The legend of the Crimson Demon clan started from Suqing

#317 - People cannot be generalized

Two men and one woman – this timeless classic combination is popular and eye-catching in any world.

No, perhaps a combination of handsome men, beautiful women, and a beastman is what's truly eye-catching?

In a different world overflowing with handsome men and beautiful women, people like Yosuke Shima are more likely to attract attention – if it weren't for Zunzun's constant reassurance, he would have been chased out of town by the guards.

"Sorry, am I causing you trouble, Zunzun?"

"It's okay."

Yosuke Shima is very concerned about causing trouble for others and dislikes others causing him trouble, hence his immediate departure after their first meeting and his current apology.

Zunzun doesn't mind, since he insisted on having him join the team, but the beautiful elf girl heavily snorted in displeasure.

"You, if you know you're going to cause trouble for others, then just cover your face."

"…Why should I cover my face?"

"What?"

"Whether I cover my face or not is my freedom, and besides, I don't want to."

Yosuke Shima dislikes people commenting on his appearance, and Zunzun has noticed that he can be quite stubborn at times. That's right, otherwise he wouldn't have spent seven whole days grinding down the Flame Demon Dragon (originally) to defeat it.

"Kaede Nanase – I'm very familiar with that girl…"

"Hmm?"

"Appearing in Alien Soldier, she was originally just an ordinary woman who, after being killed by the enemy leader, had her brain converted into a bio-computer and awakened. Piloting the savior weapon Seven Star Power, she launches an attack against us, as STAGE3's BOSS with 5 forms…"

"W-wait, wait…"

Before Yosuke Shima could launch into another lengthy explanation, Zunzun couldn't bear it and immediately stopped him.

"Why are you suddenly talking about this?"

"Hmm? You asked me to travel with you, wasn't it to talk about love gossip?"

"That's not it!"

"Isn't it? Looking at your expression now, it seems like you want to talk about those topics."

What kind of expression is he making that gave you that misunderstanding?"

Don't let Yosuke Shima's weathered appearance fool you; he's only 17 years old, right? Besides, even if we were talking about romance, shouldn't it be about real people, not tragic game characters?

Zunzun scratched his head.

"The reason I'm traveling with you is to talk about magic… No, to be precise, topics like fairies. You also use fairy magic, right?"

"Oh, is that it!"

Yosuke Shima smiled awkwardly.

Afterward, they discussed their understanding of fairy magic.

In general, there is a big difference.

First of all, Zunzun only has six fairies contracted to him. Whether it's for attacking, defending, or doing other things, he can only manipulate these six fairies.

Yosuke Shima, on the other hand, has an unlimited number.

As expected of a cheat-level ability, there is a clear difference from the beginning. Such a BUG-level ability breaks through his strength bottleneck from the start, in other words, he is already standing at the peak level of the world. No wonder he could fight the Flame Demon Dragon for seven whole days; Zunzun was almost wiped out in a single day.

As for why I said 'almost', that's what I'm going to talk about next.

Yosuke Shima's skills all come from fairies. In other words, as long as the fairies give out, then he will also give out and become an ordinary person… No, considering his weak physique, he's probably not even as good as an ordinary person.

And what can turn him into an ordinary person is a monster called the Demon-Sealing Bird. The miasma released by this monster is a smell that makes the fairies feel stinky and unwilling to work, and they will never compromise as long as there is a trace of the smell left.

Zunzun is different in this regard.

The fairies who have contracted with him will force themselves to work even if they find it stinky, and may even work harder to eliminate the Demon-Sealing Bird.

Although there are advantages and disadvantages, Yosuke Shima is generally more powerful.

"Speaking of which, how about you also learn some magic?"

"Eh—"

Yosuke Shima looked reluctant.

In his opinion, he already knows fairy magic, so learning ordinary magic would be like taking a roundabout route. In addition, he probably doesn't really understand the theory of magic, and he has a talisman to use as a backup in times of crisis, so no matter how much Zunzun tries to persuade him, he refuses.

Just you wait, he'll have a hard time later.

However, Zunzun was inspired by Yosuke Shima in fairy magic, and he also reached a certain consensus with the fairies of this world, so he can ask them for help at a cost when necessary.

"Wait a minute!"

The neglected beautiful elf girl said unhappily: "You two have been forgetting about me since just now, huh? Speaking of which, I know magic too, okay? And I also know a lot of elven secret arts."

"Oh?"

"Are you interested? Hmph, if you beg me, I might teach you."

"Please, Miss Elga."

"Ugh!"

Perhaps Zunzun bowed his head too readily, the beautiful elf girl didn't react and could only agree blankly.

In the following days, they traveled and learned magic at the same time.

