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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:Web Chapter 346

2018-09-13T09:11:43Z

172.69.22.47: /* Breaking the Limit */

==Breaking the Limit==

“Now then, Gaelion. I’m leaving the limit-breaking Class Up to you.”

“KYUA!”

Because Raphtalia and Firo were selected by the legendary vassals, it’s unnecessary for them. But those unchosen ones still need it.

We ended up getting permission to use the Dragon Hourglass at night.

Gaelion jumped on top of the Hourglass, and cried out.

By the way… it seems that a vassal or legendary weapon is required to break the limit.

『Let us start.』

After getting a large portion of the fragments, True Gaelion became able to use something like telepathy.

He still won’t use it on Ren or Taniko though. He refuses to interact with them.

“Then first is onee-san!”

Sadina skips forward as she announces her candidacy.

But it’s a valid choice.

She’s top class in the village, and her base abilities are high.

And she hasn’t even been taught Hengen Musou.

Recently, she’s been watching the Granny’s son, and her disciples training, and she’s picked a little up.

Just how high are her specs?

“Well, that’s about right. You’ve been helping out with quite a bit lately, and you are acting as a test subject here.” (Naofumi)

“That’s right~ onee-san’s been dyed with Naofumi’s colors.” (Sadina)

Sadina seems to be in high spirits as she uses both hands to cover her face in embarrassment.

By the way, there’s a reason why we didn’t perform the Class Up as soon as Gaelion got hold of the Fragments.

It was because of the Growth Elevation from the Whip.

It was a useful enhancement that could be granted onto people other than the possessor of it.

It truly is the Whip… it may be a bit cruel to say, but it’s perfect for Slaves and Animals… In this case, I guess it’s the perfect method for one who raises monsters.

But there’s a large flaw in this method.

For people who aren’t Heroes, they can only level down within the scope of their Class Ups. In this case, it would be from 1-40, 40-100, or 100+.

Heroes have no concept of classing up.

So we can sacrifice our levels, and downgrade ourselves to level 1.

And proportional to our sacrifice, our growth will increase.

But if we fall too low, with the monsters around the world experiencing a spike in level, it’s exceptionally dangerous and inefficient.

Apparently, Class Ups in themselves can be divided into those that magnify stats, and those that amplify certain possibilities.

The first one does something like doubling one’s current stats, while the latter lets you add a percent modifier onto a certain stats.

In the former, it’s the stats right after the class up that are important, while in the latter, it amplifies for times to come, so they balance out.

In order to figure this out, I have to do some experimentation.

The Class Up at 40 was the latter.

So I think it will turn out fine, but just in case…

The Level 100 Class Up being the former sounds likely.

If we mess up, it’s not like we’re going to do something complicated like starting over from level 1. We don’t have too much time.

We have to quell the waves worldwide.

Though we’re able to buy a bit of time with all the Legendary Weapons and vassals gathered.

The Test Subjects were to be Firo and Sadina.

These two were the ones in the village with the quickest level growth.

Of course, their battle abilities are also high.

But Firo became the Hero of the Claw, so Sadina became our main testee.

We do have the consent of the individual.

“Take responsibility~.” (Sadina)

“Ah, yes, yes. When must I do that?” (Naofumi)

Refusing her has gotten to be a pain, so I just go with the flow of her conversation.

“Let’s see~. Then tonight, won’t you do something fun with me?” (Sadina)

I get the feeling that Raphtalia is looking upon the situation with envious eyes.

Perhaps Sadina realized this. She grabbed and wrapped herself around my arm.

She’s definitely playing around here…

“Do you mean something 18+? Or do you mean drinking?” (Naofumi)

“Let’s see… Which one would you prefer, Raphtalia-chan?” (Sadina)

“W-why are you asking me?” (Raphtalia)

“Because it’s fun.” (Sadina)

“I will get angry.” (Raphtalia)

“Ahaha, it’a joke~.” (Sadina)

She sure likes teasing the girl.

Though I do believe Raphtalia’s good reactions are the cause of it all.

