Identify.

Spoiler: Spoiler Profile: Name: Bullhaz Level: 28 Race: Troll Age: 18 Years Job: Shaman Status: Health: 4974/4974 Mana: 1291/1291 Strength: 2181 Intelligence: 1040 Vitality: 1914 Wisdom: 1432 Agility: 1010 Stamina: 3045/3045 Effects: [Protective Water] Skill: Magic skills and related

[Arcane Mind Lv. 5]

[Mana Control Lv. 6]

[Water Magic Lv. 6]

Earth Magic Lv. 4]

[Chant Revocation Lv. 5]

[Enchant Lv. 5]

[Magic Power Enhancement Lv. 1]

[Mental Warfare Lv. 2]

Physical skill and related

[Unarmed Technique Lv. 2]

[Club Technique Lv. 4]

[Staff Mastery Lv. 5]

[Stamina Strike Lv. 5]

[Mana Strike Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Fangs Lv. 2]

[Sundering Enhancement Lv. 1]

[Crushing Enhancement Lv. 4]

Senses and movement skills

[Stealth Lv. 5]

[Accuracy Correction Lv. 2]

[Concentration Lv. 5]

[Presence Killer Lv. 5]

[Prediction Lv. 4]

[Danger Perception Lv. 1]

[Probability Correction Lv. 1]

[Enemy Enhanced Sense Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Auditory Sense Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Olfactory Sense Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Vision Lv. 3]

[Night Vision Lv. 6]

[Evasion Lv. 3]

[Acrobatic Lv. 3]

[Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 1]

Resistances

[Physical Resistance Lv. 7]

[Pain Resistance Lv. 6]

[Arcane Corruption Resistance Lv. 5]

[Bleed Resistance Lv. 4]

[Poison Resistance Lv. 3]

[Paralyze Resistance Lv. 5]

[Torpor Resistance Lv. 7]

[Water Resistance Lv. 4]

[Earth Resistance Lv. 3]

[Wind Resistance Lv. 3]

Stat growths and related

[Troll Regeneration Lv. 8]

[Health Recovery Lv. 7]

[Stamina Recovery Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 7]

[Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Mana Growth Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 5]

[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 2]

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 3]

[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 1]

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 4]

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 2]

Others

[Alchemy Lv. 3]

[Poison Creation Lv. 4]

[Woodworking Lv. 4]

[Engineer Lv. 6]

[Identity Blocker Lv. 4]

[Identify Lv. 4]

[Leadership Lv. 3]

[Dismantle Lv. 5]

[Thought Acceleration Lv. 2]

[Parallel Thoughts Lv. 1]

[Starvation Lv. 7]

Ability List: Unarmed abilities

[Strike]

[Flash Punch]

Club abilities

[Smash]

[Quick Smash]

[Charge Crush]

[Armor Crusher]

Spell List: Custom spells

[Create Water]

[Greater Create Water]

[Aqua Fin]

[Create Crack]

Water spells

[Water Ball]

[Water Wall]

[Water Bolt]

[Cleanse]

[Protective Water]

[Droplet Torrent]

Earth spells

[Earth Wall]

[Rock Blast]

[Earth Strike]

[Rock Bullet]

Deep Naga Staff of Protection A staff made from the bones and scales of a Naga who has lived for years in the deep sea. The magical protection of water is infused in this staff, improving all water spells. It allows the user to apply water spells on others. Channeling mana through the staff activates an aura that reduces all fire elemental attacks in the vicinity Skill [Water Amp] [Water Caster’s Oath Lv. 3] [Aquatic Aura]

Urgh, what is with their equipment?!

You have to hand it to these trolls, though. With a crippling weakness against fire, they were smart enough to find equipment that can cover for this very same weakness. The quality of their gear is beyond what you would expect from some wandering monsters, but what do I know? Whether they stole or crafted them, it really doesn’t matter how they acquired this gear, but what matters is that I have to deal with it now.

The shaman cast [Protective Water] onto all five troll warriors, increasing their Wisdom and therefore their magical resistance. Did he appraise me? My [Identify Blocker] is lower than his [Identify] so it is possible.

Sigh, this will be a tough battle…

[“Saori, be careful. I’ll leave the fairy to you.”]

[“I do hope you know what you are doing, my Lady.”] Saori took a deep breath, then started casting [Shadow Dash], [“Miss Fairy, I shall come for your rescue. Be ready!”]

