Chapter 24 (2/2)

As Randidly walked back to the cabin area, and the nearby obnoxious pillar of light, he considered his path situation. He had used all of the paths he had gotten by leveling skills, and was now left with two… similar options.

????: 0/???, ?????

One included the zero, but they were essentially the same. Rather than over think what was happening, Randidly just chose the one with the 0 showing.

Monster Slayer I 0/1.

But the 1 point that Randidly had put into it was enough to instantly finish it off.

Congratulations! You have completed the Monster Hunter I Path! +1 stat(s). Sometimes the path you walk is stained by the blood of those who would stand against you.

Immediately,Randidly went back and checked the path screen again, even though there was no more PP to spend at the moment, and sure enough, waiting for him…

Monster Slayer II 0/3, Watcher: 0/??, ?????

Looks like Monster Slayer would be another chain series of paths, and cheap ones, too. What was interesting was that he now also had the Watcher path, in addition to the question mark option.

Shaking his head, Randidly walked out of the tree line and towards the cabin.

The second group of things he had brought back were various fruits and vegetables that he had been able to find wild in the area. There wasn’t anything exceedingly strange, but he had found a new variety of nut and a mushroom that he was quite sure was poisonous. Still, growing it under the influence of the mana crystals would hopefully result in new species with interesting effects.

Included in that group was a large quantity of Red and Blue energy shards that he had found in the local area, often guarded by more comically weak imps or wolverines.

As Randidly continued to think, be brought out a large stick he had found and began to crudely till the surrounding area by his first fields, which were beginning to grow upwards at a shocking pace. He wanted to get all of his seeds down and growing as soon as possible.

What was slightly disturbing is that goblins had all but vanished from the surrounding area, and wolverines were also currently in the decline. The lizards and imps were growing stronger, both in numbers and in levels, and were able to force Randidly to be wary of large groups.

Not needlessly so, but he now paid attention to his surroundings, where his guard had begun to drop previously. After all, as far as he could tell, he was the strongest thing for quite a few miles, and honestly, Randidly could get used to this feeling.

But at the same time, he never forgot it. The edge of death that he had danced next to in the dungeon. Nul’s bland smile and subtle directions.

Frowning, Randidly looked up towards the pillar of light. This Newbie Town… was not what he had hoped it would be.