NOVEL WEB Chapter 7: Road to the Unknown
Chapter 7: Road to the Unknown
Before leaving the limestone cave, Toru recovered the fallen stalactites.
I'm pondering if it is possible to sell these at a reasonable price?
"I wish I could sell it at a reasonable price." (Toru)
A small amount of money will stabilize your future life.
Whatever Toru is going to do in the future he has to find stability first.
While throwing the stalactites inside his inventory, Toru thought about the anomaly when he slashed Clement and others.
"Why did the sword slip through them at that time?" (Toru)
Toru placed his finger against the blade.
Then the sword passed through Toru's finger.
"Oh!?" (Toru)
I was afraid that I had cut myself, but when I looked closely, I found no cut on the finger.
"...are humans unaffected by the blade?" (Toru)
There is a possibility.
In the future, I should be careful when fighting with humans. It would be pitiful to only beg for forgiveness during such a situation.
After collecting the stalactites. Toru gathered up the mementos of Lid and headed to another city far from the village.
He's heading towards a town of 10,000 people. In such a big city, there should be a place where Toru can work.
As I walked through the woods towards the city, I encountered a group of wild dogs.
"" "Gururururu...""
10 in total.
A wild dog, which is larger than a Japanese dog and is covered in gray hair, bared its fangs.
Even though he was threatened by 10 wild dogs, he didn't feel any threat.
If he had still been living in Japan he would have soiled his pants.
It doesn't happen because the < intuition > tells him that it's just a dog, no threat at all.
At the same time wanting to keep and pet the dog arises, but since the opponent is a wild dog it's impossible.
You don't know the diseases it carries, so it's better to stay away.
"Should I practice a little?" (Toru)
I've assigned skills on the skill board, but there are still techniques that I haven't used properly at this point.
Toru did his best and used one of them, < intimidation >.
(I wish I could stop the movement of the wild dog to some extent)
Toru uses < intimidation > to a group of wild dogs.
The air in the forest changed completely.
Then,
"" ""Hyayun!""""
The wild dogs screamed all at once and fled into the woods.
It's like a child who looks at a ghost.
"Ehhh..." (Toru)
We were able to confirm the effect of < intimidation >.
But Toru's soulder
"They didn't have to go and scram quickly..." (Toru)
No wild dog was able to be tamed.
The escape of the frightened animals caused deep emotional damage to the animal-loving Toru.
After driving away the wild dogs, Toru tries to activate magic while walking.
But he still doesn't know how, or if magic can be activated.
"Fireball!" (Toru)
I try to say such a magic name as a trial,
「……」
But nothing happens.
Toru's voice just echoed in the forest.
「…………」
I'm embarrassed.
Toru held his head in shame for a while.
"Well, I don't know anything about magic. I can't help but make mistakes. But how do you activate it? It's said that a strong image can help you circulate your mana."
Recalling the story of fantasy things that he often sees in Japan, Toru searches for mana and magic that circulate in his body.
But he doesn't feel anything.
In the first place he doesn't even know what mana is so he can't find it.
"Hmm?"
Magic and "jutsu" are similar so that might help somehow.
After trying various things, Toru wasn't able to use magic after all.
I've never been able to do it by myself. But if I can't then I can't help it.
"I have to ask someone who seems to know magic... but before that." (Toru)
Just in case, Toru summons the skill board.
This is to confirm that he did apply skill points to < magic arts >" after coming to here.
"Oh, the level is pretty high."
○ Status
Toru Minasuki
Level: 8→15
Race: Human Primary Job: Swordsman - Secondary Job: Mage
Rank: Ⅰ - Skill points: 70 → 290
(T/N-I think this should be the proper skill board)
He leveled up seven times.
"I didn't mean that I went up just by killing the wild dog... I just escaped with just a bit of "intimidation." My experience level seems to be low, so I probably killed a lot of caterpillars in the collapse of the limestone cave. I wonder if that's the number of skill points I have increased!
The number of skill points acquired up to level 8 was 10 points per level.
However, from that point, 220 points have been added during the 7 increase in level. When converted per level increase, it is about 31 points, which is very weird.
"Is there some pattern in gaining skill points. Is there any other acquisition condition?"
I'll think about it for a while, but I can't see a theory that fits perfectly.
"Hmm. Right, right." (Toru)
There is no use in continuously thinking about things that you do not understand. I have to be positive that I was lucky enough to have the ability to survive.
Suddenly, Toru waved his [Magic Sword].
The big tree that [Magic Sword] touched, tilted without sound and fell down.
Small tremors flowed as…… the big tree fell into the forest floor.
The birds, who were surprised by the sound, soared high in the sky.
"Is the tree cut normally? I wonder if only humans can't be cut by it." (Toru)
Toru is convinced that because the performance of the sword is insane, it may be restricted to not be used against people.
However, what can to be cut and what cannot be cut needs further clarification.
If the opponent's attack slips through during the last minute of a fight, it could be fatal.
"Well, it's best not to be in that kind of situation."
Toru cuts down a large tree to test it once again.
It worked the first time so it may be a fluke. But it worked again so it's might not be a fluke. I should test it some more.
After carefully checking the [Sword] and bringing the fallen trees to the edge, Toru, who was satisfied, walked out of the forest.
After clearing. There will be four houses built in the forest, and a mysterious space with vacant lots.
At the end of the space, there were beautifully piled stacks of large trees.
Is it a lumberjack's joke or the sign of secret manuvers of a county?
Those who enter the forest will be worried when they see this space, but that is a while away.
Through the forest, searching eyes caught a large grassland and a well used dirt road.
"Is that a highway? What's the name of the nearest town? Winris...No, Kinris...?"
I managed to read traces of the memory left in my brain, but the name of the city was not there.
When Lid was alive, he never remembered visiting the place, so he doesn't remember it.
He can only remember the road.
Toru goes on the highway, relying on Lid's memory.
"What kind of town is it?" (Toru)
What kind of place could it be? What kind of food is there? What kind of people are there...
Imagining a city he hasn't seen yet made Toru's walk feelexciting.
It was when I went down the highway for a while. Toru's < intuition > tells him about the strong blood-lust in front.
When I focused my eyes further, I saw a lot of small figures on the way along the forest.
The memory of Lid whispered all at once.
"Enemy" "Weak" "Escape"
"Hmm?"
Lid's memory was so fragmented that Toru was having a hard time judging.
If it's an enemy and it's the weak it is better to defeat it. However, the word to escape has also appeared.
Should I fight or run away?
While pondering his eyes caught sight of a human figure.
There was one human in armor, surrounded by a group of "enemy".
"--!!"
The moment he saw that figure, the option to escape from Toru disappeared.
Toru ran toward the group with all his might.
At a speed that he have never felt before, Toru goes forward.
The flowing scenery was hazy, and it quickly flowed backwards.
As we approached the group, we could clearly see the "enemy".
The "enemy" is scrawny with a height of about 1 meter, and the skin is green.
It has the shape of a human child, but its face is ugly and does not appear to be very human.
tI doesn't wear anything, but every one has a weapon. From this, it can be seen that the "enemy" has a certain level of intelligence.
The "enemy" that surrounds the person swung up the club he was holding towards the human in the center.
There is no time to go.
Toru instantly manifested [Magic Sword] and screamed.
"Uooooooooo!!!" (Toru)
The screaming exerts in a certain amount of < intimidation >.
Toru's < intimidation > froze the enemies.
There was also an "enemy" who had fainted when hit by Toru's < intimidation >.
However, regardless of such a situation, Toru swung the [Magic Sword] with all his might.