death march kara hajimaru isekai kyousoukyoku volume 1

8/20/2019 Death March Kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku Volume 1

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1-1. Cataclysm Begin Through Death March

Stars wanderGreat numbers of them

Sometimes glimpsing a shooting starWhen people see such fleeting moments, each recite a wish in their heart.

But isn't the sky divided by the falling meteorites?ccompanied with thunderous roar, the mass falls upon the earth withoverwhelming speed.

!here might be people who en"oy seeing them on !# or a video site... but no

one would want to see this downpour in close pro$imity.

%es, right now hundreds of meteorites are falling down in front of my eyes.

&ay.

shouldn't say it like it's other people's business. !his disaster isunmistakeably caused by me.

(ue to my thoughtless choice about )* minutes ago, now meteorites gougethe earth.Striking do+ens of kilometers away, trampling down the enemies- there.rom the corner of my viewpoint, the red dots on the radar are disappearingalong with their lives.

nd then, a while after most of the meteorites disappear into the earth theslightly delayed sounds reach with a bit of ground tremor.

Before the wave of dust crawling on the ground...

Suddenly, 'm struck with acute pain, like it's some sort of divine punishment

/y head feels like it's splitting.


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s if my body is being torn apart and scattered away.

mmediately after my consciousness parted from the pain, my body is sweptaway by the dust wave.

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0et's rewind the time a bit.

'm working on holiday to meet a certain much1delayed pro"ect deadline. !heso called smartphone and 23 browser game from ma"or company who

dispatched outsourced subcontractor programmer to complete it.4ven black company doesn't normally commission one person for twopro"ect. 5owever the "unior programmer disappeared on the verge of release,leaving lots of bug and specification change6 (eplorable6

Working in a place with high turnover rate, the only programmer around isthe "unior and me. 5aving no means to anticipate the situation, 'm forced tonot only manage my own pro"ect, but also stuck with my "unior's doomed

pro"ect.

7lright, completed all the classes, 89 and comment entries, the rest is autodocumenter from source code, relation diagram and seriously s:uashing thebugs.

let my neck loose for a bit.Surveying my surrounding, the office is full house on holiday like always./y neighbour, an outsourced person responsible for debugging, is grumblingwhile working, but no one shift their focus. !here is no room for that. !hesurrounding designers and planners work silently with hollow, dead fish1likeeyes.

When returned from getting some coffee, the monitor already finished


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displaying the output material needed for debugging.

4ven so, with no documentary to work with can't get fired up.

t can't be helped if the "unior who was thrown into 9;! right away to

complains like he's dying. mong the < programmers who were present whenthe "unior entered the company half a year ago, only remain, 'm not evensure how many is it in the whole company.

7Sa... Su+uki1san, the client claim that difficulty of WW is too hard forbeginner, what do we do?7

%ou almost said Satou damn you. We've been in the team for half a year, stop

getting it wrong6

!he overweight director and planner turn his head over here with his usualtroubled face./oreover, even though such troublesome thing arise, he somehow lookshappy. Why are there so many /'s among developers?

WW is an abbreviation of the smartphone and 23 browser game War

World-. t's an orthodo$ strategy game with a bit of social aspect in it.

7(idn't they say that the main target market won't play it if we lower thedifficulty any more ?7

%es, the current difficulty level was decided after great many meeting withthe clients. !hose time1wasters were really a waste eh. /iserable.

7Why don't we use the canceled bonus for the first timer, the show all enemyon map and the = time map annihilation bomb? nd give the skilled guy whodoesn't use it a rare title or such as a present for clear condition?

7Since there's no time, let's go with that>. 'm counting on you for theimplementation Su+uki1san.7/r. 9verweight said it as carefree as ever.


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7Waitaminute. 'm still debugging the smartphone //92G right now, "ustgive the 9@ to the client for now. !here's no time to fi$ it if it gets re"ecteddue to poor implementation.779@. Will immediately tell them on the phone>7

!he gigantic figure of /r. 9verweight disappear into the smoking area withphone in hand.

continue to work while silently muttering to myself.!he G9 sign on /r. overweight's office lit up, he's out eating "unk food onlate night.

fter correcting numerous superficial errors left behind by my "unior, leavethe rest to the debug team.

!hat remind me, what was the name again? t didn't usually come out since always call it //9 or oleplay. 9h yeah, it's reedom antasy World-.Because it's easy to mi$ up with WW's former name, antasy War World-,no one called it with the proper name. When think back on it, the

documentary marked it as W. Since we removed the antasy- from WW,nowadays it's not ambiguous though.

While the modification for WW goes on for a while, 'm sending the bug discovered from W to the debug team... ll1nighter again today huh.

!he checking continues until the ne$t morning, /iraculously the clientprogram of the //912G is delivered.

9f course, probably there are still some bugs remaining, but since the superweapon called Apdate 2atch- e$ists for net distributed programs, there's noneed to worry. feel like can hear booing from users but 'm sleepy. Whilethe debug team is working, forwarded the modified e$e package of WW to/r. overweight via intra1company mail, then retreated to the safe havenunder my desk to sleep for the first time in =* hours.


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h, bliss. !he funtime of a corporate slave. or now, sleep is "ustice6

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(o you know what lucid dream is?Being aware that you're inside your dream.

ight now, 'm in wilderness.

'll stop since it looks like a line from 2ol1san !0&C have no idea whoD

%ep, wilderness. guess it's okay to liken it with the merican Grand3anyon.

Why do know that it's a dream?

9ne, because remember sleeping under my desk. nother is because cansee con- for < on the lower right and /enu- written on the upper1right of

my vision.

t looks like the thing on WW worked on earlier.

5owever6 !his is the first time that 'm dreaming about the thing worked onduring a debugging (eath /arch. !hough 'm not sure why it's wildernessinstead of my work room...Was it because the room was dry, 'm feeling that's the reason.

Somehow the menu opens when tap it with my finger. transparentwindow often used for near1future stuff appears in my vision... have poorimagination if say myself, 'll never be a planner or designer.

!he menu is divided into tabs for &9-, /2-, Anit /anagement-,Storage-, 4$change-, and 0og-, as well as Status-, 4:uipment-, /agic-


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and Skill- menus that don't e$ist in WW.

(id it get mi$ed up during the W debug last night?

Well, you can't really e$pect consistency in dream though.

When check Status, level is ), 52, /2, Strength and all other attribute are)*. !his is the basic status that hasn't been assigned with bonus points. 3ometo think of it, the last check was character creation.

5mm? !here's also ;ob !ype and eward E 2unishment parameters thatdon't e$ist in W? Where did it get mi$ed in from?

ge, )F years old... (id want to have mentality of a student again?;ob !ypeC /anagement-, but don't even have one subordinate64ven so, ffiliationC &one-, is it a sign that want to change "ob...

!he content truly has hidden meaning in it... h, want a vacation.

!he peculiar ability of Anit 3reation- or Anit rrangement- probably mi$ed

in from WW, but is there any need for the peculiar ability field to be writtenin the menu?urthermore what is with the last ability being mmortal-? What a strangedream.

'm wearing a 2olo shirt, chinos pant and sneakers. 5ey, this is my attire "ustnow. n the storage, there is my wallet, mobile phone and a yellow bo$ withimpressive nutritional balance food inside, ) bo$. 3ome to think of it, left iton the desk with the intention of eating but lost to the drowsiness in the end.

/agic- and Skill- are blank.!here are )* skill points but sadly there are no skills to allocate them into.

9pening Setting-, add map and radar on basic indicator. /ap displays awide area and my own position. adar is almost the same as map but it


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searches for enemies on the area, and adds color1coding to enemies andneutral units.

'm shown on radar as a small white point. !he surrounding )** meter isshown in gray, indicating une$plored region.

7Amu, cannot see any enemies. t's free time. f only this was grassland could indulge myself in lying around inactive.7'm not interested in lying down on a rough ground.

inadvertently stare at the icon 7


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7ttacking with a level ) character lololol7!ruly a dream. 4ven absurd things are unreasonable.

glanced at the /eteor Shower- icon on the lower right.

!his is /eteor Shower-, the celestial annihilation.

/eteor Shower- is set with high tension parameters it could destroyeverything, beside the campaign scenario last hidden boss, in a single blow.

t's a message for beginner that says 7Bulldo+e the map you can't clear withthis7.

Would you push?D%es

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5eil Braiking6 !0&C !hanks for the conte$t6D

!he last one seems to be a bit different./aybe the effects the from all1nighter still remain, tap the icon while

thinking such thing.

...!he silence hurts. e$pected something ama+ing but there's nothing happening is it?

was sad for a moment and proceed to lie down. /y back hurt from therough ground.!hen turn my face toward the sky, something comes into the view...

!hank you for waiting.

We're finally back to the opening scene.


