Those who had awakened their Profession Talent would choose to change their Profession.
Among them, the four most common professions were Warrior, Rogue, Ranger, and Bard. For these four professions, humans could directly awaken their talents and complete the profession change. It was the same for spellcasters. As long as they had enough talent, they could directly change professions.
Some professions required the assistance of God's power to change professions, such as the Paladins. Paladins could only change professions in the Church of Justice, the Church of Life, the Church of the Moon Goddess, and the Church of Love and Beauty. Only these four churches had their own Paladin system. Among them, the Church of Justice was the most powerful. In the southwest border of the Empire, there was a holy city that belonged solely to the Church of Justice — the City of Justice. Several Paladin legions were on standby there, ready to fight against the waves of Green Evil from the Evil Land.
There were several other professions like this, such as Druids, Monks, and Priests. These professions all required the help of the gods to change professions.
In addition, there were many other strange and rare professions, which were even more complicated.
When one's strength reached a bottleneck, one's original profession could be advanced. Boris's order of advancement was from Warrior to Berserker.
Laing's adoptive father, Norman's order of advancement was Warrior, Knight, and White Wolf Knight. The White Wolf Knight was a special profession that required the blessing of the White Wolf War God to successfully advance.
Laing's profession had always been a mystery. His basic profession was undoubtedly Warrior, but Teresa found that Laing actually knew how to use magic.
Taking a part-time profession would result in a huge punishment. Practicing both magic and martial arts was just a dream. Humans were originally a race that was not suitable for using magic. In battle, they could only wave their swords and chant at the same time.
Teresa had seen a legendary profession called Magic Swordsman in the books of the Garland Council. They could enchant weapons, similar to Laing. Today's matter made her firmly deny this possibility. Magic Swordsman could only use magic in a very shallow way. There was no way that he could control magic as easily as Laing could. And if a Magic Swordsman chose to practice magic, he would lose the enhancement of wrist strength. Therefore, Magic Swordsman mostly chose flexible weapons such as straight swords and thin swords to fight.
The war hammer in Laing's hand was at least a few dozen pounds. To be able to casually use such a heavy war hammer as a poker, he could not be a Magic Swordsman.
"I'm a Knight." Laing looked surprised. The man pointed to the knight badge on his chest and said exaggeratedly, "Don't you see my knight badge? I am the White Wolf Knight 'Sledgehammer' Laing of the White Wolf Knights of the Kingdom of Nords. "
"That's not what I'm asking you. I'm asking you about your profession." Teresa said impatiently. If not for the fact that she was still weak, she would have used her staff to smack this guy in the head.
"Then are you willing to tell me the spells you know and the limit of your daily spellcasting? Dear Lady Trovik? " Laing was still smiling. "Everyone has their own secrets. Why should I tell you my secrets for free?"
Teresa gave up asking. Everyone had their own secrets, and spellcasters were even more so.
The priest in charge of the Culzenhaven Church of Justice, Surte, finally arrived. The priest was more than 1.8 meters tall. He was tall and strong. The bulging muscles on his arms pushed his priest robe up high. The loose white robe looked like a tight suit now.
"Knight novels have really poisoned a lot of people. I have to say that most priests are not the kind of weak women that people imagine them to be. Most priests are men with strong bodies, and their favorite weapons are heavy hammers and flails."
— Elector Adolf 'Trumpet of Victory' Roland Otto Fehchenbach of the Empire
Laing looked at Surt's strong body and thought of this famous saying. He couldn't help but smile.
After confirming their identities, Laing and Teresa changed the short-term mission to a long-term one. Neither of them had any intention of giving up. After signing the contract, they bid farewell to Surt.
After walking out of the Church of Justice, Laing nodded and said, "I plan to visit the lord of Calzenhaven, 'Logger' Villard. Teresa, if you have anything to do, please help yourself. I won't see you out."
After saying that, the man wanted to leave.
The weather was slightly sunny today. Laing's back was walking towards the morning light. Teresa looked at the man's back and called out, "Laing!"
"Hmm? Is there something else? "Laing was a little surprised.
"Can I go with you?" The sorceress leaned on her staff and smiled faintly on her mature and beautiful face.
"Uh … That's fine too." Laing thought that Teresa was his teammate and a female member of the Garland Council. Of course, the lords would want to get to know more powerful spellcasters.
"Then I'll go." Teresa immediately followed. Laing shrugged and the two walked side by side on the street.
Teresa didn't see anyone familiar, so she deliberately took a step closer and whispered, "I'll only say this once. What I said last night was wrong."
"Oh? What was wrong? "Laing didn't appreciate it and pretended not to know what she meant.
"Tsk, you already understand." Teresa saw the smile on the man's face and knew that he understood, so she didn't say anything else.
"The fledglings can spread their wings and fly not because their wings have grown, and the fruit will fall to the ground not because it's too heavy." Laing suddenly said something and then signaled for Teresa to follow.
The sorceress was a little surprised, but soon, a feeling of joy rippled in her heart.
This man.
Is he beating around the bush to say that I'm mature?
Laing was a famous knight of the kingdom. His request for an audience was quickly accepted. Lord Villard of Calzenhaven agreed to see him, but he was busy at the moment, so he let the butler take care of them first. The butler led Laing and Teresa to a side hall and personally poured warm cider for them. "I'm sorry, the lord is busy. The visitor is a little troublesome."
"It's okay." Laing put his left hand on his chest and saluted politely. Teresa nodded slightly as a sign of acknowledgment. At the same time, the sorceress began to look at the furnishings in the room.
