《My Story in the Otherworld》 Chapter 1 Have you guys read Cirque Du Freak? It''s a true story where a man named Darren Shan told his story of being a vampire. The reason why I gave that overview was because reading Cirque Du Freak finally gave me the courage to tell me my story, my crazy life in the other world. You guys might be like, "What the hell are you talking about?", but hear me out because I am being quite serious here. Supernaturals do exist and unexpected things can happen out of nowhere. But hey, at the very least, the way it happened to me is not like those reincarnated to the other world manga where I get hit by a truck or just somehow die. No no no, this all happened while playing everyone''s favorite video game, League of Legends. "Fuck get that Janna!" "Are you serious? How are you guys dying to a goddamn Karthus jungle?!" It was a frustrating ranked game of League of Legends. Like come on, how do you die 16 times to a Karthus jungle. That does not even make sense. I mean that''s weird coming from the Fizz jungle main, but you know I think Fizz jungle makes a bit more sense that Karthus jungle. "Jeffrey, it''s time for you to go to school!" "One second Mom, I''m coming out!" I was quickly trying to finish this game with a brain dead team which let me tell you is the worst thing in this world. In the end like you all have already thought, I lost that game. "*Sigh* this is so boring. What''s the point of school anyways? I could just stay home and play League of Legends everyday. School literally teaches you nothing until you''re at your third year of college at the very least!" While blurting these things that almost every student so happens to think, a pentagram appeared below me and a blinding light made me close my eyes. When I finally opened my eyes again, I looked at my surrounding. There was nothing, but pure white ,but when I looked behind me there was a stunning beauty. "Hello... ummmm... do you happen to know where I am?" Let me tell you this right now, I am not good at talking to beauties. If someone like Emma Watson was like "Hey", I''d actually run away. "Hello, there Jeffrey, I have been looking at you for a very long time,"If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. "Oh, ummm, I''m sorry, but I don''t think I can date you right now. I kind of have someone that I like right now and yeah. I appreciate the feelings though," "No no no, I do not have any feelings for you Jeffrey. My name is Lucifer and I am the Goddess of Beauty and Wisdom," "Wait wait wait, are you Satan?!" I was quite surprised. It''s not everyday where I get to meet the Devil. "No, I am not the Lucifer that you are currently thinking about. I am Lucifer, the Goddessof Beauty and Wisdom. Just think of me as Athena and Aphrodite fused together," "But I swear I saw a pentagram..." "That is my logo. You people stole that from me when you created the Bible and such. I was quite angry you know," Lucifer said with a pouting face. Oh my goodness, her cuteness level was off the charts. "Ummm... I guess. So Goddess am I dead?" I decided to act like one of the Japanese manga protagonist where the main thing to ask the God/Goddess is if we are dead. "No you are not. I have teleported you here. You have never fit in with your classmates. You''ve been rejected by every single girl that you asked out. Your grades are average for an Asian so your chances of getting into a good university are low. Your only redeeming feature is the fact that you know when to back off, and..." "Ok, Goddess, I understand. So your point is..." "Yes. Ahem. Jeffrey I have chosen you as the first Earthian to go to Planet Napreshan, a world of swords and magic, where you can live your life to the fullest!" "Goddess I..." "You do not have to fear Jeffrey. I am not making you go out alone. I am going to give you a list of classes you can choose. Here you go," Suddenly in front of me was a hologram that had various list of jobs you would see at a video game. Please choose a class- Gunman- Master of the guns. (As guns are not made in Napreshan, guns will be provided) Swordsman- Master of the sword Martial Artist- Master of the Martial Dao Magician- Able to use whatever magic you desire in exchange for mana Beast Tamer- Able to tame any beast as long as the beast acknowledges you Summoner- Able to summon anything from demons to beast as long as the summoned being accepts you Priest- Able to heal oneself while being to inflict small curses at enemies. Weapons Specialist (You would be able to use all equipment, but you will be master of none) Spears Master- Master of the spear Bowman- Master of the bow Assassin- Master of assassination Thief- Thievery Master Shaman- Master of curses and is able to do slight healing It was a tough choice. As a former Yasuo main, being a swordsman is pretty tempting. However, it''s magic. Magic, the one thing that every human being wants to be able to do. Summon the thunder or something like that. Gunman and martial artist also seems nice considering the fact that I am a black belt at Tae Kwon Do. There are really too many choices. In the end, I chose what I really wished for upon my heart. "I choose to be a swordsman," "Alright then Jeffrey, you are now a bona fide swordsman and once you arrive at Napreshan, you will be able to use a system like RPG. The style will be like most RPGs and the class-ups and advancements will be similar to that of the old game you used play: Maplestory. As the first Earthian to go to Napreshan, I will give you the power-up of both needing 1/30th of EXP needed to level up and getting 30x the EXP. Basically, if a normal person needs 30 EXP to get to level 2, you only need 1 EXP. Furthermore, if you kill a monster that gives you 1 EXP, you would get 30 EXP. Another reason I''m giving you these two power-ups is because I do feel bad about the fact that I am indeed taking you away from your family and such. Well that''s it from me. Now I will send you to Napreshan. We may meet or we may never meet again, it all depends on fate. Well, good luck Jeffrey and have fun. "Umm, I guess thank you Goddess and WOAH!" Even before I was even able to say goodbye a black hole just sucked me in and then I fainted. Author''s note: Hey guys, this account used to be named jeffreytown so some of you may know me. I had to delete that account so that I could have the same email with my Webnovel account since it''s easier that way. However, all of my chapters from the old account is still in google docs so I still have the remnants of it. I will have future polls so if you want to read it, I will post it on a separate fiction, maybe. Anyways, like I said, I come from Webnovel.com or Qidian and my username is the same. Same story. I came here again because there is two things that I loved: Votes and more view. Votes are something webnovel does not have, but it''s extremely useful so I came here. Also, there are more people reading original works here since this site is mainly for original works. I will post twice to 4 times a week, but it''s more likely to be twice. However, as this novel is originally at Qidian, the post here will be a day later unless the chapter is written on Sunday. So if you don''t want to be a day behind, just go to Qidian and read it from there. You could check out other people''s work and some really nice translated work as well. Reading it from there is a lot smoother than other website. No clicking on next chapter just scroll down. It''s also an app so it is a bit more convenient when you''re using your phone. Either way, I will deliver the best I can and I hope you enjoy my novel. CIAO! Chapter 2 (A bit of a Puella Madoka spoilers here in this chapter) When I opened my eyes, all I saw were huge trees. "Huh, seems like I landed right in the middle of a forest," As soon as I was about to try to find a way out, I heard an extremely loud voice. "Hello, my name is Navi, and I am going to help you on your journey here is Napreshan!" When I looked behind me, I saw a little creature that looked like Kyubey from Puella Magi. At this moment my otaku senses were tingling. "Woah woah, steady there you little Kyubey impersonator. I know where this is going. You''re going to give me good advice for like a good year then when I somehow get a bit stronger, you''re going to say something like ''Oh, I''m some emotionless creature that literally just used you for this planet''s benefits,'' or something like that aren''t you?" "Mr. Jeffrey, you are quite the creative man, but unfortunately, I am just a helper that Lucifer-sama has sent to help you on your journey," (Sama is used in Japan for calling a lord or a higher being.) "Oh, ummm, ok then. Well then Navi, can you tell me how the system works?" "Of course! It''s quite simple Mr. Jeffrey. All you have to do is call out whatever you need to call out. There are 4 main functions: Status, Item Box, Skills, and Map. Status is where you will be able to see everything from level to the items that you are equipping. Item Box allows you to store items. By the way in order to put items in the Item Box, all you have to do is think about the item going inside the box and it will automatically disappear. Skills lets you see the skills you currently have and once you level up, you will get SP (Skill Points) and you will put in those SP to any skill that you choose. And finally Map is pretty self explanatory," "Thank you Navi and you don''t have to say Mr. Jeffrey every time. Just call me Jeffrey," "Alright then Jeffrey. Are there any more questions that you would like to ask me?" "No that''ll be all for now," "Alright then. Please call me whenever you need my assistance," With a poof, Navi disappeared. "Hmm, what an interesting creature. Status!"Unauthorized duplication: this tale has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Immediately, a hologram like I saw at the Goddess'' place showed up once again. Status: Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 1 Race Human Job: Beginner Swordsman HP: 15/15 MP: 10/10 Attack: 15 Defense: 10 Magic Attack: 5 Magic Defense: 10 Speed: 20 Luck: 15 Equipment: Cotton T-shirt, Jeans Achievement: N/A Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given) EXP needed to level up: 1 "Hmmm, it seems that the Goddess really did give me those two cheats. Alright close status!" Immediately the hologram disappeared. "Item Box!" Another hologram showed up. This time, it was full of slots like looking inside the chest in Minecraft. "Oh, there are a couple of stuff there," When I looked at those items, I was ecstatic. Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Rank 1 +40 strength Ability 1: After two attacks using this sword, it absorbs the air mana around it and creates a condensed tornado that is able to shred boulders. Passive: When equipping this item, one''s attack speed is raised. Equippable at level 1 |Upgradeable once proper materials are gathered. Level 10 required to upgrade. Materials needed to upgrade shown when level 10.| "Hey Navi," I called out while looking confusedly at the weapon. "Yes, Jeffrey?" Immediately Navi popped out of nowhere. "Well, what does rank 1 mean? I mean I have some basic clues, but I''m just trying to make sure I got the right ideas here," "Ahhh, yes, these ranks represent the level of the weapon. The level of the weapon increases when you upgrade your weapon. Of course, the weapon can only be upgraded when you are at a certain level and when all materials are gathered. Also, not all weapons have ranks so do not expect to upgrade every weapon you see, though you are probably only going to use the katana that Lucifer-sama gave you since you seem like you enjoy Japanese culture," "Ahhh, thank you," "No problem," Like it had appeared, Navi disappeared with a poof. "Hmm, I see so basically, my weapons are set. There''s a couple more stuff here," Leather Vest: +10 Defense Equippable at level 1 Leather Pants: +10 Defense +5 Speed Equippable at level 1 Leather Shoes +15 Speed Equippable at level 1 Leather Gloves +5 Defense Equippable at level 1 "Hmm, seems like she gave the good ol'' leather set," After equipping the leather set, this was my status. Status: Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 1 Race Human Job: Beginner Swordsman HP: 15/15 MP: 10/10 Attack: 55 Defense: 35 Magic Attack: 5 Magic Defense: 10 Speed: 40 Luck: 15 Equipment: Cotton T-shirt, Jeans Achievement: N/A Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given) EXP needed to level up: 1 Now I was quite curious about what skills I would get. "I would probably get some Yasuo-like skills since she gave me a katana. Skills!" This time there were 5 boxes grayed out, a plus button next to each box, and on the bottom was how much SP I had. "Hmm, this is just the basics isn''t it?!" Beginner Swordsman Skills: At this level, you have not even mastered the basics of swordsmanship. Maxing out the skills here will allow you to master the basics without years practice needed unlike many of the inhabitants of this world. Draw: Blade is drawn out of the sheath, also doing a short range slash at the enemy SP: 0 + Max:10 MP used: 0 Slash- Blade is slashed diagonally, vertically, or horizontally at the enemy. SP: 0 + Max: 10 Mp used: 0 Harai Waza: Flips the opponent''s weapon and hits the opponent SP:0 + Max 10 MP used: 0 Counter- Parrying then immediately returning the blow. SP: 0 + Max 10 (Does not work with slimes or any other monster that does not take physical damage due to body constitution.) MP used: 0 Forward Slice Cut: Overhead Slash Sp: 0 + Max: 10 MP used: 0 Amount of SP remaining: 5 SP given per level: 5 "Hmmm, so I guess for now I will put a SP on every skill and just figure out the rest. Ma-," "Wait Jeffrey," "Wahhhhhh, Navi, you can''t scare me like that," "Jeffrey, I forgot to mention that when you don''t want to say each individual setting out loud, you can simply swipe your finger to the left in the air and the settings will show. That is all I want to say. Goodbye," After saying his piece, Navi quickly disappeared. "Holy, what the hell," Using Navi''s advice, I quickly swiped my finger midair and like it said, a setting bar showed up with everything on it. For now, I just clicked on the Map and saw where I was. "So right now... I am in the Forest of the Living in the Kingdom of Piton. The nearest town would be around around 2 kilometers from here. Oh god, I''m gonna be walking around like crazy aren''t I?" With all that, I finally started my adventure. Chapter 3 It''s been an hour since I started my journey and so far I have not seen anything yet. "Holy shit, what the hell?! Usually, the transmigrator sees some sort of monster like as soon as they arrive at a different world. I''m still level 1!" However, after a minute a grumbling, I finally saw a monster. Goblin: Level 1 HP: 15/15 Attack: 10 Defense: 5 Speed: 8 Skills: Swing Experience given when killed: 50x30= 1500 EXP An unintelligent monster that only knows how to kidnap human women and swinging its club "Oh, a goblin. Although, it''s extremely weak, I think I could level up a couple of times from this alone. Hehehehe!" I jumped out in front of the goblin. It seems that it was holding an iron club. "Wargh!" The goblin charged at me while screaming its lungs out. However, its speed was extremely slow and I was easily able to go behind it. Draw! Puchi! -15 "Aaaaghh" The goblin split in half and I was covered in its blood. "Urghhh, oh god that''s disgusting," Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up!If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 24 Race Human Job: Beginner Swordsman (Job Rank up available) HP: 15/15 -> 135/135 MP: 10/10 -> 80/80 Attack: 55 -> 90 Defense: 35 -> 70 Magic Attack: 5 ->45 Magic Defense: 10 ->35 Speed: 40 -> 75 Luck: 15 -> 15 Equipment: Leather Vest, Leather Pants, Leather Shoes, Leather Gloves, Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: N/A Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given) Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut EXP needed to level up: 107 "Oh my goodness, I just leveled up 23 times. From a single level 1 goblin?! What the heck! This cheat is just too good! Wait, it said that I can have a job rank up. Navi, how-" "Quest Given!" Suddenly a loud voice boomed in my head. "Aghhh, that hurt like shit!" As I rubbed my head, there was a hologram once again in front of me. Job Rank Up Quest: You are a bit more proficient! You are just a bit away from the nearest town. Furthermore, your level is much higher than your actual job. Evolve from a complete noob to something actually decent. Quest Completion Requirement: Kill The Demon of the Forest 0/1 (An arrow that only you can see will guide you towards your target so do not fret adventurer) "The Demon of the Forest... What the hell! Why am I fighting something that sounds like it can devour me in 15 seconds?!" While I was complaining, I noticed a red arrow pointing at a specific direction. With reluctance, I followed the arrow and after around 10 minutes, I arrived at my destination. "What the fuck?!" In front of me was a bear that looked like it''s been pumped with ultra steroids. It looked to be about 10 feet tall and even though I''m no fighter, I could feel the dense killing intent around it. "Oh god..." After maxing out my skills from all those level ups, I decided to finally look at the Demon''s stats. The Demon of the Forest: Level 15 HP: 95/95 MP: 70/70 Attack: 80 Defense: 85 Speed: 30 Skills: Intimidation, Swipe, Charge Experience given when killed: 100*30= 3000 (Reduced EXP is given due to adventurer being a much higher level than monster A bear that has terrorized the forest for years. It feasts on many animals excessively due to its sheer size thus ruining the forest''s ecosystem. It has claimed many hunter''s lives and the reward for killing it can allow an average person to live a life of luxury. "Wait. Wait one moment. I''m like 9 levels ahead of this guy. Hahahaha, this is like having a fed level 18 Fizz fight a 1v1 against a level 15 Jinx. Ahhh, this is going to be fun. I guess you never judge a book by its cover. I was about to shit my pants because of it," I confidently walked out of my hiding place and got ready. The Demon of the Forest saw me and angrily charged at me. "Warghhh!!!" "Hmph, you dumb animal, know the elegance of a human," Due to its slow speed due to its sheer size, I easily went to its side. Draw! Puchi! -25 "Araghhhhh!" The bear painfully screamed and glared at me. After a couple of seconds, it charged at me once again. "Warghh!" As soon as it got close to me, using both paws, he swiped it towards me. "Good, good, you''re a little smarter now, but..." Counter! Immediately using my attack power that was higher than it, I knocked away its two paws and slashed at its chest. Puchi! -45 The Demon of the Forest stepped back and its eyes started to glow. Warning! Target is in rage mode. Attack +70! Also, during the battle, it has awoken its bloodline, the Fire Bear Bloodline. Now able to use ''Fire Breath''. However, if it is defeated, you are able to gain its bloodline power and in your job advancement, you will receive a fire related skill. "What the fuck?!" After seeing its power-up, I was not sure of my victory anymore. One fire breath or even a mere swipe would be the end of my 135 HP. "Alright you bitch ass bear, come at me!" As if it could understand my provocation, the Demon charged at me, this time breathing fire while running towards me. "Hmph, even though you powered up quite a bit, you''re still slow and dumb. In the end, speed prevails all else!" I dodged to the left. The Demon turns its head and breathes out more fire. "Fuck, I can''t get close!" I jump back in order to evade the fire and started thinking up a plan to kill the bear. "If I get close, he''ll just breathe out fire. I don''t have any range weapons either. What do I do?" After a couple minutes of dodging and thinking... "Alright, this is all I can do," I immediately run away. The Demon chases after me, but after a minute, it loses track of me. "Alright, step number 1 is done. Time to move to step number 2," Using the red arrow, I tracked down the Demon and hid behind the tree it was resting at. "Alright, it''s resting just as according to plan. Since it''s resting and is hurt, it can''t sense me either. It''s still at 25 health too so it hasn''t even rested for that long yet," I started quietly climbing the tree and with my speed and power, I noiselessly got on a branch that was high enough. "Alright, step 2 done, now onto step number 3," I jump out of the tree and enacted the final step to my plan. Forward Slice Cut! Puchi! -25 Without even making a single sound, the Demon of the Forest died due to getting hit on the head by my Katana. Level up! Level up! Level up! Level up! You have completed the Job Rank up Quest, you have now become a Swordsman. Your next Job Rank-Up Quest will be at Level 30 so please work hard. Also, due to you defeating the Demon of the Forest that had a Fire Bear bloodline, one of your skills from the Swordsman Set will have a fire nature alongside wind nature. I looked at my status and I could not any more happier. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 28 Race Human Job: Swordsman HP: 135/135 -> 200/200 MP: 80/80 -> 180/180 Attack: 90 -> 110 Defense: 70 -> 100 Magic Attack: 45 ->55 Magic Defense: 35 ->55 Speed: 75 -> 120 Luck: 15 -> 17 Equipment: Leather Vest, Leather Pants, Leather Shoes, Leather Gloves, Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: Defeater of the Demon Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given) Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut EXP needed to level up: 257 EXP "Oh god, being in 2 fights made me so god damn sleepy. Holy shit," Since I was tired. I stuffed the entire Demon of the Forest''s body in my Item Box and started to take a little nap. Chapter 4 When I woke up from my nap, I was ready to move out. "Oh yeah, I forgot about the new skills that I would be getting. After opening up to the Skills tab, I was extremely surprised because the skills here are much more fantasy-like than the first. Swordsman Skills: You have finally mastered the basics of swordsmanship. Congratulations. Now these skills will lay the foundation for your journey to becoming a true Napreshan Swordsman. Conceal Presence: As a swordsman, you have to know when to hide your killing intent. Hides your presence and stats from others. SP: 0 Max: 5 MP used: 0 Duration: Can be permanent. (If Adventurer''s Conceal Presence is weaker than another person''s Appraisal or any skill of the sort then the person with the skill can easily look into you.) Wall of Wind: Swings the sword with great speed and force allowing the wind to create a wall deflecting all projectiles coming at the wall. This includes magic and physical projectiles. SP: 0 Max: 5 MP used: 50 Cooldown per level: 10/8/6/4/2 seconds Duration time per level: 5/7/9/11/13 seconds(The more SP that is given, the longer the duration per wall and shorter the cooldown) Sansurasshu: Using the speed of the swordsman, quickly slash 3 times that can hit up to 3 enemies. SP: 0 Max: 20 MP used: 10 No cooldown. Draw II: Improved version of Draw. Now able to send out a wind blade when blade is drawn. SP: 0 Max: 15 MP used: 5 (Able to choose whether to use original Draw or Draw II. Furthermore, Draw or Draw II can only be used after the sword has been put back into its sheath.) Fiery Sword: Using the Fire Bear Bloodline taken from the Demon of the Forest, envelopes Adventurer''s sword with fire. Increases the sword''s attack by 20 and also applies Burn on enemies which deals damage based on the target''s fire resistance. Furthermore, when used on Katana, the tornado it creates also has a fire nature as well. However, when the tornado is sent out, the effects of Fiery Sword is immediately dispelled. SP: 0 Max: 15 MP used per second: 30 Cooldown: 5 seconds.The genuine version of this novel can be found on another site. Support the author by reading it there. Wind Leap: When jumping, uses the air qi inside Adventurer to jump farther and higher. SP: 0 Max: 20 MP used per jump: 10 No cooldown Qi Absorption (Passive): Absorbs the qi in the area which strengthens your body. Each time SP is put into this skill, increase Attack and Speed by 5 permanently. SP: 0 Max: 10 Heart of Wind (Passive): The power of the Wind has strengthened you. Each time SP is put into this skill, increase HP and MP by 50 permanently SP: 0 Max: 10 Amount of SP remaining: 90 SP given per level: 5 "Hmmm, alright I can work with this," I decided to max out everything but the Sansurasshu which I gave only 10 SP. "Oh yeah, I completely forgot. Let me check if I got anything nice for the job rank up," I checked my Item Box and sure enough there was a full set of armor once again. Iron Helmet: +30 Defense Equippable at Level 20 Iron Yoroi Armor: +90 Defense +20 Magic Defense Kote: +10 Defense Enhanced Leather Shoes: +30 Speed Leg Armor: +20 Defense +20 Magic Defense I equipped everything and now this was my stats. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 28 Race Human Job: Swordsman HP: 700/700 MP: 680/680 Attack: 160 Defense: 250 Magic Attack: 55 Magic Defense: 95 Speed: 200 Luck: 17 Equipment: Iron Helmet, Iron Yoroi Armor, Kote, Enhanced Leather Shoes, Leg Armor Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: Defeater of the Demon Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given), Heart of Wind, Qi Absorption Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut, Fiery Sword, Wind Leap, Draw II, Conceal Presence, Sansurrashu EXP needed to level up: 257 EXP "Hmm, for a swordsman, I have extremely high defense. Oh yeah, the Katana was upgradeable wasn''t it? Alright let me take a look," Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Rank 1 +40 strength Ability 1: After two attacks using this sword, it absorbs the air mana around it and creates a condensed tornado that is able to shred boulders. Passive: When equipping this item, one''s attack speed is raised. Equippable at level 1 |Upgradeable once proper materials are gathered. Level 10 required to upgrade.