Overlord Vol 02

8/18/2019 Overlord Vol 02

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Prologue


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The overlord's office in the Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick was

very luxurious.

Every iece of furniture in the room was elegant in design! tasteful

and exotic. The crimson red soft car et on the floor doesn't make a

sound when you walk on it. "lags of various designs were dra ed over

the walls dee within the room.

#n im ressive black wooden desk was laced inside the room$ the

owner was sitting on the all%black leather chair.

&earing a long black robe that seemed to absorb light! if there was

one sentence to describe that erson! it would be ' verlord of (eath'.

The ex osed head was a skull without any skin or meat. )its of dark

light flickered in the red light that shined within the dark eye sockets.

*e was the man whose name was +omonga! but now known as #inz

oal Gown! taking the name of his guild.

#inz folded his arms which consists of only bones. The , rings worn

on his fingers s arkles under the reflection of the Eternal -ight .

&ell well... &hat should / do now0

1nown as '(ive +assively +ulti layer nline 2ole 3laying Game'! thisinternet game allows layers to enter a virtual world and ex erience

the world of 4GG(2#5/-. n its last day of o eration! it trans orted

#inz in the form of his game avatar %% the form of a skeleton %% into an


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unknown alternate world for unknown reasons. /t has already been 6

days since that ha ened.

(uring this time! he observed his residence! the Great Underground

Tomb of Nazarick and his servants. *e found out this world was

similar to the game! rom ting #inz to take the next course of action.

4our will is our command! #inz%sama.

# beautiful lady who was standing by silently re lied after hearing #inz

7uestion.

5he was a flawless beauty in a ure white gown! her gentle smile 8ustlike a goddess. *er shiny black hair was a direct contrast to her gown.

*er black angelic wings coming out from her waist covered her legs.

/s that right! #lbedo0 / am leased by your loyalty.

5he was the verseer of Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick!

'#lbedo'. 5he was in charge of the 9 N3:s who were the "loor

Guardians of Nazarick.

&hen #inz and his guild mates constructed Great Underground Tomb

of Nazarick in the ast! #lbedo's setting was a servant N3: working


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here. )ut she has since gained sentience and swore fealty to #inz.

This is a delightful situation! but also a heavy burden for #inz who was

8ust a salaryman.

+aintaining his conduct as the master when facing his underlings and

the res onsibility of running the organization efficiently as an overlord

was ressurizing.

The biggest roblem was his severe lack of information in this

unknown alternate world.... 5o! the next re ort0

*ere! #inz%sama.

*e browsed through the words written in en immediately after

receiving the documents.

This was a re ort submitted by the guardian of the ;th floor! #ura)ella "iora.

/t clearly states that they haven't met any 4GG(2#5/- layers like

#inz or found any sign of them. #s for the investigation of the large

forest near Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick! they have

successfully ma ed the area to the mountain range on the o osite

side of the forest and located a lake.

#inz nodded


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/ see. 3ass down my order! #ura and her team are to continue their

task.

)y your command? wearing a fluffyblack gown entered elegantly.

*er skin was white as wax and her facial features was leasant! a true

beauty of the world. *er long silver hair sways with each ste she

took! her large bosom which doesn't match her a arent age bounced

along as well.

5he was the guardian for the >st to @rd floor! 'true vam ire' Shalltear

)loodfallen.


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Good day #inz%sama.

4ou too! Shalltear . &hat business do you have with me today0

/ came by to admire #inz%sama's handsome face.

#inz skull was ex ressionless! but the red light shining in his eye

sockets flickered for a moment.

*e thought about ordering her to sto with the useless com liments!

but decided not to. #lbedo was glaring at Shalltear ! while Shalltear 's

crimson eyes turned murky from excitement. #lbedo's smile changes.

*er face was still smiling! she was as beautiful as ever! but her face

can no longer be described as smiling.

/t was a face of a devil.

)ut #inz breathed a sigh of relief because #lbedo was glaring atShalltear ! not at him.

4ou must be satisfied now! you may leave Shalltear . #inz%sama and /

are discussing the future of Great Underground Tomb of Nazarick

right now! lease don't disturb our im ortant discussion.

... Greetings before going into the main to ic is basic courtesy right...

ld ladies ast their rime are such a ain. +aybe they are anxious

because their ex iry date is over0

... (on't you feel that food with so much reservatives that it has no

ex iry date is no different than oison0 :om ared to that! food ast


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their ex iry date is safer right0

... (on't look down on food oisoning. 5ome bacteria are infectious.

... +ore im ortant will be what can be eaten huh0 /t might look like a

full late of food sam les! but in actual fact... right0

..."ood sam les0 / will kill you okay.

... &ho is ast ex iry date0 *ummm.

The two beauties bickered before #inz with ex ressions that were

hard to describe. /t's an ex ression that could chill even a love over abillion years old.

5u ressing the urge rushing to his head! #inz said before the

devastating fight begun=

1nock it off you two.

The two resent their brilliant smile towards #inz instantly.Their com licated ex ression was gone$ they changed back into two

cute and ure girls who are in love.

A&omen are scary... No! these two must be s ecial...B

#fter turning into an undead! any strong emotion #inz feels will be

su ressed. Even #inz who was like this felt their face changes at an

incredible ace.

They are so incom atible because they were love rivals.


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#lbedo and Shalltear fell for #inz at the same time. #ny man will be

ha y to be adored by C beautiful ladies.

)ut #inz was unable to acce t this wholeheartedly.

)ecause Shalltear who was into necro hilia whis ered softly into #inz's

ear in a sweet tone= D5uch wonderful skeletal sha e! a master iece by

the creators.

This might be sweet murmurs of love for Shalltear %% or it could 8ust be

raising the looks of #inz.

)ut #inz was shocked that the first time he was com limented for his

looks! it was for his bones. That was his memory from a few days ago.

#inz urged this insignificant matter out of his mind and said=

/ will ask again. Shalltear ! do have something for me0

4es. )y your command! / am lanning to meet :ocytus later. / might

not be able to return to Nazarick for a eriod of time! so / came to bid

you farewell.

#inz remembers the instruction he gave Shalltear and nodded=

/ understand. Shalltear ! be careful in your mission and return safely.

4es

Shalltear re lied in a stern and solemn tone.

4ou may leave Shalltear . &hen you leave! tell Narberal or /nsect


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Fueen to summon (emiurge over. Tell him / want to discuss my next

lan with him.

Understood! #inz%sama.


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The 1ingdom s city of 2e%-antier was situated at the border between

the )aharuth Em ire and the 5ilian Theocracy. 5ince it was rotected

by @ layers of city walls! it was known as the "ortress :ity due to its

a earance. The zones between each layer had their own uni7ue

characteristics.

The outermost walls were used by the 1ingdom's military and had all

the necessary military armaments.

The innermost wall housed the administrative zone. This zone has its

own warehouses for food! and was heavily rotected by soldiers.

The zone in between these two areas was the residential area for

civilians. &hen you hear the word city! this was the zone that matched

it.

f the several lazas within this zone! the biggest one was called the

central laza. -ots of eo le set u sho there! laying out all sorts of

vegetables! s ices and other sorts of merchandise.

/n the lively crowd! a sho owner shouted loudly in an attem t to


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attract customers. Elderly housewives and merchants haggled over

the rice of fresh ingredients! youths are being enticed by the

fragrance of 8uicy! barbecued meat kebabs.

This laza was incredibly lively in the day! the noisy and crowded

atmos here would carry on till sunset. )ut two figures leaving a five%

story building ut an end to the rowdy atmos here.

Every eye in the laza was drawn to the duo as they stood

motionlessly.

ne of them was a female between fifteen and twenty years old. The

corners of her eyes were shar and shone with the brilliance of

obsidian. *er thick! shiny black hair was tied u in a onytail and her

snow%white skin glittered in the sun like earls.

*er most rominent art was her elegant air and her exotic beauty

that would make anybody look twice. The brown cloak she wore was

lain! but on her it looked like a lavish gown.

*er artner was of an indeterminable gender! since there were sim ly

no visible signs to determine it.


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5ome eo le in the laza mumbled= (ark warrior.

That's right! that erson was wearing an elegant full body armor

decorated with ur le and golden markings. The face couldn t be seen

through the thin slit in the helmet. Under the red ca e on his back! two

large swords could be seen! com lementing the style of dressing.

The two of them looked around and the armored figure took the first

ste s.

The crowd started to murmur as they watched the back of the two

figures fade into the distance. They were sur rised by the rare sight

they 8ust saw and felt no fear or wariness towards the armed duo.