If I were asked if I were an appealing person, I would deny it.

But for Sadina, who treasures the village, she’s thinking about the future. Perhaps she’s merely pretending to be smitten with me.

She is one of the people I have to answer eventually.

…I put my hand on Sadina’s face.

“Ahn, Naofumi-chan. Save that for when we return to the village.” (Sadina)

“Hah…” (Naofumi)

It’s really hard to tell whether she’s being serious or not.

Sadina closes in on my ear, and whispers.

“If you’ve cleared up your doubts, and you still seek me, I will be nothing but happy, you know. This isn’t a lie, or a joke, or anything.” (Sadina)

This whale woman is…

Let’s return to topic.

Recently, I’ve been going with her to raise my level in the sea.

Me, and the other Heroes are helping raise the villagers’ levels. We’re also patrolling, and visiting various places.

And I was left in charge of the coast. It’s not like I was forced into the job, or anything.

It was quite an efficient place, and I was interested in Sadina’s way of leveling. Under the pretense of patrolling, we went to level grind.

The amount of aquatic Demi-Humans in my village isn’t small.

There are ones like Dolphins and Octopii.

I’m had them level with Sadina, but according to them, Sadina was strong, so it was too easy… apparently.

If you ignored Hengen Musou, perhaps she’s the strongest in the village.

Atlas couldn’t see, but she could fight by sensing Chi.

And Hengen Musou is a style that trains people to sense things the same way. To hit pressure points where Chi is lax.

On the contrary, like Firo, Sadina specializes in overpowering the enemy.

Well, Firo was able to do Hengen Musou’s Mussou Kassei.

There seems to be a difference between being able to do is consciously or unconsciously… but Sadina can’t grasp it at all.

In simple fighting power, in a battle without bluffs, she falls into Firo’s category.

Probably, if Fohl wasn’t recruited by that old woman, he would grow into a style like hers.

Another reason I’m leveling in the sea is because Fitoria notified us that there was a high chance the next wave would be happening over the ocean.

According to the convenient teleporter that is Fitoria’s carriage, in an underwater temple, there’s a single hourglass overgrown with moss.

Of course, its surroundings are underwater as well

We can probably combat it above water, but if the boss remained under, then we’d have to beat it to end the wave.

Now that I think about it… Ren’s face was a bit pale, but could it be that he can’t swim?

I’ll have him spit it out later.

Fitoria prepared some underwater fighting equipment, and among them was a certain penguin suit.

What’s more, its stats were higher than the one in my possession, and its color was different.

I really didn’t want to, but when I trained underwater with Sadina, I was forced to wear it.

Yeah. It was a world of difference fighting with or without it.

But I’d really like to do something about its appearance.

And I’m digressing again.

In fights underwater, the physics were different, and I was pressed into a difficult stream of battles.

I mean, as if I were flying in the sky, I had to defend from attacks both above, and below.

And I had to go up for air at regular intervals.

Luckily, the special equipment let me breath in water to some extent, but it still requires regular resurfacing.

Additionally, water wraps around my body, making my body feel much heavier.

Many times, I could only stick to Sadina, and deploy something like Meteor Wall X.

I understand the importance of the Harpoon. I’ll bet Motoyasu will be the most capable of the Four Heroes in this field.

Next would be Itsuki. He seems to have a special bow, and bow-gun.

“Sadina sure has grown.”

When the wave caused the increase in monster levels worldwide, she went into the sea as a test run, and still easily came out victorious.

I think she fought… level 150 monsters. Monsters like that frequently appear about the coast.

Even if she had some support magic on her, I think she’s way too strong.

“At that time, when you asked me to drop you to level 40, I thought you had a death wish.” (Naofumi)

“Ara~? You worried about this onee-san?” (Sadina)

“I shouldn’t?” (Naofumi)

I’d like to teach her the concept of recklessness.

Heroes have their own forms of strengthening, so we can manage against Level Gaps to some extent. It’s too much a responsibility for one who isn’t a Hero like her.

