Chapter 19 – Skip (Physical)(2)

Hero and Academy.

You can feel it just by hearing the name, but H&A, which resembles this world, is a game set in the academy.

Maybe that’s why the tutorial at the beginning of the game is the academy entrance exam.

Experienced gamers will have noticed that the entrance exam is a tutorial.

That something would go wrong during the entrance exam.

In fact, an event occurs in which the followers of the evil god aim for the entrance exam and attack the academy.

That’s what the tutorial is about.

For players who learned the basic controls while wandering around, cultists were convenient in many ways.

Not only the combat system, but also the fact that the followers of the evil god appear as enemies can tell you that there is a confrontation between the good god and the evil god.

If there’s just one problem… I wonder if the developer’s motivation was a little excessive.

If you manage to get rid of the trash mobs and move towards the center of the raid, you will meet the tutorial boss at the end.

Pietro, Bishop of Cloudy Unity.

The moment you encounter him, a cutscene that cannot be skipped begins, and the worldview is explained through Pietro’s mouth.

That’s for 5 minutes.

It’s not an exaggeration. When I measured it myself, it came out exactly 5 minutes and 12 seconds.

The quality was very good, perhaps because it was an important cutscene, but… Then what do you do?

I have to rewatch the cutscene I watched for 5 minutes.

Thanks to the developer’s perverted favoritism, Pietro has been holding onto the number one spot in the unlikable NPC user vote for several years.

The guy just died.

When I came out of the dungeon, I heard a familiar back and a boring voice, so I stabbed it reflexively.

It just fell down.

“Is he really dead… ?”

Tuk-tuk.

I tried to touch Pietro, who was spread out on the floor, with my feet, but he didn’t even move.

There’s no doubt about it since the kill alarm went off in the first place.

When he was convinced that he had succeeded in skipping (physical), only then did he feel joy from deep inside his heart.

“I did it… !”

It feels like a long-time wish has come true.

The corners of your mouth itch, and a meaningless laugh escapes.

With this feeling intact, I turned around and waved his hand.

“Heh… Carla! Did you just see Pietro This talkative cultist just died without saying a few words?! Gagging like this! Do!”

“…….”

I was so excited that I even mobilized my hands and feet and boasted about what happened a little while ago.

For some reason, Carla just nodded her head trembling as she held her mouth shut with her hand.

“… Yes?”

He looks like a frightened rabbit like when he first bought it.

When I tilted her head, wondering why, Carla slowly approached me and started wiping my face with her clean sleeve.

Swish Swish.

A distance that naturally came closer.

It was only when I saw my current reflection in Karla’s ruby ​​eyes that I was able to understand the current situation.

“Ah.”

A handsome boy with dark hair and a bright smile while covered in blood. That’s it.

Let’s turn her head slightly, sure enough.

Even the guards who surrounded them had faces mixed with bewilderment and reluctance….

That’s why he was looking this way with an expression like looking at a so-called madman.

To appeal that she was harmless, she calmly waited on Karla and opened her mouth with the softest voice possible.

“Hmmmm. Lucky for you. I would have thought that the enemy who struggled with the guards would turn their backs on the dungeon entrance.”

“…….”

Carla nodded silently.

“Ah, by the way, the reward I received for clearing the dungeon was this dagger? Shall I borrow it for you later? You were curious about the grace of the gods.”

“…….”

Carla looked at me silently this time and nodded again.

“… What. The way she was covering her mouth earlier, and the way it is now. Why are you like this all of a sudden?”

After a brief questioning, only then did Carla answer in a cautious voice.

“Joe, didn’t the owner just say something? The cultists are annoying because they talk too much….”

“Is that why you kept your mouth shut? What do you care about Carla, you are not a cultist.”

“Master….”

Carla’s eyes sparkled with a slightly moved expression.

My conscience stings a little.

Even her party, Karla, knew that she was the daughter of a cultist, although she had elaborately manipulated it.

Isn’t the fact that Karla’s father was a cult in the first place itself a false accusation?

Turning her gaze away from Karla for no reason, she looked at the reward of this dungeon that was still in her hand.

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【Shining Lion Dagger】

A pure white dagger with a carving of a roaring lion on the pommel.

The blade, with a texture closer to bone than metal, sometimes emits a warm glow.

A dagger clad in holy brilliance will become even sharper than usual.

