18. Change of job
Lee Chae passed by Ryu Min’s eyes when he saw the follower.
It was because it was a familiar face.
‘That person… … Seo A-rin?’
Seo Ah-rin is a new actress who is very popular among young people.
Her beauty is so outstanding that her younger brother, Ryu Won, talks about it with excitement.
I heard from my younger brother that as much as his innocent appearance, he has a good personality and a sincere image.
‘That kind of woman was following me?’
I wasn’t mistaken for someone else.
‘It’s definitely the woman who lives in the penthouse upstairs.’
Not only because of her appearance, but also because her nickname was [Seo Ah-rin].
“Okay, sorry for following you.”
As Seo A-rin lowered her head, Ryu Min looked at her with a cold gaze.
Just as I was about to ask why, another man came out from behind the tree.
It seems that Seo A-rin wasn’t the only one who followed.
“We are sorry for this. We did not follow you with bad intentions, so please calm down your anger.”
A man with the nickname [Ahn Sang-cheol] smiled and said if he wanted to reconcile.
But the corners of Ryumin’s mouth did not move.
It was none other than a familiar nickname and face.
‘Ahn Sang-cheol? You’re Ma Gyeong-rok’s right-hand man, right?’
Ma Gyeong-rok.
The eldest son of one of the top conglomerates in Korea.
He was one of the people Ryu Min was targeting under the nickname [Cheonma].
‘If I have Ma Gyeong-rok on my side, it will be easier to grow in many ways.’
In particular, among the people with connections to Ma Gyeong-rok, there is a top-class priest.
To take her to the 20th round, she needed to catch the eye of Ma Kyung-rok.
‘I never thought I would already meet Ma Gyeong-rok’s right hand man.’
Ryumin was inwardly surprised, but maintained a cold gaze.
Ma Gyeong-rok was a person to be close to, but he was not a good man.
‘If you think about it, you can see him as a villain.’
He acts like a gentleman on the outside, but behind the scenes he has psychopathic hobbies.
There was no reason to look favorably on Ma Gyeong-rok’s right-hand man.
‘But why is that guy Ahn Sang-cheol with Seo A-rin?’
Ryumin instantly remembered the man he saw when he went upstairs.
He was the man who stood by Seo A-rin’s side and made her younger sister feel embarrassed by saying that she didn’t need things like rice cakes.
‘Could it be that the man who was with Seo A-rin was Ahn Sang-cheol?’
The face was different from the real one, perhaps due to customization.
So I couldn’t be sure it was the same person… … .
‘There was a rumor that Ma Kyung-rok sponsors celebrities as part of his business.’
In my opinion, I thought the man I saw yesterday was Ahn Sang-cheol.
“You guys. Where did you follow me from?”
“From the starting point. I saw you entering the forest and followed you… I’m sorry if you felt bad.”
He apologized again, but Ryumin’s expression showed no sign of relief.
It was inevitable that there was no follow-up in the last episode.
Of course, Seo A-rin is not happy.
‘The future has changed. That’s because I behaved differently from before… … no way?’
Still, I did act differently from the last episode.
‘Is it because I gave rice cakes to my brother and my neighbor’s house?’
Although he only encountered Seo A-rin while passing rice cakes, it seems that it caused a change in his feelings and led to her following him.
“Why are you following me?”
Seo A-rin nervously answered Ryu Min’s frosty question.
“It’s not that I followed you around with bad intentions… I have something I’d like to suggest.”
“proposal?”
“You took first place in the first round, right? So I was wondering if we could work together….”
“Cooperation?”
The corner of Ryumin’s mouth turned up to one side as if he was laughing.
“Isn’t the word cooperation used when we need each other’s help?”
“Yeah, that’s right.”
“I don’t need you, do I? I’m fighting just fine on my own. Didn’t you see everything while following me too?”
Seo A-rin had no choice but to nod and agree.
After following him for 30 minutes, I saw the corpse of the monster Ryumin had created.
It was such an overwhelming sight that there was no need for allies.
“Stop wasting your time with useless things and go back. I have no intention of forming a team.”
Ryumin turned his back as if he had nothing more to do.
