CH 181

「Hmm~! As expected, the air in the forest is so good… !」

I am now walking through a forest. I left the labyrinthine city of Formana, and when I reached the Great Labyrinth of Formana, I veered further off the road and headed north from there. Well, there was no road.

The air in the wilderness itself, completely devoid of any manmade objects, is truly good. I wish I could live here… Just kidding…

「Eh!? A bipedal pig!?」

「Buu!!」

「Uwa!!」

──Dogon!!

A bipedal pig… The wooden club held by the pig man slammed into the ground. It seemed to be quite powerful, and the ground was slightly dented.

「Bugyiii!!!!」

「《Appraisal》」

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HP: 8425/8425

MP: 1249

STR: 1142

VIT: 451

DEF: 875

AGI: 279

INT: 136

DEX: 278

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「Hmm… It doesn’t matter to me, then」

I understand that it has high physical attack power and hit resistance. However, physical attack is not a problem if I avoid it, and for me, as a sword wielder, it is irrelevant.

It can’t be helped with the high HP, but if I keep slashing at it, I’ll take it down eventually!

「… Fuu!」

──《Todo-ryu Tojutsu・5-rengeki 2consecutive attacks》

──Zaaaaan!!!

「Pugyiii!?!!?!????!?」

「Pug.. yii… ?」

I made its limbs unusable for starters, then went for the neck only. The flesh was a little too thick, but I managed to cut it off.

──Dosuuuun…

Its head falls to the ground and its body follows suit. The Orc is put away in the inventory, which was a miserable Orc, having been driven out and then killed.

「Uhee……」

Before proceeding, I wipe the sword blade that has become gritty with oil. Normally it doesn’t stick because I slash so as not to get animal oil on it, but when I slash the Orc, it definitely has oil on it… I wonder if it won’t stick if I swing faster… ?

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「I finally arrived… !」

It has been two hours since then. Finally, I reached the front of the Tower of Trials.

「Oh! There are quite a few people here!」

「Eh!? Wait! That’s her, right!? That’s Ayane-chan, right!?」

「Ah, haha… When did I become so famous… ?」

Or is it that? Is it because these horns are so rare? Well, let’s stop escaping reality…

Why is it that the Tower of Trials is so crowded… ?

So I glanced at the entrance to the Tower of Trials and saw a man with pointed ears and an otherwise average man fighting.

Ahhh… I think it’s the Gatekeeper? The last one I went to was very macho, but the person fighting was very good looking and about 20 years old.

「No… I don’t believe that… Because the previous Gatekeeper was of great age…」

Thus I stood in a line with many people, with an unspecified number of gazes and voices directed at me.