Chapter 69 – Snow Ball (2)

Carla is sleeping soundly in my arms.

It’s okay to sleep like this with Karla, but… Before that, there is one thing I want to check.

‘Status window.’

Belt ring.

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【Defeat cult leaders!】

You have defeated Edmerek, Archbishop of Cloudy Unity!

An incredible achievement that you can’t believe you did in your first dungeon practice!

You are the pride of the academy and a nobleman of all good denominations!

But don’t get too excited.

Your fame will reach the ears of other demonic cults as well.

Also, the cost of twisting the original fate once more will be considerable in both good and bad ways.

Ah, but the Righteous Light is overjoyed that you once again killed a cultist with your fangs.

-All status growth.

-Attribute: Protection of the Sun God (C) increases by one level. Friendship with the Righteous Church of Light increases even more.

– Increased friendship between the Academy and the Church of the Good Gods.

-The turbid unity curses you and raises your merit level.

– The vigilance of other evil denominations has also risen.

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“Oh my.”

I didn’t know that killing Edmerek at this point would be such a huge deal.

The protection of the sun god has grown. I roughly expected it, so even so, the growth in all of my stats was unexpected.

As the maximum stat is 30, it was a relatively salty system for stat growth.

Of course, growing up doesn’t necessarily mean the number will go up… Still, haven’t the growth points piled up? That’s all my stats.

The last thing I saw at Pietro.

It sounds like you killed someone who wasn’t destined to die here, and that a turbid unity is against me, as if it were trying to scare me.

Anyway, looking at the big picture, it’s clear that I’m moving in a good direction, and it’s new that the turbid union wants to kill me, so there’s no need to worry too much.

I just remembered it and moved on to the next notification window.

【You defeated a high-ranking cult official!】

【Achievements achieved! Acquired the new attribute ‘Hate Cultists’.]

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【Attribute: Aversion to Cultists (D)】

You not only destroyed several cultists’ plans, but also killed a high-ranking official.

By all accounts, you are a full-fledged cult hater!

Of course, the cultists will hate you too.

-Increases all damage dealt to cultists by 5%.

-Increases all damage received from cultists by 3%.

※This attribute can be disabled.

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Is cultism hateful?

It’s a characteristic that you get with a certain probability when you kill an archbishop or higher who leads to a high-ranking official… I guess I was lucky enough to get it in one go.

It is a characteristic that grows little by little each time you kill a lot of cultists or executives, and eventually goes up to Class A.

It has a penalty, and like the Shining Lion Dagger, it doesn’t work against monsters, so it’s not an attribute that can be used without thinking….

Still, it’s not a bad trait to have at least one.

You can also enable/disable it.

Once I set it to disabled for now, I checked the last notification.

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【Blessing of the Sun God (B)】

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

-Increases the speed of recovery of physical strength and magic power by 250% while receiving sunlight.

-Increases light property damage by 15%.

-Increased friendship with the Church of Light.

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A. This is the notification of the rank-up of the protection of the sun god that we saw earlier.

It’s surprising that I’ve already reached the B rank, but I skipped over it because the contents I already knew only improved the effect.

Now just close this notification and the status window will appear.

In fact, I am most nervous right now.

Did I mention that the trait came out as a reward for clearing the dungeon?

Practice dungeons were systematically impossible to clear in H&A.

A reward for clearing such a practice dungeon? Even traits?

Of course, since it’s a reward from the lowest level dungeon, I know I shouldn’t expect too much, but….

Still, I can’t help but wonder.

I closed the last notification with a pounding heart.

Only then did the status window come into view.

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Name: Yandel
Title: Clumsy Treasure Hunter

Basic ability

Strength: 12
Duration: 11 -〉 12
Agility: 13
Feats: 14 -〉 15
Magic power: 18 -〉 19

Characteristic

Endless Mana (A)
Element Affinity (B)
Excellent memory (B)
Ordinary Weapon Skill (D) NEW!
Lindbloom Mana Core (C)
Sub Wizard (C)
Protection of the Sun God (B)
Hate cultists (D) NEW!
Weak constitution (C) NEW!

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The guys whose stats were about to go up gradually went up.

Endurance with the lowest value, and a skill that had the growth value from the last ranking battle reward. And because the mana that I had been intensively training for had risen.

Well, the higher the stats are, the harder it is to raise them.

Since the magic stat of 18 is a stat of the level of a middle-ranking wizard, I am proud to have raised one with only pure training and achievements….

What worries me more than that is, of course, the characteristic window.

“No weapon technology here?”

I didn’t even think this was going to go up.

The poor weapon skill characteristics I got after 3 years of running around with the bullies in the neighborhood or the mercenaries who tried to stab me in the back.

