S Ranked Burden Tamer (5)

Chapter 5 The Party’s Judgement (Part 4)

[What the hell…]

It was at that moment. A voice surged into my head bringing along with it a fierce headache.

—Conditions for Necromancy acquisition have been met. Unlocking the power of the necromancer

—Due to the release of power, Rei (one-horned wolf) can now be used

—The Tamer’s ability, Familiar Ability Absorption (partial), has upgraded to the Necromancer’s ability, Familiar Ability Absorption (complete)

—Absorbed Rei (one-horned wolf’s) ability

—Absorbed minotaur’s ability

—Absorbed minotaur’s ability

—Absorbed minotaur’s ability

—Absorbed minotaur’s ability

—Absorbed minotaur’s ability

—Status had risen drastically

—The Tamer’s ability, Familiar Strengthening, has been obtained due to Rei (one-horned wolf’s) status drastically increasing

[Guh… what is this?]

｢Kuun｣

Rei was licking me to ease my worry.

[Rei? Rei, right? You…]

｢Waaaaan!｣

Looking at the Rei who had energetically responded to me, I saw that his body was slightly transparent compared to the one in my arms.

[This is…]

｢Waan! Waan!｣

However, the sight of him frolicking around me while happily wagging his tail was just like Rei while he was alive. Except for the fact that if you looked closely, his body was transparent and floating.

[Wait… there was also a voice about the minotaur…]

｢Gumoooooo｣

[Uwaa!? That surprised me…]

A transparent body was rising out of the minotaur’s corpse as if responding to my voice.

[Is it possible you all are going to be like Rei too?]

｢Gumooo｣

But instead, the bodies of the minotaurs turned into one mass of light that started dispersing into my body.

[This is… the absorption ability?]

Tamers had the special characteristic of growing in status proportionally to their familiars’ strength. This is probably what that voice had called Ability Absorption (partial).

[That’s…]

As a test, I kicked out at the wall next to me with all of my strength.

—Dogon

[Huh…]

There was a perfect hole the size of my foot opened in the dungeon wall.

[Was that already here…no, is this because of the minotaurs’ power?]

It was called ability absorption, but it doesn’t really seem as if Rei has lost his power. It appears to be sharing rather than absorption.

｢Kuun!｣

[The minotaur has disappeared. Are there different conditions to use it?]

In any case, we had defeated the minotaur, the dungeon’s floor boss. I’m alive. And that’s not all. I have the feeling I gained substantial power.

It was a shock to lose Rei, but because of it, I became a Necromancer. Apart from the usefulness of Necromancy, it made me happy to have Rei, who was now playfully chasing after his wagging tail, even if this was his form. 

[In that case… am I no longer a burden for the party?]

Each one of the party members’ faces came to mind. Verbally abused, sacrificed, left for dead…

[No, when I think about it calmly, I should definitely leave that party.]

Without the minotaur in the dungeon, they likely got out with ease. About this time, they’re probably sitting at the guild bar chatting rather than mourning my death.

[Okay. As for their luggage, I’ll properly return it to them before telling them I’m leaving the party.]

Incidentally, it was necessary to tell the guild what actually happened. I think if I leave the party and go solo my rank should be somewhere around C? It may be good to not be too well-known.

[How about we just live freely?]

｢Waan!｣

I decided on our next course of action as I stroked Rei who had given me his response.

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Translator’s Note:

4-16-2020

Part 5 for you all! I meant to get booth this and the last part out yesterday but I got frustrated at some of the lines at the end of this part and ended up working pretty slowly. You can still expect at least one post every few days which may be one or two chapters depending on the length of each. I’m still figuring out WordPress too so if you see somethings disappear or change it’s me trying to figure out what works best. On the note, please comment or email me if you happen to find any broken links.

I also wanted to thank everybody who has followed, liked, commented, or even just read one of these posts in the last few days. I was really surprised to see it get so many visits so quickly and really appreciated everything.

Thanks again and stay safe!

tom

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