Sunday, July 23, 2023

Great Cleric (manga until chapter 32)

great cleric

luciel, mc
god of fate
crya, chief god of another world
lumina, lady knight who led mc ro the healer guild in meratoni, captain of the church's all female paladin regiment
kururu, a staff of the healer guild, she took care of mc's healer registration
monica, a staff of the healer
bazan, member of the lineage of the white wolf b rank party, beastfolk
basura, member of the lineage of the white wolf b rank party, beastfolk
sekiros, member of the lineage of the white wolf b rank party, beastfolk
nanaella, the bunny eared receptions in the adventurers guild, beastfolk
brod, an instructor in the adventurers guild and the one who hired mc as a healer for the adventurers guild
gulgar, the chef in the adventurers guild, beastfolk
galba, guild staff in charge of monster dismantling, elder brother of gulgar, the chef
mernell, a guild staff
bottaculli, owner of the largest healing clinic in merratoni
lord reinstar, founder of the healers guild and the kingdom of st. shurule
pope fluna alludelli de shurule
granhart, a priest of the holy church, the person who summoned mc to the church
grantz, the guild/master of the st. shurule adventurers guild
milty, vice master/master of the st. shurule adventuers guild
jord, a member kf the combat exorcist ubit of the holy church
cattleya, a staff in the shop of magic stone in the holy church graveyard of the founders labyrinth
oznario, a missing person of church
lucy, member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
queena, member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
ripnear, a member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
elizabeth, a member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
yanbath, stable seer
foreth noire, first horse for mc in his horse training
maluluka, a member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
gannet, a member of the valkyrie paladin regiment
elitz, a rank adventurer in the adventurer guild branch of the holy church
shiela, the little beastfolk girl who bravely went to the adventurers guild to get help, daughter of the yenice representstive. mute

galdaria, the fantasy world mc is reincarnated in
republic of saint shurule, the kingdom mc is sent
meratino town, the first town mc went
meratoni branch healer guild
grimoire, magic book
mastery assessment skill, much like how in some rpg games shows a percentage of mastery per skill
monster luck skill, mc personified this skill as he feels that every good thing that is happening to him is because of this skill. he calls this skill as monster luck sensei
substance x, a disgusting drink made by the sage of time, it promotes growth. an artifact made by the sage of time is installed in every guild, with a bit of magic poired it, they can acquire an indefinite amount of this drink
magic satchel, like an item box
dismantling and butcher are the same in concept
the republic of st. shurule is a country/kingdom? that is governed by the church that also runs the healers guild, in this sense, healer are very valued in this country, it is the only country which chose to abolish slavery
independent city-state yenice, a beastfolk country, has no healer's guild but have an apothecaries guild
grandol, a country run by the adventurers guild
greedy healers tactics no.7 do not tell anyone your price before you heal them. tell them after you've heal them and then charge and exhoberrant amount. it is crinal offense not to pay for their service
greedy healers tactics no.8 if they cannot pay, there will always another way.
greedy healers tactics no.14 if there's someone against how you work your business have them killed. if you can't, have them kicked out of town
valkyrie paladin regiment, the name of the paladin unit lumina is in charge of
graveyard of the founders, a labyrinth/dungeon beneath the holy church
combat exorcist unit, they handle undead cleansing
magic bag, a better and bigger version of msgic satchel
spirit necklace, an item looted from the wight monster in the 10th floor, reduce magic consumption by half
staff of disruption, from the wight in tm10th floor, disables use of magic in a close area, except for the user.
somehow substance x is a natural ward vs undead monster
mc's name in the adventurers guild is the great masochistic zombie healer, mc is not happy. the holy church capital adventurers guild changed mc's nickname to st weirdo
important to note that, although mc hates greedy healers, he do want to change how others, especially the adventurers see them
brod is nicknamed whirlwind
the cafeteria lady who takes care of mc calls him sir knight
substance x increases the users desires, sleep, hunger and sex drive and converts this desires to energy. in a sense, it effectively eliminates these desires while also improving the user
sanctuary circle makes an area enclosed in a barrier, that destroys dark magic, demon and undead that heads into it.
defeated undead gets reverted back to it's former self and passes on?
new titles acquired mc after mc gains the protection the dragon in the labyrith of the holy church: blessing of the healer god, protection of the holy dragon, dragonslayer and he who released the seal.
with the vow mc made with the holy dragon, he can now sense places where dragons are sealed.
(any names that says monic in this post is referring to monica the receptionist in the merritoni adventurers guild, i misspelled and i apologize)

1 mc on his way back to his companynafter a successful corporate work suddenly collapsed. he was shot and died. the gods reincarnated mc into a fantasy world. he was some skill points to allocate on selected skills and was asked to choose a name as well a job class he wants. mc became a healer and named himself luciel. he got a few silver coin after in proportion to the time left that he confirms his status window. afterward he spots a town. as mc heads there, he suddenly see a dragon flying over him thankfully it did not cause any harm to mc. mc continues on to the town. he notices it has walls and the gate is guarded and those who passes are required to pay a toll and show id. mc went to the gate, and lied that he was from a village and he was driven out and he came to town to work as a healer. fortunately, healers are somehow privileged, as mc is allowed entry without paying a toll but he has to go to the healer guils association first. he is led by a lady knight. when they got to the healer guild, mc registers. he find out the knights name, lumina and assumed that she is possibly an official. mc is truly ignorant of things as he appears to be a country bumpkin and the rest he just make up with his rpg game knowledge. as a registered healer, mc problem now is that he does not have magic skill or healing skill. lumina tells mc options to learn magic. mc chose crash course. mc thanks lumina and part ways with her. the guild staff take mc to a windowless isolated room. the crash course of learning magic is set up where mc will be reading a grimoire, a magic, practice what he learns until he passes out. he will be lodging in the isolated room until he learns magic, food will be provided to mc. (reincarnated mc has a pov of as if he is in corporate scenario, he speaks with great respect towards others, he reserves a few of his thought so as to not displease others, due to this mc appears to be acountry bumpkin for others)

2 mc trained until on the third day he acquires the skill heal. along the way he also most likely started if have already learned other magic related skills. he went to reception desk to find monica, he was surprised she charged him a silver coin but when she heard that mc is the one that lumina brought in, the money was returned to mc. apparently, they charge per crashcourse, or probably lodging. since lumins asked them to take care of mc for 10 days, mc gets accomodation without hsving to pay. mc then ask monica what healer does. she then explains some sort of system for healers, such as rankings, jobs to take, benefits, privilege and tax duties. it was sort of like a company set up. mc could even loan if he wants to make a clinic of his own. the guild will also impose penalty for those who are found to be corrupt healers, although, most corrupt healers have a way of sliding off. mc was also told of the amount of a normal single heal, with this mc is most surprised and happy. he refers to his skill monster luck that somehow healers is a profitable class. although they have to pay taxes in the form of alms which increase as rank increases. on the other hand, acquiring magic books would cost lesser for higher ranks. after getting brief with how healers are, mc sets for the adventurers guild. he thought he could get a good profit once he get there. unfortunately, he do not know how to get there. mc then met with the people he bumped into when he first entered the meratoni town. somehow there is a weirr conception for the beast folks, the people mc bumped are beast folj and right now they find it weird that mc bows to them and are showing great respect. bazan and his team led mc to the adventurers guild. once he enters he feels like inside a place full of delinquent students. mc registers as an adventurer. after he was brief of how the adventurers work, he then ask for someone to train him and he also ask if could use his heal ability in order to pay off his personal tutor. the receptionist asked a superior to talk with mc with regards to his proposal. (everything is still looking like a company set up and mc is using his corporate mannerism to get him by strangers)

3 mc got hired as a healer for the adventurer guild. the pay is equivalent to his 1 hour of training. mc says that he'll be ready in 7 days. mc then went back the healer guild to continue his magic training. after a week, mc thanks kururu for having him. then he sets for the adventurers guild. he was told to go to the basement. brod was their waiting for him. the training ground was empty and so he had it all for himself. although, brod trained mc to the point of exhaustion, he a a kind instructor to mc. brod even gave him advice. after the training is done, in a short while some adventurers went down to training ground, they ask mc for his healing ability. (during training, with the advice he got about body natural regeneration, mc vowed to use his heal on others instead of himself if the need arise, somehow, brod got a glimmer of hope in mc ask brod asks mc to use his healing regardless of race)

4 mc heals the adventurers. afterward, mc tells brod his limit in healing, to which brod immediately knew what mc should do. upon seeing the resolve of mc, brod tells mc that he could stay in the guild foc with food, lodgings and clothes as long he could continue healing. brod's main objective is to increase the survival rate of rookie adventurers, somehow this aligns with mc's wish, to save and heal people, all the while making mc stronger as it will all be part of his training. after taking a bath from a well, then getting dinner, he is then sent to a room to rest and call it a day. mc feels satisfied for his first day working in the adventurers guild.
(somehow there is definitely a discrimination towards the beastfolk that even the beastfolk appear to have accepted)

5 a week had passed and mc is keeping up. mc now realized there is a discrimination vs the beastfolk. when mc heals a beastfolk, the beastfolk cried as it seemed it was the first time she was healed. other than that, mc feels like someone is stalking him.

6 the watchful eyes mc had been feelinf was from the adventurers brod asked, they thoight mc would run away, but mc insisted that he will not for the duration of the training. then the adventurers started giving mc gifts. mc knew it was bribe. then the training became somewhat less useful. mc knew itnwas brod's idea. a month had passed, and the agreement is done with adventurers guild. mc did not plan on leaving but somehow, everyone in the guild was anxious. brod gave mc the amount needed for his yearly tax, this surprised mc but a gift is a gift. more so, it will be beneficial since it will pay off his tax. mc left the guild with the adventurer's asking him to return to them. he went to the healer's guild, paid of his tax and returned to the adventurer's guild. everyone was relieved of mc's return. brod gave mc a cure spell grimoire/magic book, so mc could learn it. mc promises he'll do his best once more. and so mc's training and healing duty resumed in the adventurer's guild.

7 3 months passed, mc is enjoying his life in the adventurers guild, although the one thing probably doesn't like is the rumor aboit him being a masochist. even so, with a smile and delighted face, mc is keeping up with the spartan teaining of brod as well the disguting substance x from gulgar. the reasons of his delight and smile is that mc is improving and he can accurately tell thanks to his master assessment skill. one day, brod gives mc a day off for his continued servitude and training. but since mc does not any kind of entertainment or whatever to do, he seemed down about it. brod suggests mc to go help with the monster dismantling. mc agrees, so he could it experience abd maybe learn it, ine day he might need to do it himself. few days later on his day off, he went to the dismantling room in the guild mc meets galba, he showed mc how to do it. mc is impressed and tells galba that he might actually be of no use in the dismantling since galba alone could do things with ease. galba then said prior to how brod put it, brod wanted mc to find out a lot about monster, such as weak points, weakness and such. when mc was asked to butcher a rabbit, somehow, mc felt anxious. after the dismantling/butchering. mc is asked to deliver a magic satchel to gulgar, it probably contained some meat from the dismantled monsters. after delivering it to gulgar, gulgar points out to mc that his clothes are dirty. mc washes up and soon after, nanaella is behind mc.

