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Chapter 12: Profession

Although Murin Tristan had no idea what the magic communication system Sean mentioned was, judging from his tone, it seemed to be the reason why a certain village lost contact with other places. So he quickly replied, "Yes, yes, that's it. It's been damaged for many years. There are only a few people in our village, and no one is well - informed, so that's why it's like this."

Sean's suspicions were mostly dispelled, but he still looked hesitant. After a while, he rubbed his hands and said, "Sir, I can provide you with food, but you have to promise that you won't tell anyone about this."

Overjoyed, Murin Tristan was filled with gratitude. "Thank you. I will never forget your great kindness."

Sean still wasn't completely at ease. "Please swear in the name of Midilor, the God of Honesty. Only then can I fully believe you."

Murin Tristan immediately raised his right hand. "Midilor, the God of Honesty, is watching over me. I swear that I will never tell anyone about what happened tonight. Otherwise, I will accept endless punishments!" Murin Tristan didn't know how the oath - taking form in the Divine Wind Continent worked. However, the language style here was somewhat similar to that of the Western world. He had watched many Western movies, so he thought it would be okay to muddle through.

Sean seemed quite satisfied. Suddenly, he remembered something and asked Murin Tristan, "Sir, may I know your name?"

Murin Tristan thought for a moment and said, "I'm Rodi." Since his original name was too strange compared to others here, he made up a name on the spot.

"Okay, Mr. Rodi, please follow me."

Lorna and the other waitress had finished cleaning and were waiting for Murin Tristan so that they could close the store. Sean asked Murin Tristan to wait behind the counter. Then he went out of the store, carefully looked around, and when he saw no one, he turned back and said to the two waitresses, "Lisa, close the door immediately!"

Lisa was the seductive waitress with a smooth tail on her buttocks. She was surprised and asked, "But what about this gentleman..."

Sean interrupted her, "Hurry up. Don't worry about that."

Lisa was sensible enough not to ask more. She chanted a strange string of spells, and then the huge stone door on the top of the store, which was at least tens of centimeters thick and weighed over a thousand jin, slowly fell automatically.

Murin Tristan watched all this in surprise from behind the counter. He never expected that a little waitress could be so extraordinary.

After the stone door completely fell, Sean called Murin Tristan out and then said to Lorna beside him, "Get some roasted meat and Biyeling for this gentleman."

Lorna didn't ask any questions and directly went to get the things from behind the counter.

Sean said to Murin Tristan, "Lorna and Lisa are like family to me. I treat them as my own daughters." The implication was that they were not outsiders, so Murin Tristan didn't need to worry about tonight's matter getting out.

After a while, Lorna brought several large pieces of roasted meat and a small bottle of green liquid that gave off a strange fragrance, the same as what Murin Tristan had seen others drinking in the store today. It should be the "Biyeling" Sean mentioned.

Murin Tristan couldn't help but swallow hard. He stammered, "This, this..."

Sean saw what he was thinking and smiled. "Mr. Rodi, please feel free to eat. We've already had our meal."

Murin Tristan felt as if he had received an imperial edict. "Then I won't be polite." He directly picked up the roasted meat with his hands and started wolfing it down. He had never realized before how unbearable the feeling of hunger could be. Besides being hungry, Sean's roasted meat was really delicious. The crispy outer skin and the tender inner meat brought a great taste. After eating a few pieces of roasted meat, Murin Tristan's throat felt a bit dry. He picked up the Biyeling that Lorna had poured for him and took a big sip.

A slightly cool liquid with a strange fragrance flowed down his throat and rushed into his stomach. A feeling of comfort spread throughout his body, and every cell seemed to be cheering with joy.

"Great!" Murin Tristan couldn't help but exclaim. As soon as he said this, he suddenly felt that he was being rude. What was more embarrassing was that Sean, Lorna, and Lisa were all looking at him strangely.

Murin Tristan scratched his head in embarrassment. "Sorry, but this Biyeling is really delicious."

Sean smiled and said, "It's my honor." For the owner of a bar, it was a matter of great pride when the food was praised by customers.

Lisa giggled. "He eats even faster than Percy."

When Lorna heard this, she saw the shiny oil on Murin Tristan's mouth and couldn't help but cover her mouth and laugh.

Sean scolded, "Don't be rude to Mr. Rodi!" But there was also a barely noticeable smile at the corner of his mouth, which clearly showed that he agreed with Lisa's words.

Murin Tristan could only force a couple of laughs to cover up his embarrassment. However, this made him feel a bit closer to the others.

While eating, Murin Tristan pretended to be a naive young man who had just entered the world and asked Sean for advice. Finally, he got a preliminary understanding of this strange foreign world.

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The Divine Wind Continent wasn't just a single piece of land; it also included the ocean and the sky. Simply put, it was the general name for the entire foreign world, just like people in Murin Tristan's world called the place they lived "Earth".

There were many kinds of intelligent creatures on the continent, such as humans, orcs, elves, barbarians, demon - beasts, dwarves, and asuras... They were all collectively referred to as "people". They differed in appearance, physique, personality, intelligence, and specialties. For example, barbarians were the strongest of all races, with innate strength and the ability to lift a huge weight. Orcs were half - human, half - beast creatures. Percy, whom Murin Tristan had seen before, was one of them. Their intelligence was relatively lower than that of other races, but they were still an essential part of the continent. Elves usually had a strong ability to sense and use magic and mostly worked as mages. Demon - beasts belonged to the category of advanced intelligent beasts and could transform into human forms...

