And now when I see it, the cruel truth about motherās life force couldnāt keep up burning for long is shown to me.
Just how much pain did she bear in? Just how firm is her heart is to be able keeping her smile in front of me and my father?
---- [I wonāt forgive you if you put your hands on my kid!]
I suddenly remember the sensation of having the blood in my whole body burning hot like fire at that time when mother protects me from Anton.
My oath stays the same even now. And then, it wonāt ever change even in the future.
āā¦ā¦ I will protect my mother. Definitelyā
After going out from the medical facility, I started to run. While bringing the Ax that granpa Bardis made for me in my hand, I rush straight to the forest ---- but on my way there, I suddenly heard a familiar voice calling me.
āHiroto! Where do you think you are going! Hold on a bit!ā
ā---- Donāt follow me Monica-neechan!ā
LOG
- You are giving your command to ćMonicać
- ćMonicać will be unable to get out from the town for a while.
āā¦ā¦ Why isā¦ā¦ Hiroto, Wait! What are you going to do!?ā
Monica-san who is always there to help meā¦ā¦ In this last moment I end up betraying her. If someone joins party with you, when affection level is at the highest you can give any order to them anytime.
Even if she is a mid-rank plus hunter, if we met the dragon and the dragon decide to aim for her, she will easily dies. I definitely canāt endanger other peopleās life just for my own sakeā¦ā¦ If the people in this world die, then that will be the end of them because people canāt respawn in this world.
I also donāt think that I could struggle through this trial by my own powerā¦ā¦ All I need to do is to choose on the best way to survive.
(ā¦ā¦ In the end, I canāt do everything by myselfā¦ā¦ But this is enough)
The answer is the bonus point that I have been saving and plan to keep on forever without using it.
Added with the bonus I got from leveling up, the total point that I have now is 245 points and I spend all those points in all my skill that is directly related to battle.
LOG
- You have used 30 points for the skill [Strong Body].
Skill has reached level 100! The Skill [Invincible] learned!
- You have used 50 points for the skill [Magic Grounding].
Skill has reached level 100! The skill [Magic Boost] [Double Cast] learned!
- You have used 10 points for the skill [Divine Sword Arts]. (Eros: What translation did I use again for this skill? I forgot. Too lazy to check back)
Skill has reached level 50! The skill [Double Magic Sword] learned!
- You have used 50 points for the skill [Ax Mastery].
You have learned a few action skill and passive skill!
- You have used 70 points for the skill [Fortune].
You have learned a few action skill and passive skill!
Divine Sword Arts skill is like Spirit Magic skill which needs to go through quests to increase the skill more after reaching a certain level. The level cap can only be removed from completing that quest. But beside those skills, I maxed out every other skill that can help me in battle. My remaining skill points are down to 35 but even I spend all of it now, my remaining skills donāt have any merit to buff me as an ax wielder so I just left it for now.
With Strong Body level 100, I could learn the action skill [Invincible]. By spending half of my mana, no matter how strong the attack that I received, I can be in an invincible state for one hit. With Double Cast, I can increase my magic fire rate but rather than that, Double Magic Sword should have the greatest damage output for the current me. My main reason of increasing Magic Grounding skill is because I want to increase my maximum mana even for a bit.
The rest of my skills are all stopped at level 30. Hunter, Warrior, Medic, Elemental Magic, ā¦ā¦ those are job specific skill that level cap needs to be unlocked by doing quest. Also I need to be having the corresponding job to pass level 30.
In short, this is my current strongest limit. The time I had spent to train myself is even longer than when I play the game in my previous live. Added with the bonus point given by the Goddess and my +7 weapon, I should be far stronger than my character in game.
I am not only strong in form of data only, I have acquired this strength for real. Betting my only life in it, I will risk my all to fight.
The Crystallized tear of Sovereign dragonā¦ā¦ Now that I must get it no matter what, I wonāt feel any regret from using my saved up skill points to battle skill at this point. After all, I canāt have myself died because of slight mishap when meeting the dragon until I managed to acquire the crystallized tears. Because I have already hunted those Lizardman and Drake in 4 digits unit inside the game in my previous life, I know that they are not an opponent that you can make little of.
First of all, I have to reach the depth of the cave. And with how I decided to not involve anyone else with my problem, I have to get pass through it by myselfā¦ā¦!
ā--- UUUOOOOOAAAAAAAAA!ā
LOG
- You used [Warcry]!
- The party battle spirit is burning! Your attack power is temporarily increased!
Running through the forest, I screamed out loud. The Warrior skill that I received from Wendy gives me the active skill [Warcry] when it reached level 30ā¦ā¦ Originally, it is a support active skill to buff the entire party attack power.
