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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Wjin
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Originally in “Reincarnated Hero,” stats were increased through training,
and skills or traits were acquired by obtaining SP or automatically strengthened when clearing main events.
The problem was that since I was a supporting character, I couldn’t gain experience even if I participated in the main events,
In the end, it was concluded that clearing this additional achievement was beneficial for growth.
Supporting characters really had a tough life…
‘Help with the awakening…?’
I repeated it several times, but Lev Denec was initially destined to become a demon if things went according to the original story.
Moreover, in the next selection exam, he was to combine with the F-grade demon – [Rag] as supplementary teaching material.
And the precise reason for that was to take revenge on Edwin.
While Edwin was training alone in a room of the mind and time in the closed training hall, he awakened as an executor while fighting Lev who had become a ‘demon’.
The critical point was ‘demon’.
In other words, the only place I could use the skill I acquired – Demonization – was right here.
‘Will it be okay if it’s just for a moment?’
I don’t want to recall it, but if I think back to the memories from
There was a certain level of magic power fluctuation, and the appearance gradually changed.
If I used it just for a moment when he was in a state of mental and physical weakness and immediately knocked him out, I might be suspected but wouldn’t be caught.
Moreover, to ultimately prevent the ‘Caeran Ending,’ the bad ending, I had no choice but to push the fundamental character, Edwin.
Caeran appears after the class division selection exam, and he’s a talent-filled character with absurd stats from the beginning.
On the other hand, Edwin is a farmer’s son and an effort-type character, so awakening is essential for a smooth progression.
I have Supporting Role Points at stake, too, so it’s mutually beneficial to achieve it somehow.
In the end, do I have to play the villain role once?
“Argh!”
I got up from the bed and headed to the training hall.
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‘Stubborn bastard.’
Hiding behind the training hall, as expected, Edwin was immersed in sword practice.
-Swoosh!
-Swoosh!
-Swoosh!
The concise sound of cutting the air at night.
It was difficult to see it as a powerful movement, but each swing contained his beliefs.
‘When was he supposed to appear in the original story?’
My memory was hazy, but in the novel, it was described as when the moon was at its zenith,
so around this time, Lev, who had become the Rag Demon, would appear and awaken Edwin.
However, following the original story as it is would be a complete fool’s errand.
First, there was a scene where Aveline Valantes, the young lady of a renowned swordsmanship family, one of the foundationless heroines,
-I can’t find any knack in Your Excellency’s movements.
-You really don’t get tired…
She couldn’t understand Edwin, the unrefined talent, and promised to train him herself starting tomorrow.
Also, Melissa, the Crimson Flame Mage who just invaded my room,
-Well, it’s good for anyone to see someone working hard.
-Of course, you’re still a hundred years too early to catch up to me!
She cheered him on in an irritated manner.
Therefore, if I stepped out now, it could turn into a situation where I was boasting about being a demon to the whole neighborhood.
Consequently, until all those events were completely over, and Edwin was utterly exhausted, almost to the point of being in a coma, it was best to just silently watch like this.
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At Nok-gwan, a temporary dormitory for freshmen, in Aria Bluebell’s room.
After returning to her room following dinner with Melissa, Aria immediately started reviewing.
While others might stick their tongues out at this study habit, she had no significant emotional disturbance.
It was just doing what she always did.
The only thing on her desk piled with books and writing tools unrelated to studying was…
A small wooden picture frame.
It contained the faces of her dear family.
“……”
It was a tragedy that passed by like a season without explanation.
It was something that happened quite frequently since demons spread throughout the continent.
That incident took a lot away from the young girl, but it taught her how to endure and swallow.
Aria no longer relied on others or asked for anything.
She was even more cautious in her conduct since she skipped a grade and entered the academy despite being a year younger.
The season had turned a bit chilly.
Next week, the academy’s curriculum would finally begin.
It was the day she had long hoped for.
“……”
Aria put on a light cardigan over her shoulders.
Nothing was better than a walk when her mind was complicated and couldn’t concentrate well.
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-Swoosh!
-Swish!
-Swoosh!
