BXBX NOVEL Chapter 227: 41st
Chapter 227: 41st
Lake was able to quickly kill all of the Demon Worshipers with his flaming arrow. Running off into the city, Lake realized he hadn't switched his job to something else yet and not wanting to level up a random job he switched it to Thief. He could level up thief all the way to 100 but he already had reached level 10 so he needed like 5000 more Exp to get to 11.
He also pulled out his bow because it looked like his arrow wasn't enough to get him another archer job and he was hoping holding the bow while the arrow killed people made a difference. Finding a good place for him to hide while he looked around the city, Lake Recalled the arrow he had left flying around in case he was attacked and used Mana Vision to start scanning the city.
He saw cores everywhere and when he switched Detector on to look for Demon Worshipers he realized this tier was most likely under their control. There weren't as many Demon Worshipers as cores but that just meant they had a large number of undead that didn't count as Demon Worshipers.
He wasn't sure what the difference was between certain types of undead but some of them seemed to be monsters while others were intelligent like people. It was probably how they were made and how much time had passed since they'd been made that made the difference but it was also possible they just hadn't had the time to convert them.
He was pretty sure you had to worship the Demon Lord if you wanted to be considered a Demon Worshiper. Done with his search and finding there weren't really any fights happening here, Lake wondered if he should just move on right away and not worry about killing any of the people here.
He was sure they would need his help on the surface and they would worry about what was going on down here later but there was another barrier he had to get through to leave the underground. This meant he had plenty of time to waste on clearing out as many of them as he could and this included the ones in the base he had just escaped.
Taking his arrow and pulling it back in his bow, Lake used Crunch and Imbue Fire then launched it towards the nearest building filled with Demon Worshipers. Feeling the Exp start to come in a few seconds after he hit the first Demon Worshiper Lake could tell he was dealing with mostly humans.
He also saw smoke start to come from the building he had just flown the arrow around and hoped it was made out of mostly stone so it didn't completely burn. He knew the dwarves could rebuild if he ended up burning the city to a crisp but he was worried about the air quality if half the city burned since they were underground, ventilation or not.
Moving on to the next building Lake recalled the arrow and shot it from his bow again. After hitting everything inside he did it again and again until he had his ever building inside the Range of Mana Vision. Moving to a new part of the city to start doing the same there, Lake saw there were some people out and about but with their black robes and the way they were acting he was pretty sure they had noticed him and what he was doing.
It wasn't surprising considering what he had done inside the base he was sure they had a way to communicate with the people outside. Remembering the devices he had taken from the first group of Demon Worshipers earlier, Lake hid and took it out of his bag. Using Decrypt on the first one Lake found it was a control device for gargoyles.
He guessed this was what they had used to get those gargoyles to gather near the barrier. Using Decrypt on the other device, Lake found it was an item used to cast Unholy magic that had been stored inside. He guessed this had been their plan to kill whoever attacked them after they entered if they hadn't been a match.
He had killed them before they had the chance to use it though so he could now use an unholy spell once if he ever needed to. Putting them away since he didn't think there were any gargoyles here, Lake took his bow back out and started to kill all the Demon Worshipers that were in range of Mana Vision.
With this area clear Lake moved again and did the same right after. Shooting his bow and killing the first Demon Worshiper with the flaming arrow Lake got a new job. [New Job Unlocked Fire Archer] Opening his new job Lake saw it was a mix of an archer and a mage.
Fire Archer (R) Lv.0/10
On level up:
Perception 2
Intelligence 2
Exp conditions:
Kills
Bonus Exp conditions:
X4 Fire Arrow Kills
Skills from job:
It was the same rarity as a Mage job but its stats were split between Perception and Intelligence. Lake wished it didn't give him Intelligence because it was his highest stat and he was afraid of maxing Intelligence too early but he needed Perception so he switched his job to Fire Archer.
Recalling the arrow again and shooting it, Lake wondered if every element had an archer job or if it depended on the element. Maybe some elements would have different jobs for different weapons depending on what the element went well with. Fire arrows were a staple so it made sense for archers to get a fire job but what about something like Earth or Water.
Earth made sense for heavy weapons and he didn't really have any ideas for what kind of weapons went with Water; maybe spears since spearfishing and tridents were a thing.
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Like usual the first few levels were really fast to level up but because of the 4X multiplier he was getting on Exp the last few weren't hard to get either. He had only had to clear a few sections of the city before he had completely maxed Fire Archer.
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Lake wanted to see what his stats were now that he had maxed out another job and see his new skills so he crouched down to take cover so he would have enough time to read his skills and remember them.
Race: Human Lv.16
Job: Fire Archer Lv.10 ( Max )
Special: The Insider Lv.0 ( 4/5 )
Stats
Health 160
Stamina 160
Mana 590
Strength 126
Endurance 15
Agility 108
Dexterity 121
Perception 121
Intelligence 154
Charisma 41
Free stat points: 144
Lake took in the fact that he had less than 50 points until he maxed out Intelligence and decided he wouldn't level any more jobs that gave him any until his other stats caught up a bit more or he got a job that was worth it. Moving on to reading his skills, Lake wondered what the skill would be like since this seemed to be a job that was based on a combination of magic and weapons.
Spell Arrow (R) Lv.1
Imbue a Fire spell into an arrow that will release on impact.
Red Streak (R) Lv.1
Flaming arrows gain speed while in air.
Flame Spout (R) Lv.1
Shoot a spout of fire out of your bow.
Cost: 15 Mana
Fire Form Arrow (R) Lv.1
Make a solid arrow out of Fire Mana.
Lake didn't think he would be using any of these spells very often, especially Red Streak since he could already control the speed of the arrow because of Magic Arrow. Spell Arrow did seem kind of cool though and he might get into it more once he unlocked more Fire spells.
Getting back up and putting the arrow onto the bow, Lake used Crunch and Imbue Fire and was about to shoot the arrow when he remembered he needed to switch his job to thief so he didn't waste any Exp. Once he was done he shot his arrow at the closest Demon Worshiper and started his mission to exterminate them from the city once again.
Clearing the area he was in, Lake moved to the next and was about to shoot his arrow when he was interrupted by something hitting him from the back. Lake wasn't sure what it was but it hadn't done any damage and just made him fall from the building he had been sitting on.
Reaching back to inspect the damage to his armor Lake found a nice hole in the back of his chest piece and the bottom of his bag. Thankfully the hole wasn't very large and nothing seemed to have fallen out yet but he needed to fix it before he started moving around crazily.
With his inspection done he started to look around for where the attack might have come from. Not seeing anyone, Lake used Detector and set it to look for who had attacked him. Detector lit up a person crouched on top of a nearby building and Lake moved around to try and get a chance to attack them from a direction they wouldn't expect.
As soon as he started moving though he saw the person move and it made Lake think they were able to see him well enough from where they had been hiding to see what he was doing. Not wanting to deal with this Lake said. "If you can see me you should be able to tell I can see you just come out so we can fight."
Seeing them jump down Lake put his bow back and put his fists up. This person had been able to hit him with an attack and even if it hadn't hurt him he planned to go all out just in case they had the strength to land any more even if it was just to spare his armor the damage.