The Protagonists Are Murdered by Me - Chapter 198
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[Moving to the fantasy continent of Atsbaran. The world where level 5 protagonist âKaidoâ resides.]
[You have become an âadventurerâ of Atsbaran.]
As soon as I opened my eyes, a familiar yet unfamiliar landscape greeted me. It was a city from the middle ages era. However, contrary to the middle age cities I knew, which were usually dull, this city had a unique and vibrant atmosphere. The road was paved with many different colours and all the buildings were shiny, polished and colourful. In the blue sky above, a winged dragon could be seen gliding freely while horned monsters were pulling carriages instead of horses or oxen.
On the street, many different races as well as people, whom I presumed to be adventurers, were walking around wearing their own equipment. But strangely, all the female adventurers were wearing extremely revealing equipment and they were all stupidly beautiful. Meanwhile the male adventurers were all shaggy and ugly, and their equipment was very rustic.
âJust what⊠How could the fashion sense develop so disproportionately here?â
All of the womenâs fashion was flashy and beautiful. But the menâs fashion was all ridiculously bad. It was to the point that I felt overdressed just by simply wearing my dull black ether suit.
After roughly grasping the atmosphere, I quickly tried to sense Aracelliâs energy. However, I couldnât feel her energy at all. On the contrary, I felt a dimensional wave near me and dashed towards it.
Woooong-!!
In an alleyway devoid of people, the space several meters above ground starts to tore up. After a while, a naked figure with white unblemish skin and jet black hair popped out from it. I quickly moved towards her landing point in order to catch her with a piece of cloth in my hand.
âKyaaaahh!â
Aracelli screamed and flailed violently as soon as she landed in my arms. But when she finally raised her head to look at me, her movement completely stopped. A smile bloomed on her face.
âThank god! It seems like you are okay, Professor!â
âOf course Iâm okayâŠâ
âThatâs rightâŠ.â She nodded her head with a somewhat meaningful expression.
I took out a teenage girlâs clothes I had prepared in advance from my inventory, and gave it to Araceli. She went into one of the empty houses nearby before coming out a few minutes later fully donned in those clothes.
âProfessor, are these clothes common in your world?â
âWell, itâs similar. What you are wearing right now has a bit more fantasy-like design, though.â
âAha! So, are these clothes to your tastes?â
âThatâs⊠right? At least for this situation?â
Araceli then smiled, as if she somehow felt good.
âYou are ready, right? Letâs go.â
âOkay! Are you going to hunt those who monopolize the worldâs blessings too here?â
âYeah. But I havenât found him yet, though.â
After leaving the alleyway street, we walked slowly while savouring the scenery.
âThe level of the protagonist is still seriously low. Has he not awakened his power yet?â
If I find him now, I could easily kill him with just a slight twist on the neck. But of course, it wouldnât be that easy. This was especially true in the âJapanese-style isekaiâ genre. Even if the protagonistâs neck was twisted, had his heart cut into pieces, or had been forced to go through the most horrific torture, he would ultimately end up being resurrected by the power of a spirit or even a dragon and came back with even greater power.
In other words, l have to kill him using a âstoryâ in which heâs completely dead.
âOh, Professor⊠ThatâŠ.â
When I followed where Aracelliâs finger was pointed at, I could see a black-haired boy dressed in a school uniform rather than dull pieces of equipment. For some reason, the boyâs eyes had a different colour. His right eye had a normal black pupil while his left eye was dyed red. On top of him, a hashtag I was so familiar with was floating.
âFound you.â
He was Kaido, the protagonist of this world. Currently, he was walking with some adventurers while talking gleefully. We quickly trailed closely behind them. And when we finally arrived at their destination, it turned out their destination was none other than the âAdventurer Guildâ building.
[The Protagonist Kaido, has used the sub-skill âLanguage Unification (S)â from the main skill âCommon Sense (SSS+)â.]
Before long, a language very similar to Japanese came out of the mouths of all people in my surroundings. It was such a mystical yet bizarre phenomenon because I couldnât sense any magic flowing from him. It was similar to what I felt when Lacanthal casted a translation spell at the 4 hunters of the Association previously.
âKaido! This is the Adventurersâ Guild. Do you really want to be an adventurer?â
âOf course! If I didnât become one, I wouldnât have any money.â
âBut⊠until just recently, you couldnât even hunt a single goblin by yourself and we had to save you every time. Besides, didnât you say that you came from a place where there were no monsters? You donât know much about this place, is it okay for you to be an adventurer?â
âI canât help it. Because this is the only way to wander the world and find a way back home.â
âFufu, itâs nice to see Kaidoâs confident appearance.â
A girl, dressed in extremely exposed clothes, whom I presumed to be an assassin from the dagger on her hips, said so and slapped Kaidoâs back!
Wait a minute⊠isnât it common sense that if someone ends up in an unfamiliar world and wants to earn money right away, it would be better to go to a restaurant and do a part-time job like serving or delivery?
