We descend deeper into the dungeon as we follow the footprints
The formation of the team had changed. I was in the front row leading the group with Nakamura, while Emi took my place in the middle row.
At the present time, our party was fighting Orcs we encountered along the way.
-"haa!"(Nakamura)
-"haaaghh!"
-"activate Skill <
-"haarg!?"
-"Yuriko"(Takeshi)
-"Leave it to me" (Yuriko)
Yuriko shot an arrow and hit the head of the Orc trapped by the -tentacle of darkness-. Who died and turned into a stone
It was hard to fight an Orc, I always needed to hit above the chest to kill. But that wasn't so hard when I fought that minotaur
-"<
-"haaafghh!"
It could even be said that Orcs are harder to kill in my opinion, trying to withstand an attack from them would be very dangerous
-"activate Skill <
There were plenty of them on the way, it made it easier for me to break Hiimelia's curse
-"Oh goddess of life, give me your blessing and help my companions in this fight" (Emi)
Emi created an aura in me and Nakamura that made me stronger. Which helped a lot, making me manage to kill three Orcs much faster than normal
-"let's go Takeshi, few misses to clear the way" (Nakamura)
-"understood"(Takeshi)
-"haaaghh!"
Another Orc tried to attack me first
But I just dodged, pierced your belly and your neck
-"haa-"
The Orc had turned into a stone before it could say something
-"activate Skill <
The Orcs didn't stand a chance against us, and it didn't take long for us to clear the way.
-"and that was the last"(Takeshi)
-"good work guys"(Nakamura)
-"until it wasn't difficult" (Yuriko)
While the others talked, I started to gather the stones that Orcs left behind when they died. It was weird about how creatures so big turned to rocks so small besides having their faces stamped on the rock, I should learn more about this world
-"what is this?"(Takeshi)
Amidst the stones there was a specific one that stood out from the others. An Orc Stone that showed half of its face with bones, and had a slight dark color to its face.
I decided to get the Orc Stone
-"how beautiful"(Takeshi)
When I picked up the stone a voice echoed in my mind
¤ [Pin Pon, new Skill unlocked. <
-"Skill?"(Takeshi)
I quickly opened my |status| to see what had happened
Name : Takeshi Kuro | Age : 16 | Gender : Male | Occupation: swordsman/attack/support wizard
Title: Summoned Hero
PV: 110/110
MANA: 385/550
Mastery of Magical Elements:
Lv8: | Darkness (Level up) |
Lv7: | Fire | Light |
Lv5: | Wind |
Lv2: | Water | Earth |
Attack Skills
Darkness: | <
Light: no skills learned
Fire: | <
Water: no skills learned
Earth: no skills learned
Wind: no skills learned
support skills
Darkness:
<
Light: | <
Fire: no skills learned
Water: no skills learned
Earth: no skills learned
Wind: no skills learned
Elementless incantations
I looked and I really had gained a new attack skill, and on top of that I went up one more level in the dark element.
-"I need 45 Mana to use this Skill"(Takeshi)
I already had an idea of how I would use this but I was curious if this Orc Stone had any special value besides its different look.
-"Nakamura"(Takeshi)
Nakamura was talking to Shizuko about the 5th floor of the dungeon
-"maybe there's a big boss on the 5th floor- sorry, what did you say Takeshi?" (Nakamura)
-"does this Orc stone have any use?"(Takeshi)
-"Ah the corrupted Orc stone? It's a stone that has no use. You can throw it away if you want" (Nakamura)
-"at first glance this seems to be something that can make a person rich but it's actually a flaw" (Shizuko)
-"defect?"(Takeshi)
-"basically, the enemy was killed so quickly that he didn't have time to say his last words, and now he's still alive but in spiritual form" (Shizuko)
-"I understand"(Takeshi)
I looked at the stone again
-"(and if this has any use but no one has ever discovered it until today, when I took the black stone I got this new enchantment)"(Takeshi)
I decided to save this for another time, if I tried to use it now it would be a waste for this Skill maybe have some kind of timer to disable itself.
