[Class Rank Distinctions]

According to the system's evaluation.

Without using the power of faith to enhance himself or activating his racial Berserk talent, Tonatiuh possessed the combat strength of a level 8 Great Warrior.

If a player character in the game was only level 8, they were a rookie who had barely left the beginner's village. But in the real Azeroth, level 8 strength already qualified one as a Great Warrior.

According to the standards provided by the system.

Those with profession levels from 6 to 8 were already renowned figures in their part of Azeroth. Among humans, they would be prominent local heroes. Their reputation would spread to nearby towns, and shopkeepers would rush out to greet them when they entered. Alone, they could easily wipe out a group of murlocs without suffering a scratch. With three to five companions working together, they could pull off some "astonishing" feats, such as raiding a naga nest.

If they belonged to a righteous faction, someone of this level would protect several nearby villages or serve as the guardian of a certain trade in a major city. People around them would tip their hats in respect as they walked down the street, and the city's important figures would give them a nod. Young men would probably be the girls' dream lovers, while young women might trip over the mountain of love letters piled outside their doors every day.

If they belonged to an evil faction, they would probably be the leader of a gang branch or an overlord ruling a stretch of forest. Though the bounties placed on them openly and secretly added up to no less than four digits in gold coins, anyone rash enough to challenge them was likely searching for their lost head in a roadside ditch.

As for the leaders of major factions, or the famous heroes and powerhouses in Azeroth's history, the system currently had no level evaluations for them. Neither Tonatiuh nor the system had witnessed such power before, so the system could not calculate their levels.

Still, by the system's standards, level 20 was Legendary—essentially the pinnacle of mortal races.

After several consecutive battles, Tonatiuh could now level up.

"System! Is my level added directly to my Warrior level?"

[Yes. If the host takes up other professions, the profession level gained upon leveling up can also be assigned to other professions...]

"So if I train as both a Warrior and a Mage, with Warrior at level 8 and Mage at level 1, then if I level up my Mage, it becomes Warrior 8 and Mage 2?"

[Correct.]

"Got it."

Tonatiuh nodded. He guessed that his system probably calculated levels according to the rules of that DND world.

"Level up my Warrior class!"

Tonatiuh chose without hesitation, continuing down the path of a Warrior with no turning back.

It was not because he was some faith-based Warrior. This body had originally belonged to a powerful Warrior. If he failed to make use of that natural advantage and instead went off to learn magic, he would be an idiot.

Even if he wanted to take up other classes as secondary studies in the future, that could wait until his Warrior level was high enough and he possessed sufficient combat strength.

[Host's Warrior level has increased]

[Current level: Level 9 Great Warrior]

As the system dialogue box vanished, a faint realization arose within Tonatiuh's heart. The blood energy within his body also gathered toward his heart under the guidance of some profound force, making his body tougher and allowing him to gather "Rage" faster and more powerfully.

In Azeroth, the special power Warriors used to unleash powerful combat techniques was generally called "Rage."

According to Tonatiuh's understanding, a Warrior's Rage was created by using a will tempered through countless trials to refine the power of the body's cells—or, rather, its blood energy—then combining it into "Rage." Manifested outside the body, it was a force capable of contending with Arcane, Fel, Holy Light, and other powers.

Hmm... now that he thought about it, it seemed somewhat similar to chakra refinement in the world of ninjas...

In any case.

A powerful Warrior needed both a powerful will and a powerful body. Only when the two were combined could they produce immense "Rage" and erupt with terrifying strength. Thus, Orc Warriors and Tauren Warriors were generally stronger in battle, because those two races possessed the finest physical qualities among Azeroth's mortals.

Although the orcs had not arrived yet.

The powerful Warriors who had appeared throughout Azeroth's history also proved this point. Most of them were orcs and tauren from the Horde. The Alliance had only one famous Warrior: Varian. But Varian had also used cheats. He had been favored and strengthened by the wolf god, so he could not be considered an ordinary human. As for Gilneas's Wolf King, though he was also a Warrior, he was already a worgen and not a pure human.

There were almost no truly powerful pure-blooded human Warriors without cheats. Don't mention Bolvar—he was a Holy Light Warrior! Meanwhile, there were far too many among the orcs and tauren. The Hellscream father and son who had not taken drugs, the Bloodhoof father and son, the Saurfang brothers, Little Saurfang, Thrall without using shamanic power, Durotan of the Old Horde, Orgrim, Blackhand, that one-armed guy whose name he could not remember...

Compared to orcs and tauren, trolls also had physiques well suited to becoming Warriors. Trolls were simply too good at borrowing power from the loa; with a little effort, they could become loa Warriors. Moreover, trolls possessed unparalleled talent in shooting and throwing, and they were also excellent spellcasters—if they were not, how could the elves descended from the dark trolls that split off from them have such outstanding magical talent?!

Troll Warrior bloodlines were not as pure as those of orcs and tauren because trolls' talents could be directed toward many different paths.

But then again, Warriors did not seem to have much of a future. The strongest pure-blooded mortal Warriors all died particularly miserably. There was no need to mention the orcs, but Cairne Bloodhoof had actually been poisoned to death. Varian had been blessed by the wolf god, yet such a powerful figure could only die when surrounded and beaten by demons—if he had been a Mage of the same level, he could probably have escaped through a portal.

Thinking of this.

Tonatiuh found it somewhat troubling.

Fortunately...

He was not some pure-blooded Warrior either.

That was what he thought.

The mission reward, the [Light Fungus Seed], was already in his hands.

[Light Fungus Seed: The seed of a peculiar mushroom. It can grow rapidly with only sunlight or daylight and can be eaten within ten days. It also absorbs ambient energy, filling itself with magic power.]

The reward was the spawn of a mushroom.

There was only one packet of spawn, and the system had also told him that this mushroom could only propagate spawn within the range covered by the [Eternal Statue], producing seeds for replanting. Once it left that range, it could only serve as a one-time fast-growing food and could no longer divide to produce spawn for further planting.

According to Tonatiuh's understanding.

This was the fantasy-and-magic version of super hybrid rice...

It seemed like a very good reward.

It could grow rapidly with moonlight and sunlight and become edible in ten days. That alone already satisfied Tonatiuh greatly. Besides, judging by the later description, it was also a magical plant, which made it even more remarkable.

It was just that, whether in the game or in the chronicles and novels, he had never heard of this kind of mushroom. Perhaps they were not creatures of Azeroth at all.

Just like Tonatiuh's soul and the system.

They had not originally existed in Azeroth either.