Inheritance Feud

Chapter 67

Chapter 67

These 【Passive skills】 require several established conditions to level up, for example, the 『Tracking Lv2』 skill was earned by following the 【Without the target realizing, follow him for 10 minutes or more】 condition. Furthermore, it adds a correction for agility.

Regarding the classification of my soul sword, it can be considered to have both passive and active skills. Using the soul sword as a weapon, the part which uses its special ability could be considered as an 【Active Skill】, on the other hand, there are passive skills that come along with the awakening of a soul sword.

For example, the 【Verdant Green Crystal Sword】 enhances physical strength, endurance, and magical resistance, while the 【Fire Spider Leg Sword】 buffs statuses such as agility and endurance.

However, according to the calculations, the soul sword could only increase 『+50』 on status while skills buff only a percentage of the status, which becomes something like a bonus as you train your basic abilities.

So, returning to the topic, the third option to increase status is simply to level up. Although physical training increases the fundamentals like leveling, it doesn’t come close to leveling.

Leveling up can be only done by accumulating experience, and you can get it from “killing things or living beings who have consciousness or instinct”. Of course, that includes humans, and the reward increases proportionately to the difference in status.

Truthfully speaking, there is another way to increase your status, but that hasn’t been disclosed to the public, and individuals who are aware of it won’t reveal it because of certain reasons, which is why I won’t disclose it now.

And because of the experience from the 6 hoodlums and the 2 gargoyles (the bodyguards from Duphein’s mansion should have been saved with recovery potions), so I should have earned some, but:

「……I’m still level 1. Why is that?」

When I killed those hoodlums, I thought that it was because of their low level and they were even lower than me who has all the corrections, however, I’m sure that those gargoyles from Duphein’s mansion had even higher stats than me. I have proof since I gave them a punch to the stomach that didn’t even flinch them. I thought that it was strange so I had no other choice than to touch the part of the screen where 『Level』 was written.

Then as I looked at the displayed screen, I cast my eyes down in shame.

Actual Level: 1

Experience points accumulated: -20000/150

Remaining earned experience points: 1012

「Dear Goddess of the Earth, it is true that you said the regression from time transition would have to be dealt with, but aren’t you overdoing it with the negative points?」

I complained instinctively. I sighed lightly and moved on.

Although there was a display of the actual level and accumulated experience points from time ago, I have never seen the 『Remaining earned points』 option on the bottom before. I knew instinctively what that was for, but I had to make sure by tapping the display.

Please decide on the experience points to be distributed.

Points left　　1012

【００００００】　　　　YES／CANCEL

「As I thought.」

Selecting the number input field, a dial display appears with a scroll which controls it. It seems that with this, I can decide on the distribution of the experience points. Perhaps, it was changed since the soul swords now need to be unlocked by accumulating experience points.

For the time being, I now know that I won’t be able to level up for some time. Because there are a lot of negative experience points, for some time, I will be forced to hunt so I can level up. Even though the level increases, if there is no difference between status, there won’t be a juicy amount of points; even if the difference between levels exists, there is the correction done by all the soul swords, so without prey as extravagant as the gargoyles, I won’t be able to save experience points.

After closing this tab, I went to open the soul sword’s tab.

In an instant, I checked the list which indicates all the soul swords that are available right now.

「So, the ones I can use are the 【Soul Sword of the Beginning】, 【Fire Spider Leg Sword】, 【Verdant Green Crystal Sword】, 【Magical Mending Hook Sword】, and finally, 【Holy Sword of Vengeance】, huh.」

To be able to unlock each of the other types of Soul Swords, I need around 3000 or more experience points. Furthermore, the swords require more experience points to unlock as their priority gets higher. However, I’ll think about it later.

For a period of time, I’m going to review the properties of the swords which could be the main weapon again, one by one.

「The Holy Sword of Vengeance, so it was like that huh……」

After I revived in my second try, to think that the reason that I became more sensitive regarding evil intentions and hostility was because of its passive skill. So it seems, that something like my sixth sense will alert me if someone is directing such intentions at me. Apart from that, I looked for some of the other details of its abilities.

The conditions for acquisition were indicated at the bottom: those were 【1. To swear with absolute certainty, vengeance on more than 10 guys whom you trusted; 2. To be given more than a fixed amount of physical damage in total by those who are targets for revenge.】

That’s why I was able to obtain this sword at death’s door.

「Speaking of which, what happened to that…」

After reviewing the abilities once more, I scrolled down the list of Soul Swords again.

In it, there was a 【???????????】 section that displayed a mystery Soul Sword.

It was added suddenly after I impaled her, the Demon Queen.

It didn’t change the display even after my second life, and it doesn’t show anything after I select it.

