For Aishi people, job classes were equal to the path of self-improvement. It was the path of their entire life. No matter if it was opening up a new path or exploring a new path, it wasn't something that could be accomplished in a single day.
There were far too many things that needed to be considered. The local environment, laws, and rules, the job class's basic requirements and talents, the job class's potential and development tendencies, and the birth of every new job class or job class branch would mean countless investments and even endless sacrifices.
Take Law Knights for example. If it wasn't for the fact that the God of Law created a shared server, Law Knights would likely have remained as a branch of the Holy Knight job class instead of becoming an independent job class. Law Divine Arts wouldn't have become independent either, becoming a wondrous Divine Art that relied on Intelligence to cast powerful spells.
The changes in the era and the changing of the environment would always bring about such changes. Old people wouldn't be able to understand new things.
New job classes might not be the best, but they would often have irreplaceable functions and the needs of the era. To put it bluntly, they would be the favorites of the era, the children of fate.
Children of Storms and Lightning Cloud Mages were the favorites of this era. They were the choices of the Seymour people.
That's right, the Seymour people. This was a job class that was only limited to the one-horned Seymour people.
"A large amount of Thunderstorm Genes, above average Physique, some Order Affinity from the Divine Bloodline, and a long lifespan which means a strong life force. A strong Combat Bloodline with a comprehensive Affinity. It's rare to see a Silver Race at the bottom in this era."
The Cloud Tower's job class report was quite detailed. The Seymour people's evaluation was quite good and gave them a high potential rating. They were a species that had great potential in both physical and spellcasting jobs. Their greatest advantage was that they had a high birth rate, which was equivalent to long-lived species. They were quite worthy of being recruited.
However, if it was only potential, it would be meaningless.
Their combat abilities relied on their natural talents. Ninety-nine percent of the tribe's warriors would be melee fighters with a little lightning talent. It was needless to say that pure melee fighters would be weak in the later stages. In a technological civilization, everyone was equal.
Meanwhile, not only were the witchcraft and sorcery of the spellcasters of the tribes messy and unsystematic, most of the witch doctors even treated them as family heirlooms, treating them as the authority of the tribe's elders and wise men. Not to mention communicating with each other, it was even normal for the witchcraft and sorcery of the tribes to compete with each other. It was common for the witchcraft and sorcery of the tribes to suddenly die as they were being passed down. They did not have the time to find a successor, and the successor had yet to learn all of the sorcery (they might never be able to learn all of the sorcery if they held back a trick or two). It was already good enough that the entire magic system did not deteriorate greatly. How could they hope to become a magical civilization?
In the eyes of the archmages of the Cloud Tower, the only thing of value in the Seymour people's magical heritage was probably the scattered spells that were related to the various domains and elements of the new world. However …
"Witchcraft curses that involve the elements of fate, the usage of the lightning element that involves theology and magic materials, and the summoning and sacrifice of the clones of powerful existences that might even involve the Evil Gods of the universe … This is far too messy. Every single one of them is based on inspiration and creativity, but the usage is far too crude and dangerous."
In the eyes of the archmages, the original magical heritage of the Seymour people didn't have much value. Forcefully transferring the Seymour people's job class system based on the four major elements to the Ansorenne would be both time-consuming and meaningless.
Mages were a scholarly job class that used the elements and natural laws. The mages of this world would only have the greatest potential if they used the four major elements of this world. This was also one of the reasons why the Cloud Tower had tried so hard to obtain information on the four major elements and elemental planes back in the day.
"Has the lightning element been confirmed to be one of the four major elements of this world?"
"Nobody can be certain before the elements split apart. However, with the information on the King of the Titan, there's a seventy to eighty percent chance that it's true. Since there's no other choice, let's begin our work. Time is far too limited."
Nobody knew how many archmages and professional magical researchers there were in the Cloud Tower. However, as long as the Cloud Tower tossed out enough credit points and rewarded enough research work, this excess intellectual labor force would be fully motivated.
Time was the most precious resource of all. Archmages didn't have the habit of wasting resources. A mage job class that used the lightning element as its core and the Seymour people as its template was quickly completed.
