Enri turned to look at the old woman walking over, a look of embarrassment on her face: “Grandma.”
“This isn’t a place for you to be charitable.”
“During the ‘Imperial Selection Trials,’ buying and collecting medicinal herbs is what you should be doing.”
Rigrit stood with her hands behind her back, her wrinkled face showing impatience, and spoke in a slightly angry tone.
“Yes, Grandma.”
Enri reached up to scratch her golden short hair, speaking softly.
Hearing the brief conversation between the two, Tang Zheng finally understood why this grandmother and grandson, who should have been in the border city of E-Rantel, were appearing in the Royal Capital.
This thought flashed through his mind.
Tang Zheng tried to maintain his calm expression.
Don't let Enri's grandmother, Rigrit, fool you with her unassuming old woman appearance, and her lack of presence even in the anime.
But she is E-Rantel’s most famous alchemist, and a genuine Third Tier magic caster.
Calculated by level, she should be above level 15, making her a formidable individual among humans.
At the very least, the current Tang Zheng absolutely couldn't afford to offend her.
Rigrit’s gaze fell on Tang Zheng, first looking at the short sword hanging at his waist, then glancing at Tang Zheng’s slightly muscular arm.
“Let’s go, Enri.” Rigrit expressionlessly withdrew her gaze, turned around with her hands behind her back, and left.
“Alright, Grandma.”
Enri quickly agreed, took a step towards the street, then paused, hesitating, before turning back to Tang Zheng:
“You must be here to watch Gazef-san and Brain-san’s battle, right? I heard the arena spectator seats are very expensive.”
“Here, take this water skin first. It’s easy to choke if you eat rye bread without water.”
Enri spoke while unhooking a water skin from his waist and handing it to Tang Zheng.
This guy… is a bit annoying,
Tang Zheng’s cheeks twitched. If he didn't truly understand Enri’s personality, such sudden kindness from a stranger would easily make one wary.
What’s more.
As an orphan, Tang Zheng had always disliked this kind of inexplicable kindness.
“No…”
Just as Tang Zheng was about to refuse, Enri had already taken the water skin and forced it into Tang Zheng’s hand.
A sudden movement!
Tang Zheng’s expression slightly changed.
It wasn't because of Enri’s act of forcing the water skin on him, but because at the moment of contact, his status panel suddenly displayed information.
‘Buzz—’
‘Contacted special dual basic job-holder — Alchemist (Genius), Pharmacist (Genius), triggered general job acquisition condition.’
‘Acquired general job “Genius”, do you wish to take up the job?’
‘Note! This job is a general job and does not provide attribute bonuses.’
Tang Zheng saw the information displayed on the panel, and his arm couldn't help but tremble.
In the game “YGGDRASIL,” combat jobs were divided into basic jobs, intermediate jobs, high-tier/special jobs, and besides these, there were non-combat general jobs.
They could also be understood as production jobs!
For example, Pharmacist, Alchemist, Blacksmith, Farmer, Merchant, etc., which did not directly help in combat and belonged to support staff jobs.
However, in the New World.
General jobs not only included production jobs but also many jobs that did not exist in the game at all, such as: Slave, Maid, Noble, Prince, King, Princess, and so on.
These general jobs were even inferior to production jobs; “Prince” and “Noble” were inherent, while “Slave” and similar jobs were automatically acquired later in life.
This was also the fundamental difference between people of the New World and players.
Players could actively choose whether to take up a job, while people of the New World would automatically acquire relevant jobs due to different life experiences, even if they didn't wish to.
“Take up the job!”
With almost no hesitation, Tang Zheng quickly thought to himself.
Tang Zheng, who had just been struggling between choosing a warrior basic job or a caster basic job, unhesitatingly chose a general job that offered no help to combat improvement.
This showed his excitement at the moment!
General jobs indeed did not directly help improve strength, but that didn't mean that all these general jobs, which didn't exist in the game, were useless in the New World.
‘Job acquisition successful — Genius: 1Lv’
‘Genius (General): This job can replace any basic job and general job, and can transform into the required job according to demand.’
‘Note: Due to its special nature, this job does not increase basic attributes when leveling up, and does not come with job characteristics after job conversion.’
Tang Zheng looked at the displayed information, suppressing his inner excitement.
“Are you alright?”
Enri looked at Tang Zheng, who was tightly gripping his hand and whose emotions had suddenly changed, and asked with some confusion and concern.
“Sorry, thank you.” Tang Zheng, hearing the question, regained his composure, quickly released his hand, took the water skin, and spoke earnestly.
This thank you was genuine!
“No problem.”
Enri didn't notice anything, nodded at Tang Zheng, and quickly walked away.
Watching Enri’s retreating figure, Tang Zheng took a deep breath, his eyes flickering with excitement.
He hadn't expected to unexpectedly acquire this super rare general job!
With the “Genius” job, Tang Zheng no longer needed to worry about choosing a basic job, eliminating a major headache in job construction.
Most importantly, the job's fault tolerance was greatly increased!
As far as Tang Zheng knew, besides him, there was one other person in this world who also possessed the “Genius” job, and that was the Golden Princess Lana of the Re-Estize Kingdom.
She could also be called the “Princess of Annihilation.”
Her “Princess (General)” job was transformed from “Genius (General).”
This super rare general job was actually somewhat wasted in the hands of the Golden Princess, or rather, in the hands of the New World’s humans.
Only in the hands of a player could this job truly unleash its power.
Tang Zheng suddenly felt a sense of relief, like a taut string loosening.
The desperate emotions he had harbored for so long had faded considerably. Although he had only taken up a general job, Tang Zheng suddenly felt less bewildered about the future.
“I also gained another important piece of information.”
Tang Zheng’s eyes gleamed.
Contacting Enri actually triggered the job acquisition conditions for a general job, which was somewhat unexpected for Tang Zheng.
Coupled with the fact that touching weapons could also activate a job, he had already learned two important job acquisition pieces of information about the innate ability “Player.”
However!
Judging from only acquiring a general job and not the Alchemist or Pharmacist jobs, normal contact with others should not trigger job acquisition.
“Is it entirely because Enri has the Alchemist (Genius) and Pharmacist (Genius) dual ‘Genius’ traits that it unexpectedly triggered the general job ‘Genius’?”
Tang Zheng mused thoughtfully.