But now I use it to psyche myself up, and to bring out my battle spirit that is about to explode up front. After I scream out loud, the inside of my head becomes surprisingly calm. Even I am kinda surprised by it.
āāā
I have known the place where the cave entrance is located. Before, Father and Filianes-san said that I should be careful with the monster inside the cave so while I go out to the forest with Monica-san and the rest of the party to do quest, I took the chance to also check the location of the cave for just in case situation. I was afraid that the strong monster inside the cave would loiter outside the cave and bring harm to Monica-san and the other so I didnāt get to close enough to the entrance to clarify it but I did found something that resembles that.
---- As I follow my memory, I go into the mountain base which is located in the western part of the forest. And at the rocky surface of the mountain, I managed to find the cave entrance. The inside of the cave is very dark and normal people would need a torch to explore inside but to spirit magician like me who can summon a fire spirit by using the magic skill Summon Wisp, the darkness isnāt too much of a problem.
āO spirit of fireā¦ā¦ heed upon my call and illuminates the darkness before me! [Summon Wisp]!ā
In the inside the cave where sunlight couldnāt reach, the situation is very close to a true darkness state. But with my fire spirit illuminating the surroundings, the darkness wonāt become a problem for me. This magic only cost me 1 mana per hour so if I feel like it, I could activate it all day long.
---- But just when I start feeling proud of my spirit fire, the situation suddenly changed to one where I donāt need to use it anymore. As I walk through a downhill path inside the cave, I start seeing red hot light from molten lavaā¦ā¦ and within the light, I could see some dozens figure of monsters moving around.
LOG
- [Charm] has been activates automatically! 3 Sword Lizard failed to resist! They are now charmed!
- [Charm] has been activates automatically! 2 Fire Drake failed to resist! They are now charmed!
(Alrightā¦ā¦ With fortune skill at tandem, my charm would affect others easier. With this, the enemy that I should face would beā¦ā¦)
Decreasedā¦ With that in mind, I quickly turn my gaze towards another crowd of Lizardmen and Drakes in the passage behind the first group.
LOG
- [Charm] has been activates automatically! 1 Sword Lizard failed to resist! They are now charmed!
- [Charm] has been activates automatically! All the Fire Drakes managed to resist!
But the more I used charm, the affecting rate steadily gets worsened. It doesnāt matter even if I have a level 100 fortune skill, they are high leveled monster after all. The first five monsters should be my charm skill limit.
(This is badā¦ā¦ If thing continues on like this, in the moment I get tangled up with the sword lizard, the fire drake firebreath will come in flyingā¦ā¦!)
The nightmare like memory from when I played the game is coming back to me. These two monsters that show up together at volcano area actually have a great compatibility with each otherā¦ā¦ Sword Lizard has resistance to Fire drakeās firebreath so even if the firebreath attack hits them too, they would not receive any damage. Because of that, Sword Lizard act up as the front liner which lock their enemy movement and Fire Drake will be in the back using its firebreath mercilessly.
I donāt have any equipment that gives me resistance to fire element but even if I got burned, as long as my I keep my hp up, I definitely wonāt die ---- But even so, that will cost me a lot of time and time is the thing I donāt have in abundance right now.
---- Donāt be afraid. It is exactly for times like this that I had diligently cultivates my strengthā¦ā¦ And the me now that am buffed with all that bonus point should not put those kind of small fries in my eyes! No one can stop me!
ā---- Get the hell out of my way!ā
LOG
- You activate [Double Magic Sword]!
- You enchant [Icicle Spike] to your weapon!
- You enchant [Freeze Blast] to your weapon!
- You activate the active skill [Blade Spin]! [Raging Dance of the Revolving Ice Blades]!
- Critical Hit! 3 ćSword Lizardć received 1085 damage!
- 2 ćFire Drakeć received 843 damage!
- You have defeated all the monsters!
āGUGYAAA!ā
āGAAAA!ā
Ice elemental spirit magic ----I am not as adept in it as with fire element, but Iām glad I take my time to learn it. I cover my ax with ice cold aura to slow those fire elemental monstersā movement down and combined with the sharpness of my +7 ax, I could easily cut through those monsters hard scale.
(Their weak point is just as I thought it willā¦ā¦ but the log didnāt mention an overkill. As I thought, these guysā¦ā¦ are monsters that shouldnāt actually belong to this areaā¦ā¦!)
āUUOOOOO!ā
I repeatedly swing my ax which has been enchanted with magic again and again. With the active skill that I learned when I reach level 50 of Ax mastery, the [Blade Spin], I could keep dispatching my enemies at the most efficient way. If I could keep on like this, the road ahead will eventually be openedā¦ā¦!
