Chapter 39: A class for me

I woke up with anticipation. Sitting up I hesitate before checking my evolutions. Today is my tenth birthday. Today is the day I can choose a class and see my next potential race evolutions, although I probably won't upgrade them just yet. I calmed myself, lowering my expectations. I'm not sure about my evolutions but most of my classes should be corrupted.

I had since learned that the system can be customized. So I added a label to any curse influenced class and evolution, it should be helpful, to say the least. With another deep breath, I open my system and look at my evolutions first.

Two Tailed Runalymo Nurturer:(Major) (Heirloom)Requirements: Two Tailed Runalymo, Have bond at level 200 before age 10, Have Sense Mana at level 200 before age 10, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in Sense Mana before the age of 10, Have Acting at level 40 or higher, Have saved a village from a monster threat. Has made sacrifices for her family and village, Age of 10 or higher.

Entering puberty, this Prestigious Runalymo will be the envy of many, but her selfless nature will bring her to put others before herself. Heralded as a savior and a matriarch, this Runalymo will lead others out of famine and disaster. Her ability to act as a leader in times of need will naturally bring her the respect she deserves.Note: As the progenitor of an heirloom race the merged skill will continue to level and achieve breakthroughs normally. Take your race to ever greater heights, or burn to ashes trying.

Yeah, I don't think so. It's not like I'm against the idea of nurturers but I want to follow another path. I'll leave being a nurturer to people like Mom and Efula.

Two Tailed Wise Runalymo:(Major) (Heirloom)Requirements: Two Tailed Runalymo, Have bond at level 200 before age 10, Have Sense Mana at level 200 before age 10, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in Sense Mana before the age of 10, Have taught over a hundred people a high tier general skill, Have spread knowledge of Sense Mana to the Runalymo people, Have spread knowledge on how to improve enchanting, have the knowledge of another realm, marked by Venaro, the god of Wisdom and Learning, Age of 10 or higher.

A scholar, a scientist, this Runalymo revels in discovery, her ability to learn and memorize is second to none. This Runalymo can more easily spread knowledge of her discoveries and teach others. Many will come for her knowledge and will study under her, but most of all she will revolutionize her society.Note: As the progenitor of an heirloom race the merged skill will continue to level and achieve breakthroughs normally. Take your race to ever greater heights, or burn to ashes trying.

Getting better, I like that learning, memorization, and teaching others might be improved, but I doubt this is significantly better than the Nurturer evolution in terms of bonuses, that is; still way above it in my book.

Two Tailed Runalymo Huntress:(Grand) (Heirloom) (Corrupted)Requirements: Two Tailed Runalymo, Have bond at level 200 before age 10, Have Sense Mana at level 200 before age 10, have 20 or more breakthroughs in Sense Mana before the age of 10, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at 150 or higher before the age of 10, Have Mana Manipulation at 180, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in the cursed skill Mana Manipulation before the age of 10, Have killed a monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed hundreds of monsters, Have saved a village from a monster threat, Age of 10 or higher.

This Runalymo is a master of tracking, no magic can fool her, no trick able to hide their trail. Her ability to track others and slay them is beyond any that has come before. Her ability to strike from a distance will leave her prey paranoid and flushed out of hiding.Note: As the progenitor of an heirloom race the merged skill will continue to level and achieve breakthroughs normally. Take your race to ever greater heights, or burn to ashes trying.

Interesting. I like this one, Seems to build off sending my fairies out while I stay in a safe location, Also it mentions tracking, which pretty much confirms that breakthrough. This would have been a top contender if not for the corruption of the cursed skill.

Two Tailed Mana Master Runalymo:(Grand) (Heirloom) (Corrupted)Requirements: Two Tailed Runalymo, Have bond at level 200 before age 10, Have Sense Mana at level 200 before age 10, have 20 or more breakthroughs in Sense Mana before the age of 10, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at 150 or higher before the age of 10, Have Mana Manipulation at 180, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in the cursed skill Mana Manipulation before the age of 10, Have killed a monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed hundreds of monsters, Have saved a village from a monster threat, Have spun mana silk from a dragon, Have placed five or more enchantments on an item, have made a Heroic tier magic item, Have made an Artifact magic item, Age of 10 or higher.

