CHAPTER 4

It's been 6 month since I started living on my own. I'm 11 years old now. I spend all day training. Sometimes dungeon keys come out of daily quests and I clear dungeons. As my level increased with each monster I killed, my shadow army started to expand as well. My first dungeon, E-rank dungeon, was really tough, but I still managed and I managed to get the dagger I am currently using.

I also made a rule to myself that I was mostly completing dungeons without using my shadow soldiers. I also made a large amount of capital in the store by selling the useless things that fell from the monster corpses in the store. I also go to the city once in a while and listen to legends, folk tales and gossip from time to time among people in hopes of healing my mother's body. There are healing potions in the shop, but they don't work on my mother.

"Status."

[Name: Solas Himejima]

[Job: Shadow Monarch]

[Title: Monster Slayer]

[Hp: 14.510/14.510] [Level: 51]

[Mp: 7.019/7.019] [Fatigue: 0]

[Strength: 166] [Vitality: 110]

[Agility: 136] [Intelligence: 140]

[Sense: 116]

[Physical Damage Reduction: %20]

[Remaining Points: 00]

(Author's Note: Do not calculate statistics for nothing. Just have fun, we don't do math exams after all and I'm bad at math too.)

I've learned that if the person I'm fighting sends me such intense bloodlust, the system gives me a mission to eliminate that person.

Also, my body was very developed, even though I was 11 years old, I looked a few years older. And the number of soldiers in my shadow exceeded five hundred. I wasn't revealing myself to the supernatural world, and I was making sure that anyone who came to kill me wouldn't be able to tell anyone else about me. For a long time, while I was fighting in the dungeons, I was also fighting outside. I encountered many stray demons out there, and none that tried to kill me survived.

Since my whole day was spent in training, I envied the children to play games with their friends when I went to the city once in a while. Because when I was 10 years old, after that day, I stopped being a child. Every day was spent with die or be killed.

"Skills."

[Passive: Perseverance lv1, Dagger Master lv: max, Sword Master lv: max, Scythe Master lv: max]

[Active: Sprint lv: max, Bloodlust lv: max, Stealth Lv. Max, Mutilation Lv: Max, Dagger Rush Lv: Max, Dominator's Touch Lv: Max]

[Class: Shadow Extraction Lv1, Save Shadow Lv: 1, Death's Realm, Monarch's Domain Lv: 1, Shadow Exchange Lv: 1]

My power unbelievable. I usually hide my mana, even reflexively so I don't leak much mana even while I sleep, otherwise it would be really annoying if another race detects my current mana.

I'm currently using two daggers, one is a C-rank dagger I bought from the first dungeon I entered, and another is a B-rank dagger I bought from the system's store.

[Item: Poison Fang of Rasaka]

[Rarity: C]

[Type: Dagger]

[Attack +25]

(A dagger fashioned from the poison fang of the Rasaka. There are traces of the Rasaka's poison on it, so when attacking, it will cause Paralysis and Bleeding status effects. Can be stored in the Inventory, or can be sold at the Store.)

[Status effect 'Paralysis': the target will be unable to move. Success rate is fixed.]

[Status effect 'Bleeding': the target's stamina will be reduced by 1% per second.]

[Item: Knight Killer]

[Rarity: B]

[Type: Dagger]

[Attack: +75]

(A sharp and sturdy dagger designed to cut through the armour worn by the knights. The edges of the blade are shaped like the teeth of a saw blade, thus it won't slide off the armour's surface easily.)

[Effect 'Killing Knights': +25% additional damage when attacking heavily armoured opponents.]

I cleared a dungeon today and it was an A rank dungeon, I'm extremely tired. And I managed to be level 51. I sat on the floor and began to rest. I was not tired but mentally tired because the dungeon I entered was really an open nature type dungeon and it was huge. My shadow soldiers leveled up a few levels and so did I, but I had been fighting for days and therefore had to sleep to calm my mind.

I collapsed where I was and fell asleep. Until...

[Urgent Quest- Defeat The Enemy]

[There is enemy nearby that intend to kill the Host. Destroy your foe to ensure your safety. If you fail to follow these orders, you will be given a penalty.]

[Number of foes to defeat: 1]

[Number of foes defeated: 0]

Suddenly the system quest woke me up.

As soon as I opened my eyes, there was a disfigured stray demon coming towards me right in front of me.

"Tch." I pulled out Rasaka's Fang, and as soon as the stray devil came, I suddenly accelerated and split the devil's head in half.