Where there were people, there were always countries and classes. There were large and small countries on the Divine Wind Continent. For example, the Blue Moon Empire where Murin Tristan was located was in the middle of the continent. It was a large country mainly composed of humans. There was also the Mecca Empire in the north, the City of Wild Sands in the Death Desert, and the island country of Saro in the Dalane Sea...

The next - level unit of a country was a city. Cities could be classified into four - level cities, three - level cities, two - level cities, one - level cities, and super - cities according to their area. The four - level cities were the smallest, and the size increased in order, with super - cities being the largest. The smaller units under a city were towns, which were classified as small towns, medium - sized towns, and large towns, also based on area. The smallest unit was naturally a village, and villages had no classification.

The basic survival conditions for humans were food, clothing, and shelter, with food being the most important. People regarded food as their prime want. Without food, people couldn't survive. In the human society Murin Tristan came from, money was what most people chased after all their lives, but money was just an extended form of food. However, people on the Divine Wind Continent didn't have to worry too much about food because crops grew very quickly. With the magic of planting warlocks, the growth rate was even more astonishing, more than ten times faster than on Earth. The growth of many domestic animals for food was about eight times faster than on Earth.

It seemed that there was an endless supply of material resources, and the environment was beautiful and suitable for living. Everything seemed perfect - if it weren't for the Warcraft riots that occurred once every three years. Besides the people living in towns and villages, there were countless Warcraft on the Divine Wind Continent. They lived in uninhabited wildernesses, forests, high mountains, mountains, oceans, lakes, and other places. Most of them were fierce and dangerous. Fortunately, under normal circumstances, they wouldn't easily attack human settlements such as towns.

Since there was a normal situation, there were also special cases. Every three years, a large - scale Warcraft riot would break out on the continent, lasting for a year. During this period, the Warcraft became even more ferocious and powerful, and there would be mutated, highly intelligent ones that became their leaders. These leaders would organize the other Warcraft, which usually scattered and fought on their own, to attack human settlements that they usually didn't cross the border to, which was called a "Warcraft Siege", a term that made everyone tremble with fear.

The one - year - long Warcraft riot was the most turbulent and dangerous period on the continent. Everyone lived in fear, and no one could guarantee that they could survive the terrifying Warcraft riot. Therefore, before the Warcraft mutation, all people could do was to constantly make themselves stronger to increase their chances of survival.

Almost everyone on the continent had an inborn special ability. For example, farmers could use magic to speed up the fruiting of crops. Depending on their different abilities, a variety of professions emerged. Generally, they could be divided into four categories: combat professions, auxiliary professions, life professions, and special professions. The opportunity to choose a profession varied from person to person. People with strong strength were suitable to be warriors, those with strong spiritual power and keen elemental senses were better off as mages, and those with concentration and a wide field of vision were the best candidates for archers...

Combat professionals had a higher social status in society. They could receive a very generous monthly allowance, spend it freely, and even make money by selling the Warcraft crystal cores they obtained. Auxiliary professions were in the middle, and life professions were the lowest - level among the four. If possible, no one would choose them. For example, Sean, the brewer, seemed to make a lot of money and be very cool, but in fact, he couldn't get much profit. The price of his products was determined by the Consumers' Union. The selling price could only be slightly higher than the purchase price of raw materials, and he also had to pay taxes and employees' salaries. After all the deductions, the profit was meager. As the owner of the store, Sean worked from morning until late at night until the store closed, but the gold coins he earned were less than the allowance of the lowest - level warrior or mage. The situation of special professions was more complex, with different social statuses.

However, not many people could engage in combat professions. They only accounted for a small part. The qualities of the vast majority of people in each race were ordinary, and it was difficult for them to engage in any combat profession. So they had to settle for second - best and engage in life professions, such as planting warlocks, shepherds, brewers, etc., which were equivalent to ordinary civilians. However, each of them was not as simple as their counterparts on Earth. For example, planting warlocks, unlike farmers on Earth, could use magic to speed up the growth of crops.

Everyone on the continent would get a corresponding professional badge according to their qualities after reaching adulthood and perform their respective duties. People without a profession were considered very shameful, even lower in status than those with life professions. They were regarded as parasites of society. Therefore, those pitiful people who were born with extremely poor qualities, couldn't engage in any profession, and had no powerful backers had a very tragic fate. Although there was plenty of food on the continent, they could only get a little food to fill their stomachs through alms every day and lived under the contempt of others. Some unlucky ones even starved to death. If Murin Tristan hadn't lied that he was from a remote mountain village and couldn't get a professional badge, Sean would probably have driven him away directly. It was also quite troublesome for Murin Tristan to ask Sean for food because if others found out, Sean would also be severely punished.

In addition, there were countless strange spell laws in the foreign world, such as master - servant contracts, loyalty bindings, pet - recognition ceremonies, etc. There were so many things that were hard to explain. Murin Tristan had no choice but to accept them instead of being surprised. Each different parallel space might have its own basic laws. For example, in Murin Tristan's real world, Newton's laws of motion were one of the basic laws that any substance had to follow. If Murin Tristan told the people on the continent about Newton's laws of motion, they probably wouldn't be able to accept them and might even laugh at him.

A big problem now faced Murin Tristan. Since he was from another world, would he have the abilities they mentioned?

"Beep, beep, beep..." At this time, a siren - like sound rang out in the store, and a small red light on the top of the stone door kept flashing.