The reason for that was that the duo exited from the building known

as the '#dventurer's Guild'! an association for ex erts who hunted

monsters. ther armed eo le also left the building as well after the

two left. The observant eo le had also noticed small co er medals

hanging on their necks.

The duo only attracted attention because of the lady's beauty and the

strikingly cool armor.


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They walked silently on the narrow road.

The water ooled in the tracks of carriages reflected the sun. The road

itself was made from sand and mud! thus meaning that it was not as

good as those aved with stone and was hard to walk on. /t was easy

to sli and fall! but the air s balance was excellent and their walking

s eed was almost the same as if they were walking on a stone aved

road.

The fleet%footed lady confirmed nobody was around and said to fully

armored erson next to her=

#inz%sa


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#inz shrugged at the stammering Narberal=

&e can't reveal our real identities. 4ou do understand that art!

right0

4ou are absolutely right.

... 4our tone... well! never mind. #nyway... what / want to say is that

you must be careful in everything you say or do.

... Understood! +omon%sa


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a consensus. )ut (emiurge whis ered something into #lbedo's ears!

and she suddenly sto ed her resistance. 5he even bid #inz farewell

with a smile of a roval.

#inz still didn t know what (emiurge said to her and he felt uneasy at

how #lbedo changed her stance so drastically.

... / didn't bring her along because there was no one / trust more than

her. / can leave Nazarick without worries because she is there.

Hust as / thought This means that #lbedo%sama is the one closest to

+omon%sa


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a need to go outside and ex erience this world myself... maybe there

are better methods to accom lish this! but / feel uneasy with so many

unknowns.

*e answered solemnly through the ga in his helmet. #s Naberal

answered / get it now. and made an enlightened ex ression! #inz

asked her with a bit of uneasiness=

/ have a 7uestion for you... do you believe humans are low%class

creatures0

That's right! humans are worthless scum. ! answered Narberal from

the bottom of her heart without the slightest hesitation. #inz mumbled

softly #h! so you feel the same way. ! but since his volume was too

low Narberal didn't hear him. *e continued to rant= That's what her

ersonality is like! that's why / didn't want to enter a human city. /

should understand the character of my subordinates first.

That was one of the reasons he didn't took #lbedo along. 5he was

absolutely convinced humans were low%class creatures. /f #inz

brought someone like her into a city full of eo le! it could only end in


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a blood bath if he sli ed u $ it was nothing to 8oke about. #nother

reason was #lbedo's inability to disguise herself! she was unable to

hide her horns and wings.

#nd then there was the main reason! which he couldn't say out loud.

# mere salary man like #inz didn't have the confidence to run an

organization 8ust by reading the re orts of others. That was why he

dum ed the heavy res onsibility of running Nazarick to the talented

#lbedo. /f a subordinate was excellent! giving to the said subordinate

free reign would be the best decision. /ne t su ervisors who butted in

needlessly would only cause a tragedy.

#nd #lbedo was bound tightly with the dual locks of 'loyalty' and 'love'.

That was the reason #inz could leave the Great Tomb of Nazarick in

her hands.

Love, huh...

&henever #inz saw #lbedo or heard her ex ress her love for him!

#inz would be reminded of how he carelessly edited #lbedo's setting.

&hen the server was about to shut down! #inz modified #lbedo's

'character setting' to be dee ly in love with +omonga


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#inz. )ack then he didn t know he would be trans orted into this

unknown! alternate world! he only intended to ull a little 8oke at the

very end.

# erson like him.

Thinking dee er about it


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... Nabel! / won't ask you to sto thinking like that! but you have to

su ress it. This is a human city and we have no idea what kind of

owerful eo le we might meet! so don't attract unnecessary attention

from the enemy with such thoughts.

Narberal bowed dee ly to ex ress her fealty towards #inz! but he

reached out to her! lifted her face and warned=

ne more thing! / am not sure if humans will feel threatened... by our

killing intent when we want to fight or are in the midst of battle. )ut it

a ears that we do emit such an aura. 5o don't act recklessly without

my ermission! understand0

Understood +omon%sa


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into the kitchen.

#t the corner of the dining area was a right angled stairway leading to

the Cnd floor. #ccording to the counter lady! the Cnd and @rd floor

were guestrooms. # handful of atrons were scattered around some

of the round dining tables. +ost of them were men and the

atmos here felt hostile.

Everyone was looking at #inz and they seemed to be taking his

measure. The only one who ignored #inz was a woman sitting in a

corner who was staring at a bottle on her table.

This scene in the tavern caused #inz to raise his nonexistent brows

under his helmet.

*e had mentally re ared himself for this! but it was still filthier than

he thought.

/n 4GG(2#5/-! there were many dirty and disgusting laces and

even the Great Tomb of Nazarick had one of them. Exam les would

be the hall of the -ord of Terror or the giant cavern of oison worms.

)ut this filth was different.


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There were scra s of food all over the floor and unknown li7uids$

weird stains on the wall$ a mysterious cube%sha ed item moulding in a

corner...

#inz sighed in his heart and looked around the tavern.

There was a man with a dirty scarf around his neck! with his sleeved

rolled u to show off two muscular arms. There were several scars

that were either from a beast's claw or a blade wound.

*is looks were somewhere between a brute and a beast! scars could

clearly be seen on his face and his head was shaved.

*e looked more like a bouncer than the owner! holding a rag while

observing #inz o enly.

-ooking for a room0 *ow many nights0 ! he asked from across the

room with a voice that sounded like a broken bell.

&e want to stay for one night.


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The boss answered crudely=

...:o er medal. :ommunal hall will be J co er coins er night.

atmeal with vegetables will be com lementary! one more co er if

you want meat. The oatmeal might be re laced with bread several

days old.

/f ossible! / would like a double room.

The owner snorted=

...There are @ taverns used exclusively by adventurers and mine is

the worst of the lot... (o you know why the eo le at the guild

introduce this lace to you0

/ don't know! lease enlighten me.

/n res onse to #inz's 7uery! the owner raised his brow and showed

his intimidating side=

Use your brain r is the inside of this flashy helmet em ty0

Even after hearing the im atient and loud voice of the owner! #inz

remained unmoved. *e calmly dismissed it and treated it like a


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children's tantrum because of the battle several days ago.

#fter that battle! and the intelligence he got from the risoners! #inz

understood 8ust how owerful he was. That was why he didn't get

agitated after being shouted at.

The owner was a bit sur rised by #inz's reaction=

... 4ou have guts... +ost of the adventurers staying here have co er

or iron medals. Even if you meet someone for the first time! you can

form an adventuring arty if your abilities are around the same level.

That's why my lace is best suited for you to find teammates matching

your current abilities...

The owner's eyes flashed for a moment=

4ou can slee in a room if you want! but you won't get teammates

without using the common grounds. /f you can't form a balanced arty!

you will be dead if you fight monsters. 2ookies without comrades will

advertise themselves in a crowded lace like this. / will ask for the last

time! you want the communal hall or a double room0

(ouble room. / will ass on the meal.


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Tch! brushing off my good will... r do you think you are something

s ecial and your flashy full body armor isn t 8ust for show0 Never

mind! one night will be 9 co er coins. 3ayment in advance! of

course.

The owner rom tly held out his hand.

Under everyone s 8udging eyes! #inz started walking towards him with

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Well, well...

#inz sighed softly in irritation and gently kicked the foot away.

The man seemed to be waiting for this action and stood u . )ecause

he wasn t wearing armor! the bulging muscles under his shirt were

easily visible. # necklace hung around his neck! swaying with his

every move. /t was similar to the one #inz wore! but this one was

made of iron instead of co er..

*ey hey! that hurts.

The man threatened #inz with a shar voice and a roached him

slowly. *e was wearing his gauntlets when he stood u and the metal

arts s7ueaked as he clenched his fist.

The man was 8ust as big as #inz and they stood a bit too close for a

brawl as they glared at each other. #inz flamed the fight on=

/ see. +y field of vision is rather bad because of my helmet! so /

didn t see your leg in front of me. r maybe / didn t notice your leg

because it was too short... That s my reason! would you forgive me

lease0


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... )astard.

#inz's taunt made the man glare dangerously! but when he turned his

gaze to look at Narberal who was standing behind #inz! his gaze

stuck onto her=

4ou are an annoying fellow... but / am a generous man. / ll forgive

you if you lend me that woman for one night.

1e! kekeke.

#inz laughed coldly! holding back Narberal who wanted to confront

the man.