[You Have Leveled Up]

"I guess I was at the leveling limit otherwise it would be impossible for this stray devil to give me enough exp to level me up."

[Quest Completed]

[Rewards: Choose one of these rewards.

[Status Recovery]

[+10 Stat Points]

"I choose second reward."

[+10 stat points received.]

"Anyway, back to rest."

After a while, when I went back to rest again, a voice started to come.

"Hey kid! Kid are you okay?!"

When I opened my eyes, a man with brown hair and brown eyes was calling out to me.

"Yeah I'm okay."

When I looked around, there was a woman and a child behind the man. The boy looked 8 years old and had brown hair and green eyes. The woman was a complete beauty. She was a beautiful woman with red hair and red eyes.

"Who are you?" I asked.

"Oh yes let me introduce myself My name is Jin Toujou and this is my wife Sapphire and my son Basara. We came here for Basara to gain some experience, but..." He then pointed to the stray devil who had died under the tree right next door.

"When it attacked Basara it managed to punch a hole in our position and it started coming this way and we followed it but when we arrived it was already dead and you were lying on the ground so I tried to wake you up. By the way, what's your name, young man?" Jin asked.

"And what are you doing here?" Sapphire added.

"My name is Ash. You could also say I'm a solo traveler."

'Now I introduce my name as Ash to people I meet. After all, I don't know who is from the 5 master clans, so I hide myself. Since my appearance has changed since then, using a different name works for me. Also, this man and woman are strong and very strong. I have never met anyone with such power in my life. If this man wanted to, he could easily defeat me even if I used all my shadow soldiers.'

"Hm Ash that's a good name. But why are you traveling alone where is your parents?" Jin asked.

"My mother died and my father left me." I answered directly.

"Oh sorry. I shouldn't ask that."

"No, not important. I'm used to it now."

"Ash, would you like to come to the Vatican with us?"

"Huh? I don't know you so I can't trust you."

"I am the exorcist Jin Toujou. Maybe you've heard my name." Jin said.

'This boy didn't even flinch when he saw the stray demon and he has a really high amount of mana in his body. Maybe he comes from an old clan. If we train him, he can be a really strong person someday.' Jin thought.

'The exorcist Jin Toujou?! My mother had told me, is this man, the monster strong enough to fight one of the current Maou, Sirzechs Lucifer, head-to-head? In fact, is this the man who has been in the midst of disasters that have occurred many times throughout recent history? Is this the man who is known in many places as the hero of humanity or the sword of humanity? Gulp.'

"So you've heard my name?"

"How can I not hear that you are not the one known as the sword of humanity?!" I answered without thinking.

"Pfff..."

When I looked in the direction the voice came from, I realized that Sapphire was trying to restrain herself not to laugh. And she couldn't quite do it.

I couldn't quite understand what was going on.

"I hoped people would forget that nickname." Jin said.

"Don't be like that, Sword of Humanity." Sapphire said.

Afterwards, Sapphire started making fun of Jin a little more. And I really didn't understand what was going on.

"My father is a little embarrassed by this nickname. And my mother often makes fun of my father by using this nickname." Basara explained to me.

"Ooohh I see."

"Ash nii-san, how was your family?"

"My father is a frequent business traveler, so I grew up with my mother. My mother was a really kind and funny woman. But my mom was a little perverted, but she was beautiful. She would usually try her perversions on me, but what she did wasn't abuse, it even amused me."

A small smile formed on my face as I thought of my mother.

'I really missed her. But I will not give up. Wouldn't going to the Vatican speed up information retrieval? It will be easier for me to access a lot of information there. But I don't want to go to church either.'

"Jin-san, I'll go to the Vatican with you, but on one condition." Jin and Sapphire turned to me. Basara was already looking at me.

"What is it?"

"I want to join as a mercenary, not a member."

'After all, being a mercenary is much more profitable than being a member of the Vatican. They can send a mercenary on even the deadliest missions and if I become a member I will have to attend training for a long time and I will not have any income but if I become a mercenary I will leave whenever I want and I will have an income on top of it.'

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Hello dear readers, yes I have started a new story. Don't worry I didn't drop Tensura System, Reincarnated into anime or Dragon system. I just try new things and write whenever a story idea comes to mind. There will be disruptions in the chapters due to the fact that I enter the university and move from the family home to the dormitory. I'm studying German language and literature and the school I entered is a bit annoying. Who makes a quiz from week 2?! They make me very angry.

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