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[Jobs Available]
[Apprentice Warrior], [Armored Thrower], [Cursed Armor Brawler], [Slime User], [Phantasmal Armored Shield User], [Armored Artillery User], [Soul Breaker], [Metallic Thread User], [Light & Darkness Spirit Caster], [Armored Tamer Mistress], [Murderous Metallic Mistress], [Hollow Witch], [Accursed Shadow Soul Metallic Knightess] (New!), [Metamorphosis Synthetic Knightess] (New!), [Self-Body Alchemist Crafter] (New!)
Veronica glanced at her available Jobs to be surprised by three new options… which had very bizarre names.
"Accursed Shadow Soul Metallic Knightess… That is a very long name for a Job. I suppose it is based on my Shadow Soul, my fighting abilities, and my armor which seems to depict myself as a… knight? I have been called one by many people by now, and most likely the villagers that survived in Evergreen began to talk even more about me. I guess you can gain the reputation of a knight without being given that title by royalty or knight families���"
Veronica was not a knight at all, she never trained herself as one either, so she was completely clueless on why she was seen as a knight by the system outside of just being called as one by many.
"Metamorphosis Synthetic Knightess… another knight job, this one sounds way eerily than the others. Is my shapeshifting seen as something like 'Metamorphosis'? and Synthetic because… I am not made of flesh?"
Jobs options were not only affected by things such as reputation but also based on the knowledge of the user. Veronica was unaware that her knowledge about atoms, and that she was a synthetic being made out of particles and not cells were to be one of the reasons behind 'unlocking' this Job.
"And the last one… Self-Bod Alchemist Crafter. It must be because I apply alchemy and crafting into my own body parts to convert them into items. I wonder if it will give me a strange Skill… I should check the details of all three and then decide. Though, I have considered taking the Apprentice Warrior and the Slime User Jobs."
Just like Ervas, Veronica knew that Apprentice Jobs could be leveled quite fast, she had decided on taking care of that Job by having a quick hunt through the night with Aqua.
In Aqua's case, after the fight against the Gazer's small army, Aqua ranked up to a Rank 6 Deep Lake Water Slime, and her strength had increased exponentially, although she was still cute and adorable, and due to her ability to shape her size, she seemed almost identical than before.
If she kept going through this evolutionary route, it might be possible for her to become the legendary Ocean Water Slime that Veronica told Aqua about… which was of course something completely made up by her at the moment, but Aqua seemed to have taken it as her mission to become an Ocean Slime, a new species of Slimes never seen before.
Veronica glanced at the new Jobs descriptions, expecting more details than her own conjectures.
[Accursed Shadow Soul Metallic Knightess]
A Job unlocked by a lady that always wears metallic equipment and had never taken it out in her entire life. There is also the need to be recognized as a knight by several individuals and to have developed a soul shrouded in shadows.
This job strengthens the 'Soul Form', 'Soul Materialization', 'Shadow Materialization', 'Armor Technique' and 'Shield Technique' Skills. It also grants the acquisition of the 'Aura of Fear' Skill.
This Job specializes in strength and defense.
[Metamorphosis Synthetic Knightess]
A Job unlocked by someone recognized as a knightess that is also aware of her synthetic body and can mold and shift it as if it were metamorphosis.
This Job strengthens the 'Body Form Manipulation', 'Grow', 'Shrink', 'Armor Technique' and 'Shield Technique' Skills. It also grants the acquisition of the 'Body Size Alteration' and 'Fission' Skills.
This Job specializes in magic, mana, and defense.
[Self-Body Alchemist Crafter]
A Job unlocked by a being that has used Alchemy and Crafting Skills to create special and magical items from its body parts.
This Job strengthens the 'Alchemy', 'Crafting', 'Body Form Manipulation', 'Grow', and 'Shrink' Skills.
"Oh? I can finally get Aura of Fear… and the other jobs don't seem bad either, all of them would help me greatly, but the problem is leveling them all, it sure looks like they will take a long time to level up, as they seem as more advanced than the previous ones. For now, I'll select 'Slime User', as I was interested in getting the skill it gives, it might help me fight alongside Aqua way better… and because it is an old skill, it should be faster to level up than the rest," Veronica decided.
[You have changed Jobs to [Slime User]!]
[You acquired the [Slime Binding Technique; Level 1] Skill!]
[The Level of the [Tame; Level 2] Skill has increased!]
"Come here aqua, let's try this skill out," said Veronica, as Aqua, who was at her side, jumped over her left shoulder…
Splash!
"Guubo?"
Aqua felt as if Veronica was made of some kind of mud or slime.
"Aahh… This feels strange…" muttered Veronica, as she saw Aqua fully dive inside of her body and disappear inside of it.