...&hat are you laughing at0

Nothing! it's 8ust that you said a classic line befitting a mob villain!

which made me laugh! don't worry about it.

*uh0

The man's face turned red from anger.

h! before we start / wanted to ask= #re you stronger than Gazef5trolonoff0

*uh0 &hat are you talking about0

/ see! / can tell from your reaction. / don't even need to use my


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strength to lay with you %%% fly.

#inz grabbed the man s chest and lifted him u in an instant.

The man couldn't dodge or resist! shouting '&hoa ' in sur rise. The

men watching the scene got rowdy. Hust how owerful was his arm

strength if he could lift a full grown man0 Everyone resent could

imagine how owerful he had to be in order to do that.

The man s legs kicked vainly as a wave of shouts and gas s came

from the crowd. #inz gently tossed him away.

)ut Kgently was relative when it came to #inz.

The man nearly hit the ceiling as he flew in an arc and heavily hit the

ground.

The sound of bodies colliding! something on the table shattering!

wood cracking and the man s ainful howl reverberated within the hall.

The tavern was silent as if they were shocked by the moans. )ut<

“*yaLLLLL M

─── The woman seated at the table screamed a beat too slow. /t was

a scream as if a catastro he fell from the sky.


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No! it was normal to scream like that if a man suddenly fell from the

sky! but something other than sur rise was mixed in that scream.

“…5o! what do you guys want to do0 :an you come at me together to

save me some trouble0 &asting time on this is stu id.M

#inz taunted the men who shared table with the troublemaker! and his

com anions understood the meaning behind these words and lowered

their heads=

“ #h0 Ehh ur friend has offended you &e are very sorry about that M

“… kay! / ll forgive you. /t didn t trouble me too much! but make sure

to com ensate the owner for the table.M

“(efinitely. &e will com ensate the full sum.M

&hen #inz felt this matter was settled and was lanning to leave!

someone sto ed him$

“*ey! hey! hey M

*e turned and saw the woman who had screamed miserably

a roaching him unceremoniously.

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for easy movement. No matter how you ut it! her hair was untidy.

"rankly s eaking! it looked like a bird%nest.

*er features weren t bad! her eyes were shar ! she didn t wear

makeu and her skin was wheat colored after long ex osure to the

sun. *er arms had solid muscles and her hand was full of calluses

from wielding a sword. The first im ression that came to mind wasn t

Kwoman but Kwarrior .

# necklace with a iron medal hung above her chest! swaying violently

as she walked.

“-ook at what you have done M

“&hat is the matter0M

“*uh0 4ou don t even know what you did0M

The woman ointed to the broken table.

“)ecause you threw that man there! my otion! my recious otion

broke M“/t is 8ust a otionOM

“… / didn t even eat in order to save the money for it. / 8ust bought that


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otion today! but you broke it No matter how dangerous an adventure

is! that otion would ve ke t me safe. )ut you have shattered this

ious ho e of mine and still show me such an attitude0 This is

infuriating.M

The woman took another ste closer to #inz.

5tanding before him was a raging bull! glaring at him with bloodshot

eyes.

#inz held back his sigh. /t was his fault for tossing the man without

thinking about where he would land! but #inz had his reasons as well!

so he wouldn t com ensate her so easily=

“…*ow about getting your money from that man0 /f he didn t stretch

out his short leg! this tragedy wouldn t have ha ened! isn t thatright0M

#inz glared at that man s com anion through his slit visor.

“ #h! that s trueOM

“)utOM

“Never mind! it doesn t matter who! 8ust com ensate me for the

otionO the rice was > gold and > silver coins.M


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The men lowered their heads$ it didn t look like they were able to ay

the money. Thus the woman looked at #inz again=

“ #s ex ected. f course they won't have any money! considering the

way they're drinking. &ith such a flashy armor! you must have some

otions! right0

#inz understood why the woman was asking him for com ensation.

This was a rather difficult case.

#fter thinking for a while! #inz braced himself and asked=

“/ do have someO but that was recovery otion correct0M

“That s right. / worked for every dro PD

“— 4es! yes! you don t need to say it. / ll com ensate you with a otion

and settle the issue.M

#inz took out a low grade otion and gave it to the woman. The

woman looked at the otion with a strange ex ression and received it

reluctantly.

“… #re we even now0M


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“4eah! everything is good.M

The woman sounded like she had something to say! but #inz ignored

the doubt in his heart. +ore im ortantly! he was worried about

Narberal starting a big ruckus.

Even with #inz warning her! Narberal eyes still looked shar . # few

eo le felt uneasy after sensing her murderous looks.

“-et s go.M

#inz told Narberal with a tone signaling restraint and went to the

tavern owner. *e took out a leather urse! icked u a silver coin and

laced it in the owner s rough hand.

The owner silently ut the silver into his ocket and grabbed a few

co er coins.

“*ere are ; co er coins as change.M

*e ut the co er coins in #inz gauntlet wearing hand and laced a

small key on the counter=

“The first room on the right! u the stairs! you can store your luggage

in the chest behind the bed. 4ou don t need me to remind you not to

a roach the rooms of others carelessly. /t would be troublesome if a


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misunderstanding occurs! but that s not a bad way to get others to

know you. 4ou look like you can handle any situation! 8ust don t give

me any trouble.M

The owner glanced at the man moaning on the floor.

“/ understand. 3lease re are the minimum necessary e7ui ment for

adventurers. &e lost our stuff and the Guild told us you would re are

them for your customers if we asked.M

The owner looked at #inz and Narberal s dressing and stared at

#inz s leather urse=

“4eah! got it. / will re are it before dinner. 4ou need to ready your

money too.M

“5ure. Nabel! we are leaving.M

#inz climbed u the old! creaking staircase with Narberal and headed

towards his room.

#fter #inz s figure disa eared onto the second floor! the com anions

of the man thrown by #inz hastily cast a healing s ell on him. Their

action was like lighting a fuse! and the tavern became rowdy again.


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“…5eems he is as tough as he looks.M

“(efinitely. That arm strength is too owerful! how did he train to

reach that level0M

“No wea ons other than the two big swords on his back! he must be

confident.M

“&hy did this have to ha en againO now there s another erson

who ll sur ass us immediately M

The conversations were filled with sighs! sur rise and fear.

Everyone knew from the beginning #inz wasn t a normal adventurer.

The first clue was his flashy e7ui ment. "ull body armor wasn t chea !

only those who ke t adventuring and had lenty of ex erience could

afford them. nly those who had advanced to silver medal rank could

accumulate such wealth with the remunerations of their missions. )ut

there were still some who inherited or icked it u from the battlefield

or dungeons.

That was the reason they wanted to know his actual ower.

Everyone was a com anion and a com etitor at the same time. They


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all wanted to know the ca ability of the newcomers! so the rocess

8ust now ke t on re eating.

#ll who were resent went through the same ritual. )ut no one had

assed through the rites so easily. That meant the duo wearing the

co er medalO

)e it com anions or com etitors! they were definitely owerful! that

was evident to anyone who watched them.

“*ow should we deal with these two0M D&e can t flirt with that beauty

anymore.M D)ut if there are only two of them! they can 8oin our team.M

D4ou got it wrong$ we should be the ones asking them to 8oin their

arty.M D/ wonder what he looks like under that helmet.M D/ will

eavesdro from the neighboring room of that guy tonight.M D*e

mentioned Gazef 5trolonoff! the strongest warrior among the

neighboring nations 8ust now right0 :ould he be the disci le of the

knight ca tain0M DThat is ossible. -et me take on this heavy

res onsibility with my good hearing Athief earsBM. #s the crowd noisily discussed the mysterious duo in high s irit! the

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/t was the woman who got the otion from #inz.

The woman P Ierita shifted her gaze from the red otion she was

staring at intensely and looked at the owner with a dull ex ression.

“&hat otion is that0M

“&ho knows0M

“… *ey! you don t even know0 (idn t you acce t his com ensation

immediately because you knew the rice of this otion0M

“That s im ossible! / ve never seen such a otion before. (idn t you

come here to take a look as well because you haven t seen this

before! old man0M

Ierita guessed right.

