CH 22.1

The man that went into the stopped carriage and then comes out dragging a woman of royalty reacted to my voice when I charge at them and turns his head to look at me. Once he confirms my figure, he let out a snort.

Sonic Blade is an active skill that can be learned at Sword Mastery level 30. Amongst the other action skill in the Sword Mastery skill, Sonic Blade is a rare medium-ranged art. With one sword swing, the user can shot out a blade made from magic power.

The enemy is using a good weapon and his skill is not bad either. But as my Strong Body skill had passed level 100 added with my defensive article that is well prepared to an extent, only an attack that can deal more than 300 damage can pierce through my defense. The enemy attack isn’t even worth avoiding for me.

“---- Too slow!”

“Wha...... Yo-you dodged that...... You slimy little!”

After I easily evade that man called Sigmut’s long sword thrust, a big gap is created in his defense. And with that gap, I keep charging through to run past him ---- his back is wide open now.

“You are too obsessed with taking me down in one blow. If you keep on like that, you will never win against me”

“---- You bastard!!”

Hearing my words, Sigmut swiftly turns back while using the turning momentum to swing his sword. Did he receive my words as an insult? It was just my whim to not connect my chance to do counter-attack but he might take it as I am looking down on him.

But there’s no way such a large swing would hit me so his guard is exposed widely for the second time. If you just swing around your sword randomly like that then you will have a hard time fighting a sword lizard. If the sword lizard parried your attack then they would retaliate back with a vicious counter that could kill you instantly.

“Spirit of lightning...... Please give your power to my ax momentarily. [Paralize x Smash]!”

“Gua......!”

I smashed the blunt side of the ax to Sigmut’s head. The active skill that can be learned when reaching level 50 of Axe Mastery, Smash, has already knocked out effect as the base. When enchanted with Paralyze, the knock out rate could almost reach a 100% success rate.

“Company Leader Sigmut......!”

“Just one attack!? ...... That brat, just what did he do......!?”

It seems like the one I knocked out is the enemy’s leader and with him knocked out, his subordinate is losing their composure. The enemies are wearing a black full bodysuit with a hood to cover their faces but looking closely, the two people left are a man and a woman.

“How about worrying about yourselves first? ...... [Paralize Arrow]!”

“Can you escape from this one’s lullaby? ...... [Sleeping Mist]!”

While the two still agitated, Monica-san and Nameless-san cast their skill without hesitation. With a sound of ripping wind, the arrow grazes the man’s right shoulder while the magic mist that Nameless-san had cast surrounds the woman.

“Wha-what happened...... My body, can’t move......”

“Oh no...... Si-Sigmut...... sama......”

Our offensive hit the target one after another and defeat the enemies. The enemies are by no means weak but they are not strong either. I can’t help but think that the knights escorting the royal carriage are a bunch of miserable rejects for getting beaten easily by this kind of bandits but when I look closer, they are actually just knight apprentice. They are even weaker than Wendy when she just finished her knight training. Their main weapon skill is only at around level 20. Of course, they can’t win the fight.

“Amazing! ...... Hiroto is indeed amazing!”

(Royal Blood…… here’s another one with rare skill)

[Royal Blood] is said to be the skill that can only be owned by the royalty and it was said that there is no way for someone else to learn it. Back in the game, one can acquire the skill by having an item called the proof of royalty but on top of being extremely rare that the owner of it can be counted by one hand, those who managed to acquire the skill can’t level it up so everyone back then thought that it was just a kind of decoration. It was a skill that constantly fan my curiosity and made me continuously peek on royals’ status all the time…… Now that I meet it again, it is indeed very interesting.

The princess also has a hobby that fits perfectly to her status, she is actually an expert with the flute. The flute in this world is the one that played sideways. The musical instrument in this world consists of string instruments, some of the wind instruments, harp, piano, flute, and a few percussion kinds. Each of them have their own branch of musical instrument skill.

The inherent skill of the royalty, the [Royal Blood] would definitely grow in the future but at this point where it is just around level 30, most of its function overlap with the [Negotiation] skill ---- the royalties are always connected to wiles and trickery so it is maybe because of that that they could learn something that is similar to [Negotiation] skill? Looking from her appearance, it is hard to imagine how someone like her who looks like a kind girl would use action skill like [Decree], but seeing from how she could stand her own opinion instead of just obeying her maid shows that she had the ability to act independently when needed.

And this girl is still just 10 years old ---- even if she is 2 years older than my body’s age, calling her a ‘little girl’ will be the most natural thing to do. But even so, holly molly what is with that level 18 maternity? Well, there are also Riona who have high maternity level but those two growth rate is just too fast. Just look at Ash, Deen, and of course, myself. We still look very much like a little boy no matter how you look at us.

(Oops…… I unconsciously stared too much)

I got too much engrossed checking her unique status screen. I have to fix this bad habit of mine. Anyway, I drive my [Courtesy] skill to the maximum and minding my manner like how I should in front of a royalty…… and then.

“Your highness the princess, I beg your pardon for making you experience something scary. Even though I know that it is impolite to ask for your favor when you have just barely passed that ordeal but I hope that your highness could answer this one question of mine”

“Thank you for your concern but…… I have calmed myself enough. There is no need to worry too much about me. Your question must be related to those people who want to kidnap me right?”