He Isekai’d as Worst Villain in his Fav Game & Must Do Anything to Survive! 🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈🌈
a heavy aura fell upon a bright full moon night where many spears and weapons were pointed at the sky and soldiers shouted to progress onwards and kill a supposed devil a man darted forward and surprised the soldiers with his actions but this male was faster and swiftly killed off the soldiers in front of him people cried out in pain as blood spilled onto the man’s face as he kneelled down with a hand to the ground as he seemed to start to summon something from the ground that sprouted from the cracks with a purple glow surprising the soldiers before they would get killed by the multiple purple tentacles that came out of the ground the man breathed heavily from the exhaustion of the moment holding himself up by his blade while giant red eyes floated above his body the purple-eyed male had beads of sweat falling down his face before he would try to get up and glance around him quickly noticing someone walking toward him this person asked him why he made the choice of bargaining with the devil as the red-haired girl asked the man why he betrayed them he didn’t answer and so the girl insisted that he would referring to the male as Nox von Leanhour nox hummed in thought and repeated the question in surprise chuckling and agreeing that it would seem that way from where the girl stood but he believed it was the opposite she said that was a lie and asked again why he dealt with the devil and ended up this way making him turn around to start his story it all started with a crash landing the screen would pop up where a man in his apartment would stare at the screen after finishing his 27th run of a video game he had picked up items and cleared achievements and everything seemed good aside from the hospital visit that he had due the next month 2 years ago the man received results from the doctor that changed his life greatly he would try to go to another hospital to see if there were any changes but this facility had unfortunately end up with the same conclusion and could only offer drugs to sate his pain however this did not ease the despair he felt from the whole situation the bottle of pills that he was given dropped and spilled to the ground his arms slumping as he thought about how the news was 2 years ago his lifeless eyes glanced over at the bags of trash before he started to cough up blood realizing that he was dying for real he wiped off the blood and dismissed his thoughts as thinking about it won’t change anything and he was interrupted by a notification on his phone when it was checked it was only a reminder about the male’s appointment and in this previous world his name was Chan Yu chan unlocked his phone and saw that all of his notifications were only from the hospital and no one else since it seemed as though people stopped reaching out to him once he started to lose his memory he wondered where he would even go in the state that he was in lifting his phone to remember the pamphlets he was given by the doctor about support groups and such the male slammed his hand down on the desk and crumpled up the papers throwing them off while hanging his head low before Chan raised his head and stared at the computer monitor in front of him the game was asking if he wanted to start a new game and he felt as though this game was all that was left for him he clicked yes and typed in some name while holding a weak smile wondering what kind of character he should make this time chan picked many different traits until a warning screen told him that selecting more than one genius trait would give him a penalty trait he glanced at it and saw that it gave him a lifelimiting illness trait if he continued this caused him to flinch as that trait was just like him making Chon laugh before going with it and clicking yes suddenly something buzzed and the male seemed to tumble over while his vision became blurry he wondered if he was dying at that moment glancing at the screen while thinking about how he had hoped he could at least choose the time and way to die the character he had chosen had its name modified and it started to count up in percentage before he would feel a breeze of wind heaving for breath as he sat up with confusion the male looked around his surroundings and felt a sense of deja vu realizing what was going on as he got out of bed and looked at a window as he learned that he had become the worst spoiled character in the game he played and that was when the phrase popped into his head about how it really all started with a crash landing the Yanhaba family was one of the three prominent families harnessing the element of darkness and had a close link to the most diabolical crime organization in the game with the Nox being the youngest of the five sons the family earned a reputation for being the finest of swordsmen but Nox seemed to have been an exception and was deemed mediocre however he would soon make a deal with the devil and become the worst scourge known to the universe the male wondered if he was dreaming until a window popped up with his stats causing him to see that he had some awful stats in some places and had a lot of negative traits he remembered that these were the traits of the character he customized and this character only had one year left to live similar to a situation in real life shawn wondered why he made this character but deep down he knew that it was because he wanted a character who was like him dying with no one to lean on back then he had no idea what tragedy that would lead to but his thoughts were interrupted by a message that he opened with confusion it greeted him and referred to him by both of his names surprising him with the fact that it knew his real name given by his parents whom he didn’t even know if they were alive nox wondered if whoever brought him to this world knew of his past that he couldn’t remember but the message continued and said that it had been a long time without him causing more confusion as it said that he had proved himself deserving to come back to this world the past 2 years it welcomed him back and Nox stood there wondering if he had originally come from this world nox was struggling to figure out the issue wondering if this game world was real and the one he came from was not his body trembled and the message continued saying there was a lot to tell that couldn’t be told now however this mysterious person intended to help Knox the message told Nox to enter the academy and find companions who could be of help so he could get as close to the main story line as possible in order to set Nox on his path to finding all the lost truths the window faded away and Nox panicked but it was too late and he decided to think about everything he was now Knox von Leanha the will be final boss of the game and now he was supposed to push himself close to the main story but he was hesitant about the idea the light-haired male wondered if the message was really telling the truth and if he could afford to ignore it while burning his bridge to his lost memories with that risk in mind Nox knew that he couldn’t refuse it as he needed to reclaim his memories and figure out his connection with this world while trying to survive after all he was living on borrowed time so being the ultimate villain was a price he was willing to pay he grinned and thought that this wasn’t worse than the life he had in the other world since he didn’t even have his memories before the diagnosis of 2 years ago during those two years he had always been a dying man waiting as the clock ticked by but now he was in different surroundings that were extremely familiar to him nox asked the system for the date and he saw that he had one year left till the next enrollment cycle but that was also the time of his demise however he was still excited to start his 28th run of this game he opened the doors of his bedroom only to feel a pain in his wrist which caused him to halt as a window popped up to say that he had sprained his wrist somehow nox walked down the halls while confused about what was wrong with his body before bumping into a maid who fell and dropped all the plates she was holding the servants all gasped as they realized it was Knox who walked out the male was still in pain from his sprain but he noticed the maid looked familiar and recognized the long-haired girl as Lona lona apologized for what she did and begged to not be cut with splinters but the male was more focused on remembering the girl as one of the less important side characters who was memorable from the fact that she would talk behind Nox’s back right now this girl had tears and dough eyes which Nox imagined sparkling with a joy while she would backbite he leaned down and said that he would let her off the hook but glared at her as a warning for her to not make the same mistake which she squeaked at the male didn’t believe he was being that scary but he glanced over at all the other scared servants and remembered that he was playing as the spoiled wretch of a character lona asked where Nox was heading so early in the morning to which he responded quickly and explained that he was heading to the drill hall surprising the servants nox decided to ask the maid to come along which made her worried that he was going to beat her with a wooden sword they walked out down the halls and she kept glancing at the male while he thought about surviving since that near-death experience made it clear that he was just not ready to die and the first step to take was to adapt to everything as soon as possible he muttered to himself which confused the girl as Nox thought about how he had beaten the game 27 times and knew every hidden aspect opening the traits panel the main story of the inner lunatic unfolded against a backdrop of conflicts but that alone would not have earned the game its popularity what made it special was the countless combinations of traits that enabled thousands of navigation paths and these traits belonged to different tiers but players could only choose one genius trait this wasn’t a surprise to Knox however he had gotten two traits thanks to the game’s penalty system to allow players to choose more than one in exchange for disadvantages either way Nox now had a sword fighting trait to expedite his progress and sensitivity to mana to help his efficiency in magic activity he hummed and thought as he also had benefits such as the ability to peak into the stats of other characters the ability to be a convincing actor to people and a heart of steel to center himself in combat the only problems were his negative traits with his illness on top of the one that gave him one year to live but it was a whole collection of them he had a trait where it would prevent him to step into cold terrain without heatinducing skills and a trait that would make him likely to collapse every chapter but it is what it is as he could just tackle them one by one lona wondered if Nox was actually going to drill himself but she glanced at his face which held a soft yet determined expression surprising her as he opened the doors and was going to start off his progress by tackling his curse of frailty the wooden sword was pointed at the ceiling as Nox thought about it from all different angles mostly the fact that his situation made him as screwed as the stranded protagonist of a sci-fi novel knox threw the sword away and fell to the ground while panting heavily since he didn’t know how intense this curse would be time passed and he finally got up from the ground to look at the well-kept swords but this was to be expected from the swordsmanship that defined the family and the sober that the family had earned one of them being the sons of darkness and swords what afforded them such renown was a man called the Vanquisher who is also called the Black Blade of Domination this sword had been passed down through history but that shouldn’t concern Nox since there were perks other than swordsmanship that the family had to offer such as money and the money habas were some of the highest nobles in the world which meant they had plenty of money to burn enough to not have to worry about the family black sheep’s splurging habit he was certain that Nox’s father Theodore wouldn’t care if his son spent money without a care in the world but this was expected since Nox had always been the spoiled one so there was an upside to this character noox was going to go on that spree until he realized how weak his body felt making him wonder if he should just wait until Lona got him the things he asked for minutes ago the maid girl provided him with a sword towel and some water the girl wondered if the male was actually going to train but her thoughts were interrupted by Nox asking her to come forward making her worried that she would be beaten he frowned and sweat dropped before pulling her close and whispering something in her ear which surprised the long-haired maid as they were items that would cost him a fortune along with being completely useless knox asked if she was back talking which made her scared and she walked off dejectedly while Nox wondered how resourceful the maid could be but now was the time to wait until the items would arrive the male went to get a drink inside at his low stamina but he was interrupted by someone suddenly greeting him that man was Rodwell dearok the head steward who held much authority in the manor and directly assisted his father so Knox likely didn’t stand a chance against this man who stood as an obstacle knox put down the mug and activated his actor trait to joke about how it was the head steward’s job to attend the head of the family but Rodwell mentioned in order that Knox’s father expected Knox to be at the dinner table that night this worried Knox as he didn’t know too much about Knox’s character and what the family was like so he tried to refuse but Rodwell insisted and said that the male would be joined by Talia von Steeliner a girl training to be a knight if Nox didn’t attend Nox’s father would be furious so the male decided to accept but this surprised the steward as he mentioned that Knox was unlike himself that day this was because Knox never enjoyed wielding a sword but is now in the drill hall asking what Nox’s inspiration was however the male told Rodwell that he wouldn’t tolerate such questions as the things he did were not of the steward’s concern the older male gulped nervously and affirmed with a bow as Nox left but Rodwell felt something suspicious and decided he would let Theodore know knox felt panicked with this new event and wondered what would happen if he were busted but the main thing on his mind was the girl he didn’t expect to pop up so early the dinner occurred and Knox sat there in silence while his brothers more specifically the twins of the brothers made fun of him for coming to the dinner continuing to talk amongst themselves even if it wasn’t his idea to do it the words still stung but the moment was interrupted by the father entering the room the head of the family along with Talia who greeted everyone happily she was there to receive training and the father told everyone to give her a cordial welcome talia the red-haired heroine who had put an end to Nox’s corruption in other words she would be the one stabbing him in the heart nox’s father mentioned his surprise for him coming to the dinner making him turn away with a dejected expression which confused Talia the dinner started and Knox started to eat while the twins would glance at the boy they spoke up and said that the academy enrollment was next year saying that the family needed to soon determine who would be worthy of representing the family name theodore hummed in thought and agreed as Nox remembered that this academy was the most important place in the game since it was the place where students would handle incidents at school and fight the demon this was also the school he must get into and gather companions to which the father continued and explained that the academy took its own measures to prevent nobles from forming clicks hence the policy of only accepting three students from each household the two eldest had already claimed their spots so this meant only one of the three sons left would get a chance for now Knox needed to focus on getting chosen for that spot and Theodore explained that the one chosen would be chosen with their leanha method which Nox immediately knew was by dueling the father was surprised that Nox knew and mentioned that they would take place in a month in the drill hall to which the twins snickered and suggested that the boy shouldn’t join especially with his delicate body knox started to speak and said that he would definitely join as he was optimistic knowing his rivals causing the twins to feel offended but Nox explained that he was suggesting that he was above them rather than equal with them while the twin sat with angry expressions and Talia seemed to giggle and ask why Knox was so confident knox felt a chill through his body as she was the last person whose attention he should be grabbing when the dinner ended and Rodwell made his report Theodore agreed that Nox seemed to have changed overnight which was already ridiculous of a situation he wondered what triggered the sudden change of heart and believed it could be a demon but that was quickly dismissed however what was happening was certainly more interesting than he expected theodore asked Rodwell to keep an eye on Nox and it seemed as though the boy continued his drill and was running around the manor the maids were all surprised but also confused by the fact that he was just running considering he was dueling with swords in a month nox wondered why he could hear their whispering but was interrupted by the system telling him that his stamina increased by.1 points this was a very low number but it was important since stamina was a major obstacle in his plan and his genius trait could only be activated once he had at least four stamina points making him sad that he didn’t get it from the beginning due to his frailty he panted heavily while thinking about how he needed to increase it by 1.9 points within a month feeling burdened by this curse that hd won stamina gains all his running resulted in just 0.1 points and even his illness trait haved the growth as well so he needed to work four times as hard another problem was that he would also be limited to 15 points max but that’s a worry for another time finally Lona had come to bring the items he ordered the previous day impressing Nox as he looked at the items and believed they would help expedite his progress since he knew what they did as a person who had beaten the game 27 times before he took the items and Lona asked what they were for looking worriedly since they were mostly dangerous noox agreed but said they were only dangerous to those without knowledge making her confused as he grabbed the bottle of poison and started to drink it the maid girl panicked and explained it was poison which Nox knew but this was the type of poison that would give him a temporary stamina bonus of 50% even if it would kill him in 10 minutes lona watched and was about to call someone until he refused since he wasn’t done proceeding to eat the Gollum nucleus which made her even more panicked since it would petrify his body however the two items together activated a hidden effect as planned the nucleus was normally used to maximize defense or bring an artificial golem to life but when used with the venom it would neutralize the poison and eliminate his curse of frailty one negative trait was now gone but Lona was still