| Materials needed to upgrade: Heart of the Demon of the Forest, Castium, and Seed of the Wind "Oh god, so right now I only have 1 of the item. Alright let''s go to the town and see if we can get these two items," After 2 hours, I finally made it to the nearest town. "Hallelujah. Oh my goodness, it felt like days!" I was approaching town before I heard a loud arrogant voice start to yell at me. "Get out of the fucking way, you filthy peasant before I decide to kill you with my sword!" Chapter 5 "Get out of the fucking way, you filthy peasant before I decide to kill you with my sword!" I looked towards the direction of the scream and there was a man who looked like a guard driving a carriage that seemed to hold a noble. I did not want any trouble so I moved to the sides and let the carriage go through. However, it seems that fate does not want me to have peace and immediately after the carriage went past me, the guard stopped the carriage, got off of it, then proceeded to walk towards me. "You! Didn''t I tell you to move out of the way?!" "*Sigh*, I did move out of the way. You could tell because you did not crash into me," "Huh, when I tell you to move out of the way, you''re supposed to bow and apologize after you move out of the way you filthy peasant! Are you trying to get killed?" He then smiled sadistically. "I usually don''t like killing others and I see that you got a sword over there. Cut off your arm and bow down to me before I do it myself," I was getting more and more pissed off. I did not want to get in trouble with a noble in my first minute of arriving at the town, but if I have to, I am willing to fight off the entire kingdom if I really have to although with my current strength, I''m not really all that powerful. "Please don''t push me too far, I do not want to hurt anybody right now, but if you really insist on my mutilating myself, then I''m warning you right now, you will regret it," The guard now had a vein popping out and if looks can kill, I would have died a 100 times already. The guard took out his sword, but before he can act, the carriage window was rolled down and the person inside started talking. "Jun, I told you to stop being so arrogant in front of others just because we''re nobles. If it weren''t for peasants, we would not even be rich right now and we would be working just like them. I told you to appreciate them," I was surprised. It was a girl''s voice and she doesn''t sound that old either. She sounded maybe 16-18 years old. "But, Madam Lyka, this lowly commoner-" "What did I just say?! Come back here before I burn you!" The guard or Jun flinched then looked at me burning hatred and walked back to the carriage. However, before he could go, the girl inside of the carriage came out. The girl was extremely beautiful. She looked around 16 and looked like a doll. She had pale skin, silky blond hair, and a well proportioned body. She also seemed to be around 165 cm tall. By the way, I am currently 180 cm tall so to me that height was perfect. ''Jeffrey,'' Suddenly I heard Navi''s voice in my head. ''Woah, Navi, you can use telepathy?'' ''Yes, because I cannot show myself in front of others, I can only use telepathy to communicate. What I wanted to say was that the system gives you a free Appraisal skill that can look into anything 30 levels above you or lower. You used this when you identified the goblin and the Demon of the Forest so as you can tell, you can use it without thinking Appraisal or anything. All you have to know is have the desire to look at the target''s stats. If you are 30+ levels lower than the target, then all you will see are question marks until you attack the target. Also, as it is a function of the system, it is not part of your skill set so you do not have to spend SP on it. You can also use this skill for item identification as well. However, when looking at another human, their equipment is not shown,''If you discover this tale on Amazon, be aware that it has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. Please report it. ''Oh I see then. Alright thank you,'' ''No problem,'' Immediately after this discovery, I used Appraisal on the girl that just came out. Lyka Wintercolt Age: 17 Gender: Female Level: 28 Race: Human Job: Fire Magician HP: 300/300 MP: 530/530 Attack: 50 Defense: 80 Magic Attack: 250 Magic Defense: 100 Speed: 100 Luck: 30 Skills: Fire Ball, Fire Ball Barrage, Fire Blast, Incinerate, Ring of Fire Passive Skills: Fire Mana Absorption(Increase MP), Royal Blessings (Increase Magic Attack), Fire Spirit Blessings(Increase Magic Attack and MP.) Achievement(s): Heiress of the Wintercolt Family, Killer of hundred bandits, Extreme Talent of the Fire Magic Eldest child of the Wintercolt Family where the head of the family is one of the 4 Dukes of the Kingdom of Piton. The family itself is a very chivalrous family where everyone loves to help out the poor and unfortunate. The only problem is that the servants tend to be arrogant due to the massive power they hold due to being a noble''s servant. She, herself, is very kind and is willing to help anyone that needs assistance. However, if she becomes angry, she will become a Demon that not even her parents can stop. "Oh god, that description sounds like a yandere for some reason," As I was becoming more and more scared, Lyka started to introduce herself. "Hello, my name is Lyka Wintercolt, the daughter of Duke Issac Wintercolt. I apologize for my servant''s extreme rudeness. I will make sure to thoroughly discipline him later and also to demote him so that he would reflect on his decisions," "Oh, that''s no problem. It was only a misunderstanding. My name is Jeffrey and saying my last name is a bit troublesome for me for various reasons," Of course that last part was a lie and the real reason is that there''s no point in her knowing my last name. "Ah, as an apology, would you like to ride my carriage with me and come over to my place. My house is that huge mansion that you can see even from here," "Ahh, no it is fine. I can''t trouble you for just a misunderstanding. I will just find an inn," "I insist," "No, really I am-," "I insist," "OK..." After seeing the scary glare, I could not refuse and got on the carriage. While getting on, the guard Jun, seemed extremely upset, but he did not say anything and simply drove the carriage. Due to me being the Duke''s carriage, I went in without doing any identity checks. Although it seemed to be around 6:00 in the evening, the town was still bustling. To be honest, it looked like the generic town from reincarnation mangas. However, the food that I was smelling from inside the carriage seemed exquisite and I could not wait to eat it when I leave the Duke''s house tomorrow. When we arrived at the Duke''s mansion after 10 minutes of Lyka talking and talking, all I saw was grand grand and finally grand. It was a bigger version of the White House with that Medieval Age feel to it. "Come on, let''s go in," Lyka said with hurry. Inside was even grander with chandeliers and statues everywhere. There were also various family pictures as well. It seems that there are 3 children with Lyka being the eldest, then a daughter, then a son being the youngest. We passed through many doors until finally Jun and Lyka finally stopped and entered. It was the dining room where the entire family was present. The Duke was a handsome man that looked like he was around his 40s. He looked like those good nobles in animes where they have that mustache that looks really good on them. The duchess was a beautiful lady like Lyka and she looks like she is in her early 30s, but I feel like she is in her early 40s. There was a girl that looked like she was around 15-16 and she seems to be Lyka''s sister and finally was a boy that looked around 13-15 and he should be the youngest son of the Duke. Jun walked off to the sides where the maids and butlers were and Lyka took a seat in the living room. I stood there and there was an awkward silence in the room. Finally, the Duke spoke with a glare. "So who are you?" I immediately tensed up and introduced myself. "Hello, hehe, my name is Jeffrey and I am a wandering swordsman that seeks to improve my skills," "What is your relationship with my daughter. Let me tell you this, if you did anything to her I will immediately behead you!" "Dad, stop, he''s a guest," Suddenly, the Duke made a face that overprotective fathers make in animes. "But Lykaaaa, you brought a man out of nowhere today like you were trying to introduce a boyfriend that you were hiding for months. You can''t get a boyfriend yet. In order for you to get a boyfriend, I need to be dead for 10 years!" "But Dad, that''s like when I become 50 myself. What kind of person would want to marry a 50 year old woman?" "Hmph, I will not accept any man that you bring here unless he can defeat me in battle," The Duke said with a determined face "Honey, I think that is enough," The Duchess said with a face that showed extreme wrath. "Ahem, so once again what is your relationship with my daughter. Don''t worry, I won''t behead you, I will only quarter you if you say the wrong answer," "Dad!" Lyka screamed with an embarrassed face. "Your daughter and I just met today. Her guard over there was being slightly rude thus she just apologized. She then invited me here. That''s all there is Sir. I am not seeking her hand in marriage or anything like that," The Duke suddenly made a friendly face. "Oh why didn''t you say so. If Lyka can trust you to come here, then we welcome you. As long as you don''t date any of my daughters then you''ll be fine, but if you have even a slight desire for them, there will be hell to pay," "Dad!" This time both daughters screamed at the Duke. Chapter 6 The food came in and we all started to eat. "So Jeffrey, where did you come from?" The Duke asked. "I come from a democratic country called America. Have you ever heard of it?" "No, I have not and what is this democratic country that you speak of?" "Oh yes so democracy is when the people are able to decide on rules and things like that rather than a single person like a king gets to decide everything without the people''s consent," "Oh, your country has quite the rules. However, in our maps, there is no such thing as America," "Ahhh, our country is quite far away, there is no way for this kingdom to even hear of its name," "I see so I am guessing that you have been travelling since extremely young," "Yes, I am currently trying to explore the world and I have been to places such as Korea, Japan, Finland, and various other places. For now, I am planning to stay here for a bit then leave this kingdom to go to various other kingdoms to improve my swordsmanship," "Ahh, yes you have been talking about your swordsmanship, tell me what is the sword to you?" I thought about it for a bit. This question was a very frequent question asked by a master in light novels and if you get it wrong, the master might just scold you for your idiocracy. "To me, the sword is my weapon that will pave my path to the top. In this world where the law of jungle exists, the sword is my life. If it perishes then I will die along with it," To me who didn''t really understand Dao and things like that, this was the best answer that I can give. "Hmm, that is an ok answer from such a young swordsman," "Duke, is it ok if you can explain to me about this kingdom and its structure. I have just arrived at this kingdom today and I am extremely curious about it," "Oh yes, of course. This kingdom, as you said earlier, is called the Kingdom of Piton, ruled by the Royal Piton Family. The current king is King Andreas Piton who is 45 this year which is the same age as me. The king has 3 sons and a daughter. The crown prince is Albert Piton who is currently 29 years old. The second prince is Samuel Piton who is currently 25 years old. The third prince is Isaac Piton who is currently 22 years old. The princess is Diana Winslat Piton who is currently 17 years old. By the way, the king dotes on her greatly so if you get on the princess''s good side then you can do almost anything in this kingdom. However, if you get on her bad side, you will never have a good day in the kingdom ever again. Oh yes and the queen is Queen Scarlett Winslat Piton. She was the princess of the neighboring kingdom, the Dalux Kingdom, ruled by the Royal Winslat Family. Aside from the Dalux Kingdom, one of greatest allies, there are 2 neighboring kingdoms, the Brippoulon Kingdom and the Vunate Kingdom. The Brippoulon Kingdom is our enemy and they attack us every so often due to our belief of race equality. We accept beastmen, elves, dwarves, and just about every race and we do not allow slavery here. The Brippoulon hates this fact and wishes to convert us. The Vunate Kingdom is neutral and just allows anything. They accept any race, but they also allow slavery as well. In the Kingdom of Piton, we split the kingdom into 5 sections: The West, East, North, South, and the Central. The 4 directions are controlled by us Dukes. I control the South, by the way. The Central is the capital and that''s where all the famous royal academies and things like that exist. That is mostly all the information you need to know about the Kingdom of Piton," "Ahh, ok thank you for the information Sir Duke," "So, Jeffrey, what do you plan on doing here while you stay?" "Well, for now, I was planning on going to the guild and sign up. Back then, I felt that the guild was useless in my pursuit for swordsmanship, but gradually, I realized the importance of money and was thinking I should make money while fighting formidable enemies," It seemed that Lyka was getting kind of tired of the conversation and stepped into the conversation .Enjoying this book? Seek out the original to ensure the author gets credit. "So Jeffrey, this is my sister Serena Wintercolt and she will be turning 17 this year. She''s mainly interested in academics and she says she wants to be a royal magic scholar a role which was never given to a female before. This is my brother, Davis Wintercolt. He is currently 15 years old. He said he wants to be a knight like our father used to be. Maybe you should spar with him later to see how good he is!" "Oh, good idea," The Duke said. "Jeffrey, I will leave him in your care," "Dad, but-" "Shut it Davis, if you want be a true soldier, you must fight any enemy, weak or strong," "*Sigh* I understand," Then Davis looked at me with contempt. ''Does this boy think I''m weak?'' I got kind of pissed off by that look, but in the end, I ignored it. When we finished eating, the Duke led everyone to the arena. It was like a mini coliseum with seats all around us. In the middle was a leveled up stage. The Duke started to speak of the rules. "Once you get on that stage, you are protected the a magic formation etched inside of the stage. When you are hit by a lethal attack, you are sent outside of the stage and all your injuries on that stage is nonexistent so you can go wild. However, try not to traumatize your opponent as much as possible please. Well when you are ready please go on the stage," Davis and I both walked onto the stage and as soon as I got on, a message popped up from the system. Adventurer is now protected by the Coliseum Protection Magic Formation. When hit by a lethal attack, you are transported out of the magic formation. All injuries become nonexistent as well after you leave the stage. "That''s a really weird magic formation though. This must have been an extremely complex magic formation to make," "Of course, putting this magic formation on this stage was worth almost 100,000 gold which was the cost of creating this entire coliseum," Davis said to me with a contemptuous tone. ''Hmm, in Earth to create this coliseum, you would need around 200 million dollars. This means that 1 gold is around 2 thousand dollars!'' "Hey, Davis, before we start, I want to ask about the currency here in this kingdom. It might be different from the places I''ve been to!" "Huh, what are you talking about?! Are you stupid? How could you not know about bronze, silver, and gold coins. 100 bronze coins equals 1 silver coin and 100 silver coins equals 1 gold coin! How could you come to this kingdom without even the slightest knowledge about money?!" "Haha..." ''So 1 silver coin equals to 20 dollars and 1 bronze coin equals to around 20 cents. I see, I see,'' "Hey are we going to start yet? Or are you too scared to try to fight me?" "Oh, I''m sorry, I was just thinking of something. Alright let''s begin," Davis got ready with his sword and shield while I looked at his stats. Davis Wintercolt Age: 15 Gender: Male Level: 20 Race: Human Job: Beginner Knight HP: 500/500 MP: 300/300 Attack: 100 Defense: 150 Magic Attack: 10 Magic Defense: 150 Speed: 100 Luck: 10 Skills: Charge, Wintercolt Ultimate One Strike One Kill, Block, Parry Passive Skills: N/A Achievement(s): Talented Knight Third Son of the Wintercolt family. He is talented with the swords and is also considered one of the most popular kid at school. He is currently hiding his girlfriend who is commoner due to his fear of his parent''s reaction towards a commoner wife. Therefore, he created a false personality in which he acts like he hates commoners even though he loves them like his family. He ignores the commoners in front of many, but secretly, he helps them out to the best of his abilities. "Davis, so you are a tsundere ehhhh?"'' "What the hell are you talking about? Stop the foolish talk and let''s begin!" "Alright then. Let''s get started," Fiery Sword! As soon as I activated the skill, my Katana was getting engulfed in flames. "Hmm, so he had a weapon enhance skill I see. I''ve seen various weapon enhance magic before, but I have never seen a weapon enhance magic that can make a weapon burst out in flames," The Duke said. "Study! I must study it!" When I turned back, Serena started to look at my sword with a fanatical expression like an otaku seeing his waifu figurine on a 90% discount. "Wha-" In front of me, Davis was extremely surprised. He lost his grip on his sword almost dropping it. "Davis," I said. "Do you know what is the most important thing for any career?" "What?" Davis asked. Judging by his expression, he was really curious about this. "Mastery of a single attribute. If you are a knight focus solely on either offense or defense. If you are a blacksmith, focus on one item to create. After you finish 1 attribute go onto the next and the cycle continues. You are more likely to win when you are a master of one rather than a jack of all trades," Davis looked at me with an astonished expression. It seemed that he never thought something like that would come out of my mouth. "In my case, Davis, I have mastered speed! Here I come!" I immediately started running in all directions. "How fast!" The Duke said. "For his age, that speed is really rare! I wonder how Davis can handle that," When I saw Davis''s expression it was of pure shock and anxiousness. ''Although he is a tsundere, it seems that he does not want to lose. How cute,'' I appeared behind him and got positioned for an attack. Sansurrashu! Puchi! -500 Davis looked back, but it was too late. 3 deep wounds that had emerged in his back and he was teleported off the stage The Duke, Duchess, Lyka, and Serena all looked at me with shock from the sides. As I was waiting for something to happen, another system notification came about. The stage will now automatically remove you in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. You will now be removed from the stage I was teleported out of the stage and in front of me was Davis looking at me like fangirl looking at their favorite male K-pop group. "That was a great fight Brother Jeffrey. Please excuse me as I have to go back to my room to digest everything that happened," He then left the room. Clap Clap Clap! The Duke and his family all started clapping. "Wonderful battle, Jeffrey. I must say that you are quite strong. Unfortunately, I do not have the Appraisal skill to observe you, but I guess this is enough. Well, Lyka will show you to your room. Goodnight," The Duke and the Duchess left the arena. "Well, Brother Jeffrey," Selena said. "I will look forward to studyi- I mean seeing you again tomorrow," Serena also left the room. ''She said studying right. She''s gonna use me as an experiment?!'' Lyka then came up to me. "That was great Jeffrey! Well, let me guide you to your room," She led me to a room that was even bigger than my living room back at Earth. I thanked her and she left. "Oh yeah, I forgot to take a bath... Eh, whatever, let''s do it tomorrow," I started to sleep and let me tell you, that was the best sleep I had my entire 17 years of living. Chapter 7 When I woke up, I immediately took a shower. The technology over here is extremely fascinating. Instead of a shower head, there''s a magic formation that appears when I am directly under it. It spurts out water and when I am not under it, it disappears and water stops flowing out. When I finished my shower, Lyka came into my room. "Jeffrey, let''s go to the Adventurer''s Guild!" "Oh, I could go to that alone. You don''t have to force yourself to go with me," "I insist," "No I-" "I insist...Jeffrey," She said with a frosty glare. "Alright," I reluctantly went with Lyka who was humming the entire way there. In the adventurer''s guild, it was full of loud people who were drinking or looking at a bulletin board which is most likely the quest board. We arrived at the receptionist table where there was a catgirl. When I saw her, I had the urge to just pet her, but in the end I calmed myself down. Before I could say anything, Lyka started to scream. "Anna!" "Lyka nya!" The two hugged from over the table and they started to talk about trivial things. After around 10 minutes, Lyka finally realized that she was here for a reason. "Oh yes, ahem, Anna, this is Jeffrey. He is here to become a member of the guild," Anna looked at me and greeted me. "Hello, my name is Anna Graywolf nya. Please write down all your information on this paper please nya," I saw the paper and realized that it was all in some sort of code-like language. As I was getting more and more troubled on what to write, a voice notification popped up.If you stumble upon this narrative on Amazon, it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. System Detection detected the Ancient Language that everyone in the world uses. Since Adventurer cannot read it, all language will be seen as English and all the English you write will be seen as the Ancient Language in the eyes of others. Suddenly, the code letters started to change into the English Alphabets. "Oh wow, this is one advanced system," I filled out all the information and gave it to Anna. "Thank you, please put your hand on the crystal ball next to you," I looked towards the right and there was the crystal ball. I put my hand over it a bright light emerged. I closed my eyes and when I opened my eyes again, Anna, Lyka, and just about everyone in the guild looked at me with a funny face. It was getting really awkward in the room so I started to speak. "Miss. Anna, is there something wrong with my card or anything?" Anna recovered from her shock and looked under her desk and took out a card. She read through it and started to scream. "S... SSS tier Adventurer nya! S tier Adventurer nya!" Lyka looked at me with shock and I stood there like an idiot. "Ummm... can you please tell me what is going on?" Anna stopped screaming and started to look at me with a serious stare. "Mr. Jeffrey, can you please go to the Office with me nya?" "Oh yeah sure I guess," "Me too me too!" In the end Lyka followed me up as well. When we went inside the office she was talking about, Anna gestured for Lyka and I to sit. "So, what is this SSS tier Adventurer?" I asked. "How could you not... Ahem, I apologize nya. So, when one puts their hand on the crystal ball, it gives out the potential of the adventurer and how far they can make it in the future nya. Before we talk about those tiers, we should talk about the ranks in the guild nya. We have 7 ranks in the guild nya. The lowest is Bronze, then Silver, Gold, Platinum, Diamond, Orichalcum, and finally the Adamantite rank nya. In order for a Bronze tier adventurer to rank up to silver, they must complete a certain amount of Bronze quest or a single silver quest and then apply for a rank up sparring match against a person that is of the Silver Rank nya. The same applies to every single rank except for Orichalcum nya. In the Orichalcum tier, you must find a formidable monster designated by the guild and slay it in order to rank up into the Adamantite Rank nya. By the way there are only 7 Adamantite adventurers within the 4 kingdoms and even kings would have to show great respect to these adventurers or else they might as well commit suicide nya. So now, for the letter tiers. Like I said earlier, this shows the potential of the adventurers nya. Judging by various factors, the crystal is able to classify each adventurer nya. The tiers starts from F, then increases to E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, and SSS tier nya. A F tier adventurer is 90% of the time going to stay in the Bronze tier and if there is a miracle, they may be able to get to lowest of the gold tier nya. D is most likely in silver and maybe platinum nya. C and B are most likely in gold and maybe Diamond nya. A, S, and SS are most likely going to be in the Diamond Rank with a slight chance of being Orichalcums or even Adamantites nya. Finally, the SSS tier guarantees that the adventurer will be at least Orichalcums and predicts a 50% chance that the person is going to an Adamantite Adventurer nya. You, Jeffrey, are the 8th person to ever get a SSS tier rating in the history of the 4 kingdoms nya. The rest of the 7 obviously belongs to the current 7 Adamantite Adventurers nya. By the way in every guild, there are a couple of Diamonds and around 2-3 Orichalcums so you don''t have to worry about the rank-up tests nya," "Jeffrey, you''re a SSS tier! You''re going be an Adamantite Adventurer soon. Oh my goodness I cannot believe it!" Lyka started to freak out. "Also, Jeffrey, the higher the tier, the farther your starting point is nya. As you are in the SSS tier, you are qualified to take the gold ranking exam and directly go from bronze to gold nya. Would you like to do that nya?" I was just confused at that point. There was so much information I had to take in. However, again a system notification started to speak again. Congratulations Adventurer, you have now unlocked the Guild functionality. You are now able to gain EXP from the quest rewards and you also gain EXP from going up ranks as well. You are also guided for guild quests by the system. By opening the Guild tab, you can now see the quest and how far you have progressed into the quest. You are also able to see a person''s rank in the guild in their status. ''Oh god, why is there so much goddamn information at one point?!'' Chapter 8 In the end, we were puzzled on what to do. While being classified as a SSS tier adventurer can have its benefits, it can also bring a variety of troubles to me and to be honest, I rather not have that. "Hmm, if that is the case, then why don''t we say that the crystal ball made a mistake nya," Anna declared after a while of thinking. "Wha... I thought these things usually don''t make mistakes at all," "No, no on the contrary, over the hundreds of years that crystal ball have been used in the guild, there have been many mistakes nya. Some