Noob Player

After taking the picture together with his idol, Liu Zhong followed Ming. His senior was kind enough to explain anything to him. About the hidden class and also the master inside of houses.

"We are not sure about these three classes," Ming pointed at the house in the line of the production class's houses. The hammer symbol, and the two houses' with a vial symbol with a different mark.

"I know about this one," Liu Zhong pointed at the house with a hammer sign, "This house should be a production class, Builder," As someone who had done a lot of research about Tribe Online, he had investigated all available classes within Tribe Online. Builder was a class in this game.

However, who would pick a laborer class? It was the weird part of the Sky as they classified a builder as a class. "I will not pick this one," Liu Zhong shook his head.

Ming nodded his head, understandably. From how young ZhongL was, Ming knew that the young man was playing the game for fun, not the typical person who picked the game as their profession like him. The young man would choose the class he deemed to be fun to play with.

Liu Zhong then looked at the other two houses. The two remaining production classes should be related to alchemy, but he was not sure either. "Can you enter the house and check the class?" He then turned toward his senior and asked.

"We can't." Ming shook his head and explained the situation. "If you have chosen a class, then you can't enter the other houses. Master of the house does not allow someone aside from their disciple to enter the house. You have to choose the class carefully, Zhong."

"We can't change the class if we don't want the class?" ZhongL found it weird why these people did not try to find out each class in the house. That was valuable information.

"I haven't told you?" Ming looked at the young man. "First, we don't know what will happen to the class if you try to change your class. There's a possibility where the Master of the House will not choose another disciple, so we will not take the risk. We are talking about the Epic Class and Legendary Class, Zhong. Not just a rare class, so we will not take the risk. The six people in the village agreed that you are not allowed to change the class once you have chosen it,"

"That makes sense." Liu Zhong accepted their reasoning and nodded his head. If the Master of the house was not willing to choose another disciple, then the last person to arrive in the hidden village would not stay. If they lacked a player, then they could not form a tribe. The requirement of establishing a tribe, one of them, was ten players minimum.

"Then I will choose the Knight Class." Liu Zhong took the last combat class in the hidden village. The reason he inquired about the three production classes was to find out which class to be more useful for his Goddess. In the end, he decided to take the Knight class, the tank of the party. He would tank the monster for Goddess Yue. ZhongL nodded his head.

"Then you can enter the house. Good luck," Ming tapped ZhongL's shoulder two times as a smile plastered on his face. Liu Zhong was about to head to the house but he stopped midway, "Wait, Brother Ming…" Liu Zhong furrowed his brow and observed Ming's face, "You look familiar…"

Now Liu Zhong realized that Brother Ming's face looked familiar. He had seen that face, but he forgot where he saw Ming. The frown deepened, 'Is he a famous pro player?' When the word famous rang in his head, he remembered, "The Maniac Working out and also the Second Noob!"

Liu Zhong immediately covered his mouth with his right hand. It shocked him to meet the second noob instead of the first noob. ZhongL truly did not expect to meet the Maniac Working Out here.

Ming's smile stiffened when someone recognized him as a Second Noob. ZhongL realized he had offended his kind senior by saying that aloud, but it was a spontaneous yell. He was about to apologize for that remark, then he remembered something else. The absent player, the sixth player of the hidden village that was not present, "Don't tell me the guide you are talking about is The First— Runner?"

"You will know soon. Just go inside already," Ming waved his hand at ZhongL, "We will brief you about something after you get the class."

Liu Zhong nodded his head understandingly and turned around. He entered the black entrance. The kind senior that he just offended told him about the statue. The statue was a real NPC. He skimmed the surroundings. The wooden wall was decorated with shields and weapons. Yes, he could see various kinds of weapons; sword, spear, battle-ax, halberd, lance, and more.

The Equipment did not interest Liu Zhong as he headed toward the statue directly. When he was five steps away from the statue, he heard an old man's voice, "Finally I got my disciple." The voice was gentle and well-spoken.

Liu Zhong halted his steps and stared at the statue of an old man who was wearing a piece of linen cloth. The statue cracked, and the old man came alive just like his senior told him.

"Hello, Sir! My name is ZhongL, but you can call me Zhong. And yes, I want to be your disciple and become a powerful knight!" Liu Zhong said that in a determination. Despite his young's face, it was masked with the solemnity of someone with great determination.

"I see," The old man nodded his head and stroked his white beard, "then you have to answer my question. Don't worry, this is just a basic question." The old man smiled when he noticed that the young man flinched slightly when he mentioned the question.

Of course, Liu Zhong was not expecting to receive a question as a test. Normally, the NPC would tell him to do something to inherit the class. A chain quest before he could get the class, but it seems that was not the case.

"This disciple will answer Master's question with honesty and integrity," Liu Zhong bowed his head shamelessly as if the old man already accepted him to be a disciple.

"Very good," The old man did not mind that as he proceeded with the question, "Can you tell me why you want to be a knight?"

That was a straightforward question for sure. He could answer it with his noble answer, and he might get the class easily. Liu Zhong was about to answer the question. He opened his mouth, but no word came out of his mouth. Liu Zhong's gaze observed the old man's gentle expression, and for a reason, he wanted to answer the question truthfully. The reason he wanted to be a knight.

"I know the question sounds simple, but it's quite hard, you know," the old man smiled kindly at Liu Zhong, "take your time."

"I want to protect someone. That someone is so precious to me, and I want to protect her from the danger, from anyone, anything that may hurt. That's the reason I want to be a knight. I want to be part of her life as well!" Those words flowed from his mouth. That was the truth.

Her song helped him to pass a hard time in his life. Her movie entertained him to pass his tough past at his lowest point. She was like a real Goddess to him. Of course, he knew he could not be her dream man. He was aware of the gap between them. Not just the status but the age as well, so he just wanted to be useful for her and be a part of her journey in her life. Liu Zhong just wanted his idol to remember him. That was what he wanted.

"I see," The old man nodded his head, "I will break my promise about one question, but can I ask you one more question?"

"Ask away, Master," Liu Zhong nodded his head.

"What if the person you want to protect no longer needs your protection? You know, at some point, that person will have someone that will protect her. If that time arrives, what will you do, Zhong?"

That was a deep question for sure. There was a long pause as Liu Zhong was thinking about the answer. However, no matter how hard he thought about it, he could not come up with an answer. Yes, he never thought that far.

"I don't know." In the end, he came up with a lame answer, "But I will think about the future in the future as well. For now, my goal is to be useful to her. I want to fight alongside her. That's what I want for now!"

"Hehe," The old man laughed. From the old man's reaction, Liu Zhong thought that the old man was satisfied with his answer. He was relieved, not just because the old man was satisfied with the answer, but because he brought out what was in his heart.

[Ramsey the Exalted Sentinel has offered his legacy! Accept? Decline?]

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[The Unknown Exalted Sentinel Legacy]

Class: Exalted Sentinel

Potential: Epic Potential

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There was no hesitation as Liu Zhong immediately accepted the legacy with a big smile on his face.

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Meanwhile, in the far north of the hidden village, Shen was watching Lyra make the same thing with the same ingredients. The difference was that she doubled the ingredients now.

"Done!" The Blizzard Tiger announced and pushed the six yellow Ice Petals toward Shen, "This is your reward for helping me, Shen,"