1st place Guild's D-class Guild Leader Episode 14
Amazed by her unique abilities, Shemarin paused for a moment before she gently placed her hand on the vines that tied her tightly around my body.
I squeezed the vine in my hand and raised the fire slightly.
…… Doesn't burn?
It's not an A+ unique ability for nothing.
I casually shook my hand as if I hadn't done anything.
I was unfazed by the vines, but I said, "Look, okay?" He looked at Shemarin with a slightly flattering face.
After a while, he spoke.
"By the way, what I just said was meant to provoke you, and it wasn't my true intentions. I don't care about the way you live."
Shemarin moved the vines, her eyes still startled.
With one graceful snap of her finger, the vine curled back into the ground in an instant.
"The ban has been lifted......."
She muttered, inaudibly.
Behind him, Shemarin's henchman, the man under Shemarin's protection, couldn't hide his surprise.
Before I knew it, Semarin's eyes were more generous to me.
"What exactly are the unlocking conditions for the Soul Ability Group? If you can say it with your mouth, I'll admit it."
If you tell him this, Shemarin will go back and unlock all the soul powers of the men she has. Then your power will be very large.
But if I can buy Shemarin's favor with certainty, that's not such a worrying factor.
Every time I unlock a subordinate's ability, I'll be reminded that it's my fault.
"To proclaim a word of one's convictions in front of others."
Shemarin nodded slowly, convinced.
This turned Shemarin's position toward me in a favorable direction. At the same time, I was convinced that I had a good ally.
"You're smart."
Shemarin seemed to feel the same way as I did.
"Do you want to join my harem?"
Isn't it? My expression turned sour.
"I'll make you beautiful and give you a warm back."
"That's it....... I've already got my company."
"Bring your whole company with you."
"No, it's okay. And that includes the canals."
Despite my refusal, Shemarin was not discouraged.
On the contrary, she happily lifted the vine to her fingertips and lightly tied the wrist of the man behind her.
"This would be great for my kids to play with."
But as soon as he said that, the man tied to the vines blushed slightly.
I couldn't control my facial expressions for a moment.
Didn't you just say that you were not deliberating? Was it too metaphorically overlooked?
"I'm going now. Hello Rudel. Goodbye to the canals."
After Shemarin left, I returned to the den.
* * *
After the closing of the seventh night, the forest became dark.
His long, sleek legs rose and snuggled up on the other leg.
The woman perched on the rocks of the forest was so beautiful that anyone who came across her would want to drain her soul.
From the start of Day 1, a character with a base stat of A, a character who was in the top 1% of the population.
Shemarin was noticed even if she didn't do anything, and she was given so much that it was unfair.
What someone would have to struggle to constantly think about in their head, Shemarin easily grasped without any effort.
Shemarin was fascinated by a character today and spent the whole day talking about that character.
It's not even a man's story, it's a woman's story.
"Shemarin, I know enough for you to let go of the canal...... I don't know if a woman named Rudel is really worthy."
Zaet, who was talking alone with Shemarin right now, was unfamiliar with the situation.
He was the smartest of the men Shemarin had, and she often discussed the future with her.
"If Shemarin had given her orders, we could have broken Rudel and gone into the cave and pulled the canal out. The cave was only a few meters long. Rudel's men are nothing compared to the ten of us. The strength of each faction's captain, the number of subordinates, and the combat power were all superior to us."
Zaet was so brilliant that he had a pretty accurate grasp of the strength of both sides just by briefly accompanying Shemarin to the confrontation with Rudel.
But his brilliance was not the same as Shemarin's.
"No, even if I do my best, Rudel can't win-."
His eyes widened.
"The way I look at people isn't wrong."
The iris, which was blacker than the normal black eye, had a dark eye glow.
He met Shemarin's eyes, and involuntarily let out a breath of air.
Shemarin's brilliance presupposes an animalistic sixth sense. Unlike him, who is based on logic and calculation.
Currently, Shemarin is the character with the highest base stats among the survivors, and she is considered the No. 1 female appearance by real-life viewers.
In second place was Lyrith, which was not because of who was prettier or ugliest, but because it was narrowly divided according to the tastes of the viewers.