Saori will now address me with “my Lady” since the fairy can hear us through the telepathic link. That was our agreement and it certainly seems like Saori is more motivated when she calls me so, which is a good thing.

I recently began teaching Saori how to do ballroom dancing, increasing our [Royal Etiquette] skill as a byproduct, where we roleplayed being real nobles. Being called “my Lady” is still weird but it doesn’t annoy me anymore.

Saori then released the spell and teleported to the bottom of the gorge through the shadow of the troll closest to the fairy. The gorge wasn’t as deep as the Grand Canyon but it will break our bones if we jumped down unprepared.

Saori then rushed towards the fairy and had her grab her garm form’s fur.

[“I apologize but I do not know the language you speak. Please, continue using [Telepathy].”] Saori stated.

It would seem like the fairy mumbled her thank yous in one of this world's languages if I were to interpret Saori's intent. Standing on the cliff of this gorge, I can’t hear anything if you don’t shout it.

Having established our inability to understand, the fairy accommodated our wish, [“Uhm, y-yes. I-I did not think you and your companions were monsters…”]

[“Is there a problem with that?”] I asked.

[“N-No, no! I’m sorry. I meant to say, that I’m grateful for your help, thank you. May the winds of the Goddess Zephira bless you.”]

It seems like I just learned the name of another of this world's goddesses.

["You can thank us after we are done with this. You've dragged us into a pretty precarious situation, Ms. Fairy."]

During the time that Saori needed to reach the fairy, the trolls have already reformed their formation.

The four warrior trolls clad in fire-resistant armor and shield were guarding the front and side of the shaman, who stood in the middle, glaring at me with wary eyes. He was observing me with the caution of a veteran, mindful of my movements while he instructed his companions.

Besides the shuffling of metal, nobody made the first move. It was the calm before the storm. Neither side moved an inch, as we were both wary enough to understand that the other is not someone you can beat with just brute force. The silence was deafening, as we continued the standoff, waiting for one of us to do the first move.

Silence is the one thing an Idol cannot allow! Release all the salvo!

With my command, all seven [Inferno Blast] shot at the trolls.

At the same time, the shaman’s staff started to glow, releasing a marine blue aura into the area. From here onwards, the shaman simultaneously shot out multiple water bullets at my fire spells and constructed a humongous earthen wall to intercept the incoming spells.

The water bullets relentlessly continued flying towards my [Inferno Blast], but they evaporate before even reaching them from the sheer heat. The flames blew through the walls, obliterating them into tiny pieces, before crashing onto the ground, causing dust and stone fragments to rise.

I immediately prepared the next set of inferno spells, waiting for the dust smoke to disperse.

[“Can you two come up? I’ll cover you!”] I called over to the two, who were trapped in the canyon.

An apologetic voice entered my mind, [“My wings are too wet to fly up the gorge.”]

[“[Shadow Dash] does not allow me to bring Miss Fairy with me, my Lady. I need your assistance to get back up.”]

Proclaiming their predicament, my brain quickly thought of a solution.

[“I’ll make a stairway on the cliff’s wall, Saori!”] I declared.

Dispelling one of the [Inferno Blast], I delegated one parallel mind to start casting [Terra Wall] on the cliff’s wall. It will take some time but that should help Saori scale back up.

With the dust smoke dispersed, my [Prediction] warned me of an incoming water bullet. I dodged it, preventing it from hitting my head, but it still struck one of my wings.

Wha?! My stamina and mana just dropped by a huge amount!

Looking at my wing, my [Draconic Barrier] was able to protect from any harm at the cost of my mana and stamina. With my jaw open, I only now realized that my personal barrier seems to share my weakness to water. Even in that fight against the garm, it was only able to protect me from some of the damage, not all of it.

Considering my current size, I would be an easy target for any stray bullets. I’m actually considering that it might be better to fight in my dragonewt form, despite the reduction in stats. Of course, it was only worth considering for a second, as I have a better idea.

During this though process, three of the warrior trolls began advancing towards Saori and the fairy. In the backline, the shaman stood in front of the cave entrance and constructed a roof above him using the cliff wall behind him. He was being guarded by a single troll warrior.

I cast [Sanctuary] to act as my defensive shield and shot out another salvo load at the trolls.

“Emkant! Kizu!”

With these words, the armor and shields of all troll warriors glowed blue and were now surrounded by a weird spectral membrane.