"Today, I'm going to teach you the elven secret art – storage magic!"

"Oh, oh, oh!"

Storage magic, or item boxes, is a magic that exists in almost every other-world toilet paper novel, and many toilet paper protagonists have even caused everyone to exclaim because they have huge storage space.

But it is such an ordinary skill, even a standard skill for other-world protagonists—

"Damn it, it's too difficult, isn't it?"

"Of course, this is an elven secret art, not something that anyone can learn easily."

The beautiful elf girl snorted.

Zunzun, knowing the principle, finds it very difficult no matter how he tries to learn it, several levels more difficult than advanced magic. Even if you want to learn advanced magic, you need to memorize spells, learn movements, and understand the flow of magic power.

While Zunzun was constantly trying—

"Oh, I succeeded!"

Yosuke Shima exclaimed happily.

In front of him, a black crack appeared, and the vortex-like black hole proved that he had successfully learned the magic.

Zunzun was a little surprised.

"How did you do it? You shouldn't have a talent for learning magic, right? It's only been less than 10 minutes?"

"No, it's not difficult. I just asked the fairies for help."

"Hey! That's cheating, that's cheating!"

Yosuke Shima's magic seems to be done by the fairies, it feels like when he was in his previous life, as long as he entered a command or code, the program would automatically run…

"A mere beastman…"

"Miss Elga!"

The beautiful elf girl seemed very unhappy that Yosuke Shima easily learned the elven secret art, she glared at him fiercely; Yosuke Shima also glared back, seeming to despise the so-called elven secret art.

"You two, this makes me feel very redundant."

Zunzun couldn't help but sigh.

Yosuke Shima's fairies have no physical form; they are actually similar to a collection of phenomena or concepts themselves. Perhaps this is why they can reproduce the elven secret art of storage magic without difficulty.

Could it be that he can reproduce any magic that anyone has used?

That's too strong, right?

No, wait a minute, then can I replicate it with my fairies?

That's right, I was going down the wrong path!

This is a type of magic, so Zunzun was thinking of learning it as magic and then lighting it up with skill points. But if he used fairies to replicate it like Yosuke Shima, wouldn't it become very simple?

"Zunzun… I said, Zunzun! ?"

"Yes, I'm Zunzun."

"Do you want to feel it?"

"Feel what?"

Hearing the beautiful elf girl say this, Zunzun was a little strange, and saw her lower her head shyly.

"It's just feeling the magic… You see, compared to learning without a head, it's easier to learn by feeling the flow of magic, right? Actually experiencing it will definitely give you new inspiration."

"Hmm… that makes sense."

Actual experience is always more useful than theory. Realizing this, Zunzun looked at Yosuke Shima.

"Can I trouble you…"

"Me! Of course it's me!"

"Eh—"

"I am the teacher of the elven secret art. It is right to feel my magic, right?"

That's what she said, but Yosuke Shima used the same fairy magic as Zunzun. Although there are many differences between them, they are essentially the same, and there should be many things that can be learned.

But since the beautiful elf girl has asked so, Zunzun can't refuse.

There's no way, his hand slowly reached into her chest.

"H-how is it?"

"Even if you ask me how it is… to be honest, my mood is very complicated."

In the eyes of outsiders, Zunzun may be playing hooligans in public, but in Zunzun's opinion, he is more like a 'thief' of hearts, just without touching that beating heart.

"I'm not talking about that, didn't I tell you to feel the magic, hurry up and finish! I hate this too!"

If you hate it, then don't force it!

Zunzun didn't understand what she was thinking, but seeing the beautiful elf girl's shy and angry expression, he decisively chose to remain silent and quietly feel the flow of magic power.

Now that he has decided to use fairies to replicate it, he can only use Little Black—the yin-attribute fairy with space attributes—to analyze it.

"—How is it, Little Black?"

"—No problem."

Zunzun's mouth slightly raised at this answer, it seemed that he could learn it very easily. Although there is a suspicion of taking shortcuts, it is really great to be able to learn it. It seems that he will have to rely on fairies more in the future.

Unlike Yosuke Shima, who completely relies on fairies, Zunzun didn't think too much about developing fairies.

As time passed little by little.

The beautiful elf girl seemed to be getting more and more restless. She didn't know what she was thinking, her cheeks were rosy. When she wanted to push Zunzun away, she found that he looked serious, and then her expression calmed down.

Until—

"Okay, analysis complete!"

Zunzun's hand flashed with light, and the black vortex disappeared instantly.

"Eh?"

"Eh?"

His hand was pressed on the beautiful elf girl's chest, and then he subconsciously moved it twice.

"—Pervert!"

Immediately following was a 'pa' sound.