Chapter 16, Visiting the Lord
People who awaken their professional talents will choose to change careers.
Among them, the four worst professions are warriors, rogues, rangers and bards. In these four professions, humans can directly change their profession by stimulating their talents. The same is true for spellcasters. As long as they have enough talents, they can Direct job transfer.
Some professions require the power of gods to assist in job transfer, such as paladins. Paladins can only transfer jobs in four churches: the Church of Justice, the Church of Life, the Church of Luna, and the Church of Love and Goodness. Only these four churches have It has its own templar system, the most powerful of which is the Church of Justice. On the southwest border of the empire, there is a holy city that belongs exclusively to the Church of Justice - the City of Justice. Several paladin legions are on standby there, ready to attack at any time. A wave of green evil in the Badlands.
There are several other such professions, such as Druid, Monk, and Priest, all of which require the help of the corresponding gods to change professions.
In addition, there are many strange and rare professions, which makes it even more complicated.
When the strength reaches a bottleneck period, the original profession can be advanced. Boris's advancement order is warrior to berserker.
Ryan's adoptive father Norman's advancement order is warrior, knight, and white wolf knight. The special advanced profession of white wolf knight requires the blessing of the white wolf god of war to advance successfully.
What Ryan's profession is has always been a mystery. There is no doubt that his basic profession is a warrior, but Theresa discovered that Ryan actually knows how to use magic.
Part-time occupations will be severely punished. Dual cultivation of magic and martial arts is just a dream. Humans are originally a race that is not suitable for using magic. They can only wield swords and sing at the same time in battle.
Teresa had seen from the collection of books of the Gloria Council that there was a legendary profession called the Demon Swordsman, which could enchant weapons. It was somewhat similar to Ryan. Today's incident made her categorically deny this possibility. The Demon Sword Magic swordsmen only have a very superficial use of magic, and there is absolutely no way to control magic as easily as Ryan. Moreover, after a magic swordsman chooses to study magic as well, he will lose the professional talent enhancement in wrist strength, so most magic swordsmen choose to directly Swords and rapiers are dexterous weapons used in combat.
The warhammer in Ryan's hand weighs at least dozens of kilograms. He can use such a heavy warhammer like a fire stick, so he cannot be a magic swordsman.
"I'm a knight." Ryan looked surprised. The man pointed to the knight's badge on his chest and said exaggeratedly: "Didn't you see my knight's badge? I am the white knight of the White Wolf Knights of the Kingdom of Nord." Wolf Knight ‘Sledgehammer’ Lane.”
"I'm not asking you this, I'm asking you about your advanced profession." Teresa said impatiently. If she hadn't been physically weak, she really wanted to hit this guy on the head with her staff.
"Then are you willing to tell me the spells you have mastered and the daily maximum casting limit? Dear Ms. Trovik?" Ryan was still smiling: "Everyone has their own secrets, why should I tell them for free? And you?"
Theresa then gave up asking. Everyone has their own secrets, especially among spellcasters.
Soult, the pastor in charge of the Justice Church of Kalzenhaven, finally arrived. This pastor was over 1.8 meters tall and strong. The bulging muscles on his arms held up the pastor's robe. The originally loose white robe looked like a tight fit. Same as clothes.
"Chivalry novels have really poisoned many people. I want to say that the vast majority of priests are not the weak women they imagine. Most of the priests are men, with strong bodies, and their favorite weapons are heavy hammers and flails. .”
——Roland-Otto Fechenbach, Elector of the Empire Altdorf, "The Horn of Victory"
Ryan looked at Soult's strong body, remembered this famous saying, and couldn't help but smile.
The handover of the task was very fast. After confirming that the identity was correct, Ryan and Theresa changed the short-term mission of chasing Bert into a long-term mission. Neither of them had the intention to give up. After re-signing the contract, they asked Sirte Farewell.
Walking out of the Church of Justice, Ryan nodded and said: "I plan to visit the lord of Kalzenhaven, Mr. Velarde the Logger. Theresa, if you have anything to do, please do it yourself. I won't send him away."
