《The Human Who Became A Definitive Golem.》 Chapter 0: before the beginning. This book''s true home is on another platform. Check it out there for the real experience. A few hours later. A few minutes later. Chapter 1: A Golem? It¡¯s been at least a few hours, everything is silent, I haven¡¯t seen anything nor hear anything except for my thoughts, I can¡¯t even move my body, I don¡¯t know where I am or what is happening, I barely remember somethings¡­ am I sleeping? No, I feel too conscience for that. Am I in a coma? No, for that I should have been in some kind of accident or something¡­ I think. Am I in a dark room? it¡¯s possible, I mean I can¡¯t move my body which is a minus for that idea, but I certainly don¡¯t feel like I''m in a hard place so maybe I¡¯m in a bed, I know that I don¡¯t feel cold or warmth¡­ which is weird. Where am I? Why am I here? What happened to me?... - ¡°Come, answer my calling, I summon you¡­ Earth Golem!!!¡±. I heard a voice close to me, I didn¡¯t understand what was he talking about. Golem? I had a weird feeling after listening to that word. After a few seconds, all the darkness that surrounded me disappear and in exchange full colors showed in front of me, different colors around all of me, some seemed to be stronger and bigger than others. Basically, I couldn¡¯t see anything but colors with different shapes, I couldn¡¯t see the sky, or the trees or where I was, everything was just a bunch of color with different shapes and sizes. In front of me, I saw 3 colors that seemed to have a human-like shape¡­ they were so small, or at least that sensation they give me, I¡¯m sure that I was looking down to see them. I also could hear voices coming from those humanoid colors¡­ - ¡°Huh? as if 3 simple earth Golems could do anything to us¡±. I could hear a voice, it was coming from the humanoid at the front, it seems really small compared to the other two, although the 3 seem small to me, which makes me wonder about the situation. I started to move my head to both sides of me, and I notice more colors but these ones were around my height, the color was brown but they weren¡¯t as shiny as the colors of the 3 small ones, how should I describe them? The colors beside me seemed weak but not in a sense of light brown or dark brown, but in a sense like if they could vanish in any given minute, also, I noticed that they didn¡¯t seem so humanoid as the 3 small humanoid colors, no, this ones were kind of humanoid but the distribution of the body was certainly wrong, the head seemed to be too small compared to the rest of the body, the same with what seemed to be the legs, meanwhile the arms and hands where long and really big, the shape of the colors at my side made me think of some sort of weird gorilla kind of shape. - ¡°Tch, using an ability to summon Golems, you are certainly some skillful trash¡±. My thoughts were interrupted by a voice that came from one of the humanoid colors, this one was at the back, I couldn¡¯t identify the voice¡­ just now I noticed that their voices are plain and without any emotion, that is weird, I can¡¯t say whether they are male or female, I also can¡¯t feel their anger, I only can think of these creatures in front of me as angry based on their words. - ¡°I won¡¯t let you catch me, now Golems, protect me while I escape!¡±. I heard a voice behind me, it was the same voice I heard before the darkness disappeared. I try to look behind me, and at that moment I realize that it wasn¡¯t necessary, suddenly I could notice and feel someone behind me, I noticed the colors, they were humanoid as well as the ones in front of me, but there was this difference, this color seemed to be flickering, like if it was about to fade any minute, just like the colors beside me, but the difference was that the color behind me was still kind of strong in comparison. something wasn¡¯t right, suddenly the color behind me started to run away, and then I felt¡­ something? The smallest of the humanoid creatures in front of me just¡­ attacked me? I couldn¡¯t understand but apparently something in its hand, with the shape of a spear just penetrates my body, it didn¡¯t hurt that bad but I still was able to feel something, like a sensation of dread and loneliness. When I move my head a little to notice my sides, I realize that both creatures beside me were down, their colors were vanishing. One of the creatures beside me received what seemed to be a red-orange color kind of attack that appeared out of nowhere, there¡¯s also a little of yellow surrounding that weird combination of colors with a kind of circular shape that is not always the same¡­ I don¡¯t get it. On my other side, one of the humanoid creatures had a gray color with the shape of a sword in one of its hand, and was continuously hitting the creature at my side, the weird gray color was flowing and growing a little, never changing the shape of a sword but it moved a little with every hit making it seem stronger. - ¡°We can¡¯t let him escape, let¡¯s go after him, quick!¡±. Said the one who apparently was using a sword. The color of both creatures at my sides just vanished, and soon I was also down. I was so caught in my own thoughts that I never realize that I was receiving a lot of attacks, I even lost what seemed to be my left arm and my legs, what seems to be my body can¡¯t move even a little and my own color, which is also brown but with a little gray, is disappearing. - ¡°I''m sorry, but you were born to die¡±. I heard that and I felt overwhelmed. The voice seemed low in comparison to before, I could see a kind of light green color in front of me and I knew that she was pointing something like a spear to my face, about to finish me as well as the other humanoid creatures did with the creatures that were like me¡­ me? Wait a minute!!! I¡¯m human! I remember living as a human, my parents are humans, my siblings are humans¡­ I¡¯m human¡­ am I? - ¡°...¡±. I wanted to talk and just now I realize I can¡¯t speak, I also realize that I shake my head while trying to stop the creature in front of me with my only good arm¡­ and the creature stopped. - ¡°...¡±. I try again but I can¡¯t speak, why? Why can¡¯t I say something? Why is this creature trying to kill me? Why can¡¯t I see anything but colors?¡­ it took time but I realize that I''m scared and confused¡­ - ¡°what are you doing? Just kill the Golem already, we have to go for that criminal¡±. A voice came from behind me, I didn¡¯t even need to try and look back to know that it was one of the humanoid creatures, no idea which one but one of them for sure. - ¡°this Golem is already dead, let¡¯s go...¡±. Said the figure in front of me. I tried to look at it so I move my head a little up, from this close I just noticed but¡­ the creature in front of me seems to be a woman, from closer the shape is more definite so I can perceive the woman features of this one, the thin bodybuilding, what seems to be her long hair, she is certainly smaller than the other 2 creatures so I would say that my deductions are correct despite the fact that I can¡¯t actually see anything besides colors, if only I could also hear the voices correctly, but unfortunately every voice seems to be so plain that I can¡¯t distinguish between male and female voices. - ¡°it¡¯s a shame that so many summoned creatures die because of their summoners, especially the ones like you that obviously don¡¯t want to fight¡­ even if you are a Golem, I hope you survive, although I don¡¯t know if that¡¯s even possible¡±. Said the humanoid creature¡­ woman? Before leaving. I still don¡¯t know what is happening, but something is clear to me, first of all, she showed me mercy¡­ she had mercy and leave me alive for longer¡­ I should be happy, I know I''m grateful but for some reason, I can¡¯t feel happy¡­ maybe it¡¯s due to me being here apparently dying slowly without legs or my left arm¡­ yeah, that should be why. Also, I noticed that I¡¯m not human, not anymore at least, I must say that I don¡¯t like that¡­ it seems that I¡¯m just a creature, some weird creature I might add, Golem? She called me a Golem, and I also hear that word a lot. God!!! I¡¯m so slow today, although I should have realized things sooner, at least I feel somewhat proud that I¡¯m not freaking out as much as I should, it¡¯s weird, in a normal situation, a normal person would be out of his mind by now but I barely can feel any emotion of any kind¡­ advantages of being a Golem I suppose. I just hope that I could do something or that I could understand what is happening. Two days later. - ¡°...¡± So... apparently I don¡¯t need to sleep, I¡¯ve spent 2 days fully awake trying to understand my situation and the only options I could think of are that I¡¯m either having a really long and realistic dream or I¡¯m extremely high and I¡¯m just imagining and seeing things or I somehow end up here¡­ wherever here is, and I somehow become a Golem¡­ I really hope I¡¯m stoned. - ¡°...¡± I just realize that if I''m a Golem made of stone or rocks then that was a really bad pun¡­ anyway, I really prefer the idea of being high but in a total shit of a trip than any of the other possibilities, and that is to say too much. Dammit, the last thing I remember before everything going full dark was that I was at a huge party celebrating the end of the semester, drinking and smoking with my friends and then we went to see the fall from the hills close to the house in which we were celebrating¡­ why can¡¯t I remember anything else? Probably I was too drunk.
Warning.
- Time without a master has been exceeded. - The summoned creature known as ¡°Golem¡± will disappear.
What!!? I¡¯ll disappear? NO!¡­ no, this can¡¯t be real¡­ NOOO!!! I refuse to disappear or whatever¡­ well, that¡¯s what I¡¯m thinking but truth is that I don¡¯t know what I¡¯m going to do, I can barely move myself, at least now I know that I still can feel, for a moment I was really scared and concern about what was happening, sadly, it seems like my mind or at least my conscience can¡¯t stay flustered for long, something keeps calming me down¡­ shit, right, I¡¯m supposed to disappear, what do I do? Even if I don¡¯t know anything about my situation or anything I still want to live.A case of theft: this story is not rightfully on Amazon; if you spot it, report the violation.
Notification.
- The state of the summoned creature is over. - As a response to the lack of death of the summoner or summoned creature, as well as any order or interaction between the summoner and the summoned creature, the creature known as ¡°Golem¡± is considered as no longer useful so it must disappear. has been activated. has reacted to the owner¡¯s desire to ¡°live¡±. is starting the process of freeing ¡°Golem¡± from the ¡°summoned creature laws¡± that are affecting the owner of ¡°Adaptation¡±.
- ¡°...!!?¡± Oh my god! I don¡¯t know what is happening but for what I can deduce I was about to disappear because I¡¯m no longer useful¡­ really? I didn¡¯t know what is happening or what I was supposed to do and still, I¡¯m considered useless¡­ I kind of am, to be honest, but that doesn¡¯t matter anymore, this weird notification also tells me that something is trying to ¡°free me¡± from that ¡°summoned creature laws¡± that I will guess is what wants to make me disappear.
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is about to start the process of ¡°Adaptability¡± so the ¡°Summoned Creature: Golem¡± can exist without being affected by ¡°summoned creature laws¡± and without the need of a master as a source of magic energy. - Do you want to start the process of adaptability?
- YES -NO
YES!!! I want to live, if this weird thing can keep me alive and well then yes, I accept¡­
Warning.
can¡¯t start the process of adaptability. - The magic energy and vitality required for the adaptability process are not enough. it¡¯s recommended to found a source of energy to continue the process.
Notification.
has detected a compatible source of energy near ¡°Golem¡±. - To continue the process of adaptability the user must be in contact with the new source of energy.
- ¡°...¡±. ¡­ Are you kidding me? I don¡¯t even understand what magic energy and vitality are, this is so frustrating!!!¡­ well, at least it only takes a few seconds to put myself together. So, this ¡°compatible¡± source of energy must be close to me, or at least that is what this weird ¡°notification¡± is telling me¡­ - ¡°...¡±. I started to move my arm... or at least I tried, apparently, I''m too weak to move my arm correctly. this is no good, I¡¯m in a constant transition between freaking out and having mental peace, and this stupid arm can¡¯t move faster¡­
Warning.
- Vitality as reached critical levels. - Once vitality reaches ¡°0¡± points, ¡°Golem¡± will disappear.
Crap! Come on stupid arm, move faster!!!¡­ ugh, if I only knew what I¡¯m looking for. This whole situation is so messed up, I don¡¯t even understand... wait! I feel something.
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± as a compatible source of energy. - ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± doesn¡¯t have enough energy to start the adaptability process.
A core? This is certainly weird, I can feel something from this ¡°core¡± and also this thing has a really weak color, it was almost the same color that I perceive from what seems to be the ground, which is why I didn¡¯t notice it before, but¡­ monster core? What is this shit? A kind of video game or something? the name of the core sounds exactly like one of those shits that some monsters drop in one of my younger brother video games¡­ it can¡¯t be it... right? I mean, if I think about it, this whole situation is kind of crazy and weird per se, but, come on, a video game drop?¡­ on the other hand, apparently I¡¯m a Golem, and I suppose the 2 creatures beside me where Golems as well, which means that when they died they¡­ dropped this core? Ugh!!! I hate to admit it but it makes sense in some sort of twisted way¡­ life is certainly too weird. - ¡°...¡±. I just have to find the other core. Mm¡­ let me see, I can perceive some colors around me, this ¡°core¡± has a weak color that is slightly different from the color of the ground, which means that it should be¡­ hmm¡­ here? No, that¡¯s not it, then¡­ there it is!¡­ now I only need to reach it and touch it¡­ I barely can move my arm¡­ this might take a while. - ¡°...¡±. ¡­ almost¡­ got it!!!
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± as a compatible source of energy. - ¡°Golem¡± now has 2 ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± which can be used with the to start the process of adaptability.
