Mushoku Tensei: Reincarnated as the weakest Sword God

The thing is, you have to be true to yourself! How do I put it? Well, betraying the boss would be, if you look at it from the right angle, the same as betraying Paul, right? I could never have betrayed Paul, so there was no way I could kill his son, right? Men must have codes, you know?

Hitogami didn't believe me, but I know myself, let's say I would have tried to poison Rudeus or Gino, if it were Rudeus I would have stopped him immediately out of guilt, and with Gino... the guy would rip my head off before I died.

But after Rudeus betrayed Hitogami, guilt wouldn't stop me anymore, now it was decided, Rudeus Greyrat and Gino Britzs are my enemies.

So here I am today, preparing to start another day to recruit a hidden talent to join the cause.

I didn't have any currently, but just one of them was equivalent to an army, I never thought I'd get to meet guys of this caliber, let alone talk to them, as for me, they were legends and way out of my league, but when I started talking to them, it's going to be surprising...

Well, it shouldn't have been a surprise, they were all just...people, normal people, even if they had some personality issues.

Especially the first one and the one I'm on my way to visit, he's pretty famous, you might even know him, but shit!, he really was just another normal person.

...

So here I am, a little while after Hitogami made his request, before I left, Hitogami had some work for me to do.

I took the blade of a demonic sword that was rotting away in the back of a warehouse full of junk in the Asura Kingdom and then the hilt from a burial mound in the Dragon King Kingdom, then took them to a blacksmith who specialized in demonic weapons and asked him to forge them.

I also got some alcohol made by a rather cunning tribe on the Demon Continent, and some other knick-knacks, for the record, I don't know what these things were.

But, well, from what Hitogami told me, and imagining as best I could what was coming, I could see how these things could be useful.

As they say, better safe than sorry.

After all that, I headed north following Hitogami's orders.

Unlike Gino and Rudeus, I didn't have the teleportation relics of the ancient dragon tribe, so I was limited by travel time.

But strangely enough, there were some other teleportation circles, I didn't know if Orsted was aware of them or not, there were only a few of them and they couldn't take you everywhere, but they were useful, if you don't believe me...keep in mind that I did everything mentioned above in just six months!!

Following Hitogami's orders, I headed towards the town of Neris district, my final destination, bought some cold weather gear, and then made my way through the snow that was piling up at my feet.

I was heading towards a ravine in the middle of the forest, and the forest was a place of monsters, I would definitely encounter some, a guy like me didn't stand a chance going in alone, with or without weapons to defend myself.

But I had a few tricks up my sleeve, Hitogami told me that, if I entered the forest at the right time, and then did the right thing at the right time, I could get from A to B without any problems.

For example, he said, "When you come to a cave that's under a large Tourmel tree, stop and slowly count to twenty before continuing."

I did as he told me, checking under every Tourmel tree I came across, there was no way I wouldn't see it, if Hitogami said there would be a cave, it would be there.

There was no guarantee that it would work and no explanation as to why I should do it.

Without having the slightest idea of ​​what I was doing, I left the place right after carrying out his orders.

I'm not an idiot, so I already assumed what it was, I'm an S-rank adventurer.

I knew what kind of monster nested in this hole, this was where the Snow Deer lived, these beasts that look like giant deer lived here all winter...

Anyway, that's how it is when you can see the future, things can be dangerous, but you don't have to worry about death, nothing unexpected happens, you might end up with some scratches, some bruises, but you always come out alive.

So I got out of that forest like that.

I found the ravine just outside the forest, a cold wind blew through it, the walls of the cliff were completely covered in ice, pieces of it over the river that flowed over the river at the bottom.

"Brrrr..." I shivered from the cold

The cold was unbearable, I wanted to get out of here as quickly as possible, but I endured that feeling and continued on, I walked for half a day through the frozen ravine until I found a path that led down to the cliff, I followed it down, then continued up the ravine to find him.

He was leaning against a huge rock, swinging his sword.

A campfire was burning in front of him, where a piece of meat was crackling as it roasted, I didn't need to ask what kind of meat it was, I could see the corpse lying right behind the man and his campfire.

A winter dragon, a rank A monster.

Technically they weren't dragons, but still, due to their dragon-like strength, that's where the name came from.

It wasn't a kind of monster you would hunt alone, but that guy seems to have defeated this monster on his own.

I wasn't surprised, I knew he was the kind of guy who could do it, Gino could take on a Hydra by himself, and this guy is weaker than him...

