I Reincarnated as the Mob Flame User Destined to Die in the Early Stages of the Game, but When I Cleared the Event Before the Protagonist, the Heroines Followed Me

Chapter 7 – New Skills & Dust’s POV

Like Alicia, I had a second helping of stew and relaxed.

And then I went back to the church.

Upon entering the church, I greeted Old Man Zes, and he called out to me.

“I guess you’re wondering what to do next.”

“That’s right. I want to have some time to think about it.”

“That might be for the best.”

I sat on a chair inside the church. I can now swing a mace properly and use a shield properly.

And I’ve learned fire magic.

The slow attack motion and the disadvantage of receiving damage every time I use magic are gone.

However, my actions up until now have only erased my negative points.

What I want to do is become strong and defeat the bandits by the time I’m 18, and there’s Dust as well.

Dust is dangerous.

Dust even tried to use the Karma Ticket on me.

If I let my guard down, I wouldn’t be surprised if he slashed me to death from behind.

Let’s focus on countermeasures against Dust and the bandits for the time being.

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I was under the care of Old Man Zes until just before I turned 15.

And I acquired quite a number of skills under Old Man Zes’ teachings.

Gett, Human Male

Level: 10

HP: 100 SS

MP: 20 G

Physical attack: 40 E

Physical defense: 100 SS

Magic attack: 100 SS

Magic defense: 20 G

Speed: 20 G

Unique skill: None

Skills: “Mace LV23” “Shield LV26” “Child LV1” “Fire LV20” “High Fire LV10” “Heal LV8” “Recovery LV1” “Trap LV10” “Treasure Sense LV1” “Storage LV10”

Weapon: Iron Mace: 150

Armor: Wooden shield: 30, Cloth clothes: 10, Wooden shoes: 10

I acquired 5 new skills.

The first one is Heal.

In order to avoid the risk of dying as a result of receiving damage, a means of recovering HP is necessary.

The second skill, Recovery, is a magic that removes status abnormalities, and was obtained for the same reason as Heal.

The third skill, Trap, was acquired with the intention of using it in a battle against bandits or thieves.

The fourth skill, Treasure Sense, was acquired in order to get ahead of Dust and obtain treasures in dungeons.

The fifth skill, Storage, has the function of storing items in a different space after I obtain treasures.

I haven’t raised the level of Recovery and Treasure Sense because it’s easier to increase levels if you actually train them through practice.

I had chosen these skills with a lot of thought because it takes time to learn new skills.

Still, the more skills you learn, the easier it will be to grasp the tricks and remember them.

As a result, I was able to learn five skills in less than a year.

Dust seems to be neglecting effort.

I’ll take the treasure for myself before Dust makes his move.

If Dust is a true hero, I might have cooperated with him. But I don’t think Dust will save this country.

I don’t think he would act for everyone’s sake. I can’t see Dust standing in the forefront. I don’t trust Dust.

I secretly headed to the starting dungeon. From now on, I’ll gain even more strength!

I’ll conquer the starting dungeon before Dust acquires the “Hero” unique skill!

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[Dust’s POV]

I have power.

Recently, I went to a grassland where slimes often appear and defeated monsters, but it was so easy that it made me laugh.

I get drops of money just by defeating slimes, and defeating a few slimes increases my level and gives me strength.

I can earn more easily than adults.

I’m strong even without “Hero” power. After all, all my stats rankings are B, so I’m already strong at this point.

I grabbed the collars of the lackeys around me and forced them to reveal their stats, but the highest was B.

There was no one above that rank.

Sometimes there are people who have two or three superior stats values. Their physical attacks might be high but they lack speed.

In short, the balance is bad.

And that’s not all!

When I turn 15 and get baptized, I’ll be given the “Hero” unique skill.

Once that happens, my stats value will increase rapidly just by saving everyone from monsters.

A Hero’s ability is that his stats ranking can increase just by saving people from monsters, and he can learn any skill.

With this power, I can raise all stats values to SS.

