Alright alright! It's time to head out to the old guy's house to meet whoever is going to be the new particular person I must protect at all times. So, without further ado, I gave the blacksmith the last details about my employer and headed back to the old guy's house, happily swinging my brand-new spanking sword!
Well, it's not brand-new exactly, but you get what I mean. I already see myself fighting cool monsters with this baby! I mean, just think of how cool I would look cutting dragons in half with a sword that's made out of a dragon! Pretty darn cool if you ask me!
{Spiritoso - 菅野祐悟}
I guess it's not every day you get to get a legendary weapon from someone like that old guy who is always in a bad mood for whatever reason! But I mean also look at this thing! It's a massive weapon even for me, and I'm almost two meters tall. I'll let you know. [2 meters is about 6'5" in freedom units]
Talk about a proper Claymore sword. I feel like I could literally take a whole dragon down with this thing, and that's no joke! The sword also has an exciting sound when you swing it. The sword goes whoosh as expected, but it also roars sometimes; I still don't know why it does that sometimes, but hey! It's pretty cool!
Part of me thinks that the sword only roars once in a while because it probably has some sort of stack mechanic like my physical stack power, but I'm too dumb and lazy to study it, so I'll just have to learn about those mechanics the hard way! Trial and error, baby, that's what!
I mean, why waste time killing the fun by doing stuff on purpose to learn about it? Just go with the flow, man! Learn from your mistakes and get better over time! That's the Oni way! That's my way! I'm also always broke, so it's not like I can pay someone to teach me either, so that's part of the issue as well.
If you're wondering about that mysterious power I used back there, then allow me to explain it to you one more time so you aren't so confused. While it is true that you need an earthly spirit to use magic, there are exceptions in the world, like everywhere else in life.
The monolith of the town is one of those exceptions; for some reason, the monolith blessing doesn't seem to need an earthly spirit to work for you. It only requires a strong will and also a little bit of your health, I would say. So no! I technically do not possess an earthly spirit because the monolith does not get its energy from the world!
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In all honesty, not even I know where the power flows from, but hey, I'm not complaining since it's the only way someone like me has a chance to fight at all. I mean, think about it for a second: if I were to fight all alone without the magic of a physical boost against someone who has both, then I would've died countless times already.
When it comes to the trouble I may cause within the village for using a power that's supposedly reserved for officials and the elites who are barely able to tap into the power, well, let's just say that they can shove it! I've been to multiple town hall meetings where everyone bashes me for unauthorized use of the Oni's fury blessing.
Yet my saving grace has always been the elder chief himself, with him saying stuff like, "Anyone who manages to tap into the monolith's blessing has clearly won over the blessings of our ancestors, so who are you to deny him their blessing?" Yeah! That's right!
Apparently, our ancestors have something to do with the monolith, although that's pretty much the only clue I've got so far as to where this power comes from, but I'm not one to complain. Honestly, I'm just grateful to have anything that allows me to compete in battle against someone who is magically enhanced.
"Woah! So this is what a rich kid's house looks like, aye?" Sooner than I expected, I arrived at the entrance of the rich guy's mansion, where a pair of guards, wearing their former military clothes, waited for my arrival.
"You must be the new hire, yes?" Said the tall guard, who was still just a tad shorter than me.
"Yeah! You bet! I'm here to meet with Mr. Boss Man, you know?" The guard on the left, a female guard, doesn't look too happy with my relaxed attitude, simply giving me the death stare across the road. Shesh! Get a life, lady!
"Aside from those bones, do you have any weapons with you? Any swords, knives?" Wait a dam minute?! What did he just say? Did he call my great Chunchunmaru 'those bones?' How dare he! (If you know, you know, and also get a cookie)
"Nope! I already have the best Claymore sword in the entire world with me! Meet Doomchumaru!" [For copyright issues] In my words, both of the guards break out laughing hysterically, like a sword name is something to laugh at!
"Ahahah! What the hell did you call that?" Says the guard before me while trying to regain composure of himself.
"Who even comes up with a stupid name like that?" The girl also laughs at me, but she is even more offensive than the guy, I mean! It was a proper name! What could be wrong with it?! Anyway! I don't take much offense at their laughter. It's not like I've got feelings or anything.
"Can we keep it a little more professional, my fellow security guards?"
"Ew, don't compare us to you. You're clearly too new to this to be considered our equal buddy." Says the guy in a more serious tone, which is appreciated. However, what did he mean about us not being equals? I mean, if anything, I'm better! I'm going to protect their boss, kid!
"Alright, alright, can you just let me through?"
"Yeah, sure, but keep that Bopchumaru or whatever under control, or you'll be in trouble, ahaha!"
"Sure thing...." -u-