panicking and asked if he was all right only to witness the exhausted boy starting to take his shirt off which confused her even more nox started to take off his shirt which made Lona blush furiously as she watched him grab the other vial and pour the spring water on his body which neutralized the certification of the golem’s nucleus the spring water and nucleus started to react with one another and it was a weirdly pleasant sensation for the boy as another hidden effect activated giving him a temporary blessing of growth which would give him a stamina growth bonus until his stamina would reach five points the final touch was the scroll that was left on the cart which Nox picked up and casually ripped making his stamina growth rate double now the purple-eyed boy had broken the curse of frailty and took these other measures that would make his new stamina growth rate twice that of average characters now he was feeling proud of himself and clenched his fist until he was tackled by the maid who burst into tears and asked if he was all right since seeing him take off his shirt made her think that he had lost his mind under the influence of the venom she started to stop until he would tell her to just get a towel for him but he stopped himself when he looked back at her face and felt as though he couldn’t yell at Lona when he was feeling so good about breaking the curse he told the girl that he was quite all right but she still wondered if he needed a certain person to check on him or possibly just needed some rest however the light-haired boy explained that he had some things to do which confused the maid until Knox said that it was running that he had to do the sun shined brightly and Knox could be seen running around the courtyard with Alona close behind him with a towel while someone watched from afar muttering to herself about what possessed Knox to accept a duel with his brothers when Knox himself was not physically fit enough in her eyes talia was reprimanded by her handmaiden Emma who told her that her way of talking was not right when it came to a member of the family hosting her talia didn’t really care about what she said about the family and continued complaining about how all Nox did was run and how it didn’t seem like he had the intention to train with the sword and heard that omagrers tried to teach him but were turned down the red-haired woman believed that he would get beaten however it still couldn’t leave her mind so despite her handmaidaiden’s confusion she decided to leave shortly talia walked up to Nox and greeted him but he was internally confused as to why she was out there with him so he decided to act cold and ask what her business was she winced from his attitude and came up with the belief that he was only like that because he was stunned by her beauty asking the boy if he honestly believed that he could beat his brothers even though Talia complained that he was only doing running which Lona agreed with she offered her help but the boy immediately refused and told her to leave which shocked her asking if this was how he treated people who offered him help lona panicked in the background since she believed this was not how he should be talking to ladies talia scoffed and walked off confusing the boy about what happened and Nox felt as though everything was spiraling out of control he checked her stats and saw how talented she was from her stats including the fact that her stamina was higher than the average number for men in the world even so she was not on the level of the three supremes or four sages but she could still claim a place beneath their league and she would be capable of killing a few devils her element was fire and once awakened would be upgraded to white fire which would give her the power to burn corrupts into oblivion with that in mind winning Talia over as a friend was not an option as he didn’t know how much that would mess with the story he just needs to find a way to survive while complying with the story line as after all it was nonsensical to fratonize with your future vanquisher one month later Talia walked down the hall and remembered how some people were impressed at how she truly had talent befitting the reputation of the Steeliner family she didn’t really feel that way though as she felt lower than her sister clenching the hilt of her blade at the thought of losing to that woman talia wondered if she would ever be good enough to be a knight knights must be able to lead a frugal existence void of greed and from time to time sacrifice themselves for justice along with that they must also master countless swords and forms the red-haired girl sighed and thought that Nox believed that running was enough to defeat his brothers thinking he stood no chance the next day the sun shone on the two brothers who stood in the drill hall with everyone including Sila Theodore’s wife watching Theodore asked Rodwell how he believed the match would go and the steward wasn’t too sure an announcer explained what the duel was for and quickly started the fight to which Nox’s brother immediately raised his blade when Nox’s father asked Rodwell’s predictions the steward explained that years of training for Allen would put that man in the commanding position which the father agreed the wife glared and Rodwell wondered if Theodore was predicting a different outcome it was true that Nox had changed however he didn’t believe that Nox would overpower Allen unless there was an outrageous circumstance in Rodwell’s previous days as a knight by Lord Leonhab’s side the art of swords was governed by a simple rule where achievement was calibrated with how much time one spent with their sword the only factor that would change this was talent from the realms beyond an overwhelming natural gift but he didn’t believe that Nox possessed such a gift theodore spoke and said it would be unwise to dismiss other possibilities and that for all they knew any of the sons could possess a gift comparable to the three supremes nox thought about how unlucky he was even in this current world that he was in remembering how his luck was supposed to be high considering it was at seven points after all that running the light-haired boy had failed to bring his stamina up to four points with his blessing of growth Nox was at 3.8 the previous day and was almost there to reach his goal however Lona was still running behind him and asked if he was absolutely sure that he needed her to run with him the male affirmed and let his true intentions slip that he wanted her to suffer with him but he told the girl that she had one more article to clean which made her pout to which he mentioned his notice of nox chuckled and wondered if all the running gave her stamina as well checking her stats and finding out that she had a number which was higher than the average man after all the hard work he had put in he was still weaker than a side character lona mentioned that the sun was about to set and reminded him of his duel the next day making him pant heavily and feel disappointed that he didn’t have enough time when it was the next day just before the match Alan called out to Knox and suggested that he should withdraw calling Knox a disgrace to the family knox chuckled at the attitude and knew that his brother wanted to beat him to which Alan agreed since he wanted to impress Talia the light-haired boy glanced up at the girl before checking Allen’s stamina making Knox frown at the sight of the high number he felt worried before the announcer called out to both men and said that they couldn’t challenge the outcome of the duel but this only made Nox even more worried since losing would mean the end of his journey already and cost him the opportunity to find out who sent the message and what life was beyond his one-year deadline he clenched the sword as the duel began and Allan immediately made the first move which Nox rolled out of the way of grunting as he skidded back and trembled by the power of the second attack allan laughed and continued clashing blades with Nox who wondered what he should do until suddenly the system said that his stamina increased causing him to grin and murmur under his breath alan was confused and made fun of it before continuing to send blows at the younger boy as Theodore’s wife scoffed at the site believing that one of her other sons would attend the academy as the duel continued Theodore called the site pathetic making the woman grin as Theodore said they may have put too high of expectations rodwell suggested to interrupt the duel for Nox’s sake while Theodore thought about how Allen and Hats were talented even if they weren’t as talented as their eldest brother he wondered if he had to accept that none of his sons had the temperament to overpower all and put the world under his heel nox wheezed and Theodore sighed before rising from his chair with the intention to stop the duel but it finally happened and Knox could feel the power coursing through his body after the trait activated alan asked if his brother lost it but Knox activated a new skill which seemed to slow down time a wise person Knox didn’t remember the name of once said that a genius and an average man experienced time differently and that was what Knox was feeling at that moment everything was moving slowly and even if that didn’t automatically make his sword control perfect he was no longer dormant in his traits with a raise of the sword the duel was settled and Allen’s sword was knocked out of his hands making the older male flinch from the sudden movement and the fact the victory was now obvious the sword fell to the ground and Allan held his hand with a glare while Nox looked down with a cold expression but Nox knew this wasn’t the end of the duel yet he knew that the skills effect only lasted 5 minutes so he wondered how to wrap things up with a confident tone he told his brother that he was being leisurely in pace and he would put a swift end to everything wanting them to come at him all at once nox turned to his father and asked for permission to engage both of his brothers simultaneously and Theodore stared with surprise while Talia wondered what had gotten into the boy the father hummed in thought since his curiosity was peaked allowing it despite Silo’s remarks the duel would proceed and the twins grabbed their swords while Knox held a grin watching as his brothers would dash forward however Knox was standing his guard as well allan told Hats to corner the male but Hats told the other to shut up knox’s hidden effect activated again and the boy knew what to do to block every attack sliding past them while slamming against their shoulders talia stared with a mouth a gape and Nox knew what everyone was thinking about how he was the disgrace of the family yet was overpowering two of his brothers the twins glanced at each other but Nox told them to not take their eyes off their opponent stepping forward before swinging his blade around another frenzy of attacks occurred and Nox was starting to feel as though the burden of survival didn’t stop him from having genuine fun with sword fighting everyone stared with shock and the twins grunted shouting about how the situation was impossible within seconds both Allen and Hats were sent to the ground and they stared up with bewildered and incredulous expressions knowing that they had finally lost the match this was also when the system had let Nox know that his time of a genius effect had run out Nox turned to the announcer and said that he believed the duel was concluded to which the announcer confirmed with a wse and a stutter the winner was Nox and the twin brothers cursed under their breaths their bodies shaking as their arms slumped to the ground with their weapons falling to the floor the blades thutdded against the bricks and Theodore grinned at his youngest son who smiled back with an exhausted expression he bowed before the audience and thanked them before stepping toward the exit however Talia rushed toward the boy and believed this was her chance to talk to Nox darting in front of him the sun was starting to set and Knox was coughing and heaving realizing that drops of blood were coming out of his mouth this confused him but he realized it was because he had exceeded the time limit since it seemed as though the effect had a colossal downside which was if he used it for more than 5 minutes it triggered a debuff that debuff was the fact that his lifespan had decreased by 2 days and 17 hours eroding his days and making him weaker was the worst kind of debuff he could sustain at the moment and now he had less than a year to complete his goals luckily the counteraction didn’t manifest in the hall as people would have started to question if he was fit enough to go to school a voice called out to Nox and he turned around to see Talia looking worried and asking if he was hurt wondering if he got injured midul which caused him to frown and curse under his breath he felt panicked and alarmed that Talia of all people had to come to him and get in his business especially since her telling Theodore about these counteractions would only bring things downhill knox tried to say something only to get interrupted by the girl wondering if he had defeated the brothers in such a condition confusing him by the question as the blushing girl felt embarrassed and guilty for misjudging him talia thought about how she had been observing him for a month and had not once seen him train himself with a real sword and all that she heard was that Nox had swung a wooden sword a few times in his first day of training making her wonder how he managed to defeat his brothers this made her believe that Nox had been hiding his natural talent so she ran out of the drill hall and wanted to know what he did however after the duel she witnessed the lone boy with blood dripping from his mouth and his body seeming as though it was going to collapse from exhaustion talia wondered if it really wasn’t Nox feeding his brothers with overwhelming strength starting to think the rumors that she heard were more misleading he wiped his chin while the red-haired girl looked at the boy and believed that he was a hardworking swordsman who toiled for his victory she stared at Knox and flinched when he coughed causing her to walk closer and asked if he was all right suddenly he slapped her hand away and glared coldly while saying that she wouldn’t lay a finger on his body he thought about how the two years he had spent doing nothing but playing video games had made him unable to really socialize with other people along with the fact that it didn’t help that she was his future killer talia fidgeted with her hands and said that she just wanted to express her apologies confusing him as she admitted that she had severely underestimated his skills since she had heard that he had been delicate since birth she now believed that he must have had his reasons for directing his efforts towards endurance apologizing once again and knowing that anyone could make such mistakes such as the tales she had heard of his rampages Nox wondered how he should even respond to that and noticed how the girl was just as unassuming as she was in the game which was surprising since she was still a Duke’s daughter he turned away and said that she could do him a favor by not telling a soul about the bleeding she had witnessed to which she affirmed without hesitation making him step away without any more worry however this would not be the last he would see of her time passed and Theodore felt as though his sense of foroding was grounded asking Rodwell what he thought of Knox the steward couldn’t fathom the reasons for staying so passive at first but he believed Knox had attained a stage that none of his brothers had in his age the father had the same opinion yet had a suspicion that they had only just seen a fraction of his abilities so he wanted Rodwell to continue keeping an eye on the boy rodwell agreed and Theodore wondered if it was possible for Nox to be a talent worthy of inheriting the vanquisher he clenched his fist and told Rodwell that the report would be of the greatest importance since Theodore seemed to not have much time left to which the steward bowed and said he would do his best knight arrived and Nox got the notification that he’d completed a tutorial quest but it didn’t really seem like a game to him anymore despite the features that remained his reward for winning was to receive three attribute points making him sigh at the fact that he had spent a whole month just to add two points despite that he looked at his stats and wondered what to add them to he decided that he would add them all to luck and the simple reason was that when playing the game luck was more important than ever so he might as well test the improvement right away the system also mentioned that there were benefits available such as the fact that he could get one random skill scroll and conjure one skill making him excited at this as he immediately summoned the dispenser which was a bit weird to see in the flesh nox turned the switch and hoped he would get a normal grade scroll since his luck was higher remembering what the scroll colors were as he gulped nervously a ball fell out of the dispenser and opened up glowing brightly until it was revealed to be a gold scroll exciting him as he opened it immediately he proceeded to use the skill conjurer and knew which one to conjure in order to help with collecting the hidden treasures from the manor and that skill would prove indispensable soon Theodore would call his sons together so this skill conjuring could wait for now the scroll showed that he had received a skill that gave people with lower points a 20% debuff against him making him remember why he loved the game noox glanced over at the other window and remembered that Grine the second eldest son would be returning to the manor soon since his graduation was a good while ago and he would be returning from night training right now Knox would prioritize resting and he believed that Talia wouldn’t cause him problems anymore since she wouldn’t break her promise making the boy think that she would have no other reason to come at him the next day Knox was quickly proven wrong as he immediately saw the girl walk up to him he asked what she wanted and she mumbled something incomprehensible confusing him as she repeated and asked if he could teach her how to progress as fast as he did talia wanted to make fast progress like Nox did so she asked for the boy to teach her how he got to where he was nox sweat dropped before walking past her and asking if she really hadn’t uncovered the secret after a whole month of peeping making her face flush in embarrassment as she tried to deny the accusation she ran after him and begged him to have a duel with her or at least consider sharing his methods with her causing the purple-eyed boy to remember that Talia craved the approval of her sister so she was likely doing the same with Nox due to his presentation from earlier he decided to turn around while putting up an act telling her that before asking what the method was or what training it would require she should think of the strengths she possesses nox paused for a moment as he didn’t know what to say after that but he also told the red-haired girl to stop drawing comparisons between herself and others the boy quickly rushed off without another word leaving the stunned girl alone with a blush on her face as she wondered if that was all he could tell her as Knox left the building he let out a breath of relief and looked behind him hoping that the girl was not following him as there was no need to have Talia