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I like Tsukuru games.

These days, 3D and VR-like things are trending, and many games related to them are popping up like bamboo shoots after rain, but

it’s hard to give up on this stitch-by-stitch, often called pixel art sensibility.

Moreover, recently, the Tsukuru game itself is in a state of supply shortage, with only a few people making it, so I can’t play a satisfactory Tsukuru game.

In the meantime, I discovered a Tsukuru game.

The so-called 『Incapable Warrior’s Success Story』.

The genre is fantasy, adult, NTR. Yes, it’s NTR.

It’s not that the main character is doing the NTR. The main character is getting NTR’d.

Some users have left play reviews, and it seems that the pixel art and adult scenes are extremely well made.

It also seems that the RPG elements are carefully written to be enjoyable to play.

So I bought it a few days ago and played it myself.

It was quite fun. As the reviews said, the RPG elements were appropriately placed, and the adult scenes were also well made. Not to mention the pixel art.

But the problem is….

“This is supposed to be a success story….”

All the endings are NTR endings.

I wondered if there was a hidden ending, so I worked hard to raise the main character to win the event against other warriors, but….

the main character’s stats are the weakest among the warriors, so no matter how much I raise them, I can’t catch up with the stats or equipment that other warriors have at that timing.

Still, there was a corner where I could barely win, so I used cheats to raise the stats and set them to be stronger than the warriors, but it was all meaningless.

In the end, no matter what I did, the main character of the game could not escape the fate of NTR.

* * *

“Umm…”

A strange smell flowed from the tip of my nose. It was fishy, like the smell of soil, and like the scent of rotten wood.

In any case, it wasn’t a very good smell, so I had no choice but to get up from my seat.

“What the heck is this smell…. Huh?”

What I saw when I opened my eyes was not the familiar scenery of my house, but a brown wooden ceiling.

I was lying on a bed that was terribly hard and seemingly just made to look good.

‘What on earth is going on.’

Even when I moved my body, I felt strangely like it wasn’t my body.

Is it because I just woke up?

But I still don’t know why I’m here.

Looking around to figure out the situation, there is one door that seems to lead outside. One small table. And a sword with fancy decorations that looks like it would only be used as a movie prop standing next to the bed. Ah, there’s also a notebook on the table.

Knock knock knock

The sound of knocking comes at this confusing time.

Since I didn’t say anything, the person outside seemed to find it strange and knocked again.

“Warrior? Are you still asleep?”

A young woman’s voice.

Still without any answer, she outside moved the doorknob and opened the door.

“You were awake. Didn’t you come to morning training today?”

“Uh…, who are you?”

“Who?…, Ahahaha. Warrior. Even so, it’s been 6 months since we started traveling together, so saying ‘who are you?’ is a boring joke.”

A blonde beauty saying that with a smile.

The unique thing is that she’s wearing armor that doesn’t seem to have much defensive ability, like you’d see in a game.

In addition, although I don’t know any foreigners, her face is somehow familiar.

“You came back late last night, so you must be lacking sleep. Hurry up and wake up and come down. Noren, Marie, and Pyria have already finished eating.”

I couldn’t think of anything to say, so I nodded, and she closed the door and went back.

“No, really, what is this?”

What is it, what’s going on?

Am I still dreaming? I spaced out for a bit and reached for the sword standing next to me.

It’s probably the first time I’ve ever held a sword, but the grip felt familiar as if I’d swung it hundreds, thousands, tens of thousands of times.

When I pulled the sword out of its sheath, the blade emitted a pure white light.

Even to me, who is an amateur in this area, it seems like a pretty good sword. The blade is so sharp that it seems like it would cut right away if I put my finger on it.

In other words, it’s definitely not a movie prop.

Next, I reached for the small notebook on the table.

The moment I picked it up and opened it, I could see some strange letters scribbled all over it.

Something strange that looked like English but wasn’t English.

But the strange thing is….

“I can read it?”

I can roughly understand what’s written.

The first page of the notebook had these words written on it.

『To you, the unknown person who will be confused, this is Leon leaving this message.』

“Leon?….”

Could this be….

『To put it bluntly, you have possessed my body.』

“Is this for real….”

