Hero without Blood or Tear

[26] Hunting Heroes. (5)

“Shhh!”

Philipp screams as the dagger shrugs his flesh. He struggles in the pool of blood of himself and the widows. It was like a running fish coming ashore.

But that didn't last long either. He just limps and twitches.

“Ugh... The overlord of the empire... should be the most... regal." ”

It was a miserable affair. I've had my revenge. I no longer thought of harassing and mocking Philip. I grabbed the fallen Longsword and lifted it over my shoulder.

“Phillip. Your destruction has brought joy to three. To your aunt Friedrich, the Demon King Pezamut, and Jim. Honestly, you're hopeless. But yes, there may be hope beyond death for even the greatest men you will never share in life. ”

“W-what are you talking about? ”

Philip asked me in a faint voice.

“It's simple. After you die like the others here, serve Jim. Even if you blew up your job while you were alive, you might be of some use once that blood cools down. ”

“... you're the devil. No matter how vicious... I don't insult death. You really... have no blood or tears... ”

Philip's grudged words made me smile in surprise. No blood, no tears!

“Phillip. Hahaha! You're amazing! Maybe you have insights that Jim doesn't know about. But I declare Jim. ”

These words were spoken to Philipp, but they were also spoken to me.

“I'd do anything to see the happy ending. ”

Phew!

The Longsword I wielded broke Philip's forehead. That was the end of the Guardian Steel Precedent.

< You killed Philipp after preemptive steel! >

A system message appeared. My EXP and achievement scores have skyrocketed. While looking at it, I just turned off the achievement alarm. It has already outperformed 2nd place. Happy endings were more important to me than any of those competitions.

“This...! ”

But right now, I've got all kinds of attention.

< A hidden scenario will be opened. We can begin the Guardian Killing. >

Guardian slaughter? This is a scenario I've never heard of. I realized that I've reached something unique that I've never experienced before.

“Clear the area. ”

Once I gave the order, I sat in one corner and looked at the message calmly.

< You have killed one of the Guardians, the pillars of the world. Ordinary people can absorb their representative abilities and powers by killing their guardians. >

No, what is it?

As an ordinary person, you can gain their abilities by killing Guardians. Oh, so this is the real perk of layman's play. Does it look like nothing, but does it actually have the potential to take away all of the Guardians' power?

By reference, the saint of my character 'Baller’ means‘ the one who cuts grass’ in the imperial language.

It really is the perfect castle for a gangster. I often refer to myself as the valler of Supandau, who is famous for his village and he is a grassrootseer, so he advertises about rural areas.

However, the grasshopper in the countryside was actually born into this world with the possibility of becoming a truly fraudulent character that surpasses the superhero. I felt the evil of Aquila who created this game. This is why all the Guardians appear in the world during normal play.

Regular people are the main players in the world. There's no way the game won't go around the player.

So I thought there must be something I could do. But it was to kill the Guardian and take his power. It was incredibly difficult, but there was definitely a way.

< Would you like to see what you got from the Steel Premier? >

Of course. Let's check it out and see if there are 5 new skills.

* Monthly inspection method (Class S)

With the Pfalz Family Electronics Sword, only a select few of the noble family members are allowed to train.

The Moon Shadow is an eccentric art form.

* Princessin Coraleprinzessin Koralle (grade A)

A swordsmanship used by the Coral Princess, a famous swordsman of the Pfalz family. The Rising Storm is practiced, but the remaining prototypes are excellent swords.

If we restore the actual ascension ratio, we can surpass even the Moonlight Sword.

* Empire propaganda (SS class)

You can dominate the crowd with a dazzling speech.

The higher the skill level, the more the crowd is drawn to the user's castles.

At its peak, the entire empire will be plunged into uncontrollable madness.

From the Emperor to the Faithful, it is all yours to command.

* Performance of mephistopelles (SS grade)

The user tricks, harasses, and deceives the target with its demon-like performance.

Upgrading your skill level will make you more than a demon. Even the wisest of the Demons will be deceived.

The world is at your doorstep.

* Greatness of Great Lords (SS Rating)

The higher the skill level, the more majesty and charisma make the gods glow.

Knights lay down their lives for you, and beauty craves your love endlessly.

You will be respected by all.

There were five of these skills that represented him during the Steel Pre-Election.

“Oh my God…. ”

I'm already at the top of my job, with no blood or tears. Just level up and you'll get SS grade skills from the command line. But apart from that, you forgot the SS grade skills after the steel preliminary.

At this rate, I felt like I would become an infinite being. SS-grade skills are the yolk of the job only granted to the highest rank. Especially that Imperial propaganda could literally shake mankind with its white, three-tongued tongue.

Even though the strength of the warrior or swordsman was strong, it was a prestige that could never be replicated.

The potential for steel pre-emptive explodes in the latter, and his strength falls among the Guardians, but in reality, I have always thought that pre-emptive steel is one of the most powerful guardians. But I cut off the dangerous sprouts at the beginning of the game.

“Phew... ”

If you lose without seeing someone as great as the dragon, it's over. In fact, Philipp probably hasn't acquired any of those SS grade skills yet. It's not gonna be that level.

“Huh-huh-huh-huh... ”

What a tragedy.

But my joy is overwhelming.

But after killing the Guardian, the greatest income was not these five powerful skills. I couldn't help but feel my heart beating as I saw the next message.

