Heroes' Prison

Chapter 268 - 263 Job Change

Finally, that eerie voice had completely faded away, and Huang Yi could no longer hear the slightest bit of it. He immediately withdrew his hand and looked around.

There was nothing unusual about his hands; they were unharmed, and he touched his neck to find it was also normal.

The next moment, Huang Yi bent over to pick up the piece of paper on the ground. It was the third epitaph, and it had a sentence written on it—

"Danger is real, but fear is a choice. — Saifu"

Huang Yi recalled the terrifying stretch of road he had just traveled. There might have been some dangerous entity behind him, which even the girl, who was in a soul state, filled with fear, wanted to scream and flee from upon seeing.

But fear does not help in battle; it is merely a feeling within everyone’s heart, and this feeling is irrelevant to the danger itself. It originates from within a person. Fear is not innate; it’s just that many people habitually choose to be fearful, leaving themselves without other choices.

Yet Huang Yi did not choose fear. This is a capability unrelated to any attributes or equipment; it pertains to a person’s mental toughness developed over time. An ordinary person under these circumstances is bound to feel fear, a conditioned reflex formed through experience. Some people are very afraid of snakes, but infants are not at all because they haven’t had time to develop this conditioned sense of fear and have no concept of snakes.

From a young age, Huang Yi was trained by his organization to forget fear. When danger approached, his first instinct was how to deal with it, not to be afraid. If he couldn’t forget fear, he would not qualify as Number One.

Huang Yi continued to move rapidly forward; he had now obtained three epitaphs, with only the last one remaining. He didn’t know the progress of the Level 100 man at the other end, but assumed it should be no worse than his own.

"Clack!" Just then, there came a clanging noise from ahead on the road, and several mechanical beasts blocked the path.

Huang Yi had no choice but to pick up his weapon and fight the mechanical beasts.

From here on, the journey was far from smooth. Huang Yi encountered some mechanical monsters blocking his way from time to time, and he had to fight while pushing forward, which significantly slowed him down.

Huang Yi walked what felt like an endless two hours, yet still had not reached the end of the corridor; it seemed as if there was no end at all.

The monsters along the way did not decrease in the slightest. He had lost count of how many he had slain; his Hunting Dog, Falcon, and Incarnation had all died in battle by now.

This journey was exceptionally brutal. The monsters were very tough, not easily killed, requiring full engagement and maintaining the highest level of tension. This was even more difficult than all the previous stages combined.

Another three hours passed.

Huang Yi still had not reached the end of the road, and by that point, he was completely exhausted. He had even died once during the journey, using up the "Returning Light" state Xiao Chunzi had given him.

"Boom!" With difficulty, Huang Yi smashed a mechanical beast to pieces, wiped his sweat, and sat down on the ground cross-legged to meditate and recover his health.

He finally resolved that if things stayed the same after another hour, he would choose to give up. There was no need to waste more time here.

At that moment, he suddenly received a system message—

"[System Prompt]: Your opponent has chosen to give up; congratulations, you have achieved victory."

Huang Yi was slightly stunned; his opponent had given up. The Level 100 powerhouse had quit!

This was an ending he had never imagined!

Just then, from the void, a piece of paper fluttered down—it was the final epitaph. He took the piece of paper and read the line written on it—

"When you feel like you can’t reach the end, please don’t give up, for your opponent may feel the same. — Menglong"

Huang Yi finally let out a deep sigh of relief. He had completed the Job Change challenge.

The challenge focused not only on strength but also on exploring the battle ideology of the Four Great Generals. Without abiding by their ideology, the challenge could not be completed.

This challenge was more like a lesson taught by the Four Great Generals, a lesson about combat.

Huang Yi placed the four epitaphs into his storage ring and saved them carefully.

Just then, the endless corridor in front of him suddenly changed, revealing a light. It seemed to be a stone chamber lit by a magic lamp.

Huang Yi immediately stood up and quickly made his way over, entering the stone chamber.

Inside the chamber were two stone tables, each with an imprint of a handprint indented into it, and beside each handprint were a few lines of small characters.

Huang Yi walked over to take a look. These two hand seals represented two different job branches, and next, he had to choose one of them to complete his job change.

First, Huang Yi studied the hand seal on the left—

The Hand of Execution, upon placing his palm on it, could job change into an [Executioner].

The Executioner wielded the power of execution, a brutal headsman who considered all enemies as death row inmates, using all means to carry out cruel executions, ending the lives of his foes. The class featured an emphasis on extreme attack.

After changing his job to Executioner, he would receive the following class bonuses:

1. Strength increased by 2000 points, Constitution, Agility, and Intelligence each increased by 500 points, and acquired 1000 free attribute points.

