"The Warhammer is not easy to learn and is difficult to master, and humans don't live as long as dwarves. If I teach a young human the Warhammer, if they're not particularly gifted, they may squander precious time."
"During this time, they might be better off learning swordsmanship or other weapons, perhaps gaining insight into their future career path."
"I see." Raine nodded, with a look of sudden realization.
However, he still had doubts about the specific relationship between Combat Skills and the different Classes?
Are they directly corresponding or partly corresponding?
Or perhaps there's a lot of overlap of Combat Skills across one or multiple Classes?
Raine naturally asked the question: "Tutor Humbert, are the Combat Skills of different weapon categories only corresponding to Warriors?"
Upon hearing Raine's question, Humbert frowned slightly, thought for a moment, and then said:
"Your question is too broad, I find it difficult to answer."
"Let me take Warhammer as an example. If you and I were dwarves, mastering three related Combat Skills with a single-handed hammer and shield might lead to the realization of the 'Shield Hammer Warrior' profession."
"Some of my kin dislike using shields and prefer using more powerful, heavier two-handed warhammers, often realizing the 'Giant Hammer Warrior' profession."
"Both are special professions within the Warrior category."
"However, a few of my kin like dual-wielding two lighter warhammers, and they often realize the 'Shadow Hammer Walker' profession, which is a special profession within the Wanderer category."
"But you are human." Humbert changed his tone and continued.
"From what I know, even if humans master the relevant Combat Skills with two-handed warhammers, they do not realize the special profession 'Giant Hammer Warrior,' but rather the ordinary Warrior profession."
"I've heard this is linked to our dwarves' racial Talent, 'Gigantification.'
Listening to Humbert's explanation, Raine nodded frequently, while quickly summarizing several key points from Humbert's speech—
'Generally mastering three Combat Skills may lead to realizing one's profession.'
'Even with Warhammers, dwarves diverged into multiple professions, with crossover between Warrior and Wanderer categories.'
'Dwarves have unique racial Talents, meaning even mastering the same Combat Skills may lead to different professions due to racial differences.'
Although Humbert only used dwarves and Warhammer as examples, Raine still gained a lot.
If before, Raine had no concept of his future career plan, now he had a vague impression.
"Tutor Humbert, if I master the three Combat Skills related to Warhammer and shield, will I realize the Warrior profession?" Raine asked after thinking.
This question is a refinement based on the first one.
"Hmm... In my impression, for humans, mastering shield-related Combat Skills may lead to realizing the special Warrior profession 'Shield Master.'
"Shield Master?" Raine was slightly taken aback.
This was the first time he'd heard of such a profession.
"Yes, a Warrior specializing in defense."
"Alright, let's put this aside for now."
"Next, I'll teach you the basic techniques of Warhammer."
Humbert waved his hand and didn't continue the topic.
This made Raine slightly regretful because he hadn't asked his third question—'If mastering several Combat Skills while also mastering Magic, what profession would be realized?'
However, although Raine felt a bit regretful, he wasn't only going to follow Tutor Humbert for one day, so there would naturally be opportunities later.
Moreover, thinking about soon learning the Warhammer, Raine's mood was slightly excited.
...
Minutes later.
Humbert held a single-handed heavy hammer, demonstrating to Raine how to grip it, with his right hand holding the hammer's handle, fingers slightly loose.
"See? Apply appropriate force with your fingers, but don't grip the handle tightly. The hammer is an extension of your arm; imagine the Warhammer is your arm."
"Also, depending on the type of blow, you need to quickly adjust not only the hammerhead but also the force exertion."
Saying so, Humbert constantly demonstrated rapidly spinning the heavy hammer, sometimes with the flat head pointing down, sometimes with the sharp head down.
"When exerting force, use the power from your waist and legs to swing. Do not rely solely on your arm's strength; that's brute force. Over-exerting force may lead to shoulder joint injury."
"If you've been a blacksmith, you'd understand it's very similar to the exertion during forging."
"That's the reason why, whether dwarf or human, many renowned Warriors come from a blacksmith background."
Humbert taught personally, while Raine devoted himself entirely to learning.
