Chapter 14

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Hello everyone~, Fantasy-chan here~

This chapter is special because this chapter reaches 2.5k words and there are action scenes tooヽ⁠(⁠｡⁠◕⁠o⁠◕⁠｡⁠)⁠ﾉ⁠.

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Why is this chapter special??

This chapter is special because ...(Look at the end of this chapter)

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"Roxy-chan, you can stay here a little longer, there are still a lot of dishes that I haven't taught you yet."

"That's right! The villagers also welcome you."

Persuade Zenith and Paul to Roxy who will be leaving after Rudeus' graduation exam yesterday.

Currently me, Rudeus, Zenith, and Paul are saying goodbye to Roxy.

Roxy said, there was nothing she could teach Rudeus anymore, so she resigned.

"I appreciate the offer, but for the time being I want to travel the world to hone my magic skills." Roxy refused softly.

"I see, I'm sorry it looks like you lost your confidence because of our child." said Paul apologetically.

"Rudy, I've taught you all I can, it seems I'm not enough to train you." Roxy said.

"That's not true! Shisou taught me many things!" argued Rudeus.

Roxy who heard that smiled then looked at me and said "Will, you also don't need to be sad because Rudy is better at magic than you, you are already great at being able to master all types of magic to Intermediate level and also you are very good at swordsmanship, maybe you are more better than Rudy."

Hearing Roxy trying to cheer me up like that, I just made a straight face while the others tried to hold back their laughter.

"Haha, Of course I'm greater than him Roxy-san, because I'm Older Brother." I said proudly.

"Pfft"

Rudeus who heard that was on the verge of trying to hold back his laughter while holding his mouth.

"Ah, I almost forgot" Roxy said then she took a necklace from her pocket and put it on Rudeus.

"What's this?" asked Rudeus looking at the necklace Roxy gave him.

"It's a Guardian Talisman from my hometown, I didn't have time to prepare a graduation gift, so I hope you'll have enough with this." said Roxy

"I'll take good care." Rudeus said holding the necklace tightly.

"I'm glad you said that" Roxy answered smiling then she stood up and took her luggage and said goodbye to everyone.

"Okay, See You Everyone."

Seeing Roxy getting further away, Rudeus ran screaming "Shisou! Thank you for everything."

"It's just like an Indonesian soap drama, running while screaming and also having the effect of the sun rising." I thought looking at Rudeus.

"Hoaam, sleepy~ Let's go back to sleep again." I muttered back to my bedroom to continue my Beauty Sleep.

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It's been 6 months since Roxy left. In these 6 months, many things have happened.

Just as Rudeus had the courage to go out, Rudeus made new friends Slyphs and many other things.

I'm currently preparing for my first hunt towards the monster forest which is at the end of the village towards the Red Dragon Mountains.

For the past 6 months I have trained myself physically by doing 100x Push ups, 100x Sit ups, 100x Squats, 100x Pull Ups, and run 10 km every day.

Thanks to that practice I was able to easily swing the Shortsword that Paul gave me on my previous birthday without using [Body Enhancement].

Even though my mana is still at the Advanced level, I have already collected 12 [Mana Beads].

"Check the sword, check the medicines and bandages, check the food." I said checking the luggage I was going to take with me.

'Medication and bandages in case my mana runs out, and food for me to eat if I get stuck in the forest.' I thought putting all my things into the backpack made by me 1 month ago.

After finishing packing I headed for the underground tunnel I made near the monster forest.

1 month ago, I checked all access to the Monster Forest without being noticed by the guards and Paul. But it is very difficult to enter without being noticed by the guards because every access to enter the forest is due to a watchtower.

If I stun the guards, there's a possibility that monsters will pass through the forest in the absence of a supervisor and attack the village the moment I enter the forest.

Since there is no access to it without the guards noticing, I made a dirt tunnel using earth magic a bit far from the watchtower so as not to be found out.

