Tale Of Unknown: Hero From Zero
3. Spacing
It had been about 2 weeks since Riyan and the others were summoned to this world as heroes bearing heavy burdens to protect the world from the prophecy of the resurrection of the strongest demon lord. For High School students like them, this is a heavier responsibility than doing the task, although the prophecy is still long realized.
While another student was training in the palace grounds, Riyan was just sitting in his room staring at the ceiling lamenting the status he got 2 weeks ago.
"Rubby child! What are you doing up there?! Get down and practice with us! Ahaha!"
"Are you afraid because our status is higher than yours? Ahaha! You wimps!"
The students who were training in the field started to mock Riyan again, continuing what they had done since 2 weeks ago. Riyan's status had spread to the other disciples. From their point of view, Riyan was a useless human summoned to this world. Wh why? It was because of his status.
Riyan ignored the taunts directed at him and kept looking at the ceiling.
"Why did my status become like this? I can still accept if my status is the lowest among them, but in this world? That's right."
While muttering complaining about his status, he could only give up on doing nothing. The status is very low, even for the size of the population in this world. It might even be the lowest status in the world.
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Name: Riyan Klaint
Race : Human
Class : Residents
Level 2: 2
Life: 16/16
Where :5/5
Physical Strength :0 (+4)
Magic Power :0 (+6)
Resilience :0 (+12)
Attribute : Hamp
Skill: Appraisal, All Zero, Distract, Nothing Eye, Mana Manipulation, Comprehension, Auto-Counter
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That was the current status of Riyan. Too low to be said to be a living thing, even up to 0. If you ask why there is an extra number in the brackets in addition to his status, that is his basic status.
Why could it happen? It was because of the skill he had, [All Zero].
Unlike ordinary skills that made the owner grow stronger, [All Zero] was the opposite. [All Zero] possessed by Riyan was a skill that multiplied everything to zero, except for the level and basic numbers such as the base status and life parameters and mana.
Usually if the level increases, then the status will also increase, but not for Riyan. As his status increased due to his rising level, all of it was multiplied by zero thus making Riyan a person worth a huge zero.
This [All Zero] skill was what made Riyan even more shunned by his classmates. He was frustrated that he could do nothing but learn about the knowledge of the world.
Tok tok...
Hearing the knocking sound, Riyan immediately got up and walked over to open the door. When he opened, there was Faleon in his usual shirt, this time he did not wear armor.
"What's up, General Faleon? Do you need anything from me?"
"Ah no, I just want to see how you are."
"I'm fine, don't think about it."
Riyan quickly replies to Faleon to leave him alone, but Faleon does not move.
"really?"
"Yes, I'm really fine. Thanks for the worry, but it would be best if you joined the field to train them."
"alright. If there's anything, just tell me."
"Surely."
Faleon who was stopped by Riyan when he wanted to enter was taking a step back. With a wry smile, Riyan slowly closed the door. After the door closed perfectly, he walked back and lay down on his bed.
"[Status]"
Then the severe status of hers appeared. No changes or anything interesting to see there. Being bored, he opened his skills to see further explanations.
[Appraisal]: a skill that can judge an item or a living thing.
All the disciples who were summoned to this world as heroes had such skills. This skill has an intermediate level of rarity because there are not many and also not a few who have this skill.
[All Zero]: a skill that multiplies all states to zero, except levels, base states, and life parameters and mana.
As far as is known, only Riyan possessed this skill. Tria and Alestein were also the first time they had seen such an extremely detrimental skill.
[Distract]: a skill that can distract the enemy from the owner.
This skill would be very effective if the existence of the owner was very small, this was a skill that was compatible with Riyan.
[Nothing Eye]: no explanation.
There was no explanation at all for this skill. Unknown and never existed, just like [All Zero] belonged to Riyan.
[Manipulation Mana]: a skill that can control which one is in the owner's body.
This skill is one of the skills that harm the owner. By using this skill, mana will be much faster to run out than using magic.
[Comprehension]: a skill that allows the owner to understand something faster than living things in general.
