Before I had arrived back home with Partner and everyone else, I had decided to change my Job, which now had evolved and had acquired a brand new form, Job Classes. Before arriving with everyone else in the Lightning Divine Ego Body and break the blue crystals, I had made sure to change Job Classes to maximize my growth, as Job Classes now have their own separate levels from my own Race Level.
A Brand-New Ability within the Soul Grimoire, an upgraded and improved form of the Class Change Ability within the Class Change Crystals. It grants the ability to change into classes with different Grades and Ranks, gaining power from them. Once a certain Level with each Class is reached, it is possible to change Classes once more to a higher-Grade Class.
Subclasses are also available, and each Class and Subclass have their own corresponding Levels separate from the user's Race Level.
Classes and Subclasses are qualified through different Grades of Power:
[Normal] -> [Rare: ★] -> [Unique: ★★] -> [Mythical: ★★★] -> [Legendary: ★★★★] -> [Divine: ★★★★★] -> [???]
According to this, Job Class and Subclasses have their own Grades of strength and so on, and they can constantly evolve while earning more Stars and increasing in their Grades of quality and power.
They're like a much better upgrade to Jobs, and I can also have both at the same time! Additionally, the System informed me that both the Job Class and Subclass share the same EXP Bar, so both will most likely just reach max level at the same time, facilitating the process even further.
[You've decided to change your [Job] to a [Job Class] and a [Subclass]!]
[Your [Job] has been deleted.]
[The power that your [Job] possessed has been kept within your body and has become your innate strength.]
[Showcasing the Job Class and Subclass Options.]
[Dark Sorceress (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 100.000 System Points]
[Soul Mender (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 120.000 System Points]
[Nightmare Knightess (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 150.000 System Points]
[Apprentice Sewer (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 100.000 System Points]
[Apprentice Alchemist (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 120.000 System Points]
[Apprentice Blacksmith (Normal Grade)] [Cost: 150.000 System Points]
Yeah, there were very few options, and the more expensive ones were obviously much more attractive than the cheaper ones. I mean, they're expensive for a reason, right?! Though I was hoping for hundreds of options, this ended giving me the ability to make a decision much faster.
[You've exchanged 300.000 System Points.]
[You acquired the [Nightmare Knightess (Normal Grade)] Job Class!]
[HP, Attack, and Defense have increased by +25.000]
[All Physical Skills have gained two bonus Levels!]
[You acquired the [Apprentice Blacksmith (Normal Grade)] Subclass!]
[Attack and Magic have increased by +10.000]
[All Skills related with Crafting have gained one Bonus Levels!]
And that was that, once I acquired the shared EXP of all the foes we defeated together, the two Classes immediately leveled up to their maximum level. My race had yet to reach Max Level though, but I was really close to that already…
[You and your Party defeated thousands of Frost Monsters.]
[You and your Party defeated [White Werewolf Tyrant King: Claw (S+ Rank)] x1]
[You and your Party defeated [Frost Giant Hero: Argus (S+ Rank)] x1]
[You and your Party defeated [Corrupted Hero of Darkness: Julio (S+ Rank)] x1]
[You and your Party defeated [Corrupted Sorceress of Blazing Flames: Anastasia (S+ Rank)] x1]
[Calculating EXP Earned…]
[You earned 155.000.000 EXP!]
[Your Race Level has increased from Level 38 to Level 51!]
[You earned Bonus System Points for Defeating Powerful Foes!]
[You earned 6.000.000 System Points.]
[The Levels of Several Skills has increased.]
[The [Nightmare Knightess (Normal Grade)] Job Class and the [Apprentice Blacksmith (Normal Grade)] Subclass have reached their Max Level!]
[Their Level has increased from Level 0 to Level 30!]
[HP, Attack, and Defense have increased by +10.000]
[Attack and Magic have increased by +5.000]
[You learned the [Nightmare Blade Arts: Lv1] Skill!]
[The [Cursed Abyssal Blade Arts: Lv7] Skill has automatically merged with the [Nightmare Blade Arts: Lv1] Skill, creating the [Accursed Abyssal Nightmare Blade Arts: Lv1] Skill!]
[The [Accursed Abyssal Nightmare Blade Arts: Lv1] has gained 2 Bonus Levels as a result, reaching Level 3!]
[You learned the [Apprentice Blacksmith Recipe Book: Lv1] Skill!]
[You can now Change Job Class and Subclass to a greater and higher quality form!]
Oh, the Blade Skill evolved. I'll be using it very soon. I wish I could be happier and celebrate some more, but man, Lancelot's death really has me all bummed down.
Sigh… Well, let's get this done with.
[Nightmarish Assassin: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 750.000 System Points]
[Mind Eating Witch: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 1.000.000 System Points]
[Abyssal Berserk: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 1.500.000 System Points]
[Magic Blacksmith: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 750.000 System Points]
[Metal Blacksmith: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 1.000.000 System Points]
[Runic Blacksmith: ★ (Rare Grade)] [Cost: 1.500.000 System Points]
Interesting, not much variety now, I guess now that I've chosen these two Class and Subclass, I'll only get evolutions or Rank Ups of them? I guess it slowly branches out into different ways of fighting and so on… Well, I'm guessing so.
Is picking the most expensive one always the right thing? Well, if I were a cheapskate I would pick the cheapest, but I've got System Points to spare right now. And to be honest, the Abyssal Berserker Class and the Runic Blacksmith Subclass seem the most appealing as well.
[You've exchanged 3.000.000 System Points!]
[Your Job Class has Ranked Up to the [Abyssal Berserk: ★ (Rare Grade)] Job Class!]
[Your HP and Attack has increased by +50.000]
[All of your Physical Skills and Body Skills have gained one Bonus Level.]
[Your Job Class has Ranked Up to the [Runic Blacksmith: ★ (Rare Grade)] Job Class!]
[Your Magic has increased by +30.000]
[All of your Crafting Related Skills have gained one Bonus Level.]
Oh wow, the Berserk Class doesn't give Defense Bonuses but the HP and Attack bonus is much higher this time! I feel so much stronger…