( Scene change )
at the palace :
Kiba Akiho was talking to someone about what occurred during the day saying :
I thought he would be dead already that weakling but not only did he not die, he might even becoming stronger , as he disappeared from under the guards sight and my sight in a flash , how do you think he was able to do something like that Yamada san ?
The blue haired guy that Akiho was talking to was the spear demon and one of the heroes who were summoned in the previous summoned batch , and the only person who could be said to have some direct conflict with Ryuu when he was just summoned to this world , Nodie Yamada .
Ohh, if what you said was true, then your cockroach friend might have a lucky encounter, or he offered himself to a rich lady and she is the who gave him the consumable item that he used to fled from the guards , as for his strength it's just not possible at least around here to encounter an item that could transform his attributes enough to be able to pull off that stunt but still , why are you telling me about this particularly .
No particular reason , i just remembered that you and him have some bad blood between you two and i thought that i could middle in between you two and help to bury the grudge between you once and for all , said Akiho with a smile .
Ohh, how noble of you to do so but there's no need for you to do that, as i won't hold a grudge against someone as lowely as him ,if i had held a grudge against him i would have killed him directly after he stepped out of the gates of the palace , said Yamada while also smiling in the same way as Akiho .
They both looked at each other for a bit then Akiho said : sinceyou said itlike that i have no doubt that you truly don't care that much about him but aren't you worried that he might come back for revenge against you , and aren't you interested to know how was he able to do what he did and it hadn't been even two days since he left ?.
Oh him coming back for revenge ,if he was really able to come back alive and stronger than when he left and was asking for revenge then with the permission of the crown prince and the king i would show him why i was given the title spear demon, as for if i'm interested in knowing how he was able to do it , the answer is ofcourse I'm but i believe that even if he found something useful or interesting it might be useful and interesting only to him a weakling but to the people like us , it could be considered useless,if it wasn't a consumable item and he already wasted it on his retreat , so i'm a bit curious about how lucky he was to be able to find something valuable in this short span of time but that's all , but call it an intuition that i have, he won't come back to the palace .
I will count on you senior to give me and my relatives some pointers since you had been here for a long time and we want to be on the good side of the king and the crown prince just like you .
Oh, so you don't want to entice me into attacking that boy Ryuu any more .
Me, it was never my intention to do so and he might already be hunted down by princess Trina's admirers, if i was recalling correctly she was smiling while looking at his conversation with Hana .
Is that so ? , he was still having a smile but this one was a cold one that give whoever who see it the chills .
Akiho then left to meet his cousin and father while Yamada stood where he was for sometime and murmured : want to be close with the king and the crown prince, carful of what you wish for, then he went to the crown prince room .
( On Akiho side ) :
Sohowdid it go with that Yamada ? .
Surprisingly, he was only interested to dealing with that Ryuu after he heard about how Trina reacted to him, just like you said he really might have admired her for a long time , it's irritating for him to see her smiling for another man , so yeah i say your plan is going to succeed old man .
His father Kiba Kuroya smiled like a fox and said : women are sometimes the causes of conflicts .
I'm sorry to interrupt you guys, but how this is going to benefit us exactly, getting rid of Ryuu who already left the palace willingly and was even summoned into this dangerous world without any blessings or even decent attributes won't give us any benefits, am i wrong ? , Kiba Sudo said not debating his little brother but more like sharing his opinion about this plan .
You aren't wrong Sudo, but we don't have anything with Ryuu being disposed of since the one who do it or will order someone to do it will be Yamada kun and all that planning isn't intended to get closer to the king directly, our target is to get close to that clueless girl Hana and with how much she is being appreciated for her potential by the royal family if we managed to shake Yamada position in the heart of the king and the crown prince by telling Hana that he was the culprit behind her childhood friend death , we will gain more of her trust and maybe even kick that Yamada too out of the castle, while we will be getting closer to the royal family through Hana , most of this plan will depend on you Akiho so you need to do your utmost best, do you understand why we need that guy Ryuu out of the picture now .
I will do my best, father .
Yes, brother , you are genius brother .
(Change of pov : on Nodie Yamada side ) :
Knock knock knock, Nodie Yamada knocked at the door of the crown prince chamber waiting to get permission to enter .
Come in Yamada , the door is open .
I'm sorry if i disturbed your peace, crown prince Ogo , it wasn't my intention to do such a thing .
Don't worry about that,now tell me why is the sudden visit, or are you here to check on your old friend ?.
It's always good to see you doing well, crown prince .
Oh, stop it already and say whatever that is on your mind .
If someone saw the playful scene and the playful tone the crown prince was currently using no one would believe that this man is the youngest known SSS Rank Adventurer in the entire world .
Yamada cleared his throat and said : I acquired some bits of news which i believe that your highness must be aware of .
Then as if someone pushed on the prince serious mode button, the playful in his tone disappeared and was replaced by an emotionless tone as he said :
Spill it out already , what are you planning to stay here all night .
Sorry, sorry , that kid Ryuu the one who resigned from being a hero and all , i got an important informations related to him, my source of informations said that he acquired a legendary item this morning and was even able to use its power to escape the pursuit of the guards, after he was being seen trying to communicate with the girl Hana at the procession, i believe we must deal with him urgently so he don't miss up the plans that the prince have for him and take back the item ofcourse .
