I left the village after cla.s.s with the old man was over, and walked over to the nearby forest. I waited a week before coming here because I didn’t know the area here very well, so I tried to avoid going to far into the forest’s interior. I came here to test my skills out of the discerning eyes of the public.
Because I seemed to have learned a new skill at every level, I decided to experiment to see what they actually did. Well, my Ninja level is 7 now, and Dragon is level 1? Here’s the skills learned from the Ninja job cla.s.s;
Level 1 Stealthy Walk
Level 2 Shuriken Creation
Level 3 Caltrop Creation
Level 4 Ninjitsu Art of Smoke
Level 5 Stealthy Walk 2
Level 6 Clone Jitsu
Level 7 Firey Escape Jitsu
That’s the impression it gives. I tried them in the order that I learned them. I somehow knew how to use them because instructions appeared in my head on their use.
When using Stealthy Steps, my footfalls became much quieter. Ordinarily, my footsteps would create a noticable sound, but now I do not hear a thing even if I stomp heavily upon the ground.
But then I remembered that I had Stealthy Step 2, so I skipped a skill and tried the upgraded skill. It appeared that the upgraded version was even better at hiding the sound of my footfalls. Levelling up the skill has made it even better than before at quiet movement.
I tried the two weapon generating skills, shuriken and caltrops. Shuriken and caltrops appear in my hand when I use those skills. Both types are made of a proper iron.
However, after about ten seconds, the shuriken disappeared in a puff of smoke. While the shuriken were useful as weapons, the caltrops were not after ten seconds. Perhaps it would be better if it had a second level, which would improve its efficiency. I learned much from this trial run.
Smoke formed around me when I used the Ninjitsu Art of Smoke. Because the ninja skills have ranks, there’s a possibility that I may be able to fly or leap high when the smoke appears. The time allotted to escape with this skill is five seconds, and at this time is not usable. After all it is awaiting improvement.
The Clone Jitsu created a double of me in my opposite direction. The skill merely creates an unmoving doll, but it can be touched. Like the other skills, it disappeared after ten seconds as well. Though it did disappear, I got the feeling that this skill has potential to be highly useful depending on how it is used.
Finally I tried the Firey Escape Jitsu. Fire appeared when I used it. After performing a ninja seal with my hands, a flame of considerable force came out. It was very much like a flamethrower that I had seen on television in my past life. I aimed it at a tree stump to test it, and it quickly burst into flames.
……Awesome. What would happen if I combined this with the Ninjitsu Art of Smoke? This would be a lot of fun. With this, I was able to find out what my ninja skills actually did.
That can be reasonable, after all. When levels increase, the extent a skill increases can be considerably great. Going from Sneaky Steps to Sneaky Steps 2 suddenly, the skills are compatible, but with much stronger effects.
Should I start in a place like this? Then next is the dragon skill. At Dragon level 1, my skill was flame breath.
I’m curious as to how different this is from the Firey Art of Escape Jitsu. I somehow understood how to breath fire. Then, fire spewed froth from my mouth.
The flames were more than the Firey Art of Escape Jitsu. A dragon’s breath was more powerful than the small gouts of flame that a fire eater on the street might perform. Well, this blaze could be very bad. I made a mistake.
Dragon level 1 flame breath. This skill is much more powerful than the combined Art of Smoke and Firey Escape Jitsu from my level 7 Ninja job cla.s.s. After all, the scale that the old man gave me wasn’t all that impressive.
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I met Claire when I returned to the village.
“Ah, Callus-kun.”
“Yo.”
The conversation ended there. Claire fidgeted. Though it’s been over a week since I started attending cla.s.ses with Claire, I don’t think I’ve ever had a conversation with her. She’s very quiet, my impression is that she is very timid when she speaks.
Therefore, while there wasn’t a conversation going on here, it was a test of skill. I was concerned about Claire’s Job and skill.
“So Claire, what was the Job Cla.s.s you received in your coming of age ceremony?”
“Ummm…” Claire fidgeted again. She answered after fidgeting considerably.
“A……hairy caterpillar.”
“Hunh?”
“H-hairy caterpillar.”
“….a hairy caterpillar that is a small greenish bug that moves in a winding zigzag pattern?”
Claire nodded with teary eyes. I’m astounded that there’s such a job…. …. no wait, there is a dragon too, so a caterpillar may not be too farfetched.
“By the way, what sort of skill did you get?”
“Munching…..”
“Munching?”
“I eat a leaf, and the skill…. heals my wounds.”
“O-oh.”
“I-it happens quickly!? A papercut on my fingertip needs 20 leaves that I eat to heal injuries! It’s really effective!?”
Claire begins to cry even more.
It certainly is an effective skill. But twenty leaves to heal a papercut on a fingertip is a bit wasteful. Her eyes fill with even more tears. I feel really bad for her.
“Have you changed jobs?”
“Eh?”
“But won’t it be hard to level if I change jobs? My options are limited if I change it too early.”
“I’ll help you.”
“Callus-kun? But Callus-kun just came of age a week ago.”
I turned to the side and breathed out fire. It was roaring and blew out to an empty spot with nothing or n.o.body to damage.
“Eeeeeehhh, H-how did you–”
“I have the ‘Dragon’ job.”
“Amazing……good…..”
She was envious of me. The trap that is a hairy caterpillar had happened to her.
“Coincidentally, my Ninja level is 7 as well.”
“……..Eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeh??”
At that moment, she was greatly surprised. “Liar! Your Total Level is 8, which normally takes many years to reach??”
I remembered that my mother was a Magician level 6 at her age too.
“Prove it, or it never happened.”
I started off with Shuriken and Caltrop Generation, and moved onto Clone Jitsu. By using multiple skills, I was able to prove that I had acc.u.mulated many levels.
“Awesome…..”
“Is this unreasonable for using a job change item to go from Ninja level 7 to Dragon level 1?”
Claire shook her head heavily. Respect and expectations. That was what was reflected in her eyes at that time.
Author’s Note: I wonder what would have happened to Claire if Callus hadn’t been there. Once chance to avoid a straight path towards munching….” Next time, Callus and Claire’s first adventure.
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