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eal name, Su+uki chiro. 3haracter name, Satou's life in different worldbegin this way.


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1-2. Dreamer Write as Ephemeral Read

5ello, Su+uki here.

5aving weak presence, 've been called Satou since my school days for somereason, this is Su+uki.

4ven though you don't feel pain in a dream, you can still feel the signs ofpain when you dream of dental caries.

&o?

Well, that's good too.

!0&C !his is how a chapter begin whenever it feature Satou's perspective, itusually don't have anything to do with the actual plot at all. ;ust some randommusing, so don't think too much of itD

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seem to have fainted for two hours following the severe pain after the/eteor Shower receded.

!ime is displayed on the menu. 3onvenient.

/y body is half buried in the ground.

5uh? can't get up...

eels like when you can't get up off the bed during winter.

/y hands seems to move but menu operation is troublesome since it feelsheavy.

f only had 4S2 to operate the menu and check the log.


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When imagined such thing, it really happened. !ruly a dream. t'sunrestricted in strange places.

When see the log while thinking that, the message Satou 0evel Ap- showedup and harassment1like 3hararacchara>- famous level up SH rang when

scroll through the log.

3ontinuing for a while, finally found a different message log.

D Skill Summoning /agicC oreign World- c:uired.

D Summoning /agic /eteor Shower- c:uired.

!0&CWhoops, was also skill earlier. 4ditedD

/eteor Shower- is that meteorite summoning magic, right?

magic that does not e$ist in W. Summoning magic is only supposed tosummon spirits or golems. !hough the world part bugs me. !here is nooreign World- in either W or WW. t bothers me even for a dream.

!he 0evel Ap- messages continue on.

Since there's a time stamp, the order of message can't be wrong. n order it'sSkill c:uired- /agic that belongs to the Skill c:uired- 0evel up-

n other words, this is the kind of 2G that does not let you automaticallylearn skill and magic as your level rise6 !0&C !hey work independently,you can learn skill or magic regardless of level when you meet the re:uiredconditionD

7&o no, why am doing analysis inside my dream...7

pparently my habit of analy+ing thing from gamer era surfaced.

But it's alright, even if it's embarrassing inside a dream, let's continue the


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analysis.

4ven in this situation, my real body is properly taking a rest anyway6

close the log and decided to check the magic and skill tabs.

7But, before that.7

set the 0og- to open by default from Setting-.

t's troublesome to switch every time.

!he magic are /eteor Shower- and ll /ap 4$ploration-.

!he skills are Summoning /agicC oreign World-&ature /agicC oreignWorld-.

Seems that ll /ap 4$ploration- belongs to the nature magic category.

re usable magic and skills registered?

But can't use it if don't remember it anyway, this time the e$clusive use ofinitial bonus seems to be an irregular pattern. s a programmer immediatelydeny the notion.

/y status has changed considerably. fter all, my level has been raised to=)* from ). !he limit in W should have been F* at the time went tosleep. !hough we raised it to infinity when we ran stress tests for the server,so the memory from that time might've affected this dream.

4$perience point is lined up to astronomical I digit number don't feel likereading it. want to have a comma splice for every three digits. 0et's proposeit for the ne$t update.

Strength JS!K and ntelligence J&!K attribute values are II. W clientstopped the value at II but there is no actual upper limit. (uring the time


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when we lift off level restriction the attribute value also rises accordingly... nother word, the actual value might be higher here too?

4ndurance J52K and /2 J/agic 2owerK, and Stamina JS2K became =)**harmoniously. !hese were set to rise by a fi$ed )* for each level. !here are

many approaches to reduce consumption by various skills.

t's made this way since, according to the 2lanner, the ad"ustment istroublesome if we raise each one differently.

n addition, availale skill points are also =)**.

(id it decrease from the ac:uired skill earlier?

When properly look at the skill column, both skills "ust now are greyed out./agic rt C oreign World 0v*- shows up when tap it. !apping the 0v te$tshows 2lease llocate 2oint J)1)*K- confirmation dialogue, so tried to put)*.

Without any SH the te$t becomes white and changes to /agic rtC oreignWorld 0v)*-. Skill points become =*I*. ) level L ) skill point. 4asy to

understand. When try to tap on it again, /a$imum 0evel- message showsup.

9n the magic column, ll /ap 4$ploration- te$t is white while /eteorShower- remains in grey.

t seems that you can't meet the condition to use magic if you don't allocatepoints to the skill level. So also put )* point to Summoning /agicC oreignWorld 0v*-.

!here are also many things added to title column.

irst /onster Slayer-. %ep, understand this. !hen Scale !ribe Slayer-Scale !ribe 3alamity-Scale !ribe &atural 4nemy- 'm not sure what scaletribe mean but they're probably reptile monsters. urthermore, Wyvern


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Slayer-(ragon Slayer0ower--(ragon Slayernfant--(ragonSlayerdult--(ragon Slayerncient--, and other (ragon Slayer- with -inside continue endlessly.

Well, with this many dragons can understand why such an impossible level1

up to the =** range happened. !he map was dyed red before the attackearlier.

!hen, "ust like the title for Scale !ribe, (ragon !ribe &atural 4nemy-appeared and the last title is God Slayer-.

(o you believe in god?

7Wait, when did kill one?7

tap the log and search for God-.

D(efeated the (ragon God kon@agura6

!here, the cause for god slayer. see, the meteor shower also killed the god.

see, killed it...

9nly M remain, god slaying techni:ue66

&o no, why would kill them?

5owever, the log doesn't show damage so don't know how powerful it was.n W and WW, the last blows damage should have been displayed but... guess there's no point :uestioning a dream.

Since it's become easier to move, raise my body.

turned off the display icon for /eteor Shower- in Setting- since don'twant to become the enemy of humanity by carelessly clicking it.


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9h right, haven't used the the magic column yet.

switched to the tab with ll /ap 4$ploration- and /eteor Shower- in it.&ow then, how do use it. wonder if tapping it normally work.

!here is no particular change when try to use ll /ap 4$ploration-.

When check the log there's /agicC ll /ap 4$ploration used- message./2 become =*I* in the status. Seems like it uses )* /2. added 52 and /2to the basic indicator since it's annoying to check it every time.

!here's nothing reflected in the radar besides myself.

t's nice that there's no enemy but mass killing like this is not funny. &o, wait,it's normal for a game.

Since there are no victims guess it's okay? slowly tap on /eteor Shower-.t feels like something is greatly pulling out my vigor. saw my /2 continueto decrease. t stopped after consuming e$actly )*** points.

t didn't feel like this the first time use it, guess it wasn't using my own

magic power back then.

look up at the sky. !here's no meteorite yet. 3onsidering before, it should besoon.

nd then groups of meteorites tore apart the cloud.

5uge. What the heck is that.

t's )** times bigger than the earlier meteorites.

instinctively run before thinking.

9f course toward the opposite side of the drop +one.


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run as fast as can with the continuous huge meteorite impact sound in thebackground.

s if running through water, the air resistance is too strong. t normally feelssluggish when you run in dream, is it "ust me?

rolled over to the other side of a table1like small wall of rocks. 4ven though said small, it's about )** meter in radius so it will do fine as a shield.

tsunami of dust sweeps apart "ust right after went into the shelter. 2eople1si+ed rock occasionally roll through the dust cloud, my spine becomes a bitcold.

wonder how long it will elapse. When the dust cloud settled climb the rockwall to see at the fall.

Since the slope is pretty steep tried "umping over F* cm height.

2on. fly F meter feeling like hearing such SH.

0anding on the ledge of a rock with slight panic.

7!his status rise, what a "oke>7

tried to deceive my trembling body by speaking to myself.

7!hat giant meteorite earlier is probably thanks to &! increase too>7

run up the wall by alternatively kicking through various ledges and rockedges like some kind of nin"a in games and manga. 5ow convenient. 4ven ina dream, have pretty high adaptability if may say so myself.

can see the collapse of a mushroom cloud in the distance. /ost likely, it'ssediment that got caught up on the fall. !his would create crop failure andhealth damage disaster if this was the real world, due to reduction ofsunshine.


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7t's a dream anyway, there's no helping it even if think about it.7

think it's bad that it's too real.

!0 &oteC changed Spirit World to oreign World since reali+ed that it'sactually about summoning the meteorite and don't want to confuse it withSeirei which also translate to Spirit. 'm sorry for people who have read itearly.


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1-3. The tart o! Wandering "i!e#

75ello, Su+uki here. /y character name is Satou, but 'm Su+uki.7

want to talk with somebody instead of doing this monologue6

Since the dream continued with no sign of it being over, decided to look forhuman habitation.!hankfully at the edge of the wide map, there looks to be some kind ofhighway.

