"Will there really be no problem? Will my body suddenly explode or something? "
[No problem, your body is strong enough. Besides, it's just a higher level job, what difference will it make to you?]
"… That's easy for you to say. It's not like I'm going to pour that viscous, pitch-black liquid into your body … Er, something seems wrong. Forget it, you do it."
Rorschach had a look of disdain, but also helplessness.
He was currently tied up in front of the holy statue in the cathedral of Vila Nova Dônia. This was theoretically the closest place to the gods. At this moment, on the holy statue with its hands spread out, the original Holy Light was replaced by a pitch-black viscous substance.
"… How disgusting."
[Bear with it. I'm expending divine power to help you level up. Other Holy Knights shouldn't even think about it …]
Yes, that's right. Holy Knights, the purest and oldest human combat job in the Aishi world.
Different from other combat jobs, priests and Holy Knights could use divine power to quickly level up. That was why it was relatively easy for clergy to level up, but their combat strength was also relatively low.
Only priests would have high-level job holders with no combat experience and willpower. They might have leveled up to level 5 or 6 without ever being on the battlefield. Some of them were professional preachers, while others were just products of training or pleasing the gods.
"Holy Knights? Aren't they just warriors who can use Holy Light? "
In a way, the public's view wasn't wrong. 95% of Holy Knights were like this, and even they themselves thought so.
But to be more precise, Holy Knights' abilities were actually divided into two main types. The first type was the common warrior job class. There wasn't much to say about them since they didn't have much future. The other type was the supernatural power they used — the power of the Divine Realm.
Holy Knights weren't actually knights with devout faith. Just like priests, they could obtain power from the target of their faith, but they usually saw it as a support or buff ability.
The supernatural power they used was also divided into two types. The first type was the universal Divine Art system, the representative of which was the Holy Light. Belief in the Holy Light and belief in the true gods didn't conflict in most cases. If belief in the Holy Light was already a widespread belief, then there was no need to explain how useful the Holy Light was.
The other type was the corresponding power of each god's domain. For example, the Holy Knights of the God of Storms could summon storms and other minor Divine Arts. The Holy Knights of the God of Judgement could refute lies, and the Holy Knights of the God of Law had an entire Law Divine Arts system.
Melee combat, general divine spells (Holy Light), and the power of the Divine Domain together formed the profession system of the Holy Knight. It was not wrong to say that he was a leveled up warrior. He could learn anything that a warrior knew, but he needed to spend extra time and effort.
However, if he wanted to learn something that warriors didn't, he would usually have to offer his loyalty to a powerful god in exchange for divine power or devout faith in the pure power of the Holy Light. He would then become a pure Holy Knight without the power of the Divine Realm.
Holy Knights had always been a super strong job class. They had both melee and supernatural powers. They could fight, tank, and heal. They had an excellent reputation in the Aishi. However, while they were common in the Aishi, they were as rare as pandas in the Ansorenne.
Could it be that this was discrimination against jobs? Ansorenne was a typical pragmatist. If a job class that could tank, fight, and heal was discriminated against, then there probably wouldn't be a job class that would be popular. Actually, it was because there was a problem with Ansorenne's Holy Knights. They …
"… Is a Holy Knight without Holy Light still a Holy Knight?"
Divine Arts, according to some people's explanations, were the spells of the gods. Mages would pay magic power to construct the spell according to the spell model and then release it. Priests and Holy Knights would also have to pay faith in order to obtain Divine Arts from the gods … To put it bluntly, they would have to pay a price and then receive the corresponding feedback from a server.
The so-called universal Divine Arts was only because the server was universal to everyone.
The Gods were the servers that created the Divine Arts. In the distant past, the God of Holy Light had existed. The belief in the God of Holy Light and the belief in the Holy Light had been mixed together. However, after a certain historical event, the belief in the Holy Light became purer. However, the Holy Light server still existed. It was just that it was moved from the high and mighty divine domain to Hell.
Would it be impossible to use Holy Light without a server?
The answer was no. However, that would require a lot of effort from the Holy Knight. They would either have to be devout enough to produce their own Holy Light, or they would have to have a good brain like the spellcasters and create their own Divine Arts from scratch … If they had this ability, why not just become a good priest?
Ansorenne was such a situation. Apart from an extremely small number of existences, most Holy Knight job classes were unable to produce Holy Light here. In that case, they could only use the Divine Arts from their own god's Divine Realm.
