Aww!
A crow that had roared ominously and sliced through the night sky, which was already darkening in color, hovered over a parched old tree.
The red eyes shone gloomily, as if all of them were full of blood without a single white.
“my… I knew you’d come back… … .”
If you squeeze your vocal cords, will this kind of sound come out like juice?
A terrifyingly low, cracked voice flows through the old trees, disperses in the darkness, and soon makes a clucking laugh.
Eventually, as if the night was opening, the moon emerged from the overcast sky and slowly cast its light onto the old tree, and the old tree swayed even though there was no wind.
The twisted tree, which seemed to have already withered, opened its upper part as if it were slowly opening its body, and then a crow descended slowly through the gap.
“Come in… I need to see your memories… … .”
The upper part of the old tree was clearly pierced and all the moonlight poured down without filtering, and in the center was only one black water tank with a magic circle on it.
A white hand made of bones quietly rises from the black and turbid water, and a crow that has entered the old tree carefully sits down on it.
Snuggle Geek!
While reading the crow’s memory, in an uncontrollable rage, a lesser lich scratched the wall of the tank with his claws under the black water.
How resentful and resentful!
I’ve been preparing for over 70 years. With just a knife wielded by a child!
In addition to the jewels to replace the heart, I prepared a body to switch to like him… … .
Due to the big wound he suffered at the end, he ended up leaving everything behind and became rich only with his own mana, so he was trapped in a mana spring that was contaminated with numerous side effects.
“I will never forgive you… … .”
Because the mighty black mana and knowledge were still there, the lich was dreaming of vengeance, although he had declined but not collapsed.
So he sent a familiar to the village where the child was taken, and has been monitoring it for years.
For the rat that will come back one day.
And I tried to catch that stupid rat that came back to the land where nothing was left, and swallowed it from body to soul.
“It’s quite… … .”
In the eyes of the crow, the mouse was growing quite well.
A well-balanced body, perhaps learning the sword… The scent of mana that can be felt slightly.
Although body swapping is already bad, at that level, instead of squeezing blood and burning souls to absorb them as black mana, it would be better to kill them in despair and collect them as followers.
As for the beastmen who came with me, yes, their talents don’t look bad.
“but… That arrogant human child… It doesn’t seem to be of any use. It would be better to squeeze it with black mana.”
Wow!
As if the crow was responding to his words, it croaked for a long time.
The lich murmured lowly from the tainted fountain of mana as he read the memory to the end.
“southeastward… So you’re from a mining town… … .”
If so, you should move to the next town via the western road.
If you ambush the undead there in advance, killing them all would not be a chore.
“at last… I’ll put your body to good use… … .”
The lich flew the crow to the western road, and the crow will return after digging a trap there, spraying black mana to wake up the undead.
Soon, a gloomy, muddy sound resounded from the old tree to where they were.
* * *
“Let’s go back to Norwell.”
While preparing for camping, poked the embers that had been lit with a branch to make them burn more. Luna tilted her head to one side and looked at Kane as if wondering why.
“Why don’t you use the western road to go to the next village?”
“For what?”
I asked Kane and smiled happily as I lowered the fire, which had become more powerful.
It’s not cold because of the robe, but it’s a campfire after all.
I shrugged my shoulders as I took out beef jerky, bread, and cheese from the subspace and started roasting them.
“Why are you going to the next town anyway?”
“Um… our experience… you want to build? And… … .”
Luna glanced at Kane without opening her mouth, which was slightly black from eating the grilled beef jerky.
“Information head… get it… … .”
evil cult. Ah, Kane still doesn’t know that they are a church.
Anyway, to gather information about those who kill and make offerings to unknown people, to find traces of his younger brother, and to become stronger at the same time.
That’s Kane’s goal now.
“Is there any need to waste time on the road? Anyway, catching monsters while moving is for practical experience.”
The commute to school that used to take three hours round trip, and the commute to and from work that took two hours round trip.
I think it was a waste of time to throw away on the road, perhaps because I moved like that every day.
I handed the hot grilled cheese to Luna and started to bake another one before opening my mouth.
“In that case, wouldn’t it be better to move to a place with many monsters at once and spend the shortened time there? Well, for example… … .”
“Monster border.”
“Or the Labyrinth City.”
After Kane and I took turns talking about our destination, I gave Kane some cheese and smirked.
“It would be better to register as an adventurer to make it easier to prove your identity.”
I continued as I blew on the lightly browned cheese on the outside.
“Then it’s easier to go into borders or labyrinths and gain experience. The quality of information will change as the adventurer level increases by accumulating experience like that.”
It was annoying to blow with my mouth, so I slowly waved the cheese-studded branch and looked at Kane and Luna.
“The advantage of the monster borders created along the mountain range is probably various unexpected situations, right?”
Monsters are leaving today. I send a letter in advance and they don’t show up.
Even if you sleep, you will run out or unexpected accidents will happen.
Then you can cooperate with people outside of your party and learn strategic moves such as ambushes and chases in various terrains.
“The downside is that it’s like being hired by the military, so you have to act under orders.”
“Anyways… Freedom is… I think it will fall off a bit.”
