Reincarnated in the game world ~ A gamer's beginning to [Dungeon job hunting recommendation]
Vol. 11 - Ch. 573 - Macho’s Moment—All Hail the Muscle. Why Bother With Others!

When it comes to «Brawny Warriors», their weak points had always been obvious; magic and abnormal status. 

They'd the oomph in physical part, but they absolutely get rekt by the long-distance spell, or the attack capable of inflicting abnormal status. Though the problem was easily solvable by simply equipping corresponding gears to raise the resistance, equipping gear came out as a penalty to them instead. Meanwhile, they also had no skill or magic of their own to remember. 

What, isn't that a completely trash job then? must be thoughts of many. I know, deeply so.

Ahem it wasn’t all doom actually, and the gap was quite covered by unique skill «All Hail the Muscle. Why Bother With Others.» Well this was also why they're known as meme jobs in the game, or hailed as an excellent one in this world. As a matter of fact, they also were two crown bearers in the job rankings! (Actually it's one if you ignore the unofficial one)

Anyway, the effects of their skill was simple—When the user doesn't have any shred of equipment on his body, and at level 10, "the skill increases overall status by 3.6 times."

Honestly, the stats value shot up to such an absurd level that it would force you to consider; could it be a bug? 

For the preface, «Brawny Warrior» gained a total of 23 SUP at each level up. However this comes with a restriction that they must invest 10 SUP on HP and VIT each. 

And no, there wasn't any option of "Or" so either was something they must invest in. At the end, they're left with 3 points to use freely. Appears quite an unbalance, ain't it? 

Well, let's believe the remaining three points were invested in HP, RES, and AGI. The general stats sheet would appear something like this—

  [Brawny Warrior LV50]

【HP　280/280】

【MP　20/20】

【STR　510】

【VIT　510】

【INT　10】

【RES　60】

【AGI　60】

【DEX　10】

And, the same status at the max unique skill would transform into—

  [Brawny Warrior LV50]

【HP　1008/1008】

【MP　72/72】

【STR　1836】

【VIT　1836】

【INT　36】

【RES　216】

【AGI　216】

【DEX　36】

The status was mighty enough to bring 'the f***' curses inadvertently. Or, 'wait, the heck. You're kidding me?' 

An explosive status like this? Should be a bug! Where are you dev?! I summon thee! or et cetera sort of confusion. But at the end of the day, it truly shines its title—the status specialised job. 

Now, it makes sense why the equipment or gears were out-of-options. The job would've truly been a broken one if they'd allowed it.

In front of a status like this, perhaps the demerit was mere nothing. And in that sense, it was absurdly strong. 

With physical prowess of this level, no melee clash could ever be a challenge for them. Heck, with a VIT as absurdly high as 1800, they're the perfect meat shield. 

But hey, the praises aside, it's not something I would ever want to acquire though.

Anyway, as long as proper measures were taken against their weak point, we had a powerful force at our disposal. 

"Lala, cast the buff on them. Prioritize Magic Resistance buff—"

"—Which is 'Health Blessing' that lowers the odds to inflict abnormal status! I know this!"

I was about to give instruction against but Lana preemptively repeated back. Truly the great princess, eh? 

Well, this was one of the perks of having an advanced job. As a matter of fact, the skill or magic to resist abnormal status weren't easy to come by within the basic job circle. Saintess had them, but they're merely applicable on oneself. Only a few jobs within them could have it, like «Sage». 

"Then, I am beginning, «Machos»! —«Health Blessing»! —«Health Blesing»!"

"Whoo-rah!! I can feel a perpetual source of strength coursing through my muscles!!"

" " " "Whoo-rah" " " "

Hmm, is that how it feels? Either way, this should've overpower their weak point now. 

Incidentally, Lana's buff and Machos's unique skill overlapped. In short, the unique of Machos raised their stats, not attack or magic defense. STR and attack were actually two different things. The damage was calculated on the respective status and the the strength of a skill to give a final value. So, the two different units brought an interesting overlapping effect, which only served to increase their melee ability!

And of course, by virtue of <Seraphic Saintess>'s unique skill, they now had the continuous healing add-on too. This was honestly another boon. If I had to say, the HP of Machos was rather concerning even with unique skill, I mean their current HP would further increase once they undress, but that wasn't enough. But now, they could even work off as tanks too!

Hmm? What was the undress part you ask? Of course, it was a grand strategy (?) to bring out the full potential of Machos. 

Basically, I had them equipped with agility equipment to slip past the patrol team of the fortress. Once they're in the range, they were allowed to take them off, and under the unique skill, it was bound to give them muscle buff—I don't even know what I'm saying at this point—and mow down the opponent.

"Listen well, «Machos»! Don't care about buffs! Don't care about damage! Just do what you're best at, Lana will make sure of the support."

"So it is, be grateful!"