-"Guys I found a ladder that seems to take you deeper into this dungeon" (Emi)
-"understood"(Nakamura)
I took 3 more of these corrupted Orc stones that I had found on the ground and followed with the others
As we went down the floor, the rooms got brighter. As if there was magic involved in this
-"It's getting lighter on this floor, don't you think?" (Yuriko)
-"it's probably the dungeon magic that's doing this" (Shizuko)
-"Oh yeah, I forgot about that hehe" (Yuriko)
A little ahead of us were several human bones and skeletons on the ground.
-"there are human skeletons all over the room"(Takeshi)
-"so we weren't the only ones to come here" (Nakamura)
-"isn't there another way?"(Tsunade)
Tsunade seemed to hate seeing human bones
-"the footprints continue after these skeletons"(Takeshi)
-"so let's continue" (Nakamura)
We passed the skeletons and continued until the room suddenly started to shake.
-"what's going on!?"(Takeshi)
-"a trap!" (Nakamura)
-"the door behind us is closing!"(Tsunade)
-"what!?"(Emi)
-"run to the exit, quickly!"(Shizuko)
But that was useless, the door had already closed completely
-"Drug..."(Nakamura)
-"looks like we'll have to continue" (Emi)
-"get out of the way"(Shizuko)
-"<
Shizuko throws a fireball towards the wall but has no effect.
-"must have an escape pass on the next floor" (Nakamura)
-"but the next floor is the last" (Shizuko)
-"that's why we have to continue"(Nakamura)
-"doesn't seem like a good idea, but we don't have any other choice"(Emi)
-"don't worry, let's go through the challenges of the next floor and get out of this dungeon" (Tsunade)
-"that's how they say it, let's end this dungeon"(Yuriko)
We continued to follow the dungeon, encountering some Orcs along the way but we managed to defeat all that showed up. Making our arrival to the top floor stairs
-"it's now..." (Emi)
-"we need to be alert, we don't know what might be on the next floor" (Nakamura)
I took a deep breath before continuing with the others
Without saying anything else we went down the stairs to the 5th floor
We reached the 5th floor and in front of us was an Orc who wore a crown sitting on a throne.
-"Oh you came"
Around the Orc who wore a crown was a large room with many other Orc statues around the room.
-"The Orc King!?"(Nakamura)
-"impossible, he had been killed 2 years ago, how is he still alive!?"(Shizuko)
-"Silence!"
A great unknown force brought us down, the more we tried to resist the stronger the pressure brought us down
-"my legs, I can't get up" (Nakamura)
-"before anything I wanted to introduce myself, I'm Orc Prince Luk'har the last son"
-"We need to get out of this Enchantment, Tsunade do you have an Ability that restores the ally's mana?" (Nakamura)
Nakamura began to whisper a plan
-"I have, but who do you want me to use?"(Tsunade)
-"my father was Urk'harg, the most powerful Orc King of our race. But unfortunately he was killed by you humans" (Luk'har)
-"and I will destroy the entire Human continent, starting with you" (Luk'har)
The Orc rose from the throne and began to come towards us
-"this was my father's sword, it has already shed a lot of blood from its enemies but today I will use it to wipe out all of you humans" (Luk'har)
-"Emi provide your protection in me"(Nakamura)
-"understood"(Emi)
-"Feel honored, one of you fought to the death against me. How about you with yellow hair... Or maybe you who have that little sword" (Luk'har)
-"well the yellow haired one will fight against me, the others can watch his friend fail trying to defeat me" (Luk'har)
Luk'har took Nakamura's Enchantment
-"tell me your chosen name, I will remember it very well" (Luk'har)
-"Shin. Shin Nakamura"(Nakamura)
-"Shin Nakamura, I will remember that name" (Luk'har)
-"Now, let's fight" (Luk'har)
And then Nakamura ran at Luk'har, being quite offensive in his attacks. Leaving no gaps for the Orc King to counterattack
-"you're good, I'm impressed with your fighting style"(Luk'har)
Nakamura was silent all the time
-"since you won't talk, let's fight seriously" (Luk'har)
Luk'har quickly blocks one of Nakamura's attacks and launches a strong attack against him.
-"<
Luckily for the Enchantment, Nakamura managed to dodge the attack
-"hey stop dodging and fight like a man!" (Luk'har)
-"<
Nakamura continues to block whatever attacks he can manage and rush at Luk'har to attack, but he has always failed to squelch any damage because Luk'har has strong sword control.
