Chapter 10 (2/2)

My acrobat rank had probably went up while I was training with the Rock Pain-sensei, and they flew with great force. The rocks whizzed at incredible speed and all struck the Kobold Lord’s head. It seemed throwing rocks with all my force gave exp as well as I could feel the speed and precision of my rock throwing increase.

I was like a pitcher at kos.h.i.+en (TL Note: j.a.panese high school baseball national champions.h.i.+p). No, even an ace pitcher couldn’t throw such heavy rocks in succession. Even a major league pro would probably dislocate his shoulder. Such super human strength combined with throwing skill was only possible in Geno-Real.

“Well, in Rome, do as Romans do.”

This was a game that made you fight a dragon or a demon the size of a small mountain. To adjust to such opponents, it was only natural that you would gain super-human strengths if you trained in Geno-Real. If not, beating the dungeon was impossible.

“But it’s seriously not even trying to jump over the traps.”

It could simply run away, but the Kobold Lord simply howled while being pelted with so many rocks. Its face had already swollen up and had already taken ma.s.sive damage from the direct hits to the head. It was especially focused on agility so it wore nothing but a thin cloth armour so it was bleeding everywhere.

I had thrown the rocks until my shoulders felt inflamed, and the Kobold Lord had been just standing there, getting hit.

It had tried to block with the small iron s.h.i.+eld, but I threw the rocks in a way that the s.h.i.+eld couldn’t block it. When it guarded the head, I threw at the legs and when it guarded the legs, I threw at the head. A single rock didn’t do much damage, but I continued to shave away its HP and the c.u.mulated result was critical.

“I still have some rocks left, but this should be good enough.”

Thanks to the Kobold Lord’s co-operation, I could feel that I had ranked up once more. Even if it was only acrobat rank, it was still better than nothing. I refilled my HP with stamina potions and jumped over the trap with my samurai sword in hand.

“I’m here now.”

“Grrrr!”

It made a dog’s barking sound and charged with a Screamer Shark in hand. But due to all the damages it had already taken, it moved sluggishly.

I dodged the attack with ease and delivered the finis.h.i.+ng blow. I could hear the snap sound of its neck breaking. The sensation of cutting flesh ran up my arm and fountain of blood spurted from its neck.

“How’s that!”

“Gyyyaaaaahhh!”

Instead of my attack being strong, it was more likely that it was on the verge of death. Kobold Lord let out a death throe and collapsed on the floor. It looked dead, but I made sure by delivering another blow to its head. Its skull was crushed and brownish-pink brain splattered.

“Sigh…..”

I stabbed it in the heart for insurance again. Maybe I was a scaredy cat. Even if I entered into a fight to the death, I was still scared of fighting with strong opponents. I didn’t seem to have fully adapted to this world yet.

“Well, I suppose this is a form of training too.”

Fighting and killing… I needed to get used to it. It seemed I needed to train my heart as well. Once I rummaged through the treasure box to grab everything I needed, I could feel hunger pierce my stomach. I had drank plenty of water, but haven’t ate anything yet.

I started searching the boss’ room to look for something to eat and found a thigh meat roasting by a fire in a corner. Kobold Boss was probably planning to eat it. The only attainable meat in the second floor was from Giant Rats.

“I suppose I’ll need to get used to it since I’m living here now.”

I steeled my resolve and dug into the rat meat. It had a strong smell, but didn’t taste bad. Perhaps kobolds were better at cooking meat than I expected.

It was a feat for an empty stomach. I devoured the thigh meat until only the bones were left.

“Not enough seasonings though.”

The meat had plenty of fat on it, but there was no salt seasoning. Well, I suppose that was another thing I needed to get used to. I threw the bones aside and walked up to the door leading to the 3rd floor.

There were two grooves in the wall. If you placed either Orc Lord’s Fang or Kobold Lord’s Nose there, the door would open, but I placed both on the grooves. The door opened with heavy creaking sound along with another groove.

In the hidden groove was a scroll. I picked it up and read the content.

“So that’s how it is.”

This scroll was a rare item, “Rank Up Scroll”. It could advance your job by three tiers in lower level jobs and one tier in upper level jobs. It might look advantageous to use it now, but it was more difficult to rank up one upper level job than three lower level jobs.

Logically speaking, it was better to wait until I was higher level, but this adventure had my life on the line. Any item I could use immediately was better off being used immediately.

I picked the “Samurai Swordsman” from the list of jobs on the scroll. Once I touched on the letters with my finger, the scroll disappeared with a flash.

“Whooah!”

I ranked up through “Middle Fighter”, “Swordsman”, “Magic Swordsman” at once to become a “Samurai Swordsman”. Due to the sudden ranks ups, my heart felt like it was burning and I let out an inadvertent shout.

I was a Samurai Swordsman now. The reason I bought the samurai sword was precisely for this.

Samurai Swordsman was the lowest of the Samurai-type upper level jobs. There were still “Expert Swordsman”, “Sword Master”, “Sword Hero” and “Sword G.o.d”.

Samurai-cla.s.s gave strong bonus for using swords. Your damage multiplied if you used swords. There were also various samurai swords that were designed especially for Samurai-cla.s.s, so it was a pretty sweet job.

Plus, Samurai in Geno-Real fell under Magic Swordsman category, thus you received a bonus to your priest rank and there was no need to worry about having insufficient mana. It was the best jack-of-all-trade, next to Ninja with its lock picking skills.

I swung my samurai sword as a test. With a slas.h.i.+ng noise, there were white after effects in the path the sword had swung down on. This was the proof that its power had increased.

This was a unique skill called “Samurai Blast”. It was what’s now commonly referred as pa.s.sive skill, though such words didn’t exist when Geno-Real came out.

Samurai sword was just the right length to swing without any problem in the labyrinth. Since it had a sheath, I could also carry it at my waist. It was also possible to sneak up to the enemy and draw it at the last moment to attack.

It had great overall balance and was a multi-utility weapon. There was another thing about it that I liked.

“Not bad. For a man, the sword’s the dream.”

I wanted to cut an enemy to test it out and descended down the stairs to the 3rd floor.

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