Virus King [Translation]

[Overlord]: Holy Cow!

[Crow]: Holy Mother?!

[Lotte]: Holy Fuck!?!

…

[Zezelia]: What happened?

[Zezelia]: Damn it!

…

In an instant, the entire No. 001 chat group was flooded with these two words, repeated over and over.

Everyone was trying their best to express the shock they felt after seeing that single, staggering line of affixes.

[Crow]: So there really 'is' an SSS-level job. I can't believe it! White Emperor, you're a living legend!

[Whiplash of the Skies]: You're my hero!

[Vince]: Brother White, what kind of changes does an SSS-level profession bring? Please enlighten us! And what's with the 'Scourge of Life'? Doesn't sound very heroic…

Novak couldn't help but smile as he looked at the messages flooding in. These emperors and saints from his past life, now reborn and ahead of most ordinary evolutionists in this doomsday world, were all reacting in the same manner—awed and impressed.

[White Emperor]: It's no use for you guys, nothing I can really share.

[King of Thunder]: White Emperor, haven't you hit level 10 yet?! Damn, leveling up is such a pain in the ass!

[JustIan]: White Emperor mentioned before that he needed two SSS-level profession scrolls to complete a mission. You're just too hardcore!

[Heaven Wings]: I'm kneeling in admiration...

[Whiplash of the Skies]: Ugh, I don't even know when I'll hit level 10. First chance I get, I'm changing jobs! Damn it, I really need a ride in White Emperor's car!

[Ruby]: @White Emperor, Brother White Emperor, can I sit on your lap…wait, I mean your promotion tool? I want to level up too, and change into a high-level job!

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[Notice]: 'Ruby' has been muted for ten minutes by admin 'Meimei'!

[Meimei]: Watch your language girl!

[King of Thunder]: Meimei is powerful!

Seeing the wild turn the group chat had taken, Novak was momentarily stunned, then a realization struck him.

It wasn't about Ruby's absurd request for a promotion tool—who knows what goes through her mind, always skirting the line with her outrageous comments.

No, his thoughts were on upgrading and job changes!

Originally, Novak hadn't held out much hope for any special reward when it came to his first job change. After all, he had spent nearly a year inside the secret realm, long enough to assume any chances had slipped away.

But now, it seemed like there 'was' still a chance!

He glanced at his experience panel, falling into deep thought.

[Evolver: Novak Yie]

[Experience: Level 10 (7500/150,000)]

He had reached level 10, but being level 10 didn't necessarily mean he'd be the first to complete a job change.

In his previous life, Novak had been the first to change professions. If he remembered correctly, half a month after he had done so, an SSS-level talent holder from the Vinland Country had completed the first job change as well.

By his current count, there was still less than a month left before that happened!

It seemed like ages ago, but the issue was a very real one.

Those evolutionists who had leveled up rapidly and possessed powerful talents—even after reaching level 10—wouldn't just grab the first available scroll to change jobs.

For someone at Novak's level, it was often more challenging to find a high-grade job transfer scroll that truly suited them.

Meanwhile, those ordinary evolutionists who hastily changed jobs using low-level scrolls found that their progress in leveling up was painfully slow.

Novak never believed that he had the best luck or the greatest strength. Even in his previous life, across all of Kepler, it wasn't until a month and a half after the apocalypse began that the first job transfer was completed.

That marked the opening of the Trial Field of Gods and Demons.

Although Novak wasn't particularly fond of the rewards for the first job transfer, he couldn't deny that even the smallest reward had its value. After all, clearing nightmare and hell-level dungeons upon the first job transfer granted the same type of reward—a boost to one's reputation among all evolutionists within the national camp.

Reputation points provided significant buffs: increased experience gain and drop rates. These bonuses were no small matter.

Novak narrowed his eyes for a moment but quickly shook his head. The hidden job in the abyss was still a mystery to him, and he had no idea what the specific job transfer task would be.

Nor did he know how long it would take.

It seemed unreasonable to think he could compete for the first job transfer right now.

But…

Even though his own situation was uncertain, he couldn't believe the Vinland Country's evolutionists were ahead of those from the Faeloria Country, right? Surely, it was better for a local to claim that honor than an outsider?

Although some people were more repulsive than foreign enemies, the members of No. 001 chat group seemed to have their heads screwed on straight.

Novak was familiar with the abyss, and precisely because of that knowledge, he wasn't going to rush into it.

In his previous life, completing the job transfer in the abyss had required a combination of skill and luck.

Of course, his strength now was more than ten times what it had been back then, but even so, his goals were different now, weren't they?

If the medieval Western continent was the garden of his Plague God, then the abyss was nothing short of a never-ending, blood-soaked arena.

In that world, fighting and slaughtering were the main themes.

Entering the abyss required absolute preparation; otherwise, it was nothing short of risking your own life.

With that in mind, Novak returned his attention to the chat group while his thoughts swirled.

After mulling things over, Novak sighed helplessly.

In his previous life, by the time he had reached D-avao, he had already neared level 20, several months into the apocalypse. By then, he couldn't enter most of the lower-level dungeons, and he didn't need to either. Naturally, he knew very little about the low-level dungeons around the D-avao Capital City.

Except, of course, for those like the Red Star Mental Hospital, whose Nightmare-level difficulty couldn't be ignored, and some other special secret realm dungeons. Those were the only ones that had stuck in his memory.

Everything else? They hadn't left much of an impression.

But now, Novak realized there was something far more important to consider.

In that Secret Realm, he hadn't rested for even a single day. As a result, he had hardly had time to process his own strength.

He had gathered a significant number of general evolution points in that Plague Chemical Factory, yet he hadn't had the chance to use them properly.

Just as he was leaving the factory, searching for a safe spot to review his general evolution points, something in his storage began to emit a faint glow.

It was none other than the piece of scrap metal he had brought out from the secret realm dungeon:

The Spear of Longinus.