After saying that, the man just wanted to leave.
The weather cleared up slightly today, and Ryan's back left toward the morning light. Teresa looked at the man's back, gritted her teeth, and called him out: "Lian!"
"Huh? Is there anything else?" Ryan was a little surprised.
"Can I go with you?" The sorceress leaned on her staff, with a slight smile on her mature and beautiful face.
"Um... this seems to work." Ryan thought to himself that Teresa was his teammate and a female member of the Gloria Council. Of course the lords were willing to get to know more powerful spellcasters.
"Then let me go." Teresa followed immediately, Ryan shrugged, and the two walked side by side on the street.
Teresa didn't meet anyone familiar, so she deliberately took a step closer and whispered: "I will only say this once. What I said last night was wrong."
"Oh? Which sentence is wrong?" Who knew that Ryan didn't appreciate it, and the man pretended not to understand what she meant.
"Tsk, you already understand." Teresa looked at the curve of the corner of the man's mouth and knew that he understood, so she said no more.
"The chick can spread its wings and fly not because the wings have grown, and the fruit will fall to the ground not because the weight exceeds the burden." Ryan suddenly said something carelessly, and then motioned for Theresa to follow.
The sorceress was stunned for a moment, but soon, a feeling called joy rippled in her heart.
This man.
Am I mature in a roundabout way?
Ryan is a knight of the kingdom and has a good reputation. His request to see him was quickly approved. Lord Velarde of Kalzenhaven agreed to see him, but he had some things at hand now. He asked the butler to receive them first. The steward took Ryan and Theresa sat down in the side hall and poured warm cider for the two of them herself: "I'm sorry, the lord has something to do, and the visitor is a little confused."
"It's okay." Ryan put his left hand on his chest politely and performed a knight's salute. Teresa nodded slightly as a sign of expression. At the same time, the sorceress began to look at the furnishings in the room.
The decoration in the side hall is quite luxurious. The fireplace is heating the room. A kite shield with a white bear head is hung above the fireplace. The wooden walls are carefully painted with white paint, and the floor is covered with animals. The furs were used as carpets, and the bench where two people sat had thick cushions. On the wall in front of the bench were various animal head specimens, including wolf heads, deer heads, wild boar heads, and even a bear head. This was obviously a symbol of Show off your strength.
"Mr. Butler, can I ask you a question? Who is this person that is so entangled with me?" Ryan saw the butler's eyes looking towards the main hall from time to time, and thought to himself, who could be so entangled with the lord?
"It's those druids." The old housekeeper said helplessly: "I heard from the master that they are a druid named 'Tree Planter' Eldrad. Because the master went to large-scale logging outside the city some time ago, So I came here to pester the master, saying that he has destroyed the balance of nature. These annoying druids are really the most unwelcome people here."
Ryan and Teresa looked at each other. The sorceress's mature and charming eyes rolled slightly and stopped talking. Ryan said with a smile: "If I can, I also want to let these people go, but I just can't do it. "
"Yes, yes!" The old housekeeper responded repeatedly, talking about the cause and effect.
The Lord of Kalzenhaven is called Velarde. He is also a military nobleman with a reputation for bravery on the battlefield. He always uses a battle ax and a shield. Later, after counting his military achievements, he was awarded the title of Lord of Kalzenhaven.
Velarde has the nickname "Lumberjack". This guy is very good at cutting down trees. In order to build towns over the years, he has organized logging teams into the forest many times to cut down trees. On the one hand, it is very useful for building towns. On the other hand, these The wood quality of the northern coniferous forest is good, and it can also be exported to benefit the economy.
Logically speaking, there is nothing blameworthy in what Velarde did. From Ryan's point of view as a Chinese, people rely on mountains and rivers to rely on. Kalzenhaven is a place with dense jungles. Rather than letting the beasts and goblin tribes These monsters are wreaking havoc in it, and they might as well cut down the logs and sell them for money.
But some people just can't accept this behavior.
That is the group of druids of the Church of Nature.
