14 – World 11. Reclaimed Light (2)
At the word job, I looked at the status window in front of me once again.
【② Occupation：――】
Certainly the job section was empty.
Seeing that, I felt a small doubt and asked Hayden.
“Is your job important?”
“In a sense, it is the most important. A job is the measure of all strength.”
Hayden gave a brief description of the job.
“You must have started in the temple as soon as you logged in. If you make a donation to the temple, you can choose a job.”
huh?
For a moment I thought I had heard it wrong.
“…a donation?”
“There are differences between temples, but it will be around 1 to 3 gold.”
“No, but isn’t it strange that you choose a job with donations to fight for your world?”
As if my question was valid, Hayden nodded.
“I heard that it is written for the people who are struggling. Also, there is not much profit in small towns, so they seem to be making money that way.”
“…”
“In addition, I heard that the profits are quite good. It’s only natural that you donate money until you find a job you like.”
Aren’t you just dealing with players?
However, since I had to get a job as a necessity, I felt like I had no choice.
“But can you make money in a small town with no income?”
“If there is no money, there are other means. If you help the residents diligently, they give you a piece of wood called a plaque of appreciation. Don’t worry, collecting them will replace the donation.”
After hearing that, I gave up thinking and asked about my job.
“Please let me know what your job is.”
“It’s nothing complicated, just enter a certain space and touch one of the 100 light masses. Then you can get jobs from 1 star up to 5 stars.”
1 star? 5 stars?
It was a word that reminded me of a mobile game character.
“Do you have stars in your profession?”
“Yes. Among them, 5 stars are the best.”
“How about Mr. Hayden?”
He said he could choose a job he liked if he continued to donate, so he thought Hayden’s job was a 5-star job.
But.
“Four stars (☆☆☆☆), it’s a thunderbolt.”
Unexpectedly, it was Hayden who said it was a 4-star job.
“Isn’t it five stars?”
“Oh, I forgot to explain. Even if you choose all the lightballs, you won’t get a 5-star job.”
Hayden explained each one step by step.
“They say my job is determined based on my past, present, and future self. I heard that you can choose a 5-star job only if you do a great job in that timeline.”
Well.
“What is that activity?”
“It’s like an achievement worth spreading across the world.”
It’s the whole world…
Of course, it seemed that very few people practiced it.
“Usually, I would give up on the past or present and only look at the future.”
“You also have a good understanding. As you said, everyone chooses a job with only the future in mind.”
The problem was that the 5-star job would not appear if there was no significant activity in the future.
It would be different if you had made great achievements in the past.
‘Currently… there’s nothing to see.’
If it’s an achievement at the current point, wouldn’t it be possible to get a 5-star job by solving the fog of death?
However, in order to solve the fog of death, you have to get a job in another world and fight, so the order is reversed.
‘No, wait.’
Shall I clear the fog of death even now?
Since name and color are also a curse of God, I didn’t think it would be solved for sure, but it was worth a try.
“What do you think?”
As he contemplated the fog of death, Hayden said puzzled.
“I thought it would be an achievement if I went out now and cleared the death fog.”
“like. That’s a plausible idea. If you solve it for sure, you’ll get a 5-star job.”
Hayden didn’t deny it either.
“As long as it can be resolved.”
Looking at it, I didn’t think I could solve it.
But when I heard that I had to build that level of achievement in order to get a 5-star job, I briefly remembered my past.
of 10 worlds.
Even the worlds I saved are eight.
Even the number of times I died in the process was five.
It happened because I, who had made a contract with the creator god, couldn’t even be free from death.
If I die, I will simply move on to the next world and be revived.
Otherwise my journey in the first world would have been over.
‘But what if all of that applies to my achievements?’
There might be several 5-star jobs that are difficult for others to obtain.
‘I’ll have to try the fog of death though.’
Thinking that it would be an opportunity for a new 5-star job to come out, I decided to fix the fog of death with my own power.
“Can I go to the roof of this building?”
“rooftop? The door is locked, but you can go.”
“Then let’s go there.”
Perhaps because of the words to go to the rooftop, Hayden looked at me with incomprehensible eyes.
“Wasn’t what you just said a joke?”
“What a joke. Just give it a try.”
“It’s great to try.”
Apart from the question, Hayden got up and headed for the stairs, probably wondering inwardly.
Then Ren followed suit.
“Come to think of it, what will this little boy do?”
“How are you?”
“Didn’t you come with me? That’s why I asked how the kid was treated.”
It made sense.
