"It didn't drop anything good… and here I thought you were a boss."
On the way back to lromarc's royal capital, Drake looked through the spoils he had obtained earlier.
Deerclops had dropped quite a few items, but most of them were useless little fashion trinkets.
After all, it was only a crossover boss. The strength of the equipnt it dropped was not exactly impressive.
Still, there was a decent axe among them that he could use.
[Lucy the Axe (Green)]
[ Deals 27 lee damage]
[ Provides 150% axe power]
Its axe power of up to 150% made it one of the top-tier axe tools in Terraria.
Although there would be multi-purpose tools later on that could replace both pickaxes and axes, this axe was already more than sufficient during the early and middle stages before Hardmode.
Also, it could talk.
"Hey! Let's chop so trees!"
"Let's find a little grove and go wild!"
"Today's weather is perfect for chopping trees."
"Chop, chop, chop. Heh heh."
Drake tossed the axe back into his inventory with so disdain. This thing was a bit too talkative.
"Good thing the first world wasn't Don't Starve, but Terraria."
If it had been Don't Starve, Drake's initial goal probably would not have been challenging bosses to strengthen himself, but figuring out how to survive first.
"Master, the royal capital is close."
Myne, who was seated in front of the Shadow Queen Bee, suddenly spoke.
"Should we land first…? Your mount is rather conspicuous."
After several days of education, Myne's attitude had beco much more obedient than it had been at first.
Of course, that was only when she was facing Drake.
"Conspicuous, huh… then we'll land near the edge."
Drake patted the Shadow Queen Bee's side, urging it to fly toward one corner of the royal capital.
The Dragon Hourglass, which could be used to observe the ti remaining until the Wave descended, was inside a clocktower at the corner of the royal capital.
The clocktower rose above a spherical building that resembled a church. A receptionist dressed in a nun's habit ca forward to greet them.
After all, Drake had made no effort to hide his arrival. He only recalled the Shadow Queen Bee after landing.
When the pitch-black giant bee passed over the walls of the royal capital, it had probably caused quite a commotion.
"You are the Sword Hero-sama, correct?"
"That's right."
Seeing that the other party seed to know him, Drake nodded.
"It looks like the Wave is about to arrive. I ca to check on the situation."
"Then, the three of you, this way please."
Besides Drake and Myne, Raph was also following closely beside him.
For this Wave, Drake planned to bring her along to train and gain levels.
After all, with a talent like hers, she would definitely be the one farming Souls of Light and Souls of Night on his behalf in the future.
She would need a certain level of combat ability herself.
"The disaster… is coming?"
Raph hugged Drake's arm fearfully, as though afraid he might run away.
Her parents had died to the army of monsters produced by the Wave.
The sight of her family's deaths had left an indelible shadow in her young heart.
"Don't worry. I'm here this ti."
Drake rubbed Raph's little head.
Unlike Setsuna's wolf ears, the ears of a raccoon demi-human had a soft, springy feel to them.
Myne looked on from the side with envy and jealousy.
Drake was always so indulgent toward the two demi-human slaves he had bought, yet he ignored her completely.
Whether in figure or bloodline, she was clearly far more perfect than those two little girls.
To think there was actually soone in this world who was not captivated by her beauty—her master definitely had so special fetish!
As though sensing what she was thinking, Drake glanced at her.
"Once we're teleported to the battlefield, just stay in the rear and provide support as you see fit. Don't run around."
According to this world's chanics, once a disaster broke out, the Heroes would be teleported to the area where the Wave erupted and fight the monsters pouring out from the portal.
Because every country faced Waves of the sa intensity, the number and strength of the Heroes beca the key to whether or not they could resist the Wave.
That was also why the Kingdom of lromarc was so hated.
If you summoned all four Heroes at once, the other countries would have fewer Heroes.
They might very well be unable to resist the next Wave, leading to cities being destroyed and people dying.
If they did not hate lromarc, who else would they hate?
"I understand."
Myne muttered sowhat aggrievedly.
As the First Princess of the kingdom, she was at least an interdiate fire mage.
Yet in Drake's eyes, she was only fit to support from the back, no different from logistics personnel.
...
A few minutes later, the nun led Drake to the center of the clocktower, before a giant hourglass nearly ten ters tall.
