Divine Protection: The Pride System

Episode 18: A Boring Journey

—Walk, jump, dance, and laugh.

Within the dark forest, one casually walked over confidently.

He continued walking without any worries in his footsteps

Even though he didn't know where he was now, he was very confident that he was walking on the right path.

... That is Vanity.

The creature thinks the world is moving according to what he wants.

White colors like moonlight illuminate the dark forest.

But it is not the moon. It was a young man with white hair.

He is a demon by the name of >Night Rogant<...

He hummed and smiled as if he were the happiest person in the world.

Behind that mask of humanity, hidden the most fearsome nature of the devil.

A fear that will spread terror throughout the world.

However, not matching the form of a demon that spread fear, Rogant currently walks while holding a plain little girl.

Behind Rogant's back was a little girl with short black hair that glittered beautifully like a night sky full of stars.

She is a village girl named Meily, who is currently asleep behind the demon.

He fell asleep with the face of a plain girl in general. The girl's smile seemed to depict innocence and happiness...

A red scarf covered Meily's face to give her a hint of worldly warmth.

In order not to wake Meily, Rogant walked very carefully while holding her.

“Yes, I hope he gets up soon and walks alone.”

They had been walking for a very long time in the dark and dangerous forest.

Even so, until now they had never met a demonic beast at all.

Of course, all this was thanks to Rogant who kept killing them along the way.

So that they can walk comfortably and safely...

Well, even though the pungent smell of blood doesn't make Rogant happy at all, but what's fine.

He also had to familiarize himself with the foul smells along the way, if he was just an ordinary person he might have been vomiting from earlier because of the smell.

“By the way, Pride-chan. Now where are we headed?”

Rogant asked while staring into the air in front of him, not that he was talking the same air.

He spoke to someone who was in his head. A System who is always with Rogant.

[At this time we are going towards the next village. Maybe there you can find a place to rest.]

That voice sounded like an ordinary woman.

“You have no intention of making me destroy that village, do you?”

[Your thinking is too bad. If you want, I will support.]

“Good, maybe there we can teach Meily-chan how to spread happiness.”

Saying that, Rogant glanced towards a girl who was on his back.

After all, now Meily was already his partner. No, rather than being called a peer, it's more like a pawn that's useful to him.

Although Meily was still arguably a child, she possessed extraordinary strength surpassing that of an adult in general.

Maybe he's the equivalent of 1,000 adults or maybe even more. So, it's not wrong that Meily is strong.

Not that Rogant is weak until he has to be protected by a small child, even his strength is beyond reasonable.

However, unfortunately Rogant has absolutely no strong physical or offensive power.

As you know, even though Rogant has the power to rewrite his destiny and avoid death.

Still, Rogant had no crushed power that could kill his opponent.

Usually to kill his opponent, he always used the Unlimited Skill >Soul Resonance< to share the damage he received to his opponent.

With that, he could easily kill his opponent without doing anything troublesome.

However, there is still the possibility that his power is useless when fighting enemies that are as level or more than him.

For example, like fellow >System Seven Daily< users like him.

A moment ago, Rogant had fought one of those who carried the sin of Laziness.

Rogant was really made not to dwell and die as many as hundreds more when fighting him.

For that reason, Rogant needs a great power that can kill opponents who have unreasonable strength.

Previously Rogant was really very lucky because >Lozi Kyarnet< decided to leave Rogant.

But, what about next? Will he also be as lucky as he was before?...

“In the end, I could not give the slightest attack to the man. It pisses me off a little.”

[Excite, Master. After all, you have only been reincarnated for a few days. It is only natural that you are still weak.]

“Yes yeah, I know that I know that. So stop calling me weak, it makes me unhappy.”

Rogant snorted angrily at the reply from the Pride System who played his supporting role.

Indeed, Rogant has just arrived in this world as a new System user. So anyway he's still a beginner.

To be able to survive against senior users of the other >System Seven Daily< alone includes luck.

However, that's not all Rogant gets—

“At least, I can tell the trick of the power of Laziness. Next, I just need to find a way to kill him.”

—After experiencing death repeatedly, Rogant finally found out how he could die.

That includes an incredible achievement...

[Master is great. I honestly don't even know.]

“Well, this is just my speculation. Most likely the power of Laziness is Moving and Stopping.”

[Don't you mean Master?]

Hearing that, made the Pride System a little surprised. Anya—

To be clear, let me explain a little. Here Rogant's point is...

