Chapter 10: Priestess? Planning for a Special Job Class
2024-11-18 Author: Amnesty L
Right at that moment.
"Ke Ya!" a woman's panicked cry came from the crowd.
With the arrival of the adventurer teams, the crowds on both sides swelled, and a small boy who looked to be only five or six years old was squeezed out from the throng.
He suddenly found himself in front of the "Four Weapons" adventurer team.
The little boy lost his footing and fell, scraping his arm on the ground. The skin broke, and blood began to flow.
"Ugh… Waaah!!"
The pain in his arm, combined with the panic of being separated from his mother, made the little boy burst into loud sobs.
A sudden opportunity presented itself.
At the head of the group, the black-haired, stoic Captain Sukama's eyes lit up.
This was a great chance!
For most adventurer teams, increasing their fame was very important.
"Lilinet…" Captain Sukama turned her head, her expression calm, preparing to ask the pink-haired Lilinet for help.
However!
Before she could even speak.
Lilinet had already strode forward. The long, split hems of her pristine clerical robes fluttered with each step, revealing fair thighs tightly encased in large-grid fishnet stockings to all onlookers.
A series of gulps echoed through the crowd.
"Little brother, it's alright. Big sister will take a look."
Lilinet crouched down with a gentle smile, raised her palm, and aimed it at the little boy's injured arm.
"Minor Wound Healing!"
A soft white light emanated from Lilinet's palm. Bathed in the white light, the wound on the little boy's arm healed completely in the blink of an eye.
Sensing the pain disappear.
The little boy finally stopped crying, wet tear tracks still on his cheeks. He looked up at Lilinet, who was smiling down at him.
"Thank you, big sister…"
The little boy spoke softly, but before he could finish, he shrank back, a look of fear on his face.
He didn't know why!
Even though the big sister in front of him was smiling, the little boy found her smile somehow terrifying.
*Clink! Clank!*
The faint sound of clinking armor was heard.
Captain Sukama, clad in full-body armor, walked over, bent down, and looked at the little boy.
To the onlookers, she appeared to be checking the little boy's injuries.
In reality, however.
Captain Sukama was whispering fiercely to Lilinet, "You pervert, wipe that predatory look off your face. I don't want our team, which just gained a bit of renown, to be saddled with a nasty rumor about you being a shotacon."
Hearing her captain's warning.
Lilinet extended the tip of her rosy tongue, licked a glistening bead of drool from the corner of her mouth, and then whispered with some disappointment, "Unripe fruit is the most tempting, after all."
The little boy shrank back again.
He couldn't understand the conversation between the two beautiful older sisters; he just found them even more terrifying.
Standing at the back.
The other two male members of "Four Weapons" exchanged glances and sighed in unison.
From the crowd.
A middle-aged woman frantically pushed her way out, hurrying over with a nervous expression. She only let out a sigh of relief after seeing that the little boy was alright.
"Thank you, thank you so much."
The middle-aged woman bowed repeatedly, her voice tense but full of gratitude.
Adventurer teams weren't highly regarded by the nobility, but they enjoyed considerable fame and prestige among the commoners.
Sukama and Lilinet also stood up, their faces returning to their previous expressions. They waved their hands righteously, indicating that no thanks were necessary.
Tang Zheng's attention was no longer on this little farce. When Lilinet had cast her healing magic just now, his status panel had naturally reacted.
*Discovered Skill: "Minor Wound Healing (Tier 1)". Requires Basic Job Class: Priestess/Priest, Level 1-7. Current conditions not met...*
*"Genius" job class activated. Conversion successful, learning conditions met. Consume 1 Skill Point to learn?*
Priestess?
Tang Zheng stared at the prompt on his status panel, stunned. An unusual gleam appeared in his eyes.
He had no intention of continuing to watch the show.
Tang Zheng turned and quickly left. He planned to find a quiet spot to sort out his thoughts.
It was now high noon.
The sunlight was scorching. According to Tang Zheng's inquiries, it was around May, but the temperature was already comparable to June or July from his past life.
