Kail was not the only one whose face turned green. The village chief's face also suddenly became quite unsightly. Liang Lidong noticed it from the corner of his eye, but he did not intend to investigate it. He did not feel any malice from the other party. Since it had nothing to do with him, he was too lazy to pay attention to it. After all, everyone had their own privacy, and it was not good to be too serious. When it came to socializing, there was no need to inquire about the other party's secrets unless it was an enemy or an opponent with similar interests.
Kail had completely turned into a block of wood at this time. After a long time, he murmured, "So it turns out that becoming a mage requires so much money?"
"Mage is the most resource-consuming profession." Seeing the youth's expression, Liang Lidong laughed. "But it's all worth it. Although generally speaking, mages are indeed not the opponents of special melee professions such as great swordsmen and magic breakers, they have an advantage that other professions cannot compare to … Mages are a group of people who pursue the truth of the world. The talented among them can break through the boundaries of mortals and have the ability to use laws. If they are even more outstanding, they can even have a demigod personality or become a true god, such as the Goddess of Magic! But great swordsmen can't … If they want to use laws, they have to steal other people's abilities and kill those who have laws or godhood. But the problem is that mages who can use laws are even stronger than dragons, not to mention gods who have godhood. "
Laws were a very special kind of skill that had great power or special effects, far beyond the character's talent or profession's abilities.
In the game, there were very few people who had laws. According to statistics, they were all mage professions, such as pure mages, magic swordsmen, or wanderers, which were more inclined towards spellcasters. Later on, the official 'rules' were created on the condition that the knowledge obtained in the game had to be high, and the knowledge had to be compatible with one's profession. Knowledge acquisition wasn't just about hearing about it. One had to analyze it, understand it, and turn it into one's own. A high Intelligence attribute would greatly increase the speed of acquiring this knowledge.
When the rules were announced, more than 70% of the game's population held a large-scale protest, saying that the officials were biased and the game was not balanced. Then the officials cited a set of statistics that made all the protesters speechless.
The proportion of the population of magic professions was only about 25%, the population of physical professions was about 72%, and the remaining 3% were special support professions.
Physical classes only needed to chop, chop, chop, and shoot to easily grow and level up. Mages needed to learn magic in order to have the ability to attack. Learning magic required a lot of money, and because the game was too realistic, the difficulty of building magic structures was very high. Learning magic was no less difficult than learning advanced mathematical modeling. Even if it was a level-zero spell, it would take several days to more than ten days to completely analyze the blueprint, depending on the individual's true intelligence. The higher the level of the spell, the longer it would take.
While the physics department was slashing people everywhere, the Mages were analyzing magic models and structures.
While the physics department was on a mission, the Mages were analyzing magic models.
When the physics department was engaged in team battles, city battles, and national battles, the Mages were still analyzing magic models and structures.
While the physical classes were flirting with NPC girls or fishing for Mr. Perfect NPCs, the mages were practicing the application of new spells.
All the Mages had died in the process of practicing new spells, and the average number of deaths was 2.14.
When the average level of the physical classes was 14, the average level of the spellcasters was barely 10.
Most of the Mages who persisted to level 10 and above were highly educated in reality, and more than 90% of them were science students.
At the beginning of the game, the proportion of the population of magic professions was more than 60%, but now it had dropped to about 24%.
After seeing this set of data, all the magic professions had tears in their eyes and felt the same way. It was really too difficult to be a Mage. The protests of the physics department also vanished. Why couldn't they succeed when they were working so hard? Besides, it wasn't that the physics department couldn't gain knowledge, it was just a little slower, but compared to the difficulty of learning magic for Mages, it wasn't too exaggerated.
Kail looked very disappointed. He sighed. "Sir, you mean that it's not a good idea for people like me to learn magic or swordsmanship, right?"
Liang Lidong shook his head. "No, I'm not asking you not to learn swordsmanship or magic. On the contrary, I approve of you learning these two abilities. Your ancestor was right. Swordsmanship strengthens the body, and magic enriches the mind. The reason I'm saying all this is to tell you that no matter if it's swordsmanship or magic, it's not something that can be achieved just by being hot-blooded. It requires continuous hard work, continuous hard work, and the process will be very bumpy. In serious cases, it might even make you doubt if your path is correct, and if you're wasting your time to do something that's impossible to achieve, and then completely deny your own life. "
For a fifteen-year-old boy, it was hard to accept what Liang Lidong said. However, the latter was a spellcaster, and spellcasters were synonymous with truth in this world. Kail believed that he was speaking the truth from the bottom of his heart. He said somewhat woodenly, "Is it really so difficult? My ancestor could've done it. "
"That's why he's a Legendary Hero, and you're not yet." Liang Lidong smiled.
