Chapter 126: Wheat Field Guardian
After the students selected their respective destinations, they temporarily settled down in the Woodland Association.
The next day, they gathered in the association’s Side Hall, where a tall and thin old man was waiting for everyone.
He was dressed in a deep brown cashmere Formal Dress, with one hand behind his back and his hair neatly combed.
Xilutiya was one of the earlier students to arrive. She first found a seat by the window and sat down. This Side Hall was similar to a church chapel, with tall vertical Glass windows on both sides, but no statues of gods.
After a while, the new students who came to report gradually arrived. The old man counted the number of people and then spoke.
“My name is Bede, a member of the association. This time, I will explain some Basic Knowledge about life in the Woodland to you.” His gaze swept over everyone.
“First, after you settle down, there are two primary goals: one is to complete the assigned Tasks or Work well, and the second is to improve your own Strength as soon as possible.”
“Completing Tasks well not only earns you Rewards from the Woodland, but also improves your own Evaluation, which is very important for whether you can join those powerful Organizations in the future.”
“Then, improving Strength is also of paramount importance, but this is not something that can be achieved in a day. It also requires planning future Directions, so for the first month, you can slow down a bit, mainly to familiarize yourself with the environment and life.”
“But after that, you cannot slack off or relax. Elevate your Rank as soon as possible; the benefits you gain are far better than lingering and researching at low Ranks.”
“At First Order, not only is the supplies you receive limited, the Task Rewards are also low, and studying many Abilities will be difficult and arduous.”
“Once you Advance, although the Tasks and Work you perform will also increase, the various benefits are more than three times those of First Order.”
“Next, I will briefly introduce the Directions and methods for improving Strength.” He took out a Blackboard, hung it on the Wooden Frame behind him, and then quickly sketched and wrote with chalk.
“First is determining the Direction, which often targets a Third Order Class. I will use the most common ‘Iron Knight’ Class from the Royal School as an example.”
“【Iron Knight】 is currently the most classic and common Third Order Knight Class. The training methods for ‘Iron Knight’ are already an open Secret among many Nobles.”
“A complete Iron Knight requires three Abilities: 【Iron Body】, 【Edge Blade】, and 【Horse Unity】.”
“Among them, 【Iron Body】 comes from the fusion of 【Iron Armor Protection】 and 【Breathing Technique】, which means that ‘Iron Knight’ must learn these two Abilities early on and attempt to fuse them together at Second Order.”
“【Edge Blade】 is upgraded from 【Steel Edge Blade】, which means you must first master 【Steel Edge Blade】, then find an experienced Blacksmith to Craft a sword or spear for you using refined steel, and incorporate this Weapon into your Ability Card to complete the upgrade.”
“【Horse Unity】 requires you to complete 【Synchronization Method】 and 【Rapid Charge】, and merge them into one, allowing the War Horse to completely follow your intentions in running Actions on the Battlefield, and granting the War Horse extremely fast Speed.”
“Among them, 【Edge Blade】 is the simplest to learn; you only need a superior Noble to grant you 【Steel Edge Blade】 during enfeoffment and then upgrade it, while the other two must be prepared in advance in sequence. This means that if you learn other Abilities, leading to a lack of Card slots and inability to fuse, it will be difficult to become a qualified 【Iron Knight】.”
“When you fully possess 【Iron Body】, 【Edge Blade】, and 【Horse Unity】 these three Abilities, you need to undergo a Trial.”
“The Trial for Knight Classes is often designated by the Monarch, and the content can be participating in a grand campaign, tempering oneself on the Battlefield, and integrating these Abilities, ultimately condensing your own Fate Class.”
“A Transcendent who has just entered Third Order with incomplete Abilities, compared to a Third Order Transcendent who has completed the Trial and condensed a Fate Class, has a huge gap between them; the latter can defeat 6-9 of the former joining hands.”