8 somehow nanaella felt mc's anxiety. she comforts him and tells him that although mc tells himself is fine, in the back of his head, the build up if anxiety may drown him. it was his first time butchering a rabbit. mc is relieved afterwards. during dinner, he's doing fine and he even told gulgar that it was nanaella who helped him. somehow, gulgar questions mc race. on his next day off, mc felt a progress wall from his training. he felt like going back to galba to learn more about dismantling, suddenly he was ambushed by the guild staff receptionist and he was taken to the library. they intend to have mc learn other stuffs since mc is mostly ignorant mostly about everything. nanaella was there to guide him. and so mc's day off became a day for his learning things. 6 months passed, mc had grown. mc asked brod if he could work outside the guild, brod tells mc he'd give him money and asked nanaella to accompany mc. and so mc went with nanaella to buy clothes. on their way back, mc heard a scream, he went to where it was and he found monic of the healer guild on the ground with blood on her side.

9 monic wakes up to find herself in a room and by her are mc and nanaella. mc said that his healing did not work at first but when used cure on her, monic got healed. mc says it was poison and it was an assassination attempt. monic then told her the story. her friend was injured and went to a clinic but since they couldn't pay, they were forced to be slaves. monic publicly objected sgainst it and such attempt to her life is a payback vs her. monic suspects it was botaculli, who owns the largest healing cleaning merratoni. without solid evidence, they might still attempt another assassination vs monic. mc asked nanaella if monic could stay in the adventurers guild. nanaella said it was no problem. although, monic tells mc that healers and adventurer have a butter relationship with each other but she accepts mc's help. monic suddenly asks mc how much she owes him. (it seems being a healer is made a profitable business that anyone would easily be wary when healers are involved) mc tells monic that they should call it even with how helpful she had been to him when he started in the healer's guild. monic greatly appeciated mc's intentions. a month later, the culprit for monic's attack was apprehended and apparently no evidence was found incriminating the involvement of bottalluci. monic also decided to work in the adventurers guild. two months after, luciel was called to heal wounded adventurers and the members of the lineage of the white wolf party are at death's door. mc went and helped to the best of his power, unfortunately, he could not save everyone. he vowed to train harder and become stronger for sake of helping people. a year already passed since he first arrive in the world and when he checked his status again, he gained quite a lot of skills. his stats have slight rose but his level is still at level 1. with a year of training, mc tells brod that his training is under him is complete. when brod asks mc what he would do, mc answers that he will go work to earn him money so that he could get grimoire to learn new and stronger spells. and one day, when he could, he'd have a clinic of his own for anyone and easily manageable with the fees. brod smiles as he bid mc farewell.

10 mc head back to the healer guild to renew his license. he finds kururu in a bad mood. she had be managing more work load since monic left for the adventurers guild. when kururu got mc's card she was amazed at mc's growth in a single year. mc says he was staying and training in the adventurers guild. she asked that if mc wanted to, he could have just trained in a clinic. mc would have also been earning then. mc then tells kururu that healing for money and healing for the sake of the patient are two different things. kururu praises mc for having a strong spirit. mc then asks about lumina, kururu said she went back to the main church in the holy city. she tells mc that he had better work on his rank if he wants to keep up with her. kururu tells mc he could immedistely go to c rank and could easily buy a lot of great healing spell but the cost is a way above his current money. he planned on asking for introducing him to a high wage clinic. suddenly brod appears behind mc and gave him a bag of money. brod says it was his wage for working in the adventurers guild.  brid them asks kururu to have mc loaned to the adventurers guild for a year at the cost of 1 gold, mc would be paid his wages as well. brod tells mc that he is officially hiring him. although kururu was wary of brod, mc tells her brid is his instructir in the adventurers guild. and mc says he'll accept the offer. kururu accepts the alms for the years tax with mc ranking up. mc went back to the adventurers guild, the adventurers welcomed him back and he finally have new grimoires to learn and master. and so things will be just as last year. training healing and learning. brod then asked mc to keep up with his training for the year. as they went to go have dinner, the adventurers welcomed mc, now as an employee of the adventurers guild. they had a welcoming party for mc. meanwhile, in a certain clinic, the boss is angry at his subordinate at their declining profit and slave acquisituon. the subordinates points their problem to the healer in the adventurer guild.

11 as mc is being thought of the history of the healers guild and how the current guild turn out to become xorrupted, brod tells mc the other healers in town are targetting mc. with reasons of decline in business and mc healing adventurers foc. and so brod assigns the linneage of the white wolf arty as body guard for mc. it mostly stem grom mc practicing rank c area heal spell on citizens and mc charging the lowest fee for healing, this plummeted profit for other healers. the number one most likely to move vs mc is the same person who monic susoecred in her attempt assassination and the head of the largest healer clinic in merritoni, bottaculli. mc declares he will train harder in order to defend himself. brod hears, obliges and begins training mc. as mc is training, bottaculli storms in the adventurers guild, straight to mc and orders him to stop his services in the adventurer guild and join his clinic. mc refuse. mc converses with bottaculli's malpractice of his healing as a profitable cause and not a way to save people. mc also accuses of bottaculli of using underhanded tactics to make people submit and enter slavery. bottaculli tells mc that it's because mc haven't felt how he did back then. as argument between thebtwo heated up, bottaculli orders his men to kill mc, the white wolf party steps in ready to engage vs bottaculli's men. only when brod suddenly appears and threatens to investigate the so called underhanded tactics, did bottaculli immediately withraw and rush out of the adventurers guild. although bottaculli is antagonized by his reputation of being a greedy healer, mc cannot remove in his heart that sometime in bottaculli's career as a healer, he is a kind and a generous soul as mc is. back in the bottaculli's clinic, he orders his men to find info about mc and try to have mc via connection with guilds, leave the adventurers guild building, that way he can be killed (or something along the line). bottaculli's men called brod a monster, somehow.

12 a week later, brod tells mc that bottaculli's men are sniffing for info about mc. mc knew it's futile since he's from another world and he only lived in this world for roughly over a year. brod then tells mc that he will stop mc from training as a healer but will start training him as a full on fighter, this means more physical and stricter training and more substance x. somehow with mc training, it motivated the white wolf party to join in. and soon after more adventurers are visiting the training grounds. (up until now, since brod is notorious with his training, adventurers tend to not go to the training ground, in brod's pov he thought the adventurer would opt to choose to train in actual combat than to have to go to the training grounds, also rumors of mc as a masochist even gotnworse, the adventurers started calling him a masochist zombie due to how he come out of the training grounds after his training, he was like a zombie with his groans and his sluggish movement) afterwards, with mc's defense buff, they begin more training. only this time, brod decided to taking mc as an actual apprentice. mc trained in many kind of weaponries, and he is even allowed to use heal for himself, unlike last time, just so mc could go immediately back into the harsh training. meanwhile, bottaculli thought of an ideam he sent a leader to the head of the healers guild, reporting mc charging ridiculous amount for his heals and also tell that mc a skilled healer, that way, he will be transferred elsewhere, he even included money to serve as expense for this transfer to happen. bottaculli knew it would only take effect after the contract of mc with the adventurer guild expires, he have to wait patiently.

13 six months after the bottaculli incident, mc receives a letter from the head of tge healers guild, the pope of the church. they are ordering mc to transfer to the main hq of the healers guild after the contract ends with the adventurer's guild. it was a promotion for mc but it was the plan of bottaculli to kock mc out of town and have his business go back to how it was. upon hearing this, brod let mc go back to his healing training while he continue with his harsh training. afterwards, it seems a few men of the adventurer guild will be olsnning something to aid mc. galba is an assassin class adventurer.

14 it seemed, a year have already passed, the contract of mc with the adventurers has ended and he is set to go to the healer's main hq. but before leaving he went ti have a talk with brod. when mc's gone and the healers of the town is back again with their schemes, mc asks brod to train the other adventurers like how they train mc, but not as harsh, and only to the point that they can easily get by without sustaining much injury making them heavily rely on healers. with this, the adventurers will be saved from the dirty scheme of the greedy healers. mc talked with nanaella and monic he thanked them boat for being his emotional anchor, as well aid in some task. he promised the two he'd have dinner with them once he returned. afterwards, he thank the whole guild for tsking care of him for the past two years. brod thanked mc and gave him a parting gift of a sma bag of mkney and a magic satchel. mc criwd as he recollects all the things that have experience and have happened in the guild, mc is very grateful. as mc tries to calm himself and leaves town, the white wolf party is waiting for him in the wagon, he ultimately cried his eyes out as mc saw the three waiting for him. a look at mc's status screen. his stats rose and he gained more skills, his adventurer rank is now E and his healer is A, and his level is still just 1.

15 it took them 5 days to go to the holy city. on their way, they had mc heal people in exchange of lodging, the people were always grateful and delighted. when they got to the gate kf the holy city, the guard tells them they will be leading mc to the church instead if the beastfolk, somehow mc opted not to and let themselves find the church, mc feels the discrimination vs the beastfolk. before they went to the church, mc deliberately said he's running iut of substance x. he wants to procure some in the adventurers guild, which is why he asked the white wolf to accompany him. only bazan went with mc. they went to the adventurers guild and had bazan introduce mc to the guildmaster. apparently, although a healer is someone who's unpopular in the adventurer's guild, mc fame in the merritoni preceeded him, although a little bit. (and its not how most would think he would be famous for) although it surprised them quite a lot when mc requested the guild master a big cask of substance x. after testing mc, the guild master obliged mc's request. afterward, the guild master asked if the rumors about his very cheap healing fee is true. mc tells them it's true and says it's because the merritoni adventurer's guild treats him well. mc leaves the adventurer guild and continued on to his final stop, the holy church. he is in awe when he saw the magnificence and grandeur of the church. but setting that aside, he bid farewell to his now former body guards, his friends, the lineage of the white wolf, as he embarks on his new life in the holy church. mc heads inside the holy church and heads to the reception desk. he is surprised to see a communication orb device used by the receptionist. when mc was asked how he knew of yhe orb device, he lied that the saw something like it in the adventurer's guild, this surprised the receptionist. suddenly a priest appeared behind mc, he says it was him who summoned mc. he led mc to a magic elevator and into a other floor. once they get there, mc meets with lumina.

