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[Jobs Available]
[Apprentice Warrior], [Armored Thrower], [Cursed Armor Brawler], [Apprentice No-Attribute Mage], [Apprentice Spirit Caster], [Shadow Soul Fighter] (New!), [Slime User] (New!)
Before Veronica, two new Jobs had appeared in her Job Change Tab.
"'Shadow Soul Fighter'? It might be because I use my soul to fight. It is probably an advanced job of 'Soul User'… and 'Slime User'? Is it related to using Aqua equipped in my armor body to fight? What a strange-sounding name…" muttered Veronica.
Veronica felt that, unlike her previous life, she was becoming more and more specialized in fighting with the 'Unarmed Fighting Technique' and her materialized soul, areas that she had not explored in detail in her previous life.
Unlike she had thought, she had barely used 'No-Attribute Magic', perhaps because 'Spirit Magic' with Shade's assistance was enough for her. Magic could be trained aside from fighting, but she needed a safe place to train properly, and she did not have such a thing in the middle of a dangerous dungeon.
For now, she wanted to specialize even further in what she was good at and picked the 'Shadow Soul Fighter' as an obvious choice.
Perhaps if she were to not get a better job after this, she would choose 'Cursed Armor Brawler' as she thought that it might enhance her armor technique as well as her unarmed fighting technique.
Ding!
[You have changed Jobs to [Shadow Soul Fighter]!]
[The Levels of the [Soul Form; Level 2], [Soul Materialization; Level 2], and [Shadow Manipulation; Level 1] Skills have increased!]
Sensing a slight increase in the efficacy of her skills, Veronica was finally done, and only ten seconds had passed. This was due to her fast thought processing.
For a moment she wondered when she would get the skill itself that represented fast thought processing, but she could only hope that one day it would pop up.
"Alright, let's get going," said Veronica, as she grabbed on Aqua who extended her body and covered her partially, while using 'Stealth' and 'Camouflage', while also manipulating the shadows without having to ask for Shade's assistance, shrouding herself in them.
Running towards the stairs upwards, she felt the screeches of monsters who had sensed the fighting sounds and the smell of corpses. However, Aqua had already eaten every single spider, so the scavenging monsters were left with nothing.
By activating the 'Charge' Skill, Veronica was able to run at an outstanding speed, even more now that she had evolved, and her armor body had become swifter and lighter.
Running through the next floor, she began to inspect the different corridors and evaded traps. As she did, she felt the presence of her split soul, become slightly stronger.
"Hm… Is it gaining Experience Points? I wonder if it was reincarnated as a human, or a demon, or something else… It would be sad if both of us were to become monsters…" muttered Veronica.
"What do you mean?" asked Shade
"Ah… I'm talking about my… err, sibling." Said Veronica.
"Sibling? Oh, did you both reincarnate?" asked Shade.
"Something like that… our souls… are connected, and I can feel its progress as well. I just hope that it is fine, in whatever it had reincarnated into…" muttered Veronica.
"If she or he was born with similar capabilities as you, it should be doing fine then. Perhaps it had already obtained a Spirit as a companion" said Shade, being oddly positive.
"You are quite the odd spirit, aren't you, Shade?" said Veronica, changing the topic.
"Me…? Hm… What do you mean…?" asked Shade.
"Spirits aren't usually as talkative as you. At least not until the Spirit Magic-user develops the skill to a high level." Said Veronica.
"Hmm… if you want me to shut up, you can just say it" said Shade, slowly shrouding himself in the shadows of Veronica's dark soul.
"Wait! No, I do not really want that! You are the only one that can speak with me after all, the first person that I got to meet in this third life… I'm just grateful for that" said Veronica.
The shade seemed to become silent, pretending to be sleeping, he was flustered by Veronica's words.
"Shade? Please, don't get mad" said Veronica.
"I… I am a person to you?" asked Shade.
"Of course! You are a spirit, but that does not make you a wild animal or creature, right? You can talk and have your own thoughts and personality. You're a person to me" said Veronica.
"A person… By that logic that you have, I suppose there is some truth. Thanks, Veronica. Since I meet you that I never talked with someone so much before. It all feels quite strange" said Shade.
"I suppose living in seclusion inside a dungeon didn't help your social skills…" said Veronica.
"Social skills? What are social skills?" asked Shade, interested.
"They are skills that people develop to talk with other people swifter. Those who lack experience in talking with others lack these skills" said Veronica.
"I see… so it's a System Skill? I cannot gain skills in the system" said Shade.
"Haha… It's not a System Skill" said Veronica, chuckling by Shade's adorable naivety.
"Why are you laughing? I didn't say a joke, did I?" asked Shade.
"It's… nothing, sorry. They are just an ability that people develop naturally, no System involved" said Veronica.
"I see… could I develop it?" asked Shade.
"Of course! Though… I am not the best of teachers. I always was bad at social interactions… but I tried my best in my past life, and managed to get somewhere with my citizens. But it was a hard battle" said Veronica.