He was the former Sword God Gull Farion and now we were going to have a talk

...

A chill ran through me as I got close enough to him, this guy would kill me, he didn't have to warn me, I knew that beyond this point I would be within range of his sword, and that it was best to be prepared to face the consequences.

I felt my face cramping up, but I forced a smile.

A smile that would hide my fear and radiate confidence.

So, with the smile fixed in place, I approached him, it felt wrong for me to be looking down on this guy, but he was sitting down,

what was I supposed to do?

"Yes?" he asked.

His question was a challenge, but his voice was deadly calm, he wasn't trying to threaten or intimidate me, he was just indifferently asking about my sudden appearance, just like you might ask someone's name.

"My name is Gesse" I replied

"I didn't ask your name" he replied.

Well I guessed wrong, I wonder how I should start, I had a lot of things to talk to him about.

But to start, I decided to just shut my mouth and stay standing there, guys like this hated charlatans, they had their own method of persuasion.

"What the fuck is going on here?" he complained.

"The other night a bastard calling himself Hitogami or whatever appeared in my dreams telling me to help him, he said that if I listened to him, he would make my dreams come true, he told me about this place as proof, when I got there I found this thing" Gull said and pointed with his thumb towards the corpse of the Winter Dragon behind him.

"When I was just a kid, I met a Winter Dragon and barely got out alive" he said.

"I was going to go back and kill it someday, but along the way I forgot about it, would you believe? I came here and found it" he continued.

Haha so that's his move... now I get it, Hitogami was a pro at this kind of thing, making dreams come true, or something close to it.

"So I killed him, and now you appeared, someone with a monkey face... hey, you said your name was Gesse, right?" Gull asked.

Finally, he looked me up and down and for the first time, I saw his face, he didn't look especially strong, I spent my time reading people, so I could often tell from their faces if they were strong or weak, it's not like I judge how tough they look, it's all in the expression, strong people usually show it through it, it's something normal for them, they have a clear image of their own capabilities and they don't hesitate, that means they usually don't put up a facade.

This guy wasn't bragging, but he was hesitating, someone had come and shattered into little pieces what he believed to be true, now he was tired, out of patience and at his limit.

That was what his face was telling me.

Aaaah!, I get it, he got his ass kicked, and recently, defeated!, he was left half dead, this is someone who believed that wasn't possible, or at least he believed he still had a few years left before he got to that point

He had ended up with his world upside down, so now he didn't know what to think, he had come here to lick his wounds, after losing all his confidence.

The scene of a big, invincible guy desperate after someone beat him up or two, is not a sight I'll soon forget.

The thing is, just because you feel depressed, doesn't mean it's all over, dude.

This guy was still a master in his field, I had no doubts that I could use him.

"Explain yourself" he demanded, so I opened my mouth.

I had thought up something like a speech, and that was why I had remained silent until now.

"First...yes, that's right, I'm here as a delegate of Hitogami" I said

"A delegate..what?" Gull muttered.

What? You've never heard the word "delegate" before honey, I can't stand ignorant types...

"Listen, Hitogami will grant you your dreams, in return, he has a tiny favor to ask of you, he's gathering allies, I'm here as what you would call an errand boy, gathering the group" I said.

"Hah, my dreams, huh?...so you and your boss know what my dream is?" Gull said caressing the hilt of his sword.

Now that's terrifying...

Oh, holy Hitogami, do not abandon me, even I, your humble servant, would not find it funny to die here.

"The Dragon God Orsted" I said and it felt like the temperature around us had plummeted, but that told me I hit the mark.

"You want to defeat the Dragon God Orsted, he beat you once, a long time ago, so you trained to become the strongest in the world, and after a while you got there, but then, you found yourself held back by the restrictions you placed on yourself, no longer able to even go after your target, your final enemy, Hitogami is also after Orsted" I said.

"It's just that well, he doesn't want glory, he just wants him dead, by any means necessary, and you are that means, understand? Just that... I'm sorry friend, but you don't stand a chance on your own, I'll have to invite some more to the party" I continued.

I could see doubt creeping into his eyes, he almost had it...

"So what I'm offering you is the right to challenge Orsted, you could wander aimlessly until the day you die and never meet him, or he could completely reject your challenge and ignore you, but if you stay with me, I'll make Orsted face you, without the possibility of running away or hiding" I continued.

I could see that he started to look away...just a little more!

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