Fortunately, She's Present!

Chapter 15 - Fortunately, She's Present!

"Really."

Bell smiled slightly. This time, he moved to the rear left instead of shifting his weight to the left. The goblin's dagger swiped past him, missing entirely.

Without giving the goblin a chance to recover, Bell's short dagger sliced through the goblin's throat. The head wasn't severed, but it was a fatal injury.

All five goblins were defeated.

Bell collected five goblin fangs and five small magic stones.

"This drop item is unusually high. Are monster drops always this frequent?"

Even though Bell hadn't finished watching the anime, he knew that the drop item for monster items was generally low.

It was rare for low-floor monsters to consistently drop magic stones, let alone additional items like goblin fangs.

Yet, for him, the drops that should have had a low probability turned into a sure drop, which was quite odd.

No matter how Bell looked at it, this unusual drop item seemed like a matter of luck. After all, the monsters in the dungeon couldn't be controlled.

Even if they could, no one would make them drop items just for him, right? Bell doubted the drops had any sort of directional function.

"Maybe it's just luck."

Bell shook his head and stopped worrying about it. In reality, the drop item of monsters had little impact on him. No one would notice as long as he wasn't targeted by someone with ill intentions.

Also, Bell didn't plan on teaming up with others anytime soon. After all, this was a dungeon; he shouldn't overthink things.

The belief that "teammates are often unreliable" was deeply ingrained in Bell's mind. He was unlike the noble character in the anime, who could easily trust someone he had just met.

Knowing that people can be deceptive, the last thing he wanted to do was trust "teammates."

"You need to be careful in the meantime, and it will take some time to grow before you can reveal some information."

To ensure his information remained hidden, Bell was not prepared to let others notice him anytime soon.

Even if it became unavoidable to expose his abilities in the future, it would only be after accumulating significant experience. For now, he needed to keep his secrets.

"These goblins don't seem like mindless creatures. They quickly adapt to new tactics. Were they warriors in their previous lives?"

"Regardless of whether these monsters have warrior traits, it's too much to say they lack intelligence. Without some form of intelligence, how would they learn from an attack and try to counter it? If I hadn't been more careful, I would have been hit just now."

Bell was now questioning the idea that monsters lacked intelligence.

Observing a single goblin, he noticed that creatures without intelligence wouldn't have reacted the way it did.

Glancing at the manual in his hand, Bell frowned slightly. The inaccuracies in the manual caused him to have many doubts. He would have to be cautious and verify the information himself.

Suddenly, he heard a lot of footsteps. Bell stopped thinking and put the magic stones and goblin fangs into his Spatial Pocket.

Don't think about those things casually in the dungeon until you're sure of your surroundings' safety.

"The data on goblins has been collected. Their agility is average, and their defense is very low. Ordinary weapons can harm them, but their strength is surprising."

"However, as long as you avoid direct confrontation with goblins, you don't have to worry about their strength. Considering their speed and flexibility, you can hunt many goblins with just one chance."

"Next, I need to do more exploring on this floor."

Bell listened carefully to the sounds around him. Following the previous battle, he clearly felt that his sense of hearing and smell had become sharper.

Although he couldn't pinpoint the exact location of monsters by smell, he could judge whether monsters were nearby by sound.

Through the sound, Bell confirmed the movement of nearby monsters.

The volume of the sound was similar to that of goblins, so he deduced it was more goblins generated by the dungeon.

"Forget about everything else; let's focus on accumulating resources. Time for my daily grind."

Many adventurers skip the dungeon's first floor because it only generates goblins, which almost exclusively drop magic stones at a low probability.

Therefore, adventurers rarely waste time on the first floor after gaining some experience.

But Bell was an exception. For him, goblins dropped magic stones and goblin fangs frequently.

Spending the first day on the first floor was safer and more beneficial for him than risking the second floor.

In fact, Bell did precisely that.

He entered the dungeon early in the morning and only came out when the afternoon sunset.

Before officially leaving the dungeon, Bell carefully covered his appearance with a hood. This behavior might look suspicious, but when some people noticed him, they retracted their gazes.

Why?

Bell only wore a simple trench coat, with no backpack. In such a situation, everyone knew this person was a pure newcomer, and his attire might just have been to cover up his inexperience.

With this look, Bell went directly to the guild. The magic stones collected in the dungeon required processing. Besides the magic stones, many goblin fangs needed to be dealt with.

"I hope Miss Eina is still here."

Bell quickened his pace on the way to the guild. Before the sunset, he had to go home to report his safety to Hestia.

If he didn't hurry, it would waste time processing the magic stones and dropping items later.

In fact, the guild's working hours are very long, even longer than Bell had imagined.

It was a long working day from dawn to exactly nine to seven o'clock in the evening.

However, the guild's usual work was simple, making it manageable even with long working hours.