2 Trouble at the gate

「Step back, you monster. Don’t you fake the appearance of Yuka-sama ! ! 」

「I told you, it is me, Yuka ! !  I’m not a fake ! ! 」

There is a ruckus at the entrance under the ramparts.

This is where the inspection and registration checkpoint of visitors into the Kingdom of Arlean.

Here, the guards are stopping a young woman from entering for some reasons.

「If you’re not fake then why is the barrier ringing?」

「Like hell I know ! !  Go ask the Court magician that made this ! !  Now let me in, I have to report to the Guild ! ! 」

「Stay back or we’ll ring the alarm ! ! ! 」

The young woman had a vexing expression on her beautiful face. Her scarlet hair shook as a slight breeze went by.

Scratching her head thinking of what to do, the young woman didn’t understand a single thing happening.

First she went to subjugate a strange demon as a request from the Guild, then the demon turned out to not be that strong making her questioned the difficulty standards of request.

Then right after when she returned the guards stopped her because the barrier recognized her as a monster for some reasons.

Confused, she sighed tiredly and walked away from the gate.

「What am I supposed to do from now on? Haa……」

「YO WATCH OUT ! ! 」

「Fue? Wha—kyaa ! ! 」

She was suddenly blown away after hearing a warning voice from somebody.

Looking up, the young woman saw before her an Elder Orc of 3 meters tall. It was holding a greatsword in its hands. The muscles of its arms were as thick as a tree.

The Orc swung down its sword once again while rushing towards the young woman.

She hurriedly stood up and prepared her sword.

She parried the swing of that greatsword, the Orc faltered and took a few steps back.

「Phew—kyaa ! 」

Unable to take a breather, the young woman was attacked yet again by another Elder Orc from a different direction.

She was originally a skilled adventurer who can sense presences, but because of the confusion at the gate, she let her guards down.

Parrying the Orc attacking from the side with her sword, the young woman leaped back. Her silver-colored armor made clanking sounds as she made acrobatic movements.

「What the heck is going on?」

Looking around, she’s already surrounded by more than 10 Elder Orcs. They mysteriously came out one by one from the shadows of the trees.

Elder Orcs are originally A-rank monsters, but when they swarm together like this they can even reach S+ in some cases. The most effective way to escape is to wipe out all of them together at once.

Clicking her tongue, the young woman is well aware that she doesn’t possess strong enough magic to perform an offensive spell on that scale. That means she has to fight them one by one with her swordsmanship until all of them are killed.

Readying her stance, she was about to invoke a skill of the martial art system to reinforce her movements when

「Inferno Dance」

A voice was heard.

Right after that a figure of a young man bisecting an Elder Orc was seen.

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Ren set all his stats to 800, pulled out his sword and activated its fire attribute.

Selecting from the skill list inside his own Status, Ren granted himself a 『Sword God』 class.

Immediately, Ren became knowledgeable of how to handle a sword. His body feels comfortable moving in impossible movements since his stats are very high at the moment.

Dashing in, Ren sliced an Elder Orc into two.

Next, he turned to the side and dodged the incoming attack of another orc. Right when he turned to a different direction, Ren bisected another orc into two diagonally.

Ren kept dancing around killing one after another with incredible speed.

(Hmm……so I can become a sword saint just like that huh? This system sure is convenient……)

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Feeling satisfied with this experiment of granting 『Class』 and 『Skill』, Ren took a step away from the orcs and called up his 『Status』.

Pulling his Intelligence up to 6000, Ren picked a spell and added it to his 『Status』.

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Dumbfounded, the young woman stared at the young man dancing with a fiery sword before her.

He slashed at an orc, dodged the next one, killed one more and jumped back to further kill more orcs that attacked from a distance.

He has no openings, his speed exceeded naked eyes’ perceptive ability.

She felt her heart pounding harder and harder every passing second as she watched the figure of that black haired man mowing down the orcs casually.

At long last, he took some distance and held out his hand chanting a spell.

(What ? Don’t tell me he can also use magic ! ? )

Her speculation was correct as red light particles gathered into his palm.

After a short while, the man slammed his hand onto the ground and a wide circular area glowed brightly. The orcs were startled as they stepped back. But what comes after that was the true terror.

「Dead Zone ! ! 」

Blood-red magical spears spouted from the ground and pierced the orcs.

The moment one is pierced, its body burnt to ash. The sea of red spears continued to mass murder the orcs. Their army fell into disorder and started to scatter.

She was fascinated with the scene.

This kind of magic is very advanced. If one can perform it, they’re either a Hero Mage or not human.

Yet this plain looking man in front of her did it without breaking a drop of sweat.

(Strong……so strong……)

The woman’s heart was wrapped in something she never felt before.

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As the orcs all scattered away, Ren approached the beautiful woman staring at him.

「Yo, are you alright?」

「……a-ah ! !  I-I’m sorry, y-yes, I’m fine, thanks to you…um…」

She looks like she wants to say something but fidgeted instead.

「Well…that’s good to hear. Are you going to that city over there?」

「A-Ah yes. It’s the Arlean Kingdom…b-but I’m not really going there…」

As Ren tilted his head with a blank expression, the young woman sighed and briefly told Ren about why she couldn’t enter the Kingdom.

「Ahh……so that’s what happened huh……I was about to ask you to guide me a little bit in there……」

「S-Sorry……」

The woman hung her head with a dejected expression.

Seeing that, Ren smiled as if it couldn’t be helped and spoke with a straight tone.

「Well…you have a curse on you」

「Fue? C-Curse? What do you mean? I’m not feeling sick or anything」

Ren continued to explain while glancing at the Status screen in front of him. Ren is the only one who can see it so he’s not reserved to pull it up before other people.

「It’s a pretty nasty curse. It turns you into a common enemy of both humans and non-humans.

Basically saying, it marks you as monsters against humans, and marks you as a prey against other monsters. That’s why the swarm of Elder Orcs appeared out of nowhere, they got attracted by the curse」

Ren further explain about the curse while checking her personal information.

(Yuka……21 years old……D-cup……quite a model isn’t she……)

Because of constant battles as an adventurer, Yuka’s body doesn’t have excessive fat where it should not. Her voluptuous curves could still be seen quite clearly even under her armor.

One can say she’s a very beautiful woman.

「I-Is that so? Sigh……these kinds of curse can’t be lifted without a Witch……」

「Ehh……I can lift it」

「Eh?」

Yuka stared at Ren with an empty expression.

The two people were frozen for quite a while before the silence was broken.