I cautioned her time and time again, she would shout, ‘It’s alright~, follow me!’ and I would reluctantly move forward.

When it got too hard, I planned to have us flee through the portal, and level aboveground.

But… Level 40 Sadina with support magic beat a level 150 monster.

The fight lasted around three minutes.

What the hell is with this?

“Oh my, I’m happy.” (Sadina)

She acts lax, but now that we’ve lost Atlas, the strongest slave in the village is definitely her.

After that fight, Sadina dragged me all over the ocean, and we encountered plenty of monsters.

I’ve heard that some aquatic mammals use sound waves to get a feel for their surroundings, but Sadina was able to sense the prescense of monsters from a long ways away.

Well, it’s no different from Firo on Land.

And while she was only level 40, she was able to get up to 70 while fighting with me.

The next day, she reached 90, and had me give her Growth Increases again.

When we dived down real deep… the monsters were all 200.

But with support magic, they came down relatively easily, and our levels rose higher and higher.

The ones with us were Raphtalia and Firo. Also Raph-chan. It seems Raph-chan can swim. But if you think about it, he swam all the way from that island to the village.

Right now, I also dropped my levels to raise my abilities. I dropped to 80.

The increase from Growth Elevation… can’t be laughed at.

And the villagers also have my growth corrections, so their growth is even higher.

In general, Sadina’s stats are… past what could be called human.

Even after rising that high, Sadina said, ‘I still don’t think I can beat that monster I encountered last I went salvaging~.’ These waters sure are dangerous.

Just how high is this world’s max level?

Are the monsters outside of Human reach entering levels humanity can never surpass?

Are Dragons okay?

I also have to raise Gaelion’s level.

It would be humiliating if he got attacked by another Dragon and died.

And after repeating Growth Elevation a few times, Sadina’s Status became something amazing.

She was ready to break the level 100 limit.

“Then let’s start~.” (Sadina)

“KYUA!” (Gaelion)

Sadina touches the Dragon Hourglass, and Gaelion begins chanting magic.

『Here… to save this world alongside the legendary Heroes, let us awaken the warrior of this world to their duty. Oh, world, oh Dragon Pulse, oh manifested destiny. Release the power stored within him !』

Through Telepathy, only I heard the incantation.

In truth, he did nothing but call out GyauGyau over and over again.

When I thought the chant was over, the gems raining down inside the Dragon Hourglass let out a single beam of light that extends out to my Shield before glittering to show their confirmation.

And as always, the display asking which route to take appeared before me.

Are there no special Class magnifications here?

I think as I look through the options before me.

…Um, raise her abilities in Human form, or raise her abilities in Beast Form. These are quite restrictive.

There are also options to grant her special abilities.

It differs greatly from when the villagers chose not to use Gaelion or Firo on their first Class Up.

Those were small changes in status. Of course, special abilities were included.

But this time is different.

The scopes are much larger.

Shouldn’t it be the other way around? Is what I think… but perhaps Gaelion’s divine intervention is the cause of all this.

“I pass on the right to decide to Sadina."

“Ara~? I wonder what I should pick. Which one do you like, Naofumi-chan?” (Sadina)

“It’s your choice.” (Naofumi)

“Hmph. Listen here, sometimes women like to have things picked out for them by the person they like.” (Sadina)

“Is that how it is?” (Naofumi)

I look towards Raphtalia.

“Hmm… yes.” (Raphtalia)

“So it was true.” (Naofumi)

Even so… can I really choose Sadina’s future like this?

“Otherwise, I’ll choose the option that produces plenty of children when I do something fun with Naofumi-chan.” (Sadina)

“For realz!?” (Naofumi)

This is bad. I don’t want to to bear that much responsibility.

No, just how serious is she?

And wait, am I really doing it with her after this?

Honestly, I can’t really imagine the two of us doing that sort of thing, you know…

“Sadina-onee-san? Please don’t trouble Naofumi-sama too much.” (Raphtalia)

“I know. I was just teasing him a little.” (Sadina)

She chuckles to herself.

