The Death Mage Who Doesn’t Want a Fourth Time
Chapter 383: The beginning before winter

《The Levels of the ‘Transcendant Strength,’ ‘Constant Super Mana Recovery,’ ‘Extreme Strengthen Subordinates,’ ‘Divine Venom Secretion (Claws, Fangs, Tongue),’ ‘Enlarged Attack Power while Unarmed,’ ‘Super Strengthened Body Part: Hair Claws, Tongue, Fangs,’ ‘Demon Thread Refining,’ ‘Super Increased Mana Recovery Rate,’ ‘Enlarged Vitality,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Reigning,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Worshiped,’ ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Demon Empire of Vidal,’ ‘Self-Strengthening: Cannibalism,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Cannibalism,’ ‘Murder Healing,’ ‘Self-Strengthening: Murder,’ ‘Augmented Magical Power while equipped with a Staff,’ ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Guide,’ ‘Blood Rule,’ ‘Roar of Destruction,’ ‘Golem Genesis,’ ‘Hollow World God Magic,’ ‘Precise Mana Control,’ ‘Divine Alchemy,’ ‘Group Coordination,’ ‘Group Commander,’ ‘Death Thread Reeling,’ ‘Dark Scream,’ ‘True Demon King Artillery Technique,’ ‘Demon World Binding Technique,’ ‘Transcend Limits: Fragments,’ ‘Whip Technique,’ ‘Staff Technique,’ ‘High-speed Flight,’ ‘Musical Instrument Performance,’ ‘Dancing,’ ‘Muscle Technique,’ ‘Magic Fighting Technique,’ and ‘Labyrinth Domination’ Skills have increased!》

《The ‘Augmented Attribute Values while Enveloped in a Soul’ Skill has awakened to ‘Enlarged Attribute Values while Enveloped in a Soul,’ and the ‘Augmented All Attribute Values’ Skill has awakened to ‘Enlarged All Attribute Values!’》

The intensive training of Borkus and the others against the Demon King Familiars had great effects on Vandalieu as well. Because Demon King Familiars were split entities of Vandalieu, the experience they gained was reflected in his Status as his own.

It turned out that battles against opponents who had Skills at a high Level, something that monsters did not possess, were effective for Vandalieu as well.

And most importantly, he had gained Experience Points.

Because Demon King Familiars were split entities of Vandalieu, he had thought that the training would boost Borkus and the others’ Skill Levels, but not their Job Levels. After all, even if they defeated the Demon King Familiars, they only destroyed split entities of Vandalieu… a part of him. They didn’t actually kill anything.

But it turned out that Borkus and the others gained Experience Points from defeating the Demon King Familiars.

When Vandalieu and the others consulted Luciliano about this, he had responded with, “I do not understand the specifics of it, but the fact alone would be worth writing multiple theses about.”

According to Luciliano, there had been numerous theories in this world regarding Experience Points.

The theory that one absorbed some energy-like substance from the things that they defeated.

The theory that the gods evaluated and scored people’s feats, and people received that in the form of Experience Points.

The theory that Experience Points were not an extrinsic factor but an intrinsic one… that one’s soul was trained by their feats and the energy produced by that process was what people called Experience Points.

There were other theories out there, but these three were the most prominent. And most scholars and theorists believed that the first was the most likely. They believed that the Experience Points gained by those with non-combat-related Jobs were absorbed from the faint quantities of energy present in the materials and resources they worked with.

And those other than scholars and theorists did not think too deeply about Experience Points. One can breathe even if they don’t know exactly what air is made of, and one’s heart beats steadily even if they don’t understand how their heart and blood vessels are structured. In the same way, one’s Level increases even if they don’t understand how Experience Points work.

Vandalieu had never thought very deeply about Experience Points, either. And that was no different now.

He knew that they were a phenomenon that could not be explained by any proven theory, but this did not cause him any convenience, so he had left the matter alone.

“Leaving that aside, it’s time for a Job Change,” Vandalieu said to himself as he touched the crystal ball.

《Jobs that can be selected: Creator, Tartarus, Wild Spirit, Dark Battery Cannoneer, Dark Beast User, Hollow Shadow Caster, Balor, Apollyon, Demogorgon, Soul Devourer, God Devourer, Nergal, Ravana, Shaitan, Chi You, Ouroboros, Rudra, Blood Ruler, Demon Electricity User, Juggernaut, Berserk Muscle User, Apophis, Azathoth, Taotie, Hollow World God Mage, God Spirit Alterer》

He had recently reached Level 100 with ‘Fallen Warrior’ and ‘Insect Ninja,’ and he was here to change Jobs again now because he had just reached Level 100 with ‘Eclipse Cursecaster.’

‘Fallen Warrior’ had been a Job that provided bonuses to all martial-combat-related Skills. It was indeed a literal ‘Warrior’ Job in that it was excellent for every kind of physical combat technique… Perhaps the ‘Fallen’ part was why it had provided bonuses to his venom-related Skills as well.

‘Insect Ninja’ was a scout-type Job that made it easier to handle bugs as followers… though unfortunately, it had provided less-than-ideal bonuses to his Skills, as he had not put much effort into improving his scouting techniques.

And as for ‘Eclipse Cursecaster,’ it was a Job that allowed him to curse or implant seeds and microbes in those who he touched with his hands, feet, tongue, nose, tentacles, or blood.

It was a Job that was useful for inflicting continuous damage over time against an enemy in combat, for distributing seeds over a wide area of farmland, and for cultivating mushrooms.

“Now then, my next Job… I select ‘Nergal.’”

Nergal was an unusual mythological figure. In Mesopotamian mythology, he was the god of the underworld, and at the same time, the god of the sun – though he symbolized the sun as bringing drought and withering, rather than blessings and warmth. ꞦА𝐍Ǒ𝐁ЁS̈

It could be considered a fitting Job for Vandalieu, the ‘Eclipse Emperor’ who ruled with Talosheim as his capital.

《The Levels of the ‘Transcendant Strength,’ ‘Underworld God Magic,’ ‘Constant Super Mana Recovery,’ ‘Super Increased Mana Recovery Rate,’ ‘Enlarged Vitality,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Ruling,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Worshiped,’ and ‘Staff Technique’ Skills have increased!》

《The ‘Self-Strengthening: Murder’ Skill has awakened into ‘Super Self-Strengthening: Murder,’ and the ‘Murder Healing’ Skill has awakened into ‘Super Murder Healing!’》

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