next to him as he would proceed to get his hands on a hidden treasure that treasure being the treasure of the Leanhaba Manor where his father and other siblings waited for his arrival nox felt bewildered when he first saw the Leanhaba family horse farm for the first time in person believing the words he would hear about it being one of the three best farms on the continent rodwell bowed to Theodore and the father told everyone that they were called together so they could choose a horse as a lifelong companion making Nox gulp at the fact that the time had finally come of all animals horses held the most sacred place in the tradition of the Lean Haba family and the continent since anyone who wished to be a knight or magician must acquire a horse at an early age and form a bond that would last their whole lives there’s even a course on horsemanship at the academy and cavalry warfare would become more common as the game progressed along with taking good care of it as it also saved on the costs of transportation which made it indispensable this makes all the more reason to pick the right horse to which his father spoke up and said that Nox would get the first pick as the winner of the duel and only had one chance and watched as Nox walked off making Theodore hum and thought while wondering if his son possessed good discernment the horse is nade and Knox was surprised by how stellar a lot of these horses were however there was a specific horse he was looking for his eyes browsing around before it landed on a black and gray horse that had its rib cage showing the boy walked toward it and chose it without hesitation surprising his twin brothers while Theodore held a frown he suggested that Knox should reflect upon his choice causing Knox to look surprised but he expected such a reaction since most would think that he just made a stupid choice despite that using his perceptive eye ability made him see the stats of the horse and also see how it was a high grade the grade of pets can go up tiers over time usually only by one which meant that this horse would become a prime grade horse or even better once it was fully grown aside from that the horse was also an obsidian horse which was one of the rarest horse breeds in the game due to its strength and beauty the boy knew that Theodore would likely have taken the horse if he knew what breed it was but for now it may look frail due to all the debuffs along with the negative trait that would cause it to die within a couple of days that trait may even be worse than his lifelimiting illness but he stood by his choice since he knew how to stop this negative trait from becoming a problem theodore wondered why Nox chose that horse believing that it was likely that he saw too much of himself in the horse and let his emotions carry him away his father told Nox that he hoped the boy wouldn’t end up regretting his choice the man walked off which surprised the twins along with Knox who saw how disappointed Theodore must have been by the decision rodwell walked up to the boy and reminded him about the fact the horse still needed a name the grey horse rubbed its face against Nox’s hand and the light-haired boy looked down before kneeling and deciding to name it Carl the name that he had always used from the other world when playing the game it was a name that had much meaning to the boy and where did Carl end up nox’s bedroom the boy hummed in thought while knowing that he shouldn’t let anyone else see what he was going to do so keeping the horse in his room was the right choice he noticed the horse staring into his eyes and it seemed as though it was trying to tell him that it couldn’t give up on its life making them quite alike in the feeling of struggling to hold on to what little chance a person had with life nox called out to Lona whom he knew was outside the door making her tumble in after he started to threaten her she was surprised that he knew but he called it obvious before dismissing the situation and telling the maid girl that she was taking care of the horse from today the long-haired girl pouted and looked off with an upset expression since she was the one who made the bed but Knox decided to ignore it and just mention how the horse was ill and needed gentle care the exhausted state of Carl made Lona worry about it making Knox remember that what he was going to do later with the horse would be quite frightening to others and wondered if Lona could handle it 3 days later a scream rang through Knox’s bedroom as Lona let the boy know that Carl was dead to which Knox sided at the site since he expected the horse’s death the entire time but it was reasonable for Lona to be sad since she cared for him either way this was bound to happen and Knox knew that keeping Carl alive was never an option nox told the girl to stop crying as she was breaking his concentration but she was confused by this until he explained that Carl would come back to their side very soon lona was even more confused and wondered if Carl’s passing addled his mind causing the boy to sigh and tell her to step back the light-haired boy took out a scroll and unraveled it setting it on the ground and beginning to pour magic energy into it it flashed brightly as Lona stared with shock wondering if he was doing something with his magical energy despite it being illegal he was starting to lose control due to the distractions so Nox shouted at her and asked if she wanted to see Carl die a second time if not he wanted her to be silent to which she complied as Nox needed the ability to concentrate since he couldn’t handle his mana yet and his ultra sensitivity to mana trait was still inactive along with that the Empire’s law dictated that only royals were allowed to make use of their magical energy before they would turn 15 years old this gives royals a head start in the practice of magic and generally they end up achieving significantly more in the study because of that since Nox wasn’t a royal all he could do was pour out all the magical energy he could muster up knox could feel his hands start to throb and wondered if this was truly how it felt to use magical power grinning as he proceeded to use his one-time skill conjure he knew that there was no room for mistakes since he was about to use black magic a book being held by a skeleton hand flashing in front of him the system told the boy that he could now summon Carl back to the world as an undead pet asking if he wanted to proceed which he did without hesitation a glow formed around the horse who laid in front of the open book while Nox remembered that the undead in the game were defined by their two shared features the first being that they were brought back with black magic and darkness type magical energy the second feature was that even if they had died before they would still have consciousness and even upgraded strengths including their loyalty to their masters there was still a catch since there was only one family that possessed the might create such beings that being the Marbus family who are renowned for harnessing the darkness element they were similar to the Lean Habers but instead of knights they were black magicians knox wondered if the characters outside of the family had a chance of using these skills and the answer would be no unless one had the Necronomicon the book of the dead which was what he summoned the skill for dark hands started to sprout from the ground and wrap around Carl while a black liquid dripped from Nox’s mouth causing worry within Lona who watched with shock but he told her to be quiet as he still had a bit more time to put energy in he grunted in exhaustion and started to cough up more blood making him realize he had run out of magical energy but fortunately it had all worked out as he looked up at the horse who had just gotten back up and nighade loudly noox had succeeded and he stared at Carl who had returned as an undead pet noticing the gleam in its eyes as he panted heavily from both the exhaustion and the excitement that he did something right lona still had tears in her eyes from the worry and watched Nox get back up and call out to Carl who walked forward to the boy he looked at the stats of the grey horse and was content with the fact that he’d removed the negative trait and even gotten some upgrades just as expected telling the horse that he was now its master from now on carl seemed to let out a sound of contentment as Knox pet it and both the boy and the horse were surprised when Lona suddenly hugged them both confusing Nox as she started to sob from all the worry she had while watching him cough up blood and how she was already worried for Carl the horse scoffed and turned away from Lona causing offense since she had taken care of the horse the entire time she argued with the horse while Knox thought about his next plan which was his quest for the hidden treasure of the manor a few days later Nox had seemed to leave his bedroom in the night and stepped past the stables in order to gain access to what seemed to be a forest he held a few items in his hands and realized that the paths were not much different from when he was playing from the other world feeling relieved as he put them away and thought about the second hidden treasure that lay within the forest if he failed to find it he would not survive as it would be the key to impeding the progression of the life-limiting illness trait something rustled in the bushes causing Knox to be alert but he quickly dismissed it as he felt he was just on edge however he couldn’t help it as this was not just a game anymore the boy glanced at the wooden sign that warned people to not enter as the forest of lost children would cause people to get lost and die nox entered the forest and was told by the system that failing to defeat this stage would result in his death the leaves breezed in the wind while the light-haired boy walked through the grass remembering the details about this forest and how it was strictly out of bounds for everyone due to the pitch darkness and thick fog raining over it which would make even the most skilled people get lost it was a perfectly descriptive name since anyone would be good as lost the moment they stepped into the forest but it must be noted that it is a forest of lost children it means that adult characters won’t receive any reward even if they cleared out all the monsters inhabiting the forest as if the monsters don’t already grow several times more ferocious towards adults something that Knox had to experience the hard way when playing the game in that sense the difficulty level of the forest was two and a half stars at the very least out of five when he was playing from the other world Nox didn’t care what the reward item was but now it was exactly what a dying man needed he stepped even further through the forest and took out a torch lighting it up and staring at the bright flame the key to making it through the forest was observing which direction the smoke flowed and once a person would get certain they must walk in the opposite direction knox was going to do so until he decided to focus on something else first calling out to the person who was hiding in the bushes silence filled the area as they didn’t answer and the boy sighed as he pulled out his blade slicing through the bushes before a scream rang through the forest before this moment Talia was stunned that Knox had not fallen for her beauty confused about the situation as Emma tried to beg the red-haired girl to stop following Knox around as she was worried that she would end up bearing the blame but Talia had no worry of that happening later in the night Emma would walk through the halls thinking worriedly about the girl since she still had talents just to like her sister emma sighed before checking in on the red-haired girl only to walk into an empty room immediately filling the handmaiden with confusion and panic before she realized what likely happened and awakened everyone in the house the leaves continued to breeze as Talia sat there with an embarrassed expression while Nox stared dumbfounded she greeted him and was about to explain why she was there until he heard a rustle which caused him to pull the girl behind him as something came out of the bushes that something being a grey wolf talia was surprised that such a forest near the manor was inhabited by grey wolves gulping nervously at the fact that she didn’t have a proper weapon to fend for herself it growled and walked near them before starting to howl likely calling for reinforcements more howls were heard and this greywolf growled before Knox would grin dashing forward to slash the monster in the chest another slashed to the neck and the wolf fell to the ground dead while the girl stared with bewilderment turning to face the boy who now had blood on his clothes and face the boy asked once more why she was pursuing him which made Talia blush and make up an obvious lie but Knox had no time for lies and threatened to leave her if she wasn’t truthful the girl was shocked by the answer and grabbed Nox’s wrist as she started to ramble on not necessarily lying but not getting to the point either knox sighed to himself and realized that Talia was overestimating his abilities along with the surprising fact that she held no bad feelings toward him he was also surprised by the fact that the girl was clueless enough to tail someone in the middle of the night but he decided to let her follow him as he couldn’t leave a main character behind in the forest however Nox wanted to be clear and told her that he wasn’t helping her as he was just preventing discord between their families and keeping her alive talia felt bad and Nox hoped she learned her lesson but the girl continued speaking and wanted to thank the boy surprising him until the moment was interrupted by the other wolves walking up to them and growling loudly starting to surround the two the two stood there with the torch still in Nox’s hand and a chill ran down Talia’s body until she was pushed away by Nox who told her to stay away giving her the torch while telling her that she would otherwise obstruct his sword if she got involved things were going unexpectedly so Nox needed to focus as this forest was one of the prologue stages and wasn’t part of the main story line there couldn’t be a stage boss so that was one less worry at least but there would still be an elite monster just one tier below and that elite monster would likely be an elite greywolf the wolves continued to growl before dashing forward as Nox knew that knowing the identity wouldn’t make things easier he slashed at the incoming wolves and felt as though he was always finding himself on the edge of a precipice watching as another wolf would try to lunge at him from above it was time to drop all hubris and face it like he used to from the other world clenching his sword tightly as he tried to remember the mantra once he remembered it he slashed through more of the wolves and sighed in relief while Talia stared with an expression of awe believing that Nox was not exerting himself to the utmost and wondering if the boy had hunted a wolf before the words that Knox had told her had echoed through her mind making her think that Nox believed her swordsmanship wasn’t good the wolves continued to howl and Knox waited in place since he knew what was coming hearing the grass rustle as a larger animal started to walk out into the open the elite greywolf back at the manor the servants were all outside with torches looking for Talia but they found footsteps that led to the forest which likely belonged to Nox and Talia this had caused great fear to coarse through the servants since they knew the horrors of the forest causing Emma to collapse with worry as she believed they should follow them rodwell immediately interrupted and said they couldn’t confusing the Handmaiden as he explained that it was a forest that even the Leanhaba family failed to vanquish to the Leanhaba family the force represented nothing but shame as admitting that an entire forest remained unexplored within the manor would be as good as publicly announcing they were incompetent the fact is still unknown to the Leanhobas that only children who hadn’t come of age could claim full success in the forest so Rodwell wondered why Knox entered the forest as he looked at the footsteps and noticed there were signs of caution and a lack of being manipulated or kidnapped meaning Knox made the conscious decision to walk into the forest he clenched his fists and could no longer deny that Knox indeed had a change of heart and his former self was no more so he told the others that there was only one way for the return that being that Nox would find a way back to the manor emma still had tears in her eyes as everyone heard the howls of the wolves causing even more fear as she believed that she had let Talia walk off to her demise the red-haired girl seemed to pull out the dagger she had on her ankle and Nox glanced over noticing that fear didn’t break her concentration he reminded her to stay out and just save her strength and run as soon as they got attacked knox knew that fighting an elite greywolf didn’t call for a life or death conversation but he just wanted the girl to stay alert and was glad she was staying vigilant however he couldn’t trust her with the rear guard just yet because of that Nox activated his skill to slow down time with the intention of taking down the elite wolf with a single blow it seemed to scoff and Knox stared with surprise as it seemed to stoop low making Knox realize what it was about to do during that time the other wolves darted forward to attack they were easily dealt with by Knox until they suddenly halted confusing him until he saw the elite wolf get up and growl multiple wolves dashed and hopped toward the boy and he would try to focus on some but couldn’t slash at all four of them at once so one of them got behind Noox and growled as it attacked the light-haired boy turned around only to witness the wolf get stabbed in the throat by a dagger that he realized was from Talia who told the boy to be alert to which he glanced over and noticed the red-haired girl in the trees she knew that she was told to flee but she didn’t feel as though she could do that surprising the boy with the fact that Talia was helping him talia shouted out to the light-haired boy asking if he was all right and hoping that he wasn’t hurt considering he was almost attacked by one of the wolves nox was surprised at the sight that the red-haired girl was possibly helping him but his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of growling making him turn around in surprise before slashing away another two wolves he reassured the girl that he was fine making her sigh in relief but he thought that he must have looked pathetic knock sighed before realizing that his body was trembling signaling that the counteraction from using his skills too long was happening already it was frustrating since it was the most important at this very moment considering something started to rise from the ground that being the elite wolf the purple-eyed boy grinned while clenching the hilt of his sword before watching the elite wolf prowling around him suddenly it charged forward surprising Nox when it dashed past the light-haired boy and back into the forest which confused him greatly silence filled the area as the boy tried to figure out what happened until he heard rustling but it was too late when he turned around as the elite wolf dashed past him while bringing a gash to his side talia looked worried while calling out to Nox watching as the wolf continued its trek back into the