According to Hain, the heroes that were sent to save this world were described as both overly beautiful, kind and powerful.
There has only been 3 heroes recorded in history. Yamada, Yuuma and Yuzuna.
In each generation there existed a sword that had accompanied the heroes. The sword that can only be lifted and wielded by the legendary savior...
Holy Sword Veganzdnir.
The holy sword forged from godstones by the greatest dwarven blacksmith of all time, Vegan Thunderhammer. The dwarf himself was given the power to make the only god artifact in this world by Sigillare's creator, Clodwal Okamura.
That's what Hain has told me so far. And I'm enjoying the feeling that I'm actually one of the heroes.
「Hain, can I ask more about these heroes? What were their levels and from who did they save this world from?」
「It was said that their levels were able to surpass the ordinary humans and had ascended to even rival the lower gods of this world. I heard from my grandmother that they all became divine beings that now worked alongside Clodwal-sama. So perhaps their levels were somewhere above the 100 digits.」
So high! How strong would they be when I'm just lv13 and can already wipe off hundreds of monsters at the same time!?
「I have read from legends about this. But the first hero sealed the demon king, the second defeated the demon king and the third hero prevented the world's greatest ever multi-national war among the different races.」
Woah, so they really are cool role model heroes for me. And prevented a multi-national war? Didn't she mean World War by that? If they're like that, then the people must be thinking I should do something as cool as they did too. But while I was thinking, Hain interrupted and mentioned something interesting.
「But I also think the Holy Sword Veganzdnir had so much contribution to their achievements. Afterall, the first hero used the sword to seal the demon king. The second hero used the sword to vanquish the demon king. And the third hero defeated all the representatives of each race using it's power.」
Is that so... It makes me curious what that Holy Sword can do. And since I'm the current hero it actually belongs to me. I wonder where it is.
「Each time the heroes disappear to return back to their world, they left the Holy Sword. And at the central capital of the Formissa Kingdom, each year a combat tournament was held and whoever attains the final victory gets to try lifting the Holy Sword Veganzdnir in the hopes that the hero would most likely be the winner. But in the past two hundred years, there was no such fellow. Probably because the world was still at peace.」
So now that I'm here, this simply means the world will not be in peace any longer.
In any case...
I must retrieve that Holy Sword at all costs. But I'll save that for later.
And so, we started our journey again. A few minutes after finishing breakfast ofcourse. But this time, we rode on my dominated monster's back. Hain was a bit reluctant but I managed to persuade her that it's safe somehow, and so our travelling speed became twice faster than a carriage. To make it any better, I was using the"Auto-Pilot"skill's navigation function so I was able to pinpoint the shortest route possible. The deer simply hopped around and maintained speed despite the terrain and when it has no way to get around or up something, it simply teleported to the other side with it's"Short-Distance Teleportation"skill. But the most amazing perk of using this monster for transportation is.
Boing...
Sister Hain sat herself behind me. For sure, if she sat on the front and I'm behind... Hehe. Oh well, this is good enough. I could feel those soft things pressing against me anyway.
「Yu-Yukio! Please go slower!」
Hmm?!!?!!
It was as thought being given the award of the best runner of all time. In an instant, my "holy sword" was overfilled with magic upon hearing her words. My cheeks were flushed and I gritted my teeth.
Hain! How could you arouse me this much with just that one sentence!? I'm seriously going to screw you when I grow up!
「F-Fine! I'll go slower so just be quiet and relax there, okay?」
After 5 hours, we were back once again in the main road. I don't know how much distance we've already covered but it must have been alot considering our speed.
『Answer, we have travelled approximately 193km from our previous destination to the current.』
193km?! That's so fast!
Before long, I realized Hain had already fallen asleep behind me while holding tightly around my waist. Thank god she didn't fall off at this speed.
We soon reached and galloped along the foot of a mountain.
We are approximately 406km from the Raske Village. Three days worth of walking were washed away by a couple of hours by our new companion. So I gave it a light pat, it gave a soft long grunt as response.
It's not established exactly, but a national border is somewhere around here and to get to our destination, Touma Village. We have to cross this mountain.
We soon arrived at a town at the foot of the mountain and rested there. Ofcourse the most tired one here is the new guy. I tried waking up Hain but it was unsuccessful, and so I carried her behind my back instead.
But before that, I got the idea that people may find me suspicious carrying an unconscious woman on my back. So I thought of a solution. Alvis.
『Understood. Skill,"Masquerade"has been successfully executed. 3,000 out of 1,200,000 mana points will be deducted each use.』
While Alvis was reporting about the skill, I had already started to go into a transformation and was engulfed in light.
And the moment she finished was also the moment when a man with brilliant golden hair and a pair of blue brave-looking eyes appeared to where I once stood while wearing a white outfit that matched that of an adventurer's leather armor wearing a white mantle in this world with the body of a model and a dignified look.
『Hmph.』
Ofcourse that man was me, the appearance I took was not because I was dissatisfied with how I looked but my appearance in the near future. To be precise, it's my looks when I reach 19 years of age. Since it would be more efficient that way that the person their talking to looked mature, I assumed the form of my future self.
『Proficiency has reached the threshold. New Skill Learned."Charm G"has been successfully added to the skill list.』
Wait what? A new skill? This is the first time I learned a skill without creating them. So all I had to do was look good to obtain the skill?
