Alchemist In The Apocalypse: Rise Of A Legend!

Selecting a job.

[Ace POV],

I was about to resume what I was doing after Emma unexpectedly became a new teammate when I remembered something and said to Emma beside me;

"That reminds me, Emma, did we get any core from the goblin lord?" I inquired.

"Yes, we did. It's with Princess Adara ", she said.

Hearing this, I nodded and returned to what I was doing before, thinking that I would have to see Adara after this, but then I heard a knock on the door and was forced to discard the panel I had just opened.

The door opened after some knocking, and a figure entered the room. It was a familiar face.

It was Adara.

After closing the door and seeing that I was fine, she smiled and came to my side, saying,

"How are you doing, Ace?" she inquired.

"All right," I said.

"Emma, you are here as well? How do you feel?" She asked, turning to face Emma next to me.

"I'm fine, Princess Adara," Emma replied, and Adara gave a simple nod before turning her attention back to me and speaking.

"So, Ace, what are your plans? Are you still planning to leave?" She inquired, and for some reason, she did so in hushed tones.

Although the question was directed at me, Emma stood up and walked out of the room, as if she was giving Adara and me some privacy.

I'm not sure why she did that, and to be honest, I'd prefer it if Adara leaves after saying what she wants to say and no one else comes back. The feeling of being constantly interrupted is uncomfortable, especially since I am quite interested in this 'job' the primordial chronicle mentioned.

After Emma left the room, I turned to Adara and replied, "Yes, I plan on leaving immediately after getting things settled here," I said.

Hearing this, Adara excluded a depressed expression from her face and said to me quietly:

"Why do you want to leave so badly? Do you dislike it here? Maybe you don't like someone here, or you don't like the camp. You can tell me Ace, and I'll solve it, or am I the reason you're leaving?" She asked so quickly that I was a little slow to respond, and when I saw she was about to speak again, I spoke up.

I'm not sure why, but I felt I needed to think about what I was going to say, so after indicating that I wanted to speak and slowing down Adara's question charges, I spoke and said;

"There's nothing wrong 'here'," I said, adding, "I'm leaving because being here isn't what I want."

Hearing what I said, she opened her mouth several times to speak but said nothing for a while. She spoke again after a brief period of silence in the room.

"What do you think of me, Ace?" She said this to my surprise because it was not one of the responses or questions I expected her to say. I spoke after carefully considering it for a while.

"I think you're smart and comfortable to be around," I told Adara after careful consideration. I honestly don't know why she asked me this type of question, but I still responded, and perhaps my response satisfied her given the expression on her face if I ignore the slight dissatisfaction that appeared prior.

She's acting weird again.

After her satisfied expression faded, I asked her a question as I pulled out a black orb that I had placed in my pocket at some point.

Emma stated that she has no idea what grade it was or what might be inside, but that doesn't mean Adara doesn't know too.

After all, she is also bound to a black orb and may have already used it.

Emma probably did not use the orb.

"Adara, do you know what this is?" I asked, showing her the black orb in my hand.

Seeing this, she immediately responded with a nod and said;

"I'm not sure what grade it is, but I know what it's for." I know at least what my own black orb is. "I don't know what will come out of your orb, so I can't tell," she explained.

"Have you used it?"

"Yes, and I can tell it's precious." "I'm not sure how precious it is though," she said.

"....

"Can I tell you what I got is what you want to ask right?" she said just as I opened my mouth to speak, so I just nodded.

Seeing this, she spoke again.

"I'm not sure how to describe what came out of my orb, but if it's the same thing we'll both receive, you'll know once you've experienced it. I don't even know what the name of the black orb in your hand is, if it is an item ", she stated.

Hearing this, I assumed she was referring to the '??? ???' that appeared on the name of the orb when I attempted to view its information using the primordial chronicle. After this thought passed through my mind, I returned my attention to Adara's words.

"Even though I was unable to see its name since I had to use it, I was aware of its function. It has something to do with my job ", she explained.

"Job?"

"Yes, job. It said something like it would give me a unique job related to the job I choose. "I haven't reached the level where I can come across this 'job,' and what makes me believe that whatever comes out of the orb is precious is because it said it would give me a 'unique job' relating to the job I choose, but because I don't know when I'll come across this 'job,' and only know that it is one of the things listed in my status, I don't know how precious and 'unique' the orb is and how unique the 'job' would be", she said, adding, "Well, this would only concern you if it's the same thing that would come out of your orb."

Hearing this, I nodded and looked at the orb in my hand. It's exactly as she said, if we don't get the same thing, it doesn't concern me but isn't the 'job' she just mentioned what I'm about to choose? Thinking about this, I returned my attention to the orb in my hand.

Adara left, perhaps assuming that I needed some privacy. Even though I didn't mind that she was there, I didn't give her much thought because I was more focused on the orb.

After a while of focusing my attention on the black orb in my hand, I decided to use it.

Squeezing the orb in my hand as I watched it turn to dust, I finally understood why Adara couldn't quite describe what came out of her orb as I watched the golden strand that appeared from the orb hover in front of me.

It wouldn't be difficult to describe it if all it appeared to be was a golden strand, but its appearance was constantly shifting. Though it still appears to be a golden strand, it would occasionally take on the appearance of a staff, a bow, a sword, a spear, a beast, the sun, the stars, and so on, but because they only appeared for a split second, it appears to still be the golden strand hovering in the air.

Looking at it for a long time made me appear to be hallucinating, so I stopped focusing on its appearance and tried to view its information with the primordial chronicle.

...

[??? ???? ?? ????],

A strand of ???? ?? that allows the user to have a unique job related to the job chosen during evolution.

Bound to the entity Ace Blaze.

As one of the first 100 people to contribute to the killing of a Rank 1 monster on the planet Spe, the primordial chronicle and ???? have given this reward and opportunity to you.

....

Use?

[Y/N]

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When I saw the information about the golden strand, I realized my previous assumption was incorrect, and that killing a rank 1 monster had something to do with it.

But what is still perplexing is that the Goblin Lord was killed by five people. Or, according to the primordial chronicle, Chris and Elsie's contribution to the fight was insufficient to warrant recognition?

And the first 100?

'This first 100' resembles the first kill reward, but since everything is fine with me, I decided to use it.

Unlike the big scene I was expecting, the golden strand simply entered my body and made no commotion.

There was also no notification from the primordial chronicle, so I ignored it for the time being and continued with what I was about to do before being constantly interrupted.

It's time for me to choose a job.

As I thought of this, expectation was building up in me as I was one step closer to evolving into a ranked specie.