Spreading his arms welcomingly, I had my Necrotic Overlord unleash its ability—Necrotic Wave. A surge of necrotic energy rushed forth from my Necrotic Overlord, engulfing the knight who couldn't attempt to dodge after being the victim of my Plague Minions' suicide attack. The culmination of this clash was eagerly awaited as the Necrotic Wave surged forward, a tide of decay and despair, consuming all in its path.

 

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 35
Race: HighBreed
Class: Knight
Health: 4%

Status: In Combat

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Is it finally the end? It could be. Fully aware of the presence of that one class I had yet to defeat—the mage class—the only viable answer to that question was "could be."

Just as the lone invader's health edged toward the last couple of percent, it happened again. He changed classes in the last few percent of his knight's health.

At this point, I was more expecting it to happen than not.

 

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 26

Race: HighBreed

Class: Fighter

Title:

Experience: 34500 / 80000

 

[Status]

- H.P: 950 / 950

- M.P: 350 / 400

- S.P: 1200 / 1400

- Fatigue: 91%

- Defense: 550

- Offense: 1000

 

[Skills]

- Weapon Mastery: Level 5

- Power Strike: Level 9

- Combat Stance: Level 10

- Shield Block: Level 8

- Heavy Armor Proficiency: Level 9

- Counter-Attack: Level 8

- Quickdraw: Level 9

- Berserker's Fury: Level 7

- Endurance Training: Level 10

- Tactical Awareness: Level 8

 

[Abilities]

- Battle Cry: Unlocked

- Unyielding Fortitude: Unlocked

- Resilient Endurance: Unlocked

- Shield Wall: Unlocked

- Adrenaline Rush: Unlocked

 

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Changing class in the midst of my guardian's attack allowed him to, as a knight, meet his end. However, here was the thing: the class shift happened in the middle of a guardian's attack, causing him to bathe in all the damage that should've been that of a knight.

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 26
Race: HighBreed
Class: Fighter
Health: 41%

Status: In Combat

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The miserable lone invader, now as a fighter, was sent flying across the room. He tried raising his writhing form up, but clearly, the man had reached some form of limits. I had the feeling it was because of that one status he, in all his forms, kept racking up: fatigue.

I was watching the lone invader through the interface, not exactly with pity, but still, I winced for him when the Necrotic Overlord, unfamiliar with the saying about never striking a man on his knee, unleashed an attack at the man.

 

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[ Real-time Feedback ]

 

Guardian, Enhanced, Level 38, used skill: Elemental Magic

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“Yoooo!”

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 26
Race: HighBreed
Class: Fighter
Health: 0%

Status: Defeat

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Okay. Now, I officially finally felt pity.

Just as it happened almost immediately as I defeated the Barbarian then with the Paladin, I saw a glimpse of it: upon defeat the lone invader class would automatically shift back to the class wielding the authority, in other word, the knight one, before changing to yet another class like he was doing right now.

 

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 8

Race: HighBreed

Class: Mage

Title:

Experience: 2890 / 7650

 

[Status]

- H.P: 220 / 220

- M.P: 37 / 380

- S.P: 110 / 110

- Fatigue: 95%

- Defense: 90

- Offense: 120

 

[Skills]

Fire Magic: Level 2

Lightning Magic: Level 2

- Elemental Infusion: Level 3

- Healing Magic: Level 2

- Mana Shield: Level 2

- Restoration: Level 4

- Mystic Barrier: Level 5

- Identification: Level 5

- Appraisal: Level 3

 

[Abilities]

- Arcane Insight: Unlocked

- Enhanced Learning: Unlocked

- Arcane Precision: Unlocked

- Acolyte's Grace: Unlocked

 

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As he changed classes again, this time opting for the mage class, the same one he used to restore his Paladin's HP back to 60%, it was a class I was already familiar with. However, unlike his previous shifts, this time he switched to a clearly inferior class, both in terms of level and available M.P.

Yes, inferior; there was no other way to put it, if not perhaps weaker.

Actually, speaking of weaker and inferior, it had already been the case with the previous class he took on, which was finished by my guardian in two attacks. So I can't really imagine it to be any different for this one, which was even more so—inferior—than the fighter one.

 

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[ Real-time Feedback ]

 

HighBreed, Mage, Level 8, used Skill: Lightning Magic

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He’s definitely not defeating my Dungeon Guardian with this one.

As I thought that, I began to entertain the thought—could it be that I finally had him on his last straw? To a complete checkmate, he was desperately trying to ignore Nevertheless, I remained vigilant. One can never be too sure with an authority wielder, especially someone who possesses two. He might be hiding yet another powerful class, although my confidence was growing thin, especially when my guardian retaliated to the mage's lightning attack that was completely negated by its elemental immunity with an elemental magic counter, bringing the mage's HP straight to zero.

 

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 26
Race: Mage
Class: Fighter
Health: 0%

Status: Defeated

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In that moment, in that fleeting moment when the lone invader automatically shifted back to the Authority-wielding class, I impulsively commanded my Necrotic Overlord to unleash one of its abilities at him, almost on a whim.

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[ Real-time Feedback ]

 

Guardian, Enhanced, Level 38, used ability: Pestilent Aura

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I hadn't put much thought into it, except for a casual "why not." To my surprise, it worked.

 

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Name: Tusko Vagar

Level: 35
Race: Verdenkind
Class: Knight
Health: 0%

Status: Defeated

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Eh?

 

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[ ???'s Interface ]

System Notification Intrusion Report:

Invasion successfully repelled, G.P and domain secured, all interfaces are now available.

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“Really?”