I nodded at the answer of the two and opened the mouth of the labyrinth city as well.
“On the other hand, the labyrinth city… … .”
“The advantage is that it can be planned for hunting or exploration.”
“Um… The downside is the security within the labyrinth… Make sure you plan… I can prepare and go… It’s so stable… … .”
… Do you have anything to say to me?
In fact, I didn’t care either way. The border area or the labyrinth city were all places I had to visit anyway.
If I had to pick something, it would be slightly better to go to the labyrinth city first.
Items that can be obtained from the monster border are slightly random, but the items hidden in the labyrinth city are fixed.
“So, where do you two like?”
Still, the one I choose should be Kane, not me.
I tried to put the slightly burnt, savory cheese in my mouth, but it was so hot that I only touched my lips, then dropped it and shook it again in the air.
“Hmm, I think the Labyrinth City would be better.”
“Me too… … . Anyway… I think it would be better to get more experience and go to the border… … .”
“Then go back to Mining City and warp. I can hear the magic tower one more time.”
If you use a little bit, you should replenish it right away to feel safe.
Aren’t all gamers like that? Set 99 potions and fill them up when you use them.
“then … Go to Toshiru Labyrinth… Register as an adventurer and enter the labyrinth dungeon… … ?”
I’ll be cramped… Looking at Luna muttering, I finally took a bite of the moderately cooled cheese and put it in my mouth and mumbled.
“Pretty much… Might it be comfortable?”
They said they liked it because it reminded them of the rabbit hole they used to play in when they were young.
After eating some well-grilled salty cheese, I felt full and relaxed… … .
Caw!
Raising my head at the sound of crows not far away, I can feel that it is late at night because the sky is deep.
“I should go to sleep.”
It was a place where no one was there except us, so I took out an item that could set up a simple tent among the artifacts I had collected from the auction house and smiled.
This is why money is good. It seems that he has become too tired of golden omnipotence, but… It can’t be helped that that’s the mindset of an office worker.
When I activated the artifact by moving my fingertips, a huge circular tent fluttered around the place where I was standing, and a red-eyed crow flew in from somewhere and sat on top of the tent.
From noble mtl dot com.
It’s quite big.
I tried to make this by hammering each one by hand.
It’s a tent to sleep in for a day, but if you did it yourself, it would have been an over-investment.
Thanks to this, I lay comfortably on a sleeping bag during camping and took out the blanket I brought from my room from the subspace and covered it.
It’s cozy, after all, people should rest on their backs.
“good night… … .”
“Sleep well, Luna.”
Kane, you sleep well as a bonus.
Apparently, since it is a magic artifact, it is processed so that it does not catch fire well, so the three of them are sleeping apart with a bonfire in the middle, and soon a sound is heard.
Luna, when you sleep, you go to sleep.
And maybe Kane fell asleep… Whether dead or alive, the sound of breathing is obscured by the crackling of firewood.
‘I can’t sleep.’
I stared blankly into the sky with a sense of calmness even though my body stretched comfortably, then turned my head to where Kane might be and opened the trait window.
[Kain Rainus – The One Who Moves]
Representative Traits: [Unfortunate (SS)] [Genius (S)] [Appearance (A+)] [Body (S+)]
Hidden Traits: [Toughness (A+)] [Almighty (C+)]
‘I guess the main character is the main character.’
As if painted with a brush, the sky, wind, and time. The moment he said it as if he was swearing at the moment when everything seems to be flowing around Kane.
Unknowingly, I opened the trait window and recognized that Kane’s title had changed.
It was a strange feeling.
The moment when a person’s destiny is definitely opening a new path through my efforts, I thought that an ending different from the one I’ve always seen would be waiting.
‘what the. What is an Equal Business Partner? To be equal to me, you have to come over the earth once, man.’
For some reason, I was thinking stupid thoughts, as if I was pressing the corners of my lips that were going up.
But let’s not get excited. ‘Cause there’s still a long way to go
I felt a little excited about my efforts being recognized, so I tried to calm myself down and slowly read the trait again.
Previously, there was a tendency to hastily check only the titles that had been changed.
‘The appearance and strength of the body are about to be upgraded, the bad luck has been erased, and the almighty is new.’
Re-reading it slowly, I’m stunned.
Is that a real person
The fact that the trait is scheduled to be upgraded in less than a year… … .
Of course, it’s because the body, which was starved and weakened from running away and being sold, has muscles attached and the growth rate has risen steeply, but in severe cases, it’s a trait that the moment of grade up comes once or twice in a lifetime… … .
Besides, even if you don’t know it, you probably don’t have one or two talents. So, the almighty came out in a lump.
That’s not to be taken lightly as a C grade. Besides, there’s no way Kane ended up with just a C.
I’m still growing up, so wait a few years. What will that really be… … .
Just thinking about the Innocent Saga, the power inflation goes up like crazy as you go to the second half.
Later, everyone looked at stone moss and commented on whether it was possible to handle it.
‘It’s a testament to that guy.’
I often thought of what Dol Moss said in his later years.
At that time, I thought it was a drip that didn’t even work… … .
I let go of my body once for no reason and forcibly closed my eyes.