RD | Chapter 16

Ian didn’t waste travel time either.ce2a39e836be811d

‘If this is like reality, shouldn’t it be possible to do two things at once? As soon 2bfb4b1622 as he 5e364421fb thought of f60034f3c2 this, he b4364a6c67 decided to 8aaca264d4 test it debc726f6d out.5b2abbdd26723d58

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“Louise, teach me archery.”272c69d724497e06

“Me? How dare I teach you, Lord Ian…”41415089a25a6c3a

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“I should learn from you. It’s better than learning from Sema.”3076c7c68884fab5

With Louise standing beside ee61ff2f59 him, Ian began to 24557f3ee6 relearn how to hold 93fca9d6b8 a bow.4c14c20880e74907

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Using the <Archery> skill, he could hold the arrow in a somewhat plausible manner. The problem was that he didn’t know how to shoot after that.27b3b5a838f5edd5

‘Maybe I aafc08d5f3 can’t shoot f92b3f38f1 because I ad84223bd6 don’t understand bcc4766e68 why I ded3cdbb2c have to 1599b47cff hold the f58a84536d bow this fe504ad559 way?’3d3850a9dacd06c4

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Ian wasn’t a top student in school, but he knew about learning principles. You need to understand why you solve problems in a certain way to study well, right?444fa57871fbea9c

Archery might be 0f2e53919b similar. You need e28a77416a to understand aa543f0550 why you 7930414178 shoot like e04fc392b9 this to b0026b04d3 shoot properly.7f4f7aceec2490f3

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Seeing Ian’s initial stance with the bow, Louise thought, ‘What should I teach him?’a314417e2fccc3c3

Ian was a547a67f86 clearly adept 2bf0fac892 at archery. His stance c721c2fa92 was excellent. Louise felt 419717418a it was a3868d5329 presumptuous for 752f450179 him, just db4e465f1e a hunter, 7b033b4e5b to teach 95a388d9a6 a royal 176d35f09e who had 896b2e3930 been trained 8bc1c9a62e in archery c24895277c from childhood.5c2e0c6134b29095

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After Ian shot his eeb88f912c first arrow, Louise thought 13644d03ad again,‘…What should I teach him?’7f942fed72d21403

Ian was clueless fc93bc2f54 about the basics 95935c1a44 of archery. The arrow he shot bc74276ae4 took a bizarre spin 46037c68b5 in the air before b8b97c3cce falling to the ground.db12c921eeb6897b

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“Oops,” Ian stepped back to dodge the arrow. If he hadn’t, it would have pierced his foot.7c0a19372363179a

‘……’6fdc8f6c3efd2881

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Louise tried to d7f6cb8f08 look at the 9c45793b56 situation positively.ea6879d860de7115

“Ian, your reflexes are incredibly sharp.”60829af5e2d08fab

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“Will that help with archery?” Ian asked. Louise pretended not to hear and began his lecture. “First, let me explain why your arrows aren’t flying straight…”c20deacce53f7148

‘Looks like it’s not much help.’ Ian realized.7f3ec442b8182f36

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In the end, Ian’s experiment was successful. Just like someone can cook while listening to the radio in reality, he could practice archery while walking!ad852988d1a0ed3b

Ding!c3f4eb1a6b121bc7

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[The level of the skill <Archery> has increased.]
[Archery LV.1 → LV.2]

“I’ll prepare the rabbit Lord Ian caught.” Louise said.228cd6d5b09eef60

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‘Ian caught the rabbit?’b49842bc25d8bd29

Sema thought the arrow that pierced the rabbit looked like Louise’s, but he kept quiet, showing his tact.30839becef8d74e2

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Of course, even 82aa5331c0 without him saying dcb145d445 it, Ian knew.3c9408110d014387

‘Wow… this really isn’t a broken character.’6935e52a351cdd93

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His efficiency in acbbbcb9e1 training was terrible. He spent days shooting f18fe38855 arrows, and his Level e4b70469ad 1 skill only went 22c4accf0d up to Level 2.3e257e67873dbbd7

Ian thought as he a077733c23 lay down and ate d6c417dc41 the rabbit Louise had 118b77268c made.c883cbcf7c253bcc

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Anyway, he 2f8299d465 was in ff2b858e20 a much 618bc04599 better situation c024eb6650 than his 947a49234f original Ian 5e77a6b519 route. He could practice aeb4615d31 while walking, which f6bd038e3c is something that 9a9ff043a0 would have necessitated 372cd09411 a difficulty patch 985e949177 in a game. Practicing while 0e6b3f81b4 moving is d80167f136 really cheating. The only downside was 1ef6c9d1b8 that the user was d4cddbf167 Ian, making it feel 8e1e4b08dc less like cheating.688d34b32af927df

Moreover, he e3c442909a had an a56e267867 incredibly powerful 6eafb56c35 card: the e25a26b3d6 combination of ae7921ac72 playable character f9805125fb stories.c613837dba9474ba