forest to leave the boy in silence once again as he gripped at his shoulder he grit his teeth and felt as though the rating of the forest was wrong even though it was the rating of his own mind but it was reasonable since real life experiences were different than playing video games the boy scanned his surroundings frantically silence continued to fill the area as Nox thought about how the monster was orchestrating attacks with its minions and was now just using its surroundings hearing the leaves rustle before it zoomed toward him again Nox found where it was and immediately threw a big swing at the monster however the wolf halted in place to prevent Nox from getting a hit and on the monster at all this surprised him as the growling canine finally charged once again while the light-haired boy realized the wolf was waiting for him to take a big swing in order to expose his weak point his hands clasped to the sword and his teeth grit while he grunted until blood started to drip down his mouth causing him to feel frustrated the wolf leapt at him and it seemed as though everything slowed down and Knox’s life flashed before his eyes thinking about how he had beaten this game several times yet he was stupid enough to let himself get overconfident during such a time and situation like this knox wondered if he was stupid enough to believe that he could do anything knowing this wasn’t the way he imagined he would die the boy clenched his eyes shut getting ready for a second death but it seemed as though that never happened a sound was heard and the surprised boy opened his eyes to see the yelping canine with a dagger in its eye making him realize that his having weak points to reveal meant that the elite greywolf also had weak points to reveal along with that the only person who could reveal such weak points in the wolf was not him nox clenched his sword and shouted a battlecry before plunging the blade through the wolf’s gut the blood spilling everywhere until it collapsed to the ground the boy had also fallen to the ground due to the fact that he was already exhausted from the counteractions of his skills so he wheezed while Talia would shout in worry since the other minions were still alive despite that her worries seemed to die down slightly since one glance at the rest of the wolves would have her realized that they were whimpering and backing away the red-haired girl jumped down from the trees and ran up to the boy asking if he was all right he reassured her and wiped away the blood dripping from his mouth about to tell her that he owed her big time but his words were interrupted when he realized he was thanking an enemy and the one who was going to kill him in the future nox turned away and reassured her once again but in a colder way since he was still injured by the gash of the elite wolf the boy had risen from his position and said that it was a superficial wound bringing some relief to the girl until she turned her head to notice a spider crawling on her shoulder the sight of the arachnid brought a chill down the girl’s spine and caused her to scream confusing the boys he turned around and wondered if there were more monsters however he was interrupted by the girl tackling and clutching onto his body in tears which confused him even more talia shivered and mumbled to both herself and Nox about the fact that there was a spider glancing at it once again before screaming once more and causing the boy to stagger nox sighed and chuckled at the fact that the red-haired girl was afraid of spiders flicking it off while telling her that she shouldn’t have followed him into a forest if she was scared of spiders talia asked if he really wasn’t frightened by them but Nox asked if there were any knights who were afraid of spiders making the girl feel embarrassed and tried to defend herself with her now off of his body he felt as though he could breathe but Nox started to cough again which worried Talia as he tried to say it wasn’t of her concern knox thought about how the girl didn’t really hold him down during the battle and how she even kind of saved his life making him feel extremely grateful to the girl even if he wouldn’t tell her that directly but now Knox just had to find a way out since his goal was achieved the sun started to rise and Emma continued to sob as she felt as though it was all her fault and Rodwell stood there wondering if things had gone wrong talia’s disappearance could turn into a dispute between families and this would not be the only repercussion as there had been other reports of children from the manor disappearing into the forest which would make the incompetence of the family be public discourse rodwell’s attention was called to look toward the forest where the fog was starting to lift everyone shouted in surprise and the steward had his mouth wide open in bewilderment as Emma bolted toward Rodwell to ask if that meant it was vanquished to which Rodwell agreed their only hope was coming true and Emma started to tear up with hope before they witnessed Nox and Talia walking out of the forest making the other servants wonder if Nox had truly conquered it rodwell couldn’t gather his thoughts but it was getting clear that the succession of the Lean Haba family leadership wouldn’t be without Tumult nox wondered why everyone was gathered there and Emma ran to hug Talia with tears still in her eyes the steward explained the situation and Nox seemed surprised that everyone was anxious over the family black sheep going astray but the boy turned to see Emma grabbing Talia and picking up the girl with an angry expression telling her that she was going to have the codes of conduct being recited talia panicked and tried to apologize but Emma continued and said that the head of the steel liner family would read the lesson nox was surprised to see the handmaiden be freakishly strong as well and Emma gave her gratitude to Nox to which the boy said he had no intention of having Talia follow him but he said that she proved herself capable and didn’t need too harsh of a punishment making Talia blush in surprise later they returned to the manor where Nox started to take off his bloody clothes still surprised about the crowd waiting for him but none of that mattered since he had finally gotten the hidden treasure he was looking for it was a ring that would increase his stats slightly but had a special effect that would cause the wearer to suck in tiny fractions of their opponent’s lifespan upon defeating them the stronger the opponent the more life the wearer could take this was the only artifact that could do so but of course this ring alone couldn’t save him from death and it wasn’t as if he could extend his life as much as he would like to since the description said it was only tiny amounts even so this gave him more hope as he put it on and knew that it was better than nothing he could feel his stats slightly rising and called in Lona knowing she was outside the maid girl wondered if he could see through things making him say maybe which caused Alona to become flustered as she thought that he could see under her clothes nox bonked her and the girl wondered if the boy had gotten stronger while rubbing the place where he hit her changing the topic he told her that they were going to arm wrestle something she seemed confident over and said that he would raise her wage if she won and decrease if she lost as they counted down Noox slammed her arm down the moment it started and she felt incredulous from the situation begging the boy to not decrease her wage but he mentioned that he heard that he was the famed lout of the family according to a certain maid he grinned at her while Lona continued to beg him but Knox suddenly had his sickliness trait activate which caused his wrist to fracture and him to catch a cold knox felt disappointed and told Lona to just get him ice and a towel while he sighed and just tried to focus on the happiness of getting the ring knowing that he should prioritize rest but hated that he was hit with such a combo somewhere else it seemed as though someone was trying to remember Nox’s face knowing his name from the other world Carl and the ring of blackfire the two hidden treasures from the Leanhaba Manor the sun shined down upon the manor and Nox learned that even though he had both of those treasures in his hands he was made to spend 6 months locked up in the manor with no chance to put them to use knox stared at the sign inside opening it and grumbling to himself about how he should have no consequences of his actions due to the fact that he had vanquished the forest that no one else would dare to enter he asked if Lona agreed turning to the maid who felt hesitant about saying anything Nox said her wage decreasing could also be caused by her failure to keep him in a good mood so she immediately complied while stammering as the boy flopped onto the couch it was frustrating to him since he was getting more comfortable with this life and how watching Carl grow filled him with much joy so this couldn’t go on not just for those things but also because his death was approaching fast and that he would die before the 6 months would end something that he knew due to the system popup these alerts seemed to care more about his remaining time than he did making his body tremble before he would rise from the chair and tell Lona that he was going to talk to his father to reclaim his freedom she was about to tell him that his bath was ready but she was interrupted by the sound of knocking to which the door was opened and Nox witnessed Rodwell standing there and greeting him with a bow the boy was surprised both by the steward’s presence and the message that Theodore wanted to converse with Knox bodies of both the knights and monsters laid about the ground while Theodore would remember the fateful night that he experienced that was now known throughout history as the night of carnage monsters shrieked while swarming toward the male who clenched his dark sword before he started to slash through the enemies in his way the images of the swarming devils human corpses piled up and the carnage that happened all raced through his mind and made him believe that it was more of a scourge theodore gazed off before feeling a dark and heavy energy around him reminding him that he needed one of his sons to succeed in the ownership of his sword the Vanquisher people with halfbaked potential wouldn’t do so the male wondered who was the right choice in having the decisive talent strong enough to end him a knock was heard and Rodwell let Theodore know that Nox was on his way which Theodore acknowledged he thought about how even he failed to resolve the mystery of the forest and that Knox’s achievement needed a reward for recognition but unsurprisingly the Amaggers got involved and impeded the recognition they found it hard to believe that Nox had changed and demanded a thorough inquiry to verify that the force had indeed been vanquished and this was something that even Theodore couldn’t dismiss as the inquiry would have been necessary in any circumstance knox entered the room and greeted his father before Theodore mentioned the wrongful conduct the boy had done in the past likely talking about before he was reincarnated which Knox was completely aware of regardless Theodore acknowledged his accomplishments and said that Knox could name any prize he wanted which surprised the boy greatly he sweat dropped since he didn’t remember this from the game as Theodore was normally cold and authoritative so Knox lifted his head and asked for confirmation that this was the case his father rose from the chair and swore on the history of their black blade that he was telling the truth in giving whatever Knox wanted knox was surprised and the older male continued as he explained that any immodderate request would impact his opinion of the boy but he had slight faith in Knox knox asked for time to contemplate and permission was given along with the permission for Knox to leave the estate whenever he wanted as long as he didn’t cause a similar commotion as last time the light-haired boy thanked his father who reminded him of his family name and the next day everyone gathered outside to say goodbye to Talia and Emma the red-haired girl blushed as she said her farewells but Knox tried to ignore it even though the girl beamed at him rodwell told the boy it would be courteous to respond so the purple-eyed boy groaned in frustration and turned to wish farewell to the girl as well saying that they should meet again when she became a greater knight talia asked what she needed to become one making him say that she needed a brave heart that didn’t fear spiders the girl flushed an embarrassment and punched him in the stomach making him regret his word choice as he should have said a wolf instead even so the girl agreed and told him that he should keep his nape clean to greet her blade making him feel a chill as it was almost in bad taste considering what he knew of the future emma bowed and thanked the boy for all that he had done along with saving Talia but he said that wasn’t his intention and told them to set forth without any more hesitation the carriage rode away and one of the characters had finally left making Nox believe that he was getting used to this bizarre way of existence little by little and hey he might even be enjoying it another notification popped up and it told Nox that he had 146 days left causing him to sigh at the fact that he couldn’t catch a break from the reminders a few days later Lona asked him if he needed a new maid to attend him at school and Knox hummed in thought seemingly about to remember something until a knock was heard at the door rodwell entered and told Nox that he was there to present the maid who would attend to him during his time at the academy starting today to which the green-haired girl greeted Knox and introduced herself as Zitri de Loilia the boy introduced himself back before opening her stats and already seeing what he expected to see glancing at how she was just surveilling him at the behest of Theodore the system reminded Nox about his upcoming death making him sigh while he was getting ready for the day but he could take slight solace in the fact that he was making fast progress despite all the penalties nox looked out onto the balcony and knew that he would soon enter the academy which Lona seemed excited about as well asking if he felt nervous he asked a question back wondering why she sounded festive while discussing his departure she winced and sobbed claiming that he would just be missed but the boy told her to cut the act the boy knew he shouldn’t waste his time bullying Lona as that time could be spent improving his abilities otherwise he wouldn’t be able to make it through the programs at the school after all it was the best academy of the empire and it was bound to be crawling with students of many talents people he had to survive along and make himself a part of the main story line in order to become the villain he was supposed to be knox wondered why it had to be so complicated and his thoughts were interrupted to ask him about a new maid needing to attend him at school he hummed in thought before Rodwell walked in to greet and present the very maid that Lona asked about to which the green-haired girl introduced herself nox introduced himself as well and glanced at her stats noticing that she was there to survey him for his father and she still put up a mask to seem kind and caring theodore was one of the most powerful and diabolical men in the games universe especially due to the fact that his skills with the sword were not due to sheer excellence in the craft his rise of power was due to his distrustful nature observing everything and everyone the maid had Theodore’s expectations placed on her as she affirmed without hesitation a cold look in her eyes she was heard to be the first in line to the leadership of the Loilia family and in return for her services to him he would help to support her for her restoration to the rank zitri vowed to do her best to assist Nox but Theodore didn’t like the choice of words glaring at her which made her flinch she bowed again and said that she would observe the boy and tell Theodore of every detail proceeding to leave and sighing after escaping that scary aura the girl took a breath and pulled out to stare at what was around her neck looking at a family picture while knowing she couldn’t hesitate anymore when Knight arrived Nox thought about how he now had a spy wondering if she was chosen to make sure he was not being possessed this was understandable since possession by devils was quite common in this world after all the original game story had Nox’s undoing begin with the boy being possessed by a great devil nox believed that no one would find out about his true identity sitting up but he was still worried about Zitri since she was not a figure in the main story line which was a waste in Nox’s eyes as she was meant to be the next head of the House of Loilia however her uncle murdered her parents and snatched the leadership claim with the rest of the story being obvious the girl fled and ended up a maid at the Lean Haba family while putting up a cheerful front while beneath it all she was desparing and would soon give in if Nox remembered right the girl would meet her end even before the beginning of the first chapter of the story by taking her own life he wondered what he should do whether he should save a character meant to die with the risk of messing up the story and fully understanding that it could impede his plans the next day Noox met up with both maids to tell them that he would be hunting monsters within the manor and wanted them to accompany him as assistants lona felt shocked and shuddered at the thought pretending that she was going to be sick until Zitri interrupted and agreed without hesitation the brown-haired girl sobbed and told Zitri to not say yes to everything but Nox knew that fear was a reasonable reaction so Zitri’s answer was interesting nox reminded Lona of her lack of vacation days even if she tried to refuse making Nox grin and mention her wage which made the girl cry and ask what weapon she should wield the boy chuckled and Zitri told the girl that she would join after apprising Rodwell making Nox think about how he needed to focus on getting himself more days to live especially now that he was free as they rode off into the forest Theodore watched from the window a few days later the forest of lost children became like any other forest after being vanquished a growl was heard from a greywolf that Nox had swiftly charged at and slashed testing out the abilities of the ring as it took away a tiny fraction of the greywolf’s life he sighed in relief when the system told him that his remaining time had increased by 2 hours nox glanced off when he noticed that it seemed as though he had hunted all the wolves around in the forest and the boy only gained those 2 hours from that single hunting session either way he considered it a success his thoughts were interrupted by Zitri mentioning that he had been hunting for an hour asking Nox if he wasn’t tired this made him feel the opposite of the good feelings he felt just a second ago since he was reminded of how it took forever to hunt without his time slowing abilities so he had only gained one net hour nox grabbed the flask and drank from it thinking about what to do since it wasn’t as if he could chase after monsters 24/7 and the worst problem of all was the fact that there wasn’t an infinite number of monsters he had practically decimated the monster population of the forest and