Chapter 285 - Classes

[Well a living god is a living god, you know~ Nothing really compares~]

"I see… Light if you would?"

[A living god is a semi-immortal being that is tasked with wandering the world of Alfan bringing subtle changes to the world… That said you have no obligations and a free to do as you want]

"Thanks for the explanation Light… But how am I semi-immortal?"

[That depends on your stat---]

[No fair I want to do this part Light~]

[Fine…]

[Erhem… So you see a living god is unlike a normal person because of his/her status, the status is 6 defining values, Strength, Constitution, Dexterity, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma… Each of the values is defined in whole points and one point is equal to one average person of the same race, for example, if you have 2 points in the strength you have the strength of two average people in you~]

"I see… Well, that makes sense, so what is my status?"

[That you have to check yourself, you simply have to chant 'status']

"...And how exactly do I chant?"

[Well you just have to circulate your mana and speak~]

[Party… You haven't run the forced mana circulation program yet]

[...Right~ One moment Mercury, you should feel a warm current in your body in a few moments~]

"Is this going to hurt?"

[Nope not at all~]

"I see, well then bring it on"

Mercury then began to feel a warm current circulating in his body, it didn't hurt, in fact, it felt so pleasant that he struggled to stay awake as the warm current slowly pulled him into a deep sleep…

When Mercury awoke from his dreamless sleep again he found that he still was in the same burial chamber as before confirming for him that this was real and not just some dream, he called out as he wiped the sleepiness out of his eyes

"Party, Light… Are you guys still there?"

A few seconds passed before a familiar voice appeared in Mercury's head

[Of course, I am still here~ Light had to go back through so it's only us two now~]

"I see… So how was it that checked my status again?"

[Do you remember the feeling from before? That was you mana circulating, you don't have to circulate as much as that did… Well, just try to replicate the feeling~]

"Okay… Here I go…"

Mercury remained sitting as he crossed his legs and straightened his back before he tried to replicate the feeling from before, after a few moments the warm current returned to his body, just as he was about to ask Party about it she spoke up

[Just like that, now focus it in your lungs and breath out as you say 'status']

Mercury gave a nod and focused the warm current in his lungs as he breathed out

"Status"

His breath turned into white smoke that flowed out of his mouth and formed a series of words in front of him

Name: Mercury

Age: Error

Race: Null

Titles: [Last member of the ********* ** *** ******] [First of the ********] [Sinner of the ****** race] [Cursebreaker]

Strength [10/1000] - Constitution [10/1000] - Dexterity [10/500]

Intelligence [10/100] - Wisdom [10/100] - Carisma [10/10]

Active skills: [Earth magic, lv10]

Passive skills [Cursebreaker, lv--] [Pain resistance, lv03]

"Well… I have some questions"

[Ask away~]

"...What's with all the unreadable parts?"

[Donno~ I am confused too~]

"....I see, well moving on swiftly, how exactly am I semi-immortal?"

[You see your status points?]

"Yeah there's 60 in total"

[Well that makes this quick, when you take lethal damage you will lose some of those status points proportional to the amount of damage you took, if you run out of status points then it's game over for you Mercury~]

"I see… Well I am starting to get thirsty so let's get a move on, how do I use [Earth magic]?"

[Try stomping your foot on the ground and feeling the vibrations of the earth~]

Mercury closed his eyes and then after focusing for a bit he stomped the ground and felt the vibrations of the stone beneath him, gradually a map formed in his head, he could not only feel the burial chamber but the entire pyramid he was inside

'Not only that but it's buried below the sand… Well then first off, let's get out of this chamber'

Mercury felt like he could command the very earth with his being, he raised his hand, eyes still closed and gasped something before he slowly moved his hand to the side, a deep rumble sounded out in the burial chamber as Mercury moved the weight of the locking mechanism that was made of sandstone inside the east wall upwards, then gradually a door opened on the east wall, Mercury held the weight as he moved out of the door before letting the weight drop again when he was outside the burial chamber, then he opened his eyes as a smile formed on his face

"Well that was easy"

[Of course~ you are a natural at earth magic Mercury~]

"Is that why you named me Mercury? Wait I thought Mercury the planet was made of metal?]

[Isn't metal earth too though?~]

"...You have a point… HA. HA. HA! That means I am a metal bender too!"

[What's a metal bender Mercury?~]

"That's of course… Wait I don't know..? This deleting of unnecessary memories sure is annoying…"

Mercury slumped over, he was a little annoyed at the fact he only could do half pop culture references but he quickly recovered and stomped the ground again before he began walking in a certain direction

[Where are you going Mercury?~]

"To the armory or what's left of it"

[I see~ But you have your magic so why do you need arms?~]

"Half of the reason people are caring weapons is that they don't want to be messed with, for example caring a two-handed sword on your back is a great fuck off to any people with funny idea's"

[You're so smart Mercury!~]

"Well, I have my moments… So can you tell me more about being a living god?"

[Yeah! So a living god is defined by their class, right now you have no class, shall we see what kind of classes are available for you?]

"Sure"

[Okay~ Here we go~

Politics, Excitement, Sleep, Fire, Earth, Love. Dream, Music, Energy, Science, King, Gravity, Sword, Water, Darkness, Glass, Imagination, Magic, Sky, Flight, Shopping, Lava, Psychology, Speech, Disaster, Worker, Adventure, Hunter, Mercenary, Courage, Guidance, Resolution, Presence, Garbage, Surgery, Reading, Currency, Sound, Mining, Greed, Wolf, Metal, Lust, Pride, Mind, Smile, Bone, Jester]

"Hmm… Can I have some time to think about it?"

[Sure~ Take all the time you need~]

As Mercury stepped down the hallway he sent out tiny tremors and mapped out the hallways around him heading towards the area with a high concentration of different metals which he could feel through his earth magic

'That said it might take me a while to get there…'

Mercury quickly thought of something to entertain himself with as he walked through the pitch-black hallways without a light source with ease

"Party, can you tell me about the different classes?"

[Sure~ Which one do you want to know about?]

"Hmm… Garbage"

The Garbage was by far the most, well 'out there' class

[Why do you want to know about that one?]

"Because it sounded interesting, plus there's a long way to the armory"

[I see~ Well the Garbage class is as it says pure garbage~ It's meant for failed reincarnations so they don't take up space on Alfan and quickly expire~]

"...Then why can I select it?"

[Because you are a half failure~ We don't know what your race is and all your titles make no sense~]

"...I-I see… A failure…"

[Don't take it too hard Mercury~ If all people were perfect the world would be a very boring place~]

"Yeah… True that… So on a more serious note, can you tell me about the Sleep class?"

[Well you sleep a lot and then boom, you're status points go up~]

"Boring, what about the Mind class?"

[You lord over people's minds becoming an overlord or a hive mind shall we say~]

"That sounds slightly scary… What about the Metal class?"

[That's a good one, you assimilate metal into the essence and use it to bring death to your enemies~]

"I see… what about the Reading class?"

[You read a lot and become stronger by doing it~]

"...How rare are books in this world?

[Depends on the continent~ From non-existent to abundant~]

"... What about the Disaster class?"

[You become a walking talking Disaster~ Bringing death and despair wherever you go~]

"I would rather not… Well then what about---"

Mercury walked for what felt like forever while asking Party about the different classes available to him, the pyramid's hallways seemed near endless as Mercury walked in total darkness, if not for his earth magic that told him where he was and where he was going Mercury might have broken down in despair already, but the long walk had proven useful to him as he now knew which class he would choose

"Alright Party, I am ready to select a class"