Chapter 16: Delinquent Endures Pain!

Ryuji greeted the pair but received a rude snort from the elf. The wizard seemed introverted, nodding twice. He didn't mind their attitudes. Because he was a little later than planned, it wasn't polite of him, not them.

So, politely saluting the two, he stepped beside Simon and took out his stone axe, only for Simon to pat his shoulder.

"Ryuji, I spoke with Alan, and we decided that the reward for you clearing the dungeon should be something useable, so all your party will receive iron weapons you can use."

He took a large item from his backpack, the same length as the stone axe but with a longer refined head with a cool pattern along the blade edge, resembling a rectangular blade with a sharp tip.

"Here, take it. Welcome to the party, haha. It's heavy!"

The moment Ryuji felt the axe, he noticed how heavy and cold it was. It felt more than double his current weapon, but thanks to his daily training on earth and his class, which boosted his physical strength most, he could lift it easily.

'If I had known about training being so important, even if you level up, I never would have fought Haruki.'

"How is it?"

Shiela watched with curious eyes as he swung the axe with a loud howl, then twirled and chopped through the air.

"Heavy, deadly and awesome."

The party seemed to find Ryuji's answer amusing as even the elf smiled at him with a soft giggle before he noticed something open at the edge of his vision.

'Well, I'll just do my best... Hmmm? What is this Party pop-up?'.

—Ryuji's Current Party

Ryuji - Lvl.2 Berserker

Simon - Lv.14 Dual Swordsman

Sheila - Lv. 20 Priestess

Alicia - Lv.14 Archer

Paul - Lv.10 Wizard

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He couldn't see their skills but assumed a few small blue and red bars were their health and mana.

Amazingly, he could drag his own to the main area of his vision and make them slightly transparent.

[Would you like to save this setting?]

A voice sounded like the original one when he first opened his status screen.

'Yes, please! Miss System.'

However, the voice sounded a little like his mother's recorded voice on the answering machine when he was younger.

[Saved]

Ryuji's bars were a single red bar that covered the entire top of his vision and another that seemed to increase from zero, but there was a lock on the bar.

It seemed he hadn't unlocked his main abilities yet.

'I wonder if I get them from training, an instructor or levelling?'

He felt unsure if he deserved this chance because he was level 2 compared to them all being level 10-20.

"Uh, is it okay to party with you because my level is 2?"

"Agreed..."

"I think I'm ovulating..."

"Damn eroelf! You are just a masochist!" Paul sneered before they noticed Ryuji walking back.

His body seemed okay, but the four arrows were quite problematic as they noticed he seemed to stumble towards them. However, Ryuji felt great; he realised the function of his second bar and another great thing.

—Level Up!

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Name: Ryuji Vincenzo

Class: Berserker: Lv.3

Rage: 100/100

Rank: C

Attributes

Strength: 12 -> 14

Agility: 8

Stamina: 7 -> 8

Grit: 14 -> 15

Intellect: 6

The average Human combatant has 5 attribute points with 2 bonus points gained per level.

Talent

Yakuza Scion: Defeated monsters and friendly Demi humans can give the host a racial tattoo that He can equip for various benefits.

1/1 Equipped

Shadow Fox Tattoo (Uncommon)

Increases Agility by 2

Stops a fatal blow that would kill the owner once a day.

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Skills

(New) Whirlwind - Costs 10 Rage. Perform a powerful spinning attack with a destructive area attack that causes bleeding and physical damage to the enemies struck.

(New) Rage—Berserkers' primary resource, gained from attacking or taking damage, by setting a minimum threshold, they keep the benefits of their rages passive.

Passive—Every 20 rage decreases damage taken and increases health regeneration by 10%

'The second bar with a numerical indicator was my Rage. Since I can limit my Rage, let's set it to 60 at a minimum. Those arrows hurt when it was empty.'

Thus, Ryuji maintained a limited reserve of Rage, keeping 60 locked away for a permanent 30% increased health regeneration and damage reduction.

Now his rage bar only showed 0/40.

'Not to mention, the first arrow almost took my red bar down half...'