Ch.13Fairy (1)

The brilliant golden orb circled around me before entering my body.

Then I felt an overwhelming power. I began to feel a strength that nothing could defeat.

-Ding! 【Ratel’s Gene】 and 【Master of Weaponry】 have combined. This trait, created with Ratel’s Gene as the base, has added offensive capabilities to what was previously a defensive-only unique trait.

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Predator Ratel: Your ‘Ratel’s Gene’ has combined with the unique trait ‘Master of Weaponry’ to evolve into a stronger trait. The new unique trait ‘Predator Ratel’ adds offensive capabilities to the previously defense-oriented Ratel’s Gene.

Ratels possess extremely powerful jaw muscles and teeth. Now your jaw muscles have become highly developed, and your teeth have gained the hardness of titanium. While 【Ratel’s Gene】 enhanced your thick subcutaneous fat, skin, and poison resistance, 【Predator Ratel】 has strengthened these abilities even further.

Your thick subcutaneous fat has been compressed, giving you extremely strong resistance. Additionally, your skin has become very sturdy, providing normal magic resistance and strong physical resistance.

Your poison resistance has become so powerful that no poison will affect you except for the venom of the Hydra, a demonic beast said to have killed even gods.

Your massive muscles have been compressed to become extremely powerful. More agile, more elastic, stronger. Your current muscles can achieve all of this.

Your hands have become very precise due to the influence of Master of Weaponry. You can easily accomplish tasks requiring manual dexterity, and the same applies to weapons.

Due to the influence of Master of Weaponry, your horns have become even sharper. Now your horns can penetrate even titanium.

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Something, something has changed tremendously. First, my muscles have been compressed, making my body slimmer.

Before, there was some resistance whenever I moved my arms, but now there’s none at all! Instead, I can move faster and have gained even more destructive power.

And my skin. The dark red fur on my skin has started to become even more intensely red. My magic defense could already ignore up to 6th circle magic, but now that it’s stronger, I might be able to block 7th circle magic!

On top of that, my poison resistance has become so strong that nothing except the poison of the mythical Hydra will affect me! Now if there are enemies who use poison, I can turn it against them.

Plus, I’ve gained weapon bonuses, and my pride—my horns—have been strengthened! Since titanium weapons are what protagonists use in fantasy worlds up to the mid-game, I’m in good shape for now.

After confirming my newly combined unique trait, I open my status window.

『 Race: Minotauros

Status: Healthy

Abilities: Strength – S

Agility – A (B ⇨ A New!!)

Endurance – A

Intelligence – C

Wisdom – B

Unique Trait: Predator Ratel

Traits: Beast’s Senses

Elements[Thunder]

Monstrous Strength

Indomitable

Sloth

Basic Elements Control ⇦ New !!

Magic Resistance (Minor) ⇦ New !!』

My agility has increased, and two new traits have appeared. The agility seems to have improved because my muscles were compressed when 【Ratel’s Gene】 evolved into 【Predator Ratel】… and Magic Resistance (Minor) should increase my resistance to magic, as the name suggests.

【Basic Elements Control】: Elements ride on the energy of nature. However, they cannot be freely controlled without extensive training. It’s only possible in extreme situations. But with this trait, you can now use your abilities freely.

The freedom I experienced in that fantasy has benefited me, even manifesting as a new trait. Is this what that Japanese guy meant when he said he was chosen by the gods?

This is usually the result of one’s own efforts… While I was examining my new abilities and improved stats…

“Ugh…”

The fairy who had been sleeping woke up.

* * * * *

‘Where… am I…?’

A terrible headache. She couldn’t understand what had happened to her body. She clearly was… her memories were fragmented, and she couldn’t figure out why she had such a terrible headache.

As the headache subsided a bit, her lost memories returned. The fairy kingdom, Fairy Tale—she had gone outside for the first time in a while and… met a human.

He was somehow charming, smiling at her and playing pranks, and she enjoyed playing with him too… but after that, everything turned into hell.