The decorations in the side hall were quite luxurious. The fireplace was providing heat to the room, and a kite shield with a white bear head was hung above the fireplace. The wooden walls were carefully painted white, and the floor was covered with animal fur as a carpet. The bench that the two of them were sitting on had thick cushions, and in front of the bench were various animal head specimens. There were wolf heads, deer heads, wild boar heads, and even a bear head. It was obvious that they were showing off their martial prowess.
"Mr. Butler, may I take the liberty to ask? Who's the troublesome visitor? " Laing saw the butler looking at the main hall from time to time. Who could be so troublesome to the lord?
"It's those druids," the old butler said helplessly. The old butler said helplessly, "I heard from the master that it's a druid called 'Tree Planter' Eldrad. He came to pester the master because the master went out of the city on a large scale a while ago, saying that the master destroyed the balance of nature. These annoying druids are really the most unwelcome people here."
Laing and Teresa looked at each other. The sorceress's mature and charming eyes turned slightly, and she stopped talking. Laing smiled and said, "If I could, I would also want to kick these people out. It's just that I can't do it."
"Yes, yes!" the old butler agreed and told them the whole story.
The lord of Calcen Haven was called Villard, and he was also a military noble. He was famous for his bravery on the battlefield. He always used a Battle Axe and a Shield. After his military exploits were tallied, he was given the title of Calcen Haven Lord.
Villard had the nickname "Lumberjack". He was good at cutting trees. In order to build a town, he organized logging teams to cut down trees. On one hand, they were useful for building a town. On the other hand, the quality of the Northern Coniferous Forest's wood was good. It could be exported to make a profit.
Verrald's actions weren't to be blamed. From Ryan's point of view, Calzen Sea was a place with dense forests. Instead of letting the Orcs and Goblins wreak havoc, it was better to cut down the trees and sell them for money.
But some people couldn't accept such actions.
They were the Druids of the Druidic Nature Church.
There were many different opinions on the origin of the Druids. The God of Nature, Tal, was an extremely ancient God. The Humans only had clear records of history after Charlemagne established the Empire. Due to the "Great Calamity" caused by the destruction of the Warlock Empire, the historical records were destroyed. The history before the Great Calamity could only be found from the records of the Dwarves and Elves.
Druids appeared in an earlier period of time. They were not all humans. They advocated for the harmony between man and nature. They advocated for a balance between the two.
Didn't it sound similar to the Life Church?
It was completely different.
The Life Church's perspective was "Humanism", while the Druidic Nature Church's perspective was "Protecting Nature from Humans".
That was why the Druids were constantly on the continent. Whenever humans did something that "broke the balance of nature", such as logging, mining, or fishing, they would constantly come out to protest. In their view, even grazing and planting were breaking the balance of nature. It was just that there were too many people doing it, so the Druids had no choice but to acquiesce.
Besides the Wood Elves, nobody else accepted their theory. The Dwarves didn't allow any Druids to enter their towns. The Humans weren't any better. As for why they weren't chased out …
It was mainly because the druids were too strong. These children of nature who came out to travel were at least elites. They could cast nature spells under normal conditions. When needed, some druids could even transform into beasts such as bears, eagles, wolves, ravens, and so on, using their sharp claws and fangs to fight.
These transformed beasts were much stronger than Humans of the same level. An Elite Druid transformed into a bear could easily defeat two or three Humans of the same level.
Generally, the lords would not want to go against these people. If there were no accidents, this protest would definitely end with the lords trying their best to smooth things over. Ryan thought so.
Just as he expected, after a while, a tall druid wearing a wolf's fur, a wreath on his head, and a long stick came down from upstairs. His face was full of anger, but he sighed helplessly. Seeing someone sitting downstairs, the druid asked, "Who are you?"
"Teacher of Balance, hello." Laing saw that Teresa didn't have any intention of greeting him, so he took the initiative to speak.
After hearing Laing's words, the Druid's face looked better, but then he noticed the knight badge on Laing's body. "You're just another Humans who harm Life. I'm 'Tree Planter' Eldrad. I want to warn you, if you continue to destroy the forest, you will be cursed. Your souls will be …"
"Enough, you mud bastard. Get out! You're not welcome here!" The old butler scolded angrily. The Druid looked at the old butler with disdain, then turned around and left.
"Mr. Laing, and this lady, this way please." After seeing the Druid leave, the old butler immediately put on a smile and invited the two to meet the Lord upstairs.
"You don't seem to hate them?" Teresa asked curiously on the way upstairs.
"I've never hated people who are willing to sacrifice everything for their ideals," Laing answered.
The two went upstairs together. The second floor was where the Lord worked and rested.
The interior of the room was very simple. The wooden floor was covered with all kinds of animal furs, and the walls were hung with all kinds of treasures, swords, calligraphy, and shields. A long wooden table was set in the inner part of the room. Villard, the Lord of Calzenhaven, sat on a chair behind the long table. Behind him hung a flintlock and a battle axe, which were obviously his favorite weapons.
In Laing's previous life, this kind of room layout could only be considered as an urban-rural area, but in this world, it was already considered rich.
The Kingdom of Nords was often ridiculed by the people of the Empire for being country bumpkins. In Nords, only the Grand Duke of Nords (the King of Nords. The King of Nords claimed to be the King, but in reality, he was a Duke conferred by the Empire) and a few Earls left from the old Empire were responsible for guarding the major cities. Other than that, all the nobles in Nords were not divided into ranks. They were unified as Lords, unlike the Empire or Brittany where there was a division of Duke, Marquis, Earl, Viscount, and Baron. If I was in charge of a small town, I would also be a Lord. If I was in charge of an entire port city, I would also be a Lord. That was why Nords was often mocked by the people of the Empire for not being able to distinguish the ranks of nobles.
"Please come in. The Lord is inside."
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