Jujutsushi Wa Yuusha Ni Narenai

was the synthesized Royal Sword.
This thing was no longer the crude and chipped wooden club it used to be, but had transformed into a thick, spiky pole――

“It’s a damn nail bat alright.” not even close to a sword, Ryuichi couldn’t help but mentally retort.

The shape, the length, the splintered bone shards sticking out all over, it looked just like the infamous weapon of choice of Nailbat MASA, one of Black High’s Elite Four.
That midboss level delinquent would paint his bat white to make it have the semblance of bone.
Ryuichi had cringed hard the first time he had the displeasure of witnessing it, and now… well, his own was made of actual skeleton bone fused around a wooden club, but that didn’t make him feel any better about it.

 

“Fine, whatever.” He’d make use of it.
It was better than the crude club at least, and its new shape was more balanced too.
Ryuichi continued on his way within the stone passages, now with a weapon.

 

“―― Getting a bit tired of these.” Ryuichi muttered while finishing off yet another batch of skeletons.
Those seemed to be the only type of monster on his encountering roster.
The skeletons carried weapons of course, a club here, a spear there, but their movement and dexterity was laughable, and even facing a number of them simultaneously became repetitious work for Ryuichi.

“Give me,” he swung wide, “A break already!!” destroying his umptieth skeleton, with a yell of frustration.

His Royal Sword skill seemed to do something occasionally after the frequent skeleton bashings.
It would cause the defeated skeleton bodies to glow and sucked them into itself.
It didn’t grow or change shape but was likely repairing itself.
Ryuichi wasn’t exactly going easy on the weapon, and repeated swings naturally caused cracks to form and bone shards to break off.
But once the skill did its thing, the weapon would return to its original, pristine state.

 

“And another thing.
I’ve been walking for… damn long enough already, but I’m not getting any tired.” Rather than his oddly convenient ‘sword’, Ryuichi was more concerned about the bizarre changes in his body.

He had been walking for quite some time, dispatching every skeleton as they appeared.
Ryuichi was no stranger to a little exercise, but walking and even fighting for so long without the smallest sign of weariness just felt off to him.

 

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“Who knows, maybe I’m leveling up?” If we went by game logic again, the possibility wasn’t out of the question.
Perhaps, the more enemies he defeated, the more his maximum stamina would increase.
It could be any number of game mechanics.

“Or, it could be that mana stuff…” Ryuichi knew the basics from the messages popping up on his notebook.
It explained some things, but nothing substantive on the changes happening to his body.

“No use worrying about that either.” Ryuichi sighed.
“Gotta get myself to the end of this dungeon anyway.”

This trek continued for half a day before he found his first fairy square, which is where he discovered the use of his third candidacy skill.

Treasury: Storage fit for a king.

And the first royal item that found its way to the treasury was a fairy walnut.

“Not a 4d pocket at all.” Ryuchi mused cynically, and he would be correct, as it wasn’t a pocket, but a magic circle.

This shining, golden circle could appear on his palm with a thought, and took in any physical object to store inside who knows where.
Ryuichi could feel that the object was inside, and he could freely withdraw it as well.
As for how much he could store in there, while it wasn’t infinite like a true 4d pocket, it was certainly much more spacious than any volume a person could comfortably carry.

 

“Should’ve loaded up on all those extra bones and weapons when I had the chance.”

Just about every skeleton helt some sort of weapon.
Some even had swords, actual bladed ones.
The problem was that these swords were always covered in rust, so Ryuichi wasn’t so keen on using them.
There was also the fact that swords or spears didn’t seem like they’d be as effective on skeletons as a blunt weapon.
And since he hadn’t known about the uses of his treasury skill, Ryuichi had refrained from picking up any extra baggage.

“Plus, I’ve gotten nothing but the boney fucks this whole time.
I can get more.” He might pick up something good along the way, Ryuichi convinced himself.
He ate a tasteless dinner of walnut and water, and went on his way.

He never did find a drop weapon he really wanted to have.

 

“…
Is this thing getting bigger?” Having obliterated countless skeletons, the Royal Sword had gradually gotten larger before he noticed.
While it was initially the size of a baseball bat, something a person could comfortably swing, the spiky club had now surpassed a meter in length and its girth had essentially doubled.

The bigger the weapon, the more strength you’d need to wield it.
With a club too big, he risked missing his mark, or worse, letting the skeletons get a hit on him… however, Ryuichi felt that the increased size was perfect for him.

This made him realize that it was not only his stamina being affected by the continuous fighting, but even his muscle strength.

 

“So I’m leveling up, and getting my weapon upgraded… now’s about the time a boss battle happens.” Ryuichi said, coming across a set of large double doors on an entrance quite unlike the rest of the place.

“No surprise there, even the boss is a skeleton.”

