In the Thieves Guild, Firefly found Room 302.
As soon as she opened the door and entered, she saw a woman in Thief attire resting her face on her hand, boredly fiddling with a crystal ball.
Seeing Firefly enter, she immediately perked up, raised her head, and whistled.
“Yo, what a fine-looking girl.
Are you here to change your class to Thief too?
Tsk tsk, these days, girls whose main class is Martial Artist are quite rare.”
Thief was an exclusive subclass for Martial Artists; Mages and Espers naturally couldn’t change into it.
However, Adventurer was a universal class that all three main classes could transition into.
Firefly thought about how she needed to start building her persona now to distance herself from Sam.
So, instead of being aloof, she put on a gentle and sweet smile.
“Hello, Instructor.
I’m Firefly.”
“Oh ho, I’m Avril.
Come, Firefly, sit here.
I’ll demonstrate our two basic Thief skills for you—Stealth and Backstab!”
Avril led Firefly into the room, closed the door, and began the Thief class-change tutorial.
[Avril is teaching you ‘Stealth’, progress 5%]
[Avril is teaching you ‘Backstab’, progress 6%]
Seeing the progress percentages pop up, Firefly didn’t waste her brain cells trying to memorize Avril’s teaching.
Instead, she asked with a hint of curiosity:
“Miss Avril, why did you choose to become a Martial Artist?
And to become an instructor at such a young age…
usually, mere—er, I mean, Soldier-ranks aren’t qualified to be Guild instructors, right?”
“Sigh, Firefly, seeing your delicate appearance, you must be a young lady from some noble family, right?
We ordinary people don’t get to choose.
Being able to become a Esper is already good enough; we can’t afford to be picky.” Avril sighed dejectedly.
Firefly felt she had indeed asked a stupid question.
Players were the ones who least needed to worry about classes.
In fact, every player’s talent would be considered monster-tier in the world of ‘apocalypse’.
Just look at the current Firefly; even Tatsumi thought she was a peerless genius.
If it weren’t for the player level cap being only 100, this world would eventually be filled with Kings walking the streets and Legends as common as dogs.
“I need to be more careful about this in the future.
I’m no longer a player and might not have the ability to respawn.
I must align my common sense with the people of this world…” Firefly warned herself inwardly.
[Ding!
You have learned the Thief exclusive skills ‘Backstab’ and ‘Stealth’.
You have met the requirements for the Thief class change.
Proceed?]
“Yes,” Firefly confirmed in her mind.
[Class changed to Thief.
Your Strength and Agility attributes have each increased by 2 points.
Gained Feats: Nimble Fingers, Keen Senses, Light Armor Proficiency, Poison Coating]
Nimble Fingers makes the fingers more flexible, increasing the success rate of stealing, lockpicking, and setting or disarming traps.
Keen Senses makes it easier to perceive nearby Stealthed Thieves.
Light Armor Proficiency increases evasion and movement speed by 5% each when wearing light armor.
As for Poison Coating, it’s one of the core Thief feats, granting weapons effects like slight paralysis, slight laceration, and slight poisoning.
Satisfied, Firefly bid farewell to Avril and returned to the Iris Hotel.
“You’re finally back!
I thought you didn’t want me anymore!”
As soon as she entered the room, Firefly saw Shiro slumped in a chair, staring blankly at the ceiling as if life had lost all meaning.