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is about to start the process of adaptability so the ¡°Summoned Creature: Golem¡± can exist without being affected by ¡°summoned creature laws¡± and without the need of a master as a source of magic energy. is about to use 2 ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± as a source of energy to perform the adaptability process. - Do you want to start the process of adaptability?
- YES -NO
Yes! I hope that this time it works.
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has started the process of adaptability. - As a consequence of adaptability, the user will stop being affected by ¡°summoned creature laws¡±. - Without a master or summoner to be connected, ¡°Golem¡± will lose the current level, which is 7, and statistics that were given to him by his summoner. - As a consequence of adaptability ¡°Golem¡± stats and level will drop to level 1.
Level 1? level? So this is a kind of video game¡­ that¡¯s a big piece of garbage, and I will lose my level and stats? It¡¯s not like I ever used it, I was so surprised and confused by everything that I didn¡¯t even try to do anything but it¡¯s still unfair that I lost something that I didn¡¯t even know I had. Oh, the cores are glowing, their color suddenly grew stronger and they started to get inside my body¡­ what is this?
Warning.
- The level of ¡°Golem¡± is starting to decrease. - Stats are starting to decrease. - As a consequence of ¡°Adaptation¡±, the user will need to sleep to regain full vitality and magic energy.
Bloody hell! I''m starting to feel tired. Shit! Do Golems even sleep? My body feels heavy and I¡­ I¡¯m starting to¡­ feel like¡­ like¡­ I¡­ Chapter 2: Eyes of a Golem. The next day. ¡­ I''m pretty sure I¡¯m still sleeping. I feel some kind of warmth and I don¡¯t want to get up, it reminds me of me every morning before classes¡­ if only this was like my old life.
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- The adaptability process was successful. - The current level of ¡°Golem¡± is 1. - Vitality and magic energy restored. - ¡°Golem¡± Is no longer a ¡°summoned creature¡±. - ¡°summoned creature laws¡± no longer affect ¡°Golem¡±. - ¡°Golem¡± is now a monster. - As a monster ¡°Golem¡± no longer needs a summoner or master as a source of energy, ¡°Golem¡± can exist on its own. has used almost all the energy stored in the ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡±. can use the remaining energy of the ¡°Monster Cores¡± to give certain traits to its user or to improve the user. - Do you wish to turn the remaining energy of the monster cores into a trait or use it to improve yourself?
- YES - NO
¡­ and with that, I know that I''m no longer sleeping and that I no longer live in my old life. The good news is that I''m still alive¡­ and complete. I didn¡¯t ¡°disappear¡± like I was supposed to, also, for what I can understand, now I¡¯m free to live as I want¡­ like a monster¡­ I¡¯m a monster!!! ugh, I¡¯m still not used to this sudden change between being shocked or confused and then to being calm and in peace, it¡¯s annoying but relaxing at the same time¡­ anyway, I don¡¯t know why I''m even surprised by the information, Golems aren¡¯t humans after all, and I''m pretty sure that in video games they are considered monsters, or at least in my brother¡¯s video games¡­ now I wish I would have played more with him. Leaving behind the bothersome and useless thoughts, it seems like I have the chance to acquire a trait¡­ I don¡¯t understand what does that mean but if that helps me with my situation, then welcome!
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- Adaptation can give a trait or improvement to its user. - Only one trait or improvement per core. - Choose one of the next options...
- Gain experience. - Choose
- Improve one statistic. - Choose
- Acquire a new skill. - Choose
- Turn core into a material. - Choose
- Use core to enchant an object or weapon. - Choose
- Use core to create an object or weapon. - Choose
- Use core to upgrade an object or weapon. - Choose
- Use core to improve a potion or the effect of an object.- - Choose
- Slight modification in shape. - Choose
Wow! So many options¡­ well, everything seems interesting but I wouldn¡¯t know how to use most of the options, I mean, even if I turn the cores into a material I wouldn¡¯t know what to do with the result, I don¡¯t have objects to enchant, and I obviously don¡¯t have something to upgrade, I don¡¯t have any potions, so my only options would be, gain experience, improve one statistic, acquire a new ability, create an object or weapon, and finally slight modification in shape¡­ I have to be smart in my decision, I have 2 cores and I suppose I got 1 choice per core, which means that I only have 2 chances to get something useful. - ¡°...¡±. Hmm¡­ let me see, I¡¯m a Golem now, which apparently means that I don¡¯t need to sleep unless my skill ¡°Adaptation¡± is activated like last time. These days I haven¡¯t felt any hunger, but I definitely want to eat something, so, maybe Golems eat but not as constantly as humans do¡­ that makes sense. I could choose to gain experience but I don¡¯t know how much experience I will receive and I also don¡¯t know how that could help me, depending on the situation both experience and improve one of my statistics won¡¯t be useful at all. Dammit, I just realize that I don¡¯t really have any purpose, I just wanted to be alive but since I''m still confused about my situation I never even thought about what I would do from now on, which only makes this decision more complicated¡­ ugh! Why did things have to turn in this way? This is so troublesome. anyway, I suppose I¡¯ll just try to get something done and think about what to do little by little¡­ if I consider this last realization, I still just got 3 options, I could get a new ability, but I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s a random ability, but depending if it¡¯s random or not it can be really useful, on the other hand, creating an object or weapon doesn¡¯t seem like a bad idea, but I don¡¯t really know what I would like to create in the first place, and finally to change my shape¡­ I have a slight idea of how I look but since I can¡¯t see I''m not even 100% sure, also, it seems like the change will be just something small since it says ¡°slight modification in shape¡± that really seems like something more superficial. honestly, the only thing I wanted this whole time, besides understanding what happened and how I got here turned into a Golem, was to see my surroundings and see what was happening in front of me¡­
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is to ¡°¡­ see my surroundings and see what was happening in front of me...¡±. for this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will generate artificial eyes for the user. - This modification requires the use of both monster cores to create artificial eyes. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster cores into artificial eyes and modify your shape?
- YES - NO
¡­ are you kidding me? I will be able to see? This is great! I don¡¯t care if I use artificial eyes as long as I can see again¡­ but I will have to use both gems to create artificial eyes¡­ well, it doesn¡¯t really matter to me that much, to begin with, I didn¡¯t even know what to do with one core, and if I can see as before, then it will be worth it even if I can¡¯t create a weapon or get a new skill. My choice is yes. - ¡°¡­?¡± AAAGH!!! shit¡­ what¡­ what is this? UGH!!! it bloody hurts!¡­ I feel like my head is about to explode and my eyes are burning¡­ AAAGH!!! ugh¡­ aaagh! Shit, this is¡­ I hate you! Stupid skill¡­ agh¡­ fuuu¡­ it stopped¡­ I just¡­ what? Oh my god! I can see!... my hand, it¡¯s made of stone apparently and it¡¯s huge¡­ - ¡°...!!!¡± Everything looks incredible¡­ I can see again, it seems like I''m in a kind of forest, and it¡¯s night time. I must say that I have never seen a sky so full of stars like the one I''m seeing over my head¡­ on the other hand, my surroundings are full of trees, which by the way are really big even compared to myself, it seems like I must be around 7 meters tall. To be honest, I never was good at measuring things especially heights, but I used to be around 1 meter 80 centimeters tall in the past, and now I''m at least 3 or 4 times bigger than before, so that¡¯s why I believe that I must be around 7 meters tall.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 1. (0/450)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 42 - Magic E: 14 - Strength: 20 - Magic P: 11 - Defense: 24 (+20) - Magic D: 12 - Speed: 5 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.Stolen story; please report.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
Customized mode.
- ¡°¡­?¡±. ¡­ Really? For the love of God! I have a window with stats like a video game¡­ what kind of sick shit did I get into? Ugh¡­ Hmm¡­ I have to stop worrying about this, there are more important matters at hand, so, first of all, I suppose I should move from this place. I still don¡¯t know what to do but I won¡¯t know what is happening if I don¡¯t move, for now, the best is just to explore this place until I find a new objective¡­ - ¡°...¡±. I give a quick glance at my surroundings before starting to walk, and that¡¯s how I began my adventure inside a forest without even a proper idea of where I was and what was happening¡­ A few hours later. Ugh! What the hell? Does no one live in this stupidly big forest? I have been walking for¡­ I don¡¯t even know for how long, but I haven¡¯t seen any creature, or animal or human or nothing, just trees everywhere. there¡¯s a tree, there¡¯s also a tree, around me it is full of trees, stupid forest!!!¡­ huh? I think I can see a light on the horizon¡­ what? It¡¯s dawn already? Bloody hell, this is fantastic. I''m not being sarcastic, this is really perfect, it was night time so I could understand why I didn¡¯t see any creature, even though it¡¯s supposed that at night time the forest should be full of night predators¡­ or at least that¡¯s what I thought, I don¡¯t know anything about the animal kingdom¡­ and now I think about it I don¡¯t know anything about this place either. Anyway, daytime means a chance of meeting someone. - ¡°...¡±. However¡­ I''m a Golem¡­ how am I suppose to talk with humans if I find any? I can¡¯t talk at all and I doubt any human would want to talk with a monster, shit, this is unbelievable, do I not have any luck at all? Fuuu¡­ if only I could find a way of¡­ talking? that¡¯s it!!! just a few hours ago I couldn¡¯t see anything except a bunch of colors with different shapes, now I can clearly see and distinct everything around me, I just need to find some kind of thing that could help me acquire the capacity to talk, I need more monster cores!!! maybe using that weird skill ¡°Adaptation¡± I''ll be able to talk again. - ¡°...!¡±. Now I''m looking around in case I can find some kind of creature that gives me a monster core, this place is so full of green, bushes, trees, even the ground is so full of green that I don¡¯t know if I''ll¡­ uh? What is that? - ¡°¡­ kyw¡­ kyw kyw...¡±. Is that¡­ jello? That weird ball of jello with weak gray almost transparent color, it seems familiar¡­ how was it called? I think I saw it in my little brother¡¯s video game¡­ a slem? Slir? sleam? No, that¡¯s not it¡­ hmm¡­ oh, I got it, it¡¯s a slime¡­ it¡¯s really tiny and it seems pathetic, probably it¡¯s a weak creature that anyone can kill¡­ I''m sorry, little one, but if this world is like a video game and I can get cores by killing you, then I need to get rid of you so I can obtain your core and get the capacity to talk¡­ take this¡­ - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°kyw¡­ kyw kyw KY!!!...¡±. - ¡°...!!?¡±. What the hell? This little jello not only received a punch from big old me, but it receives it like nothing and now seems piss off¡­ will he attack me? - ¡°kyw KY!!!¡±. Ugh!!! huh? I stepped back?¡­ what is this? I''m like 7 meters tall and I doubt that thing is even 50 centimeters, how can he resist my punch and hit me so hard?¡­ huh? Suddenly I can see it¡­ just like before, the colors of the little jelly¡­ what in the bloody hell? Why is its color stronger than mine? I can see both now, the creature and the color that surrounds it, and for some reason when I see my hand, the color of both of us is a little different in strength, it¡¯s like when I saw the humanoid colors, they gave me a different sensation than the Golems that were beside me¡­ this little one color is not as noticeable or strong as the humanoids, but certainly seems to be stronger than me¡­ why? How can he¡­ wait!!! didn¡¯t I lost my level?¡­ I¡¯m level 1 and my color is barely noticeable even for me¡­ could it be that this little one is of a higher level?¡­ are you kidding me? - ¡°kyw kyw¡­ kyw KY!!!¡±. Ugh! Bloody hell, it is attacking me again¡­ how can he move so fast? Ugh¡­ shit, take this punch you little piece of shit¡­ - ¡°¡­?¡±. Did it dodge it? My legs are too short to attack with them but he can evade my punches. What do I do?¡­ ugh!¡­ aaagh!!! what the¡­??? - ¡°KY!!! kyw kyw.. kyw¡­ KY!!!¡±. Is that thing¡­ threatening me? How dare you? you big jello¡­ I''m losing to a ball of jello¡­ shit¡­ let¡¯s see if you can with this¡­ - ¡°kyw?¡­? Kyw kyw¡­ kyw!...¡±. Hahahaha, you couldn¡¯t escape my attack if I hit the ground with both my arms at the same time, the advantages of being big¡­ why didn¡¯t I thought about this before?¡­ wait! That thing is still alive? - ¡°kyw KY!!!¡±. AAAGH!!! I''m falling to the ground. Shit! How can I be so easily handled by this thing? Even if I don¡¯t know how to fight, I''m dealing with something I used to eat when I was a kid¡­ not literally of course, but that things are similar to jello so yeah¡­ now, that thing doesn¡¯t stop moving, jumping from one place to the other surprisingly fast¡­ STOP!!! - ¡°ky...w¡­ k...¡±. - ¡°...¡±. Did I¡­ did I finally kill it? The only thing I had to do to kill it was to open my big hand and slam it against the jello before he landed in a certain place so he wouldn¡¯t have time to react and as a consequence, it would become a direct it...what is wrong with me? Why didn¡¯t I think about that before? Ugh! I''m certainly an idiot.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°slime level 7¡±. - by killing a ¡°slime level 7¡± you earned 375 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±.