Was your informant about how he was able to escape at the procession Kiba Akiho ? .
Yes, your highness and i believe what he said to be true , Yamada said while he began to quiver, afraid that the prince will find out about why he really wanted that boy Ryuu to be gone for good .
Okay, Scar are you here ?.
Here , i am at your service, always , said the bandit leader Scar appearing silently from behind Yamada who was obviously unprepared for something like that happening .
You will go to the Assassin's Guild and offer a hunting down order with a 150 gold coins bounty on the head of Ryuu Sakurai, and tell Engrad that i want the 3 stars assassin Bloon to do it, i already contacted him and told him about what he needed to do , so you will just have to deliver the gold coins and tell Engrad what i told you , do you understand ?.
Yes, your highness but isn't the price and the chosen assassin a bit much...… .
Scar, you really don't appreciate the life that i gave you ,die .
And scar who was still talking fell on the ground unmoving in the shocked eyes of the spear demon Yamada .
It is very difficult to find good subordinates nowadays, everyone are trying to give their opinion as if they more intelligent than me , Yamada .
The now body shaking Yamada had the blood in his body running cold at the mention of his name,he then hurriedly said :
What are your commands, your highness ? .
That's more like it, you will be responsible for the task i gave to that worthless scum,do you have any problems with that .
Your wish is my command, anything else you want me for milord .
You can go now and make haste on the task that i gave you by noon tomorrow i should have what i want .
I will got it done right away, your highness, farewell .
He was lying you know , not even the sacred treasures can be able to increase that kid attributes by that much in that short amount of time .
I know he was lying, but time is a little bit tight and another raid will happen soon on the capital and there were some rumors that the SS Rank gluttony will Participate in it and i want to give the people more reasons to be in awe of me of us .
You also need to be careful with how you deal with that Kiba Kuroya , he has quite the sharp mind .
He just looked at the ceiling and nodded but from his wary eyes you can be able to guess that he wasn't only wary of Kiba Kuroya but that figure on the ceiling as well .
Both parties had plans on their own but their target was still the same and that to get rid of Ryuu Sakurai , who was currently waking up at Regard's inn the place where he was staying unaware of the plot that was being hatched for him , not that he would have cared that much about it even if he knew .
(End of the scene change and back to the inn ) :
~ Grrrr~
Groaning, that was the sound that i woke up to, the sound of my stomach groaning and why wouldn't it be, i missed on yesterday's lunch and dinner meals , so i'm even lucky that i'm still alive let's wash up and do some exercises to try to increase our strength .
~Crack~ ~crack~ i heard a cracking sound coming from my joints by just moving my muscles a little and it was a loud sound too , right,how can i possibly forgot what i was doing before passing out , as i remembered what i need to check the most now, my body began to shake from excitement Appraisal :
..... .
Name : Sakurai Ryuu .
Age : 16 .
Level : 1 .
Job : undetermined !!
Attributes :
Strength : 100 . (NEW)
Stamina : 200 . (NEW)
Agility : 33 .
Mana : 9 .
Spirit : 5 .
Hidden attributes :
Constitution : 10 .
Will : 30 .
Luck : 20 . (NEW)
Fate : 50 . (NEW)
Spirituality : 2 .
Comprehension : 11 .
Skills :
( Troll Force ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Novice Swordsmanship Lvl1 ) ( PASSIVE SKILL ) .
( Appraisal Lvl2 ) ( ACTIVE SKILL ) .
Titles :
summoned from another world .
Newbie Adventurer .
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Troll Force : this skill can enhance the strength and stamina of its holder by 10 times .
I almost passed out again from pure shock , a 10 times boost to strength and stamina and that without considering the bonus boosts of both the novice swordsmanship skill and my weapon Frosted Edge attributes and the Centipede's Swiftness, i can match those C Rank with my attributes now but i need to test one thing first .
My hidden attributes increased too, but i don't know what the increase in fate could possibly do but it must be a good thing to have my luck increase .
I removed the Centipede's armor and wow did the skill changed my body by this much, i was still on the lean side but my body was now having a more muscler build , i began to fantasize about how would i look like with a few more skill books and a few more enhanced attributes but luckily i came back to my senses and looked at the status window in front of me to see that my agility returned to normal at 11 points and that was the only change whatsoever , so i have some way to learn skills without my basic attributes being able to truly match the requirements for those skills ,at least that what i was guessing .
I used my appraisal for the third time after i donned back both my armor and sword and found out that my strength increased to 130 and my agility returned to 55 again , with these kind of attributes and my armor active skill the Centipede's Swiftness i have more confidence in fighting with even those who have higher Ranks than me .
Weird enough, i'm hungry but my stamina points aren't decreasing and i'm not tired at all is that a bonus for having a higher attributes points , i began to move towards the window, but now that i'm more focused i noticed that i become taller than my 177 cm before, i'm now approximately 185 cm was that something related to my enhanced attributes as well .
It was almost Dawn , so i will have to bear with this hunger for a few hours, i guess we will have to busy myself so not to think about how hungry i was , let's freshen up and as decided before let's try to increase our strength by doing some training , and tomorrow i will eat to my fill and again go looking around for some clothes after asking Regard about how or where i should go to be able to enter the Wicked Forest .