In this world, every profession only had three stages. In order to distinguish the strength of each stage, each stage was divided into three stages. However, the third stage was an exception. There was only one title, such as:
Bandit-Intermediate Bandit-Advanced Bandit-Low-level Assassin-Intermediate Assassin-Advanced Assassin-Assassin (Highest Level)
Another example:
Apprentice Magician-Apprentice Magician-Advanced Magician-Magician-Advanced Magician-Grand Magician-Magic Shooter (Highest Rank)
It was not difficult to get the first title of the second stage, but it would take at least 30 years to go from a high mage to a grand mage. To become a sorcerer, the deciding condition was not how hard you worked, but talent. The secondary condition was to train your magic control and meditate for decades. Therefore, there were very few people who could obtain the title of sorcerer. It was the same for any profession. This was especially true for the Thief profession. Since 60 years ago, when the only assassin in the Human-Demon melee died at the hands of the Demon King, there had never been a high-level assassin.
Royal Academy's " A Short History of Careers "
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When Alice first entered the Royal Academy, she was still worried about what profession to choose. When she saw the introduction to the textbook, she decided that she would be a thief in the future. She wanted to be the first assassin in 60 years. After three years of training in the Royal Academy, Alice had finally become an intermediate thief. Of course, she also understood how difficult it was to become an assassin.
The man next to her was her brother, whom she admired the most. Demon Wolf had sourly commented that he was a Bandit who was at least a high-level assassin. It was no wonder. Big Brother and Big Brother Fatty had always played with the thieves in their palms. From time to time, they would give out a stealing mission with a high reward to make the thieves fall into the trap, and then send them all to the border to serve their crimes. Alice didn't like her brother's disrespectful attitude towards thieves, but she couldn't do anything about it. In this world, if one didn't have the strength, they would naturally be looked down upon. Moreover, there were only three low-level assassins in the entire continent. Although no one said anything, in everyone's mind, thieves were already a dispensable profession. Moreover, there were fewer and fewer people willing to be thieves now. Alice was afraid that the thieves 'guild might disappear from this continent soon.
Now, a powerful assassin had finally appeared. Although he did not know how strong he was, he was able to snatch the crystal ball from under the eyes of a high-level mage and his brother. This was not something an ordinary thief could do. Alice couldn't help but smile when she thought of this. Her brother's helpless and furious expression after the crystal ball was taken away was really funny. It was the first time she saw such an excited brother.
At this moment, the sound of rustling had already reached the tree. Zhang Hao focused his gaze and looked over, but he actually didn't see anyone. When he looked carefully again, he couldn't help but suck in a cold breath. There was no one under the tree, but one could vaguely see shallow footprints on the dead leaves. Zhang Hao counted. Six pairs of footprints matched the heartbeat he heard.
Zhang Hao looked at the girl from the corner of his eyes. Although the girl was covered with a veil, Alice's blue eyes could not hide her thoughts at all. Zhang Hao could see that she was smiling at a glance.‘Laughing? Was this girl not afraid at all? Or was she confident?'Zhang Hao guessed, but he quickly denied his thoughts. He had followed her a few days ago. At that time, she was obviously a weak thief, but she had become an expert in just two or three days.
Not to mention Zhang Hao and Alice, the six high-level thieves hiding under the tree were spies from the Bizikarado Empire, the enemy of the Torres neutral country. Their current mission was to steal the Tree of the Water God tonight and transport it back to the country. Every country had a Barrier Tree, but only the Water God's Spring in the town of Croc and the Moon Well in the southern elf forest could grow a Water God Tree. This was a good thing. As long as there was a water source for the Water God Tree to grow, the water that flowed out was equivalent to the holy water made by a junior priest. It was quite useful for healing, exorcism, and curses. It also had another feature. Women who drank this water often could stay young.
The Water God's Tree, which had been growing for more than ten years, would drop one or two dead branches every day. As long as this thing was casually processed, it would become a very useful water-type staff. Anyone with some power would want to plant a tree that was full of treasures at home.
In order to protect the Tree of the Water God, the demon wolf first sent his sister to monitor the first group of thieves of unknown origin, while he had a considerable number of guards lying in ambush in the church. As long as the thieves made any strange movements, they would rush forward and capture all of them alive, then send them to the border to serve as criminals.
Alice didn't have any internal energy, and because her strength wasn't outstanding, she couldn't see the shallow footprints on the ground, nor could she hear the other party's heartbeat. She could only vaguely hear someone tiptoeing under the tree. From the sound, it seemed that the thieves did not notice that there were two people hiding in the tree. Alice turned to look at Zhang Hao, her big eyes seemed to be asking, What should we do now?
Zhang Hao thought about it. The six thieves below were not very good at using the Light Body Technique. They could make such a loud sound when they stepped on the dead leaves. If it was Zhang Hao, he could float five to six meters forward with just a light tap on the leaves. Moreover, their hearing was not good. Alice's heartbeat was so loud, but they did not react at all. Logically speaking, they should not be very strong. However, this was not Earth. It was an unknown magical world. These six guys could actually become invisible. Who knew if they had any other special abilities?
After thinking about it for a while, he decided to test the strength of this group of bandits first, lest he rushed down rashly and was killed by others. Alice watched as Zhang Hao silently broke off a branch and held it in his hand. Just as she was feeling strange, Zhang Hao flicked his middle finger, and the branch actually shot out with a whoosh. Immediately after, there was a scream from under the tree. A Thief appeared with both hands on his thigh. Blood was oozing out from between his fingers.
