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"...Job changes...also require prerequisites?"
Looking at the two skills that lit up before the job change icons, Kevin pondered briefly.
He slightly clicked on the job change description for Ocean Mage and found that it indeed mentioned the job change conditions.
[Job Change Prerequisites]
[Water Sword, Water Ball, Water Energy Absorption (Skill Extension for Form Switching), any skill reaching LV3 (Achieved)]
[Obtain Advanced Energy in the Job Change Quest (Not Achieved)]
Among the prerequisites, there was a skill Kevin hadn't seen before, and the skill tree thoughtfully noted the skill's origin.
After these several prompts, there was also a special notice, the kind with an exclamation mark.
—Attention! Once the job change quest is activated, it cannot be reversed!
—Attention! After the job change quest is activated, you will enter a quest world. Please enter after preparing thoroughly!
—Do you wish to start the job change quest?
[Yes] [No]
A series of reminders indicated to Kevin that a job change was not something that could be easily achieved with a mere flick of a finger.
Staring at the job change icon for a long time, Kevin silently clicked no, withdrew the skill points he had placed on the job change skills, and closed the skill tree interface.
He had no intention of performing a job change right now, the reason being that it mentioned a 'quest world'.
Kevin didn't know what this quest world truly was; it could be a dungeon, or it could be a completely different, higher-level world.
It might even be a world with mages and knights, a complete fantasy magic world.
Such a world would obviously be very dangerous, and Kevin didn't want to directly transmigrate into such a world without any preparation.
Moreover, Kevin hadn't yet decided which profession he should change to.
From the descriptions of the three job changes, The Deep Fighter was a warrior-type profession, requiring physical-side skills to be leveled up for initial job change.
Ocean Mage, needless to say, was a mage class. Water Sword and Water Ball were basic skills for learning magic. Kevin had no objection to mage professions; who wouldn't want to become a noble mage?
It's just that compared to the The Boys world, where Supes are everywhere and all have maxed-out physical attributes, a mage's survivability is slightly inferior.
Of course, this was Kevin's guess; perhaps there were skills like Hydro-Man Substitute or Water Avatar.
As for the last one, Sea God's Emissary, it was undoubtedly a summoning profession. Kevin immediately passed on this one; he never intended to be a summoner.
Unless he could summon mermaids, that would be a different story.
Uh, black mermaids don't count...
In short, in Kevin's heart, he was more satisfied with the The Deep Fighter profession. As for Ocean Mage...
To be honest, its prerequisite skills, Water Sword and Water Ball, made Kevin inwardly complain for a long time. Kevin was very worried that after the job change, the subsequent skills of this profession would be like Water Sword and Water Ball, not very useful.
After some thought, Kevin reopened the skill tree.
It was fortunate that Kevin had only tentatively added points to Water Sword and Water Ball earlier, and hadn't truly allocated the skill points, so all the points on these two skills were withdrawn by Kevin.
With a total of fifteen skill points, Kevin first raised Accelerated Self-Healing, which he hadn't upgraded before, to Level 3.
Of course, he had not confirmed the allocation.
From LV1 to LV3, this used six skill points.
Because to extend skills, one must first truly allocate skill points, Kevin confirmed the skill point allocation here, truly throwing six skill points into it.
Then, behind Accelerated Self-Healing, two new skills indeed extended out.
Water Sprint and Water Burst Punch.
The former could give Kevin the ability to sprint quickly underwater, while the latter could wrap water around his fists, delivering a fatal blow to enemies when struck.
...As expected, just like Water Ball and Water Sword, they're useless skills.
Water Sprint, Kevin could already do this himself underwater, and his sprinting speed wasn't slow. The skill on the skill tree would at most only give him a slight increase in speed, not a significant boost.
Water Burst Punch was the same. With the effort of wrapping water around his fists, wouldn't it be better for Kevin to directly control the water flow to crush the enemy?
However, considering that these were, after all, only prerequisites for a job change, and upgrading one only required one skill point, Kevin stopped complaining.
He pondered for a moment and used three skill points to level Water Sprint to LV3.
This was a pre-allocation.
As expected, the icon for The Deep Fighter lit up afterward.
Just like the previous system prompt, to change to The Deep Fighter, he didn't need to light up both skills.
He only needed to light up one of the skills on this path to meet the job change conditions.
The job change conditions for The Deep Fighter were similar to those for Ocean Mage: both required learning a prerequisite skill, raising it to LV3, and then obtaining advanced energy in the job change quest.
"I won't activate the job change quest yet; I'll prepare some more."
Kevin withdrew all allocated but unconfirmed skill points, pondering this.
The job change quest was right there, and Kevin could activate it by spending four skill points.
But Kevin wasn't in a hurry to proceed with the job change immediately.
He had plenty of time. The job change quest looked very dangerous, and there was nothing forcing him to become stronger quickly right now, so there was no need to rush to complete the job change quest.
It wouldn't be impossible for Kevin to accumulate skill points, upgrade everything that needed upgrading, and then go for the job change.
This wasn't cowardice; it was prudence.
Why go on a mission and fight for your life for no reason? Anyway, as long as he didn't accept that captain position, Homelander wouldn't do anything to Kevin.
After all, he had just helped him out earlier.
Vought also thought highly of Kevin, and they would likely continue to allocate company resources to Kevin, vigorously building his new image.
So, since he was carefree now, why bother going to an unfamiliar place to do some job change quest?
Kevin himself was a person without great ambitions, with no proper life goals and no dreams he absolutely had to achieve.
Drifting with the current, content with his lot, incapable of great things – that described people like Kevin.
However, Kevin felt there was nothing wrong with that.
Actively pursuing life's ideals is a life, but lying flat, passively dealing with challenges as they come, and making last-minute efforts, that is also a life.
Do what you want to do, and if you don't want to do something, just lie down.
Such a life was Kevin's ideal.
And now, he actually felt he had already achieved his ideal.
Buzz—buzz—
While Kevin was lost in thought, his phone vibrated.
He picked up the phone casually and held it to his ear. Ashley's voice came from the other end:
"Uh, Deep, do you have time tonight? You should still remember you have an interview show tonight, right?"
"...I remember."
Kevin glanced at the clock on the wall.
It seemed there wasn't much time left until the start of that interview show...
"Of course I didn't forget, I'll be right there!"
Fortunately, there was a body of water near the interview show's location. If he went underwater, it shouldn't take long.
Kevin, who was about to be late, thought to himself.
...
At the same time, in The Seven's meeting room.
Homelander stood by the floor-to-ceiling window, looking out at the dazzling neon nightscape below.
He seemed to be contemplating something.
But suddenly, a mysterious gust of wind swept through The Seven's otherwise empty hall.
Some papers on the table were blown to the floor, landing beside Homelander.
Homelander glanced at the documents on the floor, then slowly turned around, looking at the person who had suddenly appeared in the room.
"Done investigating?"
"Homelander...Kimiko...she...really didn't say anything..."
A-Train, The Seven's speedster Supe, said to Homelander with a trembling voice.
But Homelander seemed somewhat displeased with A-Train's answer. He stared at A-Train and asked:
"So you didn't deal with her."
"But she really didn't..."
Homelander suddenly raised his hand, making a gesture for A-Train to be silent.
He slowly walked in front of A-Train, very close to him, and said softly:
"Since you say so, I'm curious. How did that Asian chick escape right under your nose? Hmm?"
"A-Train?"
Hearing Homelander's question, A-Train's forehead was instantly covered in cold sweat.
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