With the Wild Boar Warrior's Hammer Mastery Level 1 support, and in a fully focused learning state, Raine quickly grasped most of the basics Humbert pointed out.
This couldn't help but make Humbert click his tongue in wonder.
"Raine, your talent in Warhammer is truly surprising to me. It seems that soon you'll be able to learn Combat Skills."
"If it weren't for your physique lacking any characteristics of a Dwarf, I would certainly suspect if you have Dwarf blood in your ancestry." Humbert looked Raine up and down and laughed.
Seemingly recalling something, Humbert suddenly said, "Raine, as a Warrior, besides being brave and charging at the front, you also need to protect your teammates."
"For the next period of time, I hope you can practice with the Shield alongside the Warhammer equally."
"Okay, Tutor."
Although Raine was somewhat puzzled why Humbert would suddenly say such a thing, he nodded in agreement.
"Hmm, let's stop here for today."
"Thank you for your guidance, Tutor."
After Raine bowed slightly in salute, he left the room.
Watching Raine leave, Humbert couldn't help but sigh inwardly--
'Yuliss, this is the tenth talented young person in Warhammer I've taught. I'm about to fulfill my promise to you. Afterward, I should return to Iron Hills.'
...
After finishing the first lesson, Raine went to find Liya, intending to pay for his Warhammer and Combat Skills lessons.
"There's no fee for learning Warhammer, and as for Combat Skills... Raine, are you already thinking of learning Combat Skills so soon?" Hearing Raine ask about the costs, Liya's eyes widened slightly, evidently surprised.
"Hmm?" Raine paused briefly.
"Learning Warhammer doesn't require tuition?"
"No, Tutor Humbert has never charged for it," Liya immediately shook her head and said.
Immediately after, she seemed like she wanted to say something but hesitated.
"Miss Liya, is there some reason for this?" Raine couldn't help but ask curiously.
Liya hesitated for a moment, looked at Raine again, and spoke softly:
"Hmm... I heard that Tutor Humbert was once an Adventurer. Many years ago, when he went to Lankote Snow Mountain with a companion, that companion unfortunately passed away."
"After that, Tutor Humbert stayed at the Mill Town association branch, teaching Warriors basic techniques. You know, with Tutor Humbert's capability, he could easily go to Dorne City to be a warrior class mentor."
"Um... I heard Tutor Humbert's companion was a beautiful human female Priest," Liya whispered the last sentence.
Before Liya finished the last sentence, Raine was still somewhat confused, but upon hearing that last sentence, he immediately appeared enlightened.
A beautiful human female Priest?
So was it some kind of agreement or obsession due to love?
"I see."
"Shh~ Raine, don't mention this in front of Tutor Humbert. And, this isn't something I told you," Liya, slightly flustered, looked around and advised.
"Understood!" Raine nodded immediately.
...
In the following period.
Due to the team members' injuries, the team's activities were temporarily on hold, allowing Raine to fully immerse himself in Warhammer study.
Even though after paying those five silver coins, Raine's savings hit rock bottom, leaving him with just over two silver coins as living expenses, Raine believed in the saying that sharpening your axe won't delay your work of cutting firewood.
With undistracted focus and the effect of Hammer Mastery Level 1, Raine quickly mastered the basic skills of using the Warhammer.
"Raine, your talent is quite impressive."
During these past days, seeing Raine's diligence and talent, Humbert's gaze towards Raine grew increasingly gentle.
"Next, you can learn Combat Skills. Today, the Combat Skill I'm teaching is called Armor-Piercing Strike."
"Armor-Piercing Strike?" Raine's eyes lit up slightly.
Finally, he's going to learn Combat Skills!
Not counting the abilities derived from monster bloodline, this should be his first exposure to Combat Skills.
"Yes, Armor-Piercing Strike, a general Combat Skill, not exclusive to Dwarf Warriors."
As Humbert spoke, he hung a piece of ferrous iron plate similar to chest armor around the neck of the ironwood dummy.
Then, he picked up a sharp-headed flat-bottomed double-sided hammer from the weapon rack, weighed and rotated it twice in his hand, and walked back to the ironwood dummy.
"Raine, watch carefully."