Once the first group of Acolytes were finished with Librarian Gareth, they returned to Joseph and explained the situation to him in detail. All of them had managed to awaken the mage class, and while some had considered other options from the base classes, they had ultimately all chosen to go with the one they knew.
As with the Spellblades under Prince Corbin, they had to worry about messing up their future by picking a class that was incompatible with the Sect teachings.
Unlike the Golden Dragon Nation, there was really only one path for most of the other nations, and that was the path of the combat or research mages.
That was the only way that the humans could compete with the other species without technology, and the Golden Dragon Nation was the only one that had focused on technological development, thanks to their previous lack of mages.
It was the largest human nation on the continent, but before the Elite program began, it had only three Spellblade Clans in the entire territory, when most capital cities in other human nations had at least two, plus all the ones that were scattered through the countryside.
"Oh, Janice is out already, and she doesn't look happy." Joseph chuckled.
She began stomping toward the portal with a glare on her face, but she was intercepted just outside the ruins by the massive body of Librarian Gareth, who hadn't gotten his part of the bargain yet.
"We had a deal. No leaving without telling me everything that happened inside."
Janice sighed and gathered her thoughts, while the Blue Dragon smirked at her and read her mind.
"When I first entered, I was in a space with a clone image of myself, where I was allowed to choose a Class from the System. But it only gave me one option, Spellblade." She began.
"Did the system say anything? Give you an idea why you only got one option? Many of the young ones got a half dozen choices, but only one of them could choose Spellblade." The Dragon asked.
The mage gave him an annoyed look, then sighed and mumbled something too low to be heard.
"Sorry, I didn't catch that." Gareth informed her.
"I said, it called me fat and lazy, then berated me for not awakening the system interface before now. I'm a researcher, for World Dragon's sake, when would have I awakened the System? Yet, it yelled at me for five straight minutes before it let me choose and leave."
"So, you selected the only option and left as soon as it let you?" The dragon asked.
"That is correct."
"Alright, that's all I needed to know. You can wait at the table if you like. There are refreshments."
Karl created another chair so she could sit with them, and Janice eyed the tray of snacks with curiosity.
"Who provided these? What an odd grouping." She commented.
"That would be me. It was what I had available, but they go well together. There is tea as well. It's pretty good, a little minty." Karl informed her with a smile. freёwebnovel.com
The tea was a Remi creation, and it was technically boiled leaves, even if most of them came from medicinal herbs growing in her swamp.
Janice sipped the tea, then did a double take. "What did you put in this? Is this some sort of regional delicacy?"
Joseph laughed. "It's an acquired taste. I like the devil mint and spirit leaf grass combination, though. It goes well with the divine chamomile. Calming and refreshing at the same time."
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