 Rentt Faina : Crap. I'm gonna die. |
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Rentt Faina : Give me a break. |
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Rentt Faina : I... |
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Rentt Faina : I'm supposed to become a
mithril-class adventurer! |
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Rentt Faina : Huh? |
(0:01:53.91) |
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Rentt Faina : Wait, wait. This can't be happening. |
(0:01:55.71) |
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Rentt Faina : This can't be happening! |
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Rentt Faina : The day starts early for adventurers. |
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Rentt Faina : Which sounds nice, |
(0:03:54.40) |
Rentt Faina : but the day starts early
for most poor people. |
(0:03:57.19) |
Rentt Faina : The only people who sleep until
noon are nobles, wealthy merchants, |
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Rentt Faina : and scholars living disorderly lives. |
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Rentt Faina : Maybe that's just my bias talking, though. |
(0:04:08.59) |
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Rentt Faina : But my scholar friend sometimes forget |
(0:04:11.10) |
Rentt Faina : to sleep for days because they're
so focused on their research. |
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Rentt Faina : I should check in on them soon. |
(0:04:16.91) |
Rentt Faina : Either way, it's not something a
low bronze-class adventurer, |
(0:04:19.92) |
Rentt Faina : born and raised in a town
too small to be on the map, |
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Rentt Faina : Rentt Faina, knows anything about. |
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Rentt Faina : Okay. |
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Rentt Faina : There's one reason adventurers get up early, |
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Rentt Faina : and that's to get good jobs. |
(0:04:36.86) |
Rentt Faina : The adventurers' guild provides us with
jobs suitable for our rank and skills. |
(0:04:39.67) |
Rentt Faina : All manner of jobs are available,
such as monster extermination, |
(0:04:46.35) |
Rentt Faina : protection, herb and material gathering,
and even cleaning muck out of drains. |
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Rentt Faina : Good morning. |
(0:04:56.55) |
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Rentt Faina : If there aren't any good jobs. |
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Rentt Faina : Good luck. |
(0:05:05.97) |
Rentt Faina : Guess I'll go to the
Labyrinth of The Moon's Reflection. |
(0:05:17.60) |
Rentt Faina : Most adventurers form parties,
but I generally work solo. |
(0:05:21.01) |
Rentt Faina : There are a few reasons for that,
but mostly, it's because I'm not very good. |
(0:05:26.11) |
Rentt Faina : Even though I've been
adventuring for ten years, |
(0:05:30.99) |
Rentt Faina : I'm still only bronze,
the second lowest rank. |
(0:05:33.40) |
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Rentt Faina : But even I can make a living |
(0:05:47.70) |
Rentt Faina : hunting monsters and selling magic
stones and materials to the guild. |
(0:05:50.16) |
Rentt Faina : Most of all, I live conscientiously
for an adventurer. |
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Rentt Faina : I've even got an emergency fund. |
(0:06:00.31) |
Rentt Faina : But in that moment, I lost my prudence
that's essential to all adventurers... |
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Rentt Faina : because in the thoroughly-explored |
(0:06:17.03) |
Rentt Faina : and completely deserted
Labyrinth of The Moon's Reflection, |
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Rentt Faina : I found something unbelievable. |
(0:06:23.18) |
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Rentt Faina : Could it be? |
(0:06:35.90) |
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Rentt Faina : A secret passageway? |
(0:06:38.56) |
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Rentt Faina : What a discovery! |
(0:06:45.35) |
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Rentt Faina : There's no mistaking it. |
(0:06:58.27) |
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Rentt Faina : This is an unexplored area. |
(0:07:00.49) |
Rentt Faina : Maybe I'll find some valuable
