Chapter 121: Ervas Job Change is...?!
Chapter 121: Ervas Job Change is…?!
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[Jobs Available]
[Life Spirit Mage], [Spiritual Half-Demon], [Gray Wizard], [Magic Cannoneer], [Spiritual Alchemist], [Mana Crafter], [Life Demon Druid], [Hollow Demon General], [Life Spirit Pharmacist, [Artisan: Phantasmal Living Equipment], [Guardian of the Spiritual Forest], [Subconscious Mind Demon], [Herald of Life and Death], [Living and Undead Progenitor], [Vicious Bloodsucking Phantasmal Demon], [Dead Spirit’s Prince of Death] (New!), [Malevolent Inner Skeleton Manipulator] (New!)
Unlike Veronica, Ervas had two new available Jobs to chose from, which had very… eerie-sounding names.
“Dead Spirit’s Prince of Death… what’s with that name? Is this… serious?” wondered Ervas, as the memories of being called a ‘prince of death’ by every dead spirit he had met came to his mind. It was probably one of such things that made him acquire or unlock such a Job.
“So that’s it…” he muttered.
Then, he glanced at the other job… ‘Malevolent Inner Skeleton Manipulator’, a Job that most likely reflects his ability to manipulate his skeleton…
“But why the Malevolent? I am not malevolent…” thought Ervas, he always has strived to be a good person, being constantly called an ‘evil’ and ‘malevolent’ being by the Samsara System was a tad bit hurtful to his feelings.
But he quickly gave up on trying to tell the system what he felt… after all, it was just a magic construct made by a god, it was not a sentient being. At most, it could have a very primitive AI, but that was it.
“Then… what should I choose?” wondered Ervas as he inspected the two new jobs with an appraisal.
Ervas discovered that the first new job he unlocked seemed to improve upon his skills such as Soul Binding, Dominate Created Undead, and so on, and there was also a slight clue regarding the acquisition of some power that could help him channel the power of ghosts better.
The second new job increased the level of his fighting-related skills and strength-related skills, while also strengthening his manipulation over his Inner Skeleton. There was also the clue of something else, but even using Appraisal would not reveal it.
“Now that I think about it, I need some Job that could help me out on relieving the minds of the recovered captives… they have been sleeping since they were recovered, so it should be good to cleanse their minds before they wake up,” thought Ervas, glancing at his available Job options and seeking something that could strengthen his ability to manipulate minds.
The only Job that seemed to fit with his needs was the ‘Subconscious Mind Demon’ Job, which increased his Mind Encroachment and Telekinesis Skills levels. Also, like any job, the job itself would bring a bonus to the user itself that would not all the time be reflected in just skills leveling up or changing, sometimes Jobs unlock parts of the user’s development instead, or unlock areas of their own powers that they had yet to awaken or properly be capable of manipulating or using.
“I chose Subconscious Mind Demon,” said Ervas as he used his fingertip to select his desired Job that could, perhaps, bring some salvation to the people that suffered through those days in captivity in the lairs of Oggoth.
Ding!
[You changed Jobs to [Subconscious Mind Demon]!]
[The Levels of the [Mind Encroachment; Level 4], [Telekinesis; Level 5], [Surpass Limits; Telekinesis; Level 5], [Parallel Thought Processing; Level 5], [Fast Speed Thought Processing; Level 5], and [Memory Retention; Level 4] Skills have increased!]
“Oh, Memory Retention leveled up as well? Hm, I don’t feel any difference, but the efficiency of its use must have increased, most likely” thought Ervas.
Ervas then felt that his mind had suddenly… expanded beyond the limits.
It was a strange feeling. It was as if his own mind, which was usually encompassed on his brain, had broken from there, and had somehow found a place where it could develop way faster and quicker.
“Is this… my mind feels so clear now…” thought Ervas as he finally figured out where his mind went.
In fact, it never went anywhere, it was more as if his mind had gained some extra ‘RAM’ to work more efficiently.
His mind had begun to also occupy his soul… much like Veronica had done without even realizing, as she was born without a brain, to begin with.
The soul and the mind… are they truly connected?
What connects both?
Ervas and Veronica had pondered this as they lived their lives as one, Anastacia.
How could it be possible for her memories and personality to still exist after she died? Didn’t all those things were stored inside the brain? Then if her brain is dead, shouldn’t those things disappear?
But remembering what that entity said to Veronica when she had just died and appeared in that white space, it said that ‘usually’, souls would be cleansed of their memories and reincarnated…
It seemed as if some higher being was in charge of the souls and their reincarnation, and always made sure for them to be cleansed of their minds, personality, thoughts, memories, and everything else.
But if that were such a case, couldn’t it be possible for living beings with flesh bodies to figure out a way to store the mind inside the soul?
Now, Ervas had finally unlocked this latent power within himself, his mind could now expand… almost endlessly. Much like how Veronica could have so many alter egos in each of her clones without feeling mentally fatigued at all, he would now do something similar to this, if he developed other abilities enough.
And by merging this power with Special Five Senses at a high level, his overall perception of everything felt incredibly vast. It could not be wrong to think that Ervas had a small level of omniscience in an area around himself.
