Episode 2: Thoughts on Boneto’s abilities

Episode 2: Thoughts on Boneto's abilities

--- **Corpse-eating Demonghoul Aiming for the Evolution of Existence**

It's good that I've decided to do that for the time being, but the real question is, how much combat ability do I currently have?

Originally an adventurer in the guild, someone who had placed himself at the bottom of the ranks, I was a lower-ranked copper-class adventurer, so my ability was somewhat better than that of a newbie, an iron-class adventurer.

Specifically, how much? With one or two goblins, I can fight with a sufficient margin of safety and win. That's how powerful I am. Honestly, it gets tougher when there are more than three, but it's not impossible to win. If there are more than four, they will run away. If there are more than five, it will get stuck. That's probably it.

-- Weak.

Don't say that, okay? It can't be helped, can it? Even so, I have been training hard for ten years since I became an adventurer, or twenty years if you include before I became an adventurer. Still, I want someone to have mercy on me for being this much.

As for why I was only able to reach this level even though I was training seriously, it's a very simple story: I didn't have much magical power, energy, or holy energy. On top of that, considering that my ability to control even that small amount of power was extremely poor, it could even be said that becoming an adventurer was a blessing in disguise.

In fact, I would like to be praised.

By the way, when we talk about magical power, energy, and sacred energy, first of all, magical power is a source of mysterious power that not many humans are born with, which is necessary to use magic and magic.

To put it simply, if you have magical power, you can start fire, create wind, create water, and move earth. If you become a powerful magician, you can do many more complicated things. It's a very useful power. This is an ability that approximately one in fifty people are born with. It's not that small.

However, when it comes to magical power that can reach the level of becoming a true magician, it is said that roughly speaking, only one in a thousand people has it. If you have a certain amount of magical power, you can use low-level magic such as a small fire bullet (Fotia Borivas) and earth arrow (Guy Velos), but in order to master anything higher than that, you need a talent of one in a thousand people.

By the way, in my case, I did have magical power, but it was only at such a level that I would have no choice but to tilt my head when asked if I could succeed as a magician. As for offensive magic, even low-level magic could not be used at all. You can see the lack of talent. However, I was still able to make a little bit of water for drinking purposes and make some kind of spark, so I guess I was lucky. Unfortunately, it wasn't good enough to be used in battle.

Next is energy, which can be expressed in many other ways, such as ki, chakra, or prana, and generally refers to the power that originates from the life force of living things. Since it originates from the life force of living things, it is a power that everyone inherently possesses, unlike magical power. If you can utilize it, you can strengthen your physical abilities, exert great strength, and gain extraordinary stamina.

However, because ordinary people unconsciously use this power to maintain their lives, it is difficult for them to be aware of this power. Even if one were to become aware of it, it would take a considerable amount of training to make use of it, and it is said that a certain level of talent would also be required to do so. I was able to get to the point where I was aware of this power, but due to my lack of talent in utilizing it, I was unable to fully utilize it.

Still, as a trump card, it was able to increase the attack power of one blow by 1.5 times once a day, so it was a wonderful power, but in the end, from the point of view of the original user, it was just a child's play. By the way, there is no doubt that it was.

The last one is sacred energy, and it can be said that this is an ability that ordinary people have no connection to. It is recognized as a fairly rare special ability obtained through the blessings of gods and spirits, and it is said that most people who possess it are clerics.

Its main use is probably for its healing and purifying abilities. Basic abilities include curing people's wounds and illnesses, erasing immortal monsters, and those with great power can purify even vast areas of land. It is said that this is also possible. Additionally, since it is a power obtained through divine protection, some people alsogain the ability to communicate with gods and spirits, and are celebrated as a result of this. It is a power that you would never have if you lived a normal life. However, the truth is that I also have this power, albeit in a small amount.

However, it goes without saying that it is of little use. The story is that a long time ago, I somehow felt inspired to repair a small abandoned shrine in my hometown village, and at that time, a spirit that was apparently enshrined in that shrine gave me a small blessing. Since then, I've been able to use a little bit of holy energy, but the most I can do is make water clean enough to drink, no matter how dirty it is, or purify a wound so it doesn't fester. There was no way to erase it or purify the entire land.

Still, it was useful in its own way, and the power has served me well over the past ten years, so I would like to express my heartfelt gratitude to the spirits who gave me blessings at that time. However, it was difficult to become an adventurer with just this.

That's what I mean when I say that I don't have much magic power, energy, or holy energy. In other words, to put it bluntly, I wasn't cut out to be an adventurer in the first place. Well, it seems that there are very few people who have all three abilities, and I have never met anyone other than myself.

