HELL MODE: The Hardcore Gamer Dominates in Another World with Garbage Balancing (ヘルモード ～やり込み好きのゲーマーは廃設定の異世界で無双する～ はじまりの召喚士)

Hey, Daddy?

Huh?

ALLEN - AGE 5

What's the Appraisal Ceremony like?

It's a special event that everyone from serf to noble

has to participate in when they turn five years old.

If you turn out to have a talent, then you might be able to rise out of serfdom.

THE APPRAISAL CEREMONY

The only catch is, you have lots of rivals!

Why is that?

As soon as we settled this land, folks started poppin' out baby after baby.

There are a lot of kids about to be five years old. And that includes you.

Allen! Let's go together!

Oh, right. Like how Krena is the same age as me.

Exactly.

Whoa! Check that out!

Ow, ow, ow!

There's so many houses! Amazing!

That must be the commoner village.

If they appwaise me as Swordswoman, then I'm gonna be a knight!

Fingers crossed for you, kiddo!

Is that the place?

That's right.

Are those well-groomed people commoners?

I'm surprised, are we all undergoing the ceremony at the same time?

I'm nervous...

Don't worry. Just be yourself.

Okay.

They're obviously dressed better than we are...

Get a load of him. Dark hair, dark eyes.

Don't see that often. Must be a serf.

Yeah, I'm a serf. So what?

Elmea, the God of Creation, blesses all of us equally with great opportunity.

This country has seen heroes whose lineage can even be traced back to serfdom.

Heroes who were serfs?

Is that true?

For example, Clasys the Saintess was a commoner by birth.

And Dverg the Sword Lord was but a serf.

Ah, that's right!

It did say classes like Hero and Sword Lord have to start from a low social class.

Those were just game configurations, but I guess they apply to the world as a whole.

So it makes sense why everyone from top to bottom has to undergo the ceremony. Good stuff!

Please, come inside.

A'ight!

Appwaisal Ceremony! Let's go!

Those must be the Gods worshipped here.

The one in the middle is Elmea, God of Creation.

SINCE YOU SELECTED A CLASS STILL UNDER TESTING,

IT TOOK TIME TO FINISH THE APPROPRIATE PAPERWORK.

OUR STAFF WORKED HARD TO FINISH

AS SOON AS WE COULD.

PLEASE NOTE THAT WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY QUESTIONS

OR CANCELLATIONS IN REGARDS TO CLASS SELECTION.

SINCERELY, ELMEA - THE GOD OF CREATION

Reminds me of that time the devs sent me a letter.

We shall now begin the Appraisal Ceremony. First up...

Village chieftain, Deboji.

Here.

And your son, Pelomas.

Yessir.

By placing your hand on this crystal ball,

any talent and attributes that you have shall be inscribed on the metal plate behind me.

Pelomas, my boy. Step up and place your hand on it.

Um, okay.

Pelomas...

You can do it!

It's just like the stat page in my grimoire!

PELOMAS

C

D

D

C

D

B

B

MERCHANT

You have the talent to be a merchant!

Oh, what joy! This is great news!

Pelomas!

You're hurting me, Daddy.

A merchant! That's wonderful!

Thank the heavens!

Huh. I guess having any talent is cause for celebration.

ATTRIBUTES ARE DISPLAYED WITH RANKS

So, attributes get displayed with ranks instead of numbers.

Love the fact that nobody but me can see the grimoire.

Talk about good game design!

Wah, Daddy!

Okay, so, not everybody gets a talent.

You have a talent! Axe User!

Hot diggity!

You hear that, Pops?!

That's my boy! Way to go, Dogora!

DOGORA

B

D

A

B

C

D

C

AXE USER

Wow! That's the first A rank attribute we've seen!

Seems like you can't get higher ranks without a talent.

No talent.

You have a talent!

No talent.

Next, it's time for Gerda's child Kr-

Krena's turn! Here goes!

K-Krena?

Holy crap...

SWORD LORD

Wh-what does it say, Reverend?!

It's a miracle.

A miracle?!

Wh-what is she?

Krena has the talent of... a Sword Lord! One of the best there is!

S

A

A

C

B

SWORD LORD

Didja hear that?!

Crazy to think there was a Sword Lord in our podunk little village!

Wowee! Krena's really something else!

Krena, sweetie! You hit the talent jackpot! S-S-Sword Lord!

Boo. I wanted to be Swordswoman.

Sword Lord! Sword Lord! Sword Lord! Sword Lord!

Well, that figures.

Sword Lord! Sword Lord! Sword Lord! Sword Lord!

It's the only way to justify how ridiculously OP she is.

Lastly, we have Rodin's child Allen.

Okay. Get up there, son!

Finally. Now my parents will know that I'm a Summoner.

What the-? Why'd it disappea-

Are you okay, Allen?!

I'm fine. Krena's put me through worse.

Anyway, what's my talent?

Please, Reverend. We don't know how to read.

Could you tell us what it says about Allen?

Of course.

Does he have a talent?

Well, if you must know...

Yes?

...he has no talent.

Huh?!

ALLEN

E

E

E

E

E

E

RU?NEMOM/SH

No way, I've gotta have a talent...

RU?NEMOM/SH

Is that a friggin' text glitch?!

Shit! These useless devs!

"Elmea the God of Creation", my ass!

Learn how to debug your game! You scrub!

Now nobody will know that I'm a summoner, dammit!

C'mon, Allen. Let's head home.

Mommy's waiting.

Welcome home!

We're back.

We're home.

Hey there, Mash.

Were you a good boy?

Talents don't matter, anyway.

You're always going to be our pride and joy!

That's right, Allen.

Big Bwudda!

So poor we don't even have a bathtub.

But I'm still happy I was born into this family, regardless.

Although, I'm older than all of them...

All my attributes are E rank.

I learned at least one thing today.

I'm the only one in this world playing on Hell Mode.

Everyone at the Appraisal Ceremony was five years old,

which means they should all be level one like me.

The rank system probably reflects the amount of growth that they can expect

whenever they level up.

So I assume the reason why all my attributes are E rank...

EASY