Chapter 644 Rules for Promotion
The master ignored Gordon's attempt to take advantage of the situation.
He coughed a few times and continued, "A large amount of Sky Comet Dragon materials are used, and biological structures are used instead of mechanical ones, which increases the cost of this greatsword to a level that is almost impossible to replicate.
In fact, this has completely violated my original intention of designing the jet greatsword at that time."
Gordon, who got the advantage, was embarrassed to answer.
Initially, the core concept of the master's design of the jet greatsword was to use a fully mechanized structure to reduce the material requirements and make it replicable.
In other words, he hoped to make a "universal" greatsword that could be assembled by three-star, four-star, or even lower-level greatsword users, which would be convenient for mass production, and could be enhanced all the way to the upper level, and whose power exceeded the conventional standard.
For example, the number of users of the Explosive Blade could be hundreds or thousands.
Instead of this "legendary" weapon that has an ancient dragon energy core implanted in it and ordinary hunters can't even touch it.
After a moment of silence, the master sighed with a complicated look, "The chief engineer and I took this road astray, but I didn't expect that in the end, it was still that guy who turned the road back."
"That guy?"
Gordon recalled that the master did mention that the final shape of the jet sword also referred to the opinions of "another person".
He thought it was the master craftsman of the Dragon Calendar Institute, or an engineering scholar.
Now it seems that it is not that simple.
"Hmm."
The master's mood was obviously depressed. He hesitated for a moment, and finally took out something from the drawer.
It was a half-burned notebook.
"This is..."
"Well, this is Black Hawk's relic." The master paused for a few seconds, "Hilda found it next to Black Hawk's body and brought it back, ahem.
The people of Dark Night checked it and found nothing special. After confirming that it was just some drawings, they handed it over to me for analysis."
Gently stroking the severely carbonized leather cover, the master continued: "What is drawn on it is Black Hawk's improvement ideas for the jet sword.
He proposed the concept of using "explosion" to explosively enhance the power of sword swinging through short energy explosions.
It was also inspired by these ideas that After we issued it, and then referred to the jet structure of the Sky Comet Dragon's wings, we finally finalized the 'explosive heat mechanism type [Silver Wing]'.
The [Silver Wing] Great Sword does not need to use the materials of the Sky Comet Dragon. As long as we find some materials with strong impact and explosion resistance, we can achieve small-scale mass production.
This is the real 'Jet Great Sword', not the 'Sky Comet Dragon Jet Great Sword' that you can only get if you kill the Sky Comet Dragon.
Even if the latter is stronger, it" the master patted the charred notebook, "it has a more important significance in the history of equipment development. "
Gordon did not respond.
He did not want to evaluate Black Hawk, but he also understood what the master meant.
The "Jet Great Sword" fully enhanced with Sky Comet Dragon materials belongs only to him, while [Silver Wing] belongs to more great sword users.
"I will help you keep an eye on the new great sword, don't worry, is there anything else?" After putting away Black Hawk's drawings, the master was not very interested, but still asked Gordon patiently.
Gordon, who was supposed to leave, hesitated for a moment, but finally asked the question that had troubled him for several days.
"Master, what are the rules for the promotion of upper-level hunters?"
The master was stunned for a moment when he heard this. He didn't expect Gordon to ask this question. Hayata, who was also curious, also pricked up his ears.
"I understand. You mean your promotion to Seven Stars."
The master smiled slightly. "I neglected it. In the past two years since you were promoted to the upper level, you have spent most of your time in a small base and have few opportunities to communicate with other upper hunters, so you are confused.
In fact, it is not that complicated. The promotion rules for upper hunters are essentially the same as those for lower level hunters. They all accumulate enough tasks and then get the opportunity to apply for promotion.
The key lies in the leap-forward increase in the difficulty of tasks."
Seeing that Gordon and the others did not understand, the master thought for a while and said, "There is no need to say more about the number of tasks. This time, Gordon, you were promoted to Seven Stars, but Anshil did not, because Anshil did not accumulate enough completed tasks.