"A hard battle…? You fought against your citizens?" asked Shade, clueless.
"No… it wasn't a fight like fighting for real! Haha… It was just an internal fight with myself, I tried to stop being so sociably awkward and get better social skills… it took a long time, years, but I managed to get to the heart of my citizens" said Veronica.
"I see… so you were taking care of people before? Were you a king or a queen?" asked Shade.
"A… queen, the queen of demons, the weakest in history," said Veronica, with a bit of melancholy.
"The weakest one? But you are not weak, you are fairly strong, Veronica" said Shade.
"You think so? Well, to the standards of my people back then, I was very weak, talentless even… I suppose demons of high caste were completely on another level than me… I would have liked to have met my father. It was said that he was the strongest Demon King, but perished when fighting against the Light Hero, both struck down each other" said Veronica.
"So you grew up with your mother?" asked Shade.
"No… only with my servants, my mother died alongside my father, protecting the Demon Nation," said Veronica.
"Hm… It must have been hard…" muttered Shade.
"It was, but that's in the past! I already died in that life. For now, I am trying to look in the bright side of my third life, you are part of it" said Veronica.
"I… I suppose so, I am a Light Attribute Spirit after all" said Shade.
"Sigh… I did not mean the bright side! But figuratively, you're part of the good things of this life" said Veronica.
"Oh… Thanks, Veronica" muttered Shade, embarrassed, hiding its small body inside of Veronica's dark soul.
"You're welcome. And… how did you learn my name? That's my original name…" asked Veronica.
"Original name? It is the name that you identify with. When I befriended you, this name was given to me. Did you had another name?" asked Shade.
"Yes… I was also named Anastacia, but Veronica is still stuck with me. Well, I am also glad that you are not calling me a 'piece of junk' anymore! You had a pretty quick development with me." said Veronica.
"You're getting quite cocky… If you want it so much, I'll keep calling you a piece of junk" said Shade.
"Haha! You are so stubborn… No, I prefer Veronica!" said Veronica.
"I thought that when you were given a name, you would identify by it. Yet, you were named Anastacia, but you identify with 'Veronica'?" asked Shade.
"Ah, well, yeah, that's how Demons are. We like to make our own names" said Veronica, giving Shade a small lie.
"Hm… then does it mean that I can name myself as well despite me being a Light Spirit of the dark spectrum often called 'Shade'?" asked Shade.
"I… Well, if you put it like that… yeah, why not? Do you have a name in mind?" asked Veronica.
"No," said Shade.
"Ah… well, think about one for now, if you want…" muttered Veronica.
"Blob!" said Aqua.
"Were you listening to our conversation, Aqua? Whenever you learn how to speak, you can call me Veronica too" said Veronica.
"Blob!" said Aqua, happily.
"I don't think she understands you very well, but she's happy, nonetheless. A quite simple slime she is" said Shade.
"That's right… Hm?"
As Veronica advanced through the shadows, almost undetected, her path was blocked by a large creature… several of them.
"Those are crabs?" asked Shade.
"Yes, but they seem slightly different, they have evolved," said Veronica.
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[Name: Nameless (Veronica)
[Race: Spiritual Shadow Living Armor.
[Age: 0
[Titles: Monster Tamer (New!)
[Type: Undead/Ethereal/Material
[Rank: 3
[Level: 001/100
[Job: Shadow Soul Fighter.
[Job History: Armored Unarmed Fighter, Soul User.
[Level: 001/100
[Health Points: 215/215 > 225/225
[Mana Points: 225/225 > 265/265
[Strength: 176
[Defense: 260
[Magic: 117 > 137
[Resistance: 89
[Agility: 100 > 120
[Passive Skills]
[Memory Retention; Level 4]
[Special Five Senses; Level 6]
[Soul Form; Level 3]
[Mana Enlargement; Level 5]
[Magic Enlargement; Level 5]
[Abnormal Status Immunity]
[Strengthened Physical Power; Level 3]
[Physical Damage Resistance; Level 2]
[Armor Rearrangement; Level 2]
[Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor); Level 2]
[Shadow Manipulation; Level 2]
[Active Skills]
[Hardworking; Level 7]
[Appraisal; Level 6]
[Charge; Level 3]
[Coordination; Level 2]
[Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 3]
[Throwing; Level 2]
[Shield Technique; Level 2]
[No-Attribute Magic; Level 1]
[Mana Control; Level 2]
[Spirit Magic; Level 2]
[Cursed Wounds; Level 2]
[Soul Materialization; Level 3]
[Armor Technique; Level 2]
[Tame; Level 1]
[Unique Skills]
[Armory; Level 1]
[Current Armory Slots: 2]
[Slot 1: [Arachnid Venomous Scarlet Dusk Living Armor] [Armor]
[Slot 2: [Medium-Sized Silver Centipede Carapace Shield] [Shield]
[Befriended Spirits]
[Shade, Spirit of Shadows and Darkness (Light-Attribute)]
[Tamed Monsters]
[Slot 1: [Rank 2: Water Slime, Aqua]