This skill is a fairly rare skill. The owner of this skill is usually magic researchers or certain people who are smart. With this skill, Riyan can focus on knowledge rather than practice in vain.
Because of the [All Zero] skill, whatever training he underwent during the first week, his status did not change in the slightest. This was why Riyan focused on knowledge.
[Auto-Counter]: a skill that can respond to all attacks that its owner receives quickly.
This skill is very rare and sought after by the inhabitants of this world. A skill that could retaliate against all attacks very quickly after being successfully repelled, that was an incredible thing.
Seeing that useless Riyan had this skill, of course all the disciples were envious of him. Just like Riyan, Gilbert has a [Auto-Counter]. It's just that the difference is in the level of strength. The counterattack from Riyan's [Auto-Counter] was almost useless as his physical strength status was very little, it could even be said to have no effect, in contrast to Gilbert whose physical strength was extremely great.
After looking through the explanation of his skill, Riyan closed his status. Moments later, he got out of bed and walked out of his room to the palace library.
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"Bored....."
Riyan placed the books on the table in the library and leaned on the chair. After about 2 hours of sitting and reading continuously, he finally started to get bored. Of course, for a high school boy like him, reading is not what he used to do.
He watches television and plays games in his room alone. Learn only when there will be a repeat the next day. There is no fun entertainment in this world.
Even so, the other students seemed to enjoy their activities during this time. It is only training, but it is like entertainment for those who do not have any activities anymore.
"Riyan, are you here again?"
"I have no other activities."
"Hoo, a lot of ya, your time."
"I'm not happy with that word."
"I'm just kidding, just kidding."
Just as usual, Riyan threw a sharp glare at almost the entire person, this time the person sitting in the chair before him after closing the door. Faleon, the great general of the kingdom of Alivonia. The reason why they were able to converse like this was a form of sympathy from Faleon.
Faleon had always been paying attention to Riyan since the summoning of the heroes from the other world. In his eyes, Riyan looked completely different from the disciples who were dragged into this world.
Upon learning of being in another world, Riyan remained calm and did not panic, whereas almost all of the students panicked half-dead from being so sudden. Then, he was also seen being exiled by another student, for some reason. And what caught Faleon's attention the most was Riyan's unconscious mysterious aura.
Riyan's mysterious aura was not something that was clearly visible, more like pressure than aura. I don't know what it is, but Faleon realized it.
"So, what did you get today?"
"What?"
"Anything."
"Only general knowledge of mana and magic."
The book that Riyan read was a book about mana and magic. It was already explained by Faleon, but Riyan wanted to learn more. He hoped there would be some explanation about mana and magic that Faleon could not explain.
Mana is an energy that each living thing possesses to exert magic. Not all living beings can use magic. Only educated or talented people are capable of using it.
Magic is one result of the processing of mana within living beings. Magic can be used for anything. For example, such as the military, helpers in a study, make it easier to build a construction, even for household needs as well.
In addition to pure magic that is directly managed by living beings, there are also tools that rely on magic. An example would be like a magic stove that requires the image of a fire magic circle.
To light the stove, you must be able to pour mana into the picture of the fire magic circle contained there. If put 1 point mana into, maybe the stove will last about 2 minutes, depending on the quality of the stove. The better the longer the fire lasts.
"Are you not satisfied with what I've explained?"
"Yes." Yeah."
With a flat expression, Riyan answered the question from Faleo that was lightning fast. Hearing the quick reply without hesitation from Riyan, Faleon simply smiled wryly. After the light conversation, silence struck the two of them, but it was only for a moment. Faleon immediately continued the conversation in order to get close to Riyan.
"Riyan, can I ask you something?"
"What?"
"Have you ever made a mistake or had such a big fight with your friends that they stayed away from you?"
Hearing the question, Riyan was a little surprised, but was not shown. He straightened his seat and looked back at Faleon seriously.
"Why do you think that?"
"Well, that's because almost no one comes near you for as long as I see. At most only Typhania, Gilbert, Layla, Rizu, and Johan."
