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Published at 12th of June 2020 09:19:42 PM
Chapter 273
Jack of all Trades – 273
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I cut off the left ears from the hobgoblins and handed them to Lemon after wiping off some of the blood . But as I watched Lemon wrap them up in leather and put them away in the bag, it all started to seem rather macabre . Putting away ears . It was a bit late to start having thoughts about it, but the hobs were closer in appearance to humans than ordinary goblins .

 

Regardless, I started a replay of the fight in my mind through Jack of all Trades, Master of None . I needed to study on how to fight in tight spaces . I could still make use of my own strengths, I just had to know how to do it . The four screens were currently playing in my brain . As for things that needed improvement…hmmm . I really wasn’t smart enough for that kind of self-analysis . But as I stared at the looped footage…I remembered something . The reason I had cut downward, while upside-down from the ceiling, was because of the long reach the sword had . In other words, it was another thing that might get in the way while I was in these cramped spaces .

That being said, it was difficult to choose a weapon . The Ashikirimaru was a short sword, but I wasn’t confident in it being the right choice . I wasn’t used to fighting with something of that size . Of course, Jack of all Trades would help me there and show me how to move . But that only took you so far . The thing with this skill was that even if I knew what to do in my head, my body couldn’t always keep up in the way that I’d like . I had raised my skill with the one-handed sword and the great sword so that I could fight even without Jack of all Trades .  

 

“Hmm…what to do…”

“You having trouble with something?”

“I’m bummed about my sword being pretty unfit for this excursion . ”

“Well, it is the most standard weapon in a wide field . But things are different here . Still, I use my sword just fine . ”

 

As she said this, a one-handed sword materialized from her shadow . It was thinner than mine . Maybe somewhere between mine and Daniela’s rapier .  

 

“There is a trick to using it . You must thrust instead of swing . Of course, there are limits to that . I’m not sure if Daniela would agree, but you should also be able to slash in a dungeon . Like this . ”

 

When she thrust, she pulled her elbow back and moved forward in a straight line, as was usual . As for slashing, it was with her arm pulled in and covered a minimal area . As I wasn’t used to it and preferred to keep my distance from the monsters, I had extended my arm far out and left a lot of it to momentum . Timing had been the thing I cared most about .

And so I traced her movements with Jack of all Trades and then tried swinging the Black Emperor Sword . Hmm . I might be able to manage it if I stayed in the center of the tunnels .

 


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“Very good . Not many people would learn after seeing something just once . ”

“It’s not me, it’s just the skill . ”

“The skill is still your power . ”

 

Maybe that was her perspective, but I didn’t agree . As far as I was concerned, resting on your laurels and relying too much on a skill was a good way to get killed . It was important to put in the work and continue to improve on your own .

 

“Well, it’s probably a good thing that you think that . But you should put a little more trust in your skill, I think . ”

“Trust my skill?”

“Yes . This is not a world you can survive in without them . So, perhaps you shouldn’t keep such a distance from it . ”

“I see . ”

 

But I did have complete trust in Jack of all Trades . It helped me survive this long . However, the second part of the skill always had me worried . Perhaps part of it was the initial reaction I got from those other Adventurers . Perhaps that had caused me to have reservations without really thinking .

Who knows . Who knows . Who knows . Who can even calmly analyze their own feelings? Still, surely some good would come out of being aware . Let it in . Trust it more… Hell, it’s not like it’s a person . It might not be too hard . It would be something I’d keep in mind as I continued to fight .

 

“You did say before that you just needed a reason to make something yours . That is great . ”

 

Daniela said from behind me . That felt good . I grew when I was complimented .

 


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“Well, I’m still trying to make up for the last one . Heh…”

 

I had a reputation to restore . I’d managed to overwrite great embarrassments before . And I would do it again in this labyrinth .

 

 

After traveling for a while through the passages, Lemon suggested that we take a break .

 

“I thought it would be a good time to look at the map . ”

 

Lemon said as she spread out the map she had been making . She had done it mostly as if it were a grid, with straight lines and right-angle curves . Basically, pixel art .

 

“This is where we took our first break and planned our next move . And this is where we killed the hobgoblin . ”

 

“I see . We had just been moving towards any monsters we detected . And this is what it looks like on a map . ”

 

The thing we were looking at was quite interesting . It was like we were moving in a circular path while slowing moving towards the center . It wasn’t hard to imagine what that meant .

 

“There will likely be something in the center . Perhaps the entrance where the monsters are coming from . ”

“Yes, most of the monsters I’ve detected have been near the center . It’s like they’re spreading out from there . ”

 

Of course, there were lots of splitting paths, but it wasn’t hard to navigate if you used Presence Detection and carefully chose which road to take . I had been overwhelmed at first due to it being my first time and because of the architecture, so it was a relief . At the same time, I was grateful for Presence Detection . So was Manager…

 

“Hmm . I really regret not being able to use it . But I never felt the need, as there was always someone in my party who could do it . ”

“It’s not hard once you get the hang of it . I learned to do it pretty quickly . ”

“Well, I suppose it’s because you had a good teacher who knew what she was doing . ”

 

She had been in a terrible mood, though .

 

“Rindo . I doubt you would have much trouble learning it and improving . Just do not think too much . Feel . ”

“Oh, so you’re gonna teach her now…”

 

Manager picked it up pretty much immediately . I see . I see . So that’s how it was going to be . As it was part of her job, Lemon was already an expert . You know, she had a lot of experience . Because she’s old . Though, she’d killed me if I called her that .

 

“Ah, so this is a monster… Hmm, but the thing close by seems a little different . ”

“That is a human . You should remember it . ”

“Hmm… And there is a monster approaching it . ”

“Yes, we’ll have to decide what to do here . ”

 

Help them . Don’t help them . Lemon wanted us to decide together .

 

“As for me, I think we should help anyone we can . ”

“I do not care either way . But there it will be a waste of energy trying to avoid them . ”

“I think I want to help . However, we must remember that some people can be terribly ungrateful . ”

“Yes, some of the people here won’t be Adventurers…”

 

Thieves and bandits were also a possibility . After all, this town was now a lawless land . The only people who had remained were some residents, merchants, and Adventurers . Who knew if there had been a guardhouse, to begin with . Well, there probably was, but I doubted they stuck around . In any case, we had a decision to make .

 

“Well, if it just so happens that they’re bandits, we can just kill them, right?”

“Indeed . Besides, there is not much point in considering what to do when we have yet to even do anything . We should act first . ”

“I agree . ”

“Yes!”

 

So we decided to help the human close to the monster .  

I had yet to know that it would result in a surprising reunion .

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