Sages were Apparently an Unknown Cla.s.s

「I have some questions regarding requests.」

「What would that be?」

「Are there other kill quests available?」

「There aren't a lot of those in the capital. The army take down monsters as part of their training so there's only a few of them around.」

I see. So it's because of the army. It might be better to move to a different branch.

「Thanks. I won't be taking requests, then. Can I change my designated job cla.s.s here?」

「So you've graduated from being a Novice. Congratulations! Of course, you may officially change cla.s.ses here! Which cla.s.s did you choose?」

「Sage.」

「Sage…? Is that like a Swordsman?」

Sounds like the Sage is a minority cla.s.s. I suppose it's completely understandable. After all, you can't be a Sage from undergoing the Coming of Age Ceremony.

I'll just have to tell her about it, and if it doesn't work out, I'll settle for Wizard. There were spells a Wizard can use but a Sage can't, but if I used a Wizard's spell, I can probably fool her.

「No, Sage as in the spellcaster type.」

「…I'm not sure I follow, but you mean Wizard, right?」

「Yeah. Let's go with that.」

「Okay! We'll have to confirm it first.」

She took out a stone called a『Job Cla.s.s Gem』. It was specifically for Wizards so『Wizard's Gem』would be more appropriate.

…This is bad. We had the former back in BBO, but this one only lights up only when touched by someone of the corresponding cla.s.s, i.e. in this case, it'll only light up when a Wizard touches it.

「…I can use magic spells. Is that not enough?」

I activated『Torchlight』- a very basic spell that lights up the surrounding. Besides a Sage, only a Wizard could use it. Since Sage was an unknown cla.s.s, I figured I could convince her I'm a Wizard by showing I could use the spell.

「It's the rules. The only way to determine your job cla.s.s is by using the gem.」

So I can't pretend to be a Wizard, huh… I thought as I touched the Wizard's Gem. It didn't light up, of course.

「That's strange… You can use magic so it should light up.」

「Are there other kinds of gem around?」

「Only Wizards can use magic spells. You can't be a Novice either in that case. I'll bring every gem we have just in case!」

And so she did. But none of them were the Sage's Gem or the Hero's Gem.

The Sage cla.s.s can never be obtained by undergoing the Coming of Age Ceremony. It was possible to get the Hero cla.s.s that way, but the chances are extremely low.

It seems going through the ceremony was the most common method of changing job cla.s.ses in this world. They had not taken into consideration the cla.s.ses you can get by going to the cathedral.

「Is this all of them?」

「Yes! There's a Hero's Gem at the church, but considering you can use magic, you can't be a Hero either, right?」

I asked to no avail. By church, she probably meant the one that's being used right now. Not the one in ruins. In either case, there's no Sage's Gem so not much I can do.

「Whatever. I'll just forget about officially changing my job cla.s.s.」

Without even touching the stones, I put my guild card away. It's not like there's any drawback to being a Novice.

「Um, we still have a lot we don't know about the inferior job cla.s.ses. You can try their gems. Who knows, they might light up.」

「Inferior job cla.s.ses?」

In BBO, there were only two kinds of job cla.s.ses: Basic and Advanced. The basic ones include Wizard, Swordsman, Archer, and Healer, and the advanced ones had Sage, Hero, Saint, and Berserker, among others.

Advanced cla.s.ses have a lot more Skills in their a.r.s.enal, but in exchange they required a lot of exp to level up. Plus it was difficult to find the appropriate equipment. The chances of getting an advanced cla.s.s by going through the Coming of Age Ceremony are astronomically low. You'd have to visit the cathedral otherwise. If I recall correctly, the Berserker cla.s.s, which among the advanced cla.s.s has the highest chances of being acquired through the ceremony, only has an obtainability rate of 0.7 percent.

There was no such thing as inferior cla.s.ses in BBO, though. Even the basic job cla.s.ses can be powerful depending on how you utilized your skillset.

「I'm referring to Berserkers and Saints… There are sometimes inferior cla.s.ses in low-rank parties, but they usually end up leaving.」

…I see. It made sense. If these advanced cla.s.ses and basic cla.s.ses partied up and took down the same number of monsters together, the latter would level up faster.

In BBO, we levelled up separately, so there wasn't that much difference in our exp. If they always partied up, it's understandable that the advanced cla.s.s would fall behind.

Still, an advanced cla.s.s's Skills are top-notch. I don't think a bit of a level gap would result in one being kicked. Take the case of a Saint for example. They learn some overwhelmingly powerful Skills like『Divine Heal』and『Holy Barrier』even at lower levels, so some difference in exp shouldn't matter much.

「Even Saints?」

「The amount of healing they provide with『Heal』is just not enough. Even normal Healers can do better.」

「What about Divine Heal?」

「What's a Divine Heal?」