Yakudatazu Skill ni Jinsei o Sosogikomi 25-nen, Imasara Saikyou no Boukentan Midori Kashi no Akira Chapter 2 part1

The Close Roomate (Part 1)

TL by: Jeann Chuck

sauce: syosetu

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It is said that in the center of this world, there is an bottomless cavity, the “Whispering hole”.
The monsters that belong to the gods of extermination are generated by the spirit that springs from there.

The body that was transformed in the miasma is hard enough to ward the half-baked attack.
If you aim the same part over and over, it can make damage, but over time it will recover and be restored.
To make matters worse, if you do not destroy the vital points such as the brain and heart, you cannot stop their activity.

For ordinary humans, there is no way they can deal with them.
However, the gods of creation gave the people a skill to fight against them――skills called martial arts and magic.
By making full use of these, people have secured their sphere of life and protected themselves from monster threats.

However, there were trials imposed to mastering those skills.
Actually, the level that bestowed is low, so it is not so effective in actual battle.
It was considered that the skill tree would be a burden on an immature body because it took root in the newborn soul.
So people needed to raise the level of skills they had given.
Literally, you have to grow that tree in your soul.

The method is easy to understand, first defeat the monster.
Then, skill points will accumulated in the soul.
By storing a certain number of points and pouring them into the skill tree, the branches that carry the skills grow and become stronger.
The closer the branch is to the ground, the less effective, and the higher the trunk, the higher the branch.
And if you didn't grow the lower branch to some extent, you couldn't reach the upper branch.

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The lower branch skills were easy to nurture because they require a small number of skill points, but you could not expect great effects and power.
For adventurers, apprentice G rank and starter F rank are the main users.

The middle branch skill increases the necessary points, but shows a stable strength instead.
It is the E rank and D rank of promising stocks that considered to be a part of this area.
At mid-ranking C rank, many users train multiple branches.

When it comes to the upper branch skill close to the tree crown, bearing the name of "deadly/ultimate" becomes appropriate, and the number of users reduced.
They are A ranks called masters and B ranks known as expert.

And the thirty-nine-year-old Touru, who silently followed his home way, was the lowest-ranked G-rank who has not yet grown a single branch.
The reason is obvious, and it is because of his skill that is said to be useless.

In order to deal with monsters that cannot be defeated easily, skills that boast high killing power are essential.
Or the skill which can assist the friend who releases it may be sufficient.
But Touru's did not apply to either of them.

The ability to repair broken weapons and armor though limited is certainly a useful and unusual skill.
However, for that reason alone, there were few people who wanted to crush valuable party slots.

Unfortunately, the skill points gained by defeating monsters are splited.
Therefore, more points can be earned by defeating with a smaller number of people.
Weapons and armor can be dealt with gold if broken, but the skill point is that no matter how much gold you put, you can't get it.

Touru, who had melted into the crowd, suddenly relaxly and slipped into one of alleys.
Unlike the main street, the magic stone lights did not reach the narrow alley.

Touru stepped without sound on the dark road that calms down.
Touru stopped his feet far from the hustle and bustle of the street and put the packet he had in his hand on the ground.
The smell of blood enters a narrow alley, and at the same time, multiple signs of presence come from the depths of darkness.

"Nyao"
"Nyaooo"

It was the cats that kept an eye out.
Two cats, the tiger-striped and the black fur.

The approaching cat rubbed its body as amazed by Touru's leather shoes.
Touru pulls the tip of the right hand leather glove into the mouth and pulls it out for use as a bowl.
Strangely, Toll has never been fleased by these stray cats.
The tiger-striped cat meowed happily while lifting the butt.

Since the black fur has also been clinging, he take off the left hand leather glove with the right hand.
On Touru's left wrist, there was a large scar that turned whitish.
Touru narrowed his eyes to feel that his fingertips that were hardly moving were licked with a rough tongue.

Touru enjoyed the fur feel for a while and stood up quietly.
The cats that have finished greetings alternately bury their noses in bone piles and begin to scold.

A few months ago, Toll noticed this back alley dweller.
When he happened to pass by, it was triggered by a strange sensation.
When he felt like someone was peeping from behind, he entered this alley and was surrounded by hungry beasts.

After that, he got a lot of bones and organs and gave them to stray cats.
The local residents have never complained because the smell of the original garbage drifts all around.

Touru, who was satisfied with the state of the cheerful cats, walked back to the main street.
Actually, in addition to the two animals, there was another presence lurking in the dark.
But it's never going to be in front of Touru.
Even now, from the back of the alley, only the eyes of the blue-violet beast that crawls here were shining.

It was Touru's modest desire to someday meet with the shy third.
However, it became difficult in situations where the bones and internal organs to be discarded were no longer available.

With a cup of work after work, Touru quickly exits to South avenue where restaurants and taverns are lined up.
In addition, with the comfort of sweating, pass through the warmth of the public bath.

The wooden sword is leaning, and it's about time to sharpen the dismantling knife.
What earned by Touru, whose daily wage did not reach even one large copper coin, he had to endure everything.

The number of passersby will finally decrease when it comes close to the outer wall of the city.
Because of the proximity of the walls, the area was not well-lit and there were many low-cost adventurers and cheap rented houses.

Chapter end