Chapter 291: 291 Next World
Thus, the evening of the next day swiftly descended upon them.
After concluding the day’s tea party, Reiger informed Ai En and Ian that from today onwards, he would no longer be setting up a ring outside the Brillhaut mansion to accept challenges from others.
To this, Ai En and Ian seemed quite disappointed, but they still followed Reiger’s instructions and made the announcement.
This was bound to stir another uproar in the royal capital, making the already bustling city even livelier.
However, these events had little to do with Reiger who was about to leave.
What he needed to do now was to prepare for the upcoming journey, or more precisely, the Dimensional Travel that would occur before it.
Therefore, Reiger quickly finished his dinner after dusk, rapidly completed his ablutions, and then returned to his room to prepare for the Dimensional Travel.
This time, the Dimensional Travel was different from the previous two occasions.
This time, Reiger need not worry about the body he would leave behind in this world and directly summoned his Attendant to his room.
"Master, I have arrived."
Following the previous night, Liz visited Reiger’s room once again.
She still looked freshly bathed.
She was still dressed so lightly.
"I have something to ask of you, Liz."
Reiger, fighting the urge not to let his gaze drift to certain areas, coughed once and spoke to Liz with a serious face.
"You, you may speak!"
Seeing the earnest expression on Reiger’s face, Liz immediately became tense.
"Alright, relax first."
Realizing his miscalculation, originally intending to be serious so Liz would take what he’s about to say seriously, he ended up making the young girl anxious instead, which might have ruined things, leaving him quite helpless.
It took a while for Reiger to soothe Liz before he explained the reason for his request.
"Next, I will be sleeping here for one day, to undertake a special type of cultivation."
Reiger explained his forthcoming actions in this way.
"Special cultivation...?"
Liz tilted her head, puzzled and unclear.
"Yes," Reiger nodded and said, "During this period, I will be completely unconscious, unresponsive to the outside world, and no matter what is done, I cannot be woken up."
"This is undoubtedly a very dangerous thing."
"Therefore, I need you to stay in this room and protect me closely for the next day."
"Can you do that?"
Liz’s response was naturally an unhesitant one.
"Of course!" said Liz definitively, then her confidence waned as if she lost her nerve, and she said less confidently, "But... can I really do it?"
Staying here to protect Reiger wasn’t an issue.
The issue was, could she truly protect Reiger?
She had just received the True Knight Medal, a newly minted Swordsman, so unreliable; if a powerful foe should appear, could she actually safeguard her master?
Liz wasn’t very confident about this.
"Don’t worry," Reiger reassured her, saying, "This is the Brillhaut residence, it’s unlikely anyone would sneak in here, I called you over just in case."
"And you should not sell yourself short."
"Even among Swordsmen, you are second only to the veterans, one of the very top ones."
"Have confidence in yourself; that’s the only way I can entrust everything to you with peace of mind, you know?"
Upon hearing this, Liz looked at Reiger’s encouraging expression, and courage suddenly surged within her.
"Understood, Master," Liz solemnly said, "I will protect you well, never leaving your side until you wake."
"Good," Reiger suddenly smiled and said, "Then I leave it in your hands."
"Yes!"
In the midst of Liz’s strong and positive response, Reiger lay down and closed his eyes.
He first took out a droplet of Loki’s Divine Blood, placed it on his forehead, and went through a long-missed status update.
Before long, a faint light and mysterious runes began to emerge on Reiger’s body, amazing Liz who was looking on.
Seconds later, Reiger’s latest status update was out.
...
Reiger Brillhaut
Lv.6
Strength: I0→ B767
Endurance: I0→ B741
Dexterity: I0→ A815
Agility: I0→ A837
Magic Power: I0→ C660
Light Armor: E→ D
Swordsman: E→ D
Magic Conduct: G
War Proficiency: H→ G
Rapid-Fire: I → H
...
Newly updated ability stats informed Reiger that his efforts over the past month of accepting challenges and facing a thousand battles each day had not been in vain.
His proficiency in all skills had risen by over 3500, all reaching Lv.6, and to have achieved such growth in roughly a month would make anyone from Maze City Orario, god or human, spontaneously combust.
Other adventurers, even super geniuses like Ais and Ota, would find such progress after reaching Lv.6 impossible without several years of hard struggle.
