Vol 1 Chapter 7 (1/1)

Wa ”Iiiyyyyyyyyaaaaaaaaaa!” ”Go Rick-sath of a Feian!” There are salleys at the barracks Teenagers, boys and girls, wives of the elders and guards, off duty guards, anyone that had free tiht had shown up In the ures faces off against each other while covered in dirt One was a young blonde ers strapped in place front and back with a harness with loops to hold them, quite a few of the loops are eed sword, e, significantly dented kite shi+eld

Going back a few days Since the Feian elders had to debate and consider the force to send to Sardon, Rick was being hosted by the various elders, trying to curry sootiated with the elders After being fully fed by eye candies he couldn't touch, he was stiff and also bored stiff Looking for so fast friends with the guards He even ith them to hunt doild beasts that botherhe has noticed that even though uards are around mid 30s or so in level, they are able to take down beasts level 70+ with no serious injuries These same beasts merely appear as Level ??? to him, Rick had to rely on the online bestiary for their level When he asked the guards, they had no clue According to their experience, the beasts are extreh and would be extremely difficult to take on alone, so the level Rick was referring to is likely the base values the iiven beast Since none of theotiation dragged on, while Bell and Kun haven't had a chance to log in, but they did send soes every now and then Rick often reasy relations ers sent by the various elders andto curry favour with him, and secondly because he likes it there He has also unexpectedly becohters

kachan Rick and so a small feast with ale and roasted boar Rick had hunted it by hi, he has been going around steady leveling hiet so the hulking carcass back, with the wives gutting, cleaning and dividing it before cooking the thing The ones that helped hiot first dibs, while the rest is shared with the rest of the guards He now has an appreciation of what Kun ames This particular boar took hi down, he had to lay various snare traps and shot an entire quiver of arrows to bring it down He had learned from Kun and Bell that mobs killed without the use of [Skills] will leave their whole corpse behind while those killed with theht The efu ”Things certainly are easier with you around” One of the guards gives a satisfied burp before patting his belly ”Fighting beasts is one thing, but not having to worry about a uard leans back in his chair One person can't contribute ood food, it greatly eases the fatigue and increases morale Rick just relaxes and enjoy the ale, for so, and even Bell's abuse kakka kakka A figure with firroup froe round table The content looking guards stand up quickly and give the figure a salute Rick turns around to see what's the big deal, recognizing the scarred face ers on one hand acco a bite here” Thea juicy piece of pork The guards sit back down,exterior, the captain knohen to take it easy and when to be strict Since they are all off duty, there's no point to stand on foruards out otherwise This accoh regard, even Rick has taken a liking to hi hi before releasing a satisfied belch ”Nothing beats booze andbite out of the piece of pork and cheith a content face ”Hear hear!” The guards raise their ain With the occasional gauards had been able to save a copper here and there, resulting in the able to afford an entire barrel of ale and even soood a tiroup resu about their children, or talking about the different for his fingers, the captain turns to Rick with a serious face ”You know, I've been uys here have been saying you even go into so to practice so lately” Rick replies rather sheepishly, he had been learning dual wielding from Kun before Kun uses ainstru to him, this allows him the option to switch to whichever weapon is more effective as the main attack while the other can act as a shi+eld of sorts Since Rick's style is fundamentally different frorips and stances beforea little rusty lately just fighting beasts” Taking another drag fro ”Can I interest you in a spar?” Maybe it is the ale that's talking, but Rick just nods heartily The captain is level ??? to Rick, but it's just a spar, he've had hundreds if not thousands of the, you have to be properly armoured” There is a fundamental difference between an user and a non-user One is called immortal because they can never truly die, the reason all the non-users fear theh that can be part of it, but that they can never be killed One simply can't win a hen the other party can just coht a war of attrition, the immortal simply need to win once to win the war Since Rick would si, he isn't too worried about himself But if he somehow severely injure the captain by accident, it could have serious consequences Seeing the captain hesitate a little, Rick downs his otiable” The captain just soing to be a fight?!” ”FIGHT! FIGHT!” The various guards start pounding the table with their , so that it is all in good fun, no one bets more than a copper

