Chapter 17 (1/2)
Chapter 17
017 Problems over Interest
There is not special effects like golden light flas.h.i.+ng. There is also no setting like full HP and MP. There is only this line of system notification in his view:
Character level increases!
Name: Beta－Liang
Race: Human
Cla.s.s: Divine n.o.ble
Physique: 7 (7.35)
Coordination: 7 (7.35)
Intelligence: 7 (7.35)
Will: 7 (7.35)
Charisma: 7 (7.35)
Character EXP: 0/100
After leveling up, there is an additional number after the character stats. That is the character current actual stat value while the number in front that did not change is the character’s various stats’ growth potential. Divine is a very mediocre Cla.s.s, all the growth potential are 7 and growth are locked and cannot be changed. Unlike other Cla.s.ses which can increase their stats growth potential by doing things like completing Epic quest or bathing in dragon’s blood.
Divine n.o.ble’s stats are too mediocre which cause it to be relatively weak in the beginning……For example, Warrior with full Physique, at Level 1, its Physique is 10.5 and there is a gap of 3.5 at the beginning so if a Divine n.o.ble and a Warrior fight in close quarter, there is no way to gain a upper hand. However, Divine n.o.ble is a Jack-of-all-trades, can protect themselves at close range, use magic at long range hence as long as they do not intentionally try to die, normally they will be able to escape from enemies of same Level.
Naturally, this is also limited to escaping only……Wanting to kill them back, that is definitely one of life’s 3 greatest illusions.[1]
Raising from Level ‘0’ to ‘1’ is easy, just do some things that give EXP, normally one will level up. This is benefit given by the system. The real difficulty starts from then, there is an additional character EXP below character status. It seems like a low value, only 100 EXP to raise to the next level but Liang Li Dong is very clear this seemingly not much value is actually quite a lot because the amount of EXP a character can obtain daily is very miserable.
Liang Li Dong played the game for 8 years, the highest amount of EXP he obtained in a day is 82. He was already Level 15 then and he obtained this amount of EXP was because he won a great victory. When he was low leveled, after a day of slogging, the EXP was normally a single-digit.
From Level 0 to Level 1, as a semi-Warlock, Liang Li Dong can now contract a magical pet. According to game rules, spellcaster like Mage, Warlock, Priest can contract magical pet at Level 1 while versatile-type spellcaster Cla.s.s, for example Magic Swordsman, Paladin etc can only contract magical pet at Level 5.
Divine n.o.ble belongs to special Cla.s.s, its stats are mediocre but there is always pros and cons, in Cla.s.s feat aspect, it is judged according to specialized Cla.s.s[2], this made Divine n.o.ble relatively weak in stats at the beginning and yet has a certain amount of fighting strength, for example this contract magical pet is a not bad combat feat.
After natural animal is contracted into a magical pet by spell, it will turn into a magical being, which is also what people referred to as magical beasts. It will give its owner a feat depending on its innate abilities and it will also have a certain amount of fighting strength, it can even use some magical beasts racial spells after reaching a certain Level.
In the game, Liang Li Dong’s contract magical pet is an owl, hence Liang Li Dong gotten the Darkness Vision feat and after the owl turned into a magical beast, its combat prowess greatly increased and can be used
as an airborne scout, it was very useful.
But in this real world, Liang Li Dong does not intend to to contract owl again because he already has the true vision ability provided by Cloud Dragon’s Blue Eyes. This is a more useful special ability than Darkness Vision. Persian Cat said this world is very dangerous in her message so he intends to contract a natural animal that is more good at combat, for example feline or canine to indirectly increase his strength.
However, considering he is not too familiar with the surroundings, so Liang Li Dong is not in a hurry, he intends to ask the local villagers tomorrow where is there stronger beast or insects in the vicinity and make a decision as appropriate then.
At the second day’s morning, Liang Li Dong made breakfast and then wait for the children to come for lessons at the riverside. This time, all the children are clean, although their clothes are a bit old, everyone looks lively. Once someone cleans himself up, his spirit will be shown naturally.
After nodding contentedly, Liang Li Dong says: “Before teaching you lot words, I’ll continue talking about other little knowledge with you lot. Maybe, you all feel that my spellcaster ident.i.ty is very n.o.ble but I want to tell you all, I do not feel I’m so great myself. Although not everyone can become a spellcaster, everyone has a chance of becoming a Cla.s.s-er, as long as you possess a ‘Combat Feat’, you can open up the way of Cla.s.s-er. Now, I’ll not explain to you all what is a combat feat but I can tell you 1 thing, no doubt that many Cla.s.s-ers are illiterate but those Cla.s.s-ers that aren’t can go further, grow faster because they can gain knowledge from reading books. Even if you cannot become a Cla.s.s-er, those that are literate can also find a good job. 6 months later, I can teach you all how to become a Cla.s.s-er but……only a small portion will get this chance. Okay, don’t be too busy being excited, now we’ll start learning words, the new words I’m teaching you all this time……”
The men from the 2 villages continue going up the mountain to gather building stones, a portion left behind to build the foundation. At noon, the words Liang Li Dong said was spread among the 2 villages by the children’s mouths and the 2 villages seethe with excitement. Many people urgently wants to ask Liang Li Dong whether he was speaking the truth or not but thinking about the difference in their status, n.o.body dared to ask him.