After the thief shouted, the other five thieves appeared one by one like a chain reaction. The five of them quickly formed a circle with their backs to each other, guarding the area. Zhang Hao had not only used 50% of his internal energy, but he had also used the " Shen " Formula of Taiji internal energy. Its power was not inferior to that of a crossbow. Moreover, due to the " Shen " Formula, only Zhang Hao and Alice could hear the sound of the branches breaking through the air. The first reaction of the bandits under the tree was that someone was secretly shooting a silent crossbow at them. However, they did not know from which direction the arrow came from.
Zhang Hao was overjoyed to see that he had succeeded so easily. He broke another five branches and was shooting again when he suddenly remembered that he did not know if people in this world had acupuncture points. Therefore, he changed his strength and twisted two branches in his hand. He used 20% of his internal strength to shoot at the Ququan acupuncture point of the two bandits in front of him.
The two Thieves felt their feet go numb and thought they were attacked. They subconsciously ran to the side, but no matter how they moved, their feet seemed to have taken root and did not react at all. One of the Thieves turned around and shouted,""The three of you, leave quickly. We've been hit by the Magician's Immobilizing Spell and can't move!”
When the three Bandits heard this, their faces turned green. Those who could use the Stop spell were at least Advanced Magicians. This was not something that their Tier 1 Advanced Bandits could deal with. Even if they ran, they would not be able to escape. The difference in levels was too great. The thief was also shocked. If he was hit by a mage's immobilizing spell, he would not be able to move. How could he give you a chance to speak?
When Zhang Hao heard that they were going to run, he threw out three branches from his hand and hit the three thieves 'Jade Pillow, Sky Pillar, and Big Bamboo acupoints. These three acupoints were fatal. However, Zhang Hao controlled his strength very well. The three thieves only fell to the side and fainted.
Under Alice's wide-open eyes, Zhang Hao jumped down from the tree and used his Lightness Skill to turn around and stab the backs of the two bandits who had their Ququan acupoints struck. The two of them only felt a blur in front of their eyes as if a white shadow had flown past them. Then, they felt a pain in their necks and both of them fainted.
Zhang Hao also knocked out the groaning Bandit on the ground with his hand knife and hit his wound three times. As expected, the bleeding stopped. It seemed that the acupuncture points of the people in this world were the same as ours. However, why could they use magic while we couldn't? It was strange.
Alice also jumped down from the tree and rummaged through the six bandits 'bodies. She found six badges and kept one for herself. She handed the other five to Zhang Hao and begged,"Big brother, you're really amazing. These emblems should be yours. However, can you give me a coat of arms so that I can pass the advanced thief examination?”
Zhang Hao shook his head and smiled." I don't need it. This thing doesn't seem to be useful to me."”
"You were the one who defeated them, so you have the obligation to confiscate their coat of arms. Moreover, they are thieves from another country. They might be here to steal our barrier tree.”Although Alice was very naive and her strength was not very good, she still remembered the thief's dogma very clearly: "As long as we confiscate their emblems, not only will they be unable to turn invisible, they will also be unable to return to the Thieves 'Guild! This way, they could turn over a new leaf and stop being thieves.”
"You're not a Thief yet! Why don't you turn over a new leaf?”Zhang Hao found it funny.
"Because I am a good Thief and they are not.”The young girl spoke with conviction.
"Are you saying that they used this thing to become invisible?”Zhang Hao did not want to argue with Alice anymore. There were still five thieves on the top of the church tower. He took a coat of arms from the girl and changed the topic.
The girl covered her mouth in shock."You don't know? This was the basic knowledge of a Thief.”
"I'm not a Thief, I'm a Swordsman!”Zhang Hao said with certainty. Swordsman and swordsman should mean the same thing, the young man thought.
"Brother Fire Spider loves to joke.”Alice obviously took Zhang Hao's words as a joke. Indeed, in this world, swordsmen were either equipped with heavy armor or strengthened magic beast leather armor.
"How do I use this thing? Didn't you say that it can turn invisible?”Seeing that Alice did not believe him, Zhang Hao was too lazy to explain himself, so he changed the topic.
"Injecting magic or battle energy into this coat of arms can form an invisible barrier, but these coats of arms have gone through a master recognition ceremony, so it's impossible for others to use them.。。。。。”Before Alice could finish her sentence, Zhang Hao suddenly disappeared without a trace.
The young girl was clearly stunned by this fact."How is that possible? Didn't teacher say that only the owner of the coat of arms can use it?”Alice held her chin in distress and suddenly came to her senses."So Brother Fire Spider is teasing me again. You must have your own Thief's Emblem on you.”
Zhang Hao had tried to inject some internal strength into the coat of arms, and then a circular, transparent barrier had opened up from the coat of arms, enveloping Zhang Hao inside. Zhang Hao then saw the girl's surprised expression, followed by distress, and then rebuke. Zhang Hao smiled. This girl was really cute, but he finally understood why the thieves in this world were invisible.
However, a new question arose. Why could this coat of arms make people invisible? What was the principle behind it? This reminded him of what his teacher had said on the first day of school: "The more you learn, the more you don't understand.”
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