There are different opinions on the origin of the Druids, because Tal, the god of nature, is an extremely ancient god. Humanity's historical records only had very clear chronological divisions and written records after Charlemagne established the empire. The previous history was due to The "Great Catastrophe" caused by the destruction of the former Wizarding Empire led to the destruction of historical materials. Only fragments of the history during and before the Great Catastrophe can be found from the records of dwarves or elves.
Druids appeared in an earlier period, and they were not all human beings. These people advocated the harmonious coexistence of man and nature, and advocated the harmonious balance between the two.
Sounds a lot like Life Church, doesn’t it?
In fact, it's completely different.
The perspective of the Church of Life is "people-oriented", while the perspective of the Church of Nature is "protecting nature from human encroachment".
Therefore, the druids are always wandering around the continent to appeal. Whenever humans carry out any behavior that "disrupts the balance of nature", such as cutting down, mining, or fishing, they will always come out to protest. It seems that even grazing and planting are destroying the natural balance, but there are too many people doing this, and the druids acquiesce as a "last resort".
In fact, no one except the wood elves accepted their theory. The dwarves even stipulated that no druids were allowed to enter their towns. The humans were not much better. As for why they were not kicked out... …
The main reason is that the druids are too strong. These people of nature will come out to travel and are at least elite level. They can release natural spells under normal conditions. When needed, some druids can even transform into Wild beasts, such as bears, eagles, wolves, ravens, etc., use claws and teeth to fight.
These transformed beasts are much stronger than human warriors of the same level. There is no pressure on an elite druid who transforms into a bear to fight two or three humans of the same level.
Generally speaking, the lords would not want to fight with these people. If nothing unexpected happens, this protest will definitely end with the lords trying their best to fight with the mud, Ryan thought.
Just as he expected, after a while, a tall druid with wolf fur, a wreath on his head, and a long stick came down from the stairs. His face was full of anger but he sighed helplessly. , seeing someone sitting downstairs, Druid asked: "Who are you?"
"Hello, Integrated Instructor." Seeing that Teresa had no intention of saying hello, Ryan took the initiative to speak.
After hearing "One Body to Balance", Druid's face looked better at first, but then he noticed Ryan's knight badge: "It's just another human being who kills living beings. I am Eldrad the Tree Planter. I want to warn you, if you continue to destroy the forest like this, you will be cursed, and your souls will be..."
"That's enough, you bastard, get out of here, you're not welcome here!" The old butler cursed angrily. The druid looked at the old butler with disdain, then turned and left.
"Mr. Lane, and this lady, please come here." After the old housekeeper saw Druid leaving, he immediately put on a smile and invited the two of them to go upstairs to meet the lord.
"You don't seem to hate them?" Teresa asked curiously as they went upstairs.
"I have never disliked people who are willing to sacrifice everything for their ideals." Ryan gave the answer.
The two of them went upstairs together. The second floor was where the lord worked and rested.
The room where the lord usually works is very simple in furnishings. The wooden floor is covered with furs of various animals. The lord's various collections, swords, calligraphy, paintings and shields are hung on the walls. A long wooden table is set in the back. In this position, Lord Velald of Kalzenhaven is sitting on the chair behind the long table. A musket and a battle ax hang on the wall behind him, which are obviously his favorite weapons.
This kind of room layout, which in Ryan's previous life could only be used as a junction between urban and rural areas, is already considered wealthy in this world.
The Kingdom of Nord is often ridiculed by the imperial people as country bumpkins. It is not nonsense. In Nord, there are only the Grand Duke of Nord (i.e. the King of Nord, the King of Nord calls himself the king but in fact he is a duke whose title is canonized by the empire) and the legacy of the old empire. Several counts under him are responsible for guarding the main cities. In addition, all the nobles in Nord are not divided into hierarchies and are unified into lords. That is, there is no subdivision of princes, princes and sons like in the Empire or Britannia. We A small town is also called a lord, and an entire seaport city is also called a lord. Therefore, Nord is often laughed at by the imperial people for not even distinguishing the levels of nobles.
"Please come in, the master is inside."
After checking, whether it is Warhammer or DND, the purpose of Druid is quite extreme.