Another Attack?

After that, nothing out of the ordinary happened.

We went through the usual sparring with the Hero, and he gave us feedback.

Ian and I had already firmly chosen our respective paths, so there wasn't much the Hero could offer us. The other students were different, though.

“You have talent. Keep working hard, and you'll soon be able to walk alongside those two.”

For the record, the Hero had nothing but praise for Arin.

He said she was the most talented shield-user he'd ever seen.

He even said she had greater talent with a shield than the heavily armored knight who'd once served as the Hero's party's dependable tank.

As far as I remember, that man had a shield-related divine power. To have talent that surpassed someone like that…

Divine powers weren't necessarily directly tied to talent, but there was no denying that this was impressive.

Could we really be seeing a Shieldmaster...