-"I expected more from you, I see it was not a good idea to have chosen you as my first Human opponent" (Luk'har)
Nakamura spent the whole time just hitting Luk'har's sword while dodging all of his attacks
Nakamura started coughing up blood
-"Cough cough I spent a lot of Mana"(Nakamura)
Nakamura still runs towards Luk'har
-"haaa!"(Nakamura)
-"useless!"(Luk'har)
Luk'har blocks Nakamura's attack and immediately punches him, sending him flying away.
-"Nakamura!" (Emi)
-"It was really boring fighting you, I hope you're happy for making me waste my time" (Luk'har)
Luk'har raised his sword against Nakamura
-"I am, even because I've done my part"(Nakamura)
-"activate Skill <
-30 520/550 Mana
-"what!?"(Luk'har)
Takeshi starts running quickly towards Luk'har
Luk'har defends the attack and then counterattacks
takeshi just jumps back
-"how did you get out of the wind prison!?"(Luk'har)
-"let's say... Your magic is pretty weak" (Takeshi)
time before |
-"We need to get out of this Enchantment, Tsunade do you have an Ability that restores the ally's mana?" (Nakamura)
-"I have, but who do you want me to use?"(Tsunade)
-"use on Takeshi"(Nakamura)
-"me!?"(Takeshi)
-"Takeshi masters all magic elements, he can easily disable this Wind Ability" (Nakamura)
-"but I don't know if I can-"(Takeshi)
-"trust me, you'll save us from this" (Nakamura)
-"I'll try to hold him as long as possible until you regain all your Mana" (Nakamura)
-"understood"(Takeshi)
-"emi provide your protection in me"(Nakamura)
-"Understood"(Emi)
Now |
-"no matter, I'll kill you and finish the others" (Luk'har)
-"let's see if this is true"(Takeshi)
-"<
-25 495/550 Mana
A clone just like me emerged from my shadow
-"we need to get out of here, can Shizuko break this spell?" (Emi)
-"I'll try"(Shizuko)
-"Nakamura is coming here" (Tsunade)
Nakamura slowly walks to the others
-"Nakamura are you alright!?" (Emi)
-"besides him breaking my arm with that punch I spent a lot of mana, is there any way to break this Skill?" (Nakamura)
-"you use magic, I'm starting to like it" (Luk'har)
My clone took the lead, and I followed. Every Mana point I had was important, I shouldn't spend them so uselessly
Luk'har blocked all of my clone's attacks, then attempted a frontal attack that killed the clone. making it go up in smoke
-"haa!"(Takeshi)
I seized the moment and attack luk'har and as expected, Luk'har blocked my attack and again I retreated
I had to understand his every move and attack. His strength wasn't agility, but his strength was one of the main threats I should be careful about.
I advanced again
-"hope some emotion from you"(Luk'har)
-"activate Skill <
-25 470/550 Mana
A clone of mine came out of my shadow and we started advancing on Luk'har, he also advanced on us
Luk'har tried to attack first, I managed to dodge and went to his back while my clone went in front of him.
-"activate Ability <
-35 435/550 Mana
Tentacles came out of the ground trapping Luk'har, preventing him from doing anything for a short period.
-"what!?"(Luk'har)
I took advantage of the moment and pierced his stomach while my clone cut his leg.
-"aagh!" (Luk'har)
The Ability turned off and Luk'har killed my clone again
-"you're playing with luck!"(Luk'har)
-"Are you mad? You're the one who asked for it" (Takeshi)
-"provocations are useless against me"(Luk'har)
Even saying that he was angry
-"since it's going to be like that, so bear with it" (Luk'har)
In a few seconds Luk'har began to transmit a menacing aura that left me weak, little by little I lost my strength and began to see many ways that I could have died against him. fear was taking over me
Impaled, decapitated, sliced, there were many ways this fight could have ended my death
-"you can't defeat me" (Luk'har)
In the blink of an eye Luk'har was in front of me, looking at me like he was going to decapitate me right there.
