A discussion was taking place inside Vandalieu’s brain between a countless number of his voices that were lamenting what had happened.

“I can understand ‘True Demon King,’ but why has my name become a Job?” one of the Vandalieus said.

“I can’t believe that I would say such a thing. Are you fine with ‘True Demon King’ being one of the Jobs available, me?” asked another.

“I’m not fine with ‘True Demon King,’ but given that there have been ‘Demon King’ and ‘Great Demon King’ in the past, it was foreseeable,” the first replied. “And it is a small problem in comparison with the fact that my name has become a Job. I would like for that to be understood.”

“I see. I understand,” said the second.

“That’s right,” agreed the Vandalieu that was a part of the God of Origin. “Me, how about I consider this possibility? Perhaps in the distant past, there was an occupation known as ‘Vandalieu.’”

“I see,” one of the other Vandalieus agreed. “As expected of the me who is a god in Origin. You make a good point.”

“In other words, it isn’t that I have become a Job; it just so happens that there was an occupation that was known by the same name as my own. That would… not explain it,” another Vandalieu said.

“Me, have you forgotten that I have received the curse of ‘Unable to acquire existing Jobs?’”  another said to remind the others of this fact.

“Ah, curses. What have I done? To think that I would be so unfocused that I would be scolded by me,” said the Vandalieu in Origin.

“In other words, from the inception of the Status System to the present day, a Job named ‘Vandalieu’ has never existed,” one of the other Vandalieus said.

“It is difficult to admit, mes, but it seems that we have no choice but to accept that I have become a new Job,” another concluded.

“How could this have happened?” all of the others said tragically in unison.

Vandalieu himself, the false image Vandalieu, the shadow Vandalieu, Banda, the Vandalieu that was a part of the God of Origin, and other Vandalieus who didn’t have any particular name to be known by, were all clutching their heads. They tried pulling their heads off to exchange them with the Vandalieu next to them and spinning them around on their necks dozens of times, but they were simply writhing in agony.

Vandalieu’s physical body was also trying everything possible – growing a large number of eyes, washing his face, making more brains, taking a five-minute power nap to refresh himself – but nothing changed the reality before him.

《Jobs that can be selected: Fallen Warrior, Insect Ninja, Eclipse Cursecaster, Creator, Tartarus, Wild Spirit, Dark Battery Cannoneer, Dark Beast User, Hollow Shadow Caster, Balor, Apollyon, Demogorgon, Soul Devourer, God Devourer, Nergal, Ravana, Shaitan, Chi You, Ouroboros, Rudra, Blood Ruler, Demon Electricity User, Yin Guider, Juggernaut, Berserk Muscle User, Apophis, Azathoth, Taotie, Guiding Lord, Changing Guider, Spirit Guider, Hollow World God Mage, God Spirit Alterer, True Demon King (NEW!), Vandalieu (NEW!)》

The ‘Vandalieu’ Job was still there among the Jobs that he could select, as well as the ‘True Demon King’ Job.

“As truly regrettable as it is, let us accept the reality that a previously-undiscovered Job named ‘Vandalieu’ has appeared,” Vandalieu said.

“We have no other choice,” the other Vandalieus said with a collective sigh.

And so, Vandalieu reluctantly accepted reality.

“However, I cannot choose to acquire this Job while having no idea why I have become a Job.”

“Yes, it would be unpleasant if the same thing were to happen repeatedly. New Jobs like ‘High Vandalieu’ or ‘Neo Vandalieu’ would be nothing short of a nightmare.”

“Indeed. Though that would raise the question of what ‘Vandalieu’ with no ‘high’ or ‘neo’ attached is.”

“… Would it?”

“Leaving that aside, perhaps this situation is a sign that the Gods of Statuses have lost their minds, or there is something abnormal happening to them?”

“The Gods of Statuses have always been strange, haven’t they?”

“That’s true. With that being the case… Is it because I defeated Guduranis?”

“Isn’t that only true for ‘True Demon King?’”

“I think it could be presumed that the ‘Vandalieu’ Job is there not only because of my victory over Guduranis, but also because of everything I have done since I was reincarnated in this world.”

“Could it be that you’re saying that this is also true for all of the other available Jobs that are named after mythological beings?”

“As regrettable as it is to me, I believe that is correct.”

Several of the Jobs that were available for Vandalieu to change Jobs to, such as ‘Nergal’ and ‘Balor,’ were named after Earth’s gods.

Like them, Vandalieu had accomplished tremendous feats after being reincarnated in this world, such as liberating Vida, Botin, and Peria, and he had already completely destroyed parts of the Demon King Guduranis. The ‘Vandalieu’ Job had likely appeared because the Gods of Statuses had deemed the name ‘Vandalieu’ to be worthy of naming a Job after.

In other worlds, Vandalieu was reaping what he had sowed.

“… I know it’s impossible, but I would really like to raise an objection against the Gods of Statuses.

“Even their creator Ricklent apparently can’t make contact with them unless he returns to his own Divine Realm first, after all.”

