I had wiped out the thieves and was on my way to the city.

But this body is too frail.

　Every time I walk, I feel pain in every part of my body.

　One of the thieves had beaten me up and knocked me to the ground, cracking the bones in my arm.
　I should go to the church and ask the priest to heal me when I get to town.

You've been affected by the Dark Chains spell. Your physical abilities are greatly inferior to the average human.

　The voice of [Darkness] echoed from within my chest.

'Is there any way to recover?
'There is only one. In the event that you've got a lot of time, you may want to take a look at the following. So if you take that [light] back, what was lost from you will be restored.
[Light] ......?
It should be in the hands of the brave now.
"Juno?

　I frowned.
　The hatred is back.

It's a good thing you're here. The damage numbers are up to eight.
You can't defeat Juno right now, even with a slight increase in damage. He's a brave man, after all. And his companions are all top-notch warriors, wise men and monks.

　I sighed.

"So for the time being, I'll have to live with my declining body.
In the power of darkness, there are skills such as flying and acceleration. If you use them, you'll be able to move several times faster than normal humans.

　[Yami] explained.

"You mean you can compensate for my physical abilities?

　I thought to myself, "Tell me that first," and asked [Yami].

However, due to the effects of the curse, you yourself cannot use it. The only skill you can use at the moment is [fixed damage].
"...... Isn't it no good after all?
In the event that you've got a lot more than one of these, you're going to be able to get a lot more.
"What?
No, I'll explain it to you in due course. I'll explain it later.

In response to [Darkness]'s words, I turned my gaze forward.

　I could see the walled town far ahead.

　First, let's rest.
　Then we'll build up our strength.

　No matter how many years it takes, we will avenge them all.

Let the darkness grow...



　Two years have passed.

　During that time, I've had many hardships and been involved in several battles... but that doesn't matter now.
　At last, I have the overwhelming power to achieve my goal.

Now all I had to do was keep going.

　I was walking alone along the mountain path.
　A little further on, there was an ogre colony.

　It was a difficult place that I had avoided in the past when I was in a heroic party.

　The ogre has high attack power and durability even by itself.
　But when they act as a pack, they become an unstoppable army of viciousness.

　There was no one approaching, and I was probably the only one who bothered to pass through such a place.

　There was a crashing sound from the bushes.
　Three huge shadows walked from ahead.

The ogre is here.

　A muscular, light green body.
　They wore only a loin cloth.
　In each hand, he carried a club carved from a log.

How far is it?

　At the moment I mumbled, the number 20 appeared in the corner of my vision.
　It seems to be exactly 20 meters.

　This was a side effect of my skill.
　You can quantify the distance between you and the target by thinking about it.

　The skill has a range of 10 meters, so you have to get closer for it to have any effect.
　Naturally, you have to move forward.

　The ogre seemed a little confused by my lack of fear.

　I walked forward slowly.

　In terms of physical ability, my leg strength is about the same as an old man.
　Little by little, I moved forward.

　I closed the distance by three meters.
　Five meters, closing the distance.
　Seven meters, closing the distance.

　I kept going and closed the distance to the Ogre to ten meters.
　And then...

　Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!

　A cry of pain and a scream.
　The three ogres turned into countless particles of light and disappeared in an instant.

　An instant kill.

　If your health (HP) is below 9999, you will all die the moment the skill effect is activated.

There are only a few monsters with more than 9999 HP, so...

　A clear female voice echoed from inside me.



Darkness.

　Two years ago, when I was betrayed by Yuno and the others, and nearly killed, the thing that resided in me was indeed [Darkness] itself.
　The existence that gave me this EX Skill [Fixed Damage].

　What the hell is it?
　Is it some sort of angel or demon, or is there some sort of pseudo-personality manifested in the skill, or....

　I still don't know who it is.
　Well, I don't care what it is.

　All I want is power.
　And the darkness gave me that power.

　It was said that the darker the darkness within me became, the more damage I would take, and that value had now reached the upper limit of 9999.

　This terrifying skill dealt 9999 damage to all enemies within a 10 meter radius of me every 3 seconds.
　In the next three seconds, it would deal another 9999 damage, and then another 9999 damage in the next three seconds. ...... and so on, dealing damage every three seconds.

　There were two main types of damage targets.

　One was an entity that I recognized as an enemy with the intent to kill me.
　The other is an entity that has harmful intentions toward me.

　These are the two.

　Harmful intent is the intention to injure me to a certain degree.
　This "certain degree" cannot be quantified, and I don't know exactly what it is.
　Well, at least it does not mean the slaughter of innocent civilians.
　If it were so indiscriminate in its ability to kill, I would never set foot in a human village again.

　I started moving again.

　I ran into more ogres, but they were all gone before I could see them.
　Or they get within range and disappear on their own before I can even see them.

　In this way, I was able to eliminate the ogre herd just by walking, and I crossed the mountain.

　There should be a town ahead.
　For now, I'll stay there for today.

　To begin my revenge.
　I need to recharge.