『Answer, master has consecutively attracted those of the opposite sex around him with his looks, personality and abilities. And as he is the hero, the learning speed he has is 100x the average.』
Ohh! So that's why. Well, leaving that aside...
I don't know what to do with this monster, but for now he'll be our personal transportation pet or else it would leave a bad taste in my mouth to kill it after it had helped us get here. Even though it wasn't intentional.
『The monster has been dominated by master. Proceed adding to party list? Yes or No?』
A party system? If this is what I think it is, then it's going to be really helpful.
『Answer, the party system allows the user to form parties with other people. By doing so, the party members are all able to obtain exp by either equally or focused specifically.』
So I was right. Using this, I can make my future companions stronger by sharing monster kill exp with them without any casualties.
「Yes!」
『Understood. Added "Nameless Rafflecia Deer" to the party list.』
Huh? Right, I forgot I haven't given this guy a name yet. Let's see... I guess I'll go with that.
「Heldris.」
『Master has named the nameless Rafflecia Deer. It's name has been updated to "Heldris".』
Awesome. Let's see if the name changed in it's status.
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Name: Heldris
Level: 26
Age: 19
Race: Rafflecia Deer
Height: 415cm
HP: 1,400
MP: 500
STR: 1,600
AGI: 1,923
INT: 5,200
DEF: 2,027
Unique Skills:
"Wind Resistance"
"Short-Distance Teleportation"
Skills:
"Impaling E"
"Trap Sensory E"
"Malice Detection D"
"Intimidation C"
"Increased Stamina F"
"Horned Assault"
"Faithful Servant"
Looks like it's there- hey Alvis, what's that skill that appeared just now? It wasn't there the last time we checked, have we?
『Answer, negative. The"Faithful Servant"skill allows the dominator to borrow their servant's skill as well as lending their servants the dominator's own skills as long as it had proper authorization.』
That's awesome... So by getting more servants, I get more skills too?! But how did it get that skill? That's the most important question.
『Answer, apparently the skill appeared after the affinity of the monster and master has reached a certain value. The"Faithful Servant"skill is a rare skill that only appears on people or monsters that have been subjugated by the"Dominator"skill.』
Ohhh! So that's why! With this Dominator skill, I could enslave more and more monsters or people. That way I can borrow their skills. Then again, that's so demon lord-like!
When we entered the town's gate, the guards greeted us in a friendly and non-hostile way like how I thought we would be greeted in those novels I read. Ofcourse I was a little anxious since I look overly suspicious by carrying a sleeping girl on my back while having a Rafflecia Deer accompany me.
「Yooo! Welcome to the Town of Murasaka!」
Murasaka, huh? So we're not in the Touma village yet. Oh well, for now let's stay here.
「Good afternoon, can we stay here for the night? We've been travelling for a few days now from the Raske Village.」
「Aah! Raske village ain't it? That's pretty far away lad.」
「You didn't need to ask if you can stay here. All we'll bother you with is a light inspection and an entrance fee of 1 silver coin per person. First off, do you have a guild card?」
They both answered in succession.
「Uh, no. I don't have one yet. We're going to the Touma Town to register as adventurers.」
And that's what I told them. So guild cards are pretty useful in this world? I should get my hands on one as fast as possible then. It will be very convenient that way.
「Don't got them yet, huh? Then you'll have to pay three silver coins instead for your friend and the tamed beast behind you. We'll return you the money once you present yourselves as adventurers.」
Huh? They don't mind if Heldris tags along? What an awfully good treatment we're getting here, I'm lovin' it!
After that, I paid them three silver coins from Hain's sigil pouch and they made me and Hain(She was still asleep) touch a stone that checks whether you have criminal records or not. Thankfully, nothing bad happened to both of us.
We soon entered the city. There were many pairs of eyes looking at us while passing by, probably due to Heldris being a monster but they didn't seem too troubled though, some are even flustered... Does Heldris have a skill that makes people like that or something? Probably because it's just uncommon to see tamed monsters inside the town.
Since that's not really important, for now we should find an inn to rest in.
With the help of Alvis' navigation function, we were able to find the only available inn in this town. It was a rectangular shaped building.
It doesn't look bad but it wasn't luxurious either. It was very tall and it looked like it had atleast 4 floors. Just when we were about to enter the inn, I heard voices from behind me.
「Hey, isn't this a Rafflecia Deer? It's a Mid-Tier C Rank monster, right? What's more it looks like a variant.」
From the looks of it...
These guys are...
EXTRAS!!
From head to toe, I quickly observed them. Savage looks, check. Machete check. Knives check. "Bad guy voice of a guy about to be beat up" check.
「Oh hey, are you the tamer of this monster?」
「Yeah, what about it?」
I started provoking them with a sneering voice. Though from how they talked just now, they sounded like they were only interested...
「Sorry to pry, we just couldn't help but look!」
Huh? They just ran off and entered the inn? I thought they were bad guys! I feel bad now for judging them with their looks! I should make it up to them next time we meet.
In order to not attract any unnecessary attention again, I stored Heldris inside my"Dimensional Storage"skill.
Nevertheless, I entered the inn carrying Hain with a bell ringing as a sign we entered, so in a few minutes I could then put her down. I've been carrying her for almost an hour on my back afterall, I hope she won't feel sore because of that.