But in one of them I saw a vision in which he and I died
-"ha ha..."(Takeshi)
-"what's with that laugh, have you lost your mind for good?" (Luk'har)
I managed to resist the fear
-"you're an idiot..."(Takeshi)
I realized that this fear Luk'har placed in me was a suicidal letter to him, it gave mine a chance to predict the future. And now... he's going to die because of it
-"what did you say!?"(Luk'har)
Luk'har had finally fallen for my taunts, causing his menacing aura to fade
-"I did it"(Shizuko)
Shizuko managed to undo the spell on Tsunade
-"Tsunade help Nakamura"(Shizuko)
-"understood"(Tsunade)
-"don't worry, I'm already healing you. Hold on a little" (Tsunade)
-"Right Cough Cough"(Nakamura)
-"you're wasting time, and little by little I'm getting into your mind. You'll die for not killing me when you had the chance" (Takeshi)
-"shut up and die!"(Luk'har)
Luk'har forced an attack on me, I managed to get my Katana in time and repel his attack
With this slight distraction I managed to cut Luk'har
-"Damn human, I'll kill you!" (Luk'har)
All I needed to do was follow the vision I had and try to change something in the process, but what should I change
I looked at Luk'har's sword and realized it was too worn, the sword could break at any moment.
-"activate Skill <
-25 415/550 Mana
a clone emerged from my shadow
-"will do the same attack again? It won't work" (Luk'har)
-"we'll see it now"(Takeshi)
I ran with my dark clone just in an attempt to wear down the sword even more, I needed to get really close to get it
My clone took the lead while I walked around him
Luk'har started fighting my clone, making the sword wear out a little, my chance to break the sword was close.
-"haa!"(Takeshi)
I decided to go all out this time, I still had the Skill <
I was quickly running up to Luk'har and he did the same
-"don't be full of yourself" (Luk'har)
Luk'har and I collided our swords against each other, and in that Luk'har's sword broke in half. Making me continue my attack and make a big deep cut into Luk'har
-"what?"(Luk'har)
Luk'har looked at the sword
-"how...how did you break it?"(Luk'har)
I just stayed silent as I slowly put away my sword
Luk'har dropped to his knees
-"impossible... There's only... One person who... Could break the sword... You're He-"(Luk'har)
Luk'har turned to stone before he could finish speaking
With luk'har dead, the enchantment was turned off, causing the others to help Nakamura
-"eh? What?"(Takeshi)
Tears started to fall from my eye, I was scared all along. Those visions were so real that I could feel in every corner of my body a pain that I haven't felt in a single moment.
While I cried, I just watched them worry about Nakamura who seemed to be slowly recovering
-"they are almost like a family"(Takeshi)
¤ [Pin Pon new level reached, status leveled up and cannot be opened at the moment. Wait until tomorrow]
This moment of sadness was short-lived, I wiped my tears and picked up Luk'har's glowing stone
It was like the Orcs, with few differences. The Orc had a crown, and the stone gave off a red aura
I went to Nakamura
-"good job Takeshi, without his help we wouldn't have made it" (Nakamura)
-"no problem"(Takeshi)
-"behind the throne where Luk'har was sitting was a ladder, let's see if that leads to any exit" (nakamua)
-"hey Nakamura"(Takeshi)
-"what?"(Nakamura)
-"keep it" (Takeshi)
I delivered Luk'har's Stone to Nakamura
-"It can be for you"(Takeshi)
-"wait I don't-"(Nakamura)
-"I don't need her, you can stay"(Takeshi)
-"all right then"(Nakamura)
-"we'll go too" (Emi)
-"right"(Nakamura)
Along with the whole party we went to see where the stairs would take us. They led to a secret passage on the 1st floor.
-"do you intend to report this dungeon to the guild?"(Takeshi)
-"yes"(Nakamura)
-"I understand"(Takeshi)
We keep walking until we leave the dark forest
-"Is it still daylight? It felt like we were a few hours there" (Takeshi)
-"the dungeon is a strange and confusing place, there are many things that happen without anyone noticing or noticing, like hunger and thirst for example. The dungeon can make your body stay preserved for a while" (Shizuko)
We walked along the road until a carriage passed us and we hitched a ride with it, making our arrival to the city faster.
