68 – Hero (?) VS Fake Hero
Each pair of earrings with ancient runes has a different effect.
One side has a rune of amplification and the other side has a rune of defense on it. It is this rune-engraved earring that can attack and defend both.
“Actually, it is possible to engrave amplification and defense runes even with ordinary runes.”
However, there is a big difference in size and power.
If the base is set to 1, if I shoot with an amplification rune engraved on an earring, it will give about 1.2 to 1.3 power, but if I use it with an ancient rune, it shows at least 1.5 firepower.
Also, in the case of the defense rune, it is a little unusual that it does not blindly defend, but it completely negates the damage below a certain amount, but from the moment the damage exceeds the certain amount, the damage penetrates the body as if there is no such thing as a defense rune.
Unlike other runes, is it an advantage that there is no delay after damage accumulation?
“therefore… Are you saying that the hero needs preparation to punish the fake hero!?”
“No, it wasn’t wrong to punish me, but it was confirmed that I was a hero… .”
“Just give me one minute! I’ll be back soon!!”
… … Did I get the wrong person to ask?
I asked Rirke to make me just one set of armor, and that was the reaction.
It’s an established fact that I’m already a hero, and what I’m going to do from now on has become a great achievement where a real hero goes to defeat a fake hero.
[‘I hate NTR!!!!’ smirks at the back of your hand, saying that it’s not that wrong.]
“… Why does this appear?”
The pattern on the back of the hand is something… The pattern of the warrior appeared as a whole.
The blue band on the outer edge came out well, but the inner part where the two swords were supposed to be drawn was just a faint trace of something trying to be drawn, but the proper pattern was not engraved.
“Is this the pattern of a warrior?”
[‘Fire bruising is fun’ asks how about lighting a fire after sprinkling lemon juice on it.]
This isn’t some kind of secret letter, will it come out that way?
“What… Something will come out someday.”
For now, let’s put aside the back of the hand and focus on the upcoming fight.
thoroughly… Because I have to trample it.
“Hero!! I’m ready!!!”
It wasn’t an exaggeration to say that the armor I requested was made exactly as I opened the door and proceeded to hear Rirke’s voice coming from outside the door.
“As expected, heavy armor is good, but I like light armor.”
Because my overall stats are still in poor condition, I have a lot of restrictions on moving while wearing heavy armor.
So, the ideal armor I want is to prefer armor that uses as much leather as possible.
“The part that needs to be made of iron is an item that aims to be as light as possible using mithril, as requested by the warrior. The dragon is not leather, but it is heavy with many scales, so you should use wyvern leather, which is slightly less durable.”
“No, is this enough?”
He smiles bitterly when he sees Rirke, who looks dissatisfied while looking at the armor.
Mithril and wyvern hide are enough.
Wearing the armor I prepared for you, I pull out the sword on my side and swing it lightly.
“Come to think of it, the armor is just a custom-made item, so it doesn’t have a name, but doesn’t the sword have a name?”
It is not an ordinary sword, but a holy sword created by the Goddess of Vengeance.
It’s embarrassing to keep calling it just a sword, but what name should I call it?
“No?”
“…yes?”
“No!”
Looking at Rirke with a bright face, I ask again.
“So… You said that you made a sword after a lot of hard work and never gave it a name?”
“yes! I forgot to engrave the name in the manufacturing process, so it seems the hero just set it to appear when he chooses it himself!!”
entrusted to me… It must have been added in a hurry rather than forgotten.
“That’s the name of the sword… Well, should I call it Nemesis?”
It’s not the name of the sword that matters, it’s the performance of the sword that matters.
“Come to think of it, when will you defeat the fake hero?”
“Tomorrow evening.”
It was called faster than I thought, but I like it that way. The slower it goes, the more opposition may arise from the imperial family, and in the case of Seongguk, since they will recklessly protect the hero, there is a possibility that this fight will break out.
Especially… If it’s the Neiros Church, it’s almost 100%.
“Then, shall we go to bed early for tomorrow?”
“yes! I’ll go in first for tomorrow too!!”
Does Lyrke have something to do tomorrow?