… And the brilliance will shine brightest in the dark.

– When attacking, 10% chance to inflict additional light property damage.

-Increases critical hit damage by 30%.

– When dealing with cultists, the extra hit rate and critical hit rate are fixed at 100%.

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The chance of additional light property hits is low, and the critical hit damage increase is a basic option attached to daggers.

However, the true value of this dagger lies in the last option.

A guaranteed extra hit against a cultist and a guaranteed critical hit.

In fact, it would be safe to say that it was an extremely poisonous dagger against cultists.

Whether you use it yourself or give it to a party member, at least one is a perfect weapon to employ as a secondary weapon.

The problem is that it is only an option against cultists, so it does not work against powerful monsters or apostles of evil spirits that often appear in the second half.

And since it’s a bound item, if a wizard or archer accidentally catches it, it has the downside of becoming pretty trash….

Is this the reality?

Unlike the wizards in the game who couldn’t do melee attacks at all, I can wield a dagger as much as I want, only with a difference in proficiency.

Or it could be used in a way that was not in the original system, such as throwing a dagger with telekinesis magic.

Either way, you will be able to use it several times more colorfully than in the days when it was a simple game.

It’s a completely unexpected reward, but you even received the sun god’s protection attribute from the righteous light by killing Pietro.

‘Status window.’

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【Blessing of the Sun God (C)】

The brightest being in the sky. The Master of the Sun imparts his radiance to you.

-Increases the speed of physical recovery and magic recovery by 200% while receiving sunlight.

-Increases light property damage by 10%.

-Increased friendship with the Church of Light.

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It’s a problem because it’s hard to get the family protection type trait, but if you have it, it’s a good trait that can be used in any job.

Even if you repeat things that the god who gave you the divine protection would like, the rank of the divine protection would rise.

But how do you get this here?

As she smiled while looking at the status window, she heard a deep voice from next to her.

“Kuhm.”

A well-armed guard. Among them, a middle-aged man in even more splendid armor had crossed the barrier that had disappeared before he knew it.

“I am Nielsen Gardner, captain of the Geff City Guard. May he ask for your name?”

“Oh, my name is Yandel. I saw a cultist on the way to the academy, so I tried to dig a little bit and this is what happened.”

“Huh. Was he a student at the academyhahaHe still looks young, but to break through the dungeon that quickly, he must have at least graduated from the academy. But the woman next to me… Slave?”

Nielsen, who checked the nape of Karla’s neck, asked in a voice mixed with wonder and admiration.

She didn’t break the slave’s mana core, and even properly armed her, so she must be amazing.

Are you surprised what… Because Carla’s beauty isn’t average.

If rumors spread that it was me who bought Karla at the auction house yesterday, it would be embarrassing, so she quickly shook her hand and answered as she had thought.

“Gosh. I’m not a student Now I am just an aspiring student going to take the entrance exam. This slave is an escort and attendant assigned by my guardian.”

“Aspirant… ? It’s amazing It’s already like this, but what will happen after graduating from the academy… Ah, so the guardian seems to have gifted this kind of slave.”

Haha… It is thanks to him that he looked good on her.”

As he subtly pretended to have a back stomach, Nilsson’s attitude became more polite.

I don’t know who it was, but he must have guessed that my back tummy is not normal, given that Karla surpasses her level of slavery.

It is also the reaction I was aiming for.

A kind of know-how developed through experience so far.

Money is always right, but if there is no force or power to protect it, I’m just a good prey.

Nielsen, who tried to look away from Karla, continued with a friendly smile.

“Did you say Yandel? The method was a bit rough, but I found a group of cultists and cleared the dungeon they hid, so I won’t take issue with using magic in the city.”

“I just want to thank you for covering up my hasty mistake.”

Haha… It is not the duty of the faithful to destroy the cultists. There will also be rewards for your hard work. However, there are a few things I’d like to ask for the sake of investigating the situation….”

“Anything I can answer, I have to answer. Isn’t this also my duty as a good imperial citizen?”

“Excellent.”

I followed Nielsen, who nodded in satisfaction, and exited the underpass.

Carla looked at me worriedly, but she had no problem.

I skipped all the intermediate steps and destroyed the ground first, but I remember all the original tracking episodes.

I’ll go and give you an appropriately plausible answer.

Poondun Agarisul… ON!