164 The difference of where you cut (2)
The Difference Of Where You Cut
By Spitz Schneider
A journal of my experiences facing the conundrum that has changed my view on how skills within this world work.
I have joined many research projects over the many years I moved throughout the scientific community. But recently I accepted a position in a research group looking into monster anatomy. Through my work in this research group, I have acquired a skill that seemed somewhat strange to me.
The sudden and unexpected acquisition of the dismantling skill shocked me greatly at first. Only after careful self-observation did it occur to me that there was indeed nothing strange with me receiving that skill.
While my work was focused on the scientific aspect of disassembling a monster into its parts unlike the capitalist focus of the carriers I had still dismantled the monsters.
This discovery led me to an even greater mystery. Was there perhaps a link between my surgical skills and the dismantling skill of a carrier? I had after all dismantled a monster without having the skill and the result had been much better than that of an amateur.
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After conducting numerous experiments I can now be sure. The common ground between the surgery and the dismantling skill is staggeringly large. In fact, based on my experiments I conclude that their movement patterns are the exact same as they both pursue the cleanest and most accurate cuts.
But why are they different skills then?
The mystery of skills is usually far from my preferred subjects of research but this question truly doesn't wish to leave my head. It cannot be a simple change in the motive of use that caused the two skills to work differently. And I do not believe that it is solely based on knowledge since different surgeons I know have reached high levels in the surgery skill while studying different concepts of medical knowledge.
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I asked a few of my trusted colleagues and even organized a few carriers to answer some of my questions on dismantling.
Our common consensus so far is that it needs to be more than either knowledge or purpose. This has brought me to come up with a bold hypothesis. What if it is a combination of both.
Now that I have written this down it seems so obvious that I question my own intelligence for not noticing sooner.
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In an attempt to put my knowledge to the test I began to study the various techniques of dismantling smaller monsters. After having accrued sufficient knowledge to rival a carrier that has brought his dismantling skill to the peak of the third level I dismantled a single monster.
My dismantling skill that had remained at level one for a while now immediately increased to level 3. Leveling up a skill like that twice by dismantling a single small monster is unheard of.
I too doubted the results of my tests in the beginning. But after raising my dismantling skill from level 3 to level 6 by dismantling a single monster once again I was sure of it.
The truth behind the difference between the two skills is the intention and the knowledge of the bearer leading to a cut in a different place.
The movements and proficiency required to level up both skills can seamlessly carry over. I would even go so far as to say that a veteran carrier under the instructions of a medical student could create better results than a beginner surgeon.
Should such a thing be proven the medical sector would be thrown into an uproar. On one hand, it would allow for a better method of training for new surgeons while simultaneously giving us access to a large number of potential surgeons who would only need to be trained in theory.
On the other hand, this would of course destabilize the medical sector by allowing many untoward people to join its ranks. These carriers have experienced the cold and harsh reaches of the dungeons and I would not be quite comfortable letting them close to patients.
Perhaps a better path for then would be to become medics of sorts being able to provide treatment in a dungeon if needed. This would allow for a much faster medical response and potentially save the lives of many adventurers.
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I have mentioned my idea to a number of directors capable of implementing such a field of study. However, my idea has not fallen on fertile ground. I am met with either deaf ears or empty promises that will not get me anywhere.
To make things worse my illness has been acting up again. The treatment I had endured believing it would cure me has in truth done nothing but buy me a few years.
As my hands grow unsteady my position within the circle of surgeons is sinking since I cannot perform this noble profession any longer.
There is no cure and if there is I cannot find it. My idea of creating a unit of dungeon medics will die with me but this book will ensure that my discoveries do not.
This link between two skills that are viewed in a vastly different light may be the key to unlock further mysteries of how skills work and are made in the first place.
The potential of my discovery is so vast that I begin to doubt whether I truly was the first to find this or if the others have simply chosen not to spread this to the public.
But what do I care for their potential reasons others have chosen to keep this a secret. I for one will certainly not chose to keep things for myself. I will publish this book and wish the best of success to whoever decides to read it and use my experiences to achieve further breakthroughs.
Should you truly take an interest and see some success in your own experiments please do not hesitate to contact me if you have further questions or simply wish to make an old man's day by telling him that he isn't as insane as some people claim I am.
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