(Wn) Volume 1 Chapter 2 Part4 (1/2)
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Fran was surprised at the increase in her physical abilities that happened because she equipped me
Fran was taken aback after we left the forest in less than thirty minutes
“A”
『Hahaha Aren’t I?』
“Un”
『Then what shall we do now? Do you have a destination in mind?』
“Uuun, there’s a city”
『Near here?』
“That way”
『So it’s that way but…do you kno far away it is?』
“Not really?”
Anyway, it seemed that she had heard by chance that the slave traders were taking them to the east Because Fran had the Directional Sense skill, she was able to tell what direction she was going And that is how the vague answer of ‘That way’ came about
『Then let’s go that way』
And so, we took off with the slight feeling that our journey was taking off
I realized while on the way to the city that becauseadded to my status
I gained the mysterious title, Mana Conductivity
I asked Fran about it, but she didn’t know
Does it increaseefficiency? What does it do?
It also says that I’ood or bad
Next, the way status displayed ed
I was able to categorize skills based on their type So it became a little easier to look at my skills
And it looked like, because I ained a bonus line in my status
It was Superior Fire Skill
After reaching level 10, the bonus changed a normal skill into a special, Superior one It looked like it was excluded from Set Skills and only I was able to use it—I couldn’t share it with Fran
If I use ten or more Self-Evolution Points, I’ll need to choose how I use them carefully
I also told Fran aboutto hide from her I’ll have to keep h
I told her about the fact that I used to be a huic crystals, that I could share skills and raise her stats because she was my wielder, and more
“Magic crystals…”
『That’s right Well, it hasn’t been that long since I ranked up, so it’ll take a while』
“Un”
『Ah, hey, what are you doing?』
“Un”
Clink clink
Fran took thethe way and pressed it hard against h the way she was doing it was violent
『Wait! I need to cut it! Put it against the edge!』
“Like this?”
『Yeah, exactly』
“You really absorbed it”
『That’s how I get stronger We can sell their loot, so let’s also hunt a lot of demonic beasts』
“Un Okay”
And after that, I tested out Telepathy Since I was using it for the first tis I didn’t know
It seemed like it created an area that made tay communication possible If I limited the skill to only connect to Fran, then I was able to talk privately with her Also, I would likely be able toincrease the range to let me talk to everyone in an area We tested it out on a rabbit that Fran caught, and both Fran and the rabbit could hear h Telepathy
But Fran’s Telepathy didn’t reach the rabbit It was probably so that others couldn’t use Telekinesis to co me It was a skill meant to allow me to communicate with anyone from anywhere
Our journey was progressing without a hitch
The plains must have been a special environment because outside of the forest, there were no particularly strong demonic beasts They were about the same as those in Area 2
I did the cooking
Because, back when I was going crazy, I i tools without a probleredients It was the easiest thing in the world for a sword like s I was easily able to ic
The ingredients were the dee I was able to tell which de skill
Fran could probably cook as well because she had the same skills as me, but…
I wanted to be in charge of the cooking Because it was uardian
As a precaution, I equipped the skills Poison Resistance, Enhanced Absorption, Enhanced Digestion, Gluttony, and other skills like that Gluttony was a skill that let the user gain strength fro how much of an effect it would have, but it couldn’t hurt to have it equipped
Fran’s status had changed to become like this The shared skills we had in common didn’t show up
Nae: 12 years old
Race: Beastfolk Black Cat
Job: None
Status: Slave
Lv: 3
HP: 39 MP: 25 Strength: 24 Agility: 46
Skills: Sword Wielding 1, Night Vision, Ability to Skin Prey, Directional Sense
titles: Dis Master
Her status was overwheloblins
She was about equal to the demonic beasts in Area 3 or the Evil Goblins
Thanks to Wielder Status Boost [so, each of her stats went up because of skills like Strength Boost [small]
I thought this ability was a cheat when she was only level 3 She would have no proble any low-rank monsters
It’ll probably change based on the set skills, but I decided to always keep Sword Wielding, Fire Magic, and status boosting skills setI also got used to changing the Set Skills I could probably even change the Set Skills even during combat
The problem was money
I was told that the currency in this world is coot two silver coins and twenty-four copper coins froether, it o hundred twenty-four gold I couldn’t tell if it was enough for a night at an inn or not; this conundrum could not be solved
