Profited big. Profited crazy.
But now, a new problem appeared.
Everyone knew—
In YGGDRASIL, so-called max level was one hundred.
One hundred total for job levels.
Previously, he had exceeded that, reaching level 101.
But now—
Archangel LV.15, Virtue LV.10, a total of 25 levels.
Seraph LV.5, Holy Heaven LV.5, Empyrean LV.5.
Now his races had all collapsed into only two:
Root Elemental Lifeform LV.1, Supreme God LV.1.
"Did it transcend the cap and trigger a special change?
Or did it consume thirty-eight levels just to change races?"
Taro decisively exited the race module and looked at his main status panel.
[Level: 101]
"I didn't drop a level?"
Taro froze for a moment, then frowned.
"Could it be… the game's level is no longer tied to race or job?"
Another new change?
The experience behind this… was it good or bad? Taro couldn't yet decide.
But one thing was certain.
His strength had not dropped—in fact, it had only grown stronger.
"So, some of my old knowledge no longer applies.
My understanding of myself… is outdated?"
Taro furrowed his brow.
But soon he relaxed.
Change wasn't a problem, as long as it was good change.
He could slowly grasp the details of his transformation.
What was frightening was stagnation. What was frightening was a locked ceiling.
Since he had been reborn, there should be a brand new future.
"Huuh…"
"I'll finish testing the race module later."
"For now—talent updates continue!"
Taro rubbed his temples, then shifted his gaze to the next module—jobs.
[Current jobs: High Priest LV.10, Judge LV.10, Crusader LV.10, Hand of God LV.10, Dawn LV.5, Annihilation LV.5, World Champion.]
[Available jobs to add: Root Element Dragon King, Geo: Elemental General (Sephiria), Pyro: Fire Yaksha General (Yingda), Anemo: Golden Roc Great Sage, Lord of Dreams, Knight of Divine Retribution… etc.]
"As expected. Everything matches…"
Taro's expression showed no surprise.
The first batch of jobs came from his harvest in Teyvat.
The latter batch came from what he had carried over from YGGDRASIL.
"This gives me a lot of options.
But still—I'm going all-in!"
A smile appeared on his face as he chose without hesitation.
[Ding. Add job: Root · Element Dragon King?]
"All-in!"
[Job adding… Job cap exceeded… Job allocation complete. Root · Element Dragon King LV.1 added!]
[Ding. Job exception complete!]
[Ding. Current eligible exception jobs: Hand of God LV.10, Dawn LV.5… Proceed?]
"Just as expected!"
Taro's eyes gleamed. "If races can break the rules, jobs must be able to as well."
"Keep going. All-in."
[Ding. Job exception program initiated… Job exception in progress…]
[Ding. Job roots unified, compatibility perfect. Root Merge triggered!]
[Ding. Root insufficient…]
[Ding. Sacrifice jobs: High Priest LV.10, Judge LV.10, Crusader LV.10 to begin Root Merge?]
"Another all-in!"
[Ding. Jobs High Priest LV.10, Judge LV.10, Crusader LV.10 sacrificed. Root Merge starting… Exception complete. Acquired job: Root · God LV.1!]
"Sure enough, everything matches as a set."
Taro laughed, satisfied. "Keep going!"
"Let's complete the full set."
Skill module, open!
[Current skills: Tier Magic (expand), Super-tier Magic (expand), Job Skills (expand), etc.]
[Available skills to add: Authority · Root Ancient Dragon (complete), Authority · Time (fragment), Authority · Storm (complete), Authority · Dream (complete), Authority · Mist (complete), Authority · Rift…]
"Pfft… of course I'm going all-in again."
At this stage, Taro didn't hesitate.
He immediately went all-in on Authority · Root Ancient Dragon.
Time Authority was powerful, but… it was a fragment!
Its true owner was still alive.
What he could load here was only a tiny shard of the real Authority.
With it, he would never surpass its original wielder, Istaroth.
Worse, he might even fall under the original wielder's control.
Unacceptable.
If it were complete, he wouldn't even think twice.
But fragments? Forget it. No need.
Continuing to go all-in was the way.
[Ding. Special job acquired: Root · God LV.1!]
[Skill allocation complete. Authority · Root Ancient Dragon acquired.
Job skill: Death Knell limit surpassed.
Job skills: omitted…]
[Ding. Sacrifice original skills to gain Root enhancement?]
"You know my answer—going all-in!"
Taro gave the command with steady resolve.
If not now, when?
[Ding. Skill sacrifice complete. Root enhancement finished.]
[Ding. New skills acquired:
Root · Tier Magic · Heaven's Manifestation.
Root · Super-tier Magic · Radiance of the End.
Root · Job Skill · Order of Death.
Other Root skills: omitted…]
[Ding. Status panel updated. Refresh?]
"Refresh."
[Ding. Refresh complete!]
"Open!"
[Name: Taro
Gender: Male
Age: Unknown (?)
Race: Unknown (?)
Level: 101
Race modules: Root Elemental Lifeform LV.1, Supreme God LV.1
Job modules: Root · Element Dragon King LV.1, Root · God LV.1, World Champion
Skill modules: Tier Magic (expand), Root · Super-tier Magic (expand), Root · Job Skills (expand)
Authority module: Authority · Root Ancient Dragon
Item module: Divine Artifacts (expand), World Items (expand)… etc.]
Taro waved it away.
"Now, I've completely broken free of the game's limitations.
Tomorrow I'll find a place to level up.
Hopefully it works out smoothly."
(End of Chapter)
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