I was a Nerfed Hero in Another World Chapter 21: The Things that We Could Do

Afenos' point of view

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"Goodbye, Arthur I hope you return and defend our village We need you."

My father told Arthur, who was already leaving the house. That adventurer leapt towards the window and dashed straight to the woods without telling us his goodbyes.

Father closed the door where Arthur stayed and remained looking on the ground. He refused to look at us even for a mont after seeing Arthur leave this village. He was the only adventurer left inside this village, with the other soldiers already sleeping on their graves below ground.

And yet, he left us inside this village without giving us any notice to return. Arthur even said it himself that he planned to venture into the world. His actions led to our town becoming defenceless against the horde of monsters, as they plotted to attack soon.

"Why is every adventurer like this? They all just cared about their own goals! Why don't they save this village!" I scread at the top of my lungs, hoping that Arthur could still hear my voice.

However, no matter how hard I shouted inside my house, my words never reached the man with the holy sword. Even Rain did not stop from cursing Arthur. She also felt the sa way as my heart was crumbling into pieces.

Today was the last day we heard about Arthur. It was up to us to defend this already depressed village. But I knew I could bite off more than I could chew it was already the beginning of the end of this town.

I stord off from the living room and went outside to take so fresh air. The angry footsteps followed over to the gates, wondering where I would go. Although I knew all too well that I can never get Arthur back in this place, I still had to defend this village.

"Arthur did not even teach the villagers about the system" I murmured to myself while walking on the pavent.

Arthur planned to unlock the system to the villagers and train them with it. However, because of his absence, he buried that idea underground. But maybe I had the shovel to pick it back up.

"Hey, it's Afenos!"

"Do you want to play with us?"

"Afenos, how is your father doing?"

Dozens of villagers greeted as I walked past their houses. Although I was the son of a chief or sothing like an adventurer, I had my fair share of defeating the ogre with the help of that damned Arthur. Word got out, and these villagers treated as a hero of so sort.

And then a light bulb flickered above my head.

'If I can use the system, maybe these people could use it too?!'

I stepped on an elevated platform and spoke my fill. "Hello! Can everyone gather all people who are adults! I'd like to have a word with them"

All the townspeople had question marks raised above their heads. But they complied with my demand and instructed their relatives to et on the stage. I browsed through the crowd and spotted fifty bunches of them standing in front of .

It was not enough to stop multiple ogres, but enough to train them for the incoming battle.

I rounded every villager and motioned my hands to catch their attention. Once their eyes glued themselves to , I opened my mouth and explained.

"Arthur left the village. That adventurer told he was going to train sowhere far from this town. We can't rely on him to save this village. All of us should do what we can to force those monsters away from our ho!"

I gazed around the mob and t them in the eyes. Each of them had various expressions carved on their faces. But all the villagers had sothing in common

They all wondered about the reasons Arthur left the village. These people believed in him he would save this town and protect its citizens. However, we had thought wrong.

I did not want to tell them that. It was better to spread so false hope rather than losing it all.

I waved my hands and activated my system. With a high-pitched sound, the window appeared before . That screen showed the current level that I have. And I was already level 5, with decent status points and statistical power.

All I had to do was rember the things that Arthur told to activate my system I had to share that information with the crowd before .

"Everyone! Copy the things that I will do! Please believe that you can see a window in front of you! There is a screen that you can activate that gives you bonus power and mana! Everyone can beco a mage and cast spells like the court magicians and the knights! We can fight the monsters using this shared power!"

I stretched my hand and opened my palm while activating a spell that I beca accustod to using. A small pillar of ice erged from my hands, chilling the nearby temperature of the village. It was Arthur that explained to about these things. However, I could not grasp everything he had taught .

Everyone present before gaped their mouths open as they witnessed a kid like wielding magic. All the children watching from afar had lights glittering in their eyes. Even the adults were in front of found hope in their eyes, wishing they could do the things that I can to defend this village.

After a few seconds, the villagers heeded my explanation and focused their eyes on the palm. They spread their palms and glued their eyes at their empty hands, expecting sothing to appear.

However, despite my instructions, the system did not show itself in front of them.

'I must be doing sothing wrong' I gasped, hoping that I could find better teaching material to show these villagers about the system.

"Hey! Nothing's working, Afenos!"

"Maybe what Afenos' saying is not real"

"Do we even have the chance to beat those monsters with these powers? But I can't feel anything."

As ti passed by, all these people slowly lost their hopes in my words. But that changed almost in an instant after I heard a voice behind the group of people.

"Please listen to my brother! He ans no harm to everyone. You just need to imagine the elents in your hands. Let the magic flow through your veins. Believe that you can do it no matter how hard it is! BELIEVE!"

After saying her speech, Rain extended both of her arms and conjured two various spells. The ability that she summoned was not even ice! It was a combination of two elents, which were a rare skill taught to elite mages.

A ball of flas erged from my sister's left hand, while a stream of water ca out of nowhere from the other. She created a spiralling display of those two spells at once in front of the crowd.

After a few seconds, Rain dispelled everything, forcing the two elents to wither back to its original form. She flashed a smile and gave an okay sign, telling that everything was going to be okay.

"Listen. The key point here is to believe you can do it. Magic cos from the power of the mind. If you believe you could use magic, arcane could co to you."

The two of us waited for a few monts and watched the crowd do their thing. It wasn't before long that a farr moved the ground and created a crater beside his feet. Soon, dozens of children watching in the distance created fire, water, wind, and earth in thin air. And then, most of the people could use magic.

So villagers who couldn't conjure spells activated unique spells. They were just like . These people could enhance their bodies using the arcane gathering around them, coating their kicks and fists with magic. These people ford armour made of pebbles, while others made their punches burst into flas.

Within a few minutes, all of them could manipulate magic! The best part had yet to co as the villagers jerked backwards from the ground. Each of them raised their hands and shouted in unison.

"Afenos, what's this?!"

"Soone's talking inside my head!"

"What are these rectangular windows?"

"What are these boxes transparent?"

"Am I sick, Afenos?"

All of them reacted after finally witnessing the system! These people felt frightened at first. But once I showed them the ropes, everyone gave an open ear to . Rain walked to my side and gave a nudge to my shoulder.

"You did it, Afenos! With this, people can defend themselves against the horde."

"Yeah, Rain. I really did it. We might not need Arthur after all!," I replied.

Arthur proved to be a worthy adventurer, but he was not the hero I deserved. Although he saved us from the ogre we fought before, I did not consider him as the one who protected my family.

But thanks to his knowledge about the system, my hatred for him had depleted to the ground.