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◈ The Weakest Knight Became a Swordmaster, But Only in Dungeons ◈
Chapter 10: Request (2)
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An hour by carriage from Griffin Knight School, we arrived at the vast Zephal Lake.
“Over there! I found the slimes!”
Boing, boing.
We spotted Blue Slimes bouncing around nearby, making cute little noises.
They reached up to my waist.
“You remember what I said earlier, right? Just cutting them won’t do anything. You have to infuse your attacks with mana.”
“You need not explain it twice, jerky... no, comrade. I, Turak, warrior of the Blue Mane Tribe, am intelligent. Even in my tribe, I was the wisest.”
What exactly counted as wisdom among the Barbarians of the Blue Mane Tribe?
Not a subject I particularly wanted to explore.
“Mr. Hazely, those...”
“What is it?”
“Ah, it’s nothing.”
Violet avoided my gaze.
It was easy to guess what she had almost said.
‘Is it because of the demonic energy?’
For certain reasons, Violet could not reveal that she could sense demonic energy.
It was not really a problem. If it made Violet more careful during the fight, that was a good thing.
“Well, let’s begin.”
Shing.
Fwoosh.
I drew the sword at my waist and wrapped it in silver mana.
It flowed like a heat haze. Faint low-grade mana.
‘Let’s see how effective my attacks are first.’
Those slimes were monsters infused with demonic energy. They were stronger than ordinary Blue Slimes.
Since I did not even know whether my attacks would work, I needed to test them.
“Turak, I’ll attack first, so back me up afterward.”
“Understood.”
Good. I had insurance.
“Whew.”
All right, here I go.
I drew in a breath and took my stance.
Whoosh!
Then I rushed at a Blue Slime and swung my sword with all my strength.
Slash!
“Boing?”
The sound of liquid being cut rang out alongside the Blue Slime’s dumbfounded cry.
So that only gave it a fairly deep wound. That hurt my pride...
“Boiiing!”
Having grasped the situation, the Blue Slime furiously lunged at me.
Boing, boing!
Were the other slimes responding to their companion’s savage roar?
The rest of the Blue Slimes began hopping toward me too.
These bastards were fast for slimes. One had already gotten behind me.
“Hngh!!”
A huge man with grayish-brown hair charged toward me.
It was Turak the Barbarian.
Turak’s axe blade tore into the Blue Slime like lightning. A fierce burst of wind followed the violent impact.
Slash!!
The Blue Slime was cut in two.
“Turak!”
“Regain your footing first, comrade!”
What a reliable guy!
“I’m counting on you!”
I quickly retreated through the opening Turak had made.
“Hngh! Insignificant creatures, receive the attack of Turak, valiant warrior of the Blue Mane Tribe!”
Slash!
Turak repeatedly unleashed slashes with his mana-wreathed two-handed axe. His mana was plentiful and powerful, fitting for his physical abilities.
Even in the game, Turak’s strength alone was exceptional. Wasn’t he strong enough to amaze even seasoned Magic Knights?
‘Nice one, Turak!’
That was a warrior!
At this rate, he could beat them all alone, couldn’t he?
“Boing!”
One clever Blue Slime attacked Turak’s leg. It was a fast, heavy tackle, befitting a creature infused with demonic energy.
When Turak staggered, the other Blue Slimes swarmed him.
Wait, he lost his balance. He needs to dodge that, doesn’t he?
But Turak’s fighting spirit flared.
“Do you think this much can inflict even a single wound on my body?! Hngh!!”
“Boing.”
“Hngh...!”
“Boing...!”
Surrounded by Blue Slimes, Turak tried to swing his axe with great vigor, but it didn’t look easy.
Writhing and squirming, more Blue Slimes soon joined in and completely wrapped around Turak’s body.
With his movements restricted, Turak struggled several times before finally looking at me with a resigned expression.
“These creatures are stronger than expected. Run.”
‘You weren’t winning...?’
Why did you get caught after attacking so recklessly?
Still, the Blue Slimes could not easily crush or dissolve Turak’s sturdy body. The body of a tough Barbarian, huh?
Well, there was no problem.
“Violet!”
“Y-Yes?”
“Let’s help him!”
I had brought another reliable ally in preparation for this exact situation.
Violet Blackgarden. In Elwi, she had been a character who displayed an insane level of power.
Didn’t she command powerful undead servants like an army?