The location of the tunnel entrance is in a tree trunk that has been cut down, in the tree trunk there is a hand-sized hole, by sticking your hand into the hole and lifting it will open the door to the dirt tunnel that leads to the monster forest.

Then I entered the tunnel and went down using the stairs I had made before.

After arriving at the bottom I looked for a torch stick that I accidentally left behind.

"Uhh it's so dark... Ah! Found it" I muttered while looking for it and then found it.

"Uh the smell of oil, that's why I left it here."

I then use fire magic to ignite the torch stick.

"It's finally clear." I said with a smile.

After that I walked towards the end of the tunnel which was only as big as my height.

At the end of the tunnel there is a ladder leading up to the surface, I then climbed the ladder and opened the tunnel door.

After opening the tunnel door, I saw a dog with its body the size of an adult and its sharp claws staring at me with a drool in its mouth.

"WORF WORF"

The dog roared at me, then I quickly went back into the tunnel and the dog lunged into the tunnel and bit my left shoulder.

"Aghh!" My groaning pain bit my shoulder and I lost my balance and fell.

The moment before falling I hit the dog's head hard against the tunnel wall.

"WORF!"

The dog groaned in pain then the bite on my shoulder started to weaken and both the dog and I fell down.

I, who was falling, quickly changed position so that the dog below would become a cushion.

Then I activated the earth magic [Earth Lance] which brought out spiky dirt beneath the landing area then I held on to the stairs with my unharmed right arm and kicked the dog down, to get hit by my [Earth Lance] magic.

"WORF!"

*JLEB*

The dog was stabbed in the chest by the [Earth Lance] magic, It writhed in pain and finally stopped moving.

"Huff....Huff...Huff..., Is that dog dead?" I groaned slowly while holding out the Shortsword with my right hand to check whether the dog was dead or not.

Carefully I poked the dog's leg gently, but the dog didn't move at all and near the stabbed chest there was a red stone.

"Huff.... Good thing he's dead, that must be where the mana stone is." I sighed with relief then tore the dog's chest and took the mana stone.

"According to the book about monsters in the central continent that I read at home, these dogs seem to be E-rank monsters called Assault Dogs. They are monster dogs with the size of an adult and have sharp claws and teeth. They are weak individually, that's why they usually always move in groups." I said identifying the dog monster.

"Agh...my shoulder hurts..., I have to heal it quickly before it becomes infected." I groaned looking at my shoulder which had a deep bite wound and blood kept flowing from the scar.

I then cast [Healing] magic, and my wounds quickly healed.

"Huff.... just starting hunt but is already this difficult. Let's take this dog's corpse up as bait to hunt other monsters." I said then took the dog's corpse out of the tunnel.

I carried the body behind me and climbed up and slowly opened the tunnel exit.

"There won't be any dogs that suddenly appear again right?" I asked warily opening the tunnel exit.

After I looked outside carefully, No monsters were seen around.

"Phew... Good, now I put the corpse it here to lure the other dogs since Assault Dogs usually move around in groups, surely the other groups will smell this blood."

"Ah, I forgot that my clothes also had traces of blood, I have to take them off too otherwise I'll be found out when I hide." I said then took off my shirt and put it on the dog's corpse.

Then I hid in the nearest tree trunk, waiting for the Assault Dogs to be attracted to the smell of my blood and the dog's corpse blood.

After 20 minutes, 4 Assault Dogs appeared around the dog's corpse.

'There are 4 Assault Dogs, First I will use [Body Enhancement] to strengthen my physique then kill one of the dogs quickly.' I thought then used [Body Enhancement] and quickly jumped on top of one of the Assault Dogs and Stab it with my Shortsword the nape of his neck.

"WORF" moaned the dog stabbed my Shortsword to penetrate his neck.

The other 3 dogs then lunged at me to attack.

"WORF" "WORF"

I pulled my Shortswords from the dog's neck and jumped back avoiding the attacks of the other 3 dogs.

I then cast [Swamp] magic to create a swamp where I was standing now.

