The Novel's Draft

"Yo, the name’s Jokajun."" Said a man with visible combat experience written all over his body, "My body here’s name is Kacon."

Looking at the man next to Jokajun, was a towering man who had much bigger scars evident.

As the servant was giving the run down of things to them, Alleus and Vertere shook the opposite ends of my shoulder.

"We’ve got to recruit these two, look that guy has scars and so does the other one..!" Alleus’ hand trembled with excitement.

"Like what she said!" Vertere exclaimed.

Staring intently at the two warriors, I replied:

"Hold on, just let me check if they are truly powerful or if it’s just for show."

Focusing on the man with the shorter stature, I muttered:

"Check status." His interface then appeared in front of me.

==[Status Window]==

「Information」

[Name: Joka]

[Class: Warrior]

[Equipment]

◈ Mercenary’s cloak

[Weapons]

◈ Dual blade steel

「Attributes」

[Physical | lvl: 4]

[Stamina | lvl: 4.5]

[Intelligence | lvl: 2]

[Mana | lvl: 2]

「Skills」

[Adept Dual Swords Technique]

[Adept Acrobatics]

[Basic Limit surge]

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His attributes are quite high for a human, amongst all of the people so far he might have the highest stats so far.

However, his skills are only subpar.

Huh? That’s a bit odd, he doesn’t have a description?

Is he like Acro, whose a side character?

I see, is the reason because Acro was a character created with the author but had been forgotten to be named?

Looking up at the window screen in the sky, it wrote:

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[Chapter 165: Recruitment stage]

...

While the servants were doing their jobs, the strays would walk up to Incus and ask for her autograph.

’This line is quite the hefty one, judging by the looks of it... I’ll probably be here for a few days if I’m going to be signing signatures for these guys.’ Thought Incus, deep in thought as she signed multiple papers.

With each signature being written came a praise of gratitude.

"Thank you great hero, this will be a family heirloom that shall be passed through the upcoming generations of my family!" Said a big bulky hairy man.

With a gentle smile on her face, Incus waved for the next person to come forward.

Snapping her fingers, a servant appeared before Incus.

"What is it your heroic majesty?"

"Get me a bucket of paint—No, make it multiple buckets of ink."

With that, the servant had quickly disappeared as they came.

***

After finishing two hundred signature, the servant had come back with a wagon full of paint buckets.

"Opening one and stand next to me." Ordered Incus.

Nodding, the servant had opened the bucket and stood next to her.

Dipping her hand in the paint, Incus slammed her palm on the tablets and paper of those who asked her signature.

With this, the rate of how much she can give signature has increased drastically.

"Next! Next! Next!" Shouted the servant.

With this strategy, she would be signing about twenty people within a single minute.

But of course this depended on the speed of the newly recruits_

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Scowling, I shook my head.

There wasn’t anything about the people being recruited.

So these people aren’t actually people that were made by the author but by the novel itself.

Shifting my attention, I glanced at the taller man.

==[Status Window]==

「Information」

[Name: Kacon]

[Class: Tank]

[Equipment]

◈ Hunter’s heavy armor

[Weapons]

◈ Great battle axe

「Attributes」

[Physical | lvl: 5.5]

[Stamina | lvl: 3]

[Intelligence | lvl: 2]

[Mana | lvl: 1]

「Skills」

[Advanced Great Axe Technique]

[Adept Absolute Strength]

[Adept Damage absorption]

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With excitement written all over my face, my mouth curled up to the point that my teeth showed.

Hes powerful, really powerful.

His attributes are a bit unbalanced, but his strength will make up for where he lacks.

The skills he has are monstrously powerful.

Just when the two were about to leave, I grabbed them both by the shoulder.

Turning their heads, they both gave an intimidating look.

"What is it you bastard, are ya lookin for a fight or somethin?" Growled the dual swordsman, Jokajun.

"Should we beat this guy dead?" Said the towering giant with the great axe, Kacon.

Suddenly, Alleus appeared with her kusped falchion an inch away from Jokajun’s neck.

Acro and Vertere pointed both of their wands at the giant, Kacon.

Shifting his eyes, Kacon raised both of his hands.

"No, let’s hear him out first." Kacon turned full face towards me, "So what is it man? What do you want."

"W-We’re forming a party, since the demon invasion is going to be a mess... we thought that if we were to form smaller groups amongst ourselves. We’ll be able to navigate and work better in unison..!" Acro shouted, his nervousness was clear.

Rubbing his chin, Jokajun the dual blade swordsman nodded.

"You must be their leader." Jokajun, glared at me, "Alright then, if we’re to join then we’ll need to make sure that you yourself is strong enough to lead."

***

Standing next right in front of each other, a small crowd formed around us.

Glancing over my shoulder, Incus was a nice distance near us.

"So what’s your name man?" Jokajun sneered.

"I’m Ring Euclid, a swordsman." I widened my stance and lowered my center of gravity, "Now it wouldn’t be fair if I told you my name and you didn’t tell me yours."

Stomping into the ground, he did a teeth revealing maniacal smile.

"You’ll have to defeat me sir leader!"

This damn bastard.

Chuckling, I grinned widely.

"Well, you’re quite the cocky bastard aren’t you?" I shouted.

Lunging both right at each other, our blades clashed and the sound of metal forming sparks against each other resonated in the air.

He’s strong but my swordsmanship is far superior!

And I have an edge in stats as well.

Deflecting a slash to my neck to the side, I slammed the pommel of my sword right into his knee.

"Urgk!" Jokajun groaned in pain, about to stagger back.

Seeing him momentarily stunned, my eyes widened with opportunity.