt his neck being gripped by an iron collar, and then he was lifted upwards.

Oh no, we've gone too far.

Avira gripped the hilt of the greatsword with her right hand and took a step forward. The next second, Cassandra threw Rhodes to the ground and punched Avira in the abdomen.

That punch was quite strange.

It struck the heavy armor, yet made no sound.

But Avira's face contorted in pain, and she collapsed to the ground in agony.

Cassandra clapped her hands and returned to her previous position.

"Chief level..."

Avira looked at Rhodes, whose face was turning blue on the ground, and squeezed out these words through her teeth.

"Cough cough cough."

The judgment was wrong.

Cassandra wasn't lying; she really wasn't a midfielder.

Rhodes coughed violently, then gasped for air.

"When I left the Drow tribe more than a hundred years ago, my tribe regarded me as a freak."

"The Drow have a terrifying dominance in the underworld, so they don't understand why I want to go to the surface."

"To be honest, I don't like the culture among the drow races, I don't like the gods they worship, and I don't like their philosophy of life."

"I've always been seen as a traitor to the Drow, but because of that, they've overlooked my talent."

"Back when Stanley valued my abilities and put me in charge of 'Black Hand,' I was already a mid-level member. However, in order to gain his trust and put him at ease, I kept my strength hidden."

"You are the only two people who know that I have reached the chief level all these years."

After her self-introduction, she remained silent, staring intently at the brass-colored sphere, lost in thought.

Rhodes caught his breath and slowly stood up.

If I had known I had this ability, I would have been as arrogant as I wanted.

This is at the level where a basic attack could kill me outright.

Seeing that Avira still seemed to be in a lot of pain, he took a few steps closer and helped her up.

Cassandra spoke slowly, "Can we now return to our previous topic?"

"Whatever makes you happy." Rhodes had completely given up on resisting.

"What exactly are you trying to forge?" Ivy asked through gritted teeth.

"Before that, I want to ask you, Rhodes." Cassandra ignored Avira and turned her gaze to Rhodes, her eyes burning with intensity.

Do you know which adventurer rank is the most unique?

Most special?

Rhodes paused for a moment, recalling the entire hierarchy, then shook his head.

"The Adventurers' Guild did not mention this in the category."

After listening, Cassandra shook her head, adopting a tone of instructing a student: "The Adventurers' Guild's ranking system has been passed down for a very long time, but the classification of the ranking system is too one-sided."

"They only created a set of evaluation standards to make management and payroll easier."

Rhodes was slightly intrigued and did not interrupt.

Cassandra continued at her own pace: "The Adventurers' Guild has a very long history."

"But long ago, before the term 'adventurer' existed on this continent, people had already begun to categorize themselves by strength."

"Among them, magic-based professions are relatively simple. For example, if I can cast third-level spells and you can cast sixth-level spells, then you are stronger than me."

"Because the higher the spell ring, the more complex the spell itself, and the higher the requirements for the spellcaster in all aspects."

Rhodes nodded unconsciously.

This is also an important criterion for the Adventurers' Guild to classify magic-based professions.

"Similarly, if the power or range of your spell is greater than mine, then you are also stronger than me."

Cassandra continued, "But that's not the case for physics-related professions."

"We don't need such high intelligence to understand spells. Most of the spells we use are combat techniques that don't consume magic power. We occasionally use magic to assist us, but these things cannot be used as a standard to judge who is stronger or weaker."

"Some people suggested that if we were to judge, we should just have a fight."

"But this method is quite foolish, because different professions have different strengths."

"For example, if an elite-level ranger skilled in archery were to face a senior-level monk in close combat, he would most likely be defeated."

"There are many other similar cases, but I won't go into detail about them."

Rhodes understood what she meant: everyone has their own area of ​​expertise.

Even the most powerful archer will be killed in one combo if ambushed by a monk.

"So what criteria did they use to make their judgments?"

Cassandra continued recounting history: "Later, some powerful physical professions came together and established an organization called the Order of Names, and began to study the body."

"How ironic that not a single person in an academic research organization is intellectually gifted."

"But later, no one expected that this rabble would actually produce results."

"It's just strength, why make it sound so convoluted? Isn't it all just history we elves know?" Avira interrupted, displeased.

"History is history; it doesn't belong to any one race," Cassandra calmly retorted.

"Strength is a rather vague concept, which determines a living organism's power, endurance, and many other factors."

"For example, if I punch you, you might die, but if the other person is someone with great strength, they will only suffer minor injuries."

"Understood." Rhodes nodded.

The definition of "qili" is simply a combination of "power" and "health bar".

The higher your stamina, the greater your strength and the thicker your health bar.

Rhodes understood it quite quickly.

Cassandra nodded slightly: "Physical classes accumulate physical strength in their bodies just like magical classes accumulate magical power."

"But have you ever thought that physical strength and magic are essentially very similar?"

"It's all energy that living beings accumulate in their bodies through training and meditation. The more energy they have, the stronger they are."

Rhodes nodded again.

It might be because I have a system; I haven't really considered this aspect myself.

However, her account seems to make sense.

Cassandra stared intently into Rhodes' eyes: "What I'm about to say might be a little abstract."

"Whether it's humans or other races, there's a limit to the amount of energy their bodies can hold."

"Once you exceed this limit, your body will break down. Do you understand that?"

Rhodes thought for a moment, then, drawing on his knowledge of physics and biology from his previous life, answered:

"Is it similar to the idea that if a warrior's strength keeps increasing, one day he might break his own hand while throwing a punch?"

"right."

"That's not right," Avira retorted.

"If a warrior's strength keeps increasing, his body will also be strengthened as a result, making it impossible for him to break his own hand."

"I think what Cassandra meant was that a living being's body has its limits. No matter how much you strengthen your body, you will eventually reach a limit. If you increase your strength further at that point, then you will end up with a situation where your strength exceeds your body's capacity."

However, the effect of force is relative. If your strength increases but your body's defensive capabilities do not, throwing a punch is tantamount to suicide.

Cassandra actually smiled.

"The same applies to mages. A mage's improvement is also a process of accumulating energy, which will also improve their life, speed, endurance, reaction speed, etc., but not as dramatically as the improvement in strength. Instead, it is more reflected in the amount of magic power stored."

"Moreover, there is also an upper limit."

"Therefore, we also call the Chief level the ultimate level of the physical body."