He's the Legendary Guard, Isn't He? Chapter 01

"...Yes, yes, I'm sorry. I would go to work, but I'm really not feeling well. Yes, please proceed. Yes, there's no need to worry. I'll start working again tomorrow. Thank you for your hard work."

After calling the prison he was working at early in the morning, Si Hyun was able to let out a sigh of relief.

First, he headed to the refrigerator and drank a bottle of cold water.
He felt a bit better.

"An awakening..."

What kind of trick was fate playing?

It was a type of awakening that made him feel like fate was playing a game.
Sitting on the sofa, Si Hyun opened the status window.                        

[Depressed Ward]

Gender: Male

Level of Popularity: Very Popular

1) Iron Ward

- When dealing with criminals, all stats are increased by 1000%.
- When they criminals see you, they will freeze up in fear. They will go into a panic state.

2) Avid Executioner

- When dealing with condemned criminals, all stats are increased by 500%.
- When they criminals see you, they will freeze up in fear. They will go into a panic state.

Strength: 1 (E)

Knowledge: 1 (E)

Mentality: 1 (E)
Spell: 1 (E)

Physical Defense: 0.05%

Poison Resistance: 0%
Flame Resistance: 0%

Pa.s.sive: ??? (Inactive)
Active: ??? (Inactive), ??? (Inactive)

I really did have an awakening.
I did.

A ward, ward.

It seemed like that was what it was talking about.

Also, they described him as depressed.
Just looking at it was very odd.

Depressed...

When one awakens, the status window displays the overall stats of the person, which also provides a description of the person.

And if that description is fulfilled, then their description changes to Amazing Knight, Awesome Magician, and Talented Priest.
Other the other, those on Level E are often described as clumsy, inexperienced, incompetent.

They're also described as Clumsy Knight, Inexperienced Magician and Incompetent Priest.

Does that mean it describes the current emotions?

No, there hasn't been a case where this word was a.s.sociated with someone after they've awoken.

It was becoming very vague.
Also, popularity.

'Very famous?'

This meant that the owner of the power was famous in that world.

Then there's a possibility that its level is pretty high.

An Iron Ward and Avid Executioner.

Even though the values looked really high, if you look carefully, it only deals with criminals and those with a death penalty.

If others saw this stat, they would just shake their heads.

Worst of the worst.

It was a waste to say I've awoken when there was a 1 next to it.
 

Si Hyun let out a small sigh.

"Lastly, the skills."

I'm sure there's something there, but they're all displayed as ???? so I'm not sure what is is. It also says inactive, so I can't even use them.

It was a small number that matched with Level E.

Is this all that I get?

What Soo Jin said earlier about me being just an ordinary ward briefly pa.s.sed through my mind. It also felt like I could hear her smirk in front of me.

What's wrong with being a ward?

Are the knights and the magicians the only main characters in the fantasy world?
Can't a ward be the main character?

"Whew."

Si Hyun calmed himself down for a moment ant sat down in front of the computer that was sitting on his desk.

If used correctly, the internet could be used as a report for information.

Si Hyun found a popular blogger who wrote about this and started reading it from the beginning.
It all started with how the terrible tragedy happened when these odd dimensional portals opened all over the world.

As soon as it opened, unknown beasts came out from them.

The military tried their best to defend against the beasts, but no matter what kind of weapons they used, it had no effect on them. There was chaos everywhere and thousands of people died within the first day.

Luckily, humans that had awakened to their powers started appearing.

Their new power was effective against the beasts.

Many looked up to them and were inspired by them.

Si Hyun continued reading the stats of the Awakened Ones.

"Hm...on average, those that are in Level D have a general stat of 100. Level C's have 300, Level B's have 500, and Level A's have 700? And those that have less than 100 are Level E's."

The basic stats were referring to the primary stats.

For example, even if a knight's knowledge was low, when it comes to ranking, it wouldn't have any effect.

A knight must have power in order to receive active skills.
And for skills that require a lot of power, they're required to have that much more power.

It's safe to say that one's power level determines their rank.

Using the power measuring tool, they're able to determine the level of their power.

There weren't that many that wanted to reveal their stats anyways. The status window was much more important than one's personal information. For some, their life depends on these stats.

It was like a rule where power was an important skill to have when determining the rank.

"But, my power is 1..."

Currently, Si Hyun's power level was 1.

In a guild, those that are in the E rank are fated to clean and take care of the offensive line.

It mentioned that alias was just as important as stats and skills and provided examples from E rank to B rank.
Si Hyun started reading while comparing to his alias.

Rank: E

- _ _ _ is the failed student of Leon's Magic Academy. They were the laughingstock of the entire school.

- The power of the magic will reduce by 70%.
 

"Wow...is this a joke or something? I would've just died. The country should care for them."

Rank: D

- _ _ _ has a reputation for being good at managing their anger. They turn berserk to people that are weaker than them and becomes an advocate of peace when there are people that are even a bit stronger than them.

- When dealing with people that are strong than them, all stats are decreased by 50% and becomes humble.

“Geez, this too is…well…I’m sure they’ll be able to take care of the small frys.”

Isn’t there anything worth looking at?
This time, Si Hyun started reading the rank C description.

Rank: C
Alias: Kobold Slayer

- _ _ _ is a Kobold hunter that’s filled with anger. After their father was killed by the Kobold, they decided to live the rest of their lives by hunting Kobolds. Until the day they died, they piled the Kobold’s corpse into a mountain.

- Kobold will attempt to run out of fear after seeing the hunter. They cause them to flight.

Finally, an alias that doesn’t have any negative qualities.

“But, 100% even for a hunter?”
 

100% wasn’t a low percentage. If a rank C’s stat is 300 and it increases by 100%, it would be at 600. That means when they deal with a Kobold, they surpa.s.s rank B’s.
Then, does that mean rank A’s, who’s stat is 700, will have an increased stat of 1,400?

“Even with the same percentage, with a high stat, it increases tremendously. Definitely a monster…”

If this is the stat of a C rank, then there’s no way B and A rank’s stats are lower than this.
Si Hyun hurriedly read through the rank B stats.

Rank: B

- _ _ _ lived in a village named Ela.s.son and is a famous magician for being the prodigy of the village. Although he realized that he wasn’t a genius after arriving at the capital, but everyone acknowledged the fact that he was a brilliant, upper cla.s.s magician.

- Possible to amplify spells. The power of the spells will increase by 35%.

“Huh?”

Rank B’s value was way lower.

There were no restrictions.

When targeting the gate, it’s not like they’ll only target the Kobolds and this alias is a lot more useful compared to the others.

“I see. If there are restraints, then the stats are higher. That’s why there are heavy restraints…”

Only with criminals, it’s 1000%.

But none of them can’t be used on the monsters at the gate.

Lastly, he searched “inactive skills” and searched for over 30 minutes, but there wasn’t any information about it.

“d.a.m.n it.”

Si Hyun got tired and turned his computer off. Laying on his bed, the stared at the ceiling with a blank look.

Awakened.

“Aren’t there any tutorials or quests that I can do like in those online games? If there were, I’m sure my questions would be answered.”
Without any signs, a new messaged appeared in front of him.

“After carrying out the execution of his best friend, Po Ah Him became shocked and depressed that he headed to the most northern part of the country and shut himself in the cold weather. On top of that, for the longest time, he didn’t eat or drink anything and was on the brink of death. If he doesn’t eat any food soon, he may die.”

“Urgent Quest: Hurry and eat.”

A new path opened up for Si Hyun.

End.