Ordinary necromancers had limits on the number and strength of undead servants they could control based on their abilities, but Violet was practically free of such limits.
She was an exceptionally talented necromancer.
“Um...”
Suddenly, Violet lightly grabbed my sleeve between her thumb and index finger, cautiously opening her mouth.
She looked deeply troubled.
“I debated whether I should say this, but my necromancy is actually kind of incomplete...”
“?”
Incomplete?
‘When it comes to necromancy alone, she should be a genius at the highest level.’
To be honest, I did not know exactly how strong Violet was at this point in time.
All I knew was that Violet’s strength when she appeared midway through Elwi’s story had been absurdly powerful.
‘She’s probably just being modest.’
The usual modesty of geniuses, right?
“I don’t know why you’re saying that... We just need to kill the slimes, don’t we?”
“T-That’s okay, then...! Hehe, that’s a relief. I’ll try...!”
Violet smiled awkwardly. Soon, her expression turned serious.
“Manifest.”
A rather cool Word Command rang out grandly, carrying mana.
Fwoooosh!
A pink magic circle appeared on the ground, and pink mana rose from it like flames.
Above it, the corpse of a skeletal monster covered in mana rose to its feet.
“Oh...!”
Although it moved on four legs, it stood twice as tall as I did. Seeing it in person instead of in the game, it looked incredibly powerful.
I could even feel an immense amount of mana that sent chills down my spine.
It was surely an extremely powerful undead servant!
“...”
“...”
But why was this undead servant just standing there?
“Isn’t it attacking?”
“Actually, it doesn’t listen to my commands very well...”
“Huh?”
Violet lowered her head with flushed cheeks and repeatedly tapped her fingers together.
“Um, there are hardly any that listen to me well...”
“...Ah.”
Was that what she meant by incomplete necromancy?
“B-But...! If the slimes attack it themselves, it’ll fight on its own!”
However, the Blue Slimes ignored the threatening undead servant and continued swarming Turak.
With his eyes closed, Turak muttered, “Warm,” looking as if he were enjoying a bath.
The undead servant watched the scene quietly, leisurely scratching its head with a front paw like a dog.
Whooo.
Fallen leaves drifted through the wind as though sliding down a playground slide.
Violet lowered her sorrowful eyes and gave a hollow smile.
“I’m sorry I couldn’t help...”
“...”
...It could not be helped.
I would have to save Turak myself.
“Hey, Turak! Hold on! I’ll save you!”
Fwoosh!
Slash!
“Boing?”
As expected, one mana-infused slash was not enough.
Still, having sensed danger, the Blue Slimes began charging toward me.
‘Right. You target the immediate threat first.’
I knew their habits both from the game and from our fight just now.
They had already neutralized Turak, so they kept only enough strength on him to restrain him while the other slimes charged at me.
‘Good. I pulled their aggro.’
I had already accounted for the Blue Slimes’ speed. I could break through somehow.
“Boing!”
‘They’re disgustingly fast!’
I narrowly dodged the Blue Slimes leaping at me and rushed forward.
Then I poured all my strength into a silver mana-infused slash at the Blue Slime restraining Turak.
Slash!!
Only sticky pieces of the Blue Slime fell away. Naturally, it did not die.
But this was enough. I urgently raised my voice.
“Turak! Wipe them all out!”
“Leave it to me, jerky!”
Through the opening my slash had created, Turak broke free from the slimes’ restraint with his powerful physical abilities.
Turak’s muscles bulged, and veins stood out across his body.
Fwoosh!!
Blue mana wrapped around Turak’s axe blade like flames.
‘What is that firepower?’
His mana output was on a completely different level from my pathetic mana.
Turak looked solemnly at the Blue Slimes.
“Do you know? A warrior does not fall for the same trick twice.”
Slaaash!
Boom!
Indiscriminate, dazzling axe strikes poured down upon the Blue Slimes.
The Blue Slimes once again cleverly aimed for Turak’s legs, but he easily kicked off the ground, dodged, and swung his axe.
“Boing!?”
“Boing...!?”
The Blue Slimes were rapidly slaughtered.
It was a terrifying series of slashes.
Before long, the Blue Slimes turned gray with sounds like air escaping from balloons.
They were dead.
One tried to flee, but it happened to run toward the undead servant.
Boom!!
The undead servant casually swung a front paw as if swatting a mosquito, causing a fierce explosion of mana.
