"Excuse me, coming through."
"Sorry."
Gauss was lost in thought for a long time until he heard the commotion behind him, realizing he was blocking the staircase entrance and quickly moved aside.
The lady going upstairs smiled.
Gauss returned the smile, but felt a bit embarrassed.
However, he thought, it wasn’t really his fault. Every first-time new Professional should go through this process.
Perhaps the view here wasn’t so mesmerizing, but emotions in his heart unconsciously magnified every feeling.
If he felt this way, those who have worked hard for years, even decades or longer, new Professionals would probably feel even more intense emotions.
"Let’s find a place to sort out the current information and observe the surroundings."
The hall was full of tables and chairs for resting.
Gauss found a place with an excellent view and no one around to sit down.
He began to calm his emotions.
Firstly, counting yesterday’s sale of spoils, the commission just received, and the newcomer package reward of 5 gold coins, he now has a cash total of 14 gold coins and 35 silver.
The Life Magic Stone is valued at about 2.5 gold coins, the Teleportation Scroll 4 gold coins, and the Healing Scroll 3 gold coins.
Adding these three relatively high-value items, the assets might come to about 24 gold coins.
If possible, he wanted to keep the two scrolls.
The effect of the Life Magic Stone seemed to have diminished significantly. After formally advancing in Profession level, its nurturing effect on the body was minimal.
After selling it, he would have around 17 gold coins available for short-term use.
"And I need to select and buy several tricks, which might require spending a few gold coins. I wonder if I can find storage-function magic items at a reasonable price."
Gauss looked toward the shops around him.
Perhaps set up by the Adventurer’s Guild, the shops outside didn’t have many flashy decorative elements.
The signs outside displayed exquisite icons paired with text, clearly indicating the functions inside to adventurers meeting them for the first time—groceries, equipment, magic potions, magic items, skills, books, commissions.
"But there’s no rush to enter the store, let’s look at the book I just received first."
Gauss took out one of the books, which was the "Adventurer’s Guide."
Actually, he wanted to flip through it downstairs, but couldn’t find a suitable secluded spot.
Now finally having some spare time, he naturally planned to gather some information first.
Although he had advanced in Profession, he wasn’t that familiar with Profession levels, adventurer levels, how to advance further, change class, and so on.
Although Andri had also talked about it, it wasn’t systematic since she had been away from the frontline for a while.
Opening the book, Gauss began reading quietly.
The receptionist, wearing the Adventurer’s Guild uniform, brought him a free drink at the service desk.
It made him feel a long-lost sense of leisure, as if he had returned to a past life where he enjoyed early reading time alone in the library.
After a while.
Gauss put down the book, showing a hint of realization on his face.
Firstly, there are a total of 20 regular levels, with level 21 and above belonging to a tier almost unreachable for ordinary people.
And in adventurer levels, Bronze, Black Iron, Silver, Gold, most often correspond to Profession levels 1-5, 6-10, 11-15, 16-20.
Just like the small six-pointed star on his identity badge, representing him as a One-star Bronze Level adventurer.
Although adventurer levels can roughly correspond with Profession levels, they are not exactly equivalent because adventurer levels also depend on task commission history.
Simply put, if an adventurer possesses the strength of a level 10 Profession, they might quickly uplift themselves to a few stars of Black Iron Level adventurer, but that doesn’t mean they can become a Black Iron Level 5-star adventurer without undertaking any commissions.
As for the final Platinum Level, it corresponds to power beyond level 21.
For ordinary people, the power held by a Silver Level adventurer is already superlative, and Gold or even higher levels like Platinum seem nearly god-like to them.
It’s said that existing terrains like mountain canyons and river valleys were mostly created by Professionals of the Platinum tier.
Every Platinum adventurer serves as a pillar strength of the kingdom, but due to their terrifying capabilities, they rarely act unless necessary and thus remain mysterious to most people.
As for class change, it’s quite a complex process.
The basic professions of most Professionals, such as Warrior, Mage, Warlock, Ranger, and other common professions, have their advanced professions.
For example, a Warrior can advance to a Storm Warrior or Berserker, and a Warlock can progress to become a Dragon Vein Mage or Banshee Warlock by delving into their bloodline power...
After class advancement, one can grasp certain corresponding-layer abilities, like Storm Warriors obtaining affinity with the wind, their sword qi like a storm passing, Dragon Vein Mage gaining dragon scale protection along with some abilities related to giant dragons.
Theoretically, Gauss’s Magic Envoy could also advance.
But this is not a popular Profession, and its advancement path isn’t as clearly mapped as regular professions.
However, class advancement remains quite tough for most Adventurers.
Even with clear advancement paths in regular professions, it’s still challenging.
Knowing doesn’t equate to achieving easily.
Physical fitness standards, special advancement artifacts, professional ceremonies, auxiliary tools, success rates—there are many constraints.
Just like how in Gauss’s previous life, every student clearly knew that scoring within the top ranks on the college entrance exam of their province would get them into the best two universities, yet few achieved it.
So, for most Professionals, they might maintain their original basic Profession throughout their life.
Class advancement is more of a hopeful aspiration.
But his Magic Envoy Profession is good enough.
During these days of advancing as a Professional, he vaguely felt his Magic Envoy Profession was far superior in combat ability compared to regular Mages and Warlocks.
And the core issue of how to advance in Profession levels is also recorded in the books.
Upgrading levels involves Profession Tiers.
Each person’s Tier will manifest differently.
For Gauss, it’s the small cup continuously surging with magic power.
If it were a Warrior, their Tier external manifestation might be a Great Sword.
But whatever it is, Tier upgrades are closely linked to Professions.
Through accumulating relevant Profession experience, adventures, battles, skill training, martial contests, extreme deathmatches, travel—any fitting method might elevate Tier experience.
After leveling up, certain physical attributes or abilities of the Professional might improve.
For instance, for caster-related Professions, the most common advancement improvement involves enhancing magic power quality.
The higher the quality of the magic power, the potentially greater effect of casting the same spell.
Simply increasing magic power quantity cannot achieve this effect; it can only allow the caster to perform spells several more times.
Gauss closed the book.
It wasn’t because he had finished reading the content, but he planned to slowly read the remaining parts later.
He was currently most interested in what he already knew.
Putting the book back into his backpack, Gauss got up and headed towards the shops.
The first store he visited was the Skill Store selling Spell Learning Scrolls.
There weren’t many customers in the store.
Which was understandable. Compared to magic potions that need constant replenishing and equipment that needs frequent maintenance, the vast majority of Professionals don’t often revisit after purchasing once.
Warrior/Ranger/Wanderer/Mage...
The Skill Store was divided into sections according to different Professions.