Lightning Cloud Mages were a branch of mages. They could learn all magic spells that mages could use. However, their core was still the ability to control the lightning element and the storm element.
Normally speaking, the progress of developing a job class would be quite slow. After all, it would require a lot of practice and experimentation. Even if there were enough resources, there would still be plenty of time for failure.
However, the lightning element was far too unique. Out of the four major elements of the Aishi people, wind, fire, earth, and water, wind magic was derived from lightning magic. There were countless lightning mages who specialized in lightning magic. Countless years had allowed them to develop their magic to the extreme. Both mages and mages were capable of controlling lightning magic. There were far too many elemental templates that could be copied. Various high-level applications were considered art.
A mage template was created three months after the Cloud Tower decided to invest in Vila Nova Dônia. The template was then given to the Seymour people to develop.
Exploration, practice, battle, and failure. Out of the thousands of pioneers (or test subjects), there were plenty who self-destructed or went on the wrong path. However, as time passed, many powerful individuals who could be called archmages appeared.
Here, one of the strengths of the Seymour people was demonstrated. They had an extremely high percentage of Spell Caster Innate Talent. That little bit of Thunder Elemental Factor could only be used to summon a small amount of electricity, but it could be used as a golden key to becoming a Spell Caster.
Meanwhile, the older witch doctors, enchanters, and shamans were all experienced elemental mages to begin with. Now, all they needed to do was replace the difficult path with the main path. It was almost inevitable that they would advance at a tremendous rate.
After the initial success, it was naturally time to mass produce them.
With a sufficient population, there would be plenty of mages and top-level combat strength. Compared to the other Aishi mages, the mages only had a single type of magic. However, they didn't have the arrogance and ego that mages usually had. They were capable of cooperating and casting magic in groups. They could survive as long as you paid them a small salary. They wouldn't ask for any top-level research labs or helper groups. Their pursuit of the secrets of magic wasn't as intense or deadly as the other Aishi mages.
Recently, two mega archmages had joined the mages. The most important thing was to focus on perfecting this mage job class.
There were many things that couldn't be understood. No matter how perfect one's theory was, it would be meaningless if they couldn't touch reality. The elemental laws were just like that. If you understood them, you understood them. If you didn't understand them, it would be meaningless no matter how skilled you were at memorizing the theories.
The two archmages hadn't been here for long, but they had completed the most critical step, which was the finishing touch.
"Environment Thunder Magic and Thunder Elemental Life Mastery. These are two major branches. Direct attacks are the next best choice."
Thunder Cloud Mages were also known as Thunder Mages. Compared to Aishi's Thunder Magic, Thunder Cloud Mages were more like Nature Mages.
Thunder Cloud Mages were born in the Harlet Wastelands, the home of thunder. They were close to the High Thunder Elemental Plane, which was still in its infancy. Thunder Cloud Mages were able to communicate with the Thunder Elemental Plane in this world. Thunder Cloud Mages were a common method of communication. As long as they successfully resonated with the environment, the enemy would face a rain of lightning attacks.
Just like the Thunderbolt Magic Armor, Thunder Cloud Mages were a restricted job class that would only display fifteen percent of their combat strength in this area. In other areas, their combat strength would be greatly reduced to sixty to seventy percent. However, considering that the future battlefield would be here, the West Mo people had no reason not to choose this job class.
This was a job class that restricted the West Mo people. It wasn't impossible for other races to forcefully take this job class, but it was highly likely that they would be cheated.
The West Mo people were sensitive to the Thunder Element, which greatly reduced the difficulty of communicating with the Thunder Elemental Plane in this world. Furthermore, their powerful physiques and natural resistance to the Thunder Element meant that they wouldn't die from a single failed communication.
They weren't just casters of large-scale spells or Thunder Spell Formations. If they were to directly control the Thunder Elemental Attack, Aishi had plenty of similar spells. It wasn't difficult for them to cultivate and control unique Thunder Elemental Life Mastery creatures.
