Main Classes require experience to level up.
Sub-classes need experience too.
However, the latter have more diverse ways of leveling—not just by fighting, but through crafting, reading, studying, and comprehending.
There are quite a few types of sub-classes:
Pharmacist, Alchemist, Blacksmith, Enchanter, Dismantler, Beast Tamer, Jeweler, Tailor, Chef…
With such a wide variety, most of them fall into either the Production or Gathering branches. It's no surprise that sub-classes are often called "Life Classes" or "Social Classes."
Though called "sub," for many families in reality, if their child happens to awaken a talent in one of these fields, it's considered a significant blessing.
After all, those who specialize in sub-classes generally don't have to fight on the front lines against monsters.
In fact, over the past decade, the social standing of Pharmacists, Alchemists, and Enchanters has been rising steadily.
For example, a local pharmaceutical company in Dongyun has a market value exceeding 100 billion, and its chairman is a renowned master Pharmacist.
If a student has a B- or higher aptitude in fields like Pharmacology or Enchantment, they can get into top universities without even being judged on combat scores—so long as their academic scores are sufficient.
Seen in this light, even if the combat path is closed off, the sub-class path is still a promising avenue.
As the saying goes, "All r lead to Rome."
"If any of you become big shots in the future, don't forget your old classmates."
Despite the lighthearted remarks, the students who had withdrawn from the entrance exam couldn't help but envy those still fighting in the dungeon.
They were still chasing their dreams.
After all, the center of the world's stage, the brightest spotlight, still shone on the combat professions.
Only those individuals could uphold the world's order.
They were the chosen ones, the prodigies of tomorrow.
"What about the Wen brothers?"
In Class One, the Rocket Class, the famed Wen twins were the undisputed stars.
Even before this, they were considered Dongyun High School's brightest hopes, potential record-breakers in school history.
The school had poured countless resources and training into these two geniuses.
But…
Since these withdrawn students had sat down, the crowd hadn't mentioned the brothers at all.
Instead, they kept hearing things like "Unclassed Drifter," "headshot every shot," "combat all-rounder," "swordsmanship genius" murmured from the underclassmen behind them.
Huh?
"What's that about?"
"Drifter? Who even chooses to be an Unclassed Drifter anymore? Isn't that just asking for a beatdown?"
They didn't think too deeply about it and treated it as a joke.
"The 'swordsmanship genius' must refer to Da Wen—the older brother. He chose the Swordsman class and is known for his dual-sword mastery."
"And the 'headshot every shot' guy must be Xiao Wen. A veteran Gunner, and I heard he chose to become a Wandering Gunner as his Second Advancement."
"Honestly, in terms of this year's exam results, Xiao Wen has the best shot at becoming top scorer."
The twins were neck-and-neck in terms of strength.
But soloing dungeons was easier for a Gunner than a Swordsman.
Then again… Gunners rely heavily on positioning and precision. The margin for error is smaller than for Swordsmen.
High risk, high reward—hard to say who would come out on top.
At this moment, more students who had been healed and recovered started to return to their seats.
All of them were whispering the same thing—curious and concerned about the fate of the Wen brothers.
The floating holographic screens still hadn't shown any footage of them.
All the split screens displayed were failure recaps or first-person defeat perspectives.
Apparently, this was the post-failure experience-sharing segment.
None of them had expected that the younger students weren't concerned about the school's supposed future stars at all.
Instead, most of their faces were filled with anxiety and restlessness.
"Who are these kids even idolizing these days?"
"They're so impatient and unfocused. This segment is meant to teach them from others' mistakes, and they're treating it like a joke."
The older students shook their heads.
Each generation gets worse.
"I'm freaking out!!"
"Same! Just when it's getting good, they cut to failure recaps?!"
The voices from the underclassmen were getting louder.
The atmosphere was turning into a marketplace.
Impatience!
They were way too impatient.
It was like watching the climax of a Hollywood blockbuster—only to have the screen suddenly switch to an educational program.
Frustration was inevitable.
Unbearable.
Truly unbearable.
Right now, Senior Yun had definitely already cleared the third palace stage. He should be facing the final boss!
Everyone was dying to see how this Unclassed Drifter would deal with the final challenge!!
But no—
The screens were still stuck on failure stories?!
Thud!
Someone finally snapped. A junior student roared out loud:
"Proctor, change the channel!"
"Yeah! We want to see Senior Yun!!"
"Save the failure analysis for later—let us watch Brother Yun's final fight!"
"Switch it!"
"Damn it, switch the damn screen!"
With someone leading the chant, the crowd exploded like a tidal wave.
The underclassmen in the back rows all started shouting for the proctors to switch the footage to Senior Yun.
Wait a second…
Senior Yun? Brother Yun?
Who the heck was that?!
The withdrawn seniors were completely confused.
They didn't even know what was going on anymore.
"Wait—Xiao Wen just appeared in front of the Bronze Gate. He failed too?!"
At this point in time, even the strongest students should've only just entered Stage 3.
Seeing Xiao Wen standing outside the Bronze Gate could only mean one thing—Dongyun High School's most promising star had failed!
It's over.
Xiao Wen, the Gunner, failed…
Was Dongyun High School doomed to continue its downward spiral?
"I'm sorry, Teacher…"
"I was reckless. My mana was nearly depleted, but I rushed in anyway to beat the timer. I didn't wait to recover and… well…"
Injured and withdrawn, Xiao Wen looked devastated. He couldn't even raise his head to face the homeroom teacher.
The third stage had too many spellcasting enemies. Their wide-area AOE attacks overwhelmed him when he had no mana left.
In the end, he collapsed from exhaustion—his arm injured, unable to lift his gun—and had no choice but to quit the dungeon.
"Sigh…"
Seeing his prized student fall due to such recklessness, the teacher let out a long sigh. His expression was extremely complicated.
He regretted that Xiao Wen had failed to make school history—and possibly ruined his future prospects.
But deeper still… he couldn't blame him.
Because that other "reckless" Unclassed Drifter had already cleared Stage 3.
That guy had been completely out of mana too—but still went on a double-gun massacre, turning it into a slaughter fest.
Compared to that…
His star student just didn't measure up.
Sigh!
That sigh also held a trace of regret—regret that he hadn't managed to recruit that other prodigy from Jin Sheng's class.
"Switch all footage to Yun Chen!"
"We don't need any more failure lessons—Proctor, now, immediately, switch the feed!!"
At that moment, a voice thundered from the center of the audience—resounding and commanding.
It was Principal Fang.
He'd just seen the school's most promising seed player fall, and his anxiety was skyrocketing.
Who knows what kind of situation Yun Chen is facing inside right now?!
Damn that proctor for still…
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