In the world of job class, rangers weren't very popular. Most adventuring teams wouldn't actively hire rangers, as they felt that rangers lacked specialization.
However, in the eyes of the world, especially in all sorts of legends, elven rangers would always appear together. They were such a pure and righteous species that they always had a good image of.
Even in remote towns and cities, rangers had a good reputation. Many villages would have hunter's huts and ranger's huts specially prepared for wandering rangers.
These rangers who lived in these huts would often become the town's protectors. They would chase away wild beasts that invaded the town, fight against bandits, and even find lost children.
In the eyes of many, rangers were the main pillars of the righteous faction. However, this was actually all a misunderstanding.
"Rather than calling the nature faction a neutral faction, it would be better to call them the world's faction. They're always on the side of protecting the world's interests. It would be laughable to simply describe them as good or evil."
People often misunderstood rangers and the nature faction based on the legends. They believed that rangers were more inclined towards the Good Gods and the Light Faction. However, they were actually nature's balancers and protectors of nature's laws.
The first Main God of the nature faction was the Mother of the Earth. She herself was a God created by the collective will of the Aishi Earth. Her foundational goal was to protect the world's normal operations, not the survival of the world's inhabitants.
From a certain standpoint, everyone in the nature faction was an extreme protector of nature. They were also pure idealists. Although the current Main God of Nature had calmed down a bit after coming to power, she still wasn't experienced enough. She wouldn't be willing to take control of the nature faction that had been independent for tens of thousands of years. Most creatures and Gods in the nature faction still had the same attitude as before.
It was worth mentioning that the new Main God of Nature was not only the Mother Goddess of the Wood Spirits, but she was also previously the Holy Maiden of the Mother Earth Church. She was the adopted daughter of the Mother Earth Goddess in name, which was why she was able to so easily obtain the recognition of the other Gods.
Rangers who had good reputations were essentially no different from druids who were hated by everyone. The only difference was that the rangers' way of doing things was more moderate.
Some radical druids viewed humans and other intelligent lifeforms as pests to the world. However, rangers believed that animals and intelligent lifeforms like humans and animals were also part of nature. The progress of society and civilization was also a part of natural evolution.
The rangers didn't chase away the beast hordes that entered human cities purely for the sake of protecting the residents. They believed that humans had their own world, and animals had their own forests. Chasing away the beast hordes … or perhaps it should be said that convincing the beast hordes to leave was also to protect the beasts themselves.
When it came to communicating with wild beasts, there was probably no job class that could compare to the ranger. That was because in the ranger's view, intelligent creatures were essentially no different from wild beasts. The ranger would affectionately call the animals they lived with their companions, and treat them as family … or something else.
Alright, let's admit that some rangers and hunters went a little overboard in this regard … Let's forget about the Evil God whose name had already become taboo.
Rangers viewed humans as a part of nature as well. This was the foundational reason why rangers were relatively friendly to humans. As a large number of rangers integrated into human society, their friendliness and friendliness only increased. Since rangers often helped humans for a low price and free of charge, some places even described rangers as the holy knights of the forest. But, if you viewed rangers as a kind and friendly faction just because of this … that would be far too one-sided.
You could try poaching and raiding, and see if a ranger would nail you in the head with an arrow. Or, you could try setting fire to a forest, and see if there was any difference between a berserk ranger and a terrorist druid.
"So it's just like on Earth. When a job class reaches a certain level, it's no longer just about skills. It's more about inheritance and the spirit of a job."
Low-level job classes only needed to learn skills. But when a job class reached a certain level, there would be something similar to philosophy.
These things didn't seem to have much to do with job class skills, but they were mixed together with job class inheritance, and were things that had to be learned.
Su Nanna knew that Rorschach's foundation in this area was close to zero, so she "kindly" gave him some extra lessons about the so-called ranger's heart and the way of nature.
"What will happen if I don't learn?"
"It's nothing. It's just that no one will come to your summoned animal companions, and the effects of your nature divine arts will be reduced. The forest won't help you when you travel through the forest, and you won't be able to enjoy the forest's home advantage. It's likely that even the wild beasts will attack you."
Rorschach silently noted this down. It seemed that if he didn't learn these things … there would be no difference between him and a pure warrior.
But Su Nanna was about to teach him some job class skills, so he was somewhat hesitant.
After remaining silent for a moment, Su Nanna decided to tell him some taboos and secrets.
Just as I mentioned earlier, rangers weren't all amiable forest hunters. There were radical types among the druids, and there were similarly radical dark rangers among the rangers.