... Unlimited Skill belonging to >Lozi Kyarnet< who takes the sin of Laziness is Moving and Stopping.

With that power he could kill Rogant from his blind spot, leaving him completely unaware of his death.

>Lozi Kyarnet< moves the sand underneath at abnormal speeds and destroys Rogant's entire body.

In addition, he also stopped the time of the sand so as not to be easily destroyed and became the deadliest weapon.

That was the trick of how Rogant could be killed unexpectedly.

However, here is something that makes Rogant confused.

“How does he avoid my Unlimited Skill >Soul Resonance< and stay alive?”

True, although at that time Rogant had used Unlimited Skill >Soul Resonance< to share body and feelings.

Still, >Lozi Kyarnet< has absolutely no effect on the power of Rogant. He should have died when Rogant was destroyed.

Not only that, >Lozi Kyarnet< also has no effect on negative status.

Although Rogant had some thoughts on this, he still lacked evidence and information.

“Possibly he stopped the time he had on himself to dispel my power.”

If so, you can say >Lozi Kyarnet< is unbeatable.

What would happen if he completely stopped the time that was within himself?

Then the body he had would be ageless or arguably immortal, besides that he could also withstand any kind of strength.

Want it physical strength, magic, curses, and negative status. Rogant believes >Lozi Kyarnet< can withstand everything without being affected or damage.

It was an invincible type of defensive power, if so then there was no way to injure him.

He would truly be a terrifying and troublesome opponent.

However, that's not what Rogant is worried about...

Most likely the power that >Lozi Kyarnet< uses is her Unlimited Skill >Sinner Authority<.

If so—

“There is no way he can dispel my >Soul Resonance< that I have strengthened with >Sinner Authority<.”

—It's clear he has something else until he can dispel Rogant's power rights.

... Unfortunately, it is still unknown.

There are many more secrets of the sin of Laziness >Lozi Kyarnet< that Rogant does not know.

And what attracted him the most was—

“Who 'They' said by the man?”

—Maybe it's his partner, or his best friend, or maybe someone else.

Rogant was really curious about it. In addition, >Lozi Kyarnet< was also very angry when Rogant said the name >Pandora<.

What the hell does that mean? At the previous moment, Rogant pretended not to know it to calm the anger of >Lozi Kyarnet<.

It is clear >Lozi Kyarnet< must have some sort of relationship with >Pandora<. But what kind of relationship is it?...

Why was he so angry when Rogant mentioned the name >Pandora Whatever it was, the man was really very mysterious...

“Do you know anything about this, Pride-chan?”

[I'm sorry, Master. Unfortunately, I don't know anything about this.]

“So yes..”

Rogant pondered it with great seriousness. She must be thinking hard because it's about her boyfriend, Pandora.

Seeing his lackluster Master like before, the Pride System was extremely worried about him.

Even though he himself was still doubtful whether he should have such feelings or not, but still—

[By the way what do you think of the sin of laziness, Master?]

—She tries to turn her Master's attention to a casual conversation.

“Eh? Well, I think he's very strong. In addition he is also full of madness like a madman.”

[Do you have the right to say that?]

“What? What do you mean I'm like that guy too?”

[That's not what I mean, but at least you also have a little problem with your personality.]

Pride System tried to say it as gently as possible, but still Rogant sniffed in annoyance.

Seeing that, Pride System was a little happy even though he did not know whether he had these feelings or not.

As long as his Master was happy, then he did not care much about himself.

—After that, a red light penetrated between the trees. This indicates that the morning has arrived.

Finally the long night is over, replaced with a new life on a new day...

“Yeah, look. Her eyes are up, do I need to make breakfast for Meily?”

[That's a good idea. But can you cook?]

“Umm... I think I can. Well, buy the material I can buy at >Shop System< made by Pandora and now the most important thing is to make what?”

[What about omelette rice and some vegetable salads? I think it's simple and easy.]

After getting good advice from Pride System, Rogant started cooking it using the tools and ingredients he bought from >Shop System<.

Although I call it buy, in the end in because Rogant's >Point Shop< is so abnormal that it just says '>???<'.

He can buy everything from the >Shop System< without worrying about the lack of >Point Shop<.

In essence everything was free, he could buy items or anything from the previous Rogant world as much as he wanted.

“I hope today we can start a beautiful day and full of happiness.”

...---[★★★★★★]---...

—Then, let's close the curtain in a story filled with this madness and strangeness.

For the next will begin a new Rogant journey with a different concept again.

The second arc with the title [Nameless Suffering]. Please keep supporting my work in—