375? are you kidding me? I need 450 to level up and by killing a monster 6 level over me I only got that much experience¡­ this is a crappy joke¡­ huh?
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will grant a bonus of 375 points of experience for defeating an enemy several levels higher than the skill user.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 2
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 2. (300/500)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 44 - Magic E: 15 - Strength: 22 - Magic P: 12 - Defense: 26 (+20) - Magic D: 13 - Speed: 6 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
Customized mode.
Good, I level up even if it was just one level, I''m satisfied with that, but¡­ defeating an enemy 6 level superior only gave me enough experience to increase my level by 1¡­ and I was able to increase my level only thanks to ¡°Adaptation¡± that provided me with an extra amount of experience to level up, that¡¯s not good, even if 500 doesn¡¯t seem like much, it can be a real pain from now on to get that amount of experience¡­ I don¡¯t know the criteria for monsters to give a certain amount of experience, but my skill apparently only gave me extra experience as a gift for defeating a stronger enemy, which means that defeating enemies with the same level as me or less won¡¯t give me the bonus of experience, and considering how many levels of difference me and the slime were, I would say that once I reach a level close to 10 the experience that I receive from a slime, like this won¡¯t be enough to keep leveling up¡­ AAAGH!!! this is no good, I should have played more video games with my little brother, so I would have a better idea of what I should do now and how to keep leveling up¡­ anyway, I suppose I''m really lucky that my opponent wasn¡¯t that strong even with a higher level, yes, I should be grateful for that, now¡­ I should keep looking for more monsters to level up and¡­ huh? Right! I should see if the slime dropped the¡­ there it is!!!
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. - ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± can be used with to start the process of adaptability. - Do you wish to turn the energy of the monster core into a trait or use it to improve yourself?
- YES - NO
YES!!! I love you ¡°unique skill: adaptation¡±, thanks to you I got more experience and now I can get the capacity to speak¡­ the answer is yes and I wish to speak.
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is to ¡°¡­ get the capacity to speak...¡±. for this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will generate an artificial voice system. - This modification requires the use of a monster core to create an artificial voice system. - Once the gems are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster cores into an artificial voice system and modify your shape?
- YES - NO
Again, yes, I wish to¡­
Warning.
- ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± is not suited for this kind of modification. - If this modification continues then the ¡°capacity to speak¡± of the user will be limited and will require the use of more cores to improve the ¡°capacity to speak¡±.
Uh!!? BLOODY HELL!!! what is the problem this time? Not suited for this modification? What does that even mean¡­
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has concluded that ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± is not suited for the kind of modification that the user desires. - Identification of ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± gave the result that the slime defeated was a ¡°gray slime¡± which is highly resistant to physical attacks in comparison to other slimes, opposite to other slimes, this possesses a high attack and speed as well. - Recommendations of uses for the cores: 1) Acquire minor level skill ¡°minor defense level 1¡±. 2) Increase the statistic +8 in speed, attack, defense or vitality. 3) Gain 150 extra points of experience. 4) Enchant the current body to strengthen defense and vitality. 5) ¡°slight modification in shape¡± recommended by is to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in either ¡°resistant softer body¡± or ¡°body¡¯s storage space¡±. Both possible changes are available thanks to the properties and features of the gray slime. - Do you want to turn the monster core into one of these options?
- YES - NO
¡­ WHAT!!? ¡°Adaptation¡± can give recommendations of use? Hey, that¡¯s very good news, it¡¯s great actually, but¡­ it seems like I can¡¯t use this core to speak which mean that I''ll have to look for another core, that¡¯s no good, well, I was supposed to level up anyway and is not like I''m in a hurry to speak, after all, I don¡¯t have anyone to talk to¡­ fuuu¡­ okay, what should I choose then? let¡¯s see... Chapter 3: Starting the Hunt. Okay, I have to choose something to do with this core¡­ the first recommendation is to gain a new skill, which would be great, that slime was able to resist my punch as if it was nothing, but¡­ I don¡¯t know how well this skill works, besides, my defense is already kind of high, even though I was push back by the slime, and even knocked down, I still didn¡¯t really receive that much damage, I mean, I felt something but it wasn¡¯t that dangerous, only bothersome¡­ so, maybe if I find more slimes I could get this skill in the future. Hmm¡­ I should think about it a little more. The second option is to increase my statistic 8 points in any of the statistics mentioned¡­ that¡¯s no good, I mean, it¡¯s good to be able to increase my stats even if just a little, but¡­ probably I could find better use to the core, the skill does look pretty well compared to this option, although speed would help me a little, after all, my speed stat is only 6 for crying out loud! That¡¯s certainly my weak point, but still¡­ I won¡¯t choose this for sure. Option 3 is a little more appealing, I could turn this core in extra experience, if I defeat more monsters and gain their cores then I would get the experience for defeating them, plus the bonus of my skill in case they are of a higher level, and I would have also the extra experience of the cores, hmm¡­ interesting, with that I could level up pretty fast, and even if at some point I stop finding opponents with higher level I will still have the cores to level up, the problem is that I don¡¯t know how this works, how much experience would these cores give me? will all the cores give me the same amount of experience? I doubt it, also, something I didn¡¯t think about is how much experience does the bonus of my skill gives me for each monster, the same way that I doubt that all the cores would give me the same amount of experience, I also doubt that my skill will give me the same amount of bonus for each monster defeated, this is problematic, I need to get information of how my skill and the cores work, I need to know the criteria for the experience received after defeating a monster, anyway, for know this is an appealing option but I''ll see the others options as well. The 4th option is to enchant my current body to improve my defense and vitality¡­ what? What does ¡°current body¡± mean? I don¡¯t get it, on the other hand, enchant? What is that? Fuuu¡­ I think I¡¯ve heard of it before¡­ hmm¡­ didn¡¯t my little brother talk to me about this? Yeah, I think he did, what was he talking about?¡­ I should have paid more attention when he was talking to me, damn it¡­ I think he was talking about a new online game he and his classmates started to play, hmm¡­ it was something like that, if I''m not wrong, he was talking about a friend of him that enchant his spear to give it fire attribute and my little brother only could enchant his sword to improve the damage¡­ so, what does enchant mean? it¡¯s something like a skill? No, it can¡¯t be, also, now I remember it can only be done to a weapon, was it?¡­ although, if I''m not wrong, ¡°stone body¡± is my only equipment¡­ my body is my equipment¡­ huh? How is that possible? Great, another thing that confuses me¡­ AAAGH!!! I will leave this option alone¡­ for now, I need to understand a little more about this, maybe I will test it if I get more cores to use. Finally, the last option is a¡­ ¡°slight modification in shape¡±¡­ basically what I wanted from the beginning, okay, let me see¡­ so¡­ apparently I can¡¯t use a core to get any modification that I want, it only depends on the ¡°properties and features¡± of the monster I defeated to get the core, it actually makes sense, I should have thought that it wouldn¡¯t be so easy, anyway, the recommendations are to get a ¡°resistant softer body¡± or ¡°body¡¯s storage space¡±¡­ what the bloody hell? I don¡¯t even get it, but¡­ storage space¡­ like some space to keep my things? Hmm¡­ well, I don¡¯t really have anything that I need to move around, but it certainly could be helpful, I mean, probably in the future I will need to move some things, in that case¡­ should I choose this option? I always could just choose other option now and choose this the next time that I get a core, but then again, if the modification that I can get from my skill depends on the characteristics of the monster I get the core from, then I would need to kill another slime, and even then there¡¯s no certainty that I''ll get the exact same options¡­ crap! it¡¯s fine, I have decided that I will choose the last one, to begin with, all the previous options are things that are easier to get since I can get them from every monster that drops a core, well, except skills that probably depend on the kind of monster I defeat but the modifications are apparently way more specific than the skills. Okay then, I choose the last option, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± and choose the ¡°body¡¯s storage space¡±.
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is ¡°body¡¯s storage space¡±. For this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will create a ¡°magical space¡± inside the body of ¡°Golem¡± that will have features of the body of a slime, this space will be able to contain different objects and keep them in the same state they had when stored independent of the time they stay in ¡°storage space¡±. - ¡°Storage space¡± will be directly connected to the conscience of ¡°Golem¡±. - ¡°Golem¡± can change ¡°body¡± without losing either the ¡°storage space¡± or the objects inside it. Every new body will immediately get modified to contain ¡°storage space¡±. - This modification requires the use of a monster core to create ¡°storage space¡±. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster core into ¡°storage space¡±?
- YES - NO
Wow!!! This thing is actually really interesting, so, ¡°storage space¡± is actually some kind of ¡°magical space¡± to keep my things, and it seems like time doesn¡¯t affect the objects inside this space, that¡¯s great!!! - ¡°...!!?¡±. Uh?¡­ ugh¡­ m¡­ my body¡­ it¡¯s burning... AAAGH!!!¡­ shit! this¡­ HURTS!!! UGH!!! BLOODY HELL!!! are you kidding me? Again, I can feel it¡­ ugh... inside me¡­ shit!¡­ oh, I think¡­ I think it¡¯s stopping¡­ fuuu, yes, it stopped. Wow, I didn¡¯t even realize that I was in the ground until now, stupid skill, if I could I would kick your arse. - ¡°...?¡±. What now?
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained ¡°storage space¡±. The current ¡°storage space¡± has 1m3.
Oooh! that¡¯s great, it might not seem like much since I won¡¯t be able to store big things, but I was thinking of collecting ¡°monster cores¡±, so for now this space is more than enough. - ¡°...!!!¡±. Now, I probably should go looking for more monsters to get their monster cores¡­ right, it¡¯s time to move. A few minutes later. AAAH!!! shit! How in the hell is that thing so strong?¡­ - ¡°Kyyy...¡±. A bunny? With a horn? The hell¡­ ugh¡­ it knocked me down again. Here it comes¡­ take this you little shit! - ¡°ky kyyy ky!¡±. Did he evade it? Ugh! I don¡¯t know why I¡¯m so surprised, that thing is faster than the slime, it¡¯s probably of a higher level as well. - ¡°ky kyky kyy...¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. Huh? Who do you think you¡¯re talking to!!? I¡¯ll kill you myself you stupid bunny, moving your stupid fluffy tail around, and looking at me with those defying eyes. Here it comes again, with his horn directed at me¡­ Ah! I rolled away from him, now come here¡­ shit! It evades my attack again, I¡¯m too bloody slow! - ¡°kyyy...¡±. Come here then! Ugh!!!¡­ the little shit just impaled my body with his horn¡­ it¡¯s trapped? Good, now it¡¯s my turn. - ¡°kyyy kyyy KYYY!!!¡±. Hahahaha, you can¡¯t escape from me now, I¡¯ll kill you dead little shit. This thing is trapped in... my chest? Yes, my chest, its little horn got trapped there, and now, like a gorilla, I¡¯m going to hit my chest repeatedly and kill the little sucker. - ¡°Kyyy ky¡­ k¡­ ky...¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. ¡­ this is disturbing¡­ really disturbing¡­ but at least I think I kill it.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°horned hare level 6¡±. - by killing a ¡°horned hare level 6¡± you earned 450 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±.
Wait! What? Level 6? yet that thing gave me more experience than the slime and was faster and stronger¡­ well, at least now I know that apparently, the bunnies give more experience than the slimes, good to know.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 3Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel.
Yes!!! one level more, this is awesome.
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will grant a bonus of 450 points of experience for defeating an enemy several levels higher than the skill user.
Oh? I forgot about the bonus experience, hahahaha, good, good, this is so good!
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 4
- ¡°...!!?¡±. Huh? I level up again! YES!!! this is awesome, let¡¯s check what I have now!
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 4. (150/600)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 48 - Magic E: 17 - Strength: 26 - Magic P: 14 - Defense: 30 (+20) - Magic D: 15 - Speed: 8 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
Customized mode.
Hmm¡­ so¡­ I only need 450 more experience points to level up again? that¡¯s great, but¡­ why do my stats barely grow anything? Is that normal?¡­ considering that I don¡¯t know much about what is going on or even how, where and why I¡¯m here, I will consider this as normal¡­ kind of¡­ okay! let¡¯s think, so... I just killed a ¡°horned hare¡±, which was level 6, and yet I earned more than with the level 7 slime, which means horned hare should be my main priority if I want to level up quickly, also, once again I earned the exact same amount of experience as a bonus thanks to adaptation, so... I¡¯m earning the double amount of experience that I should? Awesome! I¡¯ve killed just 1 slime and 1 horned hare and yet I earned experience equal to killing 2 level 7 slimes and 2 level 6 hares. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. At this rate, I won¡¯t have any problem to be a level 7 again, although I will assume that even as a level 7 I wasn¡¯t that strong considering how little my stats increased with each level, but... I could use the monster cores to get more stats, which reminds me¡­
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. - ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± can be used with to start the process of adaptability. - Do you wish to turn the energy of the monster core into a trait or use it to improve yourself?
