I Became a Blind Swordsman at the Academy

Chapter 205

205. Loki’s Gift

“Now your body is in a state where it is put to the limit.”

Loki takes a bite of an apple and goes on to explain the problems he may be having with Awakening.

“You must have heard her explain this and that? The hard-to-understand sounds like emotions fade, become king, etc. It’s all true. The crown is designed so that emotions fade as the level goes up. And The reason why I had no choice but to put a limit on it… You know why? Because if it were you, you could unreasonably raise the level.”

It was a structure that made it easy to level up.

“…That’s why you put a limit on purpose.”

“That’s right. It feels like they made me have no choice but to come find me in the middle… In the first place, humans in this world don’t have levels or awakenings. Those are just stairs I intentionally made.”

Since it was Loki who made the game, even such a design would have been possible.

“So how do I unlock that limit?”

“…Can you release it right away without thinking about it?”

“Should I worry?”

“You mean… Don’t you want to know what a crown or a king means?”

Loki scratched his head, spitting out a timid voice.

However, I already knew the answer to that.

“You mean the devil?”

“…What, did you know?”

“Zetto has to become the Demon King?”

Loki and Zeppetti expressed bewilderment at my answer.

“After talking with Heneris, I felt like I knew something.”

The King and the Crown.

The goal of a previous life was to break the bondage.

The commonalities between players and demons, etc.

It was a conclusion reached by combining various hints.

In other words, if I become the demon king, I can break the bridle.

“Well, I’m still not sure how I can become a demon lord as a human being.”

“You’ll find out about that when the time comes. There’s no need to be in a hurry. Rather than that, don’t you feel uncomfortable saying that you have to become a demon king?”

“That kind of thing… Isn’t that why you let your feelings fade in the first place?”

“I don’t have anything else to say.”

“I don’t feel like I’m being played around. It’s definitely what I wanted. Just let go of the limits. I have a lot of work to do.”

In response to my urging, Loki clicked his tongue once and said, “Come closer.” I said something like that, and when I approached him, he put his hand on my eye.

Then a light settled in his hand.

“I thought I’d get a more interesting reaction… Okay, that’s it.”

“…”

I really didn’t feel anything.

I think I’ll have to check later if the EXP is normally obtained.

“I put a gift in there as a bonus… Would you like to take a look at your status?”

After Loki’s answer, I opened the status window to check the contents.

There was no change to the skills or items that were previously displayed.

“Progress…?”

A new window appears below it.

Progress

– Saint: 7%

-King: 2%

-Asmodian: 9%

The words saint, king, demon, and unknown percentages.

“Is it related to my past life?”

“It’s a kind of upgrade. In the game, you can get an awakening device after awakening, so I thought I’d be sad if I didn’t have one, so I put it in.”

“…How does it work?”

“When you get to know your previous life or perform actions related to your previous life, your progress increases, and whenever you reach a certain level, you gain the power of your previous life.”

When did Heneris say these things when he said that the experiences of my previous life would help me?

“It would be fun to find out the details yourself.”

Loki roughly tossed the finished apple on the floor and smiled.

Are you trying to figure out how to increase the progress?

‘Nothing comes easily.’

I don’t know what kind of power I had in my previous life, but there must be many useful skills.

I don’t know what I’ll get, but won’t it be enough to replace the awakening period?

“By the way… Then what’s this under it?”

That wasn’t the only thing new to the status window.

Relationship diagram

Eisel Ludwig – Annoyance, annoyance

Yuri Clementine – Nervous

Sierra – Doubt

Kaen – Excited

Bernice – Worried

There, along with familiar names, their feelings were listed.

“It’s kind of like a giveaway.”

Loki let out a sinister smile.

“It’s a gift…”

“What happened?”

When I was curious about my pettigai, she explained what was shown on the status window.

Within seconds she let out an ‘ah…’ Sound and let out her sigh.

“I want you to be happy. Why are you so ignorant in various ways? Maybe the higher you level up, the more you will become like that. In that sense, I thought that would help.”

“Your notice is dirty…”

“Although it’s a fairly straightforward expression… I feel the same way.”

