Through Luna's explanation, Toma finally learned a few things about this world.
First of all, the continent they were currently on was called the Western Continent.
Yes.
The Western Continent.
There wasn't some strange or grandiose fantasy name.
The continent was literally named after a direction.
That was because other continents existed besides this one.
Unfortunately, Luna had never left the Western Continent, so she knew absolutely nothing about the others.
At this point, Toma couldn't help looking down on Luna a little.
'You were a royal guard, yet you don't even know something like that?'
'What the hell were you doing in the palace all those years...?'
No one had ever properly measured exactly how large the Western Continent was.
As a result, everyone simply knew that it was...
Very, very large.
However, according to merchants who traveled between continents, the Western Continent was actually considered relatively small compared to the others.
Hearing this, Toma immediately started complaining internally again.
'How big is "very, very large" supposed to be?!'
'Give me something to compare it to! I have absolutely no idea what that means!'
'And another thing!'
'Why do protagonists in other novels immediately know everything about their new world the moment they arrive?!'
'Meanwhile, I can't even figure out something as basic as the size of this continent!'
'Am I just unlucky, or are the people of the Western Continent the unlucky ones?!'
...
The professions in this world were broadly divided into two categories.
Warriors and Mages.
Of course, those were merely umbrella terms.
Anyone who used Battle Aura could generally be called a Warrior.
It didn't matter whether they fought with swords, spears, sabers, halberds, bows, staves, hooks, or anything else.
The same applied to Mages.
Anyone who used Magic Power could broadly be classified as a Mage.
Naturally, there were countless specialized professions beneath those two categories.
Among Warriors, for example, there were Knights who wielded lances and charged into battle on horseback.
There were Shield Warriors who fought with enormous shields.
There were Swordsmen who specialized in dual swords, greatswords, or single swords.
There were Assassins capable of using Stealth.
And there were Thieves who could pick locks or even create openings in magical barriers.
Despite their differences, all of these professions ultimately fell under the Warrior category.
Mages worked the same way.
Although they were collectively called Mages, there were numerous specialized branches.
There were Alchemists who specialized in refining all kinds of magical potions.
White Mages who specialized in restorative magic.
Black Mages who specialized in offensive magic.
Barrier Mages who specialized in barrier spells.
Druids, a profession unique to the Nature Spirit race.
And Blood Mages belonging to the Vampire race.
All of them could broadly be classified as Mages.
Even the term Black Mage was itself another umbrella classification.
It didn't matter whether someone used fire, water, or some completely different magical element.
As long as they specialized in offensive and destructive magic, they could be classified as a Black Mage.
The same general principle applied to White Mages.
In that regard, this world was somewhat different from the fantasy worlds Toma remembered.
In the otherworld stories Toma knew, restorative magic usually belonged exclusively to priests of the Church of Light.
This world was different.
Although a Church of Light did exist, its priests were far more famous for purification and dispelling magic.
They weren't particularly renowned for healing because other forms of magic could accomplish the same thing.
Water magic possessed its own restorative spells.
Even dark magic had healing spells.
However, dark-element healing had a relatively limited range of suitable targets.
If used on someone possessing the light element, it would cause damage instead of healing them.
Light magic worked similarly.
As the natural opposite of dark magic, light-element healing could restore people of other elements, but it would instead damage those aligned with darkness.
Because of this, Light Mages and Dark Mages traditionally had terrible relationships.
It was similar to the relationship between Water Mages and Fire Mages.
People with unrelated elements generally had no problems being around one another.
But when people possessing directly opposing elements met, there was almost always an uncomfortable feeling between them.
Of course, healing magic wasn't limited to those few elements.
Every magical element possessed at least several corresponding restorative spells.
At the very least, each element could heal targets aligned with that same element.
And when discussing magic, there was one branch that absolutely couldn't be ignored.
Necromancy.
Almost everyone despised Necromancy.
And the reason wasn't simply because Necromancers manipulated the corpses of the dead.
They were also infamous for their curse magic.
Curses were notoriously difficult to defend against.
Only light magic could purify them, while dark magic could provide immunity.
Every other element would be affected to some degree, although the severity varied.
According to Toma's understanding of fantasy worlds, Necromancers were exactly the kind of people who should have been hunted down and exterminated by everyone else.
However, after listening to Luna's explanation, he learned that quite a few Necromancers still existed in this world.
There were several reasons.
First, Necromancers themselves knew perfectly well how hated they were.
As a result, they generally kept an extremely low profile and only appeared in remote places where few people traveled.
Second...
There was their terrifying curse magic.
A curse could cause something as minor as a cold or a cough...
Or something as severe as a catastrophic accident seemingly falling from the heavens.
How the hell were you supposed to defend against something like that?
Since there was no reliable way for ordinary people to protect themselves, most people followed a very simple rule.
If you didn't absolutely need to provoke a Necromancer...
Then don't.
Finally, there would always be nobles unwilling to accept death.
Some nobles secretly funded Necromancers in hopes of obtaining a method of immortality.
Did Necromancers actually possess a way to make someone immortal?
Toma didn't know.
Luna didn't know either.
Maybe they did.
Maybe they didn't.
But those nobles terrified of death would probably choose to believe such a method existed regardless.
At this point, something suddenly occurred to Toma.
"Then how are Magic Warriors classified?"
Luna looked toward him.
Toma continued,
"You know, Warriors who can use both Battle Aura and magic."
After reading countless novels and playing countless games, Toma was certain people like that had to exist in this world as well.
People capable of using both Battle Aura and magic.
But if that was the case...
Were they considered Warriors?
Or Mages?