Year 1566, autumn.
There was a lot to take in as the system informed him of all the details of his new class. First came the description which had made him know this was a perfect fit.
[ Congratulations! You have chosen the (legendary) class: Legendary Scholar. You dabble in every form of knowledge and every craft, allowing you to theorize and improve them with great talent. You can draft blueprints for all crafts provided you understand the intricacies of the craft, you learn theoretical knowledge at great speed, and have a better intuition to create new concepts and ideas. You’re understanding of the world will always grow allowing you to shape it to your will. Each level grants you +2 WIS +2 INT and +2 CHA, it applies retroactively]
That was a polyvalent theorist’s class. With it, he could eventually boost every kind of craft, but more importantly, he could create. For that was what Luca dreamed of. He didn’t want the glory of battles, but that didn’t mean he forsake all glory. He wanted to create a city and eventually a country that would reach the heights of perfection. For what was the fame of one man compared to the fame of a nation? Of course, he hadn’t even told his fellow heroes about that dream.
But he was convinced that it was only through knowledge that one could shape the world and make real changes. He would not be a puppet of the gods or of the kings, he would be a founder of civilization. And this class acknowledged his dream.
And then came the skills. As a legendary class holder, he would get five class skills plus two at level 50. Every five levels he would get some subskills. He could also create class skills with his own actions but they would rarely be legendary skills.
The first skill he got was [Polyvalent Blueprinting].
[Polyvalent Blueprinting (legendary) lv1: Your Blueprints cannot be copied but are easier to understand to any who sees them and has the skill to work from them. Your intuition when drafting is heightened and you can draw works of extreme complexity. +1% to intuition and +1% to complexity. Intuition base value is equal to WIS, complexity base value is equal to INT]
Now he would be able to draft a higher than uncommon blueprint. But the real value of the skill was in that it wasn’t restricted to any specific type of blueprint, meaning he could effectively draft anything from jewelry to castle and city!
The second skill was [Immortal Library], the description was quite simple and it went straight to the point.
[Immortal Library (legendary) lv1: Everything you read or write is copied into an imaginary library that you can access in your mind at all times. You can also allow others into sections of your library at your will. Time spent in your mental library goes slower than time in the real world, but you cannot act in or see the real world while inside. Number of people allowed in the library: 1*WIS. Time dilatation: 1+ 0,1*INT]
This was a cheat skill for teaching as he could eventually host a great number of people inside his mental library. Already the bonus of the class gave him 20 wisdom, which were added to his 10 initial wisdom and the 5 his [Composing] skill gave him, allowing for 35 people inside. And this would be multiplied by the levels he would get in his skills. With that, he could effectively educate hundreds of people in a very short time frame. Though the kingdom would not be happy to learn that he had pretty much copied all of its library to open it to the public. In this medieval world, even though printing had already been invented, books were a rare commodity.
The third skill he had quite expected but it was still a complete cheat skill.
You could be reading stolen content. Head to Royal Road for the genuine story.
[ Genius Theorist (legendary) lv1: You’re understanding of the world and of the logic of things is heightened. You can easily learn new sciences or areas of knowledge. This skill can have as many subskills as you have specialty +1% learning speed. Base learning speed equals CHA+WIS+INT. Current subskill 2]
The subskills were [Mathematics] which itself had [Arithmetic] and [Geometry] as subskills, and [Linguistic]. Both mathematical subskills were no longer classless and capped at 10. He could also now expand into other fields of mathematics.
The last two skills were much less expected but would bring him a great edge, as they both built upon the previous skills.
[Profound Teacher (legendary) lv1: your deep understanding of the world allows you to give better and more pertinent explanations to those you teach. You can teach skills you don’t know provided you understand the theory. People you have taught have a chance to have higher rank skills than what they normally would have gained and will progress faster in their skills as long as your theory proves relevant. This skill is linked to [Genius theorist]. +10% teaching speed. Base teaching speed is equal to CHA]
[ Virtual Modelization (legendary) lv 1: You can visualize and project blueprint or other types of plans, allowing you to test your hypothesis or the possibilities of your projects. Complexity of the modelization depends on your knowledge, the skill level, and your INT. Current projection processing capacity: 35 MB per second Projection processing capacity is equal to INT+Skill Lv.]
Luca felt elated. The class was perfect for what he envisioned. He would never be individually strong, but he could make others incredibly stronger. He needed to see if his teaching skill could work on heroes, but there was no reason it wouldn’t. And he could prepare so well for the expedition, effectively fast training hundreds of people in all types of crafts. There was just so much to be done and he could not wait!
So he got out of his room for a walk. He needed space to process all that just befell him. If he played his cards right, and if he could trust his fellow heroes, they would be far more powerful than the other parties of heroes. And the colony they would establish would be unequaled. But for now, he was still a powerless hero who depended on the goodwill of kings for his everyday needs. And his specific king would not take kindly to the news that his hero was effectively powerless in combat.
Of course, he could always show the king his worth for the kingdom by teaching his citizens, improving their skills, or maybe drafting high-value items. But that would be a dangerous bet for if the king found him to be too valuable he would not let him go. The whole situation with the hero now was that the kings wanted to build goodwill so that when the heroes would become unstoppable powerhouses the kingdoms that had helped them would benefit. But at the same time, they’d rather the heroes didn’t stay too close to home. No one wanted a one-man army next to his throne. For in this world as in the other, history had showed loyalty was a very fickle thing.
Luca had reached the palace outside-wall and was looking at the city before him. It housed about three hundred thousand souls in buildings of rocks and wood. Large streets were illuminated by magical street lamps but in darker areas small streets branched off, leading into the unknown. City rats hopped off from dark spots to dark sports while high-level people went their way. This was an unfair world, a world where levels and stats determined everything.
During the day, people went to and fro, carrying their business, shouting, laughing, and crying. It was a perfect fantasy world where it seemed one could always achieve his dreams through skills and class. Food was abundantly produced by farmers and crafters with skills made objects of a quality that could not be dreamed of in modern Earth. Magic alleviated most problems, you could cure most sicknesses and even old age wasn’t that hard with enough points into body stats.
But it was also a ruthless world, a world ruled by the strong. Every morning guards would find people dead on the streets, killed for a bit of experience or simply out of greed. Leveling in crafters class needed important investments while leveling through killing was always a dangerous endeavor. Once someone reached level 50 their position was secure as their skills held great value, but before that, it was mostly do or die. And for all those the war had left alone death and misery came by more often than not.
This was a world where everything could still be done. But first, he needed to prepare. So Luca went back to his room and wrote letters to the four heroes with whom he would share his fate. It was time to plan.