“Big Brother?! Why are you here…?”
“Hand it over!”
“Excuse me?”
“The thing in your hand!”
Aisha was flustered by the chaotic situation.
It felt like an eternity had passed in a journey that made it impossible to gauge how many months had gone by.
After walking the Path of Light, so much had happened and she had faced death dozens of times, but she had finally made it down the entire tower.
Just as she was joyfully realizing she was at the final floor, the ground suddenly collapsed, and she fell here.
‘Quest? Arrival at the Altar? Second Job?’
She couldn’t make heads or tails of the situation, but one thing was certain.
“Right here!”
This stone in her hand was indeed needed by the Sword Saint.
Aisha threw the stone without hesitation, and the Sword Saint swiftly caught it.
The Sword Saint, gripping the stone, seemed to push through the air recklessly.
“Wow, you were doing this too, right? I really struggled. You got here first, right? What else can I do?”
“…No.”
“Is there something else you need… Huh?”
“Did I already fail? There’s no reaction at all.”
Sre.
The Sword Saint drew his sword.
Even though it was an ordinary sword, the chilling aura it emitted instinctively made her step back.
“O-Oh, Big Brother?”
“Come down, Aisha.”
“…W-Why?”
“It’s necessary. Hurry down.”
“……”
[The Master of the Altar claims it’s an unnecessary struggle.]
[The Master of the Altar advises Aisha not to descend.]
Swallow.
Aisha had followed the Sword Saint for years.
His speech, his actions, his expressions.
She had consistently observed all of his patterns of behavior, and no one in Deoen knew the Sword Saint better than Aisha.
It was undeniable.
‘Killing intent.’
The Sword Saint was radiating killing intent.
“Just calm down a bit…”
“……”
“…I’ll come down.”
But still, he was the Sword Saint.
She admired him so much that she wielded a sword just like him.
She loved him so much that she created a fan club and followed him around.
Thud!
But how could she now betray him?
As she descended from the altar, the Sword Saint immediately approached her, raising his sword.
“…I’m sorry. I guess I got here first, right?”
“……”
“I was being greedy and made a mistake. Lady… I know these hidden dungeons are obviously for just one person. Totally ruined it.”
Aisha bowed her head.
“I’m ready. You can kill me; there won’t be any PK issues. I won’t get caught, so don’t worry…”
“Who said I was going to kill you?”
“Didn’t I say so?”
“?”
Swoosh!
The sword swings down at Aisha.
The black and white veil that enveloped her shatters, and Aisha regains her colors, looking dazedly at the Sword Saint.
“I don’t do worthless things. Killing you wouldn’t return a failed quest, you know.”
“…Onii-chan!”
Aisha’s previously glum eyes brighten again.
The Sword Saint easily sidesteps the rushing Aisha and taps her head with his sword sheath, shaking it lightly.
“Ouch…”
“So from now on, do something worthwhile.”
“Yes!”
[The Master of the Altar strikes a pose.]
[The Master of the Altar laughs, claiming he can’t actually kill, but pretends he can.]
“…What did I gain?”
“Um… I got some experience points and some currency. Also, a title and a legendary trait second… Wait, what is this?”
Aisha’s eyes widen as she belatedly checks the system message.
It is the first legendary trait discovered in Deoen.
A trait that even those amazing Rankers and Lily have not obtained.
Originally, the Sword Saint should have gotten it, but he was a step too late, so Aisha acquired it instead.
Aisha’s shoulders slump.
“Um… I’m sorry…”
“Worthwhile things.”
“Yes, yes!”
“Now talk about that legendary trait.”
“Well, first, you can possess two jobs simultaneously regardless of what they are, and you get bonuses based on job synergy. And…”
Scratch.
“What is it?”
“…One of them can be obtained here?”
“Here?”
“Yes.”
“……”
A hidden additional job change that can be obtained here.
If it’s a job change that can be gained in this seemingly empty vast chamber, then naturally…
[The Master of the Altar gazes at the ancient existences.]
“You mean those statues.”
Those statues are all presumed to possess power close to or beyond disaster.
It seems like one can receive job change quests from those statues.
“Whoa! There are so many statues!”
Aisha quickly walks over and starts looking around the statues.
After a while, she stops in front of twin statues of a man and a woman.
Statues that share similar weapons, appearances, and poses.
“Could it be that they…”
“Of course not.”
“Aww, but they’re five stars.”
The glum Aisha turns her head away.