at this rate his grand plan of stringing his life out would end up in the gutter soon the purple-eyed boy sighed and wondered if there were any other monsters around but Zitri told him to refrain from saying that as people who didn’t know better would think that he went crazy he glanced at the setting sun and realized that they should return to the manor to which the green-haired girl asked if he wanted a bath drawn causing Nox to be surprised at her while agreeing to the suggestion she smiled happily while Lona frantically asked what she could do as well eventually getting a sign to tidy Nox’s bedroom despite his confusion the brown-haired girl rushed to gather up all the items while Zitri would chuckle at the site knox called the green-haired girl over and wanted to ask a question wondering who she served this shocked and confused her as Nox glanced at her genius assistant trait knowing that her blade was facing him and that he should not try to claim it zitri looked away with a conflicted expression as Nox asked again making Zitri flinch and still hesitate he was aware of her intended reply and mentioned that he had no intention of inquiring further saying that she at the very least did not try to feed him a lie knock said that he didn’t care who she served and just only cared that she was his servant and that she would use him as he would use her the boy walked off while focusing on their mutual benefit of taking off each other which was enough for the both of them as night arrived they returned to the manor and Alona was continuing her gossip talking about how Nox was evil for demanding too much of his attendance she would think about when she asked why she must join to which Nox seemingly looked like a devil to her when he said there was no joy without her joining zitri chuckled and looked out the window remembering how she was familiar with the rumors regarding Nox’s change of heart which had reached her when she was still with her family she assumed they were baseless rumors as it was rare for anyone to undergo such a profound change but it seemed to be true after serving him for a while and learning that he had defeated his two brothers in a single duel and rightfully earned the right to represent his family name at the academy nox was consolidating his ground within his family unlike Zitri once a legitimate heir to the family leadership who is now floundering in the abyss she sighed to herself and remembered the words he had said to her that day how she would use him as he would use her which made the green-haired girl pause her writing and wonder what they meant a few days later rumors started to spread within the Leanhaba manor about how Zitri was expelled from the Loilia family and being a commoner she no longer deserved to serve the Lean Habas when the girl read the letter she crumpled it up as it claimed that the previous head Darren De Loilia had committed a transgression of seeking to trade away the family honor since Zitri was associated with Darren that would mean that Zitri also had her privileges revoked making her lose the light in her eyes since she knew that she would no longer be able to stay in the manor even among the families harnessing darkness the Lean Haba family held the utmost authority even if for a service to their half-abandoned son they wouldn’t engage a commoner without a family name making Zitri believe that she would soon face dismissal and find herself replaced despite this Zitri still tried to put on a fake smile and would greet the other maids who had already heard the news and would stare with disdain however Lona would still greet her just the same this made Zitri confused and awkward feeling her hand get pulled as the green-haired girl wondered if this was just Lona behavior due to their companionship regardless Zitri believed it would do no good for anyone in the manor as Lona pulled Zitri down the hall Nox knew that it was likely the end for Zitri as Theodore had likely received a letter as well he knew that all the accusations against Zitri’s father were fabricated but he knew that he couldn’t help since he had no way to predict the repercussions that a single flutter of a butterflyy’s wings could have on the world birds fluttered through the sky and the greywolves of the forest continued getting slain by Nox while Lona felt a chill believing as though the boy was being somewhat scarier that day the brown-haired girl whispered to herself and Zitri mentioning that Nox usually had some degree of mercy but that was absent that day she hummed and thought and Zitri wondered if she should be nervous glancing at the bloody blade that he plunged into the ground nox muttered to himself wondering if he just wasn’t having the type of luck he hoped to have a hidden boss gets generated when the forest’s monster population drops down to less than 20% of its usual level the species and time of the occurrence of this hidden boss are random so if Nox encountered and defeated one it could have helped with his attributes he sighed and was about to dismiss the situation until suddenly he felt something rushing through the trees catching his attention nox wondered what it was but didn’t have enough time to react when it sped past him making him know that this was definitely the boss he turned to it and saw that it was an elite giant hornet something that he knew was tricky to defeat but not undefeable the boy’s thoughts couldn’t even finish when he heard the voice of Zitri calling out to him making him turn to see the maid using her body to shield against the hornet’s attack this was something that he probably could have blocked so Zitri’s actions were unnecessary so knowing that why did she do it how many people would jump out to block a monster’s attack with their own bodies and to save a person who recently made it clear that he would use them with that Nox grit his teeth and activated his time slowing ability when Zitri was younger she was a very clumsy child falling and hurting herself before proceeding to cry and bringing a lot of worry to her parents her mother and father would always tell the girl that she always had an open wound words that held true even as she had grown beyond childhood when Nox told the green-haired girl who she served Zitri wondered where her allegiance lay she thought back to that one horrible memory of hers where a family member of hers had killed off her parents and claimed the family name so Zitri wondered once again where her allegiance lay nox’s words echoed through Zitri’s mind and it seemed as though she woke up with Nox and Alona hovering above her with worry in their eyes the boy had already defeated the Hornet and he told the green-haired girl to stay with them feeling tense while trying to reassure her that they were going to take her back to the mansion zitri believed that Nox was a liar for saying that he would use her yet was worried over her state wondering why that was the case before her vision became blurry and her eyes closed with tears falling down her face and the girl noticed a tremor and faint fury within the boy’s voice back at the manor Theodore was reading the letter that everyone else heard the news of to which Rodwell confirmed the accuracy of theodore only took the girl in to use her as leverage and ultimately engulfed the Loilia family the family was faltering in the wake of the passing of their previous house leader so it could have been an ideal opportunity for Theodore to infiltrate the family for example they could have contended that their heir was in jeopardy citing the instability within the family as proof and as Zitri’s protector Theodore would have had the perfect plan to get involved and subjugate the family however before any of that could take place it seemed as though the girl had been expelled so the older male asked Rodwell for his opinion the steward said that having a servant without a family name would subject Nox to disdain at the academy so it would be wise to remove her to which Theodore agreed suddenly they were interrupted by another servant barging in to tell them that Nox had returned from his hunt while bringing in Zitri who had fallen because of a monster in a bid to save her Nox had used a very costly antidote startling Rodwell as he asked if the mailman to the Mandra decontaminant to which the servant affirmed rodwell felt exhausted by the situation and Theodore wondered if Nox had taken a liking to the servant girl when Theodore believed that there would be consequences of such sentiments Lona was standing above Zitri and was trying to get her awake succeeding as the crying girl was happy to see Zitri awake and alive the green-haired girl wondered what happened and focused on worrying about Nox reacting negatively to what she had done lona explained that Nox ordered an antidote to be used explaining it was highly effective and was threatened by Nox to be used despite the physicians hesitance zitri wondered why Nox would use such an item on her despite his earlier words causing Zitri to try and rise from the bed to ask about where Nox was lona mentioned that he was having a word with Rodwell reminding Lona that she needed to apprise Nox of her awakening so she quickly left the sickly girl got up from the bed and walked over to a suitcase starting to fill it while thinking about how she didn’t belong there or anywhere in her eyes she clutched her necklace and opened it to look and take her family photo out writing a note for Nox to tell him that her pendant would settle her debt to him and that she would hold him with gratitude zitri left the room but halted when Nox was there to ask where she was going causing her to wse when his cold eye stared at her as he asked the question again before Zitri had been healed Nox would ask the physician if he valued a vial of potion above a human being but the physician tried to say that the problem was that he needed permission from Theodore or Rodwell knox interrupted the man glancing at Zitri’s body while asking if Rodwell’s words really held a greater authority than Nox’s making the physician feel bad as Nox said that he would personally inform his father of the actions done the antidote was used and Alona asked if the girl would be all right to which the physician reassured and said the venom was neutralized making Lona sigh in relief the boy turned to walk out of the room telling Alona to apprise him when Zitri would awaken when Knox would go to meet with Theodore his father was astonished since he would not expect an unannounced visit from Knox theodore seemed to already know the topic of the matter to which the boy activated his positive trait reminding his father about how he owed the boy a wish because of that Knox said that his wish was to keep Zitri by his side his father glanced down for a moment while Nox thought about his actions and beliefs so far how he had been trying to preserve the story and avoid the butterfly effect how he knew that her status was being a spy under Theodore’s control none of that mattered at this moment since the moment Zitri threw herself in front of Nox to protect him it became clear that while she couldn’t answer his question her actions did theodore decided to allow the wish making the boy bow and turn to his father once again knox asked to elaborate further upon his wish being given permission as the system started to warn the boy about his agitation affecting his act but Nox continued and said that he didn’t intend to tolerate anyone who would toy with his people whether it would be the lord or his father with a cold glare Nox left the room which brings us back to where Nox stumbled upon Zitri about to leave causing him to ask where she was going the green-haired girl was hesitant but admitted that she was taking her leave since she felt as though she didn’t deserve to stay but her words were interrupted by Nox who asked where she in attendant still in service was going despite her duties she mentioned how Knox knew about her surveillance on him under Theodore’s order and how she hadn’t been honest but she was confused why he kept giving her a chance even when she tried to deceive him her tearful face wanted to know why the boy wasn’t dismissing her making Nox grin at the real Zitri that had been hidden under the disguise the look of someone who was struggling but hadn’t given up on finding her way out of the darkness knox explained that deception was a destiny shared by all humans but Zitri still felt as though she had wronged the boy which Nox agreed to and asked if she was going to leave without correcting the wrongs this confused her as the purple-eyed boy explained that she was staying and how he didn’t care if she had a family name as all he cared about was her talent and service he told her that she would atone for her wrongs by continuing her duties by his side causing Zitri to tear up once again as she agreed to his words and would assist him for as long as it would take nox smiled at this and Zitri decided to mention his earlier question turning to him and hoping that her answer had satisfied him to which he grinned back and affirmed that it did lona continued her gossip the next day and talked about how he threatened the physician until she would be startled by Nox’s presence making him surprised that she wouldn’t even deny it anymore the girl would turn to Zitri and remind the maid to get some rest immediately dashing away to do the chores in place of Zitri nox sighed at the sight of Lona’s scatterbrain attitude and turn towards Zitri reminding her about his soon departure to the academy in 2 months she said that she hadn’t forgotten and had already arranged the essentials such as basic tools that he would require humming thought at what else she packed as Nox grinned at the fact that Zitri wasn’t putting an act up anymore which worked better for him as it would save on his own efforts as well and now he would know that the two of them wouldn’t betray each other if one of them were to be driven to the corner the boy smiled and believed that was enough for the both of them later Zitri wanted to ask the boy if he was all right since there had been some unfavorable rumors in circulation regarding him knock sat down and asked about them wondering what else would there be since he had already been hearing the usual he learned that it was the rumor about the reason for which he hadn’t dismissed her that being his personal feelings toward her the boy almost slipped out of his chair hearing these words making him wonder why he was even playing the character of Nox he sighed and apologized to Zitri for the situation but the green-haired girl said that was not her intention rather she was just concerned that it might discomfort Nox nox told Zitri that there were worse rumors surrounding him such as the ones about how the youngest Lean Hobber was a borish scoundrel simpleton zitri was about to hesitate and say otherwise but he told her to lie to him if she wished to be dismissed making her immediately agree that was what she had heard there was something else that she had heard about and that was how he was known as leerous around women and wondered if that was true making Knox feel worse about the character he was playing but he was glad that his reputation as a swordsman had gone up compared to the person Knox used to be these days the rumors now were the sloppy talent with an oversized ego but he needed to stick to the character as a villain was a villain after all and it was Nox’s job to stay evil and help the main characters stand out when it came down to it he was not the hero of the game he told Zitri that it was enough with the rumors as he wanted to tell her to fetch something since she was not the only one who could use preparations to survive at the academy she wondered what he needed and Nox knew it wouldn’t hurt to let her into the plan due to her loyalty trait and it could make her even better at her job with that in mind Nox told her that he wanted to study magic prior to his enrollment and needed her assistance surprising the green-haired girl due to the imperial law he knew this of course and wasn’t easily intimidated but Zitri saw it more like he didn’t hold grudges either way she understood and trusted that he had reasons for making the decision knowing that she would start by looking for textbooks regarding the topic which made Nox grin at how she knew what to do the boy heard commotion outside and peered out the window hearing about someone named Gren having arrived this was a man that Nox had almost forgotten about and felt an important event looming as it would be a chance to add many days to his life nox told Zitri that it was time to soon depart somewhere distant making her sweat drop as she sensed another scheme later in the day Theodore congratulated Gran on his graduation this man was the second eldest son of Theodore and was naturally one of Knox’s brothers knox immediately checked out Grin’s stats and saw that the male was a snob and lecher like the rumors for Knox himself yet was also an opportunist but the reason his character was not widely discussed was because Nox was a bigger ruffian in the family along with Grin having an easier path to graduation with his shrewd nature and political schemes in each cycle the academy accepted less than a thousand students of whom only half would obtain their diplomas so there was no way Grin played fair theodore asked if his son arranged transit to Chaders making the male halt before affirming so their father knew that Graan’s chief duty was likely subduing monsters and Nox knew that Chaders was a natural territory south of the manor with a desert serving as a natural frontier between them and the eastern kingdom of Tahalin it was infamously barren and overwhelmed with monsters to which Graan would be issued as a first assignment to prevent a monster wave and be important to the boy as the reward was recognition as an imperial knight Graan knew about the monster swarms and Theodore mentioned about the territory preventing harm from the rest of the empire telling his son to defend it well graan agreed but Knox knew that the assignment was more than just slaying monsters as this substory chapter in the game had a connection with many other chapters so there was a lot to be gained knox called for his brother’s attention and asked if he minded his company knowing that his presence would benefit from the gains of the chapter this question surprised Graan and made him believe that his brother didn’t know what Chaders was like but Nox explained what he understood of it reminding Graan of the rumors that he had heard ever since arriving knox knew that Graan’s skill was coming up hearing his brother ask if Nox truly vanquished the forest in the company of Talia to which Nox affirmed without hesitation or agitation emotions that the skill allows Gran to detect this was also the secret behind his mastery of crafty conduct graan also asked about the drill hall combat and the aid from Zitri things that Nox also affirmed while activating his Heart of Steel skill against the detection skill the brother chuckled and said he had reasons to decline saying that he would be too busy to recover Nox’s dead body suddenly Theodore said Nox could go surprising Gran as Theodore reassured the brother and insisted on bringing him along Gran tried to refuse until their father glared at the mail gazing at Knox and telling him to use his remaining three days wisely proceeding to leave the boy was surprised at how easy everything was so Knox wondered if Theodore was up to something but his thoughts were interrupted by Gran asking what Nox’s plans were and if he had lost his mind