16 after a brief greeting with lumina, lumina asked mc to come to her room afterwards. mc obliges. granhart proceeds to lead mc to their destination, the interrogation chamber.  but before mc could hear any accusation, he first said bit of his history while doing healing and training, it was all good. granhart then tells mc of his accused crime, mc is charging too low thay it had disrupted business for other healers. mc then said his logical piece vs the dirty scheme of the greedy healers. mc also tell the priest of the slave trading that is happening, although without proof, mc says the citizen knew more than the church kept in the dark by the greedy healers. granhart understood mc and said that he will investigate the matter. and finally mc asks what he will be doing in the holy church. granhart says mc is appointed as a deacon and a exorcist for the combat excorcist unit. he will dispatched to a specified area in order to cleanse it of the undead and his pay is very steep, 20 gold a month. after the "interrogation" mc is escorted to lumina's room. after a bit of backstory of what happened after she left mc, lumina asks mc why he was summoned to the holy church. mc says he received a letter from the pope notifying of his transfer. his job will be purifying the land of the undead. lumina tells mc mc's job maybe dangerous. she tells mc of the dungeon/labyrinth beneath the holy church, it will be their job to defeat monsters and preventing breaks. the merit with this job, aside from the salary are the loots and treasures. they can have them in case they acquire or find them in the dungeon/labyrinth. mc realized that not only can he gain riches, he could also train. according to lumina, the only downside of undead cleansing is the stench they will give you, but since mc is now used to the substance x, he isn't too much fazed about it. before mc leaves, he asked if could visit lumina again, she said she'd be delighted.

17 next day, he meets up with granhart and a senpai in the combat exorcist unit, jord. mc is given a robe asnm uniform, it costs 10 platinum coins (higher than gold coins) and a card that allows mc to use the magic elevator. but before that, he was made to swear on pledge against bring unwanted things in the church. somehow the pledge is like a magic contract, if mc break his contract, the card for the magic elevator will no longer work and a harsh punishment will be imposed. afterwards jord and mc went to the labyrinth. after opening it's door, mc first felt the stench from inside, it was better than substance x though, according to mc. after sighting a zombie, jord demonstrated the purification spell to subdue it and acquires a magic stone. after that one time jord hurriedly left mc to do his job. thankfully, mc already knew the spell and is well prepared. mc clears floor one with ease, compared to brod's training the zombies were very slow to mc. he infused his sword with his purification spell to conserve msgic and he also found out healing spell works well vs undead. mc clears floor two with ease as well. then he took a sandwich and substamce x break. afterwards he headed for the 3rd floor. he did it with ease as well afterwards, he calls it a day. he gained training while inside as well mapped out the labyrinth in his mind.

18 mc meets with jord and reported his progressed. jord is impressed with mc. mc promises he'll go further the next time. he also asked what to do with the magic stones he acquired, at first he asked if he could sell it to the adventurers guild, jord told mc a shop at the entrance of the labyrith takes them for points. (in jord's thought, it is bad if the adventurers found out there's a labyrinth underneath the holy church. while in mc's thought, adventurers wouldn't know anything about magic stones and they are keeping the labyrinth as the church own private training ground). they head to the shop. mc surprised jord and cattleya, staff of shop, with mc's battle report and tje amount of msgic stone he got. for his first day, he earned 4,216 points, something very unusual for someone on their first day. the weapons are very cheap since only healers can purchase at the store and most healers do not like using weapons. but mc is different. he bought weapons for the point he got on his first day and he got himself some pen ink and parchment for mapping. on his way back to his room, granhart was awaiting for mc to tell him about his salary and the vestments he would be wearing while inside the holy church. next day, after all the warning for mc, he thinks everything inside the labyrinth are just illusion and said befire, just a private training ground, he take his undead cleaning lightly but with ease since mc's skilled. second day of cleansing, fifth floor explored and 5372 points accrued. third day on the 6th floor, mc is still taking things lights until he triggered a trap. although in reality, mc is treating everything like a game, so it's all good, since it's also training and he's having a bit of fun. on his tenth day, mc reached and cleared floor ten. as he venture forward, he found a door. in mc's eyes, as well any rpg player, it's the boss room.

19 mc prep up for the boss on his next raid. mc opens the door, and thanks to jord's info, mc knew a horde of undead will behind the door. the door closed once mc get inside and a horde of undead welcomes him. as mc tries unleashing his spell, he found out it's sealed. he continued on doing the battle with his physical capability vs the horde. as mc defeats the horde, he felt relieved it was over. with his msgic sealed, he could not yet cast his healing on himself. suddenly, a wight monster attacks mc. he was hit and he still couldn't use his healing. mc retaliates and noticed the wight monsters dodges. mc knew that he has a chance to beat it. he readiesnhis bow and arrow to fight the wight monster

20 arrows littered the battle field as the wight monster remained. mc them remembers a tip from cattleya and mc concludes it also applies to the boss monster. mc awaits the boss monster to cast a spell and that's when he will fire off his arrow. after a bit of clashing and second phasing, mc defeats the wight monster. and mc is finally able to use his heal spell. mc gathers the scatter magic stones as well the equipments drop by the wight monster. mc also notices a new set of stair leading downward had just appeared. but he calls it a day and leaves the exploration for the next raid. as mc submits his magic stone to cattleya, mc also tells his experience in the boss room. somehow, cattleya's tone of speaking became serious. she asks mc to come with her after the magic stones are converted to points. mc obliged. for the eleventh day, mc accrued 108,914 points. mc then showed cattleya the boss loots he got. cattleya tells mc that she couldn't appraise them and she ordered mc to put the loots back in his bag and follow her. apparently, cattleya is seriously mad (or something). cattleya took mc to the pope's room. this surprised mc very much. mc finds out cattleya isn't just any shopkeeper. once they gain ebtry to the popes room, cattleya tells of mc's achievement in the labyrinth, the supposed magic sealing in the boss room as well of the recovery of the wight monster's loots. they asked mc to present the loots. mc obeyed. the pope examines the loots and confirms they are the items of a renowned person, ozanario, who vanished 12 years ago. the pope asked to purchase the loots mc got. instead mc made a request, he asked for a bigger capacity magic satchel. mc is granted it, he will receive a magic bag afterwards. cattleya commends mc for having guts for speaking and asking a request to the highest position.

21 next day, mc contemplates about his weakness when he fought the wight. on his way to breakfast, he meets lumina as well her two other member. lumina heard rumors of mc's labyrith exploits. lumina invites mc for breakfast as mc tells them his story. it turns out, they reprimanded mc's recklessness. soon after, lumina offers mc to train with them. mc accepts the offer. mc then went to the labyrith to go further. after mc successfully explored floor twelve, he calls it a day and submits his loots to cattleya. mc acquired 12,219 points, cattleya also gave mc the promised magic bag, somehow it's a bind item. after mc fills it with energy it's his own bag. inside the bag there are grimmoires of all the books in the shop, they are present from the pope. seeing as mc has nothing else to spend his points with, he chose to buy weapons. as they passed. mc had already explored the 15th floor. one day, mc met with a cute member of the valkyrie paladin regiment, ripnear. she came to get mc for the training lumina proposed to mc. mc and ripnear arrives at the training ground, introduced himself and they all started warm up training. mc simply could not keep up.

22 during 1v1 spar, mc got knocked out by lumina. mc wakes up sith lucy and queena by his side. they went for breakfast. the two paladin criticized why mc was polite with everyone although he has authority above most everyone. mc says that they were expected to treat their superiors politely but it does not imply for them to look down on others. the two calls mc ignorant for this. afterwards they continued with their training.  after the morning training, lumina tells the others a bit about mc, somehow they respected mc for going vs the norm of healers as greedy people. and then they have lunch. afterwards is the afternoon training, their training will be monster hunting in the forest and at the outskirt of the town. since they will be riding a horse and mc does not know how to lumina suggest taking horse ride lessons instead. she guide mc to the stables. after introducing mc to the stable seer, lumina left.

23 as mc is introduced to a horse for him to ride, he lowered his head to greet the horse. yanbath reprimands mc that it seemed like mc's a slave to the horse for bowing his head. (somehow this statement is the reason why most are surprised with mc who has an authority easily bows his head to others who have lower rank than he is) after riding the horse for a while, lumina appears by his side and tells mc that it's enough training for the day. lumina also asks if mc would like to join them once more, mc accepts. after lumina left, mc feltnlike training some more suddenly, eljzabeth and ripnear appears. they proposed to be dual wielding instructors to mc, on the request of lumina. mc has no right to refuse. next days, mc went back to the labyrinth to explore more and train until he reached the 20th floor. there is yet another boss room. mc went back to cattleya for advice regsrding the 20th floor. although cattleya seemed sad upon remembering of the wight monster thst mc fought and that they must be once members of the healers guild. mc understands it was just an act of cattleya, since all the monsters in the labyrinth are fake and just an illusion. (mc is delusional of this, i supposed) for the bext two dsys, mc continied training to ready himself for the boss room in floor 20. he used the horde trigger in the floor 10 boss room to practice fighting multiple monsters. afterwards, on the morning of the day of training with the valkyrie paladin fegiment, elizabeth came to fetch mc. it will be the second day of mc training with the valkyrie.

24 lumina hands mc a valkyrie paladin regiment membership id card. mc asks why and especially he is a man. lumina said she discussed it with the higher ups and they thought it would be funny. the morning training begins with mc pairing up with elizabeth and ripnear. mc gets beaten up, but he is learning. then comes the horse riding, since foret noire is not feeling well, mc is going to ride a different horse and that concluded the training with the valkyrie paladin regiment. next days, mc kept training the labyrinth until one day, he beat the boss room of floor 20. afterwards, mc went with cattleya once again to the pope. mc reports what he had seens and fought in the boss rooms. the boss is a wight acconpanied by his two skeleton knights. after, mc presents the loots he got from the boss. as the pope spesks of s history about the artifact presented to her, mc spoke out of turn and tells items he got were from priest who betrsyed the church. the pope did not deny it. she then went on with ahistoey of having the labyrinth sealed. mc asks if it's possible. the pope confirms it but one must first destroy it's core but no one has done it yet before. other than that, stories of labyrinths being form out of miasma and human greed combine with a place of great magic energy, the labyrinth beneath the holy church must not exist. the pope points out the maincause why other warriors of the church does not enter the labyrinth is simoly because of the stench. and somehow, monsters are capable of manipulating some warriors which in turn made them monsters themselves. and so the labyrinth was shut off, suddenly the undead creeps out. and the reason why healers serves as exorcist is because only few people are born as paladins and warriors of the church and while some are born with affinity, some chose not to join the church. and that's why healers are tasked to cleansing the labyrinths. mc inquires how deep did last expedition get to, the pope answers it's the 40th. mc inquires why they did not hire other professionals, the pope replies only those who have light or holy affinity may enter. mc asks about the wight who were once humans. the pope tells mc although they were great and renown, they were overriden by greed. that is all the info the pope has. she then ask if there is anything that mc desire. mc asks for weapons and armor tonuse in the labyrinth exploration. the pope also guarantees a promotion for mc to a different class once he increase his healer rank. after the talk, cattleya was left to stay while mc is dismissed.

25 afterwards, while eating with the valkyrie paladin regiment, lumona tells mc that training for the valkyries will be suspended since there have been quarrels in the border with the illumasia empire, luburk kingdom and the st. shurule republic. the valkyrie are task to go patrol in the borders. but lumina tells mc even though the training will stop, mc should still continue to train. and then some of the members of the valkyrie tells mc that some member of the church are getting jealous of mc for being close with the valkyries. mc then went to the adventurers guild to procure more substance x. as mc is weating his healer robe, stabbing eyes pierces mc. the adventurers do really hate the healers. suddenly, master grantz asked mc to heal his adventurers, mc obliged. although the injured adventurers threw insults at mc, as soon master grantz tells that mc is the masochist zombie healer, they all rejoice. mc heals them for the price he asked. soon after, they had changed mc's nickname of st. weirdo.

