10 Record Breaker (1/2)
Etienne, Fenmore, and Storm stayed behind in the lobby while Seran began doing paperwork in one of the back offices. It was pretty simple, just forms about agreeing to the restrictions of being an adventurer, along with beginning the process for the Adventurer Card, which could only be finished with a drop of blood and a job awakening.
”Now, the job awakening process is done alone, as is the job change process in the future. The guild is only given access to your chosen job, with criminals being the only exception to that. If you have a criminal record of any sort, the job change pedestal will chain you down and keep you in place until you are arrested.” June elaborated further on how the process worked, which was pretty simple: touch the pedestal, it reads your stats and gives you the jobs you can choose from. After Seran confirmed that he understood, the guild master led him to a small closet-sized room just big enough to fit a very built man, with an orb-topped pedestal against the far wall. ”Go on inside.”
After closing the door behind him, Seran touched the pedestal and received a pop-up from the system stating that the pedestal was analyzed and added to 'creatable artifacts'. ”Sweet, I can make one at any time now...” Then, another pop-up came up, this time from the orb.
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Available Jobs: [Fighter], [Rogue], [Mage], [Beast Tamer]
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”Hmm... well, based on my fighting style, I should go for Rogue, since I focus mostly on my speed... Alright, let's do that.” He selected [Rogue] and confirmed his choice. Another pop-up appeared right afterward, though. One that even June hadn't expected to show up during a first awakening.
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Job Advancement Available!
Available Jobs: [Fighter], [Mage], [Beast Tamer], [Thief], [Archer]
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”Wait, already? That doesn't make any sense... Hmm... maybe I should choose Fighter this time...” Even after choosing this time, the advancement notification popped up again... and again... and again... for a total of 13 times. After going through all of these jobs, Seran had reached his final pop-up.
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Job Advancement Available!
Available Jobs: [Spellsword], [Swordsman], [Scout], [Ranger], [Beast Trainer], [Spellblade], [Shadowblade], [Magic Archer]
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”Please let this be the last one... It's been a full 30 minutes... Let's just go with Spellblade, since it seems to cover bladed weapons rather than just a sword like the Spellsword.” No more pop-ups appeared after he selected [Spellblade], which made Seran sigh in relief, ”About damn time...”
[That was more than anyone could have expected for a first awakening... You've gone through more jobs in 30 minutes than most people have had in their entire lives... You'd best head back out. I'm completely sure that they're getting worried...] William was just as exhausted mentally as Seran was. The major difference was that he had to do ability and skill sorting, so he was getting a bigger headache compared to the boy.
When Seran came back out, there was a small crowd of guild staff waiting outside, June included because she was here in the beginning. The guild master quickly said, ”You were in there a long time. Did something happen?”
The boy shrugged a little, ”Just took a lot of internal debate, really... Can we finish the process for the card, please? I'm getting a headache.” Seeing that Seran didn't say what his choice was, which was part of their 'Adventurers Rules and Rights,' June led him back into her office. The crowd attempted to follow, but the guild master glared them away.
After they sat back down in her office, with the door closed, June took out a strange-looking object that looked like a card-holder with a spike on top. Taking a blank Adventurer Card and fitting into the holding slot, June said, ”Now all that the card needs is your blood. Go right ahead, after it gets your blood, it heals the cut.” Doing as asked, the boy drew a drop of blood using the spike and let it drip down onto the card. After turning completely blood-red, the liquid drained off the card and into the bottom of the artifact. June then removed the card, which was completely dry, and examined it as she began to add the information to the register. When she read the [Job] section, she froze with a look of shock.
”What? What's wrong?” Seran was very confused, as June had said earlier that it would be a simple final step.
”You're a Spellblade..? It's only your first awakening, but you've already gotten a specialized fourth-grade job... What were the jobs that you chose before? Job progression is added to the register as well, so do tell me so I can update it correctly.” As befitting a guild master, she recovered her calm demeanor rapidly.