Chapter 010

I am now frustrated, because I am in a disadvantageous position . Although I have gained more than what I originally thought I would, hunting with the presence of others is uncomfortable . However, the quest rewards have been flowing into my pockets easily .

Because goblins sometimes kidnap humans and cause destruction, the quest to subdue them is always high . For killing ten goblins I could get 1 silver moon coin . My daily income from from hunting goblins amounts to 3 silver coins .

On top of that, I was now hunting inside a cave . I didn’t know about this place before, even when I would usually come to the nearby area to gather herbs . This place isn’t exactly a simple cave . It was a labyrinth, or a dungeon .

If one were to explore it cautionlessly, one would have fallen victim to poisonous traps that are scattered around . It would be suicidal for me to enter alone, but with Nina here, she can disarm the traps . (this sentence is edited by L . L)

Inside the dungeon, there are not only goblins . Orcs, War bats, goblin soldiers, goblin knights, and thanks to that I could deprive their skills . My stats have increased tremendously .

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Status window

Name:Yu SatoRace:Human

Job:NoneLevel:8

HP:52MP:63

Strength:16Agility:23

Vitality:20Intelligence:29

Magic:16Luck:1

Passive Skills

Swordmanship:Lvl . 2

Physical strength up:Lvl . 3

Awareness:Lvl . 2

Active Skills

Body Enhancement:Lvl . 2

Black magic:Lvl . 1

White magic:Lvl . 1

Sword strike:Lvl . 1

Blacksmith:Lvl . 1

Alchemy:Lvl . 1

Special Skills

Unknown World Magic Eyes:Lvl . 2

Depriver:Lvl . 1

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[Swordsmanship] has increased from depriving Goblin soldiers, [Physical strength up] from orcs, and [Awareness] from war bats . (TL notes:I wonder why blacksmith and alchemy are active skills? And awareness is kind of a search area skill)

Since I have gotten [Awareness], Nina couldn’t stalk me so easily anymore . From this one month alone, I have gained more than I could have wished for .

“It was a good idea to team up with you . ”

“See, what did I tell you!”

“It probably wouldn’t have mattered if I had partied up with others . ”

“You . . ! Humph . . ”

Nina then pouted .

However, I wouldn’t make a party with anyone else . I don’t trust others . I still don’t trust Nina either .

In this one month, 80% of the bath was completed . It won’t take me much longer to finish it . Although getting wood from the forest was easy, designing and putting it together was another story . In this one month, there was no increase in [Blacksmith] and [Alchemy] too . Is it normally this hard to increase a skill?

When the bath was finished, grandma Stella was the one that was really pleased . I added an iron plate on the bottom of the tub, so that it could produce warm water if heated .

…… . .

After I finished making the bath, I heard someone arguing inside the forest . I found Nina with two other people . They were the Mishe brothers . They used to be in the same party as Hage .

“Nina, won’t you tell us what happened?”

“Why should I?”

“I want you to listen to us . You don’t want something bad to happen to that brat or that old woman, do you?”

“You don’t even know where he hides . ”

“You think we’re fools? You go with him to that cave every day . ”

“We know that Hage’s missing, he has something to do with it . ”

Hage going missing has been finally linked to me . I used this time to inspect their statuses .

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Status window

Name:Nuts MisheRace:Human

Job:NoneLevel:8

HP:75MP:20

Strength:35Agility:16

Vitality:41Intelligence:9

Magic:10Luck:7

Passive Skills

Spear mastery:Lvl . 1

Active Skills

Body Enhancement:Lvl . 1

Spear strike:Lvl . 1

Special Skills

None

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Status window

Name:Coco MisheRace:Human

Job:NoneLevel:9

HP:81MP:13

Strength:50Agility:13

Vitality:47Intelligence:9

Magic:13Luck:7

Passive Skills

Axe mastery:Lvl . 1

Active Skills

Body Enhancement:Lvl . 1

Axe cleave:Lvl . 1

Special Skills

None

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Just from looking at their statuses, Nina would have no trouble running away .

“Bam”

Along with this sound, Nina fell to the ground, she was bleeding from her nose .

Why is she just laying (TL notes:bc she just fell to the ground?) there like an idiot?

“If you don’t want to tell us anything, then it means you can keep your secrets . ”

“No one will know what is going on, right?”

The brothers were smiling with lustful eyes .

“Why are you protecting that boy?”

They asked that while kicking her .

“There’s no benefit for you, right?”

Nina has just curled up there with a bloodied face .

“Hahaha . . Brother, she is not resisting . We could ‘do’ her . ”

They then tried to tore off her leather armor .

“Please . . Stop . . ” Nina was crying and trembling when she said that .

“Don’t worry . We will make sure you get lots of love . ”

“Just listen to us and be an obedient girl . ”

Suddenly, they felt bloodlust coming from behind them . They quickly took their spear and axe and readied themselves .

It was Yu, he was holding a long sword in his hand .

“Yuuu… . Why . ?”

Nina couldn’t believe that he came to save her .

“I just happened to be passing by . ”

“Ooh . . Look what we got here . You can’t run away . ” Coco said .

“You . . That long sword and leather armor! It’s Hage’s!” Nuts shouts at him .

While enraged, Coco lunged forward to attack Yu . “This rotten brat, that garbage Nina! I’ll kill you!”

Yu hasn’t wavered . He activated the [Sword strike] . It was a skill that let’s one attack twice . He aimed at Coco’s neck and belly .

*Clank*

The blow to the stomach was parried by the axe, but the blow to the neck was unexpected . Blood has splurged out from the clean cut and soon, Coco’s body fell to the ground .

“You! That’s a [Sword strike]! How could you have used that?! You didn’t even take a stance before activating it . ”

Nuts still hasn’t recovered from his shock . His brother was killed in front of him and the young brat used this skill in such a way .

However, Yu wasn’t a very patient boy . He approached him and swung his sword downwards . Nuts tried to block the attack out of reflex, but a spear is not a weapon suited for parrying or blocking .

“Wait . . Wait!”

Nuts was saying that when Yu’s sword sliced through the spear and planted itself down onto Nuts’s head .

“Yu… . Yu… . ”

Nina has clung to Yu, while he took out a cloth and wiped her face clean .

“Why didn’t you run away? Why didn’t you fight back?”

“You know . . I have a trauma towards men . I hate them!”

(TL notes:it seemed her experiences in Vivid village is an attempt of rape (Pr notes: now we are 18+ bitches!;-) however the author didn’t explain any further)

Yu then laughed . “You know . The me, who helped you, is a man too . ”

“That didn’t count!” she pouted .

Silence fell between them, while Nina has smiled . Yu, who said so, was confused .

“How could you smile in such a situation?”

“Because . . ”

“What?”

“You came to save me . ”

“We’re friends… It’s natural for me to help you . ” when he said that, the edges of Yu’s mouth curved upwards a little .