As he went straight into the forest and disappeared, Ahn Sang-cheol complained.
“What is that guy? He’s so arrogant and soaring through the sky?”
On the other hand, Seo A-rin collapsed on the floor as if she was relaxed.
“Ha… I guess I got first place in the first round for no reason. The intimidation is no joke.”
“What about intimidation? If you point at someone with a sword, everyone can’t help but feel nervous, right?”
“Still, it was an atmosphere that was difficult to approach, perhaps because it was number one. The eyes were scary….”
“It’s probably because they’re good at customizing it. It’s difficult to think that that’s the face of reality.”
“Well, the bodyguard also made a different face….”
Seo A-rin looked in the direction where the black scythe disappeared and sighed.
“I was hoping to join hands with the No. 1 player in the rankings, but it didn’t work out the way I wanted.”
“Look at that. What did I say? Didn’t I say that people like that are so proud that they don’t make friends?”
“I see… Still, I thought we would join hands because sticking together has a higher survival rate…”
Seo A-rin, who had been watching the black scythe from the clearing, stubbornly followed him.
I wanted to propose cooperation.
But things didn’t go as planned.
“What now?”
“Whatever. We have to do it ourselves.”
“Should we find someone else and ask if they would cooperate?”
“That would be good. It would be better for us to survive if we stick together.”
“It would have been better if we had brought in Black Scythe…”
“It’s okay. Let people like that eat and live well on their own. Even if you add them to the team, it will only be a hindrance.”
“Still, it’s a shame.”
“It’s a shame. I just wasted time following him around for no reason.”
They tried to join forces to survive in this harsh world, but it was not an easy task.
“But I didn’t know there were monsters in the forest.”
“That’s right.”
“It seems that Black Scythe is not interested in voting. Everyone is probably discussing who to appoint as their representative at the starting point….”
“Maybe he gave up early because he thought it would be difficult to be selected as a representative.”
Seo A-rin nodded at Ahn Sang-cheol’s words.
Since it is a position where one person is selected out of 5,000 people, the competition will be fierce.
“Let’s go now. Maybe we’ll get a lot of votes because we’re celebrities, right?”
Ahn Sang-cheol said that and turned his head, but Seo A-rin didn’t think about moving.
“Mr. Arin?”
“Are we going to hunt in our spare time?”
“Huh? Hunting?”
“Yes. Even Black Scythe gave up voting, so there’s no way it could be us, right?”
Ahn Sang-cheol shook his head at the sensible words.
“Well, that’s not bad either.”
“Let’s go then, bodyguard.”
Two people entered the forest holding weapons.
The black scythe had given up on following him.
Not only did I not have the confidence to persuade him, but I was worried that I might get stabbed if I followed him one more time.
But they didn’t know.
Rustling-
Who would have thought that there would actually be someone following them?
* * *
Phew!
Ryu Min rejected Seo A-rin’s suggestion and caught the hobgoblin.
‘I’m so busy already, but I can’t believe I’m cooperating. There’s nothing to worry about.’
Anyway, there are enough monsters to catch on your own.
There was no reason to hold hands.
‘But Ma Gyeong-rok’s right-hand man lives upstairs from me. ‘It’s not a bad situation.’
The future had changed, but it wasn’t worth worrying about.
The future can change at any time.
The most important thing is to keep the future unchanged.
‘When I return to reality, I have to first check whether the man next to Seo A-rin is Ma Kyung-rok’s right-hand man.’
It is not difficult to check.
All you have to do is find out that the name of the man who is not sure if he is the manager or not is Ahn Sang-cheol.
‘If Ahn Sang-cheol is correct, we will be able to approach Ma Gyeong-rok more easily.’
But I’m not going to do anything right away.
Because it is not time to contact Ma Gyeong-rok yet.
That’s why I rejected the offer.
‘The only thing that matters now is raising your level through hunting.’
Ryumin went through the forest again.
“Kiaak-!”
“Keyit-!”
The hobgoblins rushed at him, but they couldn’t even touch Ryumin’s body.
The agile movement only turns you into a corpse.
It had to be that way.
