Chapter 2: Chapter 2
"Welcome, heroes!" someone shouted loudly.
"I'm sorry We called you three, oh, four, here without your consent, but we had no choice," the Old Man on the throne said politely.
"Our kingdom is in a terrible state – the Supreme Demon Lord was born in the demonic nation of the Asuras. They've started preparing for war, and we don't have a suitable champion to stop the Supreme Demon Lord!" The old man almost cried.
The silence lasted almost a minute
"What's the actual f.." Andrew was ready to explode
"Don't use a bad word when you can use a good one.." Asuka shuddered, but then continued:
"What the hell? What is it?" she asked loudly.
"If this is a joke, please stop right now," Shana looked calm as her fingers trembled soundlessly.
"This isn't a joke," Jin whispered.
"Oh, that otaku shit again!" Just drop it!" Now Andrew was angry
"Just sniff the air a little harder and then jump up a little, even your stupid self should know this isn't a fucking joke!"" With each word, Jin's back straightened, and his eyes began to glow with confidence.
"Don't you feel like your body weighs more?" The air smells different, and if you breathe deeply, does your head feel light?" Gene's voice sounded manic.
"We're in another world!" Finally, he screamed.
At first, everyone was shocked. Asuka then tried to do just that, and tears welled up in her eyes.
"He's right." Then she jumped again, her face contorted with tension.
"Damn it!" she screamed in pain.
"He's right, I can't jump half as well as I can in training."
"Wait, um, I'm sorry, can we go back?"" "What is it?" she finally asked the old man.
"I'm sorry, but a challenge is the way to go," He said softly.
"I'll introduce myself, I'm King Leonard Blackman, this is a human kingdom called the Black Forest," King said very pompously.
Jean suddenly giggled
"Blackwoods, I finally have chocolate and cherries in my life!"
"And if the kingdom of Schwazwald, why isn't your last name Schwarzkopf?" He continued to laugh stupidly.
"How... - How do you know?" Leonard was really shocked.
"Pfft." Asuka had trouble holding the sudden giggle too.
"It's common knowledge that Schwarz means black, and Kopf means head or person, so easy peasy!" Jin goofed with a serious face.
"So you know the language of ancients.." Now Leonard was looking at them with much more passion.
"I think everyone is tired so let's have a celebration and get to rest!" King noticed that shock made the Heroes too tired.
"Take guests to the banquet hall!"
When they arrived, the royal feast was already served.
The company could not bring itself to relax, everyone except Jin ate sluggishly and almost did not drink.
The lack of soft drinks put them on guard even more. Jin so... He drunk till he was tipsy.
After the guests were satisfied, the maids placed them in their rooms.
When they came to bedrooms maids tried to help them undress, but the company dismissed maids shyly. All but Jin again.
The bold maid thought she can get the opportunity to get her place in the heroes' heart, the hero was so smart, cute and now he was so drunk. She came behind him, carefully took his shirt off, placed her hands on his back, and moved them down the spine. It was first for Jin, he never had intimacy with anyone, but now he had his chance and he couldn't miss it!
"May I continue, my master" She whispered to his ear.
"Continue," He said stiffly. Goosebumps all over his back.
She slowly undressed him from behind, leaving him fully naked.
"May I continue, my master?" She moved to the front and kneeled.
"C-continue" He muttered.
After the eventful night, the bright morning came.
"You shall wake up, master, the King awaits" Maid curtly said.
"What is your name?" Jin felt drossy and happy.
"Marry, my lord"
"I need to take a bath, Marry" Jin sniffed himself, and his smile faded a bit.
"May I help you, master?" She asked blushing.
"Sure, Marry" He was glad about this serving.
Soon the morning routine was over and the breakfast ended quickly too.
"Good morning, Heroes! I wish you had a nice rest!" King was very enthusiastic.
"Yes, we had" Asuka answered.
"We need to know your statuses, so we could design training routines for you, please let us make the appraisal," Leonard asked again.
"What is that?" Andrew sounded suspicious.
"You have appraising or status equipment? Sure no need to wait!" Jin was surprised and happy.
"Yes, we have!" Jin surprised Leonard over and over again.
Bring the status stones in!" He raised his voice a little bit and smiled.
"Dear guest please put your hands on the status stones so you can see your current class and attribute points," King asked amiably.
