"Although I also hope to continue this relationship with partners who share positive personalities, I can't find the game's control panel right now, so I can't constantly calibrate and check each character's attributes. I can only arrange things based on my gut feeling. Who knows what might happen..."
It seems there must be other factors at play, such as that authoritative fragment belonging to my mentor that I don't know when I received it and which has yet to respond to me.
Sheng, who was standing to the side, gradually stopped talking and sat there like a statue for a long time before suddenly turning to look at me.
"What's wrong?"
I looked away from the fur rug that had been washed, dried, and pieced back together, and looked at him with some confusion.
"I have a suggestion, but I'm not sure if I should say it..."
"You want to recruit that [Sword Demon]?" I interrupted directly.
After a moment of hesitation, Sheng nodded slightly: "Although that guy is a complete bastard in the setting, his combat strength is real. If we can successfully get his help, the subsequent strategy will be much smoother, and we might even be able to clear all the missions as soon as possible and protect most people."
“But you also need to know that the guy we met before didn’t seem like the type to listen to reason,” I cautioned. “What makes you so confident that you can persuade him?”
Of course, the main reason is that that guy's stats are so high that they're making things a bit tricky for me:
[Information on known characters who have appeared in the story is displayed.]
Codename: Sword Demon
Age: 19 (?) years old
[Personal Attributes: A tragic vengeful spirit, a swordsman who transcends all, a witness to the end, a foundation burdened by sin, a prisoner of the spider's web]
[Ability Attributes: Stamina lv10+ (restricted), Strength lv10+ (restricted), Agility lv9, Magic lv1]
[Equipment: Bloodstained Hunting Knife]
[Special Component: Proof of the 665th Reincarnation (Repeated)]
If I could, I wouldn't want someone like that around me, even if we weren't on opposing sides, it would still make me feel uneasy.
It's like knowing there's a sword hanging over your head, yet deliberately staying nearby without taking any action.
That's a crazy act of throwing one's life onto the gambling table.
I'm not the kind of crazy person who goes completely mad for the sake of results.
However, it is undeniable that if such a person could be recruited, or more likely, his actions would be slightly biased towards one's own camp, even if it was just to lend a hand at a critical moment, it could still change many seemingly hopeless situations.
Faced with my question, Sheng hesitated and shook his head: "...I'm not 100% sure, but...if it's the game protagonist I know, I'm confident, I know a way to persuade him. But I can't do it alone, I need your help, Brother Uriel."
His words were sincere, but his eyes showed only hesitation.
Let's put this issue aside for now; there's no rush to deal with it anyway.
I skipped the topic: "You should know what the fourth task is, right? And you also need to prepare for your new profession. As for attribute development, that can't be rushed, can it?"
“Yes, just like you said, brother. The fourth task is to explore a simple dungeon. As long as you successfully reach the bottom and obtain the scepter symbolizing completion, you've completed the task. But before that, we need to make some preparations. For example, a sufficient number of sharp weapons and Molotov cocktails…”
Sheng seemed to secretly breathe a sigh of relief.
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