Monster chapter x)
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Waking up at 5am Mike started the system panel . It may seem a little bit weird that he browsed through the forum at this time , however don''t forget he is a young man without a girlfriend . Thus playing online games all day long was pretty normal .
Searching for a way to get into a dungeon group he tried to visit the beginner guides . But none of them mentioned how to join a group . Even though he was able to learn basic information it is pretty much unuseable without a group .
Packing his clothes in a bag he stood up and left his room . Slowly walking down the stairs he tried to not think of his future . After all it is reality that he won''t have a lodging from today on .
Since the government only payed for the dorm till the awakening .
In the best case for Mike he would be able to awaken as a range fighter and thus enjoy the bonus .
Handing the key over Mike left the dorm while walking towards the train station . He needed to visit the dungeon portal as soon as possible , after all he needed fighting experience . And who knows ? Maybe some goddness may give him a house .
Not only that , Kevin found out that even though the one-pit goblin dungeon didn''t gave any reward , killing the goblin would give him system points . And with these points he would be able to buy everything necessary . Heck , he even could buy slaves with these points . Although they were extremely expensive .
Boarding the train which lead to the center he tried to plan his breakfast . What should he eat ? And how much would points would the goblin give him ?
As Kevin arrived at the dungeon portal it was already noon . Suddenly a system message appeared in front of him signaling that he activated the basic functions of the system .
[ Congratulation , you unlocked inventory ]
[ Detailed Character information avaible , open the panel ? ]
Naturally Kevin decided to examine his stats more .
[ Mike Lv 1 ]
HP 225/225
STR: 10 AGI: 9 VIT: 14 END : 5 Body : 10
Strong body , no mind : +200 HP
Sighing Kevin looked at his passive , it means no mana for him . That means no mana related skills for him .
Storing the basic sword which he carried for almost an entire day , in the invenotry Mike moved towards the dungeon portal .
He felt tiny as he neared the more than 100x300 m portal gate .
What was fascinating was the fact that the portal only had some kind of membrane in which the transport happened .
Asking a passerby how it worked Mike got a short answer : "Connect yourself to the system , there is an icon with the symbol of a cave . That is the dungeon manager ."
Thanking the passerby Mike opened the system and looked at the system panel .
[ Do you want to enter Goblin Pit 1-1 ? ]
Accepting it Mike walked into the membrane and disappeared .
Darkness surrounded him in the split of a second before he could see himself in pit .
Surrounding him was an one meter circle .
He could see how the system panel appeared :
[Protecting circle will disappear in 10s , or you leave the circle ]
Taking out his basic sword he searched for the goblin , after all it was only a pit with limited space .
However he couldn''t see the goblin . Even though the space was only the size of an arena .
Where is it ? Where ?! The circle disappeared and in front him a goblin appeared . The high of a little child with green skin and a hideous face .
Holding the basic sword with two hands Mike stood in front of the goblin .
With a surprised look the goblin looked at Mike , in his hand a sharpened bone dagger .
"GUARGAAAA !" shouted the goblin while charging towards Mike without any ration .
As soon as the goblin charged towards Mike he as well howled a measly youth warcry as well : "AAAAAAAAAA !"
Swinging his sword Mike hit the goblin on the head .Blood splurted out and stained his clothes . Since a basic sword is way longer than a sharpened bone Mike was able to hit the goblin without receiving any sort of lethal injury .
However the charging goblin threw his weapon with all his might and graced Mikes body .
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A smile appeared on Mikes face , if it is that easy why do everyone say that it is hard to get strong as a melee fighter ?
Soon a notification sounded through his system panel :
[ You''ve slayed a goblin , reward is one point ]
[ You''ve completed Goblin Pit , no reward ]
As he wanted to go back a circle appeared around Mike as he got teleported towards the gate . Stepping out he could feel his body filled with adrenalin . Naturally he put the bloody goblin body with the hacked head in his inventory .
After he cleared Goblin Pit twice Mike stopped , he got cocky in his last fight giving the goblin an oppurtunity to jump on his body and stab him .
Causing about 25 damage .
Putting the sword in the inventory Mike walked towards a bench and sat down . He earned 3 points by slaying 3 goblins .
At first he believed he striked rich , after all opening the system shop he could see that 3 points can be traded for 3 decent meals .
However he soon realised the fact that as an awakened person he needed more amount then a non-awakened person .
How he realised that ? With experience of course , he bought a meal consisting of 1 burger and some side dishes like a drink and french fries .
