

Heavy spoilers if you haven't gotten past the Return of the Goblin King arc.

> Rudy was not an adventurer until after Shiroe successfully raised him using
> new world-level magic. How was he able to gain levels beforehand? Can People
> of The Land have classes and gain XP even if they are not adventurers? It
> seems to me that you have to be an adventurer before you can gain levels and
> things.


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How could Rudy be a sorcerer before he was an adventurer?


[**Landers**](http://log-horizon.wikia.com/wiki/People_of_the_Land) _(or
People of the Land)_ do gain levels, but is very low compared that of an
Adventurer.

As per his [wikia](http://log-horizon.wikia.com/wiki/Rundelhous_Code):

> He put tremendous effort into this guise; as a Lander, his EXP leveling rate
> was 1/4 that of an Adventurer, yet he was able to achieve a class level
> similar to beginning adventurers before his status change


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