Ah, for the love of all that is divine… please don’t play around with me.

“Hmph!” (Naofumi)

“I wanted Naofumi-chan to choose, but I guess there’s no helping it.” (Sadina)

Sadina picked her choice, and the hourglass began emitting light. The light slowly soaks into her.

Eventually, the radiance dies down to reveal Sadina smiling.

“Well, I guess that’s about it. Naofumi-chan, please confirm my status.” (Sadina)

“Sure.” (Naofumi)

I bring up her Status screen.

Uu… it’s elevated to an even higher level.

Her basic stats are many times greater than mine. Of course, I’ll bet there will be a bit of a gap between us when factoring in the power of the legendary weapon, but it’s the highest status I’ve ever seen.

It’s twice that of Firo’s when she grew with my growth corrections.

The stat amplification of the level 100 Class Up seems to be… percent based. I don’t really know what Sadina chose, but her evenly distributed stats are now all over the place.

Of course, it may just be brought about by the path she chose.

“What did you choose?” (Naofumi)

“Agility and Strength, also Magic.” (Sadina)

“I see.” (Naofumi)

If she mastered Hengen Musou like this, then she truly would have entered the realm of true monsters.

I learned later, but apparently above level 100, the Whip’s Elevation can sacrifice level for special abilities as well.

In Sadina’s case, she had me grant Magic Enhancement and Underwater Activity Time Up.

Transformation… are the modifications the strange me left behind still active?

That’s how it went.

Honestly, we’re becoming quite strong.

It seems I can count on our non-hero forces as well.

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Tate no Yuusha no Nariagari:Web Chapter 337

2018-09-13T07:03:07Z

172.69.22.47: /* World Assimilation */

==World Assimilation==

“And? Am I right in assuming your weapon is that carriage?” (Naofumi)

“Kue.” (Fitoria)

Fitoria firmly nods.

“Last we met, you were able to detach it, right?” (Naofumi)

“Kue, kue.” (Fitoria)

“If you use your weapon long enough, you’ll eventually be able to take it off temporarily, she says.” (Midori)

How envious.

I want to learn to do that too, but perhaps the Vassals and Heroes work on different systems…

The Shield did go into dormancy for a while, but it would be nice if I could do that consciously.

“Did you copy the Tank-type body Rat made? Is that also counted as a carriage?” (Naofumi)

“Kue.” (Fitoria)

“Yes. I got the feeling that could be copied, so I went and made use of it, apparently.” (Midori)

“I see.” (Naofumi)

I don’t know if there’s a gap in power output, but it’s amazing that she could copy Rat’s Tank-type monster.

With this, we may be able to advance Rat’s plans in weapon-shaped monster making. No, that doesn’t matter right now.

But… is a Tank really a carriage?

It’s more like a vehicle, or something like that.

“To summarize, originally, there were four weapons that could be called legendary. Each one was able to select two vassals, making for eight in total. In total, that means there are 12 holy weapons circulating in this world. Glass, how was it in your world?” (Naofumi)

“Let’s see. In our world, there also existed twelve weapons. From them, I was selected as the vassal of the 『Fan』.” (Glass)

“I see.” (Naofumi)

“This world… hasn’t experienced any particular damage. What happened to its guardian beasts?” (Glass)

“Guardian Beasts?” (Trash)

When the conversation had just gotten back on track, Trash posed a question to Glass.

I just learned about their duty from Gaelion a little while ago.

But perceptive people like Trash may have already picked up on it.

“In order to prevent the wave… the assimilation of worlds, there exist certain beasts. In order to protect the world, they collect the souls of its inhabitants. It may be a cruel method, but…” (Glass)

“So you mean the four spirits?” (Trash)

“That’s right. In this world, three have already been eliminated. It seems that the descriptions of their nature, and other explanations, passed down by the past heroes, were all destroyed by someone’s hand.” (Naofumi)

“… My world’s have all been eliminated already. The only method left to me was to… kill all the heroes of this world.” (Glass)

Glass puts her hand on her chest with a relieved expression.