It wasn''t enough to satisfy his hunger . Spending all of his points he sat down and looked at the bustling street of people .
What would a person think in this situation ? Blame the fault on his parents for perishing under the hands of monster ? Or curse the state for not providing any help ?
He couldn''t ask any of his classmates to provide any sort of support . Why ? Simple , because they have something to rely on : Parents .
Why he doesn''t ask to join them in hunting ? Because the parent doesn''t want to have the burden of an unknown person . After all most people aren''t that strong , so how can they protect more than one "baby" ?
Besides a person won''t die so easily , just clear the 1-1 dungeons . It may only give 1 point , and destroy your clothes into rags after a few days . However you won''t starve and if you die while overstimating yourself , then blame yourself for being too cocky .
While sitting on the street edge he browsed through gaia for more information . He wanted to open a new discussion page with the title : Newbie in search for a party , however he discarded the idear since he believed that there would already be a page in gaia .
Reading the pages for a few hours he managed to find important informations , food shouldn''t be bought by the shop . It may be ok in emergency situations like in a raid or at the front , but normally one should buy food in restaurants or the supermarket . It is way cheaper since some people got jobs like farmer or alchemist in their awakening . It was pretty rare though .
Although it was a rare job , a single farmer could produce food for about 1000 people as new awakened . And with each level up it (it wasn''t aqquired with fighting) they would be able to feed multiple the amount .
With a relief Mike smiled , at least he would be able to fill his belly if he fought the goblin pit about 5 times a day .
The next information shocked him , he could group with people all over the 4 world . Since the dungeon portal transported them into the same dungeon (only if they wanted it) , but a fighter only can leave the dungeon through the dungeon portal he walked in .
It would be a pretty handy method for long relationships .
Dismissing his thought about a girlfriend Mike finally found what he wanted , an alliance wide grouping tools for dungeons . Just as he wanted to search for a group he cursed inwardly : "How can i forget this ? Didn''t someone posted this site yesterday on some guide ?"
However it wasn''t his fault , after all he browsed a few hours and humans easily forget things .
Search a group with 50 people for Waterpalace dungeon 4-87
Healer for raid with over 500 people , we need every healer we can get ! 2-898
Farming for the forest set in 1-92 , anyone got a group ?This text was taken from Royal Road. Help the author by reading the original version there.
Searching through the pages he found something interesting for him , and that is guilds/groups !
Tea party in search for people :
Knight Order in Search for members :
White deer academy for ranged fighters after graduation of basic camp :
But it was pretty much hard to meet the requirments , he either needed to be a recommended by the people , be strong enough , or pay a fee of points .
Without getting a loss of spirit Mike searched for smaller groups , after all the giants of giants are at the front while middle are hidden and smaller groups/guilds are pretty much hidden behind all of the stuff .
Opening all of the lates post he could see that more than 3000 pages are made in one second . Sighing he searched for a suitable party for him , after all new posts often contained new groups or partys .
It was pretty much useless to fake a posts for traps , after all one of the major subjects in the pre-awakening school was it to avoid those killer by making party contracts which made it impossible to kill party members .
How it was possible ? It was possible because people formulated the perfect non-killing contract through the times .
White Boar in search for new members , we already got 20 !
Hidden Snake in search for members , we will give you damage poison for your weapons !
Group searches dungeon members !
Searching through all of the post he tried to find something that appealed him , with no success . After all if the post was appealing who wouldn''t apply to join the group ?
In the end he selected a plain and simple post , how he selected the post ? No idear , one could call it fate . Suprisingly it wasn''t one of the latest post like he planned , instead it was one which was posted about 2 days ago .
Group needs Members :
BunBunnyBun:
Hi , we are a new group of people who wants to clear dungeons . Mostly 1- dungeons . Apply your application in this forum , don''t be so formal though . After all we may be comrades in arm .
Crusadordeath:
Yeaaaaah !
BurnBreadBurn:
Hope for good work .
Some where in a mansion :
"Hey , when do you think someone will join us ?"
"I don''t think it will happen that fast , after all our post is simple."
"Why don''t we add some fire or smileys in it ?"
" *sigh* Didn''t we want to help Merle in finding some capable comrades ?"
"Yeah i know but ..... "
"Ah , i think someone posted an application ."
"Lets look it up !"
Posting an application for this group Mike simply wrote :
FronTank:
Hi , i would like to join the group . I am a new melee fighter with the equipment of a basic sword .
