“Like I explained when you first started training, there are two main types of Divinity manipulation. Basic Divinity manipulation and special Divinity manipulation. BDM is about strengthening your body, making you stronger, faster and more durable. It’s essential for all hunters. But SDM is different…” – Victor
“How so?” – Alex
“Well, it’s a lot more individualistic. Divinity can be manipulated to do whatever you want, it’s all a matter of how good you are at manipulating it. If a person wants to create water, then all that’s stopping them from doing that is their own skill. However, every single person has their own specialty. Something they are uniquely good at. Theoretically anyone could do anything with SDM, but it’s so much more difficult than using your specialty, that it’s practically impossible. Even B-rank hunters are rarely able to use SDM that isn’t their own specialty.” – Victor
“I see… Well, how do I figure out my specialty then, and when are you gonna teach me it?” – Alex
“Figuring out what your specialty is not an easy task at all. First of all, SDM is much harder than BDM. It’s not even comparable to anything you’ve done so far. So even if you’re trying to use your specialty, most people won’t be able to do it before they’re at least E-rank. Although there are cases of highly skilled F-rank hunters using SDM, it’s very rare. Your brother was one of those cases. But back to what I was saying, finding your specialty is much harder than you’d think. Your specialty could be anything… It could be creating water, creating fire, hypnotizing people, cloning yourself, and so on and so on. It could be absolutely anything, so how would you ever know what your specialty is? How would you even begin to learn it?” – Victor
“Those are great questions, now tell me the answer.” – Alex
“Heh… Well, there are two main ways of finding out. The first method is doing it on accident. Yeah, one of the two ways is just getting lucky and accidentally using it either while training or fighting. This is a very unreliable method of figuring out your specialty, but it’s possible.” – Victor
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“Right… What’s the other method then…?” – Alex
“The second one is using what’s called a ‘specialty finder’. Most guilds have one. A specialty finder is a person whose specialty is finding other peoples specialties. It can be done in many ways. Some specialty finders do it by looking into the future, some are directly able to see other peoples specialties. Just like anyone else, their specialty could have been absolutely anything. But, for those people, it just so happens that it ended up being one that can be used to find other people’s specialties. The Red Knights have their own specialty finder. Her prices are very high, and she won’t help anyone below E-rank. That’s because she feels like it’s a waste of time, considering how hard it is to learn. That being said, she will be best way for you to both figure out what your specialty is, and how to use it. I will not be teaching you SDM.” – Victor
That’s a lot to process…
He won’t teach me SDM?
That’s a bummer…
Also…
You can use SDM to do anything?
Wow…
Wait, I wonder-
“Vic, what’s your specialty then?” – Alex
“My specialty? Well, I can show you!” – Victor
Is he gonna show off just like he did when he first showed me BDM…?
Vic never misses an opportunity to show off, huh…
He looks around, he’s looking for something.
What’s could it be?
Suddenly he starts running towards a large boulder.
“Over here!” – Victor
He’s right next to the boulder, entering a combat stance.
His fist start glowing, but it’s much brighter than last time.
Is he going all out…?
He uses his entire body to wind up a big punch.
He swings his fist towards the boulder at an insane speed.
It’s moving so fast that I can barely even see his fist.
The instant it connects, it cracks up the entire boulder and a large hole is made in it.
But this is just normal BDM…
What’s his specialty?
Just as I finish my thought, the boulder suddenly starts cracking up even more.
More and more holes appear out of nowhere.
It shatters, and small pieces fly everywhere.
I get hit by some of the fragments, and I start to bleed where I was hit.
Had I not learned BDM, that could have been deadly…
“So, do you get what my specialty is?” – Victor
“Uhh…” – Alex
He sighs.
“I can make my hits repeat after initial impact. Currently I can only make my hits repeat five times. So essentially, whenever I hit anyone, I actually hit them six times.” – Victor
“You’re incredible, Vic!” – Alex
“I know right!?” – Victor