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Chapter 352 - 068.1 - The Nature of Pain
Chapter 352 - 068.1 - The Nature of Pain
Chapter Sixty Eight
Joe awoke once again in the middle of the night, the darkness still covering everything and he sighed. It wasn't a bad way to wake up; well rested and ready for the day. It was just annoying to wake in the middle of the night. He allowed himself a good chunk of time to laze on the bed before getting serious about his training. He looked over what he'd done the day before, having gotten level thirty on his latest journey on the faith line of jobs, getting Saga acolyte up to thirty and almost to thirty one by the time lunch had rolled around. It hadn't proved very useful at all, giving worthless stats although it did give a good chunk of learning for an average job. The only thing that it really did well was a pretty massive boost across all magical resistances he could currently see, which was very nice.
</div> </td> </tr> </tbody> </table> And, of course, the very, very interesting and exciting possibility of opening second jobs. Joe had been very careful of pursuing secondary and tertiary jobs, as Gwenvair had made it abundantly clear that it was for nobility only, even the knowledge of it, and he wasn't certain how much the temples knew about it… or… at least the average clergy, seeing as there were an entire duplicate set of temples in the inner city and he wondered if there were even private shrines in the noble central city or in private homes. Hmm… maybe… should I ask Gwenvair to change my second job? Would she… take it as just a … like… gift thing? Or is it … Joe ground his teeth a bit, not in any agitation, but simply deep thought as he considered his options. He remembered what Gwenvair had told him before, and realized that he was only a job or two away from being able to likely unlock it all himself. Not… sure that I should really say anything… she was quite certain that there were no third jobs… only two… I've got… something like... three extra jobs. That's double hers… what she going to think if I've found a way to have four jobs… could just get one, but… Joe didn't feel like showing more than he'd already had. Already know about my … lots of perfect cores… didn't even know about that… now they've gotta be wondering about gifted points… whatever that is… and Garnedell's parents knew more than they let on… so… Joe seriously considered it for some time before sighing and passing on the chance. He was only a few jobs away. He could wait, as much as it pained him, and he had no pressing need to push. He still had a cycle or two through the temples, possibly another one even as it seemed the temple swapped out who offered job change services. That gave him a month, if not another two, possibly, and by then he could easily swap out to the Loki priest line and no one would know. Joe frowned then smirked. Except other Loki priests… and they're not going to rat me out… heh… In any case, he was grateful to be able to get further along the job changing route and kept track of the time, making a mental note to attempt the next priest line of jobs in another five or so days. While he was grateful to be growing and reaching, hopefully soon, towards a job change skill, and maybe even a sub job change skill, Joe felt frustrated with the weakness of these jobs. The stats were …boring… I'm bored, I guess. There really isn't anything really new or unusual. And, honestly, so were the skills. It appeared the priest line of jobs gave bonuses to stats, each god or goddess giving their own boost. Mimir had given wisdom, which, to some extent, made sense as Mimir was the god of knowledge, although it made more sense it had done something for intelligence instead. Saga, the goddess of wisdom, increased MP, which utterly confused Joe. He couldn't understand why. The first of the Saga jobs gave a bit of bonus to MP and MP recovery. The next Saga job did the exact same thing, only just a bit better. He did get one interesting skill: cure disease. Hmm… might be pretty useful… if a bad disease comes along, but… Considering how it appeared that just about any middle aged acolyte would have that skill easily and so low in the Saga chain of jobs, Joe wondered at its usefulness. Seems too nice of the system to give something like this so… commonly and easily. Gotta be some kind of catch? Or… is disease just not an issue here… cause of magic healers… maybe? The last interesting skill he found was truth reading, and Joe grinned to see it. Heh… seems like… a lot of priests get this then? Think I saw another priest … the one besides Kukurnal who helped me with the usurer that was trying to enslave Kilniara and her brother… both had truth reading… so… let's check this out. Help. What is truth reading?
Joe grinned at that, a soft smirk, before he continued. Let's break the system a bit. Help. Is that objective truth or personal believed truth of the individual speaking. Joe's grin grew as the time went on, and he waited for quite some time before the next dialog box popped up.
Heh… gotcha! Joe's grin turned to a full on laugh at that, but as nothing changed, Joe's grin soured and turned into a full on grimace. A short while later, the message flashed, changing to state that he would be informed and given an answer at a later date. Joe frowned. Well… I can just figure it out myself pretty quick. Joe sighed and moved on. After he had taken the time to take a look at the various benefits that Saga Acolyte gave him, he soon soured of it and ultimately found it meaningless for him, even in the long term as far as he could really tell. Although if I ever caught the flu, it might be worth it to swap jobs just to kill it. Joe grinned at the idea of never having to deal with the flu or cold again and suppressed a chuckle. Wonder if it would work with harder stuff… cancer? Other things? Joe pondered the ramifications for a bit before shrugging and turning to his new job: explorer. He had chosen to push on towards the melee jobs and hopefully unlock some of the jobs that would allow him to more readily use various weapons. With the option of having multiple jobs possibly soon available, keeping a melee job available just to use that weapon might be useful.
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