Chapter 4: Chapter 4: Class on a Class

"First things first," Govessa said as she scrolled through the long chunk of info. Took her a solid few seconds to get to the very bottom of the page. "I'll just give you what you'd call back on Earth a 'T-L-D-R." She looked at me with her trademark smile and made a pair of quotations with her fingers.

"There won't be a test, will there?" I asked with a raised eyebrow. Govessa's smile vanished and in its place was confusion.

"No, why would there be?"

"I was just trying to make a joke."

"Oh." The goddess began giggling. "I just love the culture of your people. But I'm still learning the ins and outs of it all, so I apologize ahead of time if I don't get some of the jokes you make."

That sure is a roundabout way of telling me that I'm not funny.

"Now, shall we continue with the 'T-L-D-R?'" she said, this time with a longer pause between each letter.

I nodded my head. "Sure."

"Excellent. Now, since you were summoned to be my Champion, fighting will be the most important aspect of your class."

"Makes sense. That's why I picked Martial Artist, after all." I made a pair of fists and threw out a couple of quick jabs at an imaginary foe.

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"Good! I love that warrior's attitude of yours! But I do want to let you know before you finalize your decision that Martial Artist is a class not picked often."

I cocked an eyebrow upwards. "Oh yeah? And why is that?"

"It's one of the more difficult classes to master. It requires a lot of skill and patience, not to mention that most of your damage has to be done up close."

"Figured. I'm guessing most people prefer to jump in with swords swinging and magic bolts blasting?"

"You'd be right about that as well. Paladin and Knight are common choices. So is Ranger. Caster. Those four classes alone make up about seventy percent of the Champions I summon."

I knew I was right about Govessa having a bunch of Rangers running around. "Would you say that people don't want to become a Martial Artist because it's difficult or is it more like those other classes are just friendly to beginners?"

Govessa bobbed her head to the side as she looked up to contemplate her answer. "A bit of both. It's not like becoming an accomplished Martial Artist is on par with... what do you say back in your world?" She tapped her chin a few times before opening her eyes wide. "Ah! Rocket science! That's the term your culture uses. Becoming a Martial Artist is not rocket science, but it will require approaching your battles with an extra layer of strategy, as well as how you equip yourself prior to fighting."

Okay, I'm starting to get it. I'm fine with a learning curve. Just as long as it's not the parabolic or algebraic kind. Playing fighting games isn't really something most people can just jump into and fully comprehend within a few hours either. Now I'm just hoping that all the time I spent going into training mode, both in fighting games as well as hapkido, will finally pay off.

"Let's get to the basics. You know what these stats mean?" She summoned a square hologram with my stats by waving her hand in front of me.