The key lies in the second half.
Let me ask you, what are the six-star dangerous monsters? Just name a few."
"Uh, Fei Spider, Skeleton Spider, Frozen Dragon, Black Horned Dragon, Black Boom Dragon"
"Well, most of them are subspecies of monsters that are already quite dangerous, right?"
"Really."
"What about Seven Stars?" The master continued to ask.
Gordon thought for a moment, "Tyrannosaurus, Golden Lion, rare fire dragons, such as Gold and Silver Fire?"
"Well, what about eight-star?"
"Uh" Gordon was stunned. What are the eight-star monsters?
The master did not continue to keep him in suspense, and smiled and said: "Most of the monsters that are rated as eight-star dangerous are ancient dragons, steel dragons, flame dragons, and rosy dragons, as well as some extremely dangerous second-level monsters.
The difficulty of your task of hunting the Sky Comet Dragon this time is also defined as eight stars. Do you realize the strangeness?"
Without waiting for Gordon and the others to answer, the master continued: "After entering the upper position, the hunter's level is not completely proportional to the danger of the corresponding star monster and the difficulty of the task, but rises in a very exaggerated steep curve.
It can be said that a six-star hunter has a greater chance of completing a six-star task when fighting alone.
Seven-star hunters often have to work in teams to complete seven-star tasks more safely.
As for eight-star missions, such as the Sky Comet Dragon hunting this time, even experienced eight-star hunters can hardly complete them alone.
Take Hilda as an example. Asking her to hunt the Sky Comet Dragon in its prime alone is no different from asking her to die. If I were a nine-star hunter, the result would not be much different.
As for the nine-star missions, well, there is no need to know about them for now. Anyway, they are not something that can be completed by a single person.
So in this case, how can the top hunters be promoted to eight and nine stars? You can't use hunting ancient dragons alone as an assessment. "
"It really can't be done. "Gordon scratched his chin.
He objectively judged his own strength and said that it should be no problem for him to be a qualified seven-star hunter.
If he were to hunt a seven-star dangerous monster alone, such as a Tyrannosaurus Rex, he would have about a 60% chance of success, a 30% chance of failure and retreat, and a 10% chance of being eaten directly.
This "probability" was said casually and is not a serious reference, but it is roughly the meaning.
In short, if you are sure, you can try, but you may also die after trying.
The few upper hunters are not used in this way. If they are really assessed in this way, they will probably die in a few years.
"So, except for investigation tasks with difficult difficulty, hunting tasks above six stars are basically carried out by teams of multiple upper hunters.
In this way, it becomes quite difficult to accurately divide strength through assessment tasks.
At the same time, it is common for upper hunters to participate in tasks with higher star levels than their levels. With the addition of the two, promotion assessments can only be carried out in a more flexible way.
The first step is to complete enough tasks of the corresponding level or above to prove that you have enough experience.
The second step is to show strength "higher than your level" in a more difficult task.
The upper hunters who have achieved these two points will receive a promotion notice.
Your promotion this time may seem a bit sudden, but it is actually the most normal promotion step for upper hunters.
So don't worry about anything, just accept the praise and rewards with peace of mind. ”
Ps. Regarding the question of how to promote the upper hunters, here is a supplementary setting.
Very few people can face the ancient dragon alone. This is set at the beginning of the book (Chapter 37, the eight-star hunter Xia Zuo went to investigate the Xialong alone, and almost poisoned Amos back. Therefore, he questioned the decision of President Minagard)
Also, the highest hunter level in this book is nine stars, and there is no special G position, the master level.
After all, it is not a cultivation or fantasy theme that can change the map. Once a level system is opened, the status of these eight- and nine-star hunters will be lost.
Master is a kind of honorific. People like Master and Puxian will be honored as "Master".
As for the so-called nine-star task, it may involve taboos.