Cliff Walkers, the Spider Queen's envoys, and the Eight-Clawed Murderers, were an ancient job class from the Underground. They were the assassins under the command of the old Spider Queen, Lolth. They were the Eight-Clawed Tribe, which was filled with dark rangers.
Su Nanna's inheritance came from them.
The dark rangers of the radical faction also viewed intelligent lifeforms as part of nature's balance. However, they worshipped the natural law of the jungle even more. They viewed initiating the elimination of lifeforms as an honor … Simply put, they desired war between species, and hoped that the strongest evolved species would stand at the top of the food chain.
Although there were very few dark rangers, their way of thinking was far more dangerous than that of the radical druids. Because of their way of thinking, they would take the initiative to provoke conflict and even war.
And from a certain standpoint, their way of thinking was the same as that of the Spider Queen, Lolth. That was why the Dark Elves were probably the home of more than half of the world's dark rangers.
Currently, there were still a large number of dark rangers among the black-hearted elves in the Underground.
Many of them had astronomical bounties on their heads. The moment they appeared on the surface, they would be hunted down by the entire population.
Su Nanna was still somewhat hesitant about teaching him the dark ranger inheritance skills.
"If you learn from me, then it's unavoidable that you'll come into contact with the dark ranger job class skills. In fact, it could even be said that you're destined to become a dark ranger. Although everyone's relationship is much better now, cultivating the dark ranger path on the surface will more or less be troublesome."
Rorschach fell silent for a moment, but the next instant, he lifted his head and chuckled.
"… Are you afraid of such trouble?"
"Hmph, I'm not afraid of anything. I've even gone to other planets. Why would I be afraid of those idiotic rangers?"
"If you're not afraid, then I have even less reason to be afraid. Those who judge a person's moral character based on their job class are all idiots. Stop wasting time. Teach me the second rank skills of your Cliff Walker job class. "
Su Nanna was rather happy to see Rorschach intentionally laugh so heartlessly. After all, her skin color and job class had given her plenty of trouble.
"Alright. Although the Cliff Walker job class is an advanced ranger job class unique to the dark elves, the job class skills aren't exclusive to the dark elves. The first Divine Spells you'll learn will be Spider Walk and Featherfall, as well as how to use the spider dagger …"
Su Nanna patiently explained the job class' characteristics and skills, allowing Rorschach to decide whether they met his requirements and whether he wanted to learn them. When Rorschach revealed a delighted and satisfied smile, Su Nanna smiled as well.
"Then let's begin the first class, Ten Thousand Beast Stampede."
Wait a moment, why did it sound so familiar? It couldn't be that thing again, right?
That familiar mist caused Rorschach to sweat profusely. Why was it still here? Hadn't he already finished his training?
"No matter if it's an ordinary ranger or a dark ranger, they're all jobs that rely on physical strength. The Cliff Walker job class is one that uses up a lot of physical strength. As for your physical strength … I won't teach you any high-level ranger skills until I think your physical strength meets the requirements. That will only unknowingly kill you."
This time, perhaps because she was in a good mood, Su Nanna gave a rare positive explanation.
It turned out that she really wasn't trying to kill Rorschach. As a veteran warrior, she had long since seen through Rorschach's most fatal weakness — physical strength.
On the battlefield, physical strength exhaustion was tantamount to death. The current Rorschach was still far from reaching the physical strength standard of a professional warrior.
Su Nanna, who seemed to be fooling around, didn't act sloppily or evasively at all during training.
"Don't worry too much. I can feel that your physical strength has obviously increased through training. The second time, I originally thought that you wouldn't last more than five minutes. I didn't expect you to drag it out for fifteen minutes. It seems that you still have a lot of potential to be unearthed. Let's continue. "
Rorschach lowered his head and wanted to cry. He was too embarrassed to tell her the truth.
What truth? Physical strength wasn't that easy to train. There was indeed a breakthrough in something between life and death, but it definitely wasn't a basic ability like physical strength. What Rorschach forced out his potential to breakthrough was "Qi".
After swaying in a circle in the beast's mouth, the life-threatening danger forced out his potential. Rorschach felt that the total amount of Qi in his body had increased by a tenth. Qi could be converted into physical strength, so naturally, he could last longer.
Listening to the beast's roars, Rorschach had already missed the best time to explain. He could only turn around and run.
"Let's train then, it's really effective anyway … But if I become a rank 2 Warrior Monk before becoming a rank 2 Ranger, that would be really funny."
But thinking about the possibility of this happening, Rorschach really couldn't laugh at all.
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