!hree days since then. 've been been walking day and night yet am still only

halfway there.Stamina gradually decreases, but it's still MN**8=)**. t decreased about )**each day.f this was a game, should be okay for MN days, more but 'm at my limitalready.

'm not sure if it's because of my stat or dream, but don't feel tired. did getsleepy but endured it.ight now 'm walking, even if run the stamina decrease rate isn't reallydifferent. f "ump around the stamina decreases faster than running buthonestly, it's still within margin of error.!hen why am walking now? !hat's because 'm free.

%ou don't understand?%eah.

t the start was singing a one man karaoke while running.

9riginally my repertoire is small. ran out of song immediately.!he surrounding scenery is magnificent but unfortunately it rarely changes.

!hen, decided to read the long log.

'm not a te$t mania but since it's painful to silently walk an aimless road began reading the log from the very first entry.


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9f course, it's hard to read te$t while running, so the began to walk.bsorbed with reading the log, forgot my original purpose of getting ontothe highway.

!he log started with /agic rtC ll /ap 4$ploration is used-, then

(efeated>- messages for defeating 0i+ardmen and (ragonewts until the(ragon God.fterwards there's (efeated ll 4nemies on the /ap- and lastly SourceC3on:uered (ragon God #alley-. Source? What's that? /ystery words popout.

!hen the log continue with loot and level up record.

!he loot records occupy N*O of the log. 3ommon gold and e:uipment. !henvarious dragon materials like horns, fangs and scales. Ap to this canunderstand the :uantity and :uality of the loot, but in contrast the remainingones are strange.0i+ardmen and (ragonewts corpses are stored in the storage. s it for&ecromancer's use?!he rest are probably daily goods used by the scale tribe like food and fuel. can't lay out such items though... furthermore, they're all named with

Broken>- as prefi$, aren't these garbage?

s one would e$pect, reading through tens of thousands detail would betroublesome.!hankfully, WW storage window allow you to search and classify by itemtype and user tag.

designed them as a common interface to decrease working steps needed. 'ma bit proud making it on the same level as the latest 9S filer.9f course there's also optional folder functionality, but when you tap thestored item inside the bag, the the sub1type will e$pand and you can take itout without confirming.!0&C !he run1on in this sentences is absolutely cra+y, 'll appreciate help onthis one. !he trivia is not that important for the plot though so you can "ustinterpret this whole geeky paragraph as C 7t's awesome7D.


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9f course you can also take out the item by dragging it too. n addition, youcan also put user registered items on custom tab. !his was added because it'sannoying to input search word every time on a smartphone.

Well, the story wandered off for a bit. can't blabber on program scheme too

long.

open two storage windows to begin organi+ing items. irst, create folderfor each general type. !hen will create sub1folder for sub1types inside.

n the setting screen enabled the utomatically Stack dentical tem !ype-option.Without this enabled, the total number of item would be too much.

By the way, we call overlapping position like this as stacking in W andWW. !he term e$ists in most 2G's so will omit the e$planation. wonderif the etymology comes from piling pieces in the old simulation board game?

nyhow

Gold loot is mostly money.

!he most numerous one is ncient 4mpire Gold 3oin-. t's ).**).M***,wow. tried taking out one, it's :uite big and heavy. t's about as big as a F**%en coin and as heavy as five )** %en coins. f remember right, it's about=* grams. Since in real world money, the coin is about


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out, it's about half as heavy as the ancient gold coin with ruby1likeappearance. Sometimes it let out a flash of light from inside creating cyberJchick?K feeling. bit mysterious.

!he rest are )*@ of ncient 4mpire- silver and copper coin. Saga 4mpire-

and Shiga @ingdom- silver, small silver, big copper, copper, pennies. (rag5oly @ingdom- big silver, silver, copper, and various money with>@ingdom- suffi$. !hese are all in total P***. or now, sort it by country.

Still, WW and W didn't have sets of money... n WW it was called Wol,and in W it's @aane, there's no other currency beside it.!hese various currencies may come from the :ui+ show saw during mybreak, impacting this dream.

!here are also "ewelry, ornaments and works of art besides money. simplesilver ring, emerald fist, ornamental crown, life1si+ed gold figure, decorativeshort sword, and many valuable looking things numbered about =**@.

/ost are "ust e$pensive looking normal items, however there are magic itemsmi$ed in around FO of the total.

!he detailed information for the magic items are long so skimped onreading it. !hink of it like reading internet slang that you don't understand themeaning of on a bulletin board. !here was no mounted "ewelry in WW andW. !0&C 9kay this is so abrupt, 'm not sure what's what. !his guy needan editor.D

Anderstanding some of the e$planations, there are some things that catch myattention. ble to produce )** litres of water a day, 5ell Water ;ug JWaterBottleK-.

took out the 5ell Water ;ug JWater BottleK- when found it and drank thewater. wanted to wash my face and hair with it but gave up since the dustfrom the meteor shower is still floating around.

9ther things are able to keep )*** sheets of money, /agic Wallet-, stacking


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=* varied types of up to =* items, =* 5olding Bag-. put those = things onfavorite.

Since have infinite storage, there's no point in a magic bag, but like seeinga long sword slide in and out of the bag.

!he second day ended with such feelings after organi+ing treasury.

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/oving on with this and that on the third day. !he clock has crossed *. 'mnot sure if it's really the third day since slip off the clock every < hours.Since 'd get tired if sleep on this wastelands rough ground, keep walking

instead. !here's a full moon tonight so there's no problem with visibility.

5aving principle of saving the best dish the last, it's time to check for theweapons and armors.

sort the type to show materials and corpses. ccording to the log !here areonly a few li+ardmen and dragonewt corpses. !his is most likely because ofthe meteorite, having received the full blow, there won't be many remains.

5owever, there are a lot of dragon's corpse. (efeated 0og shows that thereare M1= times as many. !his place become like a dragon version of anelephant's graveyard.

/ost are materials from body parts, but there are also iron ingots, medicinalplants, timber, and stone. !hey're probably from the things crushed by themeteorites. andom body parts and scales are many. egardless of type, thereare P.IQ**@ of them. 4ven an old dragon skin mold and husk e$ist.

75uge, if the scale is this big, wonder how huge is the body.7

0osing to curiosity, took out an adult dragon's scale, it's about F* cm. While'm at it, took out lower dragon's scale to check, it's palm si+e.

Broken- item are put in specific folder. was thinking of throwing it away


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but stopped since it could become a literal mountain of garbage.

inally, it's e:uipment.

!here are around =*@ things. !he Scale tribe's spears are especially

abundant, things which begin with Scale !ribe's>- are around M*@. &eitherare magic items, they're all normal items made of copper or iron. !here areonly few strange armors.

tried taking out a scale tribe's spear. M meter long wooden handle withsharpened bone tip comes out. t can't pierce when tried it out so it probablyisn't a war spear.

!he magic items are such like (ragon Skin rmor- or (ragon Scalermor-, seems like items blessed by the dominant tribe are around )**.!hose are probably scale tribe armor.

!he remaining )*@ of half are (ragon- based large swords, spears andbows. !hese are probably legacy from the Jscale tribeK people who beatdragons.

!he special effects kind are "ewelry, but don't understand the effects so let'sput it off for now.

!here are several interesting things, especially 5oly Sword- and (ivineSword-/y long lost 3huuni heart is stimulated.

Why are these 5oly Sword-'s are named 4$calibur-, (urandal- and such?!here are also katana's named /uramasa- and @otetsu-

7!ension up>7

en"oy wielding 4$calibur. t should be :uite heavy but swing it carelessly.Beautiful traces of light come out. 5owever for physical weapons isn't sword


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disadvantageous? But it's popular in flashy games.9h yeah, there is no specific name for the (ivine Blade.

e$pected to get sword skill when wielded the sword, but it didn't happen.t will likely come out if defeat an enemy with a sword.

Anusual things also e$ist. 3annons and ballistas !hat are usually placed onfort to counter flying enemy on the sky. Skimming the descriptions, it seemsthat it seems that it doesn't use gunpowder, but magic power instead.

nother one, it's gun65andgun )**, ifle F*. /agic powered gun )M. ;ust for the record, there areno guns in W. !here are cannons in WW though.

take out the smallest magic gun.t's a (erringer si+ed gun with e$cessive ornaments. !he trigger guard isattached.

n the real world, guns have safety locks, over here it's a switch with *, ), =,)* scale. set the scale to ).

aim at a rock nearby with one hand and pull the trigger.

psshh sound comes out, yet no trace of the shot could be seen.When confirm the rock, a hole about as big as a )* yen coin penetrated it.t's a M meter thick hard rock. /2 consumption is ). !here is no recoil, it's alaser gun like feeling. !his is totally S instead of fantasy.With scale set at )*, the rock completely crushed. !his would kill 9gre leveldemons in one shoot. /2 consumption is )*.

