Six Months Later...

*Satou’s POV*

I’m tired. Tired of being a respected B-ranked adventure. Tired of being a Hero everybody looks up to. Tired of being having titles like ‘The Next Reuken’, ‘Crimson Hero’ and ‘Werewolf Slayer’ Tired of pretending to be dense while my girls say,” Mou..! You’re too dense!” Not that I’m complaining. Just that I’ve read enough harem manga and LNs to not be dense. Six months has already passed since me and my classmates came to this world. Since then, I set out in my journey to defeat the Demon king. And to be honest, I have accomplished a lot. It might seem like I’m being an arrogant bastard but I doubt anyone other than Reuken can accomplish what accomplished in these half year. In those ‘accomplishments’, my harem also comes.

“Your meal is ready. Should I bring it here, dear?” Poula said with her usual embarrassed smile. She is a half breed between a human and a werewolf. A bit short but her other proportions makes up for it.

“No. I will eat with everyone.”

Poula’s eyes lit up as she wagged her tail happily.”Ok. We will be waiting for you.”Poula said as she left the room. I found her in one of the wastelands of the Wuite Town, the capital of Alzemann Kingdom. She was to be sold in an auction but before she was sold off, I jumped in, defeated the bad guys and took her with me. Pretty cliché, right?

I got up from the bed I was in, put on a casual gear and left my room. Reaching the dining room, I found four familiar faces. “Good morning.”I greeted with a smile on my face after which four similar greetings came to me. I sat on a chair beside Rumi-san, who is also in my harem. She is a tsundere. Even before coming to this world, she seems to like me. She was also the prettiest girl in our class. The only one who could combat with me is her. She is not only a B-ranked Master water mage but also a C-ranked journeyman knight. The only thing that holds her back is her clumsiness in battle. If she overcomes that, even I would be in a tough spot.

“Where are we going next?”Flora, the princess of the Alzemann Kingdom asked. She is also a top-class beauty with her jade-like face and her elegance. She makes most of the decision and handles the paperwork in our party.

“How about Loper Town located in the north of Zanber Kingdom? I heard that there are many ferocious magical beasts lurking around recently. Hunting those beasts could give us experience an also coins by selling them.” Cicele, an enthusiastic ponytailed girl said.

“That sounds good. But isn’t it pretty far from here? Besides, the Heroes’ Festival is in a month. I don’t think we have the leisure to waste much time.”I said thoughtfully. The Heroes’ Festival is not to be taken lightly because a sparring contest would be held in the festival. I can’t afford to embarrass myself in front of thousands of people. I must prove that I’m the only Hero.

“Geez…you’re already so strong and you still think you should train.”Cicele seems to get the wrong idea. Well, it’s not like I have any plans to correct her.

“How about the forest beside Casade Town? Recently, I have heard that many magical beasts are running wild in the forest causing heavy damage to the tribes living there.”Flora suggested this time.

“Hm? Fine by me then.”To be honest, I don’t have problems with any place as long as it’s not too far away. And besides, I have heard that Casade Town is quite close from here.

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s get ready!”Cicele hopped around cheerfully.

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*Ren’s POV*

I swallowed a mouthful of blood as I looked viciously at the Canolf King in front of me. I looked at my body which is full of bruises and a notable scar beside my waist. How much could a normal man change in half a year? My shirt was already drenched in blood. My vision was getting blurry as every second passes. Without wasting any time, I used which I obtained a month ago from defeating three hundred canolfs.

Swish!

In a few seconds, I am already standing a few centimeters away from the monstrous Canolf King. It has the size of an adult bear, its teeth no less ferocious than a lion, its fang-…enough!! Why am I even describing its appearance? Anyways, focus! While I was preparing a , its fangs was directing straight to my chest. Shit! takes too much time.

I immediately went forward twisting my body a bit just enough to avoid its fangs and successfully dodged it but now it’s even a greater danger to me. For a spear user like me, maintaining a distance is absolutely necessary. It’s do or die now. I lifted my spear which was in my hand in the air but my gaze was fixed on the beast eyes. Just as the beast eyeballs went upwards, I activated after which I punched hard on its face.

Thump!

But I had no time to rest. I jumped up catching the spear I lifted and used the skill on its face taking advantage of the beast’s instability due to my punch.

Buzz!

The spear broke through the beast’s cerebrum oozing out dark blood. It screamed painfully but I pushed my spear more deep inside its brain. And after a second or two its scream finally stopped. A notification rang inside my bell.

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I grinned upon hearing that. But before I could comment, a new notification rang inside my head.

Wow! Sounds cool. I decided to learn it later and take a look at my stats.

Stats

Name: Ren…???

Race??

Class: Hero

Level: 38

Marital status/Relationships: None (poor virgin)

Status: Alive

Charm: 7(Average)

Strength: 34

Speed: 37

Stamina: 31

Dexterity: 36

Passive abilities

Warrior’s Instinct (Level 3) - Used in heated combats. Activation depends on the user’s state of mine. Adrenaline rush increases by 20 times. Also useful when the user is panicked and nervous. Time limit – 6 seconds

Time of recovery – 2.5 hours

Aura of a sidekick (Level 6) – Always activated. Extremely useful if the user is an assassin. It makes the surroundings feel that user is ‘normal’. All in all, useless.