If my stats rankings increase, my stats values will be recalculated and strengthened.

A person with a stats ranking of G at level 10 has a stats value of 20, but if you increase his stats ranking and bring it to SS, his stats values will explode to 100.

It’s an easy task for me to handle.

Now that I’m out of money, it’s time to earn some quick cash.

“Hey! You guys! We’re heading to the grasslands!”

The men around me said hesitantly,

“We’re not strong enough to keep up with Dust.”

“I-I’m weak!”

“I’m not special, so I can’t keep up with you.”

“Tch, you’re all so useless! Whatever, you’ll just get in my way.”

With that said, I headed to the grasslands.

Three goblins, huh? They’re small fries!

A goblin holding a dagger attacked me.

Come on now, are you trying to attack me just to die? That’s stupid.

I cut down the goblin at my front.

At that moment, the remaining goblins threw daggers at me.

“Ouch! Damn it!”

The dagger stabbed shallowly into my right arm and left thigh, and blood came out.

What the hell?! These damn goblins didn’t throw daggers in the game.

Why are they moving strangely now?!

I cut down the remaining two goblins holding the daggers.

At that moment, I felt an impact from behind.

When I turned around, two goblins had approached me from behind and were throwing stones at me.

The stone that hit my back fell to the ground.

“You dare to injure me! I’ll kill you!”

I slashed down the two goblins and returned to the village without picking up the gold.

I called my lackeys and yelled.

“It’s because you guys didn’t come with me! Now heal me!”

“It’s just a light cut. It’ll heal quickly.”

“I-I don’t have money to buy heal potions.”

“Y-you should go to Old Man Zes’ place.”

“Shut up, you’re all so useless!”

I punched all my lackeys and left the place.

Damn it, everyone’s so useless! Who would go to Old Man Zes’ place?

I’ll never forget being scolded by that Old Man Zes!

How could this have happened? I see, it’s because Gett the meat wall wasn’t with me.

That guy’s been getting cocky lately!

I can’t bully him because he’s with Old Man Zes, and I don’t like the fact that he’s on good terms with Alicia.

Alicia is my woman.

It’s all that Gett’s fault, he’s not listening to me and not becoming my Meat Wall, that’s why things aren’t going well for me.

Because he’s not being my punching bag, I’ll bully everyone!

I took out a ticket.

I’m tempted to use the Karma Ticket on Gett… But I have to be patient.

After all, he’ll die at the age of 18 and become my stepping stone.

That’s right, Gett has an important role.

Be my supporting role and die.

No matter how hard a mob tries, it’ll all be in vain.

I smiled and started walking.

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After Dust left, his lackeys gathered for a meeting.

“Being with Dust is tough. I’m at my limit.”

“Yeah, it’s me too.”

“Seriously, he said one sword was enough and went to the grasslands alone without wearing armor. Then he came back with minor scratches and blamed us, hitting us all before leaving. It’s ridiculous.”

“He makes a big fuss about the scratches he got, but he hit us without any care in the world. Even when we go monster hunting together, he uses us as shields and takes all the gold.”

“The village girls are already keeping their distance from Dust. If we stick around him any longer, we’ll be seen as Dust’s allies.”

“I hope that doesn’t happen.”

“In the past, Gett was Dust’s target and we weren’t bullied, but now Dust hits everyone and thinks he’s better than everyone. He’s crazy.”

“Hey, I think it would be a good idea for us to train with Old Man Zes. Gett went to Old Man Zes’ place and he turned out quite great.”

“Old Man Zes, huh…”

“Still, it might be safer to be with Old Man Zes than with Dust.”

“Maybe you’re right, let’s go and try it first. If it doesn’t work, we can just quit. Let’s give it a try first. If we stay with Old Man Zes, Dust won’t come near us, right? He’s scared of Old Man Zes, after all.”

“I’m going too!”

“Me too!”

In this way, both the girls and boys in the village began to distance themselves from Dust, but the only one who didn’t notice was Dust himself.