Chapter 159 (1/2)

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The Rising Falls' Power

As soon as Hikaru and the gang—including the Four Stars—entered Ponsonia, they split up. Hikaru went straight to Leather Elka.

To prevent Pond from suffering collateral damage in the war, all they had to do was make Einbeast's army retreat. For that, Hikaru needed to know the situation inside, and his abilities were perfect for the task.

Lucky for Hikaru, a meeting was being held the day he arrived in the fort city. That's when he found out about Austrin, Polar Tiger, and Rising Falls.

Even with Stealth, sneaking into the conference room in broad daylight would be risky—or so his Instinct warned him—so he stayed in the balcony to eavesdrop.

「Sounds like the key to this war is Rising Falls.」Hikaru concluded.

He needed information on them. Hikaru noticed Ryver acting strange while Igloo was dead drunk, so he snuck into his room to watch him. With the room poorly lit, Hikaru wouldn't get busted.

「All righty, then.」

After stretching a little, Hikaru strode towards the desk to check what Ryver wrote earlier. Ink usually bled through paper, so most people would put something underneath, but he couldn't find any trace of the writing at all, perhaps because Ryver used a magic item.

「I think he addressed it to “His Holiness, the Pope” or something…」

Hikaru could see that much from a distance. Based on his knowledge alone, in this continent, the Pope referred to the ruler of the suzerain state of Bios, a religious nation. And since there was only one kind of religion in this world, Bios was like the headquarters.

「Why is someone from Bios in an Einbeast adventurer's party? He mentioned something about loyal servant…」

It looks like there might be more to this. When Igloo said one member was lent to them, he probably meant Ryver.

Hikaru checked Ryver's bag. It contained clothes and money, nothing out of the ordinary. He activated his Mana Detection, but the only response came from Ryver's ring. Removing it meant touching the guy, which could wake him up.

「Oh… It's his guild card.」

【Adventurers Guild Card】

【Name】Ryver

【Registration】Bios Adventurers Guild

【Job Cla.s.s】

【Party】Rising Falls (A)

He found no notable information. Unfortunately, the job cla.s.s field was empty.

Ryver's weapon—a metal bow—sat on his desk. Quite a masterpiece, it required considerable effort to pull. But Hikaru's Mana Detection didn't catch anything. He checked for Ryver's Soul Board instead.

【Soul Board】Ryver

Age:28   Rank: 49

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【Vitality】

..【Natural Recovery】2

..【Stamina】5

..【Immunity】

….【Magic Resistance】1

….【Disease Immunity】1

….【Toxic Immunity】1

..【Perception】

….【Sight】1

….【Hearing】2

【Physical Strength】

..【Strength】8

..【Weapon Mastery】

….【Bow】5

【Agility】

..【Power Burst】1

..【Flexibility】1

..【Balance】2

【Dexterity】

..【Dexterity】3

【Willpower】

..【Faith】

….【Holy】4

【Intuition】

..【Instinct】6

..【Intelligence】

….【Language Comprehension】1

..【Memory】1

..【Detection】

….【Life Detection】3

……【Detection Expansion】1

As Hikaru expected, Ryver was the type to fire arrows from a distance. His Instinct, Life Detection, and Detection Expansion was troublesome. He could sense enemies from a hundred-meter radius.

「An offensive battle style and can detect enemies. With 5 points on Bow, no wonder he's rank A.」

Hikaru recalled the meeting.