nox said that he had lost it a while ago causing Gran to grab Nox’s collar and tell the boy to be more cautious as it would be a shame if he got hurt before even setting off to Chaders suddenly someone seemed to have dropped a bottle of wine as Nox turned to see Zitri tripping behind when Zitri tripped and had the wine bottle slip out of her hands Nox was surprised to turn around and see it splash on his clothes to which the green-haired girl bowed and apologized for her clumsiness she suggested that he should wait in his bedroom while she would fetch him a fresh shirt causing Grian to release the boy from his clutches nox gave his apologies to his brother and said that he would retire walking away while saying that in 3 days they could continue their reacquaintance causing the older brother to grit his teeth and clench his fist as the purple-eyed boy stepped through the halls with Zitri by his side he thanked the maid for what she did to spare him from the conversation but Zitri couldn’t help but sigh at how much adversity Nox seemed to attract daily she changed the topic to ask him if he was really sure about going with Grien to Chaders which Nox interrupted her and was about to affirm until he was interrupted himself by a shrill shout from Lona who ran up to him and asked if he had lost his mind nox wondered if the brown-haired girl had forgotten that he was her master but he sighed and insisted that the decision was already made wondering what the big deal was with him going to Chaders since he thought it was fitting zitri agreed with Lona and was also concerned for the safety of Nox believing that Shaders was too dangerous despite his gallant spirit as there were thousands of monsters and bandits known to reside on the land the number didn’t scare him as Nox believed that just meant there were more things to hunt and more lifetime for him to steal reassuring the maids that he had plans regarding such perils he was about to tell Lan and Zitri that they would both remain at the manor while he would carry out the campaign unaccompanied however Zitri interrupted him with a stern tone and affirmed “She wouldn’t let him do that.” The green-haired girl continued and reminded him that she was an aid exclusively in his service so she was duty bound to assist him regardless of his location meaning she would follow him to Chaders knox said that it would risk her getting hurt but Zitri was well aware and reminded him that he could get hurt as well since they were both bound for a dangerous place especially since she heard from Lona that Nox was delicate zitri continued and asked if Nox believed that his delicacy could afford an unassisted journey given his frequent forgetfulness and inexperience in laundering asking if he believed a journey without aid was attainable the boy ran a hand through his hair and realized that he had forgotten this wasn’t a game anymore and such details of life mattered and that if he died Zitri’s place in the manor would get even more precarious so for her coming with him would actually be the safest choice with that Nox decided to agree and said that she shouldn’t drag them behind suggesting that she should acquaint herself with Carl his horse zitri understood and was actually already a step ahead since she was about to say she was on excellent terms with Carl but this information shocked Lona and made her ask how this happened the green-haired maid said that she simply used the finest sugar lumps which cost her half her monthly pay but expedited the friendship between her and the horse lona felt jealous of this since she would always get assorted hay for the horse continuing to complain until Nox would proceed to hit her in turn to leave while saying Lona would continue her usual memorial duties zitri would accompany him on the trip so he told the green-haired girl to prepare thoroughly but Knox couldn’t help but wonder if Lona had already gotten over being worried for his safety a knock was heard which made everyone freeze and stare with confusion until the door opened to Rodwell who let Knox know that he was being summoned to be given an item this surprised Nox that his father wanted to give him something remembering Theodore’s words which he wondered if it was about that but he would find out soon enough the boy met up with Theodore and mentioned the topic of the summon to which Theodore affirmed so and wondered if his son could truly wield the item at all they both glanced at the blade that sat in an open box one that Theodore explained had belonged to the progenitor of the family surprised by the situation since this was not what he expected to be given at all all the times that Nox had played the game he hadn’t even had a glimpse of this sword and yet even after 27 completed runs making him think he was a pro there was a sword he had never heard of he wondered why Theodore was offering it to him and couldn’t read into his intentions but this made him think that the sword would be important later theodore spoke and knew that the sword was humble in looks interrupting Nox’s thoughts as his father reassured him that this was the sword that the very first leader of the family spent his entire life wielding knox asked how he would demonstrate his capability to wield it to which his father said simply to hold it with that the boy grabbed it and picked it up only to suddenly feel a heavy and dark aura coming from the blade he realized it was absorbing his magical energy noticing that the color of the blade had also started to change causing Theodore to get up when he noticed his son sensing the flow of energy the boy nodded and his father explained that the sword absorbed magic from the wielder before multiplying it several fold surprising the boy as he asked if it was a blade not to be brandished lightly he was interrupted by the sword absorbing his magical energy once again to which the system warned the boy that his magical energy was draining at an alarming rate and was negatively affecting the act he was putting up which worried the boy theodore spoke once again and said that if Nox wanted to be the next owner of the sword he had to hold it for 10 whole minutes something that Nox could not fathom as Theodore said the sword was called Stormbbringer the sword was currently under restraint and the system told Nox that it would absorb magic power while converting it into attribute points while also emitting the amplified magical power this information was not really helping Nox at the moment as he was quivering from how much it was negatively affecting him knox soon learned that his magical energy had completely drained out so the sword decided to choose his life as an alternate fuel confusing him as the system warned him that his remaining lifetime was decreasing at an alarming rate which worried the boy greatly he believed he needed to let go of the sword for his own safety however Nox saw that it seemed as though his hands didn’t want to let go of the sword despite his efforts this frustrated Nox as he was upset with the situation he was now stuck in while Theodore would watch thinking about how the sword the Stormbringer was quite a wicked sword it would drive the wielder to destruction in exchange for its service and the history and renown of their family stemmed from its blade but no descendant of its first owner had succeeded in taming it most of those who tried had fainted the moment they took it into their hands something that Theodore had witnessed many times so if anyone lasted 10 minutes on their first try it would be a veritable feat even Theodore himself could only last a mere hour after all those years of training with it and yet something in Theodore nagged him to try the 14-year-old kid who hadn’t even developed his magic yet by the time Nox had saved the dying servant girl it became evident that amidst all the recent disturbances stood Knox which was hardly a coincidence the boy was growing and his potential was coming into view so Theodore wondered if the boy would exceed his expectations watching as Knox collapsed to one knee while still holding the blade perhaps Knox’s talents would stand in comparison with those of the three supreme the thought alone sufficed enough of a reason for Theodore to assess the boy should he succeed in lasting the given time Theodore believed that Nox would make the most potent leader in the history of the Lean Habas nox pointed the blade to the ground as it started to crack the floor panting heavily while Theodore believed that his son had the potential to excel him the boy grit his teeth and turned to the older male who mentioned how he had been suspecting the boy of concealing the power he held within knox was about to ask what was going on until his father walked past him saying that the sword now belonged to Knox but this didn’t make Knox happy considering he had lost a lot of life 3 days later it was time to depart to Chaders and Zitri felt content mentioning how it was nice of Theodore to give the boy a pouch to fit all of his items even so Nox was still not happy which made Zitri confused since she thought he was anticipating the expedition but he was looking so upset he sighed and wondered if he was supposed to feel grateful to his father for the pouch after the sword had sucked in most of his remaining time glancing forward at Grin who was chatting with the others Nox knew that his brother milked a small fortune and exaggerated the burden of him tagging along but Nox didn’t care as he would use his brother too shouts were heard as there seemed to be trouble regarding the direction toward Chaders making Gran ups upset at the man named Ron who was hired by Gran to guide them the men argued and Zitri glanced up at Knox who called the path divergers foolish for leading them astray so he rode up to his brother to discuss the issue gran tried to wave and dismiss Nox but Knox continued his words which seemed to anger Grian as Knox asked if it didn’t concern him if he could find them the right path gran was in disbelief at the fact that his brother believed he could be a pathfinder to which Nox suggested enlisting his talent only for a day since he was told by several of their omagrers that he had a remarkable talent in wayfinding grin had doubt but was still surprised by the claim as Zitri stared with the same amount of surprise however the expression was because Nox was lying so casually without hesitation a bladed arrival could pose a grave issue but if Nox failed to do what he claimed in front of everyone it would supposedly dampen Nox’s spirits and bring contentment to Grin after all risking a minimally extended voyage was not the worst choice so Grin decided to allow it which made Nox grin and tell everyone to follow him later in the day a camp was set up for everyone to rest for the night and Grin was complaining to his pathfinders about how Nox found the path so swiftly since they were in territory that even the most seasoned wayfinders struggled in the older brother continued his angry complaints while Nox watched silently in the distance knowing that it was easy for him since he already knew the paths due to his previous gaming experience chaders was a strategic foothold that he had been at hundreds of times but Zitri wanted to ask directly to the boy how he managed to find the way so quickly to which Nox claimed that it was the ground that helped him she was confused until she saw the claw marks of an evil bear a type of monster that was native to the southern region and was found near the southern frontiers of Chaders this information surprised the green-haired girl but also worried her about the possibility of being attacked but he reassured her that the bears feared fire everyone around gossiped amongst themselves about how Knox was a different person and could even surpass his academy educated brother making Grin get even more upset as he asked one of the servants to confirm Knox’s success against the twins to which Schultz confirmed with that Grin wanted to see the boy’s skills personally so Schultz said there was the perfect item to help pulling out a bag that Gran chuckled evily at the sight of while glancing at Knox in the dead of night everyone went to bed and even the guard seemed to be drowsy as a monster rustled through the trees toward their camp something that Knox had expected as he already had the blade in hand before he would proceed to get up and tell Zitri to not leave the tent the leaves breezed in the wind as Nox exited the tent and stood opposite the four monsters that he knew as ogres while he knew that the camp was safe from monsters the boy glanced over at what he knew had lured the monsters toward them that mud must have been spiked with ogre’s pherommones which got the attention of the ogres whose senses were heightened in time for their mating season so they wouldn’t be able to resist it nox knew that the mud must have been Grian’s idea to put Nox in danger but he wasn’t alarmed by their presence and even greeted the ogres while taking out Stormbringer the monsters growled before charging at the boy who blocked their attack leaping into the air and plunging his blade into the back of one of the ogres the other ogres tried to aim their clubs at him but he was faster and dashed through while slicing them along the way they all shouted with pain as Nox glanced at the sword of darkness realizing that all his worries of it sapping him dry were in vain he grinned before continuing the slaughter feeling as though the sword would read his mind and start moving in advance there was now only one ogre left but it staggered dropping its weapon and attempting to escape however Nox whistled at Carl causing the horse to transform into its true form as Nox hopped on it and galloped toward the ogre and slashed it noox let out a breath of relief as his remaining time had increased by a day and 9 hours his thoughts interrupted by Zitri peeking out and asking if everything was all right he reminded her of the order he said but she ignored the words and was surprised at the sight of the ogre corpses asking if she should summon the night patrol no said that there was no need as the ogres came invited confusing her until he explained that it was Grian’s doing to set them upon the others which was also why Gran’s tent was at a distance zitri asked if this meant that Grian was plotting to constrain Nox which the boy affirmed without hesitation explaining that he would potentially pose a hindrance to Grin’s pursuit of the household leadership so Grian likely wanted to examine Nox’s capabilities such cowardly schemes were likely the only way he could claim a decisive age over Garen his older brother who is a superior swordsman but Grian could do with a lesson on how such tricks didn’t work on Nox the boy pulled out a vial asking Zitri if she knew what provoked ogres even more while proceeding to squeeze the ogre blood into it as that was what provoked them much like humans since they could not forgo a vendetta when their kin were killed owls were heard throughout the night as Grian was awakened by the crystal balls humming confusing him as it only emitted such a noise at the presence of a monster’s magical energy he wondered what could be the case until he heard thumping noises as his servants barged in to tell him that they needed to escape to which Gran exited the tent and saw swarms of ogres a chill ran down Gran’s spine as he hoped that they wouldn’t pursue him but the sun was seen to rise as everyone finally fought off the ogres and were cleaning up gran was yelling at Schultz for potentially making a mistake but even the servant was confused however Nox seemed completely unfazed by the situation and asked Zitri if she agreed about the morning being heavenly she agreed and mentioned the breakfast being ready but she also told Nox that maids don’t sit with their masters nox said that wasn’t the case as of now as there were worse situations like how swarms of ogres went for Grian’s tent making Zitri stare with contempt while sighing as she remembered the audacity of the person she served nox chuckled and started to eat as he watched the tents being taken down seeing how they weren’t going to throw away the bloodied one the girl asked what they were going to do about it and Nox feigned ignorance to the act as Zitri explained that the blood stain would attract more ogres but that was something that Nox knew and was exactly how he intended it however he wouldn’t tell that to Zitri in order to prevent her nagging but this was the perfect opportunity for more lifetime when he finished his breakfast he realized that he was going to be needing more ogres soon in the distance Nox could hear a rumble and told the green-haired girl that they would join the rest meanwhile a stray ogre was walking through the forest until it seemed to sense something turning around in confusion before it was suddenly overtaken and killed within seconds it was now day two of their journey and Nox had successfully grasped the topography of the area making him feel relieved given the length of the journey gran asked Nox about his plan with the ogres pursuing them asking if it was possible to throw them off which Nox affirmed he said that they could choose to quell the disturbance but that would also attract other monsters so it would be wiser to just get out of the woods in haste however Grien didn’t believe these words and felt upset that soldiers were flocking to Knox’s standards instead of Grien’s another soldier walked up and asked Nox what he was wrapping the ground for and that was because he knew that some monsters were known to soar from the ground causing panic within the others the boy glanced down and affirmed so explaining that they were crossing a certain habitat as everyone started to feel the ground rumble zitri was startled and screams were heard as Nox announced the worm was coming seeing it sprout from the ground this was a monster that mostly resembled an earthworm or a python but such resemblance belies the fact that it was a dragon with a mal foration issue due to which it could not use magic however it was still powerful since it was not uncommon for dozens of ogres to try and fight it only to meet a collective end this was also why he had been looking for such a monster seeing it eat the horse as none of the others knew that Nox had been stamping the ground to invite it the boy turned to the others and told them to hide in the bushes confusing the others which made Nox grin when he remembered that he said the ogres would pose no issue to them this was not technically wrong even if throwing the ogres off was not in his plan in the first place seeing the other swarms of ogres come out of the forest Zitri had worry on her face as she felt scared by the legion of ogres but Nox reassured her and asked the green-haired girl if she knew what a worm’s most and least preferred creatures were she was confused before cowering at the rumbling as Nox explained the answer to both was ogres as the two species fought the boy explained that ogres were the preferred prey to the worms but also did not make the closest of pals so an advanced adventurer should know to turn such situations to his advantage the worm shrieked and crushed one of the ogres while the other monsters tried to hit the worm with their clubs as everyone stared with shock at how the two species were trying to finish each other off grian gritted his teeth and wondered if Nox predicted this and Zitri wondered if they should just wait but Nox had other plans the purple-eyed boy watched the battle and started to throw some rocks at the ogres confusing Zitri at how it would help as the ogres