Chapter 28: A005 – What Reflected in the Eyes of the Natives ❷

The teacher and student discussion continued for a while.

During that time, Dalmagna obtained the information about the unknown skill Magicallurgy from Hecate's mouth. It turned out this skill was obtained from her Archwitch Jobclass. In that case, it was normal that he didn't know about this.

The skill that can only be learned by people with Archwizard and Archwitch Jobclass.

It was something that Dalmagna has no chance of intersecting in his lifetime.

"And that's the gist of it."

"Such a pity! To think it was an exclusive Jobclass skill! I am a Fighter so I can't learn the skill!"

He could only nod with understanding.

Although it was a shame that he couldn't learn the skill, Dalmagna didn't feel sad. After all, he knows what the limitation of the Spellcaster classes. For Blacksmith Subclass that mainly relied on strength, mage's weak limbs wouldn't be able to do much. They cannot do heavy work and can only do research and complete administrative work.

Such boring routine life, Dalmagna was certain he won't be able to endure.

'Sure enough you can't have all the nice things to yourself. Nobody is perfect!'

However, suddenly Dalmagna noticed something.

For a moment, he thought he had remembered wrong so he asked Hecate once more.

"Wait, what was your Metallurgy's level again?"

"Level 7, is there something wrong?"

Dalmagna was shocked by Hecate's honest reply. It took him a while to digest every information in his mind.

'Oh... Gnome's beard...!!! Level 7 Metallurgy!?'

Hecate's words seemed so ridiculous and inconceivable by common sense. But, she was not lying, nor was there any reason to lie. The skill window description also clearly confirmed the fact.

A Blacksmith with Metallurgy Level 6 is considered as an Advanced Blacksmith. Later on, one level higher than that, Level 7 is considered as an Expert Blacksmith. Of course, the capability gap between those two level was high.

Dalmagna looked at the loli in front of him with complicated expression.

It took him about 20 years to reach the Advanced level, then another 120 years to reach the Expert level, and another 300 years to reach the Master level.

This was considered fast by native standards, but in front of this loli that speed was slow like a turtle.

How could it not?

Dalmagna's achievement for 140 years, Hecate accomplished it in just 2 years!

Even Shuna, although her progress was lesser, in only about 1 year she could reach Advanced Blacksmith whereas Dalmagna took a whole 20 years!

Compared to the talent of his students, Dalmagna felt very inferior. He couldn't help but feel that he was living the life of a dog and wasting centuries of his life. But, suddenly Dalmagna remembered the words of his friend, Frederick.

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His friend once said to him during a drink,

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-- "Players are monsters, more than the real monsters!"

At that time, Dalmagna did not take his words seriously and simply took it as drunken nonsense. But now he could understand very much what his friend meant back then.

A person only had one life. If a person died, that's a game over no matter which the race they are.

Humans, Dwarves, Elves, Beastkin, or Draconid... all are equal in front of Death!

This was why people care about their safety. People lived inside the city to avoid the threat of monsters outside. No one would deliberately risk their life fighting monsters if there was no need.

But the existence of Player completely defy this common sense.

It was 2 years ago that the existence called Player started to come from another world. This also the time when the term Native also spread and widely used, a word with the meaning of the original resident in the world.

These Players seems did not know the concept of Death. They recklessly charged to the monsters without caring about their life. If they are killed, they simply become light and then reappeared the next day, intact without the slightest injury. Their growth greatly exceeds the Natives with a huge margin.

They also did not excrete, anything they consumed will be digested completely. They also seem to have mysterious ways of communicating with each other, something called "Inthaarneyt" that nobody managed to crack.

He remembered how Players often come to him, took out Fang of Garm, Dragon Scale, Armor of Dullahan, or many parts of some monster carcasses to make custom weapons and armors. Those items are something taken from beings on the army subjugation list. But after the arrival of Players, those things gradually become a common sight.

In short, they are existences that defy the laws of nature.

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'If these Players starts attacking and invade our world...'

Dalmagna didn't dare to think further. Become enemies to a bunch of immortals who can't die?

Just mentioning about it sent a chill to his spine.

"Teacher? Is there something wrong?"

"Ah, no... It's nothing."

Hecate's voice instantly wake Dalmagna from his thought. He quickly calmed his mind.

'Fortunately the Players cannot oppose the Great Law established by the Goddess Norn.
Under her rule, the Players won't be able to go rampant!'

The Goddess Norn has placed many heavenly laws that everyone had to obey. No matter who they are, Natives, Players, or even the monsters were no exception under her rule.

Although her heavenly laws did not completely forbids evil, but at least she had given the means to counter it.

• Karma System that calculate good and evil deeds.
• Judgement-type Skills that can suppress evil and chaotic aligned beings, especially someone with a negative karma.
• Anti-Pedo System that protects the under-ages from uncouth behavior.
• And many more.

With these systems placed in the field, the safety of Natives can be assured!

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Meanwhile, Hecate was currently stupefied with the system notification in front of her.

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