Chapter 90

Name: Marie Belle François

Level: 1487

Rank: S

Title: Swordmaster

Skills:

- Name: Divine Decisive

- Name: Iaido

- Name: Presence Perception

- Name: Environmental Adaptation

- Name: Body Control

- Name: Status Resistance

- Name: Mental Resistance

"Strong."

"Indeed, at the S-rank level, having a four-digit level is quite natural."

"Even without talent, I've been exploring dungeons for 70 years. If you're as exceptional as Gido-kun, you'll probably reach this level in about 10 years, hahaha."

Even Gido-san had a monster-level status, but Marie-san demonstrated a level that was literally in a different dimension. This is what S-rank is... It's scary.

Moreover, this person is a swordsman. Iaido, in particular, is quite a core skill. I can't imagine it from her appearance, but she must be incredibly strong. I don't feel like I can win at all.

"No, no, Kōhei-san? Even with your current skills, if they are fully activated, you can win, right? Your special effects against monsters and evil thoughts are boosted by 30 times, and for the sake of 'a world where everyone can rest in peace,' you can probably output 50 times the power right now."

Riebe said this. No, that's based on the premise of a battle where you absolutely cannot lose against monsters or evil thoughts. I don't think a serious battle like that will happen with Marie-san, and skills that can't be activated are the same as not having them at all.

"Gr... Then, I still can't catch up, it's frustrating. But I will catch up and surpass you soon! Your power shouldn't be defeated at this level!!"

"O-oh. Right, I'll try my best without pushing myself too hard."

While feeling a bit overwhelmed by the heated conversation in my head, I get to the main topic.

"So, the skill that reacted to me... Is it this, 'Divine Decisive'?"

"Exactly. The details are written on this paper. I've been waiting for a lifetime to find out what triggers the strange reaction."

With a joyful smile, Marie-san placed a piece of paper on the table. It described the effects of the skill 'Divine Decisive.'

Skill

Name: Divine Decisive

Effect: Salvation Technique / Currently Sealed

-- Salvation Technique? What's this?

Confused by the incomprehensible effect, a voice echoed in my head.

"Ah... So you have a decisive skill. Since you've made contact with Kōhei-san, the seal must be lifted, right?"

It was Riebe's voice. Hey, this is getting unsettling.

I looked at Marie-san. She continued with a smile.

"As written here, it was sealed. The moment I saw you, an announcement sounded: 'Savior confirmed, unlocking the seal on the Salvation Technique.'"

"Savior...?"

"Kōhei-kun, the system also recognizes you as the savior!?"

Surprised by the unexpected words, Kanae-san started to get excited. I asked Riebe, ignoring her excitement.

"Riebe, something reacted just now, right? What is this?"

"Hmm... Well, to explain, that skill is a decisive skill, a trump card prepared by our side. It was created to weaken the true form of the evil thoughts, to assist the Administrator. It's a skill to support the Administrator."

A skill to assist the Administrator? This is quite an important matter...

Riebe, can you continue? Depending on the situation, I need to convey this to Marie-san as well, carefully choosing my words.

"Sure. Well, the true form of the evil thoughts is too powerful for the Administrator to defeat alone. So, the system prepared four special skills to significantly weaken it and gave them to humans. These are the decisive skills, 'Salvation Techniques.'"

Suddenly, a flood of information. Hmm, it's quite serious and relentless.

I can see Kanae-san excitedly explaining the situation to Marie-san and the others, but I ignored it and focused on digesting the information from Riebe's words.

The system thought that the Administrator—probably me, there's no doubt about that—alone couldn't defeat the true form of the evil thoughts. Therefore, it created a special skill to weaken the evil thoughts and gave it to humans. These are the four 'Salvation Techniques,' and Marie-san's 'Divine Decisive' is one of them.

However, I still have questions.

Marie-san said this skill manifested 70 years ago. There's a significant gap until I made contact with her. What's this about?

"... The decisive skills are designed to be passed on to other qualified individuals if the owner dies or the skill becomes difficult to use. They are unique, one-of-a-kind skills that neither increase nor decrease."

What? Skills can be passed on to someone else?

I've never heard of this. Skills can't be inherited, transferred, or exchanged. I only remember that you can teach skills whose acquisition conditions are known.

"Yes, usually that's the case. But the decisive skills are special because the system didn't know when a potential Administrator would appear. So, the seal being lifted this time is purely coincidental."

What is this... It's vague and opportunistic. The system is surprisingly lax, isn't it?

While holding my head, I turned to the stunned everyone.

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