Chapter 41
After finishing our party registration, we headed to the first floor of the Great Labyrinth.
Today’s goal was to level up Rinka.
I’d told Rinka about my Gift yesterday.
I’d also told her I’d support her with Magic Lending.
By the way, Rinka’s status was――.
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Name: Rinka
Age: 18
Gender: Female
Gift: Asura Path (SSS)
MP: 10/10
Adventurer Rank: F
Party: Twice Exceptional
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Rinka had been an adventurer for three years, yet her rank was still F—the starting rank.
Every party she’d joined had eventually lost patience with her lack of growth and kicked her out――seven times in all.
The reason was her Unique Gift, Asura Path.
This Gift had tormented Rinka all this time.
According to MP――.
“This Gift becomes the strongest once it’s fully developed, but it grows ridiculously slowly.”
――was what MP had said.
My Gift had also grown slowly, and Guy and the others had left me behind.
But apparently, Rinka’s Gift grew far more slowly than mine.
Her adventurer rank hadn’t risen, and her maximum MP had increased by only two in three years. It was currently 10—about the same as a rookie adventurer’s.
But I would never abandon her.
Lending magic and helping my allies grow――that was the true purpose of Infinite Magic Vault.
“Well then, shall we go?”
“Yes!”
We stepped into the Goblin Forest, where we’d gotten help the other day.
The goblins were easy opponents even for Rinka, and she looked confident.
We fought goblins several times along the way, checking how our two Gifts worked together.
Just as I’d expected, our Gifts were a perfect match.
Then we arrived at today’s destination――a Goblin Colony.
A colony was just the right test for measuring her abilities.
We observed the goblins from a short distance away.
There were thirty of them.
It was a small colony.
They hadn’t noticed us approaching yet.
We’d chosen a small colony to start with and see how things went.
If there were no problems, we’d gradually move on to larger ones.
Facing the colony, Rinka looked a little tense.
From here on, all I would do was support her with Magic Lending.
Destroying the colony was Rinka’s job alone.
From what she’d told me yesterday, she’d taken part in several colony exterminations, but this was her first time taking one on solo.
It was true that Rinka couldn’t defeat the colony on her own.
That was what I’d concluded, too, after learning about her Gift.
But what made the impossible possible was――my Magic Lending.
“You’ll be fine. Believe in me――no, believe in yourself.”
“……Yes!”
After turning my words over in her mind for a moment, Rinka gave a determined nod.
Then she tightened her grip on the great sword with both hands.
The weapon Rinka held was the Deathbone Sword――a drop item from a Quad Skeleton.
It was an unadorned great sword made from a Quad Skeleton’s bones.
As a drop from a monster found on the fourth floor, it was far superior to the sword Rinka had broken――harder, heavier, and sharper.
At first, Rinka had been reluctant to accept it, saying, “I can’t accept such a valuable weapon.”
I finally convinced her by saying, “You getting stronger benefits the party—and, in turn, me,” and she finally accepted it.
Rinka began chanting――.
Skills for physical classes normally didn’t require incantations.
They activated just by saying a short trigger phrase.
But Rinka’s only Skill was one that required an incantation.
“The First Blade is the Final Blade――beneath clashing swords lies hell; take one step forward into the Asura Path.”
Having finished her incantation, Rinka dashed toward the colony――.