Chapter 121 (1/2)

New Job Cla.s.ses and a Visitor in the Attic

So far, Hikaru had nine job cla.s.ses.

a.s.sa.s.sination G.o.d: Night Stalker2

Stealth G.o.d: Darkness Wanderer2

Throwing G.o.d: Dead Shot2

Chaos G.o.d: Eye of the Storm3

Woods Strolling G.o.d: Forest Walker4

Labyrinth Exploring G.o.d: Dungeon Walker4

Heaven Searching G.o.d: Sinner4

Dull Town Night Burglar G.o.d: Town Thief6

City, Town, and Village People Rescue G.o.d: Civilian10

And now he had two more:

Wide Area Detection G.o.d: Grand Sonar4

Lower Cla.s.s Heaven's Messenger: Lesser Angel5

Hikaru barely took any breaks in his journey from Borderzard to Satin Elka. He planned to test his new cla.s.ses once things settled down, and now the chance had come.

He could tell what Grand Sonar was. It probably appeared when he maxed out his Detection Expansion. He'd experienced the power of the Skill firsthand. Now it was time to set his job cla.s.s to Grand Sonar and activate Mana Detection.

Hikaru groaned from the overwhelming headache, as though his head was going to split. As always, too much information entered his brain. But the radius was still the same—one kilometer.

「It's still the same… What gives? Wait…」

He noticed he could narrow down the scope of his sonar.

「Hmm?」

He got up from the bed and focused his mind ahead. As it turned out, only information from up ahead came to him. A person cooking in the kitchen, a stray dog in the back alley, a carriage pa.s.sing by, a kid taking a bath… The amount of information lessened, easing the pain he felt.

「This is extremely handy.」

Up until now, useless information—even from above and below—was compressed and sent to his brain. Now he could activate it for a longer period. And instead of an intense headache, his head felt just a bit hot.

「Holy c.r.a.p…」

He felt omnipotent knowing where everyone was at a wide range. Blood started dripping from his nose. He hurriedly deactivated his Mana Detection after getting too carried away.

「I need more practice. Man, this is stupid. Who gets a nosebleed? I'm glad Lavia is not around to see this. Moving on.」

Wiping the blood off with a cloth, Hikaru lay down on the bed once more.

「What's this Lesser Angel thing? A low-cla.s.s angel?」

He set his job cla.s.s to Lesser Angel, but nothing happened. No halo on top of his head, or wings on his back. A trumpet didn't appear in his hands either. He couldn't feel anything holy.

「Why did this cla.s.s appear anyway? If there's a lower cla.s.s, then that means there's a middle cla.s.s, and advanced cla.s.s.」

He had no idea why it appeared at all. His Soul Board didn't have anything related to angels either. While he maxed out Detection Expansion, no derivative Skill popped up.

「All right, I got nothing. I wonder if there's some place where they study job cla.s.ses. Or maybe there's a book out there that compiles all known cla.s.ses. I should check once I get back to the academy.」

A long time had pa.s.sed since the development of the soul card system. There should be books about job cla.s.ses somewhere. He set aside the issue for now, and thought about his next move.

「Why did the Four Stars have to give me troubling information…」

Hikaru let out a long sigh and closed his eyes. He needed a nap for his plans tonight.

Margrave Grugschilt's domain was located adjacent to Forestia. As such, winter season came early. Still, snow probably wouldn't start falling until about a month later. But the night was still chilly. Firewood was already burning in the hearth a little earlier than usual.

Only a few residences in Satin Elka could afford such luxury. One of them was Margrave Grugschilt, governing lord of the town.

「It's been a while, Lawrence.」

「I'm glad to see you well, Lord Grugschilt. And…」

The captain glanced at the man standing by the hearth. A slender old man. He only saw him a few times before, but the aura of the man now was clearly different from the one in his memories.