“I think… I am ready to help them out now” said Ervas, as he walked out of the house with Veronica… of course after cleaning the bloody mess left by manipulating his bones.
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[Name: Ervas Igni
[Race: Phantasmal Lich Dhampir Half-Demon (Mother: Dagvaarder Demon)
[Age: 2
[Titles: Mysterious Half-Demon Boy, Miraculous Nature’s Child, Prince of Death (New!)
[Type: Demon/Human.
[Rank: 6
[Rank Level: 001/100
[Job: Subconscious Mind Demon.
[Job History: Apprentice No-Attribute Mage, No-Attribute Mage, Mana Nucleus, Mana Source, Mind Dweller, Apprentice Farmer, Apprentice Spirit Caster, Telekinetic Fighter, Botanist, Summoner, Hollow Life Specter, Harvester of Life.
[Job Level: 001/100
[Health Points: 827/827 > 1563/1563
[Mana Points: 72.666.209/72.666.209 > 102.136.720/102.136.720
[Strength: 737 > 1257
[Defense: 508 > 903
[Magic: 7325 > 14.580
[Resistance: 1811 > 3126
[Agility: 1059 > 2014
<Passive Skills>
[Memory Retention; Level 5]
[Special Five Senses; Level 7]
[Soul Void; Level 5]
[Phantom Form; Level 5]
[Phantom Form Transformation; Level 5]
[Mana Enlargement; Level 6]
[Magic Enlargement; Level 5]
[Automatic Mana Recovery; Level 5]
[Demon Metabolism; Level 5]
[Night Vision; Level 4]
[Abnormal Status Resistance; Level 5]
[Mana Control; Level 6]
[Chant Revocation; Level 5]
[Commanding; Level 5]
[Strengthen Followers; Level 4]
[Parallel Thought Processing; Level 6]
[Fast Speed Thought Processing; Level 6]
[Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 4]
[Coordination; Level 3]
[Self-Enhancement; Following (Veronica); Level 4]
[Telekinesis; Level 6]
[Surpass Limits; Telekinesis; Level 6]
[Vegetation Charm; Level 3]
[Rapid Healing; Level 4]
[Death Attribute Charm; Level 3]
[Golem Transmutation; Level 4]
[Soul Binding; Level 4]
[Dominate Created Undead; Level 4]
[Superhuman Strength; Level 3]
[Inner Skeleton Form Manipulation; Level 1]
<Active Skills>
[Hardworking; Level 7]
[Appraisal; Level 6]
[Mana Drain; Level 7]
[Life Drain; Level 3]
[No-Attribute Magic; Level 5]
[Spirit Magic; Level 6]
[Botanist; Level 6]
[Crafting; Level 3]
[Butcher; Level 3]
[Cooking; Level 3]
[Alchemy; Level 3]
[Surpass Limits; Mana Usage; Level 5]
[Soul Materialization; Level 5]
[Phantom Materialization; Level 5]
[Shield Technique; Level 3]
[Armor Technique; Level 3]
[Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 4]
[Long-Distance Control; Level 4]
[Digestion; Level 4]
[Bloodsucking; Level 4]
<Unique Skills>
[Summon; Level 2]
[Mind Encroachment; Level 5]
[Soul Break; Level 2]
<Befriended Spirits>
[Gaia, Young Spirit of Life and Nature]
<Commanding Monsters (Different than Taming)>
[Rank 6: Large Demonic Parasitic Thorny Vine Great Colony, Gwendolyn, and her sisters] x7 (Evolved!)
[Rank 6: Giant Dark Cursed Ent, Ainsley, Alder, Anna] x3 (Evolved!)
[Rank 7: Giant Voracious Constrictor Venomous Thorny Vine Dark Boa, Ivy] (Evolved!)
[Rank 6: High Parasitized Live-Dead Magic Club Juggernaut, Nick] (Evolved!)
[Rank 6: Giant Goblin Ogre Zombie Gladiator, Goliath, the Steel Fist] (Evolved!)
[Rank 6: High Aberrant Ghost Legion, Legion] (New!)
<Summoned Monsters>
[Cthulhu, Rank 5 Big, Crimson-Eyed Dark Otherworldly Aberration Spawn] (Evolved!)
[Nyarlathotep, Rank 5 Great Otherworldly Flesh Aberration Mimic Spawn] (Evolved!)
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<Skill Explanations>
[Telekinesis]
A Skill unlocked by Ervas after he had spent millions of Mana Points into using the No-Attribute Magic Spell ‘Telekinesis’.
A mysterious Skill that has never been seen before in the world of Kritias since the creation of the System, seemingly related to the power of the mind.
However, that could not be farther from the truth. Usually, when a user uses a spell to a certain extent that it becomes more similar to ability than simply a spell, the system would create a skill that represents the spell (or even technique).
However, such an occurrence is incredibly rare, and it only happens mostly with monsters with the ‘Flight’ Skill, which could be the same as the ‘Flight’ Spell.
Although it cannot be said that Ervas do not possess powerful mind capabilities, he mostly uses large amounts of Mana, crossing the Millions, to reach this point through pushing forward the spell.
The acquisition of this Skill was a matter of time, and also the possibility for more spells to become skills in the future.