Looking Forward to Another World

As a city known as the Fortress City, E-Rantel had an appearance that fully matched the term ’fortress’.

It had three layers of walls, each separated by areas with different purposes.

While the outermost area served as the garrison base for the Re-Estize Kingdom, equipped with comprehensive military facilities, the innermost area was the central administrative district of the city, which also housed warehouses for storing supplies and was heavily guarded.

As for the middle area, it was located between these two areas and served as the living area for the citizens, where they carried out their daily activities.

At this moment, Riezel walked along the streets of this middle area, frowning at the road conditions.

Not only were the narrow roads unpaved and uneven, with mud and sand mixed together, creating streets that resembled rural dirt paths, but there were also potholes and wheel tracks here and there, making it quite difficult to walk.

’So... this so-called Fortress City is basically just a remote town in the countryside, right?’

As Riezel couldn’t help but think this way, he suddenly recalled the challenge he had just faced in front of the Adventurer’s Guild, remembering those so-called powerful adventurers.

’Too weak...’

Riezel mercilessly gave such an evaluation.

Silver Adventurers, while not among the best in this world, were no longer beginners, possessing a certain level of strength, and were somewhat well-known.

In Riezel’s eyes, however, these somewhat well-known individuals were incredibly weak.

’They’re around middle Level 1... no, maybe even below?’

Such was the reality of Silver Adventurers.

In the world of Danmachi, they couldn’t even be considered High-Class Adventurers, only ranking among the lower strata of Low-Class Adventurers.

With ranks like Adamantite, Orichalcum, Mithril, Platinum, Gold, Silver, Iron, and Copper, the Silver Adventurer’s power, in sixth place, didn’t even reach upper Level 1.

Considering this, how strong could the highest-ranked Adamantite Adventurers be?

’Well, it’s normal for the natives of this world to be weak, since the powerful ones aren’t really among them in the first place...’

Riezel started to recall the original work.

At first glance, this world seemed like a medieval fantasy world similar to the Akasha Continent but populated by many races and monsters aside from humans.

In reality, this world had long since intersected with a game called ’YGGDRASIL’—a game with Norse mythology as its backdrop, offering an unusually wide range of freedom.

In that game, there were over seven hundred races, two thousand job classes, and six thousand magic spells, along with numerous unique items.

About every few hundred years, an event occurred where ’Players’ from YGGDRASIL crossed over to this world, possessing strength, magic, and items that far surpassed those of the natives.

Moreover, each time they crossed over, they had a profoundly far-reaching impact on this world. Compared to the players of YGGDRASIL, most natives of this world were incredibly weak and powerless.

For instance, in YGGDRASIL, players could easily level up to Level 100, while in this world, someone around Level 30 was already considered a hero among humans, with few contenders.

As for magic, the magic in this world was divided into ten tiers, just like in YGGDRASIL.

Generally, this world’s natives could only use up to 2nd-Tier Magic through training, with those able to use 3rd-Tier Magic considered geniuses. 5th-Tier Magic could only be used by those who had entered the Realm of Heroes, and 6th-Tier Magic was the highest tier of magic they could use.

However, in YGGDRASIL, not only would max-level players typically seldom use magic below the 7th Tier, but they even had magic that exceeded the 10th Tier, known as Super-Tier Magic.

Needless to say, this highlighted just how weak the natives of this world were compared to the players of YGGDRASIL. Compared to max-level players, even the highest-ranked Adamantite Adventurers were fragile beings.

Given this, the adventurers who had just challenged Riezel were as weak as weeds by the roadside, not even worth mentioning.

Perhaps beings like players were what Riezel should challenge.

’Well, there’s also Tier Magic, which is worth trying to learn.’

From what the original work portrayed, ’Tier Magic’ from the world of Overlord had many merits.

It was not due to its overwhelming power but due to its diversity.

Based on the original work, even the strongest Super-Tier Magic seemed unable to destroy a large city or a small nation with a single blow.

Considering this, if only destructive power was being discussed, Super-Tier Magic was probably on par with Tactical-Class Magic.

However, among the more than six thousand types of Tier Magic, many of them didn’t rely on destructive power to make their reputations known.

Some of them could slice through space.

Some of them could crush a creature’s heart from afar.

Some of them could cause instant death without conditions.

Additionally, there were also magic spells for teleportation, resurrection, strengthening, and others that granted complete immunity to physical or magical attacks, making the so-called Tier Magic extremely diverse and unique.

If these magic spells were placed on the Akasha Continent, they would only be considered Combat-Class Magic, barely qualifying as Tactical-Class Magic. Yet, these Combat-Class Magic could bring about miraculous effects in battle, and even outside of combat, they could yield extraordinary results—definitely a magic system not to be overlooked.

