Chapter 161: Veronica's New Job Change

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Veronica walked back to Anna's workshop, which had been remodeled into a huge building with a large furnace, and where many citizens worked inside forging weapons and equipment of all sorts.

"So are you changing Jobs?" asked Anna, as she used a new and enhanced Cursed Hammer to flatten the surface of a large piece of iron, which was smoothened into the furnace.

"Yes… Because we are soon enough moving on towards Oggoth, I got to get something that could make me stronger" said Veronica.

"I wonder what kind of weird Job you will get now… Heh, you're always full of surprises, aren't you?" said Anna with a small chuckle.

"Will you pick 'that' Job?" asked Shade from within Veronica's soul.

"Yes, most likely… But I am also planning on seeing what new Jobs I got…" said Veronica to Shade through telepathy, as she glanced at her available Job Options.

[Jobs Available]

[Armored Thrower], [Cursed Armor Brawler], [Phantasmal Armored Shield User], [Armored Artillery User], [Soul Breaker], [Metallic Thread User], [Armored Tamer Mistress], [Hollow Witch], [Tartarus Executioner], [Abyssal Soul Demon Armor], [Synthetic Phantasmal Engineer], [Malevolent Necromancer Witch of Dead Spirits], [Metallic Self-Golem Transmuter], [Acheron Ferrier], [Demon Beast Queen], [Undead Metallic Arachnid Matriarch], [Demonic Shadow Phantasmal Soul Queen] (New!), [Abyssal Phantasmal Soul Warrior] (New!) 

"Two new Jobs? And the names are just as eerie as always!" thought Veronica.

"...'Demonic Shadow Phantasmal Soul Queen' is a long name for a Job and a very weird one at that… Could this be connected to anything other than my Soul? But because it is a new job, it should give me something else than just a few level ups in my Skills… And 'Abyssal Phantasmal Soul Warrior' is… kind of similar? But perhaps not… I will find out someday when I pick them up, I suppose" thought Veronica.

"For now, let's choose the Job that will help me crush Oggoth's soul," said Veronica.

Ding!

[You changed Jobs to [Soul Breaker]!]

[The Levels of the [Soul Binding; Level 3], [Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 6], [Magic Fighting Technique; Level 1], [Self-Enhancement: Murder: Level 1], [Murder Healing: Level 1], and [Soul Break; Level 4] Skills have increased!]

"Ah, a lot of Skills leveled up! That is refreshing, a whole week went by without any level up after all" said Veronica with a happy smile.

"Perhaps you could level up your Blacksmithing Skill if you practiced more with me," said Anna.

"Oh? Does Anna-chan want to spend more time with me, perhaps~? I'm sorry, I was just quite busy teaching all those Ghouls while creating Golems to build more homes for them… We can spend more time together if you want, fufu~" laughed Veronica with a mischievous smile on her phantasmagoric and pale white face.

"Veronica, she clearly didn't mean that!" said Shade.

Veronica ignored Shade, who was always at Veronica's side as he pretty much lived inside her soul, and his complaints were just out of jealously, which she found adorable.

"I-I didn't mean that! I was just talking purely about the practice of Blacksmithing techniques, nothing else! D-Don't get the wrong idea… Though it is nice to be with you" said Anna… finally admitting that she liked being with Veronica.

"Oh? Is this some character development, I see?! Anna-chan, you can be with me at any time~!" said Veronica as she warmly hugged Anna by extending her arms as liquid metal noodle-like limbs, entangling them around Anna.

"Ah! Stop doing this…! A-And you are pressing on my boobs! At least not in front of everyone!" said Anna with a flush.

"Oh~! Sorry, fufu" laughed Veronica, freeing Anna from her 'embrace'… she clearly loved to tease her more than anything.

Inside of Veronica's soul, Shade was barking like a jealous dog… it seems that even after having 'accepted' that Veronica might have… more partners in the future, he could not help but have a surge of jealously from time to time. Even more because of his connection with Veronica, which made it clear to him that she already liked Anna for real and was not simply teasing her as a friend…

"Sigh… I also want a physical body to be hugged!" said Shade.

"You can always be hugged by my soul, you dummy," said Veronica to Shade, using her abyssal and shadow soul to 'hug' Shade… which made him feel at ease.

"Hmm… w-well, this is fine for now…" muttered Shade, being touched by Veronica's soul was like being touched by her most intimate part of her whole being.

Although she did not realize this, doing such a thing was equal to a kiss when done to ethereal beings, such as Ghosts, Dead Spirits, or Elemental Spirits.

As Veronica and Anna chatted and practiced Blacksmithing, the day went by flying, the sun settled on the horizon and the moon appeared in the night sky, alongside the resplendent stars that adorned the beautiful scenery with their dim light.

Veronica and Anna then walked back to the castle, where she reunited with the rest of her family for yet another relaxing dinner with everyone.

Ding!

[The Levels of the [Blacksmithing; Level 2] Skill has increased!]

[Name: Veronica

[Race: Death Acheron Living Armor Executioner.

[Age: 0 years, 3 Months. 