It was Zeppetti who added words and confirmed the kill.

“Only those who have a crush on each other are displayed there. Depending on the case, they may disappear or appear.”

“Do you have my name…?”

At Loki’s explanation, Jepety looked at me blankly and asked.

“Why Zepetty?”

“Oh no…”

“…Tsk.”

Overhearing my conversation with Petty, Loki clicked his tongue and shook his head.

“Is this… Accurate?”

Was it such a mess?

Kaen was the only one who showed positive emotions right away.

“What do you view a god as? It’s the power of a god, so it’s accurate. I just made it and consumed all of my remaining godhood. With this, I’m a very ordinary person now.”

“…”

Is it okay to use ‘Divine Attack’ on something like this?

His mouth falls open as he doesn’t understand his actions.

“As I said… I just want you to be happy. I hope you survive a little longer. Observing you is my only pleasure.”

I ended the conversation roughly like that and broke up with Loki.

Although her thoughts were not well organized due to various changes, it was possible to see that she gained a lot from meeting him.

Progress or relationship.

For the progress, you will have to figure out what mechanism can raise the value, and in the case of the relationship, it said that it has a function that automatically sounds an alarm when I am in danger without having to pay attention every time.

‘Dangerous…’

Are you referring to the same kind of threat as Eisel’s experience this time?

After that, when I went home with Petty from the grocery store, I was able to meet Sierra, who was blindfolded by her.

[ Was it this late to go shopping? Disciple…]

With Sierra’s chilling words, I could understand the meaning of the word doubt next to her name.

After that, I talked to Bernice through her crystal ball, and she noticed that I was worried about leaving for the East.

It was also confirmed that emotions in the relationship diagram are reflected in real time.

Now both Sierra and Bernice had the word ‘relief’ written on them.

Anyway, I thought that it would be difficult and unnatural to resolve them by checking their emotions every time.

In the end, the relationship chart was made to inform the threats that would come when the girls crossed a certain line, but it didn’t seem like it was made to completely control their feelings.

It wasn’t just Eisel that was dangerous.

‘Even with Bernice and Sierra, Yuri and Kaen had some questionable parts…’

It’s distorted a lot, and even if I understand that, anyway, if you get ‘kidnapped’ or something, you’ll end up stranded and unable to move forward.

It was necessary to deal with this.

I have discussed this with Zeppetti.

Her technical skills seemed to be very helpful in her future situation.

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I was currently researching how to increase my progress.

Asmodians – 9%

As a result, progress has increased, albeit very slightly.

It doesn’t seem to have gone up at all, but when you kill a demon, the ‘progress goes up’. Since such a message appeared, even a decimal number would have risen.

It is still marked as a demon, but according to what Keraf told me before, the demon from my previous life is presumed to be a ‘nameless one’.

And the nameless one ate his own people.

‘To be precise, I preyed on demons.’

So, in order to recharge his prosthetic arm with demonic energy, as soon as he felt the energy nearby, he went out to find the nest of demons and wiped them out.

An unpleasant scent of demon blood hung in the room.

ㅡ Chuck!

Then, he swung his sword wide once and brushed off the black blood from the red blade.

Fortunately, I seem to be gaining enough experience points, and I’ve also figured out how to increase my progress.

However, in the case of kings and saints, I have not yet figured out what actions I need to take to obtain them.

For example, if it was something related to a saint, she thought it was a ‘good deed’, so she went around the village and helped the residents, but she didn’t go up because of it.

Since he doesn’t have enormous divine power like a real saint, he can’t heal the sick… What’s left is acupuncture.

I thought that I should do an exchange event sometime. If done well, there will be an opportunity to demonstrate acupuncture in the East.

There are two main ways to increase your progress.

Finding information about a person presumed to be my previous life and doing things related to that person.

Considering the slight increase in the progress level, it was expected that finding information would increase much more steeply.

‘Then who the hell does the king mean?’

In the case of demons, you can get hints from Keraf, and for saints, you can get hints from Bernice, but the king was unimpressed.