“:an this otion really com ensate you0 4our otion breaking is a

fact! right0 This one might be chea er than the one you bought.M

“That might be... this is a gamble! but / am confident / ll come out

ahead. This was given to me by a guy in flashy armor after hearing

the value of my otion.M

“/ seeOM


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“… / have never seen a recovery otion with such a strange color$ it

might be a rare item. /f / hesitated back then and asked to be aid with

money instead! it would be the same as leaving the tiger s den em ty%

handed. / ll get it a raised tomorrow and find out how much it is

worth.M

“ h! / will foot the a raisal fee. Not 8ust that! / will even recommend a

good lace for you.M

“ ld man0M

Ierita frowned. The tavern owner wasn t a bad guy! but he was

definitely not a charitable man. There must be a catch.

“*ey! don t give me that look. / 8ust want you to tell me the effects of

your otion.M

“/s that what you were lanning0M

“/t s a great deal right0 #nd with my connections! / can introduce you

to the best harmacist! that -izzie )areal.M


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Ierita was shocked.

+any mercenaries and adventurers congregated in 2e%-antier! so

vendors s ecializing in wea ons and e7ui ment were able to earn a

lot of money! with the recovery otion trade being the most rofitable.

That s why 2e%-antier had more harmacists than other cities.

)ut even in the face of so much com etition! -izzie )areal held on to

her title as the best harmacist. #mong all the harmacists in the city!

she could concoct the greatest amount of com licated otions. 5ince

the owner mentioned -izzie )areal! Ierita couldn t refuse.


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Chapter 1 | The Two Adventurer Part – 2

The wooden door closed with a creaking sound.

#side from a small table and two single wooden beds with attached

chests! there was no other furniture. 5un and fresh air were available

by o ening the blinds.

#inz looked around the room and was disa ointed. *e didn't ex ect

a tavern from the countryside to have the facilities and cleanliness of

Nazarick! but he was still ut off by this.

*ow dare they assign such 7uarters to +omon%sama.

(on't say that Nabel. ur ob8ective in this city is to become

adventurers and get famous. )efore that! it will be a good ex erience

to live in a way that befits our current status.

*e didn't mention the dis leasure in his heart as he consoled Naberal

while closing the blinds. The sunlight leaking through the ga s of the

blinds wasn t enough to illuminate the whole room. #inz and Narberal

were fine since the both of them had night vision! but for normaleo le this room was too dark.

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#dventurers.

#inz had some fantasies about them.

3eo le who sought out the unknown! venturing around the world. #inz

had certain ex ectations of this career that embodied the right way of

laying the game 4GG(2#5/-. )ut after listening to the ex lanation

of the counter lady! he learned that adventuring was a ractical and

dull career.

/n short! adventurers were 'mercenaries who deal with monsters'.

5ome arts were similar to #inz's idealized version of adventurers.

They do ex lore the ruins of countries destroyed by demon gods! and

do seek unknown treasures in secret realms$ but they are basically

monster hunters.

#ll monsters had uni7ue abilities! so there was a need for eo le with

a wide variety of skills to handle them.

Thinking about it from this angle! there really might be heroes that

were needed by the eo le! who showed u as if they were clichQs in

a game.

)ut reality was different.

The governing organizations disliked the existence of armed grou s

outside their control. Even setting financial concerns aside! the social

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There were other reasons why countries didn't take in adventurers en

masse. /nstead of hiring ermanent staff with high salaries! it was

better to outsource the work to local adventurer guilds! which made

more sense as a business. "or com anies that can o erate without

the adventurers guild or a nation that can clear monsters with their

military! the status of adventurers were even lower.

#ccording to the com laints of the counter lady! there were no

adventurers in the 5ilian Theocracy. The status of adventurers in the

)aharuth Em ire became even worse after the current em eror

ascended the throne.

#inz urged the slight feelings of disa ointment from his heart.

Getting the 8ob you wanted and realizing reality was different from

your imagination was a common occurrence.

#s #inz waved his hand gently! his dark full body armor and the C

giant swords on his back disa eared without a trace! revealing his

skeletal body under the magic e7ui ment.

# red reticule flickered on to of his gray goggles. *is head iece was

covered in thorns and decorated with amethysts.

*e was wearing a silky! black! long%sleeved shirt and baggy ants.

The belt around the ants waist was a sim le! black band.

#fter removing his lain steel gauntlets! a ring could be seen on every

single bony finger! exce t for the ring fingers on both hand.


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*is brown leather boots with rough exterior were adorned with gold

embroidery

*anging on his neck was a silver disc with a drawing of a lion. # red

ca e was dra ed over his shoulders.

The e7ui ment of 4GG(2#5/- was normally installed using an

external crystal drive! so it was hard to standardize the looks of

e7ui ment. )ut since a lot of layers hated wearing mixed ieces of

e7ui ment! it was resolved in one of the version u dates.

/t added the o tion to standardize the a earance of e7ui ment

without affecting its stats.

The black armor that covered #inz s whole body had several

re7uirements and ossessing the ability R*igh%-evel /tem :reationS

was one of them.

2ight now! #inz was e7ui ed with R5ure *it GlassesS! R:rown of

mental )arriersS! R:lothes of the )lack &idowS! R)lack )eltS! R+etallic

GauntletsS! RNemean -ionS and R)oots of 5 eedS.

/tem trading in 4GG(2#5/- was usually done via com uter crystal

data transfer! but for the sake of creating more owerful e7ui ment!there were eo le who bought second hand items. # roblem might

arise if an item was created by another ersonLLL and the name of

the item included words that were banned on a server or insulted

s ecific ersons. The mods might re7uest the name to be amended!


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but the items were usually named as the creator leased.

# weird name wouldn t be o ular when you attem t to sell it. The fee

for renaming wasn't ex ensive! but few eo le would want tourchase an item and rename it later.

5o every layer gave their all in naming their e7ui ment. The name

might originate from mythology or the English language.

#nd of course! there were exce tions too.

/t was a hassle to name rings! so calling them Rring>S! RringCS! Rring@Swasn't too bad. #inz even saw eo le naming Rthumb ringS! Rindex

finger ringS and Rmiddle finger ringS.

#inz's friend Takemikazuchi used two Tachi if the situation warranted

it. *e named the 6th generation of one of the Taichi as

'Takemikazuchi +k 6'.

/t was the same for naming this red ca e.

)ecause he co ied the dark hero of an american comic! it was named

R5 awn :a eS.

These were all relic level e7ui ment. :om ared to #inz main gear it

was C ranks lower! but bringing e7ui ment that was too owerful

might cause roblems! so he decided to bring only e7ui ment of this

level.

#s #inz stretched his shoulder to en8oy the feeling of liberty after


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taking the armor off! Narbaral choose this moment to ask=

5 eaking of which! how should we dis ose of that annoying wench0

#hh! you mean the woman whose otion was smashed0 No need tobother with her. /f something im ortant to me was broken by others! /

might ve lost my cool as well...

5ince his mentality changed after turning into this body! #inz sto ed

momentarily and continued=

... robably. :riticizing me for being careless is only natural.

“)ut the only one to blame is that stu id human who sought trouble

with the su reme ruler! if it weren t for him! nothing would ve

ha ened.M

That might be so! but since / was the one who tossed him! / will

generously forgive her this time. #nd what we are trying to achieve in

this city is to become art of this world and raise the fame of +omon

and Nabel. /t would tarnish our names if others learned we couldn't

even ay for a bottle of otion.

#lthough she looked unsatisfied! Narberal still nodded her

understanding.

#nd since they re our seniors! 8uniors like us need to let her save

face. !

#inz said while he toyed with the chain on his neck! trying to avoid


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touching the RNemean -ionS.

...If only it was possible to create a forgery of this medal... but it mightcause trouble with the adventurer's guild.

#ttached to the chain was a bronze medal which served as his

identification late. This late could be used to 8udge an adventurer s

ability.

:o er! /ron! 5ilver! 3latinum! +ithril! richalcum and #damantium.

These metals are used to rank adventurers! with co er being the

lowest and adamantium the highest ranking metal. *igher ranking

adventurers can choose harder 8obs which offer greater rewards. This

system was established to revent adventurers from losing their life in

vain.

5ince he recently registered as an adventurer! #inz only has a bronze

medal that are assigned to beginners! while that woman had an iron

medal. 5howing res ect for seniors was a trick for smooth sailing in

society.

)ut #inz%sama! / don't believe a soft metal like #damantium suitsyou. +aybe 5oul Emeralds! Gold 2ubies or one of the other 2ainbow%

+etals would be more suitable. These lebeians can't a reciate

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Narberal casually mentioned the highest class of metals in

4GG(2#5/-. #inz looked at her shar ly and reminded her=

Narberal! to be safe! address me as +omon in this city.

)y your command +omon%sama

(o you want me to re eat my warning0 :all me +omon.