- YES - NO
- ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°ky kyyy kyky¡±. - ¡°Ky KYYY ky!¡± - ¡°¡­?¡±. Eh? that sound¡­ what? 2 more hares behind me, and they look pissed¡­ this is not good. - ¡°Kyyy!!!¡±. Ugh!!!¡­ I fell down again! Stupid hares, what¡­? Ouch! I try to punch these things but they just move too fast and then they hit me back, they are too fast for me! I need them to get trapped in my body again so I can kill them. - ¡°¡­!!! ¡­!!!...¡±. Shit! Trying to talk without being able to talk is too damn difficult, I can¡¯t even taunt these things. - ¡°kyyy ky ky kyyy¡±. Here it comes! And take this¡­ oh crap! What? That thing just hit me in the face with his little feet? AAAGH!!! why is it so strong¡­ ouch! The other one just stabbed me in the arm. Wait! This is what I¡¯ve been waiting for, it is¡­ what? - ¡°KYYY...¡±. Did this little cotton just kick me again while its friend got released from my arm? What the hell! How are they so smart? - ¡°ky kyyy ky ky¡±. - ¡°kyky kyyy kyky ky¡±. Stop mocking me!!! come here. - ¡°kyyy...¡±. I can¡¯t hit them! Damn it, if I can¡¯t hit them with my arms, what about I hit you 2 with this bloody tree. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°ky? KYYY ky!¡±. It¡¯s too big¡­ I almost¡­ got it! Not the biggest tree, but it will help.
Notification.
- You have found ¡°Tree¡±. - ¡°Tree¡± can be used as a weapon by creatures of a certain height and strength. - ¡°Tree¡± is not a strong weapon in later levels but could help in the first 20 levels. - To maximize the damage dealt with ¡°tree¡± is necessary to hit using the hard side. - Do you wish to equip ¡°tree¡± as a weapon?
- YES - NO
A tree as a weapon? Hell yeah! Now let¡¯s punish these little suckers! - ¡°Kyyy? Ky kyyy!!!¡±. Take this! Home run! Wait! Does it count as home run if I actually smashed the little shit against the ground? - ¡°Kyyy!¡±. - ¡°ky¡­ ky ky...¡±. It¡¯s still alive? These bunnies will drive me crazy. Take this! Tree smash!!!
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°horned hare level 7¡±. - By killing a ¡°horned hare level 7¡± you earned 480 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 5
One down! One left! - ¡°kyyy!!!...¡±. Don¡¯t run you coward! Come¡­ here! Take this, tree smash!!! - ¡°¡­ ky¡­ ky...¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. Ugh! Finally! I killed them¡­ now, what do I¡­?
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°horned hare level 5¡±. - by killing a ¡°horned hare level 5¡± you earned 420 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°monster core: horned hare¡±. has identified ¡°monster core: horned hare¡±.
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- You have killed 2 horned hares in less than a minute will grant a bonus of 480 points of experience for defeating an enemy several levels higher than the skill user. won¡¯t give the bonus of experience due to the enemy being to close to the current level of the user.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 6
What? So that¡¯s what happens when I kill an enemy around my level, damn it! Well, at least I¡¯ve got 2 levels pretty quickly, and now I have 3 monster cores so if I wanted to I could use them to get more experience. - ¡°...¡±. Hmm¡­ now I think about it, the level 7 slime gave me like 375 experience points, while the level 5 hare gave me 420 experience points, 2 levels of difference and yet the hare still gave me more experience¡­ I kind of quickly got the fact that horned hares give more experience but still, it¡¯s surprising the difference between them, also, isn¡¯t the difference in the experience I get from a horned hare around 30 per level? I mean, the level 5 gave me 420 of experience, level 6 gave me 450, and the level 7 gave me 480 of experience... but a slime level 7 gave me 375 in comparison with the 480 of the horned are, the difference is of... 105? 105 points of difference in the experience that one monster gives in comparison to others... both at the same level... Hmm... I wonder how is it measured how much a monster gives in experience after being defeated? Do all monsters give different amounts of experience or there¡¯s something else about it?... My head hurts!!! - ¡°...?...!¡±. On the other hand, I think I¡¯m getting a grasp of the levels in the area... level 7, level 6, level 7, level 5 I would say that the average level in this place would be around level 6 or 7, and right now I¡¯m level 6 so I¡¯m probably not receiving more bonus experience any time soon, so, I probably should continue, and now that I have this tree I hope it gets easier to hunt things down. - ¡°...!!!¡±. Alright! I should keep moving and trying to level up some more. Chapter 4: A level 10 wolf? So... I been walking for several minutes now, and just now I realized that I never checked my stats after leveling up... I was just too focused on my thoughts...
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 6. (280/700)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 52 - Magic E: 19 - Strength: 30 (+20) - Magic P: 16 - Defense: 34 (+20) - Magic D: 17 - Speed: 10 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.) - Tree (+20 St.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
Customized mode.
Hmm¡­ thanks to the tree I increased my strength stat, but my speed stat is still 10, that¡¯s too low for me!¡­ well, I still have like 3 monster cores, I could try to use them to improve my speed, but I don¡¯t know how much will it increased my stat, fuuu¡­ I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s worth it. - ¡°...¡±. I think that for now I will keep the monster cores and hunt a little, maybe later when I have more I could decide what to use them for. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. let¡¯s go! A few hours later. Stupid slimes! Why in the hell are they so damn fast? - ¡°kyw!!!¡±. - ¡°¡­!¡±. Don¡¯t run from me, baby! Don¡¯t run¡­ come here and take this! - ¡°KYW!!!¡­ ky¡­ k...¡±.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°slime level 5¡±. - by killing a ¡°slime level 5¡± you earned 325 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 9.
¡­ Level 9, I¡¯ve been hunting for at least a few hours, I¡¯ve killed like 5 slimes and 2 hares, and I only got to level 9, UGH!!! the worst part is that I haven¡¯t received bonus experience since I got to level 6, not only that but I haven¡¯t encountered more level 7 monsters, only level 5 and 6¡­ fuuu¡­ this is harder than I thought... if it wasn¡¯t for this tree, It probably would be tacking me way longer since these little things are so damn fast.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 9. (595/850)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 58 - Magic E: 22 - Strength: 36 (+20) - Magic P: 19 - Defense: 40 (+20) - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 13 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.) - Tree (+20 St.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
Customized mode.
Hmm¡­ I¡¯m getting closer to 1000 of experience required for each level now¡­ bloody hell! Why does it take so much to just advance one level? I mean, if this is like a video game, shouldn¡¯t the first levels be easy to reach? The only reason why I¡¯m already level 9 is because of the bonus of experience I got the first few levels, Ugh¡­ well, at least my speed got over 10, which I think is good since although I¡¯m still slow, at least it¡¯s getting a little easier to follow the slimes, the hares on the other hand, are still too fast, if it wasn¡¯t for the large tree I¡¯m using as a weapon I probably wouldn¡¯t even be able to hit them. - ¡°...¡±. I better keep going, thank God I don¡¯t need to sleep and I don¡¯t get tired, I¡¯m also not hungry or thirsty, which just makes things easier. - ¡°...¡±. ¡­ now I think about it, I¡¯ve gotten like 7 monster cores, including the 3 I got before reaching level 6, I have a total of 10 monster cores, 5 slime monster cores, and 5 hare monster cores, but I still don¡¯t know what to do with them. - ¡°Look out!¡±. - ¡°Shit! Damn it, these wolves are too strong¡±. - ¡°be more careful!¡±. Oh? oh!!! human voices, they are coming from behind those trees to my right, I¡¯ve got to see what is going on! - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. That sounded like a growl. mm¡­ thank god these trees are so big, I just hope those people can¡¯t recognize me as a Golem, I will just get behind a bunch of trees and act like several big rocks put together. I can see them! - ¡°¡­?¡±. - ¡°Take this!¡±. - ¡°GRRR!!! ROAAAR!!!¡±. - ¡°Ugh!!! heal me!¡±. - ¡°Stop being so reckless! these things are not easy and my magic energy is dropping quickly¡±. WOW!!! 4 humans against like 5 wolves. Damn! Those things seem vicious. So there are 2 humans with swords and shields, one with a book and another one with a¡­ staff? I don¡¯t know how to call that thing, but¡­ holy mother of sin!!! did the guy with the book just¡­? Did he just create a ball of fire out of nowhere? This shit is getting too crazy. - ¡°AAAGH!!! help!!!¡±. Ouch! that¡¯s got to hurt, a bite to the leg and another to the shoulder, that must be¡­ wait! What is that light around him? Why does he look okay all of a sudden? What is going on?¡­ oh? The taller guy with the sword and the shield just charged against the wolves, he hit 2 of them, but those things don¡¯t seem like giving up any time soon. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. ¡­ I heard another wolf very close but I can¡¯t see¡­ - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. ¡­ it comes from behind me! There is a wolf behind me, oh shit! That thing looks pissed, but why? I haven¡¯t done anything? - ¡°GRRR¡­ ROAR!...¡±. ¡­ damn it! Okay, bad boy! Show me what you¡¯ve got, let¡¯s see who wins, a big rock like me, or a puppy in steroids. - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡± Take this!¡­ shit! He dodged it! How did he do that? He barely moved, okay, horizontal attack it is then¡­ he dodged it again! He jumped in my direction, ha, like he¡¯s gonna be able to¡­ - ¡°GRRR!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡± What? The fangs of this thing just pierced my rocky arm! How did it? Wait a minute! Of course, if the horn of those bunnies can pierce through my body and get stuck, why would it be any different for the wolf?¡­ get away from me stupid dog! Ugh! The bastard doesn¡¯t want to let my arm go, then receive this hit! - ¡°GRRR! GRRR!!! ROAAAR!!!¡±. Ugh! That did hurt! The bastard just took a piece of my rocky arm in his mouth and break it with his fangs¡­ what kind of joke is this? - ¡°over here! there¡¯s another one!¡­ eh? there¡¯s also a Golem!¡±. Shit! One of the humans found me! And the other ones are close behind. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. That scary arse wolf doesn¡¯t seem to be afraid of them, he actually looks even more pissed than before¡­ hold on! weren¡¯t those humans fighting against a group of wolves, if they are here, does that mean they killed the wolves? I¡¯m saved! If they killed 5 wolves then there¡¯s no way they can¡¯t kill this one. - ¡°is that¡­ a level 10 dire wolf? That thing must be slightly stronger than the wolves we just fought¡±. Level 10? did I hear that right? This wolf is level 10 and yet it is that powerful? I¡¯m level 9 and that thing just took a piece of my arm with a bite, a big piece¡­ now I see it, the humans seem to be very wary of the wolf. - ¡°We can do this¡­ right? I mean, even if it¡¯s level 10, we are 4 and he¡¯s one, we just killed 5 dire wolves¡±. - ¡°Yeah, but those ones were lower than level 10, and this one looks bigger, I would say this one is not a scout wolf but an "attack" wolf¡±. Scout wolf? Attack wolf? I don¡¯t know what is going on but this is getting too complicated for me, I¡¯m out. I try to walk away, the problem is¡­ I¡¯m too damn big, the moment I took like 3 steps the humans looked at my direction and the wolf started to growl at me, what does it want? Does it wants to finish our fight?. - ¡°what do we do about the Golem?¡±. - ¡°We just kill it, That thing was fighting the wolf before we got here. If we are lucky the Golem will keep fighting that thing and get it¡¯s attention so we can kill them both at the same time¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. How dare you try to use me as bait only to kill me after? Wait! Forget that, it¡¯s not a bad plan, but... who in the hell says its plan out loud in front of the person they are planning against? that¡¯s plainly rude and stupid. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. Something is wrong! - ¡°Wait, guys! Something is wrong, look! The wolf is releasing some mad magic energy¡±. - ¡°What is that thing going to do?¡±. So they can also see it and feel it, the wolf, I can see some very gray dark colors coming out of his body, and his body is trembling by the way¡­ this feels dangerous, I have to get away from here¡­ - ¡°ROAAAAAR!!!¡±. What a powerful pressure, it¡¯s roar sends a powerful gust of wind around the area, not to mention how profoundly disturbing and scary was the roar itself. - ¡°What is that?¡±. - ¡°I think he just used a skill to call for back up!¡±. - ¡°¡­???¡±. Did that guy said that the wolf is calling for back up? Oh, hell no! I¡¯m not staying here for the back up to eat me alive, that thing literally took a piece of me with a bite, in this form I¡¯m huge, I have a big arse, I¡¯m not staying for this thing to eat me, Nop! Not gonna happen! - ¡°Ah! The Golem is trying to escape!. Shit! - ¡°use a fireball and kill both of them¡±. - ¡°I¡¯m almost out of magic energy, I only have 2 shots left¡±. - ¡°More than enough! Just use your fireball to kill them or weakening them, then we go before other wolves come!