He even wrote him being a "baby" with basic equipment . After all it would be worse if they kicked him out after him boasting about his ability .
The reply was about 10 minutes later . Mike could literally smell the hesitation , since one would be notified if someone posted in their discussion page .
BunBunnyBun:
We thank you for your application .....
Sighing Mike knew that he needed to send more applications then one . After all , only a small part would take a "baby" with the equipment storage of a basic sword .
Reading further he gasped , holy sh*t ! They were willing to take a dungeon run with him !
..... we would like to take a dungeon run with you . Naturally not all of us will be there to test you , only one of us will be there . I think Two Wolf Pit 1-3 sounds okay ?
Quickly Mike replied :
Frontank:
Yes , it is okay for me . When ?
BunBunnyBun:
How about in half an hour ? I will send you the chat code .
Grinning Mike looked at the bustling street , it may be possible that he will only sleep one day on the streets .
"Hey Marle , we found somebody . It is only a level one though . And a melee ."
"Huh ? Already ? So how is the melee figher ? How high is he ? Female or male ?"
"It is mostlikely a male , after all a female would easily find a group . He seemed to be someone desperately in search of a group ."
"Didn''t you meet him Mary ?"
"Nah she didn''t Merle , i think she guessed it with her 50/50 chance ."
"My guessing ain''t 50/50 , it is more like 9/10 !"
"Then what about the time where you believed Merle''s sister got a boyfriend ? And in truth it was a headache ?"
" *sigh* , can you both stop to fight ? So why did both of you bother me ?"
"Naturally because Mary and i decided to test him with the two wolf pit 1-3 and the person who will help him is you ."
"Why me ?"
"Because we believe you should be the one to judge him ."
"Okay , when ?"
"Mary will send your code with the gaia message system , it should be in 20 minutes ."
"Okay , thanks Liz and Mary . I will prepare myself . Bye !"
"Don''t forget to tell me if he is handsome !"
"*Sigh* , the one who looks the least amount interested in man is asking for the look . I already send the code to Frontank , he will send you an chat invite ."
"Ok bye."
Opening the message from BunBunnyBun Mike used the code to send a chat invite to the person who shall test him .
Soon a voice could be heard : "Are you Frontank ?"
"Yeah i am . When do you want to go to the dungeon ?" answered Mike , trying to speak normally . However it suprised him that the one who spoke was a female .
"I am ready , we can enter the dungeon ."
Entering the Dungeon Portal he chose the two wolf pit 1-3 , darkness surrounded him .
As he opened his eyes he could see that he was in another pit , though bigger than the goblin pit .
The protection surrounded him and the familiar 10s protection panel appeared .
Looking for the one to test him he gulped . Holy sh*t , did he used up all of his luck in this moment ? In front him was blonde beauty , hourglass figure with an alluring chest .
"Nice to meet you , i am Merle ." said the female in front of him .
"I am Mike , but i believe we should prepare ourselfs . After all we are in a dungeon ." answered Mike as he took out his basic sword out of his inventory .
It couldn''t be said that he wasn''t mesmerized by Merle beauty , however surviving is top priority .
"The protection circle won''t disappear as long as we don''t draw our weapons or fight ." replied Merle .
Since the milk was already spilled what can Mike do ? He just answered : "Sorry ."
Taking out her weapon , a bow and an arrow , she prepared to shoot it .
Two wolfs the size of a table appeared . As soon as they noticed the two intruders each of them pounced towards them .
Shouting a short cry Mike waved his sword towards the wolf with minimal success . He felt pain as the wolf bit his leg and dragged him towards ground .
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Still holding his sword he tried to stab the eye of the wolf , however he missed and the tip landed on the nose .
The wolf howled in pain and chewed on his leg .
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Feeling the tooths ripping his leg apart tears streamed out of his eyes and caused his vision to get blurry . With a shout he hacked on the head of the wolf countless times . Blood splurted out as the wolf got cut by the sword .
Panting Mike felt how sweat covered his entire body .
[You''ve slayed wolf , reward is 5 points ]
[You''ve completed two wolf pit , no reward ]
Killing his wolf he looked at the battle of Merle , since he didn''t heard any shouts of helps he believed that nothing grave happened .
And indeed nothing grave happened to her , instead she looked at Mike .
Turning towards the wolf Mike gulped , only a single arrow protruded out from one of his eyes .
Instakill ?
An akward silence filled the pit .
Breaking the silence Mike said : "With your skills it won''t be a problem to join a middle or even top tier guild . You can even go to the front , why do you search for comrades ? And even then , if you post your skills then many would follow ."
