Althea stared at the notification for a long time. She was already ecstatic to finally learn of the skill, but directly upgrading to Class C… was unexpected.
Like the Architecture Profession, upgrading from Class D to Class C generally took decades—if it would ever happen at all. Because of her prior knowledge, she knew she'd take a fraction of that time, but it seemed like learning the skill expedited it a bit more.
She soon gathered herself and took a look at her stats.
[STATS:
Spirit: 4240/5500 +55
Physical/ATK: 737 +74
Agility: 722 +72
Defense: 705 +134
Mana: 2200/5400
Physical Potential: A
Mental potential: SS+
Skills:
Active: Elementary Appraisal (D), Perfect Aim (D), Quick Shot (D), Growth Skill Mixture Calculator (Lv1), Triple Shot (D), Curved Shot (C ), Earth Mapping (D), Earth Spring (D), Mist Cloud (E) Woodland Camouflage (D), Plant Sense (D), Water Sense (D), Elemental Integration (B)
Passive: Mana Reduction (C)
Elemental Affinity: Wood, Water, Earth
Occupation: Class C Pharmacist, Class D Archer, Class E Toolmaker
Titles: Lord of Altera, Elder of Plant and Pharmaceutical Studies
Overall rank: S
Current Status: Healthy ]
Becoming a Class C of a profession had many perks, one of which was the increased chance of receiving superior inheritances from the World Knowledge.
For example, a few months ago, Oslo received an interesting inheritance [Building Improvement] which, upon closer study, was the application of specific arrays on existing buildings!
For now, he knew of one improvement: Improved Defense.
The catch was that it was only temporary. That was to say, the aether would disperse after time which depended a lot on the architect's condition during casting. It also took a lot of time and mana, so its effectiviness was still limited for now.
For Brenda and Clutch, while Class C in their profession was not as difficult to achieve, it wasn't easy either. The two of them also received new inheritances the past few months.
For Clutch, it was something that ultimately helped him achieve the mission she asked him to do a long time ago: To integrate plant effects on armors.
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Of course, when the others heard of this mindset, they'd get beat up for being pessimists, and they'd never think of that again.
Speaking of slavery, it was indeed one of the greatest fears in the Terrans' hearts.
While they didn't think Alterra could lose, it had been pounded on everyone's minds that they could lose if they didn't do their best.
They had former slaves from the aborigine territories they won over, and they knew how horrid it was. The very real fear of losing everything they had now was very good motivation for hard work.
Speaking of former slaves, many of them became Juliet's patients. There was a lot of counseling that had to be done for many of them to be functional again.
Fortunately, there were other psychologists who arrived the past few months, and they managed to lighten up Juliet's workload.
Many of these former slaves would take a while to recover. Although they were treated a bit better after the old masters found out they were elementalists, the trauma of the time before that was scarring.
Even after that, they were just seen as more powerful meat. Those who had awakened were trained horribly without much rest to create assassins and warriors.
They were also asked to fight amongst themselves and there were times they injured brethren horribly, all for the entertainment of those above them.
What made things worse was that, according to the new Terran 'slaves', some unfortunate women were also sent to men to 'create' more elementalists. Those women though, were naturally not sent to help in the war and were still suffering in the aborigine territories at this time.
In any case, the stories they heard lit up fires inside of them. Whether it was to protect themselves from that fate, or in anger for their brethren, it didn't matter.
They would win this war, no matter what!
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