¡±. Are they serious? They should be running right now! If my friends and I were in their places we would have gotten the hell out of here¡­ is that¡­? A fireball? it¡¯s coming to me, shit! I freaked out and ended up using my tree as a shield, but now the tree caught fire, what do I do? - ¡°ROAR!¡±. Eh? the wolf attacked them, the guys with the shield are trying to push him back but they can¡¯t, instead, they are being pushed. - ¡°what in the world? This thing is too strong!¡±. - ¡°It was an "attack" wolf after all! Damn it, prepare a second fireball, we will push him back and you attack¡±. - ¡°I¡­ I can¡¯t¡­ sorry guys, I¡¯m out of here!¡±. - ¡°Wait! don¡¯t leave or we are gonna die¡±. - ¡°If I stay I die!¡±. - ¡°get back here you coward!¡±. - ¡°ugh!!! that thing got my shoulder¡­ ugh¡­ shit! It doesn¡¯t let go¡±. - ¡°Heal him! Quick!¡±. - ¡°I¡¯m almost out of ME. and we still need to get back to town, if I use it now, I won¡¯t have for the way back¡±. - ¡°just run guys, this thing won¡¯t leave me unless he rips my arms off, I¡¯ll keep it busy¡±. - ¡°No way! don¡¯t be stupid, release him stupid wolf!¡±. Wow! The one who ran away is both a smart little shit and a piece of trash for leaving his friends behind. Those guys¡­ they look younger than me, maybe around my sister of 17¡­ and they must be bloody brave and loyal ones if they stayed with a guy that will die anyway¡­ well, I won¡¯t need this tree anyway. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°Hey! Watch out!¡±. The guys looked up just to see the tree in flames that I throw to the wolf. That bastard just evades it and separated itself from the humans, but¡­ that thing¡­ it just ripped the guy''s arm off, the guy scream is bloody disturbing. - ¡°AAAAAGH!!! My arm!!! Damn it!¡±. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. Oh, shit! The thing now is focused on me, I messed up, I didn¡¯t want the humans to die but I¡¯m not noble enough to sacrifice myself for them. Now the wolf is charging at me. - ¡°heal me quickly!¡±. - ¡°got it!¡±. - ¡°here I go! Take this you fucking dire wolf!!!¡±. Eh? the wolf is close to me and¡­ the guy threw his sword to the wolf? What in the hell? - ¡°GRRR¡­ ROAR!¡±. The sword hit him in the side. This is my chance. There¡¯s a tree right behind me, it¡¯s my turn. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°What is that thing doing?¡±. - ¡°he¡¯s ripping that tree from the ground!¡± Hell yeah, I am! Take this you sucker. - ¡°He threw it to the wolf!¡± - ¡°Eh? it dodges it, but the wolf should be hurt! How could it dodge it?¡± ¡­ are you kidding me right now? The wolf is hurt on the side, by a sword, I threw a massive tree to it, and it still dodges it, what the hell is this wolf made of? - ¡°ROAAAR!¡±. Oh shit! The sound of more wolves comes from the distance. I supposed there¡¯s only one thing I can do, throwing trees around to block the path and that way be able to escape. - ¡°We have to get out of here!¡±. - ¡°let¡¯s go!¡±. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. - ¡°Shit! it¡¯s back!¡±. - ¡°Huh? Another tree!¡±. I threw one last tree to block the wolf from getting the humans, then I use my hand to indicate them to run and then I ran the other way blocking my way. I didn¡¯t check to see if the humans ran or not, but they must be a hell of a bunch of idiots if they stayed to be eaten by wolves... I can hear them, the sound of howls and growls, I¡¯m not fast enough but hopefully, I can escape, I won¡¯t let myself die here, not like this, I have to run, Run! RUN!!! Chapter 5: Monster cores and decisions. Several minutes later. Nearly an hour! I¡¯ve been running for nearly an hour just to get away from that incredible strong dog from hell. Right now I¡¯m near a river, taking a rest, not like I really need it, at least physically since mentally I¡¯m exhausted. - ¡°...¡±. Fuuu¡­ I wonder, what happened to those humans? The last I saw them I signal them to run away but I don¡¯t know if they actually understood my signal, I ended up blocking the path of the wolf so it couldn¡¯t reach them, not like that dangerous arse wolf wouldn¡¯t just jump the tree, but since I previously throw one on fire I¡¯m pretty sure I started a fire in the forest, or at least there was one, I haven¡¯t seen the smoke in at least 20 minutes so someone hopefully extinguish it. - ¡°kyw ky kyw¡±. Eh? a slime¡­ not now! I don¡¯t want to fight you now, I¡¯m too tired, I didn¡¯t fight anything just out of fear that that wolf would chase me and get me, now get the hell out of my face! - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°kyw? Ky kyw¡±. Thank God! the slime is going the other way, fuuu¡­ would it be weird if I say I think the slime noticed how exhausted I am right now so it left me alone? Hmm¡­ considering everything that has happened to me just in the last¡­ 3 days? I¡¯m not even sure, I spent like 2 days doing nothing because I was kind of dying¡­ ugh! This is so frustrating. - ¡°ky kyky KY!¡±. Oh, for God''s sake! Get out! I don¡¯t want to fight you! what¡¯s up with these little monsters? first the slime, and now a hare, can¡¯t they just leave me alone? Move your little fluffy arse away and keep walking. - ¡°ky? Kyky ky!¡±. ¡­ and it¡¯s gone, good! I need some alone time. - ¡°...¡±. ¡­ that thing, dire wolf it was? Was too damn powerful and it¡¯s just one level over me, that¡¯s frustrating as shit! Those guys¡­ they said the wolf was different from the others, that it wasn¡¯t a scout wolf, but an "attack" wolf, I don¡¯t even know what that means exactly but I would bet all my monster cores that it¡¯s some kind of¡­ wait! For one moment I forgot I have monster cores¡­ I¡¯m a bloody idiot! How did I forget that I was collecting them to use them after, this is good, I have 10, now I just need to choose what I will use them for¡­ but how do I know what I can use them for? can¡¯t I have a list or something? didn¡¯t my skill adaptation give me some kind of suggestions or something? let me see, this one is a slime core¡­
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. has identified a total of 5 ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in the user¡¯s possession. - Identification of ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± gave the result that the slimes defeated were ¡°gray slimes¡± which are highly resistant to physical attacks in comparison to other slimes, opposite to other slimes, this possesses a high attack and speed as well. - Recommendations of uses for the cores: 1) Acquire skill ¡°minor defense level 1¡± just for one core. 2) Increase the statistic +7 or +8 in speed, attack, defense or vitality per each core. 3) Gain 130-150 extra points of experience per each core. 4) Enchant the current body to strengthen defense and vitality. 5) ¡°slight modification in shape¡± recommended by is to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in ¡°resistant softer body¡±. - Do you want to turn the monster core into one of these options?
- YES - NO
Hmm¡­ do I? Let me see¡­ so, I have 5, I could use one to get the skill, I don¡¯t know exactly how the skill works but hopefully, it won¡¯t be useless, and even if I use it I¡¯ll still have 4 more cores. Hmm¡­ I could use the ¡°slight modification in shape¡± but the only recommendation it gives me doesn¡¯t seem very useful, why would I want a softer body? I mean, maybe in the future, but not for now, also, the 130 to 150 experience per each core, if I use 4 I will only earn like 520 to 600 of experience points, which would actually be enough to level up, but my stats don¡¯t increase much by leveling up and the experience I receive per core is still too low, so it would be only a waste of monster cores¡­ that means my other choices are enchanting my current body, which I¡¯m pretty sure I won¡¯t choose, or improve one stat of my choice +7 or +8 points, and it would be at least +7 points per each, I have 4 cores +7 points each would be 28, +28 in any stat I choose, or I could distribute the stats, in any case, I need to make a decision. - ¡°¡­?¡±. Wait! Before I decide anything, let me see what suggestion my skill gives me for the hare cores¡­
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. has identified a total of 5 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± in the user¡¯s possession. - Identification of ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± gave the result that the horned hares defeated were ¡°minor horned hares¡± which are the weakest kind of horned hares, yet, for low-level creatures, they have great speed and their horn has an undoubtedly piercing capacity. - Recommendations of uses for the cores: 1) Acquire skill ¡°charge level 1¡± or ¡°quick step level 1¡± just one skill per one core. 2) Increase the statistic +12 or +13 in speed, attack, magic E, defense or vitality per each core. 3) Gain 140-160 extra points of experience per each core. 4) Turn the core into a material ¡°horn of hare¡±, this material can be turned into a weapon if the required materials are used with a monster core and . 5) ¡°slight modification in shape¡± recommended by is to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± in ¡°hare-like leg strength¡± or ¡°horned monster¡±. - Do you want to turn the monster core into one of these options?
- YES - NO
- ¡°¡­???¡±. What? These suggestions¡­ these things seem to be pretty good! So the horned hares'' cores give me just 10 more experience than the slime cores? Is not much, I suppose I was expecting more, but, on the other hand, 2 different skills and 2 options for modification in shape that do seem useful, at least the hare-like leg strength thing seems great, also, the increase in stats is so much better than that of the slime cores, but... I can get materials? Materials that can be used to create a weapon? Awesome! Damn! This is what I needed to see, now I feel way better. - ¡°¡­!!!¡± Okay! Calm your arse down! I need to be very picky and think this carefully, I think the best thing to do would be first to use the hare cores, and I will choose¡­ the 2 skills and the modification to strengthen my legs, that means 3 cores¡­ although the materials thing seems interesting I think I will wait for now, mainly because I have no idea what will I get or which materials do I need to create a weapon, I won¡¯t use the cores for experience, and for now I won¡¯t use them to get more stats, if anything, I think I would prefer to use the slime cores for that. - ¡°...¡±. First thing first! I¡¯ll get the 2 skills.
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- The user has chosen the skills ¡°Charge level 1¡± and ¡°Quick-Step level 1¡±. - Adaptation activated, the skills ¡°Charge level 1¡± and ¡°Quick-Step level 1¡± will be acquired. - To acquire these skills 2 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± will be used. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster cores into new skills?
- YES - NO
I suppose here it comes, yes!¡­ uh? This feeling¡­ I don¡¯t feel pain like other times, this feels much¡­ warmer? I don¡¯t know, it actually feels good! it¡¯s like my body is flowing with energy, I can even see colors getting out of my body and surrounding me.
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Charge level 1¡±. active skill ¡°Charge level 1¡± lets the user realize a physical attack equal to the strength stat +10 extra strength points as total damage, each use costs 3 ME. - ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Quick-Step level 1¡±. active skill ¡°Quick-Step level 1¡± lets the user get +5 extra speed points for only 30 seconds, each use costs 5 ME.
¡­ what? Oh my god! This is great! Extra damage and extra speed, I mean, 30 seconds is not much, but during a fight, it could be really useful, or for hunting, especially considering how slow I actually am. Hmm¡­ and this¡­ ME? No idea what that is, it¡¯s supposed to be a stat but I don¡¯t know what is it for, and the quick-step costs more, although it kind of makes sense, I mean, charge does give me more stat for the attack, but quick steps lasts 30 seconds per each use while charge is basically one hit and that¡¯s all, which makes quick-step more useful.Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. - ¡°...¡±. now, let¡¯s get the modification.
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- Please, chose the ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± you wish to use for the ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Please, consider that the ¡°Level¡± of the monster the ¡°Monster Core¡± came from influences in the changes and modifications made with . The ¡°skills¡±, ¡°modifications¡±, and ¡°statistics¡± given by will vary depending on the ¡°characteristics¡± of the ¡°Monster Core¡± and ¡°Monster¡± it came from.
- ¡°...???¡±. Huh? Seriously?... I guess it makes sense, I mean, if the stats they give me and the experience can vary, then it must be related to the level of the monster as well... isn¡¯t it? In any case, should I chose the core of the highest level or the one of the lowest level?... fuuu... Hmm... huh? After checking my ¡°storage space¡±, it seems like I unconsciously used my ¡°weaker¡± monster cores to get the skills, the ones I got from the level 5 hares, I had 3 monster cores from level 5 hares and I just used 2... well, my skill used them... in any case, I guess I¡¯m going to use the last one from a level 5 hare then.