7t's way too efficient.7

t's an item that would totally break balance of a game. &o one would want touse magic.

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inished checking items in general, began thinking something that bugged

me before.

7What is Source anyway?7 mutter to myself.

t's about the SourceC 3on:uered (ragon God #alley- from the log.

...this is probably not related to ta$ withholding. !0&C SourceLGensen,

gensenchoushuuLta$ withholding at the sourceD

Besides on the log, there's no mention of SourceC 3on:uered (ragon God#alley- anywhere else.Asually would have said 7t's a dream anyway7 but something is buggingme.5aving a change of pace by thinking while running, feel like coming upwith something, 'm immersed in running while feeling good, feel like

anything's good.

'm incoherent if do so say myself.Spending many days without any conversation is no good after all. 'm notsuited for that.

've walked for ) day before knew it, and finally almost reached thehighway.!here is no human habitation according to map. can see the highwayleading to west on the north west.By the way there's no presence beside me displayed on the map. wonder if they ran away in fear of that catastrophe aka meteorite showerwith thunderous roaring and earth:uakes. stopped the half1baked running and began walking.


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7 want to take a bath>7

s e$pected, not having one in = days make my head itchy.t's not possible to boil water, but there is water. !hankfully the dust cloudhas lessened, it's possible to wash off the dirt.

store my clothes and shoes into storage, find a suitable rock and pour waterdown from the top of my head.

7t's a bit cold, but 've come back to life.7

eeling relieved, took out clean clothes from the loot and wipe off thewater.

n order to take a refreshing nap, take out a suitable bed with canopy fromthe loot and put it on the ground.

!hat day slept for the first time after = days.

!he ne$t morning, noticed that could hang laundry on the canopy so wash my clothes with bucket from storage and hang them up, side by side.

fter that la+ed around on the bed while eating "erky for half a day.'m e$pecting that someone will pass on the highway, but there's no change inradar, even untill afternoon.

7f this was a light novel or manga, would have met a princess beingattacked by thief>7

like template ay.

7!he service in my dream is so bad.7

turn a blind eye to the fact that easily get treasures and significant level up,cursing my luck. flag would occur if this was a dream or tale, but nothing happened.


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fter changing into the dry clothes, began walking toward the highway.

!0&C chapter with a lot of geeky and trivia e$position. 2lease bear with mefor a while.


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1-$. %&andoned 'illage( )ill and "ost Child

75ello, Su+uki's here. t's so lonely, may die of loneliness.7

truly, genuinely want a companion.fter reaching the highway, got lost on the route it's been P days since thenand still haven't reached a human habitat.

Speaking of which, somehow got these skills C Sprint-, = (imensional/aneuver-, ;ump-, Sing-, 3amping- and Washing-.5owever, those skills remain grey because haven't allocated any points tothem.

seemed to have learned Sprint-=( /aneuver- and ;ump- after the secondmeteor shower, but overlooked it due to the confusion.

When was playing around with the gun, the map got in the way so changed it and the log to icon view, then noticed something. rom the logit's written as place with bed and canopy but...sn't that a camping ground? retorted myself.

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9nto Nth day, finally found a village1like place on the wide area map. sprinted to the village. 5owever there's no presence of people according tothe map. wonder if they're taking refuge or got destroyed. &o, theyshould've gone back if they were taking refuge, since it's been one week.

Before long reached the "unction road heading to the village.

!here stood a crude guidepost on the roadside. ).F meter commonly madestick nailed to the ground. !he destination is written with something like ink.

7 can't read it...7


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Something is written there, but can't read it at all. t least, it's different fromall the languages recogni+e from the real world. n fact it looks like somesort of fictional writing from a game.

keep the map on ma$imum magnification, showing wide area.While feeling slightly irritated for not being able to read the long awaitedclue, hit the "unction on the map. !here's no actual meaning to this action,but this time it seems to be a bull's eye.

7'Welcome to 4nikei #illage','Seryu 3ity =M@m','Antil @a+o @ingdom)*F@m' can read it6 ...9r rather, it's in ;apanese67

2op up displays pile up above the map, each written in ;apanese. s this aneffect of ll /ap 4$ploration? 3heers for opportunism.

or the time being, Seryuu 3ity seems to be the closest from here, but it's tooplain.

fter all this time, let's go to the village first. know that there's no one there,but feel like 'm losing if head straight on6

!here might be some hidden :uests there6 f this is my dream, there must beone666

!he village comes into view on the other side of the field in "ust about Fminutes. Between the narrow street e$tends fields that looks like they havebeen abandoned for about a year. t's a world of weeds.

4ven from a distance, can distinguish that many house look burnt down.4very house has one thing in common the roof is completely burned down.

;udging from the position it seems to be a 7#illage bandoned by the ttackof the (ragons7.

!here are no bones lying around, but many things like harvest baskets,wooden hoes and various farming tools are scattered around as if they were


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left behind in hurry.

s stared at the tools lying around, though it's too e$aggerated to call it arevelation, got a little idea.

7f got washing skill from doing laundry. /aybe 'll get something if digsome farm land?7

took the hoe and dug the farmland with it.

D3ultivation Skill c:uired-Darming Skill c:uired-

t appeared on the log as e$pected. !hough didn't e$pect cultivation to popup.n order to get better, 'll try many other things.

Suddenly, pluck what appears to be a vegetable peeping out between theweeds.

D5arvest Skill c:uired-

t's a bit fun.4ven so, it's easy mode, eh?3ome to think of it, what is this vegetable? s it spinach, komatsuna? !0&CWiki it CpD stared at it and message saying 75isaya Grass, leaf vegetables. t'sseldom eaten raw, usually processed as condiment or pickles.7 popped up onover the vegetables.

%ep, it's convenient alright. Seems like this is a different function than themap search.

ncidentally, tried pulling out weeds.

DWeeding Skill c:uired-


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didn't cut it, "ust pulled it.

went into something that looks like a windbreak, take out an a$ and chopdown a suitable tree.

D0umbering Skill c:uired-

wonder what ne$t? feel like trying some ideas. write a mathematical formula on the ground with the hoe.

『)R)LM』, there.

Drithmetic Skill c:uired-

umu, if this is 9@ then『4Lmc』

D0ost @nowledge Skill c:uired-

!he famous theory of relativity is a lost knowledge?'d rather get a flying skill or some such...

!his time 'm writing some random characters in ;apanese. !0&Chenohenomohe"i, google it C2D

D2ainting Skill c:uired-

2ainter1san would be mad.&e$t wrote TU alternatively which made it looks like a children's play.

DGame Skill c:uired-

s anything fine?

begin trying one thing after another. tried shaving the burned wood on the back of a house with knife in theshape of a stick.


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D3arpenter Skill c:uired-DWeapon 3reation Skill c:uired-

n addition, wrap the stick with a leather took out of the storage.

D0eather 3raft Skill c:uired-

/aking a makeshift broom sweep it under my foot.

D3leaning Skill c:uired-

'm running out of material. When tried to find more discovered a

cemetery with a native god shrine.Since grew up in the countryside, inadvertently "oin hands as if praying formy grandmother. offered some "erky and poured some sake cup.

D2rayer Skill c:uired-D!itleC (evout Believer c:uired-

Amu, didn't intend to get a skill but...

!he material is dry already, began to get tired of the skill ac:uiring, let's getout of the village.t's sunset "ust as depart on the highway.'m walking toward Seryuu 3ity, according to the guidepost. fteraccustoming my eyes under the moonlight, in the dark, sprint down thehighway.

When it's near dawn, the wide area map showed the whole Seryuu 3ity. 9fcourse, unlike 4nikei #illage it has a lot of people.!0&C Wut, it's only =* @m away and you have enhanced speed...D

7inally, finally civili+ation>>>7


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cry while trembling with e$pectation of finally talking with people.

....!his is such a long dream. (on't you think so?


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1-*. +ortress City "i!e Begin#

finally got to Seryuu city.

0et's strip it naked with ll /ap 4$ploration-6

!he population is around )M*,***. t's a remote region within Shiga @ingdomruled by an earl. IFO are from the human tribes, the other FO are beasttribes, scale tribes and fairy tribes. verage level is M1=. 5ighest level is anold man magician who is


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enlarge the map and confirm each area...irst, closest to the gate, there seems to be a general residential area. Besidethe gate are stables and inns. ;oining them, the local lord's castle is located inthe center of the neighborhood. Something like a temple or magic1somethingis at the center of the city. ar from the gate, the lord's mansion stands. nd a

cafeteria that looks too small for city use, but too big as an e$clusive for thelocal lord.When tried to search for people with dventurer- as "ob, got nothing.!here was no 0ibrarian- either, which probably mean there's no library.5owever, there were some Slaves-...

fter checking so many things, 've arrived at the front of the gate. Showingup together with the sun in the hori+on, perfect timing6 !hough the gate is

closed at this time.

thought that there would be other people in front of the gate but there wasactually no one.t would be nice if there are some villagers who are going to sell theirvegetables in the morning.

s it only in my dream that stores don't open until )* in the morning?6

Wearing a polo shirt and chinos pant might be too noticeable. searched thestorage, found several robes and took out the only non worn1out dark greenrobe to wear. !he remaining robes are magic tools but they're too worn1out, can't bring myself to wear them. !his robe smells a bit like mold.

