Chapter 5 - Day 2, 2nd Floor Battle (1/2)
Chapter 5 - Day 2, 2nd Floor Battle
”Nothing... Nothing?”
An Su-hyun’s eyes widened as his expectations were betrayed. The shattered box was empty. He couldn’t see anything among the pieces of wood. But my vision was different.
[Item has been registered in the inventory.]
[Use the command ‘Inventory’ to show your current possessions.]
[If you want to take something out of the inventory, focus on the name and used the command ‘Eject.’
”Inventory.”
Then I could see what I obtained from the box.
[Maram’s Leather Gloves. Equipment item. Rank D.]
[The personal effects of a first cla.s.s boxer. It is made from well-polished crimson bear leather. If the weapon isn’t a magic sword, it isn’t unreasonable to be able to grab the blade with the glove.]
[Significantly reduces the load on the arm bones/muscles/joints when worn.]
”Eject.”
As soon as I shouted, something heavy fell into my hands.
It was a pair of very dark brown leather gloves. They covered my elbow to the first knuckle of my fingers.
“I-Inventory!”
An Su-hyun shouted in a panicked voice but nothing came up. I looked at the gloves while listening to him shout two then three times.
“Inventory! ... Inventory!”
There was a strap to tie it like shoelaces and proper places where I could put my fingers. It was comfortable. I hadn’t tied the strings yet but I could feel that the texture perfectly adhered to the shape of my arm. Once I made a fist, the parts attached to my fingers gently folded. Indeed. This truly was a glove.
“That came out from the box?”
“Yes. It’s good.”
An Su-hyun bit his lip.
He crossed his arms and I could see everything he was feeling without him saying anything. He said the words with his own mouth so his pride didn’t allow him to argue for the item.
I started walking again with a casual expression. I could feel his greedy gaze towards my gloved arm.
”You’re not a boxer...”
Just when he was going to try and dispute it… The first monster appeared.
[Blind Mouse. Type: Animal. Rank H]
[Wild mice have inhabited caves for generations. Sometimes the adults can grow as big as a calf.]
A creature the size of a small puppy appeared in front of us. Instead of eyes, it had antennae on the pink furless body. H? ABCDEFGH...
Wherever it was on the alphabet, it didn’t seem like a strong monster. While I was thinking this, An Su-hyun suddenly jumped out. He turned around and excitedly kicked it.
Bam!
The kicked rat struck the wall, had a few spasms and stopped breathing.
[Meat can be obtained if there is suitable cutlery.]
“What? Nothing dropped.” He looked down at the dead mouse. Even though it wasn’t a tiger, An Su-hyun looked proud that he had caught something. If he had received a talent from his previous action then I would have seen it on his face. But it didn’t feel that way at all.
There was no need to observe An Su-hyun as the fact was soon disclosed. After they killed the mouse, small animals started to appear on their path.
[Luminous Bat. Type: Animal. Rank H]
[Bats that enjoy animal blood. They are timid and the strength of their teeth is very weak. They mainly hunt blind mice.]
[Flat Salamander. Type: Animal. Rank H]
[They secrete body fluids that induce nausea in predators in order to survive. There is no toxicity unless ingested through the mouth.]
They were all like the cave mouse. Monsters that couldn’t even kill young children.
“These sc.u.m! Ick! Ick!” An Su-hyun was very motivated.
I suppose it was due to the box a little while ago. It seemed like he had determined not to let me s.n.a.t.c.h anything in the future. He couldn’t kill all the monsters alone, but was kicking diligently trying to anyway.
Then he suddenly looked into the air and shouted.
“Eh? What is this?”
He expressed so clearly that he had received a talent. It was the first time he received a talent. An Su-hyun stared at his legs that were covered with the fluids of rats and salamanders.
Then he suddenly kicked the air. Was it a kick?
Certainly An Su-hyun had successfully killed the monsters just through kicking.
”What is it?” I asked and for a moment, it seemed like An Su-hyun was going to answer. But he closed his mouth and smiled.
”It's nothing.”
“....”
It wasn’t nothing.
I estimated that he got the kicking talent after kicking 10 or so times.
I looked down on both hands. I had vambraces. It was an acquired item. If it was possible for kicks, then wasn’t it possible for punches? I decided to prove my hypothesis.
I beat the small animals with my fists.
Bam! Bam!
It happened when I killed exactly 12 monsters.
[Talent has been acquired.]
[Talent - Punching: The efficiency of your fist will increase according to the level. Muscle strength, stamina and reflexes have slightly increased.]
“...”
I was pleased to see it but I maintained my indifferent expression. An Su-hyun had been watching me for a while. When I didn’t show any signs that I’d gained a talent, he developed a superiority complex.
We continued to advance through the maze.
“Eh!”
An Su-hyun shouted and moved forward again.
It was a wooden box.
Bakak!
The kicked box was once again empty. An Su-hyun gazed at the air.
He had obtained an item.
”Inventory!”
His grin was so wide that it almost went up to his ears.
”Eject!”
He was holding a sword in his hand.
The blade was around 30cm long and the leather sheath had very stylish workmans.h.i.+p.
I couldn’t see the details of the item with my eyes.
”Rank C, isn’t it awesome?”
He said as he pulled the sword from the leather sheath. The silver blade had a vertical centre groove and looked quite sharp.
“Okay. It’s good.”
An Su-hyun studied my face as much as the blade.
He smiled as if he came to the conclusion that his sword was much better than my gloves.
”Yes yes. No matter how much you train, the human body clearly has limits. I needed a weapon.”
He wielded the sword and whistled.
Fortunately, they arrived at a room shortly after that.
The narrow pa.s.sage widened and stairs leading down could be seen in front of them.
[Stairs. It leads to the 3rd floor.]
[Changes in the following floor: Dungeon s.p.a.ce has expanded. You can encounter +1 explorer. Monsters below E rank will emerge.]
”What the heck, it's over?”
An Su-hyun didn’t say anything else so I decided to measure the width of the open s.p.a.ce. I took a few steps to the left and a wall appeared. If I walked a few steps to the right then there was another wall. The other side was the same so it was probably a 20 metre square room.
”Hey, don’t wander off alone, let’s go together.”
An Su-hyun followed me closely. We moved to the other side of the room.
”Heok!”
“...!”