Chris's Objective
Translated by GXYRU
Edited by GXYRU
“I’m gonna beat up Chris for a bit,” I said.
I pulled Ouroboros, the magic sword, out from the ceiling and dragged the unconscious Chris along. My destination was the training ground in the basement of the Adventurers Guild.
Well, Chris did try to kill Jessica and Alan. I don’t mind killing him, and I don’t hesitate to kill people. But there are things I want to confirm, and there are things I still want to ask Chris.
I threw Chris and Ouroboros onto the floor and activated “Perfect Heal,” completely healing him.
“Arius… you dare to pull something like this!” Chris grabbed his sword and immediately attacked me.
“You never learn, do you?”
I beat Chris to a pulp and then activated “Perfect Heal” again.
I repeated this process several times, but Chris’s spirit didn’t break. Every time he recovered, he would come at me again, and every time, I would beat him up.
This guy, he’s really mentally tough… Or rather, it’s probably because of a skill I don’t know about.
With Chris still unconscious, I put handcuffs and ankle restraints on him. These are magic devices that seal the magical power of the highest-level dungeons.
Sealing his magical power would prevent him from using his skills.
I activated “Perfect Heal” once again, and Chris regained consciousness.
“…Wh-What did you do to me?”
“What did I do? I just put a magical device on you that seals your magic power.”
Chris’s demeanor was clearly different from before. He was fierce like a rabid dog, but now he looked at me with a frightened expression.
Ah, it must be because of the skill “Brave Heart” after all.
With my Appraisal level, I can analyze the contents of a skill to some extent. So I had Chris use “Brave Heart” to analyze it.
“Brave Heart” is a skill that stirs up fighting spirit and enhances stats.
Chris’s stats were abnormally high because he activated “Brave Heart.” Now that I sealed his skill, his stats were not low, but around the level of a typical Level 600.
“So, Chris Blood. You’re a member of the Hero’s party, right? What do you want with me?”
Chris being a member of the Hero’s party was something Gray and Serena told me in a message.
This world is an RPG world that was abandoned because it was too orthodox, except for the area around the capital of the Ronaudia Kingdom, where the Academy is located. In this world, heroes and the Demon Lord actually exist.
The Demon Lord was destroyed by the hero about 300 years ago. But about six months ago, the hero and the Demon Lord were resurrected. Well, I should say they were awakened anew.
I’m gathering information to understand the world situation, so I already knew that the hero and the Demon Lord had been resurrected. But to be honest, I’m not interested at all.
Even if the Demon Lord is said to have been revived, they’re still in the process of preparing their military forces. They haven’t actually started doing anything, so there haven’t been any casualties yet.
Moreover, is the Demon Lord really a threat to the world? I don’t know what the Demon Lord is thinking or how strong they are.
Even if I’m told that the hero will defeat the Demon Lord and save the world, it lacks any sense of reality to me.
If I have time to get involved with heroes and the Demon Lord, I’d rather conquer dungeons.
“I was told by the hero to bring you… Arius, the youngest SSS-ranked adventurer in history. They wanted to make you a member of the hero’s party.”
“What’s up with that? Did you really try to kill Jessica and Alan just for that?”
“Well, about that adventurer from earlier… If he interfered with me, a member of the hero’s party, it’s not like I had a choice but to kill him.”
“Hey… Are you serious?”
Chris fell silent as I glared at him. In the end, his ferocity was also due to the “Brave Heart.”
Well, I think he had a naturally fierce personality to begin with. It was abnormal until a while ago.
“But you also tried to kill me, right? You said your purpose was to bring me along.”
“…Even if I have to kill you, the hero said it wouldn’t matter. If I defeat you, I’ll become an SSS-ranked adventurer.”
It’s true that if he defeats an SSS-ranked adventurer like me, Chris would become an SSS-ranked adventurer as a replacement.
But Chris, who is at the Level 600 range, isn’t at the level to defeat an SSS-ranked adventurer. Did he think he could win because he had “Brave Heart”? No, I guess he was made to believe that…
“Hey, Chris. Was your ‘Brave Heart’ skill given to you by the hero?”
“Why would you…?”
I played with the name “Brave Heart,” and it seems to be accurate.
“I’m gonna beat up Chris for a bit,” I said.
I pulled Ouroboros, the magic sword, out from the ceiling and dragged the unconscious Chris along. My destination was the training ground in the basement of the Adventurers Guild.
Well, Chris did try to kill Jessica and Alan, so it wouldn’t bother me to kill him. I’m not hesitant when it comes to killing people. However, there are things I want to confirm, and there are things I still want to ask Chris.
I threw Chris and Ouroboros onto the floor and activated “Perfect Heal,” completely healing him.
“Arius… you dare to pull something like this!” Chris grabbed his sword and immediately attacked me.
“You never learn, do you?”
I beat Chris to a pulp and then activated “Perfect Heal” again.
I repeated this process several times, but Chris’s spirit didn’t break. Every time he recovered, he would come at me again, and every time, I would beat him up.
This guy, he’s really mentally tough… Or rather, it’s probably because of a skill I don’t know about.
With Chris still unconscious, I put handcuffs and ankle restraints on him. These are magic devices that seal the magical power of the highest-level dungeons.