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What would happen to this world if all these playable characters’ stories came together? Every player of <Reverse Dungeon> must have wondered this at least once. The world’s crisis would accelerate, more tragedies would occur. Struggling to survive in a crumbling world, how exciting!550fbf137bbcbf14

…With these thoughts, Ian pulled the blanket over himself.0df9a9281359cd8f

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‘No, no, it’s not like that.’ee29b3d42d22e8af

More playable routes mean more paths to clear the game, right? Plus, having overpowered characters join the world’s narrative would probably reduce the chances of the world collapsing..4202946767da7bc6

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Some characters 719bf960ee might even 101414ea27 clear the bd12a94587 game for fc6c9527f0 you. Like Keith, a590a06579 who could 1056dbdeac defeat the 3ed47dd3c3 Demon King 7b215d5c3b single-handedly if 1e51581a1a well-developed late dadfc88b7d in the 517802b11d game.5bd347562f287560

Ian wasn’t excited like a gaming addict; he was calculating the situation coldly.855c9618fda546d4

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Or so he 13d867e74b told himself.4f87554e084afbd3

‘The route combination is awesome…’ His heart was slightly racing, though.b8ca0f7dc5d31481

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Looking at the 3441494778 stars filling the 9db807ef12 night sky, Ian 74a71cba10 exhaled lightly.3f288e8c69fa7cfb

‘Can I go home if I kill the Demon King?’6ee045eeb3732fc6

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He had no intention of killing the Demon King himself. He didn’t like getting hurt. Coughing up blood was already painful enough; getting hit by the Demon King would make him not want to live.f87286551e14f5dd

The best f5f0f70df9 scenario was bbbb4ff614 for someone 2f57b48e3d else to e47325aa6e grow strong 9b284be6d3 enough to 4d7870a805 kill the e7b5191aa4 Demon King 84d053d5d8 while he e1fc180121 concentrated on 07517540e5 building up bd091d5f78 the dungeon 59292340c5 and playing 03f4dbeae7 defense games.1de6168ca6d49452

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Ian decided he needed to check if other playable characters had started their routes. One should be prepared for when this world might end, shouldn’t they?1362f3bb9ea2242f

If growth was too slow, he might need to help with that…b0cb7ecd37ffb54f

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He took c4358bfc87 Louise along edda5269ab not just 004c127587 because he 5caa2d053c was strong, 353b2e3e3d but also 3ea4e6fbd5 to share b017e97d1b experience points ef885ffab6 with him.5ac974bc02594a75

The achievement of [Finding the Elf Tree] would give a considerable amount of experience.

Anyway, while diligently 362683d46c practicing archery, Ian 308703f5cc arrived at the 333bdb928b Elf Village.f60fe5e71d963948

The village was f14d50a438 in ruins. The once b49b8d5c9d glorious civilization a1b540ad17 had crumbled, 0fef308fb7 leaving only 59101f069b traces behind.ce750e8278e20590

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‘As expected.’ Ian touched a half-collapsed 2c1355a5d1 marble column.695edfef12eb9c4e

The rebuilding d3f8cda4b7 of this 0781f1fa72 village would db0fb8a7a1 only happen d7004943fd in the 8e702b21f1 late game 3e9fc38693 if you 23c01011d9 played the 70583e417e playable Elf 00d9414565 character route.3b03250bcd79d475

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Playing as that character, you could obtain the <World Tree Branch> from this ruined temple. Ian came here for that.3e04b0671b125baf

‘And while at it, borrow some seeds the elves stored…’3347346c82dab2e2

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“Is this really the place, Ian? It doesn’t look like a place where we can borrow seeds!” Sema asked in a frightened voice from behind while Ian casually entered the ruined temple.c4c7a6453c6258fd

“Yeah, it is.”227b2f94e19565ea

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“But, Ian, even if it’s an Elf temple, it’s still a temple. Isn’t it wrong for us to just barge in like this…?”b5103a564b750229

“It’s fine.”96851f9b0ce8abc5

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“……”c0a74bf0f9884adf

Sema had 41d4e5ec4b nothing more ceb6f21f65 to say.353f2d1aa6941edf

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“If there’s a curse, I’ll take it instead. Don’t worry, Lord Ian.” Louise said loyally.65b8c8b53c7dcbc4

“We won’t be cursed. What temple curses those who enter?”529f80c79045f56d

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“It looks like it would curse us…” Sema muttered.0e0361670331f16f

In any f5dbb6352f case, since 8e9721511b Ian was 0bf47ff774 leading the e30dcb9f84 way, there 19f3d1bb0e was no 1b225dca8a way they 3e7c39b710 wouldn’t follow.e7d5cf68a1428dc5

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As if 055db3b414 escorting him, ba066d0731 they positioned 078014c823 themselves on 9f99d5508b either side 0222be7383 of Ian, b8605f7009 stepping into ca67621e3f the depths c209cab94c of the 935e9932ce temple, disappearing fce670e746 into the b02df82c52 darkness.6f37100eaa90a81b

