Blade Skill Online: With Trash Job ‘Summoner’, Weakest Weapon ‘Bow’, and Rotten Stat ‘Luck’, I Rise

[Tenma School Advanced Arts Acquisition!]

“Fuhaha… wouldn’t you change your mind…? I am warning you, this is your last chance to run…!”

Tengu Hermit’s aura suddenly changed.

Although he encouraged me to escape, his voice was filled with murderous intent and joy.

“What’s up with the sudden character change, gramps? I’m pretty sure hermits aren’t supposed to emit such intense murderous intent.”

“Hah… it is because I am filled with intense murderous intent that the abbot excommunicated me and forced this Tengu mask on me…!”

“What?” I tilted my head and Tengu Hermit began to tell his story.

“I used to be a terribly violent person,” He began (very unlike me, a hero), “I was once a monk like any other at the beginning. I committed myself to live in poverty, suppressed my greed, and practiced asceticism under the abbot to gain enlightenment.

“One day… I decided to pick up archery to hone my mind, but… it became an irrevocable mistake…”

Tengu Hermit looked at the old bow in his hand.

“If I am being honest with myself—it was fun! I originally sought to tranquil my heart, yet I ended up waking up to the pleasure of shooting targets! Gradually, I craved more pleasure. I began to seek moving targets and before I knew it, I had started killing groups of bandits under the pretext of correcting the world!”

“I see…”

An ascetic monk running wild for pleasure, eh? That was certainly a no-go.

“—As a result, I was excommunicated. The abbot, whom I highly respected, abhorred me, calling me a ‘villainous psycho’, and put on me this Tengu mask, the symbol of one who drowns in selfish desires.

“…I became ashamed of myself… and was thinking of quietly living out my natural life on top of this cliff, but alas…!”

A glint of violence flashed in Master’s eyes visible behind his mask.

At the same time, a message popped up in front of me.

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・Warning! Tengu Hermit’s disposition has changed from ‘good’ to ‘evil’!

[Tenma School Advanced Arts Acquisition Event] is an event that involves battle.

In case you die, you must wait until another player challenges it before you may try again.

Current eligible challenger: 1

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Wow, his alignment changed to evil.

And I gotta wait for another player to challenge the event first if I died to try again? It must be to prevent players from using the brute force method of fighting Master Tengu again and again until they cleared it.

But it seemed like I was the only one eligible to take the quest, so if I failed to clear it now, who knew when I would get the next opportunity.

“Shitty disciple… it is all ruined because of you. You released the ugly malignancy that I have been desperately trying to suppress inside me…!”

Tengu Hermit readied his bow. Looked like he was itching to fight.

–But before we begin, I’d like to say something to him.

“I don’t think you’re a bad guy.”

“…Huh?” Master’s murderous intent suddenly wavered a little.

Regardless, I continued, “I mean, you said you were drowning in violence, but you only killed bad people, didn’t you? Moreover, isn’t exterminating bandits actually a good deed?”

“Wha…?! Well, that is… but…”

“But what? It’s a very good deed. No matter what your motive was, the important thing is the result.”

“…?!”

The system stated him as ‘evil’, but I beg to differ.

Sure, he had almost killed me by making me fall from the cliff, but it was only because he had mistakenly thought I was evil.

Yeah, that’s right—it was all those stupid devs’ fault!

I was a good guy, yet they messed up my Karma Points, making Master misunderstand me!

But I had already punched him as payback, so now we were even. That was all it took to settle a dispute between men.

“So, let’s fight as fellow allies of justice!”

“Stop, hold on a second, what do you mean? I am no righteous person! I-I mean, the abbot excommunicated me because I am evil…!”

“That abbot was wrong. Even if it was for pleasure, you helped a lot of people by killing bad guys. I won’t forgive anyone who calls you evil!”

“……?!” Master Tengu’s shoulders trembled.

He’d been aiming his bow straight at my head, but now he slightly lowered it.

“Hold on, what’s wrong, Master? We’re gonna fight each other. If you hold back, I’m gonna beat the shit out of you, you know?”

“S-shut up, you shitty disciple! Honestly… what am I to do with you? To think you would accept my ugly past, accept me…” Master started to get fired up at my words.

His fighting spirit now transcended the realm of murderous intent and transformed into a fierce visible aura.

–I shall defeat you at all costs.

That feeling transmitted into my heart even without him putting it into words–!

“Now that’s what I’m talking about, Master. Boil your desires to their limits! I’ll take them on!”

“Fine, here I come, Yuri! My everything, I shall show it to you!”

Thus began our first and last master-disciple showdown.

–I almost couldn’t believe my eyes at the scene unfolding before me in the next moment.

The magic that erupted from Master’s arrow continued to erupt endlessly and eventually took the form of a ‘Raging Dragon’ that released a deafening roar–!