That's right, the only ones who had approached Riyan all along were the five people Faleon mentioned. Although only limited to asking news and circumstances, but they have their own attention to Riyan, especially Typhania. He was eager to talk and became close to Riyan, but just as he was about to do that, the men swiftly blocked his path towards Riyan.
Riyan turned to his right and left to make sure no one was around. After being confirmed safe, he sighed and looked back at Faleon seriously.
"I once ransacked the teacher's room."
"Huh!?"
Hearing this, Faleon was shocked. He knew a little about the state of the world where Riyan and the others were from Gilbert. Of course, it was a very despicable deed for a disciple
"But it's just a misunderstanding."
"Eh?"
This time Faleon made a funny expression.
"A year ago, I was told to deliver a student questionnaire to the teacher's room. The teachers are in a meeting in another room so there is no one in the teacher's room."
Riyan smiled slightly with a sluggish glint of eyes emanating in his eyes. Instead, Faleon was a little surprised to hear his continuation.
"What's possible..."
"True, when I entered it, the teacher's room was already in a mess with tables, chairs, papers, documents lying here and there. Of course I froze seeing this incident in surprise. I went inside and checked if anyone or not. But when I came in, that's where the misunderstanding started."
Faleon was a little downcast knowing about Riyan's problems with his friends. He looked at the table with a sad look mixed with annoyance.
"There's another student who happened to see you inside, and then accused you of being the culprit, right?"
"Yes, that's right."
Now he knows what made Riyan shunned by his friends. Just because of that misunderstanding, Riyan was shunned and hated by the students as well as the teachers, even because of that case, he barely went to class. Fortunately, his uncle was willing to compensate for the damage. Riyan was suspended for 1 and a half months.
From then on, Riyan's life grew worse due to the ridicule and ridicule of almost all of the disciples. No one knew this truth other than Faleon and Riyan himself. Until now, Riyan still did not know the real culprit, who was clearly not him.
"Well, it's just the past, please don't tell them this, general."
"Eh? Wh why? Wouldn't they trust you more and not stay away from you anymore?"
"Discredity is one of human nature. I like this would have been distrusted by them. If you tell me this, they'll say that I dare brainwash a great general."
"But, if this keeps up, you'll get hit! Do you want to?!"
"This can't be repeated, what can be done. I've been used to this for a long time. Besides, I'm also often ignored because of my thin existence, you don't have to worry about me, general."
Faleon could only fall silent not replying to Riyan. He had just realized what exactly the mysterious aura he felt from Riyan was. It was the aura that made the existence of Riyan very thin. There are rarely people who do not know that they exist.
Riyan was aware of her thin existence, but she was not with that aura. Only Faleon realized that the aura was firmly attached to Riyan's body. He only realized what Riyan had been going through. Yes, not considered.
Because of its thin existence, Riyan is difficult to realize by most people and as if it never existed, even his uncle is difficult to realize it. Ignored and thought to be non-existent, it slightly disappeared during the case of the teacher room that was just a misunderstanding of it. Since then, Riyan has become famous for the big case.
"But..."
Faleon clenched his hands tightly with annoyance. Just then, Riyan lowered his head to Faleon until he touched the table.
"Please, don't tell this to the others. Your good name will be at stake, General Faleon."
Looking at Riyan who was lowered to such an extent, Faleon could not bear to. He held onto both of Riyan's shoulders and lifted his body straight back to how it was. His expression was full of sadness mixed with annoyance, but he looked at Riyan steadily.
"Well, I promise I won't tell anyone this, for God's sake."
"Thank you, general."
After discussing the main matter of Riyan causing him to be shunned by the disciples, they went back to talking about this world. Faleon taught him a little about magic and how to activate it because he never took part in magic training.
Actually there are still such events when Riyan was still Junior High, but he prefers not to discuss the problem. Wh why? Because troublesome.
At that very instant, a black silhouette eavesdropping on their conversation about the matter of Riyan, departed from the closed door of the library. There were a few drops of water that left a trace as he walked away. Neither Riyan nor Faleon were aware of the silhouette—to be exact the person, eavesdropping from the outside.