I called it a conundrum because Fran didn’t know the current prices in society She probably only had a rough idea
First, we needed to make
I had a solution for now The corpses of the dee
According to Fran, selling the loot from demonic beasts is explorers’ main source of inco the loot in e
So, before storing them, I needed to dismantle them and sort out what loot was sellable
But if a girl like Fran carried around the high rank deht attract attention, so I planned to sell the less strong monsters’ loot first
Well, this was all stuff I could figure out e arrived at the city though
『Great That’s settled』
We were currently ca the loot
I realized this just a istered as my wielder, Fran had access to our shared skills even when I moved away from her Her status boosts also stayed in effect Even if I wasn’t right next to her, Fran could still use the Dismantle skill
Fran, with a knife in one hand, was diligently dis the deround
I was creating an odor-nullifying barrier to stop any de here Fran also put up a barrier herself It seeic skills in the blink of an eye
I was preparing a redients froon and meat from the demonic beasts I also added in thethe way so it was even perfectly nutritious In addition, because of10, it tasted perfect——I mean, it should taste perfect It really was a shame that I couldn’t taste it
We’ll likely share the work like this in the future, more or less
With e of dis
I ate thebesides that
『Fran, all done』
“Un”
『And of course, wash your hands』
“——Aqua Create”
Fran washed her hands with the water she created Mana-wise, this was no problem
She could use my MP pool, so she coulda problem
『Are you finished dis?』
“More or less But I couldn’t do that one”
『Ahh, the tortoise』
At the opposite end of Fran’s gaze was the Blast Turtle’s conspicuous corpse Even with a dish that hard shell with an ordinary knife
Well, it is an evolved demonic beast, so it couldn’t be helped
Yesterday, she also couldn’t diser Mostly because of the tools
『Looks like that’s up to me today as well』
“Please”
『Yeah Leave it to me Fran, eat』
“Un Thanks”
I should hurry and dismantle it before Fran’s done
It was three days after I met Fran
We continued to ith the city as our destination
I rapped up in the wagon’s cover to not be noticed by others, and Fran kept ive if so in the air
『Hey, can we enter the city without a problem?』
“Un?”
『I mean, is there an entry toll or some kind of identification card that we need?』
“Don’t know”
Fran shook her head from side to side Cute——
No, no This wasn’t the time for that
Fran had probably never gone through the entry procedures of entering a city because she was a slave And thus, we had almost no information
『We ain some more information if there was someone to ask』
For the past three days of our journey, we had yet to find even a trace of other people
But as that? There weren’t any peddlers or travelers, let alone thieves
“Because this isn’t a highway”
『Huh? What do you mean?』
“This is a side road split off frohway”
The slave traders probably crossed through that dangerous area full of demonic beasts to save some time
And how unfortunate for the attacked
If only they hadn’t dragged the slaves along with them
『Huh? There’re highways?』
Though there was no way there would be a lot of people in that field infested with demonic beasts
『Where is it?』
“It’ll show up soon if I keep going”
『That’d be great』
“It’ll be okay Probably”
And four hours passed
During that ti about what to spend Self-Evolution Points on next
We discussed a variety of options, fro skills, but in the end we decided to acquire Nullify Senses and and Memory Increase
Nullify Senses, as its na anything According to Fran, talking swords are rare So I acquired the skill to use in case of a difficult encounter
Memory Increase is a useful skill that increases the nu points was the diversity of our skills, increasing the number of skills we could set directly improved our combat ability I needed to acquire it
We continued talking about this looking good and that looking good until we discovered the long-awaited highway
『Yes, it’s the road!』
It was a slightly better road than the beasts’ road that was just a path with the grass pulled out But due to constant traffic, the ground was imprinted heel marks That ithout a doubt a road
Thanks to Fran’s Directional Sense, we continued to walk towards the city
“Ah, life form detected”
『It doesn’t seem like a human』
We were able to perceive the size and ets with the Sense Traces skill I could tell that they were probably goblins, as I had sensed them multiple times before
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“Get them?”
