An hour after the trial, Naofumi stands in an ally way. He knew that he would be betrayed, he had sense for these kind of things, ever since he was young.

Naofumi was quite the cautious guy throughout his life. He wore a helmet on vehicles, he never walked anywhere alone and he took 5 years of karate and 5 years of taekwondo. He walked around with homemade bullet-proof armor, he brought paper-spray everywhere, he studies his classmates and friends to make sure that they are good people from good families, even the smallest arrest for the smallest accident from a distant family member ticked him off.

He had actually unlocked some weapons in secret, just to be safe.

[Copper coin shield]

Equip bonus: 5 LCK, Item drop rate (small), Price estimation 1

[Copper shield]

Equip bonus: 5 DEF, 5 M.DEF, 3 AGI, Lightning resistance (small)

[Silver coin shield]

Equip bonus: 10 LCK, Item drop rate (Medium), Negotiation skills 2

[Silver shield]

Equip bonus: 10 DEF, 10 M.DEF, 10 AGI, Light resistance (Medium)

[Gold coin shield]

Equip bonus: 15 LCK, Item drop rate (Large), EXP gain (small)

[Gold shield]

Equip bonus: 5 DEF, 30 M.DEF, Shadow resistance (Medium), Holy resistance (small)

He had gotten many common items and a couple rare items with his item drop rate.

He pulled out a orange crystal from his inventory. He then crushed it, instantly a orange balloon appeared out of nowhere, rather than attacking him it just tilted forward in a bow. He just summoned a orange balloon as a new ally. He then went to grind with his new monster.

[Orange balloon core shield]

Equip bonus: Orange balloon strengthen

[Yellow balloon core shield]

Equip bonus: Yellow balloon strengthen

Once he was in the field, he summoned all of his balloons from his inventory, about 20 in total, he then let them grind for him while he went back into the castletown. They only had 6 ATK and 1 DEF but they had strength in numbers and shield strengthening, they could also level up.

In castletown, Naofumi used his parkour skills to get to Erhard's shop, to get there fast and nobody seeing him.

"You've got some balls coming here after what you did to your companion!" Erhard says angrily.

"I haven't touched a girl since I got kicked in the face by one at age 12. I didn't do shit." Naofumi says.

"Really, well then sorry for what happened, what do you need?" he just dropped it like nothing.

"I came to ask to learn blacksmithing and accessory-making."

"Seriously, that's it?"

"Yes, I need these skills for the future."

"OK."

The next 3 days, Erhard closed the store early to teach Naofumi blacksmithing and accessory-making.

"Wow kid, you learn fast!" Erhard said amazed.

"I use multiple methods to learn, that's how I skipped the second grade."

"Wow, bragging much?" Erhard laughs "Anyway, what are you gonna do now?"

"You got anyone that can teach me some magic?"

"Well yeah, the witch that runs the magic shop is my old friend, so I'm confident she'll teach you magic if I put in a good word for you."

"Thank you."

Naofumi has also unlocked several shields from Erhard aswell as the materials the balloons came back with

[Iron ore shield]

Equip bonus: Metalworking 2

[Copper ore shield]

Equip bonus: Metalworking 1

[Silver ore shield]

Equip bonus: Damage from Demonic enemies reduced by 2%

[Lead ore shield]

Equip bonus: 1 DEF

[Iron shield]

Equip bonus: Physical resistance (Small)

[Lead shield]

Equip bonus: Strength up (small)

[Steel shield]

Equip bonus: Physical resistance (Medium)

Special effect: Physical attacks reduced by 5%

[Steel needle shield]

Equip bonus: 1 ATK

Special effect: Needle shield (small), Armor pen (small)

[Enchanted ring shield]

Equip bonus: 1 DEF

Special effect: AGI up (Medium)

[Enchanted ring shield]

Equip bonus: 1 DEF

Special effect: SP up (Medium)

[Enchanted ring shield]

Equip bonus: 1 DEF

Special effect: MP up (Medium)

[Enchanted ring shield]

Equip bonus: 1 DEF

Special effect: MP recovery (Medium)

[Mush shield]

Equip bonus: Plant appraisal

[Blue mush shield]

Equip bonus: 1 Simple recipe

[Green mush shield]

Equip bonus: Apprenticeship compounding

[Small medicine shield]

Equip bonus: Medicine efficiency up

[Small Poison shield]

Equip bonus: Poison resistance up

[Egg shield]

Equip bonus: Cooking 1

[Blue egg shield]

Equip bonus: Vision up

[Sky egg shield]

Equip bonus: Simple recipes

[Iron sword shield]

Equip bonus: 5 ATK, Slashing resistance (Medium), Piercing resistance (Medium)

Special effect: Knife extend

[Quartz shield]

Equip bonus: Alchemy 1

Equip bonus: skill: Synthesis

Synthesis: Fuses 2 target's or skills together.

He also made himself some accessories.

[Saronite bracelet]

AGI up (Medium), MP recovery (Medium), DEF up (Medium)

[Saronite bracelet]

ATK up (Medium), Physical resistance (Medium), Elemental resistance (Medium)

[Saronite shield accessory]

SP up (Medium), SP recovery (Medium), MP up (Medium), MP recovery (Medium), SP cost reduction

[Saronite ring]

HP up (Medium), MP up (Medium), HP recovery (Medium), EXP up (small)

Right now he was level 10

The next day, he went to the magic shop. Rather than coldness he was greeted kindly.

"So Erhard wanted me to teach you magic?" the witch asks.

"Yes, he says he trusts you." Naofumi replied.

"Well he trusts right! I'll assign the shop to my assistant while I teach you magic." She declared.

"Thank you."

After discovering his support and healing affinity, they spent 3 days learning. When he had the chance, he practiced with his magic in anyway possible, he actually made his own spells and techniques.

Magic barrier

Energy buzzsaw disks

Telekinesis

Magical blasts

After the 6 days, Naofumi spent the next week looking for shields, making money and expanding his summon army while making armor and accessories.

(Fun fact: Summons can be turned back into gems to put in the inventory)

Now it's time to look for new allies.

Author's notes: So what do you think? This app is crazy buggy so that's why it looks so improper. This is my first time too