Reiger, on the other hand, had done it in about a month. It wouldn’t have been too much to accuse him of cheating.
Of course, the growth in his basic abilities was remarkable, and his development abilities had improved significantly as well, with most of them advancing by a stage.
Especially the "Lightweight" and "Swordsman" abilities, which had both reached stage D.
This was a big deal.
"I remember in the original story, even Ota at Lv.7 had only managed to reach E in his highest development ability, right?"
Achieving stage D in a development ability was already a higher level than that of Orario’s ultimate weapon.
"It’s a pity that ’Magic Conduction’ hasn’t improved."
Despite significant boosts to both basic and development abilities, only "Magic Conduction" remained unchanged in this update.
In the Demon Slayer World, Reiger had not used magic or practiced spellcasting much; he continuously practiced sword techniques and breathing methods, and even during the arena challenges, he fought from start to finish with a single blade. If he hadn’t been conjuring blades using construction magic, his "Magic Power" category might not have advanced much in this update.
Still, among this update’s basic abilities, "Magic Power" had the least growth, lagging far behind the other four basic abilities, proving he had indeed rarely used magic recently.
"I’ll have to pay attention to that later."
While reminding himself internally, Reiger gave commands to the transparent cube in his mind.
"Dimensional Cube, activate the Dimensional Passage."
The transparent cube in his mind responded to Reiger’s command and began to rotate.
’Command received, initiating Dimensional Passage.’
’User-detected carrying items unique to this world, integration through energy expenditure possible if desired.’
’List of unique items compiled, please select.’
’Meloi Essence (10)’
Upon receiving this notion, Reiger realized something.
"I almost forgot, the Meloi Essence is an item I just obtained. To bring it with me through Dimensional Travel, I must spend Dimension Energy to assimilate it."
This was Reiger’s first time needing to take something from the original world into the world of Dimensional Travel, and it felt quite sudden.
"Does it require 10 units of Dimension Energy?" Reiger pondered silently, "Indeed, this Ancient Secret Treasure is not of low value."
Items valued at 10 units of Dimension Energy were second only to the vial of Loki’s Divine Blood in Reiger’s possession.
Reiger glanced at his current remaining Dimension Energy.
’Dimension Energy: 213’
When he returned from the Demon Slayer World, Reiger had 180 units of Dimension Energy left.
After staying for about a month in the Akashan Continent, totaling 33 days, he had accumulated an additional 33 units of Dimension Energy.
Thus, Reiger now possessed 213 units of Dimension Energy, a new historical high.
He chose the Meloi Essence and spent 10 units of Dimension Energy to assimilate it.
’Selection complete, execution beginning.’
’Item assimilation successful.’
’Sufficient energy detected, Dimensional Passage construction starting.’
’Construction complete.’
As Reiger completed choosing the item for assimilation, the Dimensional Passage officially began to form, with the transparent cube in his mind disassembling into countless transparent cells that spun and interwove, creating a pathway piercing through the void of his sea of consciousness.
’Dimensional Passage opened successfully, information collection completed.’
’High compatibility information for the world on the other side of the Passage found in user’s memory, now organizing.’
’Organization successful.’
’Connected world: Overlord.’
’Time ratio: 1:150.’
’This Dimensional Travel is a consciousness descent; the user’s consciousness will be materialized, and death of the materialized consciousness will not affect the user. However, upon death, this instance of Dimensional Travel will officially end. Please proceed with caution.’
As the final notion entered Reiger’s mind, he held only one thought.
"It looks like this is going to be an interesting trip."
With that thought settled, Reiger’s consciousness floated ghostlike towards the Dimensional Passage, entering and vanishing from this world.
"...Master?"
Liz watched Reiger, who was completely asleep, and called out to him softly, but no response came.
"He really is out of it..."
Having confirmed this, Liz became serious.
Now that her master had lost all consciousness, she had to stay glued to his side for the next day, ensuring his safety.
"I must not let my master down."
Liz clenched her small fists, pumping herself up while observing Reiger, who lay in deep slumber on the bed, and then she suddenly slid under the covers.
The little princess slipped directly into Reiger’s arms, reached out, and tightly hugged the sleeping Reiger.
"Personal protection of the master!"
Liz fully embodied the meaning of close protection with her actions, achieving literal personal security.