The battle was over, and everyone in the caravan, from the guards to the ordinary passengers, needed to rest after the terrifying experience.
However, the stench of blood and the presence of corpses here were so unpleasant that the group walked forward for several hundred meters more.
"Smack..."
As soon as he sat down to rest, Old Han casually tossed the knife he had snatched from the bandits onto the ground.
In the previous battle, he had enhanced this weapon with the Flaming Blade effect, making it virtually indiscriminately slaughtering the bandits.
However, great power always comes at a price. The once smooth blade is now covered with black marks here and there.
Moreover, some of them are bent.
"These standard weapons are really not very good. They're practically unusable after just a couple of swipes."
"Old man, stop pretending, okay? Didn't we just agree to see what the storyteller's abilities are like?"
Han Feiyu could tell that Old Man Han was just showing off, so he chose to interrupt.
"Old man, tell me the truth, is there a way for storytellers to borrow the power of the characters in their stories?"
He felt this ability was really good. If anyone could borrow it, wouldn't they be able to do whatever they wanted?
"You're right about some things, but the abilities of us storytellers are a bit more complicated than you think."
Old Han opened his water pouch and gulped down the water, while slowly explaining to Han Feiyu the core competencies of a storyteller.
The storyteller's path mainly involves four abilities.
Record, celebrate, resonate, and reproduce.
Records are the simplest and easiest thing to understand. Storytellers record real events they have seen with their own eyes or heard about, turning them into biographies.
The stories in those study rooms about heroes and villains, or even wicked and eccentric figures, are mostly the works of storytellers.
These books carry power, especially the original author's manuscripts, which make it easier for storytellers to connect with them.
The act of storytelling involves recording the stories in a work and spreading them through storytelling performances in streets, alleys, teahouses, and restaurants.
In this process, the storyteller can feel and understand the emotions or other things of the people in the story.
Moreover, the process of storytelling can also bring benefits to the protagonists of the story, those masters.
Even if a storyteller tells stories day and night, the effect is negligible. However, for these powerful individuals, the continuous transmission of stories by a group of people can be a good source of strength.
Combat relies on stats and mechanics, and nobody cares if their stats are a little higher.
Many bookstores are also invested in by experts from various powerful forces. The owners will put the stories of those experts who have given the most rewards on the front, so that the storyteller can see them at a glance.
Resonance, when a storyteller continues to tell a story, allowing him to reach a certain level of understanding of the work, can try to resonate with it and unleash the power contained within the story.
The final step is reenactment. Through the story, the storyteller recreates the protagonist's power in himself. Some skilled storytellers are even said to be able to recreate the power in their teammates.
Therefore, storytellers can fight, provide support, and bring long-term benefits to the protagonist through their actions, making them a well-deserved top-tier character in the martial arts world.
"Really, sir? Then why are you the only storyteller in our city?"
Old Han: ...
Han Feiyu's words pointed out incisively that reality was different from what Old Man Han had boasted, leaving the old man silent.
"Uh, well, you should know that there is no such thing as an absolutely perfect ability in this world, right?"
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