Originally, I was going to take him to some extent and then help him become self-reliant, but that independence was a problem.
‘How do I become self-reliant?’
The first thing that came to mind was something worth living for.
“I’m thinking of helping them become self-reliant if possible… but is there anything nice about it?”
“That’s an answer the kid doesn’t want.”
“…?”
Hearing that answer for a moment, I turned my head and looked at Ren.
Ren looked up at me with eyes full of longing.
Even at a cursory glance, I sensed that he absolutely did not want independence.
“Mr Hayden. Do you know the answer Ren wants?”
“Looks like he wants you to live with him. I’ve been talking about living like a cat for a long time.”
cat?
In my head, a cat rolling around in the house came to mind.
“Is that the cat that rolls around in the house?”
“I know you well.”
To put it simply, I wanted to eat my life raw.
“It must be difficult. It’s fine while I’m here, but when I’m done here, I have to go to another dimension again.”
“Where are you going?”
“It’s random, so I don’t know.”
However, if I recall the 10 dimensions I passed through, a fantasy world came out with a high probability.
A fantasy world where swords and magic coexist.
Likewise, the place where you go to the connector here is like a fantasy world.
“Surely a difficult problem.”
It’s only right to help me become self-reliant when I think of leaving.
Or, there was a way for Ren to follow me to another dimension, but I honestly didn’t recommend it.
It was because each world passed had a specific crisis similar to this one.
“kid. What do you want to do?”
“…”
Ren couldn’t answer easily.
I want to stick by my side and eat my life raw, but I have to leave this place and go to another dimension.
If I wanted to be self-reliant, I would have to stand up alone, so I had to do anything.
I looked at Ren who was worried and said it was okay.
“Think slowly. You won’t be here for a day or two.”
Even if things went well and the fog of death was resolved, the work in another dimension might take longer than expected.
The great thing was that the only things he could use were game skills and items obtained through a contract with the Creator.
In other words, all of the power I use as my main force is sealed.
In fact, even this alone is starting from a very advantageous condition than others, but it was not enough to be relieved.
“It’s all here. There is no elevator, so it takes a long time.”
After walking up for a while and reaching the rooftop entrance, Hayden operated a machine installed on one side of the wall.
“I’m going to the roof, do I need to manipulate something?”
“There is a trap. We are unlocking it.”
Was there even a trap?
As he was thinking about what kind of trap he had set up on the roof, Hayden spoke again.
“If there are no traps, hyena cubs will invade.”
“To the roof?”
“Otherwise, where would you break in?”
Listening to Hayden’s words, it seemed that the only way to break into this place, where the entire building was covered with steel plates, was on the roof.
So it seemed like a trap had been set.
“You can come out now.”
Crunchy-
Apparently disarming all the traps, Hayden went forward and opened the roof door.
It was still dark outside through the roof.
‘This is all because of the fog of death.’
In the midst of that, it was ironic that one exceptionally tall building was still shining brightly.
“But, as you said, I came out to the roof. How are you going to solve it?”
“With magic.”
“Magic?”
Even after all this, I reached the level of an archmage in the previous 10th world.
grand wizard.
A stage where I assimilate with the world and actually realize my will.
In a sense, it was also a stage where I distorted the laws of the world and brought about the phenomena I imagined.
Of course, like the others, I was at a level that I only raised by expedient methods, excluding all training, actual combat, and enlightenment.
However, that does not mean that the realm itself disappears anywhere.
‘Unfortunately, I can’t use the world’s mana like before.’
In the previous world, there was an energy called Mana, but it was not here.
To be precise, there is no mana identical to that of the previous world.
Therefore, I had to use magic only with the mana I had.
‘shall we start.’
Along with my thoughts, I raised the mana in my body and spread it in all directions.
Having reached the 9th level of being a great wizard, my mana quickly spread and spread to the outside world, including this city.
‘yes?’
Mana spread to the city in an instant, so the outskirts.
It did not spread properly in the presence of death fog.
‘I didn’t expect to resist even Mana.’
They said it was a curse from God, but it seemed like I was too complacent.
Still, when I forced it in, the mana spread out in a radius of about 150 km based on me.
If it wasn’t for the fog, it would have stretched 2 to 300 km.
‘It doesn’t matter.’
Run like this.
My will begins to dwell in the mana I spread.
According to my will, Mana distorted the laws of the world and brought about miracles.
‘A storm that will suck up the fog of death.’
Faaat!—
at the same time.
A huge whirlwind appeared from the four directions of Moleverton City, sucking in all the fog of death and advancing.