After work, start to speedrun the other world-Chapter 114 - 23 The Hero Story Written for You

Xi Mu approached Hald’s corpse, raising the Hunting King’s Greatsword in his hand and stabbing down towards Hald’s wrist.

The blade pierced into the ground, severing Hald’s wrist.

To get the +8 and +9 meteorites, one must open Hald’s treasury, and to do that, one needs Hald’s palm print.

Of course, one could choose to crack it violently, but that would be a huge waste of time; it was better to simply kill Hald, the boss character.

Furthermore, slaying Hald would enhance one’s reputation among the dwarf clans, and for the sake of a promise to a child, one would challenge the notoriously infamous City Lord without hesitation.

This was, without a doubt, a heroic deed.

With this reputation, on the map of the dwarf clans, one could receive some quests related to heroes.

For instance, the quest to subdue the Human-faced Serpent.

"..." Xi Mu picked up Hald’s hand and then looked towards the curious little mare who, like a curious baby, was poking at Hald’s corpse with her forelimb, seemingly studying why this dwarf could suddenly sprout so many arms.

Under normal circumstances, dwarfs do not change their physical form unless influenced by an external force.

"Manifesting to me," Xi Mu explained to the little mare, "This is magic left behind by the Creation Witch in Doma City, a kind of magic that changes one’s physical state based on one’s ability properties."

He looked down at Hald’s corpse.

"He must have sneaked into Doma City at some point and learned the magic left in the cathedral by the Creation Witch."

Once the Doma City instance was opened, the magic recorded by the Creation Witch would quickly spread.

And this led to many capable characters learning the "manifesting to me" magic, thereby gaining a second phase of transformation and greatly enhancing their own strength.

Accordingly, they could also drop more experience points.

Of course, the skill "manifesting to me" had not yet become widespread in this world, and most boss characters did not possess the so-called second phase transformation ability.

It would still take some time before the version update.

"..."

The little mare showed a hint of disgust. Such an ability to transform into strange shapes, if used by her, might result in extra legs.

That would be truly ugly.

"The effect of using ’manifesting to me’ differs from person to person," Xi Mu said, seemingly noticing the mare’s disgust, and explained with a smile:

"Maybe it could make you even more beautiful."

If Hald used the ability to manifest and ended up with a bunch of disgusting arms on his back, then others might sprout a bunch of fiery-red wings with each strike carrying an unimaginably deadly poison, being extremely dangerous while looking outrageously beautiful.

Upon hearing this, the little mare also restrained her look of disgust and followed Xi Mu to collect the armor that Hald had removed.

After all, Hald’s set of armor was indeed very valuable; if it weren’t for the fact that humans couldn’t fit into it, it would be gear that could be used until the mid to late stages of the game.

Its defensive capabilities were, undoubtedly, unquestionable.

Arriving at the treasury.

Xi Mu placed Hald’s severed palm on the crystal ball of the large door and, along with a slight tremor of the ground, the heavy metal doors slowly opened.

Walking in, beyond the dazzling treasure, were glass cabinets on both sides of the walls, housing various corpses, men, women, and animals alike.

The common trait was beauty.

These were Hald’s collectibles; after tiring of them and unable to part with them, he killed them and preserved them in glass cabinets.

Whenever Hald was bored, he would come to the treasury to admire his collection.

"That’s enough, let’s go."

Xi Mu did not take all the treasure, only the +9 and +8 meteorites were collected into his ring, along with some magic potions that would enhance strength; he left the rest untouched.

After all, dealing with these treasures would be a waste of time, and in the later stages when levels were higher, every person would become a moving source of wealth.

It would just take some time to collect.

...

...

Some time later.

Leaving the City Lord’s residence.

"Cheers!" The dwarfs in the streets were jubilant, clinking their glasses, singing and dancing, celebrating the death of City Lord Hald.

No one mourned Hald’s death.

Even the city guards who were under Hald’s command felt joy at his demise.

"..."

Xi Mu raised his hand to pull down his cloak, weaving through the streets and alleys, trying not to draw any attention, lest he trigger unnecessary cutscenes.

As for Hald’s death, he wouldn’t be hunted down by the city guards, nor would it provoke hostility from the dwarfs; on the contrary, he would be regarded as a hero.

Receiving praise, welcoming flowers and fine wine.

Yet to him, this was meaningless, so hiding his form and quietly leaving the city was the best choice.

Outside the Lily Flower Inn.

Xi Mu stood outside the inn, giving a glance at the landlady in the hall who was holding her daughter-in-law and crying, while telling the surrounding onlookers about her ordeal at the City Lord’s residence.

Until the landlady inadvertently caught his eye and instinctively wanted to greet him.

"Shh." Xi Mu made a silencing gesture, then lowered his hood further and blended into the crowd.

The landlady was briefly taken aback, then pretended not to have seen Xi Mu’s figure and continued to comfort her daughter-in-law.

Able to forego flowers and praise, he truly was as noble as the wandering bards sang, a Knight of untarnished meaning.