have been small such as a F tier being mistaken as a D tier or some were extremely big such as a C tier being mistaken as a SS tier nya. You will just be one of many mistakes that the crystal ball made nya," "Ahh, ok then please label this incident as a mistake," "Of course, we will say that your actual rank is S tier and you will still be able to take the gold rank test automatically. Would you like to take it today?" "Yes I would like that please," "Alright, we will clarify to the guild members outside that you are a S rank so that "false rumors" don''t spread," "Thank you for the trouble," "No problem, the guild has done a lot of this in the past," When we went out, Anna started announcing the news to everyone. "Everyone I''m sorry to startle you guys earlier. It was simply a mistake and his tier is actually S tier nya!" "Oh, a S tier. Ha... I thought that we were going to have another legendary hero for that demon king. That prophecy said that the demon king was going to revive either this year or next year and destroy us all didn''t it!" A bystander said. "Ha... yeah, but at the very least they found out that it was a mistake early on. I remember that one time that the crystal ball made a mistake where a E tier Adventurer was mistaken as a A Rank Adventurer and somehow passed the gold rank test since the tests don''t require you to actually defeat the exam proctor. Then he took a gold level mission and in the end died to a pack of goblins along the way somehow," Another bystander said While I was feeling pity for the adventurer that the two loud bystanders were talking about, I suddenly remembered the first guy''s statement.If you spot this story on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. "Ummm... Lyka, I have a very quick, but important question to ask you?" "Yes?" Lyka looked at me curiously. "Is there truly a demon king in this world?" "Yes, there is. In fact, every 150 years or so, there is a demon king born from the vast amounts of demon down at the far north. During those times all adventurers go down and kill every demon they see and they even cooperate with other kingdoms regardless of whether they hate each other or not since demons are the number one enemy. Then there are all the Adamantite and Orichalcum adventurers who band up to slay the demon king and even then most of them die and usually 90% of Adamantite adventurers survive, but around 90% of the Orichalcum adventurers perish as a result of the terrible battle. We have tried for hundreds of years to defeat all the demons while the demon king was gone, but there are too many demons so we could never annihilate the demons and even having one demon means disaster since a demon king can be born from even the weakest demon imp. It''s truly a troublesome matter since if it goes wrong, kingdoms can be destroyed, but in the best case scenario, we keep everything in the north and only the foot soldiers and at best generals can invade the towns and cities," "So what you are saying is that, no matter what, I''m most likely going to fight the demon king since I''m a SSS tier?" I asked quietly. "Yes," She replied quietly. "The new demon king is going to revive within 10 years.. It could be in a couple of month or it could even be today. It could even be 10 years later! We really don''t know so we need to get stronger in order to fight against the demon king," "*Sigh* just a question, are a member of the guild," "Yes I am, it''s a side job that my father want me to have as he wants me to have outside battle experience against monsters, bandits, and the like so that I could react to any situation," "What rank and tier are you?" "Currently, I am in the Gold Rank and when I was evaluated, I was evaluated as an A tier so I immediately took the test and passed the gold rank test," "Hmm... I see. Well-," "Jeffrey, your test proctor has arrived and is waiting for you in the sparring room," Anna suddenly called out. "Alright, I''ll be there right now. Sorry, can you please wait for me for a little bit right here?" "Sure," Lyka said while smiling. ''Ahh, she''s a true yandere it seems, angelic when pleased and demonic when angered,'' I thought while going to the sparring room. The sparring room looked like a smaller version of the coliseum that the Wintercolt Family had, but they still had the stage and everything so I assumed that meant that the same magic was etched onto this stage as well. On the stage was a beastman that looked like he was in his 40s. He had lion ears and tail. He was also tall and buff as well which made me classify him as a tank in battles. He was holding a wooden sword that looked like it was going to break with a single strike. Next to him was a beautiful Elf that seems like she was waiting for me. "Hello, Mr. Jeffrey, your proctor here is Mr. Cado, a gold rank adventurer. He will set the requirements before the battle starts and if you do not meet his requirements you will be set as bronze ranked adventurer. The stage has the Coliseum Protection Magic Formation where when one receives a lethal attack, they will be sent off the stage and when they leave the stage, all injuries become non existent. Well then good luck sir," The Elf then quickly left the stage. I went onto the stage and the system notification showed up as well. Adventurer is now protected by the Coliseum Protection Magic Formation. When hit by a lethal attack, you are transported out of the magic formation. All injuries become nonexistent as well after you leave the stage. I also quickly looked at my proctor''s status. Cado Smith Age: 39 Gender: Male'' Level: 33 Race: Beastman (Lion Race) Job: Paladin HP: 900/900 MP: 450/450 Attack: 200 Defense: 250 Magic Attack: 30 Magic Defense: 200 Speed: 150 Luck: 15 Skills: Hammer of Justice, Weapon Enhance, Defense Enhance, Blast Charge, Recovery, Taunt, Passive Skills: Elemental Protection Achievement(s): Slayer of Great Wolves Part of the royal Smith family in the east. Fled due to power struggles and ended up living in the Kingdom of Piton. Straightforward personality and hates schemes above all else. "Oi, oi, oi what are with these stats? He could kill me and I probably can''t even damage him!" "Well, hello there young adventurer," Cado suddenly said. "Well, I am Cado Smith. Just call me Cado. I will be your exam proctor for today and my requirement for you to pass is to be able to land a solid shot on me with your sword. However, the catch is that I will be using everything I got to kill you so treat this as a life or death match," Cado said with a smile. " Well then I will give you a few seconds to prepare everything," I immediately got into ready stance. "Alright then. Let''s begin," Chapter 9 Mr. Cado immediately started to dash with extreme speed towards me with his sword pointing towards me. While he was running, I noticed that there was a sphere of light forming at the tip of his sword. ''Fuck that''s his Blast Charge,'' I immediately moved to the sides and as expected, when Mr. Cado stopped, the sphere of light grew and turned into a laser beam. BOOM! While I looked at Mr. Cado with shock, he immediately casted some sort of magic on his sword and it started to glow, then he closed his eyes then after a couple of milliseconds opened his eyes and his body started to glow now as well. ''Defense Enhance and Weapon Enhance... This is going to be quite complicated,'' Draw II! The wind blade from Draw II popped out and with tremendous speed flew towards Mr. Cado. Mr. Cado easily blocked it, but within the precious time from him being distracted from the wind blade, I was able to make my move. Fiery Blade! While fire engulfed my sword, I started charging towards Mr. Cado and immediately used my only offensive skill. Sansurrashu! Klang! Klang! Klang! I thought that I would be able to get him like Davis, but I guess I was too naive, Mr. Cado blocks it, but in the end his sword ends up catching on fire. "Tch, you''re good kid. Alright let''s do it like this. I was not allowed to bring my true weapon as it is a bit special you see and you would have no chance to beat me. But I do have a final technique that would obliterate a silver rank monster as soon as it hits. So if you can survive it via dodging, blocking, or whatever, then you pass the test,"The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. "Alright then. Come!" I knew that the skill he was talking about was the Hammer of Justice and if possible I would dodge it, but if I can''t then I would have to use the wind tornado that I have been saving up to try to block it. "Good! Courage is one of the most important thing that an adventurer should I have. Without it, you could be an Adamantite Adventurer, but you would be worth nothing! Well here I come! Hammer of Justice!" A hammer above his head started forming and it started growing until it was about the size of the stage itself. There really isn''t a way out. "Unfortunately, I still have not mastered this technique yet so-" Puchi! I sent out the wind tornado like how Yasuo sent out his tornado. Due to the impact, Mr. Cado lost his control over the hammer. Using that chance, I immediately dashed towards him in order to finish him off. Sansurrushu! Puchi! -100 Just like that Mr. Cado was sent off the stage. Like last time, a notification started ringing in my head. The stage will now automatically remove you in 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0. You will now be removed from the stage. I was sent off the stage with Mr. Cado looking at me with mostly shock and a bit of anger. On the side was the Elf looking at me with worry. "Kid, you sneak attacked me. You did something that all warriors would despise. What do you have to say to that?" Mr. Cado asked seriously. Due to his seriousness, I answered him with a serious face as well. "While you did imply that I should take the hit and try to block it, you never said that I cannot sneak attack you. Furthermore, you said when you started the match to think of this match as a life or death match. In a life or death match, I would not want to wait for my opponent to finish charging up their signature move. I would kill them if it took a long time to charge the skill!" Mr. Cado started to glare at me and I increasingly started to become scared. ''Shit, is he going to fail me for this?'' After a while of this increasing tension, Mr. Cado started laughing. "Hahahahaha! Kid, you are interesting. Yes, your answer was correct. While I did emphasize that you should block it, the choice of attacking me while I was charging it was also valid and an exceptional decision as well since that was now the matter of choosing your life over your morals which I think is important. While your morals are important and are the foundation to your life, without your life what are morals even good for? Therefore, if you are in a perilous situation, it is best to forget about everything and try to live! Congratulations, you are now a gold rank adventurer. I hope that you can contribute greatly to the cause!" "Thank you!" I bowed and left the arena. However, before I could take a step, I heard Mr. Cado talking about me. "That SSS tier kid, he is quite the funny one. Brave, but cunning. Passionate, but rational. It could be said that he is angelic, but at the same time demonic hahaha!" "What are you talking about Mr. Cado?" The elf asked. "Nothing nothing, just talking to myself a little. Little girl, when am I going to get my platinum rank? I already won a platinum adventurer!" "You did, but that was outside of the guild arena so it doesn''t count. Furthermore, you still haven''t finished the amount of quests necessary to reach the platinum rank!" "Oh yeah that''s right. HAHAHAHA!" "*Sigh* just because you''re a SS tier doesn''t mean that we''ll give you special treatment you know!'''' ''''I know, I know," As I was hearing them talk, I became even more scared. "Oi, oi, oi, that old man beat a platinum rank before. The guild really wants to screw me over!" After that, I started walking gloomily out of the hallway. Chapter 10 When I got to the front entrance, Lyka looked at me curiousity. "Jeffrey, what''s with the look?" "Nothing. Nothing. Just some things haha..." "*Sigh* Whatever, but now that you are gold rank, let''s get your card and take on some quests shall we?" "Sure let''s do it," I first went to the front desk to get my guild card. Anna immediately handed me a gold card with my basic stats on it with my name, race, age, rank, and monster kills. Anna also quickly gave me the rundown on my guild card. "This can be your identification. While you were exempted from showing it by riding on the Duke''s carriage, in any case that you are not riding a nobility carriage, showing this card can be your pass for any place that has an adventurer guild in it. No one cannot take your guild card as your own. Also, when you kill a monster that is related to the quest that you have taken, it will show on your guild card. When you rank up, give the front desk your guild card and we will change the plating for you. That is all. Your basic information are all there and if you have any questions please feel free to ask any guild employees near you," "That just sounded like a really good explanation to some insurance policy or something like that. I feel like I''ve been somehow scammed," "Insurance? Scammed?" "Nothing nothing. Just talking to myself," Looking at Lyka next to me, she looked like her patience was just about done. "Jeffrey, let''s take a look at the quests!" Lyka and I arrived at the quest board after she started dragging me there. We looked at all the gold and platinum quests for around 5 minutes until we found something that sounded interesting, but at our level. Quest: Kill 50 Plague Wolves and collect their heart. Requirement: Platinum desired, but gold minimum. Reward: 100 GoldThis narrative has been purloined without the author''s approval. Report any appearances on Amazon. Deadline: By the end of this month Quest Giver: Anonymous. Please leave the hearts to the front desk and I will personally retrieve it later. We took the paper and gave it to Anna. "Now Jeffrey, since this is your first quest, I will explain to you how this works. When you do not finish your quest by the deadline, you have failed the quest so you are going to pay double the said reward so for this quest specifically, you and Lyka are going to pay 200 gold to the guild. Obviously since you guys are in a party, it is pooled money and not individually. If you have enough failed quests, you will be demoted to a rank below. Any questions?" I shaked my head. "Good, then good luck to you and we hope to see you again," After Anna stopped talking, a notification ringed in my head. Adventurer has taken the Quest: Kill 50 Plague Wolves and take its heart. EXP given for completed quest is 8000 EXP and in addition to the 100 gold that you will be sharing with your party, the system will also provide you with another 100 gold. Lyka and I left the guild and I was preparing for the quest. "Hey, Lyka, is there like a merchant guild here?" "Yeah why?" "Ok good. I was going to buy things needed to complete the quest so is it ok if you can guide me there?" "Alright," After around 20 minutes, we arrived at the merchant guild. Already, the look of the guild was different. The adventurer guild looked like a pub while the merchant guild looked like an actual shop. Inside was floor and pillars that looked like they were made by marble or something and the place actually looked like the lobby of a headquarters for a big company. At the receptionist desk were two beautiful elves. While the elf I saw at the adventurer guild was pretty, she looked wild, but these two elves were the epitome of elegant elves shown in those mangas. Lyka seeing me look at those elves with such focus pinched my waist. "Oww! What was that for?" I asked her. "Nothing," She said while pouting. I rubbed my waist as I went to the front desk to sell and buy a couple of stuff. One of the elf looked at me with a smile and started to greet me. "Hello, my name is Amania and how can I help you today?" "Wow even their manners are excellent. Ahem, I mean I have something I want to sell today. I want to see how much it is worth," I took out the Demon of the Forest I killed a while ago with the heart taken out. The elf looked at it and looked at me with shock. "Is this the Demon of the Forest from the Forest of the Living?" "Yes it is," "My goodness, this monster is a one of a kind. While many adventurers in the adventurer guild can defeat it, it is extremely hard to find it and it is also a waste of time to most adventurers that can 100% kill it, but to those who only have a 50-50 chance, the risks outweigh the rewards and they are not willing to kill it. So this right here, we will take everything for 1000 gold. Is there anything that was taken out?" "I took out the heart for personal reasons," "The heart... Well, the heart is pretty much useless so we won''t change the price. Will you sell this for 1000 gold?" "Yes, and before you give me the gold, I would like to buy Castium and Seed of Wind if you have any," "The Seed of Wind is a bit rare so it will cost around 80 gold and for Castium, how much would you like?" I did not know the answer to that. ''Navi, how much castium do I need to upgrade the Katana,'' ''It''s been a while since you called. Just a single ingot will do,'' "Just an ingot," "Alright then, an ingot of castium will cost around 120 gold. So your total gold will be 200 gold so we will give you 800 gold for you," "Alright," The elf quickly returned with a medium sized sack, a tiny seed with markings on it, and a ingot of a metal that looks similar to silver," "Alright here is everything. All the gold is in here and please come again," "Thank you," I left and Lyka started questioning me. "What do you need Castium and a Seed of Wind for?" "Nothing much, needed to enhance some stuff and this will do nicely," Lyka and I returned to the Wintercolt estate because Lyka would not let me go to an inn and when I even mentioned the word inn, she gave me a death stare. When we went inside, I quickly went to my room to start on upgrading my Katana. Chapter 11 I took out my Katana and all the items needed for the rank up. When I put them close enough, a system notification ringed in my head once again. Would Adventurer like to rank up your weapon to Rank 2 Bronze? "Yes!" I immediately answered. As soon as I answered, the sword started to glow and what I saw was the weirdest thing I have ever seen in my entire life. The seed, ingot, and heart started to bend like the space around it was being distorted. It then was slowly getting sucked in by my Katana. After a couple of seconds, the light disappeared along with the items. What was left was my Katana that looked like it had been sharpened. I looked at its stats and I was extremely amazed. Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Rank 2 Bronze +80 strength Ability 1: After two attacks using this sword, it absorbs the air mana around it and creates a condensed tornado that is able to shred boulders. Ability 2: The Wind Nature is called and you gain double your Attack for 20 seconds. However, you are in a weakened state for 5 seconds after the effect is over Cooldown: 8 seconds. Passive: When equipping this item, one''s attack speed is raised. Equippable at level 10 |Upgradeable once proper materials are gathered. Level 30 required to upgrade. Materials needed to upgrade shown when level 30.| "The attack just doubled! Now my Attack has also reached 200 too. If I went against Mr. Cado right now, I would be able to beat his ass. Even if he has a special weapon, the second ability will make my attack go from 200 to 400 so there''s no way he could beat me!" As I was celebrating, Navi came out of nowhere.Support creative writers by reading their stories on Royal Road, not stolen versions. "Hey, Jeffrey, so you finally upgraded that sword. Congratulations, now you have the rights to know about the different ranks of equipments. So as you know, equipments have different tiers and each tier up is much stronger. So like you saw, your Rank 2 Bronze Tempered Katana has double the stats from your Rank 1 Katana. There are 10 ranks for equipments. It goes from Rank 1, Rank 2 Bronze, Rank 3 Silver, Rank 4 Gold, Rank 5 Dark Gold, Rank 6 Epic, Rank 7 Half-Legendary, Rank 8 Legendary, Rank 9 Half-Saint and Rank 10 Saint. Once your equipment reaches Rank 10 Saint, an armor can practically be wearing a tank and a weapon might as well be a nuclear bomb. However, the higher the rank, the rarer the materials needed to upgrade. Up to Legendary, you can find materials in various cities and towns, but once you have to get materials to upgrade to Half-Saint, you are going to have to find them on your own and let me tell you, it is going to be extremely hard to obtain even a single material. Also, the number of materials needed will increase as well so be wary of that. Well that''s it from me. Ciao!" After he said his piece without even bothering to hear anything I say, Navi just disappeared. "Hmmm, up to Legendary will be easy and the two above that will be Hell tier. Oh God, I might be a bit fucked. As I was thinking of what to do for the future, Lyka came into my room and on her face the word impatient was written all over it. "Come on Jeffrey, we gotta finish this quest!" "Ok ok, I''m done," Now that I upgraded my Katana, I set out with Lyka to the Plague Prairie around the North where the Plague Wolves inhabit. Let me tell you this, I miss the cars. I swear to god, walking down the road without a carriage because Lyka said ''Carriages are not for adventurers'' is making my foot hate her down to the very core. However, the good part is that during the trip I''m able to ask a bunch of questions about this world. "So, why did you become an adventurer. Don''t you think it''s below yourself to become a grubby adventurer?" "Hahaha, what are you talking about? There are many aristocrats that are adventurers to gain valuable experience, raw material, and to experience freedom that they are never really given at home. In fact, 90% of all nobles are adventurers and there is even an adventurer school in Central and it is one of the biggest schools in the country and even I attend there!" "What? There are schools about adventuring?" "Of course, as there are many topics in adventuring such as dungeons, team strategies for certain monsters, and etc., the former king created this school in order to lower the death count as in the past death rates for adventurers were high due to no information. Now, the graduates are all fairly successful adventurers and many alumnus are platinum or diamond rank. I''m hoping that as soon as I graduate, I''m able to become a Platinum Rank Adventurer at the very least. They say that Bronze to Gold is the beginner level and Platinum is the true start for adventuring," "Ahh, so what do you think about the aristocrat children?" "Arrogant, selfish, and manipulative. I do not know why, but they think they''re the best so they always bully the commoners in the school which really pisses me off, but I alone cannot stop the problem since there''s only so much a Duke can do. Even though we are only lower than the king, it''s not wise to just offend 20-30 different officials at once," "Oh God. School is the one place to avoid I guess then," "No, Jeffrey, you are coming to school with me," "No, I''m good. When you have to go back to school, I''ll take my leave and adventure on my own," "Jeffrey, you don''t have a choice in this matter," "Isn''t it me going to school?!" "Yes, but if I say you do not have a choice, you do not have a choice," Lyka said to me with yandere eyes. "*Gulp* I understand," "Good. Oh, wow look how fast time passed, we''re already at the Plague Prairie. Now let''s find the Plague Wolves," "Ok," I said while tears were slowly forming. At this point I knew, I am never going to escape Lyka. Chapter 12 It seems that even though the Plague Wolves are named after the Plague Prairie, they are not so easily found. Even now after an hour passed after we arrived here, we have not even found a single pack. "Lyka, what''s going on? I can''t seem to see even a cub here!" "Hmmm, this is weird, normally, the Plague Prairie is swarming with Plague Wolves and I don''t think anyone would clear them out because the only part that will sell is the Plague Wolf''s heart and that is for alchemy. Otherwise since everything in their body is riddled with disease, they are not worth any money!" "Is there a special monster nearby?" "I don''t know, but whatever it is it''s scaring off the Plague Wolves," After a couple of minutes more of searching, we find a pack of around 20 Plague Wolves that looked extremely skinny and just lethargic in general. We hide and I looked into their stats and every single adult looked like this. Plague Wolf: Level 35 (Starving) HP: 600/1200 Attack: 100 (Decreased due to hunger) Defense: 150 (Decreased due to hunger) Speed: 150 (Decreased due to hunger) Skills: Swipe, Intimidating Howl, Infectious Bite EXP given: 600*30= 18000 Due to a mysterious beast within the Plague Prairie eating all the prey, the Plague wolves have nothing left to eat thus leaving many to starve. When I looked in the center, it seemed that there were cubs as well. Plague Wolf Cub: Level 20 (Semi-Starving) HP: 600/1000 Attack: 50 (Decreased due to hunger) Defense: 100 (Decreased due to hunger) Speed: 150 (Decreased due to hunger) Skills: Swipe, Infectious Bite EXP given when defeated: 300*30=9000 As their parents give most of their catches to them, the cubs are only semi starving and have a bit more energy. "Lyka, these wolves, they look like they are starving," If you encounter this narrative on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. "What happened?! Plague Wolves should be one of the top predators in the Plague Prairie! No one dares eat them due to their meat being riddled of diseases. Furthermore, since they are in a pack, a group of platinum adventurers would only be able to defeat them with quite a bit of effort. All in all, other predators would leave the wolves'' prey alone and go for something else. "It seems that a formidable predator came in to the prairie though. There''s not other reasons for the wolves to be this starved," "*Sigh* I do not want to kill them, but for the sake of the mission..." Lyka and I immediately went moving. As the wolves saw us, their eyes turned red and except the cubs and a few wolves, the rest started to charge towards us, but since they were starving, their speed was a lot slower than mine. AWOOOOOOO! The wolves started to howl and even though I was excited at the same time, I was shivering. As the wolves finished their howling, a system notification popped out. Adventurer has now been intimidated by the howls. Your attack and defense is reduced by 10 and your speed has now reduced by 20. "Holy shit, even when they are starving, that''s a lot of stats, they took out!" Luckily for me, the effects did not stack so even if 13 wolves howled at me, it did not decrease my stats by that much. "Lyka, I''m depending on you to support me!" "Alright, go wild!" I immediately used Draw II and the wind blade caught out 1 Plague Wolf. Puchi! -600 Awoooo! The Plague Wolf that got caught out immediately died and the rest of the wolves that saw this became even angrier than before. Adventurer has killed a Plague Wolf. However, since adventurer is still in the middle of battle, further notification and EXP will be given after battle is over. I got back into concentration and immediately used Fiery Blade on my sword. My sword was engulfed by fire once again and unlike Mr. Cado, who looked at my sword like it was child play, the wolves were actually afraid and started to look at it cautiously. From behind, it seemed that Lyka was starting to use her magic as well. "Ring of Fire!" Around me and the 12 wolves, a circle of fire showed and the Plague Wolves seeing this tried to jump out, but whenever the wolves tried to jump out, flame rose right in front of it preventing it from escaping. Seeing that they were distracted, I immediately go and slash 3 wolves who could not react in time. