Chapter 21
Izumi walked toward her room while thinking about the revenge plan that had been occupying her mind this entire time.
Throughout the walk, her face looked calm. However, inside her mind, countless possibilities kept appearing one after another.
If I use a pistol in the middle of this city, the gunshot will definitely be heard.
Izumi let out a quiet sigh.
Even if I use a suppressor, there's still a chance people will connect it to me.
She still remembered what happened in Werenty Village.
Two knights had died in a single attack.
The method was far too unique.
If another knight died in a similar way, people would undoubtedly start suspecting her.
No... a pistol is too risky.
Not long afterward, she arrived in front of her room.
Creak...
The door slowly opened.
Izumi entered and closed it behind her before walking toward the bed.
She immediately threw herself onto the soft mattress.
Lying down, she stared at the evening sky visible through the window.
What about poison?
A new thought appeared.
Yeah, that could work.
The problem is that I don't know whether this world has an easy way to cure poison or not.
Izumi stared at the ceiling.
This world is full of things that make no sense.
Magic. Skills. Artifacts.
Even my own Creation Skill is something that shouldn't make sense.
She raised her right hand into the air.
There are still too many things I don't understand.
Maybe I should ask that person.
Izumi thought of someone.
Someone who could give her answers without becoming suspicious.
If I ask Berin, Nera, or Welly, they'll definitely start asking all sorts of questions.
And that would be troublesome.
Izumi stretched her body.
"Aaaaghhh..."
Her body felt much lighter.
Several minutes passed.
On the first floor of the inn.
Berin, Nera, and Welly had just returned.
Nera immediately looked at Berin with annoyance.
"Berin, you're so stingy."
Berin held her stomach while smiling contentedly.
"And why is that?"
"You ate the ice cream all by yourself!"
Berin chuckled.
"It tasted really good."
"Although I still think the ice cream served in the glass earlier tasted better."
Welly's eyes immediately sparkled.
"What did it taste like?"
"And what was the texture like?"
Berin thought for a moment.
"Hmm..."
"Good."
"That's it?"
"That's it."
Welly let out a sigh.
Nera also looked disappointed.
"I'm still curious..."
Welly fell silent.
Her thoughts drifted back to the ice cream Izumi had created.
So that's what Rumi calls ice cream...
The more she thought about it, the stranger it felt.
She had read tens of thousands of books throughout her life.
History books.
Monster books.
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Trade books.
Kingdom records.
Adventure books.
Even various ancient records that almost nobody had ever touched.
Yet she had never encountered food like that.
A crazy thought suddenly appeared.
Could it be...
That food has a class?
Welly immediately shook her head.
Impossible.
Classed food was extremely rare.
So rare that most people would never see one in their entire lives.
Besides, classed foods usually granted special buffs or permanent stat increases.
And Rumi can create countless amounts of that food.
There's no way they're all classed foods.
Yet for some reason, she felt increasingly uneasy.
Quickly, she took out her Adventurer Card.
She pressed both sides.
Click.
A status window appeared.
[Adventurer]
Race : Human
Name : Welly
Class : D
Type : Support
Skill : None
Stats :
STR : 12
HP : 30
Mana : 28
Speed : 5
Def : 5 + (20) : 25
Adventure Token : 181
Loot Drop : 0
[SHOP]
[Friend List]
[CLOSE]
Welly's eyes instantly widened.
"T-Twenty..."
"Hm?"
"Twenty?"
Nera and Berin turned toward her at the same time.
Welly pointed at her card with a trembling hand.
"My stat increased by +20...!!"
"What?!"
Nera and Berin immediately rushed over.
"Stat?" Berin asked.
"You mean your adventurer stat?" Nera asked.
Welly still couldn't believe it.
She checked her card again.
Then again.
And again.
Nothing changed.
The additional twenty points were really there.
"Nera! Quickly check your status too!"
"Eh? Why?"
"Just do it!"
"Umm... alright."
Nera took out her card.
Click.
[Adventurer]
Race : Human
Name : Nera
Class : F
Type : Assassin
Skill : None
Stats :
STR : 6
HP : 15
Mana : 4
Speed : 10
Def : 3 + (20) : 23
Adventure Token : 10
Loot Drop : 0
[SHOP]
[Friend List]
[CLOSE]
"Ehh?!"
Nera was immediately shocked.
Welly swallowed hard.
"You also gained +20 DEF."
"How is this possible?"
Welly answered hesitantly.
"I'm still not sure... but..."
"But?"
"This might be because of the ice cream Rumi gave us."
Nera froze.
Then her expression changed.
She instantly understood what Welly meant.
"Wait... so..."
Berin interrupted.
"That ice cream has a class?"
Welly slowly nodded.
Even she still found it difficult to believe.
"If that's true..." Nera muttered.
"Then at the very least, that ice cream's class is above Epic Class."
"You're right."
Welly gripped her card tightly.
"Even Epic Class items usually only grant around five permanent stat points."
"But this..."
"+20?"
The atmosphere became silent.
"If that's the case..."
Welly swallowed.
"Then what class is that ice cream..."