[Titles: Monster Tamer, Mysterious Demon Knightess, Army of One, Queen of Death, Crowned Princess of the Igni Kingdom, Squirrel-kin Beastmen Queen, Rabbit-kin Beastmen Queen, Raccoon-kin Beastmen Queen, Ghoul Queen.

[Type: Undead/Ethereal/Material

[Rank: 7

[Rank Level: 046/100

[Job: Soul Breaker.

[Job History: Armored Unarmed Fighter, Soul User, Shadow Soul Fighter, Spectral Soul Knight, Apprentice Spirit Caster, Apprentice No-Attribute Mage, Armored Shapeshifter Fighter, Slime User, Apprentice Warrior, Metamorphosis Synthetic Knightess, Wicked Metallic Legion, Accursed Shadow Soul Metallic Knightess, Light & Darkness Spirit Caster, Self-Body Alchemist Crafter, Cursed Shapeshifting Demon Vehicle, Murderous Metallic Mistress.

[Job Level: 001/100

[Health Points: 19.270/19.270 > 21.203/21.203

[Mana Points: 36.500/36.500 > 48.605/48.605 (Increased a lot by using Mana constantly with Ervas's help!)

[Strength: 8329 > 8730

[Defense: 6630 > 6945

[Magic: 5220 > 5340

[Resistance: 3730 > 3830

[Agility: 3927 > 4123

<Passive Skills>

[Memory Retention; Level 5]

[Special Five Senses; Level 6]

[Superhuman Strength; Level 5]

[Abyssal Soul; Level 5]

[Phantom Form; level 6]

[Mana Enlargement; Level 5]

[Magic Enlargement; Level 5]

[Abnormal Status Immunity]

[Strengthened Physical Power; Level 5]

[Physical Damage Resistance; Level 4]

[Armor Rearrangement; Level 5]

[Absorption Healing (Mineral, Materials, Armor); Level 5]

[Chant Revocation; Level 4]

[Strengthen Followers; Level 5]

[Commanding; Level 5]

[Coordination; Level 5]

[Self-Enhancement; Following (Ervas); Level 5]

[Slime Binding Technique; Level 4]

[Parallel Thought Processing; Level 5]

[Fast Speed Thought Processing; Level 5]

[Surpass Limits; Clones; Level 3]

[Automatic Mana Recovery; Level 4]

[Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 4]

[Strengthened Attribute Values; Legion; Level 3]

[Death Attribute Charm; Level 3]

[Golem Transmutation; Level 3]

[Soul Binding; Level 4]

[Dominate Created Undead; Level 3]

<Active Skills>

[Hardworking; Level 7]

[Appraisal; Level 6]

[Charge; Level 6]

[Unarmed Fighting Technique; Level 7]

[Javelin Technique; Level 5]

[Axe Technique; Level 2]

[Shield Technique; Level 5]

[Armor Technique; Level 5]

[Thread Reeling Technique; Level 4]

[Artillery Technique; Level 5]

[No-Attribute Magic; Level 4] 

[Mana Control; Level 5]

[Spirit Magic; Level 5]

[Cursed Wounds; Level 6]

[Soul Materialization; Level 6]

[Phantom Materialization; Level 6]

[Tame; Level 4]

[Body Form Manipulation; Level 5]

[Long-Distance Control; Level 5]

[Digestion; Level 4]

[Cooking; Level 2]

[Butcher; Level 2]

[Alchemy; Level 4]

[Crafting; Level 4]

[Blacksmithing; Level 3]

[Body Size Alteration; Level 4]

[Fission; Level 5]

[Mining; Level 3]

[Aura of Fear; Level 4]

[Magic Fighting Technique; Level 2]

[Space Expansion; Level 1]

[Comfort Maintenance; Level 1]

[Rough Road Travel; Level 1]

[Precise Driving; Level 1]

[Self-Enhancement: Murder: Level 2]

[Murder Healing: Level 2]

<Unique Skills>

[Armory; Level 4]

[Soul Break; Level 5]

[Legion; Level 2]

<Divine Protections>

[Lamus' Divine Protection]

[Vedon's Divine Protection]

[The Fallen Demon Kingdom's Citizens Divine Protection]

<Current Armory Slots: 5>

[Slot 1: [Dark Crystal Scarlet Demon Minotaur Empress Living Armor] [Armor]

[Slot 2: [Great Crystallized Green Scales Manageable Shield] [Shield]

[Slot 3: [Ice Crystal Silver Mercury Empress Living Armor] [Armor]

[Slot 4: [Magical Crystalline Blazing Ice Fanged Long Spear] [Weapon]

[Slot 5: [Anna's Strengthened Silver Axe] [Weapon]

<Bonded Spirits>

[Shade, Spirit of Shadows and Darkness (Light-Attribute)]

<Tamed Monsters>

[Slot 1: [Rank 7: Huge Deep Swamp Lake Water Slime, Aqua]

[Slot 2: [Rank 6: Giant Nine-Eyed Scarlet Armored Black Widow, Charlotte]

[Slot 3: [Rank 6: 

Giant Steel Venomous Scales Drake Worm, Nidhogg]

[Slot 4: [Rank 4: Dark Giant Spark Rat, Kyuu] 

<Following Monsters (Undead, etc.)>

[Rank 6: Dark Phantasmal Gazer Ghost, Ozgeth]