Differing from the other Soul Swords, it is not disabled by a lack of experience points, and neither it is marked with a key mark, but, it is still colored in gray.

「Anyhow, I cannot be this optimistic……」

With my actual status, I will probably be gradually worn down if more than 70 of the king’s knights surround me.

I should be increasing my abilities as fast as possible, by acquiring skills to enhance myself. I’m in no position to drop my guard.

「As I thought, I should buy it tomorrow. It should also be of help when I exit the town.」

I put all the things in order inside my mind that I require before I leave this town.

Then, after finishing with all the miscellaneous matters, I moved onto the main event.

I put the necklace on the middle of the table and prepare the Lower Grade MP potions within my left hand’s reach so I can drink it at any moment. And I grasp a substitute knife blade, the 【Magical Mending Hook Sword】 which has a key-like shape at the tip of the hook blade.

「Aaagh, I wanted to see it with my own eyes, it’s deplorable but there is no option, huh. Wait, no, if I were to ask Shitty Glasses, couldn’t he send me the recording without being discovered?」

It is a merely trivial plan for harassment, however, I certainly want to see with my own eyes, the faces that the king, queen, and the princess make. If I were to twitch it in the direction of excessive acting, it could be of great assistance.

Besides, the time which I spend with the king and the queen is rather short, so I have no certainty of which punishment I should give to them at this point. Although it is dangerous, I should get the information.

I’m reluctant to ask more favors of Shitty Glasses, but under these circumstances, I don’t have any other choice. For my revenge, I would even lower my head to him.

「However…… kukukuu…」

I laughed while I thought of the moment when I succeed on my scheme.

It’s not like I’m not tired after all the things that happened today. But my top priority right now is this over taking a rest. Putting it with other words, I won’t be able to sleep without finishing this.

As I poured my mana into the 【Magical Mending Hook Sword】, I was making progress on my work while humming happily.

11: Sing, Overslept, and Negotiate

11: Sing, Overslept, and Negotiate

11: Sing, Overslept, and Negotiate

「Lala～lan? lalan? la～lanlalalala ?」

Morning. As the sky, colored black like shadows, slowly bleached, with a complicated lightly mood, I was humming a melody in an eerily enthusiastic manner which echoed within a room of an inn somewhere inside the royal capital.

「lalaa~, lalanlan? lalala~, lala?」

In the end, because of the several difficult manufacturing processes, I had to reluctantly give up on going to bed that I’ve been missing over the last 3 months. Using my anger as the fuel for my vengeance soul, I gulped magic potions one after another and rushed the project.

Even after all the stuff that has happened, my body and spirit were fatigued, but it felt like they were saying 『Aren’t you enjoying it?』 as I spent the night immersing myself in manufacturing. The moment I finished the difficult part of the process, I fell into a weird trance. Although I didn’t need to drink the low-grade mana potions anymore, I drank all the remaining ones left, because my mind wasn’t working properly.

Even though I realized that my conscious state was in a dangerous situation, I rely on the adrenaline that was gushing out as I contemplated the modified necklace. Then, humming the rad*o train*ng music, I stretched my body. If I were to bathe in the sunlight, I should be able to relax from the high tension of the night work.

[Daily: Not sure why that was censored >.>]

「『You’re so loud!!　Do you have any idea what time it is!!』」

「Uooh、so-sorry…」

Suddenly, there was a loud noise across the other room, and in an instant, I went back to my usual self again. Not only it was a long time ago since I stayed at an inn, but I also was all alone during my fugitive days, so I completely forgot about troubling other people.

This is bad, the inns at this level have really slim walls, so it’s quite possible that they have heard my moody singing. This is terrible; I want to die so badly, it’s really embarrasiiing!!!

「『I’ve been saying it over and over, shut the f**k up!!』」

After I dived into my bed and rolled over on it, my neighbor hit the wall once again.

It seems that I haven’t yet returned to a completely sane state. My creative ability has hit rock-bottom. Really sorry about that. Because I have fallen into despair, I’m going to sleep.

Although it’s been awhile since I have slept in a bed, I can’t allow myself to completely fall asleep and oversleep. I wanted to prepare a few things before leaving the city.

Even though the princess has ordered them to stay away from the summoning area until the next day, they should have already realized, and she should be receiving treatment right now. I believe that it will take some time to mend those injuries since quite some time has passed since then, but I want to leave the capital at the end of the day.

Seeing the bed with such a regret, I sat down and leaned beside the window where the light of the day could wake me up as I closed my eyes.

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I splendidly overslept, the end.

…… Well, it’s because I never would have thought that it would suddenly become cloudy. What about your first time? There is no way that I would have remembered about the weather of the day after the summoning.