“I have to earn money for activities tomorrow!!”
… Shall I place a little bet on me too?
[‘I didn’t want to remain a virgin’ sponsors 1,500 coins for your victory.]
*****
In the evening, after a refreshing morning and a peaceful lunch, and the academy’s practical classes, most of the academy’s students and faculty were huddled together in the first auditorium and were talking about the confrontation between Citrine.
“Who do you think will win?”
“Of course, isn’t it Citrine? No matter how brilliant a student is, there is a difference between a first year and a third year in the chosen hero.”
“Still, a student named Lian Primal. I heard you blocked Principal Skaya’s first greeting?”
“What kind of monster is that? Wasn’t it the regular curriculum to pass out for a week after being greeted that first time?”
“Which country’s curriculum is like that?”
The odds of winning that people say are roughly 3 for me and 7 for Citrine. When I went to the gambling side and checked, they were betting with a 2 to 8 ratio.
“If you look at it objectively… The odds of me winning are slim.”
My career inside the academy is short-lived. The head of the academy, the person who blocked Skaya’s attack, and the person who signed a contract with the limited-class master, etc., caused a lot of big incidents. But that is bound to be blocked by the wall of a short period of time.
Although Citrine may be called an idiot, it means that she has the skills and guts to survive until the third year at this arcade academy. And through the declaration of the warrior that followed, Syrtin’s stock price is on the rise.
“I don’t think I will lose, though.”
I still vividly remember the feeling the last time I put a punch in Citrin’s face. The magic circuit of the whole body was hardly activated. However, it is not like Minel, who continuously undergoes hard training and possesses superhuman physical abilities.
It’s just that at the level of an ordinary academy student, the warrior’s pattern has been embedded and it has become a little stronger.
I couldn’t even handle that strength properly, so even if Minel came instead of me, it would be possible to easily subdue it.
“Bocchan, it’s about time.”
“Okay, I’ll go.”
While checking the armor that Rirke had prepared one by one, he fiddled with the handle of the Nemesis on his side and arrived at the battlefield in the first auditorium along Lane.
I stared at the knight in ink-colored armor that looked like citrine in the distance and let out a blank laugh.
“He. He said he used a dagger.”
“yes… According to the information I found out, it was known that Citrin Alofrit stayed in E-class and uses two daggers. And I didn’t wear heavy armor like that, but I fought in a hit-and-run style with really minimal protective gear on.”
“You’re dressed like that because you became a hero?”
There wouldn’t be anything better if you suddenly changed your fighting style.
Before I became a hero, I had a two-handed sword as my main weapon, so there was no problem holding the holy sword.
After that, in the case of small monsters or bad guys, a scythe with a wider range of activity was used as a secondary weapon, but the main weapon was always a two-handed sword, and occasionally a one-handed sword.
“Even if the sword changes even a little, I won’t be able to adapt… .”
Two-handed sword from dual sword dagger.
It was his intention to throw away all the swordsmanship and footwork he had learned so far and really start with one.
“That sick bastard.”
Becoming a hero does not mean you have become omnipotent.
It’s just that your stats improve a bit, and as shown in the status window, it’s just a useful body to block the curses dealt with by the demon king and demons.
Individual efforts are essential to achieve more than that.
“Huhahaha!! You’re finally here, Lian Primal!!”
“Yes, if you came… What is it like?”
He takes out the Nemesis from his side and takes a posture, but the other side holds a silver double-edged sword, but from the posture to the center, everything is just sloppy.
“Are you scared! I can’t help but be scared!! A sword made of mithril of 100% purity and an armor made of a new mineral called magic stone mithril by mixing mana and demonia to create a magic stone!”
“Have you finished introducing yourself?”
Hearing my words, Citrine frowned and tried to blow her gigantic body, but since the guy who was originally lightly dressed is wearing heavy armor, there must be a sense of difference from the original speed.
“Kuhheh!!”
When I lightly hit the armor with magical energy, it couldn’t be completely destroyed, but the impact seemed to be transmitted without any problems, so I put curses and magic into the sword while laughing.
“Come on with the force to kill.”
Otherwise, it would kill me in one shot without too much pain.