magical equipment or weapons. |
(0:07:03.74) |
Rentt Faina : No, I could make a killing simply
reporting this news to the guild. |
(0:07:08.10) |
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Rentt Faina : I should've ignored it, |
(0:07:14.17) |
Rentt Faina : but I went charging right into that
suspicious and dangerous place alone. |
(0:07:17.89) |
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Rentt Faina : Because I'm a fool. |
(0:07:23.79) |
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Rentt Faina : I found myself facing a dragon. |
(0:07:33.62) |
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Rentt Faina : The greatest of all monsters. |
(0:07:39.14) |
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Rentt Faina : A real dragon. |
(0:07:40.71) |
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Rentt Faina : According to legend, they take many forms, |
(0:07:42.48) |
Rentt Faina : and some are considerably larger
than most standard dragons. |
(0:07:45.59) |
Rentt Faina : Regardless, I realized right away
that it was a dragon, |
(0:07:49.83) |
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Rentt Faina : even though I'd never seen it before. |
(0:07:52.96) |
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Rentt Faina : Its sheer presence— |
(0:07:55.54) |
Rentt Faina : the pressure it exerted that
froze me to the spot— |
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Rentt Faina : attested that it was a dragon. |
(0:07:59.92) |
Rentt Faina : As the thousand-year
bronze-class adventurer, |
(0:08:02.63) |
Rentt Faina : I stood no chance against
such an exceptional creature. |
(0:08:06.03) |
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Rentt Faina : How am I alive after being eaten by a dragon? |
(0:08:13.73) |
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Rentt Faina : No, wait. Am I actually alive? |
(0:08:17.74) |
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Rentt Faina : I'm very obviously a skeleton. |
(0:08:24.60) |
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Rentt Faina : I'm an immortal monster known as an undead, |
(0:08:28.22) |
Rentt Faina : but a bishop or priest could easily
destroy me with their purification magic |
(0:08:32.62) |
Rentt Faina : because undead violate
the divine providence |
(0:08:39.83) |
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Rentt Faina : that the dead are not meant for this world. |
(0:08:44.66) |
Rentt Faina : When I think of it that way,
does that mean I died? |
(0:08:47.77) |
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Rentt Faina : No, I'm still conscious and have my memories. |
(0:08:51.81) |
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Rentt Faina : I should return to town. |
(0:08:54.98) |
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Rentt Faina : No, I can't do that. |
(0:09:02.84) |
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Rentt Faina : I don't want to die yet. |
(0:09:04.70) |
Rentt Faina : No, wait. I'm already dead,
so I don't want to be destroyed. |
(0:09:06.42) |
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Rentt Faina : Oh, no! I'm confused! |
(0:09:10.66) |
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Rentt Faina : An adventurer mustn't lose his head! |
(0:09:12.60) |
Rentt Faina : There's no point in thinking about
questions I can't answer right now. |
(0:09:15.73) |
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Rentt Faina : The dragon seems to be gone, |
(0:09:24.36) |
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Rentt Faina : but I should start by getting away from here. |
(0:09:27.56) |
Rentt Faina : These labyrinths can be
found around the world. |
(0:09:31.48) |
Rentt Faina : Many researches are trying
to explain their mysteries, |
(0:09:33.90) |
Rentt Faina : but no one really knows where
they come from or how they work. |
(0:09:37.37) |
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Rentt Faina : Labyrinths come in various sizes, |
(0:09:41.07) |
Rentt Faina : but precious magical equipment and
treasures slumber within them, |
(0:09:43.75) |
Rentt Faina : and monsters can be found
around every corner. |
(0:09:46.13) |
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Rentt Faina : Monsters are mysterious, as well. |
(0:09:49.49) |
Rentt Faina : Everyone's likely at the Labyrinth of the
New Moon where there's good money to be had. |
(0:09:54.01) |
Rentt Faina : In a few days, some solo adventurers
like me should come here. |
(0:09:58.50) |
