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With a low thud Terry (Tie Lis western name as per Hendras S suggestion) fell to the ground as he closed his eyes. Perhaps even in his next life the scene where countless black swords rain down upon him would remain a nightmare

Ding! M3 completed! Obtained Ep, Ip, Ap, Sp 10000!

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He felt a slight dizzy sensation accompanied by pain coming from his head. Holding his head he groaned in pain while his eyes went bloodshot. He got down on one knee as he shook his head.

AFter a bit the dizzy feeling alleviated and he break out a bitter laugh.

That just now is a symptom of overusing esper powers when computational power cannot handle the load!

Against the great snake monster Mikoto could use this level of Iron sand sword with a flip of her hand, if she wants to use it she d.a.m.n well could, and if she wanted to retract them then the same applies as well. He subconsciously thought that he could do the same just as easily as well.

The reality however is different, everyone is unique, there is something one cannot do even if others could do it, at least not right now he couldnt.

Mikoto could manipulate her power like its nothing, but when it came to him he suffered backlash after just one usage, what to say to compare oneself to another would be the death of oneself (Tl:, not sure of the existence of an english equivalent but the proverb basically says that one shouldnt compare ones weakness to anothers strength as that would be pointless not to mention everybody has something they are good as well as bad and also the different in circ.u.mstances, be happy with what you have etc..)

This situation could have been foresaw, Mikoto is lv5 and hes lv4, to forcibly use a skill one the scale of a lv5, can one really expect it to go that smoothly?

Its fortunate that he had Kendo Master, a strong physique and mental fort.i.tude otherwise he wouldnt have been able to pull that stunt and would end up with a head splitting headache while rolling around on the floor.

Inside the ability list, lv5 cost 10 times for than lv4.

Thats the difference between the two.

Why is there no sound?

Terrys death and him being occupied with his headache made the surrounding very quiet, after a bunch of swish sounds, it went silent, Hinagiku felt odd that she didnt hear Wu Yans sound.

Hey, Yan, whats going on? Squeak something!

Its been ahile and theres still no sound, this made Mikoto anxious, but Wu Yan said not to look so she didnt open her eye. (Tl: that moment when you realize Mikoto could sense electromagnetism in her vicinity.)

He said it, whats going to happen is going to be ugly, its safe to say the two weer a bit scared by this. The two tsundere dont like losing to a b.l.o.o.d.y scene but being girls and his tone sounded off, they didnt dare open their eyes.

He was rendered momentarily speechless at Mikotos line, what can he do but respond to her in a helpless way.

What do you mean by squeak, only mouse do that sort of thing okay?

The two phewed, hes okay by the sound of it, but Mikotos still not pleased.

Whats the deal, say something if youre done why the suspense?

What the

Railgun be railgun, so tsundere. Shes clearly worried but she wont say it straight, would it kill her to say a few sweet lines?!

Are you done or not!

Hinagiku is also getting ab it upset, its one thing to be afraid and another to be curious, the surprise like element is making her all itchy inside.

Almost, almost.

Blowing them off with a few nonchalant lines, he wielded the iron sand and threw the pincushion body into the woods not far away, human body could not be sold for points so he chose this alternative.

He felt a bit better about this seemingly inconvenient feature, if the system also allowed exchange of bodies then he would quite frankly feel a bit disturbed. This is an issue of principle rather than economical.

The other bodies werent given much thought, the two girls already saw it, the scene is still within their bearable range. Unlike Terry who became a porcupine and had salsa coming out of his head.

Its qualified to the extent of acceptable, if it were to be a question of doing it, then that would be

Maa, theyre just 14,15 year old girls, so.. G.o.d bless fill in the blanks!

Alright!

The two girls instantly opened their eyes when they heard him like they would lose out on something if they were slower by even a second, he didnt know what to say at this.

Why is your eyes so red!

When they saw the dilated blood vessels, Hinagiku practically jumped at this as she pursued him.

She flinched before recalling something and affirmed it.

You overused your powers didnt you?

Seeing her unwavering eye he knew he couldnt get s.h.i.t past the radar before he smiled at her.

Just a bit

Do you want to turn into a vegetable!

She raised her tone at him while being all furious at him.

Are you stupid? I told you before if you overloaded your power and your computational abilities couldnt keep up then worst case scenario you would fry your brains didnt I?

Fried brains!

Surprised, Hinagiku turned at Wu Yan with eyes that were growing dangerous by the second.

How would I know

Under their scrutinizing gaze he felt a bit threatened as he tried to mutter his way out.

Mikoto could do it before without a problem, so you see

Im a lv5! Youre a lv4, we are not comparable!

Listening to his feeble excuse, her anger made her teeth very itchy, she so wanted to go up and give him a bite to let the jerk know what pain feels like.

Okay okay, they wont a be a next time, one time is enough anyway!

That kind of cool a.s.s ability, he had no regret after using it once. The scene where hundreds of black sword rained down, if it wasnt for the fact that he didnt recognise the familiarity of this, he would probably have added mongrel to his one liner.

Reference to this hero over here.