/! / am very sorry +omon%sa


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such a scene.

"ust... why can't she understand the reason I insist on her addressingme as Momon# I e$plained it to her before we arrived at the tavern...

#inz ex lained half%resignated=

&e are going to disguise ourselves as adventurers in this city. ne

reason is to collect intelligence on the adventurers of this world!

among which should be owerful eo le! with em hasis on

4GG(2#5/- layers like me. /f we can obtain high%ranking

identification medals! we can take on official 8obs and the intelligence

we can get will be more hel ful and reliable. 5o our first ste is to

become successful adventurers.

#fter Narberal ex ressed her understanding! #inz briefed her on the

task at hand.

)ut there s a roblem.

#inz took out the leather urse and o ened it! ouring its contents

onto his hand. nly a few coins a eared and they were definitely not

shiny.

&e have no money.

(uring the dis ute earlier! #inz had several reasons for

recom ensating her with a otion! and one of them was his lack of

confidence in resolving the issue with money. /t would ve been

awkward if he claimed to have no money back then.


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#inz ex lained to the baffled Narberal=

No! we do have money! but the only currency / own are the gold

coins of 4GG(2#5/- and / want to use these gold coins only as a last

resort.

&hy is that0 (idn't we confirm 4GG(2#5/- coins have monetary

value here0

/ndeed! at :arne village we learned that one 4GG(2#5/- gold

coin... er! the gold used for trading is known as common gold! and one4GG(2#5/- coin is worth two common gold coins. )ut if we use

4GG(2#5/- gold coins in this city! we won't know where it might end

u . &e could alert any number of eo le and if there are any

4GG(2#5/- layers out there! it would be like announcing our

resence. This has to be avoided until we fully understand this world.

3layers... eo le on the same level as #inz%sama! the villains that

attacked Nazarick in the ast.

#inz frowned at the way she addressed him! but he didn't say

anything because of the same reason as before.

That's right! they are eo le we can't take lightly.

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r rather! most of the layers were level > .

#mong these layers! #inz thought himself to be in the middle of the

u er tier. This was because in game! #inz focused on grinding 8obsthat fit the undead and magic chanters! neglecting to im rove his

fighting rowess. Taking his divine level e7ui ment and ay%to%win

items into account! he should be in the mid%u er tier! but he shouldn't

forget there were always stronger eo le out there.

*e had to avoid detection by other layers. There were manyo onents #inz couldn't beat in a fight.

3layers were originally human! so most of them will hel the humans

in this world. /f these kinds of layers faced off against #lbedo and the

others who considered humans as lowly scum! the Great Tomb of

Nazarick and everyone in #inz oal Gown would become the enemy

of humanity. That was the reason he thought bringing #lbedo along

was dangerous.

%ut I had no idea &arberal thought the same way.

Even though #inz wasn't hostile towards humans! he wouldn't hesitate

to kill them if it allowed him to reach his goal! but he would ratheravoid clashing with other layers

-ooking at it this way! it was a ity.

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-osing that man called Nigan so easily. *e could ve been a treasure

trove of information! but / ended him casually after asking a few

sim le 7uestions.

# few dozen members of the 5unlight 5cri ture were ca tured at

:arne village. 5ome of them died during the rocess of 7uestioning

them and were used as material for #inz's s ecial ability to summon

Undead.

2ecalling the intelligence they got from the interrogation! #inz couldn'thel mocking himself=

Normal layers... will likely su ort the 5ilian Theocracy.

The 5ilian Theocracy was a religious nation! worshi ing the six great

gods that descended six centuries ago.

#ccording to the 5unlight 5cri ture! the 5ilian Theocracy existed in

order to enable the weak human race to defeat the other! stronger

races! which would allow humanity to grow strong and ros er. #ny

layers who retained their humanity would definitely agree with the

teachings of 5ilian Theocracy! a nation that worked hard towards this

goal.

/n contrast to the real world where humanity reigned su reme! they

were considered as one of the weakest races in this one.

*umans built grand cities on the lains! but 8ust living there


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highlighted how fragile humanity was.

The o en lains were a dangerous terrain. Their enemies were able to

easily s ot them due to the lack of laces to hide in. The reason theyhad to settle for such a lace was their lack of night vision! leg

strength and stamina. 5ince humans were a weak race! they would ve

never been able to build their own society civilization had they

choosen to live in another lace

-ots of races were stronger or had a more advanced civilization thanhumans! but these races didn't dominate the land. They fought against

the 6 1ings who attem ted to rule over the world! allowing humanity to

survive the war. /f it wasn t for this! humanity would have already been

eliminated.

/t was normal wanting to hel humanity in such a world! and that was

the reason #inz didn't want anything to do with the 5ilian Theocracy!

remaining wary of layers.

#bout the money! / lan to sell the swords of the 5ilian soldiers who

disguised themselves as knights... but before that! we need to find

work.

Understood. 5o we are going back to the guild tomorrow.

That's right. / wanted to tour the city and learn more about it! but that


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can wait until we earned some money.

Understood. #s one of the battle maids! / will offer my full su ort.

/ see. / will be relying on you! Narberal.

#inz was leased with Narberal! who bowed dee ly. *e activated his

magic! casting his illusion and armor again.

/ will scout the surroundings! remain on standby here.

#llow me to escort you

No need! / am 8ust looking around the near vicinity. /f ossible! / want

to visit the rumored vast cemetery... / m leaving you here to revent

others from tres assing. (on't let down your guard and stay alert. &e

shouldn't have made any mistakes! but this is enemy territory! so be

vigilant.

)y your command.

/ will leave the eriodic re ort to you.

Narberal let out a dee sigh after #inz left the room.

5he then massaged the corner of her eyes! her shar eyes droo ing

down weakly! she looked exhausted. Even her ony tail looked flaccid

and lifeless.


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)ut she still remembered the orders of her esteemed master.

Narberal concentrated intensely! trying to learn more about the

situation outside! but as a magic chanter she lacked the craftiness ofthieves. To make u for it! she used one of the skills she was

roficient in.

2abbit Ears .

&ith the activation of the s ell! a air of cute rabbit ears s routed fromthe to of Narberal's head. The ears trembled as they listened to the

sounds around her.

This was one of the three rabbit s ells! which were dubbed Krabbit

magic by 4GG(2#5/- layers. The others s ells were called

2abbit s "oot ! which increased the luck stat! and 2abbit Tail !which slightly decreased enemy aggression towards the caster. The

a earance of female characters would change if all three were

activated at the same time! making this magic very o ular. )ut since

there was no need for the other two s ells! Narberal didn't use them.

+ost of Narberal's magic belonged to the combat variation! but thiswas one of the few exce tions.

#fter listening to her surroundings and making sure it was safe! she

activated the +essage s ell. /mmediately! a sweet! female voice

could be heard in Narberal's head. /t was as if her call had been


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ex ected.

Narberal Gamma! you have something to re ort to me0

4es! it's the eriodic re ort.2ight now! Narberal was talking to the verseer of the Great Tomb of

Nazarick! #lbedo.

#fter re orting everything! Narberal finally talked about things the

other arty wanted to hear.

#inz%sama mentioned #lbedo%sama! saying that 'other than her! there

was no one else he trusted this much'.

"uhuLLL

# weird scream of excitement ringed in Narberal's mind.

Iery good very good Narberal is a good girl :arry on advertising

for me like this This is an order from the Nazarick's overseer

Fuestion marks a eared on to of Narberal's head! who thought ''/s

something like this worth issuing an order0''. Thinking about it calmly!

this was a contest that would determine who would serve the

verlord. That way! an order like this was com letely natural.

&hile Narberal was ondering this! #lbedo s excited voice could be

heard again=

&ith 5halltear out on a mission! / will use this chance to leisurely

bridge the distance between me and #inz%sama /t might be a difficult


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fort to con7uer! but by attacking in waves it will eventually fall after

taking a beachhead &hen that glorious day comes! 5halltear will

shed tears of regret

#lbedo's gleeful shouting made Narberal frown. Even Narberal was

getting annoyed listening to such agitated noises.

&ith a cheerful voice and ski ing ste s! #lbedo droned on about

what she lanned to do next time and how things should be. 5he

suddenly asked calmly=

&hy are all of you hel ing me0 &hat is the reason you chose me

over 5halltear0 /s there something you want0

This is a sim le 7uestion. /f you ask me who is more suited to be

seated next to #inz%sama! 5halltear%sama or #lbedo%sama! / will

definitely answer #lbedo%sama.

