How a Two-Life Scoundrel Lives - Chapter 15
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【Episode 15】
Swish.
Carlisle drew a dagger from his coat.
“…I don’t like self-harm, but.”
Carlisle muttered as he sliced his palm with the dagger.
With a throbbing pain, blood flowed down and filled a small basin placed on the washbasin.
Soon the blood pooled in the basin began flowing along a thin groove, extending in red lines until it reached the stone gate.
Red lines formed by Carlisle’s blood were also carved into the stone gate, forming a magic circle.
Whoosh!
The moment the magic circle glowed red.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble!
The tightly closed stone gate opened, revealing a passage leading into the stone chamber.
‘Definitely the bloodline of House Sigmund.’
Carlisle took out a potion from his coat, poured it on his palm, and wrapped the wound tightly with bandages.
The potion’s effect was excellent, as the burning pain quickly subsided.
The wound would probably heal cleanly without leaving a single scar.
Step, step.
Carlisle walked into the stone chamber.
[Notice: Entering the 【Forgotten Treasure Vault】.]
[Notice: Entering the 【Forgotten Treasure Vault】.]
[Notice: Entering the 【Forgotten Treasure Vault】.]
[Notice: Entering the 【Forgotten Treasure Vault】.]
[Notice: Entering the 【Forgotten Treasure Vault】.]
Click!
As soon as he stepped inside the stone chamber, magic stone lighting turned on, revealing the interior scenery.
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
A treasure vault created by the ancestors of House Sigmund in preparation for emergencies.
This place was built in preparation for Dekaron being occupied, and contains items of considerable value.
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
A treasure vault created by the ancestors of House Sigmund in preparation for emergencies.
This place was built in preparation for Dekaron being occupied, and contains items of considerable value.
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
A treasure vault created by the ancestors of House Sigmund in preparation for emergencies.
This place was built in preparation for Dekaron being occupied, and contains items of considerable value.
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
A treasure vault created by the ancestors of House Sigmund in preparation for emergencies.
This place was built in preparation for Dekaron being occupied, and contains items of considerable value.
[Forgotten Treasure Vault]
A treasure vault created by the ancestors of House Sigmund in preparation for emergencies.
This place was built in preparation for Dekaron being occupied, and contains items of considerable value.
Inside the treasure vault, various items were organized by category.
All kinds of books, potions, expensive luxury goods, and so on.
Carlisle first headed to the far right edge.
Inside a massive display case located there, all kinds of potions were stored under preservation magic.
‘Let’s see…’
Carlisle’s gaze swept over the potions.
What caught Carlisle’s attention was a potion containing white liquid.
[Elixir of Vitality]
[Elixir of Vitality]
An elixir that permanently increases stamina.
[Elixir of Vitality]
An elixir that permanently increases stamina.
[Elixir of Vitality]
An elixir that permanently increases stamina.
[Elixir of Vitality]
An elixir that permanently increases stamina.
[Elixir of Vitality]
An elixir that permanently increases stamina.
Carlisle opened the cap without hesitation and gulped down the Elixir of Vitality.
The taste was like drinking a very thick and concentrated ion drink, but it wasn’t particularly unpleasant.
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
Carlisle wasn’t satisfied with just one bottle.
Gulp gulp!
Two bottles, three bottles, four bottles…
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
[Notice: Stamina has permanently increased by 100.]
He drank 4 bottles of Elixir of Vitality in total.
Thanks to this, Carlisle permanently gained 400 stamina stats in just 5 minutes.
Without a doubt, he wouldn’t collapse from exhaustion under normal circumstances.
‘Right, you guys need to train hard.’
A sneer appeared on Carlisle’s lips as he thought of the Hector and Gunter brothers.
They had no choice but to run hard, which was why they suffered every morning like that, but Carlisle was different.
Since he could become strong without effort, there was no need to go through such hardships.
* * *
‘Sorry to Frey.’
Carlisle smiled bitterly as he thought of his younger brother Frey.
Originally, this treasure vault had been arranged for Frey, the protagonist character, so it wouldn’t be an exaggeration to say that all the treasures here belonged to Frey.
