Chapter 7
Near Borderline Of West, Outside Axel.
He clicked his tongue, looking at the forest with an eerie feeling, tapping his index finger onto the hilt of his scythe a few times while placing it on his shoulder.
He looked at his sheathed katana, he may have already sold his sword, but his katana is still in its sheath, this was the weapon that he planned to be kept by him, he probably placed it in a vault or something.
Axel has a bank, so he has no worries.
Even though the more item in his vault, the more expensive the monthly rent he had to pay, it's still a nice place to save items, why? Well, he doesn't have a house.
And weirdly, if he stores money in it, he won't get charged, only when he store items that he has to pay for the rent.
1,000 Eris/juryo.
Or 500 Eris/gram.
They have a magic device for weighing items, it was pretty HUGE!
After the weighing, they would give you a card, the card has different colours, depending on the number of your items or money, they are divided into 7 colours, they are: white, yellow, orange, pink, red, and black.
And... Charcoal black.
Obviously, white would be given to the person with the least amount of money, from 100 Eris to 10,000 Eris or 1 Juryo to 10 Juryo.
Yellow: 10,001 - 100,000 Eris/ 11 - 100 Juryo.
Orange: 100,001 - 1,000,000 Eris/ 101 - 1000 Juryo.
Pink: 1,000,001 - 10,000,000 Eris/ 1,001 - 10,000 Juryo.
Red: 10,000,001 - 100,000,000 Eris/ 10,001 - 100,000 Juryo.
And Black: 100,000,001 - 1,000,000,000 Eris/ 100,001 - 1,000,000 Juryo.
The Charcoal black was a special case, when a person has too much wealth and wanted to store them, and if the amount of wealth exceeding 1,000,000,000 Eris/ 1,000,000 Juryo, they would get this card.
Such people exist, Ridiculous!
He didn't see any point in getting a card from the bank before he remembered that he had to store his items.
So yeah, now he had a yellow card in his belt bag.
What's the point of having a white to orange card if you only want to store your money? You literally can store a single mithril coin that worth 1,000,000 Eris in your pocket!
But for safe measure, he agreed, to put it in the bank, what if he lost his bag that had his whole net worth? He doesn't want that to happen.
Usually, only adventurers would have a card because they never stay in one place, but sometimes people who actually have a house store their wealth in the bank just so they can show off their cards to others.
Pointless, really.
Anyway, he wishes he could get a dimensional pocket like those rings he saw in manhwa, but alas, a wish was always just a wish.
He proceeds to walk into the forest relaxedly, it was as if he just strolling around in his backyard.
Maybe if he approaches them like this, the weaker ones will be provoked while the stronger ones will be pondering "Why did this human invading our territory as if it was nothing? Maybe he has the strength we can't comprehend...?"
So he can avoid the strong ones while fighting the weaker ones.
...Not really.
He can walk relaxedly like this because he was in the borderline area, so he has nothing to worry about getting killed.
He had difficulty while fighting the alien rip-off before because he was only level 25.
Now that he's at level 27, he was confident in his own strength.
Maybe the stronger one will appear, and if it is, so what? He had this scythe, a weapon that perfectly fits him.
People said confidence was one of the aspects that could bring a person's full potential in battles.
He fully agreed, a little hesitant in your moves and you would be finished!
It's better to fight to the death while full of battle spirit than hesitantly fight and finally decided to run away from the battle.
Either choices would lead to your death, but which one would make you have no regrets?
Of course, the former would be the answer.
He continued to walk around, not crossing the line that some people from the past placed to make the difference between the borderline and the actual territory.
And finally, the moment he was waiting for has come.
"Look, a foolish overconfident human has come again."
"Ah, I see, it's a shame that it's a guy, if it's a woman, maybe we could-"
Before the creature could finish his statement, the human suddenly disappeared.
"Huh? He's gone?"
"Maybe it's our hallucination?"
"What? You believe that stupid human's theory?"
"I mean, if there's a theory there must be a proof that makes the theory, in fact, it's not a theory, but a fact."
"Tsk, stop talking rubbish, let's search for-"
An uncanny air suddenly appears behind it, making it froze for a second, a swinging sound that air produced could be heard.
Before it can reach its back, its partner immediately blocked it with its mantis-like arm, making a sound like a clash between metals.
The air was gone as if it wasn't there in the first place.
Its head turned around, its body shudders a little.
"W-What, What was that...?"
Its partner's illuminating blue eyes grimly look at the shivering creature.
"...A scythe-"
The air was back again, this time, it targets its partner.
Because they were on a tree branch, they were under the cover of the leaves, so the scythe holder couldn't be seen clearly by them.
How could it be so dark? Well, they were in a forest, so the sunlight couldn't properly lighten the branch they were on.
This time, a sudden 'Zkzkskzk' sound from their below surprised them, when they look at the branch they stand on, ice already replaced the wood.
"Shi-!"
"Ah-!"
They have to dodge the scythe, so they have no choice but to jump, because the ice is too slippery.
In mid-air, a sudden flash appears before them, and finally, they could see the culprit.
Narrowed green with a tint of red eyes, auburn hair, and a scythe that gave off a horrifying atmosphere surrounding it.
They wanted to react, but the sudden ambush from the culprit really put a toll on their mind for them to think, so their minds still can't think properly.
And a single sweep, to put both of them to death.
Kazuma blankly stared at the corpse of these so-called aliens.
Honestly, he was the one who called them aliens, but seriously, they really look alike!
He landed on the ground softly, looking at his scythe in admiration.
'When my short sword only able to sink into their skin and grazing them slightly, this thing can easily decimate the tough scales of that creature.'
This scythe, is truly, Magnificent.
What should he call it?
Hmm...
Red-black blade, charcoal black hilt, gray carved lines which looks like a sort of ancient language with a majestic atmosphere it gave off, a horrifying aura that surrounds it specifically for his enemies, and a tall appearance.
It makes sense that it gave off such a majestic and horrifying aura.
What kind of appropriate name for this grand scythe?
...
...
...
His eyes brightened, a sudden name entered his mind.
"Ah, let me call you...
Dodo to Osoroshi."
He nodded in satisfaction, forgetting the fact that he was still in the borderline of West.
Still.
"Dodo to Osoroshi... Perfect, I'll call you that from now on."
The crescent moon shaped blade glinted, as if it was agreeing to the name its owner gave it.
Even though it was such an... outrageous name.
Literally, Dodo to Osoroshi(Dōdō to osoroshī) means Majestically Horrifying lmao.
And juryo it's a currency I came up with for weighing, it means literally "Weight."
Regarding the matter of japanese names, I didn't search from the dictionary or even learn it, I only have google translate as my dai sensei for it!
...Please do not judge me.
Goodbye.