3. Spear Heart (Level 2) – This skill is obtained only when the user has grasped profound understanding of the spear. Helps the user in creating spear techniques.

4. Dodge (Level 4) – Activation depends upon user’s state of mind. Increases user’s reflexes by 3 times.

5.Parry (Level 3) – Activation depends upon user’s state of mind. Luck increases by 2 and dexterity increases by 2.Time Limit – 3 secondsTime of recovery – 1 minute 20 seconds

6. ???? (Yet to be unlocked)

Active skills

Element thunder (Yet to be unlocked) Spear Arts (Level 2) – Basics of spear techniques.Techniques: - Long strike (Level 5), Spear thrust (Level 4), Vertical slash (Level 2),Horizontal slash (Level 2), Air Slash (Level 2), Spear Dance (Level 1), Two-step thrust (Level 1), Meteor Slash (Level 1)

Unique Abilities

Rapid recovery (Level 3) – Healing speed of wounds or injuries increases by 2 times.

2.Thunder Strike (Level 1) – Amplifies every strike the user makes by 1.5 times. A single time use. Time of recovery – 2 hours.

3.???? (To be unlocked at level 96)

4. ???? (To be unlocked at Myriad Tribulations Realm)

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I rubbed my beard on my chin in satisfaction. I should cut my beard soon otherwise people may mistake me for a rogue. The beast’s flesh looks delicious. I carried the beast in my shoulders and walked towards my hom-…no, more like a hut. Thinking of home, I thought of my parents and my sister and wondered about them. Are they alright? I hope they are not worried much about me. That’s a lie and I can only keep my melancholy aside for now.

Thinking about my close ones in Earth, I arrived at my hut. It is made of barks of trees and has single room and bathroom. But looking at the small hut in front of me, I sometimes refuse to believe that it’s made by me alone. I went inside where a small green-haired girl was sleeping soundly in the bed. After she decided to follow me, I flat-out refused countless times but this little imp didn’t give up and continued following me. Getting fed up with her, I decided to flee away while ignoring her cries. Her cries brought six canolfs surrounding me. I somehow managed to flee away with her with all of my limps intact. That was the incident where I got a deep scar in my waist. Since I had no options, I decided to let her follow me.

I walked up to the bed, tapped Cyrola’s shoulders lightly and said, “Get up. I brought our breakfast as well as dinner. It’s a great catch this time.”

Cyrola seems to gain consciousness as she stretched her arms and legs and got up rubbing her eyes. Her gaze landed on me and then my surroundings. Appearing quite dissatisfied, she mumbled, “Where is my breakfast and dinner?”

“Aren’t you supposed to say ‘Good Morning, Papa’? I kept it outside. It’s huge.” I said with some dissatisfaction in my voice.

“Good Morning, Papa! You look very charming today!”The little imp said cheerfully. Do you really think such empty praises will work with me? Impertinent brat! Although I’m thinking this, my lips were already curled upwards.

“Hmph! Bring some Kerikule leaves and treat my wounds.”I ordered her after which she ran outside hopefully bringing the leaves.

I waited and waited…..What is taking her so long?!

After few minutes, she returned with the leaves looking happy and said, “Wow! The beast looks delicious!”

“….”I decided not to reply. I made up my mind to reprimand her after I take a rest.

After treating my wounds, I lied down in bed taking rest thinking about my future plans. The Heroes’ Festival is around the corner and Xie still hasn’t returned. Well, if he doesn’t return within the next fifteen days, I will depart alone. Hopefully, he won’t miss it. I also need to unlock my elemental ability. When I asked about it to the tribesmen, they said that to unlock it, I need to learn a skill. But the problem is that my elemental ability is rare and skills of thunder element are hard to be found. So, I could only rely on the palace. Wait a minute! If I depart now and reach the palace within a day or two, I could get enough time to practice on the skill! Yes, nice plan! I’m proud of this little brain I have. But what about Xie? Since Xie left me in this forest, I began harboring a deep grudge against him. So, I decided to leave him be.

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While having breakfast with Cyrola, I suddenly thought of the little imp in front of me. What should I do with her now? Should I leave her to the tribe or take her with me to the palace? I sighed and lamented myself for thinking such a stupid question. Even if I leave her to the tribe, she will still follow me…But I decided to give it a try.

“Cyrola, I will depart from the forest today.”

She appeared to ponder about it for a while and finally replied with a neutral expression, “Okay.”

As I expecte-…what?! Did I hear something wrong? If she really means what she says, then I’m on clouds nine!

“Then, let’s go to the Lokner tribe’s residence. Be a good girl there, okay?”

“Eh?? Why?”She looked at me with confusion written on her face.

“Who will take care of you otherwise? Do you think you can survive here??”

“You will obviously take care of me. Who wants to stay here?”

I staggered backwards in confusion. After thinking a bit, I finally realized what she meant when she said ‘Okay’.

I awkwardly laughed and said, “I was hoping I would go alone.”

After I finished completing the sentence, I looked at her face which was twisted and would burst out water at any instant. I quickly closed her mouth with my hands and hurriedly said, “Don’t cry! O-ok, I will take you with me! Now, stop crying or else the Canolfs would come!”She nodded after which I brought back my hands to myself. In an instant, the little imp’s face was full of smiles.

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