The base of the hourglass and the surrounding pillars were decorated with intricate patterns.
The walls on all sides were made of brilliantly colored stained glass, giving the place an exceptionally sacred and solemn atmosphere.
"Hero-sama, please take out your Legendary Weapon."
Under the nun's guidance, Drake took out the Legendary Sword.
A beam of light suddenly shot from the sword's edge toward the jewel at the very center of the Dragon Hourglass.
Imdiately afterward, a string of numbers surfaced in Drake's vision.
00:01:15
Before long, the fifteen beca fourteen. It seed to represent minutes.
"Just over an hour left."
Drake looked thoughtfully at the hourglass before him.
The sand inside was almost gone. Soon, it would run out completely.
Once this Wave passed, it would probably refill again and wait for the next calamity to arrive.
Just then, a sowhat surprised voice ca from behind him.
"Huh? Isn't that the Sword Hero?"
The Spear Hero, surrounded by a group of female adventurers, walked over in a calm and leisurely manner.
Upon seeing Drake, the Spear Hero imdiately perked up, his face showing an eager expression.
"You ca to check the Wave in advance too?"
"Mm."
Drake nodded and looked him over a few tis.
Compared to when he had first been summoned to this world, the current Spear Hero was no longer an ordinary university student.
He wore a suit of shining silver armor, with a shirt underneath that seed to carry so sort of magical effect.
The Legendary Spear in his hand had also shed its shabby initial appearance and transford into a domineering-looking spear that appeared imnsely powerful.
Seeing that Drake had no intention of paying attention to him, the Spear Hero shifted his gaze and landed on Raph beside him. His eyes instantly lit up.
"Who's this girl? She's super cute!"
The Spear Hero quickly put on what he thought was a handso pose and walked up to Raph, introducing himself.
"Nice to et you, young lady. I am one of the four Heroes summoned here from another world. My na is Motoyasu Kitamura. Please treat kindly."
"Uh…"
Raph shrank behind Drake a little fearfully.
"Master told not to talk to suspicious-looking people."
"…Master?"
The Spear Hero froze after being rejected by the little girl, then turned to question Drake.
"Sword Hero, you actually make her call you Master? I didn't expect you to have such a perverted side…"
"The guy who just tried to hit on a little girl has no right to say that to ."
Drake gave a cold snort.
He could tell that the Spear Hero had grown quite a bit stronger during this period.
Or rather, he had likely gained quite a few levels and had beco rather confident in his own strength.
He even dared to provoke Drake now.
It seed the only Heroes who had co to the Dragon Hourglass to check the situation were Drake and Motoyasu Kitamura.
Ti passed as they waited. Before long, the calamitous Wave would descend.
Because of that, martial law had been declared both inside and outside the royal capital.
The knights, hired adventurers, and rcenaries were fully ard, ready to face any monsters that might appear.
As for ordinary citizens, they hid inside their hos with their doors shut tight. The usually prosperous streets were completely empty.
The Heroes, anwhile, would be teleported to the place where the Wave occurred once the hourglass reached zero.
This effect also applied to the Heroes' companions.
Myne and Raph would be teleported along with Drake.
The reason he brought Myne was because she had been selected by Drake in front of everyone. If she did not appear now, it would instead seem suspicious.
00:01
Only one minute remained.
Drake began to tense his nerves, preparing to face the disaster that was about to erupt.
00:00
BOOOOOOM!
A thunderous roar that seed to echo across the entire world rang in everyone's ears.
In the next instant, the scenery around them changed abruptly, and the sky was swallowed by a crimson, bloodlike hue.
If he had not known this was the outbreak of the Wave, Drake might have thought he had returned to Fujimi City and was experiencing the Blood Moon all over again.
"This place is…"
As Drake confird the surrounding environnt, the other three Heroes were also teleported nearby one after another.
The Bow Hero and Shield Hero approached as well, joining Drake and the Spear Hero.
"Looks like everyone's doing pretty well… uh, except Naofumi."
The Bow Hero, Itsuki Kawasumi, swept his gaze over everyone's condition before finally landing on the Shield Hero.
"Why do you look like a refugee? And where's your companion?"
"How am I supposed to help it when all I can use is a shield and I can't even wield a weapon?"
