Rise of a Dungeon Lord
Chapter 24 The Abandoned Ones

[ NAME: SATO KAZUMA

LEVEL: 1

EXP: 0/100

TITLE: OUTSIDER, OTHERWORLDER

ABILITIES: NONE

BLESSING: NONE

CURSE: NONE]

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"This!"

Looking at his status panel, Kazuma couldn't help but rub his eyes to confirm what he was seeing

"Impossible!"

"I'm the protagonist, how could my status panel look so empty?"

"Where are my cheat skills?"

"Where are my Op titles?"

Unable to comprehend what was happening, Kazuma began to go crazy

However, his classmates beside him had quite the opposite situation

"Haha amazing, I've got the hero title! Not only that I've got two blessings and two skills already"

[ Blessing of the God of Martial Arts: able to easily comprehend any kind of hand-to-hand combat.

Note: you who are blessed by the martial God, go be a man and beat some demons with your fists]

[ Blessing of the Goddess of light: blessed by the goddess of light, all your attacks would be accompanied by holy power

Note: need a torchlight? No need, you're a human body torch light!]

[Skill Holy Slash: condensing holy power into a blade, you can cut down all enemies

Note: need a weapon? No need, I can create lightsabers!]

[Skill mental fortitude: no matter the situation, your mind would always remain calm

Note: with this skill I can probably head into battle with a straight face!]

Reading his new Abilities, Tomoki was shocked

At first he to thought this was some sort of prank, however not it doesn't seem to be the case

Looking at all his skills although he wasn't sure how he compared to everyone else, Tomoki was sure he was strong

"Hehe, it seems that being kidnapped t another world might not be so bad"

Feeling the holy power surging through his body, Tomoki began to look forward to the future

A hero, thinking of the benefits he could get from playing this role, Tomoki had an evil smile on his face

Obviously, he had other plans apart from being a hero in mind.

"Haha, I got the title Sage! And I was blessed by the goddess of magic!"

Jumping up and down, Hibiki screamed with excitement at her newfound power.

And as if pulling a trigger, all the other students began to check their status calling out their titles and skills one by one.

Magic swordsman!

Priest!

Scholar!

Fighter!

Vanguard!

As time passed, more and more students began to call out their various titles, blessings, and skills.

Watching this happen, the king could only sigh with relief and a bit of envy in his tone.

"Worthy of being the ones chosen by the goddess"

"You know how hard it is to get a title and a blessing from a God"

"However these heroes before are getting them in multitude"

"Especially titles like sage and hero which haven't appeared in hundreds of years!"

Shocked by what he was witnessing, the king began to make some plans in his mind

After all, although they might be heroes, but no one should be bigger than the king.

Realising this, King Charles' face turned gloomy. It wasn't until the pope brought his attention to a certain hero that he snapped out of it.

"Your majesty, look at that hero, rather than being excited like the others, his face seems distraught'

"Could it be that he is an abandoned one?"

Hearing the words of the pope, king Charles was stunned.

Abandoned one, this was a name that had appeared a few times throughout history.

Summoned by the goddess to Aincrad just like regular heroes.

unfortunately, unlike those heroes who possessed all kinds of incredible powers and abilities, these people were said to be abandoned by the Gods

No blessings, curses, or skills.

With only the title of outsider and other worlder, the only thing these kinds of people could do was brag that they came from the same hometown as the heroes.

Abandoned ones, otherwise known as those forgotten by Gods.

"Alright then pope, then I'll leave disposing of him to you"

Waving his hand nonchalantly asked Charles didn't want to dwell too much on it

After all, the heroes summoned this time were a lot, disposing of a few of them wouldn't hurt anyone.

*No, this might actually be a good thing, using the power of the Pope I might be able to reduce the heroes power*

Wearing a smile on his face, the king's face gradually began to change from wariness to that of a hunter looking at his prey.

Unfortunately, none of the heroes in question had any idea the kind had already begun to deduct methods to deal with them.

Still excited by their new powers most of the students began trying it out completely disregarding where they were

*Ahem!*

Dressed in a long white robe, a huge white hat, and a small book in his right hand

A fairly old man coughed bringing everyone's attention to him

"Welcome to Aincrad heroes!

"I am Pope Agustin, the current head of the church of light, and I thank you for lending us help in our time of need "

Hidden behind a warm smile the pope secretly sneered at both the heroes and the king's naivety.

As a level 78 priest of light, neither Tomoki's nor the king's small moves could be hidden from him

In fact, he alone was able to destroy the whole empire by his power alone.

However in order to complete his plans the pope could only continue to pretend.

"But it's not like my current job isn't fun, thanks to that I get to do things like this!"

Turning towards Kazuma who was still lost in denial the pope spoke up

"What's wrong hero, why the long face?"

"Could it be that there's something wrong with your status?"

"Did you receive some sort of curse from an evil God? Don't worry, I'm very skilled at removing curses"

Pretending to be a kind old man, the pope slowly walked over to Kazuma

*Don't blame me boy, blame yourself for being an abandoned one*

Thinking of this, the smile on the Pope's face became brighter.