" " " " "Whooo-rahhh!! We're much obliged, Your Highness!!" " " " "

"Celestine, I am putting you as their leader!"

"Understood. I shall see the purpose meet its end well."

"Great, and—let's begin!"

Acting promptly at my signal, our offense team adjutant Celestine, and Machos, bolted in the direction of Fortress. 

The strategy was simple. Bring chaos between enemies' ranks with the vanguard unit, and had Lana unleash her long-range attack at an opening, and destroy the fortress. 

Soon, the nearby students in the fortress caught the sign of six intruders and took their stance to intercept them. 

While affirming the situation with the telescope, I had Lana act on our plan.

"Lana, invoke your skill!"

"Alright! —«The Saintess Prays For Healing»!"

With the self-buff now casted, each spell of Lana would be now recognised as 'recovery' spell. 

"Lana, agility buff."

"—«Blessing of Quickness»!"

Without any needless chatter, Lana acted on my slew of instructions.

It might've been missed, but another great aspect about Lana's spells was the 'prayer' element of her spells. So, like, instead of shooting/transmitting her spell at the target, the spell's effect would directly take place. This also means applying buff was a matter of split second. Well, the distance trick was still handled by «White Throne». 

Perched atop at the «White Throne», Lana offered her prayer to the talisman. And with the «The Saintess Prays For Healing» in effect, her activated spell transcends the boundary and promptly shows the effect. All hail ranged support! 

Anyway, the fortress defenders were just ready to intercept the group, however the sudden speed up of the opponents threw their calculation off, and their attack instead found cutting through empty air.

Meanwhile, Machos—they were equipped with agility buff equipment «Merchant Fur Equipment Set»—rapidly approached the fortress and once they're in victiny, stripped their equipments.

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At the same time, in the opponent side—

A boy was vigilantly keeping an eye on the situation around the 4th fortress when he suddenly perceived some reactions.

"Someone is coming! They're six!"

The boy immediately screamed at the top of his lungs, and rang the alarm bell, a predetermined signal to inform the approach of an enemy.

The boy had in fact noticed two shadows snooping around earlier. He couldn't see who they're, but they'd to be scouts, and were here to take details of the situation. Now that their preliminary scouting was done, this should be the beginning of their raid. 

With the sound of the bell, a hectic atmosphere embraced the fortress as the students inside prepared themselves in vigilance. 

Riyana of Class-5, she was the leader in-charge of this 4th fortress, climbed atop the fortress and quickly ascertained the incoming enemies with binoculars. The sight caused her to let out an astonished yelp, but in another meaning.

"Uhh!? I wondered why such a small squad was coming at us, but they—I think they're from Machos!"

Initially, Riyana showed a lacksidal response when she heard they're mere 6 students, however that laziness promptly vanished into poof as soon as she ascertained who they're. 

Just a glance and she knew who they're going to face. Well, they're dressed in some barbarian tribe-esque fashion, but the glimpse of muscles underneath the equipment was a clear sign they could only be from «Machos».

"Attention, everyone! It's «Machos»! They're coming for us! Hurry up and bring up the base reinforcing team too! We're going to intercept them with our whole caravan!"

"Eeek, those Machos?!"

Riyana shouted, bringing everyone's attention. 

One of the girls flinched at the mention of Machos, but it wasn't the time to take it easy. The enemy was just around the corner.

"We're going to intercept them at the 3rd last square together! Get «Ballista» ready!"

"Yes, ma'am!"

«Ballista» was the long-range attack item that could be installed on the base used for defense. And since Ballista only did normal attacks, the damage dealt was independent from the square's boundary effect. The covering distance was 3 squares.

"Shooot!!"

Riyana passed her command as soon as she confirmed opponents had stepped into the 3rd last square. The five Ballista made their shot in unison.

" " "Did we get them!?" " "

"Not yet, they dodged! W-What he heck is with their speed!"

"Hey, don't raise the flag!"

"Who cares, prepare the next shot!! We don't have time! The earlier was... buff I think? Machos definitely had gained the boost to acquire that speed!"

"With the remaining distance, the next shot would be the last before they're too close for Ballista to aim!"

"Everyone, except the Ballista handlers, prepared to head out any given moment!"

"Ballista loading is complete!"

"Attack when they're on second square! —Shoot!!"

"Go down for meeeee!!"

"!! Machos stripped!"

"I-It's a direct hit, hurra—the heck!? They didn't seem hurt!"

"They used muscles to flip the attack?!"

"Kyaaaaa!"

"Nudists are invading our base!!"

"Noooooo!"

The 4th fortress was suddenly filled with rising screams. 

T/N - Heya, I was meaning to update the chapters last week, but situation was a bit messy, so shifting the schedule to this week. And as you can see, the comment section aka disqus is nuked due to the DMCA request. RIP. I used to check it everyday, especially our two frequent commentators! Thank you for your frequent comments! Let's see what's next huh.