The Great Tomb of Nazarick was set to arrive in the Otherworld around mid-July, four years from now. That gave Tang Zheng a little over four years.
Time was undoubtedly tight.
But Tang Zheng knew even more clearly that he absolutely could not be hasty when it came to his job class build.
The Arena was located near the Royal Capital, just below a large hill. As a result, there was plenty of vegetation and trees, separating it from the densely packed commoner districts on the capital's outskirts. From above, it looked like a green belt.
Tang Zheng found a shady spot under a tree and sat down, simultaneously calling up his status panel.
[Ability Table]
Innate Ability: [Player]
Overall Level: 2Lv
Experience Slot: 0/100
Job Classes:
Basic Job Class: Genius 1Lv (Warrior, Priestess/Priest)
Intermediate Job Class: Sword Saint 1Lv
Skill Points: 0
Passive Skills: Item Box, Slash Enhancement (1%)
Active Skills:
Warrior — Instant Reflection, Four Light Consecutive Slashes, Fast Slash
Magic — Minor Wound Healing (Tier 1)
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Skill: "Minor Wound Healing"
Cost: 5 MP
Description: Consumes magic power to treat injuries, restoring 10 HP.
...
Because Tang Zheng had mastered the "Minor Wound Healing" spell, his "Genius" general job class also gained "Priestess/Priest" as convertible basic job classes.
At this moment.
What truly surprised and intrigued Tang Zheng was the "Priestess" basic caster class.
Just from the name of the job class, one could tell.
This was a job class exclusive to females. In the 'Overlord' game, there were subtle differences between the "Priestess" and "Priest" job classes.
Simply put.
The "Priestess" was more inclined toward magic-focused classes, and its superior version, "High Priestess," had certain healing bonuses.
Of course!
That wasn't what Tang Zheng was focused on. The fact that the "Genius" class could transform into a job class only females could learn was beyond his expectations.
The emergence of this female-only job class.
Did it mean he had gained a "female character buff," allowing him to take on job classes that only female characters could obtain?
This was critical because it related to a special job class!
From the anime and light novels, the special job classes Tang Zheng knew of were:
Bone King's [Eclipse]!
Cocytus's [Asura]!
Shalltear's [Valkyrie]!
Mare's [Catastrophe Apostle]!
Demiurge's [Evil Origin]!
Victim's [Martyr]!
Albedo also possessed a special job class, but neither the anime nor the light novels had ever revealed its name.
Tang Zheng only knew that the ability provided by Albedo's special job class allowed her to transfer death to her armor, and this could be done three times. If combined with a resurrection item...
Theoretically, to kill Albedo, one would need to kill her four times!
Of course, besides these special job classes,
There were also others like [World Champion] and [World Disaster], but these were special job classes Tang Zheng didn't need to consider at the moment.
In the 'Overlord' game, there were clearly more special job classes than just these few. However, in the Otherworld, Tang Zheng lacked even the basic means to go about discovering them.
Therefore, his choice of a special job class was limited to these few.
Among these six special job classes, Tang Zheng first excluded [Eclipse], [Evil Origin], and [Martyr].
As the special job class possessed by the Bone King, the requirements for [Eclipse] were crystal clear: one only needed to learn all job classes within the necromancy system and reach level 95 to obtain it.
It was a special job class that could only be obtained through an extreme job class build.
Precisely because he understood its build, Tang Zheng excluded it immediately. With an equivalent job class build, Tang Zheng didn't believe he would be the Bone King's opponent.
What's more!
He was alone, while the Bone King had several level 100 Floor Guardians to assist him. Such an extreme build was too easily countered.
The [Evil Origin] class, needless to say, was clearly a special job class that the Demon Race could take.
The [Martyr] class was similar; it was a special job class that only the Angel Race could obtain!
As for the remaining classes—[Asura], [Valkyrie], and [Catastrophe Apostle]—they did not have such stringent requirements.
(end of chapter)