『For now, anyway I don’t knoe can sell their loot, but I can absorb their ic crystals』
“Okay”
Fran nodded her head, and she ran off the highway
Because I already equipped co skills, she ran between the trees like the wind
“They’re there”
The goblins hid thehway They were likely waiting for so the road
There were three of them
Fran crept up silently behind the goblins and attacked them
“Hup”
“Keek?”
The one that Fran had slashed stood unsteadily on its feet then collapsed
“Haagh!”
She felled the two reoblin’s corpse She had becorown more accustomed to the skills
The goblins likely hadn’t even realized anything rong with their bodies
Because the fight was over before the first goblin’s body had even hit the ground
“Master, the rest is yours”
『Yeah, leave it to me』
After I absorbed their oblins’ horns, the only usable loot on them Fran told me that she had heard that once
It was dangerous to leave the corpses near the highway as they could attract large dee
“Master, there’re goblins over there”
『More of them?』
“What shall we do?”
『We have to go that way anyway, so want to get rid of them?』
“Un”
Fran once again ran at theht entered our vision
“shi+t! Go away, you daoblins!”
“Kikiki”
“Gururuah”
A wagon was being attacked by the goblins
There were six of theon
『The goblins again, really?』
“I want to help”
『Got it Do your best』
She once again launched a silent sneak attack from behind
She sliced three of theh it eak as a swift trio of stabs would be expected to be, it was oblins
“I-I’m saved!”
“Kiii!”
“Shut up”
The goblins sensed the threat that Fran’s sudden appearance posed But Fran cut them doithout mercy
The sole reoblin turned to run away, but Fran threwit
Thanks to the Throwing skill, I had cut clean through its sto my trajectory if the throas off, but there was no need for that
“Th-thank you, young lady You saved me”
“Un”
“But you sure are strong Are you here by yourself?”
“……”
“No, you don’t have to tell me if you don’t want to”
Though Fran was simply not talkative, heto talk
The truth was, I was glad that she didn’t rashly give hi about Fran to stand, I gave Fran instructions with Telepathy
‘Okay’
“Uon? You’re going to Alessa, right?”
It seemed that the name of our destination is Alessa
But this man; he looked weak, but he wasn’t a fool
He oodness of his heart to repay her for saving hioblins, but he also wanted her to act as his escort
We needed information anyway, so we decided to take up his offer But of course, the debt for saving his life wasn’t that cheap
I told Fran what to say
“We’ll escort you up to the town”
“Ah, yeah, please do”
Hmph There was a bitter smile on his face
“We will escort you for free in exchange for the information ant”
“Hahahaha This is fun I like it! Get on”
“Un”
“I’m Randel And you?”
“Fran”
“Then I hope our travels go well, Fran-san”
We didn’t forget to collect the goblins’ horns before we left
We asked the man a question ih
“Can I sell goblin horns?”
“Goblin horns are extremely cheap They can act as a mana catalyst, but their quality’s the absolute worst”
I see So gathering them wasn’t worth it
But Randel wasn’t done talking yet
“But since the Adventurer’s Guild encourages destroying any Demon race monsters as soon as they’re found, they can fetch a decent price there”
Appraisal also encouraged ht
Come to think of it, it’s a really arbitrary description
It clearly had a oblins But rote the description in the first place? A God? Then it was probably a God that got rid of the grim reaper Because the contents were so obviously biased
The goblins ht even feel the same way about humans, that humans are evil
Well, even so, I didn’t have any complaints Since I already killed the faces, they are actually kind,” then I’d definitely feel guilty But because it said the goblins are evil, I felt like I did nothing wrong Instead, hunting them became a matter of course
For all I know, that was the descritpion writer’s intent Or et me to hunt the Demon race monsters
Could the one rote the description really be a God? And that connects to the man’s voice I heard when I reincarnated into this world Could that have been a God? If that was the case, then he seeood person At the very least, it didn’t sound like he was trying to manipulate me No, wait, could that have been his plan? Wait, wait, but…
Ah, stop, stop Thinking about this while I have no information is useless Well, it’s not like this lack of infor about it so hard
“Your skill in taking down those Threat Level G goblins was superb”
“Danger Level?”