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Rentt Faina : I'll try asking them for advice. |
(0:10:02.25) |
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Rentt Faina : Oh! |
(0:10:04.97) |
Rentt Faina : First I need to figure out
how I'll talk to them. |
(0:10:06.09) |
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Rentt Faina : Huh? |
(0:10:10.55) |
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Rentt Faina : My body feels heavy. |
(0:10:19.78) |
Rentt Faina : Maybe because I have no muscles,
my physical abilities are significantly worse. |
(0:10:21.60) |
Rentt Faina : I'm even less capable
than an ordinary person. |
(0:10:25.85) |
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Rentt Faina : That's to be expected. |
(0:10:29.12) |
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Rentt Faina : After all, I'm a skeleton now. |
(0:10:30.40) |
Rentt Faina : I could defeat them easily as a human,
but I need to be careful now. |
(0:10:33.24) |
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Rentt Faina : I can't raise my sword! |
(0:10:39.37) |
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Rentt Faina : That's not good! |
(0:10:41.25) |
Rentt Faina : I shouldn't expect to use fancy sword
techniques when I'm made of bones. |
(0:10:59.61) |
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Rentt Faina : But what about my other abilities? |
(0:11:05.27) |
Rentt Faina : All living things draw on their
vital energy for strength. |
(0:11:07.41) |
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Rentt Faina : Their spirit energy. |
(0:11:11.25) |
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Rentt Faina : It's working. |
(0:11:14.71) |
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Rentt Faina : Right now, you and I are the same. |
(0:11:18.67) |
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Rentt Faina : Our strength is equal. |
(0:11:20.97) |
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Rentt Faina : But my equipment gives me an advantage. |
(0:11:22.78) |
Rentt Faina : If I use my spirit energy to buff my
physical abilities and raise my attack power... |
(0:11:26.69) |
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Rentt Faina : Is it still alive? |
(0:11:42.40) |
Rentt Faina : I'm recovering the spirit
energy I just expended? |
(0:11:52.59) |
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Rentt Faina : Could it be? |
(0:11:56.72) |
 Lorrane Vivie : Monsters have a mysterious trait. |
(0:11:59.34) |
Lorrane Vivie : With time and experience,
they evolve into greater beings. |
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Rentt Faina : So do humans. |
(0:12:09.67) |
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Rentt Faina : We grow with training. |
(0:12:11.67) |
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Lorrane Vivie : They're on another level. |
(0:12:14.29) |
Lorrane Vivie : For example, a skeleton is
typically a skeleton forever. |
(0:12:16.39) |
Lorrane Vivie : But on rare occasions,
they evolve into ghouls. |
(0:12:21.16) |
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Lorrane Vivie : It's known as |
(0:12:24.90) |
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Lorrane Vivie : existential evolution. |
(0:12:27.02) |
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Rentt Faina : Existential evolution... |
(0:12:29.88) |
Lorrane Vivie : Yes. It's one of the
subjects I'm researching. |
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Rentt Faina : Existential evolution, huh? |
(0:12:37.41) |
Rentt Faina : Ghouls are also undead, but they
have flesh and are closer to humans. |
(0:12:40.01) |
Rentt Faina : If I use robes and masks to hide my form,
I may be able to return to town. |
(0:12:45.22) |
Rentt Faina : All right. I should aim to achieve
existential evolution first. |
(0:12:49.32) |
Rentt Faina : I'll defeat monsters in this
labyrinth and become a ghoul. |
(0:12:53.36) |
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Lorrane Vivie : He didn't come today, either. |
(0:13:05.64) |
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Lorrane Vivie : Oh, well. |
(0:13:08.61) |
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Lorrane Vivie : I'll make dinner myself. |
(0:13:10.09) |
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Rentt Faina : That's five! |
(0:13:14.58) |
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Rentt Faina : My mobility has been mostly restored. |
(0:13:18.74) |