“Wait. What’s five stars?”
“The job difficulty… Do you not see this?”
“Difficulty level… can you not see this?”
Aisha points into thin air.
What she sees in her eyes is invisible to the Sword Saint.
“…It seems to be permitted only for those who clear the quest.”
[The Master of the Altar smiles.]
[The Master of the Altar says that those without qualifications cannot walk the path of the Impossible Being.]
“Uhm. So does that mean big brother Sword Saint can’t change classes?”
[The Master of the Altar affirms that.]
[The Master of the Altar then suggests that he quickly returns the stone of the Impossible Being.]
“Stone?”
The black-and-white stone the Sword Saint is fiddling with.
Aisha passed it to him, but since the ownership has been decided, if she wants it back, she can reclaim it anytime.
Even though the Sword Saint is holding back and Aisha is ignoring it, the stone of the Impossible Being continually tries to return.
“Is that stone like a key to proof of qualification?”
[The Master of the Altar says it’s similar.]
“Then I don’t want it. I’ll give it to big brother.”
[The Master of the Altar warns that he will regret it.]
[The Master of the Altar states that without the stone of the Impossible Being, he cannot fully unleash the path of greatness.]
“I won’t walk that path anyway. Just being around 30% is good enough.”
“It’s definitely worth it. I should have gotten it in the first place.”
“Right, right.”
[The Master of the Altar chuckles.]
[“Struggling and yet causing your own struggles.”]
The Master of the Altar seems to not want to interfere any further and falls silent.
“Is the only thing I can see the difficulty?”
“Yes. First, this twin statue is rated five stars, and the male statue holding the greatsword next to it is rated two stars. The others are almost around one to three stars.”
Swish.
Aisha gently touches the statue.
“It seems the average is about two stars. The highest is five stars…”
“What about that one?”
“If it’s that one…”
The statue standing opposite the twin statues.
It’s a tall white woman holding a long spear, wearing something like a Saintess robe and showcasing a beautiful appearance.
‘Most importantly… it feels so familiar…’
“…?”
“What’s the rating on that one?”
“…Seven stars?”
A remarkable seven stars represented by the statue.
Two levels higher in difficulty than the twin statues.
A rather tough path is expected, but what stands out is not the difficulty.
“But doesn’t that look like Lady Lily?”
With an incredibly beautiful appearance and a spear in hand.
The atmosphere is slightly different, but the appearance is similar enough.
Since the real Lily is unavailable, it must be one of the similar kinds of hidden classes that Lily gained.
It must be one of those similar types.
“Then, is Lily Kurma related to jobs?”
But in reality, Lily was the same too.
“…Hmm.”
“Try that statue.”
“It seems like the best option for you, oppa…”
The Sword Saint nodded silently as he adjusted his sword.
“Oh.”
The Sword Saint draws his sword.
“Hurry up and give it a try.”
“Yes!”
I put my hand on the statue and focused.
As the colors returned to Aisha’s fingertips, colors began to spread from the statue, making it shake slightly.
It’s just shaking.
“…It’s not moving, you know?”
[The Master of the Altar says that statue requires a lot of Impossible Being’s power.]
“I guess it needs some stones.”
“Uh… what should we do?”
“Just pick something else. I didn’t think this would work anyway.”
“Okay!”
Oh well then…
“I’ll do this twin.”
“If you’re doing it alone, I don’t care what you choose.”
“…Hmph.”
Dududududu…!
The statue shook, and colors spread in the black-and-white world.
The hair of the female twin’s statue turned blue, and its pure white half-wing began to emit light.
The white light seeped into Aisha.
“Ah.”
Aisha’s eyes turned blue.
“It worked. I got the job change quest.”
“What’s the name?”
“…False Gemellus? It says ‘Path of Light’ in parentheses.”
As Aisha drew her sword, white light burst from the Meteor Sword.
The harmony between the existing hidden job ‘Sword Master’ and the newly acquired hidden job ‘False Gemellus’.
Surely, as a second job, one skill applies the effects of two jobs.
“Oh.”
“…It is definitely overpowered.”
A user who obtained two hidden jobs at once is none other than Aisha.
“What will you choose, oppa?”
“…This one seems good.”
The Sword Saint passed Aisha and entered the area thick with darkness.
He had been carefully watching the statue since he first arrived at the clearing.
A tall man draped in a black cloak was looking down while wielding a longsword.
“…Demon?”
Two demon horns were protruding.
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