* * *

After finishing reading the notebook, I had a headache.

The notebook didn’t have much information written on it.

It was all a brief explanation of who he was and what the situation was.

But that was enough.

“….Damn it, this is exactly the same as that.”

It was exactly the same as the story of the main character of 『Incapable Warrior’s Success Story』 that I had played recently.

Incapable Warrior Leon, and his party, the knight Thyris, the magician Marie, the priestess Noren, and lastly, the hunter and childhood friend Pyria.

Unless I’m dreaming, I’ve possessed a character in the game.

『I just wanted to die. But I didn’t know what impact my death would have on the world, as the duty of a warrior that I had not fulfilled. I wanted to die, but I was also afraid that the world would be destroyed by the Demon King because of me, so I had no choice but to leave my burden to you and run away.』

『May the goddess’s grace be with you.』

“This son of a bitch, seriously.”

Let me say this in advance.

I’m just an ordinary office worker.

I’ve never handled a sword, and I’ve never learned martial arts.

Me fighting someone? Even fighting monsters? Absolutely impossible. I’m confident I’d be cut down in 3 seconds.

“Ughaaaaaaaaa! Damn it!!”

In the first place, the body is the same, so there’s nothing I can do, right?! Huh? Leon, think about it!!

I shout at Leon like that in my mind, but what can I do.

The other person already took a dump and ran away. I’m the one who has to clean up the mess.

“….Ha…, first, let’s check my body condition.”

Looking at the notebook, the heroines have already all fallen for someone else.

If I remember correctly, around the middle, the heroines get tired of the incapable warrior Leon, or they fall for the sexual pleasure that other heroes give them, and they betray Leon and leave the party. If I’m alone like that, I’m screwed.

“Status.”

A blessing given to earthly creatures by the goddess in this world.

A special miracle that quantifies one’s abilities and gradually strengthens the body and talents through the power of the goddess, which is explained in great detail, but in the end, it’s just the game’s level-up system explained with the world’s setting.

“I’m sure the stats for an ordinary citizen are between 1 and 10, excluding magic power.”

Level: 33 Stamina: 2730 / 2730

Strength: 19 Magic Power: 1840 / 1840

Agility: 17

Magic Power: 23

Technique: 16

Endurance: 21

“….”

My life is definitely screwed. I’m level 33, but my stats are only slightly better than an ordinary person’s?

“….That’s right. When I think about it, this guy doesn’t get level boosts, and his base stats are crap.”

Basically, in this place, when you level up by 1, you get 3 stat points.

However, in the case of warriors, they go up by 5 per level, so the gap between them and other characters increases as they level up.

Except for the main character Leon.

This bastard gives 2 stats when he levels up by 1.

Thinking about it, isn’t this a crazy game? How did I beat this?

Seriously, it’s a ridiculously unfair game.

“There’s really no answer? What should I do?”

The more I organize the situation, the more it only reminds me that the situation I’m in is desperate, and it doesn’t help at all.

“I want to load right away.”

I’d rather start from the beginning.

It’s a desperate NTR game, but if I start from the beginning, I’m confident I can escape before this hopeless situation comes up.

“….Load?”

Wait, when I think about it, this game supports save & load.

Maybe, just maybe, if I can save & load here….

“….Load save file.”

I called out with desperate hope, but there was no change.

“Yeah, that’s my life…, now I have to wander around trembling with fear of when I’ll leave….”

『─────────.』

“?”

At that moment, I heard a voice mixed with noise in my head.

『Condition─Satisfied─Not Se─ve Fea──ture Sup── ───orted.』

『A Total Of 14─ Save Files To Lo──d.』

14 slots appeared in front of me with the voice becoming clearer and clearer.

“…This is it.”

The record of me playing this game.

It’s terrible, but it’s the result of Leon and my sweat and tears together. Surely it’ll be in here. There’s a cheat file that I used a cheat emulator on once because it was so terrible, and I raised the meager stats to full stats!…

“Found it. 13th save file!….”

In my memory, the progress of this cheat file is in the late stages.

All the heroines have been NTR’d, but is that what matters now? The problem is me surviving.

I’m going to load this file and run away as it is and live moderately with maximum stats.

