Lonely Walker
After I killed the orcs, I felt a little proud of myself. I didn't think I could kill them this fast; that was why I saved just in case, but I found I didn't need it.
I destroyed the dungeon core and began to look for the Skill Book under the piles of trash that the goblins were gathering. Thankfully, I found the book faster than I thought.
"[Learn]"
[ Player does not have the requirements for learning "Flash Kickoff." ]
[ Due to the class "Classless" special property, all requirements have been ignored. ]
[ Skill "Flash Kickoff" Acquired. ]
[ Flash Kickoff
Lv: 1
Skill Rank: Rare
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<Flash Kickoff>
Upon activation, boost the User's starting Speed for a moment by 100%. / Cooldown: 30 minutes. (Active) ]
The sensation of achieving something never got old for me, not in my past life, nor in my next.
"It's getting dark," I said while looking at the sky.
I opened my [Map] to secure a nice place to pass the night. After all, moving at night was dangerous, especially for me, who was alone and deep in Nova Forest.
Fwish, crack—I didn't find any difficulties starting a fire, and as soon as I started one, it was nighttime. The forest that I was traveling in all along turned unrecognizable due to the darkness.
Although there was a fire, I decided to pull out my Light Orbs from my [Inventory] to illuminate the surroundings.
The sound of night was quite pleasant. I could feel the same breeze that I felt upon entering the forest, but with a little bit of an ominous feeling in it. It was a calm night, unlike the situation I was in not too long ago.
"This never gets old," I muttered.
Although I was behind the computer, I always imagined myself to be in that position in my past life as a gamer. It was a wonderful feeling.
As the night passed, I ate some bread that I brought for my dinner and rested a little. I stayed awake and did not fall asleep, to protect myself, until the morning.
The next day, nothing seemed out of the ordinary. I was walking while grabbing as many herbs as I could and hunting any goblin that I encountered.
After a half-day of walking, I reached something new. The forest in front of me, although connected, was completely different from the forest I was in. In the new area, the tall trees were lifeless, and the plants were corrupted due to not receiving any daylight.
The border that split the boundaries of these two could be drawn with a line since the differences were quite visible.
"I guess I finally reached The Middle of Nova."
The new area in front of me was considered the middle of Nova Forest, a place that none dared to enter and none knew its secrets. Of course, I visited it multiple times in my past life, so I knew a lot about it.
I took another step and entered the boundary of the new area, and as soon as I did, I sensed an ominous feeling emitting from the surroundings. I didn't lose my focus and stayed adamant.
I began to walk into the new forest while keeping my guard up.
Monsters in this part of the forest were stronger than the ones on the outer sides, and that caused the forest to gain its ominous property. As far as I could remember, there was an A-grade monster living in the deepest part of Nova, but I didn't need to worry, since my business was somewhere else.
There was still some distance until I could reach [The Dungeon], so I began my walking session.
Along the way, I encountered some monsters, but I decided to stay hidden and not attack them, since I didn't want to use my resources before reaching my destination.
The herbs and fruits on this side of Nova were a bit problematic to use due to their side effects, and I didn't have any other [Alchemy] skill besides [Material Liquefier] and [Potion Apply], so I decided not to fill myself with materials that I didn't want to use.
Finally, after walking for a long time, I reached my destination.
Around me was not a single blade of grass, and all there were piles of stones. In front of me was a mountain so tall that I couldn't see its peak, no matter how much I bent my head.
On the wall, I could see the texts of a magic circle, just like I saw in [Balthazar Dungeon], but it was different. Besides being able to see the text and understand it through knowledge, I could sense the mana with those texts because of [Mana Sense], which left me in amazement.
"[Status Window]"
[ Action
Lv: 40
Race: Human
Age: 1
Class: Classless
Titles: Misrouted ~ No Longer a Beginner ~ Solo Cleaner ~ Balthazar Heir
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Strength: 24
Stamina: 22
Agility: 26
Sense: 20
Mana: 28
-Additional Stats Point: 6-
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Special Skills: Save & Reset Lv. Max ~
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Skills: Swift Cut Lv. 3 ~ Shadeless Lv. 4 ~ Material Liquefier Lv. 3 ~ Fast Reading Lv. Max ~ Potion Apply Lv. 1 ~ Mana Sense Lv. 3 ~ Wind Blade Lv. 1 ~ Flash Kickoff Lv. 1 ~ ]
I looked at my [Status Window] with interested eyes. Although I was low level, I had an overall 126 stats points thanks to the [Misrouted] title. Of course, if I were to choose [Swordsman] as my class, I could have at least 25 skills before reaching Lv 50.
After I looked at my window, I distributed my Additional Stats Points accordingly and moved on.
[ Sense Stat Increased by 6 ]
I then opened my [Inventory] to take out the items that I collected and started brewing some potion before entering [The Dungeon]. Thankfully, I had some time before the sun set and no monster could be seen in my vicinity, so I began to work without any worries.
[ Inventory 29/40
> Auto-Brewing Cauldron
> Sword of Beginning (Damaged)
> Bottle of D-grade Healing Potion
> Box of Yellow Bernith Powder x 2
> Bottle of Slime Liquid x 15
> Hecapo Tree Branch x 3
> Violate Gixcy Root x 2
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> Rusty Dagger x 3
> Gold Coin x 9
> Silver Coin x 3
> Bottle of Water x 9
> Bread x 30 ]
I took out the cauldron and placed it on the ground.
Thankfully, I brought Slime Liquid to make high-quality potions and prevent the previous mishap.
[ Skill "Material Liquefier" Activated ]
One by one, I put the liquefied materials inside the cauldron and brewed it calmly.