The Necromance of Love and Death: Defeated Early in the Game, I Reincarnated as a Tragic Villainous Noble and Rebel Against the Scenario with My Beloved Using My Modern and Game Knowledge - Chapter 42

“Take this!”

We fought through swarms of Metal Slimes and Rust Slimes, pushing deeper and deeper into the dungeon.

Just as we thought, Metal Slimes gave us a huge amount of experience points. Every time we defeated one, our levels jumped up.

At first, it was hard. But we got better and started defeating them easily.

Now, even Vio could slice them in half without my lightning magic. Her gift, Speed Star, was truly powerful.

From what I remembered about physics, power equals weight times speed. Vio was small, and her mithril sword was light. But she was so fast that it didn’t matter. That speed gave her enough power to cut through even the tough Metal Slimes.

I was honestly amazed by how fast she was growing.

The dungeon layout matched what I remembered from the game in my past life. We kept going straight to the spot where I knew a rare item would be.

“I think it’s around this corner…”

I crouched down and brushed away rust and dust from the floor with my hand.

“What are you doing, Clovis?”

“Uh… well…”

I couldn’t tell her I knew there was an item here because of my past life. So I kept it vague.

Then my fingers touched something. I picked it up—it was a silver ring with a black gemstone.

“I found it!”

It was the Onyx Ring. The gem was small and simple. It looked like something I could wear all the time. It also added MP, which was great.

But that wasn’t all. This ring was also known as the EXP Ring. It increased the experience you got by five times!

In the game, you could only get one of these. To get more, you’d have to replay the game multiple times.

The level cap in The Human-Demon War Saga was 9999, but most players beat the game around level 300. That should tell you just how amazing this ring is.

The main character in the game was stronger in every way. They could use every kind of magic and weapon.

Even if Vio and I fought them together, we probably wouldn’t win—unless we had much higher levels.

But leveling up takes a long time.

That’s why this ring might be our only way to become stronger than the protagonist.

If they had higher stats, then we just needed to get even higher ones.

I quickly took off the ring I was wearing and put on the Onyx Ring. I didn’t feel any different, but I was super excited to have found such a rare item.

Vio and I would take turns wearing it.

There was no point in me getting strong alone. I wanted Vio to grow strong too.

“What’s that? A ring?”

“Yeah! I thought I saw a glint of light, so I dug around and found this.”

“Good for you. But shouldn’t you clean it before wearing it?”

“Come on, it’s fine.”

“If you say so…”

Vio didn’t seem happy, but I couldn’t waste the chance to use this ring—not in a dungeon full of Metal Slimes and Rust Slimes. That would be such a waste.

I wanted to tell her how amazing the Onyx Ring was. I wanted to celebrate finding a rare item with her. But I couldn’t explain how I knew it was here, so I stayed quiet.

It made me a little sad, but that was something I just had to live with.

“Shaaa!”

Shar gave a sharp warning cry. We drew our swords again, ready for another fight.

Later…

“There’s a big slime ahead. I think it’s the boss.”

Vio tilted her head in confusion.

“How do you know?”

“…Just a feeling.”

I couldn’t tell her it was from a memory of my past life. But I also couldn’t keep quiet about the boss. Even though I could heal her with magic, I didn’t want Vio getting hurt.

Would I ever tell her about my past life?

I hadn’t done anything wrong, but for some reason, I felt a bit guilty. It made it hard to bring up.

“Shaaa!”

Shar gave another warning as we turned a rusty corner.

I peeked around and froze.

“…What?”

In the game, this was where the dungeon boss, the Big Rust Slime, should be.

But what I saw was a silver wall—no, it was a huge group of Metal Slimes!

“The boss turned into a Metal Slime too?!”