Chapter 042

” Ohayou… ”

” Good morning ”

As usual, I woke up while being sandwiched between Nina and Lena . How and why did they always end up in my bed is still a mystery . I pushed them away and went to wash up .

Today, we are going to try to level up Nina and Lena . Right now, my level is 25, Nina 24, and Lena 17 . I tought Nina will be slacking off, but she is trying hard to catch up to my level .

” Delicious! ”

Today’s breakfast is seaweed and seafood soup . The taste when being eaten together with the bread was superb . The feeling of the umami soup mixed with the crispy bread which was rich in butter really melted in my mouth .

” Yu, you have promised me yesterday . ”

” Of course I remember . ”

I promised to Nina and Lena that we will go to the blacksmith . When we arrived there, the dwarf uncle was already waiting with his hand on his hip . He laughed when he saw us while his body was moving up and down as if he was doing a radio gymnastics movement .

” It is rare to see you outside your shop . ”

” Oh you guys! Hahaha . I need to do some exercise . Staying in the shop all day long is tiring . ”

We entered the shop and explained what we needed .

Nina’s steel dagger has been broken, if it wasn’t for the dagger that Lalit lended her, she couldn’t have fought yesterday . Lena’s cloak likewise has been torn up by the goblins’ attacks .

” Don’t worry . I have got something good! ”

Sword breaker (grade 5) : sharpness increase

Black steel dagger (grade 5) : No effect

Stoecker Cloak (grade 5) : fire resistance increase

The sword breaker was a dagger found in the dungeon . The dwarf uncle said that an adventurer sold it to him after he used it up to the point of near breaking . He was also surprised that he was able to fix it and didn’t lose the enchantment .

The black steel dagger is made of the same material which Yu’s sword is . It was sturdy without a doubt . The Stoecker cloak was made from fire rats that lived in the fire forest . It was woven with steel spider’s thread and the quality was superb .

“Alright, I’ll buy all of it!”

“All of it? Okay, I’ll give you a special discount for it . ”

The sword breaker was 20 gold coins discounted to 15 . Black steel dagger was 7 gold coins and stoecker cloak was 5 gold coins and 7 silver . The total price is 27 gold and 7 silver or 2 . 77 million moon coins . Yu didn’t care much because their revenue also has increased .

” Yu, you’re paying for my dagger? ” (Nina)

“…I want to pay it myself…” (Lena)

” Don’t worry . Yesterday we got quite some money . ”

Yesterday from Goblin King reward we got some money . Although it was divided for three of us, I still have some to spare . After shopping, we went to the guild to take some quests . There were some subduing and collection quest at the large forest . When we were walking to the counter, Collet was waving her hand to greet us .

” Good morning everyone! Cheers for the good work yesterday . ”

” Good morning! Can you tell us some good quests available in the large forest? ”

” Please wait! Today’s request for collection at the large forest is Magic flowers, moon grass, and Pokko grass . The subdue quest involving boar soldiers and black wolves that were attacking nearby crops . The highest request was to subdue a silver wolf or some monster materials from rank 4 and higher . ”

We were attracting some attention from the other adventurers . Since it was rare for Collet to be friendly to any adventurers and they heard that the quests we were taking were getting harder by the day .

When we entered the large forest, Lena immediately used [barrier] . From yesterday’s battle, she seemed to be able to use it more effectively . Her Mp consumption for the skill has increased but the weirdest thing was the shape .

” What? ” (Lena)

It was a sphere shape rather than it’s usual oval, it was pretty sturdy but some areas were worrisome .

” Your [barrier] is uneven . Look at this place is thin of magic and this one here is thick . ”

“… Uuu . . It’s because of the shape . ”

” Then why don’t you do it normally? ”

” Because I want to maintain this at all times . The concentration needed for this is lesser . ”

” Isn’t it going to deplete your mana? How are you going to defeat your enemy? ”

I understand her worries . Afterall as a caster class, her defence is low so she needs to put up a defensive wall . For me, luckily I can used [body enhance] and ” heaven’s net” .

I used [body enhance] to strengthen my body and the MP consumed is lower than [barrier] .

” Yu, I detect a boar soldier . ”

Nina noticed the approaching boar soldier . It seemed that her [awareness] skill was getting better .

Of course, I have noticed it far before her but I want to see their development .

” Please die~” Nina was playfully shouting as usual .