And currently, Ricklent was unable to even do that because Alda knew that Ricklent had joined Vandalieu’s side. If he were to return to his Divine Realm and become surrounded by Alda and his subordinate gods, it was possible that he would have stakes driven into him and be sealed away. Thus, he was staying away from his own Divine Realm. Zuruwarn and the other great gods were also refraining from returning to their original Divine Realms for the same reason.

“But then, ‘Vandalieu’ would be a very useful Job for me, would it not? It’s a Job of being me, after all.”

“… As difficult as it is to admit, that is correct.”

‘Vandalieu’ was a Job that had materialized from all of the deeds that he had performed in the past. In terms of function, there couldn’t possibly be a better Job for Vandalieu.

He was a mage, but also engaged in close-quarters combat. He used a variety of peculiar Skills, and used fragments of the Demon King to transform his body to fight. His unique style of fighting would be completely covered by the ‘Vandalieu’ Job.

“Well, even if it doesn’t live up to that expectation, no harm will be done. I’m sure I will be able to change Jobs again soon anyway.”

Vandalieu could imagine that it would be easy to increase the Job’s Level, too.

“… It cannot be helped,” one of the Vandalieus sighed.

“There isn’t much point in putting it off, either…” said another.

“Ah, I will return to Origin now, so I leave the rest to you,” said the Vandalieu from Origin.

“Ah, I ran away! I will go after me,” said another one of the Vandalieus, running off after the Vandalieu from Origin.

“Ah, that me is also running away!” exclaimed another.

“Let’s keep this a secret from everyone… No, that won’t be possible.”

“Mom will hear about it from Vida, after all.”

“Then how about telling everyone and having them comfort us?”

“Excellent idea. I shall go with that.”

Finally coming up with a way to comfort himself, Vandalieu returned his consciousness back to his physical body. And with his mind made up, he opened his mouth to speak. “I select ‘Vandalieu.’”

《The Levels of the ‘Transcendent Strength,’ ‘Super Rapid Regeneration,’ ‘Underworld God Magic,’ ‘Extreme Strengthen Subordinates,’ ‘Super Strengthened Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs),’ ‘Demon Thread Refining,’ ‘Super Increased Mana Recovery Rate,’ ‘Augmented Attack power while activating a Magic Cannon,’ ‘Augmented Vitality,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Reigning,’ ‘Strengthened Attribute Values: Demon Empire of Vidal,’ ‘Self-Regeneration: Cannibalism,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Cannibalism,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values when Enveloped in a Soul,’ ‘Murder Healing,’ ‘Self-Strengthening: Murder,’ ‘Blood Rule,’ ‘Hollow World God Magic,’ ‘Precise Mana Control,’ ‘God Cooking,’ ‘Divine Alchemy,’ ‘Greater Multi-cast,’ ‘Embodiment,’ ‘Group Coordination,’ ‘Group Commander,’ ‘Super High-speed Thought Processing,’ ‘Vengeful Throwing,’ ‘God Spirit Magic,’ ‘Demon King Artillery Technique,’ ‘Demon World Binding Technique,’ ‘Transcend Limits: Fragments,’ ‘Spirit Therapy,’ ‘Muscle Technique,’ ‘Labyrinth Creation,’ ‘Soul Form,’ and ‘Surpass Limits: Soul’ Skills have increased!》

《‘Constant Mana Recovery’ has awakened to ‘Constant Super Mana Recovery!’ ‘Deadly Venom Secretion: Claws, Fangs, Tongue’ has awakened to ‘Divine Venom Secretion: Claws, Fangs, Tongue!’ ‘Augmented Attack Power while Unarmed’ Skill has awakened to ‘Enlarged Attack Power while Unarmed!’ ‘Strengthen Attributes: Worshiped’ has awakened to ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Worshiped!’ ‘Strengthened Magical Power while equipped with a Staff’ has awakened to ‘Augmented Magical Power while equipped with a Staff!’ ‘Transcend Limits’ has awakened to ‘Roar of Destruction!’ ‘Golem Creation’ has awakened to ‘Golem Genesis!’ ‘Soul Destruction Fighting Technique’ has awakened to ‘Soul Equipped Destructive Demon God Technique!’ ‘Surgery’ has awakened to ‘Aberrant Technique!’ ‘Thread-Reeling’ has awakened to ‘Death Thread-Reeling!’ ‘Scream’ has awakened to ‘Dark Scream!’》

With a series of cracking and creaking noises coming from his body, Vandalieu collapsed. It seemed that he had reached his limit from the changes brought about by the drastic increase in his Attribute Values.

“… It wasn’t this drastic even during my growth period, so why?” Vandalieu wondered, waiting for his body to regenerate before standing up again.

But it was likely because his Job had immediately reached the maximum Level, causing all of the growth to happen in a single instant.

Indeed, when he checked his Status, ‘Vandalieu’ had already reached the Level cap. One couldn’t expect anything less from Vandalieu himself.

“So many of my Skills increased in Level all at once. A lot of them awakened into new Skills, too.”