That’s why he hadn’t intended to touch them in the first place, but the problem was time.
‘I need to survive first.’
In just a few months, he would be going to a place crawling with barbarians, and there wasn’t enough time to train the orthodox way.
Also, he didn’t want to risk running into the Gunter and Hector brothers when he was alone and getting roughed up.
Honestly speaking, he wasn’t the type to suffer unnecessarily when there was no need to make an effort.
‘I can fill it back up with better things later.’
With that thought, Carlisle reached for the other potions as well.
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
[Alert: Strength has permanently increased by 100.]
Strength, vitality, agility, mana, intelligence, and so on.
Carlisle drank the stat-boosting potions by type.
In fact, items that permanently increased stats were very rare in the game [Overlord].
Even items that increased stats by 50 were extremely precious, so an elixir that increased them by 100, which was double that, had tremendous value.
So much so that when playing with other protagonist characters, they would even make expeditions all the way to Dekaron to raid this hidden treasure vault.
Since it was one of the few ways to easily acquire high stat values early on, this method was often recommended to beginners.
‘This should be enough.’
Carlisle pocketed a few bottles of elixir in case of emergency and left the rest for Frey.
And then…
‘Hmm.’
Carlisle’s gaze settled on the stones positioned in the center of the display case.
[Stone of Transcendence]
[Stone of Transcendence]
A mysterious stone that blooms and maximizes a person’s potential.
[Stone of Transcendence]
A mysterious stone that blooms and maximizes a person’s potential.
[Stone of Transcendence]
A mysterious stone that blooms and maximizes a person’s potential.
[Stone of Transcendence]
A mysterious stone that blooms and maximizes a person’s potential.
[Stone of Transcendence]
A mysterious stone that blooms and maximizes a person’s potential.
There were a total of 3 Stones of Transcendence.
‘One belongs to Frey. I suppose it wouldn’t matter if I used the other two.’
The problem was that there was no information about the character Carlisle van Sigmund.
If he used a Stone of Transcendence but had no latent talents or abilities, it would be completely useless.
It would mean losing a precious Stone of Transcendence, so he honestly hesitated to reach for it.
‘No. Let me try using one first. Just in case.’
With that thought, Carlisle took one Stone of Transcendence and put it in his pocket.
And then…
[Stone of Mastery]
[Stone of Mastery]
A mysterious stone that increases the proficiency of skills you possess.
[Stone of Mastery]
A mysterious stone that increases the proficiency of skills you possess.
[Stone of Mastery]
A mysterious stone that increases the proficiency of skills you possess.
[Stone of Mastery]
A mysterious stone that increases the proficiency of skills you possess.
[Stone of Mastery]
A mysterious stone that increases the proficiency of skills you possess.
‘Let’s not touch these for now. They’re too precious to use right now.’
Stones of Mastery were most efficient when used when the proficiency of a specific skill or ability hit a wall.
It goes without saying that going from level 99 to level 100 would be harder than going from level 1 to level 2.
‘That’s enough for today.’
Carlisle finished his not-quite-tomb-raiding and left the Forgotten Treasure Vault.
* * *
On the way back.
“Ah! Young Master!”
“L-Loyalty!”
The knights on patrol spotted Carlisle and hastily saluted him.
These were the same knights who had been gossiping about Carlisle earlier.
“Get down.”
Carlisle commanded the knights.
“Pardon?”
“I said get down.”
“What do you mean by that…”
The knights broke out in cold sweat, looking troubled.
“That good-for-nothing this and that at the training ground, pathetic stamina this and that.”
“…!”
As the gossip they had shared just hours ago flowed from Carlisle’s mouth, the knights’ faces turned deathly pale.
“It’s fine to curse all you want when I’m not around. But when you get caught, that’s a different story.”
“We’re, we’re sorry.”
“Get down on the ground.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
The knights lay down in a row, prostrating themselves.
“On ‘one’ you say ‘shut,’ on ‘two’ you say ‘we’ll be careful.’ One.”