The distance between Nina and the boar soldier was around 10 meters . In a blink of an eye, she disappeared and reappeared in front of the boar soldier . It panicked seeing Nina but instantly its head was rolling on the ground . Boar soldier’s neck diameter was around 70 cm . It was so amazing that she could do it in a single clean cut .

” This dagger’s sharpness is amazing . ” Nina was delighted with it while by now Lena’s face is sweating . She was trying hard to maintain her [barrier] .

By the way, this is Ninas status .

Status window

Name:Nina LeversRace:Human

Job:Thief, AssassinLevel:24

HP:305MP:180

Strength:141Agility:253

Vitality:114Intelligence:73

Magic:53Luck:22

Passive Skills

Awareness:Lvl . 2

Trap discovery:Lvl . 2

Dagger mastery:Lvl . 3

Silent step:Lvl . 3

Dual dagger:Lvl . 2 ↑1UP

Assassination mastery:Lvl . 2 ↑1UP

Active Skills

Steal:Lvl . 1

Stalking:Lvl . 3

Disarm trap:Lvl . 2

Stealth:Lvl . 3

Body enhance:Lvl . 2

Dagger strike:Lvl . 3

Assassination skills:Lvl . 1

Lock Picking:Lvl . 2 ↑1UP

Special Skills

*Blank*

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Equipped weapon:

Sword Breaker (Grade 5): sharpness increased

Black steel dagger(Grade 5): No effect

Armor:

steel Hachi-kin (grade 6): paralysis resistance increased

hard leather jacket (grade 6): increased defence

hard leather gauntlet (grade 6): Agility up, HP up, increased defence

hard leather boots (grade 6): Agility up, strength up, and increased defense

Decoration:

Normal earrings (grade 6): HP recovery speed up and poison-resistance increased

Her [dual dagger] ,[ assassination mastery] and [Lock Picking] has leveled up . Her equipment also fully enchanted . It is so weird that she doesn’t have special skill . It is also different than usual “None” . This time it was “blank” . It must be haven’t fully acquired . It might be the blinking movement she performed earlier .

This is Lena status .

Status window

Name:Lena FormaRace:Human

Job:MagicianLevel:17

HP:86MP:314

Strength:15Agility:19

Vitality:21Intelligence:103

Magic:116Luck:16

Passive Skills

Casting Speed Up:LV3 ↑2UP

MP recovery speed up:LV1 NEW!

Active Skills

White Magic:LV3 ↑1UP

Black magic:LV3 ↑1UP

Barrier:LV2 ↑1UP

Special Skills

None

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Equipped weapon:

magician wand (grade 5): magic effect increased

Armor:

triangle hat (grade 6): HP recovery speed increased

magician Robe (grade 5): magic resistance increased

Stoecker cloak (grade 5): Fire-resistance increased

Ogre shoes (grade 5): magic resistance increased, poison resistance increased, and paralysis resistance increased

Decoration:

Yugu Amulet (grade 5 ): defense up

Ring of Life (grade 5): HP+50, HP up, MP up .

Lena didn’t level up too much, however considering her young age, she was excellent . The ring of life and ogre shoes also were enchanted yesterday .

It was an experiment to see whether it was possible to grant an enchantment to an equipment that already has natural effects .

” Yu… Mana potion please… ”

Lena was asking me for a potion with a blue face .

” Here! ”

Lena said that rather than having gold from the goblin king rewards, she prefered mana potions . It’s like killing two birds in one stone, she doesn’t have to worry about her potions and I could increase my [alchemy] skill at the same time . The materials to make it also can be gathered here in the large forest .

” Fufufuf… I have to adjust my [barrier] . ” Lena’s stomach has swollen a little bit from drinking too much mana potions .

” Are you alright? ” Nina was asking her worriedly .

” No problem . . I’m a genius . ”

” Self proclaimed! ” (yu)

Oh, today Joseph was tailing us . He didn’t wear any weird equipment again, but was keeping a 100 meter distance . Sometimes, I threw wind magic “by mistake” but he was able to block it or dodge it easily .

We proceeded deeper, opening our pathway through the goblin soldiers, orc soldiers, orcs, and poison snakes . It was all easily killed by Nina and Lena’s [barrier] was now stable .

” This is yesterday’s spot . ”

We finally arrived at the place where we killed the goblin king . There were several craters and bones around it . However the goblin king’s corpse was still pristine, it didn’t show any sign of rotting .

