Volume 2 - CH 193

Morning has come.

After gathering Uchikage and Alena, who had woken up, I explained to them about Houen.

Of course, no outsiders were in the room.

“So, I’m …… not officially registered yet, but I’m a new member, Houen.”

“Nice to meet you.”

“Ah, you must be the guy who burned down the village.”

“Your hair is on fire. ……”

“I’m sorry! And it’s not on fire! It’s my natural hair!”

It seems Uchikage remembers him as the person who burned down the village.

Both me and Reizen were caught off guard by this and laughed.

Although it was not wrong, it was funny that Uchikage could remember people like that.

Alena was looking at Houen’s hair with curiosity.

Is she interested in his red hair?

Although red hair is not a particularly rare color in this world.

“I’m sorry, Ouren-sama, if I may be so blunt. Is Houen-dono a trustworthy person?”

Uchikage asked me with a slightly doubtful expression.

Of course, it would be hard to trust someone who suddenly became one of our friends.

I would not hide anything from him, but I would explain it to him.

“He is one of the few people from my hometown. It was not just Reizen.”

“I see. …… If that’s the case, I’ll trust Ouren-sama here.”

So he doesn’t believe in Houren.

Well, that’s fine too.

“Also, this guy is a monster just like us. I’m the snake, Reizen is the tortoise, and Houen is the phoenix.”

“Wait!? Are you sure you want to say that?!”

“These guys are fine.”

After all, Uchikage has seen me turn into a human, so there’s no need to hide anything anymore.

I already mentioned Reizen in the dungeon, so there’s no need to worry about it now.

Now, we know Houen, but Houen doesn’t know us at all, so we decided to ask them to introduce themselves first for now.

Each of us said our name and gave a light explanation of our skills.

“I am Uchikage, a Oni. You can think of me as a fast, melee type.’

“I am Alena. I use a skill called gravity.”

“Uchikage-kun and Alena-kun, I see. I’m Houen. I use a lot of fire-related skills.”

Hoen finished his greetings in his standard tone of voice, as if he had no intention of losing his stiff tone.

I wish he would just act normal already.

Then, as I should have expected.

Apparently, Houen is able to use flames.

Indeed, the phoenix and the vermilion bird among the four spirits and four deities are often depicted as birds that seem to be covered with flames.

The image was right on.

“I would like to know more about the skills of Houen’s.”

“Of course. My skills are like this.”

And then Houen told us all about his status.

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Name : Houen

Race : Flame Hawk

LV: 28/200

HP: 230/230

MP: 304/304

Attack Power: 120

Defense Power: 201

Magic Power: 403

Agility: 758

―Special Skills―

【 Voice of the Sky】  【 Blessings of the Phoenix】  【One’s Past life Language】 

-Skill-

Attack : 【 Flame Spear】【 Flame Claw】【 Wing Blast】【 Fire Feather】 

Magic : 【 Fire Arrow】 【 Fire Brage】 【 Fire Manipulation】 【 Fire Wing】 【 Fire Doll】 【 Flame Bomb】 

Defense : 【 Blazing Flame Pillar】 

Recovery : 【 Bizarre Eater】 

Traps : –

Unique : 【 Immortality】 

Automatic :  【Endless Flame】 【 Endless Coat of Fire】 

Myth : 【 Bud of Crimson Lotus】 

-Resistance-

【 Fire】 【 Burn】 【 Lonely】 【 Mental Breakdown】 【 Madness】 【 Hunger】 【 Curse】 【 Plague】 【 Poison】 

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So many lateral letters!

I mean, they’re all skills I don’t know and resistances I don’t know. ……

I know what it means, but …… this mental breakdown is, if anything, that thing from eating bugs. ……

So is the madness.

Damn poor boi.

Isn’t it pitiful that he can’t go insane no matter how crazy he gets……?

Isn’t that a kind of torture? ……　

“Well, it’s like this.”

“strong?”

“Technically, he’s probably stronger. But… his magic power is low, his attack power is low, his defense power is low… his magic power is also low compared to me…”

“Can you stop because it makes me sad?”

“Well, that’s about it.”

“Is he strong?”

“I think he’s strong in terms of skills. But he has less …… magic, less attack power, less defense, less …… magic strength compared to me.”

“Can you stop that because it makes me sad?”

