02 – Start with Kobolds and Goblins

[ Total Point : 0 ]

Strength: I80 → I81

I immediately put the point in the category of strength. It's a different thing from what I got from those memories. The white-haired boy's use of a dagger made him rely on speed and have high agility attributes.

For me, who uses a sword and is still adventuring on the first floor, filled with goblins and kobolds. I think strength and endurance will be my first areas of focus to improve. Especially when I look up to Ottar as a role model.

I think with a height of 170 cm, which is quite tall for someone my age, I still have a chance to be bigger and stronger. So it's possible to achieve those Ottar-like, or maybe Guts-like, bodies.

"Well, I kind of wish that the points I get could be allocated to my height." I whisper like that when I arrive at the lower level one. As many people in Familia disliked me, I often went into the dungeon alone. I hope I can get a partner in the future.

As soon as I found the two kobolds, I immediately drew my sword and leapt into action. The kobold attacked me with their claws. For me, who is already familiar with the Kobold movement, their attack seems like slow motion.

Also, because of the images and stories I see from the black box. It makes me curious enough to mimic some of the moves from there. One of them is attacking and I immediately dodged by leaning to the side with such a narrow distance, which made it easy for me to slice one kobold in half with just one slash.

The remaining Kobold react to the death of their companion by taking a jump toward me and trying to scratch from above. I react instantly by taking a half step back to dodge such a big move. Then, I counter it with a deadly thrust on the neck before chopping the head off the body.

After taking down those two kobolds, I immediately approach the corpses and immediately take the magic stones from them. The kobold's magic stone is only the size of a small fingernail.

Then their corpses disappear like a mass of dust after losing the magic stone. Then, at that moment, I got a message from my skill.

[ Defeated Kobold + 1 ]

[ Defeated Kobold + 1 ]

[ Total Point : 2 ]

"Oh? It seems that I got points for defeating monsters. It feels like a game that often comes out in the black box in my dreams. In other words, I can be strong as long as I defeat a lot of monsters and also forget to get a lot of magic stones to be sold." I can't help getting excited and talking to myself like a lunatic.

"Okay, I guess round two begins!" I resolve a new determination and let out a voice to soar my spirits. I dash forward to another two groups of Kobold that enter within the range of my vision.

Strength: I81 → I83

I immediately add my points to the strength attribute. I clench my teeth in determination before slashing two kobolds with a fast and strong sword-stroke. Maybe for those kobolds, my stroke was so fast that it felt like an unseen one.

"Well, It's really convenient because I can increase my attributes even in battle." Once again, I can't contain my excitement after discovering something about my cheating skills.

"Okay. I need to kill as many monsters as I can!!"

I, who is very excited this time, find a goblin that I unhesitatingly kick in the head to make it fall to the ground, and I stab right into its chest to rip it out and take the magic stone from there.

[ Defeated Goblin + 1 ]

Several goblins immediately came at me… one… two… and three of them. I leapt forward with a slash as one of them couldn't parry my attack. While the other tried to attack me. I evaded the attack by leaning to the side, then swung my sword as I pulled back.

Slash it near its neck. Leaving one of them in fear, which made the goblin lose the momentum to attack me, so I cut it in half to finish another fight.

Just like Kobold, defeating the goblin only gave me one point. Which makes my strength at I87.

"Un… This is good." I feel like I'm making progress in my skills because I can directly see the increasing numbers of my favored attributes.

Although not as extraordinary as the skill possessed by Bell, who was the main character of the story I see from the black box. If I'm not mistaken, Bell earns 29 points by getting one attack, shielded one attack, before he just dodges and ducks attacks.

It's also a skill that's extremely cheating. No wonder, Loki suspected that Hestia was using power on Bell.

"I must quickly become strong, or Bell can destroy my family. Or I could just do something else… However, for now... I'm hunting you all!!!" I eagerly search for any monsters I can find. Even though there are as many as four or five monsters per group. I unhesitatingly and instantly step forward until there is no distance between her and the monsters.

I'm using a chopping strike to slash one of them in half. Before responding by leapt a few steps back and then reversed back to my stance, waiting for them to move closer to me.

When I feel like there are two or three of them in my range, I lower my body slightly and begin to spin my blade like a windmill. Kill all of them in one swift move.

"Haaa…" I take a deep breath because all of my doing only takes just less than thirty seconds. I think that move was too flashy, but it doesn't hurt to try. I take a sip of water from the bottle I had brought, and then I see something that really catch my attention.

I see someone running towards the exit of the dungeon with blood-stained clothes. Not just his clothes but his face and hair too.

Even though I see him from a little distance, I still easily recognize who it's. That person is unmistakably Bell, who is also the main character of the story that I can see from the black box in my dream.

"In other words... we both started at the same time..." I mutter to myself while staring at the protagonist, Bell, and once again affirm to myself. That I would not lose to him and save the Ishtar Familia from destruction.