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Chapter 281: That Job Isn't on the List
At last, the moment of my result screen is here!
Let's go through the upper jobs I noted down.
'Available Jobs'
【Enhanced Warrior】new
【Super Spearman】new
【Multi-Spearman】
【Immortal Shielder】new
【Wide-Area Shielder】new
【Charge Shielder】
【Detector】new
【Tracker】new
【Stealth User】new
【Ranger】new
【Illusionist】new
【Assassin】
【Stargazer】new
【Stalker】new
【Berserker】
【Charge Armorer】new
'Next'
Sixteen in all.
I thought I'd beaten Soushi's fifteen, but if his list grew again at Floor 40, I lose......
By the way, Soushi apparently did go and become 【Talismaneer】.
We were both busy during test season, so I haven't seen it yet, but I'm sure he's been practicing in secret.
A surprise from Soushi might be coming too.
(Well then, from the top...... 【Enhanced Warrior】, huh?)
It didn't show up last time.
The appearance condition is probably self-buffs?
Super mode counts as self-buffing, so I figure it appeared because I've used it a certain number of times.
【Enhanced Warrior】's weapon enhancement is 【Weapon Enhancement・High】.
Since it enhances weapons in general, being able to enhance anything is nice.
The trade-off is that its enhancement output is considered weak.
Some people say the real strongest is actually 【Weapon Enhancement・Short Sword】.
Something about how the smaller the weapon, the stronger the enhancement.
Ao-san's weapon enhancement being the strongest is what started that rumor, though.
Since Ao-san's case involves 【Cooking】-based enhancement, it's hard to say.
And weapon enhancement varies from person to person, so you can't generalize—besides, Sword Saint has 【Weapon Enhancement・Sword・Extreme】.
As a single enhancement, 'Extreme' would be overwhelmingly stronger.
I got sidetracked, but 【Enhanced Warrior】 has self-enhancement, so as a sub-job it's actually quite a good option.
(Next is 【Super Spearman】)
The 【Super Spearman】 I was aiming for showed up.
Using skills with a non-standard spear as the appearance condition, maybe?
The daily routine of enhancing the 'Giant's Spear' at Mia-san's shop finally paid off.
(No, really, that spear is HEAVY......)
【Super Spearman】 is a job whose attack power rises with the size of the weapon.
Am I right in thinking it simply makes weapon enhancement stronger?
The heavier it is, the more attack power it should have—and then extra on top of that. A job overflowing with romance.
That Osaka person, I hear, rides a motorbike swinging around an enormous spear.
From the moment this one appeared, I figured it would come to this......
(And here I thought that if this one didn't show, it'd be 【Multi-Spearman】......)
【Multi-Spearman】 is an unusual job that lets you wield spears without your hands.
Apparently you can float multiple spears in the air and control them, but increasing the number of spears you can control seems to take skill points that double every time.
Fighting with a charged spear left floating in the air, or driving one down from above the moment the main body creates an opening—I could have shown off some proper Hiramatsu-ryu-style combat with that one.
Its appearance condition seems to be enhancing multiple spears, so all that experimenting with different weapons came in handy.
(Next, the shields: 【Immortal Shielder】 and 【Wide-Area Shielder】)
【Immortal Shielder】—a job that lets you fix your shield in place, I suppose?
It's a counter-specialized job that, contrary to its name, is actually quite aggressive.
While the skill is active, attacks you receive apparently don't produce any recoil on the shield.
Being able to counterattack without ever losing your balance is a huge advantage, so plenty of people take it as their main.
The condition is supposedly receiving with the shield and counterattacking.
(......Did I ever do that?)
【Immortal Shielder】, perhaps because of how easy it is to unlock, probably has more holders than 【Wide-Area Shielder】, if you count adventurers.
And the other shield job, 【Wide-Area Shielder】, is counted among the strongest jobs in existence.
That's Kaito-san's job—the sea half of 'Blue Ocean'.
Worldwide, it's THE shield job, no contest—but in my case, I want weapon enhancement, so maybe not?
My main is technically a shield job too.
Stacking 【Charge Shielder】 to halve skill-point costs and aim for a 50-point ultimate skill is one route—but if I'm going that far, then the last one......
(Next, the scout jobs: 【Detector】, 【Tracker】, 【Stealth User】, 【Ranger】, 【Illusionist】, 【Assassin】)
Six scout jobs.
【Assassin】 was already there, so that's five new ones.
【Detector】 widens the range of scout skills; 【Tracker】, conversely, can pinpoint a targeted opponent's location—and hide from that same opponent.
If you can track someone down from the traces they leave, you could become not a great detective, but a lost detective—labyrinth-limited, that is.
【Stealth User】 is a job that specializes in concealment.
Beginner scout skills are already more than effective enough, so what would the upper ones be like?
I do know about 【Magic Concealment】—the one that keeps you from being caught by 【Magic Detection】.
Would golems stop reacting to me?
【Ranger】 has a katakana job name.
In Japanese it would apparently come out as 'Prowler'—but when an English-style name is the common one, that's the one the dungeon goes with.
The dungeon being considerate, or something......
【Ranger】 is a job that makes use of terrain, it should be.
It can learn things like 【Mimicry】.
And then, 【Illusionist】.
It makes illusions.
A scout job of the visual-deception type.
It might be demonically strong in fights against people.
"Sorry, but your eyes are......"—I want to try that line out.
