Will I End Up As a Hero or a Demon King (WN)

Chapter 132

TN: Please read my translations only on my website since I never give my permission to any site to host my translations. And if you like my translations, please support this site on Ko-fi and Patreon to read several chapters ahead!

Sponsored chapter by Patreon. Enjoy~

Chapter 132 – A Bolt From the Blue

“Well, I’m off. According to the information from the Hunters’ Guild, it’s about a two-hour trip each way, so if I’m late, please eat without me.”

“There’s no need for me to eat if I’m alone, so it’s fine. Take care.”

There were some strange parts to the conversation, but I left the inn thinking it was just like a married couple.

Now I’m going out…

“(No, no, I just sorted it out in my head yesterday. I don’t have the courage to choose someone. Don’t think about unnecessary things!)”

If I go too far, I won’t be able to go back.

Even though I am sensitive to lewdness, I don’t want to push things to the point of destroying the relationship between the Goddesses.

That’s why I should stop at this point, which is already considered the limit.

Fortunately, there was no change in Riste’s appearance after I gave in to my thoughts.

I was quite panicked when I came to my senses, wondering what would happen if she had the ability to read minds…

If she didn’t find out, I would just have to maintain the status quo.

“(Sorry, Riste! I can’t be honest about this part―I shouldn’t be.)”

Smack!

I couldn’t help but slap my own cheek with my hand.

“(If I have to worry, I have to worry about getting stronger. What I want is to have an adventure where I can defeat my enemies and feel like I’ve grown, right?)”

I scolded myself like that, and then I started running towards the F-rank hunting ground, the Pal Plains.

And about an hour later.

When I spotted a group of two young men and women, who were probably senior hunters, I matched their pace and started stalking them.

There were no monsters in sight, but I came to a place that looked like one.

The reason why I can’t say for sure that it was the right place is because it was a grassland.

Unlike a forest, there was no clear boundary, and I couldn’t really tell the difference from the scenery I had walked through so far, so I could only get a vague feeling that this was probably the place.

If it turned out to be a picnic, it wouldn’t be funny, so I called out to the two people who had been standing there for a while.

“Um, is this the Pal Plains?”

“Hmm? It’s just up ahead, you know? Are you alone?”

“Yes. I was in the Corado Forest until yesterday, but I thought I’d come and see what the Pal Plains are like.”

“You’re a real weirdo to come all the way out here when you can hunt in the rank-E hunting grounds.”

“I guess so. Well, if you were hunting in the Colado Forest, that would make sense. If you go a little further, you’ll come to a place covered with knee-high grass. That’s the Pal Plains.”

“Thank you!”

A duo, a man and a woman, about 20 years old.

Are they a couple or lovers?

It’s a nice sight to see them drinking water from their canteens together in the shade of a tree.

“(Aaahh. Aaaaahhhhh…)”

My surroundings are so different from the norm that I can’t help but scream my heart out when I see a scene like this…

I’m going to take all this indescribable feeling and vent it on this so-called Funbee!

With that in mind, I walked in the direction they indicated, and sure enough, I could see a grassy area.

From a distance, I could see…

“(Ah, there they are, the goblins.)”

Thanks to my improved eyesight from my skills, I could make out several green objects wriggling around.

I’m relieved to have arrived safely at the hunting grounds, but looking back, I wonder what to do next.

There were hardly any well-traveled paths along the way.

It’s easy to see how unpopular this place is.

If that’s the case, I don’t think I’ll be able to get here easily tomorrow, so I decided to finish it today.

“(I’ll stick to the new species of Funbee for Exploration… and if there are any others, I’ll just hunt them. It’s not like it’s going to make much money anyway.)”

This is just a waypoint.

If there are any new skills from Funbee, I’ll level them up to level 3 first.

If there are no new skills… in that case, I guess I could go to Lake Voice for some scouting now?

While I was thinking about this, I started looking for Funbee both visually and with Exploration.

Then I saw something about 30 centimeters long.

I saw several bee-like monsters with purple and black spots sitting on the branches of some bushes.

The colors were obviously venomous.

I was a little panicked that I didn’t have any antidotes with me, so I approached them and they flew toward me with a whoosh.

“(It’s slow…)”

This is my honest impression.

As expected from an F-rank hunting ground.

If I had arrived in this world at a different time, I might have had a different impression, but now it seems like a silent message is being sent to me, saying, “Please, I’ve gotten close, so please kill me!”

“…..”

It’s a pain to use a small sword, so I just stab it in the stomach with a utility knife.

I quickly cut off the head, tail, and magic stone.

“This is really a tedious task…”

It’s a luxury to have such worries.

It’s no good if the enemy is too strong, but it’s also boring if they’re too weak.

It’s just like RPGs, MMOs, and video games.