My inferno spells crashed against their shields, while they used the shield ability [Shield Wall]. Shockingly, the warriors were only slightly damaged. Their advance did not slow down, as their abnormally high regeneration healed all wounds.

[“Unbelievable. How did he use [Enchant] that fast?!”]

Enchant?

[“What do you mean with enchant?”] I questioned what the fairy just said.

[“Uhh, the mage used his skill [Enchant] to enchant the warrior’s armor and shield with water, reducing the effectiveness of your spells.”]

Oh, that’s why my spells did so little damage, I frowned at the fact that my favorite element was once again weakened by the abilities and equipment of these trolls.

Well, if fire can’t do anything, then how about another element?

I then dispelled all fire spells that were still in reserve and switched to casting [Sacred Smite]. Compared to my other spells, holy magic seems to have my second strongest offensive spells. Earth spells are too slow to cast, wind spells don’t have the power to pierce their armor, and I still am not good enough with my one lava spell.

Holy light began flooding the gorge like a bullet barrage, crashing on the freshly constructed walls from the shaman. Dust covered the area like a fog.

Relying on the shaman to protect them, the trolls finally reached Saori who stood close to the constructing stairway. Fang and claws versus metal.

Deftly dodging the incoming maces and swords, Saori tried to inflict the venom that she coated onto her claws. However, any attempts were blocked by the troll’s pristine coordination, knowing when to attack and to defend. Their flexibility made it hard for my garm friend to land a single hit.

Noticing this unfavorable matchup, my artillery barrage slowed down a bit as I began directly targeting the trolls. When an attack was close to hitting Saori, I interrupted them. The damage done was quite low, making me worried that I wouldn't have the firepower to break through their shield.

Out of nowhere, the fourth troll warrior came out of the dust fog and threw his shield at Saori. She was able to dodge it in time, but that gave the other trolls the opportunity for an all-out-attack.

A shiver went down my spine. The timing couldn't be worse! Despite being able to keep up this stream of attacks, I still had to account for the downtime to recast spells. The trolls took advantage of this, slipping one troll through my attack.

“Wruck!”

[“Saori!”]

Saori was sent flying away by the troll's mace, slamming onto the nearly done stairway. Thankfully I managed to hit two of the three trolls, preventing the worst-case scenario. I immediately drop-down a [Sacred Field] onto Saori. My healing magic can’t reach her from this distance. [Sacred Field] might be a weak heal but it’s an area-of-effect spell a good casting range.

Unfortunately, it seems like the fairy couldn’t hold on tight enough and was left behind when Saori got blown away. She was swiftly captured by that troll with the mace.

“Guk guk guk guk guk!” He gave out a loathsome laugh, abhorrent to the core, while he showed me a haughty smirk. “Guk Grak grak grak…Graaaak!”

His laughter was interrupted when he vomited out a pool of blood. His skin began to turn a sickly purple, while his eyes burned a crimson red, crying blood out like an opened sink tap. He let go of the fairy as he clutched his throat with both arms, trying desperately to stop coughing out any more blood. The troll forced himself to talk through the pain, calling out for help from his comrades, but it all fell to deaf ears.

Eventually, seizures began to appear, and he was unable to control his body. He fell onto his own blood bath, twitching, and slowly but surely began breathing his last. The agony on his face was visible to everybody watching.

[“He he, I have reached the max level for a D rank monster, my Lady. You were not k-kidding about it being s-strong.”] Saori stood up and proudly looked over the result of her gambit, although her voice was shaking from the sight. Leveling up seems to have fully recovered her.

From the look of it, my venom was successfully injected into the bloodstream of the troll. I was able to confirm that he had [Poisoned (Major)] in his status board and the erasure of his massive health pool.

I should really start testing this stuff before using it!

Unease filled my mind, as I just witness my venom showing unexpected results. The venom was strong, but it should have only been moderate at best, the limit that [Cure] could cure poison. I can’t get rid of major effects with my current spell list.

["Saori, we need to clean that stuff off your claws!"]

Saori gulped, jokingly saying “I guess, this is more than you expected, correct?”, and nervously tried to wipe the concoction off.

The fairy and the surviving trolls were speechless, jaws slacked open, making no moves. Nobody could fault them for staring blankly at the corpse of the poisoned troll.

The trolls only returned back to life when they saw Saori strutting towards them. They flinched backward, realizing that they severely underestimated our capability. Fear compelled them to back off from the fairy and they slowly moved to the cave entrance.