2. Attack power increased by 30%, critical hit probability increased by 10%, critical hit effect increased by 50%, attack speed increased by 30%.

3. Maximum rage value increased to 200 points, double the rage value drawn from attacking, and upon being attacked, a small amount of rage value could be gained.

4. The exclusive skill [Judgment] gained improvements; in the Void Battlefield, own attack power increased by 20%.

5. A new class talent [Death Penalty Exemption]: Cannot be instakilled, when faced with fatal damage, a small amount of health points would be retained, and in the following minute, attack power would be boosted by 100%. This talent could only trigger once a day.

Basically, the Executioner was a pure damage output class, taking the concept of violent output to the extreme.

Next, Huang Yi checked the hand seal on the right—

The Hand of Judgment, upon placing his palm on it, could job change into a [Judge].

The Judge mastered the power of judgment, the legislator of legal rules, and all violators would be subject to his judgment. Facing him, who was adept in both attack and defense, enemies would find it difficult to find an opening. The class featured a focus on attack, with a certain self-protection ability.

After changing his job to Judge, he would receive the following class bonuses:

1. The Four Major Attributes of Strength, Constitution, Agility, Intelligence each increased by 1000 points, and acquired 1000 free attribute points.

2. Attack power increased by 25%, life increased by 20%, defense increased by 20%.

3. Maximum rage value increased to 200 points, slightly higher rage value drawn from attacking, and a large amount of rage value could be gained when attacked.

4. The exclusive skill [Judgment] gained improvements; in the Void Battlefield, own attack power increased by 10%, and the probability of reincarnation after death decreased by 80%.

5. A new class talent [Redemption Light]: Attacks carried additional damage equivalent to 1% of current health points, and that part of the damage would convert into one’s own health points.

Overall, the Judge also focused on attack, but not as extremely as the Executioner, balancing defense and life instead.

The styles of these two job branches were generally similar, both leaning towards attack, but they were quite different in specifics. Executioner had a more singular ability, striving for quick battles, whereas the Judge possessed strong stamina, capable of engaging in prolonged fights with enemies and had more comprehensive abilities.

There was absolutely no distinction of good or bad between these two job branches. Although it seemed that the Executioner only added 4500 attribute points compared to the Judge’s 5000 points, with the Judge even increasing Intelligence, the least useful attribute for the protagonist, his enhancement in Strength, the most important attribute, was less than the Executioner’s. Thus, the Judge’s additional 500 points of attribute advantage disappeared.

Now it depended on which branch suited Huang Yi’s actual situation more. And this choice would directly affect his future life in The Second World.

After considering for a long time, Huang Yi finally made a decision, turning his head to look at the hand seal of the Executioner—He would job change to an Executioner, to develop his attack power to the utmost!

There were mainly four reasons for this choice:

First, he had a high strength bonus. His race had a 20% strength bonus, and his class also had a 20% strength bonus. After changing his job to Executioner, his strength would increase by 2000 points, and adding the 1000 free attribute points he planned to allocate to strength, his strength would directly increase by 3000 points. After the high bonuses, the actual strength added could reach over 4000 points.

Second, his attack spirit was the strongest. When his attack spirit from stages 1-9 were all maxed out, it could add 54% attack power, and after awakening the mysterious attack upon reaching the 9th stage, another 20% attack would be added. By then, the attack spirit would be able to enhance attack power by 74%. The higher the attack, the more conspicuous the effect of the attack spirit.

Third, the Executioner was more suited to team play than the Judge. Although the Judge was also a class with a focus on attack, it did not maximize its attack potential, possessing a versatile capability, good at both offense and defense. However, in a team, this kind of all-rounded capability wasn’t needed. No matter how high the Judge’s defense and life were, they would never surpass the main tank, and there would be no opportunity to resist monsters, making these two capabilities somewhat redundant.

The ideal candidate for the Judge class was a solo player! If Huang Yi was a lone player, going it alone, then the Judge would suit him better, after all, alone one would face various situations and need comprehensive abilities. But he was not a completely solitary player; he had an organization and guild behind him, and sometimes needed to fight together. At those times, the Executioner’s role was stronger, making him a pure attacker, with a very clear role in the team.

Lastly, Huang Yi’s defense ability was already strong. His Beast King race granted an additional 10% Agility, improving his dodging capabilities, movement speed, and other attributes to a certain extent. (To be continued. If you like this work, you are welcome to visit Starting Point (qidian.com) to cast Recommendation Tickets, Monthly Tickets. Your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users please visit m.qidian.com to read.)