And then, in front of me who keep swinging my ax wildly, 1 Sword Lizard stands there trying to block my way.
---- And that sword lizard, not only held a sword in its hand, it is also held a shield in another.
(Whaā¦ā¦!?)
LOG
- ćSword Lizardćactivates its active skill [Shield Parry]!
āGugyagyagyagya!ā
Clank! My Ax and the sword lizardās buckler met and repel each other. The buckler is broken and flying out from the sword lizardās arm but my [Blade Spin] is interrupted. My body froze up because of the interruption and could only stand defenseless.
(Kuhā¦ā¦ Should I use [Invincibility]?...... Butā¦ā¦!)
LOG
- ćFire Drakeć let out a firebreath! Blazing fire is burning everything on its path!
---- Some dozens and more line like that written in the log. It seems like that even the Drake that I canāt see is joining the fray and shoots their firebreath together at the same time, there are no other choice besidā¦ā¦
āHiroto, take cover! Use Resist Ice magic quick!ā
The moment I think about using active skill [Invincibility], I suddenly heard an unfamiliar woman voice from my back. Before I could think, I reflexively cast rank 2 spirit magic [Resist Ice] to myself and curl up like how the voice tells me to.
LOG
- ćNerisć is casting [Ice Storm]!
- ćNerisć Magic Boost causes her magic power to doubles!
- Groups of ćSword Lizardć received 476 damage! Groups of monsters are frozen!
- Groups of ćFire Drakeć received 352 damage! Groups of monsters are frozen!
- Your Ice element resistance becomes stronger! You managed to resist the magic attack.
(Nerisā¦ā¦ Obaba-sama? But that voice is notā¦ā¦)
That voice is clearly coming from a young womanā¦ā¦ I get bewildered for a moment because of the inconsistency that I read from the log.
The Sword Lizard that broke my active arts and tried to launch a counter back at me is now becomes a frozen statue in front of me. The effect of freezing from Ice Storm could last for 15 seconds so I can hit it now to kill it easily.
But, the monsters are still appearing one after another ---- Even if the continuous appearing of monsters stop now, I only managed to defeat a small portion of it right now.
āā¦ā¦ I actually doesnāt have any intention to help and I also didnāt meant to show this current appearance to you eitherā
āObaba-samaā¦ā¦ no, you are not herā¦ā¦?ā
āWhat are you saying? Look, I even still wear my usual clothesā¦ā¦ I really am Neris. You donāt know about it? Then let me tell you that high ranked magician could make the magic power inside their body into active state which then will turn their physical condition to the time when they are still in their golden ageā
That is the first time I heard thatā¦ā¦ If what she says is true then this young woman who wears pointed hat and black robe, who look like a 17 years old teenager, and has a strong confidence in her expression is the one and only, Neris Obaba-sama herself.
āHiroto, so you are alright after allā¦ā¦ Really you boy, you are too reckless. Monster like Sword Lizard and Fire drake are categorized as dangerous monsters that even the people from knight brigade would feel fear when facing those two.ā
āThank god~ we made it! Hiroto-chan~, why do dangerous thing by yourself like this? You need to be spanked!ā
āFilianes-san, Mar-sanā¦ā¦ Howā¦ā¦!ā
Neris Obaba-sama is actually not alone. Filianes-san, Mar-san, Aletta-san, Wendy, Namelessā¦... All the people who had once party together with me before come one after another. And then, with a face full of guilt, Aletta-san opens her mouth:
āIām sorry, Hiroto-chanā¦ā¦ Just a while ago we arrived at Mizell with the purpose of visiting Remilia-san but on the way to the medical facility, Monica-san is calling for our help. She said that Hiroto-chan is going to the forest by himselfā¦ā¦ā
āI and Nameless-san too got asked by Monica-san for help and came here. She said that Exalted Master is in dangerā¦ā¦ Iām really sorry! I know Iām that I would only bring troubles coming to this kind of dangerous place while still being inexperiencedā¦ā¦ā
āWhy are you so distantā¦ā¦ Hiroto-kun. Donāt you have experienced many adventures together with This self? Why would you go alone in times of real danger like this? This self is having heart-rending feeling right now you know?ā
Itās been a while since the last time I go on a quest with Wendy and Nameless-sanā¦ā¦ and yet they still come to help even in this kind of dangerous place of other places.
Neris Obaba-samaā¦ā¦ No, Neris-san is casting another Ice Storm to stop the monsters movement then walk close to me. Her appearance just changes soo much that I canāt even believe that she is the real Obaba-samaā¦ā¦ She really is a vigorous beautiful girl in her youth. She usually bent her back when walking so that her robe would always rub against the ground. But now, in her youthful figure, the long robe that she wears looks more like a long skirt instead. Her face, her figure, her style, everything is just too different from her usual appearance.