Going back to the original point, would a Holy Knight without Holy Light still be a Holy Knight … Of course, Holy Knights were a type of pure faith in the eyes of the Aishi People. Job classes weren't determined purely by power. However, this wasn't the Aishi Land. Ansorenne Land had a harsh living environment. Naturally, all the resources would be tilted towards the more promising job classes.
Ansorenne Holy Knights were not only an emasculated version of the job class, but also a job class that required the power of a new god. Naturally, they became a rare commodity.
However, some places still had Holy Knights, such as the God of War's Domain and the Forest God's Domain. The power of their Divine Realms was rather useful, so it wasn't a loss to nurture a few Holy Knights.
Originally, the Game Church didn't exist. Lori's Divine Domain was originally a gaming Divine Domain. The Divine Domain she developed was more towards logistics and entertainment. It would be a loss to nurture a Holy Knight who could obtain good luck and inspiration from a video game. But now, everything had changed.
"… I feel so disgusted. What kind of messed up Divine Domain is this? I've seen Holy Knights become Holy Knights. They kneel in front of a holy statue and pray silently under the guidance of a priest. A ray of light falls on the Holy Knight's head, and everyone claps together. Why is it so different when it's my turn? "
[Heh, everyone else's ray of light is divine power and Holy Light. You're giving me some Holy Light? Now, all the new gods in the world are envious of this Divine Domain. As the first Holy Knight in the Mist Divine Domain, what do you have to complain about?]
At this moment, Rorschach's entire body was covered in a sticky black liquid. The black liquid was even trying to burrow into his body. If it wasn't for the fact that there was no stench, he probably wouldn't be able to tolerate it.
"Can't a lab rat complain a little? Ugh, this is so disgusting. "
[Since you know that you're a lab rat, why don't you hurry up and get to work? Try and see if you can use Mist Magic?]
In the early stages of a job class, it was a good thing to have multiple Job Classes. It could broaden one's horizons, allow one to learn more techniques, and expand the direction of one's future development. However, at Rorschach's level, finding a new job class and starting from scratch? The time, cost, and resources required would be completely disproportionate.
Currently, he was tied up here and forcefully "infused with Holy Light" to become a Holy Knight. This was all because he was the most qualified experimental subject.
Rorschach, who was able to use God's Descent on Lori's complete will, had a 100% chance of transferring divine power. Theoretically speaking, there was no possibility of failure for him to become a Holy Knight job class. Now that the Mist Holy Knight job class was incomplete, all the more they wanted this best lab rat.
"If I fail, it's the problem with the job class itself, not the job class itself. I can't believe you guys came up with something like that."
And so, under the suggestion of her advisor and archmage, Lori expended divine power to create this new Holy Knight job class — Mist Holy Knight.
This was an unusually standard Holy Knight job class. It was so standard that most of the data and information Lori directly copied from the classic template. However, he had a special Mist Divine Domain that came with some unique Divine Arts.
"Mist Magic? Let me try … It seems to work. "
Unlike priests, low-level Holy Knights didn't have any Divine Arts slots. They spent most of their energy on training their physical combat skills, horsemanship, and weapon control. However, with Lori's investment regardless of the cost (the cost of creating a third-level Holy Knight wasn't high to begin with), Rorschach quickly reached the level of using Divine Arts from the Divine Domain.
"Connecting the line of faith, using divine power, obtaining the list of Divine Arts, choosing the Divine Arts, and choosing the casting position. What a complicated procedure. How idiotic. There's a reason why clergy have low intelligence …"
While saying the words that spellcasters used to discriminate against priests, Rorschach followed the instruction manual and completed the casting process of the Divine Arts step by step.
In fact, with his past experience as a ranger, he was not unfamiliar with casting divine spells. On the contrary, the divine spells that came from nature were wilder, rougher, and harder to control. Now, he felt like a master photographer facing a fool's camera when he saw a divine spell bestowed by a god who believed in him.
"Failure? Let's try again. "
After trying five or six times, the black mist appeared between Rorschach's hands.
"It should work. Let's mass produce it."
Everyone who knew about this heaved a sigh of relief. As long as this job class could produce mist and provide cover for teams going out, this job class would have its most basic value.
At the same time, in a large hall in Aishi, countless high-level Holy Knights and priests gathered together. Their mission was to research and perfect this new Holy Knight job class.
Thirty minutes later, a notice was posted at the entrance of all the churches of the Church of the Game.
"Recruiting young warriors. Preferential treatment. Priority given to Seymour people and part-time spellcasters. Training and employment included. Once hired, lifetime employment. "
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