Sealing his magical power would prevent him from using his skills.
I activated “Perfect Heal” once again, and Chris regained consciousness.
“…Wh-What did you do to me?”
“What did I do? I just put a magical device on you that seals your magic power.”
Chris’s demeanor was clearly different from before. He was fierce like a rabid dog, but now he looked at me with a frightened expression.
Ah, it must be because of the skill “Brave Heart” after all.
With my Appraisal level, I can analyze the contents of a skill to some extent. So I had Chris use “Brave Heart” to analyze it.
“Brave Heart” is a skill that stirs up fighting spirit and enhances stats.
Chris’s stats were abnormally high because he activated “Brave Heart.” Now that I sealed his skill, his stats were not low, but around the level of a typical Level 600.
“So, Chris Blood. You’re a member of the Hero’s party, right? What do you want with me?”
Chris being a member of the Hero’s party was something Gray and Serena told me in a message.
This world is an RPG world that was abandoned because it was too orthodox, except for the area around the capital of the Ronaudia Kingdom, where the Academy is located. In this world, heroes and the Demon Lord actually exist.
The Demon Lord was destroyed by the hero about 300 years ago. But about six months ago, the hero and the Demon Lord were resurrected. Well, I should say they were awakened anew.
I’m gathering information to understand the world situation, so I already knew that the hero and the Demon Lord had been resurrected. But to be honest, I’m not interested at all.
Even if the Demon Lord is said to have been revived, they’re still in the process of preparing their military forces. They haven’t actually started doing anything, so there haven’t been any casualties yet.
Moreover, is the Demon Lord really a threat to the world? I don’t know what the Demon Lord is thinking or how strong they are.
Even if I’m told that the hero will defeat the Demon Lord and save the world, it lacks any sense of reality to me.
If I have time to get involved with heroes and the Demon Lord, I’d rather conquer dungeons.
“I was told by the hero to bring you… Arius, the youngest SSS-ranked adventurer in history. They wanted to make you a member of the hero’s party.”
“What’s up with that? Did you really try to kill Jessica and Alan just for that?”
“Well, about that adventurer from earlier… If he interfered with me, a member of the hero’s party, it’s not like I had a choice but to kill him.”
“Hey… Are you serious?”
Chris fell silent as I glared at him. In the end, his ferocity was also due to the “Brave Heart.”
Well, I think he had a naturally fierce personality to begin with. It was abnormal until a while ago.
“But you also tried to kill me, right? You said your purpose was to bring me along.”
“…Even if I have to kill you, the hero said it wouldn’t matter. If I defeat you, I’ll become an SSS-ranked adventurer.”
It’s true that if he defeats an SSS-ranked adventurer like me, Chris would become an SSS-ranked adventurer as a replacement.
But Chris, who is at the Level 600 range, isn’t at the level to defeat an SSS-ranked adventurer. Did he think he could win because he had “Brave Heart”? No, I guess he was made to believe that…
“Hey, Chris. Was your ‘Brave Heart’ skill given to you by the hero?”
“Why would you…?”
I played with the name “Brave Heart,” and it seems to be accurate.
In this world, skills are learned through training and actual combat, so can the hero be given skills?
Anyway, “Brave Heart” gives a power similar to that of a berserker. To think that the hero who gives such a skill is…
“Is it not you guys who are worse than the Demon Lord, saying it’s okay to kill me or trying to kill Jessica and Alan just to bring me along?”
“… “
Chris didn’t retort, perhaps because he had regained some sanity.
Well, in a different sense, I became a little interested in the hero. But I don’t intend to deal with them any further.
“Just so you know, you won’t be able to remove those handcuffs and ankle restraints. Reflect on your actions while your magical power is sealed.”
I asked the questions I wanted to ask, and I understood about “Brave Heart.”
I don’t mind killing Chris anymore, but as long as his magical power is sealed, there shouldn’t be any problems.
For now, I decided to hand Chris over to the lord of the town of Kernel.
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Judging criminals is the lord’s job, and the prison in the city of Kernel, where there are many adventurers, is famous for being sturdy.
There’s a possibility he might escape before being put in prison, so I decided to personally escort him.
“Jessica, Alan, sorry for getting you involved. I caused trouble for everyone, but for now, the problem has been resolved.”
When I handed Chris over and returned to the Adventurers Guild, I realized that I had been careless.
It was because Jessica suddenly hugged me.
“Arius… you protected me!”
Jessica looked at me with dreamy eyes.
“Well, in a way, it turned out that way since I protected you from Chris. But Chris’s target was me, so it’s my fault that you were almost killed.”
“But Arius, you got angry for my sake, right?”
“Well, yeah, but it’s only natural to get angry when someone tries to kill your comrades.”
“So, Arius got angry for my sake, right?”
Her eyes were fixed on me with sincerity.
“…Yeah, that’s right.”
“…Arius! Thank you!”
Jessica buried her face in my chest. Well, I can’t really stop her in this situation, can I?
“Well, it’s Arius’s own fault, right?”
Marcia grinned. It was annoying. Alan seemed like he wanted to say something, but he read the atmosphere and didn’t say anything. Well, don’t read the atmosphere only at times like this.
In the end, I was looked at with warm eyes by the adventurers until Jessica was satisfied.
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