-"thanks for bringing us here" (Nakamura)
-"let's go to the guild to sell these stones we got" (Yuriko)
-"all right" x5
When we arrived at the guild I sold the stones I had while Nakamura talked about the dungeon we found, in total I received 25 silver coins plus 20 other silver coins for helping with the quest.
In total I made a profit of 45 silver coins for my hard work.
-"I've already sold the stones I had so I'm on my way, tomorrow I'll be here if you go on a mission with me" (Takeshi)
-"Alright, see you later Takeshi" (Nakamura)
-"(since it's morning I'll leave my things at home and buy some new clothes)"(Takeshi)
I left the guild and went to my house, as I walked to my house I passed a clothing store and a blacksmith shop but I was in a hurry and decided not to go there now
-"Hello Takeshi, how was your first mission?"
When I entered the house I was greeted by the receptionist
-"harder than I thought"(Takeshi)
-"I know, you can see it just by looking at your clothes"
-"that's why I'm going to buy new clothes"(Takeshi)
And I kept some things that wouldn't be necessary to take and left again for the clothing store
elsewhere |
-"I need to talk to the king, it's important"
-"understood"
Without asking, a knight ran across the realm to a room
Knock Knock Knock
-"you may come in"
-"Excuse"
The knight enters the room where a prince and a knight in white armor were
-"I hope your presence is important, the King was busy"
-"we've discovered the Hero's location!"
-"He-Hero!? Hurry up and say what-"
The white knight who was beside the king speaks in an extremely worried voice but before he can say anything else, the king raises his hand and the knight is silent.
-"I'm sorry king"
-"proceed"
-"the Hero is in a city that is a few days from here, the city's name is kebak"
-"Anything else you found out about the Hero?"
-"no, that's all I know"
-"Alright, I'll send a search team to this city, I can't waste time if not that kingdom will destroy the world if it has the Hero on its side"
-"excuse me"
The knight gets up and leaves the room
-"Hiroshi, you will guide the search for the Hero"
-"understood king"
Kuroshi4: Little by little I'm getting experienced in writing Novels, but know that this web novel is just training for another web novel that I'm going to do. There are more details in my disagreement that I will release the link in the next chapter and it will be available in the synopsis
Takeshi Kuro |
-"the store was around here..."(Takeshi)
At the moment I was looking for the clothing store I had seen earlier, but it was taking a while to find the store.
-"I still need to find another shop that sells gear for the guild"(Takeshi)
-"Takeshiii!"
I had heard someone call me, at first I thought it was my imagination but when I looked back I saw Haruki running happily towards me
-"Hello Haruki"(Takeshi)
-"what are you doing?"(Haruki)
-"I was looking for a clothing store I saw around here"(Takeshi)
-"Oh really? But the clothing store is somewhere else" (Haruki)
-"Eh?"(Takeshi)
I looked around and realized that this was not how I remembered it, I had lost it.
-"Haruki, can you take me to the store?" (Takeshi)
-"of course, come with me"(Haruki)
-"wait-"(Takeshi)
Haruki took my hand and started to lead me, I blushed as I looked away. Not paying attention to where we were going
Until we finally arrived at the store
-"Here we are Takeshi... Takeshi?"(Haruki)
I just kept looking at Haruki's hand that I was holding while blushing
-"Ah! I'm sorry" (Haruki)
Haruki let go of my hand
-"no...problem"(Takeshi)
We stood in front of the store blushing
-"Shall we go in?"(Takeshi)
-"hm"(Haruki)
And with that we entered the store and within seconds a receptionist came to us
-"welcome, what kind of clothes would you both like"
-"Oh I just brought him here, I didn't come to buy" (Haruki)
-"I need clothes for guild quest, do you have any recommendations?"(Takeshi)
-"Yes of course, please accompany me"
-"Takeshi, I need to go, see you" (Haruki)
-"Ah, see you then" (Takeshi)
The receptionist took me to an area of the store where she had several clothes for Quests, there were a lot of clothes that caught my attention but one of them had caught my attention a lot.
-"and this one?"(Takeshi)
-"it's one of our latest outfits, feel free to wear it in the dressing room"
The garment was a large black cloak, with many details in each part of the garment.
