My mind couldn’t keep up with all the unexplainable events that kept happening.
Let me summarize: Gutte, the lord, was exposed to a strange medicine that caused his body to expand, and now there’s a lot of trouble. What’s more, the Earth Mother Goddess has taken over Sylphy. That’s what I’m talking about.
What’s going on?
I still didn’t understand.
The earth mother goddess who possessed Sylphy says.
”You don’t have to understand what you don’t understand. Think only of buying time now. It won’t last long.”
No, even if you ask me to ‘buy you some time’.
I will ‘appraise’ the transformed gutte by ‘reading’, not ‘reading and stealing’.
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Name: Gutte Beauweil
Endurance: S
Strength: S+
Agility: A+
Magic: A+
Mental Power: S
[Specific Skills]
Hardening (Indestructible): A
Ability to increase the defensive strength of oneself and one’s equipment to an extremely large extent. The highest level of “Hardening” skill.
If the opponent’s physical attack strength is below the rank of this skill, the attack is nullified.
If it is higher than the rank of this skill, the damage is reduced to (rank difference) x 1/5.
Rush: A
Increases speed when going straight and attack power on impact. (Optional activation type)
At rank A, the increase is 50%.
[Limited Skills]
The Curse of Chaos
Inflicts all kinds of pain permanently. (Demerit only)
Status [State]
The state of being tainted by “chaos” due to the effect of the limited skill “Curse of Chaos”.
Extremely poor both mentally and physically. His mind is on the verge of collapse.
Due to the effect of the “Hero’s Lament” from the “Evil Dragon’s Miasma,” all of his stats have been replaced by the abilities of the “Shield Hero” Garan Hartis. He is also under the control of a single command, “Kill anything that moves”.
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Isn’t it rather strong? Isn’t he just a hero like the rest of us!? I mean, “Shield Hero”? Garan Hartis? Who’s that?
The answer came in Sylphy’s voice before my “appraisal”.
“Gutte Beauweil is now identified with a hero who was defeated by an evil dragon halfway through his life. Because of his status, his consciousness is still his, but his bodily freedom has been taken away by the evil dragon.”
Freedom? Oh, in the [State] section, it says under the single command, ‘Kill anything that moves”.
A little bit of history reveals that long before Earth Drago, the hero we know, there were gods on earth, and there were people of the level of heroes.
Garan Hartis, the “Shield Hero,” was one of them. And he was quite strong.
But still, identification, huh? My “Reading and Stealing” is additive, but this one is a complete status overwrite. The unique skills that Gutte originally had are gone.
The limited skills were given after the identification.
Now what do we do?
If I read my opponent first, I have an advantage because I can anticipate his actions. If all I have to do is to buy time, it will be even easier.
But I’m not supposed to do that. Well, I don’t want to be cursed either.
Oh, that’s right.
I got an idea and glanced at Sylphy. Hmm? Why are you skipping the eye roll?
“Do not read divinity into it, lest you steal it. It’s suicidal for a human being.”
Oh, no. I was hoping that since she is called “God”, she would have strength beyond human beings.
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Name: Sylphina Est Filianis
Endurance: E+
Strength: E+
Agility: D-
Magic: B-
Mental Power: C
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So weak! Just like Sylphy’s status! Well, her magic is much higher than mine…at 10 years old, a B- in magic is probably a deal breaker.
“You’re thinking of something rude, aren’t you? Possession is only a connection of consciousness. It is fundamentally different from you and her. Rather, it is the opposite of what you are.”
I don’t know what “opposite” is, but I see.
But if the consciousness is connected, and God is the one that is on the surface, can we know his status if we read deeply enough?
“Now you’re thinking funny, aren’t you? Don’t even try to read my divinity. Even that is quite a burden. With what you’re going through right now, a nosebleed won’t do you any good, will it?”
Well, what’s the use of reading something that can’t be read?
But isn’t this God looking down on us? I know it’s just because she is a god, but I had imagined that the Mother Goddess of the Earth would physically wrap me in something softer and heal me.
To be frank, she is not my type of woman.
(T/N: Mother Goddess of the Earth is already out of harem.. lol)
“You’re thinking of something very rude, aren’t you? I can’t read your mind right now, but I can tell by your facial expressions!”
The air shakes with the roar of the transformed Gutte.
“Hee, hee!”
“It’s a monster!”
“Run!”
Soldiers ran away from the site. But that was a bad idea. Gutte has been ordered to “kill anything that moves”.
“Don’t move! He’s going to attack you!”
Even if I told them, they wouldn’t stop, they are people rushed by fear.
Gutte glanced at one of the soldiers.
“Stop!”
I readied my “Sword of the Hero” and attacked.
I slashed at an angle from the shoulder.
A dull thud was heard. Hard! I can’t get the blade through properly.
It’s the effect of the unique skill “Hardening (Indestructible)”.
My muscle strength is now S-, and my weapon’s attack power is S. All in all, it’s about S. The rank difference between my skill and my opponent’s is 1, so the damage is reduced to 1/5.
The opponent rushed to counterattack.
I have better agility than him, so I can handle it somehow. I slashed three times while he fisted twice. With one slash, I can inflict a slight wound on his body.
But his wounds are healing within minutes of seeing them.
He is using healing magic while attacking.
And since he doesn’t care about being attacked, his attacks on me are becoming more and more intense. Just a fist grazed my cheek and blood splattered.
The odds are against me in a one-on-one match. Then…