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I woke up, circles under my eyes and my thoughts almost blurry.

I had developed quite the talent for hearing things that didn't exist.

15, traumatized and now somewhat annoyed at the excessive snaps I kept hearing I headed down to the inn bar for breakfast,

It was peaceful,joyous and calm.

Too calm.

A hand touched my shoulder.

And a light,cheery voice entered my ears.

The scene was all-too familiar.

"Is that shoulder-pad real gold man?"

"No."

"Oh, my bad."

Ever since returning I realized my somewhat blatant lack of armour. However I was rather, broke. You could say. This meant I could only afford 1 piece of enchanted armour. Normal armour would weigh me down and was useless against strong A and B ranks anyways. So strategically I had to prioritize Defense,mobility and awesomeness.

And thus I chose a gold-painted shoulder pad.

"System." I joyously called out

Gold-painted Shoulder Pad

"Makes you look rich and successful."

I nearly forgot to breathe until I scrolled down as I exhaled in relief.

Ability: Creates a temporary full body shield that can absorb the impact of at least 1 A-rank Beast Attack.

Great, as long as the Demon King is an A-rank beast then I can last 1 attack.

Oh wait, he's not.

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Well it does look pretty cool though...

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I left the inn in a hurry to join a group of adventures planning to go on an A-rank hunt. With them by my side A-rank was essentially next-door.

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And my A-rank acquittances where all hunched talking about strategies. Trying to find an opening I tiptoed but luckily the largest of the bearded veterans noticed me.

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"That's our last guy!" He roared in excitement.

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Everyone looked my way as I awkwardly waved.

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"I'll introduce myself first, I'm Gino." A red-headed dwarf voiced loudly.

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"Hey i'm..."

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"Nice to meet you, you can call me..."

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The next member had snow-white hair a good build and a voice I didn't enjoy hearing so much.

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"Guess helping the weak is the duty of the strong."

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That's right Amon was present. At Least we wouldn't have to worry about poisonous frogs...

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Finally, a handsome man with silver hair, messy and untucked tucked in his shirt revealing a model-like physique slowly deformed and said.

"Hey, I'm the Demon King."

He raised his hand.

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