26 after the valkyrie paladin reginment left and the talk of other church staffs might making a move vs mc for being jealous, mc decided to stay in the labyrinth. although cattleya was against with mc's decision, she let him be. after a week passed, mc returned back to cattleya to report his progress. odd enough, cattleya says that it had been only 5 days. mc reports of training hard vs the floor 20 boss room vs the mini boss skeleton knights. he explored all the way to floor 23 and encountered new types of undead. cattleya then hands mc the items he requested from the pope. he got paladin magic gears and magic weapons, the requirement to wear them is that wearer must have defeated over a thousand undead, mc passes this requirement. he also got a pillow that rejuvenates when mc sleep with. he heads out town to get supplies and afterwards return back to the labyrinth. almost three months had passed with his routine, the valkyrie paladin regiment is still in a town near the border and mc's growth is progressing remarkably, he also have now reached the 30th floor, but he did not enter the boss room yet. after taking a day off, mc went to the adventurers guild to have resupply, send a letter to monic and nanaella, although the never replied back, and do his routine weekly healing, info gathering of merritoni town and the valkyrie paladin regiment and then some training with the adventurers. also the adventurers have warmed up to mc and now they treat him with great respect but they still call him st. weirdo. also, at this point in time, mc is still level 1. mc hears from the adventurers that lumina's team are doing fine, a demon general of the empire conquered a castle, a bit about the staff in the adventurers guild in merritoni and the wedding of a few receptionist of the guild. the last news did not sit well with mc.

27 6 months after conquering the floor 20 boss, mc have now conquered the floor 30. cattleya tallied mc's point for the raid and got 426,549 points. cattleya tells mc he could commission dwarven smiths to make him equipments since there nothing anymore that mc could buy in cattleya's sho. mc then mentions he's been taking substance x as a sort of drink for his growth, somehow cattleya is intrigued about it. they went to the pope to report the boss room raid. cattleya reorts of mc taking substance x. it seems the pope knew of the drink, but she's surprised the adventurers guild have a device to make it. the pope says it supposed to be pills but because for some reason it came out in liquid form. the creator of the pill called it substance x but in liquid they called it "god's lament" due to its disgusting taste. mc reports he defeatwd three wights and five ghost knights. when mc presented the loots, it appears the pope may have known the three wights as three girls. she dismissed mc and promises to hand her the reward afterwards. mc overhears it and thought the pope may have known the wights previously. mc took the day off and enjoys it. next day, when mc returns to cattleya before going raiding, cattleya hands her a note. it contains info about the substance x. it's uses the three desires of man, sleep food and sex drive and convert them to energy enabling for faster growth. somehow mc understood why he had no actual interest in woman. but mc knew it was not true. he vows to fall in love once he conquered the holy church labyrinth. suddenly he remembers monic and nanaella and them never replying to any of his letter and also the rumor he heard that multiple receptionists in merritoni are getting married. he vent his frustrations to his training.

28 a month after, mc continues his raid. he had reached floor 40, open the first chest he found ever since he started raiding and gained a grimoire containing a top healing spell and he also fought new monsters as well. he came back before going into the floor 40 boss room. mc wants it find info regarding the floor 40 boss, he planned on getting some in the adventurer's guild. cattleya also informed that lumina's team returned but they were immediately redeployed. as mc went to the adventurers guild a little beastfolk girl appriached mc. he led her inside the guild. to mc's surprised, he found monic and nanaella greeting him. bit before he could talk to them, the adventurers immediately took mc to the training grounds for him to conduct his healings. while he works with his healing, he asked for the staffs to ask what's going on with the beastfolk girl. all the while, mc wanted to talk with monic and nanaella. but he has other matters to attend to. after finishing up with his healing service, he asked master grantz about info on undead monsters. the other adventurers excitedly tried to led mc and help him. suddenly, monica and nanaella requests mc to escort the beastfolk girl back to her back to the slums. monic and nanaella also wants to accompany mc. it was an urgent matter. mc obliges, master grantz also joined them. once they got there, thry found many injured beastfolk. one of the beastfolk attacks and stabs mc. but it was not as much a priority compared to the injured. mc casts area heal on everyone. the beastfolk lies on the ground still unconcious. as everyone heals up, the beastfolk bowed their heads to mc and asked for him to save the whole town. nanaella asked if mc's going to do it for free, but knowing the guidelines of the church, mc tells them his healing will have conditions.

29 the condition is that the beastfolk would to their part in spreading kindness and doing good with others and in one day they would have helped build a world of compassion. they cheered for mc. later on, mc had a lunch with monic and nanaella. they went to inform mc that two of the receptionist will be getting married and they are mernell and melina. the two said they sent laters but mc never replied. mc tells them he wrote them letter too. the two says they never received any. they to master grantz for explanation.master grantz did notndeny it was his fault as well other adventurers. mc wanted them to be punished by drinking substance x. mc then introduced monic and nanaella to the guild as his precious friends who helped overcome many obstacles and stayed with him which made him push himself and to keep striving (or something like that, mc's shy and somehow cannot yet call them his lovers, i think?) monica and nanaella will be staying in the town for three days/nights. mc tells them he'd want to stay with them as much time as possible. the next day, mc met with the two and planned to spend time together. suddenly, beastfolks from yesterday went to mc and once again bowed there heads to mc. they apologized on what they did to mc and would have committed to serve mc for life, or something. but mc tells them otherwise. the beastfolk introduces themselves as representstives of independent city state yenice. they came to request for an establishment of a healer's guild in their country. unfortunstely on their way to st. shurule, they were attack by band of brigands. they were fortunate that some flying creatures and a sime adventurers came to their aid. mc concludes that itnwas a plot so that no healer's guild may be established in their country. the beastfolk have already meet with the pope amd have formally made their request. mc tells the beastfolk that on thenoff chance, they should be wary on their return back to yenice. as well adviced them to hired escort in the adventurer guild and just to be safe, they should get lodging in the guild and have the result of their request be sent to them. as the discussion settles, mc is hugged by the shiela, the little beastfolk girl who asked for help yesterday. after parting with the yenice representative, mc is excited about having to spend time together with monic and nanaella. unfortunately it did't pretty much happened as mc planned it, they spent the days doing the routine adventurers guild stuffs. as the two part ways with mc once more, he promises them thst he'll work even harder so that it will be himself who will come visit them.

30 two months passed since monica and nanaella visited. mc continued on with his routine with his mind still about the floor 40 boss. he hasn't yet tried it yet as he has a bad feeling about it. mc had a of practice spar with lumina. she gave advice tobmc as well praised him for becoming better. next day the valkyrie paladin regiment once again set off to patrol the border. another 6 months passef, mc now felt ready to tackle the floor 40 boss. mc had stocked up on many essentials for a very long trip. mc uses his points and stocks up for potion and other supplies in cattleya's store. cattleya mentions to mc that there have been complaints vs mc for helping the slums but he need not worry since mc now works under the pope. cattleya also gave mc a letter from lumina as well possible info regarding the floor 40 boss. there's a likelihood the boss will be a paladin captain. mc enters the boss room and the boss is a skeleton knight dual wielding a spear and sword, holy magic have no effect vs the boss. as the fights continues to feel hopeless and mc feels tired, he did a weirdly effective thing. a pause in rea life combat. he surrounded himself with his casks/barrels of substance x. the boss stop attacking and backed away to its starting position. mc heals and rested in the safe area and afterwards, he made the skeleton knight, which he calls ghost knight king, his second master. he trained fighting the boss and when things go south, he just immediately go back to the safe area. as mc tries and tries again, he just keep failing vs the knight king. he then realizes that the labyrinth isn't just a game or illusion but actually real. he continued on, until finally he defeats it. it was the letters he got from lumina, monic and nanaella that kept him from giving up anf the lessons he got from his training is what led him to victory. he chops off the knight kings head.he acquires a magicstone, a grimoire and the boss's equipments. when mc tries opening the door of the boss room, it wouldn't budge.

31 outside the boss room, in the town, the adventurers were worried that they haven't seen mc for 6 months now. they thought church locked up mc. meanwhile, cattleya is very worried of mc not returning. back at mc, he is continuing his raid of the labyrinth. he is heading for the 50th floor. the door of the floor 40 boss room seemed to locked itself and hisnonly lead to getting out would be to clear the 50th floor. and with a weird and genius tactic, he sweep through the floors with ease and finally he reach the boss room of the floor 50. before the door of the boss room, he eats his last meal and reads the grimoire he got from the ghkst knight king. the magic is called sanctuary circle, destroy dark magic, demons and undead. afterwards, he sleeps. he slept well thanks to the pillow he got from the pope. afterwards, mc opens the boss room. he is greeted by a pope looking ghost, mc calls it the wight king. the battle has hard but with the new spell he got, sanctuary circle, mc defeats the wight king. before it vanished, the monster showed it's previous face to mc with a smile. mc shuddered at the thought that all the previous bosses he defeated may have been people. the boss did not drop any magic stone but he got a staff and a grimmoire containing a forbidden holy magic. mc is having a dilemma whether he should give the grimmoire to the pope or have himself learn it. mc then tries going back unfortunately, the door disappeared. mc is trap inside the boss room. in exhaustion and frustration, he took out the magic pilloa he got from the pope and just went to sleep.