Aqua found herself in a different place, it was a very warm and comforting place… like a whole world made out of pure mud. She dived inside of it and felt like she was slowly absorbing Mana from within.
Veronica could not see this, but when Aqua appeared once again from within her armor, Veronica connected her mind with Aqua's and saw what she saw.
"So it is like a different space inside of me? But you are not actually just inside of my hollow armor, but a completely different place, like some kind of pocket dimension. I assume that it only works for Slimes…" Veronica analyzed.
Ding!
[Experience Points have reached the required level!]
[Individual 'Job' has increased from level 1 to level 100!]
"Oh? This is… a Job just reached the max level in a few minutes…"
Veronica slowly proceeded with what had just happened as she glanced at Aqua.
"Gubo?"
She realized that Aqua was already a Rank 6 Slime-type monster. And then she also remembered that Jobs often leveled by doing certain actions related to them.
Because she was always fighting, she was assuming that every Job would require the Experience Points of fighting. But a Job such as 'Slime User', which was quite an early one, needed to level by having a Slime 'bind' inside of the user's body.
And because Aqua was an exceptional Slime at Rank 6, it seems that the Job required Experience had been already attained by Veronica, which was to tame strong slimes. Binding it once in her body made it possible to max the level of the Job.
"Well, I should choose 'Apprentice Warrior' and go hunt for a bit, and then change to something else," thought Veronica, changing Jobs.
[You changed Jobs to [Apprentice Warrior]!]
[The Levels of the [Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 4], [Javelin Technique; Level 1], and [Superhuman Strength; Level 1] have increased!]
"Now time for Ranking Up once and for all… What crazy options will I get now…?" asked Veronica to Aqua, as Aqua glanced at her.
"Evolution, gubo?" she said.
"Yeah, I guess you're right- Aqua, did you just spoke?!"
Veronica thought that her ears might be bad or something, but she didn't even have ears.
"Talk, Aqua, gubo?" said Aqua.
"I can understand a few of your words…" muttered Veronica.
"Understand Aqua? Gubo!"
After acquiring the 'Slime Binding Technique' and becoming a 'Slime User', Veronica learned the ability to understand the intentions of Slimes as words. Though this did not reflect itself as a Skill, so Veronica found it out just by talking.
And it seemed that as a bonus, Aqua was also able to understand her better.
"Well, it is nice to know that we can communicate better little Aqua," said Veronica, patting the adorable Aqua.
"Yes! Aqua… Love Master, gubo!"
"Ueh? Ah, you are so cute… I love you too, Aqua!" said Veronica, hugging the little Aqua.
"What about me Aqua?!" said Shade from within Veronica, who had been staying silent up until now.
"Shade, love! Guu!" said Aqua, trying to hug Shade, but it seemed useless as he was ethereal.
"Ah… Aqua…"
The shade seemed moved.
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[Name: Aqua
[Race: Deep Lake Water Slime
[Titles: Tamed Monster
[Type: Slime/Water
[Rank: 6
[Level: 001/100
[Health Points: 354/354 > 744/744
[Mana Points: 213/213 > 389/389
[Strength: 215 > 445
[Defense: 231 > 336
[Magic: 274 > 579
[Resistance: 264 > 454
[Agility: 302 > 657
[Passive Skills]
[Superhuman Strength; Level 1]
[Special Five Senses; Level 4]
[Dark Vision; Level 4]
[Abnormal Status Resistance; Level 4]
[Strengthened Flexibility; Level 5]
[Physical Damage Resistance: Level 4]
[Body Form Manipulation: Level 4]
[Starvation Resistance; Level 1]
[Self-Enhancement; Tamer (Veronica): Level 3]
[Self-Enhancement; Following (Veronica): Level 2]
[Self-Enhancement; Following (Ervas); Level 1]
[Water Attribute Resistance; Level 3]
[Liquid Manipulation; Level 5]
[Mutualism; Tamer (Veronica) Level 3]
[Mana Control; Level 2]
[Chant Revocation; Level 2]
[Strengthened Attribute Values; On Water; Level 1]
[Coordination; Level 2]
[Active Skills]
[Charge; Level 5]
[Projectile Fire; Level 5]
[Absorption Healing; Materials; Level 4]
[Stealth; Level 4]
[Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 3]
[Shield Technique; Level 3]
[Armor Technique; Level 2]
[No-Attribute Magic; Level 2]
[Water Attribute Magic; Level 2]
[Spirit Magic; Level 2]
[Body Size Alteration; Level 1]
[Unique Skill]
[Camouflage; Level 4]
[Befriended Spirits]
[Sylphid, Little Spirit of Wind]