Arihito Atobe

### Armor

Hardened Ox Leather Armor +2 (former), Death from Above Business Suit (former), Black and White (Suit)

### Misc

Concealment Choker, Light Chain Steel Gloves +1, Elluminate Mountaineering Boots, Headband of Protection from Confusion, Bracelet of Sleep Protection 1, Summoning Pendant, Owl Scope

### Background

Arihito Atobe is the eponymous character of the series; "The World's Strongest Rearguard"

He was a former Japanese Salaryman that worked in Corporate Web Design under section chief Igarashi. While en route to a corporate ski trip, his bus crashed and he was killed. Atobe was one of 30 reincarnated into Labyrinth Country.

There are two main categories of people in Labyrinth Country: Seekers and Support.

Atobe chose to be a seeker, and set out to establish a life for himself as the leader of a party that explores Labyrinths. Due to low survival rates, most people do not chose the rearguard position. However, Atobe saw this opportunity to attract people to his party. He did not feel comfortable as a Priest, Wizard, Marksman or other traditional rearguard jobs. He simply wrote "Rearguard" on his license in hope of forcing the system to pick his job. . .

As it turns out, he is *The* *Rearguard* - **the** **strongest support character in the world!!!**

### Appearance

Arihito appears to be a 'tired looking' salaryman from Japan.

### Job

Rearguard

* This job is unique and appears as random characters, ※◆$□ in all Seeker's licenses.
* Arihito is able to equip *any weapon*, an incredible ability usually reserved for the Weapon Master job.

### Level

* Go here to see the Timeline of his rapid rise.

### Vitality and Magic

* Arihito's health pool has not been quantified
* At Level 5, after the Apple of Wit, Arihito believes he has 60 magic points.

### Acquired Skills

At Guild signup:

* L1:Attack Support 1: Adds 10 injury points to attacks made by party members in front.
* L1:Defense Support 1: Reduces injury to party members in front by 10 points

At current WN chapter (spoilers)

* L3:Attack Support 3: Adds weapon attack of one party member onto the attack of the target.
* L2:Attack Support 2: Adds your weapon’s attack onto the attacks of party members in front. Skills of duplicate types do not stack.
	+ Most effective use is to equip a weapon that can add Status Ailments to your allies' attacks.
* L2:Rearguard General: Improves abilities based on the number of party members in front.
* L2:Support recovery 2: Apply the recovery effect to yourself and to all friends in front of you. Only physical strength and magical power can be recovered. Can be used once every 30 seconds. Required skills: Support recovery 1
* Outside Assist: Spends 5 magic points to designate a target outside your party to support.
* L1:Attack Support 1: Adds 10 injury points to attacks made by party members in front.
* L1:Charge Assist 1: Gives a portion of your magic to an ally in front.
* L1:Cooperation Support 1: Activate the cooperation technique to the friends in front. Three party members launch a co-ordinated attack. At end of third party member's attack, damage is tallied and 33% of total is added as Cooperation damage.
* L1:Defense Support 1: Reduces injury to party members in front by 10 points
* L1:Hawk Eyes: Improves ability to monitor the situation when in the back line. Ignores concealment of some skills, such as Trickster.
* L1:Morale Support: Increases morale of party members in front of you by 10 points. Can use every 5 minutes.
	+ Note: when Morale reaches 100 points, a Morale Discharge becomes available.
* L1:Rear Stance: Fixes your position to be behind the target. At level 3 it took one third of his magic to cast, which is *probably* 10 magic.
* L1:Recovery Support 1: Restores 5 vitality points every 30 seconds to every party member in front.
* L1:Tactical reload: Speed at which next bullet is loaded into the shooting weapon is improved, and magical power used for firing previous shot is restored. Acquisition conditions: Frequent use of magical skills with shooting weapons, and a specific occupation

### Morale Discharge

* Complete Mutual Support: Widens the support range to the entire party and sub-party. All individual buffs and skills from any party member are applied to the entire party. Lasts for 120 seconds.

### Quasi Skills or Weapons Skills

* Force Shot: Atobe is able to form a bullet from his magic and shoot it from his slingshot. This action consumes a lot of magic.

### Available Skills

(level 2 skills in ***bold italics***)

1. Backdraft: Automatically counters when attacked from behind.
2. Cooperation Support 1: Activates a front-line ally’s combined skill.
3. ***Defense Support 2***: Creates a defensive barrier equal in strength to your defensive capabilities for party members in front. Skills of duplicate types do not stack.
4. Magic Support 1: Increases magic consumption and spell strength by 50 percent for party members in front.
5. Evasion Support 1: Occasionally activates Auto-Dodge for party members in front.
6. Summon Support 1: Summons a nearby party for rear support.
7. Rear View: Spends 5 magic points to expand your vision to cover your rear for a set period of time.

### Party Treasure

* Arihito has rented a storage space and keeps unused party items there
	+ Arihito Party Treasure
	+ Madoka has been put in charge of this storage space