32 when mc wakes up, he finds a glowing door. he touches it and it absorbed a bit of mc's magic before it opened. it lead to set of stairs leading down. when he saw the next floor, he also saw a giant dragon sleeping. he concludes its an undead dragon. after drinking up a magic potion, he casted sanctuary circle on the dragon. the dragon got shocked and was defeated. or so mc thought. the eyes of the defeated dragon opened. fortunately, it concedes defeat to mc and congratulated him fornpassing the trial of the labyrinth. the dragon presents heaps of treasures for mc to claim. nc thought it was a trick. the dragon explains that there is no more evil left in the room. the dragon also explains that if all the magics stones were ever taken away, the labyrinth will also vanish. mc asked the purpose of the labyrinth. the dragon explaind that they get reborn after every thousand years but a wicked god cursed them and seales them within sites with grat magical energy. the labyrinth is one of this sites. and soon after being sealed the dragons become undead. the dragon asked mc to release his brethren dragon from the wicked god's curse until a hero isnborn in 40 years. if mc fails to do so, the balance of the very world will tilt into the darkness, thus monsters will become stronger and the heroes to come will face greater peril. mc tells he cannot promise what is requested of him since he is not really strong. the dragon laugh at the remarks of the warrior thst bested such great creature. with this, the dragon is amazed and decided to bestow its protection on mc. mc gladly declines it as he has no real reason to go grand and be saving the world m, he just want to live life the fullest and if needed be able to protect himself as well his friends. but the dragon did not want to let such kind soul go unrewarded. the dragon gave his blessing to mc, and change his request of saving the world to saving anyone that he can. somehow with a lighter request, he accepts it. and soon after, the dragon turned to skeletons and remains. after collecting all the treasures and the drsgon remains, mc decided to go back up. but he couldn't find any exit. suddenly a necklace and a spear appeared before him. after getting them, a magic circle appears on the ground, he knew its his way out. he steps into the circle. suddenly a prompt says that mc gained a few titles. blessing of the healer god, protection of the holy dragon, dragonslayer and he who released the seal. also with the vow he made with the holy dragon, he can now sense of places where dragons are sealed.

world's strongest rearguard: the novice seeker of labyrinth country (manga until chapter 23)

world's strongest rearguard: the novice seeker of labyrinth country

atobe arihito, mc, company slave, rearguard
igarashi kyouka, section manager, slave driver, valkyrie
lousel falmel, a guild receptionist
leila, deputy surpervisor of a mercenary company
theresa, rouge mercenary, lizardman, ex human
shiromiya suzuna,
ertia/elysha centrale, death sword?
lye carton, dismantler of monster, shop owner
melissa, daughter of lye carton, a dismantler of monster
misaki, bestfriend of shiromiya suzuna in their previous life, lady luck, class gambler
bergen, a party leader that are vs elysha
louisa, the guild counselor who takes care of mc's reports
plum, a kid in the arthur's atelier
eiku, a kid in the arthur's atelier
falma arthur, traps specialist and owner of arthur's atelier
shion, silver hound, the 'let me do it for you' dog of the arthur's atelier
ariadne, hidden god 117th, replica of goddess ariadne, the iron wheel, the girl that mc and his team found in the hidden level of the plains of dawn dungeon
george, leader of the polaris top rank party in the 8th district
sophie, a member of the polaris party
jake, a member of the polaris party
tyler, a member of the polaris party
michael, a member of the polaris party
ribault/rival, the supporter who mc met outside the plains of dawn dungeon
shinogi madoka, a trader
william christensen, caretaker of the 17th monster ranch
milis, grand daughter of william christensen


(the manga t'L for the early chapters were confusing but it gets better)
demi human, those who died and got reincarnated not as a human
dungeon seekers, the adventurers going inside the dungeon
white night brigade, infamous guild that head hunts seekers
contribution points, achievements gain when dungeon raiding
lye carton's dismantling shop
watadama, ball monsters
juggernaut, the mountain size orc
great temple in the 4th district, in here demihumans can be chsnged back to being humans
apparently, district entry are restricted to the ones contribution. the higher the contribution the more district area one can enter
scarlet emperor, the berserk inducing cursed sword of elysha
runes are like special items embeded into equipment for extra effects
morale, a gauge used to cancel debuffs
morale burst, ultimate technique
plains of dawn, the first dungeon, mc entered
seeker card, a handy tablet like item that acts as a status window for the adventurers. it is also used as an item box
giant eagle headed warrior, a boss in the hidden level of the plains of dawn dungeon
goddess ariadne, the iron wheel
founders, have the capability of summoning adventurers
creators, are one who made the hidden gods
district means rank
(i am very confused with this district. whether if its a place, a far off place or a ranking or probably a combination of two. louisa regrets mc moving up a district since mc will have to pick another guild staff to be taking care of them, while at the same time, mc asked if louisa couls still be the guild staff to take care of them. in chapter 23, the dismantler of district 8, regrets mc of moving up, as if they will never be seeing each other again)
(chapter23, somehow there is something that mc wants to discuss with the guild staff that takes care of the polaris, is it related to changing guild staff? will this guild staff that takes care of polaris be the one who will be taking over of louisa?)

1 mc along with his company colleague got in a bus accident. mc dies and get reincarnated into a fantasy dungeon labyrinth. as mc went to register in the guild, he meets with igarashi, mc's boss in their previous world. mc did not like because she keeps overworking mc. when igarashi says that they would party up, mc rejects it. igarashi went on her to find herself a party. mc registers as a rearguard but somehow an error occured with his registration.

2 after mc leaves the guild, the receptionist gave mc mercenary coupons use to hire mercenaries. mc has some buff skills but that's it. mc went to a mercenary company and hired a lizardman named theresa. when mc and theresa went to the lsbyrinth, they are met with other seekers. mc thought they are bad people just like the one he met in the guild reception. in fact these people are actually supports. they tell of a valkyrie newbie going in the dungeonalong with her party. mc and theresa went inside, their first monster was a sentient ball. it was not an easy first fight. and theresa hsrdly listens to mc when mc tells her they should retreat. thankfully, mc used his skills which shielded theresa. with an opening, theresa defeats the ball. mc thanks theresa for protecting him. suddenly they hear a commotion nearby, it was igarashi and her teammates, they seemed to be in a pinch.

3 igarashi was with the group of suspicious seekers in the guild reception. they were fight a red ball, also it's a named monster. as their party couldn't beat it, the party leader used a teleport scroll to get the psrty out of the dungeon. unfortunately, it seems igarashi was not part of their party and she was left alone. luckily, mc and theresa was already on their way. upon seeing mc, igarashi resolved herself to be strong and defeat the monster. but it was not enough. as mc tries using his shield buff, it didn't work because igarashi is not part of his team. mc regretted he rejected her proposal to party up with him. as igarashi lies on the ground, mc vows to avenge his boss. along with theresa by his side.

4 mc somehow understood a bit about his buff skills. with the buffs skills he has, he applied to theresa and they defested the red ball. after the battle, mc asks theresa to call for help. mc force igarashi to join his party so that he may be able to use his recovery spell on her. the recovery worked but igarashi seemed to oassed out due to exhaustion. suddenly ertia, deathsword, and suzuna shiromiya, shrine maiden finds them and quickly helped them. ertia death sword warns mc to not expose to others his skill. the red ball they defeated was ultra strong for mere beginners to fight and deal with. she also warned mc of a group called white night brigade, they are somehow an infamous group. when the supporters from outside the dungeon arrive, they went on their separate ways. somehow, a group of three men are looking from the distance, their target is deathsword, ertia.

5 after the dungeon, mc returned theresa to the mercenary company, he apologized to leila for not taking good care of theresa. somehow, with this attitude, theresa who moves for battle, showed a gesture of gratitude towards mc. mc felt like he would want to have theresa as a permanent mercanary companion, leila tells mc of the amount to get her, which they would only normally tell to customers who are regular and have taken human mercenaries. mc went back to the guild for the report, lousia was surprised at how well he did with his first raid and how high his contribution became only after his first raid. he also gained a few gold coins from the monster they defeated. mc asked the receptionist to keep his identity a secret. mc then went to check on his party mate igarashi. mc apologize for rejecting igarashi's party invite before. mc then made a party contract and had igarashi sign it. the two became a party with mc as the leader. as party, mc had igarashi stay with him in his hotel room, apparently, those with zero contributions are only allowed to sleep in stables. next day, they first head to the mercenary company to once again hire theresa. on their way, a cute gal notices mc and igarashi, but decides to join ertia and suzuna as a party mate.

5.5 a little backstory of leila's pastlife and her first encounter with the demihuman theresa

6 mc, igarashi and theresa went to lye carton's shop to have the monster they got dismantled and enhanced their equipments. mc got his sling shot enchanted while the two ladies got their def items enchanted. while the three planned on hunting many ball monsters, watadama, for the day, the shop owner tells them otherwise. there had been a decrease in the number of the watadama since seekers have overhunted them and their best bet of getting more loots is going to the second level but it would be highly risky. the three set out forntheir hunt and come acriss the gate to the second level. although the do not plan on going, suddenly suzuna comes out, followed by an orc and then by elysha. they were hunting orcs in the 2nd level along with another girl. they hurriedly went back but not before mc could inquire. elysha tells them three entering the 2nd level and odd enough misaki, the third girl in their party, are picking up rare items. she picked up an armed treasure box which teleported her elsewhere in the 2nd level. they suspect someone was out there to get them. meanwhile, the three seekers that were looking at them during the red watadama incident, is seen with a tied misaki. they plan on using the girl to lure elysha into fighting a giant monster they call tyrant.

7 elysha requested mc to take suzuna back with them while she alone searches for misaki. igarashi persuades mc to help them. mc and friends help them. elysha gave a condition, suzuna is to temporarily join mc's party while elysha joins them as a guest. she also handed mc a return scroll in case things gets rough. when they entered, theresa, with her detect skill, noticed the presence of a monster. elysha says that there could be seekers engaging the monster and so the five went to look. while bergen's team are running from the giant monster, they saw elysha. they set up a trap. they laid misaki in the open plain and cause an explosion. mc's team finds misaki. as elysha and suzuna approaches the unconscious misaki, mc has a feeling something is wrong. as mc warned elysha and suzuna, an arrow landed near the two and exploded. suddenly a swarm of monster along with a giant monster, the tyrant, appeared near them. the group of berge rejoice to see their trap was successful. elysha orders the rest to move far back away from her as she engages the monsters.

8 mc's team got separated with suzuna's team with a firewall created by the arrow. elysha entered berserk mode to clash vs theb orcs. mc tells suzuna to have misaki enter their party so they could use the return scroll. but she couldn't wake misaki. fortunately mc's defense buff can be used on suzuna. suddenly, igarashi felt the urge to enter the fray. equipped with the fire defense item and mc's buffs, she rushed into the firewall and into the side of suzuna's team. she covers suzuna and asks her to try waking misaki so she could enter their party, all the while she tries to calm the berserk elysha. suddenly the tyrant orc joins the fight and with one strike, he shook the ground. as dust clouds form and dissipate, mc is shocked to what he had seen.

9 mc could not see his teammates. suddenly they heard a cough. they were there. mc's shield buff saved them. but elysha was no where to be seen and the tyrant orc is still there. as it readies to attack them, elysha suddenly appears by its head as she striked the monster. unfortunately it had no effect. mc checked the monster's info. it's a juggernaut and it's immune to physical attacks. the juggernaut attacked and threw elysha on the side. suzuna rushed to her but suddenly elysha almost strike at her. her berserk state is still in effect. suddenly mc remember his is a fire element. using his buff, he attacked the juggernaut and it was effective. he buff the rest of the team as both theresa and elysha, whp just joined their party. with theircombined effort, they defeated the juggernaut. the team of bergen is beneath the rubbles from when the jiggernaut strike and shook the ground. theresa heads to the defeated monster and found a treasure box.

10 as they celebrate their victory, a small introduction as well misaki telling of bergen's team, theresa returns to them with a treasure box in her hand. it was a black treasure box. since the juggernaut could not fit in their item box, they took some of it's nails and finger and will go request for a service to the dismantlers to take care of the slain monster. as they returned back to the dungeon entrance, mc tells them to wait for them in their lodgings/hotel as mc reports their subjugation to the guild as well bergen's team. apparently, named monsters have a permanent aggro. if they target certain individual, no matter if they leave the dungeon and once again return, the aggro will remain. bergen's team used elysha in order for them to be saved from the perma aggro. louisa tells mc they will deal with bergen's team for proper sanctions. next is they checked mc's contribution points, it's higher than their first raid and as of now mc reached 7th place in their district. louisa asked if mc will be moving to a different district since his contributions are high enough. mc says that he's happy if louisa would continue to be her counsel. she felt delighted when mc said it. mc also invited jer for dinner. she accepts. later on, mc went to the mercenary guild, he had got the right amount of money to get theresa as a permanent companion. leila felt thankful of mc's decision. leila also told mc of something crucial. when mc and theresa met with the rest, mc announces that they could turn theresa back to a human being in the great temple in the 4th district.