Inside the room behind the double doors, a large circular chamber the size of a baseball stadium mound, stood its sole occupant at the very center, the 3 meter giant, the skeleton boss.

“This’ll be fun.” Ryuichi had been getting increasingly bored with all those skeletons after all.

The skeleton boss, nimble as it was large, turned to face the new intruder boldly entering its lair.
It drew out the gigantic blade stuck in the ground next to it and was ready for battle.

 

“Get some.” The skeleton boss responded to Ryuichi’s taunt by closing in with swift steps, swinging its huge cruciform sword just as fast, likely faster than an ordinary human could see.
Not to mention its length gave the undead wielder a tremendous advantage in reach.

 

“ ―― Woah, fast fucker ain'tcha?” Ryuichi commented as he back stepped away from the massive blade coming from over head.
The heavy impact caused the floor to crack and raised up stone dust.
Ryuichi was finally getting into the mood as the draft caused by the swing raised his blond dyed hair.

“But you’re nowhere near as good as Yuuto.
He’s at least got technique.” Ryuichi mocked as he jumped all the way up to the giant’s chest.
And he swung his supersized nail bat with all his might.

“Oraa!!” It struck.
His full power swing made a clean hit on one of the skeleton boss’ kneecaps.
It produced a dull sound like a hammer hitting a wall, creating cracks but not breaking the joint.

“Can’t one shot this one!” He figured that breaking its legs would give him a clear speed advantage.
But although he couldn’t bust that kneecap, Ryuichi had succeeded in making the skeleton boss’ movements much slower.
It probably didn’t feel pain, but the damage had been substantial enough to hamper normal movement.

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“I’ve practically won already… but I shouldn’t take it easy against a boss.
Yeah, better just finish it off.”

From there, it was simply a matter of time before Ryuichi bashed enough times to completely destroy the monster.
He first finished the job on the already fractured knee.
Having now lost a leg, the boss lost balance and toppled over, letting Ryuichi concentrate his efforts on its skull, the most likely weak point, and its right hand that held the sword, its only weapon.

During that time, the skeleton boss had managed to swing, or rather, meaninglessly flail its sword, a total of two times as the blade didn’t even graze Ryuichi, what with his superhuman stamina and reaction speed.
He continued bashing his targeted locations.

 

“Oh, got the hand first, now――” The fingers on its boney right hand were broken to the point that the skeleton boss couldn’t maintain its hold on its weapon.
And before the giant could reach out with its remaining left hand, Ryuichi picked up the dropped weapon with both arms.
This sword was sized to match its 3 meter tall wielder, and would clearly not be easy for a human to use with any measure of accuracy.

Swinging it down on an immobile, defenseless enemy flailing on the ground, however, was another matter entirely.

 

“ ―― time to die!!” Ryuichi brought the hulking sword down on the skeleton boss’ neck, the latter of whom having no way to defend against an impact of such caliber, easily lost its head, bringing the battle to a close.

 

“…
I’m supposed to step inside there?”

The notebook mail service had already informed him about boss rooms containing transfer circles and also on how to use them.
Still, Ryuichi wasn’t very keen on walking into the magic glowy thing on the floor without a second thought.

He had already collected the boss core of course.
It was inside the skull.

 

“Let’s try something first.”

The magic circle at the center of the room was ready and waiting, but Ryuichi had some unfinished business, particularly with the boss and its big ass sword.

“Might just get a real sword out of this one.”

And he was right, as his skill did exactly that.

Setting target constituents…

Large Skeleton Bones

Greatsword

Commencing synthesis: Royal Sword―― Finalized.

The golden light vanished, leaving Ryuichi with a new greatsword in hand.

“Not bad, not bad at all.”

The weapon had a rustic design, appearing as if a blade had grown out of the boney grip.
It wasn’t pretty, it had no art, it was a very rough sword.
But it was a sword custom made for Ryuichi’s use.
Both its size and weight felt just right.
And let’s not forget that this weapon had an actual blade which would greatly boost Ryuichi’s destructive potential.

With this greatsword, Ryuichi felt that he could cut a similar Large Skeleton in half on the first swing.
Satisfied, Ryuichi was about to turn away from the remaining bones which were missing some bits here and there, and that’s when he realized something.

Law of the Jungle: Feast! Reach the greatest heights by consuming the flesh of beaten foes.

“No, that’s just…” Ryuichi brought down his eyebrows and tightly shut his eyes in contemplation.
It was an act he’d done not once in any of his fights so far, the act of worrying.
Worrying should he really test out his innate skill.

Coming to a decision, Ryuichi took a small, finger length piece of bone and bit down on it, like it was no different from having a smoke.

Skill Predation

    Bonecrusher: Increased attack power toward bones.

    New Bone: Improved mending of bones.