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - The user has chosen a level 5 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. This will affect the result of the modification. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is ¡°hare-like leg strength¡±. For this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will alter and redistribute the current body materials of ¡°Golem¡±, as a consequence of this modification there will be slight changes in shape, height, weight, and stats could be affected. - The new stats changes will be fixed unless the user acquires a new body. - This modification requires the use of monster cores to modify the body. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster core to redistribute body materials and modify your shape?
- YES - NO
¡­ uh? Aaagh!!! ugh! The hell?¡­ it bloody hurts!!! AAAH!!! it¡¯s burning, why does it hurt now? AAAGH!!!¡­ fuuu¡­ I can¡¯t get used to that, damn skill¡­ ugh! My legs hurt like hell¡­ Damn it!!! Fuuu¡­ I think I¡¯m better, it stopped hurting¡­ and I¡¯m on the ground¡­ again! - ¡°¡­?¡± I can¡¯t believe it, I stood up just to check and I certainly feel smaller than before, yet I feel way more comfortable. I see¡­ so¡­ my legs are indeed larger and seem stronger, my body is still really weird shaped, especially my arms and hands that are the largest part of my body apparently. - ¡°¡­!¡±. This feels nice, I can feel how it¡¯s easier to move, I''m certainly a little faster than before, let¡¯s check.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 9. (595/850)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 58 - Magic E: 22 - Strength: 36 - Magic P: 19 - Defense: 40 (+20) - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 37 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Charge level 1 - Quick-Step level 1
Customized mode.
Hmm¡­ I¡¯m still level 9, of course, I haven¡¯t fought anything after the wolf, and that thing and I never finished that fight. I only used 3 hare cores so far and yet I feel way more powerful than before, it might be due to the skills, now I have 2 hare cores left and 5 slime cores¡­ I have decided, I will use one of the slime cores for the skill, which will leave me with 4 slime cores. - ¡°¡­?¡­!¡±. Maybe I should use the rest of the cores for more stats! I mean, since I don¡¯t think I¡¯m getting another modification in shape, I won¡¯t try to enchant my equipment and I¡¯m certainly not wasting my cores for experience, that¡¯s basically everything I¡¯ve got left to do, if so, I need to think how to distribute my stats¡­ 4 slime cores will be a total of about +28 in stats, while the 2 hare cores are +12 in stats each, a total of +52 stats approximately¡­ how curious, anyway, +52 divided among my stats¡­ I can only choose among speed, strength, defense, and vitality, and at most I would give +12 to ME which I only can do with hare cores, which would leave me with +40 to divide among the other stats. The defense is out! My current defense stat is 40, that plus 20 from my ¡°equipment¡± or ¡°body¡± which gives me a total of 60, that¡¯s slightly more than my vitality, so I think I should give some to my vitality instead of defense, even though it¡¯s risky, hopefully it will be the right move, also, I might want to get more strength, not like I have little is just that the stronger I am the faster I end fights, and talking about faster, I certainly will increase my speed stat, I mean, even though I just get more speed due to the modification in shape and also the skill, I feel like for what I need to do, increasing my speed would be very beneficial¡­ got it! First a new skill, then stats¡­
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- The user has chosen the skill ¡°Minor Defense level 1¡±. - Adaptation activated, the skills ¡°Minor Defense level 1¡± will be acquired. - To acquire this skill 1 ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± will be used. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster core into a new skill?
- YES - NO
Huh?¡­ I¡¯m feeling that warm sensation again¡­ so, does this mean that every time I get a new skill, I feel something warm and comfortable, but every time I choose the modification in shape, I feel an almost excruciating pain? That¡¯s some weird arse shit right there! +10 defense points? Wow! that¡¯s not much but it¡¯s permanent, which basically means always working, it only gives me more reasons not to use the cores to improve defense stat. Now, time for stats up!!!
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- The user has chosen to increase statistics. - A total of 6 cores will be used for this option. - Calculations of statistics per monster core are done. Stats of +12 (1 Core) and +13 (1 Core) of ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±, and stats of +7 (3 Cores) and +8 (1 Core) of ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. - A total of +54 stats will be distributed by to the user. - Adaptation activated. Now the stats of the user will be altered. - The user-chosen distribution is +13 Sp. +14 St. +15 V. and +12 ME. - The new stats changes will be fixed unless the user acquires a new body. - This modification requires the use of monster cores to increase the stats. - once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster core to increase chosen stats?
- YES - NO
Yes!¡­Huh?... I don¡¯t feel anything in this case¡­ is it done? I think I¡¯ll check.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 9. (595/850)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F-.
- Vitality: 73 - Magic E: 34 - Strength: 50 - Magic P: 19 - Defense: 40 (+10*) (+20) - Magic D: 20 - Speed: 50 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Minor Defense level 1* - Charge level 2 - Quick Step level 1
Customized mode.
Wow! With that I just used all my cores, but damn, it was worth it, 3 new skills, improved stats, without considering the magic stats and luck stat, my weaker stat is now magic defense, but unless I found another person throwing fireballs I shouldn¡¯t have anything to worry about, and my speed now is 50¡­ good! I¡¯m ready to go hunting some more, and next time I see that wolf, which I hope I don¡¯t, I think I could actually kill it. - ¡°¡­!!!¡± - ¡°KYYY!!!¡±. - ¡°kyw!!! KYW KY!!!¡±. Eh? what in the world? Wow, a lot of slimes and horned hares are coming my way, this is perfect! I will test my new skills and stats¡­ - ¡°KYYY!!! kyky KY!¡± That thing¡­ they are running past me, what is going on? I¡¯m moving my head looking around but every slime and hare is just running past me like they are frightened. - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. - ¡°GRRR¡±. Uh? those are¡­ no way! 3, 4, 6, 8 wolves? They are coming behind the little things, so that¡¯s what scared the shit out of the slimes and hares. This is not good, they are too many, but¡­ they seem different than the one I fought before, smaller maybe? I got smaller so I should see them bigger but the feeling they give me is that these ones over here are smaller and weaker than the one I fought before¡­ but even so, they are still 8 and I¡¯m just one. - ¡°ROAAAR!!! GRRR¡­¡±. Chapter 6: Golem vs wolves. This is bad! They are surrounding me and growling, they are prepared to attack me at any moment¡­ shit! I shouldn¡¯t have stopped running, they seem hungry, and my fat arse is going to be the main dish. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. Eh? one of those things jumped right at me! That thing is fast but I still could see it¡¯s movement, sadly I wasn¡¯t fast enough to dodge it so the bastard is biting my arm now, but¡­ - ¡°¡­GRRR?¡± Its bite can¡¯t break my arm? It barely pierced my arm just a little. It let go and jumped back, oh, the other ones are slowly getting closer. Hmm¡­ I need something to use against them, but what? Should I get another tree? - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡± Another attack, this time 4 of them, they all got to my legs, but just like last time, their fangs barely could pierce my body, it¡¯s incredible what 10 more points in defense could do to me¡­ now it¡¯s my turn baby! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. Charge!!! I used my skill to attack the wolves at my feet, they seemed to sense the danger since they released me and move back, but not all of them could escape, I smashed one of the wolves to the ground, and the others barely could dodge it. - ¡°¡­ GR¡­ GRRR!¡­¡±. He resists it? Damn thing! Shit! The other ones jumped right at me! UGH!!!¡­ aaagh¡­ shit! I have 2 wolves on my back, 3 at my legs, and 2 in my arms. I¡¯m going down! - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. The one who was hurt is getting ready to attack, this is bad! Even with a better defense, if this many bite me at the same time, eventually my defense will be broken. I need¡­ quick step! Charge!¡­ - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°GRRR?¡­ GRAAA!!!¡±. Yes! By using both skills at the same time I just was able to move my body enough to stand up and hit all the wolves at the same time, now they are stepping back and I have less than 30 seconds of improved speed, but that¡¯s not enough, probably the weakest one is the one I already hit twice, the rest all are almost intact, and I don¡¯t know how many hits will I need to kill even one, not to mention I just used 11 ME. since I used my ¡°quick step¡± once and ¡°charge¡± twice. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. Here they come again! Why don¡¯t you migrate your arses away from me? I only have 23 more ME. and about 25 more seconds of quick-step, so¡­ here I come! Charge!!! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. Good! I hit 5 of them, but 3 of them seem way faster and stronger than the rest, those must be the ones with the higher levels, they are fast since they were able to dodge my charge from such a short distance. They are up again¡­ shit! One of them bites my arm and¡­ what? He just took a piece of me! No good! My defense is crumbling little by little, another one to my legs, that¡¯s an old one, my furry friend! Take this! I hit it horizontally with my right arm sending it away, 2 more dogs straight to my chest, let¡¯s do a bear hug!!! - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡­ GR¡­ GRAAA!...¡±.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡±. - By killing a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡± you earned 630 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 10
What? Did I level up? YES!!!
Notification.
- You have accomplished enough requirements to rank up. - You killed at least one monster rank F-, one monster rank F, and one monster rank F+ before reaching level 10. - You survive a fight against a monster rank E before reaching level 10. - Your total stats points are over 200 but less than 300, not including luck stat or stats given by passive skills.
Notification.
- Now you are a monster rank F. - by ranking up you will learn the active skill ¡°Minor Harden level 1¡± of the Golem race.
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Minor Harden level 1¡±. Active skill ¡°Minor Harden level 1¡± lets the user get +10 extra defense points for only 30 seconds, each use costs 5 M.E.
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will reward the user for ranking up. - This reward won¡¯t need the use of monster cores. - Recommendations for rewards: 1) Improve one stat +10 at choice. 2) Level up one of the following skills: a) ¡°Minor Defense level 1¡± b) ¡°Charge level 1¡± c) ¡°Quick-Step level 1¡± 3) Random ¡°Irregular Quality¡± materials x3. 4) Recommendation of use about: a) Weapon creation. b) Use of materials. c) Enchant process. - Do you want one of these rewards?
- YES - NO
What is this? So many notifications¡­ rank up? Leveling up a skill? I don¡¯t know what is happening, but I need to hit harder, so hopefully, I choose correctly¡­
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± skill ¡°Charge level 1¡± has been leveled up and become ¡°Charge level 2¡±. Active skill ¡°Charge level 2¡± lets the user realize a physical attack equal to the strength stat +15 extra strength points as total damage, hits might knock down an enemy for 5 seconds, each use costs 5 M.E.
Let¡¯s test this shit! Here I go, CHARGE!!!
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 7¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 7¡± you earned 595 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
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- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 11
Yes! 2 down, 2 levels up and 1 rank up! Now there are only 6 to go! Come on! - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. - ¡°...!!?¡±. ¡­ UGH!!! it bites my shoulder! Aaagh! Ugh... bastard! Take this! I started to repeatedly hit my shoulder with my hand, it hurts but that way I¡¯m killing this wolf¡­
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 6¡±. - By killing a ¡°dire wolf level 6¡± you earned 560 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
And another one bites the dust! Take that bitch! - ¡°GRRR¡­ ROAAAR!!!¡±. ¡­ that one seems pissed off, I¡¯m ready! Another wolf just jumped to my back, and before I could take it and throw it away, 2 more wolves just bite my left arm and started to destroy it¡­ what? Oh shit! Now the 3 ones in the back are getting ready to attack me, this is getting bad too fast. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±.
Warning.
- Vitality as reach critical levels. - Once vitality reaches 0 ¡°Golem¡± will die.
AAAGH!!! bloody hell! that¡¯s my damn head! I will kill this bastard, only 10 more seconds, charge!!! charge!!! CHARGE!!! - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. - ¡°GRAAA¡­ GR?¡­¡±. I just use charge to move my arms around violently, I¡¯m basically spinning with my arms wide open while trying to move closer to the wolves, and luckily, it seems like I gave a few good hits.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡± you earned 630 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 12
Yeah, baby! I¡¯m on fire! Getting level up after level up, this is what I¡¯m talking about!!! Every time I level up I recover vitality and ME. which makes this fight easier, but who would have thought that I would be so lucky. - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. I¡¯m not done spinning yet, so let me show you more of my new CHARGE LEVEL 2!!!
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 8¡± you earned 630 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
- ¡°GRAAA!!! ROAAAR!!!¡±. Fuuu¡­ there are only 3 dire wolves left, but 2 of them seem to be the strongest, yet, I feel weirdly confident about this. One of the wolves attacked me again, but this moves faster than the previous ones, he tried to bite my shoulder but I barely dodge it, this¡­? What? My legs again? Aaagh! One of these suckers is biting the back of my leg. - ¡°GRRR!!! GRAAA!!!¡±. Here comes another one! Aaagh!!! straight to my¡­ why would you bite there? Damn it! Harden! Quick-step! Charge! All out!!! - ¡°¡­!!!¡± - ¡°¡­? GRAAA!!!¡±. I let my body fall to the ground before rolling and standing up again, thanks to that I separate from the wolves, now I have about 25 more seconds of my harden skill and quick step skill, and I see one of the wolves down, take this! Smash!
