After the tavern was built, a glowing exclamation mark appeared on the icon of the already constructed tavern, displaying the tavern's function introduction.
In the game, he had built a tavern, but this was reality after all, and Tang Yu worried that the rules might be different. Just when he was troubled by not knowing the differences, he happened to discover this feature introduction.
Without hesitation, Tang Yu clicked on the function introduction.
[In the tavern, the Lord had the right to summon adventurers once daily for free. After using the free privilege, to summon adventurers again, he must spend five hundred units of Source Crystals.]
[The qualifications of summoned adventurers were divided into D, C, B, A, and higher than A. The higher the qualification, the higher the adventurer's growth attributes. However, the higher the qualification of the adventurer, the lower the summoning probability. Upgrading the tavern could increase the probability of summoning high-qualified adventurers.]
[Adventurers had five basic professions, namely, warrior, mage, clergy, assassin, and musketeer. The strength of the summoned adventurer was not fixed. A Level 1 tavern could summon adventurers at the Fifth Tier Awakening Tier and Foundation Peak. Upgrading the tavern could increase the strength limit of the summoned adventurers.]
[After summoning an adventurer, the Lord could choose whether to recruit based on needs. If chosen, a contract would be signed with the adventurer. A Level 1 tavern had only three Follower Contract slots. Upgrading the tavern could increase the number of followers who could sign contracts.]
[The Lord's first summon would definitely summon an adventurer with qualifications above B level.]
The rules did not differ much from those in the game, so Tang Yu felt relieved.
Why did he choose a tavern as his first building, if not because the tavern was the greatest help to him at this time!
Especially the first recruitment benefit, which was sure to summon an adventurer with B-level qualifications or higher, was truly exciting to think about.
Tang Yu, familiar with the quirks of card games, knew that saying "above B-level" meant neither A-level nor S-level would appear, but for him, a B-level qualified adventurer was already a great help.
B-level qualification might sound average, but considering how he hadn't seen a single A-level qualified adventurer in the game for nearly a month, he knew how rare this probability was.
Especially since the gaming system had materialized into reality, Tang Yu speculated that the qualification grading might be the same as modern human grading. It's just that, in reality, the means of detecting qualifications were still quite backward, only barely able to gauge a person's general qualification, unable to specify a clear qualification division.
He originally had an E-level Awakening qualification, and most Awakeners were D-level. Perhaps only the favored ones who awakened at the apocalypse's beginning could have qualifications above B-level. Moreover, adventurers had professions, skills, and complete career systems, completely overshadowing reality where Awakeners knew nothing and could only rely on basic attacks.
Tang Yu shook off his chaotic thoughts and focused his attention on the upcoming summoning ritual.
Tang Yu took a deep breath, opened the system, and chose to summon.
In the tavern's center, a large circular array appeared, engraved with dense runes.
The runes spun and merged like clock hands, and a shimmering light emanated around the array, gradually contracting like a halo.
The adventurer's profession and strength to be summoned were all unknown!
Tang Yu held his breath!
As the halo shrunk to its smallest, a beam of purple light burst forth.
Purple? Purple light!
Tang Yu's heart uncooperatively skipped a beat twice, and he counted silently in his mind...
White light represented D-level qualifications.
Green light represented C-level qualifications.
Blue light represented B-level qualifications.
The purple light transformed into a human shadow. The adventurer wore a tattered cloak, obscuring their appearance. Tang Yu observed for a while and realized it was a female adventurer.
"Ding-dong! Adventurer Eileen, Qualification A, Profession: Mage, Does the Lord confirm signing a Follower Contract (primary) with her?"
Was there even a need to ask?
In a dilapidated wooden hut, a cloaked person sat on an equally shabby wooden bed, holding a battered book, reading with focused attention.
Barren walls, this was Eileen's home.
These days had lasted for several years. From the initial confusion to the present, Eileen had grown very accustomed to such days. For her, no environment could surpass the importance of the book in her hands.
It was a Magic book's foundation.
Eileen had found it under her bed, besides her parents' relics, it was the sole possession at home.
A sharp alarm echoed throughout the city, and Eileen was taken aback, sadness flickering across her face.
It was the alarm for the Black Tide's arrival, too familiar, like an imprint on her soul.
Three years ago, the same alarm sounded. The Black Tide struck, and her parents, working outside the city, never returned.
That year, she became an orphan. From that moment, her once fairly complete home began to crumble.
In her grief, Eileen awakened, comprehending the element's power and astonishingly discovering she could wield ice abilities. This was the power only mages possessed, mages being powerful and noble, holding far greater status than ordinary warriors.
But mastering ice abilities was only a prerequisite for becoming a mage; Eileen had no means to learn Magic.
In this city, she knew only the City Lord's faction possessed books on Magic, books so precious Eileen knew she couldn't possibly obtain them unless she swore allegiance to the City Lord. However, the City Lord was an extreme aristocrat. He always believed that only the noble bloodline could wield the power of Magic…
Eileen shook her head; she could only survive alone in the slums.
Without a stable income, living alone, being so young, in a place as cutthroat as the slums, Eileen led a very tough life. Fortunately, she had awakened, her physique, perception, and other abilities surpassing ordinary people, allowing her to gradually survive in such a place.
Until once, from the cracked bedboard at home, she found a broken Magic Book.
The Magic Book's content was intermittent; Eileen had no Magic foundation either. Yet with this, her understanding of Spells advanced rapidly, comprehending one Spell after another.
Eileen exhaled, stepping out of the small wooden house.
She donned her hood, the large cloak covering her body completely. After living in the slums for years, this had become Eileen's habit. In this mixed bag of a place, the best way for a solitary girl to survive was to conceal herself.
The slums were located at the city's outermost area, littered with disorderly homes as far as the eye could see. Further away stood the towering city walls, where Eileen could see several soldiers rushing to their designated positions.
Beyond the walls was a gray sky; ever since she could remember, the world had always appeared in this color. Eileen hid her most important book on her person; nothing valuable remained at home. After some consideration, she decided to check the situation.
At this time, chaos reigned due to the alarm, with many people running aimlessly.
A blinding firelight erupted in the distance, plumes of smoke rising with rumbling noises. The towering city walls collapsed!
Eileen's eyes widened in shock; the city's walls had always appeared indestructible to her. Even during the fierce defensive battle three years ago, no walls had collapsed. But with this Black Tide assault, right at the start, the wall had fallen.