Suterareta Yuusha no Eiyuutan - Volume 1 - Chapter 8

Chapter 8: "The Sixth Time"
Hamakaze and I reached the 60th floor. I think four days have passed, although my senses are a bit fuzzy.

To put it simply, floors 52 to 59 were a pain. One part was the dungeon; the other Hamakaze Juri.

After that, I had to increase Hamakaze's Statuses. First I had her kill monsters which I almost killed, and through that she increased her level.

In the middle Hamakaze became impatient, and desired to fight.

She thinks that if she's not useful she would be thrown away. A good trait for a slave stuck on her.

At the end, it was astounding. Without me laying a finger, Hamakaze would strike upon encounter. In the next moment they would be turned into dust, and it happened over and over.

Hamakaze outleveled me, but　if she would have an attitude or rebelled I could just release her from the contract.

I figured out something new from my Special Ability.

If I released the magic from "Wight King", the revived creature would go back to being dead. I tried this before with a monster before it disappeared.

First of all, if the monster doesn't receive a fatal wound it won't turn to dust. For instance, in a High Wolf's case cutting a leg off won't make it disappear. The cut off leg behaved the same way.

This was really helpful.

Hamakaze and I were unable to eat a lot, and were on empty bellies. We were able to eat meat, so that crisis was averted.

It's a shame that the monsters' meat isn't that tasty.

By the way, this was my thoughts on what our progress.

"Daichi. Please open your mouth."

"Mhm."

Hamakaze brought up the wolf meat cooked with Fire magic and brought it to my mouth.

After that day, Hamakaze changed drastically, from the way she speaks to what she does.

She's a really obedient and honest girl. Sometimes her annoying overdependence shows up, but as that's how I trained her it's fine if it's just a bit.

However, I would like it if she'd stop hugging me everytime we go to sleep.

It would be a problem if my desires would be released. I'm a guy, too.

Those were Hamakaze's annoying points.

...But,

It's helpful she's taking care of me. I didn't make a mistake that time.

Yeah, I didn't.

"Daichi"

"Nn, Thanks."

"Thank you very much."

My Stamina's recovered from the food. Hamakaze's also eating.

For drinks if we can use weak Water magic it wouldn't be a problem.

"...Um...Daichi,"

"What?"

"U-Um... Can I get you to feed me?"

Hamakaze, timidly asking.　Her cheeks had a rush of blood.

"Eat by yourself. Why is it that I have to do so?"

"Y-Yes... I'm sorry."

"Don't worry about it... After we get out of here I'll think about it."

"Y-Yes!"

Hamakaze delightfully bit down on her High Wolf meat.

Just like a carrot and stick.

After finally eating a meal in days, we sat crosslegged on the cold floor.

"What do we do after this? Am I fighting again?"

"Ah, that was the plan. But, we don't know where the staircase is."

"The enemy's Statuses don't really matter, do they?"

"Ah, speaking of which I haven't checked yet."

I backed a bit off a bit and met eyes with the dead High Wolf.

This guy was also a slave, wasn't he. I was planning on using him as food, but I forgot.

"Open."

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Katsuragi Daichi  Class: Hero  Level 46

Stamina：1430

Magic：2690

Physical：3630

Endurance：2770

Wit：1600

　Special Abilities： "Steel Heart" During battle, Endurance increases. Poison, Paralysis, Sleep, Berserk has a 1/3 chance of not working.

"Persistent Soul" Magic cannot be less than 100.

"Wight King": Able to make contracts with living beings near death, to revive them and make them obey to your will. Everytime the user dies twice, increases the limit to the number of contracts. Currently zero contracts are available.

"Absolute Order" Appears when those bound by a contract are lower leveled than the Wight King. Any order will be accepted by the slave until cancelled.

"Murderous Magician": Killed targets within a radius of 10m will deal the same damage to all units of the same type.