It was the first time I’d heard that Based on the context, is it a terth or rank?
“You don’t knohat that is?”
After that, Randel explained what Threat Levels are Well, since we didn’t have anything else to talk about, he explained in detail
Adventurer Ranks
G: Rookies; treated like temps Not yet true adventurers
F: Newco Treated like adventurers for the ti
E: Does work for him or herself Okay to proclaim oneself to be an adventurer
D: Mid-tier adventurers Can be party leaders
C: Veterans Appear superhuman to common people
B: Elites Not unusual for the strongest adventurer in a suild to be this rank
A: Heros; there are only a few in each country Even the co praised by bards
S: Mythical There are only eight in the world Even kings bow their heads to theuild leaders
Demonic Beast Threat Levels
G: Sed Rat
F: Able to destroy caravans and guards Large Brown Bear, Five-Headed Wolf
E: Able to destroy villages Lesser Wyvern, Ogre
D: Able to destroy towns Lesser Hydra, Blast Tortoise
C: Able to destroy large towns Knights er, Low-ranked Demon
B: Able to destroy nations Crisis requiring h-ranked Dragon, King-tier Giant
A: Able to destroy continents Deon, Lich
S: Global catastrophe; deon
Adventurer Ranks and Threat Levels areranks can defeat a demonic beast of that level Or adventurers can solo kill demonic beasts that are one Threat Level lower than the adventurer’s rank
Goblins were at the lowest level But when ether into a mob, the Threat Level increases to F
So that oblin mob alone, she was at least Adventurer Rank E
“But this is the first tihway”
“Really?”
“Yeah You see, the adventurers regularly make their rounds here”
So there are adventurers He also indicated that there were guilds, so it was fantasy-esque to a T Now I couldn’t wait to get to the guild
“Even I can take care of a goblin or two”
As a reference, this is what Randel’s status looked like
Nae: 39 years old
Race: Human
Job: Merchant
Lv: 13
HP: 32 MP: 15 Strength: 20 Agility: 22
Skills: Transport 3, Carriage Driving 2, Bargaining 2, Arith 2
Equipment: Spear made of scrap iron leather breastplate, spiderweb coat
Well, it didn’t look like he’d lose in a one-on-one battle, but it looked like he’d be in trouble if he got surrounded Despite being only level 4, Fran’s status outshi+ned Randel’s to a spectacular degree
“For whatever reason, the deo”
A o, he said That was about the time that I attacked Area 5
“Why?”
“So must have happened at the Demon Wolf’s Plain”
“Demon Wolf’s Plain?”
“You don’t knohat that is? It’s an A rank demonic area to the east of here”
“Is it well known?”
“Of course It’s not one of the top ten, but it’s still rank A”
Deeons, territories that deiven a Threat Level from G to S, and that rank A one was second from the top
The only demonic areas above rank A are the top ten S rank areas, so rank A could easily be considered dangerous
Did I go hunting there?
Co
But I beca
“Why is it called the Demon Wolf’s Plain?”
There were nearly no wolf-type deion was a cat
I had no way of knohy it was called the Demon Wolf’s Plain
“It’s because there’s a legend that a long, long tio, an S rank demonic beast called Fenrir died there They say that Fenrir’s mana remains in the middle of that plain even to this day Because of that, apparently there’s an interesting phenoet to the center”
Shockingly, what I thought was a barrier was actually theelse And it had already passed away
Without that barrier, my life would’ve been a lot ive my thanks to Fenrir
But could there be a connection between the place I found myself in and Fenrir? I was curious
“People say there’s an altar or so in the middle of the plain, and there’s an object there that nobody knows the origin of Several people went to investigate, but they said they couldn’t tell what it was”
『Huh? Me? They didn’t know there was a sword there?』
“You’ve never heard that there was a sword there?”
“A sword? No, not that I can recall”
『Hht that he could tell me where I came from, but it seems I won’t find an answer that easily』
Randel didn’t have any more information beyond that What a shame
“Next to the De; a special forest that absorbs mana”