Since the progress was up, it means that I had done something related to it before, but what immediately came to mind was leadership or command. After all, there was a time when I took on the role of a leader in the middle of an academy class.

While I was thinking about that, Sierra’s voice suddenly resonated in my head.

[ Looks like a guest has come. ]

“…”

As I followed her voice, I saw a man who was examining the corpses of fallen demons nearby.

“…Keraph.”

“I came to visit you quietly, but you noticed right away.”

“Well, I have a feeling.”

“I don’t think the times were good.”

Keraph, who was examining the corpse, slightly frowned at him.

Anyway, the current sight would not be very pleasant to him as a demon.

“Shall we go outside?”

“Ah, I’m fine. Not all demons are the same anyway. Humans aren’t like that, are they?”

“You’re not wrong.”

I continued the conversation with him while cleaning the corpses of the demons lying around using the Shady.

After dusting off the dust, he sat down and recited to me the information he had been researching this time.

They were mainly elements that could pose a threat to my safety.

“I heard that the ‘wild dog’ has decided to come forward to assassinate Mr. Jeto this time.”

“A wild dog… I don’t think you need to worry about him.”

“How come? I don’t know much about him, but after doing some research, he seems to be quite famous in this area.”

[She’s a nickname I’ve never heard of. ]

“It’s famous for never letting go of its prey. It likes money.”

As a lycanthrope, it does not die easily and is good at tracking. It’s on a different level from the Lycanthrope I’ve met in the Labyrinth before.

He’s real.

It means ‘pure blood’ with no blood mixed here and there. Maybe that’s why I don’t really like the nickname wild dog.

No wonder Sierra didn’t know him.

It’s only been five years since he started making his name known on this floor.

“But I’m stupid. I’m still young and I don’t know the world, so I get used by someone every time.”

I’m sure it’s still being used nicely.

The reason they were nicknamed wild dogs is because they don’t wash well and don’t have money, so they only wear rags.

It’s like walking around like a wild dog.

However, the fact that he made a name for himself in the back world within 5 years means that his skills are certain.

“He might become my fang if I coax him well. So it’s rather good that the wild dog attached to me.”

I knew what kind of problems he was having and why he needed the money, so I thought I could make a good deal with him after a brief conversation.

“Zetto-sama, do you have any plans? Kuh-hum, next… Rumors have spread that the head of harmony is interested in you.”

“The head of the blend…?”

“Yes, from what I’ve heard, it sounds like they’re a criminal organization making a name for themselves on the continent. If you don’t know about them, let’s get some information in advance.”

“No, I know about them. But did they have a boss?”

“Information says yes, but…”

“That’s a strange thing.”

Hwahwa, a flower that blooms in chaos.

A secretive criminal organization whose purpose and members are unclear.

I remember seeing some of them because there is a story related to them in the game.

It may look like vicious and ruthless guys who only hear about rumors floating around the continent, but the reality is a little different.

In the community of users who realized their identity, Hwa-hwa often heard the sound of ‘evil buntangchung’.

There are a lot of funny things in the stories related to them, so they are affectionate in many ways.

Anyway, I know that the organization itself is so unique that it doesn’t have a leader…

[ …Does that mean the puppeteer? ]

Sierra mentioned him as if he knew about the blending.

As she said, he was the only one who could be called a leader.

“Well, maybe.”

Because they drew ridiculous aggro.

One lunatic might be interested.

“It won’t be a big deal. I’m not one of those guys who like to step out. More than that, you did well this time. Thanks to Keraf, I endured for ten years.”

I was convinced that it was he who summoned Yuri, so I said that.

“Ahahahaha, I didn’t mean to get a compliment. I just feel like I should…”

Keraph scratched his head as if he was embarrassed.

“Rather than that, what kind of relationship do they have with Jeto-sama…?”

“Uh, um…”

After hesitating her answer, I immediately looked at Sierra.

[ …… ]

She shook her head with a hollow look in her eyes as if she had given up on something.

“That’s a little difficult to explain right now.”

“…I understand.”

“Is there anything else you need to tell me?”

At my ensuing question, Keraph put his chin on his chin and pondered for a while before finally opening his mouth.