/y body looks like the time when was )F with its small stature. !he robe istoo long and is dragging a little on the floor. !hanks to that, the sneakers arehidden. /y mustache didn't even grow after one week. was so happy andshowed it off when it grew during the freshman period of university life.!hough, shaved it immediately when got a girlfriend...

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「●●！ ●●●●●● ●●●●●●●●●！！」

When got near the gate an uncle soldier came out while saying someunknown words.!he long awaited conversation featuring a mysterious language66

DShiga 0anguage Skill c:uired6

love 4asy /ode6God hasnVt forsaken me66

operated the menu and ac:uired the Shiga language skills e$tremely fast69verenthusiastically allocated )* skill points with glee.

7What's wrong kiddo? (o you have a stomachache?7

bearded soldier follows suit. don't think calling a man in the latter half ofhis twenty, 7kiddo7, is right... 9h that's right, my outer appearance is that of)F years old.

7Good morning. %es, 'm fine.7

replied amiably with a vague smile, trademark of ;apanese people. 4ven ifthe partner is a middle aged uncle, it's a human after a long time. smile isonly * %en6

!he heavy gate opened behind us during the conversation.

7@iddo, show me your identification per the rules. f you don't have one, paythe ) copper coin ta$.7

What116 ( in a dream6 thought of showing the driver license from my wallet but it looked like it'dbe troublesome so stopped.


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7'm sorry, don't have an ( card.7

honestly say it. f got refused then could "ust stealthily go in, if gotcaught then 'd "ust run. 'm seriously acting self1important inside this dream6

%es, a dream6 !his is a dream6

7(id you lose it? We could issue a new one but that'd be ) silver coin, yaokay with that?7

9i oi, can you so easily issue a new one?!here are some Shiga silver coins in the storage if 'm not mistaken.

72lease allow me to get a new one6 /y horse, surprised by the loud roar Ndays ago, escaped while carrying my luggage. f haven't got beef "erky inmy pocket and didn't find some spring water on the way here, would havebeen dead6

'm a smooth talker if do say myself> may truly have a talent forswindling.s if responding to my inner monologue C

D4$cuse Skill c:uired-D(eception Skill c:uired-D&egotiation Skill c:uired-

3heap skills666

73ome here kiddo67

Ancle soldier beckon me to the guard station located besides the gate.4ven after telling e$cuses with great pain, uncle soldier "ust ignored it. 5isignorability power1level is too high6

7;ust in case, you're not on some wanted list or a thief, right?77%es, of course.7


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'm a member of general public unrelated to crime>

7!hen, put both of your hands on top of this %amato stone and speak yourname.7

Ancle guided me to the place with a M*7 wide 03( display inside the guardstation. Where in %amato this %amato stone can take me? 3an it goes tospace?!0&C %amato in yamato, not sure what the heck he's talking about herebeside the reference to Space Battleship %amato series.D

or name, it should be character name right>

7Satou.7

ight after spoke my character name. !he lithograph started to dimly shinewith blue light, and some words appeared.t's the same letter as the one on the guidepost earlier. could properly read itthanks to Shiga language skill. want an 4nglish language skill6

7@iddo, it's fine to release your hand now.7

9n the lithograph, aceC 5uman-,0evelC )-,3lassC 3ommoner-,ffiliationC&one-,9ccupation !ypeC /anagement-,!itleC &one-,SkillC&one-,ewardand 2unishmentC &one- are written.

4h, isn't the level different?

0eaving me pu++led, uncle soldier smoothly wrote the displayed writing fromthe lithograph onto a paper using a :uill. inally, he stamped the entry form,2erson pprovingC etainer of 4arl Souryuu, @night Soun-, with his ring onthe place where his name is written.

75ere, don't lose it ne$t time.7


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Ancle soldier passes me the certificate while give him a silver coin and onebig copper coin taken from my pocket.

7What, you can properly put money on pocket. ren't you :uite watchful6@eep your ( safe from now on.

Xlso, don't forget this. esidence permit is only for )* days. f you want tostay longer, apply your re:uest here or at the ward in the town hall. Whereverit is, the procedure costs = copper coin.7

7f you're caught in town with an e$pired permit during homeless hunt, thepenalty will be ) silver coin. f you can't pay it, you'll be forced to become aslave.7

!he e$planation flowed smoothly, as if he's always doing it.0et's be careful not to forget it.alling from vagrant to slave is severe6 wonder if it's the same withhomeless hunting during 4do period?

7!hank you very much.779u, you're welcome to the guard station for consultation if there's any

trouble. (on't mind about the fee.7

've heard something good. !hank you, knight Soun. go out of the guard station with a polite farewell.

took :uite a bit of time inside the station, that the main road from before toinside the gate is now filled with people with an e$otic feel.

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!here's a semicircular space with a radius of about M*m between the gate andthe town. Whether it is there to prevent confusion or for war, don't know.


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!he certificate is made with material resembling ;apanese paper. 4venthough the cityscape is in western style, the parchment is... s it the limit of adream?

fold it carefully into my pocket. 9f course, put it directly into the avorite

folder inside my pocket.

0et's look for a change of clothes while strolling the main street for now64ven after many washings, it's painful to only wear one set of clothes.

7 want to take a bath before changing clothes...7

tried to search for a bathhouse attendant, but it was not applicable. 'm

wondering if got the occupation name wrong or if there are no bathhousesin the first place. f it's the latter then have no choice but to get hot waterand take a bath inside my room in the inn later.

7%ou there6 f you haven't decided on an inn then come to ours6 'll give yousome service>677Wh1What...77t's fine, it's fine, it's cheaper than all the others11 &ot, but it is filled with a

devotion to delicious food and clean bedding67

When was thinking about how to get into a bath, someone suddenly pulledmy arm and my consciousness came back. random high tension girlembraced my arm while pulling it. wonder if she's a barker, it's a scene youusually see in a campus festival in modern ;apan.

'm dragged to a store that looks like a bar while thoroughly en"oying the softfeeling wrapped around my arm. Because entered from the main street itfeels dim.

7/om6 /om6 brought a guest67

9ut of consideration for the softness transmitted to my arm, have no morehesitation in deciding to stay in this inn. %ep, poyopoyo is justice6


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7t's the first customer since the stars fell, isn't it... 5m? 5e doesn't have anyluggage, is he really a guest?7

n aunty with a big body came out of the bars counter1like place. 3ontrary to

her figure, she's a beautiful woman with a face filled with dignity. thinkshe's about =*? 'm sorry for calling you aunty.

5owever, even though these mother1daughter pair are natural beauties, whyare they fat6 0ose )*, no M* @g, and they would be in my strike +one66

!hough 'm out if she's a married woman. n affair will only make everyoneinvolved unhappy6

7Because of that, er, starfall? /y luggage ran out with my horse due to theuproar... ortunately my wallet is safe, and somehow got into this city>77!hat's a disaster. 9ur inn charges ) big copper coin for one night. f you'refine with sleeping together with other guests in a big room then it'd be Mcopper coin. /eal is served at this bar for one serving. t's the limited servicefor an accommodation.

umu, don't know the market price, so let's investigate the value of bigcopper coin and silver coin by paying for )* days.!he landlady has arithmetic and cleaning skill so there won't be any mistakewith calculation.

7!hen, it's for )* days please.779kay, it's e$actly M silver coins then.7

take out M silver coins and pass it to the landlady.t seems that F big copper coins e:ual ) silver. t doesn't seem like shemiscalculated either.

70andlady, could have my meal now? f possible a light one.77f it's something like oatmeal, black bread, or vegetables then could get itout right now. nd 'm sorry but meat hasn't appeared in the market, so


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there's none of that.77!hen black bread and a stew please.779kay, 'll bring it immediately, so "ust sit there. /artha, write the guest bookfor our customer here.7

!he landlady goes to a place that looks like a kitchen, and in her place, aposter girl who looks like a head clerk from a historical drama holding anotebook tied up with string, /artha1chan, skips here.She's cute but she looks around a high schooler's age? bit too young for me.

7%e>s, 'm writing for you so can you give me your name?77t's Satou.779kay Satou. %our occupation and age please.7

almost said MI year old programmer. ccording to Status screen, it shouldbe )F years old.