But I never intended to go scout-class for anything but 【Ninja】, so it's a no for all of them.
What do I do if the ninja count goes up next time......
(General class—the famous ones showed up)
【Stargazer】.
The upper job of 【Fortune-Teller】.
The beginner side had properly gained 【Fortune-Teller】 too.
No idea why it appeared.
Something about being able to read your fortune inside the dungeon.
A job whose whole pitch is: don't enter the dungeon on an unlucky day.
HQ has tons of shops run by 【Fortune-Teller】 holders, and tomorrow's participants are supposed to include one.
Anego-san says they never hit at all, but maybe upper jobs actually work?
Still, no way I'm taking this one.
(Now the rare slots......)
Huh? 【Stalker】?
That job isn't on the list.
It's not there, but allow me to explain anyway.
I've never heard of anyone becoming one, but the learnable skills are apparently identical to 【Tracker】's.
The prevailing guess is that it's a general-class job with access to upper scout skills.
The rumor says it appears on the list of "that person you must never give stat corrections to."
As a sub, I could run absolutely wild with that......
I'll keep the fact that it appeared a secret.
(Now the rare slot, for real this time......)
No 【Berserker】.
With those stats it's a highly recommended main-job pick, but there's no point taking it as a sub.
I've witnessed the sheer madness of wounds healing one after another while the skill is active, but the problem is you can't cancel 【Frenzy】 yourself.
Shiraishi-san as she is now could probably use recovery magic on the same level or better, so—no.
(And then, the one in question......)
【Charge Armorer】, is it.
I've never heard of it even online, and Kasumi-san doesn't know it either.
It's in the rare slot—rare enough that it might never have been taken by anyone.
Kasumi-san says it might be a job that only appears at Floor 40, branching off from an upper job.
Could it be because the Shield Gauntlet counts as an arm guard, and I 'Charged' it?
If it carries the same 'Charge' as 【Charge Spearman】 and 【Charge Shielder】, then it should have a super mode of its own.
As a skill name, would that make it 【Charge・Armor・High】?
The full-armor-charge-makes-you-invincible theory!
It sounds like a fun job, but it probably has no weapon enhancement.
Armor you've 'Charged' could reasonably be considered a weapon, I suppose—but it'd be another one of those MP-eaters, wouldn't it.
Maybe I should just take 【Scout】's 【Weapon Enhancement・Short Sword】 and use that for everyday purposes?
(Speaking of which—a third super mode, huh......)
Right now, hyper mode—the two combined—sealed even the Manticore.
As I am now, inside the dungeon I could probably beat Hiramatsu-san head-on.
But if an even higher super mode stacks on top of that......
'You rely too much on your skills. If you can't do anything unless your skills activate, you're not adventurer material.'
I remember what 'Sword Saint-chan' told me.
Maybe I really am not cut out to be an adventurer.
Anyone can get strong if they just keep stacking super modes, after all.
But as long as the skills activate......
I could reach 'Sword Saint-chan' herself......
(That's a bad way to think......)
I shake my head and shake the thought loose.
Which of two people is stronger doesn't matter at all.
Then what does matter......?
"Haruki-san, was there a problem with the paperwork?"
Hayashi-san noticed me shaking my head and asked. Yes.
I was in the middle of a meeting......
"Sorry. Just some neck exercises......"
"Worn out already? We're nearly finished, so it's all right. Now then, last of all, please sign this contract."
While I was thinking about all sorts of things, the final briefing for tomorrow came to an end.
I didn't hear a word of it......
Contracts are placed in front of Anego-san as the client-side representative, and, as escort-party leader, before Soushi and Fluffy-skirt-san—Hondo-san, that is. Yes.
Our party's leader is Soushi-kun (Natsukawa Soushi).
Every party apparently has a name, but parties are usually called "so-and-so's party," after their leader.
The one who inevitably gets famous is the leader.
Bear Ossan is like that, and the one called 'Japan's Number One Adventurer' is leader Ao-san, not 'Sword Saint-chan'.
So I'm not the party leader—the whole point is that I must not stand out.
When we filed our party application, the leader had to be decided, and Aikawa said Soushi was fine, so Soushi it became.
Even after I leave in four years, it stays "Soushi's party," and all the fame built up until then carries over—I think that's a good thing.
"Soushi-kun, sign here."
Hayashi-san, who has planted herself right beside Soushi, kindly guides him.
Lately, Hayashi-san is kinder to Soushi than she is to me.
She's trying to charm the leader of the promising party over to her side.
Mmm-mmm, isn't she a little too close?
Aikawa is doing Mmm-mmm too, you know?
"Um, is it this spot?"
The cute voice belongs to Anego-san.
Sato-san is seated next to her.
She's all flustered over the pretty boy.
When everyone took their seats, Hayashi-san smoothly arranged for Sato-san to sit beside Anego-san.
The effect is remarkable.
Did Anego-san actually listen to the briefing?
Watching this, Mia-san and Fluffy-san snorted.
(I need to focus on what's in front of me!)
I pull myself together and check the contract's contents over Soushi's shoulder.
Our next visit to Floor 40 comes after the everyone-to-Floor 30 operation that starts tomorrow, once we've returned.
Job selection can wait nice and slowly.
"Thank you very much. Then please do your best for the four days starting tomorrow. We will be waiting for everyone's safe return."
Ah—the final briefing is over, huh......