The Dogs then scattered and began to pounce from all directions.

'That's bad. These dogs are smart too. They scattered to confuse me, but it's all useless.' I thought calmly waiting for the right time to jump.

'Now!'

I then jumped and the dogs were trapped in the swamp that I created using my [Swamp] magic made from a combination of water and earth magic.

"WORF" "WORF" "WORF"

The dogs roared trying to get out of the swamp.

"Haha, you insolent Dogs, It's over for you." I laughed with satisfaction seeing the helplessness of the Assault Dogs.

"Die you dog!" I shouted slashing the necks of the three dogs.

*SLASH*

"Fyuh..., quite a tense battle." I sighed tiredly and saw that it was still long before the sun set.

"It's still a while before sunset, maybe I'll continue hunting monsters."

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It's been over a month since I first hunted monsters.

I hunt monsters 2-3 times a week.

That day after finishing hunting monsters, I put on the clothes I made for fun that I put on my painting place, because the clothes I was wearing had been bitten by the dog.

Before going home I rinsed the part affected by the dog bite 7 times using water magic and on one of them I used soil.

Because that day I was too carried away, so I came home very late.

Finally Zenith and Paul scolded me, and I was banned from going out for 3 days.

After that my hunting days went smoothly, although there were a few difficulties due to the D-Rank Shironian Flying Rat which was very agile with its fast and small body.

The rat almost cut my neck, fortunately I realized it quickly and was able to barely dodge and killing it was very difficult.

And there was the F-Rank Lesser Treant which was a tree monster who so weak that even an ordinary adult could kill it, but it was cunning because it was almost exactly the same as an ordinary tree.

The monster stabbed into my thigh who was caught off guard from fighting the Assault Dog.

Because of that I learned that you should not let your guard down no matter where you are.

But thanks to all that hunting, my Physique became so much stronger that I could even easily kill an E-Rank Assault Dog without using [Body Enhancement] magic.

I feel that soon I will be able to reach Saint-Rank Swordsman and obtain [Touki].

It seemed that this [Touki]'s concept was similar to a breathing and reflex speed technique that used mana as its main energy.

So in Swordsmanship teaches how to use Mana Energy to create layers all over the body and weapons using breathing techniques.

The more accustomed you are to fighting with the correct breathing technique, the more you will get used to it so that you can reflexively use [Touki].

The meaning in tier in Swordsmanship is probably about how proficient you are at controlling the mana in your body to its fullest use.

"But basically my [Body Enhancement] magic is better because it can maximize all performance in the human body, the only difference is that I don't strengthen my weapon, but that problem can also be solved if I can reconstruct my body with [Mana Beads]." I said while through the dirt tunnel to the monster forest to hunt again.

"Hehe, maybe today I'll try to fight the D-Rank Terminate Boar monster that I avoided because I'm still wary and not sure I can beat it." I said exiting the tunnel and entering the monster forest.

I walked carefully surveying the surroundings while looking for the Terminate Boar.

After walking far enough that I sensed the presence of humans around, I immediately hid and watched from afar using [Body Enhancement] to strengthen my eyes.

'There are 3 humans namely 2 girls and 1 man, 1 wearing a very luxurious dress, and the rest wearing knight clothes with the symbol of the Holy Milis Kingdom.' I thought watching from a distance.

'Why are the Knights of the Holy Milis Kingdom here?' I thought confused because the distance between this Buena Village and the Holy Milis Kingdom is very far.

After I observed them carefully, it seemed that the two women were pregnant, because of their bloated stomachs and their condition was very critical.

A woman in a knight's suit was stabbed in her upper abdomen, almost hitting the baby in her stomach, and another woman in a luxurious dress was stabbed in her chest and continued to bleed.

The boy in the knight suit continued to cast Beginner level [Healing] spells on the two of them, but their condition was too critical to be healed with only Beginner level [Healing] magic.

