A sorcerer? I am a Warhammer psyker.

"Study? Study until late at night?"

"I do not know how."

Ah, Isayama Kenmei, who was "misunderstood," didn't know how to explain. In fact, he had been playing "Dungeon" all night, so he looked a little haggard.

But seeing Asagi's relieved expression, Kenmei Isayama just couldn't bring himself to say it.

"Okay, thank you for your concern, Asagi-nee. I won't study so late anymore."

Do you need an eye mask?

"no, I'm fine."

"Ugh"

Kenmei Isayama sighed inwardly and closed his eyes.

However, he did need to rest to calm his constantly tense nerves. His head ached when he woke up in the morning, and he felt like his mental energy was completely depleted.

Who told Isayama Kenmei, this "rookie," to die five times in one night yesterday?

I entered the Temple of All Beings five times in total, and died each time, experiencing different ways of dying each time. It can only be said that I made a huge profit.

Piercing the heart and lungs, severing hands and feet are nothing compared to what they did. Kenmei Isayama's head and spine were pulled out, and he was even eaten alive by them once.

Total points earned: 3200

After killing a total of four vengeful spirits, Kenmei Isayama discovered that the points he received after killing each spirit were different. The spirit that killed him gave him the most points, 1100, while the first one gave him the fewest, a pitiful 300.

Don't be fooled by the fact that Kenmei Isayama killed the wronged soul that was transformed from an ordinary villager last time; he had made ample preparations for it.

Fearing that heart-piercing blow, they would simply use a riot shield to block it and then use a chainsaw to kill him.

Moreover, after having the experience of the second time and the first time, Kenmei Isayama increasingly felt that this was a game, where you could save the game after killing each monster, but you could not overwrite the original save.

For example, the timeline of the second playthrough starts from when Kenmei Isayama kills the most ordinary vengeful spirit (the villager). If you die in the second playthrough, the third playthrough will start from the timeline of the second playthrough when you just killed the vengeful spirit.

This is the information obtained after Kenmei Isayama was killed.

Name: Vengeful Spirit (Villager)

Category: Humanoid (Intelligent)

Health: 100%

Mana: 300/300

Power: 7

Intelligence: 1

Charm: None

Even the lowest-level vengeful spirit is stronger than Kenmei Isayama in terms of strength alone. Therefore, the system judges that the Temple of All Beings is an extremely dangerous area for him, and even the small monsters on the outskirts pose a life-threatening threat to Kenmei Isayama.

The prepared "riot shield" was used in the second playthrough when I encountered a vengeful spirit (butcher) in the forest. It was worth 700 points. During the first encounter, half of Kenmei Isayama's body, along with the shield, was cleaved in two with a single blow, which was quite swift and clean.

His internal organs spilled onto the ground, making Isayama Kenji feel nauseous. Then, the next second, his head was severed.

Fortunately, Kenmei Isayama had the foresight to sense the danger and immediately put the chainsaw away, preventing it from being damaged in the second playthrough.

Then, on the third playthrough, I set a trap to make the vengeful spirit (the butcher) fall into the pit, and used the running chainsaw to cut off its skull, gaining 700 points. After that, I caught another lone vengeful spirit (the villager) and killed it.

The third playthrough was the smoothest for Kenmei Isayama.

But the biggest gain was Kenmei Isayama's killing of the vengeful spirit (hunter) worth 1100 points in the fifth playthrough.

The third timeline's death was caused by an arrow carrying a paralyzing toxin shot from afar, followed by a powerful "miracle" that pulled out the head and spine of the semi-conscious Kenmei Isayama, and then began to feast on it.

In the fourth playthrough, I tried to ambush the hunter, but Kenmei Isayama's trap was discovered. This time, I was either skinned, dismembered, or eaten by the vengeful spirit (the hunter).

Fortunately, the poisoned arrow had a strong anesthetic effect; otherwise, Kenmei Isayama might have suffered a mental breakdown during the torture.

On the fifth playthrough, after dying twice in a row, Kenmei Isayama's eyes turned red when he saw it. In the end, he barely managed to trade one life for one with the vengeful spirit (the hunter).

He charged at the vengeful spirit (the hunter) like a madman, stabbing it in the stomach with a chainsaw and cutting wildly before they both fell off the cliff.

High in the air, Kenmei Isayama saw a place in the distance that looked like a village, if he wasn't mistaken.

This must be the village of these vengeful spirits.

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Lacking energy and looking listless, Kenmei Isayama walked down the school corridor, still pondering the matter of the vengeful village.

【Zhong Sheng Temple】The most dangerous temple in the plane, even the cautious Isayama Kenmei hasn't gone up the mountain to check it out. After all, heeding advice is the best policy, and the system has already given him three warnings to stay away.

Being curious about everything will only harm you.

Just the fact that Kenmei Isayama had to go to extreme lengths to kill a single vengeful spirit (hunter) that randomly spawned on the outskirts shows how helpless and hateful he is towards these terrifyingly powerful vengeful spirits.

However, Kenmei Isayama knew that fighting these monsters would not only give him points, but also a lot of experience that could only be gained through life-and-death situations. It would also be a test of his immature fighting skills, as well as his tolerance for pain.

These are all things that Kenmei Isayama lacks in his daily life. His strength is in a very awkward position. He can kill weak, low-level cursed spirits with one blow, but when he encounters a powerful cursed spirit, his only options are to run away or cling to someone else's coattails.

In normal battles, he might cheer someone on, or collect points after the battle, but he never gets a chance to actually fight.