11 mc discusses their plan over dinner with everyone. mc wants to make theresa human again, he invites misaki, suzuna and elysha to join their team. elysha tells her story of her berserk weapon and her backstory as part of the white night brigade and her bestfriend who's still part of the infamous org that will use any means just to reach the top. after reaching a resolution, the two parties joined together. next day, they head for the craftsman to open the treasure box and afterward have their equipments enhanced.  in front of the shop, they are greeted by a giant wolf and two children, they are welcomed as customers tonthe arthur's atelier.

11.5 a story of what happened after their dinner.

12 they were then greeted by falma arthur. after she let her kids play with their dog, she led mc's party to a dungeon like room. inside she explained that the black treasure box or a black box is a very dsngerous item. there was once such box which was incorrectly opened, a portionof the city got obliterated. thankfully, falma is a top tier specialist for treasure boxes and traps. she opened it with great precision. and soon a great pile of treasures and gold coin appears. mc got a new weapon slingshot and an armor that enhances buffs, theresa got a sword that allows wind skills, suzuna got sash that improves range ability and igarashi got a down right rpg woman armor and a spear. they then allocated their skill points and headed for the dungeon. after a while of raiding, and training they are finally ready for the 3rd level. they faced off against gaze hounds, mc uses a new buff, morale boost. with morale, they can cancel out debuffs and can also use morale burst, something like an ultimate skill. as it was their first time using it, except for elysha, mc tells them to try it so that they can know what are its effect. both misaki and suzuna tries their burst but suddenly a hidden monster took notice and approaches.

13 the burst of misaki, fortune roll, makes any type of action to succeed. while suzuna's tsukoyomi, is like a guide. thanks to misaki's burst, suzuna's burst succeeded and it led them to ekse where. they followed the light and into an open plain. misaki borrows igarashi's spear and stsrted digging and soon they found a teleport pad to another level. elysha finds it suspicious, the dungeon they are in only have 3 levels and they are already in the 3rd level. they were reluctant to use it and so decided to explore the 3rd level first before using the teleport. or so they thought. suddenly an invisible force threw misaki to the teleport pad and it activated, making misaki disappear. they are now then attack by the invisible force or monster. elysha calls it the plains eater, a chameleon monster. suzuna wants to follow misaki but mc tells her otherwise as they might get separated. theresa on the other hand, tries her hard to fight the invisible monster using her rogue skill scan. and with the combined effort of suzuna's bow and theresa's detection, they defeat the plain eater. they then went and used the teleport pad. misaki came flying towards suzuna, she was scared and lonely. mc tries using the return scroll but it was no use. on their seeker card it says they are out of range to use their teleport and their location is an unexplored area. they have no choice but to go forward. they travelled until they reached an ominous boss area. and at the end of it is a boss waiting for them. a giant eagle headed warrior, it's level is higher than that of the juggernaut orc. they prepare for battle.

14 mc uses his new hawk eye skill, it tells battle information during battle. with mc's guide, they are beating the monster but that is until monster's next phase kicked in. mc's team suddenly got overpowered. but thanks to mc's shielf he was able to protect them from an aoe attack. unfortunatelty, in the process, mc got hit.

15.1 as mc holds on to his consciousness, he remembers a moment in the past. igarashi wants them to run away but mc's wants to stand ground. with perma aggro, the monster would just follow them wherever they go in the area. mc orders igarashinand theresa to use their burst to attack the monster. suzuna and misaki helps and patches mc's wound. as the boss attacks elysha who is currently alone in the front line, a sudden attack hits the monster. elysha sees her image.

15.2 igarashi's burst, soul blink, causes allies to have clone of them, all abilities are in copied. theresa's burst is triple steal, applied to all allies and it causes one to steal hp/mp/items vs monsters hit. this also healed mc's wound. and with their all combined effort, they defeated the giant eagle headed warrior.

16 after resting and the item collection from the monster, they head to the door at the end of the boss room. thanks to theresa acquiring a precious stone that served a key, they were able to open the door. suddenly suzuna felt spirits at the end of the path. she enters in a trance state and heads up the plight of stairs. suzuna says she feels like they're in front of a shrine. at the top of the stairs is a giant room with a casket looking device in the middle. as they head towards it, they saw a panel with a symbol that looked like the key mc got from the black treasure box perfect. as mc lean the key close, it emitted a light and somehow activated the device. as they prepare for battle, the casket opens and they saw a figure of a girl. i her chest is what looked like a keyhole. mc's team let mc decide what to do and to support him whatever happens. mc then inserts the key he has on the girl's chest. suddenly the key vanished as he himself get sucked in. mc saw a recollection of his past. when mc come to his senses, the girl spoke and tells mc he is granted her protection and guardianship. the girl introduces herself as the 117th hidden god, a replica of the goddess ariadne, the iron wheel.

17 the hidden god tells them that the reincarnated are actually tasked to gathering the gods. they are sent to labyrinth cities in order for tgem to enter dungeons and seek them, hence they're called seekers. this is new information to them as well to elysha. as mc tries to set this new info aside, he asks what blessing ariadne was talking about. ariadne tries bestowing blessing to them but she  unable to. she says she is broken and that she's a failure of a god. she even goes to say that her being so she was abandoned by her creator in the first dungeon. therefore her blessing would be not worth it. she suggests that mc should seek other gods for their blessing. but mc could not let it be. mc tries putting to words what he understood of the blessings. blessing can only be done once, and once a person acquires it, they could not receive any more from others. other gods are hostile towards other and thus conflict may possibly happen. misaki asks what ariadne's blessing would be. she tells them if they acquired her blessing, if inncase they get killed. in the dungeon, they will simply respawn in the casket room in exchange all their equipment will be gone. but it was still limited since ariadne is broken. when mc asks if she could be repaired, ariadne could not give a clear answer. mc decides to gain ariadne's blessing. he also askes the others to which the others says they will follow mc with whatever he decides. ariadne obliges and gave them her blessing. soon after, mc and his team were sent back ti the first level. in the casket room of ariadne he watches mc in the monitor. a single tear fell on her hand. it was hears. she never expected that afternmany years someone would be willing to receive her blessing. she vows to protect mc with all her might. back at mc, he organizes his thoughts and their objects, gather the gods, find elysha's bestfriend and to ultimately turn theresa back to a human being. as the team head back to get dinner in the city, they suddenly hear a commotion. plum, eiku and shion are being bullied by some adventurers. as mc tries to get to them, another team came to their aid. they were the top rank party in the 8th district, polaris.

17.5 a heart warming back story of suzuna and misaki.

18 george greets them and thought elysha was the party leader. elysha was wary towarda them but after the two party join to have dinner it seemed that they warmed up to each other. other than that, elysha tried indirectly asking the poliris party if they have a gid that they serve, to which they somehow maybe misunderstood that mc's party was simply trying to convert them (hopefully that's the case). after dinner, the two party part ways. mc led the other to head back as he himself have to report to the guild. mc submits their raid report to louisa. after seeing the report, louisa locks the cousel room, announces mc and his party is the currently the number 1 in all of district 8th. and she will be telling mc secret info about hidden gods. mc must not tell anyone what louisa will disclose to mc. they must not incur the wrath of hidden gods and conflicts between groups that served a god may drastically change the situation in the labyrith country. the polaris party worships a hidden god that is hostile towards ariadne. they then discuss the things about the founder who summoned adventurers with powers to govern the land and the creators who made the gods. but it was all too deep in tje rabbit hole that louisa decides to give it a rest for the moment. mc then ask about the promotion exam, with them going to a higher district would bring them closer to their goal. louisa says they can immediately be promoted if mc wanted to. but if that would be the case, mc feels like he is betraying the effort of their new friends the polaris party. mc head back to his team and asked for opinion with him declining the immediate promotion and having their team taking up the exam. with a bit of a discussion, they understand what mc was trying to do. on the day of the exam, george of the polaris party was surprised to see mc's team taking the promotion exam with them. as the two team leaders shake hand for the upcoming exam, a guild staff suddenly suddenly receives an sos, they require an aid from a nearby dungeon, the drowsy mire, as a dungeon break is taking place.

19.1 louisa, who is officiating the exam, announces the exam will be postponed as a dungeon break or a stsmpede is happening the district 7. as the guild of district 8 prepares, monsters suddenly came flowing down the guild of district 8. the polaris immediately defeats some of the monsters. they then propose to make the exam continue by having the stampede as their test. mc agrees to such proposition. as the polaris heads to the source of the stampede, mc oarty stayed in the guild they planned on defending the base. mc immediately asked louisa to get them as much salt as possible. when they finally acquire it. using the newly acquired skill of suzuna, morishio, she erected a giant defensive barrier surrounding the guild

19.2 with barrier in olace, the guild will be a safe haven. mc's team decide to erect mire barrier around the town. in town, thet met with leila and some of her mercenary along with lye carton and his daughter melissa, they will keep the evac route clear of monsters as mc's team make more shelter. in the polaris side, they are met with falma arthur along with her own tamed companion astarte, plum and eiku as well shion was there to aid them. back in mc's side, elysha asks igarashi to use her new skill on her, decoy, which is like a taunt skill but can be applied on someone else. igsrasho used decoy to elysha, as the monster got aggro, elysha easily eliminates them. but as the fighting goes on, a set of flying harpy monsters eyes the fray.

20 suddenly one by one, mc's team got knocked unconcious. they were put to sleep by the harpy monster up in the sky. as their team lay down powerless, mc remembers he also acquirsd a new skill, rear stance, possibly a blink strike. it made mc appear behind any specified target, be it ally or foe. mc appeared behind the harpy up in the air andnm dragged it down ward. luckily plum, eiku and shion was there. they landed on shion's back which broke their fall. with shion's loud growl, the sleeping team mates of woke up. the two huge dogs astarte and shion scared the harpy rendering it unconcious.

21.1 elysha planned on killing the captured harpy. plum asked if mc's team will take care it. this stopped elysha on her track. falma arthur then suggest to mc that they could have the harpy go to a monster ranch in order to take care of it and inthat way, the harpy could become their ally. mc agreed. falma also asked if mc could take shion with them. it was the first time that shion went on without order just to help mc and it was about time for her to grow and leave them. mc wants to accept but plum did not want it.  eiku then stops his sister and let shion off with mc. im the polaris side, they've arrived at the drowsy mire dungeon, it was isolated and there were no monsters around. they found a bystander clumped in a corner. he was fearful and in hysteria, he rumbles that them on the 8th district could  not simpky face off against the monster he saw. back in mc's side. as they continue with their sweep. theresa and shion suddenly felt with the detect skill of an incoming monster. they looked up in the sky, it was a gigantic version of the monsters they were facing and it's hurling towards them.

