Cornflower Witch

Chapter 126 The Wheat Field Watcher

After choosing their respective places to stay, the trainees temporarily settled in the Forestry Association.

The next day, they gathered in the side hall of the association, where a tall, thin old man was waiting for them.

He was wearing a dark brown cashmere suit, one hand behind his back, and his hair was neatly combed.

Hiltiya was one of the earlier students to arrive. She 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 there were no statues of gods.

After some time, the new trainees arrived one after another. The old man counted the number of people and then spoke.

“My name is Bed, and I’m a member of the association. I’ll be giving you a basic introduction to woodland life.” He glanced at the crowd.

"First, once you've settled down, you have two primary goals: first, to complete the assigned tasks or work well; and second, to improve your skills as quickly as possible."

"Completing the task well will not only earn you rewards from the forestry authorities, but also improve your self-evaluation, which is very important for your future ability to join powerful organizations."

"Then, improving your strength is also of paramount importance. However, this is not something that can be accomplished overnight. We also need to plan for the future. So you can slow down a bit for the first month and focus on getting used to the environment and living conditions."

"But after that, we can't slack off. We need to raise our rank as soon as possible. The benefits we get are far better than if we stay at a low rank and keep studying."

"At the first level, not only are the supplies limited, but the rewards for missions are also low, and learning many abilities is difficult and challenging."

"Once upgraded, although the tasks performed will also improve, the various benefits will be more than three times that of the first tier."

"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, we need to determine the direction, which is often aimed at a third-tier class. I will use the 'Iron Knight' class, which is the most common in the Royalist school, as an example."

"The Iron Knight is currently the most classic and common third-tier knight class. The training methods for the Iron Knight are an open secret among many nobles."

"A complete Iron Knight needs three abilities: [Iron Body], [Sharp Blade], and [Unified Horsemanship]."

"Among them, the [Steel Body] is a fusion of [Iron Armor Protection] and [Breathing Technique], which means that the 'Iron Knight' must learn these two abilities in the early stages and try to fuse them together in the second stage."

"【Sharp Edge】is an upgrade from 【Steel Edge Blade】. In other words, you need to first learn 【Steel Edge Blade】, then find a skilled blacksmith to forge a sword or gun for you using refined steel, and then integrate this weapon into your ability card to complete the upgrade."

"【Horse in One】 requires you to complete 【Synchronization】 and 【Rapid Charge】 and combine them into one, so that the warhorse runs completely according to your will on the battlefield and is given extremely fast speed."

"Among them, [Sharp Blade] is the easiest to learn. It only requires a high-ranking noble to bestow [Steel Blade] upon you during the investiture ceremony and then upgrade your rank. The other two require preparation in advance according to the order. This means that if you learn other abilities, resulting in a lack of card slots that cannot be integrated, it will be difficult to become a qualified [Iron Knight].

"When you fully possess the three abilities of [Iron Body], [Sharp Blade], and [Horse Riding as One], you will need to undergo a trial."

"The trials for the Knight class are often designated by the monarch. The content may be to participate in a massive battle, hone oneself on the battlefield, and integrate these abilities to ultimately solidify one's own destiny class."

"There is a huge gap between a third-tier superhuman who has just entered the third tier and whose abilities are not yet complete, and a third-tier superhuman who has completed the trial and condensed his destiny and class. The latter can defeat 6-9 of the former working together."

"Now you understand why the formation of career paths is so important." The old man's words stirred everyone's emotions, and each person looked forward to the career path and position they wanted to pursue in the future.

"Furthermore, if you don't condense your class rank, your various abilities will always occupy the slots in your ability tree, preventing you from learning other secret techniques to improve yourself." "Therefore, you must condense your class rank, gather your various abilities, and integrate them into your destiny. Only then will you have the possibility of continuing to advance." His words were like a wake-up call, explaining why many talented people are always stuck at the second or third rank, unable to make any progress.

After listening, the trainees discussed it amongst themselves.

"This is terrible. I never planned what skills I would learn in the third stage."

"I don't even know what I can learn in the second stage, how can I plan that far ahead?"

"Please calm down." The old man raised his hand, signaling everyone to end their discussion.

"Your concern about not knowing what to learn is easily resolved."

"The 'Holy White Knight Hall,' 'Forging Hammer,' and 'Four Seasons Alliance' in the Radiant Gold Plains have already summarized and listed the abilities required for some of the third-tier classes. You only need to spend a certain amount of points to look them up."

"Of course, this is just a suggestion. If you can obtain the ability needed to condense your desired third-tier class from other channels, then you don't have to follow the class templates provided by the three organizations."

"But I want to tell you all that the job templates provided by these three organizations are excellent templates that have been tested and improved over time in the woodlands. Other small organizations or books of unknown origin are very likely to be inferior to these three."

After understanding this, the trainees relaxed, and then Hilti spoke with them briefly to get a general understanding of the situation.

There were ten people who came to the Radiant Plains this time. Apart from Hilti, who is a gardener, six of the remaining nine are children of nobles who are preparing to walk the path of knights. The third-tier class "White Knight" that the "Holy White Knight Hall" here has is a class template that is even better than "Iron Knight".

Of the remaining three, two planned to join 'Golden Hammer' to become excellent craftsmen, while the last one had no particular goal and simply felt that the Radiant Plains was safe and he could live a carefree life there without worrying about the various dangers of the Shadow World.

"Does the Four Seasons Alliance have any suitable gardener positions?" Hiltiya asked the old man.

“There is a special job title called ‘Wheat Field Caretaker’ that specializes in large-scale wheat cultivation, as well as two more common job title templates: ‘Orchard Pruner’ and ‘Rose Grower’.”

“There are several ‘Wheat Field Guardians’ in White Rock City, and I know one of them and know some of the details.”

"To fully condense the 'Wheatfield Guardian' class, you need the [Harvest Scythe], [Sunlit Fertile Soil], and [Hot Breeze].

“These all sound like they’re related to ‘Blazing Sun’?” Hiltiya thought of Lady Fran.

“That’s right. ‘Wheat Field Guardian’ is the ‘Third-Tier Blazing Sun’ class. In fact, the Four Seasons Alliance is a huge organization. The Golden Plains is a branch that leans towards Blazing Sun and Golden Steam Path. There are also other branches that lean towards ‘Emerald Honey’ and ‘Winter Sleep’.”

"Four Seasons Alliance" was formed by the alliance of four former organizations.

"I see, thank you." Although she was still unsure which path she would take in the future, she now had a basic understanding of the various career paths.

Let's take it one step at a time. First, let's learn about all aspects and the advantages and disadvantages of different paths. Anyway, she has plenty of time, so there's no rush to make a decision now.

In fact, after listening to the old man talk about the scarcity of ability card slots, which made it difficult to advance, she already had some ideas, which were speculations about her other talent, [Star].

Just like that day in the Shadow World, when she sealed that strange black cat and made it into a card because of the awakening of her talent [Star], could she also use this [Alien] ability to temporarily seal her original abilities and store them as cards?

(End of this chapter)