It’s not like she’s attacking because she wants to.

At least, that’s what I get by watching her.

It may seem selfish from our point of view, but the same can be said in reverse.

I mean, if we don’t use the power of the Four Beasts, we’ll have to eliminate Glass’s world.

“It may be just a little, but the worlds have assimilated in some parts. At the moment, my world’s inhabitants are now slightly closer to becoming yours, something like that.” (Glass)

“I guess that’s how it is. And what do your people wish for?” (Naofumi)

“To suppress the assimilation to as great an extent as possible. If possible, we also don’t wish for any more sacrifices from our side.” (Glass)

Sacrifices…

So Glass’s world isn’t completely gone, but the assimilation has taken most of it away.

Because of that, Glass came to seek aid from us.

“We hope that you will offer at least half of your lives to your guardian beasts.” (Glass)

“…Are you sane?” (Naofumi)

Since Glass is on the asking side, there’s no helping it, but asking us to sacrifice half our population…

She doesn’t seem happy about proposing it either.

It’s easy to imagine just how hard of a choice it is for her.

It’s that. In an old Sci-Fi novel, I’ve read something like this

The world became too polluted for human inhabitation, so a small fraction of the population set out for the stars to find a new place to call home. I think.

I do believe that it is strange that the current fantasy situation overlaps with Sci-Fi, though.

But Glass’s world seems to have been cornered quite far.

Of course, the situation is the same for us.

If we just stand back and watch, our world will definitely fall to ruin.

To save the many or the few. Such a choice has been imposed on us…

In that sense, Glass’s world, who’ve already reached their decision, have a better grasp of the situation than us.

“I know. It’s our final option. But since part of this world has already been eaten away, in order to ensure the survival of the races that live on your world, it isn’t the worst option. Of course, if you have a better one, then it’s a different story.” (Glass)

If we had something like that, we would already be working on it.

But those sacrifices aren’t just going to say, “Go ahead,” and let themselves be killed.

-but it may be something we have to do.

I can tell since I’ve survived up until now.

In this world, pretty words aren’t enough to bring an end to anything.

Whenever someone gains, someone loses.

Having all parties benefit rarely ever happens.

In order to ensure a third survives, we kill the other two thirds.

This truly is… a shitty world.

Even so, we have to make a choice.

Of course, that truly is a final option.

“… What about your world?” (Naofumi)

Glass averts her gaze.

“The vanguard of the enemy forces, one with memories of another world, left our world in chaos. Suspicion raged on about who the reincarnated one was, and when the world was in grave peril, my comrades began killing one another… you can laugh if you want.” (Glass)

It appears that a reincarnator like Tact caused the death of the Four Heroes, and all but one of their vassals.

It’s scary that with one wrong step, the same would have happened to us.

“I do feel like bursting into laughter, but we’re on the same boat. How about you crack a smile?” (Naofumi)

The Seven Stars were assassinated.

Tact Schemed.

Faubley went to war.

Really, he did a perfect job of making a mess of things.

An idiot like that thought he could save the world? That’s too much even for a joke.

“Now then, let’s leave that behind, and see what information we have left.” (Naofumi)

Info on the world we’re opposing.

Looking at Glass’s attitude, we aren’t much different.

“Our world was left with information on what the wave was, but everything else was lost over time… just how many times… did we fight with other worlds to save our own?” (Glass)

“I see… Glass, your world’s wave… what number is it?” (Naofumi)

This was the worst possibility I thought of.

Even if their world comes to a close, will their battle ever end?

If it was to be in a hundred years, it would be fine.

If it was in decades, we would still be prepared to make a bitter decision.

But what if it were in a few years, a few months, a few weeks?

Will we simply be fighting an endless battle?

No, if it will continue no matter what…

“We’ve fought a countless number of battles. At the start, we fought your world, but sometimes, a different world would appear in our sky. Perhaps it was because of the power of your world’s Guardian Beasts.” (Glass)

“Ah, I see… Our first meeting was… four months ago.” (Naofumi)

“At that time, the only thing I knew was the nature of the wave. There’s a world of difference between the me of back then, and now.” (Glass)

Yes, the current us would easily be able to defeat Glass when she fought us back then.