Thus, the two characters were almost treated as joint first place. Unlike the results of the namkae's appearance poll, which was quite certain.
Since it looks like it is admired by real-life users, how many male characters in the game have looked up to it?
Shemarin even has an eye for picking out the many male characters who are seduced by her, but who are truly loyal to her and will never betray her.
Why does Shemarin think so highly of Rudel?
Zaet questioned again.
"I didn't see anything special about her."
"It's all the more special because there's nothing special on the outside."
Shemarin said with a charming smile that seemed to look poisonous.
"It's not like the guys. I'll never be complacent about survival. I'm so nervous every time, but I'm also confident that I'm not going to fail."
Praise for a character was so unabashed.
Zaette opened her mouth slightly and listened blankly.
"Suppose we hit Rudel to kill the canal who me-"
Shemarin continued.
"The result, one of Rudel's trump cards that he had hidden? It would have been just a matter of pulling out two."
She had no way of knowing what her trump card was, but she was sure.
"And we've all been defeated by Rudel-."
He was shocked.
Never before had Shemarin spoken with the assumption of their defeat.
A rumor popped out.
"Is Rudel so great? Is there anything else special about Rudel other than being a rare pure nature and being the first Trait unlocker?"
Zaet's question was intuitive.
"Rudel's weapon is a thought in his head. We learned from Rudel, didn't we? With just a few words, you can save or kill someone."
Unleash Shemarin's unique abilities with a few words, and save the Canal with a few words.
"I don't think it's a coincidence, as Rudel himself claims. It's just persimmons."
As Zaet fell silent, pondering the meaning of Shemarin's words, Shemarin muttered to herself.
"Judging from the rumors, Rudel's Trait performance is B+, hopefully A......."
I've heard that with the exception of the first day of the intrinsic ability, it's extremely rare to see Rudel use it. So this was just speculation.
"If it's Hana Rudel, I think she's hiding more power. I can't believe it's above that."
Shemarin blinked at the sight of Zaet's face.
Did you shout too much.
I don't want to kill my baby, but I'm the only one who can be resolute when I see a good opponent.
Shemarin looked at the other's expression, pursed her lips, and smiled a little generously.
"Shall we stop talking? Let's talk about what we're going to say-."
Originally, we were going to talk about what we're going to do tomorrow. It's a long way back, though.
"Even though I've been killing kids so hard, there are still a lot of survivors.......
Since the second day, the number of deaths has dropped significantly, still at over 300.
Shemarin didn't like it.
Today, at the end of Day 7, I thought there should be far fewer survivors left.
"But my kid got information that no one has died since Day 2 because Rudel had done it with his hands-"
Rumors spread by Rudel on Day 2.
"The condition for unlocking a unique ability is to be killed by another person."
At a time when information about the three unique abilities was not well known, the rumor spread throughout the field.
"Rudel, you're so smart. That's a good idea. Manipulating humans by creating plausible rumors."
Then, somewhere, rumors spread that there was an item that awakened unique abilities.
Soon, however, it was revealed that the item was actually an event potion from the Random Box.
After all, Shemarin had only used the item as bait to lure other survivors, so it didn't hurt much.
"I'm provoked, too. I'm going to try to do what I've learned from Rudel."
Shemarin rested her chin on her exposed white knees.
"Let's do a play."
It was a very innocent way of speaking.
"What's the content of the play-, did you say that there will be a monster from the eighth day? I'm going to make a rumor out of it."
But the content was anything but naïve.
"Tomorrow?"
"No, not right now. I'll see when the time is right and I'll give you instructions-."
Shemarin chuckled and pondered.
"Well, I want there to be a lot fewer survivors, so what about these rumors-?"
Then she spoke emphatically.
"If you kill a human with an intrinsic ability, you can take it back."
* * *
The real world.
Shemarin's chatter about a character with her henchman was quickly captured on the game screen.
The recorded video was quickly edited and uploaded by the game company's editors.
Then, not only Shemarin's fans, but also light users who came in simply to admire Shemarin's face.
I was reminded of the name of the character 'Rudel', which I had never heard of before.