Chapter 6 (1/2)

Chapter 06: The Battle against Demons

He had checked out the quest yesterday already It was reasonable for a beginner and yielded quite the reward

“The Goblins are the weakest deroups, so please be careful”

“Sure”

He answered curtly, left the Guild and wanted to leave the town right away, but he had things to buy, so he went into the shopping district

He visited a weapon shop to buy a weapon, since even the weakest de for a weapon within the range of his funds

When he looked around with his funds in o with a short weapon like a knife Ast these, he found a relatively robust one with a thick blade and a good grip

“This one”

Saying so, he showed it to the shop owner

“Gladly A solid knife, that’ll be 2650 Rigin”

After paying, he received the weapon and appreciated the scabbard that he got as an unexpected freebie Then he brooded over what to do about arht be useful, but he concluded that he could just use his ≪Word Magic≫ when necessity arose, and left the shop

Leaving the town, he headed for the “Clair Forest” in the west He could reach it by following a straight path called the “Toll Road”

During his search for an inn yesterday, he had stopped by a general store and bought five “crispy beans” for HP restoration, three “honey toffee” for MP restoration along with a map of this world

Even if they were necessary expenses, they completely emptied his wallet He had to complete the quests by all ht That sounded fun in itself, but he wanted to avoid a sudden hobo lifestyle

During his trip, he spotted so weird in front of him

(What’s that…?)

It looked like a big volleyball However, it didn’t have a fixed appearance and contorted itself spongy, blocking his path

(Wait, could it be…?)

The fainner in a RPG…

“A slime!”

His voice was soed into his direction, startled by his voice

“Wait, a battle out of nowhere!?”

He drew his solid knife froot the chills when he thought about co substance

Thehis knife doards accordingly There was no resistance and the sli To put it bluntly, it was disgusting

“Don’t tellcut in half?”

In that case, a blade would be useless, so he wondered about what to do, whereas the de before long Hiiro timidly poked it with his knife

(Wait, there’s a faster way!)

He opened his ≪Status≫ The NEXT (required experience points until level up) column had been 10, but now it turned into 8 The fact that he had received experience points meant that the demon was defeated

“Oh~ It was a deoblin It only gave 2 EXP anyway”

Still, he felt somewhat accomplished from his first battle and victory At first he had feared it would pain hiht

“…Still feels like a game… Or rather, like it’s none of my beeswax”

When he analysed it cal sound from behind He turned around and there were more slimes, three even

“They see up But I wish there were four of them”

Then he could have levelled up At the tiue, three more slimes appeared from behind him as to ridicule him Hiiro was totally surrounded

“Grr, a pincer attack on a beginner?”

While he gru the three in front of him first After he cut down the first and second one, an sly attacked hie

“Kuh… It unexpectedly hurts quite a bit”

It felt just as if he was hit by so that his HP decreased by 3

“Looks like I can’t play around”

Bracing himself once more, he took a stance with his knife Since two slied the from behind

“No more pain!”

By swinging his knife around, he ed to cut doo at once One sli in on his own

Upon that, he heard a weak PLIIINK sound over his head and opened his ≪Status≫

Hiiro Okamura

Lvl 2

HP 21/30

MP 120/145

EXP 12

NEXT 12

ATK 15 (25)

DEF 10

AGI 30

HIT 12

INT 25

≪Magic Attribute≫ None

≪Magic≫ Word Magic (Single Chain Unlocked)

≪title≫ Innocent Bystander, World Traveller, Word Master

“Figures That sound was froain It went up by 25 in one level Well, not that I’”

Though he co up Soames did that, so he had preferred it here too

On his way to the “Clair Forest”, he kept defeating the appearing slimes

He reached the “Clair Forest” alright, but he had no clue where to look for the goblins As slimes had appeared various times, he was level three now

With no other ideas, he advanced into the forest precautious and left marks on the trees as not to lose his way He would use them as landmarks on his way back

Then he heard the brushwood rustling and took a stance, thinking it was a goblin, but it was just a sliain

“…’nother one of you”

Although he was sick of them already, he killed it instantly as he was already faoblins As proof, he had to bring the “goblin fang” back with him

Incidentally, slimes dropped “slinored it as it was too disgusting to touch

Going through the forest, he encountered another sli appeared from the bush to his side And it attacked him with some kind of weapon

WHOOsh!+

He dodged it by bending his body at once, but he broke out in a cold sweat

(C- Close call… I see, that’s a goblin)

Its appearance was identically to the picture in the reference book he was shown A stature sly face and a club in its hand