Chapter 290 – Side Story Part 2. Naked Newbie Life (03)
When Rabbit’s horn cuts through the empty air.
I jumped in space and appeared right behind the stupid rabbit guy, and stabbed the lowly unicorn horn I was holding into the soft-looking guy’s back.
Phew!
Perhaps thanks to my increased physical power, my stab immediately penetrated the skin even though the opponent was a named monster.
With red blood gushing out, I kept pushing the horn in with all my might, and the pointed end of the horn eventually pierced the animal’s waist and protruded toward its abdomen.
“Where should you run away!”
A rabbit lured by horns just struggles.
It seemed that teleportation could not be used in this state.
I almost climbed on top of him and strangled him mercilessly.
“Ugh… Please stop holding on… And die.”
After struggling for several minutes, finally.
[Successful in hunting Rabbit, the leader of the rabbits.]
Victory was achieved.
And…
[Physical power has increased by 2.]
[Magic power has increased by 1.]
[Maximum vitality and mental power have increased.]
Even though the level had not yet risen, I was able to receive additional ability rewards.
It still needs to be confirmed whether this is simply due to defeating Named, or because it is the first time, but it is not bad.
“Haa… Haa…”
I took a deep breath and checked my remaining vitality.
[Vitality: 12% (2/3)]
It was 13% until a little while ago, but it has decreased to 12%, perhaps because the maximum has risen.
Also.
[Mental Power: 61%]
Clearly, his mental power, which was 67% before the battle, has decreased by 6%.
This is not simply because the maximum has increased and decreased.
“It seems like the skills consume mental power…”
I immediately tested the spatial leap.
“Ugh…”
Teleport approximately 5 meters forward.
Maybe it was because my vision changed momentarily, but my head felt a little dizzy.
[Mental Power: 57%]
“4%… Is it because I’m still at a low level?”
I wanted to travel a slightly longer distance this time.
Move to a position about 20 meters away from Rabbit’s body, and then jump into space!
When I slowly opened my eyes, which I had closed to prevent dizziness, the body of the person who had been far away was suddenly lying right in front of my feet.
[Mental power 49%]
“Fuck… The consumption value wasn’t fixed.”
8% of mental power disappeared in an instant.
I tried it just in case, but it happened as expected.
This skill increases mental consumption in proportion to the distance traveled.
“I should use it sparingly…”
I would like to test more, but any more than this would be a waste.
Since we haven’t yet prepared a proper resting place, we can’t waste our mental power without even securing a means of recovery.
“This system is just a game… I wonder if there will be potions or something like that.”
As time passed, the corpse of the rabbit leader in front of me slowly turned into light and disappeared, and before I knew it, new trophies were placed in its place.
[Inferior but sturdy-looking unicorn horn], [Fresh rabbit meat x3], [Rabbit fur x5]
I retrieved them one by one.
“Still, if I’m named, I have to give them a weapon or armor, right? … Hmm?”
[Jewelry Eye: Red]
“What is this? Its name is blue?”
The necessary equipment was nowhere to be seen, and only one jewel, as red as the eyes of that guy earlier, was missing.
[Jewelry Eye: Red]
– An eye-shaped gem that can be obtained with a low probability when hunting named monsters. It is traded at a fairly high price in the village, and when processed into weapons or accessories, the finished product is given special abilities.
– Grade: Rare
– Classification: Lesser Ruby.
“It’s a real game…”
If I were to explain this in one word, it would be that it is a rare grade crafting material.
“So. If you go to a village, there are people like blacksmiths and craftsmen, right?”
I looked at the ominous-looking red jewel in my hand for a while, then threw it onto the fur neatly piled to one side.
“Fuck. How can I carry all this? There are no pockets on my clothes.”
It’s lucky if you don’t lose it somewhere.
I did hunt one Named, but it still looked very ugly.
I raised my head and looked at the blue sky for a while, then took a long breath and looked around.
“Fuck…”
To recover even a little bit of vitality, you must quickly secure dry trees before the sun sets.
It’s so bad, but if you don’t eat that, you’ll be sick again soon.
We need to find the village as quickly as possible.
But where can you find a village in this empty plain?
“Can’t someone give me directions…”
As if someone had listened to my earnest wish, after a while I encountered a woman in the middle of this meadow.
