Sono Mugen no Saki Chapter 1

unedited.

Episode 1- “Labyrinth City”

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“Adventurers sounds like a good name, but it’s like a paid monster, or a demonic animal of the enemy.
It isn’t the kind of profession where you explore ancient ruins like in fairy tales or adventures into unexplored areas that no one has stepped into. ”

By the way, who was that?
Sure, I think he was a senior at the guild…… Oh, it was that guy who was arrested for stealing money. I completely forgot his name though.
Well, he probably wasn’t a trustworthy person, though it seems it’s not a lie that he has had various experiences, and also had detailed occupation called an adventurer.[E/D: I can’t tell who he’s talking about in the last sentence, RAW: かつて、そう言ったのは誰だったか。

まあ、信用できる人ではないんだが、いろんな経験をしているのは嘘じゃないらしく、冒険者と呼ばれる職業にも詳しかった。]

“The war between people basically does not matter what you do, escort, guard, basically free mercenaries and bouncers.
An adventurer is recognized as an adventurer because he specializes in the extermination of monsters. The representative of the village, the Chief, or such a person seems to send a request.” [E/D Note: I changed lord to chief because it sounds more smaller-scale.]

“So you defeat the monsters and dismantle them?”

The image of the adventurer in me is the impression that weapons and armor are made with the skin and bones of the monster, and the meat is baked and eaten. Afterwards, I pulled my ears and noses off as proof that I knocked down.
…… In this way, it looks like a horrifying barbarian.

“Why are you going to dismantle it? Unlike animals, its meat cannot be eaten, and the skin and bones will suddenly deteriorate and decompose as the body dies. It’s not like hunting animals.” By the way, being the partner of a animal hunter is safer and it’s more profitable. Then, the reason why it doesn’t become a hunting house is that the license acquisition is serious. That’s why poaching is popular.

By the way, when I ate goblins a long time ago, it was tasty and quickly rot.
After that, I did not sell it, but I was poaching. Please excuse me.

“Well, how do adventurers earn money? You can’t just eat irregularly from subjugation requests. ”

“You can also do manual labor at the recruitment center as well. Do you like physical labor? I do labor on irregular day labor to earn my living expenses, to prepare the necessary equipment to defeat the monster, and wait for a monster removal request as a side job.”

“Aren’t mercenaries or city guards getting rid of monsters?”

“There is no need for them, but it’s not the standard. Because the monsters are strong and dangerous. I leave such dangerous work to lowered cla.s.sed adventurers.”

I realized the bitter reality.

So, I actually asked many people, but the occupation of adventurers everywhere seems to be like such.
In the fantasy novel, it is the best job, and though it is a popular post which cannot be other than this it is treated as the lowest job in this world. There is no doubt that the person himself is aware of it.
At least, it doesn’t seem to be a well-paid profession.

By the way, people like adventurers who come to the bar often only ask for cheap sake (the j.a.panese alcohol, find out HERE.). Adventurers are poor even though they take dangerous jobs.
A high-ranking adventurer won’t exist if it is different from high-ranking adventurers who comes out in the games and novels. if there are no ranks in the first place, then high-ranking adventurers don’t exist.
Even if I brought a goblin ‘s ear, I wouldn&

#8217;t be able cash it in, and if you go to church, you won’t get a kill counter for monsters to show your status. There is no such thing as levels. Well, although physical strength and skills improve by the amount of experience, this will go up separately without having to fight monsters.

Why are you going that far to fight monsters? Because the name is known to some extent, voice is heard from the famous mercenary group who is hired by aristocrats and large merchants as guards, private soldiers, escorts, or as a mercenary It seems to be easy to hang.
In other words, it is a stepping-stone for prestige. in other words, it’s a bet for prestige in exchange for your life.

Although the story has completely changed, goblins are still most famous monster that the adventurers fight.
It looks like a dirty old dwarf, has a rough temperament, and without a doubt it looks exactly like the ones you see in RPGs.
Though here goblin seems to be a type of fairy, so it seems that it isn’t a monster in a strict sense. In general, it is categorized with dwarves and elves.
Although it was treated as a small fry mob in fantasy RPGs, but it seems that the originally was also a fairy.
Whether it is a fairy or a monster, it is doesn’t matter to people who are actually affected by them, but it seems to be things like that even in this world.
While I was trying to survive in my village, I fought a goblin. Although I was really desperate at the time and don’t remember well, but it is a humanoid with a weapon, different kind bloodl.u.s.t compared to beasts.
The iron sword that I got (killed and robbed from) was used as my weapon until it became worn-out and unusable.

As for why I remember so much about the goblins so much, is probably because of the goblins in front of me.

“No, you guys have good timing.You can register labyrinths guild any time, but the process of issuing licenses and beginner lectures are held once a month.
There is no rule that I must attend at the time of registration but I will accept it until the issuance of a regular license, but can I take lectures at the same time? ”

“Well, the lecturing started as a matter of course, but you’re a goblin.”

Yuki crashed in, but it was obviously not a human being who explained the labyrinth guild in front of us.
It was a goblin who took over from the receptionist’s sister and started explaining the guild registration so that nothing happened.
Apart from wearing gla.s.ses and a suit, it has the same figure as Mr. Goblin who was killed in the forest sometime ago. I can’t tell the difference.