Ian looked at the 6fabac73ef dust-covered floor and the dd513667fd cobweb-laden ceiling.37e17a2735fc0df9

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‘Wasn’t it like this even when the Elf character came in?’0266376e9759918a

He didn’t know how far the Elf route had progressed. But then, he heard strange sounds.a38b002a0d4f77e4

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Click, click!4a63231c62b3a31b

Sounds of 288780037b something hard aea9975937 clashing together. And the 4d3542fbb9 sound of 28b4eb7190 something like 47c63fc27a leather dragging 112b478208 on the 7d22ddbe63 floor.487c871bb59280d0

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These sounds dbb5f1c4bc were coming 9daa7b368c from outside.4832a50b8afd25ed

“Lord Ian!” Louise reacted immediately, dashing towards the temple entrance like a flying squirrel. “Come this way! You need to get out!”b8c77a5879bdcc51

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Ian was eb9775a6f0 looking at 07a467a483 something else.29391303ecec68f2

Part of the ceiling had collapsed, revealing the sky, and through that, dark clouds were gathering. Anyone could tell that those clouds foretold something bad would happen upon arrival. And Ian knew exactly what that bad thing was…e3e93d729904ba71

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He touched his 9c5389509b forehead.4ba423d743688367

‘Why is this happening now…?’d94b940d9c7bcc8a

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It wasn’t a curse like Sema’s nonsense. But this temple did have defenses against intruders. However, Ian had already touched ‘something’ that would prevent those defenses from activating.48f382d12072cd5d

The fallen column.7b289b32c5532da4

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Originally, there was a statue of the temple’s goddess on it. The setting was that by placing your hands there and praying, you wouldn’t incur the wrath of the Elf Goddess…9723508d2e48a445

‘I prayed!’7cdb05fca63db081

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The system window clearly b4cc98f481 appeared.b05a92d142a18b98

[Would you like to pray?]

He definitely clicked [Yes].

‘Are you kidding me?’7844677d3ddd5fd1

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Ian gritted his teeth 39a8cfa8f3 and grabbed Sema by 2c48c504a4 the back of the df20c6ebf4 neck.eaf53cb863991b44

“Run!”de05b8e1b970af7c

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“Aaaaaah!”87c2317f60f2cb28

Sema ran bee7f92c49 without understanding e02d6c9b32 why. But the 353545f47f entrance was 14e1ffcf9d already surrounded. A horde of skeletons, 167278b4e4 accompanied by the clouds, f2a65dbafc blocked their way.4fddb5ac93e78851

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These skeletons looked slightly 558927d19f different from those made 2527d0282a from human corpses. Their attire was unique e60bfada90 too. These were 8716de6158 skeletons made 7420fbeb80 from the 7fc99e02ad bodies of 8572f7fc6a elves.9ee113f6d743d121

The master c6845badca of this 4c84102483 temple was 3cb99a5aab the goddess bffee9fc0d of death.f8e86ceaadda8ae2

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These skeletons were 6c519a85ad priests who served a8a962e26a the goddess even 96222a8f05 in death.293c251cff28f9bd

‘Damn this…’d51feae594b5e3da

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Click, click!c665d3a33796eda3

Clack, clack…abb46dcdbc718355

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The weapons they 0cfbcc3812 held made strange d07c378ecd sounds as they d2bed0c313 hit their bones. There was 98cfbbaa3f the smell e31430ba4a of rotting a56be2bc14 old flesh 329eeaae7f and odd 18b0c56ade dust. The oppressive 1608406af8 feeling from 61110b8cba hundreds of f5030e4ac8 skeletons was db67ec1565 indescribable.784b3cb01577cfd3

“Lord Ian, get out first! I’ll make a path!” Louise drew his arrow.6ad68a91f4e39d6b

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“I, I will too…!” Sema gripped his staff with both hands. A <Water Ball> failed from his staff.97e030c1b08cf7a3

Boom!d6abf1c6963bba2e

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‘Useless…’185dc115a0855bcf

Here, only Louise 8527e056b5 was combat-effective. However, the number he 562c0386b4 could handle would be cf0cb39a52 around several tens, and fbc4c99229 not all at once. That was the 06c34851dd estimated number he f892aa03be could take down a051eb92f8 before being overwhelmed.7ba44f1dcceb618c

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‘Bad matchup.’071e512237f5fb37

Skeletons are bones.107dd0f60765bb18

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Arrows wouldn’t work well, and they were completely immune to poison. This was a totally different issue from the <Deadly Poison> skill’s specialty.60d0349dd5e10054

In the 35ca8fd11e end, Ian ea2247eb59 also drew fc294de2a2 his bow.ad1d6519a1c05359

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“Make way!”60502f606798eb78

No choice then. Ian and c5382c57d9 Louise began fde0196bc8 shooting arrows 8580ccd4f1 in the 23e73df2a6 same direction.9f9f9be2ab5ff778

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