"uhuLLL "antastic. / didn't ex ect you to be someone who thinks

about the future of Nazarick! im ressive.

#nd 4uri%nee is not good in dealing with 5halltear%sama.

h! 4uri #l ha. / see... that s true. #re the others on my team too0

Not 8ust vice%ca tain 4uri #l ha! the rest of her comrades o ed into

Narberal's mind as well=

That s uncertain. -u us 2aytina is on #lbedo%sama's team! but

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robably sitting on the fence.

/s there any way to recruit 5olution0

That would be very difficult! since her interests are similar to

5halltear%sama s.

h / see... &hat a low class hobby.

Narberal agreed with #lbedo! unable to understand 5olution E silon's

interests and tilted her head.

Exce t for one man! all humans were lowly scum! but she didn't take

8oy in bullying them. )ut she would kill them if they got in her way! and

would go out of her way to finish the 8ob. )ut she wouldn't kill humans

intentionally.

There's no choice. -et's hurry and ull the other girls into my cam .

"irst will be /nsect Fueen and 5hizu.

That shouldn't be a roblem. 5olution and /nsect Fueen like to treat

humans as food. /f we get /nsect Fueen to 8oin #lbedo%sama's side!

5olution might become our ally as well.

4ou are right.... / get it. -et's change the to ic... &hat else did my

beloved #inz%sama do! can you tell me in detail0

4es! as you bid.


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The eriodic contact with #lbedo was very lively


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/t felt as if the air had been dyed with color! as Ierita sniffed a few

times like a dog.

5he wasn't mistaken about the air having a faint smell of greenery.

This smell was caused by the grounding of unknown medicines and

herbs. This smell also told Ierita she had reached her destination.

Ierita continued to move ahead into the area where the smell was

even stronger. #fter cautiously looking around! she arrived in front of

the biggest building.

This building s design was different from the others! which had a store

at the front and a work lace in the back. The entire structure was

designed to serve as a worksho ! without having a storefront like the

other buildings.

#ccording to the words on the wooden late that hung on the door

and the signs outside! this was the lace.

The bell hanging on the door chimed frighteningly loud when she

ushed the door o en.

5he entered a hall that seemed to be meant for receiving guests! with

two benches facing each other in the middle. )ookcases were laced

on the walls and decorative lants were laced in the corners.

Ierita was greeted by someone the moment she entered the hall=


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&elcome

/t was a male voice! but it sounded too young for a man.

5he looked around and found a youth dressed in ragged work clothes

that were stained with lant sa ! which also s read a strong smell.

*is face was half%covered by his long! blond hair! making it hard to

8udge his age. )ut 8udging by his height and voice! he should still be

growing.

*e might ve been 8ust a youth! but Ierita could still guess his name. # art from his grandmother! he was also one of the few famous

eo le of 2e%-antier because of his talents.

...+ister Enfrea )areal0

4es! that's me.The young man


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though his eyes were covered by his hair.

The atmos here changed.

&hen Enfrea brushed his hair aside! it was revealed that his featureswere very leasant. +any women would be enamoured by him in the

future.

)ut des ite his shar eyes! the childish air still lingered on his face.

:onsidering the way he s oke! /t was hard to imagine his eyes would

be this shar ! as they s arkled with intense excitement. Enfrea shook

the otion several times and nodded=

5orry! but it is not convenient to s eak here! can we change the

lace0

Ierita agreed and followed Enfrea's into a messy room. )ut she only

thought so because she was lacking rofessional knowledge.

n the table were flasks! test tubes! distillers! mortars! beakers!alcohol lam s! scales! eerie ots and other things. The shelves on the

wall were filled with numerous herbs and minerals.

# uni7ue! ungent smell lingered in the room! giving it the im ression

of being harmful to the body.

The erson in the room stared at the two sudden intruders.

/t was an elderly lady with totally white! shoulder%length hair! whose

hands and face were full of wrinkles. *er overalls had more green

stains than Enfrea s! giving it a strong smell of grass.


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Enfrea address the old lady when he entered=

Granny

&hat is it! no need to be so loud! / can hear you. +y ears are still

fine.

Enfrea only had a aternal grandmother! who was also the best

harmacist in the city! -izzie )areal.

Fuick! take a look.

Taking the otion Enfrea gave her! -izzie's intense gaze gave Ieritashivers! as if she was facing a owerful veteran.

That was no illusion. 3harmacists had to use magic while creating

medicine! the more famous the harmacist! the higher grade s ells

they could use. That was why -izzie! the best harmacist of 2e%

-antier! was stronger than Ierita.

This otion... did you bring this here... the legendary otion0 No!

could it be... the )lood of God0 *ey! what otion is this0

Eh0

Ierita stared wide eyed with her mouth o en. hat was what I wanted to as( ! she thought.

/m ossible... for a otion like this to exist. &here did you get it from0

5ome ruins0


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Eh0 Erm! no! that is...

&hat a slow girl. Hust answer my 7uestion! where did you get this

(id you steal it0 *mmm0

Ierita's shoulders trembled in shock. 5he didn't do anything wrong!

but still felt as if she was getting lectured.

... Granny! sto scaring her.

...&hat are you talking about Enfrea. / am not frightening her... right0

&o, you are. Enfrea wanted to say! but gul ed and s illed the story ofhow she got this otion=

#h! erm! this was given to me as com ensation by someone.

...*uh0 -izzie's eyes turned serious. /t is so valuable...

&ait a minute! granny. /f / may / ask! +iss Ierita! who gave it to you0&hy0

Ierita who was aided by Enfrea sim ly ex lained she got the otion

from a mysterious erson in full body armor. -izzie's wrinkled

dee ened after hearing it=

...(id you know that there are three ty es of otions0

&ithout giving Ierita a chance to re ly! -izzie continued=

The first is made using only herbs. This ty e is showing its effects

only slowly and it will only strengthen a human's base ability. /ts


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effects are minimal but it s chea . The second is made from herbs and

magic. This kind of otion shows it effects more 7uickly than the first

one! but it still needs some time. /f there is time after a battle! most

adventurers will use this ty e of recovery otion. The last ty e are

otions created with nothing but magic. /t is made by in8ecting mana

into alchemic li7uid. The effects of this kind of otion are immediate!

but they are very ex ensive. Now! which ty e is the otion you

brought0 / can't see any herb residue! so it should be a otion made

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-izzie's sudden change and was s eechless! she wasn't even able to

move a finger.

1ukuku Hust as / thought -ook carefully at this otion! Enfrea Thisis the ultimate form of otions. 2ight here &e harmacists!

alchemists and everyone related to otion creation were unable to

reach this ideal stage even after a long eriod of research

-izzie's cheek was blushing from over%excitement and her breathing

became haggard as she anted nonsto . 2efusing to let go! shemoved the otion in front of Enfrea's face=

3otions will deteriorate. /sn't that right0

4es! of course.

:om ared to -izzie's excitement! Enfrea's tone was very calm but

Ierita noticed his ex ression showed hints of excitement.

5he doesn't know why the two of them were so excited! but she felt

she had been dragged into a ma8or event. The otion she brought

along made the strongest harmacist so excited.

3otions made by using only magic are created with alchemic fluids.These fluids are made using minerals as a base before they re

changed via alchemy! so it is natural for them to deteriorate with time

That's why we need to cast 3reserve .

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before this moment.

Ierita slightly understood -izzie's words and stared at the red li7uid in

shock.This bottle This otion This red otion Not deteriorating even without

reservation magic! this was the erfect otion No one had done this

before #ccording to legends! the real recovery otion was the blood

of gods.

-izzie shook the otion in her hand! the bright red li7uid swirling

inside.

f course! that s 8ust a legend. There is a inside 8oke among

harmacists that the blood of god was blue.

# moment later! -izzie looked at the otion that was shaking in her

excitedly trembling hand=

This might be the real blood of god

The anting -izzie! Enfrea who ke t atting her back! the dumbstruck

Ierita. The silence of these three was finally broken by -izzie=

...4ou came to find out the effects of this otion! right0 /t s e7uivalent

to Cnd tier recovery magic. /gnoring the rarity and the intangible

values! it s rice is 6 gold coins. )y the way! if you add the intangible

values! the otion s rice would be high enough to kill for.

Ierita's whole body trembled.

Hust the value and its effect was very high for the iron medal

adventurer Ierita. The roblem was the intangible value that even


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made -izzie look like she was watching with her shar eyes for the

o ortunity to steal it.

