If this was really true, it meant Yakumo would eventually be able to use the skills of Clerics, Fire/Poison Magicians, and Ice/Lightning Magicians simultaneously.
In terms of elemental coverage alone, he’d be ridiculously versatile.
Just what kind of god-tier modder had created this private server?
You could actually play like this?
After confirming that everything really worked, Yakumo put the skill point on his third tab into Max MP Increase as well.
Only after doing that did he finally return to the beginner skill tab with complete satisfaction.
Unlike before, the beginner skill tab now contained a large number of additional skills.
Things like Riding, Multi-Pet, and Artisan’s Soul weren’t particularly worth mentioning.
What truly delighted Yakumo was the fact that the skill list actually contained Soaring.
And it was usable!
This was the flying skill from the Dragon Rider content.
Most importantly…
It!
Didn’t!
Consume!
MP!
Yakumo’s maximum MP was still extremely low.
If flying consumed MP, he wouldn’t be able to stay airborne for more than a few seconds.
And this skill wasn’t exactly slow either.
He could finally—
“Woooohooo~! I’m flying!”
“So this is the difference between having a job and being jobless…”
At that moment, Yakumo’s eyes filled with tears.
He finally felt like all his suffering had paid off.
This was way too convenient.
He could even attack while flying!
The Level 8 gift pack contained fifty Red Potions and fifty Blue Potions, as well as a Level 8 wand.
The stats weren’t even the important part.
The important part was that he finally didn’t have to cast Energy Bolt while holding an axe anymore.
After suppressing himself for so long, the frustration inside him had finally been released!
Yeah.
It felt as refreshing as putting on brand-new underwear on New Year’s morning!
There were also skills for Smithing and Alchemy in the skill list, although both were currently locked.
They would probably unlock after he reached a certain level.
None of that could put even the slightest dent in Yakumo’s current mood.
In fact, he was so delighted that when he opened his stat window, it took him quite a while to realize something was strange.
Naturally, the stat window was where he needed to allocate his Ability Points.
Don’t underestimate the fact that every stat started at 4.
Those four points were anything but ordinary.
Surely plenty of people had experienced the suffering of repeatedly rerolling their starting stats because they wanted to play a Magician, desperately trying to maximize INT while being forced to endure the agony of basic-attacking everything with only 4 STR.
However, the system Yakumo had received seemed to use the newer approach where stats were automatically assigned during the beginner period, then returned as Ability Points after Job Advancement.
The strength and agility he’d gained naturally as he leveled didn’t seem to have disappeared either.
Although his displayed stats were only 4, his actual physical abilities were probably somewhat higher.
More importantly…
The number of Ability Points was wrong.
Yakumo did a quick calculation.
Apparently, each level had given him seven Ability Points.
That was even more than the Cygnus Knights received.
Originally, he’d still been debating whether to go pure INT or use the classic four-INT-one-LUK allocation.
Now that problem was gone.
He could put six points into INT every level and still throw one extra point into LUK.
All Yakumo could say was…
As expected of a private server!
“Did something good happen, Young Yakumo?”
The old woman returned from inside after putting away the herbs, carrying a small pouch in her hand.
“You always seemed rather unhappy before.”
Old people tended to have sharp instincts.
Although Yakumo had always enthusiastically helped the villagers and constantly acted cheerful, the old woman had still been able to sense the oppressive weight hanging over his heart.
Now…
That pressure seemed to have vanished entirely.
“Granny, I think I can use magic now! Look!”
Yakumo had no problem sharing his joy with the old woman.
She had taken good care of him during his time here, making her one of the people he felt closest to.
As he spoke, Yakumo fired an Energy Bolt at a pile of firewood waiting to be processed outside the window.
He couldn’t suppress his excitement.
He desperately wanted to share this feeling with someone.
“That’s amazing, Young Yakumo. Maybe one day you’ll even join the Hero’s party and become one of the heroes who defeats the Demon King.”
The old woman smiled warmly as she handed Yakumo the small pouch.
“Here. This is the payment I should’ve given you for all the work you’ve done.”
“Thank you, Granny! I’m heading home!”
Yakumo’s excitement still hadn’t faded.
After accepting the coin pouch and thanking the old woman, he rushed back to his house in a few long strides.
Once home, he repeatedly opened his skill window and stat window.
Only after checking several times to make absolutely certain he wasn’t dreaming did he spend quite a while grinning foolishly to himself.
“Whew…”
“Now I can finally say my life as an adventurer has officially begun.”
“I should gain a few more levels before leaving, though. Level 20 would probably be best.”
Once he reached Level 20, he’d be able to max out Max MP Increase and invest points into Magic Claw.
Since he had three separate skill tabs, he could also invest in Magic Armor on one and Improving MP Recovery on another.
As for Magic Guard, his MP was still far too low for it to be particularly useful.
After reviving from death, his HP would only be restored to 50 points, but his MP remained at whatever amount he’d had before dying.
If he activated Magic Guard and then got killed in one hit, his MP would basically be emptied as well.
That would do more harm than good.
“Finally, there’s…”
“This chat channel.”
Almost every feature of the game system had been unlocked by now.
The only thing Yakumo had never figured out was the purpose of this chat system.
The chat box contained several channels:
World, Friends, Party, Guild, and Notices.
The Notices channel had always been completely empty.
There had never been anything resembling an “official announcement.”
As for the Friends, Party, and Guild channels, those went without saying.
All of them were completely empty as well.
The channel Yakumo understood the least was the World Channel.
At first, he’d assumed it might contain special dialogue from NPCs in the current town.
But after spending so long here, he’d discovered that wasn’t the case.
Later, he’d begun to suspect that perhaps it was some kind of communication channel used by certain special people throughout this world.
So every day, he’d posted the same message into the channel.
Creeper?
Yet no matter how many days passed, he never received a single response.
Now he’d even completed his Job Advancement, and the channel was still completely silent.
Yakumo genuinely didn’t know whether there was any point in paying attention to the chat window anymore.
“Whatever. I’ve been posting it for so many days already.”
“I’ve got nothing better to do, so I might as well send it one more time.”
Yakumo casually typed a message into the World Channel.
Creeper?
Then he pressed send.He hadn’t expected it to do anything in the first place.
But this time, something really was different!
A few seconds after the message appeared in the World Channel, the tab suddenly flashed once.
Then twice more.
Those were actually new messages!
Yakumo abruptly sat up on his bed, rubbed his eyes, and stared incredulously at the words appearing in the World Channel.
[Kashiwagi Eri: Popping up while a lady is in the middle of something important is incredibly rude.]
[Kashiwagi Eri: Wait, why is this my name?! This isn’t even the username I use on my messaging apps! What the heck is going on?!]
[I Really Am the Hydro Archon: How insolent. To dare play such tricks before me, Furina de Fontaine, the Hydro Archon herself. Your disrespect is enough to have you brought to trial!]
[I Really Am the Hydro Archon: However, considering that you’ve at least provided me with some entertainment, I suppose I can give you a chance to defend yourselves… Wait. What’s this invitation to join a chat group?]