Chapter 5: Enchantment Card: Blade of Shadows_2

Reflected on his data card was that he now possessed a Level 1 Priest profession. Once the experience for "Basic Prayer," the basic skill, was fully accumulated, Aiwass would be able to promote his Priest profession to Level 2 and master his first Path of Devotion trait.

Of course, he excitedly shared this with his pen pals––although "Priest" wasn't as interesting as "Demon Scholar," it was still an extraordinary profession. To embark on a transcendent path and possess extraordinary abilities was better than having none at all.

More importantly, Priests were respected professionals in Avalon.

The symbol of the "Dedication" Path was light, guardianship, and candles. It was the path of devoting oneself for others and one's ideals, where gaining strength was only possible by truly practicing this concept from one's heart. Hence, all professions stemming from the Path of Devotion were promising and recognized as extraordinary professions by society.

Thus, as a "willing sacrifice" and follower of "Dedication," Aiwass became a sacrifice of the highest caliber.

It was also not until that moment, when facing the threat of death, that Aiwass recalled his memories from a past life. He recognized the type of demon first and successfully made a pact with it.

He manipulated the Shadow Demon to stealthily assassinate the stunned middle-aged man, who was the "mentor" Demon Scholar. But the woman, his apprentice, was still alive.

If she had been just a little slower, she would have been killed by Aiwass; but if she dared to turn back to look, she could have turned the tables and killed Aiwass instead.

It was so close.

Aiwass sighed.

––It was so close, he was nearly sacrificed and silenced by that man; yet again, so close, and he could have been killed by that woman.

Betrayed, deceived, and plotted against for murder.

Aiwass felt a sincere surge of anger within him and decided without hesitation to seek revenge.

Not to mention, it was very likely that the woman had seen Aiwass's letter.

This meant that if she were captured, she could possibly divulge Aiwass––no, she would definitely betray him.

His foster father's stance was now unclear, but even for his own sake, he needed to silence her before the Supervisory Bureau caught her.

However, Aiwass was equally not planning to expose his Demon Scholar identity just to kill her.

He had a way.

After waking up yesterday, Aiwass's first reaction was to try a simple ritual that the original "Aiwass" did not know and which had only appeared in the later stages of the game. After using that ritual to replenish the life force that had been drained from him as a sacrifice, Aiwass was almost certain––the secret knowledge he possessed was also useful in this world.

Aiwass's profession in the game was not that of a Transcendence Path Demon Scholar... but an Illuminator from the Path of Devotion.

It was a pure support profession capable of significantly enhancing the strength of teammates, along with having a small amount of healing and control abilities.

But now, faced with apocalyptic threats alone, such a vulnerable profession was not viable.

Because an Illuminator cannot benefit from their own enhancements. Or to put it another way, most professions on the Path of Devotion cannot benefit from their own enhancements, protections, or healing skills.

However, being an Illuminator as a secondary profession was possible. After all, Aiwass's official identity was that of a Path of Devotion Priest. Switching to an Illuminator was also something he could prepare for in advance, and he was exceedingly familiar with the necessary Path traits needed to advance into that profession.

To deal with those crises, his primary profession needed to have strong individual combat abilities.

Taking into account that he could dual-class as an Illuminator, the answer became simple.

That was the version 5.0 "Aiwass," who, after mastering the Phantom Demon Power, advanced into the "Master of Beasts."

It was a later-stage profession after further advancing from the Great Sin Scholar.

Capable of defeating the undying Phantom Demon and extracting their essence to form his own summoned creatures, the "Great Beasts" of six attributes.

While only one "Great Beast" could be summoned at a time, it was possible to switch to the most suitable Great Beast for the current situation, then use Support Cards, Equipment Cards, and Field Cards, created with the power of other "Great Beasts," to enhance the current one.

And most critical was that this summoned creature was considered a "teammate."

Not only was its output far greater than the caster's, but it could also benefit from all types of team buffs.

In gaming terms, it meant this profession had the highest leverage in terms of buffs.

Because the buffs from the cards were all noble mechanical boosts––like Triple Speed, Armor Piercing, Poison, Burning, Evasion, Spell Penetration, and notably didn't include damage increase boosts. Coincidentally, they wouldn't be diluted by various damage-increasing buffs from the mainstream support profession, the Illuminator.

Although after summoning the "Great Beast," the main body couldn't benefit from attack buffs, and thus the main body's output would be somewhat weak.

However, during burst cycles, the Master of Beasts could temporarily merge with the summoned, fully enhanced "Great Beast" to unleash tremendous power.

With the Illuminator complementing the Master of Beasts, Aiwass could use his summoned creature as a "teammate" for enhancements. And he wouldn't lose the social prestige benefits that came with his publicly known Priest identity, while also being able to switch to a summoned creature that countered different enemies, with a high potential ceiling.

In the worst-case scenario, where he alone had to contend with a BOSS–this job combination might not yield the highest outburst under ideal conditions, but it was certainly the most comprehensive in terms of performance and adaptability.