continued getting killed the system would tell Nox that his stamina was increasing along with his lifetime extending his lifespan by 8 hours with each ogre defeated this wouldn’t be something he would explain to the green-haired maid but he needed to get his stats up nox realized that all the ogres were now dead and Grian wondered what the plan was now since he couldn’t take it on himself so Nox got up and ordered the soldiers to aim at the worm’s mouth there was hesitation but everyone eventually followed doing what Knox said as the boy activated his time slowing ability and charged forward while the arrows and spears slow down in the air Nox would leap and slash the worm multiple times spinning and landing as the ability stopped and showed the worm exploding with blood from his actions this increased his days by 10 which was more than expected but he enjoyed that big monsters benefited him so much although it wouldn’t have been so easy without the ogres when Nox’s stamina reached five his temporary trait expired which was part of the details when he activated the scroll all that while ago it was unfortunate but at least he got there at all nox clenched his fist and everyone was checking up on the boy while cheering about how skilled the Nox was and Nox was about to answer until he was interrupted by some more crackling and rumbling noises as another worm sprouted from the ground knox was slightly surprised by the presence of a second worm however he would be even more surprised when someone shouted at the others to get out of the way as the worm was immediately sliced and killed by a new person this monlewearing person was someone that Knox had recognized and he wondered why they were there at all nox wondered what this monlewearing person was doing here recognizing this character immediately everyone else also recognized who this person was and knew that they were a pupil of a person named Celus the genius swordsman strongest unit in the universe and one of the three supremes alongside Theodore this man was called Paracelis this new male asked if the rules of nobility dictated that they must refrain from expressing gratitude when they were saved and Nox remembered that this was also the man who harbored a great hatred toward the nobility schultz felt offended on Grien’s part and asked if Pariselus knew who Grienne was but Pariselus only gave a passive aggressive response paraselus introduced himself and said that he was a mercenary of some sort while Nox would remember how this man would be expected to hate nobles given his background but more importantly he was not supposed to come onto the scene until the academy chapter would begin in his previous life Nox had played this game countless times but never had Pariselus appear before the academy year started the boy wondered what was happening clenching his fist while glancing over at Pariselus and wondering what he was going to do now the sun started to set as the group rode through the terrain and Gran tried to make a conversation with the mercenary asking if he was bound for chaders as well paracelus affirmed so and said he was heading there to hunt monsters making Nox in thought while remembering that Pariselus was a man who traveled to different realms of the empire to train himself before the school year began so Nox wondered if the realm he traveled is randomly selected for each run grian noticed that Pariselus was traveling by himself which meant that the monlewearing male showed confidence in his abilities so Grian mentioned that he paid his men handsomely and asked if Pariselus would be interested in joining the campaign against the monster wave under his command pariselsis glanced over at Knox’s brother with a raised eyebrow humming in thought before turning away and saying that he was intrigued about the idea of working under the Lean Haba family knox watched in the distance as Schultz tried to defend and be offended on Grienne’s behalf but Grian interrupted and waved his hand to stop the other male instead telling Parisels to take his time and give it due consideration grian had witnessed this male striking a worm down with a single sweep so he wanted to have this man under his command in order to reclaim the trust of his soldiers that Nox had taken away from him the group finally arrived at their destination which Nox let be known to the others looking ahead at how the place was much more desolate in real life than it was in the game they were let through the gate and Grian clicked his tongue at the sight of rats scuttering around but his attention was moved to a girl who was weakly asking if he had any food to spare grian looked with disgust at the little girl and jerked his horse away from her making her flinch with surprise nox glanced away as well which made the little girl’s expression droop and her head hang low pariselus glanced at the girl and clicked his tongue as well and the group was stopped by a male who introduced himself as Tyigan greeting the others and explaining that he was the chief of the town guard he had already heard the news that Grian was on his post-graduation mission and was having Knox lend support continuing to speak with the noblemen while Pariselsa said that he might have gotten his hopes up too high about the Sons of a Supreme somehow being different than the other nobles since they were chosen to represent the family when the mercenary witnessed to Nox battling the worm Nox didn’t seem half bad at swordcraft but Paracela still believed that these Leon hobbers were still Molly coddled through and through he stared with the disappointment and observed the town around him noticing how it was evidently disordered and the town’s folk had no capacity to endure the monster wave which made Paracelus wonder if the ones who hadn’t perished of hunger were even the more fortunate ones since the sun was nigh unto setting it was decided that they would discuss everyone’s duties the next day so Tyen led them to an inn where everyone could find rest everyone got off their horses and started to set up for the night while Grian would stare at Pariselus who had mentioned the proposition from earlier making Grian excited until Pariselus declined the offer without hesitation grienne furrowed his eyebrows in confusion and asked if Paracelus knew what he was saying wondering if the monlewearing male intended to make ready for the monster wave without aid nox watched in the distance as Pariselus explained that his intention was proceeding as previously planned but he wished Grian fortune in his campaign grian called Pariselus a commoner however this only made the mercenary chuckle as he had been subject to far unkinder remarks as a vagabond again Pariselus still wished Grian luck in navigating through all the challenges so Nox believed that this was the end of their interactions and wondered if their paths would cross again in the future night arrived and Nox told Zitri to get a good rest as they were going to be busy the next day going into his bedroom only to notice the girl from earlier outside sitting near a fire with other children the girl jerked up in surprise when her attention was called for as Knox asked if she was not in search of food making all the kids stare at Knox with surprise as he pulled out a bag filled with loaves of bread he handed the bread to the children making the girl choke up with tears of happiness nox knew that he couldn’t save everyone and this action was just him acting out of what little goodwill his otherworld self used to have but the children were still joyful from this kind action as they dug into their food something that Knox didn’t want them to beg for anymore along with that Knox and the others needed to find ways to survive in this town in the distance it seemed as though Zitri was watching what Knox was doing smiling softly at the fact that the boy had just assumed a cold demeanor earlier the next day Tyigan was explaining to the others how every year the south of Chaders was plagued by the surge of monsters frequently in their efforts to fend it off the town had nowhere to turn but the subsidy and support from the king as they stepped through the area Grian asked if the palisade served as the sole defense of the town to which Tyen affirmed even though it all required some mending to be done nox glanced at the walls and sighed at the sight of them knowing that the whole town would be slaughtered within an hour once the waves started pushing in this campaign was merely a sub episode in the game and Nox could choose whether to save the town or not but so far he had always chosen to save it why you ask because the town becomes extremely valuable since Chaders later becomes one of the most profitable lands of the empire tyen continued to talk to the noble boys and explained that this year monsters were proliferating at a disquing rate which was unlike what they had already seen nox realized that these people had no idea how that unusual surge would end up helping in this land but that was for future them to figure out there were towns people who had reported having glimpsed a griffin causing everyone to freeze and grien to hum and ask where it was seen blocking the advance of that griffin was crucial for the success of the campaign since such creatures were known as the kings of the wasteland and at least in this game were meant to be warded off and certainly not hunted despite that though Nox’s plan was to hunt it everyone stared off at the wasteland they saw as Tyan explained that it was a neutral territory serving as their border with the Tahalin nox finally spoke up and wondered if anyone wasn’t curious since the known habitats of griffins didn’t even adjoin the towns of Chaders so he asked if they were not known to inhabit Tahalin for the most part wondering why their presence was near Chaders in the first place a chilling aura came upon the men as Nox knew that reaction answered his question on who would prove to be the traitor and would be the signal of the beginning of a sub quest the first thing that Knox was going to do was scrape off the festering rot of the town later in the day Schultz was seen crumpling up some papers in anger since he felt as though Nox was beginning to become a large wall in his plans since Nox’s scheme had caused Schultz to lose Grienne’s favor he grit his teeth in a rage since he spent all his time wasted after fawning over Grien to win his favor but his angry thoughts were interrupted when he heard Zitri walking down the stairs of the inn schultz remembered that the girl was Nox a servant and a commoner so he immediately thought up of a plan he slammed his hand against the wall next to her he grabbed her arm and pulled her toward him making her confused and asked what he was intending to do the male said that was obvious and that they should find a place for the conversation but Zitri pulled her hand away and tried to retreat however Schultz continued his advances and said that he as a knight on a mission still needed amusement and asked Zitri if it was not the same for her he grabbed her shoulder and the green-haired girl was about to talk back until she realized that fighting against the man would have Nox end up on the wrong side of Grienne and expose him to scorns of all sorts within his family so she decided to just let things happen in order to try to protect Nox schultz said that she as Knox’s servant shall pay the price for Knox’s actions however the voice of Knox was heard as he said that he was more than willing to pay it himself the sounds of slashing were heard and Zitri stared with surprise at Knox holding a bloody blade the boy staring coldly at Schultz while telling him to name the price he would have Knox render for Schultz’s failed efforts the male was confused and said that Knox would not get away with what he did for maming Grienne’s knight but Knox didn’t care and slashed off Schultz’s other arm which caused him to scream even more from the pain schultz asked if Nox believed he could take refuge behind his family name but his words were interrupted by Nox mentioning that the one who was trying to hide behind Ali and Hobber’s name was Schultz himself the male’s last moments were looking at the blade from Nox that was then plunged into Schultz’s back killing him zitri was worried for what would happen to Knox because of his actions but the answer would soon be found as Grian walked into the inn and asked if he killed Schultz the boy was immediate with his response which caused Grian to shout at the younger brother but Knox asked if it would be fair to inquire about what happened instead of yelling grienne grabbed Knox’s collar and demanded the reason with a threat to which Nox gave a simple answer that Schultz had attempted to violate his aid and that he didn’t want to stand idly and let him this answer did not satisfy Gran but Knox asked if Gran was sure of his priorities suspending an amount of power from his body to show intimidation gran was shocked by the sight of what Knox was capable of in disbelief at the power he now possessed compared to before knox’s brother said the boy could have at least reported to him before anything but Nox interrupted and reminded how he was known as the family wretch and how reporting and waiting were not his strong suits with that Knox suggested that judgment should be deferred and that they should let their father render the final decision gran gulped nervously and agreed reluctantly making Nox grin before telling Zitri it was time to go after which they left promptly the older brother would stand there wondering how long Knox had been like this and why the sword was so familiar but Grienne knew that he must no longer make light of the boy knox knew that there would now be commotion among the soldiers since they were already split into factions and were at a crossroads where they would have to make a decision wondering if they would follow Grien or Knox he glanced over at Zitri asking if she was all right but she asked the same question back wondering why he protected her when it would likely make the matter worse noox asked if the green-haired girl knew what kind of person the master she served was reminding her that he was the good for nothing of the Leonhaba family he explained to her that no matter where they were she should never bow her head to which she felt touched by his words and agreed to in the end Gran slammed his mug onto the table in anger at how Knox went from being a troublesome task to a completely different person along with the fact that the sword that Knox wielded looked similar to their father’s sword gran wanted to be wary of the boy since Schultz was now gone but his thoughts were interrupted by the other male from earlier walking into the room to report the mess taken care of along with agreeing that Knox was different than the rumors not only was Nox different but Grian believed that this man was different too since he was supposed to be the captain of the night order that had been operating around the place which confused Grian since Nox knew the place better for some reason since the monster wave hadn’t started Gran was going to make use of the night order a little more ordering the man to get rid of all of the bandits and monsters in the vicinity and to immediately report anything happening with Knox the man agreed and promptly left while Nox was still outside with Zitri inspecting some vials as Zitri asked if he looked around the walls he affirmed and the green-haired girl asked how they would stop the wave to which Nox walked somewhere with a girl in tow nox said that he was thinking of recruiting someone new because he knew there was a genius in this small village a woman named Alina a character that Nox would recruit every time he came to Chaders a genius potion maker and also Knox’s potion shuttle he walked through the alleyways as Zitri asked if a genius potion maker really existed in such a place to which Nox affirmed and explained she had her own reasons for staying in such a place that reason being that this is the hidden route to clear chaders in the future Elina would be working for another instead of the Archime Empire so if one doesn’t clear Chaders with the hidden route they could never get Alina they continued down as Nox seemed to know where he was going and Zitri noticed a light pointing at it and walking into the building to witness a drunk woman peering at them and knocks greeting her the woman screamed in surprise at the presence of other people and Zitri was in disbelief that the genius potion maker was a drunkard after calming down a bit Alina apologized for her behavior and Nox said they needed to talk nox thought about Alena’s character at this point of the story and had to get her into the party even despite her flaws observing the stats and reading that her only negative trait was being a drunkard he sighed and knew that the Lean Hobber family was unlikely to recruit such genius characters nox said that they didn’t have a choice and Zitri tried to say it was unwise to recruit drunkards nox agreed but said it was complicated alina asked why they came and Knox got straight to the point wanting Alina to join his team in exchange for giving her what she needed most she didn’t know what he was talking about and tried to decline but Nox knew that her reasons were related to her friend May surprising her with his knowledge knox immediately explained that May would be executed in the near future shocking the woman even more as Nox said things could possibly change if she accepted his offer so he asked one more time wanting to know if he changed her mind a little Alina thought back on the words that Noox said feeling conflicted on the offer and the situation regarding her friend may was the person who would talk back against the Knights for their decisions such as raising tax and May was also Alina’s one and only friend she would tell Tyigan and his men that they weren’t doing anything for the town despite being sent funds but the male only glared down at her before eventually dragging May away alina wished that it was her who was dragged away after reacting aggressively tearing up at her weak attitude to rescue her own friend and believing that Nox wouldn’t save the ginger-haired girl either either way she didn’t think that she would be able to forget the situation for a long time a very long time at a tavern the men that Grian hired were all drinking the night away and laughing about how he was an idiot they had been pretending to act like a night order and Gran seemed to believe without suspicion everyone laughed and one of the men said it was worth ransacking the raw knight orders living place getting the badge that could get them even bigger jobs if they showed it to the Leanhaba family as well they believed that they would get the benefits befitting someone of the position of the captain of Ron Knight Order along with things being even better since the names were the same as the main guy Ron said that if they held Grianna’s hostage they could get a big payout they continued to laugh as another guy spoke up and wondered if their actions would be all right since they were dealing with the most influential family of the dark three but the others glared at the male and called him a coward and an idiot he shied away and Ron stopped everyone’s anger as he got up and rhetorically asked if he knew where they were explaining that they were in a town that even the Imperial family had given up on ron suggested that they should simply hold Grian hostage and get the money before running off since he believed that no matter how influential the Lean Haba family was they