I Put all my Stats into Charm - Chapter 48

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I Put All My Stats Into Charm Episode 048

 

The troll I thought was dead came back to life.

 

And in an even more hideous form than before.

 

‘Does this even make sense?’

 

The troll staggered as it rose from its position. Watching this, Calliton clicked his tongue.

 

“Tsk.”

 

He gripped his sword tightly and charged toward the troll.

 

With swift movements, he slashed the troll’s leg, creating a deeper wound than before.

 

But the troll didn’t even let out a single roar, as if its senses were numbed.

 

When the troll raised its club high, I shouted.

 

“Be careful!”

 

Thud!

 

By a hair’s breadth, Calliton rolled his body to dodge the troll’s attack. Quickly getting back up, he used a nearby rock as a stepping stone and leaped up once more.

 

Calliton, soaring high, thrust his sword into the troll’s temple.

 

The troll didn’t let out a single roar. Instead, it clawed at its own face with its thick palm, breaking the sword stuck in its temple.

 

Calliton, landing on the ground, furrowed his brow.

 

“Damn it…!”

 

Calliton turned toward me and began running in my direction at tremendous speed.

 

‘Wait, why is he coming toward me…?’

 

“Ugh!”

 

Calliton grabbed the back of my neck. Then he tucked me under his arm like a piece of luggage and started running.

 

Dangling from Calliton’s side, I looked up at him.

 

“Don’t tell me you’re running away right now?”

 

“That’s right.”

 

“That’s not cool at all!”

 

“Shut up. Evasion is also a strategy.”

 

Even while frantically running through the forest, I could feel the presence of the troll chasing us with thundering steps.

 

“Graaaah!”

 

“Stupid thing has a loud voice too.”

 

Then, when thick bushes appeared before us, Calliton threw himself toward the thicket.

 

“Ugh!”

 

I squeezed my eyes shut. Small branches brushed against my face. When my bottom hit the ground, a groan naturally escaped my lips.

 

When I slowly opened my eyes, I saw Calliton’s face filling my entire field of vision.

 

“…!”

 

Just as I was about to scream in surprise at the close distance, Calliton covered my mouth with his palm.

 

The troll’s roars and the thundering vibrations of the ground grew closer.

 

Calliton whispered in a small voice.

 

“Stay quiet. It seems like it hasn’t discovered us yet.”

 

“…”

 

When I quietly nodded, the hand covering my mouth fell away. Calliton still watched the troll beyond the thicket with a wary expression.

 

‘But this is too close.’

 

Calliton’s face was right in front of my nose. His body was pressing down heavily on mine.

 

From Calliton came a smoky scent as if singed by fire, contrasted by a warm and soft sandalwood fragrance.

 

I slowly looked over Calliton, who was practically covering my body.

 

His manly high and angular nose bridge, his elegant and refined jawline. His deep eyes gazing beyond the thicket and his lips tinged with red vitality.

 

Calliton’s red eyes shone cold and sharp like flames trapped in ice, while his golden hair gleamed divinely as if even sunlight would surrender to it.

 

The absolute authority that only the Empire’s next ruler could possess flowed from his entire being.

 

‘Damn, he is handsome though.’

 

If only his personality wasn’t so twisted, my target might have changed.

 

Just as I was narrowing my eyes and glaring at Calliton, our eyes met.

 

“…!”

 

“…”

 

Calliton stared at me quietly, then moved his lips.

 

“What are you looking at.”

 

I was admiring your face. Why?

 

It’s not like it’ll wear out from looking.

 

I’m going through all this trouble just to get home. Shouldn’t there at least be some reward in admiring a handsome man to make it fair?

 

Unable to voice my true thoughts, I whispered softly.

 

“Could you move aside? This position is a bit… awkward.”

 

“…”

 

Calliton blinked quietly. Then he slowly raised his upper body, cleared his throat softly, and shifted his gaze toward the troll.

 

Now free and much more comfortable, I sat up.

 

‘Finally, this is more comfortable.’

 

Then I crouched in the thicket with Calliton, watching the troll.

 

The troll was wandering around near the thicket with a dazed expression, as if bewitched by something.

 

Then, I suddenly remembered using a skill on the Brockshil in the cave.

 

‘Come to think of it, I have the Mind Control skill, don’t I?’

 

Just like I controlled the Brockshil, couldn’t I control the troll too?