Nera continued in a quiet voice.
"Le... Legendary Class..."
The three of them immediately fell silent.
Their hearts began beating faster.
Legendary.
It was something they almost never heard about.
Most adventurers would never see an item of such a class in their entire lives.
"Who exactly is Rumi...?"
Welly murmured quietly.
Then all three of them realized the same thing.
Black hair.
Red eyes.
Those characteristics were incredibly similar to the rumors spreading recently.
Rumors about a girl from Werenty Village.
A girl who possessed a high-class artifact.
A girl capable of killing two knights in a single attack.
"I-If you think about it..." Nera said.
"Isn't black hair like that actually pretty rare?"
"Y-You're right..."
Berin became nervous as well.
"And red eyes too..." Welly added.
The three exchanged glances.
All of them were thinking the same thing.
Yet none of them dared say it aloud.
Far away on the western continent.
A great kingdom built from pitch-black stone stood proudly.
Its fortress towers stretched high into the sky.
Sturdy.
Magnificent.
And terrifying.
In front of the kingdom's gate, two Demons and one Nymph were escorting hundreds of humans.
Their numbers exceeded two hundred.
One of the Demons laughed while looking at the prisoners.
"You humans are really weak!"
"The distance we traveled wasn't even that far."
"And yet some of you died just from walking!"
The other Demon laughed as well.
"That's why they're the weakest race! Hahaha!"
The first Demon, Daki, opened the gate of a massive prison.
"Hey, humans!"
"All of you will be locked inside these cells!"
"Don't try to escape!"
"And don't try anything stupid when the king arrives!"
The humans remained silent.
They were terrified.
Exhausted.
Hungry.
And thirsty.
Daki clicked his tongue.
"Hah... as usual. No response."
Dami shrugged.
"Forget it. Let's go meet the king and report everything."
Daki then glanced at a young Nymph girl.
"What about this girl?"
The girl's name was Tevina.
A slave collar was fastened around her neck.
She lowered her head.
Her body trembled.
"Wouldn't she escape if we just leave her tied up here?" Daki asked.
"Hm. You're right."
Dami smiled.
"Then let's bring her before the king."
"Consider her a gift."
"Hahaha..."
Daki laughed as well.
"Hahaha! Good idea!"
The two immediately headed toward the palace.
A short while later...
The throne room doors slowly opened.
Grrrkkk...
A chilling aura immediately spread throughout the room.
Daki and Dami were already used to it.
But Tevina froze in fear.
Seated upon a black throne was a Demon.
The King.
One of the kings of the Demon race.
Draven.
A Player.
4 Stars.
Level 92.
Daki and Dami immediately knelt.
"Your Majesty."
"We have completed our mission."
Dami continued.
"Originally, we brought around 250 humans."
"But humans are too weak."
"After walking only about twenty thousand meters, several of them already died."
"Yeah!"
Daki laughed.
"They're weak!"
"Extremely weak!"
"Even weaker than monsters!"
Draven suddenly laughed.
At first softly.
Then louder.
"Hahahahahahaha!"
"HAHAHAHAHAHA!"
"Humans really are that weak."
"They're incredibly fragile."
"Even more fragile than metal."
Everyone in the room smiled.
Except for Tevina.
However, the Demons' smiles vanished when Draven suddenly became gloomy.
"Then why..."
"...why during that meeting..."
Draven clenched his fist.
His thoughts returned to several days ago.
When he and his older brother, Draziel, attended a meeting of the Demon leaders alongside their father.
Inside the meeting room.
The strongest Demon King began speaking.
His name was Zevran.
"One of my subordinates received information from the Angel race."
"They claim that a foreign energy has entered this planet."
Zevran looked around the room.
"You all felt it too, didn't you?"
"Yes."
Malgor nodded.
"I felt it briefly."
"Me too," said Noxar.
Bael crossed his arms.
"Only weak beings couldn't sense that energy."
All the kings nodded.
Draven was completely confused.
Weak?
What are they talking about?
Why is Father staying silent?
Zevran continued.
"The main problem is..."
"You all know what happens when a foreign energy of that magnitude enters our world."
Bael answered.
"The same thing that happened nine hundred years ago."
"Nine hundred and fifty-five years ago, to be precise."
The room became silent.
"The appearance of that foreign energy changed everything."
"It created something known as the System."
All the Demons nodded.
They understood what Zevran meant.
"The appearance of the System completely transformed the world."
"It even changed the racial power hierarchy."
"We can use the Angel race as an example."
"Originally, they were merely a lower-middle race."
"But after the appearance of the System..."
"They soared all the way into the upper ranks."
No one argued.
Because it was the truth.
Then Zevran spoke his next sentence.
A sentence that froze the entire room.
"And a similar energy..."
"Or perhaps an even greater one..."
"Has entered our world once again."
Zevran paused.
Then slowly continued.
"And that energy..."
"Entered..."
"The form of..."
"A human."
Instantly, the entire meeting room fell silent.
Several Demons immediately understood the implication.
They panicked.
They were afraid.
Meanwhile, the kings remained silent.
Imagining the very same possibility.