「Oh. No, maybe it is not, after all.」
When she said the words 「Bounty Hunter」, I think I finally figured it out.
The Bounty Hunter Job has a Skill called, 「Ignore Life and Death」. If you look at the name carefully, and the fact that you need to select a target in order to invoke it, then wouldn’t that make「Ignore Life and Death」 a single-target death blow Skill?
But I have yet to succeed in activating it even once, so maybe it is a kind of Skill that has a certain percentage chance of success? In other words, it’s a gamble whether you can kill the target or not. And if it is gamble, then it is therefore a part of a gambling world.
Maybe the condition to acquire Gambler is to successfully activate 「Ignore Life and Death」Skill at least once? That is what I think, at least.
「Oh, did you realize something from that, master?」
「No, I am not sure yet. But it was a good hint, nevertheless. Thank you.」
「No need to thank me, since it wasn’t much.」
I haven’t been successful with 「Ignore Life & Death」 Skill thus far, so I think it is highly possible that the success rate of this Skill is related to the level of the user.
If any idiot could kill any monster without any limitation or restriction, then 「Ignore Life & Death」would be a truly broken Skill.
Gambler seems to be a difficult-to-get Job. You need to level Warrior up to Lv.30 first to get Bounty Hunter. After that, you need to level up Bounty Hunter to increase the success rate of 「Ignore Life & Death」Skill. It is also possible that I need to level up Thief as well.
Leveling up Thief in addition to Warrior and Bounty Hunter, huh? If it’s like that, then there’s no way for it to be generally known. However, there is a compatibility between Thief and Bounty Hunter.
If a Thief quits the life of crime, they can start working as a Bounty Hunter, and a Bounty Hunter can cross the line and fall to a Thief’s level. Both of those things are likely to happen.
There also seems to be a person who managed to fulfill the condition and became a Gambler.
Since he was not able to publicly announce that he was a Thief, I can understand that he could only write it in a book in the corner of the library.
For now, I can try to aim for it and see how it goes. But because the Job is difficult to obtain, I’m not sure yet whether I’ll be successful or not.
For the time being, getting Dragon Knight is the priority.
Since you need to fight alone, will killing a monster by yourself meet the requirement to acquire the Dragon Knight Job? Or will she have to take out more of them?
I bring out Durandal.
「Vesta, can you try fighting a monster by yourself using this sword?」
「Okay.」
If she were to use Durandal, even if the first blow didn’t work, the second one would surely kill any monster that she’ll have to fight against. With that weapon, she will be able to safely fight just by herself.
「Umm... This is the sword that Master always uses, right?」
「Yes, it is.」
「So you’re giving it to Vesta, even though you have never let me use it before?」
Roxanne complains in a low voice. This is starting to get troublesome.
「Well... because it is a two-handed sword.」
「It is not like I can’t use a two-handed sword at all, you know?」
「T-Then, do you want to try it as well, Roxanne?」
「Are you fine with it?」
I am the one who needs to ask if you’re fine with it. However, Roxanne’s eyes were sparkling when I looked at her.
Well, looks like it can’t be helped.
「Then we can try it in order, I guess.」
「Yes!」
Roxanne takes Durandal from me excitedly. She holds it like it is something very important. She looks pleased as well. That’s good, I guess.
「You are asking me? I have never heard it before.」
「Sherry?」
「I have heard about 「Physical Damage Reduction」 and 「Magic Damage Reduction」Skills, but as for 「Damage Reduction」 Skill, I have never heard about it before.」
It seems neither Sherry nor Vesta know about it. Is it perhaps a Passive Skill? Rather than the type that needs to be invoked, is it possible that it always reduces the damage received? As you would expect from a Job with such a cool chuuni name.
「When you say 「Damage Reduction」, doesn’t something strange happen?」
「「Damage Reduction」? No, nothing strange.」
I have set Dragon Knight Lv.1 as Vesta’s Job, but nothing seems to be happening.
So it is a Passive Skill, after all. It would be strange for nothing to happen if it were an Active Skill.
「Dragon Knight, what kind of Job is it?」
「A Job held by only the righteous amongst the Dragonkin tribe. It’s a Job they wield to protect their lord and friends.」
I see. Does it mean that a Dragon Knight is basically a Knight, but for the Dragonkin?
「Dragon Knight is a Job that excels in defense. It is believed that the stability and safety of a Party increases if they have a Dragon Knight in it.」Sherry further explains. No wonder. With that much Increase in Endurance, it will surely excel in defense.
So the three of them will form the line of defense.
Dragon Knight is a job that specializes in defense, huh? The Job effects are shared by the whole Party, so we’re going to benefit from it as well.
Being a Dragon Knight, she’ll be able to take a hit, surely. But I am still not sure if 「Damage Reduction」 will work for the whole Party or just her alone. Since our Party’s main attack force is my magic, it may be better to have a Job specialized in defense, actually.
I will leave Vesta’s Job as a Dragon Knight for now.
「Becoming a Dragon Knight is a dream of every Dragonkin tribe member. I, too, would like to become a Dragon Knight one day in order to better support Master and his Party.」
「Well, Vesta is already a Dragon Knight, so you don’t have to worry about it.」
I try my best to say it as casually as possible.
「Eh?」
「Do you want to go on as Dragon Knight, or go back to Villager for now?」
「Umm, but in order to become a Dragon Knight, you need years of training, and you must get recognized by the Guild Temple. As for me, I didn’t even fight that much, so how...」
「It’s okay. Show me your left hand.」
Vesta shows me her left hand as instructed.
However, since my Fifth job is Alchemist, and I am currently using 「Plating」, I switch my Fourth job, Monk, with Knight. I invoke 「Intelligence Card Operation」, causing Vesta’s Intelligence Card to emerge from the depths of her left hand.
「Eh?」
「Go ahead and check it.」
Seeing is believing after all, and it’s going to be faster to show it to her than to explain with words. Vesta has also checked my Intelligence Card before, so she should be able to read Brahim language without any difficulties.
Vesta looks at her own Intelligence Card closely... and then her eyes shoot wide open.
「It is true... It states that I have become a Dragon Knight!」
「See? Do you believe me now?」
「Umm, Dragon Knight... Err, Intelligence Card... Eh? So Master’s Job was also the one capable of operating the Intelligence Cards?...」
「It is alright, Vesta. Because it’s master.」
Roxanne tries to calm Vesta down. Since we are still in the Labyrinth, we will be in trouble if she continues to behave like that and loses her focus because of it.
「Rather than that, I think it happened because Vesta is a natural-born genius, and that’s why you were able to become the Dragon Knight... I think.」
She may be confused for now, but she will get used to it eventually.