Therefore, fighting against vengeful spirits is the best whetstone for Kenmei Isayama to hone his combat skills.

The problem now is that the enemy has a lot of people. He has taken down four so far, but there are still fifty-one left, which is a rather desperate number.

The vengeful spirits vary in their destructive power depending on their class. Currently, the Butcher is the strongest in melee combat but relatively slow to think. The Hunter focuses on ranged attacks and has a basic level of awareness. The Villager is the weakest, being only strong and driven by a desire to eat blood.

But let's take the weakest group, the [villagers], as an example.

If there are two vengeful spirits (villagers) on the field at the same time, Kenmei Isayama can handle them. If there are three vengeful spirits (villagers), he can take one down before he dies. If there are four, Kenmei Isayama thinks he can restart the game on the spot and start the next round.

However, if there are more than one Butcher or Hunter on the field, Kenmei Isayama will only suffer a tragic end if he sends him.

This is the information that Kenmei Isayama has gathered so far. It cannot be ruled out that there are other special professions among the vengeful spirits. After all, it would be unreasonable for a village to operate without a profession specializing in combat.

Furthermore, the information states that Zhong Sheng Temple is an ancient temple with a history of thousands of years. In ancient times, wealthy people and high-ranking officials would definitely go there. Since there were limited guest rooms on the mountain, this unnamed village at the foot of the mountain was a good place to stay.

Isayama Kenmei's thoughts drifted to the fact that the village might have a thriving tourism industry due to the presence of the Sassaji Temple, and that the bodyguards of the wealthy and powerful people there might have been implicated and died in that catastrophe.

The equally eerie, unnamed village was, in Kenmei Isayama's eyes, a low-budget version of the Temple of Living Beings, at least worth a try.

For him, it's a substitute.

Unlike the Temple of All Beings, where Kenmei Isayama initially only read the words on the archway once, something, disregarding martial ethics, wanted to use him as a reference point to descend into reality—it was quite sinister.

Before he has absolute strength, Kenmei Isayama will not go up the mountain. If he can't afford to offend him, can't he at least avoid him? He can only fight guerrilla warfare on the outskirts and barely make ends meet.

"Sigh, this is really difficult."

We need to find a way to take down that village. Isayama Kenmei gained 3200 points for killing four people. How many points can he get for the remaining fifty-one?

They escaped poverty and entered a moderately prosperous society in one fell swoop.

So, he really is craving it.

Kenmei Isayama casually crushed a cursed spirit walking beside him because its left foot had stepped out before its right. The feeling of being able to see what you can't have but not touch it is truly painful.

When he's upset, a heavy atmosphere hangs over him, and he looks very gloomy.

Fortunately, when Kenmei Isayama arrived at the school, it was early and most people hadn't arrived yet; otherwise, he would have been labeled as "gloomy" by others.

"Is someone already here so early?"

Kenmei Isayama could see a figure cleaning the classroom of Class (A) from a distance on the back staircase.

"clatter"

He opened the door and saw a student dressed in the Aoyama Gakuen school uniform, looking very focused, holding a blackboard eraser in her hand.

He was straining to stand on his tiptoes, trying to erase a small chalk drawing located directly above the blackboard.

These must have been left behind by the students on duty yesterday. Since the stains above the blackboard were inconspicuous, Kenmei Isayama only noticed them when he saw the girl trying to clean them.

However, due to her short stature, reaching that height was a bit of a challenge for the girl.

"Let me do it."

Seeing this, Kenmei Isayama thought for less than a second, and before the girl even noticed there was an extra person in the classroom, he silently stepped forward behind her and used the second blackboard eraser he took from the podium to erase the numbers on the blackboard for her, so she didn't have to jump up anymore.

"Hmm? Oh, thank you, Isayama-kun?"

"It's okay, have some egg tarts, buddy."

Kenmei Isayama put the blackboard eraser back on the podium and walked down, ignoring the surprised voices behind him.

The girl from earlier was Chitanda Eru, who instilled fear in Isayama Kenmei and almost gave him tentacle phobia. She always arrived earlier than the students on duty.

Kenmei Isayama recalled the scene from just now.

In the morning sunlight, the girl's tiptoeing caused her top to ride up slightly, revealing a glimpse of her fair, flat stomach, which swayed with her movements.

I don't know what he was thinking, but he just didn't want the next guy to see this scene, so Kenmei Isayama volunteered to help.

Of course, it was still those terrifying tentacles that, upon sensing Kenmei Isayama's approach, frantically issued warnings and displayed an attack posture, which was quite disappointing.

Fortunately, Kenmei Isayama has now died five times, making him more mentally resilient. Therefore, his disgust and fear of him have been reduced to a very low level, but he still maintains restraint and does not provoke him.

"Ok?"

Kenmei Isayama raised an eyebrow. As he bent down to pack his schoolbag, he smelled a pleasant fragrance coming from in front of him. It was Eru Chitanda.

The girl's eyes widened, and she asked curiously.

"Isayama-kun, why did you call me Egg Tart-Eating Student?"

"I'm sorry, Chitanda-san. I was rude just now."

After all, it's not very polite to joke about someone's name. Isayama Kenmei just thought that calling her that would make her seem cuter.

It would be rather impolite to say it to her directly without thinking.

"Because the Japanese pronunciation of Chitanda sounds like 'eating egg tarts' in Chinese."

"It's alright, Isayama-kun, you helped me just now too."

Chitanda Eru quickly waved her hand, pretending not to care.

"Isayama-kun can actually speak Chinese?"

"It's just that my family is of Chinese descent, so I've been influenced by what I've seen and heard all along."