wouldn’t be able to do anything in an enemy nation surrounded by sand they continued their chatting but one guy said that Knox was with them as well and Ron agreed that the boy was dangerous and said they shouldn’t get involved until they finished things up another guy said that there was no concern since Knox was just a kid so they all continued to laugh and drink once again until the candles suddenly went out everyone was confused and started to get agitated to which Ron told everyone to calm down until he felt blood on him which confused him he glanced over and noticed someone had been decapitated and heard the screams of others confusing Ron even more as he walked over to see another dead body ron realized that there were enemies and shouted for them to reveal themselves to which Nox stood behind him with a cold glare calling them all vermin before Ron would jump back nox was surprised about their hidden place and asked why they had the audacity to rob the Lean Haba family and overestimate themselves ron said that Knox was mistaken but Knox interrupted him and already knew about their crimes together with Tyigan and how they wanted to use Grienne the male grit his teeth and asked what Nox wanted saying that all he needed to do was just to look away this one time the men started to surround Nox threatening the boy while Knox activated his sword and spun around to slice multiple men asking Ron if there was anyone naive enough to believe that ron ordered everyone to get the boy to which everyone charged at Knox but he easily dodged everyone’s attacks and swiftly killed them ron watched in the distance believing that Knox had been hiding these skills the whole time so the male grabbed the blade and activated some power telling Nox to remember that he was dying because of his arrogance the others believed that Ron would win as the man used his southern sword technique but Knox wasn’t alarmed as he simply sliced through the attack and destroyed it with his genius swordsman trait everyone was shocked by this action and Knox killed the stray men lying around calling them vermin once again as Nox asked why they had the audacity to ask Nox what he wanted when he had already gotten exactly what he wanted proceeding to activate the same technique that Ron had after Nox had activated the technique of Ron and destroyed the attack the boy pulled out his blade and prepared the southern sword technique during this Nox thought about geniuses and what it meant to be one he felt himself standing in the middle of a vast white space in white clothes continuing to wonder if being a genius just meant that one was more exceptional than other people he stepped forward and ended up at what seemed to be some sort of mirror if being a genius wasn’t being more exceptional then did it mean someone who had proven they could reach a higher level that most people couldn’t reach the mirror shattered and Knox felt as though from the moment he had risked his life Knox asked himself that question repeatedly what does it mean to be a genius with a smile Knox came back into reality he knew that the sword technique that he was using at the moment wouldn’t be much compared to the sword techniques he’d be learning in the future but it would definitely be enough against his enemies all of the other bandits got slashed from how wide the attack was as Ron could only collapse to the ground in despair from his plans being foiled so easily chad’s southern sword technique was something that took Ron more than 10 years of his life to master and now a kid like Nox somehow figured it out within seconds knox stepped on the blade that Ron wielded looking down at the male with a cold glare the brown-haired male snapped out of his bewilderment and shouted jumping back while trying to threaten that Tigan wouldn’t let Knox get away with things if Nox killed Ron or that Tigan may have already heard what Nox had done none of these threats phased Knox as he simply said there weren’t any witnesses cutting off Ron by explaining that he was simply assassinating them ron was still confused by this so the boy put a finger to his mouth in a way of hushing Ron as Knox explained that if no one lived to tell the tale this would only look like an assassination the boy held a smile on his face knowing what the world would think before Knox would slash and kill Ron somewhere in a dungeon May was being held as a prisoner and was chained to the brick walls while huffing to herself tyen was talking to her and learned that she didn’t want to work nor be sold off to the other nobles but the girl didn’t speak at first so the male slapped May in the face to get her to talk she only grinned and said that she wouldn’t listen to the likes of him causing him to grab her face and claimed there was nothing she could do at that moment he told her that the only thing that someone as lowly as her could do was struggle on the ground but suddenly she spat at him tyen paused for a moment and asked her what she was doing before slapping her again wondering if she wanted to be sold to a black mage may had thought back to her past and how a teacher was telling her how she had gotten the potion mixture wrong despite trying her best meaning she was likely not cut out for the subject the girl had seemingly zero talents from the start not in alchemy nor in swordsmanship or anything else the teacher was excited when she got to Alina’s potion and felt as though she had nothing else to teach the girl continuing to praise the half- elf girl as May felt almost jealous may overheard the teacher sighing about how Alina was a war orphan but was from a noble family and had a chance to at least get out of the orphanage alina was an alchemy genius and seemed like someone who didn’t belong in a place like the orphanage from the start the half- elf girl always had a sparkle around her but despite that she would always try to play with May and had that bright smile that caused the ginger-haired girl to be helplessly envious of Alina that was why she had decided to sacrifice herself instead of Alina because she was certain that Alina would accomplish way more than someone like May ever could she told Hyen that struggling on the ground was the norm her whole life and that whatever he wanted to do to her after her death was none of her business may didn’t want to become Alena’s burden so she allowed herself to keep getting beaten by Tyigan until a voice rang through the room telling May to stop trying to harm herself nox told the ginger-haired girl that if she made it out of this place as a corpse Alina would be sad the boy and his blade walked down the hall and Tyen asked what brought him there to which Nox said “By the law of the imperial family he was going to execute the male.” Nox mentioned to Tyigan that his partner Ron was already dead so it would be best for the male to give up right now tyen hummed in thought and glanced over at Knox asking if the boy came here alone to which Nox affirmed immediately without any hesitation with that Tyigan grinned and said that the young master of a noble family had underestimated him too much and asked if Nox thought he could defeat Tyigan alone that was another question that Nox affirmed grinning as well as Tyigan proceeded to take out his blade with a frown other knights started to flood the room trying to seemingly surround Nox and block the way to the cage as Tyigan ordered them to kill Knox shouts were heard from all of the men who charged forward at the light-haired boy who stared forward without alarm closing his eyes and taking a breath before he would activate his time slowing ability everything started to slow down almost as if everything was frozen in time and the 5-minute time limit started but this wouldn’t be a problem for Nox the boy would walk past all of the knights slashing them along the way without a care in the world as he held his bloody blade and entered the prison cell where Tyen and May were he walked past Tyigan as well and glanced at the man’s face as the clock kept ticking and ended up next to where May was reaching out his hand to touch her face the ability was still activated but he slowed himself down to get back into reality in order to pour something on May as she asked who he was knox immediately gave his name as her vision became blurry to which he told her that everything would be over after she woke up from her sleep the girl was lulled into an unconscious state likely from whatever Nox poured on her and Tigan turned around with shock at the fact that Nox had seemingly already defeated his men and was already in the prison cell as Tyigan turned around he was unable to notice that Knox had done something to him causing him to tip over and collapse onto the rocky ground as he struggled to get up he turned to see that his feet were sliced off confusing him greatly since he didn’t see this happen at all causing all of the knights to scream from the pain as their blood spilled onto the walls of the dungeon knox walked up to Tyigan and told him that he shouldn’t think that he would die that easily to which Tyen stared up at Nox with a bewildered expression and a chill down his spine he couldn’t believe what was happening and the fact that he the great Tyigan had lost to a mere child the boy stared coldly down at Tyigan as Nox wondered once again what it meant to be a genius at that moment he aimed his blade at Tigan pausing for a moment before he thought that it was Nox the character who was a genius bringing the sword into the air the boy wondered what being a genius meant to the character before proceeding to stab and kill Tyigan in that moment Tyigan couldn’t help but see his life flash before his eyes when Tyen was younger his father was the night captain of the Chaders mercenary corps that man was supposedly the most outstanding person within the village to everyone including Tyigen every man wanted to be like Tyigen’s father but it seemed as though Tyigan saw a different story of his father behind closed doors even if people respected this man in the public eye as Tyigan’s father would hold his mother’s hair with his bloodied hand after beating her the older male would ask his son if he knew the reason why people in town followed him the boy looked away and said he didn’t know the reason so Tyigan’s father put a hand on Tyen’s head saying the answer was strength he explained that possessing overwhelming strength can make a person get away with anything and that was the law of a city on the borders of the Archime Empire tyen asked his father if he was the strongest person on the continent causing his father to pause for a moment before letting go of both his son and wife while admitting he wasn’t the strongest on the continent he said that he was just one of the countless nobodies and that there were numerous unbelievably strong swordsmen on the continent and also kids that were Tyen’s age who were geniuses who were stronger than Tyigan’s father tyen’s father told him that was what it was like for a continent experiencing war back in reality Tyen knew that the reason he had survived for so long was because he chose not to fight with these geniuses and as he saw Nox raising the blade that would lead to Tyigan’s doom the male repeated Knox’s name in his head tyen believed that Nox was one of the unreachable geniuses that his father mentioned believing that being a genius was to be so talented that no one could reach them because of this Tyen let out a sigh with fear in his eyes as he spoke his last words saying that the only reason he was dying right now was because he chose to fight with Nox a supposed genius in his eyes with that the blade plunged through Tigan’s back and Nox had finally killed him meanwhile Alina was sitting in her chair in her place of hiding seemingly in a fetal position with her knees to her chest she had a depressed expression on her face due to her lack of hope of May ever coming back but her attention was called for when someone said Elena’s name as the half- elf girl turned her head she saw her friend walking into the building with a zitri by her side alina was struck with shock and disbelief at May’s presence and Alina tackled the ginger-haired girl with a hug crying heavily saying that she was so scared she thought that May had really left her may reassured Alina and apologized for her actions and making Alina think that way believing that May herself was the selfish one to think that she had wanted to do things alone while leaving Alina behind zitri smiled at the heartwarming sight and Alina pulled away from the hug to ask where Noox was to which the greenhaired girl explained that he was wrapping up the situation and talking right now alina was confused by the answer as itri said that she believed that Nox was having a heart-to-he heart conversation with his brother but she knew that it didn’t seem to be his true intention as the night continued Grian was tapping impatiently at the table while wondering how long Ron was going to keep him a noble from the Lean Haba family waiting a knock was heard and Grian wondered who it was until he realized it was his little brother to which Nox wanted Gran’s availability to talk for a moment gran wanted to know why Nox thought he would want to talk to him but Gran noticed the blood on Knox’s shirt which made the situation feel a little frightening to Gran as Knox insisted it was an important matter the brother decided to allow it and told Nox to take a seat while meanwhile Rodwell was telling Theodore that they received a message that Nox had purged to the corruption within Chaders and that Knox requested a separate reward rodwell couldn’t figure it out so he gave the letter to Theodore who remembered that Chaders was a place no one wanted to bother with due to how unprofitable it was but it was also a huge headache for the Imperial family as letting it fall would have monsters go toward the center the central government allocated a large amount of funds troops and also mercenary corp to defend relevant areas so that was why it couldn’t be totally abandoned theodore believed that shaders didn’t have any value and agreed that all the bandit groups would be dangerous for even Grian and that the situation would likely turn for the worse if the Ron bandits attacked if they couldn’t overcome a situation of that level they didn’t deserve to be called part of the Leanhaba family which was why Theodore placed the Black Sword Knights with them to prevent them from dying back to the topic with the Nox theodore didn’t believe that Nox had the generosity to purge corruption for nothing so he was confused as to why he wanted authority over cheaters knox’s father read that Knox would even give up his right as the youngest son of the Leon Haba family if he failed to profit and Rodwell asked if Theodore was going to reject the proposal theodore decided he would accept it and even obtain the jurisdiction of the area believing that this was a good opportunity to see how good Knox was at managing a territory rodwell understood and would send a letter to the Empire to start the talks proceeding to leave as Theodore read over his son’s name and wondered how far ahead the boy was planning birds flew over the inn on a bright morning as Gran learned that Ron and Tyen wanted to kill him and that he was their underling gran felt upset with the whole situation and how he fell for their schemes feeling offended that these men tried to leech off of him by tricking the Leon Haba family even so the male looked up at Nox believing that he was more of a bother to which Nox asked if his brother was scared of him grian felt angry by this response but decided to hold back for now since he wouldn’t become a knight if he didn’t pass the test so he had to accept Nox’s offer with a sigh Grren asked the boy what he wanted which made Nox amused as he explained that all he wanted was the right to command all the soldiers under Gran’s command gran knew that as unfortunate as it was his life was in Knox’s hands especially since he didn’t know exactly how strong Nox was in return for the command Gran wanted Knox to remember to guarantee his life and yield to the outcome to which Knox agreed but said that was two requests which meant another thing for Gran to give in exchange this caused the older brother to glare as he said he would also hand over mineral rights and artifacts of his large mine with that Gran insisted Nox would take care of things properly to which the boy said that it would be an easy thing to do getting up and saying that he would be in his brother’s care while staying in Chaders grinning and telling his brother that he hoped he wouldn’t do anything rash at Alena’s place Nox had asked Alina for some potions and while they were ones she had never made before she believed it was possible zitri believed it was a good answer but she also believed that Nox’s plan was too dangerous and wondered why he needed to kill the griffin may also agreed but Knox said they shouldn’t be scared as he wouldn’t have brought it up if it was impossible they were being reasonable with their worry but he had to lie since he couldn’t tell them about the thing he wanted to obtain he decided to be vague about it which Zitri complied with reluctantly but Nox knew that killing the Griffin at the beginning of the game was actually close to impossible since no one had succeeded in doing so well at least that would be the case when trying to exclude Nox the boy started to draw up the plan and remembered the hidden route one that would make it possible to kill the Griffin as compared to the normal play style it would only be revealed to so-called stagnant water gamers something that Nox was since he had cleared the game 27 times he asked if everyone understood to which all the women affirmed the reason why he wanted to kill the Griffin was because the reward was that great with that they would proceed with the plan the next day and as the sun set Nox would feed his horse he knew that if he didn’t put his life on the line he couldn’t survive since that was the type of world he transmigrated to the next day it seemed as though a large swarm of monsters started to run through the woods while Nox watched from above telling everyone to get ready alina and May affirmed and Grian did as well but with more annoyance on his expression the boy turned to the soldiers and told him that they only had one chance to which Nox wondered why the moment felt so new the fact that he had become Nox and the only strategist zitri wondered if he would really be all right and was about to say the words that she had said the previous day but the boy reassured her that she could trust her master wouldn’t die as Knox jumped down from the wall he wondered if it was from that moment the moment when he made a promise he couldn’t keep since he was terminally ill the blade slowed his descent as Nox left off toward the monsters throwing a potion at a golem which seemed to slow it down and gave Nox the opportunity to slash through it the system told him he had killed an iron golem and increased his proficiency in the Chaders southern sword technique he continued slashing through all the monsters and knew that if he didn’t have that promise then he might actually die all the monsters charged toward Nox who believed that everyone becoming his stepping stones would make him enjoy the game more the game that had become his reality within seconds that was when Knox witnessed it the presence of the Griffin which made Nox wonder if it was time to get started
He Isekai’d as Worst Villain in his Fav Game & Must Do Anything to Survive!
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