However, after learning magic, I didn’t have much use for it other than to make my movements better.

… What? Didn’t we hit and fight a lot for something like that?

Even during sparring, he slashed with a dagger on a fictitious day, struck with a staff, and Edmerek even finished it with a dagger.

Magic skills are growing rapidly, but still not at the level of solving everything with magic alone.

It was a battle method unmatched by a wizard, but I survived thanks to it, so it’s ambiguous to say anything.

Anyway, since the weapon skills were so low grade, it’s worth going up.

I lowered my head from the weapon technology that suddenly caught my eye and confirmed the long-awaited clear reward characteristic.

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【Weak constitution (C)】

Your body will receive the medicine better.

Of course, we choose only the good ones and amplify them, so don’t worry!

– Increases the effectiveness of medicines, potions, and elixirs by 10%.

– Circulating life takes an interest in you.

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Simple content text.

Thanks to this, I was able to understand it at once even though I had never seen it before.

First of all, looking at the name of the constitution, it seems that it is not a growth type, but a completion type… Even so, the effect is not disappointing at all.

The effect of all drugs increased by 10% without asking or questioning?

It doesn’t seem like a big deal, but it’s a characteristic that gets bigger the further you go.

Wouldn’t it be a completely different way to recover from 100 to 110 and from 10,000 to 11,000?

To think this even applies to elixir types.

I was thinking of making the whitened magic herb, the hidden piece of the practice dungeon, into an elixir, but it worked out.

If the righteous light was a god who worshiped battle, the specialty of circulating life is healing.

I knew that these non-combat gods didn’t have many sealed dungeons, but the rewards were generous compared to similar characteristics or items.

Few features are as useful as this one.

No, was this honey trait hidden in the practice dungeon?

Of course, considering how helpful the practice dungeon has been to the academy students so far, I can’t help but be happy….

It’s okay though.

In the end, wouldn’t it be okay if I defeated all the evil gods?

“…….”

As the thoughts flow to that point, my heart feels heavy for no reason.

I averted my eyes from this burden and comforted myself, saying that since I had seen the ending several times in the game, there would be no problem this time.

In fact, he was able to overcome the threat he had experienced for three years before entering the academy with strategy knowledge and the power of gold.

But that ends here.

Neighborhood bullies, distrustful mercenaries, greedy nobles, and cultists are qualitatively different opponents.

The resentment toward this world that I thought I had shaken off. Fear of raw violence. A world that started to get out of the scenario I knew.

In an instant, anxiety engulfs the heart.

This is me

The original me who did not hide under the shell of being a player or the bluff of being a deceased person.

To think that I had to defeat not only the evil spirits who once destroyed the world, but also the culprit.

It won’t be easy.

Still, it’s not that impossible.

Anyway, it is true that I have the system and H&A strategy knowledge.

It took a while to renew my resolve.

Did I unknowingly put strength in my arm? Carla’s presence in her arms became clearer.

A soft yet warm feeling. Breath tickling the nape of the neck and a refreshing body scent.

“Ah.”

I felt the anxiety that had been making my body tense disappear as if it had been washed away.

The only person in the world you can fully trust and the woman you have developed an attachment to.

Kara had grown so much inside of me before I knew it. She is enough to defeat all kinds of anxiety just by hugging her.

Didn’t he instinctively think of Karla the moment he actually defeated Edmerek and thought that everything was over?

Upon realizing this, Karla began to look lovable for no reason.

Involuntarily, she bowed her head toward her slightly parted pale pink lips.

Lips meet, and each other’s breaths mix.

The tongue wasn’t put in, but it was a deep kiss that wasn’t light.

Of course, the eyes of Karla, who had just fallen asleep, had to be opened.

“Yes… Master? Was I asleep?”

“I did close my eyes for a while. Are you very tired?”

“No. It’s been a long time since I’ve been hugged by my master, so I fell asleep without realizing it..Hehe.”

Carla gave a slightly embarrassed smile.

At the sight of it, something boiled over in her.

“Carla.”

“Yes?”

“Are we going to play here as well?”

“… I’ll get caught, so wasn’t the owner the one who said no?”

That’s right

Did I make a sullen expression without knowing it? Carla pondered for a moment, then pulled up the blanket as her face turned red.

Then, with the blanket covering her mouth, she whispered softly.

“But touching from the inside of the futon… Will it be all right?”

“Five.”

It was a very reasonable and attractive compromise.

The next morning.

When she came to her senses, Iona was in front of her.

“Hi! Hi! Did you enjoy last night?”

“?”

Why are you lying in the same bed as me?