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◈ Reincarnated as the Villain's Heir
Chapter 5: I Came to Get a Hidden Weapon No One Knows About
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"Lord Alphys, where are we going today?"
"The mountains."
When I told Luchel that briefly, she tilted her head.
Not too far from House Balfont was a place called the Jimul Mountain Range.
That was somewhere visited near the end of the story, but as long as we did not go too deep, it was not impossible for the current me to kill monsters there.
Of course, that was assuming I thought carefully about how to fight and prepared proper countermeasures.
For example, if the protagonist entered that place with the same strength I had right now, a full party wipe at the entrance would be guaranteed.
The current me had dark magic.
I planned to use it well and train.
"Mountains! That sounds great! I will make lunch boxes!"
"No need. We can procure food on-site. Extra baggage will only get in the way."
"Eeeh? Boring..."
"We are not going to play. I need you to get stronger too, not just me."
"Y-you want me to get stronger... D-does that mean..."
She seemed to be misunderstanding something, but if she swore loyalty to me, I simply needed her to become strong enough for that.
There was no point in dragging dead weight around.
But this girl was the strongest hidden boss. She had more than enough talent.
"L-Lord Alphys... I-I will get stronger."
"That is the spirit."
If she had found some motivation, there was no problem.
We immediately left the mansion and headed for the Jimul Mountain Range. After more than half a day, we arrived in the early afternoon.
Even at the entrance to the mountains, I could hear monsters crying out.
Judging by the pulse I felt from the entire mountain, they were on a different level from the small fry around the mansion.
In that case, this overexcited angel needed to brace herself too.
I slapped Luchel on the back.
"Waooh!"
"Let's go."
"B-body contact... Ehehe..."
"...Seriously, stay focused."
"Okaaay."
We entered the Jimul Mountain Range, and before long, we encountered a monster.
The enemy was a Crescent Bear. Basically, it looked like an Asian black bear, but its claws were shaped like crescent moons.
For the current me, it was a powerful enemy that could kill me in one hit.
"Awawa! A-awawawawa! L-Lord Alphys! W-we have to run!"
"If we defeat this thing, we will get a lot of experience. There, Dark Smog."
What I fired at the Asian black bear, no, the Crescent Bear, was the dark magic I had used to blind Gillium.
This thing had tremendous attack power, but almost no resistance to blindness, so if things went well, we could defeat it even with our current ability.
"Good! All-out attack!"
"Eeeeh! Me too?!"
"Obviously!"
I cut in, and Luchel attacked with her bow.
Yes, Luchel's best weapon was the bow.
And yet that idiot Gillium had made her carry a small sword.
If you did not have game knowledge, not knowing that kind of thing could not be helped.
But if you did not properly assess your party members, then no matter how much you raised them, it was a waste of time.
Gillium in particular had just tamed a huge number of monsters, made them obey him, and then felt satisfied with that alone.
"Goaaah..."
"Whew... We beat it."
"Heck yeah! Did you see that, you weakling?"
We somehow managed to defeat an opponent above our level.
To be honest, there were some pretty scary moments, but handling weapons, magic, pulse, and the like were all things you learned through battle like this.
That was what people called experience.
Just as a beginner would gain nothing by seriously competing against a professional athlete, there was an order to things.
By gradually fighting suitable opponents and getting used to them, step-by-step growth became possible.
It was not quantified like a game, so I could not tell exactly, but I could feel that experience was steadily building up.
If I had fought in the mansion's training hall, this would never have happened.
The same was true for Luchel.
Not only could she handle a bow, she could use holy magic too.
Having someone who could use the attribute opposite mine was seriously helpful.
"Luchel, use holy magic actively too."
"Huh? How do you know I can use holy magic?"
"Just a guess. You have angel wings, so you should be able to use that much."
"I see! As expected of you, Lord Alphys!"
It helped that she was more foolish than I expected.
What did I even mean by saying she had angel wings, so of course she could use it? That was a stretch.
Still, this made her easy to handle.
"Lord Alphys! At this rate, let us wipe out every monster in this mountain!"
"That is impossible. That Crescent Bear had an easy-to-understand weakness, but not all monsters are like that."
"I-is that so? Actually, Lord Alphys, you know a lot... Come to think of it, you knew my name too..."
"Do not think about unnecessary things. We will continue choosing our enemies and fighting."
I could hardly tell her it was because I was reincarnated.
I felt like she might somehow accept it, but she also seemed like she would have a loose tongue.
More importantly, explaining it was simply a pain, so I ignored the subject.
After that, Luchel and I targeted only Crescent Bears.
At first, one hit could have killed us, but as we leveled up, things became more manageable.
We also learned that this monster did not just give good experience. Its meat was pretty decent too.
Food was covered just by procuring it on-site like this.
"That mantis-looking one seems strong..."
"The Blood Mantis is bad news. We are running before it notices us."
That thing had a decent amount of blindness resistance, and it had even higher attack power than a Crescent Bear.
I had no countermeasure right now for Death Sickle, which could knock you out in one hit.
If I could master pulse, I might have a chance, but with the current me, I could only maintain it briefly.
It was frustrating to be surrounded by so many things I could not do, but that was exactly why this was fun.
On the night of our first day in the mountains, we finally decided to rest.
"Hm. I feel like I got a lot stronger today alone."
"I am starting to get the hang of it too!"
"Come to think of it, you still cannot use pulse, can you?"
"Pulse?"
"Think of it as a power separate from mana. Everyone has it, but very few can intentionally draw it out. Starting tomorrow, I want you to focus on that."
Luchel had question marks floating over her head.
She acted goofy like this, but during her hidden boss fight, she unleashed her pulse at full power and threw many players into despair.
The nature of her pulse was regeneration, the counterpart to mine.
"Pulse, huh! If you say so, Lord Alphys, I will do my best!"
"Yeah, I am counting on you. For the final stage of our training, we are going to retrieve that thing in these mountains."
"That thing?"
Yes. This was what I could call my true objective.
The magic sword Disbaleid, sleeping in the Jimul Mountain Range. It was one of the strongest hidden weapons, but of course, it was not easy to obtain.
Naturally, we would need to defeat its guardian.
It was not as bad as Luchel, but that thing should have been a difficult enemy people called a garbage boss.
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