A true master of mana, this Runalymo remains unparalleled in the ways of mana. Her ability grows with her age and knowledge. Able to see and strike from kilometers away, this Runalymo needs only a tower to draw upon the powers of the nexus.Note: As the progenitor of an heirloom race the merged skill will continue to level and achieve breakthroughs normally. Take your race to ever greater heights, or burn to ashes trying.

Yet another corrupted evolution, more talk of long-range ability and this time a wizard's tower.

Only four evolutions, but then again since my last evolution I have stagnated a little. I have only recently gotten out of that for [Sense Mana]. I will definitely be waiting to see if I can get anything better.

Now onto the classes, let's see the damage shall we?

Beauty Master:(Adept)Requirements: Have bond at level 200 before your first class, Have 10 Bond skills before your first class, Have evolved one bond skill, Have killed a monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed a level 200 monster before your first class, Have killed hundreds of monsters before your first class, Age of 10 or higher.

You have gone far in your bond, much farther than even the genius' of their bond, marking your place as one of the best.

My first choice is a bond class, I guess this makes sense as everything else would be corrupted. Still, I call bullshit! Only Adept for all that? Killing a level two hundred counts for crap?! Having a level two hundred bond counts for crap?! I worked my butt off for this!

Fairy Summoner:(Adept)Requirements: Have a bond at level 200 before your first class, Have Evolved one Bond skill, Have summoned at least 10,000 pseudo Fairies. Have the bond skill: summon Familiar, Have the bond skill: Fairy Strike, Have killed a monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed a level 200 monster before your first class, Have killed hundreds of monsters before your first class, Age of 10 or higher.

A summoner of look-alike fairies. You can unleash waves upon waves of fairies to attack while you stand back in relative safety.

The Bond skill choice, and of course it's adept again. If I were to take the Guardian's advice, which would be better? The fairy focused class or the general bond class? Do I want to be a one-trick pony? Do I want to have the extra power?

Frozen Striker:(Adept)Requirements: Have survived a severe ice element storm, Have killed an ice based monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed a level 200 monster before your first class, Have killed hundreds of ice based monsters before your first class, Have saved a village from a monster threat before your first class, Age of 10 or higher.

You have learned what it means to be cold, and to have learned to channel its power. Your affinity with ice grows and many will come to fear your biting cold.

Here is the non-caster class choice. Honestly, what do I gain from this? Another method of attack. I can have a wider skill set but my bond skills are fairly diverse as it is, illusion to hide, healing, summoned attackers. Is whatever I am going to gain here worth the trade-off in power?

Cold Beauty:(Grand) (Corrupted)Requirements: Have bond at level 200 before your first class, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at 150 or higher before your first class, Have Mana Manipulation at 180, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in the cursed skill Mana Manipulation before your first class, Have survived a severe ice element storm, Have killed an ice based monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed a level 200 monster before your first class, Have killed hundreds of ice based monsters before your first class, Have saved a village from a monster threat before your first class, Age of 10 or higher.

There is a beauty in the frozen wastelands, in the flakes of snow, in the cold silent wake of winter. Your ability to cast and manipulate ice is above and beyond all but the best. Your ability to bring the beauty of winter and spread the joy of the beautiful landscape as well as to bring the full wrath of a raging blizzard is your calling.

An ice caster class. Talks of conjuring a blizzard, but it also seems to incorporate beauty essence to some degree.

Fate Weaver:(Heroic) (Corrupted)Requirements: Have spun mana silk from a dragon, Have placed five or more enchantments on an item, have made a Heroic tier magic item, Have made an Artifact tier magic item, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at level 100 before your first class, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at level 150 before your first class, Have Mana Manipulation at 180, Have 20 Breakthroughs with the cursed skill Mana Manipulation before your first class, Have Tailoring at level 94, Age of 10 or higher.

You have done what many consider impossible and even spun silk from one of the most powerful beings in the realm. Your ability to weave will be unmatched, your ability to enchant insurmountable, your ability to produce the best cloth unparalleled. You are the weaver of fate, for it is your craft that decides it for many.