That human, Kinoshita Rito, changed her memories with illusion magic and then made it reality!

After that, she saw strange things. Light shining from the sky, something falling, and that something rising into the air and exploding.

Rito enjoying killing humans, and her watching it with amusement. And even killing the friends who protected the fairies with her own hands.

Remembering herself laughing with pleasure while killing those who couldn’t resist, and Rito watching with satisfaction.

She felt nauseous. Even though she was a fairy who had fallen under illusion magic, she couldn’t break free from it and committed such atrocities!

While she felt disgusted by her own weakness, to atone for her sins, she had to… survive until the end.

Why, how the illusion magic had been broken now, she didn’t know, but she couldn’t miss this opportunity. She turned her head left and right to assess her surroundings.

Fallen trees, with a bit of sunlight coming through them, and under that sunlight, she saw a huge dark red stone wall.

“A stone wall…?”

At that moment, the huge stone wall moved. The massive wall stood up and turned to look at her…

“Oh my, a minotaur?”

Its identity was an enormous minotaur.

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Hearing a small voice suddenly, I got up to check and saw the fairy who had been following Rito.

Since she was with Rito who had just tried to kill me, I thought about killing her… but as soon as I had that thought, it disappeared.

What’s going on? I tried to reach out to kill her again, but the fairy didn’t react. Eventually, my hand reached the fairy… but my hand only placed the fairy on my palm without any resistance. I couldn’t squeeze.

“Oh my? I don’t know what’s happening, but thank you. I was tired of flying around, so this works out well.”

As if I absolutely had to hear these words, my monster instincts screamed at me. That I must protect this fairy.

Against that intense instinct, I slammed my head into a tree.

BOOM-!!!!!!

The giant tree I hit with my head was cut in half and fell over… and by doing so, I was somewhat freed from that intense instinct.

“Moo- (What are you?)”

I’m not sure if she understands what I’m saying, but if she’s a being that can trigger such a strong protective instinct in a monster like me, there must be a means of communication.

“I’m Mary, a fairy from Fairy Tale.”

“Moo-moo- moo-moo-moo- (That’s not what I want to know. Why do I feel such a strong instinct to protect you?)”

The fairy pondered at my question. Her expression was like that of a child who had just been told that dinosaurs were ancestors of birds, not reptiles.

“I didn’t know minotaurs were this intelligent… Are you also a participant like Rito or something?”

Participant. This fairy knew about the existence of participants. When I asked how she knew about it…

“When I was under that human Rito’s illusion magic, I could see it. That when you kill a participant, light comes down from the sky, gives something, rises back up, and then explodes.”

She even knows about the roulette… At this point, it seems like the organizers don’t particularly care…

“Moo-moo- moo-moo-moo- moo-moo-moo-moo- (That’s enough about that. So why do I feel like I need to protect you?)”

“That… goes back to the time of the Great Extinction in Grancia long ago…”

“Moo- (Keep it short)”

“Well, during the Great Extinction, most of our fairy tribe was sacrificed, and those who took refuge in our village, Fairy Tale, were protected. So the monsters who had taken refuge there at that time made a vow. To protect the fairy tribe unconditionally. That’s why.”

So, minotaurs who took refuge during the Great Extinction made a vow, and I, born as their descendant, am bound by that vow…

“Moo-moo? (Penalties?)”

“Of course not. It’s just a vow to protect, and if there are no fairies nearby, you can live your whole life without knowing. You just feel a strong desire to protect and follow.”

I nodded at her words. There would be no threat from monsters, so I only needed to protect her from humans, and during battles, she could hide somewhere.

“Moo, moo-moo-moo? (So, your home?)”

“Oh my, are you going to take me there?”

“Moo-moo-moo, moo-moo-ooo (I can’t look after you by my side forever.)”

At those words, she happily twirled around, slightly lifting her skirt with her hands and curtseying.

“Thank you, I’m Mary. My home is the fairy country Fairy Tale. It’s about a 6-month journey from here.”