7 peddler, )F years old.7/artha1chan smoothly fills the notebook. t looks to use yellow papers likethe one used on ;apanese calligraphy.When /artha attempted to chat after writing the inn registry, the landlady

came out and told her to clean the Mnd floor.

!he crystal clear stew with consomme1like soup, cabbage and carrot1likevegetables, and as announced before, without meat, is more delicious than e$pected. !here are = slices of about M cm thick black bread. t's harder thanwhat 've heard, but feels about as hard as senbei. t looks like it would fillyour stomach. bite it full of curiosity. t feels like a meal full of strangeSH.

eeling satisfied for a meal after a long while, pay the price. ) copper coin.Asually it's prepaid.

3ome to think of it, /artha and the landlady use loanwords like service andoatmeal normally, but when observed their lips, know that they're speakingdifferent words. wonder if it's an appropriation of the Shiga language words.


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D0ip eading Skill c:uired-

...%a>y, can become a spy or a detective> or+.

9r rather,

70andlady1san, intend to buy some groceries and a change of clothes, doyou know any good places?7

lthough know stores location from the map, there are too many of them, don't feel like going around all of them.

7f you want something with high :uality material, then the tailor on the citycenter would be the best. or something reasonable then the east is good, andif you want it cheap then the west. f you have money in e$cess then youcould tailor it on the high class shop at the inner wall, but you'd need goldcoin. General good stores usually open near clothing stores, so please planyour budget carefully.7

7!hank you very much. 'll go to the east street since tailoring seems that it

would take some time.779kay, although there's 3hian on the east, be careful of pickpockets. Sincesometimes there are migrant workers from the west there.7

7%es, will be careful.7

leave the inn while thanking the landlady for the advice.t's starting to get hard to say that this is a dream. But will work hard6

!0&C Since the ne$t few chapters are :uite slow paced, will hold off onreleasing a chapter a day and will release only after 've finished translatingup to chapter N. 2lease understand. K


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1-,. The Mar)etplace( the rincess and the lae Trade

Satou's here. t's Su+uki but 'm Satou. !his is a dream right? 2lease say thatthis is a dream, ;ohny.

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slight unrest began to arise inside my mind, when went shopping on theearl's territory metropolitan, Seryuu city.t's a few minutes walk to the east of /artha's mother inn.3ome to think of it, haven't heard the name of the inn, the map says

/on+en nn is that it?

mmediately after entering a series of food stalls, smell something good.4h? sn't this the smell of soy sauce?9konomiyaki and crepes are being baked on an iron plate. !he seasoningseems to be soy sauce. ;ust as thought, it's fine to call this a dream. !here'sno way soy sauce e$ists in a fantasy6

4ven though 've "ust had a meal, buy one of them.

7%ep, it's delicious.7

want pork cutlet sauce rather than soy sauce. !he other stalls seems to befrying something that looks like cro:uettes. What a high food culture for afantasy6

'm going around various stalls, trying various foods.

75ow much is this gabo for = serving?77t's M 2ennies.774$pensive, isn't it ) penny?77young maam, like that, we couldn't eat then 5ow about M pennies for <then?77Give me F for M.7


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7t can't be helped, since young maam's a beauty, 'll give in.7

listened to some interesting conversation between an aunty and a food stallowner. 5aggling basic eh? Since 'm accustomed with "ust buying what'swritten on the price tag, it looks difficult.

D4avesdropping Skill c:uired-

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over the bag thanks to the estimation skill. 5andy.

t seems that 'd get hated if suddenly bought it on market price. understood the knack after = stores. could get it to half the market price if try to bargain for =1< times... but honestly, it's annoying.

!he spoils from the stalls... 0arge Shoulder Bag-, Bit Stylish Bag-,3ommoner's Anderwear for !op and Bottom R )* set-, 5and !owel in#arious Si+e, and 5andkerchief-. !he towel is "ust two piece of clothesstacked together, 'm a bit dissatisfied.lso, even though can't sew, M /eter 5emp 3ord 1 F Bundles-, 3otton!hread 1 ) oll-, Sewing &eedle 1 F-, Sewing Scissors-, 3otton 3loth-,somehow there's a lot of them. Since have the storage, there's no problem

even if a lot of them end up unused.n all it's < silver coins. Ane$pectedly, clothing is more e$pensive than foods.

don't think need to say this, but the first thing bought, the shoulder bag,is a dummy. will put things bought into the bag and directly send it to thestorage without being seen. put some commoner's clothes inside the bag sothat it doesn't look flat.

wanted to buy some some robes or cloaks but, only worn1out or cheaplooking things were available so didn't.

!hat's right, want to confirm heat retention of the storage. 'll buy someproperly hot things and put it inside.Shopping is fun>

7&ow then, wonder what else?7

3hair lined up ahead of the stalls and there are a lot of old mans are drinkingsake since morning.

7(rinking in daytime... 9h yea, tableware67

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!hat's right, shoes6 forgot about shoes.

want a reminder>. !here's a memo field inside the 4$change- tab of the/enu, let's put the shopping list there.

t's been a while since saw the 4$change tab, over there found the reasonwhy was level ) when entered the city.!hose status was the same as the one written in this page. !he upper limit foreach attributes are chosen from the drop down bo$ here. 4ven the skills andtitle can be chosen as &one-.

could give false info however want, huh...

buy a pair of shoes suitable for rough "ourney, and a robe matching theshoes, also a sandal for each foot. thought of buying everything since have the storage but can't find shoeswith correct si+e. 'll "ust order it on the main street's shoes store later.

5ungry after a second round trip, set my eyes on a store selling somethingthat looks like shoyu ramen and went into it. lthough the noodles aredifferent, it's a proper ramen.

9ther was kneaded flour coiled in a stick varnished with miso1like substancethen baked. t felt like a mismatch, but it was properly delicious.

also bought cups, pots, tableware that caught my attention, bought themall. lso, a kitchen knife, hot pot and frying pan. Somehow there were nocutting boards, do people here don't use them?

casually bought a bathtub made of metal. s one would e$pect, the tub istoo big to place into the bag so brought it :uietly to the back of an alley andput it into the storage. nd since it would look unnatural if went back intothe east avenue, decided to e$it onto the the main street.

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t the east street stalls overflow, making the street there s:uee+ed on the


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center. 5ere, the main street is about Q meter width, horse carriage andhuman1powered cart are going back and forth on it.

;ust like the street earlier, different from what imagined of a fantasy, thestreet here are very clean. !here are no body of dead animals lying around.

!here are also no bum on the alleyway.

!he stalls are sparse here unlike on the east street, in e$change there are a lotof stores instead. !here are many people with good attire walking around thestreet.

7re collars popular?7

!he people who are pulling carts generally wear collar. When search for it,they're slaves. /ysteriously, all the slaves wear collars, reason unknown.

carriage coming from the downtown drop its speed to match the walkingspeed of the pedestrians.

!he carriage passes in front of me. !here are around )* woman slaves inside./y eyes are glued to one of them. girl befitting to be called %amato

&adeshiko featuring black hair and black eye, although she looks like she'sbeen in a long "ourney. Since the great ma"ority of people looks like northern4uropean, this is probably the first time 've seen sian face.!he girl set her eyes downcast, our eyes met when she lift it up and eventhough there's no dramatic development, somehow the little girl featuringorthodo$ northern 4uropean face with light violet wavy hair standing ne$t toher looked very surprised when she saw me. &o well, t's troubling when youstare so hard at me... 'm not into loli.

When took a long look at the little girl, a pop up with her name and levelappeared ne$t to her.

risa. 0evel )*. 5er level is high for a little girl.

urther informations appear.


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)) years old.

!itleC Witch of the 0ost @ingdom-/ad 2rincess-

SkillC Anknown

!he carriage disappear toward the west street.

rankly, those were some trouble inviting titles... &o no, won't approach itokay? bsolutely6

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0et's go back to my original purpose. searched the map for tailor or shoemaker, and found them gathered near theside street, so went there. /ost of them had young women clerks whichisn't fit for an old man, so went into the shop with a kindhearted lookingmiddle1aged couple.

72ardon me, (o you have a solid merchant1like robe with calm color?7

7Welcome, please come over here, we will bring you sample cloths. !herewere F ready made goods on the rack there, but it's been selling wellrecently.7

!he husband guide me to the lounge and take out the samples from theinterior. n harmony, the wife bring out tea1like drink. t's an elegant cup.

7Since it'll be cold from now on, how about this thick fabric? f you're goingon a "ourney then we can also prepare a matching waterproof cloak, howabout it sir?7

!hese are e$cellent goods. /aybe. !hese are the types that the largestclothing store buy a lot with a lot of color variety, !he F variety of the wellselling goods probably also have cloak order accompanying them !0&C 'msorry, this sentences is total gibberish for me too in the rawD.