[Current kill count: 60/100]
[All stats increase by 60% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
Because the stats had increased by 1.6 times.
‘It raises all my stats. As long as you stack up, the Rune of Massacre is definitely effective.’
At that time, I was smiling while looking at my stats that had noticeably increased.
“Kyaoool!”
“Crumbling!”
Five gnolls that are said to be seen occasionally appeared.
Even so, it was only a good amount of experience points for Ryumin.
[The gnoll has been defeated!]
[A 3x experience buff is being applied.]
[Experience +7.2%]
[Gold+20]
[Current kill count: 65/100]
[All stats increase by 65% due to the Rune of Massacre effect.]
[Your level has risen!]
[You have reached level 10.]
[You can now use the store.]
[The conditions for job change have been met.]
[There is a hidden sub-quest!]
You have reached level 10 and have met the conditions for advancement.
Ryumin immediately checked the side quest that came to mind.
<Sub Quest>
└Change jobs before voting time
└Get job change items and get a job!
└If successful ▶ Receive a 50% discount coupon for today’s item!
Most people who see the message will think:
Want to get a job change item?
How do I get it?
What’s the benefit of getting a job?
Since there was an occupation column in the status window, everyone would know about the existence of occupations.
‘It would be the first time a dull person would know that there is a job.’
Anyway, unless you’re an idiot, everyone knows that it’s a good idea to get a job.
‘If you’re between the ages of 15 and 29, you’re already familiar with the game.’
The problem is that I don’t know how to get job change items.
‘I was confused at first because I didn’t know. I thought it would just appear randomly if you catch the monster.’
Of course, even if you just catch a monster, there is a slim chance that a transfer item will appear.
However, advancement items are basically easy to obtain only when certain conditions are met.
‘For example, a warrior must raise his strength stat by 10 or more and kill 30 animals within 1 hour to receive a transfer item.’
The Berserker appears after hunting for a certain period of time while bleeding, and the Assassin appears after successfully ambushing a monster from behind several times.
In other words, you have to perform job-related actions to receive job change items.
‘That’s why an occupation reflects a person’s personality to some extent.’
Ryu Min also initially got a job as a hunter.
It was a job I got while repeatedly chasing and running away from monsters in the forest.
‘But now there is no need to change jobs to a hunter.’
There is no need to obtain change items.
Because I already got it in the previous round.
Ryumin took out angel blood from his inventory and memorized the starting word.
‘use.’
Light emanated from the angel’s blood and a message appeared.
[You used a previous item.]
[You cannot change your job, so please decide carefully.]
[Would you like to change class to ‘Reaper’? Y/N]
Ryu Min immediately answered a question that didn’t require much thought.
‘yes.’
At that moment, Ryumin’s body glowed with golden light.
A light burst out so strong that it blinded me, but only for a moment.
As if I hadn’t seen it before, the message caught my eye.
[You have changed class to Grim Reaper. congratulations!]
[I received the ‘Reaper’s Scythe’ as a commemorative reward for my job change.]
[‘Reaper’s Rune’ was released as a commemorative reward for changing jobs.]
[The acquired runes are automatically imprinted on the player’s body!]
[You have learned the Shinigami-only skill ‘Seal of Death’!]
[The following skills can be learned automatically when you reach level 20.]
Weapons, runes, skills, etc. were received to commemorate the job change.
This wasn’t the only good news.
[The grade has increased from ‘Beginner’ to ‘Apprentice’.]
[You have completed the sub-quest!]
[You will receive a 50% discount coupon for today’s item!]
There are three levels: Beginner (Lv1), Apprentice (Lv10), Regular (Lv20), Expert (Lv40), Master (Lv60), and Grand Master (Lv99).
By changing jobs, Ryu Min rose from beginner to apprentice.
There are many benefits to increasing your grade.
New job skills are created and previously learned skills are also strengthened.
The lock function can be unlocked and you can wear a higher quality item than now.
‘But if you don’t change jobs, you’ll stay at the beginner level for the rest of your life.’
Therefore, changing jobs was an essential factor in growth.
Several rewards have been received, but the message is not over yet.
Because there was still compensation for the first job change.
