Chapter 125: Folklore Scholars: The Profession of Suicide?
A wave of buffs was given to these residents to ensure that they would not freeze out and get sick, and the panda was gone.
Although Aaron invited him to the lab to wait to see the outcome of the "promiscuous conference", he said that he was a veteran driver of the film for many years and was not interested in it — if the results were worth mentioning, just tell him the results.
Then he went back to his room and went back to sleep.
This time he didn't dream and slept soundly.
Shortly after waking up in the morning, he met Alfiein, who had red eyes and dark circles, yawning and looking sleepless and sluggish.
"What's wrong? Didn't sleep?"
"Yesterday I finally got my hands on the profession of folklorist, and then I spent the whole night studying skills. Alfien said listlessly, "This profession...... It's evil. ”
"It's evil?" asked the panda curiously, "where is the evil door?"
The "Folklore Scholar" class is not available to players in the game, as it hasn't been seen since the original crossover event. Since the world of mad gods never appeared again, and there were no related plots or monsters, then the "folklorist" was of course useless.
In other words, even counting the tens of thousands of players before the crossing, Alfien is the only player "Folklorist".
Because this class only appears once in the crossover event, even the raiders don't have much research on it. Panda knows even less about it - according to his impression, folklorists are a group of people who are mediocre in their own right, and rely on borrowing the power of evil gods to make a living.
That's right, borrowing the power of the evil gods.
Although folklorists are a profession to fight against evil gods, they essentially borrow the power of evil gods - this is a unique content of the Cthulhu worldview, using the power of evil gods to fight against the exorcists of demons and monsters under the command of evil gods.
Since it is borrowing the power of the evil god, of course, it is impossible to really defeat the evil god. Even against powerful evil god minions, they will suffer very much. Therefore, in the original event, those folklorists who were so high that even the full level of sixty could only see the hints of bright red skulls (the difference between each other's level was more than ten levels), so they had to ask the players for help and use the power of the players.
The profession of "folklorist" that Alfien now gets is similar.
According to her introduction, this profession is really just like the impression of the panda, basically relying on "borrowing" to live. In other words, they really only have the ability to fight "flies", and when they encounter "tigers", they will fight in the streets.
Not only that, in addition to the abilities of normal people, their supernormal abilities almost always bring about the so-called "inspiration test", and every time they use their power, they will lose some reason to a greater or lesser extent. In other words, to become a folklorist is to embark on the road of no return to neurosis.
"Damn, aren't you very dangerous!" Hearing this, the panda couldn't help but widen his eyes and exclaimed, "Don't do this broken profession!"
"Rest assured, folklorists themselves have the means to restrain the significant drop in sanity value. Alfiin smiled and said, "Actually, this profession is very suitable for me. I have a very high sense of perception myself, and I can sense the power of the evil god very well and borrow it. And with my professional ability, I was able to avoid a sanity jump most of the time...... Perhaps after becoming a folklorist, my sanity will decline more slowly than before. ”
Panda frowned and asked, "How sane are you now?"
"Sixty-nine, not very low. ”
"Didn't you recover to about ninety before?"
"There will be losses in the process of learning. Alfien smiled lightly and said, "Don't worry, I'll count it myself." If you really can't do it, it's a big deal to commit suicide and go back to the city. After cultivating in the castle for half a month, as long as the sanity value has not really bottomed out, it can be recovered. ”
The panda frowned again: "What will happen if the sanity value really bottoms out?"
Alfien was silent for a moment and raised his eyebrows: "Your question is a bit sharp......"
"What would happen if sanity really bottomed out?" asked Panda again.
Alfien sighed and said, "Will you become crazy...... No, it can't be said to be a madman, according to the knowledge brought by professional skills, it should be distorted by the power of the evil god to distort his understanding of the world, and become a strange person similar to a cult fanatic. ”
Panda sighed deeply: "This is simply a suicidal profession! The price is too great, so forget it!"
"Don't worry, I've prepared a lot of means to restore sanity, even if sanity drops, it's too late to save it. Alfiin smiled lightly and said, "It's nothing more than a ritual thing." ”
"What if the situation is urgent and there is no time to carry out the ceremony?" asked the panda.
"Having said that, the sanity of our folklorists will not plummet, and no matter how urgent the situation is, we can guarantee that we will not lose too much in the 'one adventure'. So no matter what, there will always be enough sanity left for the ceremony. This is the minimum level of professionalism, please trust my professional ability!"
Panda shook his head: "You are a professional ghost! You are not a professional folklorist at all! How can I trust you?"
"I'm the highest-ranking folklorist in the world, how can I call it unprofessional?" Alfiin smiled slyly, "A folklorist of level thirty-eight is three levels higher than the village chief's level thirty-five. If I am not a professional folklorist, there will be no professional folklorist in this world. ”
"There are no professional folklorists in this world!" said the panda unceremoniously, "This world is dying!"
Alfien looked at his stubborn face, and couldn't help but smile and sigh: "You, you're really stubborn!"
"I've always been so stubborn, and it's not just today. ”
"But I'm also a stubborn person. Alfien also became serious, "Maybe you think that when the sky falls, you should be the one to carry it; if you can't bear it, there will be other men to carry it, and it will not be the turn of women to go on top...... But I don't think so. In my opinion, since I have this ability, I should play this role. Even if the sky fell and I was needed as a sacrifice, I would only blame myself for my bad luck and not turn around and run away. ”
She was silent for a while, and then whispered, "Cowering back without a profit, trembling like a quail, watching others take risks and fight, such a thing is enough for once." Even if I die, I don't want to die like a bastard!"
"Death is not terrible. The panda also said solemnly, "Besides, we won't die." On the contrary, if you really completely lose your sanity and are distorted your understanding of the world, it is worse than death!"
He sighed deeply again and persuaded: "You are the only folklorist among us, as long as you don't have an accident, we still have a guarantee, no matter what, there is hope for salvation." But if something happens to you, we don't even have a guarantee...... That's all I say, you must take care!"
After saying that, he shook his head, sighed, and turned to leave. Only the frowning Alfien was left standing in place, thoughtful.