Novel Boss
Chapter 6: Power of the Great Sword
The assembled populace began to overwhelm the surrounding goblins. Never before in the history of the city had such a thing happened, there were of course ex-soldiers among the civilian population, but never before had the people tried to fight alongside those who were many times stronger than them, like knights.
It was like a new era.
Clarent seemed to have perfect authority, as if his command power had become a force of will and he had convinced the knight captain.
After arriving at the area where the Cave trolls were, the trolls around seemed to have become even crazier. The cave trolls, who had previously fought with a maximum of 5 or 6 people, now saw a huge army coming at them.
At least a hundred knights and hunters were marching towards them, and fast.
"FORWARD!" the knight captain suddenly shouted, and the trolls seemed stunned by the shout. The Cave trolls may have been stupid enough to have difficulty understanding what was going on around them, but the fact remained that they were still monsters.
All the soldiers were on the attack, James and the knight captain in the lead. Every strange sound of battle rose from the field, including sword blows, the sound of arrows piercing the air, and even the incantations of the mage hunters who had managed to cast spells and restrict the trolls' movements just a little.
James could realise in a rather gigantic way that his blood was boiling and that the adrenaline was making him even worse. His movements were literally restricted, he could feel the sweat pouring down his face, the immense heat provided by his armour and the immense pressure of the replica of Clarent's great aura in his hand.
He could feel this immense pressure as well as the troll in front of him, the aura emanating from Clarent was enormous.
James realised that the troll was hesitating and suddenly attacked. His steps were not very fast but each step was calculated, he was being careful and not taking too dangerous steps because of the possibility of the troll attacking.
After the troll, which was almost 3 metres long, was at the level of his legs, James lifted it deeply and made a quick cut to target the troll's tendons.
The cut must have been successful because a huge mass of blood suddenly gushed out from the area where the tendons were.
"RUUAAGHHHH!!!"
The Cave troll's instantaneous shout echoed through the area. The troll had fallen to one knee and was literally screaming in pain, but it was all in vain, a monster could never be forgiven, and James had to continue the mission.
James, who had managed to climb up the troll's knee by leaping, lifted Clarent with both hands and then pierced the troll's head.
"Guuuuuuu..."
The troll fell to the ground with a small thud and James, who had lost his balance, fell with it a little further away.
James was uninjured, but his arm started to ache a little, though he didn't seem to be able to get up for a few seconds.
When the knight captain came to his side, he took James by the hand and pulled him to his feet. The smiles on the captain's and the other men's faces were priceless, each of their eyes shining with pride. At that very moment, a window appeared in front of James' eyes:
[Rare Achievement Won!
Earn the respect of 100 Knights.
You have won the chance to choose a card.]
As soon as James read the window he saw in front of him, the classic image reappeared. There were three cards in front of him. These cards, which had the colours [purple], [blue] and [blue] respectively, of course, told James what he had to choose.
James, of course, for some reason unknown to him, could see the colours of the cards as usual, he didn't even know who to ask for the reason, but whatever it was, it certainly helped him a great deal.
Touching the purple card, another window appeared in front of James:
[Auto Heal (Unusual+)
This ability would allow the user to heal automatically, even if it is incredibly slow.
Healing does not cure amputations.]
James smiled as he read the specs of the ability and realised that the slight pain in his arm from the fall had already disappeared. Even though the ability was very slow, the fact that it was of such high quality seemed to show why it came from a purple card, a rare-level card.
"Let's keep going captain, the hunters and knights have already taken down 4 of them, with the one we killed 5 are gone, 7 more!"
As soon as James said that, Clarent glowed again and the knight captain's eyes sparkled with a light again.
"THAT'S RIGHT! SOLDIERS FORWARD WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT!"
When James heard this shout, he looked at Clarent with a smile and then said, "So you're mind-controlling, are you?"
The effect of the sword on people was mind-boggling, and it was a perfect coincidence that the sword was given to him by the gacha on such a mission, that is, in this city where the knights had a huge number.
The Tower certainly seemed to want him to fight. James was ready for it.
"ATTACK!"
"WIZARDS CLOSE IT!"
"ATTACK! MAKE SURE TO BURN THEIR SOULS!!!"
The battle cries and shouts were incredibly high quality and reassuring. James was filled with confidence that he would not be injured in any way, it was perfect that he had found such a time to test the sword.
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After only 10 minutes, all the cave trolls in the area had been killed. James had managed to take care of one troll on his own and had managed to kill the remaining six.
The trolls in the square were destroyed and the window that James had been waiting for a while finally appeared in front of him:
[You have levelled up!
A random +1 status point has been added to your [Luck] stat.]
James smiled as he read what was in the window in front of him and said, "So even my luck can increase, I was scared to death."
The fact that he could get stronger like this was excellent news.