21.2 a caravan is running away from the giant monster as the ribault and his teams of supporters try to assist them. mc and his team appears on the scene. suddenly the giant monster used its heat ray to attack. even though mc erected his shield defense it was ineffective as it simply broke through. fortunstely it was not a direct hit on them. suddenly harpies once more appeared. thankfully, mc is now ready as falma arthur gave them items vs sleep debuff. they quickly subdue the harpies. suddenly the giant monster stopped on it's track. using hawk eyes, mc sees the giant monster is getting ready to attack and it's aim are the injured and unconcious adventurers and civilian. mc immediately used his skill points to get a passive skill which allows him to use his buffs and defense on non party member. mc erected his shield buff as the monster hurled itself towards its target.

22 as mc tries his hard to save them, all hope is lost. mc's erected barrier is futile. as the monster hurls down its target and devours them. but it did not happen. suddenly two giant robotic arms appeared. ariadne heard mc's prayers to save rhe civilians. the robotic arms caught the monsters and slammed it in the side away from the civilians. ariadne says that robotic arms can't last long and tells mc to have his team defeat the monster immediately. with the combine effort of mc's team and alongside ariadne, once again, they defeated the boss monster. the polaris team arrived at the scene. they saw the power of ariadne (i think), george tells mc that they are withdrawing from the exam. sophie was unhappy with george's decision but he is not going to give up with their dream and goal.

23 as rival/raubalt congratules mc, misaki notices a girl lying on her broken goods. rival tells them madoka is a trader who has been helping the supporters. somehow misaki felt sympathy towards the sad merchant. she went to help and immediately asks mc to have madoka as psrt of their party. madoka was reluctant as she has nothing more to offer and that all her wares were destroyed. she was a low level and because she doesn't like fighting she chose to be a merchant. many parties denied her before. but nevertheless, they accepted her. after that they went to report to the guild. they now have a rsnking the 7th district. as of the end of the stampede, mc's party is now in the 7th district. afterwards, it seems madoka became the secretary for the team as she went onto go plan what they will be doing. shion, elysha, suzuna, and misaki went to the monster ranch to have the captured harpies be taken care if. mc, igarashi, madoka and theresa went to the dismantlers. as lye carton and melissa regreted that mc will be moving up, mc tells his objective of having theresa to go back being a human. somehow lye carton can relate to such wish.

Saturday, July 22, 2023

I Think I'll Hide My True Ability to the Last Moment (manga until chapter 22)

shin no jitsuryoku wa girigiri made kakushite iyou to omou

astario yuno, mc, 3rd son of a knight
zeus, a deity mc had a contract with when he was born
byrne marou, a school bully, 2nd son of a count, childhood friends with mc
roze alice, a daughter of a marquis, a childhood friend of mc, a daughter of one of the four highly respectable family
soliel, class room teacher
athena, the famous stray god in the ferris magic knight academy
elrode kraim, second top pick for the match making, son of a count
luna flame, solitary moon, daughter of the marquess, a daughter of one of the four highly respectable family
ein stadt, the girls' academy student that mc tried to take an oath with until someone else came along
duke argos flame, father of luna flame
claude, a butler, the weakeat servant of duke argos flame
elise flame, younger sister of luna flame, second daughter of the house of flame
charlotte flame, wife of duke argos flame, charl
astaroth, the goddess of love and beauty, charlotte/charl made a covensnt with her
lucifer, or satan, a supreme god and a demonlord
meroh astario, mc's father, a knight and a sword saint
rei astario, mc's elder sister, a sword saint
fenrir, master of the forest of the divine beast, god eater
garnos, a knight captain of the chivalric knight order, he was the one who asked mc who caused the stampede

royal capital ferris magical knight academy, a sacred academy where only the most elite are allowed
covenants or pact, those who made pact oe covenant with a god will gain power and benefit. it is proportional to the fame and influence of the god
stray gods, gods without influence, fame or worse without name
st. ferris girls' academy, sister school kf thr magical knight academy. young ladies of aristocrats are thought here while the knights who will be protecting them are attending the magical knights will be serving them then. ferris-jo, ferris josei (lady/girl)
luna flame is a daughter of a duke and not marquess, the same with alice roze
ein stadt became alice's lady to protect.
royal observation tower

1 when mc is born, a minor god formed a contract with mc. making mc overflow with power. as he grow up, he did his best to control his overflowing power and as such, he was not able to train anything else. that is why he was called incompetent and weak. at school, marou a childhood friend of mc bullies mc and tells him to leave, alice, alos a childhood friend tries defending mc. he never actually wanted to be at the magical academy but with his father and elder sister's asserting him, he passed and got in the schoolm as mc did not want alice to be involve with him, he wanted to do something about it but before he could, their teacher soleil arrives and greets them. marou complains to soleil thatc is wrongfully admitted to the academy since mc does not know how to use swords. the teacher responded that although mc is good with swords, he got full mark on the written exam. the teacher then said the three rules while they are in school, while in campus all nobility status is null, prohibitions of sword and magic and use only in designated place and take covenants with deities as a serious matter. as the teacher explains this covenant, he summons in the class a stray god with no name. apparently, a covenant with a strong and more famous god garners more power and benefit. and having a contract with a lesser or even a god with no name will have little benefit. they are like familiars for the ones they make a pact with. apparently, they are perhas seen as tools or something. marou had an idea of mocking the stray god by promising her he will make a pact with her if she begs. this got mc furious. although, alice warned mc. he got up from his desk, went in front of the class, knocked marou the shit out and kneeled in front of the stray god.  and with a kiss on her hand, the covenant is made. as a god without a name, mc is asked by the stray god to give her one. mc calls her athena.

2 somehow, mc likes athena. although people are calling mc name a behind his back and athena asking mc if he regret having her, mc finds her lovely and he never regretted having made a pact with her. in class, alice warns mc that during the mock battle session, marou and his friends might try something vs mc to get back at him. but mc had it all planned out. mc plans on elevating athena's status by making himself stand out. that is with the benefits and power he got from both athena, spear arts and zeus, immeasurable power. during the mock battle, everything went as mc planned. with his immeasureble power from zeus, that once mc almost killed his sister with, and the spear arts from athena, he defeats many of gis classmates. afterwards, athena's fame increase and she's now seen with a bit more respect than before. while mc's reputation just dwindled. from the one who beat the count's son to the one who beats his entire class.

3 with athena gaining fame, she was finally able to fly. mc is happy to see her smile. the next session of their class will be held in another school, st. ferris girls' academy. the motif is match making. the students of the knight academy will be paired with the ladies of girls' academy. the knight's job is to protect and be a guardian to the lady. basically it looks like a speed dating, with the knights as the suitors, but in a servitude kind. once two students are paired, they will be attending joint classes. mc is reluctant about this event. with his bad reputation spreading, he doubts if anyone would want to pair up with him. as mc walks alone in the girls' academy trying to find someone to pair up with him, he just gave up when he hears students believing the rumors about mc. while mc walks alone, he sees na incident between 4 students. the three students opened up a portal to unleash goblins. the student being attack decides to kill herself but not before mc saves her. afterward, mc leaves her as he does not want himself to get involve. the student reminds mc of her sister and her faith in mc. but before he could leave the student introduced herself as luna flame. as if obligated to respond, mc lied and called himself marou byrne.

4 a week had past, no one is approaching mc. although alice and athena are trying their best to help mc, it was futile. although, marou told mc that the match making system will the end find them a partner even if no kne want to pair with them. suddenly, mc had an urge it give it his all as well so to not make the faith of those who believed in him be in vain. suddenly luna flame appears. both alice roze and kraim elrode kneeled in front of her wanting to be chosen as her knight. she was known to be a misantrophy and would have wanted to not be involved with any knight but she chose to attend the match making because she eyes a knight to serve her. at first she called for marou byrne but upon finding he was not the student she was looking for. luna flame asked alice, a friend of hers, if she know any student in the description of mc. alice took mc in front of luna flame. although mc did not want to be involved with her, mc is ultimately obliged to form an oath to luna flame. alice asks mc to keep her safe.

5 next day, duke argos flame, father of luna flame, wants luna to change the knight she has. the duke then goes on to insult mc. but when goddess athena was suddenly insulted couldn't hold himself back and asked for a duel vs the duke to prove that goddess athena's gift is the real deal. the duke tells mc he'll be facing his weakest servant. although mc just wanted to show off that could stand toe to toe vs the chosen servant of the duke and just lose the battle, luna flame is unconvinced and that mc should let loose all his strength. somehow, mc obliges to luna's request. mc stood up and unleashes a powerful spear throw vs the weakest servant. although it missed, the servant concedes defeat. he could possibly not beat a spearman who could drastically terraform the ground with just the force of a thrown spear. the duke gave his blessing of mc being the knight of luna flame. somehow, luna flame's attitude towards mc is a cool manipulative owner with mc as her mere pawn. luna flame says starting now, he will live in their household.

6 as mc wait for luna flame, he is approached by a mischievous elise flame, the younger sister of luna flame. somehow she has taken a liking to mc. when luna arrives, she is with athena. mc was glad that she was there. luna flame said she'll be staying with them as well. mc is glad with this decision. suddenly, luna flame's mother, charlotte flame, charl, appears and greets mc. she is delighted to see her daughter having her own knight. charl is also interested in athena. she then tells that the goddess, astaroth, she herself made a covenant with, will be surprised to see her. suddenly, athena became fearful as she kept apologizing on mc. a crack to the void suddenly opened and out came the goddess astaroth.

7 astaroth greets charl. mc tries to comfort athena who is cleary fearful and has an ashamed face. astaroth approaches athena and asked who she is. charl introduces her. astaroth immediately knew athena is a stray god and asked who named her. mc tells it was him. astaroth ask mc why he named her athena and who is someone else inside of him. confused mc answers it's just him. suddenly astaroth attacks athena. mc deflects it with his kick. astaroth then claimed that mc passed. it was a mere test of her if mc is rightful to be luna flame's knight. after that, the godess astaroth left them. athena apologized to mc. mc says it's fine since it was just a mere test of the godess as he felt reassured that athena affirms she's fine after mc asked. mc is without a doubt the goddess astaroth is merely testing him. meanwhile, astaroth went to a different dimension, the lower world. she met up with another deity, lucifer or satan. she is suspecting of lucifer of something she is being kept with. as the two clashes, it is apparent that they are bored as heck with being supreme overall. as lucifer leaves her, astaroth finds mc an interesting toy for her to play with. a human who could repel her attack, which is mc.

8 mc dreams of his past. how he tried looking for info about zeus, the god who gave him immeasurable power, how he tried and trained hard to control his overflowing power, how he almost killed his beloved elder sister by his power that he could hardly control, how his father wanted to banish him and himself agreeing, how his big sister defends mc and almost killed herself just to not let mc be banished from their household and how mc wanted tell his elder sister that he will be doing what he want, which he somehow could not. mc wakes up to a life he never woukd have thought he would like to be having. a warm and cozy place to stay in, goddess athena as mc's next door neighbor, a faster commute to school, a mischevious playful little sister of luna flame, the ever protective duke argos and luna flame, her madam/lady and benefactor. right now, compared to before, he is enjoying himself.