It looks like we would win this battle. Saori cautiously had her focus on the trolls while she approached the still dumbfounded fairy.

However,…

“Grahahaha, sianci slan!”

…a loud rumble and cracking resounded from the ground I was standing.

Using the dust as a mantle and the chaos as cover, the troll shaman disappeared into the midst of my spell barrage, Saori's fight, and the gruesome death of the troll. He escaped our awareness with his stealth skills and managed to appear before the nearly finished staircase.

He activated his spell [Create Crack], sending a crack along all the [Terra Wall]s acting as steps.

“How?”, I thought. The wall was crumbling, and my foothold will soon be gone but how can he cause an entire cliffside to crack with one puny spell like that?

Then it came to me. The wall was being hollowed out. I was using [Terra Wall] to mold and form the wall into appropriate footholds for Saori, but that also meant that I was hollowing the cliff out. The troll used that fact against me.

Oh, scheiße…

The crack having reached the top, suddenly caused the wall to slide down diagonally. As the wall began crashing against itself, more cracks were formed, quickly causing a ripple effect that escalated with the whole cliff falling apart.

Saori was looking at the falling cliff when it all happened. The troll that threw his shield ran at Saori and tried to strike her down with his sword. My friend narrowly avoided the attack and tried to send him to an early grave with her still venom tainted claws, however, it missed.

With the same movement, he grabbed the fairy and threw her at the other troll. She tumbled through the air until she was roughly caught by the troll, like a baseball.

With the shaman rendezvousing with the troll group, they entered the cave with the fairy, leaving the shield-less troll behind.

Saori’s attention was quickly divided on the falling wall and the fleeing trolls, running away with the person we wanted to rescue. She wouldn’t be able to escape this rockslide.

If I were alone, I would be able to escape this situation with ease but that wasn’t the case anymore. I jumped off what remained from the cliff’s edge and turned my body towards the wall.

Using [Aerokinesis] and [Wind Blast] to their maximum power, I flapped my wings. Not only was I accelerating my descent, but I was also blowing away the falling rocks and boulders, sending them away from Saori.

Saori and the shield-less troll were able to escape from the landslide without a scratch. Having done what I could, I started double-casting [Scorching Sun] and [Lava Ball] to end the life of that troll. Beating my wings as if I was flying, I directed my gliding body towards the troll and crashed these devasting spells onto him.

Like a bomb explosion, the troll was slammed onto the ground by my spells and burnt alive. He laid there in a crater, wriggling and rolling around, trying to extinguish the fire and lava that was eating through his body.

I quickly ended his misery with a [Spark Fang] to his throat and expelled the flame, not wanting to ruin the meat.

Experience has reached multiple breaking points. [Young Spark Inferno Dragon, Hestia Atsuko] has risen from [Level 16] to [Level 18] Attributes have increased due to level up Acquired 1100 skill points Multiple proficiency requirements fulfilled. [Lava Magic Lv. 2] [Mental Warfare Lv. 3] [Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 3] [Draconic Fangs Lv. 3] [Physical Super-Resistance Lv. 2] gained Magic gained: [Lava Stream]

I turned around and looked at my friend, asking with worry, “Saori, are you ok?”, while quickly taking out some water from my storage to clean off the venom on her claws.

[“Still in one piece, Hestia.”], she was breathing heavily, a sign that she used a lot of her stamina.

I simply said, “Good", and began walking towards the cave, ready to pursue those trolls.

[“Wait, Hestia, what are you doing?!”] Saori shouted at me, stopping me in my tracks.

[“What do you mean?”] I looked at her, confused. [“We need to chase after them. They got the fairy!”]

[“Hestia, calm down. We cannot enter that cave, like this. That is probably their base of operation, and you are trying to waltz into it? It is clearly a trap!"]

Saori rational answer cooled my head down, bringing me back to reality. [“Saori, you can’t imply that we leave her now, right?!”]

Saori was already reluctant to help out at the beginning. She didn’t want me to risk our lived to rescue the fairy. She isn’t trying to repeat that, again, right? Right?

[“You made a promise, so you ought to fulfill it, Hestia.”]

Phew.

[“What I am worried about is that you do not have a plan, correct?”] I nodded to her question. [“As I thought.”]

She then stayed silent, leaving me to tap my feet in impatience.

After what felt like one or two minutes, Saori asked me a weird question. [“Hestia, how many bombs do you still have?”]