Things like ‘Constant Super Mana Recovery’ and ‘Augmented Attribute Values’ were easy to understand. ‘Divine Venom Secretion: Claws, Fangs, Tongue’ likely meant that he had become able to secrete venom equal to or more powerful than Knochen’s ‘Elder Dragon Poison Breath’… which was a poison that could even damage Ghosts and could not be completely nullified through ‘Status Effect Resistance.’ Vandalieu would have to be careful when secreting his venom.

It could be presumed that Skills like ‘Golem Genesis,’ ‘Soul Equipped Destructive Demon God Technique,’ and ‘Aberrant Technique’ were superior forms of their respective base Skills. But ‘Transcend Limits’ changing to ‘Roar of Destruction’ was too great a change in the Skill’s name. It was likely a Skill that placed an even greater burden on the physical body than ‘Transcend Limits,’ so it would be best to test it in advance.

But because ‘Vandalieu’ had already reached its Level cap, Vandalieu would need to change Jobs once more before going to test ‘Roar of Destruction.’

“… Well then, I select ‘True Demon King,’” he said, expecting it to reach its Level cap immediately as well, just like ‘Demon King’ and ‘Great Demon King’ had done.

《The Levels of the ‘Transcendent Strength,’ ‘Underworld God Magic,’ ‘Constant Super Mana Recovery,’ ‘Extreme Strengthen Subordinates,’ ‘Augmented Vitality,’ ‘Enlarged Attack Power while Unarmed,’ ‘Super Strengthened Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs),’ ‘Demon Thread Refining,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Reigning,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Worshiped,’ ‘Augmented All Attribute Values,’ ‘Blood Rule,’ ‘Roar of Destruction,’ ‘Hollow World God Magic,’ ‘Golem Genesis,’ ‘Soul Equipped Destructive Demon God Technique,’ ‘Transcend Limits: Fragments,’ ‘Muscle Technique,’ ‘Magic Fighting Technique,’ ‘Soul Form,’ and ‘Surpass Limits: Soul’ Skills have increased!》

《‘Augmented Attack power while activating a Magic Cannon’ has awakened to ‘Enlarged Attack power while activating a Magic Cannon!’ ‘Demon King Artillery Technique’ has awakened to ‘True Demon King Artillery Technique!’ ‘Group Thought Processing’ has awakened to ‘Clustered Soul!’ ‘Group Control’ has awakened to ‘Clustered Existence!’》

And as expected, the Job did indeed hit the Level cap. There were cracking sounds coming from inside Vandalieu’s body, but his body finished regenerating that damage very quickly.

“‘I can understand ‘True Demon King Artillery Technique’… But what are ‘Group Soul’ and ‘Group Existence?’” Vandalieu wondered.

These were Skills that had awakened from ‘Group Thought Processing’ and ‘Group Control,’ but Vandalieu was curious as to what had changed. And so, he observed his thoughts and his split entities and found that something curious had happened.

“My thoughts and body being split into multiple entities has become my normal state?”

‘Group Thought Processing’ and ‘Group Control’ were Skills, so if he were to stop using them, he could gather all of his thoughts into a singular entity again, and his split entities would all stop functioning. Vandalieu had never done that before, but… now, he had become unable to do so, even if he tried.

To go into even more detail, Vandalieu now felt that it was natural for him to have a countless number of separate thought processes and physical bodies that all operated at the same time.

It was completely involuntary to him, like his breathing or the beating of his heart. He felt as if he had been born as an organism with numerous separate simultaneously-operating thought processes and bodies.

And him knowing even the state of the Demon King Familiars on other continents and perceiving all information they received from their sensory organs had become natural as well.

“In other words, my functions have received a version update. This should help with the rebuilding of Orbaume,” he said, nodding to himself repeatedly, not thinking for a single moment that he had stopped being a human being.

No matter how many separate, simultaneous thought processes he had, they were all Vandalieu, so none of them would ever think of denying it.

“Finally, I select ‘Yin Guider.’”

《‘You have acquired the ‘Guidance: Yin Path’ and ‘Yin Path Enticement’ Skills!》

《‘Guidance: Yin Path’ has combined with ‘Guidance: Manas-vijnana!’ and awakened to ‘Guidance: Alaya-vijnana!’ ‘Yin Path Enticement’ has combined with ‘Manas-vinjana Enticement’ and awakened to ‘Alaya-vijnana Enticement!’》

《The Levels of the ‘Divine Venom Secretion: Claws, Fangs, Tongue,’ ‘Super Strengthened Body Part (Hair, Claws, Tongue, Fangs),’ ‘Self-Regeneration: Cannibalism,’ ‘Augmented Attribute Values: Cannibalism,’ ‘Murder Healing,’ ‘Self-Strengthening: Murder,’ ‘Aberrant Technique,’ ‘Demon World Binding Technique,’ and ‘High-speed Flight’ Skills have increased!》

《‘Augmented Vitality has awakened to ‘Enlarged Vitality!’ ‘Mental Encroachment’ has awakened to ‘Soul Encroachment!’ ‘Labyrinth Creation’ has awakened to ‘Labyrinth Domination!’》