But for a Slime

<Chapter 90 Continued>

Brawler, the next job upgrade in the warrior line, also proved a bit disappointing. True, it functioned similar to the duelist in that each job seemed to inherit the warrior or fighter job, the initial two jobs of the line, so only got the skills of the first two jobs and no others. It also seemed like the warrior line was more of a brawling type of job line, which made much more sense in that light, especially with the name of this latest job as brawler. It also seemed that each job seemed to focus on a specific weapon, mastering it, unlike the duelist line which seemed to learn all of the weapons. Joe wasn't quite certain yet, but it also seemed like the weapons available to the warrior line were much more brutal and damaging weapons with little focus on defense, for the most part, while the duelist line focused on the 'elegant' weapons of nobility. Kinda makes sense… If you look at the names… but still. That said, brawler seemed to be focused on pugilism, gaining pugilist at ten and a skill called 'heavy punch' and 'take hits' at levels twenty and thirty. Joe almost grimaced in disgust, but given the name, it made complete sense. The level forty skill only clenched his image of the job, being 'no fear.' Joe moved on, hopeful of a new sub job with gifted and scrolled down to look at his new skills for gifted.

When he got there, however, he sighed, very disappointed. There were no new sub jobs open, although there was one new skill called char: subjob percentage loss +1. Another char. Another! Hah! Joe allowed his elation for a time before calming himself and turning back to the actual skill. Percentage loss… What's that even mean? Seems… am I losing something or…

Joe's thoughts struggled to understand what he was reading and he kind of stared at it for a bit. It took him a bit to really chew on it, coming up with a few ideas until he hit on something that seemed a likely candidate. He quickly emptied all his jobs except his main job, knowing that would not be a problem since this skill was related specifically to subjobs.

Struggling for a bit, Joe was able to finally figure out what his base stats were, although he had to subtract the Loki priest job stats he had in the main job. Can't take out all my jobs… otherwise not going to be able to chang… no! Ha! Still have change job skill with the 'char:' skill attached to it… gotta remember to move it back. With a bit of trepidation, Joe dropped his priest job as well, replacing it with a level zero job he hadn't had the chance to level yet.

Joe flipped over to his main status page and grinned happily, seeing the hard reality of his hard work over the past seven or eight months. All of his stats had long passed a thousand points each, even without any other leveled jobs increasing them but even the jobs leveled today barely added anything to his massive stats, only another ten or fifteen points to each stat. His lowest stat was his MP, except for luck, and showed at just over a thousand points. Even his physical resistances, which had bothered him with how low they were before, were all over two or three hundred points; well above what he had had back on Earth. He stared at it a bit, struggling to understand what he was seeing before simply chuckling and smiling at his good fortune. The fear over not being able to function at his previous Earth levels had long left him before, but the feeling of content and comfort still washed over him, the relief now a minor part of his emotions. Fresh chapters posted on novelFirｅ.net

Despite that, he was not feeling completely at rest. Concerns over skills were now rising up and he began to grow concerned about how skills or his lack of them, according to the system, would affect him. I've exceeded my plan… and I can naturalize now! Should I? Is it a goo… He'd just begun wondering whether or not he should accept the current stats, naturalizing and losing his Earth stats, but as soon as he thought this, a small blue box popped up before him.