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!he tailoring will need F days to finish. f only buy one then it's only =days.F gold is :uite a large sum, but it's a money needed for necessary things.5owever, want at least ) change of robe before the day is over. feel like don't know the !29 if go the inner wall with this battered robe 'm wearing.

7/aster, since this shop is only for tailoring, do you know shops sellingready made goods? s you can see the robe 'm wearing is battered from the

"ourney, want to buy temporary clothes before the tailoring is done.7!0&C &ot sure why Satou call the shopkeeper goshu"inD

7or ready clothes, recommend 2oel 3lothing on the !eputa street.

lthough it's my stupid son's clothes, can assure his cloth1making skill. t's:uite famous among the commoner so it's :uite enough for temporaryclothes.7

2romoting his son's shop eh... politely refuse when he's offering to draw amap, it's enough with oral instruction so get out of the shop. almost forgotto take the deposit receipt until was called by the /rs. Shopkeeper in hurry.

bought two robes, one is a calming dark brown color and the other is agaudy red with yellow stripes. !he former is as said before, and the latter,let's omit the story behind it. /y line of vision went into the valley of thefemale clerk...

9f course also order shoes on the tailor. ) for walking in the city, M boots for "ourney.

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1-/. 0pen %ir Bath( 0&ectie and ightseeing

7Satou's here. !he petty one who doesn't want to get involved with thedangerous looking slave, Satou.7

t's a dream6 /y self1suggestion is reaching the limit.

t's another world that's most likely a dream, become my compromise. %es,however small the possibility is, won't give up.

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/y heart broke when /artha said that a bathroom is not available e$cept atthe lord's castle. Since the food and sanitation culture of the town were prettyhigh, thought that bathrooms also mattered.

thought of bathing in the room with the tub, but since it'd get the roommoldy due to the moisture, was told to do it in the backyard since it also hasa well.

!he backyard is about Q tatami wide. !he well is not that far from the backdoor, it's not e:uipped with a pump and is the type that uses buckets to drawwater, usually used in older days. 'm using one of the two wooden tubsavailable.

thought that would struggle but thanks to my high JS!K status, it waseasy.

!hought they said backyard, the fences are only around my waist high. 4ven

though there are only few pedestrians traffic, there are still some. t's alreadydim during the dusk but if take a bath in place like this, isn't this like ane$hibition?

When look around, there's a partitioning screen near the back door.

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fter put up the screen, started bathing with the cold water.

!hough it's only about as high as my waist, it's enough for shielding the view.

...(ang, forgot to buy soap6

!here's probably no shampoo, but if it's "ust soap it should be available. 0et'slook for it tomorrow.

woman comes out of the back door. t's a blond beauty on later half of herM*. 5ow do say this, this town has a lot of beautiful woman.

9ur eyes match.

ya>n.

...(isgusting. 'm disgusted with myself.

fter the woman finished drawing the water into the tub, she started bathingafter putting the screen.

!here's a screen between us, it is, but6

Whenever she moves a little, the upper body is6

Well, estimate it to be ( cup, purunpurun, it's asserting itself6

She did cover it by hand, but it got une$posed occasionally...

&o, no, 'm not a (!, summon all my strength to avert my ga+e and go backto wash my body. estrain yourself my healthy lower body6

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s thought, adult women are nice66

wipe my clean body with the towel... Wonder where should put the water.

!here is no drainage.

7t's okay to sprinkle the water on the garden plants. !here's a drainage belowthe plants.7

wonder if looked pathetic since the woman teach me. thanked her andwent back to the inn after throwing the water.

want you to overlook my glance during my way back.

DSurveillance Skill c:uired-

D2oker ace Skill c:uired-

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changed into the new robe after bathing, feeling refreshed.

!he dinner was still mainly vegetables, but the taste really came out, it wasdelicious. !hough prefer it to be a tad thicker.

!he service was raw salad. 'd be happier if it were meat...

feel that the protein was a bit insufficient, so took out "erky from mypocket and gnaw on it.

wanted to drink sake, but the customers around me drink an unrefinedlooking local sake, causing my craving to stop. want to drink some coldbeer>

fter the meal, there is no light when come back to my room. &ot evenlight from magic. Work harder, antasy6


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When ask the landlady who's struggling with drunken people, 7t's ) coppercoin if you want a lamp7, so she says. By the way, the lamp has to bereturned later. t seems that the guys who are awake stay in the bar to drinkthe night away, only the guys who want to sleep go back to their room.

!0&Cduh6D

!he toilet is shared together, scooping styled. When think about it, doing iton the outdoor like always did until yesterday is better than this. !here's abundle of straw that looks like a wiping cloth. Since it seem that 'd gethemorrhoid if use that, cut a handkerchief in suitable si+e and use it. !hisisn't eco1friendly, but don't want to save for this kind of thing6

come back to the room after finishing the business.

!he light from the lamp is dim. !here's probably some magic items able to beused as illumination among the loots, but 'm afraid that the inn could be halfdestroyed if take out the wrong item.

!he rented room is N tatami wide with a single si+ed wooden bed, there arealso chair and desk. !he chair having no roller legs is a matter of course, but

even the desk doesn't have a drawer.

!he window is small enough that when you put your face to look outside itfeels cramped. wonder if it's for ventilation, the landlady warned me toclose it before sleep to prevent crime.

ortunately, can still see the menu screen even in the dark.

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rom now on, let's fill the memo column in the menu with ob"ectives.

ct ). 0et's really think about whether this is a dream or reality.

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really a real another world, let's temporary recogni+e that this is reallyanother world. %es, temporarily. can't give up in that regard6

ct M. 0et's be wary of the surroundings.

4ven though could escape from danger thanks to my high level, should notact too antisocial that it would hinder me from touring another world. lso,although don't know how strong they are, there are gods here let's not beoverconfident of my own ability and act careless.

ct =. 0et's obtain means for self1defense.

want to obtain a method to neutrali+e opponents, or skills and magic to

weather through a troublesome situation. want to refrain from rainingmeteors every time there's trouble.

ct


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7!his is the first time 've been asked to be a tour guide.7

So she says, the M* years old "ack1of1all1trades, &adi1san, while laughingbashfully. She's not a beauty, but she's full of cute gestures. She must beplainly popular.

&ormally she's a contractor for miscellaneous "ob from the worker guild,apparently, hired to become a tour guide is :uite unusual.

Since walking is a pain, borrow a roofless horse1drawn carriage to tour thetown.

7!he west street is not too prosperous so the citi+en not only deal with the

front store, but also various slightly gray goods in the back.7

7or e$ample?7

7Well, something like love potion on the alchemist and pawn shop,moneylender, even brothels e$ist. !he slave company is also located on thesame street.7

reacted to 7slave7 word. don't want to meet that little girl> can only feeltrouble from her.

79h? (o you have an interest for slaves? Guard "ob is impossible, but theycan be made to carry your load or chore during your "ourney. /ost peddlersusually employ them.7

7ecently they closed after the stars fell before, but they're going to resume.!hey will open = days after the day after tomorrow.7

t seems that the slaves that the slave company buy are leftovers from theslave market or in training, there's usually a slave auction held once a month.

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do ask ;ack1of1ll1!rades- by all means6!0&C &ot sure if she's talking about herself or the worker guildD

!he carriage proceed along the inner wall of the west street.

7round here is the craftsmen's block. Woodwork, blacksmithing, leathercraft and many other craftsmen are here. /ost of them don't have an actualstore. Generally they open small store or stall and directly sell their productsto the customer in person.7

3an they repair weapon and armor over here?

7f you have a craftsman ac:uaintance there then there's no problem but

generally to prevent trouble, one usually go to the arms shop as anintermediate. !here are high class arms shops within the inner wall forknights, and shops for soldiers and general public on the Biso street in theeastern town. 5unters like to go to the western town since there are a lot ofmeat processing stores, there along with an arms shop.7

0et's "ust roughly look at each store on the street. t probably won't end in oneday.

3ome to think of it, isn't the lord's mansion located in the north?

7%ou're well informed. (o you want to look inside the inner wall for a bit?!hough there's only harvest work to be seen there.7

Well, 'd hate to be mistaken as a food thief if walk there on foot.

!he carriage proceed along the western inner wall, toward the narrow streetbetween the inner and outer wall.

fter advancing for a while we got to the open gate, the soldiers guarding thegate are present too. !he driver nods to the guard and continue to enter thenorthern district.


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!here's a vast farm land over there. !he carriage continue on the farm road.!he farmers are harvesting Gabo, the same fruit bought yesterday.

don't know if it's normal, but there are a lot of kids around elementaryschool age helping.

7!hose children are probably from the orphanage, since it's currently harvestseason, the children from the town might be coming here to work.7

4ven children work? &o more neet?6

/y face became strange for a little while.