Falan's Continent was a game that was almost completely real. The NPCs in it all had origins and emotions. Their actions were natural and no different from normal people. Liang Lidong had been in the game for eight years and had seen the joys and sorrows of countless NPCs. He still clearly remembered the first time he took on an NPC quest. There was an NPC couple who asked him to find their son. According to the clues, Liang Lidong found a target with only a head left near an ogre stronghold. When Liang Lidong gave the head to the couple, they had a nervous breakdown. It was their only son, and they were already very old, so it was impossible for them to have another child.
Most of the missions in the Falan Continent were one-of-a-kind. It was only after his investigation that he found out that the couple's son was an adventurer. He had heard many legendary stories in the hotel and yearned for them. Then, he learned some swordsmanship from a third-rate mercenary in the town and went on an adventure … The ending was obvious. If this world was similar to the game world, then it would definitely be similar in terms of danger. The players had died more than a dozen times before they could barely become advanced professionals. Even the players had it so hard, let alone the NPCs.
The players could be resurrected, but the NPCs couldn't. They didn't have a second chance.
Looking at Kail, Liang Lidong thought of the young man with only a head. He didn't want the same thing to happen to this old man, so he told the young man so many things.
The village head looked at Liang Lidong gratefully and stood up. "Kail, keep him company. I'll go prepare lunch."
Kyle didn't say anything. He looked as if he had lost his soul.
Liang Lidong looked at him and couldn't bear to see him like this. "Actually, you don't have to be so disappointed. You can practice your swordsmanship hard and wait for your grandfather to pass away before you consider the adventure. By then, you'll be middle-aged at most. It won't be too late to take the risk."
Kail's eyes lit up and he nodded slightly. Liang Lidong's excuse seemed like a bad idea, but it was actually a brilliant one. The old village head seemed to be able to live for quite a while. By then, Kail might be middle-aged. He might have married a wife and had children. Maybe the dreams of his youth had long been buried in the corner of his heart and he was running around for his wife's life.
It seemed that Kail had thought it through. He asked Liang Lidong, "Can you tell me about spellcasters and some things about the mercenary world?"
Liang Lidong naturally wouldn't refuse. He talked about some of his experiences in the game, and in the process, he unobtrusively got a lot of information from Kail's words. There were two other villages near this village, and the nearest big city was called Winterwind. The mayor was a good person who had a daughter. The daughter was a mage, knew several kinds of magic, and looked down on ordinary people.
After the two chatted for a while, the old village head served bread with a small amount of honey and a plate of bacon. Liang Lidong was indeed a little hungry. After the old village head sat down, he picked up a piece of bread and ate it first. Then, the old man and the young man began to eat. Seeing this scene, Liang Lidong nodded slightly in his heart. It was the same in Hollevin in the game. When a family had guests, they would wait for the guests to eat first, and then the host would eat later to show respect for the guests.
Is this a game or not? Liang Lidong became more and more confused. He couldn't connect to the system, couldn't log out, and the game friends bar disappeared. But the character system existed. The language, the country, and even the customs here were exactly the same as in the game. It wasn't a game, but it was like one.
A system notification appeared on the bread in his hand. Liang Lidong clicked on it, and the following information appeared:
Food: Inferior honey wheat bread
Attribute: Increases Stamina by 20 points.
Deliciousness: 2
After a few bites, Liang Lidong found that there was an additional system notification in his information bar:
Eating food with Deliciousness less than 5, Anorexia state: 2
Liang Lidong frowned. Previously, he had drunk a stomach full of stinky rabbit blood … and now, he had eaten poor quality bread. Indeed, he had accumulated the debuffs of two houses. He knew very well that honey bread was a rare delicacy for ordinary people, but for people like him, it was just average. Moreover, it was poor quality bread. Now, he hated his talent as a Foodie Aristocrat more and more. It was too inconvenient.
As if seeing Liang Lidong frown, the village head asked with some apprehension, "Sir Priest, is it not to your taste?"
Liang Lidong endured the discomfort and finished the bread in a few mouthfuls. Then he smiled and said, "It's nothing. It's just that God warns us not to eat other people's food for no reason. Everything has a corresponding price. Old village head, I plan to stay here for a few days. How about you leave the cooking to me during this period? Just treat it as payment for my accommodation. "
"That's against the rules, Sir Priest. A big shot like you, wherever you go …" The old village head was shocked.
"It's decided, or I'll feel restless." Liang Lidong interrupted the old man and said firmly.
His heart was indeed 'restless', Liang Lidong did not want to eat such unpalatable food again, and if he ate such a thing again, he would enter a deep anorexia state, all attributes decreased by ten percent... Originally, the attributes of the divine blood nobility were not high, and if they dropped again, could they still level up well?