”«Fire»!” The youth throooden dagger as he rushes toward the ar a combination attack sis his kite shi+eld tight to his body, preparing to charge when the second attack coer lands harainst the shi+eld, ”«shi+eld Bash»!” Theto catch the youth off guard Unexpectedly, the youth ran way back to where he had previously abandoned his bow, The dash foras simply a misdirection ”«Ice»!”, the man quickly pulls the shi+eld back to cover his body Another zudon echoes aht has been a clinical display of offensive and defensive techniques Rick has been attacking unpredictably, starting with a series of bow attacks initially when the fight started, he tossed the bow aside and charged into thebehind the shi+eld Using his enchant down the captain's defense Although Rick doesn't have any special [Skill]s like the rest of his party, he can still use so the same [Source] and [Conversion] from basic elemental [Spell]s, he was able to produce so the [Action] to a si he holds onto into an eleers and melee strikes, Rick has been on the assault The captain on the other hand had been expertly parrying with his sword, blocking everything else with his kite shi+eld and evenone of the es zudon dottaa dottaa The captain expertlyRick's routes Rick on the other hand shoots nu the captain to adjust his shi+eld accordingly as he advances The wooden arrows bounces off the misshapen kite shi+eld each time they are fired Eventually Rick was cornered when he finally ran out of arrows The scarredall of Rick's escape routes The spectators beco The youth throws a dagger when the captain approaches within a few steps Seeing that the dagger isn't enchanted, the ht in with the battered shi+eld raised zaa ”«Flaical assault, the captain drops to one knee and slides a bit, co his body with the shi+eld He can feel the heat building up and uses «Reinforce» to increase his heat resistance Rick had grab a handful of dirt fro it spread the heat more evenly and to hopefully have it stick to the shi+eld tatatata ton Rick take this chance to run up to theon the floor and leaps over hiht down as he does so Thanks to his experience, the captain reacts quickly, swinging the shi+eld up to block, followed by the sword shaaaa gashan zushi+n ton dottaa A cloud of steam rise from the kite shi+eld before it crumbles in thedespite the loss of the shi+eld smacks the still airborne archer squarely in the collarbone as a dagger bounce harmlessly off the captain's pauldron Rick lands flat on his back after the strike, unable to recover in time wa pachi The crowd cheers and applauds The ging hi up ”Man! That was close!” The youth grabs theeven louder cheers and applauds The captain shi+fts his eyeballs to the scrapped shi+eld, had he not been using a ine the end result He isn't too sure if this i polite Of course there's no way for him to know that the youth is an idiot who just considers it his loss since he failed to even hit theinto the barracks to see if there are any injuries that needs to be treated

takku ”1 1 is 1” ”1 1 is 1” ”1 2 is 2” ”1 2 is 2” ”1 3 is 3” ”1 3 is 3”Till, De', with the children following [T/N: It's the song form of the multiplication table in Chinese and japanese]

takku ”A for anaconda” ”B for beast”De'er students how to read and write

zushi+n gasa ”«Air Hae the trees unnecessarily okay~?” Till and Dosnak, who is under a ic practice and the clearing of the trees behind the workshop, next to the far fields

kasa kasa ”” ”” ”Look at where you are htly chucks a piece of rock at the one that caused the rustle in the bush Till is casting «Gust» interile de to reach the finish line without causing a sound

After the incident with the amulet, Till had mostly recovered fro, the rest of the students also becaoing through so the academy's curriculum With the absence of the other three, lesson time has been dramatically reduced There's only so much self-study students can do without an instructor, so Till spent some time with the four older ones to brainstor ”What would one need to survive” Far age, so the students won't starve even if they are suddenly thrown into the wilderness So that just leaves ”Self-reliance”, ”Shelter”, ”Clothing” and ”Incole student had already learned a et food if they absolutely need to, so self-reliance is ht not match up to a proper arth to rival any ” can be easily solved if they have ”Purchasing Power” So in short, ainco a soldier or a erous job, so focus should be on non-combat roles It was decided that ”arith” should be added Literacy is coories are open to those that have aptitude in the” is further divided into two types, ”silent traveling” for escaping, relaying ” for transporting goods as is co to the concept of ”judge a fish by its ability to swiives the students the best chance of eardless of where they are Of course, those that have interest in fields they are not particular good at are welcome to attend the classes None of the is on par with, if not better than, schooling for nobles Instead of specific vocational training provided by guilds or attending religious institutes like upper class nobles and royalties, the Acade ”General Vocation Education” In a society where literacy rate is all but non-existent a inherited, the ability to move between jobs is unheard of Unlike the common education system on Earth, the curriculum is flexible and completely focused on necessary skills Of course, no one in the Acade this tiht] aleon], but was interrupted by [Monochro it to retreat and return withboth [Raid]s out This resulted in another prolonged battle between the two guilds, fortunately they had fought near the [Field of Ashes] and haven't advanced further into Sardon Meanwhile, Till and the leading students busy the up plans for when the other 3 return, tiin as soon as everyone's back