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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: Vine
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[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
[ Level Up! Check your status! ]
The notifications stopped.
He had finally finished leveling up.
Usually, it skipped when he gained more than 5 levels, so he was wondering why he was seeing them all, but it was because of this.
[ Level 100 achieved. You have acquired a new skill based on your recent activity. ]
A level 100 reward!
This was like an awakening in games.
[ Analyzing your recent activity… ]
The system window spun for a while.
[ Analysis complete. ]
[ You have acquired the skill Manly Man. ]
What kind of skill name was that?
◈ Skill Information
Name: Manly Man
Rank: S
Description: You are different from those lowly men. You have proven yourself through strength, and no one could stop you. All who stand in your path shall kneel before you.
Ability: Forces the target to kneel by exerting physical pressure.
※ Effective only on those weaker than you.
※ Can be toggled on/off.
“Oh…”
It wasn’t like Argo’s killing intent that he used on the bald guy.
Killing intent was about making them cower.
This skill was about physically forcing them to kneel.
It seemed useless, but it would become stronger as he did.
If he became S-rank, everyone but S-rank adventurers and monsters would kneel.
In short…
He could take over the empire without lifting a finger.
“What a broken skill.”
Even the System acknowledged him as a true manly man.
He opened his status window to check his level and invest the stat points.
[ Information ]
Name: Luke
Gender: Male
Age: 20
Magic: 0 / 0
Level: 100
[ Skills ]
Inventory (F)
Superhuman Strength (B)
All Attribute Resistance (A)
Status Abnormal Resistance (B+)
Manly Man (S)
[ Stats ]
Strength: 90 (+45)
Agility: 10
Intelligence: 0
Stamina: 10
Stat Points: 10
Level 90 before the raid.
Level 100 after the raid.
He gained two levels from the mermen, so eight from the Sea Serpent.
He had gained six from the Dullahan. It seemed low, but it had been a raid with over 30 people.
He’d have gained 20 if he soloed it.
Should have soloed it.
“You’re tougher than I thought.”
Hazel had returned. She smiled and examined him.
“You not only survived but even attacked it from the inside? I’ve never seen anything like that.”
“It’s the standard procedure.”
Everything was soft on the inside.
Unless they were immune to physical damage, or regenerated quickly.
Attacking from the inside was common sense.
“A crazy guy like you is just a B-rank? Old man Argo is joking.”
“I’ll be A-rank soon.”
From fast promotion to rocket promotion!
“Don’t worry, I’ll make sure you get promoted. ”
“5700 words, excluding spaces. Make it a big one.”
“Seriously…?”
It was the standard.
“Okay. Get some rest. It’ll take a while to process the Sea Serpent.”
“Okay.”
He decided to test his new skill.
How did it work?
It wasn’t passive.
He scratched his head, thinking, I wish everyone was dead.
“Ugh…!”
“Guh!”
“!”
“Kya!”
Everyone on the deck knelt, including Hazel.
Had he surpassed Hazel?
“Luke! What did you do?!”
“Luke! Please undo this!”
Ah, I messed up.
He had forgotten to specify a target.
“Oops.”
How did he turn it off?
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After experimenting, he figured it out.
It worked like the Inventory.
They returned to the port.
“Can we go now?”
“Ask Hazel.”
He wanted to head back to the empire.
“Where are you going? It’s party time!”
“Oh…”
Was this an office party?
With Hazel.
That evening, the city was lively again. The Sea Serpent was dead. The city was brightly lit.
Hazel had rented out restaurants and threw a party for the adventurers. It was a tradition after raids.
“A toast to our successful raid!”
““Cheers!!!””
He went around collecting food while everyone was busy drinking.
“Hey! Where’s my food?!”
“Finders keepers!”
“Where’s *your* skewer?”
“What the fuck?!”
Finders keepers, indeed.
He had eaten his fill and stored the rest in his inventory.
“Luke…”
Yui was tugging his sleeve, on the verge of tears.
“What happened? Who bullied you?!”
“He took my skewer…”
“Ah.”
“…Luke, my stew…”
His hands were the problem.
“Luna, Yui. You always need to be alert. So your food doesn’t get stolen.”
“”……””
They glared at him.
He gave Luna back her stew and gave Yui two skewers.
Yui smiled and started to eat.
“I’m thirsty.”
He grabbed a cup from a table, but…
“Don’t drink that!”
“Huh?”
Luna was looking at him with wide eyes.
He was told not to, so he had to drink it.
“No!”
“Ah…”
Was it poisoned?
He was immune to poison.
He drank it.
It tasted bitter.
It was familiar, and yet unfamiliar.
“It’s alcohol?”
*Thud!*
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They stayed at the port for the night and took a carriage back to the Imperial City.
He had never gotten motion sickness before.
But he was vomiting the entire way.
“Blegh!”
“Are you okay…?”
“Bleeegh!”
“Look away! Look away!”
Who said you develop a tolerance to alcohol?
He wanted to go back to his world, just for a moment, and punch that person in the face.
“Don’t throw up at the guild.”
“Blegh?”
“Adela will be mad…”
He didn’t mind being hit by a pretty girl.
“We have arrived.”
They finally arrived.
He kept his mouth shut and headed for the guild.
“Adela.”
“Oh, Luna. I see you’ve finished the raid.”
“Yes.”
“Good work.”
Adela bowed.
“Um… where’s Luke?”
“He’s hungover. I’ll answer for him.”
“Ah…”
Adela stepped back.
Why?
“Here’s the confirmation.”
He handed it to her.
“Okay. And the Guild Master wants to see you.”
Again?
“Do you know why?” Luna asked.
“There’s an important guest, I don’t know more than that.”
What did he have to do with an important guest?
Was it an assassination request?
He’d remember the guest’s face and deal with it later.
They went to the guild master’s office.
He knocked and went in without waiting for a response.
“Please wait for an answer.”
Argo was sitting on the sofa.
Across from him…
“Hello, student Luke.”
…was Lucia Marigold, smiling.
“Or should I say Mr. Luke?”
She giggled.
“Would you be interested in being a temporary professor at the academy?”
“…”
“Mr. Luke?”
“Blergh!”
“Kya?!”
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Finally, new chapters 😭
Maybe investing in other stats would help but it’s all up to this madman…