『Warning: The load function is not complete. If you proceed with the load, all other save files will be deleted.』

『Warning: An abnormality has been detected in the save file. The normal load function may not be applied.』

“Ah, damn it….”

I’m so anxious about this.

But I have no other choice. I have no choice but to choose this!!!….

I pressed the 13th save file.

『Loading save file 13.』

『Loading….Error occurred』

『Loading….Error occurred』

『Loading….Error occurred』

『An error occurred while loading the progress. Do you want to force proceed?』

“Huh?….”

No.

Don’t do that. If you do that for no reason, I’ll get more anxious.

What should I do? Should I load it?

“Ah, damn it, even if it goes wrong by loading it, it won’t kill me! Load it!”

『Failed to load the file normally. Loading some data from the file.』

Suddenly, my body feels lighter.

No, I don’t know if my body feels lighter or if the world has slowed down….

One thing is for sure….

Level: 33 Stamina: 129870 / 2730

Strength: 999 Magic Power: 79920 / 1840

Agility: 999

Magic Power: 999

Technique: 999

Endurance: 999

I got stronger. I got ridiculously stronger.

“Awesome!!!”

This is amazing.

Something even more amazing happened. I can’t believe the status was loaded!…

With these stats, I won’t be killed right away for now.

Umhahaha….ha…ha…

“Suddenly….Why….Am I….Dizzy…. Ah….”

Like I had anemia, my body, which was filled with a sense of omnipotence, began to become heavy like water-soaked cotton. And I realized the reason. The stats increased, and the maximum stamina increased extremely to match the stats, but on the other hand, the current stamina is the same value as the original maximum stamina.

In this game system, when the current stamina reaches 10% of the maximum stamina, it is said to be in a dying state, and stats and action power decrease.

The current stamina is 2730 right now.

The maximum stamina is several tens of times that, 129870. In other words, my current stamina is 2% of the maximum stamina…. I’m dying.

“Leon, why aren’t you coming down…., Kyaaaaaaaaaaaat!! Le, Leon?!!! Noren!! Noren!!! Come up here quickly!!! Leon is!!!….”

I don’t know if I should say it’s fortunate, but Pyria, a member of Leon’s party and a childhood friend who was waiting below because I kept not coming down, found me, so I was able to barely survive.

* * *

“Leon, are you okay?”

“….”

“Leon?…”

“Huh? Ah, sorry. What did you say?”

That’s right. I was Leon. I keep forgetting.

I scratched the back of my head and looked around.

Four women looking at me. Only then did I realize that I had entered the game called NTRPG, The Success Story of an Incapable Warrior.

“Warrior. I heard the story from Pyria and Noren. Are you really okay? You’ve been coming back late at night often recently, so I’m wondering if it’s because of that….”

“No. I’m really okay now.”

“But…, it’s the first time you’ve ever been so lacking in vitality. Leon, it might be better to rest today just in case.”

The blonde knight, Thyris, and the platinum blonde priestess, Noren, looked at me with worried expressions.

Of course, Pyria next to them was also worried about me.

Then, the girl Marie, who had been quietly reading a book, added a word.

“The information exchange meeting is coming up soon. It’s better for Leon not to overdo it.”

Information exchange meeting.

A place where 3 warriors chosen by each of the 3 sacred swords travel around to exchange information to defeat the Demon King along with training.

Of course, in addition to this, there is also the meaning of each country praising the warriors’ hard work, but basically, this is it.

And at this exchange meeting, warrior Leon is abandoned by the party and wanders alone.

The exchange meeting is held once every 3 months. In other words, it gathers 4 times a year.

And if I remember correctly, the party leaves at the 3rd meeting at the earliest. The 6th meeting if it’s slow….

This changes depending on the route you take, so it’s hard to figure out.

“Then we’ll handle this request among ourselves. Warrior, please rest.”

“That’s right. Since the cause of the loss of vitality is unknown…, you should be careful.”

“This request is nothing.”

It seems that it’s decided that they’re leaving me, or rather Leon, behind.

Thyris, Noren, and Marie each grabbed their weapons and stood up, leaving a word each and going outside.

Lastly, Pyria looked at me and then stood up.

