Job Acquired Without a Hitch (?)—I Might've Dealt the Finishing Blow

“Are you sure this is really okay? For some reason, I feel like everything in the world is wrong.”

Yeah, I know. I was starting to feel a little guilty myself.

What we were doing now was a groundbreaking method that could fulfill the conditions for 【Shield Princess】 〈② Block monster attacks with a shield 100 times〉 and 〈③ Deflect monster attacks with a shield 100 times〉, while also taking care of part of 〈⑤ Meet the requirements for 【Shield Soldier】, 【Great Shield Soldier】, 【Dual Shield Soldier】, 【Shielder】, 【Elemental Shield Soldier】, 【Magic Shield Soldier】, and 【Fortress Shield Soldier】〉.

It was called 〈Slime Catchball〉.

When I tossed a slime, Sierra caught it with the shield she casually held up.

That counted as one instance of 〈blocking a monster's attack with a shield〉. The slime disappeared, by the way.

In fact, in 〈Dan-Katsu〉, throwing a slime counted as a monster's attack for hit-detection purposes.

The person throwing it was essentially assisting the slime's attack.

This 〈Slime Catchball〉 was based on a Skill called ‘Monster Throw’ from 【Monster Tamer】. Normally, it was used to attack by throwing a monster you had under your command, or to quickly switch positions, and so on.

My fellow players discovered through much effort—or rather, by sheer accident—that this could also be used as a trick to fulfill Job requirements...