At night, Shami brought some meat dishes from the tavern to the flat gold-haired elf's room in the inn.
This elf looks forward to having meat every day now.
The two of them sat at the round table in the room for dinner.
"Shami, during the villager gathering, you made me agree; have you thought of a good solution?"
While picking pieces of meat from the dishes with her chopsticks into her tiny mouth, Lureya curiously looked at Shami.
"Not at all."
"Eh, then why did you still let me accept that commission with such peace of mind? A level 45 advanced swordsman, basically human-like!"
Lureya instantly felt the meat lose its flavor, her eyes widening as she looked at Shami.
"Unless you leave the village, you can't refuse this commission. Instead of pushing it back and forth, you might as well accept it directly. It will put the villagers at ease."
Lureya showed a resigned expression.
"Even though that's true... But this is practically sending me off!… I've never fought such a high-level advanced swordsman..."
"Don't worry, for you to fight with a level 7 Slime for so long today, I never thought you could play any role in this matter; it's just a formality."
"That's such an insult, damn it! The Elf Race isn't just a bunch of attacking brutes! We're versatile, okay? I absolutely won't help you with the Demon Envoy at that time!" Lureya flared up angrily.
Whether to help or not was beyond the choice of this flat gold-haired elf.
Shami quietly ate his dinner.
According to the general gameplay, this kind of rebellious swordsman raiding the village is an inevitable event. Since escaping inevitable events isn't an option, Shami plans to take down the rebellious swordsman, thus boosting his economy.
After all, everything that happens later requires money, whether it's gathering materials to resurrect monsters or expenses for tasks outside.
Currently, his mere savings of over 20 Gold Coins would be gone in a day.
"Let's prepare early. We might not lose."
"Oh, then I'll follow your lead."
Lureya lowered her face, eating in silence.
[Favorability: 11]
[Loyalty: 5→2]
This loyalty level is almost bottomed out, hey flat gold-haired elf, are you already thinking about selling people off!
"By the way, do you still have Aikoya Fruit? Lend me some."
"Those things aren't usually given out easily."
Lureya frowned but still reached into the Storage Space and took out seven Aikoya Fruits.
She didn't immediately give them to Shami.
"What do you plan to use them for?"
"I need to exercise frequently lately, to replenish energy."
Speaking of this, the gold-haired elf spontaneously associated exercise with reward, looking at Shami with disbelief.
"Just for two pairs of socks, is it really worth it for you to do this every day? If you keep it up every day, won't there be no clean spots left on the socks..."
"I really am exercising."
"Okay, okay, I believe you."
Lureya decided to give Shami a little personal privacy, but after some thought, she placed her hands beneath her nonexistent chest, squinting at Shami.
"When you exercise, you must be fantasizing about me, right? Only a beauty like me is suitable for that role."
"Why do you look so proud about something like this?!"
"Well, I can't help it, because I'm your Demon Envoy, serving as the fantasy target for the Demon King is part of the job, right?"
"You should think of some serious work content for me! Like improving your own ability!"
"Fine, I'm not against it. Don't forget to wash your socks though."
"Enough. If you keep talking, I'll start ignoring you."
After getting 7 Aikoya Fruits from Lureya, Shami used the Teleportation Gate to return to his house.
Every day's physical strength training has surpassed Shami's physical limit. Yet, this way of exercising to challenge one's physical limits to better activate internal potential also has its reasonableness, and Aikoya Fruit with recovery effects are the best healing medicine.
Facing possible enemies, Shami looked at his skill panel in preparation.
In the villagers' skill panel, he maximized skills with attack or advantageous in confrontation. Considering the maxed level, mastering farmers' skills was a piece of cake.
[Daytime Farming, Nighttime Weaving (Max level): You are extremely diligent, your Physical Strength exceeds that of ordinary villagers, and you can work for three days and nights without rest or sleep.]
[Eighteen Dragon-Slaying Hoes (Max level): Master the eighteen uses of the hoe, whether in plowing fields or people, you can make it work more efficiently.]
[Dog Beating Stick Technique (Max level): Can easily drive dogs away using a stick.]
"The skills are getting increasingly bizarre…," Shami muttered as strange knowledge flooded his mind.
He temporarily learned three villagers' skills, then looked at the Demon King's skill bar. Being level 5, he has 3 skill points available to allocate freely.
The Demon King possesses thousands of skills, but not everything could be learned like a Mage, who only fully grasps a few advanced spells aside from basic magic.
The phrase of dedicating limited mental energy to specialized magic and learning everything leads to mastering nothing.
Shami browsed the Demon King's skills, first excluding the skills Luwaka once maxed out, [Demon King's Aura] and [Unlimited Lust].
Every skill follows the magic's level division, ranging from low to high, from 1 to 9.
Shami took a closer look, learning both [Demon King's Aura] and [Unlimited Lust] to the max level requires 18 skill points.
Luwaka, damn you deserved getting killed by the Hero. 18 skill points all spent on ○○, right!
As he flipped through the pages, Shami finally saw some decent skills.
[Song of the Minotaur: Sing a curse to replicate the opponent's same-level Spell skills.]
"..."
He was quite the pure-hearted warrior, Minotaurs or whatever…
[Learned]
Sorry, this skill is simply irresistible!
Shami couldn't resist the temptation and put two skill points into it.
[lv.2 Song of the Minotaur: Sing a curse to replicate one opponent's spell skill under lv2.]
Additionally, Shami also leveled up another skill.
[lv.1 Insight: Has a chance to predict the enemy's upcoming actions.]
That's enough for now.
Skills cannot be selected solely based on intuition; reasonable selection and skill grouping maximize capacity.
Shami was quite satisfied with his choices. With the villagers' chaotic skills as the front and supplemented by two Demon King skill upgrades, it serves as a relatively applicable combination.
Late at night.
Deep within the forest, a campsite was set up in an open space.
"Mister Cash, Yili Village is thirty kilometers ahead." A man came jogging back to report.
"Ah~ Yili Village ~"
A man sitting by the campfire sighed, dressed in the attire of a swordsman, with a sheathed sword at his waist, the campfire casting alternating shades of yellow and red across his rugged face.
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Trying out something new, please stay tuned!!!!