< You have obtained one Guardian Essence. Collect 5 or more and you will be reborn as a transcendent being. >

I couldn't breathe. Now, this excitement was over when I first stripped off a beautiful heroine in the game.

Transcendent. Is that what this game was all about? If we could get that kind of power, wouldn't it be possible to wipe out so many Demon Kings?

A new "Guardian's Essence Obtained" line appeared in the Stats window, and a fifth of it appeared. It certainly seemed like a new part of normal play.

There are 7 guardians in the game.

If you want to be transcendent, you have to kill five of them today. But when I saw the message, I realized it wasn't just a matter of hitting and killing.

< Guardians are like seals that stop the great dark forces by their very existence. If you kill the Guardian, the seal of the world will weaken instead of stripping them of their power. >

What a delicate constraint. He said he was going to be a transcendent and release the true transcendent to the empire.

“Hahaha.”

I laughed without knowing it. It's like walking a rope on a fabric road. But all of this was fun, so I couldn't hide my smile.

It was frustrating for a while. I was defeated no matter what I did. But I intuitively felt that there was a path to a happy ending beyond the challenges that were unfolding before me.

< Guardians protect the Empire by being alone, but they are not sure that they are good heroes themselves. Each has his own goals, and each one is ambitious. >

< Build a careful relationship with them. Guardians are sometimes more dangerous to humanity and to you than to the Demon King. >

I can see why Aquila mentioned the importance of her relationship with the Guardians. You'll need to see the rest of the Guardians, but some of them will have enemies and some of them will have allies. Cover the limestone.

“I... need to think this through... ”

I am so determined to be alone, and a vampire asks me:

“Lord, are you all right? You don't look so good. ”

“Are you worried about my face on a pale undead subject? I'm fine.”

I think I saw a big secret, and it made me look serious.

“I'm glad you don't mind... But why don't you call me Jim? ”

“It was meant to mock Philip, the preemie. I'm not exactly a king or emperor, but I don't intend to be burdened and burdened in the yard where Philip died. ”

Surprisingly, the vampire said it was appropriate to call me Jim. Plus he's got these weird eyes, and all of a sudden my grandeur is breathtaking.

“I don't understand the gloomy head of a dwarf, but it's hard to see the sun as hard as facing the lord's dragon. ”

I think it's because of the 'Greatness of the Great Duke’, a skill I just absorbed. It was originally an absolute feeding position for the undead because of their bloodless and tearless occupations. Overlapping their skills, the vampires had a hard time raising their heads.

“Is that so?"

“Yes, and you are the king of the dead. You should call yourself that. Please show your majesty in front of this humble crowd. If you call me friendly, we can't handle it. ”

The vampire says so, kneeling on one knee, the other screams out in unison.

“Show me your majesty! ”

Haha, there's a really cute corner to this whole blood-sucking thing. Sucking a superior butt is a success everywhere you go.

“If you say so, would you be too burdened? ”

“The castle is doomed! Lord!”

I can feel it on my face. These guys put a bucket of 24K of melted water on it. I broke my heart with the newly opened guardian murder scenario.

“What's your name, by the way? ”

Now it turns out that the vampire who talked to me gave me a wheelchair pistol earlier. And the Vampire Officers who beat up his minions on the Land Drake.

“I'm Gottfried Heinrich, from Papenheim. ”

“What?"

Papenheim? I was surprised and took a close look at his face. And I saw that my guess was correct, and it gave me the creeps. You're still young, but you must be the face in the memory!

Earl Gottfried Heinrich Chu Papenheim.

Although not yet an Earl, it must have been Papenheim, the greatest cavalry commander in the imperial army since the Great War. He was a cavalry man until the last moment, saying he died on horseback while he was injured.

Not one or two Demon Kings fell during this Papenheim cavalry raid. His cavalry was a horror to the Horsemen. Even the Mad Halberstadt, who treated the Empire like his playground, said that Papenheim would come, he would leave the army behind and flee.

The greatest cavalry captain in the empire died and became a vampire beneath me? What the……. He never would have died in the battle of Harfheim.

I have realised that history is already twisting.

By the way... Papenheim was the best cavalry commander in his day. But now that I'm a vampire with superhuman powers, I'm really excited about what I'm going to do.

I vowed to level up the Bloodless and Tearless so that I could turn him into a Daywalker.

“Lord, did I do something wrong? ”

“No. Serve your burdens faithfully. I look forward to the future. Gottfried Heinrich.”

When he called him by his own name, he was moved and put his forehead to the ground.

“The second death of God belongs only to the Lord! ”

“Good.”

I raised him by my hand. Then the vampires around you are startled and roar. The original kind of commander is ruthless and cruel. When you deal with death, your toughness flies and you have no choice but to echo.

As long as I brought them back from the dead, their fate is as a slave bound to me. They were all puckered up with kindness.

I immediately smiled using the performance of an SS grade skill mephistopelles.

“There are many officials who serve kings in the world, but the most loyal are here! ”

At that moment, the vampires look suspicious and all shout in unison.

“The second death of the gods belongs only to you! ”

The demonic act and the monarch's majesty overlapped and completely engulfed their spirit. Absolute loyalty. I was satisfied feeling it.

“Good. Now let's find out what Philipp left behind." ”