NOVEL WEB chapter 3
3: The Crown Prince’s Guard
The next day, after finishing breakfast, I went to the library, took a book, and immediately went to my room to try raising various stats. I’ll be fine on the bed if anything happens.
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Car-Mine Colorless Ji Garland Le Carlo-Ziggle Arley
Race Human・Race
Soul Rank 1
Vitality 100/100
Spirit 150/150
Status: (All ability level values are decreasing)
(Individual information is in a concealed state)
Strength 2-7 (2-7/6-7)
Speed 2-7 (2-7/6-7)
Durability 2-7 (2-7/6-7)
Stamina 2-7 (2-7/6-7)
Intelligence 3-7 (3-7/6-7)
Magic 1-1 (1-1/6-7)
Spirit Resistance 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Magic Resistance 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Magic Attributes
Light 0-0 (0/6-7)
Darkness 0-0 (0/6-7)
Fire 0-0 (0/6-7)
Wind 0-0 (0/6-7)
Metal 0-0 (0/6-7)
Earth 0-0 (0/6-7)
Water 0-0 (0/6-7)
Skills
Offensive Skills:
Defensive Skills:
Support Skills:
Recovery Skills:
Attribute Skills:
Special Skills:
Unique Skills: ([All Ability Decrease], [Ability Immobilization], [Individual Information Concealment], [Skill Release])
Race Skills:
Bloodline Skills:
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For the time being, I tried changing everything except for magic power and magic attributes.
According to the book I brought from the library, each ability level has a meaning, so if you make a mistake in adjusting (balance), it says that something terrible will happen.
Strength is the physical strength of the body.
Speed is the reflex speed of the body.
Durability is the degree to which the body is strengthened.
Stamina is the endurance to move the body.
Intelligence is the ability to understand things, judgment, and the precision of magic manipulation.
Magic power is the strength of the soul’s wave, the power of magic.
Spirit resistance is the resistance when suffering from pain, etc.
**Magic Resistance:** Resistance to magic attributes.
**Durability:** When training your body, you must pay attention to durability. This is a rank that represents how sturdy you have become as a result of changing the very composition of your body.
If this is not high enough, even if you increase your strength, speed, and stamina, your body itself will not be able to keep up with these ability values, and in the worst case, you will self-destruct.
So I first increased my durability and then increased the other physical values. I tried punching my arm, and the degree of pain was different before and after the increase.
In other words, the more durability increases, the more you can increase your physical abilities without any problems.
Of course, it would not be fun to increase it all at once and self-destruct, so I planned to prioritize durability and gradually increase the other ranks.
offline, what I increased without hesitation was mental resistance and magic resistance.
Mental resistance represents the mental durability of how much you can withstand physical and mental pain, so I judged that it would be okay to increase it.
The same goes for magic resistance. It only changes so that you become more resistant to magic (color) and similar things, so there was no hesitation.
What I couldn’t bring myself to increase was magic power.
Magic power is the very essence (mana) that overhauls in the body, and in a broad sense, it refers to the existence of a person. I couldn’t predict what would happen if I increased it carelessly.
According to the book I brought from the library, there are not a few people who have lost their lives due to the rampage of this magic power, so I want to handle this carefully.
Now, I’ve explained this so far, but originally, ability rank values do not increase so easily.
Originally, they increase through diligent training or soul rank increase (level up). Even durability increases in parallel with strength, etc., as you train, so it naturally grows in a balanced way. Incomprehensible worries like mine should not normally occur.
By training, it also applies to skills.
Swords, spears, bows, and even magic are the same. The more you use them, the more their ability ranks increase.
In other words, ability values are not given results but rather numerical values that you have obtained yourself.
In other words, to learn a new skill, you must definitely gain that experience.
“Humph.”
“It is dangerous, so please do not come too close.”
“I understand.”
That’s why I visited the training ground of the royal guards who are guarding this mansion, who are directly under the crown prince.
In front of my eyes, I can see the figures of the royal guards who are seriously training.
Speaking of the royal guards directly under the crown prince, they are one of the most elite groups of knights and soldiers in the country, who can also become the guards of the next king.
Their backgrounds are also proper. Some have parents who have been granted small territories or permanent knighthoods by the king, while others are from noble families without territories. Apart from that, they are one of the most powerful military groups in the country, with skills that have caught the king’s eye within the royal castle.
Despite that, these knights are destined to be denied any advancement once they become my royal guards.
After all, I, who am supposed to be the crown prince, am under house arrest and cannot become the next king.
I cannot go out and participate in wars with other countries or large-scale subjugation operations for dangerous magical beasts. All opportunities to make achievements have been lost, so what else can I call this but pitiful?
I don’t think I’m at fault. When I was young, I sometimes felt sorry.
However, I came to understand that feeling sorry means humbly accepting my own incompetence, and since then, even that feeling has disappeared.
Even if I’m a rotten crown prince, I cannot accept a shameful appearance.
Honestly, the sight of them training so earnestly was nothing but comical.
As I was absentmindedly watching them, the captain of the royal guards, who seemed to have noticed me, approached and knelt before me.
By the way, I don’t remember his name.
“This is the crown prince. How are you doing?”
“Yes.”
I nodded arrogantly.
“What business do you have here today?”
“I came to see your training. Do you have a problem with that?”
“Not at all. I am extremely grateful for this glorious opportunity to have you observe the results of our daily training.”
“Very well, do your best.”
“Thank you for your kindness.”
After this exchange, the captain returned to his training. The knights, who must have noticed me, had been kneeling toward me, but once the captain returned, they resumed their training.
I sat at the table that had been prepared for me and drank tea while I watched their training intently. In the midst of this, I braced myself for the pain and raised my intelligence level to 4. I felt that if I didn’t, my purpose for coming here would be lost.
“Your Highness, are you alright?”
“I’m fine. Don’t worry about me.”
“But…”
As I clutched my head, which had been suddenly struck by a headache, Zeel tried to approach me, but I waved him away. I mean, you’re a busy chief steward, so what are you doing here?
In the end, I had to return to my room less than an hour later. The headache had finally become unbearable.
I ended up going to sleep without eating dinner or taking a bath, but I was quite satisfied.
Their swordsmanship and spearmanship were firmly imprinted in my mind. There may still be some areas where my intelligence level of 4 is insufficient, but for now, this is good enough.
I can’t wait for tomorrow, I thought to myself with a grin before I passed out.