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After Ervas and Veronica devoured the large sphere of curses and the living Phantasmagoric Aura extracted from Sevapheso's soul, they felt a rush of power through their very souls, as some of their Skills leveled up through this.

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"It was indeed quite the fine dish~ Although I can't get used to the bitterness of it, geh…" said Veronica as she and Ervas separated their souls, becoming individuals once again.

"I can't believe you actually like eating those, the taste is terrible… but the power is welcomed. One thousand and five hundred Magic Points are fairly good, I can feel my magic becoming a bit stronger now…" said Ervas with a mild smile.

"And the four million Mana too! Although I have no idea how those curses give us Mana… Could it be because they're made through the Necromancer's Soul?" asked Veronica.

"Indeed, just like when we ate Oggoth, we acquired a bunch of Mana, this is because the Souls of Gods have a high concentration of mana, so much that we can acquire some by eating them through our Soul Break… it is as if we assimilated the power and made it our own. But I believe that we cannot do the same with mortal souls, the Mana they have is way too small for us to get anything at all. We need to eat something that is already beyond mortality or nearing it such as the Necromancer…" said Ervas.

"What a good observation, my boy~!" said Veronica, hugging Ervas as he blushed a bit.

"Now, now~ Shall we change Jobs? We'll rush to have dinner afterward," said Veronica.

"Sounds like a good plan, let's go outside though," said Ervas, as he and Veronica walked outside of the tent to let the children who had been healed rest for the night.

Ervas and Veronica sat down a few meters away from the tent, nearing a nearby forest.

"Are you gonna do as you said?" asked Veronica.

"Hm? As I said?" asked Ervas.

"You said you were going to change a bunch of Jobs yesterday, don't you remember?" asked Veronica.

"Oh right, though I might have said that out of a bit of jealousy… I do not know if I have enough Jobs to change around like that… But I will try," said Ervas.

"Fufufu, well, check your options out and we'll see~," said Veronica.

Ervas nodded as he glanced at his available Job Options.

[Jobs Available]

[Gray Wizard], [Spiritual Alchemist], [Mana Crafter], [Life Demon Druid], [Hollow Demon General], [Artisan: Phantasmal Living Equipment], [Living and Undead Progenitor], [Vicious Bloodsucking Phantasmal Demon], [Malevolent Inner Skeleton Manipulator], [Demon Beast King], [Spiritual No-Life Doctor], [Aberrant Abyssal Mind Flayer], [Tartarus Phantasmal Warrior], [Elysium Bringer], [Gods Nemesis], [Vampiric Werewolf Phantasmal Prince], [Bloodline Awakener], [Anir's Fragment User], [Phantom Demon of a Myriad Selves], [Soul Therapist] (New!), [Telekinesis Overlord] (New!), [Great Summoner of the Unknown] (New!), [Spectral Devourer of Curses] (New!), [Mana God] (New!)

"Five new Jobs- Huh? Mana God? …God? Me?" thought Ervas, as he glanced at his available Job Options again… he wasn't wrong here, the Job 'Mana God' had appeared.

"This… I… It probably just the wording, it does not mean that I became a God myself. Although I have eaten a God and a few pieces of something that could be a God (the Necromancer's Curses), I do not really feel godly at all…" thought Ervas, as he checked the information of each Job in detail through his Appraisal.

The [Soul Therapist] Job seemed to be an advanced 'Soul Healer' Job or something, which enhanced Ervas Soul Repair Skill, alongside giving positive corrections to his already powerful healing capabilities. He wondered how much stronger he needed his healing to be so he could regenerate missing limbs within living people (as corpses did not count on his mind).

The [Telekinesis Overlord] was a cool-sounding Job that was quite straightforward, boosting Ervas Telekinesis Ability and his power to use and integrate it into other types of Skills or Techniques, such as Shield Technique, Armor Technique, and Unarmed Fighting Technique.

The [Great Summoner of the Unknown] was another straightforward Job, which strengthened Ervas' Summoning Skill… most likely leveling up and giving him the chance to summoner yet another otherworldly creature.

The [Spectral Devourer of Curses] seemed to be a Job that strengthened his Curse Eater and Curse Synthesis Skills, which might come in handy in the future.