“Now, you understand why planning the condensation of Classes is so important.” The old man’s words stirred everyone’s hearts, each anticipating the Class and path they wanted to pursue in the future.
“Additionally, if you do not condense a Class, the various Abilities will always occupy positions on the Ability Card, preventing you from learning other Secret Arts to improve yourself.”
“So you must condense a Class, consolidate the various Abilities, and fuse them into Fate, so that you have the possibility to continue Advancing.” His words were like a splash of cold water on the head, explaining why many Talented people remain stuck at Second Order or Third Order, unable to make progress.
After listening, the students discussed animatedly, talking with each other.
“This is bad; I never planned the Abilities to learn at Third Order before.”
“I don’t even know what I can learn at Second Order, how could I plan so far ahead.”
“Calm down.” The old man raised his hand, signaling everyone to end the discussion.
“You worry about not knowing what to learn; that’s easy to solve.”
“In the Golden Plain, ‘Holy White Knights Hall’, ‘Forging Gold Hammer’, and ‘Four Seasons Alliance’ have already summarized and listed the Abilities required for some Third Order Classes. You only need to spend a certain number of Points to query them.”
“Of course, this is just a suggestion. If you can obtain the Abilities required to condense your desired Third Order Class from other channels, then you don’t have to follow the Class templates provided by these three Organizations.”
“But I must tell you all that the Class templates provided by these three Organizations are excellent templates that have been tested and iteratively improved in the Woodland over a long time. The records from other small Organizations or Books of unknown origin are very likely inferior to these three.”
After understanding this, the students on site relaxed, and then Xilutiya exchanged a few words with them, roughly understanding the situation.
There were a total of ten people who came to the Golden Plain this time. Excluding Xilutiya who is a Gardener, among the remaining 9, 6 are children of Nobles preparing to walk the Knight path, and the Third Order Class ‘White Knight’ owned by the ‘Holy White Knights Hall’ here is an even more excellent Class template than ‘Iron Knight’.
Among the remaining 3, two plan to join ‘Forging Gold Hammer’ to become excellent craftsmen, and the last one has no goals, purely thinking that the Golden Plain is safe, where they can leisurely get by without worrying about the various dangers of the Shadow World.
“Does the Four Seasons Alliance have suitable Gardener Classes?” Xilutiya Inquired of the old man.
“There is a specialized Class ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ for large-scale wheat cultivation, as well as the two more general Class templates ‘Orchard Pruner’ and ‘Rose Florist’.”
“Currently, there are several ‘Wheat Field Guardians’ within White Stone Fortress, and I know one of them and understand some of the situation.”
“Condensing the complete ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ Class requires 【Harvest Sickle】, 【Sunlit Fertile Soil】, and 【Scorching Hot Wind】.”
“These all seem related to ‘Blazing Sun’?” Xilutiya thought of Madam Fran.
“That’s right, ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ is the Class of ‘Third Order · Blazing Sun’. In fact, the Four Seasons Alliance is a massive Organization, and the Golden Plain side is the branch leaning towards the Blazing Sun and Golden Steam paths; there are other branches leaning towards ‘Emerald Honey’ and ‘Sleeping Winter’.”
“Four Seasons, Four Seasons Alliance was formed by the alliance of the former four Organizations.”
“I see, thank you.” Although she was still uncertain about which path to take in the future, she now had a preliminary understanding of the various Class Directions.
Take it step by step; first learn Knowledge about all aspects and the pros and cons of different paths. Anyway, she still had plenty of time and wasn’t in a hurry to Decide now.
In fact, after hearing the old man explain the problem of scarce Ability Card slots leading to difficulty in Advancing, she already had some ideas, which were guesses about her other Talent 【Star】.
Just like that day in the Shadow World, when her Talent 【Star】 awakened and she Sealed that Weird Black Cat, turning it into a Card, could she use this 【Alien Star】 Ability to temporarily Seal her existing Abilities and store them as Cards?