-"all right"(Takeshi)
The receptionist took me to a dressing room and I put on the robe.
I thought it was really pretty overall, in addition to having details that were well positioned, the outfit would be good for my magic element style now
I left the dressing room still wearing my robe
-"I liked the clothes, I'll buy"(Takeshi)
The receptionist looked at me with bright eyes.
-"since you are interested in this I will make a discount for you"
At this point I was curious about the discount she would offer me
-"the cloak costs 35 silver coins, but we can make a discount of 20 silver coins"
-"a discount of 15 coins... All right I accept" (Takeshi)
I still had some clothes to buy so I continued in the store. In the end I bought some clothes to replace my school uniform which was all dirty
As it was still daylight I decided to go to an equipment store that was close to the clothing store
In front of the store I could hear very low sounds of something being hammered, but I went in anyway.
-"Excuse me"(Takeshi)
I went into the store and the first thing I did was look around, there was different armor on one side and different types of hammers, swords, axes of different sizes and shapes on the other.
-"Very sharp..." (Takeshi)
I kept looking at a sword that was very well polished and sharp, it was dangerous even if you passed your finger lightly
-"very well done isn't it?"
I looked to the side, and there was a person the same age as me.
-"did you do that?"(Takeshi)
-"of course not. It was my master who made this sword"
-"amazing how he took care of every detail"(Takeshi)
-"my name is Tadashi, apprentice to the best blacksmith in this town. At the moment my master is not here so I'm taking care of the shop until he comes back"
-"have you come to buy or are you going to order something?"(Tadashi)
-"I came to buy an armor that is very light and that doesn't get over the clothes" (Takeshi)
-"I think we have this kind of armor somewhere" (Tadashi)
-"Is that so?"(Takeshi)
-"if I'm not mistaken, I was here... I found it" (Tadashi)
Tadashi took a chain mail
-"this one is a coat of mail, normally it weighs between 14 to 20 kg, but this one weighs 15 kg. It has a little more resistance to crossbow or bow and arrow shots but it also manages to even block some of the damage that an Orc club would do you without it" (Tadashi)
-"do you have any others lighter than this?"(Takeshi)
-"no, yesterday a guy bought almost all of our chain mail, this is the last one that's left" (Tadashi)
-"Okay then, let me try it" (Takeshi)
I gripped the chain mail that didn't seem to have any weight, I wondered if it had too much protection. I decided to put it on right away to see if I would buy it or not, and to my surprise... The chain mail was still light and fit me perfectly
If that protected an Orc a little bit from the attack I would be happy, that damage I received from the Orc recently hurt me a lot.
-"I'll buy"(Takeshi)
-"great, the price of this chain mail is 25 silver coins" (Tadashi)
-"here it is"(Takeshi)
-"thank you and always come back adventurous"(Tadashi)
-"Call me Takeshi"(Takeshi)
-"okay" (Tadashi)
I left the store and went to buy something to eat before going home
-"I'm going to eat a skewer"(Takeshi)
Arriving close to home I went to buy that usual skewer
-"thank you and come back often"
-"you can leave"(Takeshi)
-"This meat is very tasty" (Takeshi)
I entered the inn and went straight to my room
-"I still have some things to do... I'm getting sleepy" (Takeshi)
Spending a day in a dungeon, nearly dying, and shopping for clothes and armor was certainly a tiring day. I just wanted to lie down and sleep now
-"before I go to sleep I want to test a Skill I had seen in the |Spell caster|, maybe it will be useful now"(Takeshi)
-"activate Skill <
-5 420/550 Mana
And just after a few seconds, a shadowy portal appears
-"It worked. I better keep my stuff here until I found a better place" (Takeshi)
The place where I slept was just a room that had a bed, a table with a chair and that was it. There are a lot of things I need to buy to decorate my room, but I need more money if I want all this
-"but with this Skill I can take more stones from monsters to earn even more money in Quests"(Takeshi)
-"disable Skill <
Kuroshi4: finally a name that has no words involving darkness, gloom or shadows... How proud of myself
-"I better sleep, tomorrow there will be another Quest"(Takeshi)
I lay down on the bed and slowly went to sleep
end of chapter 15