“Oops. excuse me for my impoliteness. I haven’t introduced myself yet. I am called Gobutaro, one of the oldest members in this guild, a office worker.”

I guess Goblin wasn’t really a monster. So then, does this make it a fairy?
Anyway it’s a nice name. Gobutarou … …. I wonder if there are names like Jiro or Saburo.

“Well, you two just came from the outside, I know what you want to say, as I have already pointed out, that I am a goblin.
though you haven’t met them yet, in this town there are lots of races besides humans, and there are even residents of what you might consider of the monster category. ”

“Well, I wonder if they are nice.”

Apart from this city, I heard that there are sub-races such as beastmen, demihuman, and fairy species and such like elves and dwarves in the town, and there is no discrimination.
Rather, as a person living in Heisei (present) j.a.pan, I would like to see one and be friends.
However, the creatures of the monster category I know are 100% enemy species.

“A dumb monster can’t really leave the labyrinth, but as their level goes up, intelligence will rise as well.
In addition, since laws for monsters is far more severe than human laws, so I live on a small part of the surface of the tomb [E/D: I think this is a play on words: 「頭悪い奴は迷宮から出てこれないけどね。ある程度レベルが上がったら、それなりに知恵も付くもんさ。

ダンジョンにいるモンスターだって、別に本能に従って人間を襲っている訳じゃない。

Even monsters in the dungeon don’t just attack humans just according to instinct.
I’m just trying to attack something that’s going to be stupid for my head. If you have something to eat, people won’t attack you. It’s unappetizing sir..”

It’s unappetizing..?
You probably would have eaten it. Well, I have also eaten goblins, so we’re even.
If you think about it a bit, if you are an ordinary human living with cattle, pigs, chickens raised to eat, then the livestock would look more delicious.
I wonder if meat-eating dragons are also unpleasant.

“Oh, I see.”

I felt like I didn’t know very well how Yuki understood, but I got a half-hearted reply.
But what I was more concerned about was Gobutaro-kun’s words.

“So then, that means …?”

In this world, You can check status and your skills like a game, but there is no concept of levels or experience points in this world. Also, there is neither HP nor MP either.
This, I thought that…… but I wonder if it exists. Or is it a concept dedicated to monsters?

“Yes, there are levels, although it might be unfamiliar to people coming from outside,  but you can think that it is like creatures as ranked as a living thing.
If you defeat a monster in the labyrinth, your level will rise and your status will improve. If you register for the guild, you will be able to check your level in addition to the status you’ve seen so far. ”

“Ooh~!”

For some reason, Yuki was trembling with excitement.
Even though it is a typical fantasy and RPG, even in a real world that it isn’t easy to understand, this fact is where the story where this world literally changed
Actually, the system has begun to change.

“Afterward you have to learn a lot about your cla.s.ses and skills, but the area is the beginner’s lecture. I have other students and I will do it in the multipurpose hall on the third floor sometime.”

“Yes, I am looking forward to it!”

Yuki was shaking his hands with Gobutaro-kun who was leaving.

“It’s here, It’s here, level up is here!”

“Calm down.”

“Well Because this world is so game-like, there were game-like elements like skills, status, and originally, but the growth elements were so realistic that it seemed to be wilting.”

“Even if you say that, it seems you can’t able to level up easily, because it takes more than a year to raise one level, like when learning skills.”

I am also a person who owns skills, but it took a long time to learn one thing other than gifts and
Although I realized that I’m receiving the benefits of the skill now, the existence of skills themselves, there are times when I could think of skills as only as proof of having ability / technique.

“Well, I know but this is not; say, a system change in the level, whether it’s a large patch or an extended disk like in games, isn’t it?”
“…… A system?”

Long ago, I have thought of various things.
This world shows status and understands the skill you want to acquire, but it doesn’t seem affect the reality’s law much.
For example, HP and MP have no notation itself. No wonder. Regardless of the MP in terms of remaining magical power, it is a matter whether life force is distributed numerically.

The status is also quite abbreviated, and it does not necessarily mean that one is strong even if the numerical value of their physical strength is high. Perhaps are influenced by lot of elements are represented by the status, but it is only a indicator.
If you do push ups, the status rises. However, even if their strength becomes stronger, the physical strength of their abdominal muscles and leg strength don’t get stronger. It is the same like when I was on Earth.

Then, if the ability level rises at the not from training, where does it show that muscle strength gets stronger?
a.s.suming it gets stronger as a whole, could you get used to the feeling immediately? Wouldn’t you be able to break things without being able to properly hold back?
It’s a game-like system, but it isn’t a game. Same goes for beginner courses, but you will need to examine it in various places to see what is needed.

“Well, it is a good means to measure increased strength.”

Until now, training, equipment, combat experience, the way to become stronger outside was the same as it was on Earth.
It is great if one could become strong with other factors. It can’t be helped that it is cowardly, it is a thrill.
One thing to use is the world’s rule from being born here. Cheat banzai.

When I was reading isekai novels with game-like settings, I never called cheat with just the existence of levels.

[E/D: 4 more parts, last one will have the author’s comment.]