Chapter 3 : Chapter 3
Chapter 3: A Splendid Status Panel
The moment he chose to become a Summoner, a rapid succession of notifications rang out beside Lin Yuan’s ear.
【Congratulations, Host. You have become a Summoner. The beginner gift pack is now being issued.】
【You have obtained 500 Evolution Points】
【You have obtained the God-Tier Talent: Summoner of the End】
【You have unlocked a Summon Slot】
【Your Class Panel has been corrected】
Before he even had time to inspect the newly obtained talent, Principal Chen Qingshan and his homeroom teacher Chen Hongwei hurried over to his side.
“Lin Yuan, don’t be in such a rush to choose your class.”
“Listen to your teachers for once. Whatever you do, don’t choose Summoner.”
“A Summoner has no future. If you choose it, your whole life will be ruined.”
Chen Hongwei knew that Lin Yuan’s family circumstances were poor. There was no way he could afford expensive equipment or skill books.
Not to mention raising the bloodline rank of his Summoned Beasts.
The resources required were nothing less than astronomical.
“Your teacher knows that all these years, you’ve trained for the sake of class-changing into a Warrior. Even now, you can still choose to become a Warrior.”
“Although lacking a matching talent will leave you somewhat behind the other class-holders, at the very least, you will still have a path forward.”
At the side, Chen Qingshan nodded as well. “Student Lin Yuan, your homeroom teacher is right. I know several class-holders who chose Summoner, and not a single one of them has surpassed Level 20.”
“Quite a few of them even had parents who were powerful class-holders, yet they still could not break past Level 20.”
“Because when a Summoner reaches Level 20, the class advancement mission can only be completed alone.”
“With no helpers, a Summoner relying only on two Summoned Beasts simply cannot complete the advancement mission.”
Chen Hongwei picked up where he left off. “Your teacher knows you are unwilling to accept this, but there is no other way.”
“You are a mature child. Your teacher knows you will understand.”
Facing his homeroom teacher’s earnest and heartfelt advice, Lin Yuan answered with a brilliant smile.
“Of course.”
“I’ve already chosen Summoner.”
At that moment, the smile on Lin Yuan’s face came from the bottom of his heart.
Because just now, he had already seen his own class panel.
【Name】: Lin Yuan
【Level】: 1 (0/500)
【Class】: Summoner (Third Advancement)
【Race】: Human
【HP】: 1000
【Mana】: 500
【Attack】: 100
【Spell Power】: 50
【Defense】: 100
【Strength】: 50 (Physical Attack, Accuracy)
【Agility】: 50 (Attack Speed, Critical Hit)
【Stamina】: 50 (HP, Defense)
【Intelligence】: 50 (Mana, Spell Attack)
【Talents】: Summoner of the End (God-Tier), Summoning Coordination (S-Rank)
【Skills】: None
【Evolution Points】: 500
Lin Yuan remembered that Sun Xu had just said his total attributes added together did not even reach 30.
But as for Lin Yuan—
All four of his core attributes stood at 50 points each. Of those, 10 points came from Lin Yuan himself, while the remaining 40 points had come from class modifiers.
Right now, Lin Yuan’s panel was the panel of a third-advancement class-holder.
When the other students leveled up, all their attributes would increase by 5, and then they would receive another 5 free attribute points, for a total gain of 25 attribute points.
Lin Yuan, however, was different. Every time he leveled up, all his attributes would increase by 40, and he would also receive another 40 free attribute points.
That added up to 200 attribute points.
In other words, for Lin Yuan, gaining 1 level was equivalent to everyone else gaining 8 levels.
Lin Yuan was overjoyed, but at the same time, he had one question.
Why was it the Third Advancement?
【The upper limit for class-holders in the current world is the Third Advancement】
So that was how it was.
Understanding dawned on Lin Yuan at once.
Seeing Lin Yuan’s radiant smile, and hearing him admit that he had chosen Summoner, Chen Hongwei and Chen Qingshan both let out a sigh at the same time.
It was over. This child was ruined.
At this point, it would have been better if he had never awakened this S-Rank talent at all.
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The awakening continued.
Although no more S-Rank talents appeared afterward, there was still 1 A-Rank and 2 B-Rank talents.
After some proper cultivation, those students would still be able to enter a fairly good class-holder university or guild.
Once all the students had been tested, Chen Qingshan was in an excellent mood.
Although the number of students who had awakened talents today had not surpassed last year by much, there had been three S-Rank talents among them.
