Chapter 14
"Those are representations of your might. Strength is self explanatory, constitution shows how tough you are, intelligence is your potency when manipulating E'er, and it has nothing to do with a person's mental capacity when learning things. Wisdom represents how much E'er you have available for manipulation. Dexterity is also self explanatory." she smiled. "Growing up, people absorb E'er from their surroundings and improve their bodies. One can train the body and mind to absorb E'er in different ways. Once enough skills are learned, the 'system' labels them with a globally agreed upon term."
"What are skills, then?" I tilted my head. "Is reading and writing not a skill?"
"Not specific enough to belong to a class. Not anymore." she shook her head. "Accessibility to education increased to the point that everybody would have the same class if it was treated as such." small purple sparks flew from her finger. "I studied E'er, becoming a Wizard. Then I specialized my knowledge in Pyromancy. I first learned to manipulate E'er into thermal energy, then controlling enough of it to produce flames. Fire has many uses, and the system recognizes such skills under that class."
"Would you not be a Pyromancer if the system didn't recognize them?" I asked.
"I'd be a higher level Wizard, though specialized, becoming a High Wizard." she nodded. "Classes are founded that way, a group of people share their knowledge and the system recognizes their skills to be specific and attainable enough to be a class." she smiled. "That is an amazingly good thing. It forces the scholastic elite that prides themselves in being unique to get off their high horses." she chuckled.
"What happens to being a Wizard, is it replaced by the new class?" Reality turned fantasy was astonishing.
"Not entirely. Basic techniques remain, and the rest either transform or change into something else." she raised a finger. "Take a warrior for example." and pointed at me. "Basic training would require you to be aware of your surroundings, to exert yourself and survive combat. Techniques would be learned so that you act accordingly. Then a warrior takes up a spear and trains with it. Previous techniques would still be there, but the most important ones would transform into spear related skills, due to the warrior understanding and linking them to newly acquired knowledge." she tapped her temple. "This rules everything, the 'system' just shows you."
"How do you learn skills, then?" I got a little confused.
"Take your own example, how do you learn to read?" she smiled, then realized something. "Except Halves, you are born knowing."
I nodded. "Repetition, then."
"That's right. When you have mastered knowledge of something, you integrate it into yourself, allowing E'er expenditure, transforming it into a skill."