'It's bad! If left alone, the two of them and the baby inside will die.' I thought then headed to their place to help.

I slowly approached where the three of them were, then the man in knight suit noticed my presence and drew his sword at me and said, "Who are you, don't come any closer!"

I raised my hand and replied, "Wait, I'm a villager here, and I see you guys seem injured and I can do Advanced [Healing] Magic."

"There's no way a kid like you could use Advanced [Healing] Magic" argued the male knight.

'Uuh I forgot that I was a kid, what should i do? if I delay too long, it will be very difficult to heal both of them....., Sigh... there is no other way." I thought sighing then cut my arm with my Shortswords.

*SLASH*

'Ahh!, that hurts!'

"You! What are you doing!" cried the knight in surprise when he saw me cut off his own hand.

I then took the severed hand and put it back together using [Healing] Magic.

Then the hand that was cut off, reconnected intact without a scar.

"Y-you ... turns out to actually be able to use Advanced tier [Healing] magic." The Knight stammered.

"If knight uncle finds out, then let me heal them both, if it takes too long it will be very difficult for even me to heal them both. "I said while enduring the pain from the action of cutting and reconnecting my hands.

"Oh Right!, Please save the Princess and My Wife!" The knight begged on his knees.

I nodded and checked the condition of the two of them using [Mana Eye] which was then strengthened using [Body Enhancement]

Using [Mana Eye] enhanced with [Body Enhancement] will allow me to identify living things' states.

Because Mana is the source energy of all beings in this world, and using my [Mana Eye], you can see areas where mana is black.

If the mana is black, that means that area is the problem.

I checked the condition of the two of them, for the girl in the extravagant dress, she had lost too much blood, and even if her wounds were healed, the baby wouldn't be able to survive.

'Hm? This baby has a disability.' I thought after observing carefully.

'This is Bad! with this condition, the two of them won't be able to last long.' I thought then tried to identify the female knight.

The female warrior's condition was equally dire, her liver was damaged and bacteria entered and the baby inside her womb was also in critical condition and would likely cause a disability.

'Their condition is very bad....' I thought with a sigh.

"Please little girl!, Please save both of them!" begged the male knight while prostrating.

'Uuh What should i do…. My [Healing] spell hasn't been able to restore blood and heal defects…..Ah Right! I might be able to use that.' I thought then took out my necklace which contained [Mana Beads].

'The Mana Energy contained in the [Mana Beads] is very pure and maybe this can also function as an Elixir.' I thought then took 2 [Mana Beads] and made them eat each one.

Then I cast my [Healing] magic on the two of them until it used up my Mana.

The [Mana Beads] that the two of them had already swallowed reacted with my [Healing] magic and started healing them both very quickly.

It wasn't long before their wounds healed and their pale faces disappeared.

I then checked the two of them again with my [Mana Eye] again, then I was shocked because the child they were carrying suddenly was able to absorb the Pure Mana and the Flaws that were present had all disappeared.

'Huh? How can a baby in the womb absorb pure Mana?' I thought confused.

"Ohh!, Princess, Honey! Thank goodness you both are safe!" the male Knight happily shouted with tears.

Then the Knight hugged tightly while crying and screaming,

"Thank you little girl"

"Uwah, let go!" I screamed releasing the hug from the knight.

"And I'm a boy!" I snapped.

"What? You're a boy?, but you're very beautiful...." The knight muttered and did not believe what I said.

I heard that and looked at him sharply.

The knight then quickly changed the topic and said, "Oh no where are my manners!, I haven't even introduced myself yet, Introducing My Name....

{To Be Continued}

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Sorry Everyone, This chapter is specially made because I'm going on hiatus in preparation for university entrance exam.

I'll be on hiatus until August or September.

Please pray for Fantasy-chan to stay diligent in studying and be healthy to be accepted at the university of Fantasy-chan's choice~

Once again, Thank you for everyone who has read my Fanfiction(⁠~⁠￣⁠³ ⁠￣⁠)⁠~

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