Chapter 4: General Job Triggered! Genius!

Enfirea turned to look at the short old woman walking over, an embarrassed expression on his face: "Grandmother."

"This is no place for you to be showing kindness."

"While the 'Royal Duel' is taking place, purchasing and collecting medicinal herbs is what you should be doing."

Lizzie had her hands behind her back, her wrinkled cheeks bearing an impatient look, and she spoke in a slightly angry tone.

"Yes, Grandmother."

Enfirea reached up to scratch his short blonde hair and said in a low voice.

Hearing the brief exchange between the two, Tang Zheng finally understood why this pair of grandmother and grandson, who should have been in the frontier city of E-Rantel, had appeared in the Royal Capital.

This thought flashed through his mind.

Tang Zheng tried his best to maintain a calm demeanor.

Do not be fooled by the fact that Enfirea’s grandmother, Lizzie, looked like an unremarkable little old woman, and even had little presence in the anime.

She was, in fact, the most famous pharmacist in E-Rantel and a genuine third-tier magic caster.

In terms of levels, she should be at the level of 15 or higher; among humans, she could be considered a formidable figure.

At the very least, the current Tang Zheng absolutely could not afford to provoke her.

Lizzie’s gaze landed on Tang Zheng, first glancing at the short sword hanging at his waist, then skimming over Tang Zheng’s slightly muscular arm.

"Let's go, Enfirea." Lizzie withdrew her gaze expressionlessly, turned around with her hands behind her back, and left.

"Alright, Grandmother."

Enfirea hurriedly agreed, turned, and took a step toward the street, then his figure paused in hesitation before he turned back around to look at Tang Zheng:

"You must be here to watch the duel between Mr. Gazef and Mr. Brain, right? I hear the prices for seats in the arena are very expensive."

"Um, take this water skin. It’s easy to choke if you eat rye bread without soaking it in water."

As Enfirea spoke, he unhooked a water skin from his waist and handed it to Tang Zheng.

This guy... is a bit annoying.

Tang Zheng’s jaw twitched. If he didn't truly understand Enfirea’s personality, such sudden kindness from a stranger would easily make one suspicious.

Furthermore.

Having grown up as an orphan, Tang Zheng had never really liked this kind of inexplicable kindness.

"No..."

Tang Zheng was just about to refuse, but Enfirea had already shoved the water skin into Tang Zheng’s hand.

The sudden movement!

Made Tang Zheng’s expression change slightly.

It wasn't because of Enfirea’s act of forcing the water skin on him, but because the moment they made contact, his attribute panel suddenly displayed information.

*Hum—*

*Contact with special dual-base job holder—Alchemist (Genius), Pharmacist (Genius), triggered acquisition conditions for a general job.*

*Acquire general job "Genius", do you wish to take the job?*

*Note! This job is a general job and cannot provide attribute bonuses.*

Seeing the information displayed on the panel, Tang Zheng couldn't help but tremble.

In the game "Yggdrasil", combat jobs were divided into base jobs, middle-tier jobs, and high-tier/special jobs; in addition to these, there were non-combat general jobs.

They could also be understood as production jobs!

For example, pharmacist, alchemist, blacksmith, farmer, merchant, etc., which were of no direct help in combat and belonged to logistics personnel.

And in this other world.

General jobs were not limited to just production jobs; they also included many jobs that did not exist in the game at all, such as: slave, maid, noble, prince, king, princess, etc.

These general jobs were even less useful than production jobs. Jobs like "prince" or "noble" were innate, while things like "slave" were acquired automatically during later life experiences. This was the fundamental difference between people of the other world and players.

Players could actively choose whether to take a job, while people of the other world would automatically acquire relevant jobs due to their life experiences, even if they did not wish to.

"Take the job!"

With almost no hesitation, Tang Zheng silently chanted in his heart.

Tang Zheng, who had just been struggling over whether to choose a warrior base job or a caster base job, chose without hesitation a general job that offered no help to combat whatsoever.

This shows!

The excitement in Tang Zheng’s heart.

While general jobs indeed provided no direct help to increasing strength, it did not mean that in this other world, these general jobs that didn't exist in the game were all trash.

*Job successfully taken—Genius: 1lv*

*Genius (General): This job can replace any base job or general job, and can change into the required job according to needs.*

*Note: Due to the special nature of this job, increasing its level will not increase base attributes, and it does not carry job characteristics after changing jobs.*

=9+Shu_ba

Tang Zheng looked at the displayed information, suppressing the excitement in his heart.

"Are you alright?"

Enfirea looked at Tang Zheng, who was gripping his own hand tightly and whose emotions had suddenly shifted, and asked with some confusion and concern.

"Sorry, thank you." Hearing the question, Tang Zheng regained his focus, hurriedly let go of his hand, took the water skin, and spoke earnestly.

This thanks was genuine!

"It's alright."

Enfirea didn't notice anything, nodded at Tang Zheng, and turned to walk away quickly.

Watching Enfirea’s departing figure, Tang Zheng took a deep breath, his eyes flashing with excitement.

He never expected that he would accidentally acquire this super-rare general job!

Possessing the "Genius" job, Tang Zheng no longer needed to worry about the choice of base jobs, removing a major headache regarding job construction.

Most importantly, the job error tolerance was greatly improved!

As far as Tang Zheng knew, besides himself, there was one other person in this world who possessed the "Genius" job, and that was the Golden Princess of the Re-Estize Kingdom, Renner.

Calling her the "Fallen Kingdom Princess" would also be accurate.

Her "Princess (General)" job was transformed from "Genius (General)".

This super-rare general job was actually somewhat wasted in the hands of the Golden Princess, or rather, in the hands of humans in this other world.

Only in the hands of a player could the true power of this job be unleashed.

Tang Zheng suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, as if a taut string had been loosened.

The despair he had felt all along had faded significantly; although he had only taken a general job, Tang Zheng was suddenly not so lost about the future.

"I did gain another important piece of information, though."

Tang Zheng’s eyes brightened.

That contacting Enfirea triggered the job acquisition conditions for a general job was something that surprised Tang Zheng.

Added to the fact that touching weapons could also trigger jobs, he had already learned two important pieces of information regarding the innate ability "Player".

However!

Judging by the fact that he only acquired the general job and not the Alchemist or Pharmacist jobs, normal contact with others should not be able to trigger job acquisition.

"Was it entirely because Enfirea has the Alchemist (Genius) and Pharmacist (Genius) dual 'Genius' traits that I accidentally triggered the general job 'Genius'?"

Tang Zheng thought thoughtfully.

(End of chapter)