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Rentt Faina : Anyway, it seems like this light heals me. |
(0:13:24.27) |
Rentt Faina : Because of it, I can use spirit
energy during every battle. |
(0:13:29.17) |
Rentt Faina : I'll try taking on some
stronger monsters next. |
(0:13:33.05) |
Rentt Faina : Like skeletons, slimes are
an archetypal weak monster, |
(0:13:43.27) |
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Rentt Faina : but they mustn't be underestimated. |
(0:13:47.52) |
Rentt Faina : Physical attacks are less effective
against amorphous liquid monsters. |
(0:13:49.65) |
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Rentt Faina : Magic is the easy way to beat them, |
(0:13:54.73) |
Rentt Faina : but unfortunately, I don't have the
ability to use offensive magic. |
(0:13:57.28) |
Rentt Faina : The most I can do is start fires
suitable for domestic tasks. |
(0:14:01.51) |
Rentt Faina : So I'll have to use physical
attacks to defeat it. |
(0:14:05.42) |
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Rentt Faina : There are two ways to do it. |
(0:14:08.34) |
Rentt Faina : Pierce its core, or break apart its
liquid form until it can't regenerate. |
(0:14:10.21) |
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Rentt Faina : Lacking in both skill and strength, |
(0:14:16.93) |
Rentt Faina : once a day I can expend my reserves
of spirit energy to defeat them. |
(0:14:19.69) |
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Rentt Faina : You could say slimes are my greatest enemy. |
(0:14:24.30) |
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Rentt Faina : Huh? |
(0:14:38.83) |
Rentt Faina : Looks like I got lucky and
my blade struck its core. |
(0:14:40.27) |
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Rentt Faina : First I'll retrieve its magic stone. |
(0:14:44.57) |
Rentt Faina : Slimes have the ability
to launch an Acid Blitz, |
(0:14:48.22) |
Rentt Faina : but no acid remains in their
body once they're dead. |
(0:14:52.03) |
Rentt Faina : In fact, sticking your hand in
the stuff makes your skin smooth. |
(0:14:55.44) |
Rentt Faina : Clear slime fluids are used
to make cosmetics for women. |
(0:14:59.05) |
Rentt Faina : Surely we don't have to make
cosmetics out of monsters. |
(0:15:04.99) |
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Rentt Faina : Women's desire for beauty must be endless. |
(0:15:08.26) |
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Rentt Faina : This'll pay for several days at an inn. |
(0:15:13.01) |
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Rentt Faina : Good. |
(0:15:16.90) |
 Sheila Ibarss : Take care. |
(0:15:24.80) |
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Sheila Ibarss : Yes? |
(0:15:28.10) |
Sheila Ibarss : There wasn't a suitable opening for them,
so I was going to ask Rentt, |
(0:15:37.13) |
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Sheila Ibarss : but he hasn't been back since yesterday. |
(0:15:42.68) |
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Sheila Ibarss : No, nothing that would take him out of Maalt. |
(0:15:49.69) |
Sheila Ibarss : I told the newbie I'd introduce her to a
helpful veteran if she waited a few days, |
(0:15:53.98) |
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Sheila Ibarss : but she seemed pressed for money, |
(0:16:01.22) |
Sheila Ibarss : so I told her about the
Labyrinth of The Moon's Reflection. |
(0:16:03.19) |
Sheila Ibarss : Right. I did warn her
not to overdo it, though. |
(0:16:10.58) |
Rentt Faina : I don't feel sleepy at all,
and I don't feel hungry, either. |
(0:16:18.90) |
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Rentt Faina : I guess that's obvious since I'm undead. |
(0:16:23.84) |
Rentt Faina : Anything I ate would probably
fall to the ground. |
(0:16:26.98) |
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Rentt Faina : I fought all night since I might as well, |
(0:16:30.01) |
Rentt Faina : but it seems like existential
evolution takes longer than that. |
(0:16:33.43) |
Rentt Faina : My physical abilities were significantly
worse right after I became a skeleton, |
(0:16:38.02) |
Rentt Faina : but I'm mostly back to normal
after defeating those monsters. |
(0:16:42.13) |
Rentt Faina : I tested my spirit energy,
and it still works. |
(0:16:47.13) |
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Rentt Faina : I can use my mana, too. |
(0:16:50.67) |
Rentt Faina : I can even use my divinity
despite being undead. |
(0:16:56.51) |
Rentt Faina : I don't want to waste it.