The meaning was pretty clear , why did a beauty like her creates a group ? She could join any existing group or party . Combining that with her skill to instakill a wolf she would be an ace in a small party and a strong fighter in a middle one .
Why even bother with dungeons 1-1 to 1-9 ? After all these dungeon are in a pit .
Looking into the eyes of Merle Mike waited for an answer .
Merle felt quite akward , at first she didn''t expected anything great . Normal equipment etc . , however what she saw suprised her in a bad way . Only a basic sword and pretty much a "baby" with no sword technique whatsoever . Even the clothes were stained with blood before the dungeon even began .
And now he ask her why ?
"I don''t have to answer your question , besides i think you know how my answer to the test is ."
Without even looking how she disappeard from the dungeon Mike stood up and collected the corpses , after all he has nothing and maybe he can eat these corpses if he roast them properly .
Disappointment could be seen all over his face as he walked out of the dungeon portal and sat down on his familiar street corner .
Opening the panel to gaia he applied for more partys , however mentioning that he is a "baby" without experiences all of them denied his apllication in a formal way .
Soon the sky turned dark , without a lodging he lied on the streets , his spare clothes his bed .
(AN: All of you may be thinking why doesn''t he ask for a lodging in a classmate home , my answer is quite simple : Mike didn''t interacted much with his classmates and in the other earth it is common to went through hardship . As long as you don''t die they won''t help you . Want to sleep on a warm bed ? Work hard for it , have parents providing it or wait till the mood is good enough.)
"I''m done with the test , he won''t do it ."
"Mary what happened ? Your voice sounds angry ."
"I mean yeah , even though he thinks that all women shoud leech from stronger partys he shouldn''t mention that !"
"What happened ? Tell us the whole story ."
"Well , he''s an asian looking youth . He is quite the baby , he didn''t even knew that the circle don''t disappear if he don''t draw his weapon . His clothes were already stained with blood and the equipment he got was only a basic sword , even his fighting skills are pathetic ....... "
"I don''t agree with your reaction ."
"Yes , yes , Mary i know you are quite the moral apostle but i don''t believe you can cure him . He is quite the arrogant guy , thinks himself as the highest while he looks like a beggar ."
"Merle , normally i am for you . But i believe this time you overreacted quite harsh ."
"Liz , why are you against it ? I mean he was pretty much useless against one wolf and his behaviour was questionable ."
"You know that my brother works for the government right ? He told me that even though many believe that melee fighters are at disadvantage compared to range , they don''t believe HOW MUCH they are at disadvantage . "
"Yeah yeah , i know melee are quite the poor ones . They need to fight hand to hand without safety and blablabla .... "
"We all know that , Liz , what do you want to say ?"
"Then Mary , do you know that the melee fighters only get a basic sword as a weapon ?"
"I believe Merle and i both know that ."
"Then do you know that melee fighters don''t get a basic course ? They don''t even get the safe level up to level 2 . So we start with 2 skills while they start with one . Not only that , they need to be supervised by their parents or relatives since the state won''t help them anymore . Both of you may think that "Liz is too dramatic , these are only disadvantage but can be neglected with hard workd" , but do you know that even without parents the state won''t help you ? That these orphants don''t get any supervision from their parents ? Or better to say they can''t ? Even then the state throws them on the streets after awakening and let them fend for themself with their spare clothes . I believe the "Frontank" you met was one of those newly awakened ones , an orphan with no parents and no relatives ."
It was true that Mike is an orphan , however his relatives were still alive . Though with no contact . They still believe that the parents of Mike are alive .
"Mhm ... i think Liz spoke the truth , even though the behaviour of Frontank was in no way good , your behaviour wasn''t good too .
"Why ?"
"To say it simple , if somebody who is ranged and a beatuy would create a party , do you believe that they don''t use their beauty as lure ? A plain post looks quite suspicious , combining that with your strength to instakill a wolf and the test after he states that he is quite the newbie it looks like a way that you are superior than him . A way on how to stomp on somebodys feeling ."
"But i don''t want to do that , i mean i know how it is to .... "
"Yeah , but do you believe that somebody would walk with blood stained blood after their akawen ? I would change my clothes and ask my parents to clean them . He didn''t change them ."
"Well in the end i think we shouldn''t let him in our party . But i think that helping him a little bit with letting him join our raids is quite the good deed ."
"Okay , i will send an message through gaia to him ."