Battle Harem of the Heavenly Sword

Chapter 102 A Monster Unleashed 4

?While looking inside the cottage Hiro took note of the furniture, utensils, and even their placement. Together they gave insight into what culture the owners of the house represented, and after much investigation he found nothing.

This meant either the owners were a hodgepodge of cultures or a cluster-fuck of inclinations. As he was relieving the house of items, he found a small water canteen, a small satchel, and some food. The food comprised of dried meat, salt, biscuits, and a loaf of bread. As for weapons only a set of four steak knives with dull edges was available.

"It's not much but better than nothing."

Due to being preoccupied with the things around him Hiro only now noticed the blinking (New) in four separate areas of his vision. He tried access the main one lower left and checked to see what happened.

- Alert: Welcome to the Battle Harem system! Please follow the tutorials to understand how to best leverage the system. May the gospel protect you! -

"There is a fucking tutorial? Why didn't I see this before?"

After going taking a few minutes to follow the tutorial Hiro became flabbergasted at the scope and scale of the utilities. Annoyed as he had none of these in his last life, the anger and spite at the situation started to mount.

"FUCK THIS SHIT! They have access to a map in your vision, a hammerspace for inventory, and a messaging system! How the fucking hell is this fair! Any one of these would have made my life easier in adventuring and you tell me normal people had these?! Fuck I was playing in souls mode!"

Knowing that raging across the board would not do anything Hiro decided to make a mental note of the new things he had access to.

1. A map that showed the area one visited. - Hiro's map originally was black but as he walked about the house the items populated. It seems the map only showed what he already saw or knew.

2. Inventory - he could store a locker's worth of items in it. Just thinking of the item pulled it out, and a simple thought deposited the items in. The reincarnator remembered how Starfall, most notably Max pulled weapons out of thin air. So this was the reason.

Due to the size discrepancy between Hiro's inventory "locker" and the hammers of Max, he believed the current size should be temporary. Once he leveled up, it should increase or the items stored must shrink or something.

3. There was a messaging system that looked a lot like game chats, Hiro tried to send messages but nothing showed up. He believed there should be other nuances he has yet to know.

4. Lastly he now had access to the missions system. It showed the missions Hiro gave himself. Like a mental note board but automated. But there were different types. There seemed to be system, user, and battle harem class missions.

After following through most of the tutorials Hiro had a better understanding, but of course, he still needed to get some experience using them.

Hiro's gaming mind started to get chaotic as he immediately thought of how to weaponize the inventory system. Ideas such as storing boulders and dropping them on top of enemies from above, or storing oil to immediately scorch an area like napalm made him giddy.

"Not good. Focus. Focus. Let's see what missions I actually have. Status, Mission Only."

- Alert: Main Missions:-

- 1. Stop the invasion of Overternia. (+) Expand | Time Remaining (87,566 hours)-

- 2. Find and Eliminate the Demonlord in hiding. (+) Expand Time Remaining (87,566 hours) -

- 3. Reclaim the Legacy of the Saviors. (+) Expand -

"Hmm, unlike the tutorial I don't have user and battle harem class missions, I guess that's fine I will learn it along the way. As for the main ones the first two are self-explanatory, but the last one is intriguing. "

Hiro then "clicked" the expand option to see more details about the mission.

- Alert: Reclaim the Legacy of the Saviors: Difficulty: SSS Reward:??? -

- The nine saviors who ended the era of demons all disappeared, but why?. You have gained the first page of the diary of a historian, search for the rest in the last known locations of all the saviors. The truth may shed some light on the events plaguing the world. -

As he was reading it, Hiro heard a beep and found a new system message.

- Alert: Savior's Diary 02 has been received. Do you wish to read it now? -

"Confirm."

*——Savior's Diary 02————*

Journal Entry 02

It feels like such a long time since I wrote in this journal, checking the date it seems a full 10 years have passed since I last did, imagine that.

Quick update of what happened in the last ten years, my compatriots and I acclimated into this land. The time we spent on this land is difficult to say the least. As it was never an option for any of us to return, I see the group sometimes missing the comforts of earth. But we all found sound happiness in one way or another as well a goal to accomplish.

For the last decade, we have spent the time on nothing but battle, loss, and death. While I do trust my current team it is hard to know what else they are thinking sometimes. I can only attribute it to the difference in culture and age.

But enough of that, I wrote this entry because I needed to sort my thoughts out. For the first half of our time here we tried to make the best use of our newfound strength. Similar to what I wrote the last time, we all more or less passed all known limits of humanity.

Yet, I am not sure if it made any difference. This land is malevolent and cruel. Demonic beings lorded over humans as the dominant species. The people here were reduced to a slave workforce, livestock, and toys for amusement. Their living conditions were beyond mortifying. I cannot imagine the terror and pain they wrestle with every day to keep on living.

It is for this very reason that we carry our battle. Dius reiterates it repeatedly. "Noblesse Oblige", is the inferred responsibility of privileged people to act with generosity and nobility toward those less privileged. As beings with more power than the entire human population combined, we are to save this land from her oppressors.

The more I hear him, the more I feel he is nothing but an insufferable egomaniac. And yet in battle, he is always the first to charge in and bears the most injuries in every fight. He worries about the entire team and guards us like he is paid a million dollars to do so.

He calls our group the "Saviors", exactly what you would get from someone with a messiah complex. Anyway enough about him. My main concern is my recent findings.

Let me itemize the facts.

1. The seventy-demon lords are immortal. They do not age but can be temporarily killed by destroying their hearts or their cerebral cortex.

2. For the last five years we have killed them and tried to establish strongholds in their former domains, they resurrect at their last point of death, so we could "Spawn camp" them as Leo so energetically calls it.

3. It is not yet known why they do not die nor how they return.

4. Dius, Leo, I, and Tian have manifested different powers. Through the years I have noticed the differences between them.

5. The most noticeable difference is when we kill a demon lord.

A. Dius' power which is an overwhelming energy from his body dulls the ferocity of the demon lord each time the monster is killed.

B. Leo's power which appears to be breaking the laws of physics extends the timeframe for their return.

C. My power which deals in probability and energies from causality. Makes them lose some abilities permanently.

D. There is no noticeable change when they are killed by Tian.

Why do our powers shift the results so much? Does the secret of the demon lord's immorality lie in our powers? I need to investigate this hypothesis further.

For now, I decided to name our energies for ease of use. Dius who calls his power aura said its concept was similar to the Chi of eastern martial arts. So from here on energy from the body will be called "Aura".

Leo who calls himself an edge lord and a "Chunni" says that his power comes from the departed. According to him the most apt term for his abilities is "Spirit Power", I will shorten it to "Spirit".

I originally wanted to call mine "Causality" but Leo rebuked me saying I needed to be "Cool", he then proceeded to lambast my terms for being lame and nerdy. How rude! As a researcher, we never cared if my terms were cool! What mattered was if they got the point across. Anyway, I will use "Potential" instead.

(Kek, you don't I am Leonidas Dominii your Isekai protagonist and I call this dull woman's power "Mana"!)

Mou! Does Leo have any idea how hard paper is to come by? And I don't even have anything to erase it with! This bumbling idiot! How can he write in MY journal entry?! I enclosed it in symbols to separate it from my actual words. Ink is also similarly scarce. I will detail my experiments for the powers in the next diary entry.

*——Savior's Diary 02 End————*