Freedom
Luke's eyes widened... It was normal, he lived for a really long time in a cold and dark land and only his master's presence would brighten him...
And now, after god-only knows time he was finally looking the blue sky and the bright sun, standing on its peak...
Strangely, no abnormal reaction towards the sudden brightness was present in his eyes, only an expression that was happily admiring the freedom's the world is giving you...
Leaving dark feelings behind, he started sprinting in the vast landscape in front of him, running, using branches and vines to imitate Tarzan, and climb rocks and small hills without minding protections or similar.
From time to time, he stopped to admire local animals like squirrels, hares and wild bunnies with sparkling eyes...
His was panting hard and his heart was beating too fast, but more importantly, his smile! For the first time, he was smiling! A smile that could pierce like an arrow his classmates, and removing any memories of 'dark aura' or similarities from their mind.
After completely exhausting himself, he decided to take a break. As there was the sun, and also his sense of time was returned, he was sure that at least six hours passed since he arrived.
After taking wood to make a campfire at least, he spotted a wild boar with red fur and perfectly white eyes that hadn't a sclera...
Suddenly remembering, and embarrassing himself, it was a dungeon, he took a branch that was at hand's reach from him, and made a stance.
His Gamer wouldn't make him level up his Demon Slayer Job unless he killed a mob, but the endless repetition was now perfectly engraved in his mind.
Not wasting any time, his mind, from the agitated state of happiness from before, was now perfectly calm and collected.
The boar harrumphed and charged directly toward Luke, who without discomfort dodged to the side and struck his head.
Although he hit his head hard, it was not enough, but as the boar was confused, he without losing time went to assault and kill him definitively.
[You eliminated an Lv 12 'Red Boar']
[Job: Demon Slayer I Level Up!, +4 to STR, END, and DEX]
"...What?"
'A level 12 is so... weak?'
Luke thought that leveling up would be so difficult, as searching for enemies was time-consuming and if they are levels up him... it will probably result in his escape at least...
But he never thought that it would be so easy to kill one.' Maybe because it was a mindless beat?', he thought inwardly, ignoring the fact that apart from his normal status, the time training could what perfectly glued status, strategies, and insight in battles.
"Let's see my new 'Status' "
//
Name: Luke Crown - Race: Human
Title: Devil Hater(Unawakened)
Current Job: Demon Slayer I(Lv 6)
Job List: -
Hp: 140/140 Mp: 60/60 Demon Fury(DF): 30/30
(Hp, Mp Regeneration= 1% every 10 minutes)
STR: 14
END: 14
DEX: 14
INT: 6
WIS: 6
LCK: 6
Skill:
[Observe(17/100)]; [Material Dungeon Maker(20/20)];[???];[Demon Leash(5/5)];[Demon Aegis(1/5)]
Unique:
[Demon Fury(1/10)]
//
"Well, well, well, aren't my cute stats growing finally?" He said to himself mockingly before noticing that the sky lost his blue to make space for a calm red.
"Hmm, it's going to be night soon, but I don't know if that would change anything... no wait, this IS a dungeon... never staying unprotected at night in a dungeon, as apart from the limited vision, any night monster would probably butcher me..."
Having decided his course of action, he hurriedly went to search for a cave or something that could be used as a temporary base, but luck was not on him...
"Ok, nothing here could give me an advantage against monsters, so let's sleep on a tree"
Having perfected his plan by making a makeshift bed on top of two robust branches, using other branches and covering the top with the driest leaves he could find.
"Nothing like a real bed, but I can sleep here at least without discomfort."
And so, night descends...
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In the middle of the night...
A loud sound and a vibration woke up Luke...
"W-what is happening?!"
Another one, and another, each more powerful than the previous...
It was night so he couldn't see much, but a figure was hitting the trunk of his tree...
"[Observe]!"
[Berserker Grizzly, Lv 56]
"Shit!"
The exact moment he realized the level difference, he jumped from the top, landing on the opposite side from the grizzly...
The monster noticed it, and he started to chase Luke.
Obviously, Luke was not slow, but the grizzly was too fast for him, but thanks to his gut feeling, he started to go towards trees and other natural obstacles.
Luke was dodging them more or less easily, but the grizzly was like a tank, not minding them too much and taking the full impact, making him at least lose speed.
From the corner of his sight, he saw a little spark of light, so deciding to go at least in its direction, he continued to run.
But when he arrived, another monster was waiting for him...
A red and large figure of at least 3 meters, standing upward with a little flame on top of it...
[Red Drake Hatchling, Lv 86]
[Dungeon Quest unlocked. New Dungeon Quest Avaible]
*ROOOOAAAAARRR"
A high roar escaped from his mouth, and he's big and red feral eyes were watching him like food...
"Shi-"
Right, when he was between the two monsters and was inwardly cursing himself, a red blur passed in front of his eyes, and without alerting him, the grizzly was now a corpse without a head...
The hatchling was completely taken aback and when he was going to look towards where the blur started, a red spear pierced from his back and went directly out from his stomach...
When the second monster passed out on the ground, Luke's sight went toward a new figure was standing, and with his eyes now perfectly opened, he almost let out tears of happiness.
"...Child, why are you here?"
A melodic voice popped out before Luke passed out.