“Shut!”
“Two.”
“We’ll be careful!”
“One.”
“Shut!”
“Two.”
“We’ll be careful!”
The knights obediently received the disciplinary exercise as Carlisle commanded.
For knights, who held military positions, to dare badmouth the lord’s son after being caught was tantamount to breaking their oath of loyalty.
If they were lucky, they’d face at least six months without pay, and if unlucky, they could even be stripped of their knighthood.
“Go down properly. Don’t try to take shortcuts.”
Carlisle ‘lightly’ kicked the side of the knight at the very end.
Clang, clang!
The knights lying in a row toppled over like dominoes.
“Y-Young Master! Ugh!”
“Not getting up?”
“My, my ribs. Ugh!”
“What?”
“My ribs… I think they’re broken. Gasp!”
The knight who had been kicked by Carlisle suddenly made a deflating sound and writhed in pain.
The side of his armor was dented inward as if it had received a powerful impact.
“Y-Young Master? This fellow, I think we need to get him to the infirmary quickly. It looks like the broken ribs have pierced his lung.”
“Huh?”
Carlisle was slightly surprised.
He had only lightly kicked to knock him over, never expecting the armor to dent and ribs to break.
‘Did I drink too many elixirs?’
It seemed that with his strength stat increasing by 300, his power had definitely become tremendously strong.
“Young Master…?”
“Yeah.”
“This fellow, if we don’t get him to the infirmary quickly…”
“Take him.”
Though Carlisle was slightly flustered, he commanded with a cold expression as if nothing had happened.
“Thank you, Young Master.”
Once Carlisle’s permission was granted, the knights bowed their heads in gratitude and headed to the infirmary, supporting their colleague with broken ribs.
‘I need to practice controlling my strength.’
Carlisle thought this as he watched the knights’ retreating figures.
It seemed his control was poor due to his strength increasing too much in a short time, and if he wasn’t careful, he might injure someone like that knight with broken ribs.
And Carlisle’s prediction proved exactly right.
A few hours later.
“Maranello, just one cup of tea.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
As soon as he woke up, Carlisle sought caffeine—which seemed to be present based on the feeling.
It was because he lacked sleep from going to the treasure vault the night before.
“Here it is.”
Glug glug, Maranello poured tea into Carlisle’s cup.
‘Ugh. I’m tired.’
Carlisle rubbed his sleepy eyes once and mindlessly picked up the teacup.
Snap.
The teacup handle broke.
“…Huh?”
It hadn’t just broken—the handle part was completely crushed.
“Young Master, are you alright?”
“Ah, I’m fine.”
Just as Carlisle was picking up the teacup instead of the broken handle.
Crack, the teacup also shattered into pieces.
“Young Master!”
Maranello hurriedly pulled out a handkerchief to wipe away the hot tea water.
“Isn’t it hot?”
“I’m fine, clean it up and bring me a new one.”
“Please wait a moment.”
Maranello poured tea into a new cup, but the result was the same.
Snap.
The new teacup’s handle broke.
“What in the world.”
Maranello frowned.
Breaking a teacup handle was already very rare, but breaking two in a row was a first even for the elderly butler who had lived many years.
“Maranello.”
“Yes, Young Master.”
“Bring me a few cups. No, bring about 20.”
“Pardon…?”
“Just bring them.”
“Ah, understood.”
Carlisle broke the handles of the new teacups Maranello brought one by one.
Snap, snap, snap, snap…
It was when the 13th teacup’s handle broke.
“Slurp.”
Finally succeeding in bringing the teacup to his lips, Carlisle took a sip of tea.
“Young Master, what exactly are you doing…?”
“Can’t you tell by looking? I’m training.”
“Is there training that involves breaking teacups?”
“No.”
Carlisle answered with a chuckle.
“It’s training to not break teacups.”
“Pardon?”
“My strength has become too strong.”
Saying this, Carlisle demonstratively slammed his fist down with a bang! and the table crashed! to pieces.
“…Good heavens.”
Maranello wore an expression of complete disbelief.
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