And last but not least, the Job that made Ervas the most confused, the [Mana God] Job seemed to be an advanced form of the Mana Nucleus and Mana Source Jobs, giving Ervas even more Mana. If he were to change into this Job, his Mana would increase again, and he would truly be like a Mana God…

"To think that I would acquire such amount of power… my progress in this third life has been incredibly quick… but every time I think about my capabilities, I still feel like I am far too weak yet, way too weak… My progress might be faster, but there are still many beings that could suppress me in this world, I don't have to get cocky…" thought Ervas.

Although Ervas and Veronica's progress had been incredibly fast, most of this was also attributed due to their circumstances and the events that had befallen upon them, such as fighting a God and his army and being constantly pressured by the events going around them.

Veronica's fast progress was not only due to her double divine protection, but also because she had to fight for her life (or death) since she was born in the dungeon, without having any second to rest, she was battling constantly to survive and escape, and due to her special capabilities as undead and living armor, such as being tireless and not needing food as a normal human, elf, dwarf, demon, or beast-kin would, she was able to constantly fight and test her strength through the trials given to her by her third life.

In Ervas case, he trained for two years how to handle Mana constantly, as his body was weak, he could not train it yet, and put all of his minds in mastering the continuous manipulation of Mana and also the use of the small magic spells at his disposal. Using all of the knowledge of his previous life, he improved upon everything he knew about using Mana, and slowly opened the path towards opening the Void left within his soul after he and Veronica were separated as two from a single being.

Compared to Veronica, Ervas physical capabilities were very small, and he could only surpass her in Mana and Magic. Both of them specialized in different things and complemented each other.

However… compared to the power of beings such as their reincarnated coworkers, the Heroes, or even any Bright or Dark God, they were very weak, very, very weak.

And compared to an actual Demon God, they were only able to fight Oggoth because he was sealed and trapped, if they had fought a Demon God with enough strength and energy, they would have surely died.

But because of such the opportunities that they took with the risk considered on account, are why they were able to progress this fast.

Even sealed and weakened, Oggoth's power was ridiculous, the chances for Ervas and Veronica to win against him were 50%/50%, but through their planning and special abilities, they managed to carve a way through victory, managing to grow even stronger after such a hard battle.

Ervas knew this very well, if he wanted to grow stronger, he needed to take any opportunity to grow stronger that he was given.

"Now… Should I change into several Jobs and level them up quickly? This might prove to be a bit tricky, but I believe that there are a few that I can level up fairly quickly…" thought Ervas, as he quickly began to change Jobs.

Ding!

[You changed Jobs to [Gray Wizard]!]

[The Levels of the [Magic Enlargement; Level 6], [Automatic Mana Recovery; Level 6], [Mana Control; Level 6], [Chant Revocation; Level 7], [Increased Mana Recovery Rate; Level 6], and [No-Attribute Magic; Level 7] Skills have increased!]

Ervas felt as if his Magic capabilities were suddenly enhanced once more, he gripped his small fists as he began to conjure a large sphere of concentrated and pure No-Attribute Mana.

"Ervas?" asked Veronica.

"I think this should do…" said Ervas, pointing the sphere of Mana that had grown up to five meters within seconds towards the sky.

"Mana Cannon."

FLASH!

Suddenly, the sphere of mana condensed into an enormous cannon that crossed through the night sky, penetrating the clouds, and releasing a thunderous sound as it hit something above them.

Boom!

"Groooowl…!"

A sudden growl, as if a beast had been killed resonated within the skies, the people around the tribe became a bit alarmed, as an enormous corpse fell from the sky… it was a Lesser Windstorm Dragon that was roaming the skies at that moment.

The corpse fell over a clean land, creating a small tremor.

Boom!

"This is… a Dragon?!"

"It fell from the sky?!"

"It's… dead…"

The Harpy Tribe seemed very confused and fearful, but most of those already acquittanced with Ervas and Veronica knew how this dragon came here.

Everyone glanced at Ervas, the 'culprit', as he said with a gentle smile.

"Serve yourselves," he said.

"…Eh? R-Right, dragon meat is pretty good…"

"Thanks, Ervas-sama!"

"Amazing… He took a Dragon from such a high place…?"

As Ervas offered the dragon to the people and Veronica released a laugh, Ervas glanced at his Job quickly leveling up.

[Experience Points have reached the required level!]

[User's Job has reached Level 100!]

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