Chapter 62: Triggered! Unexpected High-Tier Class

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Tang Zheng took a deep breath, a smile appearing on his face.

"My lord, you seem very happy today."

"Has something happened?"

The Great Goblin Lin Mu, who was still being held in his hand, seemed to sense Tang Zheng's pleasant mood and spoke cautiously and obsequiously.

"I'll reward you with half of this rabbit meat later," Tang Zheng said with a smile.

"Thank you, my lord!"

The Great Goblin Lin Mu immediately showed an excited expression, licked his lips, and spoke hurriedly.

Tang Zheng let go, reached out, and tossed the leg-broken Great Goblin Lin Mu onto the grass to the side, then prepared to pick up the plump rabbit meat.

Suddenly!

Tang Zheng’s movements paused; he felt his own mana showing signs of agitation, like a distinct current of heat.

This change made Tang Zheng freeze for a moment!

He had always been able to feel the presence of mana within his body, but this mana was very docile; whenever he used magic, a portion would be consumed.

Other than that, there had been no changes!

Tang Zheng had simply regarded the mana in his body as a manifestation of MP.

The sudden change before his eyes caught Tang Zheng off guard.

"What’s going on?" Tang Zheng looked astonished, immediately raising his sword to guard his front, warily scanning his surroundings.

He suspected he might have been poisoned or afflicted by some other negative status effect.

The sense of agitation in his mana grew more obvious, but fortunately, Tang Zheng did not have much mana to begin with, so the feeling of agitation was not particularly intense.

Soon!

The agitated mana seemed to suddenly reach a certain critical threshold.

Hum—

Tang Zheng’s body trembled slightly, and his attribute panel automatically appeared before his eyes, with lines of information emerging from it.

『Career construction information satisfied』

『Intermediate Class: Sword Saint 10lv, Basic Class: Mage 10lv』

『Triggered High-Tier Class: Magic Swordsman』

『Do you choose to take this class?』

Tang Zheng looked at the information displayed on the attribute panel and couldn't help but blink.

This... it triggered the class-taking information for a High-Tier Class?

Tang Zheng’s gaze was stunned.

This was something completely outside his expectations.

He hadn't expected a High-Tier Class to appear under these circumstances, but this also caused the last shred of worry that had existed deep in Tang Zheng's heart to vanish completely.

Although he had previously deduced the class construction information preceding "Valkyrie," he had still been somewhat doubtful.

Even if these class prerequisites were met, he wasn't sure if it would trigger the class-taking information for "Valkyrie."

But the situation before him dispelled that concern.

"So, as long as the conditions for class construction are met, can the class-taking information for a High-Tier Class be triggered?"

"No, it shouldn't be that simple."

"High-Tier Classes have distinctions in strength, not to mention special classes; I’m afraid some of them require not just meeting the class construction requirements, but also specific items to take the class."

Tang Zheng pondered inwardly.

For instance, the special class "Asura" possessed by Cocytus, a Floor Guardian of the Great Tomb, was one Tang Zheng highly suspected required a special item to obtain.

"Magic Swordsman, is it?"

Tang Zheng’s eyes flashed, and after a brief moment of thought, he did not hesitate: "Take the class!"

Regardless, this was a High-Tier Class!

Although it wasn't in Tang Zheng's original plan, High-Tier Classes were pitifully rare in this other world, and the increase in attribute values alone made it worth it.

『Hum——』

『Class taken successfully!』

Class: "Magic Swordsman"

Level: High-Tier Class

Effects:

Passive·"Sword and Magic": Can use warrior skills and magic, while also gaining the ability to use equipment intended for magic casters.

Passive·"Mana Infusion": Can mobilize mana within the body to coat one's own equipment, granting it magical attributes, which can be combined with class skills.

Class Skill·"Mana Slash": Releases a long-range slash imbued with mana, dealing "100 + 20% Magic Attack" damage to the target (Cooldown: 60s) (Note: For every level gained, HP, MP, Physical Attack, and Magic Attack increase by 15 points.)

Description: A class possessing both melee attack methods and long-range magic.

Hiss~

Tang Zheng drew a cold breath.

Should he say it’s worthy of being a High-Tier Class? Two passives plus one class skill completely crush Intermediate Classes.

However!

As for these two passive effects...

Tang Zheng examined them carefully, his expression somewhat strange.

"Sword and Magic" was of no use to him.

In the game, this effect might indeed be an excellent passive, not only allowing a warrior class to gain the ability to use magic but also allowing the use of caster equipment.

It could be said to greatly increase a player's options, but in this other world, there were no restrictions on class equipment, let alone the fact that he didn't need it.

And as for the "Mana Infusion" passive...

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Adding magical attributes to purely physical equipment is easy to understand.

The basic four elemental magic attributes are Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth; since Tang Zheng has not mastered magic or classes related to the four elements, his current magic attribute is "Non-elemental."

One can compare it to the "Paladin" class skill "Holy Strike."

A Paladin can infuse holy-attribute power into a weapon, dealing holy-attribute damage to a target.

"Mana Infusion" is similar to this effect.

For some undead-type monsters like ghosts, pure physical attacks cannot deal damage, but attacks imbued with magical attributes can.

After carefully reviewing the information on the "Magic Swordsman" class.

Tang Zheng showed an "as expected" expression; this class looked good, but if studied carefully, it was actually a rather mediocre class.

"After all, since the prerequisites were simple to meet, it’s naturally impossible to obtain a powerful High-Tier Class."

Although Tang Zheng had anticipated this, he was still a little disappointed.

However!

A High-Tier Class can only be leveled up five times, so even if it’s just used to increase base stats, it’s a guaranteed win.

Moreover, this class can also increase mana, and mana is what Tang Zheng currently lacks the most.

[Attribute Table]

Player: Tang Zheng

Justice Value: 51 [Neutral]

HP: 128 (9%) MP: 28 (2%)

Physical Attack: 128 (9%)

Physical Defense: 13 (1%)

Agility: 113 (8%)

Magic Attack: 28 (2%)

Magic Defense: 13 (1%)

Comprehensive Resistance: 0 (0%)

Specialization: 20 (1%)

Total: 32%

[Ability Table]

Innate Ability: [Player]

Comprehensive Level: 21lv

Experience Bar: 0/10000

Class:

Basic Class: Genius 10lv (Warrior...)

Intermediate Class: Sword Saint 10lv

High-Tier/Special Class: Magic Swordsman 1lv

Skill Points: 45

Passive Skills: Item Box, Sword and Magic, Mana Infusion, Slashing Enhancement (10%)

Active Skills:

Warrior: Instant Reflex, Four-Light Consecutive Slash, Rapid Slash, Stealth, Tracking

Magic:

Minor Wound Healing (Tier 1), Magic Arrow (Tier 1), Odorless (Tier 1), Camouflage (Tier 1)

Item Appraisal (Tier 2), Papermaking (Tier 2)

Heating (Tier 4)

Job Skills: Pharmacy, Alchemy, Mana Slash

…………

Tang Zheng suddenly noticed that the value for "Specialty" in the attribute table had increased by 20 points.

"Is Specialty related to high-tier jobs or special jobs?" Tang Zheng’s eyes flashed.

Thanks to book friend "Dream Star 0409" for the 1000 book coin tip!

(End of this chapter)