“I’ll be back, Leon.”

“See you later.”

I waved my hand slightly and saw Pyria off, then sighed.

“I’m finally alone.”

I also got up from my seat and headed to my room on the 2nd floor.

My life is barely hanging on. So the next problem is what comes after this. The stats are definitely crazy.

But even if I raised the stats to the limit in the game, I can’t rest easy in the late stages.

In the late stages, you pump up your stats and power with all kinds of items and skills, so I have to equip myself with equipment and skills to match that.

“The only consolation is that I don’t need to replace my weapon.”

The sacred sword, which can be said to be the only conscience in this game.

As if trying to balance the already screwed-up balance even a little, the sacred sword that Leon has is the most powerful among the other 2 sacred swords. In other words, what I need is equipment items other than weapons and powerful skills that will allow me to use these stats at 100% or more.

I’m reminded of a few enhancement events that come to mind.

And the only event that flashes through my mind among them is one.

“Disciple of the Sword King…, event.”

An event where you reach the Sword King by combining clues that you can get in the early to mid stages.

There, you are recognized by the Sword King and become a disciple of the Sword King.

“Most of the Sword King’s secret techniques are skills with high fixed coefficients.”

The Sword King’s secret techniques, which produce excellent firepower in the early to mid stages even if the equipment and stats are low, but on the other hand, the coefficient that reflects attack power is low, so the power drops rapidly from the late stages. Especially in the very late stages, you can see the fantastic situation where normal attacks deal 1000 or more, but skills deal 600~800.

“But that’s just the story of the game. In the setting, Leon is so untalented that he can’t draw out the real power of the Sword King’s secret techniques.”

This place is reality for now.

And I’m a guy who has reached the peak of 999 stats thanks to cheats.

Me using the Sword King’s secret techniques? This can’t be stopped.

“Okay, I’ve decided. After this exchange meeting, I’m going to find the Sword King.”

* * *

“Five in the front! Coming!!!”

“Hap!!”

At Pyria’s words, Thyris held up her shield and charged.

Then, as Pyria said, 5 monsters, the targets of the subjugation, appeared in front. She stunned one of them by hitting it with her shield and then swung her sword greatly to block another one. But she couldn’t block the remaining 3, so she had no choice but to let them through.

“Freezing Arrow! Rapid Shot!”

Pyria, who had confirmed the enemy’s approach in advance, used the skills she had prepared in advance.

She infused the arrow with the energy of ice and then fired 5 arrows in a row. The arrows, mainly aimed at the legs, froze the hit area and caused the giant monsters to lose their balance.

“Noren!”

“Please, a sacred light barrier to protect us from the dark monsters…, Protection.”

And the remaining 2 monsters.

A translucent white barrier appeared from Noren’s divine power, who was praying from the rear, and finally stopped the monsters.

At that time when all the monsters stopped moving, a red light swirled around Marie’s staff, who was preparing magic.

“Fire Rain!!”

A pillar of fire soared into the sky.

Soon, the pillar of fire split into 5 branches and struck the monsters directly.

The monsters screamed and burned, and some of them struggled and attacked Pyria, Noren, and Marie, but they were finished off by Thyris’s sword, who had returned to the front in an instant.

“It ended safely.”

“No one was hurt either.”

“If Leon had been here, he would have been hurt for sure.”

“….”

Pyria was silent at Marie’s last words.

Everyone except Marie was over level 30. And the level of the monsters they are catching here is in the early to mid 20s.

If it was a party of 5, they could catch the monsters without any problems, but Leon always had a lot of big and small wounds.

The one who always healed them was the priest Noren.

“….As you know, Marie will be going to Lord Raquna’s party at this exchange meeting. There’s no reason for Marie to be in this party anymore, so it won’t be helpful to her.”

When everyone was looking at each other and not saying anything, she spoke first.

“What about you guys?”

“I….”

“I…, just according to the will of God….”

“….”

No one answered Marie’s question accurately.

They too…, were going to move to another party for their own reasons.

Even if it was due to the result of a duel for honor,

even if it was simply because they couldn’t overcome pleasure,

even if they thought it was a way to protect their loved ones,

they could never say it out loud.