Chapter 10 (1/2)
Chapter 10
Dis atop a giant’s shoulder sees farther than the giant, and a pope and farether can knowhar face even if othersThis is homework
And so Professor Morals left me with a difficult homework and leftHe said he would come back after two days this time, I think?
“I should think on it a little during that time…”
“About what?” Lanuvel, who had picked up those words meant for myself, asked me with a tilted head
“And what about you, LanuvelWhat are you doing here?”
“Me? assisting Hero-nim!”
“I re you to clean up the after the Elves’ corpses back to their home shouldn’t be so simple?”
The corpses of Elves had ic materialsIf they were simply left at the black market, soicians at a high price like meat from the butcher’s
This was the one thing that had to be prevented—I couldn’t let others reap the fruits since I was the one who did the work!
I had to rack my head quite a bit in order to solve this problem
The bereaved faether couldn’t be neglected, and round to the royal palace would also take work; thus, I proceeded in the direction of fully utilizing the gold inthe Elves’ corpses at a low price, paying the handling fee to an associate of the black market to safely deliver them to the palace
“How did the negotiation go with the Elf King?”
“I told the whole story using a roup of envoys frodo with thely insisted on”
“I seeThat’s the”
I had spent every penny I had in order to take over the Elf corpses from the black marketIt would be a real headache if soainThe people of villages and cities wouldn’t provide free shelter and clothes just because I was the hero as going to save the world—it would be fortunately enough if they didn’t try to overcharge me as they would to tired and weary travelers
If you didn’t haveto death unless you took up mercenary work and labored like those heroes in novels or comics
3 days had passed in this fantasy world
Everyone had the wrong idea aboutI was Level 4And that hy even the Elf King couldn’t even iht with the Hero and ended up killed in return, and there was no one who remeuards iped outEven Lanuvel thought the matter had ended in mutual destruction
“Hey, HeroIt’s been going around that you’ve switched profession to an undertaker”
… These kinds of ru issues
Alex, who had been training the palace knights at the training grounds exclusive to the palace, had co me to taunt me
My hazing would take place in these grounds two days laterAlex was apparently i for that day
You and me both!
▷Race: Human
▷Level: 291
▷Job: Swordsman(Stamina=Swordsmanshi+p↑)
▷Skills: Swordsmanshi+p(S) Stamina(A) Iron Wall(B) Resistance(B) Fortitude(C)…
▷Status: Expectant
Sword King Alex was born to be the vanguard, or in English, a ‘Tanker’
People held theif he possesses swordsuratively cleave apart the world, but in reality the kind of swordsman that anted on a battlefield was one that could slay their ene their allies
The reason why Alex would later be called the ‘Sword King’ was because he was not only capable of protecting his allies like an iron wall, but he could also carry out solo missionsHe possessed a swordsmanshi+p and endurance that even if he were dropped in the middle of ene encircled
The stronger version of a Sword King was a ‘Hero’
“CorrectI’ve switched job to an undertakerTo ready your coffin, Alex”
“… You could even defeat the Deue of yours”
“Who knows”
Looking back onFedornar had a better ith his words, vexing though it ues
But this ti to win!
“HeroI could skip those two days and start guiding you even todayYou shouldn’t be going sniffing around in iveness even a day sooner, no?”
“I’m not in a hurry, so scram”
My Level would be brought to light when training began
The one thing I wanted to avoid happening was the Elf King suspecting me, so it wouldn’t do not to act like someone Level 4 on the outside
I planned on creating an excuse forI just had to hide it until I made it seem as if I had entered the ancient ruins of some deep forest and raised my Level
‘Haven’t I grown quite a bit?’
I had put Professor Morals’ teachings to practice and was earnestly ‘enduring’If it was the me of the past, I would have already cut Alex’s throat in a fit of anger, but now I had grown to the point where I could let his taunts pass like ‘water’
Could it be that I’enius?
“Hero-nimSo what’s your plan for today?” Lanuvel asked warily
Had yesterday’s events at the black market been such a shock to her? I found this hard to understandIt wasn’t as if I had piled up a mountain of corpses, after all
“I should strike up a friendshi+p with our new companion”
“Ahh… that mercenary”
I had been forgotten about it from yesterday due to the Elf matter, but the mercenary slave as supposed to be turned into ht to the palace
“Has his health recovered somewhat?”
Seeing as how Professor Morals did warn of not vieeak coe carrier or the like
In the 1st Playthrough I had even adventured to the reacies of ancient civilizations, legendary relics and such, but this ti about
In the 1st Playthrough I had even adventured to the reacies of ancient civilizations, legendary relics and such, but this ti about
I was going to choose my destinations only as necessary to my needs
“Yes! He’s been hugelythat he’d beco sothe palace chef and quickly recovering his stamina!”