I probably could have tried to cap [Tailoring] for a better class but I knew a [Tailoring] would have been corrupted anyway seeing how mana weaving is under [Mana Manipulation]

Storm Weaving Omni Caster:(Exalted) (Corrupted)Requirements: Have bond at level 200 before your first class, Have Sense Mana at level 200 before your first class, have 20 or more breakthroughs in Sense Mana before your first class, Have the cursed skill Mana Manipulation at 150 or higher before your first class, Have Mana Manipulation at 180, Have 20 or more breakthroughs in the cursed skill Mana Manipulation before your first class, Have killed a monster 200 levels above your own, Have killed a level 200 monster before your first class, Have killed hundreds of monsters before your first class, Have saved a village from a monster threat before your first class, Have saved a town from a Super Storm, Have created 3 nexus mana cores, Have spun mana silk from a dragon, Have placed five or more enchantments on an item, have made a Heroic tier magic item, Have made an Artifact magic item, Age of 10 or higher.

The best caster that exists, able to cast any spell imaginable, able to make nexus mana, unleash devastation from afar, and conjure wrathful storms. All will fear the Omni caster, for you stand at the peak, the greatest among all casters.

Fucking Exalted! The highest achievable tier outside of legendary! Of course, it will be corrupted. I can imagine that it only barely qualifies for exalted though, maybe if I had my [Mana Manipulation] higher and capped it would be better.

I only got one bond skill class, maybe because I didn't use the other skills enough? But looking back I see that one requirement is evolving a skill, it's probably a requirement to evolve the skill to qualify for a Bond Skill class.

I wonder if I have to pick now, might be good to, but I wonder if I can just wait until I get something better.

Whelp, that's all of the classes. I have no real reason to delay any further, I could try to cap [Sense Mana] But some of the breakthroughs are giving me trouble so I don't really see that happening. First I'll ask what Mom, Dad, and Chyzu think, maybe Esofy too.

I got up and dressed. One cool thing I've been doing is weaving my Pajamas out of my mana reserves and using my manipulation to just undo it when I wake up. It's awesome to just form clothes around me although it does take a lot of mana. I even throw in beauty essence embroidery as I weave the clothes.

Today I am wearing a long flowing dress, although it's super thin and see-through it's still covering my chest and groin with normal thickness and opacity in the style of the normal fashion, a short skirt that is longer at the sides, and a mini shirt that leaves my navel exposed.

I greet my parents at the dining table. The twins are still sleeping.

"Aly, can you please wake up your siblings?"

I nod and go into their room. I sat on their bed and gently shook them awake. They groggily sat up, still half asleep. I tackle the adorable two back down in a hug.

"The tickle monster's got you!"

"Uwah! No, not the tickle monster!" I start drawing out their laughter, playing with their ticklish sides.

"Should have woken up sooner. The tickle monster always gets kids who sleep too much!"

After playing with my sisters for a few minutes I walk back into the dining room.

"I'm going to hold off on my race evolution, nothing that has not been corrupted doesn't seem too great," I tell my parents. My sisters move out of their room, sitting next to me. They still have ruffled hair and sand in their eyes. I finger brush their hair a little bit to be at least somewhat presentable.

"Was there anything that you would have taken?" Dad asks as Mom set down bowls of food. Our food may be good but we don't have spices, we just have to make do with dairy products, yogurt, cheese, milk, etc, and Domr meat and fruits although now we have roasted tree nuts. They are, thankfully, edible. I had convinced Mom and dad to get a few and I experimented with them, they taste a lot like popcorn.

Having once been fruit, the nuts, or more accurately, seeds, are grown in clusters of hundreds. Ever since I had a few villagers try them they exploded in popularity, especially when they are glazed in caramel or butter. Since then several villages that grow seeds are now exporting them as another food source. Different kinds of seeds also help with food diversity, so that's a plus.

"Two Tailed Runalymo Huntress, I liked it even though I would have probably waited to see if it would get better, but it was corrupted,'' I says.

"Did you still have a Nurturer class available?" Mom asks, a little hopeful. She wants me to take one, for prestige and finding a good companion. We had talked about the prospects extensively. Nurturer evolutions are almost always available at age ten as we, on average, start puberty at around ten. I don't know when other species start puberty but I am aware that it is likely different for every species.