9 on their way to school, luna flame is seen with respect, athena with new found admiration and mc with deeper scorn. mc also saw alice with ein stadt. during class, alice says she is the knight of ein stadt. somehow, alice is jealous of her. when their teacher enters, he asked for forms of applicants who wanted to join the joint training camp with the ferris jo. mc is surprised with this as he quickly fill out the form and submitted it without luna flame's consent. alice explains that it's not just any simple fun camp, they will in fact be trying to survive for three days and two nights in the forwst of the divine beasts. mc apologizes to luna for handing the form without her consent. luna says she's fine with and she wanted to go on extracurricalar activities as well. although tries to urge luna that it would be dangerous if they go on with it. luna tells mc that it will be fine since mc will be protecting her. mc obliges. on the the of the camp, they suddenly joined by a were cat girl or something.

10 mc let the were cat girl eat the fishes he caught. she chowed down the fish she got from mc. before mc could ask anything from her she vanished. their team composes of mc, luna flame and athena. when mc went back to his teammates, the twonreports of a giant divine beast eyeing them. mc tells them it must be because the magic field taught by athena to mc that mc set up is what keeping the divine beast at bay. as they set up for dinner, they are met with alice and ein stadt and soon after kraim joind them. after they enjoyed dinner to went to an onsen in the forest of the divine beast. kraim asks why mc is keeping up with the role of the incompentent if in truth he's strong. his mai evidence is the barrier that mc set up. mc answers truthfully and says he is afraid of the power he has. and in his thought, he will be only showing his true now since he has a goal, and it is to promote goddess athena. suddenly, kraim asked mc to a duel.

11 kraim's intention was to fight the knight who luna flame approved. as they settled in for the night, mc ponders whether he should take on kraim. but remember his good intention. mc obliges and went to meet with kraim. mc won the duel without bloodshed but kraim admitting defeat. kraim acknowledges the strength of mc. and the two seemed to become friends. meanwhile, goddess astaroth is amassing monsters to o on a stampede. as the two rested, kraim invits to try join the student council. both kraim and alice were already selected as part of it. the condition for the third member would be to win the fighting tournament of next month. mc sees it as an opportunity to make athena gain more influence. suddenly mc and kraim felt a tremor. the two hears an announcement calling all the student to the central camp. mc felt the familiar aura of astaroth. alice came to the two and said a demonic stampede is hsppening and is head straight for them.

12 as the three knights head to camp, they slew a few monsters in their way. when they reached the camp they find goddess astaroth fighting the divine beast, fenrir. their teacher soliel says they've already sent distress signal to the capital.the royal knights order will be aiding them as well mc's elder sister rei astario, a sword saint. the fight between astaroth and fenrir heats up. but oddly enough, mc's classmates are cheering for astaroth. mc remembers that it was astaroth who defested the demonlord satan, so it must be that as a heroic god, whatever or however the case will be, it will astaroth they will avs to cheer. this does not sit well for mc. suddenly mc notices athena's fear and sadness as they in her eyes fenrir is a child that is suffering and ultimately bound to the forest. she rushes to mc and asks him to help fenrir. mc remember what he did back then when it was athena who was being mistreated. suddenly, mc hears luna flame ordering him to do what he has to do. and then athena tries stopping mc and apologizes to mc and luna flame. but mc is set on it and besides it is something for his goddess, athena. even if it's another god, mc will do it.

13 as the battle ensues, people from the royal observation tower watches the fight of astaroth and fenrir. it was easy for them to assume that fenrir is at fault, for such god is facing against astaroth known for her heroic tales. as mc heads to the whereabout of the two gods fighting, the others students were arguing among themselves. alice was mad and worried that mc had to go there, marou byrne was mocking mc while both kraim and luna flame have full faith that mc will return alive. as mc is on edge of his cross road, he laments what would happen then after he kills a god. but then he made up his mind, he wanted to check how strong his power really is and the only to do it is to face off vs a god. as astaroth was about to unleash her last attack vs fenrir, mc launches himself towards astaroth grabs and her head and took her far away. those in the royal observation tower noticed the power level of the third being that interfered in the clash of the two gods. the third being's power level is comparable to that of astaroth herself. and they called another god. astaroth felt eletad to see mc.

14 astaroth tried hypnotizing mc but it failed. mc attacks but suddenly astaroth vanishes and appears behind him. as mc engages against astaroth, he confirmed it that astaroth is not a real goddess as she was emitting sinister and evil energy. meanwhile, in the central camp, the students and teachers were having a hard time vs the demonic stampede. even with alive erecting a second barrier, it was hopeless as there were simply too many monsters that were coming. but as alice ran out of magic and felt hopeless, a new ray of light came to help the, the chilvalric knight's order arrives and with them is rei astario, mc's elder sister, the sword saintess. aid have arrive for the students and teachers.

15 rei astario greets alice and athena warmly and kidnly. whemln she greets luna flame, it seemed like a bitter rivalry. and when everything have organized and are set up, rei astario unleashes a powerful attack, yuno slash, the name of mc. with a great light, she cleaved a large area of the monster hordes attacking. the battle of mc and astaroth heats up. all the while mc asked himself what the goddess astaroth was talking about of mc becoming a god and how evil the goddess is to frame fenrir, the one who serves to protect the forest, to cause a stampede. the goddess astaroth smiles as she saw mc getting a clean hit on her.

16 as the battle heats up, mc suddenly had a doubt in his heart whether what he will do is the right thing. as his doubt gets the best of him, he became enraged and blinded. somehow, fenrir notices mc's wavering as it went to aid mc. suddenly, lucifer appears and attacks mc. the new god that appeared reprimands astaroth for breaking a contract. 

17 as fenrir rescues mc, mc felt talking to god that just appeared. he jumped of fenrir and approaches the two gods. lucifer reprimands astaroth for breaking a contract. astaroth argues she was merely looking for an answer and lucifer was the one who's interfering with her. lucifer tells astaroth that it is not time. as mc reached them, lucifer insults mc and call him a pawn. but this just confused mc. as astaroth mentions the other gods name, lucifer. mc realizes that perhaps this other god is a higher being. lucifer kept on confusing mc with his insults and explanations. his last remark as he left with astaroth is for mc to not disappoint him. whem they left, the stampeding monster is relieved of their rage and are confused to what was happening. mc thanked fenrir as he has to quickly get back to athena. fenrir offered aid mc as it carried mc all the way back to the central camp. once mc got there, he reunites with athena. then rei astario hugs mc and greets him. mc asked what happenednand what the course of the knights will do. she says that after the monsters disperses and the rescue of the students and teacher, they are going along with the royal order of the subjugation of the divine beast fenrir. the supposed cause of the demonic stampede. they were unaware that the wolf mc rode back to the central camp was actually fenrir.

18 previously, before mc started going back to the central base, he promised fenrir he'd do everything to defend the innocence of the divine beast. right now, when rei astario announces the subjugation fenrir, mc defends the divine beast and even went to say that fenrir saved him. but rei astario hushed mc. as mc ask his elder sister if she believed the blatant false accusation towarda fenrir, she replies that it has already been decided. the moment fenrir fight against the hero god, fenrir is a already deemed the enemy, even the royalty as well the gods have already decided it and they must simply obey orders. mc laments his discomfort and dejection the world had laid bare in front of him. he cannot find in himself to accept it. but there's this lingering thought that he must. one of the officer of the knight order who overhears mc convo with rei suddenly asked mc who is the one that actually caused the stampede. before mc could say it was the goddess astaroth, his elder sister rei answer for him it was the blue meteor, the third god that joined the clash between astaroth and fenrir. suddenly mc had a realization. his dreams of making his goddess athena shine in a world that does not her. he must change it. he went to athena to ask for permission. but even before mc could ask, athena already knew what he wanted and permitted mc with whatever he wanted to do and it was her wish the entire time. mc felt relieved that athena could understand him. and then mc went to fenrir and asked to make a convenant with him. mc wanted fmthe fenrirs power of transformation so that he will take on the sin that was wrongfully accused on fenrir. the god fenrir obliges mc wish. all the while, a calm and stern gaze of luna flame intently follows mc.

19 mc tells soliel sensei that he will be accompanying the wolf back to the forest. as mc head out, they were confronted by luna flame. she orders mc, as her knight, that he must return to her the way same way he is now. mc promises her he would return and be serving her from here on. luna flame is sad and mad at the same time with mc's decision. mc's plan is to become so blue meteor, his elder sister named, as thebthird god who joined in the clash between fenrir and astaroth. mc needs the power of transformation from fenrir. after making the covenant, mc gains the skill transformation. mc made himself look like a god. he plans on turning the whole world against him, not as a human but as a god.

20 mc calls himself noah, the evil god. mc confronts the knights in his derrange lunatic god alter ego. as he unleashes his might, all the knights fell on their knees except for rei. rei asks mc's name. suddenly when mc wants to say his name, it was as if he became a stray god himself that he himself could not speak his name. it was as if the rules of gods were applied to him. or rsther the first god whom mc made covenant with wanted his name be used, zeus. but mc did not want that as he overcomes this hurdles. he called himself, noah, as he clashes with his elder sister.

21 as mc faces off vs his elder sister and need to appear more evil. he decided to launch a deadly attack against the army. it was supposed only to be a warning but when garnos, the knight captain finds that mc was waivering, mc decided to launch it anyway. it will be his first time killing someone. his first sin. he accepts this sin. suddenly an image of his, a clone, appears in front of the blast that mc unleashed. it appears to be fenrir. suddenly athena appears to protect the clone.

22 mc laments as he could not stop the attack as well he's unable to do so while acting an evil god. suddenly, rei astario caught and vanquished the blast. kraim was also there as he tries to save athena. fenrir whispers to mc his disappointment on him. mc could not act the role of an evil god. somehow, rei astario already knew noah was mc (or not). she played along and made athena a savior for the knight order vs the evil god noah. mc had to play along as well. in the end, athena, the goddess of beauty (as was called by rei astario), bests the evil god noah, mc as evil god noah retreats and the knights order praises athena for saving them. goddess athena is confused with what had just happened, she is unaware that mc is the evil god noah and the mc he protected was actuallt fenrir. mc rest in forest as he fall asleep deep in his thought of turning the whole world against him in the guise of an evil god, all the while hiding the his true abilities, all the while thinking of the many forces that may try to unmask and reveal his identity and power, and all the while making goddess athena the most supreme goddess of all the gods. mc wakes up to find athena beside him. athena tells she was worried of mc going away on his own, as mc recount of what happened when he himself almost killed her. she was mad and worried with mc when fenrir in mc's image tried to catch the blast to save the knight captain. mc knew if athena were to find out she'd be disappointed and be mad at mc for the path he took. but mc is set to make his dream come true to make athena the most famous of them all. chapter ends with a nobility figure that may seemed to be a god, looking at his floating book and piecing together the names of evil god noah and the noah's ark. he ends by saying he has found whoever he was searching.

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