If this were a romantic comedy, he would be in a position to see her panties, but it seemed she’d casually calculated their relative angles, making it so he was unable to. It was called absolute territory because it could not be observed. Panties that were easily seen had no value.
If it’s this girl...I should be fine, thought the comedian.
Learn your lesson already!
“Thank you, kind girl. By the way, I have a favor to ask of you. Could you try hitting me?”
“H-Huhhh...?”
“I understand your hesitation. However, it is something I need in order to maintain the last shreds of my pride. Being hit by you will not affect me. It’ll be fine. I am strong,” Vlad said. Then he added, “I hope,” under his breath.
Is it really okay to punch someone I’ve just met? thought Virgo. Actually, I don’t understand why he asked me to do this in the first place.
“Uh, I think I shouldn’t... Um, I... Well, I shouldn’t say it myself, but...I’m probably pretty strong, I think.”
“Ha ha ha. How reliable! It’ll be fine. Have at me.”
“A-Are you really sure?”
“I will be completely fine!!!”
“Are you really, really sure?!”
“Da!!!”
“W-Well then... Rah!”
Virgo’s attempt at a war cry was cute. If transcribed into text, it would probably warrant a star or heart mark after it. The sound of her making contact was cute too. Once again, it seemed like it would warrant a star or heart mark if transcribed.
The comedian went flying.
“AAAAAaaAAAaaAAaaaaAAAAAAHH!!!”
Once again, he was a boomerang. After meeting with the same consequences once again, he could only laugh. He was a person of deep insight, much more than any common person.
As he soared high into the sky, he actually left Mizgarz’s atmosphere and was only sent back to the ground because he bounced off of Alovenus, who just happened to be descending to Mizgarz as well.
“NOOOOOOOOOO!”
Spinning like a wheel, he tumbled across the land, only coming to a stop after traveling another ten kilometers. He had not lost any lives. Apparently, she had attached the Blunted-Sword Strike skill to her punch.
While gazing quietly up at the blue sky, the comedian pondered things.
“I see...” Vlad was silent for a long while. “I’m just incredibly weak...”
I never thought I’d be sent flying by a random hit from some girl just passing by. My own weakness surprises even me. Maybe this level of weakness is actually something rare and amazing? If I hit some random monster, they wouldn’t fly so far, which means that I’m just that weak. My strength isn’t even at zero. It’s in the negatives. I am level negative 1000. That’s got to be it, he thought.
At this point, he was broken in a lot of ways.
“No, wait a minute. Maybe... This is just a possibility, but... There is a very low chance of this being true, but maybe all of the people I have met have just been ridiculously strong? Maybe those two girls were actually outstandingly powerful figures in this world, and I just happened to find them. My luck might just have been very bad.”
Having said that, the comedian realized that this line of thinking was very optimistic and self-serving. It was also actually correct. Nobody would immediately assume they were just unlucky though, so he decided to make the next attempt his last. He would challenge the next person he met and confirm his strength. If I am once again defeated, then I will just accept my weakness. I could even announce myself as the weakest being in the world. However, if that is not the case...I should at least be able to dream.
He heard footsteps. Someone... No, two people are coming this way. From their footsteps, I think they’re women. The comedian slowly got up and looked towards the source of the footsteps.
This will be my last challenge. Please, be weak. Be weak, I’m begging here. Allow me to believe that I’m strong!
“Oh, it’s you, the person I bumped into earlier. Were you hurt?”
A wild Lufas Maphaahl appeared!
“Huh? This person... Ah, right. I remember now. He should be the very first vampire. That’s nostalgic. It feels like I just randomly found a doll that I’d lost a long time ago.”
A wild Alovenus appeared!
Nope.
The comedian, thus renamed to the world’s weakest being, instantly understood that he could not win. Nope. No way. Absolutely impossible. Chance of winning? That concept doesn’t even exist in this realm. Even considering fighting them is the height of absurdity.
Wait, isn’t one of them the god of all creation? Isn’t that Alovenus?
“You were really rolling back there. Are you hurt?”
“No, I’m fine,” said Vlad. “Please, do not mind me. I was just getting too big for my britches. Sorry for being alive.”
Lufas paused. “Uh, are you sure you’re okay? Did you hit anything you shouldn’t have?”
“I’m okay. Super okay. Just the weakest in history. In fact, I have finally understood my station in life after witnessing the truth of the world. I’m very sorry for ever acting like I was strong.”
“Aren’t you Vlad, the True Ancestor?” Alovenus asked. “What are you doing in a place like this?”
“Vlad the True Ancestor? I don’t recognize that name. What you see before you is simply the world’s weakest living being, an incorrigible small fry, if you will.”
The incorrigible small fry’s spirit was already dust in the wind. There was no recovering it. It would be better to just buy a new one.
His biggest misfortune was probably reviving at the worst time. If he’d come back before Lufas was born, he at least would have constituted a bigger threat than the devilfolk’s Seven Luminaries. It was possible he could have presented a strong threat to Lufas back in her adventurer days and left his name in history, if that had been the case. Either that, or he might even have been able to join the Twelve Stars.
However, he had no way of knowing that. His poor pride was destroyed and scattered to the four winds, and all that was left was a man introducing himself as an incorrigible small fry.
I will never be ambitious again.
Leaving those words behind, he resolved to once again shut himself in his casket. The outside is scary. There are monsters everywhere, no matter where I go. That small casket, where I won’t meet anyone, is the best.
That was how a newly emerging threat was dealt with before anyone knew it was even a threat. The danger Vlad the True Ancestor posed was nothing. He was just a poor fool who mistook his timing for revival. The true threat was still waiting with bated breath, unnoticed by anyone.
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“What was wrong with that person?” Virgo muttered to herself, befuddled, after she sent Vlad flying.
He just appeared all of a sudden and asked me to hit him, so I did, but he went flying while screaming... I honestly don’t know what just happened. I did use Blunted-Sword Strike just in case, so he should be fine...but I’m still a little worried.
Therefore, Virgo attempted to go in the direction she saw Vlad fly and managed to catch a glimpse of him running while crying. She breathed a sigh of relief. For some reason, he was running away from her master, Lufas, and the mastermind and final enemy behind their previous conflict, Alovenus.
“Hmm? If it isn’t Virgo. What are you doing in a place like this?”
“I just... Uhhh, came to see an acquaintance...” Virgo trailed off. “What about you, Miss Lufas?”
“Ah, just a bit of treasure hunting,” Lufas said, grabbing Alovenus by the head. “I asked this one here whether she had anything else she was hiding, and it turns out there was a huge bomb left over. I’m currently trying to find it.”
“A...bomb?” Virgo asked, hesitant.