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -600 -600 -600 AWOOOOOOOO! All three Plague Wolves immediately fell and seeing this, all the other 9 Plague wolves immediately became desperate and all jumped towards me in all directions attempting to bite me. However, before their teeth could touch me, I immediately used Sansurrashu to cut through all 9 Plague Wolves. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 AWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO! All 9 Plague Wolves let out a final howl and fell with a large slash wounds on their bodies. As they all died, the circle of fire that Lyka put disappeared and she looked at me with surprise. "I did not expect you to be able to defeat all 13 of them," "They were weakened with hunger. If I lost to that, I might as well quit being an swordsman," "Tch, so arrogant. So what are you going to do about the rest of the wolves," "*Sigh* I don''t want to, but for our mission and for their sake, it''s better for me to kill them," "Alright if that is your decision, then so be it," Lyka walked towards the 13 dead wolves and started to carefully dissect them to take out the hearts. I also started to walk towards the other 7 Plague Wolves and cubs who were huddled up together in fear. I started to feel pity for them, but in the end, I sent out my tornado. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 -600 The rest of the wolves were torn apart and they did not let out a sound before they laid down with their guts leaking out. I looked away and after a couple of minutes, Lyka came to my side and started to dissect the wolves I killed with my tornado. After she was done, we left to find a new pack to kill. "So, cub hearts are ok as well?" "Yeah, since it''s only the size, people don''t really care so as long as it doesn''t say that there is no cub heart allowed, then it''s valid to bring those in," "*Sigh*," We started to walk gloomily to find the next pack. Chapter 13 As soon as we set out, the system notification came to finally give me my rewards. Adventurer has defeated 16 Plague Wolves and 4 Plague Wolf Cubs. You will now receive 324,000 EXP. Level up! Level up! ... It kept on coming. I thought I would actually go insane with the same monotonous tone repeating the same words over and over again. After around a minute it finally stopped and when I looked at my stats, I was shocked. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 50 (Able to take on job rank up quest) Race Human Job: Swordsman HP: 2500/2500 MP: 1200/1200 Attack: 300 Defense: 350 Magic Attack: 150 Magic Defense: 255 Speed: 400 Luck: 25 Equipment: Iron Helmet, Iron Yoroi Armor, Kote, Enhanced Leather Shoes, Leg Armor, Tempered Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: Defeater of the Demon, Killer of Wolves Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given), Heart of Wind, Qi Absorption Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut, Fiery Sword, Wind Leap, Draw II, Conceal Presence, Sansurrashu EXP needed to level up: 1500 EXP "I leveled up 22 times! What the heck?! Just 20 of these can spike my level up to level 50?!" "Jeffrey, what are you talking about?" Lyka asked while looking at me as if I was crazy. "Nothing, just that thinking that those wolves were quite strong even if they were starving to death haha..." "Ok..." Lyka said, but her tone showed that she did not believe me at all. "Haha..." Quest Given! Like before, the system notification rang in my head and a hologram popped up in front of my face.This tale has been unlawfully lifted from Royal Road; report any instances of this story if found elsewhere. Job Rank up Quest: Defeat the Devil You are now much stronger than before. The noob that you have once been is completely gone is now replaced by a genuine swordsman. However, being a swordsman is simply not enough. You must take on quests that will make you rise to the top. In the Plague Prairie, there is Belphegor, the Demon of Gluttony. He is currently weakened as the Demon King is barely rising and he is now eating everything he could find to strengthen himself before the new Demon King is born. Quickly stop him to have one less powerful demon humanity has to face in the future. Quest Completion Requirement: Defeat Belphegor 0/1 (An arrow that only you can see will guide you towards your target so do not fret adventurer.) ''Navi, why do I feel like these job rank up quests that the system give me seem to be made up on the spot,'' I asked Navi using telepathy. ''Jeffrey, you must be joking. These quests were made way before just now and we have made various predictions on your growth and such. There''s no way we''ll send you here only to give you quests we made up on the spot,'' Navi said with the same tone he used every time which made me unable to tell whether he was lying or not. I simply let it pass and started thinking about how to guide us to Belphegor without looking too suspicious to Lyka. After a while of not finding any wolf packs once again, I finally had a good idea. "Lyka, since we need to find 30 more Plague Wolves, why don''t I lead the way. Right now, I feel like my luck today is off the charts and I feel like within 10 minutes, we could find a pack 30 wolves," "*Sigh* Fine, since we''re not finding any wolves anyways might as well. I memorized the entire prairie so don''t worry about getting lost or anything," I smiled and started to go towards Belphegor. As I getting nearer, I started feeling an ominous presence. Lyka started to catch on as well. "Jeffrey, why don''t we stop and go towards a different direction. I feel like this way is a bit dangerous," "Nonsense, I feel this way today and if we go here, we could find many wolves so we can finish this mission!" After a couple of minutes, we finally saw Belphegor. Lyka and I immediately hid while it was eating what seemed to be a wolf. It was huge in both height and width. It looked like a fusion of Gluttony from Full Metal Alchemist and an imp. On its stomach was a circle that had a dead pig on it. When I looked into its stats, it was kind of worrying. Belphegor: Level 50 (Levels up once for everything it eats at its level) HP: 3000/3000 Attack: 500 Defense: 100 Speed: 450 Skills: Swallow, Transformation, Summon Imps Experience given when killed: 1000*30=30000 EXP Demon of Gluttony, able to eat anything, and has endless hunger. Unlike many demons, this one can transform into a stronger form when at low health making it twice as hard to defeat. "Jeffrey, your luck is so bad! That''s Belphegor from the Army of the Seven Deadly Sins. Its ranking is 4th out the 7 demons, and while it is only in the middle, it is still extremely strong. We have to notify the guild for them take care of it!"Lyka said with panic evident on her face. "Relax Lyka. In my life, I have seen and fought against many devils. This Belphegor is only at its child phase and his strength is at its weakest. Right now, even with our strength, we can still kill it. However, if we notify the guild and such, that is going to take hours. Belphegor is mostly likely going to leave and it is also going to be much stronger as he is a general of the demon army like you said earlier," Lyka was struggling. After a while, it seems that she finally made her decision. "Fine, we''ll fight it. However, if there is any sign of him being able to overpower us, we''re going to escape immediately," She said with an unrelenting tone. "Alright. So here''s the plan. I have skill to conceal myself so I will land the first attack. While I am fighting, you move as far away as you can to land your spells without being in its range so that even if things get dangerous, you''ll be able to escape as far as possible," Lyka nodded and I noticed she blushed a little. I did not think much of it and thought it was just nervousness. Before I went out, I immediately maxed out Sansurrashu, making me a bit more confident. I rushed out after using Conceal Presence. Belphegor was still eating and did not notice my presence. When I got close enough, I immediately used Draw II and the wind blade flew towards Belphegor landing on its back. Puchi! -500 Raaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Belphegor finally noticed me and started to roar. I noticed from behind that Lyka started to move away as fast as she can. Seeing that I felt relieved and started to fully assault him. After using Fiery Sword, I immediately started to hack at Belphegor. However, with its 450 speed which is a bit better than me, it was narrowly able to dodge each and every attack. After a while of me trying to hit him and Lyka trying to shoot fire balls at it, Belphegor eventually ran out of patience and started to grab at me. I immediately countered leaving a small scratch on it then immediately jumping backwards using Wind Leap to jump even farther back. -50 Raaaaaaaaaa! Belphegor seemed to be even more pissed off and started to charge towards me, but seeing that its actions were quite predictable, I immediately sent out my tornado which was starting to shred it into pieces Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -500 -500 -1000 Raaaaaaaaaaaaa! The bloody Belphegor''s eyes became red and when it stood back up, it started to transform. His stomach was splitting apart to reveal a huge mouth with hundreds of sharp teeth ready to strike. Its fingernails also became huge claws while its mouth became like a Xenomorph mouth (Aliens reference). Warning: The enemy has transformed and went berserk. Attack raised by 500 and speed is also raised by 100. "Oh shit!" I started cursing to no end. Its speed was fearsome already, but with this, it would be even harder to kill it. Belphegor in berserk mode not only seem to have more power, but it also seemed to have gained more intelligence as well. It started to move erratically with extreme speed confusing me to no end. I immediately used Fiery Sword once again and attempted to slash at it. However, it was useless and I missed every single one of my hits. However, this time, Belphegor quickly landed a slash on my left using its gigantic claw. Puchi! -1000 "What the fuck?!" I felt lightheaded as I saw my wound which was extremely deep. "If that attack had just a little bit more power, my arm would have been cut off!" I was quite afraid of this demon and while I was thinking of ways to defeat it, Belphegor dashed towards me with its mouth ready to eat me. I was not ready to dodge it so I closed my eyes, but all of a sudden, I heard Lyka''s voice. "Jeffrey move to the sides!" I immediately dashed to my left, and when I looked back, a beam of fire was sent out by Lyka which in turn was eaten by Belphegor. Belphegor started to swell up. Pa! Pa! Pa! Paaaammmmmm! -450 After a couple of seconds, Belphegor spit out fire from its mouth before falling down breathing its last breath. "Haha... We did it!" I screamed in joy until suddenly I blacked out. Chapter 14 When I opened my eyes, I was in a white place. "What the hell?! Am I dead? God damn it, it hasn''t even been a single week since I reincarnated. My main character status! My cheat power! R-Ruined by a fatass demon that only thinks with its goddamn stomach!" "Woah there, you''re not dead. I merely called you here since you fainted and you weren''t going to wake up for a while!" From behind me, I heard a familiar voice. "Goddess Lucifer! So I''m not dead?" "Haha, no! That little girl, ummmm ahhh right, Lyka decided to give a potion that quickly recovered your HP. You''re merely asleep and since I saw the chance, I called you here," "Call me here? Why?" "I wanted to congratulate you for being fully adapted to the world of Napreshan. I can already see that you have marked yourself in Napreshan. You have already defeated Belphegor one of the Demon God''s servants. I''m quite surprised that you made it so far even with my help. Other Earthians that I have sent to other worlds similar to Napreshan are all already dead," "Wait there are worlds other than Napreshan?!" "Of course, if there is Earth and Napreshan together in the same dimension, then there are various other worlds here similar to that of both Earth and Napreshan. However, like I said I am quite happy that you adapted," "Thank you Goddess, but I really don''t think that you called me just for this. What is the real purpose of calling me here," "No, I really did only want to congratulate you because this will be the final time we meet while you''re alive. The next time you will see me is when you are dead and I will either send you to another world if you felt unsatisfied here or if you were satisfied be ready to go into the Otherworld," "Oh, I see," While I was a bit suspicious since the reason kind of felt like it was made on the spot, I let it go and went along with it. "Don''t be so sad Jeffrey. If you are in the Church that worships me, I might be able to talk with you via telepathy, but in terms of meeting face to face, I''m afraid it won''t happen till you are dead. Let me tell you this before I have to send you off. Napreshan is a much bigger place than Earth. However, it''s far less advanced in terms of technology making everything including law be far behind. So there will be many things that you won''t like such as slavery. There will be a lot of people that you will hate. There will also be people that you will do anything to protect. However, despite all this, just remember that I sent you there to have a fulfilling life where you can do anything you wish so don''t focus everything on revenge or things like that. I won''t be very happy if I see you here because of that," The Goddess said with a smile. I still felt like she was hiding some information, but hearing that heartfelt message touched me and I did not ask any further. "Now, time is up and I have to send you back to Napreshan. Good luck there boy and remember to live a life that you won''t regret when you come here next time!" Like before, before I knew it, I was getting sucked in by a black hole and all went dark once again. When I opened my eyes, I realized that it seemed to be around sunset. I also realized that I was on Lyka''s lap and saw that she was sleeping as well. Not trying to disturb her sleep, I slowly lifted my head up, but I was distracted by Belphegor lying near us and saw that its body was still there, but its tattoo was missing.A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. "If you''re wondering why the stomach is cut out, this is the evidence we show to the guild that we defeated Belphegor," Lyka said. I jumped in surprise. I immediately sat up and started to actually blush a little. "Did I wake you up?" I asked quietly. "Kind of I guess," Lyka said with a soft voice. I realized that my moment with Lyka was like in those action and romance animes where the main character and heroine killed the final boss and are now about to make out or something like that, but the system hates me and the a notification that I feel so familiar with started to ring in my head again. You have completed the Job Rank Up Quest. You have now become a Magic Samurai. Your next rank up quest will be at level 100 so please work hard. As you have defeated Belphegor the Demon of Gluttony, you have now unlocked the special event, The Demon God Invasion. Quest info will be in the quest section in the settings. Furthermore, as Adventurer has also defeated Belphegor, you will receive 500,000 EXP Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! ... After about a minute of hearing annoying level up sounds, I decided to take a look at the new quest the system mentioned. Special Event Quest: Demon God Invasion (1) The Demon God has now taken the image of the Demon King and is planning on first taking over the 4 kingdoms then reaching out to the rest of the world. You must prevent it and defeat the Demon God. As the Demon God is on Napreshan, the world''s natural force has prevented him from being able to use divine powers weakening him. However, you must defeat all 7 generals to get to him. Quest Completion Requirement: Defeat Demon of Gluttony 1/1 Demon of Pride 0/1 Demon of Wrath 0/1 Demon of Envy 0/1 Demon of Lust 0/1 Demon of Sloth 0/1 Demon of Greed 0/1 Quest Reward: 20,000,000 EXP and unlocking Demon God Invasion (2) No wonder the Goddess felt like she had to hide something. It was this after all! ''But are you serious?! Even Belphegor was a pain in the goddamn ass and you want me to defeat all 7 of these motherfuckers with the Demon God later as well?!'' I thought before I decided to cheer myself up with the fact that I can get 20,000,000 EXP if I complete it and move on to look at my stats and new skills. "Jeffrey are you ok?" Lyka asked me seeing that I had an ugly expression. "Yeah, I''m ok. It''s just that right now for some reason I can''t really move my legs that much and we have to rest a little before going back to kill the rest of the wolves.," I lied with a smile. When I looked at my stats, I wasn''t all that surprised. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 70 Race: Human Job: Magic Samurai HP: 3500/3500 MP: 2000/2000 Attack: 500 Defense: 450 Magic Attack: 300 Magic Defense: 350 Speed: 600 Luck: 35 Equipment: Iron Helmet, Iron Yoroi Armor, Kote, Enhanced Leather Shoes, Leg Armor, Tempered Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: Defeater of the Demon, Killer of Wolves, Killer of Gluttony Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given), Heart of Wind, Qi Absorption Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut, Fiery Sword, Wind Leap, Draw II, Conceal Presence, Sansurrashu EXP needed to level up: 4500 EXP "20 levels, that''s about expected I guess. If I didn''t level up around this much, it''d be a pretty big problem," I muttered. I next took a look at my Magic Samurai skillset. Magic Samurai: You are not merely a swordsman anymore. You are now a magic samurai that is able to cut down enemies by using both your sword and magic. Elemental Tornado: Using the Katana, when tornado is charged up, you may be able to fuse the wind element with 6 other elements: fire, water, earth, lightning, light, and dark elements. The Fire element creates a fire tornado and Fiery Sword effect will not be taken when fusing it with the fire element. The water element creates a mini typhoon near it and can suck enemies in and when the typhoon is gone, all enemies are pushed out. The Earth element creates a mini earthquake around it. The lightning element creates a lightning tornado. The light element creates a holy tornado that can severely damage all evil creates including corrupt humans. The Shadow Element creates an unholy tornado and can cause damage to anyone that believes in the power of the Goddess. All tornados now do a mixed magic and physical damage. SP: 0 Max: 40 MP used per fusion: 150 Gosurrashu: Slash that can hit up to 5 enemies, but hitting less will do more on one enemy. SP: 0 Max: 30 MP used: 50 One Slash Devastation: Using the full might of the Samurai, dash through 1 enemy as you slash them once dealing a killing blow. However, it exhausts you after use. SP: 0 Max: 20 MP used: 800 Kamaitachi: Even without your sword, you are able to send out continuous wind blades that deals magic damage SP: 0 Max: 60 MP used per wind blade: 10 Physical Enhancement: When activated, increase Attack and Speed by 10. Increases by 5 for each SP given. Lasts 20 seconds SP: 0 Max: 20 MP used: 80 Cooldown: 10 seconds Magic Enhancement: When activated, increase Magic Attack by 10. Increases by 5 for each SP given. Lasts 20 seconds SP: 0 Max: 20 MP Used: 80 Cooldown: 10 seconds Katana Boost: Increases attack speed temporarily. Boosts more the more SP given. Lasts 60 seconds SP: 0 Max: 20 MP used: 150 Cooldown: 20 seconds. Draw III: When drawing your sword, creates a mini tornado. SP: 0 Max: 40 MP used: 60 Cooldown: until sword is sheathed and is ready to draw again. Amount of SP remaining: 200 SP given per level: 5 "These skills are really nice!" I said as I was extremely satisfied with what I got. After I was done checking out these two, I quickly stood up. "Let''s go and kill some more wolves," I said to Lyka with a smile while extending my hands towards her. "Mmm," Lyka agreed and took my hand. I pulled her up and we started to go further into the prairie. Chapter 15 As time passed, we killed more and more wolves until we finished our quota. As it was already nighttime, we went back to town and of course I leveled up a bit as well. I also split up all 200 SP points since it didn''t really matter what I maxed as long as I have some proficiency in all of the skills that I have. However, for now I could not see the new level 30 equipment that I know I have since Lyka is with me. Lyka and I had to go back to her home due to the fact that the Adventurer''s Guild was closed for the night. I guess it wasn''t a 24 hour thing like I thought it would be. When I went back to my room, I immediately checked out my item box. Like I thought, there were new items there. Magic Helm: +90 Defense +50 Magic Defense +10 Magic Attack Magic Armor (Lower and Upper Body)(Gem Socket slot Available) +150 Defense +100 Magic Defense +20 Magic Attack Magic Shoes +100 Speed Magic Kote +20 Defense +20 Magic Defense +5 Magic Damage I also saw that besides all those items, there was a gem next to it as well. Defense Gem (Rare) +30 Defense As I played a lot of MMORPG games, I quickly realized what the gem was and did not question Navi about it. I replaced all my old armor and quickly implanted the Defense Gem in the Magic Armor where there was a hole in the chest region. The armor quickly sucked in the gem and it emitted a bright light. The look was pretty good. The armor was gray, but it was sparkling like it had been coated with pixie dust. The gem in the middle was also extremely nice since it was so sparkly. However, the only problem is that it is too flashy and I don''t really know how to fix that. The helm was the same as well. However, overall, I was satisfied with my equipment, but as I was about to close the item box, I realized that there was an item that I did not recognize. I quickly took a look at it and was utterly shocked. Soul of Belphegor (Material Item) "Navi what is a material item?" Although I played a lot of MMORPG, I have never heard of anything even remotely close to a Material Item. This tale has been unlawfully lifted without the author''s consent. Report any appearances on Amazon. "A material item is an item used to help upgrade an equipment. For example, the Heart of the Demon of the Forest that you used previously is an example of a material item. It was just that you never really checked it," "Ahh, I see. Oh yeah come to think of it, I could get an upgrade for the Tempered Katana can''t I?" After remembering that I am way over level 30, I quickly took a look at my Katana. Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Rank 2 Bronze +80 strength Ability 1: After two attacks using this sword, it absorbs the air mana around it and creates a condensed tornado that is able to shred boulders. Ability 2: The Wind Nature is called and you gain double your Attack for 20 seconds. However, you are in a weakened state for 5 seconds after the effect is over Cooldown: 8 seconds. Passive: When equipping this item, one''s attack speed is raised. Equippable at level 10 |Upgradable! Materials needed to upgrade: Soul of a Demon, Attack Magic Jewel, Perantium, 15 grams of Magic Powder| "I swear to God that the system is just creating all this shit on the god damn spot. Like there should be no way that they should be able to predict that I would kill Belphegor. Also, what''s this? 15 grams of magic powder? This seems like fucking Full Metal Alchemist now," "Jeffrey, please stop having these types of thoughts. The system must never be doubted or insulted," Navi suddenly said. "Ok," I said in a sarcastic tone. Since I had a bit of a nap earlier, I wasn''t really all that tired anymore and decided to find the rest of the materials for the katana and also enjoy the night life of the town. As I set out, I immediately used Conceal Presence and went out of the mansion without anyone noticing. When I went out, the atmosphere was so much different than in the morning. Like in those animes, it felt like the entire town was Paris since everywhere was so well lit. Crowds upon crowds of burly men looking like they are about to have a drink or were already drunk were running into pubs everywhere. As my Conceal Presence was on, no one really took a look at me and so I was able to get into the Merchant''s Guild without a problem. When I went in, Amania, the same elf that helped me the last time I came here was there at the front desk once again. "Hello, Amania, the Adventurer''s Guild is closed why''s that?" "Yeah, the rule was established by the previous Guild Leader of the Adventurer''s Guild before he went to the Central. Not many know this and I only know this because the Merchant Guild Leader told me while he was a bit drunk, but apparently, there were many adventurers coming in drunk into the Adventurer''s Guild acting annoying and disturbing everyone there. Of course, this isn''t enough to make them close at night, but one time, a really strong adventurer came. I believe he was at the Orichalcum Rank. He was here to visit his family that would not move out to Central with him for whatever reason and while he was there, he lowered his guard and drank too much. He ended up creating havoc in the Adventurer''s Guild. Unfortunately, even the Guild Leader wasn''t able to stop him since the Guild here is only a branch guild that doesn''t have much importance to it so the previous Guild Leader was a Diamond Rank . Of course, the man apologized and all that, but in the end, the Guild was shamed. It''s been around 10 years since then so not many people know, but so that the same thing never happens again, the Adventurer''s Guild simply just closes at night unless there is an emergency. This is a secret known only to a number of people that could be counted with 2 hands. The more that knows, the more embarrassing it gets so yeah," Seeing that the Guild had such a past, I almost laughed out loud, but I held it in. "So I see that no one ever makes trouble with the Merchant''s Guild?" "Yeah, the Merchant''s Guild is a bit different. Unlike the Adventurer''s Guild where the Adventurers are at the core of the Guild so they can''t just expel Orichalcum Adventurers, we have merchants at the core of our Guild so if someone, especially an Adventurer, dares offend us, every single merchant in the Merchant''s Guild will know who you are and if you try to buy or sell something, you will be denied of any service whatsoever. Even various inns, pubs, and etc. will never accept you ever again. The Adventurer''s Guild has a lot of power, but to Adventurer''s who can become extremely rich from just the Merchant''s Guild alone, the Merchant Guild has more power than the Adventurer''s Guild to them," "Ahhh, I see," I said. "So how can I help you?" Amania asked with a beautiful smile that keeps on just alluring me. "Ahem, do you guys have Attack Magic Jewel, Perantium, and 15 grams of Magic Powder?" I said a bit awkwardly. Amania looked at me a bit funny, but in the end she said, "Alright, please wait a couple of minutes," While I was waiting for her, I heard a contemptuous voice screaming out loud. "Well look who it is, it''s a fucking Peasant Adventurer!" Chapter 16 I look up to see who that arrogant voice was and it was a blond guy accompanied by 2 burly black-haired men who look like those generic body guards wearing sunglasses in animes, but with a lot more scars and a leather outfit which made me laugh a little. "What the fuck are you laughing at?" The blond guy started to scream. His eyes were turning red and I could almost see fumes coming out of his ears. "Nothing good sir, so who could you be noble sir," "Hmph," said the arrogant blond guy with a proud expression that makes people want to punch him. "I''ll answer since you are dying to know me you filthy peasant. My name is Varin Calleem, the son of Viscount Hughes Calleem, the governor of Calleem Town," "So what business do you have with me, noble Varin?" I said in a sarcastic tone. "Hmph," Varin did not notice my sarcastic tone and seemed to have heard it as me saying that I''m inferior. "This is going to be my first and final warning to you, you peasant. Stay away from my fianc¨¦e!" "Fianc¨¦e? Who''s your fianc¨¦e?" I asked. "Do you want to die?! Obviously, I''m talking about Lyka Wintercolt, the daughter of Duke Wintercolt!" "Lyka? She''s your fianc¨¦e?!" "Hmph, yes, you uncultured swine. Now that you know that she is someone else''s woman, stay away from her at once," Before I said anything, Amania came out with my items and I received it and gave her 400 gold for everything. I put my stuff in the Item Box and before I left, I looked at Varin. "Although, you calling me swine and filthy peasant were quite annoying, I''ll forgive you this time. However, let me just clarify something. I do not have any romantic interests towards Lyka. While she is beautiful and has a great vibrant personality, I am someone who loves to travel and my interest towards traveling the world is much more important than a woman no matter how great she is. Also, since I''m feeling nice today, let me warn you. I may spare you today and many others would spare you as well, but insulting anyone you want because your daddy and mommy has a bit of money and influence will kill you because let me tell you this. There are people much powerful than your Viscount Dad and people much more powerful than even the King himself. Don''t be so arrogant you brat!" I said with a stern tone. Reading all these light novels with arrogant nobles made me always want to scold one.Unauthorized use: this story is on Amazon without permission from the author. Report any sightings. "You... You..." Varin could not let out anything besides ''you''. "You what?" I said smugly before I left the Merchant Guild. Behind me, I heard Varin screaming in rage. I smiled and I used Conceal Presence once again. I arrived at the Duke''s house and sneakily went up to my room and took out my Katana and the 4 items needed to upgrade it. I was expecting everything to go smoothly like the other time, but life never goes according to plan. When I took out Belphegor''s soul, it immediately started flying and started to consume the magic inside the room. SST! The lights started to flicker and after a couple of seconds of shock, I finally snapped out of it. I immediately grabbed towards Belphegor''s soul and with a bit of struggle put it back into the Item Box. As soon as it disappeared, the room seemed normal again and I breathed a sigh of relief. "Navi, what happened?!" I asked Navi a bit angrily due to the fact that it never warned me about this. "Jeffrey, it is common sense in any world that souls are still "living". They just simply do not have a physical body. As long as they are powerful enough, they can use magic and also even suck magic in the atmosphere to regain their power. If they have enough magic, they can form a physical body as long as they know the method to do so," Navi appeared and said indifferently ignoring the fact that I was still annoyed. "Tch, you should have told me about this kind of stuff sooner since you are my guide for this world," I muttered. "Jeffrey, these kinds of things are for you to find out by yourself. I am merely a guide to help you live in the world. If I help you with these kinds of things, would you expect me to defeat all the Demon Generals for you and then fight the Demon God for you as well. Then there''s no point in you being summoned here rather me that should be the hero," Navi rebuked. I have honestly never heard it be so angry before. It would just answer me perfunctorily, but I guess I triggered quite a bit with my rambling. However, that was not enough for me to apologize. I still think I''m right and Navi should have told me about these kinds of things beforehand since the system was the one who stored the soul in my Item Box anyways. "Well, now that I know that souls can suck magic out of its environment, how can I subdue it?" Navi stayed silent for a while, obviously an attempt to annoy me, but in the end, it answered me. "You have to defeat it using magic. Just use Kamaitachi and you could kill it after a couple of shots," "Alright," Navi disappeared with a poof and I took out Belphegor''s soul. Since it was an enemy, I took a look at its stats and was relieved, but shocked at the same time. Belphegor''s Soul: Level 65 (Levels up from sucking the magic around it) HP: 2000/2000 Attack: 10 Defense: 9999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999 Magic Defense: 0 Speed: 10 Skills: Suck Experience Given when defeated: 1500*30=45,000 The soul of Belphegor. Use MAGIC not physical attacks of any kind. While that ridiculous defense really did shock me, the Magic Defense, Attack, and Speed almost made me laugh out loud. Belphegor started to suck the magic in the atmosphere again and I used Kamaitachi. I was thinking that it would do a significant amount of damage, but alas life hates me. When the wind blade approached Belphegor''s soul, it absorbed the wind blade while sucking the magic in the room. "Fuck!" Like before, I grabbed it and put it back into the Item Box. However, I did not call Navi nor did I took it out again. I realized that if Belphegor sucked the magic out of the room again, the room was going to collapse. I just put everything away and decided to sleep. Chapter 17 When I woke up, it was still way too early in the morning, maybe 4 or 5 o clock. I quickly used Conceal Presence and left the house so that I can find a place with as little magic as possible to subdue Belphegor''s soul. As it was extremely early in the morning and pretty dark, no one was really outside. I saw only a couple of suspicious people with hoods, but since I used Conceal Presence I never really garnered the attention of those people. As I was walking down the town, I found the perfect place. A shabby house that looked like it was abandoned. I quickly went inside to upgrade my Katana. Inside the house were many doors that were extremely worn down and even looked like they were about to break with a single touch. As I progressed, I made tiny creaking sounds which did unsettle me. I did watch a lot of horror movies back in earth so even if I had all these skills, ghosts would still scare the living shit out of me and since I am in a "fantasy" world, knowing that ghosts exist would honestly not surprise me. As I walked down the hallway, I started to hear noises of people talking. I got surprised and started to walk towards the door that the noises were coming from. The door was slightly open and when I looked inside the crack, there were 4 men and 1 woman looking at a map of some sorts and started to discuss something. I started to concentrate to hear their conversation. "It''s got to be today," The biggest man that looked like he was the leader said. "Why?" One of the 3 men asked "They are onto us. We''re not going to make it if we prolong this any further," "What?! How did we get found out. Rat told us that we were still good for like another month to work our plans!" The woman screamed. "I don''t know. I think someone got captured. Bosnig went missing so I presume it''s him. Anyways, we don''t have time to rescue him. Leave him to die and we are going right now to kidnap either Lyka Wintercolt or Serena Wintercolt. Otherwise, if we come back barehanded, we are going to die by Boss," "Shit, are you sure that the military is onto us Ryze?" The woman asked "Janna, don''t underestimate my skills. When I was walking around town yesterday, I saw at the corner of my eyes, 2 soldiers looking at me with a bit of killing intent coming out of them. I thought that the soldiers came for the mysterious slave traders that were rumored to be in this town, but it is extremely likely that they are here for us. It could all be part of my imagination, but most likely, they are suspicious of me and my identity have been a secret except to everyone in the organization. So either we wait and risk it, or we kidnap them right now while no one is suspecting us," The man named Ryze said with a serious voice. "Fuck, ok, but we have to do this thoroughly," "Of fucking course, this is a noble kidnapping. If we fail, we''re going to be executed for sure," One of the 3 men said with disdain. As I was hearing more and more into their conversation, I turned more and more serious. I quickly looked at their stats and was extremely shocked.This story has been stolen from Royal Road. If you read it on Amazon, please report it Ryze Vanderbolt: Age: 40 Gender: Male Level: 65 Race: Human Job: Hitman HP: 2000/2000 MP: 300/300 Attack: 450 Defense: 150 Magic Attack: 10 Magic Defense: 150 Speed: 500 Luck: 10 Skills: Conceal Presence (Adventurer is able to see through target due to higher level of Conceal Presence), Disguise, Speed Enhancement, Sleep (Makes target become unconcious), Paralyze, Unarmed Combat Mastery, Dagger Mastery, Sword Mastery Achievements: Kidnapper, Murderer, Red Level Criminal, EX-Knight of the Royal Army A notorious hitman in a mysterious organization who is famous for kidnapping mostly middle class, but also some aristocrat''s children. However, before becoming a hitman, he was once in the royal army, but faced the corruptions of the government leading him to hating the Kingdom of Piton and always fighting against it in his own ways. His various crimes all add up to make him a red level criminal, the second highest level of criminals out of 5 levels: Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Black. Janna Vanderbolt Age: 25 Gender: Female Level: 50 Race: Human Job: Hitman HP: 1500/1500 MP: 250/250 Attack: 350 Defense: 150 Magic Attack: 10 Magic Defense: 100 Speed: 400 Luck: 10 Skills: Conceal Presence (Adventurer is able to see through target due to higher level of Conceal Presence), Disguise, Speed Enhancement, Sleep (Makes target become unconcious), Paralyze, Dagger Mastery Achievements: Kidnapper, Murderer, Yellow Level Criminal The adopted daughter of Ryze Vanderbolt. She also hates the kingdom as she was abandoned in a village where war destroyed it leaving her family in destitute leading to their deaths. However, the kingdom did not help at all leading to Ryze adopting her as he was walking by the village. She accepted Ryze to be her father completely and is ok with killing any Piton citizens. All her criminal activities add up to her being a yellow level criminal, the fourth level out of 5 levels: Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Black. Lionel Nicholas Age: 45 Gender: Male Level: 59 Race: Human Job: Spy HP: 1800/18000 MP: 300/300 Attack: 400 Defense: 100 Magic Attack: 10 Magic Defense: 100 Speed: 500 Luck: 30 Skills: Conceal Presence (Adventurer is able to see through target due to higher level of Conceal Presence), Disguise, Speed Enhancement, infiltration, Dagger Mastery Achievements: Spy for the Royal Army A spy for the royal army that has infiltrated the organization Ryze is in to figure out the entity that has kidnapped many noble children and middle class citizens. Viktor Cabreis Age: 28 Gender: Male Level: 55 Race: Human Job: Killer HP: 1700/1700 MP: 250/250 Attack: 400 Defense: 180 Magic Attack: 10 Magic Defense: 150 Speed: 500 Luck: 10 Skills: Conceal Presence (Adventurer is able to see through target due to higher level of Conceal Presence), Disguise, Speed Enhancement, Sleep (Makes target become unconcious), Paralyze, Defense Enhance, One Shot One Kill, Killing Intent Release, Dagger Mastery, Poison Mastery Achievements: Murderer, Red Level Criminal A serial killer who has been found by Ryze and changed him to be part of the mysterious organizations. He loves killing others which makes him different from most of his peers that kills for the sake of revenge towards the kingdom. However, he had intense training in the organization that made him an expert of killing with both physical and chemical weapons. His various crimes all add up to make him a red level criminal, the second highest level of criminals out of 5 levels: Green, Yellow, Orange, Red, and Black. However, even though he is a psychopath, he is extremely shrewd which assisted him in killing many of his victims that were more powerful than he was ''Goodness, all of these stories are just too complicated. One is an orphan, one is a spy, one is a defector that hates his own birthplace, and one is a killer. What a shit show this is,'' I thought as I read through their stories. As I was thinking about what to do since their levels were pretty high as well, the man named Viktor started to speak in a raspy voice. "The boss said to kidnap that noble within 2 months. If the soldiers are already onto us, they are probably going to raid us either later today or tomorrow depending on how fast they can get Bosnig to start talking about everything. The only good part is that if he even thinks about talking about the organization, he will explode," "Alright," Ryze said. "We will leave in about 5 minutes. Rest up and we will act immediately," The 4 sat down in the room all looking like they were brooding over different matters. I looked out of the crack from the door and immediately hid waiting to tail them after they left. After 5 minutes, the door was completely opened and I saw the 4 leaving the house after using Conceal Presence. I immediately tailed them while using Conceal Presence like they did and the chase began. Chapter 18 While I was tailing the 4 of them, Ryze let out a hand motion and then immediately, Janna and Lionel went the opposite direction. While I wanted to follow them, I remembered that Lionel was the spy so I decided to continue tailing Ryze and Viktor. During our travel, Ryze and Viktor started to disguise themselves. When they were done, their new identities became an old man with gray hair who looked around 60 and a young man with black hair that looked like he was around 20. After a couple of minutes, we arrived at a big inn that almost resembled a 3 star hotel back on Earth. It had 2 floors, the first most likely being the dining room and the 2nd floor being the rooms. Next to the front door was 2 soldiers guarding the door. After looking at each other and nodding, Ryze and Viktor entered the inn. I decided to stay outside to wait for them as it would suspicious if I went in around the same hour as them. About an hour of waiting later, two extremely familiar men bursted out of the inn. They were the 2 bodyguards that were protecting Varin, the young noble that I scolded yesterday. They were looking around frantically as if looking for something most likely their young master. It seems that the two succeeded. Many more guests started to come out due to confusion and I also saw the disguised face of Ryze and Viktor. They started to use the crowd to move away, but I saw them. In order to see who they would kidnap next, I followed them back into the house. When they went back inside the house and into the room, I immediately looked a crack they left open. When I looked through the doors, they were taking out a red crystal and Ryze closed his eyes. After a couple of seconds, the red crystal started to glow. A couple of seconds after it started to glow, a female voice started to come out. "Lionel betrayed us. He was a spy for the government. I''m being chased by at least 10 soldiers. Fortunately, I found a hiding space a couple of minutes ago. However, I think I''ll be found within the next couple of minutes. I''m probably not going to make it so I just want to say I love you Dad and thank you so much for taking care of me and taking me in when I was in despair. Let the Kingdom of Piton fall!" The red glow became dimmer and dimmer until the crystal went normal again. I deduced that this was a communications crystal.If you encounter this tale on Amazon, note that it''s taken without the author''s consent. Report it. ''That''s one shitty phone,'' I thought. Ryze was standing there with a baffled expression. After a while, his tears started to come out and he broke down. Viktor just started to watch and I saw something that sent chills down my spine. He was smiling. He looked down towards Ryze with the most evil grin I have ever seen my entire life and started to walk towards him. Ryze did not make a move and just kept on crying. He kneeled and started to pat Ryze''s shoulder as if to comfort him. I was thinking that the smile came from my imagination, but as soon as I thought that, a dagger appeared in his hands and with a swift motion, it stabbed Ryze where his heart was. Puchi! -1500 "Agh!!!" Due to Ryze letting his guard down, he could not even react for Viktor''s second swing. Puchi! -450 Ryze finally fell over and a pool of blood started to form. "Why...?" Ryze asked weakly. "HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" At his question, Viktor started to laugh like a maniac. "Remember who I am Mr. Ryze! I am a killer. A psycho! What makes you think my heart will change. When I first saw you, you were my role model, but you became weak! WEAK! ALL BECAUSE OF THAT FILTHY GIRL! Good riddance! Well I hope you guys see each other in Hell! HAHAHAHAHAHA!" While Viktor was laughing, Ryze took his last breath. -50 His eyes became still and I saw no signs of life. I immediately left the house and started to throw up. Urgh! The eyes, the blood, the circumstances, the killer''s motive. Everything just hit me like a rock and I was shaking. Sure, I killed bears and demons, but the feeling of it was much different to seeing the death of a fellow human. Furthermore, a human that seemed to die while grieving of his daughter''s death. I immediately thought in that moment to avenge Ryze even if he was a criminal that kidnapped and murdered many. He was still human. Although, he was scum, he deserves to have some sort of peace. As I went back in and looked back into the crack, I saw that Varin was somehow sitting on a chair tied up. "Mmph, mmph," While struggling, Varin tried his best to signal Viktor to have some sort of mercy, but seeing this Viktor started to laugh more. "Fear me, young noble for your fear is the thing that feeds me. It''s going to be fun torturing you, killing you and dicing you into pieces. Ohhhhhh, I can already feel your blood dripping down my face! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!" As Viktor was about to slice down on Varin''s right arm, I immediately burst into the room. Viktor looked at me shocked and I used this to my advantage. I immediately used Draw II to create a wind blade. Although he was shocked, Viktor had good reflexes. He dodged the wind blade and went behind Varin holding a knife to his neck. "So who are you?" Viktor asked with an evil grin that looked like he did not care. "Someone that will burn you into ashes!" I roared while getting into my fighting stance. Chapter 19 "You will burn me to ashes? Haha, kid that''s the best joke I''ve heard in a while. Come let this old man enjoy himself from torturing you before I kill this coward," Viktor said pointing at Varin. "Mmph, mmph, mmph!" Varin looked at Viktor extremely angry, but in the end since he couldn''t talk, he looked like an idiot. ''Hmph, he''s 15 levels behind me. I could kill him with my eyes fucking closed,'' I thought arrogantly. However, currently, I have the advantage and he was the one acting all high and mighty. Let me be arrogant for once. As we were tensing up, a system notification appeared in my head. Surprise Mission: Kill Illusionist Viktor Cabreis, who has terrorized the Kingdom of Piton and the Dalux Kingdom. Reward: 3000 gold from the system and 300,000 EXP ''Illusionist? Navi what does the system mean Illusionist? He doesn''t have anything in his skill that is even closely related to illusions,'' I asked. ''I am not allowed to tell you that. As you fight, you will know why,'' Navi said indifferently. ''Hmph, what illusionist, it seems like the system is broken!'' ''Hmph, you''ll see,'' Navi said with a bit of anger. I ignored Navi and when I faced Viktor, my adrenaline started pumping and I was getting more and more excited. Sure Belphegor, the Demon of the Forest, and other opponents were fun to fight, but they were monsters. Their thinking was very primitive, but this was a scheming human I was fighting now. As there was a tense standoff, I initiated the fight. I dashed towards Viktor and immediately used Goshurrashu. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -1650 "AHHHHHHHHHHH!" Viktor started bleeding heavily from 5 deep wounds that I just inflicted. He fell down and stopped moving. ''What the hell?! That''s it. Come on, he may be 15 levels less than me, but I remember that his description was that he was a cunning man that beat many that were higher leveled than him!'' I thought. Of course I can''t talk about level and things like that since Varin was right in front of me. However, after a couple of seconds, there was a part that really worried me. There was no system notifications coming out signifying my success. ''Navi, is the system broken? I clearly killed Viktor! What''s going on?'' ''Hmph,'' Navi snorted. ''You have not beaten Viktor yet. Please do not insult the system for your mistake. This system created the by Holy Goddess is perfect and there should be no errors within,'' ''I have not beaten Viktor yet. What the...,'' I started to think even deeper. Illusionist... Illusionist... While I was deep in thought, I noticed that Varin widened his eyes and started looking at me in fear. "What I came here to save you and you...," However, as I was talking, I felt a presence behind me. I quickly swung at whatever was behind me. I quickly turned my head and saw a familiar man. "You... How..." "Hahahahaha, you brat, you dare kill my illusion puppet?! Now that you have forced me to show myself, I will not let you die peacefully!" An older version of Viktor was standing right in front of me. He had gray hair, but he was extremely muscular with bloodshot blue eyes that looked like they could look deep within my soul. For the first time entering this world, I was truly scared. You would think that there are monsters that are far more frightening than humans, but no, let me say this right now, humans are the scariest beings alive to me.Unauthorized usage: this tale is on Amazon without the author''s consent. Report any sightings. I immediately realized that the system was entirely correct. I quickly looked at this Viktor''s stats and I wanted to curse out loud. Viktor Cabreis Age: 55 Gender: Male Level: 90 Race: Human Job: Illusionist HP: 3700/3700 MP: 2550/2550 Attack: 300 Defense: 180 Magic Attack: 500 Magic Defense: 3-0 Speed: 500 Luck: 30 Skills: Conceal Presence, Disguise, Speed Enhancement, Sleep (Makes target become unconscious), Paralyze, Defense Enhance, One Shot One Kill, Killing Intent Release, Dagger Mastery, Poison Mastery, Illusion, Create Double, Death''s Dance Achievements: Murderer, Red Level Criminal, Deceiver, Inheritor of an Ancient Legacy A serial killer who hates every living creature. He stumbled upon an ancient legacy and inherited the power of illusions. This allows him to create a double as well as create extremely well illusions that can even fool the best of sensing abilities that can look at statuses. Using these skills, he killed enemies using his double making no one know of his true form and also when his double is in trouble or is dead, he personally comes out and tortures his enemies. "Holy shit he''s 20 levels above me?!" While I did go against enemies that were at the same level as me, I had never gone against anybody that was so much higher leveled than I was. However, at the same time, I was getting more and more excited. If Belphegor that was the same level as me did so much damage, this fight should be much better. Hardships are necessary to improve! Viktor took out 2 daggers and 2 bottles and started to pour its content on the knife making the room have a pungent smell. "I would use powder to paralyze and kill you, but that''s too easy! I will fight it out with you since you want to ''burn me to ashes''. This is the Death Poison on my left dagger and the Stunner on my right dagger. The Death Poison has no-" Like I did before, I dashed towards Viktor and slashed at his face. He immediately dodged and backflipped away. "Tsk tsk tsk, so impatient. Listen to what I''m saying before I fucking kill you! The Death Poison has no antidote and if you are even slightly nicked by this dagger, the poison will kill you in 5 hours. So try to dodge all my attacks and you could already tell what the Stunner can do. It can paralyze you in a single minute. Well in the end, you''re going to die so all I can say is good luck!" With that Viktor disappeared from the spot he was in. ''His speed is only 500! How is he so fast?!'' I immediately pushed my senses to the limit to make sure that I was able to perceive every single movement in the room. In the corner to my right, I heard a slight step so I put my sword up in my right and sure enough, Viktor appeared at my right and swung down with extreme high speed. Fortunately, my sword blocked it and I swung at his direction, but I missed he disappeared once again. "If I''m correct that skill should be an extreme movement skill!" I shouted. "Hahaha, you''re only half right!" Viktor''s voice resounded in the room. "I''m using my Illusion skill to fool your senses and use a skill called Death''s Dance for extreme speed, but it seems that your senses are extremely strong so I can only block parts of it. Kid, I know only two people that was able to do that: the Royal General Olaf and the King of Assassins Leo. For that fact alone, I will immediately kill you instead of torturing you to honor your strength!" "How arrogant, he says I''m strong, but he tells me the details of his skills. He thinks he could beat me even with me knowing everything,'' I thought to myself angrily. At the instant, I heard light steps to my left so I immediately shot a tornado fused with water element. In that instant, the tornado started to move with extreme fast speed and on the bottom was a small whirlpool the size of a large desk pulling everything in. The force disrupted Viktor''s movements and I could finally see him. I immediately used Gosurrashu. Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! Puchi! -2000 "Argh!!" Viktor fell down with five big slash wounds on his chest. "You... You forced me!" Viktor''s vein started to bulge and in just a second there was a clone next to him. It wasn''t the weaker and younger one, but an exact clone of himself. "Hmph, I wasn''t planning on using this until I start killing the entire royal family, but since you so desperately want to die, I will fulfill your wishes. Behold, the ultimate power of illusions," The two Viktors ran towards me with a smile with their daggers ready. They started to zig zag with extreme speed and in the end, I could not tell which one was the clone anymore. Seeing that they were going to confront me head on, I immediately used Physical Enhancement, Magic Enhancement, and Katana Boost. In a couple of seconds both arrived at my left and right side and swung their dagger in different directions. I turned sideways to face the Viktor on my right and blocked his dagger. At the same time, I kicked the Viktor behind me with a back kick. -100 Without saying anything, the Viktor in front of me took a couple of steps back and both started getting prepared again. They both disappeared and immediately one appeared above me and the other to my right. I immediately stepped to my left dodging the one above me and started to fight the one to my right. Viktor started to erratically swing his dagger. As I was born in a peaceful era, I did not really know how to fight against human that was equal to me so I could barely block and put in one or two attacks which both easily blocked. Previously Davis was a piece of cake since my status was way above him, but for Viktor, I could not take the slightest advantage of him. The second Viktor recovered and started to join the fight. They both started to look more and more smug seeing that I was slowly getting pushed back. I look to the sides to see Varin pissing his pants and looking at the fight with fear. However, due to this slight lack of attention, one of the Viktor hit my armor slightly leaving a cut on it. I immediately disengaged the fight and the three of us jumped back. I started getting desperate. If this fight went on for any longer, I was done for since almost 20 seconds were up. I quickly used Fiery Sword and sent out a fire tornado to the Viktor on the right and he immediately jumped back. Using that slight time, I dashed towards the Viktor the left and used One Slash Devastation. Viktor put his two daggers up to block, but my attack was too strong. It broke through his daggers and with the remaining power of the slash, I cut Viktor in half. Puchi! -1700 Without making a sound, the Viktor that I hit disappeared. "Fuck! Fuck!" I cursed. My gamble went wrong. I fell down on my knees due to the exhaustion that came from One Slash Devastation and the remaining Viktor started to laugh. "You fool! This illusion is the best kind. There''s also a catch. With this specific illusion of my clone, I can switch which body becomes the real one. The one you hit was the real one, but at the last second, I quickly switched my consciousness to this one. Of course, I''ll be a bit weakened, but who cares?! But I''ll give credit to you kid. I didn''t think you could push me this far. But you''re weakened and you''re mine," Viktor slowly walked towards me with a sadistic smile. He got to where I was and lifted his dagger. In that split second, I put up my hands and used Kamaitachi to send out 5 windblades, the most I could do with my fatigued self. Viktor looked shocked as he dodged all 5, but there ended up being an opening at his chest. I took that chance and stabbed Viktor straight through the heart. Puchi! -1700 Viktor looked me with a shocked face and swung his dagger at me trying to drag me down with him. I let go of my Katana and fell back, but this ended up making Viktor miss me by a hair breadth. Viktor just looked at me with wide eyes and died with frustration and indignation. I took out the sword and used Fiery Sword. I slashed at Viktor which started to burn his body. "See I told you I would burn you to ashes," I said quietly. Chapter 20 After I burned Viktor''s body, I lied down and started to celebrate. "Fuck yeah!" I was relieved that I did not die and did not even care about Varin a few feet across me trying to speak. It was probably something arrogant so I didn''t really care about it. While laying down, I heard the system notification. Congratulations for the victory against Illusionist Viktor Cabreis. All reward is given. Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! ... The annoying ping sound from leveling up kept on going for a couple of minutes and when it ended, I looked at my stats. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 88 Race: Human Job: Magic Samurai HP: 4500/4500 MP: 2500/2500 Attack: 655 Defense: 720 Magic Attack: 388 Magic Defense: 440 This narrative has been unlawfully taken from Royal Road. If you see it on Amazon, please report it. Speed: 670 Luck: 35 Equipment: Magic Helm, Magic Armor, Magic Shoes, Magic Kote , Tempered Katana (Bound to Jeffrey D.) Achievement: Defeater of the Demon, Killer of Wolves, Killer of Gluttony, Killer of Legacy Holder Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given), Heart of Wind, Qi Absorption Skills: Draw, Slash, Harai Waza, Counter, Forward Slice Cut, Fiery Sword, Wind Leap, Draw II, Conceal Presence, Sansurrashu, Gosurasshu, Elemental Tornado, One Slash Devastation, Kamaitachi, Physical Enhancement, Magical Enhancement, Katana Boost, Draw III EXP needed to level up: 4249 EXP ''Only 18 levels? I also realized that the system said that I only gained 300,000 EXP from Viktor, but I remember that I gained 500,000 from Belphegor. Navi, what is going on?'' To my surprise, Navi answered my question with a question. ''What would you put higher in your mind as the leader of another country? The general of an army or a lieutenant?'' ''Fair enough,'' I said back without really anything to say back. ''However, we did give you 3000 gold which is the reward for the illusion puppet that Viktor controls. How-,'' ''Oh yeah. 3000 gold, I''m rich!'' ''You really have a knack for interrupting people. Let me finish my sentence. However, do not be too happy with that 3000 gold. 3000 gold is not a large amount. Remember when I said that in order for you to upgrade your Katana to Saint Rank, you''re going to need to find really rare material. If you sold even one of those material, it might get you over 50 million gold minimum, but those are never on the market so if someone desperately needs those materials, the price can be over 200 million gold,'' Navi said as if to laugh at me for thinking I''m rich. When I heard 50 million, my jaws dropped. Then 200 million gold made me just want to go off myself. ''You tell me to get materials as rare as those. What do you want me to get? Even 20 level 1000 Dragons won''t be enough to cover that much money,'' ''Hur hur, if you can survive long enough to get to that supreme level, maybe you realize that getting those materials aren''t as impossible as you think,'' Navi said with a scoff. ''God damn it, let me bask in this little glory that I get from 3000 gold!'' I shouted. I didn''t know whether to laugh or cry. After a couple minutes of rest, I finally got up. I wasn''t at my full strength, but it was enough to walk around. I looked at Varin and was battling the angel and devil on my shoulder. ''Just leave him,'' The Devil said. ''He''s going to be annoying as fuck when you let him go,'' ''No, all humans deserve a second chance,'' The Angel said. ''Let him go and he''ll most likely say thank you,'' Varin was looking at me with an angry face as if he''s asking why I haven''t freed him yet. ''Look at that ungrateful face. You saved his life and he''s still treating your life like dirt as if you sacrificing your life is normal,'' ''Just free him,'' In the end, the angel won for the first time in a long time. I untied Varin''s ropes and undid gag. "You commoner, why were you so late on helping me?!" Varin asked in a haughty way. ''Fuck, should''ve listened to the Devil,'' I thought. "I saved your life from that living monster and you still have the nerves to talk to your savior like that?" I asked him angrily. First, I can''t even upgrade my sword properly and now this? I did not have enough patience currently to deal with arrogant bitches. "Well, I do have to say thank you for you saving me, but I am the son of a Viscount and you are a countryside bumpkin. You commoners have to start to know your places," "*Sigh* Your thank you was nice, but everything after that made the entire thing just useless," I said. I just gave up on this guy. Just how can the Duke engage his daughter with a piece of garbage like him. "You commoner, just stay quiet," Varin said with anger in his tone. "Yeah, just go home by yourself. I am quite done with you here," I proceeded to leave. "You''re going to leave this noble here?" Varin asked. "As a commoner, it is your duty to escort this noble out of this place!" "Yeah, you can''t make me to anything. If you have any problems, you can contact your daddy and ask him to do something. But I swear to you that if you do, I will take serious measures. Don''t say I didn''t warn you," I said with a threatening tone while turning my head back and staring at him with evil eyes. Varin looked like he was quite frightened and did not say anything. I quickly left the abandoned house and tried to find another place to upgrade my sword. When I left the room, I heard a loud scream of anger coming from Varin. I simply smiled since I loved people like him get frustrated. Chapter 21 When I walked out, I immediately used Conceal Presence. When I got back into the main streets of the town, there was just crowds of people talking and talking even though it was so early in the morning. I was eavesdropping on a couple of these people and this was what I heard. "Did you hear? They caught that hot yellow level criminal Janna Vanderbolt," "No way, how? The soldiers couldn''t even find a trace of them for so many years!" "I heard from my cousin from the royal army that they got lucky and caught one of their accomplices. They somehow got just enough information before the guy''s head exploded!" "What?! How did that happen?" "My cousin said that they are part of a secret organization. Some sort of curse was probably put on them," "Man that''s cruel," "I know, but that''s what happens when you join an organization. If the soldiers do not kill you, your own organization will screw you over," "Yeah...," Seems like the royal soldiers are not as useless as I thought they''d be. However, I was still curious about something. I quickly go up to a random guy and started asking my questions. "So who was Janna Vanderbolt''s target?" I asked after removing Conceal Presence. "Woah! Where did you pop out from?" the guy asked with surprise. His reaction wasn''t all that surprising. "Haha, brother, I just left the inn and I just arrived here. Don''t worry too much about that. Who was Janna''s target?" "Apparently, her target was Lyka Wintercolt, the heiress of the Wintercolt family. Fortunately, a royal spy infiltrated their organization. However, that royal spy died before saying any information of value!" "What?!" I was extremely surprised because that most likely meant that other members of that organization were in this town which puts me in a danger because they most likely saw me kill Viktor. However, seeing the fact that they didn''t kill me, they''re either reporting me to the leaders or they just ignored me. However, at the same time, I was also relieved since Lyka was safe and sound. "Yeah, that scene was cruel. What I heard from others was that as soon as the spy walked to the royal soldiers when he ratted Janna out, his head exploded and half the royal soldiers almost barfed from the scene. They''ve seen battlefields, but seeing their ally''s head explode right in front of them was probably not the most pleasant scene that they have seen," "So how were they going to capture her. Kidnapping her in a city full of royal soldiers doesn''t seem to be the best of ideas," "The soldiers apparently saw that in Janna''s bag, there was another small bag which they have confirmed it to be the Human Capturing Bag. I heard it''s an item in which you form a bond with it and when a person is knocked out, you can touch that person and concentrate your magic to that bag which ends up sucking up that person into the bag. That bag could also transform into other items when holding a person, but can''t when it''s not holding anyone in. Apparently, only certain people are allowed to have it since it''s so hard to make and too many people would get kidnapped if it was spread around. So only a couple of people knows of its existence!"A case of content theft: this narrative is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation. If all of this is true, this organization is extremely powerful. I guessed that the "certain people" are royal soldiers or nobles and since Varin was also likely captured with this, they had at least 2 bags and giving 2 to 4 people when it''s extremely hard to make shows the power of this organization. It should be on the level of at least a half of this kingdom or even more. "Thanks brother, well I have to go, I have a quest to finish up and my party is waiting for me," "Haha, just saying the rumors going around. No problem," "Thanks, I will," I immediately go back to the Duke''s mansion and there were guards everywhere. When I tried to go inside, a guard stopped me. "Halt, what is your business?" "Ummm, I live here," I said. "You are not a part of the Wintercolt family. I''m sorry, but I have to take you in for questioning," "For what?!" "You want to go inside the Wintercolt family''s home right after a kidnapping. I am suspecting that you are part of Janna Vanderbolt''s group," I looked at this guard''s stats. Julian Vorghes Age: 28 Gender: Male Level: 85 Race: Human Job: Captain of the 1st Corp of the Royal Army HP: 4000/4000 MP: 2000/2000 Attack: 500 Defense: 680 Magic Attack: 100 Magic Defense: 385 Speed: 300 Luck: 20 Skills: Knockover, Block, Enhanced Armor, Royal Strike, Resilience, Charge, Holy Shield, Taunt, Roar of the Tiger, Berserk, Smite of the Holy Gods, Weapon Enhance Achievements: Holy Soldier, Talented Soldier, Captain An extremely talented soldier that is also from the Vorghes Family, with Earl Nicholas Vorghes as the head. As his father was a noble ex-general of the Royal Army, Nicholas is following his footsteps and he is in his 2nd year of being in the army. He graduated from the Royal Academy, a school for warriors, magicians, and adventurers. He graduated with top grades and is an extremely honest person. However, at times he is extremely calculative and he does not hesitate from sacrificing his fellow soldiers or himself in order to benefit the kingdom. He was Lyka Wintercolt''s fianc¨¦, but because of certain reasons, he rejected her and Varin Calleem was lucky enough to be next in line. Julian was quite strong as a level 85. God he''s the original fiance? However, I realized something that was quite strange. ''Oh yeah, Navi, I just want to ask. Why wasn''t the fact that Varin was Lyka''s fianc¨¦ appear in Lyka''s stats?'' ''Information is given out based on what the system deems should be given out. The system could say that Lyka wet the bed till the age of 3, but there is no need to say that. As you were not in a relationship with Lyka nor did you care about her relationship status, the system did not say that she was in a relationship with Varin Calleem,'' ''Oh, I guess that''s pretty reasonable,'' I said. As soon as Julian was about to touch me and I was going to retaliate, Lyka came out of the mansion. "Julian what are you doing here? Get away from this mansion!" "I''m here to protect you from any harm Miss. Lyka. If any more dangerous individuals come here, we are to immediately kill them and if we are not in vicinity of the mansion, there is a possibility that your safety will be jeopardized," "Shut up with your smart mouth. Send in your soldiers. As the captain, you should not waste your valuable time here. Shouldn''t you spend it with that other girl that you rejected me for," Lyka said while rolling her eyes. "Lyka that was a mistake. I should''ve never rejected you. I realized that you are so much better than Claudia. Please let me back into your life again," Julian said with a pleading tone. "Save it. You only realized this because you accidentally heard Claudia say to her brother that she was using you for your money. Yeah, I''m sorry. I once admired you and wanted to marry you, but now I''m engaged to someone else so I can''t be with you," "I could easily ask Viscount Calleem to break the engagement and he''ll gladly do it. He''s in a tough situation right now and needs all the help he could get. If I say that the Vorghes family will help him, he''ll do anything to get it. Besides you don''t even like that arrogant scumbag Varin," "Yeah, I don''t. I absolutely despise him and my father is starting to realize how ridiculous that engagement is and is about to break it himself as well. However, even if I don''t like him and my father breaks the engagement, I will never get back together with you," Lyka said with an angry tone. I just stood there watching with 2 other guards with gaping mouths. I really wanted some popcorn and a chair right now because let me tell you, a drama on T.V. is nothing compared to drama right in front of you as long as it doesn''t concern you. "Why, Lyka? I apologized. I showed my love towards you. I did everything in my power to try to woo you. Why won''t you accept me?" "Hmph, because currently I like that man in front of you," I suddenly lost all my appetite for popcorn and the 2 soldiers next to me now looked at me with gaping mouths. ''Oh fuck,'' I thought to myself as Julian turned his head towards me. "What did you say Lyka?!" Suddenly behind me, Varin showed up as well. ''Oh double fuck,'' I thought while thinking about running. Author''s Note: Hey guys, I started posting on royalroadl.com. It''s pending currently. The reason? Firstly, that site is mainly for original works like this so I could get more views and stuff, but that''s not the main reason. The main reason I did it is because there is a voting system where I can put in polls like Twitter and I love it. It''s because people vote more than they comment because it''s anonymous IDK, but yeah voting gives me a great method of communication with you guys. So if you want to vote for stuff go there and vote and stuff. However, since it technically won''t be fair to do both sites equally with that site have the voting perk here is the thing. I will post every chapter here a day early. So if I post this on Friday, royalroadl will have the chapter on Saturday. Unless it is on a Sunday where I have to upload it on the Sunday or it goes onto Monday. So they will be a day later than you guys for the Friday post and when I''m done moving, I might not do that many Sunday posts as much, but let me just say I MIGHT not WILL, but MIGHT!!!!! But yeah that''s all I have to say. Chapter 22 What I feared most in the depths of my heart came true. I''m not dense like Ichika from Infinite Stratos or Akihisa Yoshii from Baka to Test. Like come on, she''s forcing me to go to school with her after looking at me with yandere eyes. However, I ignored it and thought that I was looking at it wrong since I was rejected every single time I confessed on Earth. Sure, she''s hot and has a personality that any guy would fall for, but she''s a noble. I''m technically a commoner that got lucky by meeting her because if the Duke was not a nice guy, I would have been screwed on every single turn. However, even with the fact that the Duke was nice, would other nobles accept me? Only someone with a status like Julian or even Varin is capable of marrying her without repercussions. I''m not willing to get into that much trouble that could potentially cost my life for someone I don''t love completely. Varin started to run towards me with hate apparent in his eyes. His looks reminded me of a rabid dog. "Lyka, you said you like this peasant?" Varin asked as soon as he got close to her. "Yes, in fact, I like him much more than your weak ass. You''re so weak that you probably can''t even take care of a starving Plague Wolf Cub. However, I wouldn''t mind that. Strength, in the end, never really mattered to me. However, even though you''re so weak, you love to bully others since you''re just a little stronger than them in terms of power and you especially love to bully commoners because your dad is a Viscount. Let me tell you this, if you think you bullying others will make me look at you in a good way, think again because I detest that kind of action," "Lyka you know that even the weakest of cubs could do significant damage to us. We''re only first years at the Royal Academy. We also just finished the first term. We barely got into the subject of adventuring. Let me also tell you that I am not weak! In terms of potential, I have S rank potential. I am far better than those commoners that attend the Royal Academy. The best ones over there are A ranks. Even you yourself are a S rank, the same as me. There is no reason for you to ever call me weak!" "Hmph, the only reason you have good potential is because of the fact that you took the Upgrade Potion since you were 5! If you''re so strong then why don''t you go against Jeffrey to see if you''re strong. If you win, then I''ll make sure that I will marry you, bear all your kids, and live with you till you find me too annoying and throw me away," Lyka said with disdain not caring for anything that Varin was saying.Stolen story; please report. Varin eyes narrowed and started to turn to me with a hint of fear in his eyes. Since he saw me battle Viktor and almost getting hit in the crossfire multiple times, it seems that he became much more afraid of me. However, since he knew I was a commoner, he thought I would never attack him, but if it''s a battle then he knows I could easily break all his limbs and say it was an accident and no one can say anything about it. Suddenly, Julian spoke up. "If Varin isn''t strong enough then shouldn''t I be strong enough? I could most likely break all of this guy''s bones in 2 seconds," Julian said. "If I could beat this guy, will you take me back?" Lyka looked at me. She started to fidget around and started to contemplate about my strength. However, it might have been that match against Belphegor, but she agreed. "Alright, if you are able to defeat Jeffrey, I will be your fiancee. However, if you can''t, you will never try to get together with me again. Furthermore, if Jeffrey wins, you will try your best to break my engagement with Varin. I don''t think I can wait for Dad to break my engagement with him," "What do you mean?!" Varin started to shout. "Lyka, your father agreed to my father''s arrangements. He would never let this happen!" "Hmph, that''s where you''re completely wrong. He knows what you''ve been doing in school and he knows that you''re a terrible person so he doesn''t even recognize you anymore. If it wasn''t for the fact that it looks extremely bad on me for my father to break the engagement after agreeing to it, he would''ve already destroyed the engagement a long time ago!" Hmmm, no wonder, the Duke never even mentioned a hint of Varin when threatening to kill me for mistakenly believing I was her boyfriend. He probably came to the solution that the engagement was stupid and started to dislike him completely. Also, judging by the fact that he did not say anything about future engagements, he probably let her choose her boyfriend. As the Duke is extremely nice to commoners and nobles alike as long as they have the right character, I could see him allowing Lyka to choose her boyfriend as long as he''s "dead for 10 years". Varin collasped. His eyes started to turn blank and he started to mumble to himself. "This is not real... I am the son of a Viscount. Sure our family is in a bit of trouble right now, but with enough help from the Duke from the marriage, my father could easily be an Earl. The Duke knows this. There''s no way he won''t..." Varin stayed silent for a second before looking towards me with dense hatred evident in his eyes. "You gigolo, it''s your fault that I''m in this position! I''m going to kill you!" Varin started to run towards me and swung out a weak looking punch. I easily evaded it and kicked his stomach. Bwok! "Argh!" -550 Varin lost consciousness and he quickly fell to the floor. The soldiers besides Julian quickly went forward after snapping out of it and placed him on