[Notice: Roberta has been selected.]
Behind the giant oak tree, Leon sat on one of the tree's massive roots, and in front of him, both Roberta and Beatrice sat on their knees, looking at him with sparkling eyes. The two were excited to see what kind of powers those 'Jobs' would give them, and both were excited for different reasons.
Roberta had already tasted the insane power that Leon's skill could grant, and she couldn't contain her excitement, wondering what this would give her. Last time, her skill [Blood Master] had evolved into [Blood Lord], and she almost turned into a vampire, so she could only dream and imagine.
Beatrice, on the other hand, was hoping to get her skill upgraded, like what happened with Roberta. [Shockwave] could really use a bit more flexibility by becoming [Lesser Shockwave].
[Notice: Roberta has several available jobs. {Cleaner, Blood Slave, Stalker}]
Roberta blinked several times, "What are those?" but she immediately smiled, "I don't like cleaning, and I'm not stalking anyone but you so... Blood Slave doesn't sound bad. I'm already slave... even if its temporary."
"Let's see what they are about first." He patted her on the head, and she pouted. "Just let me have the cool-sounding one." He focused on all the jobs and immediately got their description.
[Notice: Job: Cleaner. A Cleaner's job is to clean after the Sultan, dirtying their hands in his place. You clean the toilets, take out the trash, and polish shoes... in appearance. While posing as worthless servants of the palace, Cleaners are the Sultan's Punishers' Unit. They punish other servants, hunt assassins, torture prisoners, and only answer to the Sultan. Can be later upgraded to higher jobs like Punisher, Assassin, Terminator]
[Notice: Job: Blood Slave. A Blood Slave is a servant who sacrificed their blood, life, and free will to merge with the Sultan's blood, turning them into a summonable Blood Slave. Can be later upgraded to higher jobs like, Blood Demon, and Blood Hunter]
[Notice: Job: Stalker. A Stalker's job is to track targets on the Sultan's command, they are independent unites that can spend months or years away from the palace, hunting and track whoever the Sultan wants. Can be later upgraded to a higher jobs like, Agent, Spy, and Node.]
"What?" Roberta gasped as she heard those descriptions, and then threw a suspicious glance toward Leon. "So a cleaner takes out the trash..." She smiled. "Fine, I changed my mind. I'll take the Cleaner job. I could upgrade it later to Assassin."
Leon lifted his hand and gently placed it on Roberta's head. She blushed, shaking her head under his palm.
[Notice: Changing Roberta's job from "NONE" To "CLEANER".]
Roberta moaned and blushed as a wave of heat washed over her whole body, twitching a bit as she reached up, grabbed Leon's hand, and pulled it toward her face as she started sucking on his finger.
Then, the wave of heat faded away as quickly as it came, and Roberta's blush faded away. "It's gone?" She opened her eyes, blinked a few times, saw that she was sucking on Leon's index finger, and then kept sucking without a care in the world.
[Notice: the Cleaner Roberta can now acquire Merit Points. Current Point 0.]
"How long are you going to keep doing that?" Leon tried to pull his finger back, but she didn't let him. "As much as I want to." She took a second finger into her mouth and crawled closer to Leon, prompting him to sigh and check her stats to see what skills she can purchase.
As Leon expected, there were a lot of skills just like what Noel got. But as he was about to inspect them, he noticed Noel giving them a sharp glare. Beatrice flinched under her glare, and Roberta gave her a middle finger. But Leon, who knew her well, knew that she was jealous instead of angry.
If given the chance, she would probably join Roberta.
Leon gave her a smile and waved his hand. "Later, later... right now, please keep watch and make sure no one sees us." She blushed and frowned with a pout. "That's a promise."
Roberta's skills were different than what Noel got, but still as expansive.
[Pain Resistance] 100p
[Blinding Gaze] 100p
[Cleaning] 100p
[Endurance] 100p
[Lesser Pain] 1000p
[Running] 100p
[Lesser Footwork] 1000p
[Regeneration] 100p
[Rage] 100p
[Nymphomaniac] 100p
"I've heard of people having [Lesser Pain] before. It's a skill that makes their opponents feel more pain and is useful for breaking people down. [Pain Resistance] is also useful, as it numbs pain... but [Regeneration] is probably the best. As slow as the NO-NAME class skill is, I've seen people with it recover in a week from wounds that should've kept them in bed for two weeks."
Unlike Leon, who only read about skills in books or saw them from afar in arenas, Roberta had fought against them firsthand and knew well how they worked.
"Then work on [Regeneration] first," As Leon was about to start inspecting Beatrice, Roberta grabbed his hand and glared at him, looking serious for a moment.
"You can give people extra skills. Do you know what that means?" After a few seconds of silence, Leon replied. "If people found out, I'd be targeted for sure. Many would kill for this power."
"Yes, but what's more, people will do anything to get their hands on it. Since you can only give power to those under you. You have some agency over them, but those contracts can be modified and manipulated to give people more freedom." She looked toward Noel. "Don't let anyone with shady contracts in, and use the full slavery contract if someone is even a tiny bit suspicious. The last thing we want is a mole leaking this out and getting us all captured and tortured for the power."
[Notice: A Servant's act of rebellion is punished by death. All powers would be retrieved.]
Hearing that, Leon sighed. "For a skill, you're really talkative, aren't you?"
The skill didn't reply.
"Don't worry, I'll be careful." As Leon smiled, she grabbed him by the face. "Being careful isn't enough. People will do anything to get that power. We need to start making you look useless on purpose. The personal of the hopeless and weak failed lord with the NO-NAME skill is your only shield."
It was then that it was decided that Leon, even though he could use all of the skills of his servants, would keep that power a secret and pretend to rely on them. He isn't someone with a powerful skill, but a lucky bastard who managed to trick and seduce three powerful beauties into doing his bidding.
[Notice: Roberta has received 1 Merit Point for sucking the Sultan's fingers. Current Merit Points: 1.]
Leon blinked, and so did everyone else. "What? A point for that? Skill, what's the meaning of this?" The skill didn't reply. Looking around, Leon noticed the three of them all staring at him with wide-open eyes. "So..." Noel smiled. "If I did that a hundred times, I can get a skill?"
"You already got five points, so ninety-five... that isn't the problem! We'll talk later. I'll get Beatrice her job and then think about that." He then shifted his attention to Beatrice. He didn't have time to deal with this new discovery.
Beatrice approached him, sat right beside Roberta, and looked at him with a faint blush and an excited smile. What will she get? The moment Leon touched her head, the skill boomed in his head.
[Notice: Threat Detected]
[Notice: Threat Nature: Witch's Binding Vow. Current State: Crumbling. Suspected Reason: Witch's Death.]
[Notice: Witch's Binding Vow dissolved.]
"What?"