* * *
“This is still better than those guys before…”
Fresh rabbit meat left behind by the boss rabbit is grilled and chewed.
I don’t know if it’s just because I’m used to it, or because it’s just meat with the modifier ‘fresh’, but my opinion is that it’s a little better than the first time I ate it.
Well, it’s only a small difference, and it’s still not very tasty.
“…?”
It was a time when I was forcing myself to fill my hungry stomach.
After much deliberation, I settled down on a shallow hill where I could observe the surroundings, but something was quickly running towards me from the other side of the grassland.
“It looks like a human…”
No matter where you want to hide, there is no structure nearby.
There were no large rocks, and more than anything, it seemed like the thing running in a straight line had already found me.
“I guess he’s not a murderer…”
I thought no, probably not, but as it got closer, my heart started beating faster.
He held a solid unicorn horn in one hand and a burning firewood in the other.
For me who was so wary, it approached too quickly.
“… Woman?”
Before I knew it, the person running in front of me was a woman.
The chest bounces mercilessly as if trying to prove that fact.
As she approached me, she ran for a while and started talking to me, panting as if she was out of breath.
“Haa… Haa… Did you just arrive?”
And then the woman looks at my whole body.
I also scanned her entire body with a nervous mind, and even in this situation, my eyes instinctively focused on one place.
‘Hmm… It’s not bad…’
It was a woman who seemed to have just become an adult, and who still seemed to have some downy hair.
‘It’s quite exposed, but it looks easy to move around.’
A costume that looks old and worn, but suitable for hunting.
There was a canteen and a dagger on the belt around her waist, and above all, her body definitely did not look like it had been grown in a greenhouse.
The curves of the chest and buttocks are clear, but the overall skin looks firm.
“Who are you?”
Although I was very scared on the inside, I had no intention of showing it on the outside.
Even though my current situation is like this, I am the representative of the world’s strongest guild called Awake Lady, which is located in Korea.
Countless people came to me to demonstrate their potential, and leaders from each country begged me to remove the gate in their country.
I have no intention of becoming arrogant in this situation, but there is no need to be servile either.
I faced her with her confident face.
“Oh, should I start by introducing myself? My name is Lien. I live in a village near here… By the way, is that narwhal fur?”
“…”
I glared at her partner with a very displeased expression.
“Don’t you know it when you see it?”
“Ahaha. Sorry…”
Oops.
I shouldn’t make the other person feel hostile now.
I need to first check what purpose she came running towards me for, but I also need to ask this woman about the location of the village and this dungeon.
I asked with a somewhat softer tone of voice.
“What use do I have?”
“Oh, by the way! You just arrived, right? The name is…”
“My name is Kang…”
“River?”
“Hmm. Tee, I’m the team leader.”
“Oh, team leader. You just arrived, right?”
What does it mean to have just arrived?
Is this woman also the one who got lost in this dungeon through her purple gate before me?
Otherwise…
“I wish you could tell me a little bit so that I can understand.”
“Yes?”
“How should I answer the question, ‘I just came here?’ And if you look at me, you can already guess to some extent, right?”
“Ah… I’m sorry.”
Wow!
This guy’s habits from his days as a representative keep popping up.
“No. I just want you to make sure to add the subject before and after.”
“Yes!”
Her face is also beautiful, and the way she speaks, her facial expressions, and her gestures are very lively.
“You said it was Li Yan, right?”
“Yes. It’s Li Yan.”
“Are there many people like me in this dungeon?”
“Dungeon…? This isn’t a dungeon, but yes. People like you often appear. We call those people strangers… But the team leader is also a stranger, right?”
“Stranger… But, this isn’t a dungeon? Then who are you?”
I nodded and then asked back.
“I am a resident of this place, living on the lowest floor.”
“Bottom floor?”
“Yes… That’s what we call this world. I am a resident born and raised in Ganarin Village on the lowest floor…”
Li Yan’s expression darkens at times as she talks about her origins.
‘Is it a slum or something?’
It makes no sense to label the world you live in as the lowest class, but whatever.
‘Bottom floor… Floor… Hmm…’
I began to formulate a hypothesis based on the combination of words that came out of her mouth.
‘A hierarchical dungeon… Really?’