Unique Ability: "Revenge of the Resented" No matter how many times you die, power stored in the abyss of death is taken for revival.

At the moment, number of deaths: 5 times

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Hamakaze Juri  Class: Higher Slave  Level 57

Stamina：2000

Magic：1750

Physical：1900

Endurance：1000

Wit：980

Special Ability： "Autoheal" Heals 300 Stamina every 10 minutes.

"Loyal Heart": When the master's life is at danger, all Statuses increase by 1.5x.

Special Status： "Higher Slave" Owner: Katsuragi Daichi
Seals all abilities against him until release.

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High Wolf  Class: Higher Slace  Level 30

Stamina：950

Magic：350

Physical：1200

Endurance：600

Wit：1300

Special Abilities： None

Special Status： "Higher Slave" Owner: Katsuragi Daichi
Seals all abilities against him until release.

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"It's higher than I thought."

"Yup. Even better than the crappy hero."

"...You..."

Some sort of defect? Hamakaze, shaking her head smiling.

I didn't think it was too conspicuous... To me it's a good sign.

It's best if her desire for revenge becomes stronger.

"...No, it's nothing. Let's prepare for the 60th floor."

"Let's."

"Let's what?" I didn't confirm.

"Alright. Let's kill some monsters."

"Then, how about we start from this dog?"

"Ah, that's fine by me. Don't think it'll be useful as a shield anymore."

"I understand. Spirits of the Wind, Cut through the sky. Wind Slice!"

By the blade of the invisible wind, the legless High Wolf had its neck sliced.

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As we were looking for a place with a lot of monsters, we reached a suspicious spot.

A chain in the shape of a cross was hung on a door.

Sinister smoke came seeping out the door.

...Is this... Magic?

"Daichi"

Looks like Hamakaze didn't sense anything.　She glared at the rigid closed door.

...Is this going to work?

Past this point there's definitely a monster that's uncomparable to the others we faced so far.

And, if we beat the thing inside, the road to the next floor would open up.

This was how it was before. In the floors before there were strong monsters. Maybe it could be a Monster House trap.

"...If we don't... We won't be able to take revenge..."

The hatred growing in her heart covered over her fear.

"...Let's go."

I made a fist.

"Yes, Daichi."

"Hamakaze. Let's do it how we did it before."

"I understand."

Hamakaze straightened herself.

First I readed "Berserk Tempest".

Hamakaze became my specialized dagger.

"Spirits of the Wind, cut through the sky! Wind Slice!"

The chains sharply cut. The sealed door opened by itself.

I can't see very well through the mist. Then...

"Blow away the mist!"

I ran into the room first, as the door opened up to fit one person through.

The early bird gets the worm. I'll shoot out Berserk Tempest upin entry.

I had the magic onto my hand, about to shoot.

"Turn everything to dust, and return them to the earth! Berserk Tem-"

But, I didn't complete the magic.

My arm flew midair.

...Eh? My arm? Why?

Huh? Eh? Huh?

I couldn't think. The pain seeped through my entire body.

"Arrrrrrgh!?"

The blood continued gushing.

The unbearable pain attacked me.

It hurts, it's painful, it feels bad.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts, it hurts!

"Ugh..!"

I felt like I wanted to vomit, and as that happened the inside of my stomach burst out of my abdomen.

"Ha... Ha! Uaahhh..."

My vision became hazy.

Is it because I lost too much blood. No, first of all I need to get out of here.

Let's do that. I don't like pain. If I get out, Hamakaze should be ready with healing magic outside...

As I stood back up, the hand I put on the ground was cut by the wind.

Cut... by the wind?

"Ah?"

I lost both arms. Without any support, I fell flat onto the ground.

The upper half of my body dropped into the inside of the room.

Ah, this is bad..."

"Guuoooooo!!"

Some sort of large roar reached my ears.

As I looked up-

My vision became covered in darkness.

Feeling the sharp pain of my nech being cut off, I lost consciousness.