“That’s a relief”
It was a recovery speed that matched that of a Level 286The effects that came with Levels survival-style in Fantasia were incredibleIn exchange for being unable to concentrate and increase a desired status ability like in a role-playing gaain an overall enhanceenerative ability, five senses, ic power… There was no end to the list
Hah! Really pisses me off the more I think about itThe Level I raised over 10 years resetted in just one trip back in time
This return to the past had convinced —a fantasy world was just fantasy in the endI had confir staff and the mastermind behind them could reset my Level and Skills whenever they pleased if they so wished
Magic, sorcery, … Fantasy skills that I could obtain with a little effort as someone with the fivefold-EXP perkAll of those weren’t ‘ination that would disappear upon the intervention of some transcendental entityScience was the one and only truth and power
Fro of equipif they were confiscated upon my return to Earth, and this included the holy sword unique to the HeroThere was no way all the Heroes returning to Earth after defeating the Deiven a portable nuclear weapon, unless it ith the intent of destroying Earth
“Hht…”
Nothingthe fantasy partEarth was overwhelyThe one branch of science worth ’, while the rest were icIt wasn’t the kind of power I sought
“Hero-ni today?” Lanuvel asked in a cutely serious tone
Too tired to even tell her not to act cute, I instead calculated the distance to our destination in my mind
“… It’s not a distance that can be traversed back and forth in a single dayIt would still take two days even if we used the kingdoic circleWe have to hurry the preparations for the journey starting todayWe’ll set off as soon as we receive the payment from the Elf envoys”
I didn’t have even the slightest thought of walking onswiftly and comfortable even if it costed a bit
Wyverns, carriages, spatial transfer ic trains… There were quitearound if you looked for itAnd the biggest advantage of all these? The chances of being held back by running into a villager who brought danger on thee or perhaps encountering some suspicious individuals become drastically lowered
Tiht with money—this was my firm belief
“We’ll probably require His Majesty the King’s royal sanction if it’s far away”
“He’ll approveWhat that Du I know very wellHe’ll obediently give per as I proas a monitor”
“Is it a ruins?”
“NoWe’ll be going to”
A great, grand andIf my spiritualto ranted me my physical power
“An Elder Dragon…?”
“It’s an insult to co lizards that can’t even aesThat’s all you need to know”
“Huuh~”
Lanuvel gazed at me with an interested look
Lanuvel gazed at me with an interested look
“… What?”
“I just found it curious that Hero-nim has someone you respectYou look down on others as if you know everything, after all”
“I look down on them because they deserve it”
The very idea of respecting these savages of Fantasia was a stretch in of itselfIreat merchants were no exception eitherWould you be able to view as equals those who didn’t even invent flush toilets using their fancy ic and instead lived in a filthy manner?
It wasn’t as if they weren’t capable of itThese people didn’t do so because they felt it unnecessary—a difference that was not in civilization but in cultural awareness
Afterwards, we talked about the items to be prepared for the journey, but there had been no need for ist Lanuvel, ould go around searching for famous ruins and ancient teShe lived up to being the ‘Hero’s Companion No1’ who received the oracle
Though it would be even better if she didn’t habitually act cute
“Hero-ni for youI aroup of envoys from the country of Elves, Elfheim, has just arrived”
It was then that a palace knight approached us with swift footsteps to deliver a e
Not even a day had yet to pass, yet the people of the Elf country had arrivedPerhaps it was only natural as their dearly precious princess had passed away
As forhad to wait
“Let the Du—ahem! Let His Brilliant Majesty know that he may deal with them as he willI just need to receive the money”
“The envoy group requests to meet you, Hero-nim”
“Ask His Majesty to refuse them”
This shouldbeam with a smile
“It seems that will be a bit difficult, as it turns out the first prince of Elfheiroup…”
“balls”
A disgustingly powerfulfor me
There was no way I couldn’t go
Arch-Elves
These Elf royalty theoretically lived forever
Anti-aging was a basic feature that ca with all Elves and because they became completely immune to illnesses if their Level rose even a little, it was a truly rare occurrence for the murderedWhat’s more, there weren’t even that many powerful individuals who could kill these Elf royalty
This was due to the characteristic of LevelsA Level that was raised once wouldn’t go down even with the passing of ti stolen or lost under the effect of certain special powers, they would never deteriorate spontaneouslyAnd then there was the fact that Elf royalty lived forever
What’s the relation between those two things, you ht ask?
This was due to the characteristic of LevelsA Level that was raised once wouldn’t go down even with the passing of ti stolen or lost under the effect of certain special powers, they would never deteriorate spontaneouslyAnd then there was the fact that Elf royalty lived forever
What’s the relation between those two things, you ht ask?
It er as their EXP piled up like layers of sediotten and lost in the passing of years, but these would also rise steadily in proficiency like Levels as long as they were constantly polished