Group was still shocked and complied. Jin thought he should shock everyone with how cool his status is and be the last one to be checked.
Andrew was the first one.
[Name: Andrew Valentine
Race: High Human
Class: Champion of Diamond knights (Locked)/ Knight (active)
Title: None
Level: 0
Str: 126
Con: 126
Agi: 60
Int: 40
Wis: 40]
"Oh look at that, your stats are like that of a ranked-up person already! Basic stats are usually around 10, and every level you get about one to five stat points with usual class and more than that with high classes." Someone besides the king explained.
"You are very suitable with defender class knight training! Excellent" He continued.
Next was Shana.
[Name: Shana Inverse
Race: High Human
Class: Champion of fire mages (locked) / Mage (active)
Title: Blazing Gods Eyes.
Str: 50
Con: 30
Agi: 60
Int: 240
Wis: 90]
"W-what are these stats? They are so messed up" The man behind the king muttered.
"What's wrong Archmage Stormcliff?" Leonard sounded concerned.
"It's just that she is glass cannon, milord." Arnold Stormcliff answered.
"She can fir immensely powerful spells, but she can't sustain lots of them and she has such a low constitution stat, she's close to normal humans. And that title, how did she get it already?"
"I knew it, she's special" Jin sounded smug.
[Name: Asuka Shirokage
Race: High human/Inogami
Class: High Kage (Locked) / Healer
Title: The last of the combat healers.
Str: 100
Con: 100
Agi: 50
Int: 120
Wis: 200]
"Oh my god. What is that?" Now everyone was shocked.
"I understand that she's a hero to be, but this is too overpowered. Is she a mage or a knight?" Stormcliff couldn't find words.
"That title is strange so"
"It goes in our family legend, that we are of the healing gods decent. We must learn medicine and can't use combat magic. But everyone thought that magic doesn't exist at all…" Asuka muttered.
"Oh, so you are just like that brut village head I read in the manga?" Jin was surprised
"Ah, you are talking about that redhead with nine tails fox?" She chuckled.
"Sounds like that" These thoughts let her calm down a little.
"My turn!"
[Name: Jin Kurogane
Race: Dark Human/D
Class: Black Swordfiend (Locked)/ Footman
Titles: the dark gods' joke.
The exile.
The stubborn.
The oddball.
The maniac.
Str: 5
Con: 5
Agi: 5
Int: 5
Wis: 5]
"What the fuck! This status stone is rigged, give me another one! It can't be true!" Jin panicked.
"I'm afraid, we did you wrong, Jin Kurogane," King spoke solemnly.
"The status stone is already absorbed by you and It can't be wrong" He continued
Marry was standing at the end of the hall. Her eyes were sad, she understood, that hero couldn't get such a pathetic status bar.
"We can't send you back, but as we are at fault – you will be granted a house and servants to live a peaceful life. We are at war now so we can't grant you a life of luxury as of now." Leonard made his mind, trying not to offend the Exiles party. But having those titles and low stats could be anything but a blessing.
"But your Highness.." Jin started to dread.
"Your Highness please grant me resources to train, I want to be able. I want to be swordsman!" His shaky voice started to stabilize.
"I know it's kind of wicked joke of wicked god," He thought to himself.
"I must be some hidden gem!"
"That We can grant" Leonard smiled.
"Today we shall prepare for the departure, each of the heroes will choose which academy you will attend, but We recommend to let us chose for you."
"We agree!" Shana and Andrew looked at each other.
"I want to be able to protect Shana!" Andrew continued.
"I want to be Andrew's sword" Shana mirrored.
"I want to learn healing magic and heavy weapons" Asuka was deep in thought.
"Heavy weapons and healing?" King was confused by this setting.
"Yeah, Jin was right at this suggestion. I doubt my hands could be that strong anytime soon, but with a heavy hammer I would feel safer" She smiled at Jin.
"Don't worry, we'll fight for you," Jin shuddered at the words. He never wanted fragile girls to fight for him, he should be a knight in shining armor for them!
Seeing him depressed made Asuka realize her mistake, but she had no obligation to save his fading self-confidence. With his status, being overconfident would only hurt him.
"I'll prove it to you. I will become strong. You will see it. You're going to ask me for help ... " Jin muttered under his breath.
"I think everyone needs to get some rest, tomorrow is the day of departure," Leonard said, not wanting the awkward silence to continue.
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