However, what is important is quality, not quantity. And in terms of quality, I wasn't blessed at all. The proof is that the majority of people who become adventurers have a certain level of knowledge in one of these areas, and there are hardly any people like me who would say that they are all half-hearted and dwarfed. People who say that usually end their lives in jobs that don't involve fighting in villages or towns, and it goes without saying that I should have done the same.

But unfortunately, I had a big dream. No matter what, I wanted to be an adventurer. Ever since I dreamed of it when I was little, I have continued to pursue that dream. There was no way I could give up.

The result is I can't say anything about Nanoha, but I guess it's not too bad if you think of it as a sacrifice for a dream. Besides, it's not like I'm completely dead, and even if it's a mystery whether I'm still alive or not, I still have a body that can move, so he probably won't be so lucky. As long as humans are alive, something will happen. Something can be done. I've lived my life thinking that way until now. Even though it has become what it is, what's wrong with thinking that way from now on?

Well, the fundamental problem is that I don't know exactly whether he's alive or not, but I'm sure he can still move and there are things he can do. There's nothing wrong with trying to do your best.

I tried experimenting to see if I could use the power, magic, energy, and holy energy I had when I was alive, and as a result, I was able to use them all without any problems. I feel like this alone is enough to do something. At least, usual demons can't do that. I thought I could fight.

By the way, I can't help but feel a bit of a punishment when I hear just that, but I don't do it because I want to eat human carrion, I just want to look a little more like a human, so that's what I'm aiming for. Moreover, even if that were the case, it would not necessarily mean that we would have to eat human flesh. Maybe when that happens, instinct or something tells me to eat someone, but when that happens, that's when it happens. I would like to do something about it as much as possible.

Now, I have confirmed my abilities and have made my decision. For the time being, all you have to do is aim for it. What is necessary for that purpose is to defeat the monsters in the labyrinth.

As for why it's a good idea to do that, I explained that it's because monsters can raise their existence to a higher level by accumulating years and experience. Typical examples of things that become superior over time are dragons, which grow from juveniles to adults, and finally ancient dragon. Basically, it has to be a monster with extremely high latent abilities, such that it has come to be called Millennium Dragon.

In this point, no matter how many years have passed, teeth, bone, it's nothing more than that. Since it is an immortal monster, it seems that it can remain as it is for thousands of years if it simply exists, but it is said that it does not become stronger as the years pass. After all, it's a bone. There is no growth. If so, what should we do?

Gain experience. Gaining experience means fighting anyway. It is said that if a monster defeats another monster, it can absorb the power of that other monster into itself. This doesn't necessarily apply to monsters, but also to humans. That's why warriors and adventurers who have fought for many years are often able to wield powerful powers, but the fundamental difference between humans and monsters is that no matter how much power a person absorbs from a monster, it means that they remain human. On the other hand, monsters may be able to evolve into higher-level beings after gaining a certain amount of experience. This is what I'm aiming for.

Of course, there is also the question of whether I am a monster in the first place, but that can be confirmed by actually trying it, so I want to do my best on the premise that I can evolve into existence.

So, the first thing I have to do from now on is to defeat the monsters at hand. And, speaking of monsters that can be defeated... in this labyrinth, it's slimes, goblins, or similar monsters. That would be the answer.

I'm currently in an unexplored section of the lower labyrinth, the Suigetsu Labyrinth, but I remember seeing and defeating each of the monsters on the way to here. There are several theories about the detailed logic behind the monsters in the labyrinth, but it has been confirmed that they revive after a certain amount of time. Repop. It is said that the phenomenon of restoration can be as short as 30 minutes, or as long as several days to several years, but it has been confirmed that the monsters in this labyrinth, which are not very strong, can be revived in less than an hour. Repop has been done.

I don't know how much time has passed since I was killed by the dragon, but it's already Repop. The time required for this will have passed.

If that's the case, the quickest way to go back is to come across the monster I want to meet.

That's what I thought, moving my body, I decided to return to the path, step by step.

When I actually move, my body feels extremely heavy and I don't feel like I can fight like I used to, but it still seems to be able to move, which makes me feel at ease. As for weapons, I was wearing the one-handed sword and armor that I had been using since I was alive, so there was no problem. Other things will have to be confirmed in actual combat.

Then,five minutes had passed since I started walking down the road. I met my first monster.

That person is a member of my own tribe, with no weapons or armor. It was a corpse-eating demonghoul.

To be continued...