Naofumi Iwatani complained angrily.
"That adventurer uncle seed pretty decent at first, but later, he actually tried to assault while I was asleep… I was so scared I could only ditch him and run."
"Hahahahaha! You actually got—hahaha!"
Hearing what had happened to the Shield Hero, the Spear Hero and the female followers beside him all burst into laughter.
As ntioned before, anyone who joined with a Hero would receive the blessing of breaking through their limits, regardless of gender.
"What are you laughing at? I'm already annoyed enough as it is. I'm only Lv. 13 right now…"
Facing the mockery of his fellow Heroes, Naofumi's expression grew even more depressed.
"I'm already Lv. 45. You're way too slow."
The Bow Hero reported his own level, then looked toward the other two. It seed he wanted to compare the results of everyone's adventuring during this period.
"I'm Lv. 40. There were too many things I had to take care of, and…"
The Spear Hero scratched his head and glanced at the won beside him. His aning was self-evident.
There were too many flowers for him to nourish, so of course his leveling speed had been affected.
"Tch. What a lucky bastard."
Naofumi muttered with considerable dissatisfaction.
Why was he the only one who had almost been taken by a greasy middle-aged uncle?
It seed he not only needed to be careful of won. He could not let his guard down around n either.
"Speaking of which, what about you, Sword Hero-dono?"
"?"
Sensing the gazes of the other three Heroes turning toward him, Drake said calmly,
"Lv. 2."
"Huh?!!!"
"But my level is different from yours. If I had to convert it… I'd say it's roughly around Lv. 60 to Lv. 70."
Based on his experiences during this period, Drake had inferred a rough conversion between DanMachi's Falna levels and this world's level system.
Roughly every thirty levels in this world corresponded to one level in the DanMachi world.
After leveling up, that ratio would likely increase further.
Drake was currently in a state where he could raise himself to Lv. 3 at any ti, which was more or less equivalent to around Lv. 70 in this world.
That was purely in terms of ability values.
As for the equipnt he carried and the combat strength of his shadow army, those had not been included at all.
The average strength of adventurers in this world was around Lv. 20.
As for ordinary civilians, reaching Lv. 10 was already sothing to be grateful for.
Even a tribal genius like Setsuna could only reach Lv. 50 or Lv. 60 at most.
Only those who obtained the identity of a "Hero" could raise their levels beyond Lv. 100 without a bottleneck.
That would be around Lv. 3 to Lv. 4 in the DanMachi world.
And Heroes like that probably numbered fewer than thirty in the entire world.
"That high…? Are you sure you're not lying to us, Sword Hero?"
The Spear Hero did not quite believe Drake's words and proposed.
"How about we compete, then? Let's see who can kill the most monsters during this Wave!"
"Hey! That kind of contest is completely unfair to !"
The Shield Hero, who had not a shred of attack power, imdiately voiced his dissatisfaction.
"A disaster is upon us. I don't have ti to play such a boring ga with you."
Drake casually took out a flare and launched it into the sky.
This was an item the kingdom had prepared for each Hero before they were teleported.
It was ant to swiftly transmit information during a Wave and mark the location of the disaster.
The next mont, the Shadow Queen Bee erged from underground, carrying Drake and the others away before the other three Heroes' eyes.
"…I think he's just scared."
The Spear Hero still wanted to say sothing, but a sharp sound of sothing tearing through the air suddenly ca from the direction the queen bee had left.
The three Heroes' expressions changed at the sa ti.
The Shield Hero instinctively raised the shield in his hand and blocked in front of the Spear Hero.
Shhk—
The Legendary Shield was directly pierced through.
Along with it, Naofumi Iwatani's waist and abdon were impaled by the flying weapon, pinning both him and the Spear Hero to the ground.
[Five-Finger Sword (Orange)]
[ Deals 36 rogue damage]
[ Pierces one enemy]
[ Stealth strikes track enemies]
[ Automatically returns after being thrown]
"Damn it, was that a monster attack?!"
The Spear Hero, still unaware of who had attacked them, pushed Naofumi off himself, only to find several bottles of potions lying on the ground.
"Stop provoking him."
The Bow Hero sighed.
He had already understood Drake's aning.
"From the very beginning, the Sword Hero was different from us…"
"He is a true Hero."
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