Profession 1: Rune Swordsman
Rune·Thunder: Harness the power of thunder with runes
Rune·Water: Harness the power of flowing water with runes
Rune Variant·Ice: A variant of Rune·Water, harnessing the power of ice
— This was Torina’s original profession.
The Deville family members all practice both rune magic and martial arts, and their professions are uniformly “Rune xx.”
Profession 2: Corporate Slave
Corporate Slave Gauge: Accumulate corporate slave points through work, currently with three slots.
Skills require consumption of the corporate slave gauge.
Skill 1: “Corporate Slave Doesn’t Die from Overtime,” prioritizes consuming the corporate slave gauge when taking damage, only consuming life points when the gauge is depleted.
— This is the new profession that appeared after Torina awakened memories of her past life, seemingly brought over from her previous life.
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The golem completely fell apart, leaving Marian and Lilia sprawled amidst the rubble.
Torina had already minimized the lethality of her ice and thunder spear, but it still caused irreversible damage to their bones and organs.
They were electrocuted and then encased in ice.
How much they could recover in the future was up to fate.
If it were the old Torina, she would have finished them off, but now… openly killing people wasn’t a good idea.
Better to stop here; after all, she’s a law-abiding citizen now (supposedly).
“Whew…” She jumped down from the wall, leaving her abstract painting state.
Her whole body ached, and half of her corporate slave gauge was empty, but she wasn’t actually injured, her health bar hadn’t decreased, and she hadn’t been inflicted with any debuffs.
(This skill “Corporate Slave Doesn’t Die from Overtime” sounds funny, but it’s actually like a… damage immunity shield? And it’s all resistance? It’s really powerful in combat.)
Now she’s someone with a cheat! Awesome!
The joy made her temporarily forget the physical pain.
As for Marian and Lilia, although she didn’t plan to kill them, they had to pay a price for making her hurt so much, right?
“Then I won’t be polite, hehehe, leave all your valuables behind❤”
…
Teammates and onlookers hurried over, with Anna-veil being the most anxious.
Some were genuinely worried, but most were just there to watch the spectacle.
The transformed fusion monster Marian and Lilia became when defeated was very formidable, strong enough to be a boss in some low-level dungeons.
Even the Teammates didn’t know they had such abilities.
Torina’s miserable state was obvious; she had been smashed through so many buildings and finally thrown against a wall.
Even with equipment protection, she probably broke several bones, not to mention her head wasn’t protected.
Her brains might have spilled out…
In the crowd, Milora was having a mental conversation with the system.
(What’s up with Marian and Lilia? Didn’t you evaluate everyone’s combat power before?)
[Indeed unexpected, algorithm needs adjustment.]
(What about the leader? She…)
[Her displayed combat power matches the evaluation, but her theoretical defense shouldn’t withstand the golem’s fierce attack.
She’s probably dead.]
(…!)
Hearing this, Milora felt very conflicted.
The person she had resolved to kill after becoming stronger was suddenly killed by a small character who inexplicably became stronger.
This was too much of a prank, right?
But more importantly…
Torina clearly accepted the challenge from the two villainesses to protect her.
If she’s now seriously injured or even dead…
(…No way!)
Milora clutched her aching heart and hurried over.
The crowd rushed to the town’s edge by the wall, mentally prepared to see the beautiful girl’s mangled body—
“Hehehe, nice body, quite sturdy❤”
—And then they saw Torina grinning as she stripped the two women naked.
“Hehe❤ What else are you hiding? Let me take a closer look❤… Hmm?”
“………”
Everyone was speechless.
Milora realized she had worried for nothing, feeling a bit angry but also inexplicably relieved.
What was going on? Was she really worried about this bad woman?
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Not long after, at the inn, in Torina’s room—
“I helped you drive them away~~” Torina said smugly.
“But they mainly came to seek revenge on you…” Milora retorted.
“Hehehe, helping me is helping you too, and if I lost, you’d be in trouble with them.”
“Tch…” Milora felt her face heat up.
What was this complicated feeling? A bit angry, yet a bit happy; a bit worried, yet a bit relieved… Was she sick? Why did she find this woman more and more pleasing to the eye?
“Ahem!” Anna-veil, who was checking Torina’s body, couldn’t stand it anymore.
She felt like a giant third wheel, extremely annoyed.
“Can you two stop bickering? Torina, stop talking! Watch your wounds!”
“I told you I’m not injured…”
“Still, be careful! And you, Milora, go back to your room and sleep! I can take care of things here!”
“Tch, suit yourself.”
Milora and Anna-veil were quite at odds.
She glared at her with the pressure of Feng Aotian (unformed) and left, while Anna-veil clicked her tongue disdainfully at her back and closed the door with her foot.
“…Seems like you really dislike Milora, Anna-veil.”
“Of course I dislike her, just looking at her is annoying—ah, don’t get me wrong! It’s not just her, I dislike you too! I dislike both of you!”
“Why worry about whether I’m injured if you dislike me?”
“Th-this is just fulfilling my duty as vice-captain! If you disappear for a week to recover, that would be terrible!”
“Oh, I see.”
See, there’s no such thing as tsundere in reality.
Compared to the vice-captain in front of her, Torina had other things on her mind.
(Marian and Lilia’s fusion technique… why are they using it now?)
In the original work, according to the author’s later added setting: Marian’s family actually inherited a strong golem manipulation technique, while Lilia inherited her family’s elemental essence technique.
So these two opened a cheat and became a powerful golem capable of controlling wind elements when fighting the returning protagonist, but of course, they were quickly defeated by the protagonist.
(But this plot was just the lazy author’s way to pad the word count and add some twists to the story, so why…)
According to the original plot, their cheat was used in the mid-story to deal with the protagonist, but now it happened in the early story, and it was against her, Torina? Did Torina’s awakening cause a butterfly effect leading the plot astray? Or is someone secretly targeting her?
The former need not be mentioned for now, but if it’s the latter, who is the most likely person targeting her?
(…Milora’s system?)
“Hey, what are you daydreaming about? I’m talking to you.” Anna-veil’s voice brought her back to reality.
“Huh? What? I zoned out just now.”
“You… Tch! I was asking about the lord of the Amana Forest! The lord’s lair is reportedly locked in the swamp area.
What do you think? If we don’t act quickly, other teams might find it first.”
