Chapter 8

Translator: SumTLMan

After the construction of the pub, the icon for the newly built pub displayed a glowing exclamation point . In the first order tab, it shows an introduction to the pub functions .

He has built the pub in-game before . But now, after all, he has done so in reality . Tang Yu is worried the rules will change and he wouldn’t know about these key differences . So, he’s glad he just happens to find an introduction to the pub functions .

Without hesitation, Tang Yu clicked on the introduction to the pub function .

[In the pub, the Lord has the right to use the free adventurer summoning once a day . After using the free summoning right, the subsequent summoning cost will be 500 units of source crystal to summon another adventurer . ]

[The adventurer classes produced by the summoning are divided into D, C, B, A and beyond A-class . The higher the class, the higher the growth attribute will be for the adventurer . But contrarily, the higher the adventurer class, the lower the probability of summoning . Levelling the pub can also improve the probability of summoning a higher class adventurer . ]

[There are five basic professions for adventurers: warrior, mage, cleric, assassin, gunner and summoner—Strength isn’t fixed based on the adventurer profession or class . The first-level pub can help summon up to level five awakened ones and lay the foundation for peak adventurers . Levelling the pub can increase the upper-level limit and strength of the summoned adventurer . ]

[After summoning the adventurer, the lord is given the choice on whether or not to recruit the adventurer according to any requirement . In order to recruit, the lord must sign a contract with the adventurer . The first-level pub contract column only has space available for three followers . Levelling the pub increases this limit for follower contracts . ]

[For the first summoning, the lord is guaranteed to summon an adventurer above B-class . ]

Tang Yu is relieved to discover the rules aren’t much different from those found in the game .

One might wonder why he chose the pub for his first building . This is because the pub will be his greatest reliance in the present!

In particular, because of the benefits of the initial recruitment . The first summoning will guarantee an adventurer above B-class . It’s exciting just thinking about it .

Tang Yu is very familiar with this random draw game . Even though it says above B-class, there will never be an A-class or S-class drawn . Even a first order B-class adventurer will already be of great aid to him .

B-class may sound ordinary, but when he saw his first A-class adventurer in the game, he learned how rare it was to summon one .

In this particular instance, when the game system has come to reality, Tang Yu speculates the system classification may be similar to class divisions by modern civilization in the doomsday . This just means the class detection, in reality, is still relatively backwards . It can only barely measure the general level of the class for first order awakened ones . The current measure cannot specifically give a clear class division for any first order awakening .

He originally didn’t even awaken the lowest classification, E-class . Most awakened ones are D-class . Perhaps only the favoured sons of heaven will have a class beyond B-class . Besides, an adventurer is equipped with a profession, which has skills, and also a complete profession system . With only this reliance, summoned adventurers can completely flatten an awakened one who doesn’t know anything in reality .

Tang Yu cast off his mixed thoughts and focused on the following summoning ceremony .

“Come on!”

Tang Yu took a deep breath, opened the system and selects the summoning option .

In the middle of the pub, a huge circular array immediately appeared which depicts dense and numerous runes .

The runes are like a pointer, constantly rotating and combining continuously . The sparkling light radiates around the array like an aperture of the universe which is slowly shrinking .

An adventurer is being summoned!

The adventurer will soon be summoned . It’s unknown what strength or profession will be drawn during the summoning!

Tang Yu held his breath!

The aperture shrinks until it becomes microscopic before a purple light bursts out .

Purple? Purple light!

Suddenly, Tang Yu’s heart beats twice as fast . He shamefully prays in his heart .

White light represents D-class .

Green light represents C-class .

Blue light represents B-class .

Purple light represents…

This class is definitely A!

The purple light immediately turns into a human phantom . The adventurer is wearing what looks to be a tattered old cloak with the figure still being unclear . But Tang Yu continued carefully observing for a while longer before realizing this figure should be of a female adventurer .

“Ttiring! Adventurer Elaine, Class A, Profession: Mage . Is the lord willing to sign a follower contract with this person?”

Needless to say…

“Of course!!”

………… .

In an old dilapidated wooden house, a cloaked woman was sitting on an equally dilapidated wooden bed . She is holding an old book in her hand and was absorbed in reading it .

This is Elaine’s home and she has no other family .

These lonely days have gone past for several years . From the beginning to the present, Elaine has become accustomed to such days . For her, no matter how good the home environment, it wouldn’t be as important as the book in her hand .

This is a book for basic spells .

Elaine found it under her bed . Apart from her parents’ belongings, this is the only thing in the family house which belongs to her .

Whoo— .

A shrill alarm sounded throughout the city . Elaine was stunned, then a sad expression appeared on her face .

This alarm only sounds when the black wave strikes . She is very familiar with the sound as if it has already been imprinted on her soul .

Three years ago, the same alarm sounded as the black wave struck . During that time, her parents were both working outside the city, only to never return again .

That year, she became an orphan, and her originally happy home became more and more dilapidated from that moment on .

During her grief, Elaine awakened and realized she had an elemental power . To her surprise, she found she could use ice elemental abilities . This is the power of a mage . A mage is powerful and noble, and their status towers above that of ordinary warriors .

However, the ability to skillfully use the ice element is only a prerequisite for a mage, while Elaine has no way of learning any of the relevant spells .

In this city, all she knows is only the city lord owns spell books . Elaine knows how precious these books are and knows she cannot acquire these books unless she swears her allegiance to the city lord . However, the city lord is an aristocrat who holds extreme beliefs . He has always believed that only aristocrats with noble blood flowing through their veins can master the power of spells .

Elaine shakes her head at this belief and can only resign herself to surviving alone in the slums .

Without a stable source of income, while also being young and alone, Elaine has survived a very harsh life in the slums . This place is where people eat each other alive . Fortunately, she has already awakened, and her perception ability is higher than most ordinary people . So gradually, she is able to adapt to a place like the slums .

Until one day, she found a broken magic book under the floor of her dilapidated bed .

The contents of the magic book are intermittent, and Elaine has no foundation in magic spells . But her comprehension of magic is still advancing by leaps and bounds while reading it . She now understands how to cast first order spells .

“Hu~”

Elaine breathed out a sigh and walked out of the house .

She puts on a large cloak with a hood to cover her whole body . After living in the slums for several years, this has become her ingrained habit . There are many good and bad people mixed in this place . The best way for a girl who lives alone to survive in this place is to hide their figure .

The slum area is located at the outermost part of the city . Looking around, it is cluttered with many houses . Further away in the distance, there are the towering city walls . Elaine can see many soldiers running frantically to their designated spots .

Outside the city wall is a sky of grey . For as long as she can remember, the world outside has always been this dark shade of grey . Elaine kept her most valuable possession, the old book, on her person . Nothing of value was left in her home . After a moment of thought, she first decides to take a look at the situation .

At this time, because of the alarm, the surroundings are a mess with many people aimlessly running around .

All of a sudden .

Boom!!

A dazzling fire broke out in the distance, and puffs of smoke rose into the sky while accompanied by a rumble . The towering city wall has collapsed!

Elaine’s eyes are aghast . In her impression, the wall was eternal and indestructible . Even during the bitter defensive battle three years ago, the city wall had not fallen . But at this time, when the black wave struck, the city wall immediately collapsed .