Translator: CinderTL
[Detection complete. Eligible for Hidden Profession: Psion.]
[Requirements: Spirit 22 (Met), Learn and master 1/1 Basic Spirit Energy Technique, Resist 3/3 mental shocks/mind control stronger than yourself, Successfully channel and release 5/5 Pure Psionic Power, Use psionic energy to interfere with physical matter 1/1.]
[Confirm Class Change?]
Confirm, Roland thought silently. He ignored the mind flayer beside him, which was still wailing under the searing flames of the [Ember of Original Sin], and focused solely on the illusory text before his eyes.
However, unlike his previous rapid class changes, the process of becoming a [Psion] felt exceptionally slow.
Minutes passed, but the status on his Job Panel remained frozen on a single line:
[Scanning...]
Roland didn't grow impatient with the unusual delay.
Instead, he turned his attention back to the strange sensation he'd experienced when using psionic energy to interfere with physical matter.
It was fundamentally different from the Arcane Magic he knew.
He could have moved the pebble with Mage Hand as well.
But the essence of Mage Hand lay in drawing ambient magic elements from the environment and manipulating them through specific incantations and gestures to affect a target on a physical level.
It was like using an invisible hand to push an object.
But psionic energy...
Roland savored the sensation.
Psionic interference with reality seemed to operate on a level far deeper than mere physical force.
What had moved the pebble wasn't a simple external push, but rather a more fundamental "command" originating from his own will.
This power didn't come from the outside world; it was drawn directly from his own life essence and the spark of his will, a pure manifestation of "mental force."
It was more like a direct extension of his consciousness, rather than an effect achieved through external elements.
This power came from within, not from relying on external things.
Roland even had a... rather absurd thought.
If psionic energy were powerful enough, could it delve into the very essence of matter, manipulate its internal structure, and achieve...
Turning stone into gold?
At this thought, Roland gently shook his head.
Regardless, the latent depth of "psionic energy" seemed to far surpass the traditional Arcane Magic system.
Just as he was immersed in this realization, the line of text that had been frozen in his vision finally rippled like water, slowly dissipating and reforming into a brand new message.
[Job Change Successful. Current Class: Psion]
[Attribute Bonus Gained: Spirit +20]
"Only a pure Spirit attribute bonus?"
Roland stared at the floating text, his brow furrowing.
This single-minded and extreme attribute allocation was completely different from any class he had encountered before.
However, before he could even examine the detailed changes on his Job Panel, an unprecedented sensation swept over him.
This wasn't the simple sharpening of senses or acceleration of thought he had experienced with previous Spirit attribute bonuses.
This was...
A qualitative change.
He felt as if his very "consciousness" was being forcibly stretched open and reshaped, becoming denser and more expansive.
If his previous mental power had been a lake, then in this moment, it was transforming into a boundless ocean.
Simultaneously, his perception of the mana elements in the surrounding environment amplified to a nearly terrifying degree.
The once sparse and gentle elemental flows in the air now became incredibly "dense" and "active," as if he had instantly plunged into a deep pool composed of pure energy.
Countless colorful and diverse mana glimmers flooded his senses with unprecedented clarity.
The overwhelming influx of information even brought a sense of vertigo, as if strong liquor had been forced into him, his consciousness swaying between extreme sharpness and momentary dizziness.
In this half-awake, half-asleep moment, where the boundaries between reality and perception blurred...
He felt himself suddenly "fall" downward.
Not a physical fall, but a sinking of consciousness.
All the sounds and sights of the surrounding material world rapidly receded and dimmed, as if separated by a thick curtain of water.
His "vision" contracted inward, sinking deeper and deeper into a lightless, silent void where only pure consciousness existed...
The Deep Sea of Consciousness.
When Roland's "vision" refocused within this absolute darkness, he immediately sensed a feeling completely different from the last time.
The crushing pressure that had once descended from all directions, threatening to shatter his consciousness, still existed, but it was no longer a chaotic, violent assault.
Instead, it had become uniform and stable.
After adapting to this orderly, heavy pressure, Roland focused his mind and attempted to carve the runes for the Fire Arrow trick into it.
The process was far smoother than he had anticipated.
The flow of his mental power no longer felt as sluggish and labored as before.
The immense, uniform pressure no longer seemed to be an obstacle. Instead, it provided a stable "foundation" for his will, allowing the spell model to be outlined with greater stability and precision.
Though it still required mental effort, it was nothing like the previous sensation of struggling through lead or mercury.
It seems the qualitative change in my mental attribute is fundamentally altering my "permissions" within the Deep Sea of Consciousness...
Realizing this, Roland wasted no more time.
He closed his eyes and concentrated. The next moment, with a sensation of "floating" upward, his consciousness detached from the profound spiritual sea and returned to reality.
The mind flayer's muffled wails and the rattle of chains in the cave once again filled his ears.
He walked up to the still-convulsing mind flayer, the pale flames still burning deep within its consciousness.
"You," Roland's voice sounded calmly, cutting through the monster's cries.
"Do you know of, or understand how to use, Ring-tier spells?"
He would show no mercy to a race as inhumane as the mind flayers.
Their best possible fate was to be drained of every last drop of their remaining value.
However, the mind flayer's response was laced with both agony and a deep-seated contempt.
"Sp... spells? Heh... Only psionic energy... can touch the origin... the supreme power!"
"Those clumsy tricks... that rely on runes... to bind fragile elements? Nothing more than the... boring toys of you short-lived races..."
Its mental waves were chaotic and intense, but the message it conveyed was unmistakably clear.
The mind flayer had not only never studied the Ring-tier spells of the traditional arcane system but held them in utter disdain.
As the pale gold light faded, confirming the creature's words were truthful, a flicker of disappointment crossed Roland's mind.
"It seems I'll have to try my luck in Aetheron if I want to systematically learn more advanced spells."
Just as he was pondering his next move, the subtitles in his vision, which had just gone dormant, suddenly flared to life again. The cold characters refreshed and reorganized with unprecedented speed.
[Host's psionic energy level has surpassed the critical threshold...]
[Host's soul origin strength is abnormal...]
[Re-evaluating innate traits... Evaluating...]
[Evaluation complete]
[Trait Acquired: Soul Stealing]
(End of the Chapter)
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