 

Besides, the troll seemed to have low intelligence, so it didn’t seem like my skill level would be insufficient.

 

‘Why didn’t I think of this sooner?’

 

I immediately activated the Mind Control skill.

 

[Activating ‘Mind Control’ skill.]

 

[Skill activation failed.]

 

[Effect does not activate due to insufficient level.]

 

‘What?’

 

It worked on the Brockshil, so why doesn’t it work on the troll?

 

They seem to have similar intelligence levels, but my level is insufficient?

 

‘Anyway, it doesn’t work on the troll.’

 

I didn’t have time to ponder for long. While thinking about how to break through this situation.

 

A mountain dove came into view.

 

“Coo coo coo…”

 

Suddenly, a good idea occurred to me.

 

‘There was a cliff on the way here.’

 

I activated the skill on the dove.

 

[Activating ‘Mind Control’ skill.]

 

I immediately commanded the dove.

 

“Go! Dove!”

 

The dove flapped its wings and charged toward the troll’s face.

 

“Grah, graaaah.”

 

The troll waved its hands trying to catch the dove. Due to its sluggish movements, it couldn’t catch the dove.

 

Having successfully diverted the troll’s attention to the dove, I controlled the dove to lure the troll toward the cliff.

 

“Grah, graaaah.”

 

The troll followed the dove toward the cliff.

 

‘Just a little more!’

 

When the troll reached the edge of the cliff.

 

The troll’s foot slipped and its massive body fell from the cliff. At the same time, a tremendous roar and vibration that seemed to shake heaven and earth echoed through the mountains.

 

As if announcing the success of the plan, a system window appeared before my eyes.

 

[‘Mind Control’ skill has increased by 1.]

 

[Mind Control LV.3]

 

Good. My level went up too.

 

I was thinking I should go check if the troll was dead when Calliton spoke to me.

 

“Do you know how to handle familiars?”

 

Based on my gaming experience, a familiar meant a companion or servant that made a contract with a mage.

 

Mages would gain power through familiars by extending their senses or receiving combat assistance.

 

I couldn’t answer Calliton’s question immediately and dragged out my words.

 

“Uh, well…”

 

Magic that handles familiars is often classified as advanced magic since it involves soul-sharing contracts.

 

So there was no way I, who couldn’t cast a single spell, would have a familiar.

 

‘But I can’t say I know how to use Mind Control skills.’

 

Especially when I’m already under heavy suspicion.

 

I nodded my head.

 

“I know how to handle them a little.”

 

Calliton stared at me quietly, then got up.

 

“Quite useful indeed.”

 

Phew. He seems to believe me.

 

I feel like my lying skills are the only thing improving since coming here. I need to survive first.

 

If there was a lying skill, it would have increased tremendously.

 

“Can you get up?”

 

As the tension released, strength returned to my body.

 

I nodded and got up, then headed with Calliton toward the bottom of the cliff where the troll had fallen.

 

When we arrived at the bottom of the cliff, we saw the troll’s mangled corpse. Due to the many large rocks at the bottom of the cliff, the troll’s body couldn’t be called intact by any stretch of the imagination.

 

Calliton examined the troll’s corpse and said.

 

“This should ensure it never comes back to life.”

 

Ugh, disgusting.

 

It was hideous when alive. Its dead appearance is even worse.

 

I moved far away from the troll’s corpse.

 

“Earlier I thought the troll was dead. Was its life not completely snuffed out?”

 

“No, I definitely cut off its breath. I confirmed it had stopped breathing.”

 

I tilted my head.

 

‘Then does that mean the dead troll came back to life?’

 

How is that possible?

 

As if answering my question, Calliton spoke.

 

“It’s black magic. Someone revived the corpse.”

 

He swept his golden hair back and continued.

 

“There might be a necromancer nearby. I’ll have to call the Knight Order too.”

 

A necromancer – isn’t that what I think it is?

 

A black mage who makes corpses or souls move.

 

As I recalled knowledge gained from games, Calliton took out an explosive from his pocket.

 

When he shot the explosive into the sky, yellow smoke burst out.

 

Then, I noticed something on the troll’s body and froze.

 

‘That is…?’

 

A familiar pattern was carved on the back of the monster’s neck.

 

It was the same pattern as the tattoo carved on the back of my neck.

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