)ut there were still doubts in her heart. &hy did the man in the fullbody armor offer her this otion so easily0 &ho was the erson under

that armor0

#s countless 7uestion arose in her heart! -izzie asked=

(o you want to sell it to us0 / will give you a good rice! how about @C

gold coins0

Ierita's eyes became even wider.

The offered rice was an amazing amount for Ierita. #s long as one

didn t s lurge! this amount of money would be able to feed @ families

for @ years.

Ierita hesitated! she knew this otion had incredible value! but was it

the right choice to sell it right now for @C gold coins0 The chances of

getting another otion like this were slim.

)ut will she live to return if she re8ects0

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The next morning! #inz! who was calling himself +omon now! o ened

the guild's door.

#fter entering the building! he saw the counter where three ladies

received adventurers with smiles. There were warriors in full body

armor! agile looking eo le with a bow and dressed in light armor!

eo le in riestly attire accessorized with religious symbols... and

magic chanters with long robes and staffs.

There was a large door to the left and a notice board to the right. *e

didn t see them yesterday! but there were several archments asted

on it and grou s of adventurers were talking in front of them.

"eeling annoyed by the scene and the archments! #inz a roached

the counter.

+any looked at the bronze medal on #inz's neck and he could feel

them gawking at his entire body! similar to the atmos here at the

tavern yesterday.

#inz observed these adventurers from the corner of his eyes. The

medal on their necks were made of silver and gold! there were no

co er medals. "eeling a bit out of lace! #inz walked u to the

counter.

# grou of adventurer 8ust de arted! leaving one of the female


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rece tionists free. #fter reaching her he asked=

5orry! but / am looking for a 8ob.

/n that case lease choose one of the archments over there andbring it over.

#inz nodded to ex ress com rehension! all the while feeling as if his

sweat glands were working again. *e went to the front of the notice

board with the archments. #inz browsed through them and nodded

strongly.

)up, I can't read.

ne of this world s rules was that verbal communication would be

translated! but a arently this didn t a ly to written words.

The last time he visited the guild! he was hel ed by one of the women

working as rece tionists and he naively assumed it would be thesame this time. *e felt like sighing or rolling on the floor! but was able

to ull himself together. Grateful for the changes after getting this

body! #inz racked his brains.

The literacy rate here wasn't high! but it would still be awkward if

others found out he couldn't read! they might even look down on him. #inz had given all his word%deci hering tools to 5ebastian and didn't

learn any such magic at all during his time in 4GG(2#5/-. *e used

scrolls in lace of this seemingly useless magic.

Not making any re arations even though he couldn t read the


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language of this world! that was stu id! but now it was too late for that

and regretting it wouldn t hel .

Narberal couldn t read either! so there was no other way. #lthough his mind was filled with negative thoughts! as the su reme

ruler of Nazarick he should avoid any shameful behavior.

#fter making u his mind! #inz tore off one sheet of archment and

headed to the counter=

“/ want to take this 8ob.M

The rece tionist looked uzzled by the archment shoved before her

and smiled awkwardly=

“/ am sorry! this 8ob can only be undertaken by mithril ranked

adventurersOM

“/ know! that s why / took it.M

*earing #inz s calm and determined manner of s eech! the

rece tionist showed a look of sur rise.

“Uh! thatOM

“/ wish to take this 8ob.M

“*uh0 )ut even if you re7uest it! the rules and conditionsOM

“The rules are stu id. / m not willing to re eatedly do these mindless

tasks before / am eligible for romotion.M

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their eyes. /n this world! magic chanters who reached the third tier

were considered as having reached the stage of a master.

/s this true0 Everyone s eyes were all over #inz and his regal set ofarmour! doubting the truth behind his words.

#n adventurer s e7ui ment and abilities were tied= the more ca able

an adventurer was! the better his e7ui ment became. &ith his female

com anion and his regal set of armour! #inz was very ersuasive.

Noticing the change in the way they looked at him! #inz cheered in his

heart and decided to strike while the iron was still hot.

“ #s for me! / am a warrior that matches Nabel s strength. / can affirm

that this level of 8obs is a walk in the ark for us.M

:om ared to 8ust now! the sur rise of the rece tionist and the

adventurers around him were smaller. #inz felt the eyes watching him

changing.

“&e didn t become adventurers 8ust to erform sim le tasks and earn

some co er coins. / want to challenge higher grade missions. /f you

want to see our skills! we can show them to you. :ould you let us take

this 8ob0M

The hostility from before gradually thinned out! re laced by an

atmos here of Khe s right and K/ see . #dventurers who lace

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)ut the rece tionist was different=

“... / am very sorry! / can t let you take this 8ob because of the

regulations.M

The figure of the rece tionist bowing in a ology made #inz strike a

victory ose in his heart.

“/t can t be hel ed thenO / was being too forceful! sorry.M #inz

lowered his head slight and a ologized.

“3lease hel me find the most difficult co er medal 8ob. #re there

any others a art from those on the board0M

“ #h! / understand. There are other 8obs available.M

The rece tionist got u and 8ust as #inz was in tears over his

com lete victory! the voice of a man reached his ears=

“*ow about hel ing us with our 8ob0M

“*uh0M

*e couldn t hel growling menacingly. &hen #inz turned around!

trying to smooth things over! he saw a grou of ? adventurers with

silver medals s arkling on their necks.

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The man who looked like the leader answered. *e wore a chainmail

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childlike about them$ they had a sense of maturity beyond their age.

They might ve a eared to be sitting casually! but their ositions

allowed them to take u their wea ons immediately.

/t might ve been an unconscious act! or a force of habit after countless

ex eriences with death.

“)efore talking about the 8ob! let s do a sim le introduction.M

The man who looked like a warrior said on everyone s behalf.

*is a earance consisted of blond hair and blue eyes! both of which

were common in the kingdom! while his unremarkable face had

smooth features.

“Nice to meet you! / am the leader of Kthe 5words of (arkness ! 3eter

+ork. This is our team s 2anger! -ukeluther )olbu.M

The blond haired man with leather armor nodded in

acknowledgement. *is brown! s7uinted eyes were cheerful and his

long! skinny limbs gave him the im ression of a s ider. )ut his thin

body was the result of eliminating all fat.

“Next is our magic chanter! the strategist of the team. Ninya


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Unlike the tanned skin of his other team members! his skin was ale

and he had the best looking face of the grou . Not the manly sort of

handsome! but the metrosexual kind. :om ared to the other men! hisvoice had a higher itch.

)ut the smile on his face looked like a mask! no different from a fake

smile.

#s for his clothes! while his teammates were clad in armor! he was

only wearing leather clothes. /f one were to look under the table! amyriad of strange items could be seen hanging from his belt! including

weirdly sha ed bottles and strange wooden things.

:onsidering the title of Kmage ! he should be similar to #inz! a ower

ty e magic chanter.

“... 3eter! could you lease not use my shameful nickname during the

introductions0M

“Eh0 )ut it s cool.M

“4ou have a nickname0M

#inz asked as he wasn t sure what was ha ening and -ukeluther

ex lained=“*e was born with an innate talent! the famous Kgenius magic

chanter .M

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#inz was im ressed and sighed$ K/nnate Talent was an information he

got after torturing @ members of the 5unlight 5cri ture to death! and

he was excited to have a real life exam le in front of him.

Narberal only made a K*mm noise in contem t! but luckily the other

arty didn t hear that and #inz relaxed. (uring a negotiation! an ine t

subordinate s weird actions would affect the boss mood! and #inz

was a bit angered by it. )ut it would be bad to start a fight right now!

so #inz ke t his com osure.

“Nothing im ressive. /t s 8ust a coincidence that my innate talent

belonged to that system.M

“ hh.M

Now #inz was even more interested. *e leaned forward and listened

carefully.

‘/nnate talents were similar to martial arts! they were s ecial skills

uni7ue to this world and didn t exist in 4GG(2#5/-. #bout > in C

ossessed this s ecial ability. #n innate talent wasn t rare! but the

s ecial skills differs widely. There were strong and weak ty es! with

lenty of variations.

-ike redicting tomorrow s weather with 9 V accuracy! strengthening

summoned creatures! the ability to harvest lants a few days earlier!

using the magic of dragons which existed in the ast and so on.

5ince this ower was determined from birth! there was no way to


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choose or change it. There were many cases of eo le unable to

harness its full ower. "or exam le! the innate talent to increase the

destructive ower of magic! if the erson was unable to use magic!

then the innate talent would be wasted.

nly the lucky few are able to use their innate talent to its full extent.