The Blue Slime burst helplessly and scattered into pieces.
At the same time, an overwhelmingly powerful surge of mana brushed against my skin, making me shudder in fear.
My heart pounded, and goosebumps rose all over me.
Splurt, splurt! Pieces of slime stuck to Violet.
But rather than looking displeased, Violet’s expression brightened immediately.
“W-Wow...!”
Violet looked at me with a radiant face.
She bounced the staff in her hands up and down, openly expressing her delight.
She must have been that happy that her undead servant had contributed.
‘Right, it contributed...’
Yeah...
That was really... impressive...
Fwoooosh.
Soon, I felt a strange sense of fulfillment well up inside me.
[Achievement “Changer of Tragedy” achieved!]
[Requirement: Change the fate of a major character whose death was certain.]
[Reward: You have gained mana experience points.]
[Your stats have increased.]
[Mana Grade: “D-” → “D”]
So... somehow, we succeeded and I got the reward too.
“Whew...”
Why was I so tired...?
Turak came over to my side and gave me a thumbs-up with a solemn expression.
“Thanks to you, I survived, comrade.”
Violet also beamed and gave me a thumbs-up.
Well... either way, things had worked out.
I gave them both a thumbs-up with a hollow laugh.
......
As the sun slowly set, the sky turned the color of the sunset.
Turak, Violet, and I trudged back to Griffin Knight School covered in disgusting Blue Slime fragments.
We had tried washing them off in the lake, but they would not come off easily. Slime fragments were remarkably sticky.
Turak had his usual steadfast expression, while Violet looked happy as a sunflower in full bloom, perhaps because her undead servant had contributed.
Guys, am I the only one tired?
“Oh, you’re back... Huh? A-Are you okay?”
“Y-Yes, we’re fine...”
The receptionist welcomed us with a flustered expression.
We handed over a bag containing more than ten Blue Slime cores. We were told the reward would be settled on the payment day.
Afterward, we left the Quest Office.
I looked up at the sunset sky.
‘Protagonist... I did my best.’
Anyway, this should help with the next part of the story, right?
Have a drink.
* * *
[“Scenario Note” has been updated.]
[Would you like to view it?]
[Oh, Elise. The monsters that were supposed to melt your friend and inflict a cruel, horrific death have all been perfectly subjugated! A page of bad endings has disappeared. Congratulations, Elise!]
Elise was tying up her magenta hair with a thin black ribbon in her dormitory room.
The moment the notification window appeared before her, her hand froze.
Her emerald eyes examined the Scenario Note. Elise’s eyes narrowed.
‘Again...’
Another tragedy had been prevented before it was even foretold.
The tragedies predicted by the Scenario Note had never changed unless she intervened herself.
‘If it’s my friend, it must be Lara.’
Elise had many nominal friends at the knight school, but there was only one person she considered a true friend.
Her childhood friend, Lara Twislope.
The Scenario Note also only referred to Lara as “your friend.”
‘Lara almost died...?’
Lara was one of Elise’s sore spots. She was the only person Elise had truly opened her heart to.
Moreover, Lara was strong. She was not someone who could die easily.
Elise had never even imagined Lara dying.
But the moment she did, a sharp pain pierced her chest.
‘Was it the same person who helped last time?’
This incident had also been resolved before it was foretold. It seemed likely that the person was the same one who had killed the Demonkin before.
Who exactly was that unknown person?
She could not stop thinking about it.
Elise wanted to find the person helping her from the shadows as soon as possible. There were so many things she wanted to ask.
“Haah.”
She let out a deep sigh, calming her turbulent emotions.
She did not have enough information to investigate anything else right now. More importantly, confirming Lara’s safety came first.
As it happened, today was the day she was supposed to meet Lara at a bakery. So she decided to set aside her questions about the mysterious person who had helped her.
Keep smiling, Elise. Do not make Lara worry.
Elise told herself that.
Still, perhaps because Lara had nearly died, a tender feeling welled up inside her.
Determined to take good care of Lara today, Elise headed to their meeting place.
Her petite friend, Lara, rested her chin on the table as she sipped her drink through a straw. Then she asked, eyeing Elise suspiciously.
“Elise, do you... have an interest in Ron Hazely?”
“Huh?”
Elise’s tender feelings gave way to one question, “What the hell are you talking about?”
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