The two archmages and Dimensional Travelers had perfected the Thunder Elemental Mastery and Control System, changing from temporary summoning to directional summoning and nurturing. Every Thunder Cloud Walker now had their own personal dimension and nurturing target. They could choose from nurturing a large Thunder Cloud Walker or summoning a group of cannon fodder. At the same time, the Dimensional Travelers had strengthened their Elemental Control and Elemental Command, greatly increasing the Thunder Cloud Walker's survivability in the early stages of the game … At the very least, the number of Thunder Cloud Walkers killed by their own Elemental Summons had decreased by at least three times in the past two months.
As the founder of the Theory Faction, Hamm Quinn had organized the entire Magic System, deleting those that weren't suitable for the Ansorenne environment, those that weren't easy to control, and those that didn't have a future. He also developed a series of specialized abilities such as Thunder Elemental Pool Summoning, World Resonance, and so on. Then, he threw all of them into endless magical research.
The two archmages, one researching Theory while the other researching actual combat, managed to completely change the Thunder Cloud Walker's Job class in just two short months. Perhaps there weren't many internal changes, but the Thunder Cloud Walker's Job class and potential for development were greatly different. Even Rorschach, a mage who had the support of the Cloud Tower's Mages, went to take on the Thunder Cloud Walker's Job class and learned a few spells.
As for the other West Mo Tribe Job class, the Child of Storms?
Er, that was a Job class that could deal both physical and lightning damage. It was the perfect version of the West Mo Tribe's traditional Warrior class. This Job class was able to add lightning to their javelins, spears, and battle axes, increasing the upper limit of a Warrior class. It was over.
Yep, you couldn't count on the Mages to develop a powerful melee and melee Job class. If it were the Auland Empire or the Bair Empire, it would be more likely. Mages might have sufficient resources to nurture powerful Warriors, but they wouldn't put much effort into it.
However, the Child of Storms that had been standardized and modularized still became the most popular Job class in the entire Federation.
The reason? The West Mo Tribe's Job class had a low threshold for entry. The West Mo Tribe's culture worshipped brave warriors and powerful Warriors, so having a low threshold for entry was their greatest advantage. The West Mo Tribe's talent in controlling lightning allowed them to easily add lightning damage to their weapons. This Job class's Job class was definitely not weak.
Rorschach … also went to take on the Thunder Cloud Walker's Job class.
"At the very least, understanding the abilities of this Job class will save me a lot of effort when I face them."
Becoming arrogant after obtaining power was probably a common trait of all intelligent lifeforms. Many of the new criminals and extremists in Vila Nova Dônia were highly compatible with the Child of Storms job class. Rorschach also took the opportunity to learn a thing or two from this job class.
The result was rather surprising. Rorschach, the Lightning Cloud Mage, didn't learn it well. His perception of the Lightning Element was rather low, and his control over environmental magic wasn't strong. However, perhaps because he had a foundation as a Magic Swordsman, he was able to learn the Child of Storms' ability to add elemental damage to his weapons easily.
He even went out of his way to obtain a greatsword that was naturally made of lightning stone to store and amplify lightning damage. The sword's attack power was rather disappointing (compared to a peak level 7 Mage), but the cost of this weapon was comparable to a magic armor.
This wasn't a rare occurrence. The birth and completion of two new Job classes didn't mean much to the "elders" from Aishi, but to the natives of this wasteland, it was like the opening of a door to wisdom, or perhaps a door to taboo.
If the Federation and the West Mo Tribe back in the day had a total combat strength of ten, their current combat strength was probably in the thousands.
First of all, the crime rate skyrocketed. The Seymour people were born with a complicated background, with both good and bad people mixed together. Nationalism and xenophobia were things that couldn't be eradicated completely. Petty thieves, grey and black organizations weren't actually a big problem, but ambitious people who claimed independence and self-improvement were the real headache.
Sometimes, the overwrought sheriffs would reminisce about the past. They reminisced about the time when there weren't many Job classes and magic armors could easily suppress them.
But at this moment, they suddenly received a pleasant surprise.
"The Mist Holy Knight is actually the natural enemy of the Lightning Cloud Mage and the Child of Storms?"
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