Blade Skill Online: With Trash Job ‘Summoner’, Weakest Weapon ‘Bow’, and Rotten Stat ‘Luck’, I Rise to Be the ‘Last Boss’! - CH 78

[Rushing Into a New Chapter! Go For It, Yuri-chan!]

“Fufu~n! Hello VR world, I’m back!!!”

A day after the update following the guild event.

I immediately logged in and landed on the plaza of my guild base ‘Sacred City Helheim’.

“Man~, yesterday sure was rough. Never imagined I’d get chased around by an upperclassman at school…”

It was the member of the handicraft club who had made me wear her dress during the school festival.

Maybe she loved what she saw last time? She came to me with nurse and maid outfits in her hand and asked me “Would you be so kind as to wear these for me!” with a noble lady-ish tone, for some reason.

If she was a man, I would have socked her in the face right there and then, but there was no way I could lay my hands on a girl.

“I ended up relenting to her, but then she made me wear all kinds of outfits and even tried to take a picture… of course, I wasn’t having it, so I ran away… haaa…”

But things only became even rougher from there.

When I ran out of the school, I collided with a sour-faced young man who had been walking near the school gate.

Then we both fell over, with him on top of me as though he had pushed me down.

“To make it worse, I was still in girls’ uniform then… and a junior high school girl who was passing by immediately dropkicked the sour-faced young man while shouting ‘What the hell are you doing!’…”

It was truly a chaotic situation…!

After a great amount of effort, I managed to stop the middle school girl who seriously tried to beat the young man into a bloody pulp—she looked prim and proper, but why did it seem like she was so used to violence?—and calmed her down.

“I really felt bad for that young man. I mean, he cried ‘It’s my first time going out in a long while, yet why do I have to suffer like this… real world is just a crappy game, after all’ as he was beaten.

“Well, when I tried to help him up, he somehow got on his feet with such a surprising vigor, so he should be okay, at least…”

It was such a hectic day.

It might have been more tiring than the event.

“Alright, the game is a place to have fun, not to worry about real life’s problems. I’ve gotta turn my game mode on!”

I hit my cheeks to pull myself together.

And so, let’s rampage again today!

“It seems the new update took a whole day just like the last one. Let’s see what’s new…”

The moment I muttered so, a message window immediately popped up in front of me…

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・In this new update, we have made some battle balance adjustments.

The major changes are as follows ↓

1. In response to the rampage of some players, we adjusted the number of weapons that can be summoned by ‘Arms Barrier’ from ‘unlimited’ to a maximum of ‘seven’.

Additionally, we made it impossible to summon weapons from under the enemy player’s feet (since it is almost impossible to defend against or avoid).

Instead, we extended the weapons’ materialization time from 3 to 10 seconds.

2. In response to the rampage of some players, we added some conditions to the item-stealing skill: It can’t be used to steal important event items and it won’t work on opponents whose level was lower than the user.

Additionally, stolen items can’t be sold to anyone other than the original owner.

3. In response to the rampage of some player’s companions, in case of players bring NPCs out onto the field, each of them will take up one party slot. During certain events, this limit will be lifted.

4. In consideration of the abilities of the top players, we increased the combat power of monsters in the high-level fields (this comes with a slight increase in the experience points they give).

Additionally, we added new powerful special monsters.

5. Added the ‘Karma System’.

Essentially, it is a numerical representation of the degree to which NPCs fear players who have received a death sentence.

Those who act kindly on quests and such will receive good Karma, while those who act violently will receive bad Karma.

Which side and how far in the Karma spectrum a player is will affect future events and such.

And in case players with Karma above a certain level meet the ‘hidden conditions’, they will acquire special secret techniques.

6. Changed some terms and remodeled the status window.

We changed the term of additional system functions that become available when selecting certain jobs such as ‘Summon’ from job skill to job ability.

Additionally, we categorized skills into various types such as ‘stats buff type’ and ‘function expansion type’ to make them easier to read.

7. We released assassins that target the top players!

Details are completely confidential. If you are level 50 or above, please brace yourself and play hard.

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“Nugugugugugu…! Those shitty devs, they nerfed me, after all…!”

I was pissed off, but not as bad as last time.

I mean, I saw the number one and two coming.

“Haaa… there’s no helping it. I knew I overdid it when I was bombing enemy players with hundreds of weapons that exploded upon impact, and the way I launched Zansword into the sky like a firework was kind of off-putting.”

But that’s okay, Yuri-kun is generous, so I’ll forgive this. They extended the weapons’ manifestation time to make up for it, anyway.

Number two wasn’t a problem, either. I didn’t have a hobby of robbing low-level players, nor do I need to sell the items I stole; I’d already got tons of money, after all.

“As for number three… could this be because Seele took the NPC army out on slaughter sprees? That means she’s caught the devs’ eye too, huh~.”

I’d expect no less from my adjutant. The next time we met, I’d pet her.

By the way, number six was simply them being kind while four, five, and seven seemed interesting. I knew those devs could make the game more fun if they put their mind to it.

“Okay, I’ve got the gist of it. So what ‘Arms Barrier’ got nerfed, I’ll just find another way to become stronger!”

In fact, I’d already got a plan in mind!

Grinning, I pulled up my status window.

In the job sub-menu, the following message was written:

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・You have reached level 75.

Second job: Craft Maker may evolve.

There are two evolution paths, which one would you choose?

1. ‘Craft Master’

Craft Maker orthodox evolved job.

Increases the success rate of all production works.

2. ‘Battle Maker’

Craft Maker unorthodox evolved job.

Can equip six additional types of weapons and use their arts without the specialized job.

However, the MP cost is five times higher.

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“This is it, Battle Maker!”

I had been looking forward to it since I’d looked it up.

The MP cost was terrible, but to be able to use various jobs’ arts, didn’t that make your blood pumping?!

“Honestly, I envy those archers that can use archery arts…! I mean, though I call myself an ‘archer’, I can only shoot arrows normally without the fancy effects since I didn’t choose the ‘Archer’ job.”

I’m still a boy at the end of the day. I somehow pulled off homing shots and split shots using arrows possessed by Pontaro and the gang, but I still wanted to use some real special moves! I wanted to swing a sword and other weapons around too!

And so, since I had reached level 75 after rampaging during the event…

“It’s time to evolve! Battle Maker and press!”

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・Congratulations on your job evolution! You have become Battle Maker!

You have acquired the job ability, ‘All Weapons’

You have acquired the right to equip six additional types of weapons and you can now use arts corresponding to them!

※You will also be able to use the arts of the weapon you have selected during character creation.

You may decide on the new weapon to use from the status window. You may decide on the six weapons all at once or separately.

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“Hell yeah, I’ve become even stronger!”

I was so excited to be able to use various weapons.

Well, I guessed I could take my time choosing while walking. It seemed I didn’t have to decide on them all at once, too.

“Nuhaha! This little nerfing isn’t gonna stop me, stupid devs!”

And so, I made my way to the training ground to figure out a new combat style while thinking about which weapons to choose.

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