#side from eo le with owerful innate talent! innate talents that could

decide the entire life of a erson were rare.

# warrior like Gazef 5trolonoff didn t have innate talent! roving thisoint.

Those with a combat oriented innate talent tended to choose

adventuring as a career. That s why you could find many eo le with

innate talents among them. The innate talent ossessor before him

8ust ha ened to be one of the lucky ones who could make full use of

his.

“/ think your innate talent K+agic Talent' allows you to learn a s ell that

would normally take eight years in 8ust four years0 / m not a magic

chanter! so / m not sure how great that is.M

5ince #inz had a magic related class! he was curious and desired to

collect this information. Getting abilities not available to the Great

Tomb of Nazarick would be useful for his guild. /f there was a way to

steal this ability! it would be worth the risk even if he had to make


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enemies.

The ability to shorten learning time should be a ty e of level

sur assing magic! &ish u on a 5tar .The two of them continue to converse! unaware of #inz s menacing

look under his helmet=

“... / am lucky to ossess this ability from birth! it allows me to take the

first ste for my dream. /f it wasn t for this ability! / would be 8ust a

commoner s ending his whole life busily.M

The low voice contained gloom and heaviness. 3eter tried to change

the mood and s oke in a different tone=

“No matter what! you are a famous innate talent ossessor in this

city.M

“)ut there is someone more famous than me.M

“The leader of ')lue 2ose 0M

“That erson is famous too! but / am talking about this city.M

“4ou mean )areal M

This name was loudly exclaimed by the last man who hadn t been

introduced yet. #inz was interested about this name and asked=“... &hat innate talent does this erson have0M

The four of them looked sur rised! it a eared that this was an

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#inz sli ed u because of his curiosity and his desire to obtain this

ability and strengthen Nazarick. *e regretted his mistake! telling

himself he can recover from a mistake of this level.

)ut before #inz could ex lain! the other arty came to their own

conclusion=

“/ see! wearing such flashy armor and bringing such a beauty with

you. No wonder we know nothing about you! it s because you re not

from here! right0M

This hel ful res onse caused #inz to nod=

“That s it! you are right. &e 8ust arrived here yesterday.M

“ h! so you don t know0 *e s a famous erson in this city! but it looks

like his name didn t s read to the other cities yet! right0M

“4es! / ve never heard of him. &ould you mind telling me0M

“*is name is Enfrea )areal! he s the grandson of a famous

harmacist. *is innate talent is the ability to use any magic item. Not

8ust scrolls from a different magical system! but also items restricted to

races other than humans. /tems that are restricted to royalty should be

fine as well.M

“... h.M

#inz tries to su ress the alarm in his voice and sigh.

*e could use his innate talent to that extent0 The R5taff of #inz oal

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could use! and a legendary item as well. :ould this erson use all of

them0 r was there a limit0

This was a erson he should be wary of! but his value as a awn wasalso high.

Narberal felt the same. 5he moved her mouth close to where his ear

would be under the helmet! and said in a wary tone=

“/ think that man is dangerous.M

“... / know. :oming to this city was the right choice.M“+omon%san! what is it0M

“ h! it s nothing! don t mind me. )y the way! can you introduce your

last friend to me0M

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“Next will be us. This is Nabel and / m +omon. 3leased to meet you.M

“3leased to meet you.M

“ #lright! leased to meet you both. +omon%san! you can 8ust address

us by name. 5orry for getting to the to ic so fast! but let s talk about

the 8ob. #ctually! what we want to ask of you is not really a 8ob.

“ThenOM

*earing #inz s baffled voice! 3eter lifted his hand to sto him! wanting

#inz to ask his 7uestion later.

“The 8ob is to hunt the monsters around the city.M

“+onster exterminationO0M

Then it was a 8ob. r was there some adventurer regulation that made

it not a 8ob0 #inz wanted to ask! but if that was common sense! it

would be troubling if the others thought he lacked knowledge! so he

asked something harmless.

“&hat kind of monster are we exterminating0M

“ #h! it s not really about exterminating monsters. &e re hunting

monsters and de ending on their strength! the city will ay a suitable

reward through the guild. &hat is this kind of activity called in +omon%san s country0M

5o that s it.

#inz finally understood why 3eter said this wasn't really a 8ob=


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according to 4GG(2#5/- game knowledge this activity would be

called 'farming monsters'=

“This is something we have to do to earn a livelihood.M

The druid %% (ine interru ted with a low voice. -ukeluther 8oined in=

“/t s not 8ust a livelihood for us! it reduces the danger to the eo le

around us! ensures the safety of traveling merchants and secures the

nation s tax collection. No one will lose out from our actions.M

“+ost guild and nations do this! but it was unheard of J years ago!

isn t that sur rising0M

Everyone on the team nodded in agreement with Ninya s words. They

discussed among themselves! giving #inz no chance to 8oin in. /t

would be too strange to know nothing about this country! so #inz

decided to shut u and listen.

“ #ll of this is thanks to the Golden Fueen s wisdom.M

“/t wasn t ut into lace! but she wanted to execute this olicy even if

she had to exem t taxes of the adventurers.M

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“/ want to marry a beauty like that%%M

“Then work hard and become a noble0M

“ #h%% im ossible! / can t acce t such a restrictive lifestyle.M

“/ think being a noble isn t bad. The laws of the 1ingdom allow the

aristocrats to o ress the citizens! letting them do as they wish.M

There was strong sarcasm under Ninya s smile. #inz raised his

nonexistent eyebrow under his helmet while Narberal remained

unmoved. -ukeluther intentionally used a light tone and said=

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streams were marked sim ly on it.

“)asically! we are ex loring the southern arts.M

"rom the center of the archment he dragged his finger to the forest in

the south.

“&e are mainly hunting monsters in the forest near the borders to the

5ilian Theocracy. The only monsters who can use ranged wea ons to

attack from the rear will be goblins.M

“)ut the rewards for dis osing such a weak monster isn t high.M

#inz was sus icious of the grou s easy%going attitude.

#s far as #inz knew! 4GG(2#5/- s goblin had all sorts of names and

ranged from level > to J . Their differences in strength varied widely!

you couldn t 8ust lum all goblins together. /t could be disastrous if you

weren t careful.

&as their relaxed attitude due to their conviction that high level

goblins won t turn u ! or were the goblin in this world only that

owerful0

“...&on t owerful goblins show u 0M

“There are owerful goblins! but they won t show u at the forest we

are heading to. The strong goblins are usually tribal leaders! they

won t activate the whole tribe.M

“The Goblins also know the human s area of influence! so they


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understand attacking en masse would be disastrous. Es ecially the

owerful goblins that are intelligent.M

Nabel%san can use rank @ s ells! so there are no roblems even if we

do encounter them! right0

/ see. )ut / have to remind you! there are goblins that can use rank @

s ells as well. :an you tell me what kind of monsters we might

encounter for reference0

The 5word of (arkness members turned to Ninya. Understanding

their intentions! he assumed a teacher s ex ression and started to

ex lain=

&e are likely to meet goblins and their wolves. #s for other monsters!

there are no records of strong enemies showing u in the region. The

most dangerous monsters in the lains are robably ogres.

&e won't enter the forest04es! because the forest is dangerous. Hum ing leeches and 8um ing

bugs are still manageable. )ut Execution 5 iders that shoot webs

from treeto s and forest snakes that attack from below with ga ing

mouths are hard to handle.

5o that was the reason.

#inz nodded in com rehension. They were hunting monsters that

wandered from the forest into the lains.

That's the lan +omon%san. &hat do you think0 &illing to lend us a


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hand0

... 4es! lease take care of me then... but before that! can / confirm

the wages0

#h! that's right! wages are im ortant. /n rinci le! +omon%san's team

will be coo erating with our team! so we will s lit the earnings.

:onsidering the number of members! this arrangement seems very

generous.

)ut +omon%san s team will need to handle half the monsters we

encounter. &e can only use s ells u to rank C. Taking this intoconsideration! it s a fair arrangement.

#inz retended to consider for a moment before nodding in

agreement=

This arrangement is fine! let s fight together. 5ince we will be working

alongside each other! / will let everyone see my face.

#inz took off his helmet after finishing! sur rising the four of them with

his looks.

)lack hair and eyes 8ust like Nabel%san! you don't seem to be from

around here. / heard eo le like +omon%san are common in the

south! do you hail from there0

4es! we came from a land faraway.

“*e is older than ex ected! old enough to be called 'uncle .M DThat's

rude! a warrior on the level of a @rd tier magician like Nabel should be


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