Those bombs were the stuff that I once made in that cave to fight the orcs. Now that I had [Terra Magic] and [Inferno Magic], I could slowly improve the design and functionality of it. [Pyrokinesis] also helped to control how much fire should stay in each bomb, helping the stability.

The first version was unstable, hard to carry around, and generally a major safety hazard. Its newest version is stable, can only explode by injecting my mana into them, and they looked less like the work of an elementary student during art class.

[“I have a ton of them. What are you planning?”] I asked with wary, noticing Saori’s mouth forming a wolfish grin.

[“He he he he he.”]

I have the feeling we’re gonna cause some trouble today.

Spoiler: Spoiler Profile: Name: Saori Segawa Level: 25 Race: Young Darkness garm Age: 2 Months Status: Health: 2041/2041 (+522) Mana: 617/617 (+160) Strength: 1386 (+461) Intelligence: 421 (+137) Vitality: 905 (+231) Wisdom: 1036 (+241) Agility: 2091 (+506) Stamina: 1491/1491 (+354) Effects: None Skill Points: 3850 (+1800) Skill: Magic skills and related

[Arcane Mind Lv. 4] (+3)

[Mana Control Lv. 5] (+3)

[Dark Magic Lv. 5] (+2)

[Chant Revocation Lv. 9] (+8)

[Silent Casting Lv. 2] (New)

[Mental Stability Lv. 2] (+1)

[Mental Warfare Lv. 2] (+1)

Physical skill and related

[Mana Strike Lv. 5] (+4)

[Enhanced Claws Lv. 8] (+4)

[Enhanced Fangs Lv. 6] (+2)

Senses and movement skills

[Primal Senses]

[Stealth Lv. 6] (New)

[Prediction Lv. 5] (+2)

[Enhanced Enemy Sense Lv. 6] (+3)

[Danger Perception Lv. 3] (New)

[Tracking Lv. 2] (New)

[Night Vision Lv. 2] (New)

[Presence Killer Lv. 5] (New)

[Evasion Lv. 5] (+2)

[Acrobatic Lv. 5] (+2)

[Terrain Maneuvering Lv. 4] (+2)

Resistances

[Physical Super-Resistance Lv. 1] (New)

[Pain Resistance Lv. 5] (+3)

[Bleed Resistance Lv. 1] (New)

[Poison Resistance Lv. 1]

[Paralyze Resistance Lv. 10] (New)

[Torpor Resistance Lv. 1] (New)

[Arcane Corruption Resistance Lv. 4] (+2)

[Fire Resistance Lv. 1]

[Earth Resistance Lv. 4] (+3)

[Wind Resistance Lv. 1]

[Dark Resistance Lv. 2] (+1)

Stat growths and related

[Health Recovery Lv. 2] (+1)

[Mana Recovery Lv. 2] (+1)

[Stamina Recovery Lv. 3] (+1)

[Enhanced Health Growth Lv. 4] (+2)

[Enhanced Health Capacity Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Mana Growth Lv.´4] (+2)

[Enhanced Mana Capacity Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Strength Growth Lv. 4] (+2)

[Enhanced Strength Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Intelligence Growth Lv. 4] (+2)

[Enhanced Intelligence Enforcement Lv. 1] (New)

[Enhanced Vitality Growth Lv. 4] (+2)

[Enhanced Vitality Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Wisdom Growth Lv. 4] (+2)

[Enhanced Wisdom Enforcement Lv. 2] (New)

[Enhanced Agility Growth Lv. 5] (+2)

[Enhanced Agility Enforcement Lv. 3] (New)

[Enhanced Stamina Growth Lv. 5] (+2)

[Enhanced Stamina Capacity Lv. 3] (+2)

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[Identify Blocker Lv. 2] (+1)

[Identify Lv. 4] (+1)

[Terror Aura Lv. 2] (New)

[Mana Weave Lv. 5] (+4)

[Sewing Lv. 4] (+3)

[Royal Etiquette Lv. 1] (New)

[Cooking Lv. 6] (+2)

[Dismantle Lv. 1]

[Humanize Lv. 5] (New)

[Telepathy]

Spell List:

[Dark Bolt]

[Dark Tendrils]

[Shadow Dash]

[Dark Slash]

[Shadow Clones]

Titles:

[Belzac’s Successor]

[Otherworldly Reincarnator]

[Hestia’s Retainer]