“This guy is really persistent.”
I was so bored that I could only yawn.
I couldn’t even count how many times he swung.
Even after Aveline and Melissa had visited, he continued training without rest.
If there was really a hidden achievement like swinging 10,000 times, he would have already accomplished it.
Anyway, I was hungry, sleepy, and gradually getting cold from watching, but there was no way he was in his right mind.
‘Should I go now?’
It was a closed old training hall, and it was well past midnight, so there wouldn’t be anyone watching.
-Slide
I grabbed an old wooden sword lying around and approached him.
“Hey, how’s it going?”
“?”
At my gruff question, Edwin shifted his gaze towards me.
He instantly recognized my voice, but maybe his body couldn’t keep up, so his reaction wasn’t quick.
He was sweating profusely and looked like he could barely stand.
“Lev Deneb?”
He managed to remember my name.
Although he got the last letter wrong.
Wow, they even give points for this.
Anyway, there was no need to correct it separately.
I just wanted to get this done with.
I threw a spirited word at him.
“Let’s have a match.”
At my typical third-rate villain tone, Edwin lowered his sword and muttered.
“I’m sorry, but as I said last time… I told you I never want to fight you again…”
“Then how about a conversation?”
“…Conversation?”
“Yeah, a deep conversation with our bodies.”
“…!”
-Tap, tap.
No answer was needed.
Knowing that he had a blocked personality, I immediately moved my feet.
And just as the distance between Edwin and I narrowed, I swung an honest low slash to the left.
-Clack!
The dull sound of the wooden swords followed.
Edwin nicely parried my sword.
“I don’t want to engage in a pointless fight…!”
It’s frustrating.
I’m doing this all for your own good, you know?
Because you’re so soft like this, Caeran takes everything away from you…
-Tap!
Edwin took a step back to create some distance from me.
The limit of 1.0 strength stat, even after exchanging just one blow, felt like I was being pushed back.
‘I should have let him rot for 20 more minutes.’
When I used Demon’s Eye, his stats were briefly displayed.
‘Is it because of Diligence?’
I had slightly forgotten.
His unique trait, Diligence.
When his stamina drops below 5 percent, all stats slightly decrease.
Still, stamina doesn’t decrease in proportion to his mental strength for a short time.
Roughly speaking, it’s a protagonist correction trait.
Moreover, Edwin’s individual mental strength value was tremendously high, so if I engaged in a drawn-out battle with this passive, I would be the first to collapse.
It would be better to knock him out in one blow, even for the sake of Demonization.
I gripped the sword once more.
“Sweet dreams.”
-Tap tap!
This time, too, I took the initiative.
-Swish!
I tried to slash to the lower left like before,
“!!!”
But attempted a surprise thrust after bluffing.
As expected, Edwin tried dodging to the left with his agility specialization.
“That’s right.”
“?”
This was something I had led him to do.
In tomorrow’s training with Diana, Edwin gets pointed out for one bad habit.
After dodging to the left, he slightly exposes his vital point in the following linked movement.
Therefore, this setting was Edwin’s weak point and could only be utilized today.
Of course, with my current level, even if I recognized this, I wasn’t skilled enough to aim for that opening…
But what if I used Demonization at this time?
-Swoosh!
Perhaps because of the Gamer trait, it was as simple as pressing a keyboard button.
[Demonization Used: Estimated duration 1.02 seconds]
-Whoosh.
A heterogeneous aura began to envelop my entire body.
In that truly fleeting moment, feeling my body significantly speed up, I slashed his vital point without hesitation.
-Thwack!!
[Mana has been exhausted, ‘Demonization’ will be deactivated]
-!!
At that moment, Edwin had an amazing expression on his face.
It was an expression I couldn’t see in the novel.
He made a face right before he felt a wall against a demon and awakened as an executor.
-Thud.
Like that, Edwin collapsed as if he had fainted.
“Did it… work?”
-Ching
“Sweet.”
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Thing work 👍
Of course the petty Author would allow points for beating up his superior character from his better work.
But I doubt it would work for that novel character
Nice