‘Strong-armed’ Benedict

Certainly, that moniker is fitting.

From the destructive power of his ability, it’s evident that his strength stat is considerably high.

However, there’s one doubt.

Despite being a warrior focused on strength, why does he equip so many accessories?

Especially rings, which in exchange for reducing the strength stat, have the effect of increasing other stats.

Rings are generally items that magic-users, who don’t rely much on strength, equip to boost their MP or magical attack power.

If he’s equipped with ten of them, the decrease in his strength stat would be too significant, which would only be a disadvantage for a warrior.

Could there be a reason for that battle axe?

There are many weapons that, in exchange for reducing HP or MP when attacking, demonstrate high attack power or have special effects.

Thinking of this, I doubted my eyes when I appraised the man’s battle axe.

【Item Name】ɒ̵̧̤͕̮̤̣̏̃͆͗̚͝b̸̢̧̮̻̫͔̾͛̋̓̀͝w̴̢̜̭̫̥̓͑̿̄́͊͜ɒ̸̡͚̩̯̖̭͆̇̈́͂͛̽ḍ̶̢͖͈̬̥̋̎͋̅̈̕į̷̲̳̩͙͉̗̆̔̅̇͐̚ɒ̸͉̙̜͔͉̼̊̑̓̇̓̏ƨ̴̨̱͙͉̖͎̆̈̐̀͑́b̸̢̟̦̘̫̽̒͋̄̕͜͠ľ̵̛̮̺̺̳̩̳͒̆̆̔n̸̡̢̨͕̞̲̎͋̽̏̃̕ ̸̛̺͔̩̲̜̞̈́̏̐̊̈́

【Rank】13

【Required Stats】None

【Attack Power】Slash +2500

Blunt +2500

【Elemental Value】Fire +1000

Lightning +1000

Wind +1000

 

— Unproducible Item

Commonly referred to as 『bug items』 or 『cheat items』.

It’s a term that points to weapons and armor that are impossible to obtain in normal gameplay and have abnormal parameters.

Garbled item name.

The displayed attack power and elemental values are impossibly high.

In the first place, the maximum rank for weapons is 【12】, and there is no rarity of rank 【13】 or higher.

Why is that…? No, there’s no need to think about it.

A player.

I don’t know who or where, but it’s highly likely that a player, like us, who came to this world, brought a bug.

Arata: “Aya-san, if possible, I’d like to capture this guy alive.”

Aya: “I was thinking of suggesting the same thing. It seems that there’s more to 『Fenrir』 than meets the eye.”

As Aya-san and I readied our weapons, Fenrir’s leader, Benedict, surveyed his surroundings.

Lying there were the corpses of members defeated in the previous battle.

Benedict: “…You guys have done it now.”

Arata: “He’s coming! …!”

Aya: “Arata-san⁉”

Sure enough, I was the one targeted.

With the 【Kurikara】 I had quickly drawn, I blocked the blow from the battle axe.

— Heavy

A strike that embodies the difference in strength stats and weapon attack power.

I parry his ferocious attacks with 【Kurikara】.

With each clash, a dull metallic sound echoes in the basement.

Benedict: “For a guy not even level 100, not bad!”

It’s unlikely that the warrior Benedict has the 【Appraisal】 skill.

Does he have an accessory with the effect of 【Appraisal】?

Aya:  “――!”

Benedict: “I see it‼”

He blocked Aya-san’s attack?

From a position completely behind him, which would be a blind spot, he blocked her attack by swinging his battle axe behind his back.

But that created an opening in front of him.

Benedict: “Take this!”

Arata: “What⁉”

From the thrust out left hand of Benedict, a huge fireball was shot.

Magic activated without any casting time.

Unless you have a tower shield, you’ll take damage from the aftermath of the magic.

Using 【Shrink】 to move out of the attack’s line, the fireball that lost its target collided with the room’s wall, causing a minor explosion.

Aya-san takes out several throwing knives and throws them, but they are deflected by some transparent “thing” just before hitting Benedict.

Arata: “This is quite troublesome.”

Aya: “Are you okay, Arata-san?”

Arata: “It’s better than fighting with Vergil-san.”

We took a moment to distance ourselves from Benedict and regain our posture.

Judging from the scale of the fireball, it had the power equivalent of at least level 5.

Therefore, unless a special skill is used, several seconds of casting time should be needed.

The throwing dagger was likely blocked by wind magic, which looked like the level 5 spell 『Wind Shield.』

Is this also an effect of an accessory?

To begin with, I find it odd that a warrior like Benedict can use magic skills.

An unproducible item, an accessory with the same effect as the 【Appraisal】 skill, and an accessory that allows even a warrior to activate magic.

Now I understand why Aya-san said that 『Fenrir』 quickly gained power with these items.

But――

Arata: “He’s not unbeatable.”

Aya: “Yes, indeed.”

Benedict: “What did you say?”

Benedict’s forehead vein popped at our conversation.

Honestly, I thought we’d struggle more.

However, the golden battle axe, being an unproducible item, doesn’t have an attack power that’s too overwhelming to deal with.

And the magic, from what I’ve seen of what Benedict used, doesn’t seem to be of a very high level.

We have a good chance of winning.

Benedict: “…I’ll bury you.”

Aya: “Please don’t die, okay?”

Arata: “You too, Aya-san.”