He seems to be quite concerned about it.

How could he survive with such a low status though?

When I asked him about it, he said …….

“The automatic skill of endless flame was really good.”

“Endless Flame?”

According to him, the [Endless Flame] skill is something that burns everything it touches, even water and air, which would never burn.

However, it is said that only the targets that you consciously attack can be ignited and that it will not ignite any object that you accidentally attacked.

It seems that the effect of [Endless Flame] applies to all skills possessed by Houen.

And it is not limited to skills; it is also possible to set an opponent on fire by attacking with his spear.

In other words, …….

“If you hit anything, ….you win.”

“So cowardly, right?”

“It’s not fair.”

“That’s why you can burnded down the village in the rain.”

“Can you please stop that?”

Whenever he opened his mouth, there was something flying out of it.

Wait, it’s not like I don’t feel sorry for him a little bit.

However, if you hit it, it is a victory skill …….

Wouldn’t this be generally strong skill?

If one attacks with a spear and defends against it, the defended weapon or armor burns.

It is a very effective skill against opponents.

I can’t really imagine it, but …….

Even if the opponent is a monster, if you attack with just one skill, the place where you hit will surely burn.

It’s a good way to kill them on the first attempt.

The only way to avoid Houen’s endless flames is to avoid all of his attacks, or to counteract them from a distance or with magic.

“Houen. What happens when you fight in close combat?”

“What do you mean?”

I mean, what happens when an enemy with a sword is attacked by Houen’s spear?

I thought about it, but I could not imagine the other’s weapon burning up, so I decided to ask after all.

“There will be a blast of flame instead of sparks between the opponent’s weapon and mine. If the area of adhesion between the weapons is small, even if they burn, they do not burn together.”

“So the opponent’s sword doesn’t burn?”

“Yea. The sword will not burn. The sword will burn if the middle of the sword is hit by my attack. But it will disappear with a swing of the sword. ……”

“Hee-“

Apparently, there are certain conditions for it to burn.

However, it is terrifying that flames erupt even if you are attacked at the blade.

Whether you defend or attack, the flame will absolutely burst out, and that would be nothing but a hindrance to the opponent.

That is something I don’t want to fight with. Yep.

“Well then, well. Now that we’ve finished introducing ourselves, I’d like to discuss what we’re going to do.”

“Okay.”

“Understood.”

First, we’ll go to the Adventurers’ Guild and get everyone’s ranks up. After that, we’ll update the party.

Maria told me yesterday that we should all come together,…… and register Houen,…….

“Huh? What’s your rank, Houen?”

“A rank.”

I wonder what would happen in this case. Me, we’re renewing and we’re C ranked. ……”

“Ah, I think we’ll be fine.”

“Is that so?”

A rank can also help with C rank requests, so apparently there is no requirement that they must be in the same rank range.

I heard that when an S-rank adventurer takes on an apprentice, they will be able to take on all rank ranges specially, but that’s none of our business right now.

After confirming that there was no problem, we decided to go to the Adventurers’ Guild right away, and we all lined up and headed for the Adventurers’ Guild.

In the meantime, I was thinking a little.

What should I do now that I’m C rank …….

In the meantime, I was thinking that I would like to take on some requests.

To be honest, I’ve never done a request before, and as far as I’m concerned, I’ve never done anything serious.

Although C-rank requests would not be a problem for me, there are still some things I would not know if I did not try.

I think I’ll accept the request today and we’ll all go together.

I guess the other thing I need to do is ……  the orphanage.

I haven’t seen Dolce for a while, but I bet he is still struggling with that problem.

I don’t think I’ll get a chance to talk to the royalty here, and for now I guess I’ll just have to work at the Adventurers’ Guild until I can get their trust.

To be frank, I can’t find a solution as if I had any …….

And I’m also worried about the dungeon.

In addition, I’m also concerned about the orc thing.

But I only reported it and left it to the guild after that.

It’s too late to ask now, and I’m sure the guys in the rank range above me are probably handling the matter.

It’s a little complicated, though, because I was the one who reported it.

Come to think of it, I haven’t returned to my original form recently.

At my current race level, experience point was hard to get, and now that I’m C rank, the enemies should be stronger.

Maybe it’s a good chance to gain some experience points.

I’m also curious to see how good Houen is …….

Let’s quickly go to the guild and get the request.