I nod. "I also have one about discovery and teaching, helps me learn and teach others, supposedly"

"That fits you just right!" Mom smiles. She knows that the prospect of me choosing the Nurturer is very low and outside of mentioning it a few times she doesn't push it.

"What about class? You didn't come saying anything about it, still considering your choices?" Dad asks. Preventing Yafel from accidentally tipping over her cup and spilling the water.

"I have three uncorrupted ones, a non-caster, a bond class, and a bond skill class. But I did get a super awesome class, corrupted but it was Exalted!"

Shocked, my parents' jaws hit the floor. The first to say anything was Dad. "That's too bad, you'll get there eventually. If you end up at the tier anyway then who cares what the tiers are before."

Mom nods "Plus a tier like that won't evolved for hundreds of levels, I know Adept won't evolve before two hundred and I think I heard something about Major not evolving before three hundred"

That sounds like each tier has an evolution every one hundred levels.

"What does minor evolve at?" I ask, I just need some confirmation.

"One hundred," Mom answered.

Exalted is sixth so it won't evolve until six hundred? Still, that should be a two thousand percent bonus to whatever it gave, likely mana and mana regen.

"What happens if you don't get the next tier, when will be your next evolution?" I ask, wiping some food off Yafe's cheek.

"Every fifty levels after," Dad says.

I see, so the goal is to not have a tier lower than your hundredth equivalent, and ideally higher. My lowest is Adept so I'd evolve the class at level two hundred.

I told my parents about my uncorrupted available classes.

"You're a natural with your Bond, you should play to your strength and take the bond class, You shouldn't limit yourself too much though." Mom gives her opinion.

"The non-caster is better, you can get more defensive skills, and it hard counters water while not having any strong counters itself. Your Bond doesn't counter anything and the illusions can be destroyed very easily with dark spells so the non-caster gives you way more versatility and covers some major weaknesses." Dad says.

Both were fair. I am good with my bond and the Guardian has said that bond classes are best for long term, since their potential is tied to an unlimited source.

"I'll see what Chyzu and Esofy has to say, they are experts when it comes to fighting"

After the morning baths, I walk to Chyzu's dojo.

"Finally getting your class! This is so exciting! Too bad about your Exalted class, that would have been scary to fight but it'd have made you an instant winner in every tournament." Chyzu says, after having captured me and bear-hugged me, nearly suffocating me in her expansive bosom. I'll get back at her one day.

"Hmm, Kanato is right, the non-caster is normally best, but you also have to think about how well it works with your Bond. You can't just ignore it, the best way I can think of is dedicating your Bond to distracting fairies and illusions, your clone and [Twin Minds] can really throw people for a loop and you won't be hard countered by dark mages. Remember that your bond is essence-based, normally the two elements would cancel out, but your magic is weaker so it'll lose in direct confrontation."

Good insight, turning my bond into pure support is a good idea.

I then went to Esofy's dojo and, after greeting Tana, ask her what she thinks.

Esofy took the longest to answer, thinking for a long time about it.

"Chyzu's right, but that's only considering if your goal is to be a Kheshamo." She says, uncrossing her arms and patting my head with a smile. "But you want to do more, don't you? You aren't just going to be a Kheshamo, you will fight to protect. You will be what this village, no, what our people needs. The best fight is one you’re not in, Aly, even better when your opponent is but you're not. The best choice for you is the Fairy Summoner. Who cares about some yearly contest, Aly, This is about your life. The fight with the Aydomr taught me that. I can already tell, you will be in more life or death struggles, even if you're not the one in them. Your fairies can be truly powerful, and that's just the start, you'll have a long way to go, but you'll get there, Aly"

That makes sense, the best defense is when your enemy can't get to you. That's why the spear remained one of the best weapons for war, reach plays a huge factor.

I thank Esofy and went back home. Mom is dealing with a customer while Dad hammers away at her forge. Normally Mom also works but her workstation is closer to the storefront so when a customer enters she can get to them. A new warrior is commissioning a halberd. The tornament rules say that it can't be enchanted for fairness but this one is for non-tournament fights. After the Aydomr attack, every fighter is heavily pressured to get proper weapons and armor. I handle mage robes, if it is requested but mostly armor is used, I mean, why wouldn't they use metal armor?

I went to my room and chose my class.