Light Novel Volume 4/Summary

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Chapter 1: Wind Port
Rudeus celebrated his 11th birthday a couple days ago, and the first thing they do once they arrive at Wind Port is stop by the Adventurer's Guild. There, after Eris gets in a brief scuffle, they learn about their nicknames. "Mad Dog" Eris, "Guard Dog" Ruijerd, and "Kennel Master" Rujerd who is Rudeus but his name has been messed up and he has a negative image associated with him, while Ruijerd is rumored to be kind hearted.

The group then heads to the port checkpoint, only to discover that in order to cross the border to the Millis Continent with a Superd, they would need to pay 200 green ore coins, a massive sum that would take over a year to earn. Rudeus thinks that he could sell his staff or hire a smuggler as alternatives, but doesn't like any of those three options.

That night he gets more advice from the Man-God, which is to buy some food at a street stall and search the alleyways by himself. He agrees right away to follow this advice as he doesn't think he has any other better options.

Chapter 2: Missed Connections, the Prequel
After following the Man-God's advice to the letter, Rudeus ends up meeting Kishirika Kishirisu, and in exchange for the food he gave her, she gives him a Demon Eye. After explaining six different types he's able to pick from, Rudeus chooses the Eye of Foresight, which allows him to see the different branches of possible things that can happen a couple seconds in the future.

Chapter 3: Missed Connections, the Sequel
Realizing that he did exactly what the Man-God wanted him to made him want to tear out his demon eye and crush it, since he still doesn't think the Man-God is someone he should trust, but regardless he returned back to the inn they were staying at. After a week he was able to master the demon eye, and was able to see 1-3 seconds in the future depending on how much mana he used, as well as see completely normally if he wished. While he was doing that, Eris was training with Ruijerd all day.

After announcing that he was able to control his Eye of Foresight, Ruijerd suggested that he have a duel with Eris, so they could both see the results of their training. The result of that battle was Rudeus' complete win. He was able to see exactly what Eris was going to do, and even without using his magic he countered her and won. In his cocky state he even dueled against Ruijerd in a bare handed fight, but lost completely after the first exchange after seeing multiple possible futures and not knowing how to react.

That night Rudeus decides to sell his staff to earn enough for the boat's fee to the Millis Continent, but as he walks outside Ruijerd confronts him and tells him he is okay with the smuggling plan as it would lead to a better outcome. After they both agree on that, a man approaches them saying that he just so happens to be a smuggler, Gallus Cleaner. In exchange for smuggling Ruijerd, once they arrive in Millis, the group would set the other slaves being smuggled free since Gallus thinks they're more trouble than their worth, while his comrades disagree.

Side Story: Missed Connections, Extra Story
Roxy arrived at Wind Port along with Elinaline Dragonroad, a female elven tank, and Talhand, a male dwarven magician, both of whom were members of Fangs of the Black Wolf, the same adventuring party that Paul and Zenith were part of before they settled down in the Fittoa Region. The three just happened to meet on their way towards the Demon Continent are grouped up since it would be safer to travel together, since Elinalise and Talhand saw Paul's letter about helping search for his missing family members and agreed to help.

While trying to gather information on any who were teleported to the Demon Continent from the Displacement Incident, Roxy also sees Eris and Ruijerd sparring out on the beach, the same week that Rudeus was inside his inn learning to control his Demon Eye. But since she had never met the two before she quickly left after getting scared by Ruijerd's gaze and the group of three quickly left Wind Port to continue searching the entire Demon Continent, just as Rudeus and his group headed to the Millis Continent.

Chapter 4: The Sage on Board
Eris and Rudeus boarded the ship that would take them to the Millis Continent after handing Ruijerd over to the smugglers that would sneak him through. Through the journey Rudeus got to witness an S ranked party guard the ship from a giant octopus monster, thinking to himself that him, Eris, and Ruijerd were individually much stronger than each member of that party, but they achieved that rank through their teamwork, which Dead End was severely lacking. Eris also gets extremely seasick, with Rudeus needing to constantly cast heal on her to ease her pain. After a few more days they eventually arrived at the city of Zant Port on the Millis Continent.