Plan Successful

Chefs, farmers, and militiamen are also professions, but compared to formal adventure professions, these are more like jobs. Even if a farmer becomes a legendary figure with a level as high as 20, capable of easily hunting brown bears and beating up earth goblins, their actual combat skills may not be able to defeat a level 5 adventurer.

As long as one can become an adventurer, no one would willingly choose the former path. It can be said that after crossing this threshold, there is a long dividing line between adventurers and ordinary people.

"Maybe his grades are too bad and he knows he won't graduate in six years, so he's already preparing for an extended stay. Of course, it's also possible he wants to become a glorious kitchen helper," Conner's words made many people laugh. The skinny guy next to him glanced at the architecture department's table and said in a low voice, "Last week, he and that fatso Charles ran away after cursing us. We ignored them then, but today we have staff combat class. How about we take care of them together?"

Conner nodded in agreement, "Sure, but remember to be careful, don't break their bones like last time. A healing spell in the medical room costs 100 Gold Coins, and they wouldn't even let me pay with scrolls. It's ridiculously expensive."

Everyone chuckled again, their voices loud enough that they didn't bother to hide it, causing Charles's fat face, who was eating nearby, to twitch, but he didn't say anything.

When class started, Charles came to the desk next to Du Pont and whispered, "We're in trouble."

After he explained the situation, Du Pont was a little surprised, "These bastards are so bold and have so much money? Doesn't the instructor care?"

"Those who study the School of Evocation generally have money, second only to the School of Divination," Charles was clearly also troubled. "As long as they're willing to pay the medical fees, the instructor basically doesn't care. And if something happens in staff combat class, they don't even give detention. Why don't we take a sick leave later and avoid it? It's not shameful to hide. Anyway, everyone basically treats this class as a relaxation, and many people even skip it to go back to sleep."

"You can hide from the first day of the month, but not the fifteenth. They obviously remembered us from last week when they failed to get us. If we avoid it this week, we won't be able to avoid it next week." Du Pont thought for a while and sent a message, "How about this, do you have any money to lend me? 60 Gold Coins is enough. I'll take care of them all then."

Charles was shocked to hear this, his expression as unpleasant as if he had been constipated for a month. Just as his eyes were darting around, he saw Du Pont take out two Platinum Coins from his pouch. "It's not that I don't have money to pay you back, I just want to play for higher stakes."

"Oh?" Seeing that Du Pont had the ability to repay the money, Charles's face immediately improved a lot, but he still spoke with some hesitation, "What are you borrowing money for?"

"Actually, there's something I didn't tell you, and that is that my old man is a military merit aristocrat. Before I became a mage, I was already a warrior." Du Pont's eyes were full of confidence when he spoke. "If they want to cause trouble, neither of us can escape. I might as well solve them all at once. And taking this opportunity, I can bet some prizes with them, raise some money to gamble a hundred or so Gold Coins. I'm only 60 short of 100, so I can scam them for a big one."

Charles was clearly tempted after hearing this, but he was still a little hesitant. Du Pont took out an ancient Silver Coin, "Don't worry, I definitely have money to pay you back, but I don't want to touch this principal unless absolutely necessary. If you're worried, I can put this ancient coin with you."

Regardless of any mage, knowledge of arcane mysteries is a course they must master. Charles picked up the Silver Coin and took a look, immediately understanding the gist of it. He smiled and took out his money bag, "Hey, how could I not trust you? We're brothers, who are we kidding? But if the School of Evocation people really come looking for trouble, they must be prepared. Don't be a hero and get beaten up and lose money. It'll be a small thing to lose face, but a big loss in terms of money."

"I'm not asking for a beating, why would I do such a thing? I might not be able to beat them in spells, but if it's staff combat class, then they've come to the wrong person." Du Pont sneered, "I was just too lazy to bother with them, but since they're taking the initiative, shouldn't I break their staves?"

Charles nodded repeatedly, took out 60 Gold Coins, put them in Du Pont's hand, and said in a low voice, "Since you're so confident, I'll bet with them too, and try to win a few dozen Gold Coins to play with."

"Okay, by the way, if the situation changes, we'll communicate via message. We'll definitely screw these idiots over."

Charles had a smile on his face, and with a turn of his eyes, he went to borrow money from others.

Combat class was the first class in the afternoon. Du Pont deliberately ate less for lunch and just drank more milk. Even the pig trotters that Judy gave him were just packed up and taken back. He even rarely didn't copy notes at noon, but instead lay beautifully on the bed.

Including the 60 Gold Coins borrowed from Charles, he now had a total of 106 Gold Coins in his hand.

This wasn't much, but it was enough for him to complete the last step of the Barbarian class.

'System, purchase Military Weapon Proficiency!'

The Gold Coins in the money bag quickly disappeared, but Du Pont didn't have time to feel sorry for the money. His eyes were only on the bold words in the System prompt.

[Congratulations, user, you have mastered all the prerequisite requirements for the Barbarian class. Do you want to multiclass into this class?]

'Multiclass!'

You have obtained the Barbarian class, currently at level 1.

You have additionally obtained the abilities: Unarmored Defense, Weapon Mastery

Unarmored Defense: If you are not wearing any armor, your base armor class is equal to 10 + your Dexterity modifier + your Constitution modifier.

Currently, your Dexterity is 12 and your Constitution is 15, your current armor class is 13.

[This Unarmored Defense cannot stack with the new school's Mage Armor, but it enjoys non-armor magical item bonuses such as Barkskin/Bracers of Defense]

Weapon Mastery: Your training with weapons allows you to choose one simple or martial melee weapon to master. Whenever you finish a long rest, you can re-practice your weapon skills to change one of the weapon types you have chosen. Weapons you are proficient with gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls and a +1 bonus to damage rolls. This bonus stacks with any non-weapon mastery bonuses.

'Choose wooden club, spear.'

The type of staff is a wooden club, perfect for staff combat in the afternoon. As for choosing a spear for a martial weapon, it doesn't matter what you choose, choosing something similar might have unexpected effects.

After advancing, Du Pont didn't hesitate to use 1000 Experience Points to raise the Barbarian's level by 1.

[You have consumed 1000 Experience Points, your total Experience is now 1766/2000]

[Your Barbarian is now level 2, your total level is 4]

[You have gained the Danger Sense and Reckless Attack feats]

[You have gained 2 Attribute Points]

Reckless Attack: You can throw aside all concern for defense to attack with fierce desperation.

When you use this ability, all Strength-based attack rolls you make within 6 seconds have advantage, and your physical attack rolls gain +4, but during this time, all attack rolls against you also have advantage, and your AC and magic resistance are reduced by 2.

Danger Sense: You gain an uncanny sense of when things near you aren't as they should be, giving you an edge when you dodge away from danger.

You have +2 to Reflex saves against effects that you can see, such as traps, spells, and ranged weapons. You can't gain this benefit if you are blinded, deafened, or incapacitated.

You have gained 2 Attribute Points. This bonus is a natural attribute bonus and cannot exceed 20 points.

Seeing this, Du Pont couldn't restrain the excitement in his heart any longer and punched the air hard.

The plan was a success!