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Midnight.
I had left the inn and went out the venture the city streets.
I wasn’t able to sleep well, since I had usually gone to sleep much later.
However, Kenji fell asleep in an instant, probably because he was so tired after preparing for tomorrow. While I did feel the same, my eyes were just restless, it seems.
The Fortress City of Georn is quite a big city it seems.
Even at night, there are lights around the bars, and drunk people singing while drunkenly wandering along the road. Infront of me, there is a boy who tries to deal with the drunk, as well as a couple who both seem quite important, who have their arms linked with one another.
— The downtown area, for me, is quite a familiar place. Originally my parents’ home was built around this sort of area.
Due to this, I can generally pick up on where to go and where not to.
Well, it’s not like it’s a special skill or anything, it’s more due to my many years of experience.
Whether it’s a foreign country or a different world, the atmosphere of the town remains the same. Good guys, bad guys, it’s all the same kind of feeling as back in Japan.
“He he…! What’s up, my brother?”
“Did ya get lost?”
Because of this, I headed directly to where those types of people were.
Behind the gorgeous shop, in a dead end’s alleyway.
I pretended to act as if I was some foreigner who didn’t know his left from right, well, it’s not like I actually do know my way around or anything, and acted as if I had accidentally stumbled into the alley.
“What unusual clothes you’re wearing”
There were four men and one woman in the back alley. Three in front, one behind.
It also seems that all of them are equipped with weapons, and also have armor made of leather on them. It seems the stuff under the armor is made out of leather also. They all look quite dirty, but it sure did look better than what I was wearing currently.
“Take em off, brother.”
As if to cut off my path, a man with a large stature stands behind me.
Well, he is holding a knife, so it makes sense to get straight to the point, huh.
As expected, I am used to this. Even recognizing that the blade had been pulled before he spoke at all…
“I really was right to choose this street… it truly is filled with scum.”
Since it was going too according to plan, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing.
But you don’t have to be a genius to expect something like this, especially with these kinds of people who wait in unpopulated places to pull some shit when someone catches their eye.
Even if I wasn’t to pass by this place myself, someone else would have definitely been mugged instead.
“Oi! Did you hear me? Do you not speak the common language or somethin’?”
The man with the blade starts to creep up from behind me.
While looking, I started to focus on him slightly.
Bogard – Adventurer
LV 9
HP 77/80
MP 9/11
A level 9? That’s four above me…
Well, that’s the only thing that I need to be mindful of really…
How about those in front?
Geno Adventurer LV9 HP81/81 MP0/0
Donison Adventurer LV7 HP70/71 MP30/32
Pamela Adventurer LV8 HP71/77 MP24/24
Wow.. they all turned out to be higher level than me, huh.
That’s how it is, then… if you are a thug who goes out to attack a normal person, you would need around 4 people at around this strength. I’m slowly starting to understand this world’s average strength scale.
In other words, I would be considered a normal person.
Contrarily, Kenji is strong. Very. Probably enough to take out a common thug with only one hand, if he was to try.
However, it’s not as if I can’t fight either.
“Hey, brother, can you really not hea—”
I cut off the adventurer named Bogard by grabbing his jaw and used my gift on him.
“You lot… you really do like to talk crap, huh.”
“…You little shit!”
Trying to use the knife in his hand, the thug tried to stab me with all he had, but I quickly put a stop to that, and as my gift kicked in, he crumpled to the floor.
The knife made a slight thud as it hit the ground.
After taking my eyes of the first guy and checking the group in front, the other thugs were just frozen and staring straight at me.
“Uh…”
After picking up the knife, I looked back down to the man on the floor, who also wasn’t moving. While inspecting it, I noticed that it was indeed sharp. And with that, I had acquired a weapon. (TL Note: we have a genius over here)
Unlike that of a pocket knife, this blade was shaped more like a combat knife, and was probably quite expensive to acquire. With this, my budget for a weapon has been waived, I guess.
“Oi! What did you just do?!”
The group of three are now shouting at me.
“You couldn’t have possibly used… magic… right?”
“That has to be it…”
Even I don’t really know if I used some type of magic, though it probably was.
Well, its not as if I’m that interested in the intricacies of gifts, however. It’s enough if you know how to use it.
Once again, I inspected the knife guy.
Bogard Adventurer LV3 HP1/12 MP0/1
While not dead, he definitely seems incapacitated.
After all, I sucked up the experience value for 6 levels.
Looking at my stats, the level has risen from 5 to 8. It’s quite nice to have 3 levels all at once. It is probably increased due to my low level.
“Okay… who’s next?”
I tried to provoke them by waving my fingers in a ‘come at me’ manner.
“…You bastard…!”
The bald man then pulled out a long sword and started slashing at me, and I was unable to dodge, causing a large cut on my shoulder.
“Damn that hurt!”
Even in the game world, I still seem to have the body of a real human. If you are cut, blood will come out, and if blood continues to flow, you will die. (TL Note: People die when they are dead)
However…
“How?!”
I grab the face of the swordsman, just like with the previous guy, and as soon as I did, I felt his power start to flow through me.
The pain gradually fades, and the wound closes.
When the wound had fully closed up, I let go of the man and let him fall to the ground.
Donison Adventurer LV1 HP2/10 MP0/1
This, is the reality of my gift, “Absorb”.
There really is a difference in the amount of XP and HP that I can absorb from a weak monster near the town and a human with moderate strength, huh. It feels as if I’ve eaten until I was full, but I can still continue to eat as much as I want.
Naoto Kiritani
LV 11
HP 90/90
MP 33/33
Level 11? I’m now completely over these guys’ levels.
Now then… next.
“aaAAAaAH! What is this guy?!”
When the man started to make a run for it, I aimed and threw the knife that was still in my hand, at him.
While I did think about chasing after him, it stopped myself. The items that he had dropped while running were more valuable than him, after all.
And now, the final one.
Pamela Adventurer LV8 HP71/77 MP24/24
The last one seems to be a woman…
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LuciferScans 
um.. when next chapter of black knights ?
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Will probably upload one tomorrow.
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— Thanks for the chapter~ ^^
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