Ren II

Ren II is one of the Reincarnated Individuals and Vanguards of the Waves whom Naofumi and his party ran into while exploring the Demon Dragon Emperor's continent.

Appearance
Ren II is a man in his late 20s and has a similar muscular build to Naofumi. He dresses in traditional adventurer's clothing and according to Naofumi, he has the look of pure confidence and ambition on his face.

Personality
Naofumi's first impression of the reincarnated individual greatly reminded Naofumi of Ren when he was first summoned as a hero - thus the nickname Ren II. On the exterior he is a cool, lone adventurer at the center of his own world. He believes himself superior to everyone and therefore is extremely arrogant. As the center of his own world. Ren II is willing to take any action in order to be the strongest or best. He uses his status viewing magic to pick out targets he is able to defeat and then ambush them.

As someone hand-picked to be reincarnated as a Vanguard of the Waves, Ren II also shows the classic common characteristics. When winning, he claims that it is the survival of the fittest but if he is losing all actions against him are unfair. He is even willing to abandon all of his party members when facing an unexpected challenge.

Abilities
Ren II's level is 78 which is fairly high for an adventurer. However, his stats at that level are unimpressive and is about less than half of what Sadeena was at for the same level. His main abilities lies in the magic provided to him by the Third Army. He wields a sword but was easily redirected by Glass.


 * Status Viewing: Allows the user to see the level and statistics of the target, even at a distance.

Background
Ren II had apparently been reincarnated into Glass' World a long time before he met Naofumi and his group. He had raised a young demi-human and built a team of adventurers for himself. After hearing about the possible treasures in the territory of the defeated Demon Dragon, he starts an expedition with his party to search for treasure in the area. He apparently had no connection with the Harpoon Reincarnator.

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When Naofumi and his group arrived at the Demon Dragon Emperor's castle to collect treasure, they run into Ren II and his party who are also looking for treasure. Upon the Demon Dragon's advice, only Glass reveals herself to be a Hero and the group then splits up to look for treasure. Ren II and his group trail Glass and his demi-human companion tries to attack her. However, when her attack is repels, the demi-human cries as if she is in terrible pain.

Using his warped sense of justice as an excuse, Ren II and his party try to attack Glass. The Demon Dragon arrives and tries to give Ren II and his party a second chance, but thinking they will win they continue to fight. Finally, the Demon Dragon releases the magic which was altering the stats Ren II was seeing with his ability. Terrified of their true power, he tries to run away. His party also tries to abandon him for their own sake. In the end, the Demon Dragon consumes all of them, including their souls, to prevent reincarnation.

Relationships

 * Glass: Ren II seemed to be jealous of Glass and the Vassal Fan that she carried. He then tries to take the weapon for himself but is easily repelled by Glass who never trusted him. He also calls Glass evil for working with the Demon Dragon.
 * Demon Dragon Emperor: The Demon Dragon was the one who altered the output of Ren II's status viewing abilities. She gracefully tried to let the reincarnator and his group leave in peace but he refused. He wanted the praise and glory for defeating the Demon Dragon. After the Demon Dragon released her magic, Ren II became absolutely terrified.
 * Demi-human companion: After being reincarnated, Ren II seemed to have found and raised a dog-type demi-human. Unfortunately, he also taught her his underhanded personality and she became complicit in his schemes. Ren II used her to attack Glass. After the demi-human faked being injured, this allowed Ren II to directly attack Glass according to his warped sense of justice.

Trivia

 * Ren was not thrilled to know that Naofumi named an enemy after him, though he acknowledged that he shared similar negative traits to Ren II in the past.