It doesnât seem like it was the case for a protagonist, though.
Aracelli and I took a seat on one of the empty seats and watched Kaido closely.
âYou are Kaido? If you want to become an adventurer, you must take an aptitude test.â
âAptitude test?â
âYes. It is a test to check which class you would fit into as well as your parameters.â
âIâll do it right away.â
âThen, put your hand on this crystal ball.â
Could the aptitude test really be over with one crystal ball? It seems too easy and convenientâŠ
âKaido, donât be depressed if your magic power is too low. If you just have around 20 or 30, itâs at a level that you can go adventuring with us.â
âHAHA! Yes, she is right. Though, I would prefer it if it comes out around 50!â One of the adventurers on the party said.
âThen, letâs begin.â The receptionist said.
Soon, Kaido placed his hand on the blue crystal ball. Moments later, the air inside the building started to swirl wildly.
[The protagonist âKaidoâ acquires the isekai cheat âInfinite Magical Power (SSS+)â]
Wooonngg-!! Wooonggg-!!
Craack-!!
Shatter-!!
âHuh?!?!?!?â
âO⊠Oh my God!â
âThâŠthis is the first time the crystal ball broke since the legendary aptitude test of âBlack Dragon Mercenary King Perticasâ 33 years ago!!!!â
Everyone who witnessed the scene was shocked. On top of it, the face of every woman in the building turned beet red as they fiddled like a fish out of water.
Why, though?
âIs it really that great?â
At the same time, unlike everyone around him, the protagonist spoke indifferently.
I sighed at his question. Everyone else, together with their grandmother, grandfather, aunt, uncle, cousin knows his power was a scam. Even the neighbor and his daughter-in-law and his whole family knows it, but it seems that it was an unspoken rule that only the protagonist would remain oblivious to his own overpowered skills.
Bump!
When a commotion broke out on the first floor, the door on the second floor suddenly blasted open with a loud thud. And before long, someone walked down the stairs towards the first floor.
âAh⊠itâs âGolden White Knightâ , Searen!â
âWhoa⊠Sheâs still beautiful, as always.â
âWhy did she suddenly appear?â
The blonde woman in white armor, who I guess is called Searen, looked around the first floor and walked towards Kaido. Then as soon as she stood before him, she stroked his cheek.
âWhat amazing power. Iâve never seen anyone with such a large amount of magical power in my entire life. Hey, whatâs your name?â
âYes? My name is Kaido.â
âKaido-kun was it? Let me introduce myself, my name is Searen, the Golden White Knight. To be honest, I thought I was strong⊠but compared to you, I am nothing. I canât even be compared to your toes.â
What a load of crap⊠(P/N Exactly my thoughts.)
âI want to ask you something, will you join my guild?â
If this world follows the basic rule of Korean-style novels, he would reject her invitation without any second thought and make a guild himself. But because this world follows the basic rules of Japanese-style novelsâŠ
âYes, I would love to!â
And the reason for him joining her was as simple as it could get.
It was because Searen is pretty.
* * *
Contrary to how urgent the system sounded when she briefed me, Kaido only showed the growth rate of an ordinary protagonist so far, nothing more nothing less. In the meantime, I tried to cook some story in order to kill him, but as always, nothing came to mind.
âKaido-kun!!! Awesome!â
âOh My God⊠Itâs only âFire Ballâ, a basic spell!! How can it be that powerful?â
âI cannot believe it.â
It was obvious, but let me tell you this⊠The magic in this world could be easily activated by simply memorizing the casting words without studying it in depth.
I could only sigh and shake my head at how ridiculous it was. From what I know, magic doesnât differ much from world to world. For example, the most famous mathematical formula on Earth, the Pythagorean theorem, also applies in another world. The law of triangle also didnât change just because youâre in another world. That was also the case for magic. The process of accumulating magical power in the body, operating it mathematically, and releasing it was a law that could never be changed. But somehow, this world managed to ignore that law.
âAracelli. What do you think?â I asked Aracelli who was standing beside me.
As soon as Kaido decided to accept Saerenâs offer, we also took the test to join her guild, âSword of Clarityâ, which was not hard at all as I had stats comparable to an SS rank while Aracelli was⊠Aracelli. And currently, we were acting as one of Kaidoâs mindless supporters whose sole role was to just chase after him and exclaim âWow, thatâs amazing, Kaido-kun!!â.
âUm, wellâŠâ Araceli, like me, exclaimed, âWow, thatâs amazing, Kaido-kunâ before furrowing her eyebrows. âThatâs definitely magic. But magic can never work like that. It feels as if the magic formula was forcibly twisted⊠Ummm.â
Even Aracelli, an Archmage, couldnât see through the magic of this world even after seeing how Kaido cast his spell with her own two eyes. That fact alone was enough to tell anybody that this worldâs magic was bizarre and ridiculous.
