adventurers in the sewers

Led by Sir Carrenaus, Louis and Dinah arrived at a training ground located on the second floor.

The training ground was beautifully furnished, with each piece of equipment gleaming with a heavy metallic sheen. Judging from the weights marked on the counterweights, they were definitely not something an ordinary human could use.

This is a training facility exclusively for professionals.

"Once you register as professionals, you will have free access to the second floor of the association, and you can also use this training area as you wish."

"In addition, there are private meditation rooms, which are also completely free, but sometimes you have to wait in line."

Sir Karenno explained with a smile.

"Since you've just changed jobs, your basic attributes shouldn't have changed much, so there's no need to test them. And whether a professional has successfully changed jobs can't be faked."

"Therefore, the assessment of professionals mainly depends on the class talent you acquired when you changed jobs."

"The association will assess the differences in your potential based on the effects of your class-specific talents."

Louis breathed a sigh of relief; it was good that the basic attributes weren't tested.

"I'll go first."

He took the Mercury Shield out of his magic pocket, went to a straight path in the training ground, and activated Ryan's Shield Guard talent, "Giant Shield Impact".

Louis charged forward, carrying the large shield, his power surging from his body, flowing into the silver shield through his arm, and accumulating continuously.

After charging for nearly 100 meters, he crashed heavily into a metal dummy.

boom--

With a muffled thud, the dummy's body trembled violently, but it eventually regained its balance, and the number '14' popped out from its chest.

"This impact was equivalent to 14 points of force? Hmm, not bad."

"Louis, has your Strength attribute reached 10 points?"

"Karenno asked."

Louis nodded, feigning shyness, and said:

"I've trained my strength quite a bit."

In fact, he had already restrained his strength as much as possible when he made the impact. His normal strength attribute is 14 points, and if he made the impact with all his might, he could have achieved a value of at least 17 points.

"So, your strength attribute was already at 10 points before you changed jobs?"

Sir Carrenaus said with some regret:

"The main attributes of the Shield Guardian are stamina and vitality, and your strength has reached the limit of an ordinary person. You could have taken up a rare profession."

"It's a pity that rare class-specific secret manuals with three or more main attributes are very rare, so I'm sorry to have to do this for you."

"If I'm not mistaken, your talent is the Shield Guardian class's 'Great Shield Impact,' which effectively compensates for the Shield Guardian class's lack of attack power. It's quite impressive."

"The association's assessment of your potential is at level B, which is above average for a Level 1 professional."

He paused, as if remembering something, and sighed:

"I remember a registered shieldbearer who passed away a few days ago; his talent was also 'Great Shield Impact'."

"The demons are about to invade, and the kingdom is in dire need of manpower. The fall of every professional is a huge loss to humanity."

Louis coughed lightly and said:

"To be honest, I inherited my class-specific codex and this shield from him. His name is Ryan."

Sir Carrenault was somewhat surprised, then laughed:

"Passing on the torch? That's fine too."

Louis asked curiously again:

"By the way, Lord Karenno, what is the purpose of this potential certification?"

Karenno: "It has two main uses. First, it serves as a criterion for the association when recruiting official members. The higher the potential level, the better the treatment one receives after joining the association."

"Secondly, it can serve as a kind of credit certificate. The association will strengthen its support for professionals with high potential, such as increasing loan amounts."

"A Level 1 professional with B-level potential can apply for an interest-free loan of ten gold coins at the bank under the association."

Louis's eyes lit up.

Interest-free loans?

This is very useful; it's the most practical.

Dai Na was immediately intrigued. She had already spent all the money she earned from completing tasks and was short of cash in every aspect of her life. If she could get a loan...

Sir Carrenaus added:

"For those professionals with potential ratings of A or even S, the association will give them priority in obtaining the next level of class manuals."

"However, only professionals of rare classes can achieve this level of potential rating."

Louis laughed and said:

"Isn't that a coincidence? Dina is a rare-class professional, and her talent is much stronger than mine."

Upon hearing this, Caleno was taken aback once again.

Rare professions?

I was just casually testing two newbies out of boredom, and I ended up encountering a rare professional?

He looked at Daina, and said with great interest:

"Then quickly show me your talent. If you can reach an S rating and the association's treasury has an advanced manual that suits you, you will be eligible to exchange for that manual."

Dai Na was also tempted and quickly agreed.

Knowing there would be a test of class talent, Dina had already replenished her magic power with Louis before coming.

So she grabbed a training sword, stood fifty meters away from a metal dummy, and activated "Magic Release".

A three-meter-diameter, fiery red light cannon instantly engulfed the metal dummy, and scorching heat waves spread across the training ground.

The dazzling spectacle even attracted passersby outside the training ground to come and watch.

When the flames subsided, the training sword turned into molten iron, and the metal dummy that had withstood 14 points of strength showed numerous melting marks on its surface, glowing red as if it had just been pulled from the forge.

The indicator light on the dummy's chest flashed, but ultimately failed to display any numbers and went out completely.

Dana tossed the scorching hot hilt of her sword aside and asked cautiously:

"Lord Karenno, I shouldn't have to pay for the training equipment since I accidentally broke it."

Karenno smiled and said:

"Unless it's intentional sabotage, of course not."

He looked at Daina with admiration and asked:

"Tell me more about the effects of your talents and your initial class; I'm very interested."

Dina first explained her initial class, and then briefly introduced her talent "Magic Limit".

However, when it came to the specific process of replenishing mana, she was vague, only saying that there was a way to replenish more than 10 points of mana in three minutes, or even less.

"With your powerful talent and the rare Spellsword class, Miss Dena, your potential rating is definitely S-rank."

Karenno said without hesitation.

"And the support the association can give you is... an interest-free loan of one hundred gold coins, and priority in exchanging for the Magic Swordsman Advancement Rank Tome."

"As far as I know, the association currently possesses three advanced magic swordsman tomes, one of which is called 'Sun Knight.' Your magic power happens to be naturally fire-attribute, making it a perfect match for the 'Sun Knight' tome."

"The Sun Knight?!"

Dai Na's eyes flickered.

Just hearing the name of that rank gave her a warm feeling in her heart.

His own magic swordsman's manual and his physical instincts seemed to be craving the Sun Knight's manual.

However, the next second, Karenno poured cold water on Dina's enthusiasm:

"But unfortunately, there is another S-rank magic swordsman in the kingdom."

"He changed jobs three months earlier than you. If he reaches the first-level five-star rating before you, the Sun Knight's Codex will belong to him."

"Furthermore, his identity is also very special; he is a member of the Kingdom's Hero Squad."