If there were no elements of death and you could easily make money, you should be happy about it, but…

“(Well, I guess I’ll have to find four more first.)”

I looked at my next target with a blank expression and started hunting without a care in the world.

…But.

You never know what will happen in life.

If you think it’s a low-level hunting ground and take it lightly, you could end up in a terrible situation.

But this time, it was the opposite…

The phrase “a bolt from the blue” is exactly what happened when I reached the fifth Fanbee in my hunting task.

‘You have acquired Flight Lv. 1.’

When I saw this announcement, I couldn’t understand what had happened.

Huh?

Poison can fly?

Did poison fly?

I blurted out something that made no sense.

However, as I calmed down, I began to realize what had happened.

“(Flight… does that mean I can fly? …me? …I can fly!?)”

“No way! No way! No way!”

This is definitely the most powerful scream I’ve ever made since I came to this world.

If the couple from earlier were around, they would have been surprised, but I don’t have time to worry about that right now.

“Oh no… this is bad, this is bad, this is bad! This is really bad!”

Without paying any attention to the monsters around me, I quickly open the status screen while standing there.

Of course, I look at the skills on the right side.

“(There’s nothing… Wait, it’s not even in the ‘Other’ section. What’s going on?)”

Up until now, if I scrolled down with my eyes, I could always find the skills I could obtain somewhere.

If it was a skill that monsters could not normally obtain, it would always be displayed at the bottom of the ‘Others’ section.

In fact, the skill I obtained yesterday, Shed Skin, is still grayed out, with only the name and skill level displayed at the bottom of the ‘Others’ section.

Just to be sure, I slowly scrolled back up and looked for the word ‘New’ again, but…

“(It’s not there… no, no, what does that mean? It looks like a skill, but it’s not a skill?)”

The word ‘Flight’ had come up in conversation before.

If I remember correctly, many of the Birdmen were shot down while flying over the Palmera Forest.

And Riste also said that the Birdmen had made highly accurate maps.

So… is it a race-specific skill?

If that’s the case, maybe a new skill tab for races has been added?

I look again, but I can’t find anything like that.

But for some reason, I notice that the gray lines extend from Fire Magic and Wind Magic, which I have already acquired, to Light Magic and Dark Magic, which I have not acquired but have been displayed since the beginning.

“I’ve never seen anything like this before. If it had been there, I would have noticed it…)”

When you make a new discovery, you’re bound to be curious.

As I follow the line, I notice that one gray line extends from a total of eight skills―Fire Magic, Water Magic, Wind Magic, Earth Magic, Lightning Magic, Ice Magic, Dark Magic, and Light Magic―to a single, unlisted skill.

Similarly, two gray lines extend from Dark and Light Magic, leading to different hidden skills.

I also notice that there are gray lines extending from these two hidden skills, and for the first time, I learn that you can scroll the skill column, not just up and down.

I was so excited inside.

It’s obvious from the tree structure that the rarer the skill, the harder it is to acquire, and the farther to the right you have to go.

As I kept scrolling to the right, my breathing got harder and harder, and the gray lines from the two hidden skills came together to form another hidden skill, and another, and another…

In terms of levels, it was the fourth level, and I was finally able to confirm the existence of the Flight skill with the ‘New’ tag.

The current skill level is 1 and 0%.

Now I know, but it is also confirmed that the Flight skill Fanbee possesses is level 1.

“(Wow! The white line growing from a completely different direction is―I see, Leap. In other words, it’s a combination of Leap and a fairly high-level magic-type skill, and I can only acquire the Flight skill if I have that. I guess it’s possible for humans to acquire it, too, since it’s not in the ‘Other’ skills slot, but considering the level, it’s probably impossible for normal people…)”

In other words,

Except for some races like the Birdmen, who have the potential to fly from the beginning, I’m probably the only one who has the ability to fly.

“Fufu… Fuhehehehe… Fuhahahahahaha!!!”

I had underestimated it, thinking it was an F-rank hunting ground.

From the shape and appearance of the bee, I assumed it was a skill related to poison.

I never expected the pattern to be Flight since it was flying.

“Hah~… I’m getting really excited…”

If I’m honest, I want to try it right now to see if it really works and what happens if it does.

But I can do that when I get back to Malta.

So, for now, I’ll just have to be patient and efficient.

First of all, now that I’ve confirmed that Fanbee’s skill level is 1, I’m definitely going to raise it to 3 by the end of the day!

And depending on how it goes, I’ll hunt him down again tomorrow and aim for a skill level of 4!

Where did that initial sluggishness go?

After reviewing the details of the skill and memorizing the content, I ran around the Pal Plains with a burning desire to do well.

If you like my translations, please support me on Ko-Fi and subscribe my Patreon to read several chapters ahead!