I Parry Everything: What Do You Mean I’m the Strongest? I’m Not Even an Adventurer Yet! Volume 4 by Nabeshiki

Author:Nabeshiki [NABESHIKI]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: J-Novel Club
Published: 2023-12-18T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 88: The Philosopher’s Goblet, Part 3

“A demonfolk hunt, huh...?”

Oken was well into middle age—the prime years of one’s life—when the commission fell into his lap. Through his solitary training, he had become able to perform twofold casting, a technique thought to be a mere fantasy among magicians. The feat had secured him the title “Twinspell,” and rumors of his prowess had already begun to spread across the land.

However, since Oken had spent more than two decades alone in the mountains, he had very little knowledge of the demonfolk. At most, he had been told they were a recent phenomenon, having suddenly appeared on the continent between ten and twenty years ago, and that they possessed the mystifying ability to control monsters. All in all, they were a hostile race known for massacring humans.

During his old adventuring days, Oken hadn’t heard even a whisper about these “demonfolk,” but they were said to be a most formidable enemy. In the blink of an eye, they could whip up an army so frighteningly large and powerful that the armed forces of many countries paled in comparison. This wasn’t just speculation either; they had already crushed many large cities and armies.

The demonfolk were strong—not only because they held the yoke of dragons, magical beasts, and other fearsome kinds of monsters, but also because they were exceedingly resourceful. It was said that their merciless strikes on human settlements could occur anywhere on the continent without the slightest indication.

Because the demonfolk posed such a serious threat, Adventurers Guilds across the continent had started putting bounties on them. However, of all the adventurers who took these commissions, only a few ever returned alive—those who turned tail and ran before the fight could even begin. One such example was the survivor of a failed offensive by a clan of more than five hundred veteran adventurers. He had fled in terror to report their defeat, saying their entire force had been wiped out in about as long as it would take someone to blink.

“Humans won’t ever stand a chance against them!”

Of course, such rumors had only piqued Oken’s interest in the demonfolk. “If they’re as powerful as everyone says,” he mused, “then they might just be the perfect opponents for me...”

Oken had returned from his training in the mountains and was now once again completing commissions as an adventurer. Still, he was devoted to a single purpose: further delving into the secrets of magic. So long as he could do that, nothing else mattered to him. He wasn’t even particularly concerned about rushing headlong into danger; if he died as a result of his own shortcomings, then he would consider it his destiny.

Embracing this mindset, Oken had accepted one dangerous commission after another—even some meant for Gold-rank adventurers—and completed them all alone. Yet none of them had satisfied him, which was why these “demonfolk” sounded so promising. They were the perfect opponents against whom he could test his skill.

Thus, Oken accepted the new commission put to him. It

Download

Copyright Disclaimer:
This site does not store any files on its server. We only index and link to content provided by other sites. Please contact the content providers to delete copyright contents if any and email us, we'll remove relevant links or contents immediately.