Nn Nn, the bada.s.sery of the big dawg with the biggest and numerous bling of the heroes, except the fact that hes using mult.i.tude of treasure and hes just using a bunch of black swords, they would look the same.

Given the chance to redo it, he would still have done it, Maa, it might be a bit too risky though

Since he already used it, until hes lv5 he wont be using it again, as much as its important to pose one needs to take care of ones life!

The two still didnt seem like they would let him go even if he promised they wouldnt be a next time so he tried another approach, change the subject.

Oh yes, after the rounds of battle from before Hinagikus level should have risen a lot yeah?

Shes still low leveled so after killing 19 tier 3 sharp fang hound, 20 tier 3 mercenaries and 1 tier 5 vice captain, her level should have risen a lot from 19.

She cant help checking her level when she heard that, she was stunned by what she saw she then beamed.

Yeap, it has risen alright! Im 35 now!

level 35 huh? Not bad, that means we didnt fight so many mob for nothing!

He nodded, 39 tier 3, 1 tier 5, just from this tier 2 Hinagiku ought to have such a big haul.

(tl: the arrows are not reflective of the most recent battle result, they reflect the total change that occurred since the last saved version of their status table.)

Unit:

Wu Yan

Abilities:

Kendo Master

Master Chef

Impeccable Memory

Chaotic Return to Horizon Waltz, Electromaster (lv4)

Equipment:

Nietono no Shana (C grade), Conceptual Dragon Armor (C grade)

Summons:

Misaka Mikoto, Katsura Hinagiku

Equipment points:

51000 21000

Item points:

8300000 8170000

Ability points:

81000 101000

Summoning points:

11000 26000

Level:

45 50

Unit:

Misaka Mikoto

Abilities:

Electromaster (lv5)

Power:

C

Endurance:

C

Agility:

B

Psychological:

A

Equipments:

none

Level:

68 69

Unit:

Katsura Hinagiku

Abilities:

None

Power:

D C

Endurance:

D

Agility:

D C

Psychological:

C

Equipments:

Shirosakura (D grade)

Level:

17 35

Closing the system status list, he delighfully grinned.

Their team is now composed of a tier 5, a tier 6 and a tier 7, this lineup cannot act as they please in Silvaria but its definitely enough if they just traveled around!

Now that shes level 35, Giant beast forest would yield little benefit for them as of now, naturally they wouldnt be able to get a lot of experience points if they dont venture deeper into the forest, this would be very risky as they dont know how strong the foes are, if a level 80 were to comea long then it would be him whos hunted down by the beast rather than the other way around.

Lirin who had been listening from the start finally lifted her head and asked the trio with curiosity contained within those jewel like eyes.

Whats level and whats leveling up?

Her voice called back the three still fascinated with their status, the three exchanged look. They completely forgot about this loli

Hinagiku awkwardly looked away, Wu Yan and Mikoto are still excusable but Hinagiku is not because the little loli Lirin has been in her arms the whole time

Its nothing, little girl you have misheard us!

Trying to throw a fast one over her he went haha, hes betting on her having an element of air headedness.

The matter regarding system must be kept a secret under all but the most secure circ.u.mstances. If this were not done properly, forget people drawn in by the prospect of System, people might even capture them to dissect them just for being transportee.

Is that so?

Looks like he got half the bet right, shes not airheaded but shes confused and naive. Shes full of question mark at his words but she chose to believe him.

Oh yes, little girl, why were you captured by those bad guys?

Hinagiku stroked her back while expressing her puzzlement over her situation. She can somehow guess that Lirin is not someone ordinary, an average Jane wouldnt have guards and she said it herself that her guard were all killed by Terry and his gang.

Lifted by Hinagiku, she puffed her cheeks while looking a bit upset.

Lirin dont understand as well, Lirin just came out for a stroll and those bad guys came and caught me, they even killed my guards and took me here where theres no bed, no food, Lirin was so miserable

With a tone characteristic of a loli she kept puffing her cheek as she explained her circ.u.mstances to the trio. He didnt know Hinagiku and Mikoto is thinking but hes ruminating a thought that he feels must be shout out loud.

Too f.u.kken moeeeee!!!

Of course he kept it in his heart, if he were to really shout that out he would be stabbed and electrocuted for sure

Do you know wheres your house?

Mikoto lowered her height by placing her hand on her knees as she asked the little girl, shes pretty sweet when talking to little kids.

Nn Nn!

Nodding her little head she clamored.

Lirin knows, Lirin knows the way home!

I will be d.a.m.ned, she could make sense of directions, unlike the him who came to this world that time. f.u.c.k it, no further comment on that embarra.s.sing history!

Yan, what do we do?

Though shes asking him, he could tell from her yellowish green eye that she has already decided what their next moves are.

Confirming the same intention in Mikoto he said no more and merely gestured to them.

Have you girls not decided already? Is there even a point to ask me

Now that its settled

Mikoto stood at the front of the party as she pointed forward with a bossy att.i.tude.

We depart! To send the little girl home!

Observing her antic, Wu Yan felt like asking her.

Ya sure its that direction girl?