Chapter 017

Around Houdon capital, royal road spreads out . Thanks to this road, the survival rate of travelers rose by leaps and bounds .

It was on this royal road of Houdon…

“Hey . . are you going to walk, why not take a carriage?”

Usually, it was common to ride a horse-drawn carriage by paying some money . It was faster and safer . Horse-drawn carriages have magic protection to keep weak monsters away . This journey would take them 3 days on a carriage and 10 days on foot .

“Why? Because we’re going to do intensive training from now on . ”

“Eh? Intensive training?”

“Yeah . It’s a jam-packed schedule . You could say it’s special training . ”

Nina has become strong recently . I have also increased my level and improved my status . However, when I was facing the ogre, I was struggling just to fight it .

“Eh . . You have been fighting the ogre?”

“Yeah . . It was terrible . My arm was broken and my head was one step away from being crushed… However, I killed it . ”

“Eeeh?”

Nina was surprised to see me alive after facing the ogre . I was never getting injured when fighting against weak monsters, but that day I was one step away from the death’s door .

“Hey . . What are you doing?”

“I’m trying to see if your injury is better . ”

“That arm was healed long ago . And why are you touching my bottom?”

“Don’t worry . Being touched there is calming you down, right?”

While she said that, there was no chance to make her hand, that was touching my bottom, leave .

“The reason being that monsters get stronger the closer we are to the capital . We will get ourselves accustomed to their strength, so that we wouldn’t die stupidly when we encounter a strong monster . ”

“Yeah . That’s because the capital was built in the vicinity of a dungeon . ”

“So, why did they build it near one?”

“Because there is a lot of benefits . ”

Nina told me the reason . Dungeons have monster spawning grounds . Unlike normal monster breeding, monsters spawned are of high purity . Weapons, armor, accessories, they can be created from monster’s materials . There are also treasure boxes spawning inside dungeons . Treasure boxes spawning may sound weird, but the aim of so many adventurers is finding those boxes . From a high ranked dungeon, one could even find national level treasures inside . If one could find such a treasure, they could live the remaining part of their life in luxury .

“But there are a lot of monsters attacking . ”

“Still, there are more benefits than drawbacks . ”

“However, we haven’t encountered any monsters . ”

“That’s because we’re on the royal road . ”

That day we didn’t encounter any demons until nightfall .

“Today we will camp here . ”

“Eat eat ~ ♪”

We say it’s a camp, but it’s more like a bonfire . We don’t have any tents to justify naming it as a camp . We ate bread and dried meat that was made by Stella . She taught me how to make it once .

“Stella’s bread is delicious… . ”

Because of Nina’s remarks, my eyes became watery .

“Yeah . . Because bread can be kept longer, don’t eat it all now . We will do the special training now . ”

“Eh . . We’re going to do it in the darkness?”

“Because it is dark, it will be a special training . You can also use your full power, no need to hold back . ”

“I know I have grown, but you have better Swordsmanship, Yu . ”

“Don’t worry . I will spar with you without using magic nor weapons . ”

“What? Barehanded and without magic?”

I dropped my long sword in front of Nina .

“Ah . . How come it’s broken?”

In the battle with the ogre, it’s state became so wretched .

“I will get a new one in the city . So I have to fight without it until I get a new one . ”

“Don’t worry, good equipment can be found in the capital . ”

The reason why I wanted to buy it there, was because they have A, C and D rank dungeons there . “Enrio Maze”, a B rank dungeon and “Golgo Labyrinth”, a D rank one . Many dungeons are nearby that are famous for the materials found within, which were used to make armors and weapons from .

“Of course . I will buy the best equipment available . ”

“Buy an [Item bag] first . It’s the thing that makes a revolution for an adventurer . ”

[Item bags] are small pouches that have magic applied on them . They can hold items much bigger than their size and their weight doesn’t change . It was an essential equipment .

“Alright, enough talk, let’s train . ”

I positioned myself away from her .

“You can come at me anytime . ”

The moment I said that, Nina’s dagger has passed by the side of my face with a *ziiiing* sound .

“Nina, you don’t have to hold back, I can heal myself . ”

“Ok…”

Nina was afraid of hurting me, it should lessen her anxiety .

Okay, I will cast fireball . (Tl note: i tought he said without magic?)

“What?”

I shot a fireball at Nina .

“What?”

“Nina, you have to be serious . If not, there’s no point to this special training . ”

“Aaah… You saw trough me . ”

Nina has finally become serious . She took a dagger and a steel knife in her left and right hand respectively .

Nina’s [Dagger mastery Lvl 3] and [Dual dagger Lvl 1] mutually enhanced their effects .

“Oh . ”

At that moment Nina was aiming at my chest .

I dodged it easily .

“[Dagger Strike]!”

“You still shout it out . ”

Nina activated her skill with her right hand . The moment I tried to dodge it, her left hand moved forward . She also activated [Dagger Strike] with her left hand, this time without chanting . It was a feint .

“See ya!”

I dodged backwards and took a distance using [Body Enhancement] .

“Hehehe, surprised?”

It was amazing .

“You used a feint by deliberately shouting the skill name out loud . ”

I was jealous at her development . I casted a fireball which expanded to the circumference of several meters .

“Wha… Yu…”

That night, special training ended with me chasing Nina using fireballs .

(TL note: he felt lost then cheated by casting magic . I forget at how childish our MC was)

“Good morning . . ”

“Morning Yu . . ”

Nina was rubbing her sleepy eyes .

“You didn’t sleep?”

Yesterday, after our special training, I have been trying to increase my [Awareness] skill . A monster has been caught in my awareness area and, because of that, I couldn’t go to sleep with a peace of mind .

“I was trying to scan the area with [Awareness] . I want to get used to it . ”

“But you also need to sleep . ”

“Well… I want to get used to it . ”

It’s because we will be entering a city soon . Comer city that we will be visiting has a population of over 100,000 people . If I don’t get used to using [Awareness], some bad things may happen .

We were walking, but Nina kept on looking at me . She was making sure that I was okay .

On the way, we saw one wagon . 5 to 6 adventurers were on it . It stopped moving a few meters away from us .

“What’s happening?” A girl got off the carriage, while the men inside were sneering at her .

“We have some company . Oy . . Pot-chan, come back here~ . ”

“What did you just call me? Pot-chan?”

“No . . You must have misheard me . ”

Having said that, their carriage took off leaving her behind .

It was a robe-wearing girl with short, blonde hair and a face belonging to 10 to 12 years old . I looked at her status .

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Status window

Name:Lena FormaRace:Human

Job:MagicianLevel:7

HP:21MP:67

Strength:1Agility:3

Vitality:2Intelligence:23

Magic:44Luck:16

Passive Skills

Casting Speed Up:Lvl . 1

Active Skills

White Magic:Lvl . 2

Black magic:Lvl . 2

Special Skills

None

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PL0ZtoG

“What’s with her status? She is a magician but her physique is horrible . ”

“You guys . . ”

“What?”

“What?”

Nina and I said it at the same time .

“You’re lucky…”

“Nina, let’s leave…”

“To have met me…”

“Quick…”

“the genius magician…”

“I’m a magician…”

“Hey…”

“Yaaa!”

I have met a strange person .