āI feel that just letting you go by yourself and wait for the result back at home would be a cruel thing to do. These little lass are making a big fuss back in the village so I take the role to guide them all here. I already know where the cave is located after allā
āā¦ā¦ Thank you. I reallyā¦ā¦ā
āHiroto, you are indeed strongā¦ā¦ but there are also things that are difficult to do alone. Isnāt the times like this are the best time for you to rely on the relation that you have cultivated until now? And it is not only I who think like that, everyone else is also thinking the same thing you know?ā
Filianes-sanās word made me feel happy straight from my heartā¦ā¦ but even so.
I must say the fact to the girls. I must tell them the fact about my fateful encounter with the Sovereign Dragon, and the reason why I must go face her alone.
āā¦ā¦ Yes, I am wrong. If it was only me alone, it would takes too much time to get pass thisā¦ā¦ Thatās why, I have a request. Filianes-san, Neris-san, everyoneā¦ā¦ I wish you all would let me go ahead by myself. I will open up the path first and then please cover after me from behindā
āHi-Hiroto-chan, you will go to the depth by yourself? Even though there is chance for dragon being hereā¦ā¦!?ā
āā¦ā¦ Wait, Mar, currently, there is no one who could stop Hiroto hereā¦ā¦ Hiroto should have felt it with his instinct that the dragon and the enemy that is lurking around here couldnāt be compared at allā
Even when I donāt say everything, she could still understand me. In Eternal Magia, I also have someone who I could trust my back withā¦ā¦ And such hard to get partner like that, I actually managed to find another person like that in this Magiahaim. Moreover, it is not only one person.
āā¦ā¦ Hiroto, I will only ask you one thingā¦ā¦ There is chance for you to win right? If you donāt think so then I will stop you right here. By using the magic known as Freezing Coffin, that isā
The freezing ice cage, the Freezing Coffin. It is a level 7 ice elemental spirit magic. It is a magic that excels at totally immobilize the target movement. If I receive that kind of magic directly then I will instantly frozen solid. And while I am immobilized, my small 4 years old body could be easily carried out by the women here ---- But.
āā¦ā¦ Neris-san, thank you for worrying me. But, that wonāt work for meā
āā¦ā¦ It will be impossible for Freezing Coffin to be guarded with just a Resist Ice magic, I will tell you that first hand. But again, Hiroto boy, looking at your face, I see that you are not just recklessly rushing to your own death. Then Hiroto boy, let me teach you the secret of spirit magician first before you goā¦ā¦ Well, this is merely only the process to reach that level but, I pray that it could help you accomplish what you want to do so you can come back home safelyā
āYes!ā
Looking at my response, everyone started to gives out a smile again. They must be happy seeing my reply to the part ācome back home safelyā with confidence.
I come here for the sake of saving my mother. For the sake of taking all my happiness back which is about to disappear, no matter how hard it is, I must stay alive no matter what.
āI will definitely come back alive. I hope that everyone also wonāt do reckless thingsā¦ā¦!ā
āWe understand!ā
LOG
- With your presence, the party memberās battle spirit is encouraged!
- All status of the party is increasing!
Filianes-san and Mar-san is in the vanguard to face the Sword Lizard while Neris-san and Nameless-san, escorted by Wendy, is thinning out the Fire Drake number with their magic. And lastly, Aletta-san will cast AOE healing skill to keep the party runningā¦ā¦ Although these peoples fight together for the first time, their cooperation isnāt even the bit awkward making one think that they had been partying together for long to reach that level of cooperation.
(Everyoneā¦ā¦ Please be save. I will also definitely come back safelyā¦ā¦!)
I swing my ax to the Sword Lizard that is standing on my way to block me. These monsters who had split up their formation and had their number greatly reduced are definitely not something that could block my way.
---- The place I aim for is only one, the dragonās nest in the deepest part of this caveā¦ā¦ She should be protecting her treasures there right, Sovereign Dragon?
To get the crystallized dragon tear, I have thought of 3 methods to achieve it. The first one is by simply defeating it in battle.
The second method is by making the Sovereign Dragon an ally ---- clear up the precondition given and immediately use the tame skill on her.
And the third is, by doing [Transaction] with the Sovereign Dragon to trade her crystallized dragon tear with something else that I have.
No matter what the method is, I will definitely get that elixir then save my mother!
And the only one who could make this all happen amongst the human is, only myself!
Eros: Poor Monica, she canāt get out of town because his curse