There’s something I want to try out but first I need to ward off Joseph .

I combined earth and wind magic to create a small sandstorm . It blocked off his sight .

Nina and Lena understood that I want to try out my skill . They were looking at me with full interest .

I tried to revive the goblin king using “raise dead” that I took from the great war ape .

The goblin king slowly opened its eyes which were gleaming dark red . [spectre magic] successful!

” Master… . I’m waiting… for your… instructions . ”

Maybe it’s because the level was still too low that it couldn’t speak normally .

” Do you remember who you are? ”

“… Yes…”

” Don’t you resent me? ”

” There is… No . . Such . . Feeling . . I’m waiting… For order… ”

It seemed that it turned obedient to me . Although it remembered me, there was no hostility . Nina was uneasily looking at me while Lena was observing closely .

I walked around and looking for its legs and arms that were scattered around . I pressed it to the cut section and use heal to connect it . Without a problem the goblin king has now recovered . It seemed that [white magic] heal didn’t caused any harm to the undead .

I passed an iron sword to it .

” I give you your order . There is an adventurer near here . Please hold him back . ”

” Understood… ”

With that, the goblin king disappeared deep into the forest . This is the status before it left .

Status window

Name:IavunRace:Goblin King Zombie

Rank:4Level:26

HP:966MP:362

Strength:371Agility:207

Vitality:∞Intelligence:16

Magic:193Luck:1

Passive Skills

None

Active Skills

None

Special Skills

None

It doesn’t have any skills because I robbed it beautifully . There were also some changes to its status . The undead revived using [spectre magic ] can be used for reconnaissance too . They were connected to me through magic . Giving order from afar and sharing information is possible .

After awhile, we could hear Joseph screaming but Nina and Lena walked as if nothing happened .

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At the present, this is Yu status .

Status window

Name:Yu SatoRace:Human

Job:Magic Warrior, EnchanterLevel:25

HP:687MP:1016

Strength:246Agility:197

Vitality:259Intelligence:223

Magic:250Luck:1

Passive Skills

Swordmanship:Lvl . 7Brute strength:Lvl . 6

Awareness:Lvl . 5Dagger Mastery:Lvl . 3

Physical ability up:Lvl . 3Agility up:Lvl . 2

Leadership:Lvl . 2Spear Mastery:Lvl . 2

Strong body:Lvl . 3Night eyes:Lvl . 3

Fire resistance :Lvl . 4Mp recovery rate up:Lvl . 5

Martial arts:Lvl . 3Darkness Resistance:Lvl . 2

Trap discovery:Lvl . 2Silent step:Lvl . 2

Poison resistance:Lvl . 2Skinning:Lvl . 1

Shield mastery:Lvl . 2Casting speed up:Lvl . 1

Spirit eyes:Lvl . 1Staff mastery:Lvl . 2

Active Skills

Sword Strike:Lvl . 5Body Enhance:Lvl . 5

White Magic:Lvl . 5Black magic:Lvl . 6

Blacksmith:Lvl . 2Alchemy:Lvl . 5

Steal:Lvl . 2Stealth:Lvl . 2

Appraisal:Lvl . 1Dagger Strike:Lvl . 3

Spear strike:Lvl . 1Magic Sword:Lvl . 3

Martial arts skill:Lvl . 3Enchant magic:Lvl . 2

Magic wearing:Lvl . 3Warcry:Lvl . 3

Spirit magic:Lvl . 4Spear skills:Lvl . 3

Lock Picking:Lvl . 2Disarm trap:Lvl . 2

Spectre magic:Lvl . 1Barrier:Lvl . 2

Shield skills:Lvl . 2Magic awakening:Lvl . 1

Special Skills

Unknown World Magic Eyes:Lvl . 3

Depriver:Lvl . 3

Pack leader:Lvl . 3

Beast killer

Sharp hearing

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Equipped weapon:

Black steel long sword (grade 5) : no effect

Armor:

Flight Goggles (grade 5) : no effect

Black steel armor (grade 5): HP up, MP up, Strength up

Black steel gauntlets (grade 5) : Hp up, Mp up

Ogre boots (grade 6) : magic resistance increased, poison resistance increased, and paralysis resistance increased .

Decoration:

Shadow pendant (grade 5) : concealment and disguise effect .

(TL note : as we enter the second volume there is some changes to the skill name and equipment, anyway enjoy the story with the illustrations)