“Salicia!” I hissed at her, but she didn’t move.
“I told you, she will only respond to Calypso. Unless you try to escape, hurt her, or yourself, she won’t move a bit.”
I rearranged my jobs and skills. It was at that moment that I noticed something fairly strange. In the past, it wasn’t all that unusual for certain jobs to increase a level or two. Experience could be gained by both killing mobs and practicing the thing that gave you the job. For a Cartographer, I’d gain levels when I drew maps a bunch. When I cooked, my Cook job was leveled. This happened all the time, but it happened faster when it was equipped, or at least I thought it did.
On top of that, I also gained levels for the experience from my slaves. This was provided through my slave bond. I wasn’t abundantly sure how much experience I gained from them, but it was enough to give me an edge. The point being, it wasn’t uncommon for some of my jobs to increase levels when I wasn’t paying attention. It had also been some time since I had last carefully looked at my jobs.
This was why I was so surprised to find several of my jobs having increased numerous levels. I had also gained a few jobs I didn’t even realize I had been training. When did I become an Apprentice Blacksmith? What the heck was a Mimic? Did I get this job because I was stabbed? It felt like I had a month of hard training in a dungeon without any memory of doing it. Of course, that was impossible. The last six days, I had been recovering, first from having my soul nearly destroyed, and then from having my soul infected with a curse.
[Adventurer LVL 1] [Alchemist LVL 10] [Apprentice Blacksmith LVL 5], [Bandit LVL 10] [Basic Magician LVL 30] [Blue Mage LVL 2] [Cartographer LVL 15] [Cook LVL 20] [Dark Priest LVL 21] [Demon Knight LVL 25] [Dungeon Builder LVL 20] [ Dungeon Diver LVL 5] [Harem Master LVL 19] [Hero LVL 23] [Intermediate Magician LVL 13] [Linguist LVL 14] [Mimic LVL 23] [Merchant LVL 17] [Monster Tamer LVL 49] [Pervert LVL 17] [Slave Master LVL 50] [True Dungeon Diver LVL 63] [True Hero LVL 55] [White Mage LVL 50]
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***Let me know if I missed one. I probably missed one.
Looking through my new jobs, I had to wonder if I was involved in some Demon Lord fight that I wasn’t aware of. This kind of growth was just excessive. However, since each subsequent level had higher status bonuses, I wasn’t necessarily as powerful as all of that. With my highest jobs at 63, 55, and two 50s, I could probably fight at a level of a normal level 75. However, I also had to consider that where my levels came from various cheats, a Swordsman or Knight who reached level 75 got there from a mass of experience, so even in a fight with someone like that, I wasn’t assured of victory.
As for all of those lower levels, fighting on the deeper levels of a dungeon, it would actually only take a day or two to level any given job to 20 or higher. It wasn’t necessarily as impressive as it looked. After a job reached 50, it started to slow down significantly. Usually, you accessed the next tier of job when you hit level 50, but since I didn’t unlock White Mage Master, it was clear I was still missing something before the system would grant me that job. Then again, I got Blue Mage for some reason? Well, I did make a lot of Portals, I suppose it was only a matter of time.
I eventually decided to remove Dungeon Builder. I was too afraid to remove Dark priest or Demon Knight, but I did bring back True Hero, and then used my fourth job to equip Slave Master once again. Once I had Slave Master active, I sent a message to my girls letting them know I was alright. I was relieved that this didn’t seem to use mana, and sat more in the will category. I also sent a message to Salicia. I didn’t get a response from anyone. I was certain I sent the message, but I didn’t get an answer at all.
Before I could dwell on it any longer, the tent opened, and Calypso walked in. She was just the woman I didn’t want to see at that moment.