a bench nearby the mansion. After that little fiasco, all attention went back to Julian to see what decision he would make. Julian started to think extremely hard as offending a Viscount although his father was an Earl did not seem to be a good idea at the moment. "I-I"Julian thought about it until he made his final decision. "Alright, I accept your terms," Chapter 23 When Julian accepted the deal, he seemed to have aged 10 years. As a Viscount''s attack is still terrifying regardless of how weak the Viscount is, offending him for a 50-50 chance of winning was simply a stupid deal. However, since he chose to think with his lower half, I simply stayed quiet and decided to try my best to defeat him. "Alright, if you''re ready to battle, then please follow me," Lyka went inside the mansion and Julian and I followed. I looked back to see one of the soldier following us to be stopped by the other soldier after pointing to Varin. When Julian and I arrived at the arena where I fought Davis, Julian suddenly turned to me. "After I win this thing, I forbid you from coming close to Lyka. If I see you even remotely close to her, I will kill you on the spot," He said with clear murderous intent. "Hmph, try to say that when you actually win," I said with a cold tone. He''s already thinking he''s gonna win? This feels like a d¨¦j¨¤ vu. We both got on the stage and the notification rang in my head. Adventurer is now protected by the Coliseum Protection Magic Formation. When hit by a lethal attack, you are transported out of the magic formation. All injuries become nonexistent as well after you leave the stage.If you spot this tale on Amazon, know that it has been stolen. Report the violation. Julian unsheathed his sword and quietly chanted. His armor started to glow. Then he stopped and started to chant some more. Now his sword started to glow as well. After finishing all the buffs, he wanted to put on, he positioned himself. I also got into position and we both knew that the match has officially started. It was a tense standoff. Both of us were moving side to side to find an opening to strike. However, both of us did not move and the atmosphere was getting tenser by the second. In the end, I quickly removed my hand from my Katana and used Kamaitachi and shot 5 windblades to surprise him. In seconds, all 5 reached Julian and he immediately blocked it with his sword. However, a couple of seconds were enough. I rushed in and used Draw II to surprise Julian even more. It seems that Julian did not expect another wind blade to come out and his armor got hit. The glow dimmed and seeing this, Julian looked at me angrily before charging at me. He lifted his sword and swung down. I noticed that the sword got brighter and it seemed that Royal Strike added another bonus attack points as well. I immediately used Harai Waza allowing me to slash at Julian''s eyes. Puchi! -1000 Julian''s left eyes shut while blood was spurting out of it and I could see the veins popping on his temple. Julian screamed with murderous intent and suddenly, he started to grow. His muscles, height, and everything about him just grew and after a couple of seconds, he seemed to be a couple of inches taller than me. He charged towards me with even faster speed than before and swung down his sword with even greater force. When I looked at the power of his swing, I realized I could not block it. I immediately dodged to the sides and used Elemental Tornado to get out a Lightning Tornado. I saw a hint of shock in Julian''s eyes and due to him fiercely charging at me, he could not dodge it. Zzzzzzzzzt! -500 -500 -500 -500 -500 -500 He got hit and his body started to convulse. After a couple of seconds, he fell down and could not get up. His body became a mass of lights and he was taken off the stage. Chapter 24 After a couple of seconds, I was also taken off the stage and Julian looked at me with icy eyes that seemed to have freeze everything in the room. "You... you cheated! There''s no way you could have ever beaten me in a fight!" "Hmph, how can I cheat in a fighting match?!" I said with a cold tone. "Furthermore, even if I did, in real battles which I am sure you have fought in before, many people use underhanded methods to kill their enemies and what can the dead person do? Nothing! So even if I did "cheat", it doesn''t matter because it was a battle. This wasn''t some sort of tournament or game that requires rules. No, this is a battle so that I can either free Lyka or you take her hand in marriage. Don''t spout your bullshit to me," I said. "You... you,'''' "You you bullshit, shut the hell up if you have nothing to say. Instead of blaming others for your incompetence, you should try to get stronger and say something like ''I will defeat you next time!'' or something like that. Hmph, seeing you like this just comes to show how narrow-minded you are," "I''m gonna kill you!" Julian said with extreme anger. Julian started to chant and in his hand, a spear of light started to appear in his hands. "I''m going to fucking kill you peasant," He threw the spear at me and I felt the immense pressure coming towards me. "Jeffrey watch out!" Lyka screamed at me from the side. Before I could even get my sword out, the spear of light disappeared. "What happened?" Julian asked out loud. "Hmph, you dare use the Smite of the Holy Gods for the sake of your benefits? Julian, do you want me to take away your holy power?!" From behind us, the Duke showed up. "Duke Wintercolt, I was only trying to protect your house from suspicious individuals but..." "Save your excuses! Why are all the men I chose for Lyka complete utter garbage! How dare you shoot out the ultimate skill I created for the sake of protecting the kingdom!" "I-I" "No excuses. Julian from here, I, Fabian Wintercolt, shall take away your divine powers that I have granted you!" After the Duke declared this, Julian started to glow and the light bubbles started to be formed. After a couple of seconds, the light bubbles started to disintegrate.Unauthorized reproduction: this story has been taken without approval. Report sightings. "No, no, no! Duke Wintercolt why have you done this to me?!" Julian screamed crazily. "Hmph, if you are going to use the divine powers for your sake the the powers I have granted you is meaningless because you have taken 5 oaths from each of the 4 Dukes and the Pope of the Church of Lucifer. You have now broken my oath in an extremely serious fashion and while the regular punishment that is automatically given without my intervention is to remove the divine power for a year, since I am here, I will make sure you will get the full punishment as a year truly isn''t enough for your selfish crimes!" I was extremely confused at what was happening, but when I saw Julian''s stats, I have understood what was going on. Julian Vorghes Age: 28 Gender: Male Level: 65 Race: Human Job: Captain of the 1st Corp of the Royal Army HP: 2500/2500 MP: 1500/1500 Attack: 400 Defense: 580 Magic Attack: 50 Magic Defense: 305 Speed: 245 Luck: 15 Skills: Knockover, Block, Enhanced Armor, Royal Strike, Resilience, Charge, Holy Shield, Taunt, Roar of the Tiger, Berserk, Smite of the Holy Gods (60% power), Weapon Enhance Achievements: Half-Holy Soldier, Talented Soldier, Captain An extremely talented soldier that is also from the Vorghes Family, with Earl Nicholas Vorghes as the head. As his father was a noble ex-general of the Royal Army, Nicholas is following his footsteps and he is in his 2nd year of being in the army. He graduated from the Royal Academy, a school for warriors, magicians, and adventurers. He graduated with top grades and is an extremely honest person. However, at times he is extremely calculative and he does not hesitate from sacrificing his fellow soldiers or himself in order to benefit the kingdom. He was Lyka Wintercolt''s fianc¨¦, but because of certain reasons, he rejected her and Varin Calleem was lucky enough to be next in line. However, recently, his holy power given by Duke Wintercolt was forcibly removed making his only 80% as powerful and his most ultimate attack Smite of the Holy God''s power was reduced to 60%. ''Damn, he dropped 20 levels?'' I almost laughed, but in the end, I controlled myself because I knew if I laughed, the Duke would look at me with disapproving eyes and that could mean trouble a bit later. I really wanted to see the Duke''s level now, but since I think my level is too low to do so, I did not. The Duke looked at Julian with disappointment clear in his eyes. "Julian, I will give you back my portion of the holy powers once you have reflected on your mistakes for a year as the bottom soldier in the royal army. From there, your survival might depend on how you treated your fellow soldiers. If you treated them like pawns rather than brothers and sisters, you will never be able to go back into your position even without my help that I will guarantee you. I hope you learn from your mistake. Get out of my mansion!" "I will take my leave then," Julian quickly left the room, but before that he looked at me with immense hatred and if looks could kill, I would''ve already died a thousand times. However, before he could leave on that note, the Duke noticed his look towards me. "Julian, have you not learned your lesson? Do you want me to completely remove all of your divine powers and strip you of your soldier status. Your father may be an Earl, but he has no control over the army as he cannot grant any divine powers to anyone. The power of the family of Duke will forever stay the same! The people of the direct line of Wintercolt will always remain powerful!" Julian looked at the Duke with fear and without giving me a look this time, he scurried out of the room like a frightened dog. The Duke then looked towards me and asked me with a serious voice. "Are you ok?" I was silent for a couple of seconds before I finally came back to my senses. "Yes, Duke, I am fine," "That is good. That attack would have at least destroyed an arm or two if it hit or if it was serious, it could have killed you. I''m glad that I came before anything serious happened. Hmph, soldiers these days have no sense of loyalty towards their kingdom and only use their power for their sake. Julian was never like this. Extremely honest man and was an extremely good candidate for Lyka. Maybe love did blind him, but even if it did, that just comes to show that his mental power is somewhat weak. I''m just rambling here. Go out with Lyka and walk around the town. I''m quite satisfied with your current strength and I believe that you will be able to protect her strength and when you can''t send you magic to this. It will instantaneously teleport a high level soldier in my command," The Duke said while handing me a red stone with intricate magic on it. When I looked into the stone, I was utterly flabbergasted. Stone of Teleportation: 1 time use When magic is sent to this stone, a person with the same engraving on his person will be teleported to the exact spot that the user wants him to be. ''What a powerful item!'' I thought before going to Lyka. "So ummm, wanna go the guild to get our reward?" "Yeah!" Lyka said with an excited face. I started to go with Lyka outside, but when I looked at her, she was looking back and when I subtly looked back as well, I saw the Duke winking at Lyka and I immediately looked forward with chills going down my spine. Chapter 1 (Revamped) Have you guys read Cirque Du Freak? It''s a true story where a man named Darren Shan told his story of being a vampire. He was once a normal teenager that turned into a "monster" that had to fight his best friend and other crazy things just to survive. The reason why I gave that overview was because reading Cirque Du Freak finally gave me the courage to tell me my story, my crazy life in the other world. You guys might be like, "What the hell are you talking about?", but hear me out because I am being quite serious here. Supernaturals do exist and unexpected things can happen out of nowhere. You can travel to another world and come back to Earth with whole new different perspectives to life and everything else. But hey, at the very least, the way it happened to me is not like those reincarnated to the other world mangas where I get hit by a truck or just somehow die. No no no, this all happened while playing everyone''s favorite video game, League of Legends. "Fuck get that Janna!" "Are you serious? How are you guys dying to a goddamn Karthus jungle?!" It was a frustrating ranked game of League of Legends. Like come on, how do you die 16 times to a Karthus jungle. That does not even make sense. I mean that''s weird coming from the Fizz jungle main, but you know I think Fizz jungle makes a bit more sense that Karthus jungle. "Jeffrey, it''s time for you to go to school!" "One second Mom, I''m coming out!" I was quickly trying to finish this game with a brain dead team which let me tell you is the worst thing in this world. In the end like you all have already thought, I lost that game. "*Sigh* this is so boring. What''s the point of school anyways? I could just stay home and play League of Legends everyday. School teaches you things you won''t even use anyways!" While blurting these things that almost every student so happens to think, a pentagram appeared below me and a blinding light made me close my eyes. When I finally opened my eyes again, I looked at my surrounding. There was nothing, but pure white. I tried, but there was no end to this field of white. However, when I looked behind me there was a stunning beauty that contrasted the white surrounding her. She had long silky pink hair that just made me want to run my fingers through it. She had red eyes that seemed to just pierce through my soul. Her nose was just the perfect size and shape. However, the most attractive part was her lip. Her''s was just the right size that just made any guy want to kiss her. I started to speak with confidence. "Hello beauty, my name is Jeffrey. Can you tell me where I currently am? Furthermore, while you''re at it, can you also give me your number?" The beauty looked at me and started to walk towards me. Her sexy body started to seduce me and when she arrived in front of me, she suddenly kissed me and started to strip... Oh wait, that was my fantasy that I wrote down. I apologize. This was what really happened. "Hello... ummmm... do you happen to know where I am?" I asked. "Hello there Jeffrey, I have been watching you for a very long time," "Oh, ummm, I''m sorry, you''re probably doing a dare right. I know this is like a room or something. Can you please tell me the exit to this place?" "No no no, this is not a dare. In fact, this is not a room. This is my Realm. A canvas world for me to freely use and design to fit my desires," "So you''re a chuunibyo," I said with a sigh. ''How unfortunate,'' I thought. Just as I believed that this was going to be the biggest catch of my life, she turned out to be a chuunibyo. I''m not judging, but personally, that''s not my type. "You... How dare you call this goddess a chuunibyo! I am Lucifer, the goddess of beauty and wisdom. I am the overseer of the planet Napreshan and Jeffrey I have chosen you to go to Napreshan," Lucifer said angrily. However, to be honest, her being angry just made it seem like she was having a little temper tantrum which made her look cuter. However, I kept my cool and tried to ask for the exit again. "You''re not making your situation any better... Anyways, this joke isn''t funny. I don''t know how you got into my house with a flashbang or something of that sorts. That pentagram wasn''t funny either. Look, I won''t say anything to anyone so just please let me out," I was starting to get a little angry. It was a school day, I already got enough absences as it was so getting another one was not a good idea especially towards my record. I was starting to get bolder and bolder as anger started to take over me and the shyness started to disappear.Did you know this text is from a different site? Read the official version to support the creator. "Hmph, like I said, you are in my Realm. I have taken out your soul and have summoned you here to prepare you to go to Napreshan," Lucifer said while cutely pouting "Look Miss. Lucifer, you''re beautiful. You are so beautiful that I am completely mesmerized by your beauty. However, that will not stop me from shouting at you if needed for you to tell me where the exit to this room is!" I shouted. Suddenly, I felt a chill down my spine. When I looked into Lucifer''s eyes, I felt a void that sucked me in. Everything felt like nothing and I just felt like blindly obeying this woman in front of me. However, before I said anything, the feeling disappeared and I snapped back into my senses. "What happened?" I asked Lucifer. "Hmph, I have casted my Obedience Charm on you. I guess it is what you call hypnotism on Earth. You saw how it felt. I could make it so that you would feel nothing and completely be a robot that will listen to all my wishes. So, if you do not want that to happen, please sit down and listen," "I don''t know what magic you did on me but-" Before I could finish my sentence, Lucifer lifted both of her hands. On one hand, an icicle started to form and on the other hand, a fire ball started to form. Like they say seeing is believing. While Goddess was not believable, she seemed like a powerful person so I immediately sat down. "There, you started to listen," Lucifer smiled brightly. "Like I said before, my name is Lucifer, the Goddess of Beauty and Wisdom. In simpler terms, think of me as Aphrodite and Athena fused together," "Oh yes my name is Jeffrey" "I know that," "But you know it''s for the introduction and it''s polite to say my name back," "It''s simply not necessary," "Look, I know you''re still mad about me calling you a chuunibyo, but let''s all be polite here," "Hmph, you''re the one that was being rude towards me. What if I just came up to you and called you a chuunibyo," "Yeah, but looking at the situation that''s-" "Enough, let''s get back onto the topic," Lucifer waved her hand and in front of me was a hologram of a planet. "This is Napreshan, the world that you are going to. I am sending you, the first Earthling to reside in it," "Wait, so I can''t go back to Earth?" "You can. It''s just that you need to meet special requirements, but with my powers I cannot do so. I can only grant you the tools to allow you to obtain the item to get back to Earth," "Wait, but if you can''t even send me back, why separate me from my family for your sake. Isn''t that a bit too selfish," "Look Jeffrey, I know you hated Earth. The education system was too outdated. Only 10% of people actually succeed and have a exciting life while the rest are doomed to be in poverty or live a boring life with a 9-5 job. Pollution was rampant. Trump is destroying your country and your future was death anyways since war was imminent. So do you really call this selfish?" "Yeah, but can I at least go back to say goodbye to my family and friends?" "No, I apologize. Although I am a Goddess, the power of souls is still way too hard for me to control. I can bring things out and place new things in, but I cannot put things back in the way it was. Your soul is forever gone until you go back to Earth with the tools I provide you. However, the good thing is that your existence was erased when I summoned you here," "What?!" I exclaimed. If my entire existence was erased then even if I go back there is no point. "Do not worry, when you go back, everything will go back to normal. Your existence will appear once again," "Alright," I said after calming down. "So what is the tool that you are going to provide me?" "Finally, a good question. So the tool I am going to give you is the System. You might be familiar with this. You read those light novels don''t you. You are quite familiar with what they do so I will refrain from explaining too much. And yes, like you deduced from learning that there is a system, the world that you are going to be sent to is a world of magic and swords," "Hmmm, so I don''t get to meet my parents or friends anymore for the sake another world with a high chance that I could die from demons, dragons, and magic beasts. *Sigh* it''s not worth it, but what choice do I have. Am I getting to choose a class?" "Yes in fact, here they are," Suddenly in front of me was a hologram that had various list of jobs you would see at a video game. Please choose a class- Gunman- Master of the art of guns Swordsman- Master of the Eastern swordsmanship (Japanese samurai) Knight- Master of the Knighthood (western swordsmanship) Martial Artist- Master of the Martial Dao Magician- Able to use whatever magic you desire in exchange for mana Beast Tamer- Able to tame any beast as long as the beast acknowledges you Summoner- Able to summon anything from demons to beast as long as the summoned being accepts you Priest- Able to heal oneself while being to inflict small curses at enemies. Weapons Specialist (You would be able to use all equipment, but you will be master of none) Spears Master- Master of the spear Bowman- Master of the bow Assassin- Master of assassination Thief- Thievery Master Shaman- Master of curses and is able to do slight healing It was a tough choice. As a former Yasuo main, being a swordsman is pretty tempting. However, it''s magic. Magic, the one thing that every human being wants to be able to do. Summoning thunder or fire seemed like the coolest thing. It was so tempting. Gunman and martial artist also seems nice as well. In the end however, I chose what I really wished for upon my heart. "I choose to be a swordsman," "Alright then," Suddenly, I felt a vast amount of power coursing through me. "Goddess this..." "Congratulations. You are a bona fide swordsman. When you get to Napreshan, you will receive a guide to help you on your journey. You will arrive at Napreshan in about an hour," "Why an hour," "Do you not see this cord?" When I looked into the direction the Goddess pointed at, there was a long cord attached to her ribcage extending to a place I couldn''t even see. "Woah woah woah, what in the hell is that?!" I asked while jumping back. "It''s like the phone chargers you have on Earth. Bringing you here tires me out a lot so I need to recharge," "But I thought that Goddesses and Gods are omnipotent," "That''s nonsense. Let me tell you a little secret. Gods and goddesses are creations as well. The system that I have given you is technically the true creator. We are just embassies that govern the world," "Goddess, do I really need to wait for an hour?" "Yes you do. However, look at it from the bright side, you can ask me any questions within this hour and I will answer the ones that I am allowed to answer," "Alright, that''s fair," I sat back down. "So why have to decided to send me specifically to this Napreshan?" "I told you, I have watched over you for a long time. I thought you were interesting and after around 3 years, I decided to bring you here," "Wow, alright I guess. Then are you going to send anyone else to Napreshan?" "Maybe, it depends on your performance. If you die then of course I have to send another person there. Or I could send you a girl and you could be like Adam and Eve from the Bible," Lucifer said. "Why are you sending me there?" I asked ignoring her last statement. "There''s no reason for you to just pull me out of my life for no reason even if you thought I was interesting," "The reason... Well, it''ll be revealed to you soon once you get to that stage, but once you do, I will bring your consciousness here without you disappearing in Napreshan. I will explain to you everything, but as of now, you don''t really have to worry about it," "Alright then, I have to say thank you for this opportunity Goddess. Earth truly is boring so with this, I''m bound to have a lot of fun," "Hmph, don''t think this is just a simple RPG. If you''re unlucky enough, you''ll be sucked into the world of politics or business so I will warn you to be careful and not just do anything rashly," "*Gulp*Alright then Goddess," I said after realizing I need to take this a bit more seriously. After around an hour of asking trivial questions, the cord around Lucifer disappeared. "I am fully charged now and in 5 seconds you will be teleported there," "Alright Goddess, I''m ready," A pentagram appeared under me and I closed my eyes once again eager to see what fate has in store for me. Chapter 2 When I opened my eyes, there were huge trees surrounding me. ''Hmmm, it seems that I am in a forest right now...'' As I was wondering what in the world I was supposed to do, I heard a voice behind me. "Hello, Jeffrey, are you ready to explore Napreshan?" "Who?!" I looked back and saw a cat looking creature similar to that of Kyubey from Puella Magi. "What are you?" I asked while poking the creature''s face. "Jeffrey, I would have to ask you to not poke my face," the creature said with a monotone voice. "Goodness, alright. So let''s get serious here. What are you?" "My name is Navi short for the word navigation. I am your guide for your adventure in Napreshan," "Alright so why do you look like this?" "It was either this or a little ball with wings on it so the system decided that this would look a lot better," "I see," I said. "So what are you going to help me with?" "I am going to introduce the system to you first. Firstly, in order for you to access the system, all you have to do is think about the function you want and a hologram will appear in front of you. If you want to see the entire setting to see what other functions are there, just wave your finger in whatever direction you want and a little bar that shows the functions will appear. The system has many functions. Some can be here with you right now and some can be unlocked later on. As long as you do a proper procedure, the locked functions will be accessible to you. However, for now, there are 4 main functions: Status, Item Box, Skills, and Map. Status allows you to see your status as well as other people''s status. With this function, you may think of it as a top-rated Appraise that allows you to be able to see through anything. However, you are warned that if you look at the Status of someone that has a level difference of 10 or higher, they will be able to notice that you are probing them. The Item Box is fairly simple. You are able to store items and all money that you make will be put into the money section on the bottom right hand side. There are no limits to the amount of items you can put and as long as you think about what item you want, you are able to bring it out and automatically equip it or if you want you can de-equip it as long as you think about removing it. The skills function is pretty self explanatory. You can see what skills you currently have and also upgrade your skills using SP. SP is given when you level up. Map is also self explanatory and if I have to explain it, I will lose all respect towards you. From now on, I will communicate with you using telepathy. I have come out once to show you my form and only when the time is needed will I come out again which should not be the case the entire time you are here. Well I hope you enjoy Napreshan and its beauty," With that, there was a poof sound and a pinkish smoke appearing where Navi was and with that, Navi disappeared. "Alright, let''s check out all the uses," I swiped my finger to the left to see a bar that looked similar to the one in SAO. There were quite a bit of grayed out boxes and the words on those gray boxes were illegible. However, there were 4 white boxes which read the 4 functions Navi mentioned.Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. The first thing I checked was the Map. A hologram appeared in front of me showing the map of a large sized country. "The Forest of Death... What a wonderful place. Looks like I know where to put my vacation home. So the town nearby is Blueberry Town. That is one terrible name. I wonder who thought of it, the Blueberry Family? Alright so this place is the Kingdom of Piton. God these names are atrocious," After checking out this kingdom, I took a look at the Item Box. Once again a hologram appeared showing tiny squares right next to each other. I noticed that on the bottom left were 3 0''s with one next to a copper coin, one next to a silver coin, and the last one next to a gold coin. On the first box was a sword. I tried to do what Navi told me and thought about the sword appearing in my hand. Like magic, the exact same sword appeared in my hand startling me a little. ''Even if Navi explained it, it still is scary being able to summon any item I want in my hand,'' I thought before trying to look at this sword''s stats. At first I didn''t know what to do, but once I thought about seeing the stats of the sword, a hologram appeared in front of me once again. Basic Katana (w/ Sheath) Rank 0 Item: Bound by Jeffrey D. +10 STR (Strength) +10 DEX (Dexterity) +1% CTR (Critical Rate) An item that is bound to Jeffrey D. due to it being a gift from the Goddess. |Rank up available when Adventurer is level 10| ''Navi, what is a Rank Item?'' I asked even though I''m a little embarrassed about it since Navi just left. ''Equipments such as armor and weapons are separated into 2 categories: Set and Ranked. Set items are ranked into bronze, silver, and gold level items. Once an item goes beyond gold level, it goes into the level of Ranked or as the people of this world calls it Saint level. It is evolutionary and as long as supplements are given to it once you have reached a certain level, it can evolve into a better weapon,'' ''So basically, this is a really good item,'' ''That depends. If you leave it at Rank 0, it''s only as good as Bronze level items, but as long as it is Rank 5 or higher, the item can be counted as a national treasure that would be fought over by kingdoms,'' ''Wait so if I got this item to be Rank 5, I need to be extremely careful so that the army doesn''t fight me for it?'' ''Do not worry. Firstly, let me say that there are 10 levels to it. Like you saw, each rank requires you to be at a certain level. Once you are leveled high enough to have a Rank 5+ item, the country wouldn''t be willing to offend you. The groups that you have to watch out for, however, are secret organizations and the Church of Lucifer. Unlike a kingdom that has to worry about each and every move they play, these two types of groups do not care for the sacrifice, but the results. As long as they get the item, they are willing to sacrifice tens or even hundreds of people. Therefore, the system has decided to conceal the presence of all Ranked Items that you own until you are able to level your weapon to Rank 7 as the minimum requirement of that would allow you to fend for yourself,'' ''Alright then, thank you,'' ''No problem,'' With that all was silent. With this revelation, I was a lot more anxious about what was to come. ''Goddamn it, Maplestory didn''t prepare me to go against a goddamn church or secret organizations,'' After that fiasco, I checked my Status. Status: Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 1 Race Human Job: Beginner Swordsman HP: 35/35 MP: 30/30 STR: 15 (Strength) DEX:15 (Dexterity) INT: 5 (Intelligence) CTR: 2% (Critical Rate) Defense: 10 Magic Defense: 10 Speed: 20 Luck: 15 Equipment: Cotton T-shirt, Jeans, Basic Katana, Socks Achievement: N/A Skills: N/A Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given)(This is a gift from me. I didn''t say, but you weren''t really supposed to wait an hour there. I accidentally made a mistake and summoned your soul to my Realm, but in reality Navi was supposed to tell you most of the things I said to you. So yeah, you got lucky and here is the reward for being patient. This message will disappear after you close your stats so the next time you see your status, this won''t show up.) EXP needed to level up: 1 ''Holy shit, this is a cheat. I knew it. I knew I wouldn''t come here with just a crappy sword that I probably need to spend a lot of time leveling up. I don''t even have goddamn shoes so this cheat is the perfect replacement. Thank you Goddess!'' Finally, I checked out my skills. On the left corner was a roman numeral I and on the screen were 5 skills, a title, and a description of the skill set. I. Beginning Swordsman Skill Set: As a novice, you must learn the basics of the sword. Draw: As an Eastern style Swordsman, the draw phase of the sword is important. When drawing the sword, you slash at an enemy while rushing towards them which does 20% more damage than a basic attack. MP used: 5 SP: 0 Max: 10 Slash: Blade is swung at any direction creating damage towards hit enemies. Adventurer is able to make a 3 hit combo with each hit being 10% stronger than the previous strike. MP used: 0 for first slash 5 for second slash and 10 for 3rd slash SP: 0 Max: 10 Conceal Aura: Adventurer is able to conceal his presence, but can be detected by Detect II or any second level of Detecting Skills. Adventurer can also hide his strength making him seem harmless, but this cannot be used against others that are 5 levels ahead. MP used: 0 (Can be toggled on permanently) SP: 0 Max: 5 Counter: Parries a strike and immediately returns the blow which does 15% more damage than a normal attack. MP used:10 SP: 0 Max: 10 Point Rush: Rushes to an enemy and stabs the sword towards the enemy dealing100% more damage than a basic attack MP used: 20 SP: 0 Max: 10 SP Remaining: 5 5 SP given per level increase ''God these skills are so basic. They''re no fun at all...'' I thought dejectedly. However, that was what I got and I immediately put in 1 SP for every skill and quickly set off to the journey that the system has planned out for me. Chapter 3 I walked for around 5 minutes before I found a monster. Horned Rabbit: Level 1 HP: 35 STR: 5 Speed: 10 Defense: 5 "Oh shit that monster looks like good food to me!" I immediately ran towards it in order to secure my lunch. When the rabbit saw that I was coming after it, it immediately started to run away. "Damn it, come back!" Although I was technically supposed to be faster than it, it had better understanding of the forest and also I did not have goddamn shoes! I stopped running because I knew I was not going to be able to capture the rabbit. I sighed and walked away. However, after another 5 minutes of walking, I luckily found another rabbit. "Oh yes, alright, let''s not be stupid like last time," Learning my lesson, I used Conceal Presence and approached it slowly. Like I thought, the rabbit did not run away. While it was resting, I immediately used Slash. Puchi! -15 Squeak! The rabbit was now alarmed, but since my Slash hit, it did not have enough energy to run away. Therefore, it stood its ground and got into position to ram me with its horn. I did not take it lightly as we were both level 1 and underestimating it would lead to my death. I got ready as well and we both stood still. The rabbit got impatient and charged towards me. Its speed was similar to mine making it pretty easy to track down. When it got close to me, I immediately used Counter. Ting! Puchi! -20 Squeak! The rabbit closed it eyes and all signs of life was lost. Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Congratulations you are now level 5! "Wow, this EXP boost and EXP requirement cut is so nice! I gained 4 levels from a single rabbit!" After I upgraded my skills, which was mostly Slash and Point Rush to deal as much damage as possible, I picked the rabbit up put it in the Item Box. "Wait, does this thing preserve food? Navi, can I put food in the Item Box without it going bad?" I asked aloud ''Jeffrey, you can use telepathy to communicate to me or else it''ll look strange if someone else saw you. As for your question, yes, all time is stopped in the Item Box so all food, or anything that can go bad will not go bad in there,'' ''Alright,'' After this revelation, I put the bunny in the Item Box for later. I walked off to find more monsters to kill. After a while of walking, I finally found another monster. Goblin: Level 4 HP: 70 STR: 25 Speed: 7 Defense: 15 "Alright so this guy is even slower than the rabbit, but it seems his defense is a bit higher," I muttered to myself. Once again, I used Conceal Presence and approached it extremely carefully. When I arrived in front of it, I immediately used Point Rush. Puchi! A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. -65 Due to upgrading maxing out both Point Rush and Slash, both now dealt a lot more damage than before. As it only had around 5 HP left, it didn''t really have enough strength to do anything. I slowly approached it and it looked at me frightened. I felt a bit of pity for it. I put my Katana down and sheathed it. Seeing this, the goblin smiled and charged towards me with whatever strength it had left. Initially, I was startled, but due to the goblin being severely injured, I was quickly able to recover and used Draw to finish it off. -Puchi! -5 Aghhhhhh! With regret in its eyes, the goblin perished. Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Level Up! Congratulation, you are now level 10! The job advancement quest is now available. Congratulations, due to Adventurer having your first quest, the quest setting is now unlocked! I completely ignored the system and looked at the goblin. After a couple of seconds, I started to walk away. ''The law of the jungle... I''m going to have to be more careful in this world. If this wasn''t a goblin, but another adventurer or monster around the same strength as me, I would''ve been a goner,'' After a while of not being able to find any monsters, it became dark outside. "I think it''s time to settle down," I gathered some wood and somehow created a fire using methods I saw in shows. It wasn''t a bad feeling. No mosquitoes came to bite me and so far there were no monsters that were attracted by the fire. Growl! My stomach started to ache from the hunger. "Alright, let''s eat that rabbit I caught earlier," I took out the rabbit and like Navi said, it was exactly the same as it was when I killed it. I started to prepare and once that was done, I started to grill it. My grilling skills were not the best so there were some burnt parts here and there, but in the end, the rabbit was delicious so I was satisfied. "Alright, since I''m not hungry anymore, let''s take a look at that job advancement quest," I remembered that the quest setting was unlocked so I quickly went to it. In the quest settings, there was only 1 quest which on the left said "Job Advancement". I clicked on it and immediately a description came up. Job Advancement Quest Requirement: Level 10 You have leveled up quite a bit. As you have slowly started to adapt to this world, you need a challenge. Kill the Demon of the Forest and take out its heart. Kill the Demon of the Forest: 0/1 Demon of the Forest''s Heart: 0/1 ''Demon of the Forest sounds like a name given to bear or something like that,'' I thought to myself. ''Hopefully, it''s not a bear so I don''t panic,'' I put away all those thoughts and started to create a makeshift bed using leaves and twigs. Later, I put out the fire and finally slept the first day in the other world. Chapter 4 When I woke up, there was no mosquito bites or anything which baffled me because in the end, this is a forest where mosquito bites are as common as books in a bookstore. (Author''s Note: I don''t know man. If you have something better comment down lmao.) As I started to get ready to leave, I saw a glimpse of a shadow which did not look good for me. Even though I just woke up, my guard was at an all time high and I felt like even if Koro Sensei from Assassination Classroom appeared behind me, I would stay calm and counter him. I slowly stood up from my makeshift bed and started to look around for any other glimpses. After a while, I saw shadows a couple of times, but nothing came directly towards me. It seemed like the creature was waiting for me to lower my guard. ''Hmph, trying to screw with me? I''ll show you what a goddamn human from another world can do,'' I looked around a little bit more and again saw a shadow and as soon as I saw that, I bolted the opposite direction. Even though my foot started to hurt, as long as I was stuck in an encirclement, I knew I was never getting out. I started to feel a chill behind my back while I was running so when I saw an especially huge tree that was able to cover my entire body, I ran behind it. I immediately used Conceal Aura so that whatever was following behind me was not able to find me. When I carefully looked behind me, the creature that was stalking me showed its true form. It was a blue spider that was as big as I was and everything about it just looked disgusting. ''A spider?! I have arachnophobia! Why is it a spider?!'' Even though I did not want to look at it for a single second more, I quickly checked its stats Blue Arachne: Level 10 HP: 110 STR: 45 Speed: 40 Defense: 35 Magic Attack: 20 ''It''s also level 10 and has magic damage as well. This is not looking good for me,'' I haven''t checked my stats in a while so I quickly checked my stats out as well to compare. Name: Jeffrey D. Age: 17 Gender: Male Level: 10 Race Human Job: Beginner Swordsman HP: 118/118 MP: 90/90 STR: 48 (Strength) DEX: 43 (Dexterity)A case of literary theft: this tale is not rightfully on Amazon; if you see it, report the violation. INT: 12 (Intelligence) CTR: 3% (Critical Rate) Defense: 40 Magic Defense: 18 Speed: 38 Luck: 15 Equipment: Cotton T-shirt, Jeans, Basic Katana, Socks Achievement: N/A Skills: N/A Passive Skills: Double Blessings of the Goddess (1/30th of EXP needed to level up and 30x EXP given) EXP needed to level up: 20 ''Alright, I''m a little bit slower than it, but I should be able to do it...'' I thought. I carefully observed the spider that was carefully searching for me. However, my Conceal Presence was too high leveled for it and it was starting to leave. I slowly followed it and after a couple of minutes, we arrived at the spider''s home. It was a big web that had various monsters completely covered with the spider''s silk. While I was waiting for the spider to leave the web, in the bottom left corner, I noticed something moving. It was a girl that looked around my age and by the looks of her outfit, she looked like an aristocrat. I looked next to her to see 2 bodies covered in spider silk. It seems that those 2 were her bodyguard of some sort, but in the end became the spider''s breakfast. It seems that the spider was now hungry from stalking me so it slowly walked towards the girl. Seeing this, I realized I did not have any time left. I quickly equipped my Katana and maxed out all my skills from leveling up to level 10 yesterday. Then I proceeded to pick up a rock and threw it at the spider. Puchi! -1 RAWGHHHHHHH! The spider roared and started to run towards me. It was extremely fast, but not at a level where I could not see it. When it arrived in front of me, it lifted up one of its leg and swung it at me. I quickly used Draw. Ting! I did not expect the spider''s leg to be as hard as metal. I quickly took a few steps back to give myself some space to think out a plan. However, the spider did not leave any breathing room. It immediately ran once again to dish out swings from its legs. All I could do was to continuously block and wait for an opening. Ting! Ting! Ting! Ting! To my dismay, the spider left nothing for me to use and I was starting to get cornered. The spider noticed that I was in trouble and lifted both of its legs. It swung its two legs down with extreme speed. My only option was to block it. Ting! Ssssst! Sparks were forming and the spider''s legs were slowly coming down to my body. However, since my STR was slightly higher, I was able to hold my ground and we were at a standstill. After a couple of seconds, I realized that the spider''s power started to dwindle and I was slowly getting the upper hand. A couple more seconds later, I was finally able to overpower the spider and used Counter. Puchi! -62 RAWRGHHHHHHH! Green blood started to pour out of the wound I inflicted on the spider. It jumped back and like Spiderman, it shot its web onto a branch on a tree and the spider jumped onto the tree. I was confused on what was going on, but in that second, the spider shot a green liquid towards me. While I did not know for sure what it was, I had a vague idea so I quickly dodged it. When I saw where the green liquid hit, the ground started to melt. ''It was acid like I thought it would be,'' The spider started to shoot out more green liquid and all I could do was dodge. While I was dodging, the girl stuck at the web started to scream at me. "I could use fire magic. If you free me and give me a couple of seconds, I have enough firepower to kill it," That felt like the words of a god to me. I rushed towards her and swung my katana to slice the web that was trapping her. Sst! Sst! I realized that I did not have enough time to free her. I only cut halfway till I realized that from behind an acid ball came right towards me. I turned around and blocked the acid. Surprisingly, the Katana did not melt, but it splatted everywhere hitting my legs and arms. "Aghhhhhhhhhhhhh!" -40 I saw the muscles in my legs throbbing, but after a couple of seconds, I stopped feeling the pain. ''Adrenaline must be the reason why. I have to end this fast!'' I thought. While the acid did injure me, it also worked in my favor. The spider web on the girl started to melt and she fell down. "Are you ok?" The girl asked with worry. "I''m fine. I''m going to attract its attention so prepare whatever you need to do!" "Yeah!" The girl said. I started to run again. However, I wasn''t as fast as before and each acid ball that the spider shot at me were extremely close. My stamina was almost done, but right before I was about to fall, I heard the best thing I''ve heard in 17 years. "Fire Beam!" From behind me, I saw a bright light coming out from a stick that the girl was holding. I saw the spider get hit with that beam and when the beam disappeared, it was gone as well. "We did it!" I shouted. However, before I could celebrate, I lost consciousness. Chapter 5 "Hey! Hey!" I started to hear a frantic girl''s voice right next to me. I immediately recovered consciousness with an extreme bitter taste in my mouth. "Cough Cough, what happened? What''s this bitter taste?!" "I''m so glad you''re ok!" The girl screamed. "What? Oh yeah, the spider, we killed it," "Yeah we did, but you lost consciousness and your breathing started to get slower and slower so I fed you my potion!" "Damn, it''s true that potions are bitter as hell. How long has it been since we killed the spider?" "It''s been only around 5 minutes. Don''t worry, I already dissected the spider for you and I''ll give you all the parts later since you did all the work anyways. Thank you for saving me earlier. My name is Lyka Wintercolt and I''m the daughter of Duke Wintercolt," Lyka said. When I looked to the side, I saw the spider with its stomach wide open and all of its legs and its head gone. ''Holy shit, what the fuck, she dissected that disgusting spider?!'' "Haha... Hello, I''m Jeffrey and I''m just a wandering swordsman going wherever the wind takes me," "Oh, a swordsman? That''s weird. I haven''t seen a sword like yours. If it is alright with you, will you follow me back to my place so I can check it out. Meanwhile you can also rest since you took a lot of damage!" It was troubling. Being with a noble at my current state would not result in any good since anyone could just swing their sword and kill me. "Umm, I apologize, but right now I am in the middle of a hunt so I cannot accompany you right now," "Oh, a hunt! What monster are you looking for?" "It''s not much. I''m here to train and I heard that there was a monster called the Demon of the Forest and I came here to fight and hopefully kill it," "Demon of the Forest?!" Lyka shouted in surprise. "The Demon of the Forest is a strong monster that only D class or above adventurers can take on! However, no one is willing to take on that mission because D class Adventurers would only be able to fight it, but not finish it. Any Adventurer above ranked D would not bother taking this monster on since there are much better quests with better rewards. The Guild is also not willing to fork out a lot of money for the sake of this monster. You look like you''re around my age! I do not think you are strong enough to take that monster on!" "D Class? Oh the adventurer rank. I think I''ll be fine. It can''t be that much stronger than that spider we just faced," "In terms of raw strength it is not much stronger than that spider, but its intelligence is much better than that of the Blue Arachne. This is the main reason why many would not want to fight it. An D rank Adventurer would barely have the strength to match it, but if one is not careful, the Demon of the Forest will exploit anything in order to kill you. While its intelligence can''t match a Dragon''s, it is still smart enough to formulate plans during battle which gets extremely annoying. If you are determined to fight it, I would advise you to come back with me and make a plan to take care of it," "No no, you saved my life with your potion. I think it would be a bit inappropriate to stay at your place since we owe nothing to each other," I said while shaking my head. "It''s alright. My quest was to kill 5 Blue Arachnes and get all of its heads. The one we just killed was the final one so not only did you save my life, you also helped me on my quest so I would like to thank you," At this point, I could not say anything back so I just nodded my head. "Great! Fortunately, this part of the forest is really close to Blueberry Town so we could get there in only 20 minutes! I''ll lead the way so please follow me!" Lyka started to walk away and I stood up and started to follow her. Unauthorized duplication: this narrative has been taken without consent. Report sightings. Along the way, I started to ask questions about this world. "So Lyka, you were talking about ranks. Is it ok if you can tell me more about it?" "Why? Everything is same. The ranks and such have not changed since it was created more than 2000 years ago," "Haha... I was born in a secluded village and it was all destroyed by a monster. I had a master who picked me up and for all the time I spent with my master, I was in secluded place where I only learned the ways of the sword," I lied. If I just told her I came from another world, she would look at me like I''m crazy. "Oh no! What monster was it?" "Ummmm... it was a pack of Dire Wolves. The villagers thought that they were regular wolves and were relieved, but soon everyone was getting torn apart when they realized that these wolves were much stronger regular wolves," "Dire Wolves... they are ferocious monsters that even C ranks can''t handle if they are in a huge pack. I''m sorry for being so insensitive. I''ll answer your question. There are many guilds such as the Mage Guild, or the Thief Guild, but the most prominent of them all is the Adventurer Guild as it has a mixture of all jobs. Furthermore, the Adventurer Guild also allows a person of another guild join their guild so they can be considered the bridge of all the guilds. In fact, they''re so powerful that Royal Family of Piton has to be extremely respectful towards the Guild. As for the ranks, the ranking system is the same for all guilds. The lowest rank is a G, then F, then E, D, C, B, A, S, SS, SSS, and finally SSS+. The reason why there is a SSS+ is because there are monsters much stronger than normal SSS monsters, but the guild only allow a select few to know the ranks past the SSS rank. This system can also be used for monsters too, but it''s a little different. Instead of only letters, there are - and + as well. For example, that Blue Arachne earlier was a E rank monster and the Demon of the Forest that you are trying to slay is a E+ rank monster that is on the borderline of reaching D- rank. Packs are also ranked as well. A small pack of Dire Wolves can be counted as a D+ while a huge pack can be counted as a B-," ''Hmm, SSS+, I''m guessing that whatever the Goddess wants me to do requires me to be at least in that stage to complete,'' I thought while contemplating about what Lyka said. "Is it ok if you can also talk about the geography here?" "Sure, this is the Kingdom of Piton. Long story short, there is the North, South, West, and East which are guarded by the Dukes in the border. My father is the Duke of the South so this is the southern border of the Kingdom of Piton. There is also the capital where all the prestigious schools, royal palace, and etc. are," ''Normally, you would have the Barons, Viscounts, and other lower ranking nobles at the border to defend it, but it seems that they are putting their final weapon at the front,'' "What happens if someone is able to get past the encirclement?" "That is impossible. When this kingdom was created, the priority of the kingdom was to build teleportation machines and after hundreds of years, we finally succeeded in making them. The kingdom was only able to make 4, but it was enough to defend the lands for hundreds of years. As long as those teleportation devices exist, we will be able to use strategies that can deter any attack. We may not be able to use it to conquer others, but to defend our own is extremely simple," ''There are way too many flaws with having teleportation machines as the core of the kingdom!'' I exclaimed in my head. After knowing most of the things I needed to know, I realized that we arrived to a town. "Alright we''re here at Blueberry Town!"