7f they're not from wealthy family, then children around that age normallywork.7

(on't they go to school? W59 please, support Seryuu 3ity6

7School? f they're nobles or come from wealthy family then they usuallystudy in private, but schools only e$ist in the royal capital.7

7urthermore, the Gabo fruits those children harvest are actually staple foodsfor people with light wallets.7

5mm? But the inn serves bread and thin rice porridge, sometimes even stewright?

7&o well, /on+en inn is relatively high level so they don't serve Gabo fruit.9n the west street, most stalls are selling flat bread, gruel, and pickledvegetables. t has strong smell, bitter, and hard to chew so the wealthy rarelyever eat it. Since you can eat cheap things until your stomach full, they're notonly eaten by the orphanage children but also by about half of the generalpopulace too.7

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7!he :uantity of the yearly harvest differ. lthough the harvest area becomessmaller, they could be harvested in one month period and rarely fail.urthermore it has a property that enable it to fertili+e fallow. !hanks to Gabofruit, the number of orphanages has increased dramatically.7

What a convenient fantasy fruit. 4ven opportunism has limit.

4ven so, &adi1san is :uite knowledgeable... she looks like a literary womangraduated from the royal capital school.

7 wasn't raised in the manor inside the wall, the food situation in rural areawas pretty terrible.7

She grew up outside eh, wonder if the lord has a monopoly. t's a subtlemystery.

7t's goblin's favorite food. f it's not a place surrounded by wall like this,goblins would come in a blink of an eye and devour them greedily.7

7Back in the day, there was an e$plosive increase of goblins in the northernpart of the kingdom, the scholar who investigated the cause concluded that

it's related to Gabo fruit. n those days, if someone found a Gabo tree theywould burn it down, then it began to be used as a food source and now it hasbecome the staple food of the lower strata people. 5owever, even now, ifsomeone finds a Gabo tree, they would burn it down.7

!he wall around the farm is :uite a bit lower than the town's wall. s it aroundM meter and a half?

wonder what that tower standing tall ) kilometer away is? t's been in mymind since before entered the farm. t's around M* meter tall and looksurprisingly rugged.

7!hat's a self defense mechanism built to repulse Wyvern attacks. !he one inthe castle is for the castle's defense, the one here is used when the attackscome to the farm.7


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7bout


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1-. The Demon( the night and the Magician

Satou's here. (umbfounded because the long awaited route abruptly closed.

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n e$istence that can only be e$pressed as a demon descended.

5aving horns like a ram, dark red glowing eyes, and a "et black gleamingbody. our arms, bat wings, and a split stinger tail. !ruly a demon.

!he demon mowed down the knights effortlessly.

!he pla+a became full of toppled carriages and dead bodies scatteredaround...

t suddenly appeared in the middle of a peaceful afternoon.

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!he inner wall is mostly occupied by mansions of the nobles and the wealthy,while the shops are only located on the side of the main street leading to thecastle.

When we arrived at the inner wall, we got off the carriage and started takinga stroll around the lu$ury shops guided by &adi1san.

7!his is the shop who sells the high class armor for the knights. !he shopdoesn't only have metal armor. Sometimes they have magic armor available.

%ou'd need do+ens of gold coin for that>7

7!his one here is the largest "ewelry shop around. 4specially their service forruby and sapphire is the best in the kingdom. s for commoners, recommend 0i+ "ewelry across the street.7

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the wane for a bit last year, after the son who come back from the royalcapital succeeded the shop, it became awfully popular. Since ) article costaround M1= gold coin, commoners don't come here but it may be a good ideafor merchants who "ust got a big "ob to order here to increase their prestige.7

&adi1san is so wiki1certified knowledgeable. s e$pected of a "ack1of1all1trades?lthough lu$urious looking horse1carriages come and go from the castle tothe pla+a, the traffic is relatively sparse for our carriage to stop on the road.

wonder if &adi1san is thirsty after that much talking?

7!his is the most popular open terrace shop for sweets and tea among women

in Seryuu city.7

&adi1san's eyes are sparkling. t doesn't seem like a plea, "ust pure longing.

7&adi1san, my throat has dried up, since we're here already let's take a breakthere.77%es, understand. 2lease go ahead, will wait here.7

...hmm?

Suddenly, a lonely decision?6

7%ou don't want to enter, &adi1san?7

7'm sorry, since this is a high class tea shop...7

72lease tell me stories about the castle and the pla+a while we drink. 9fcourse, will pay for the tea and sweets.7

&adi1san's eyes are shining... but it :uickly become cloudy. s it thate$pensive?0et's be forceful here6


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70et's go.7

tenderly led her hand inside the shop.

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was a bit prepared for it, but a set of tea and sweets are only ) silver coin.sn't that cheap? !hat was what thought, but considering that amount will letyou stay for F days in a high class inn, it's probably :uite e$pensive for thegeneral public.

4ven though it's an open terrace cafe, they put stylish marble tables there.!he teacup and the pot look e$pensive too.

!he tea tastes like an ssam tea. t doesn't seem like they put sugar and milkthough.n e$change, they serve it along with sweet baked cookies. t seems that youeat it with cottage cheese or "am spread.

s this that desirable? When look at the girls in the surroundings, everyoneis eating something that looks like hotcakes full of honey cream.

So called the waiter and asked for two serving of the hotcakes. t's = silvercoin.

7(elicious>>>7

t's certainly delicious... 2articularly the charming happy e$pression from&adi1san's face6

4ven while en"oying the sweets, &adi1san didn't forget her professional duty,she talked about the land reclamation of the Seryuu city castle and variousother things.

Such peaceful afternoon tea time did not last long...

nitially, a big shadow passes through the pla+a.


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ollowed by deep bass screams.

3rossing the pla+a, a gigantic fireball pierces into the castle.9ne spire crumbles forward.

fter the cloud of dust and the sound from the collapsed spire e$pire, thepeople who were fro+en in the pla+a restarted. Screams arise, soldiers urgethem to take shelter in angry voice.

!he four armed demon float in the pla+a while spreading his black wings.

7s there a custom for a demon to come play in the afternoon in this town?7

7!here is no such thing6 Yuickly, let's escape67

D&onchalant Skill c:uired-

said something foolish. &adi1san pulled my arm to urge me to escape butmaybe her waist lost its strength, she can't get up.

!hough it's shameful, look at the situation around me to incite me to act.Somehow can't digest the ac:uired information very well. s if my body ismoving separately from my head.

When the second fireball crosses through the rampart to the castle wall, asemi1transparent blue barrier stretched in the sky, and the fireball stopped.

;ust before the barrier set, groups of knights and magicians come out of thecastle wall.

Besiege him6 Why don't you guys utili+e the castle's defense?or someone so pathetic he can't even get up off his chair, cursed at theknights. 4ven though got knowledge about battle only from manga andgames...


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!he demon lands on a flower bed in the center of the pla+a. 5e deliberatelychoose to fight on the ground instead of in the sky with its advantage.

!he heavy infantries in the back let loose a rain of arrows. Sounding likeviolent rainfall, the pla+a is pierced. Anfortunately every arrow that hit the

black body of the demon is repelled.

= cavalry knights holding lances on their left hand line up to assault thedemon together. !he demon e$hales purple breath from his mouth toward theknights. s that a poisonous breath? !he face of the knights and the horse whogot direct hits look pretty terrible. !he knights who lose their vigor fell offtheir mounts and got kicked by the demon, flying to their companions.

rom the opposite side of those knights, another = cavalry rush forward6lthough the first two knights got mowed down by the demon's tail, the otherone who was late successfully impaled the demon's body with their lance.!he knights who got mowed down by the tail stand up, and strike the demonwith their swords.

!he demon parries the knights' attack with his claws and roars6(ebris and little rocks rise and swirl around the center of the demon's "et

black body, the swirling speed gradually increase...

chilling premonition crawls up my spine6 lift my body off the chair. thought of escaping but &adi1san, who's stillweak in her waist and can't get up, entered my vision.

!here is no time. 4scape is impossible.

pulled down &adi1san from the chair, and direct the thick marble desktoward the demon as a shield. couldn't see it from my position, but at this time, the demon unleashshockwaves of vacuum blades in all directions.

t was close but managed to hold &adi1san behind the marble desk.5eavy impact shock the desk. 2art of the marble was blown off from the


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vacuum blade. !he view from the open terrace becomes tragic.

!he shops surrounding the pla+a are either partially or completely destroyed.9ne is even struck with a small carriage terribly.

took a sidelong glance at the demon who began to walk toward the soldierswho were struck with the shockwave, and carry the unconscious &adi1san toleave the pla+a.

run like the wind toward the main street while carrying &adi1san.!he people who are evacuating are hustling to the inner wall, it's a dangeroussituation.

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