I'll use it on this bread. |
(0:17:02.24) |
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Rentt Faina : In addition to curing injuries and illnesses, |
(0:17:05.10) |
Rentt Faina : divinity is a useful power that can
purify water and delay spoiling in food. |
(0:17:09.12) |
Rentt Faina : Okay. That should make
it last three more days. |
(0:17:15.17) |
Rentt Faina : I hope I'll have a body that
needs bread three days from now. |
(0:17:18.91) |
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Rentt Faina : There's no point in thinking about it. |
(0:17:23.88) |
Rentt Faina : I should focus on achieving
existential evolution. |
(0:17:26.09) |
Rentt Faina : I'll play it safe for a while
and steadily defeat monsters. |
(0:17:28.94) |
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Rentt Faina : I can beat one or two. |
(0:17:35.16) |
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Rentt Faina : Three would be difficult. |
(0:17:37.37) |
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Rentt Faina : If I encounter four, I'll run. |
(0:17:39.88) |
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Rentt Faina : And more than five... |
(0:17:42.00) |
Rentt Faina : It's unlikely I'll encounter groups
that large in this labyrinth, |
(0:17:44.11) |
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Rentt Faina : but if I do, I'm screwed. |
(0:17:48.59) |
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Rentt Faina : That would be the end of me. |
(0:17:51.73) |
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Rentt Faina : I'm so weak. |
(0:17:57.05) |
Rentt Faina : It's been ten years since
I became an adventurer. |
(0:18:00.74) |
Rentt Faina : If you include my training time
before that, it's been twenty years. |
(0:18:03.37) |
Rentt Faina : Not only that, but even
high-ranking adventurers rarely |
(0:18:06.53) |
|
Rentt Faina : have spirit energy, mana, and divinity. |
(0:18:10.92) |
|
Rentt Faina : I wish I had just one strong power. |
(0:18:14.63) |
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Rentt Faina : I know I'm not cut out to be an adventurer. |
(0:18:21.66) |
Rentt Faina : Normally, people give up on
adventuring after a few years |
(0:18:29.16) |
Rentt Faina : and return to their village
to farm or find another job. |
(0:18:33.31) |
Rentt Faina : But I figured as long as I'm alive,
I'd manage somehow. |
(0:18:39.75) |
|
Rentt Faina : I trained every day without fail. |
(0:18:43.73) |
Rentt Faina : I asked an acquaintance to teach
me about monsters and magic. |
(0:18:47.03) |
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Rentt Faina : I accepted even the most minor jobs. |
(0:18:51.20) |
|
Rentt Faina : I did that for ten years to achieve my dream. |
(0:18:54.30) |
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Rentt Faina : To become a mithril-class adventurer. |
(0:19:00.02) |
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Rentt Faina : Higher than gold- and platinum-class, |
(0:19:04.13) |
Rentt Faina : not even naturally gifted people
easily reach the highest rank |
(0:19:07.50) |
|
Rentt Faina : of adventurers who have saved entire nations. |
(0:19:11.25) |
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Rentt Faina : I will become mithril-class. |
(0:19:18.88) |
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Rentt Faina : It's what I've lived for. |
(0:19:22.99) |
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Rentt Faina : Becoming a skeleton won't stop me! |
(0:19:25.90) |
|
Rentt Faina : Huh? |
(0:19:40.36) |
Rentt Faina : I'm starting to get stronger
than I was as a human? |
(0:19:41.65) |
|
Rentt Faina : I knew it. |
(0:19:59.83) |
|
Rentt Faina : It's not a coincidence. |
(0:20:01.42) |
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Rentt Faina : I'm getting stronger. |
(0:20:03.38) |
Rentt Faina : I can sell these materials.
I should gather some more. |
(0:20:06.58) |
|
Rentt Faina : I'm lucky to acquire more clear slime fluid. |
(0:20:10.61) |
Rentt Faina : Slimes are fairly gross after
they've eaten something, |
(0:20:14.14) |
|
Rentt Faina : so their fluids can't be sold. |
(0:20:17.26) |
|
Rentt Faina : Wha— What's happening? |
(0:20:28.09) |
|
Rentt Faina : I'm a ghoul. |
(0:21:07.85) |
Rentt Faina : I'm a creepy dried-out corpse,
but I have flesh. |
(0:21:09.99) |
|
Rentt Faina : This is major progress. |
(0:21:14.44) |
Rentt Faina : If I keep working hard, I might be able
to become even higher ranking undead. |
(0:21:16.85) |
|
Rentt Faina : That's right. |
(0:21:21.29) |
|
Rentt Faina : Vampires practically look human. |
(0:21:22.35) |
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Rentt Faina : Oh, right. I have a fleshy body now. |
(0:21:25.43) |
|
Rentt Faina : Okay, I can make noises. |
(0:21:35.95) |
|
Rentt Faina : Hello... hello... |
(0:21:39.77) |
|
Rentt Faina : Good morning... |
(0:21:45.40) |
|
Rentt Faina : I'll have to practice. |
(0:21:52.66) |
|
Rentt Faina : Hello... hello... |
(0:21:55.16) |
|
Rentt Faina : I am Rentt... |
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