This year’s education funding would definitely rise sharply.
After offering a few words of consolation to the students who had failed to awaken, Chen Qingshan saw that several girls already had red-rimmed eyes.
They had clearly lost their chance to rise above others.
But there was nothing to be done.
The world was just that cruel.
Without talent, everything amounted to nothing.
After sending the students who had failed to awaken out of the campus, Chen Qingshan left in great haste with the other teachers.
The beginner dungeon would open tomorrow, and they still had many things to prepare.
The moment the teachers left, the atmosphere on the field immediately became lively.
The students gathered in groups of two and three, beginning to discuss how they would form teams for tomorrow.
One boy stood at the center of a crowd.
His name was Xu Jie. He had awakened the A-Rank talent Iron Wall, which reduced damage taken by 15%.
Among defensive talents, that was already considered extremely good.
“Brother Xu, with your A-Rank Iron Wall talent, tomorrow’s beginner dungeon is definitely in the bag.”
“Obviously. Since Brother Xu awakened an A-Rank talent, the school should reward him with a C-Rank skill book, right? With a C-Rank skill book, forget merely clearing the dungeon—even breaking the clear record wouldn’t be impossible.”
Hearing all the flattery, a pleased expression appeared on Xu Jie’s face, though he still pretended to answer modestly,
“I only have an A-Rank talent. There are still three classmates with S-Rank talents ahead of me. Compared with them, I’m hardly worth mentioning.”
“Brother Xu is too modest. Inside a dungeon, what class is the most important? Obviously a Tank.”
“No matter how high Luo Qingqing’s damage is, without a Tank to draw the enemy’s attention, she won’t be able to deal that damage at all. Sun Xu is the same. Who does a healer rely on most? Isn’t it still the Tank?”
Xu Jie cast Lin Yuan a covert glance and hesitated before saying, “But there’s still that S-Rank Summoner.”
“Summoner?”
The crowd burst into laughter.
“And that talent deserves to be called S-Rank? What trash.”
“He awakened a useless talent and still chose the bottom-tier class Summoner. Who would team up with him?”
Before everyone had become class-holders, they had feared Lin Yuan because he was strong and capable in a fight, so naturally none of them had dared provoke him.
But now things were different. Everyone had become class-holders and possessed class panels of their own. So what if he was good at fighting?
If they all attacked together, what was there to fear?
“If Xu Jie is so incredible, why don’t you just acknowledge him as your father already?”
Sun Xu planted his hands on his hips and began cursing them out.
“What the hell are you showing off for here?”
“If you people want to kneel and lick his boots, that’s your business. Don’t drag others down just to make him look better.”
Sun Xu was worried that Lin Yuan might not be able to hold himself back and start throwing punches, so he spoke first.
After all, now that they were all class-holders, no matter how good Lin Yuan was in a fight, he still could not withstand a beating from a whole crowd.
He had not realized before that these people were so realistic. The moment they became class-holders, they changed their faces completely.
If they did not go study the face-changing art of Sichuan opera, it would truly be a waste of talent.
The instant Sun Xu said that, silence fell all around.
After all, the one speaking was Sun Xu—
An S-Rank Priest.
Xu Jie did not want to offend Sun Xu.
After thinking for a moment, he spoke.
“The others were only being blunt. They did not mean to target anyone in particular.”
“I’ll apologize on their behalf.”
After saying that, Xu Jie apologized to Lin Yuan. “Sorry about that.”
After speaking to Lin Yuan, Xu Jie turned to the others and said,
“We’re all classmates. Don’t say such hurtful things again in the future.”
“When someone runs into difficulties, we should still help if we can.”
“If any team is really short on people tomorrow, we can still bring him along.”
Whether he meant it sincerely or not, now that Xu Jie had spoken that way, Sun Xu could not very well keep pressing the matter.
When the other students heard him, they all raised their thumbs.
“Brother Xu is magnanimous!”
“That’s exactly why Brother Xu was able to awaken an A-Rank talent.”
“His breadth of mind is on a completely different level.”
Amid all the praise, Xu Jie gradually lost himself in it.
With both hands in his pockets, Lin Yuan watched the whole group with a calm expression.
If this had been before they became class-holders, Lin Yuan would not have minded teaching them a lesson.
But now?
Now he was worried he might fail to control his strength and kill them.
Fifty points of Strength was no joke.
Among the people before him, the one with the highest physique only had 8 points.
If Lin Yuan threw a single punch, he would probably be the one dropping to his knees and begging them not to die.