And the same goes for Glass now.

In our joint battle, she displayed quite a bit of strength.

“Um, Naofumi-san, why is it that we cannot let the worlds to assimilate anymore?” (Itsuki)

Itsuki asks a question.

Ah, that’s right. I explained what the wave was, but never why it had to be stopped no matter the cost.

“To put it simply… think of the world as a soap bubble floating in the wind.” (Naofumi)

“I… see…” (Itsuki)

“This bubble floats, collides with, and gets stuck to four others of similar size. But it has its limit. The next bubble to hit it will cause it to burst. You get it?” (Naofumi)

“… Somewhat…” (Itsuki)

“I see… The wave is a phenomenon where worlds assimilate, and while the other Heroes were able to survive through it, they were unable to prevent the phenomenon itself. This fits with my wife’s notes.” (Trash)

Trash picks up what I really want to talk about.

“From the start, the world had one holy weapon, and two vassals. Another world got stuck on, and it became two and four… and in the previous wave-” (Trash)

“Yeah, we now have four holy weapons, and eight vassals.” (Itsuki)

“To summarize, the stories of the past where Demi-Humans don’t seem to exist are those that were passed down before the wave, and by the collision of worlds, we became bound to the Demi-Human world? Naofumi-dono and Kawasumi-dono’s Shield and bow are… those of the Demi-Human side. That’s why they're looked down upon within my country.” (Trash)

“Me too? I didn’t feel that I got that bad of a reception compared to Naofumi-san.” (Itsuki)

“In our long history, perhaps the Bow performed some feat, and got accepted by the church. But the Shield…” (Trash)

“I’ll bet the original weapon of the Demi-Human world was the Shield. The weapon probably had close ties to their land, so he probably didn’t work near Melromark.” (Itsuki)

These people are sharp.

Even without me saying anything, they reach their own conclusion.

You’re incomparable to how you were at the beginning, Trash.

“The details are unclear, but in the waves before these ones, our world became tied to the Demi-human’s, and this time, we’ve established a link with Glass’s. Is that correct?” (Trash)

“Yes, your hypothesis isn’t wrong.” (Glass)

“But… why does the wave require so much time? Though my wife wrote not of it, I have my own theories.” (Trash)

“Speak.” (Naofumi)

“Fumu… First, it’s because of the one controlling the one with memories of a life past. The ringleader of this incident.” (Trash)

Trash crosses his arms, and gets lost in thought.

“Another possibility is… the Assimilation prevention measures the four beasts perform happen every time the wave comes around, and as if waiting for a fruit to ripen, the ringleader waits for them to collect… but that would make this ringleader much too long lived.” (Trash)

“No, you may be onto something. Try expanding your thoughts.” (Naofumi)

“… Understood. The one behind this must reap some profit by sending the world into ruin. That’s why they cause waves to happen, and worlds to go to war, eventually destroying them… of course, the Four Spirits prevent such things, so they reincarnate someone to go dispose of them. But… this train of thought leaves too many things unclear.” (Trash)

“That’s right.” (Naofumi)

Why doesn’t this ringleader get involved himself?

It’s safe to consider that they have some reason not to.

Even if these deductions are correct, what they lead us to is…

“That ringleader cannot come to this world, or perhaps… it’s a magical or spiritual phenomenon. Like an automatic system to control the world’s population…” (Trash)

“Itsuki, do you have any ideas? You were able to tell Tact was a reincarnator, right?” (Naofumi)

“That’s right, but in my world, it would be explained as a power they were unable to awaken to in life, or something… I’ve got nothing.” (Itsuki)

In my world, the books I’ve read with this theme have been quite varied.

So my thoughts may be way off the mark.

But I’ve seen a situation similar to this.

“In the stories of my world, there’s a certain someone who mediates reincarnations like these.” (Naofumi)

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