For Riezel, who possessed a unique magic known as Almighty, not learning Tier Magic would have been a significant loss.

After all, as long as he met the conditions, he could easily learn Tier Magic directly. If he fully unleashed the effects of Almighty, regardless of which tier or how many magic spells, he could master them effortlessly.

In fact, after realizing he was about to travel to the world of Overlord, Riezel’s first goal was no longer to enhance his status but to learn as many magic spells as possible.

Back in the world of Danmachi, he received Falna, which served as the foundation for his growth.

In the world of Demon Slayer, he gained swordsmanship that solidified his strength as a swordsman.

And in this world, what he could clearly gain was a significant advancement in magic as a magician.

Originally, when Riezel had planned to improve his magic expertise in the future but then suddenly found the world of Overlord as his next destination for dimensional travel, one could only call it fate.

If he could learn Tier Magic, it wouldn’t be unacceptable to delay his status growth for a bit.

Naturally, he hoped to progress in both simultaneously if he could. Otherwise, he wouldn’t bother becoming an adventurer to get the monster location map.

’Speaking of which, this world has a power system called Martial Arts, right?’

’Martial Arts’ was a unique power that only ’Warriors’ of this world could use, a power that did not even exist in YGGDRASIL.

In this world, ’Martial Arts’ for a ’Warrior’ was like ’Tier Magic’ for a ’Magic Caster’—a crucial part of their abilities.

A warrior could use Martial Arts to enhance their own capabilities, launch wide-ranging attacks, enhance the power of their weapons, or unleash devastating ultimate moves, among other things.

Nevertheless, compared to Tier Magic, the effects of Martial Arts and the effort needed to learn them seemed underwhelming to Riezel, so he didn’t think it was necessary to learn them specifically.

It couldn’t be helped.

If he really wanted to learn Martial Arts, he had no choice but to learn on his own.

Unlike Tier Magic, where, with the help of Almighty, he could directly learn any magic after seeing it in action once and confirming its specific effect, Martial Arts was not magic, so it required more personal effort to learn.

Given this, along with the lackluster performance of Martial Arts in the original work, he naturally leaned toward learning Tier Magic.

Of course, if he wanted to learn Tier Magic, his best choice was clearly to learn from the best of the best—the protagonist of the original work.

He was, after all, not only a Level 100 player who crossed over from YGGDRASIL, but his primary job class was also a magic caster, boasting over seven hundred magic spells, from 1st-Tier Magic to Super-Tier Magic, unlike the natives of this world, who might struggle to use even 3rd-Tier Magic.

Moreover, he also had numerous NPCs around him, all of whom were Level 100 powerhouses, almost all of them wielding powerful magic.

Knowing the protagonist existed, Riezel didn’t have to think too hard about where to learn Tier Magic.

Unfortunately, there was one problem.

’I wonder if he has already come to this world...’

Riezel spread out the map in his hands and began to examine it.

It was a standard map that included the surrounding neighboring human countries, depicting a relatively vast region.

Meanwhile, the three main human countries featured on the map were the Re-Estize Kingdom, the Baharuth Empire, and the Slane Theocracy, located in different positions.

Re-Estize Kingdom was on the left side of the map.

Baharuth Empire was on the right side.

Slane Theocracy was at the bottom.

Among them, a massive mountain range separated the Re-Estize Kingdom from the Baharuth Empire, with a large, expansive forest spreading to the south. At the edge of the forest lay E-Rantel, which belonged to the Re-Estize Kingdom, with the Slane Theocracy beyond it.

From this, it was clear that E-Rantel was not only on the border of the Re-Estize Kingdom but also the closest city to the two neighboring countries.

However, the relationship between the three countries could hardly be described as good. It could even be said that they were completely hostile, leading to annual battles in the fields surrounding E-Rantel.

At this moment, Riezel was looking for the junction of these three human countries.

It was not without reason.

He remembered that when the protagonist was transported to this world, he arrived with his entire guild base, landing in the northeast of E-Rantel, near the point where the kingdom, empire, and theocracy met.

He also remembered that when the protagonist first arrived and scouted the area, the terrain had been an endless expanse of grasslands.

’Is this it?’

Riezel had successfully found the vast grasslands at the junction of the three countries, not far from E-Rantel.

As he observed further, the closest things to it were scattered villages, and in one of these villages, his gaze immediately settled on a particular one.

Its name was Carne Village.

’Let’s go check it out.’

Recalling some information from the original work, Riezel put away the map and headed toward the city gate.

Before long, Riezel left E-Rantel and made his way toward the forest.