So, reluctantly, we decided to watch Kaido a little longer and followed him deep into the forest. His purpose of coming here was to hunt the âBlack Wolf Kazaracunâ, who was called the boss of this area.
It was something I realized after several instances⊠But this world really likes to attach a moniker before the real name of everything. I wonder if I would find a âSilver Spoon Silver Spoonâ once I return to the city later.
While those thoughts passed through my mind, I glanced around the group. There were a total of seven people in the party. Aside from myself, Aracelli and Kaido, there were âHardcore Fangirlâ, âOverly Kind-Hearted Girlâ, âExclamatory Vending Machineâ and âFlag Manâ. They were all pretty loyal to their roles, for example.
âOh! Kaido defeated Kazaracun with only one magic cast!â
âOh my God, to be able to use such magicâŠ! So far, there have been only 9 wizards in history who have succeeded in controlling such a crazy amount of magic power at once and all of them have become an Archmage who made a name for themselves in history⊠Kaido, are you perhaps planning to become an Archmage?â
âHey hey, is it real?â
This kind of reaction had happened about thirty times throughout this hunt. And lastly, the situation would always end with the reaction from the âOverly Kind-Hearted Girlâ.
âUgh, I feel sorry for the wolf.â
According to âHardcore Fangirlâ, she was a beautiful girl who hails from a clergy family. Though, because literally every girl in this world was beautiful, I couldnât figure out why the word âbeautiful girlâ even exists in the first place.
The âOverly Kind-Hearted Girlâ ran towards the fallen wolf. Then she plopped down to the ground and casted a healing spell towards the wolf.
Wait a minute⊠Why did she do that? Didnât we come here to hunt it in the first place?
âElizabeth! Thatâs dangerous! Come back here!â
âBut⊠How can I stay still when there is an injured creature in front of me? I want to heal this wolfâŠâ
[E/N: So, you beat this wolf to the verge of death and now you are planning to heal it just to beat it up again or potentially put your comrades at risk???? Overly Kind-Hearted Girl? More like Overly-Stupid Girl.]
âElizabethâŠ.. a woman like you, seriously âŠ.â
An exasperated comment, or maybe a truly touching comment come out from the mouth of Hardcore Fangirlâs mouth, it was then followed by Kaido who nodded his head with a serious expression.
âThatâs fine, you can heal it.â
Wait a goddamn minute⊠then why did you hunt it earlier?
âIâm sure Kazaracun will understand your warm heart.â
Eventually, the Overly Kind-hearted Girl began to cast her spell in full throttle towards Kazaracun, whom her friends had pummeled until not too long ago. And then, suddenly, knights in steel armor appeared out of nowhere and encircled our party.
âHey! Ka- Kaido-kun!â Overly Kind-hearted Girl stuttered as she looked at Kaido with pleading eyes.
âHAHAHA! Foolish! Healing the wolf you tried to hunt! Are you crazy!?!?â The knight shouted and stepped forward with his swords pointed towards Kaido.
âI didnât like you from the moment you joined âSword of Clarityâ. Did you think that a mongrel like you could come into our guild?â
âKa- Kaido-kun⊠we have to forget her and run away!â
âThatâs right. Kaido, think clearly. We cannot defeat them with our own strength.â
âWe have no choice but to step back now!â
ââŠâ
Except for the main protagonist, no one seems to have a sense of camaraderie or anything like that. Was this event happened because whoever controls the story flow wants to emphasize that only the protagonist had sympathy?
âNo, I will not abandon her!â Kaido exclaimed as he pointed his hands towards the talking knight.
âKah ha ha ha ha! Your magic is useless against us! Unless itâs at least a C rank magic⊠Huh? What are you doing now?â
Crackle-!!
A spark of lightning suddenly began to erupt from Kaidoâs hand. At the sight, all the knights started to laugh at him.
âKah ha ha! Even a passing dog knows that the only attack-type magic is fire element, and the only defense-type magic is earth element! What are you going to do with lightning magic?â
Without answering him, One of Kaidoâs eyes turned red as he smiled softly.
âChain Lightning!â
Before long, a stream of lightning struck the knight who kept taunting and looked down on Kaido before jumping towards the other knights.
Crackle-!! Crackle-!!
âAghhhh!â
âAGHHHHH!â
All the knights soon collapsed, only the taunting guy could barely raise his head to look at Kaido.
âYoâŠyou bastard⊠how can you do something like this with lightning magic!!!â
Then Kaido sighed and shook his head.
âYou donât know? âSteelâ is weak against âElectricityâ. Itâs common sense in my world.â
âIt canât be!!!â
At that moment, the guy collapsed with an expression that seemed to have realized something after looking at his armor.
âHey hey, is it real?â
âWow⊠In his world, such great knowledge is âcommon senseâ⊠What a wonderful worldâŠâ
[The protagonist, Kaido has activates the skill âCommon Sense (SSS+)â]
It was only then that I could vaguely understand how this world works.
(P/N: God, please save me from this arcâŠ.)