As a reward, plan your future career path and strive to find opportunities to improve your attributes!
A new main quest has arrived!
Main Quest #2: Teaching: Career Planning
[Difficulty: ?]
[Requirement: Please find a suitable career path.]
Time Limit: Unlimited.
[Reward: Slight attribute boost.]
[Failure: None.]
But this time there isn't just one task.
A new main quest has arrived!
Main Quest #3: Tutorial: Attribute Blooming
[Difficulty: ?]
[Condition: Please find an opportunity that will cause the attribute to bloom.]
Time Limit: Unlimited.
[Reward: Attribute Blossoming.]
[Failure: None.]
The fourth main quest will begin in three days.
"...That's it."
Somewhat speechlessly staring at the explanatory text that appeared before him, Sheng shook his head and began to explain in detail: "Just as the words say... the former means that you need to choose your main development direction in the future, while the latter refers to the fact that in [Tartarus], game characters have a special attribute that can change their career inclination or combat habits."
"But this attribute doesn't come out of thin air. It requires accumulating certain resources or achievements and meeting certain conditions before you can attempt to advance. Correspondingly, the ability points gained after advancing are real and substantial. There are even cases where the weaker party can suppress those who were originally stronger than them."
"To make an analogy... it's like magic... Some mages need to use specific casting tools and materials to cast corresponding spells. But as long as they successfully cast a spell, there is a chance that they can achieve a more powerful effect than those mages who do not rely on external forces."
I roughly understand what he meant.
Although this is not a very appropriate example.
“But neither of these missions has a time limit,” I said.
Sheng shrugged, his gaze fixed on the distance: "That's normal. Even in games, many people never dare to take that step until they die, drowning with a non-existent hope."
Where his gaze fell, several men who had noticed our departure and were furtively trying to steal the weapons and food scattered on the ground glanced nervously in our direction from time to time. When they met our eyes, they suddenly let out a completely hoarse scream, clutched what they were holding, and ran away quickly without looking back.
"...Do you want to save them?"
Sheng shook his head: "I can't save them. Because they've already given up on themselves."
Those eyes that fear us are filled with despair and despondency, and no matter how you look at them, they don't seem to have any value in saving us.
He paused, then added, "But I will try to give another hand to those who are still asking us for help."
I raised an eyebrow: "Are you looking for some more teammates?"
"……if you can?"
Sheng blinked: "Of course, if you object, then forget it. But based on my experience of over six hundred games, we're still missing at least one front-line unit, which will be a disadvantage in later missions."
"It seems you already have the career you want."
"Yes. It's a class called Spirit Master, which is half magic-based, but not a primary attacker. It's more of a support role... I don't know if I can successfully complete the class change, but I hope I can at least try. If I succeed, I can help you in my own way, at least I won't become a complete burden."
If the information I confirmed earlier is correct, then Sheng's attribute values might indeed be quite poor.
But from the beginning, I never expected him to provide any combat power; I just wanted him to be able to obtain enough information smoothly.
"By the way, Brother Uriel, would you like a bite of this roasted meat? Although it's not as delicious as other meats we usually eat, as long as we ignore its original nature, it can at least fill our stomachs. Of course, there's no need to worry about contracting diseases, because these aren't ordinary rats."
"I don't need it, you eat it yourself."
I declined his offer and turned away to avoid Sheng's slightly sad gaze.
This artificial body is indistinguishable from reality in every other physical sense, except that it does not require food. It is as if the senses of hunger that might be felt in the human body have been completely eliminated, or as if it can directly draw enough energy from the free-floating magic in the air.
Even with the tempting aroma of juicy, tender meat placed right in front of me, I felt no hunger whatsoever.
Although I have heard of great masters who have reached similar levels, these are merely rumors of unknown veracity circulating in the countryside. Since they are not recorded, they cannot be considered valid.
But speaking of which, why was I able to see the other person's attribute box immediately after he said his code name?
I have some questions.
I tried to ask casually and subtly, "If you were choosing teammates, what would you value most? Good attributes, or their personal preferences?"
"Following my usual approach in games..."
He tore off a piece of meat with small bites, looked up at the sky, chewed slowly, and swallowed it after a long while. He said, "Usually, people would choose the ones with higher ability values and more potential, right? After all, the last few missions are really difficult. Even though I've completed the game once before, I can't guarantee that I can complete it without taking any damage this time. There's even a possibility that I might fail because of the differences between reality and the game."
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