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 7¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 7¡± you earned 595 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 13
- ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡± - ¡°ROAR!!! GRAAA!!!¡± Now it¡¯s a 2 v 1! come here puppies from hell! Let me show you, my strength!!! I jumped forward, which made the ground shake once I landed, of course, I¡¯m around 5 meters tall, the wolves take some distance but I still have one at reach if I move fast enough, charge! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. The wolf also charged against me, or so it seems, face to face, take this!!! AAAGH!!! the sucker bite my arm when I hit it, and somehow it breaks my arm and now I lost my left hand, however, I think I landed a pretty good hit.
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 9¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 9¡± you earned 665 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
Finally! there¡¯s only one left. The bastard is looking at me with what I can only describe as hate, he seems to be trembling a little, but not out of fear, it¡¯s something else, something¡­ wait? I''ve seen that before... - ¡°GRRR!!!... ROAAAAAR!!!¡±. UGH!!! This energy... it¡¯s like the first wolf I encounter, but¡­ this feels way weaker, I don¡¯t know if it¡¯s the difference in power between the wolves or is just me that got stronger... Wait! No time to think about it, if this is like with the other, then maybe this wolf is calling reinforcements, in that case, I have to kill it and get away from here. - ¡°GRRR!!!¡±. Last hit! And once again! Harden!!! Quick-step!!! Charge!!! - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. The wolf seems stronger and moves faster, but we both are doing a face-off with all in. The closer we get the more pressure I feel, I''m trying to see the wolf to his eyes but it¡¯s difficult, if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that I¡¯m a Golem now and seem to composed myself kind of fast I probably would be running the other way, those eyes are too damn scary. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. - ¡°¡­???¡±. What? The wolf just... it was coming straight at me and suddenly moved to the side, the bastard is aiming for my side, and¡­ AAAGH!!!¡­ ugh... now it''s biting my left side...aaagh¡­ damn it! Luckily I have only stones there and no longer meat and ribs, I probably would have lost my side. Ugh!¡­ it knocked me down again¡­ I will¡­ I have to¡­ CHARGE!!! - ¡°GRRR¡­?? GRAAA?? ROAR!!!¡±. Got you sucker!!! thanks to "Charge" I move enough to knock the wolf, and then I trapped it in a bear hug, now I¡¯m going to crush it! The wolf moves violently and still takes bites at me, especially my right arm¡­ almost!!! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. I did it!
Notification.
- You killed a ¡°dire wolf level 9¡±. - by killing a ¡°dire wolf level 9¡± you earned 665 points of experience. - You obtained ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±.
Notification.
- You have earned enough experience to Level Up. Now you¡¯re level 14
Warning.
- ¡°Stone Body¡± has been damaged to a critical level. - ¡°Stone Body¡± no longer works as equipment. - ¡°Stone Body¡± needs to be replaced or repaired. - It is recommended that the user known as ¡°Golem¡± finds new materials to create a new body or repair the one existing, the lack of a body will kill ¡°Golem¡±.
¡­ Huh!!? New body? What the hell is thing talking about?
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 14. (555/1150)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F.
- Vitality: 83 - Magic E: 39 - Strength: 60 - Magic P: 24 - Defense: 46 (+10*) - Magic D: 25 - Speed: 59 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Minor Defense level 1* - Charge level 2 - Quick Step level 1 - Minor Harden level 1
Customized mode.
¡­ what? it¡¯s true, I no longer have equipment!¡­ shit! Now that I see myself, my body is pretty wrecked, I mean, literal stones are falling from my body, I don¡¯t have my left hand anymore, my left arm is barely moving, my sides are practically crumbling even my new legs have missing parts, my vitality is almost full but my body itself is in such a messy state, how does this even works? - ¡°...¡±. I better go find a place to rest and try to find new materials, the problem is, what materials? And how do I create a new body?
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has detected a problem with the body of the user, to help the user survive recommends finding a big amount of the material ¡°Stone¡± to repair the body. - reparations or creations of new bodies require the use of monster cores.
... Thank you, it¡¯s good to know that I can always count on you... Damn it! What am I supposed to do now? Will I have to just go around the forest collecting rocks? This whole "body" thing is so... ugh!!! I don¡¯t even understand what¡¯s going on. In the end, I start moving as I can to get some materials to fix my ¡°body¡±, collecting rocks, what a joke! Chapter 7: A little of rest with company. A few hours later. This is getting ridiculous! Would you believe that it took me nearly an hour to find ¡°materials¡± to create a new ¡°body¡±? what did I do to find it? Oh, nothing big, just falling to the bloody water! I was near a river and I fell inside, no idea how in the hell the current was able to move my big arse body enough to lead me to a rocky area, I suppose I was really weak, or at least my body, but the best part¡­ I bloody fell from a cascade! Yeah! that¡¯s right! right now I¡¯m literally at the bottom of a freaking cascade surrounded by rocks, most of them are kind of little, but luckily there are also a few big ones, with this amount of rocks that I got I hope this is useful enough to make what I need, especially since is already night time. - ¡°¡­?¡±. Now the question is¡­ what the hell am I supposed to do? My stupid skill told me to look for ¡°materials¡± but I don¡¯t know what to do from this point on.
Notification.
- You have found ¡°Rocks¡±. - ¡°Rocks¡± can be used as materials to create weapons or projectiles if they are of the right size. - To maximize efficiency is recommended to turn ¡°Rocks¡± into other objects.
Don¡¯t you tell me! I had no idea that rocks would be more useful turned into other things¡­ can you tell me something actually useful like how to use them to create a new body or something?
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has detected the material ¡°Rocks¡±. can use the material ¡°Rocks¡± to either repair the current user''s body or create a new one. requires either ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± or ¡°Monster Core: Golem¡± to work with the material ¡°Rocks¡±.
¡­ Are you kidding me!!? since I¡¯ve been trying to find rocks big enough to repair my body I didn¡¯t even fight against anything, not to mention that most of the time I spent it on water and the current dragged me to the cascade. The only bloody monster cores I have are the ones I got from the dire wolves, and you¡¯re telling me that they won¡¯t help me with this? Damn it!!! - ¡°...¡±. ¡­ Fuuu¡­ there¡¯s nothing else to do anyway, I suppose I''ll just go try to find a stupid slime. - ¡°...¡±. It¡¯s pretty dark now, the sky is full of stars but I only can see around this area because of the cascade and how far away the trees are from here, well, not that far but far enough to have a good view at least a few meters away from me, but I bet that the moment I walk through those trees I won¡¯t be able to see much¡­ - ¡°...¡±. ¡­ yep! I barely can see anything. Damn it! Last time I moved when it was this dark I couldn¡¯t find any monster, which was kind of great so I wasn¡¯t killed, but now that I need it it¡¯s really frustrating. - ¡°I¡¯m scared!¡±. - ¡°shhh! If you need to talk then whisper, we don¡¯t need to get the attention of any night predator or another kind of monster¡±. - ¡°guys¡­ you should continue without me, I¡¯m dead weight by this point, and it¡¯s too late for...¡±. - ¡°shut up! We won¡¯t leave you, we are not like that coward who left us for death, we escaped that dire wolf level 10 and lost the other wolves as well... if the 3 of us don¡¯t survive after all that, how could we call ourselves adventurers?¡±. - ¡°is not¡­ is not like we are a big deal, we are only amateurs adventurers¡±. Those are¡­ the humans from before! What are they still doing around here?¡­ what the hell? The guy they are carrying doesn¡¯t have one of his arms! Did he lose it after the wolf bite him? Hmm¡­ in these moments I¡¯m thankful that I¡¯m a Golem, even if I lost one of my hands since it was made of rocks I hopefully will be able to get it back as well as my armor. - ¡°¡­?¡±. - ¡°shit! Who is there?¡±. - ¡°eh? Is not that¡­ a Golem?¡±. Huh? they saw me, damn it! I wanted to keep my distance¡­ fuuu¡­ well, they have one man down and by their looks, I doubt they can even fight me even if I¡¯m still crumbling piece by piece. I suppose for now I''ll just say hi. - ¡°how unlucky to find an enemy just now?¡±. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°Eh? Did the Golem¡­ wave is hand at us?¡±. Just when the girl said that, the guy that was preparing his sword to attack me stopped and looked at me again. - ¡°hey! Is not that¡­ the Golem that helped us escape the dire wolf?¡±. The guy without an arm seemed to recognize me. - ¡°no way! This one is smaller, and also¡­ this one is stronger...¡±. Huh? how could he tell that I¡¯m stronger than before, it¡¯s a little bothersome that he doesn¡¯t recognize me as his friend but for the way he looks at me with that troubled face I kind of feel-good, the wary way he looks at me is almost like he fears me¡­ how strong did I actually become? I have no idea, but he looks at me just like he looked at that fucking dog from hell. - ¡°what do we do? Do we fight or do we escape?¡±. - ¡°you are in no position to do neither of those, even though I healed you, losing your arm weakened you, plus all the blood loss and all the running¡­¡±. Fuuu¡­ I seriously don¡¯t want to fight, I just want to find a freaking slime to get is core and repair my body, ugh! I¡¯m tired, I¡¯ll just sit down. - ¡°eh? The Golem sat down?¡±. Is it not so impressive, you know? Everyone needs a rest every once in a while, and I surely could use one now. - ¡°Hey guys, doesn¡¯t this Golem look a little¡­ strange? His body seems a little¡­ broken¡±. it¡¯s because I¡¯m broken, look at my hand. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°¡­ hey! Look, the Golem doesn¡¯t have his left hand¡­ now I see it, it¡¯s body seems to be crumbling¡±. - ¡°Oh? Does that mean that¡­ it is dying?¡±. Yes! I am. Ugh! Hey guys, why don¡¯t you go away and leave me alone? unless you have a slime monster core I would be really grateful if you can go so I can keep looking.The narrative has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. - ¡°¡­ is that thing waving his arm for us to go?¡­ I do what I want you stupid child toy!¡±. Did that little shit just call me a child''s toy? I¡¯m going to teach you a lesson you little brat! I¡¯ll teach you to respect your superiors. I stood up and walked close to the guy with the sword, both looking at each other in defiance - ¡°oh, great! If we didn¡¯t have to fight before now we surely will¡±. Said the girl with an irritated tone, well, too bad, she can only blame it on his shitty friend. - ¡°hey! You Golem! was it you the one who helps us escape the wolf?¡±. Huh? weird question for him to ask. I only nodded my head since that¡¯s basically all I can do, not like I can speak to them or anything. - ¡°eh? Are you serious? This rock head can understand us?¡±. I give a slight hit in the head of this guy, he irritates me! He took his head in his hands and now he¡¯s looking at me with fire in his eyes, probably wants a fight, and I would gladly accept one. - ¡°it seems like it does and doesn¡¯t like how you talk¡±. - ¡°leaving the child play behind, Golem! Your body is a mess, what happened to you after we separate? did the wolves find you?¡±. - ¡°it¡¯s a Golem, it can¡¯t talk, it¡¯s just a low-level monster¡­ ouch!¡±. I hit the guy in the head again, just a little harder this time, then I look at his friend without the arm and nod my head to him. He seems to be a smart guy, and very calm, no wonder he told his friends to leave him alone so he wouldn¡¯t bother them and they keep staying by his side so loyally, he seems to be a good kid, and they seem to be good friends, that¡¯s good. The guy smiled at me after I nodded my head, while the girl is taking the other guy so he won¡¯t lift his sword against me¡­ a weird situation if you ask me. - ¡°hahaha, it seems like we both got hurt by those damn wolves, sadly we couldn¡¯t kill many of them, and the big one escaped¡±. The guys are still smiling but his eyes seem sad, I saw him and his team beat 5 wolves, well, not exactly see them since I was distracted, but it was kind of obvious that they did kill some wolves, but I guess that with the one who ran away and the loss of his arm, not to mention the state of exhaustion that all of them seem to be, that¡¯s weighing on him. I suppose that I can lift a little of their spirits if I show them how many wolves I killed since I suppose they will have an especial kind of dislike for those dire wolves. I take my eight monster cores in my right hand and then show it to them. - ¡°¡­ what? Is that...?¡±. - ¡°no way! That many monster cores!!?¡±. - ¡°and all of them are from dire wolves¡­ just how many dire wolves did this Golem killed?¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡± ¡­ What? You are seeing 8 monster cores, so obviously I killed 8 dire wolves¡­ no, wait, if I have this many monster cores then there¡¯s a chance that I killed more, which means their question is legitimate, now I think it was obvious¡­ but¡­ why do they look so impressed? Hmm¡­ maybe it is because they were 4 of them to kill the wolves, and as far as they know, I killed this many wolves on my own¡­ oh well, not important. - ¡°Those things are so expensive, and the Golem has 8 of them¡­ should we take them?¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t be ridiculous, if this thing killed so many dire wolves alone, there¡¯s no way we can against it in a fight¡±. - ¡°but the Golem is weak, look at it, it¡¯s literally falling apart¡±. - ¡°and we barely can stay up¡±. - ¡°not to mention that this friend over here helped us to escape the dire wolf, it wouldn¡¯t be fair to take what he earned by risking its life, that would make us no different from criminals¡±. This guy¡­ is not this guy a little too mature and honest? He trusts me just because I helped them once, and he acknowledge me and my efforts to get these cores, others on his position would try anything to get them¡­ Hmm... they seem tired. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°eh? What is going on?¡±. Don¡¯t ask stupid questions, just follow me, Come here! - ¡°I think the Golem wants us to follow it¡±. - ¡°Tch¡­ no way, I won¡¯t fall for that trick¡±. - ¡°hey! don¡¯t worry, if it wanted us dead it would have killed us already¡±. - ¡°what? What are you talking about?¡±. - ¡°can¡¯t you feel it¡­ the¡­ energy¡­ the aura that thing is releasing¡­ is pretty close to that of the dire wolf we faced before, there¡¯s no doubt that even though it¡¯s falling apart, in our current state we would have no chance¡±. - ¡°then why¡­?¡±. - ¡°because we have no other choice, isn¡¯t it?¡±. - ¡°exactly...¡±. Hmm¡­ I could hear everything and I seriously think they are overthinking it, however, my¡­ energy? Aura? Seems to be close to the one of that monstrous wolf? I killed several dire wolves but I didn¡¯t feel the same than when I fought against that wolf alone, and it was only level 10, that makes me feel a little afraid of that thing, but knowing that I¡¯m not far from its strength makes me feel a little better. - ¡°¡­¡±. We walked back to the cascade, the guys only followed me, we weren¡¯t far, to be honest, but they are tired and one of them is being carried by the others, not to mention they are way smaller than me, which only means it takes them longer to walk the same distance that I do. - ¡°I can hear running water¡­ how did I not hear that before?¡±. - ¡°We were pretty preoccupied about what could ambush us, that¡¯s why we didn¡¯t notice¡±. - ¡°that and the distance...¡±. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°...? a cascade? Wow! it¡¯s beautiful¡±. - ¡°and it¡¯s an open area, which gives us more view of what possible dangers there¡¯s out in the forest or when they are coming to us¡±. I just left them to talk and appreciate the view. I honestly don¡¯t want to listen to them but at the same time, I can¡¯t bring myself to let them alone in the dark and dangerous forest, they need to rest and here is probably the best place to, especially if him here to keep an eye around, I don¡¯t need to sleep anyway. - ¡°look! There are a lot of rocks in there...¡±. - ¡°who took the time to move all those giant rocks?¡±. - ¡°isn¡¯t it obvious? It was the Golem¡±. - ¡°why would it do it? what¡¯s the point?¡±. - ¡°rocks are useful for a lot of things, a long time ago, our ancestors used to fight monsters using weapons made with stone and wood¡±. - ¡°Yeah, right, but now we have steel, iron, silver, copper, and even stronger kind of magic metals and magic rocks, apart from that we can enchant weapons or reforge them with monster cores¡±. - ¡°true, but stones filled with magic can be as strong and useful to kill monsters as any of those, even if it¡¯s way weaker than other kinds of rocks or metals it¡¯s still useful¡±. - ¡°ugh!¡­ just let it go! Why don¡¯t we try to find a place to rest and make some fire, I¡¯m freezing¡±. Ugh!!! these guys talk too much. I walked and took 2 trees and then got back and put them down for them to use¡­ stop staring at the trees and me! Start preparing some fire and go to sleep already! - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°I think it wants us to use the trees to prepare something to rest¡±. - ¡°¡­ okay! Here I go!¡±. A few minutes later. ¡­ The irritating guy is pretty good with a sword, it took him only a few minutes to cut the trees and make themselves some kind of wood beds and to get fire done. - ¡°We should use wolf fur to keep warm as well¡±. - ¡°they are in my backpack!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. I just now realize that they are moving around with backpacks, they are not that big and they are not carrying too much anyway, but I still didn¡¯t notice it before. - ¡°This is the little we gain from killing wolves, we got to the forest in the morning to level up and get some materials, we only became adventurers really recently but we were doing just fine in the last few days, today we were able to get a few materials of monsters like the wolf fur, and we even got a few monster cores¡±. The most mature of the trio explained that to me with a smile, but¡­ I don¡¯t get it? I don¡¯t get why he keeps talking to me with that expression, I mean, it''s not like I can actually answer him, besides, he¡¯s been too trusting to me, or that¡¯s what I think¡­ the other thing I don¡¯t get is why he talks about monster cores like they are so hard to get, he said that he has been here since morning but only could get a few materials and a few monster cores¡­ was the hunting that bad? - ¡°you know the Golem won¡¯t answer you, right?¡±. - ¡°I know, but I also know that he can understand what I¡¯m saying¡­ or at least that¡¯s what it seems¡±. - ¡°fuuu¡­ you are such a weird guy¡­ hey! What about those furs?¡±. - ¡°if you have any problem why don¡¯t you look for them yourself?¡­ damn it! I got them but the other things in my back just got out as well, help me put them back!¡±.
Notification.
has detected a ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± near ¡°Golem¡±. - To begin the process of repairing the body is necessary to get in contact with the monster core.
...huh? A monster core nearby, where is it?¡­ there it is! I see... it''s one of the monster cores of the group. I can¡¯t believe my luck, just what I needed. I see the little monster core in the ground and I pick it up, the guys are organizing their things but still notice me taking the core. - ¡°hey! that¡¯s ours, even if slimes are weak it¡¯s still not easy to get those, you know?¡±. The only thing I know is that I need this specific monster core¡­ mm¡­ I have 8 wolf cores that they seemed to like so much, hopefully, one less won¡¯t hurt me¡­ yes! I will exchange it for it. Take this core for the slime one. - ¡°eh? That is a dire wolf monster core?¡­ do you¡­ want an exchange?¡±. Chapter 8: Improving Body. What are you waiting for? Take the damn monster core of the dire wolf and just give me the monster core of the slime. - ¡°do you really want to change it?¡±. Yes!¡­ I nod my head because they can¡¯t hear me. Good, God! I really need to find a way to talk... which now I remember was my next objective. - ¡°but... why? Slime monster cores are more common and weaker than the dire wolves ones¡±. - ¡°who cares? Even if that core is from a scout wolf, it still belongs to a dire wolf, do you know how great is that for amateur adventurers like us? Even if it¡¯s barely from a monster rank F+, it can be useful to create a weapon to face low-level enemies, not to mention it could give us quite the amount of money¡±. - ¡°Hmm¡­ well, It is not like we are not winning with this exchange¡­ I supposed there¡¯s no problem, thank you!¡±. No! thank you! This is just what I needed. Now, all I have to do is wait until they fall asleep so I can get myself repaired. - ¡°hey, with this one, now we have 2 monster cores of dire wolves¡±. - ¡°yeah, if we make it back, we might actually have some good rewards¡±. - ¡°sadly the price was too much¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t worry about my arm¡­ maybe someday I can get a metal arm or find someone with healing magic strong enough to recover my arm¡±. ¡­ I feel like the talk is getting a little too serious for my taste, I¡¯ll just get up and walk away to my rocks, to let them have some privacy. - ¡°honestly, it would be cheaper and easier to get you a new arm, adventurers or healers with enough magic power to actually grow a full arm again are all among the highest levels, we would require minimum an A rank adventurer or healer and those are not cheap¡±. - ¡°but don¡¯t worry! We will find a way to get you a new arm, together¡­ right!¡±. - ¡°of course, we are companions after all, besides, we already decided to become famous adventurers, so eventually we would get either enough money to buy the arm¡­ or, our little healer here will become strong enough to pull this off, aren¡¯t you?¡±. - ¡°¡­ I¡¯ll do it! Maybe it will take me some time, but I will do it, it¡¯s a promise!¡±. - ¡°hahaha¡­ thanks, guys, I really appreciate it...¡±. Hmm¡­ good, they seem like they will be able to deal with whatever comes to them as long as they are together¡­ fuuu¡­ I miss those bastards of my friends. Several minutes later. ¡­ Freaking finally! Those guys were so tired yet it took them forever to shut up and go to sleep. - ¡°...¡±. Fuuu¡­ it¡¯s time I guess, hopefully, I don¡¯t wake them up so they can¡¯t see what I¡¯m doing, my skill is too unpredictable which means that anything can happen and I don¡¯t want them to see something embarrassing like me rolling on the ground in pain...
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has detected a ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. has detected the material ¡°Rocks¡±. can use the material ¡°Rocks¡± and ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± to either repair the current user''s body or to create a new one. - Do you want to use the monster core and materials to repair your ¡°body¡± or create a new one?
- YES - NO
Yes, please. I wish to repair my old body!
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- The user has decided to repair the previous body. will start the process of repairing ¡°Stone Body¡±. - ¡°Stone Body¡± gives the user the same amount of stats, +20 in defense, once it¡¯s repaired. recommends the user to improve the body after repairing to be more independent of it. - This modification requires the use of monster cores to repair the user''s body. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster core and materials to repair your body¡±?
- YES - NO
¡­ eh? ¡­ ¡°Unique skill: Adaptation recommends the user to improve the body after repairing to be more independent of it¡±¡­ what does that even mean? Ugh!!! I don¡¯t understand how this stupid skill works, damn it!¡­ fuuu¡­ well, for now at least I will focus on repairing my body. Yes! I want to repair my body! - ¡°¡­?...!!!¡±. AAAGH!!! damn it! Ugh...aaagh¡­ shit! This shit¡­ ugh!!!¡­ bloody hurts¡­ it¡¯s like when¡­ aaagh¡­ like when I choose modification in shape¡­ AAAGH!!! stop it!¡­ ugh¡­ fuuu¡­ I think¡­ aaagh¡­ I think is done¡­ yes, it is done¡­ hey, look I''ve got my left hand back!
Notification.
- ¡°Stone Body¡± repairing has finished. - ¡°Golem¡± is no longer in danger of death. - It¡¯s recommended to improve ¡°Golem''s¡± body or to change it.
Huh? again with that bullshit of changing bodies, I don¡¯t know what you mean! This crap doesn¡¯t come with rules book, you know?
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has analyzed recent events. has determined that to improve surviving of the user, the user needs to become independent from ¡°Stone Body¡±. - Right now ¡°Stone Body¡± is what keeps the user¡¯s body together and working, the user¡¯s whole body is like a big armor, so if ¡°Stone Body¡± is destroyed the user could die for lack of a stable body. has recommendations for the user to improve surviving: 1) By using ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±, can realize a ¡°slight modification in shape¡± to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in ¡°resistant softer body¡±. ¡°resistant softer body¡± is a modification that would increase defense and vitality of the user and would separate the ¡°Stone Body¡± from the actual ¡°Body of Golem¡±, with that ¡°Golem¡± could survive even if the ¡°Stone Body¡± is destroyed in the future. 2) By using monster cores can realize ¡°reforge¡± of ¡°Stone Body¡± which would improve its defensive capacity and improve quality. Quality improvement, as well as improvement of defense, is limited. This ¡°reforge¡± requires at least 2 different monster cores, one to help give an improved shape to ¡°Stone Body¡± and the other to help the process of reforging itself. A recommendation is to have at least one ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± due to its malleable properties. 3) Look for better materials to create a body. These materials could include metals and monster materials to create bodies strong enough for surviving. 4) Increasing the number of skills, modifications in shape, and the increase of resources would help to improve the user and its survival. - Do you want <Unique skill: Adaptation> to continue giving recommendations in the future if needed?
- YES - NO
This¡­ this is¡­ AWESOME!!! oh my god! Yes! I would love to¡­ oh my god! I don¡¯t even¡­ I don¡¯t even know what to feel right now, I feel kind of mad because where in the hell were these recommendations when I needed them? Or maybe I wasn¡¯t in a situation dangerous enough for the recommendations to appear? I didn¡¯t even understand about the body thing until I read this shit, God, I¡¯m mad, but¡­ at the same time, this is so bloody exciting, now I have a better idea of what I could and should do, at least in the short time¡­ I still want to talk but this thing about separating my stone body from my Golem body seems more urgent... also, apparently that same modification that I didn¡¯t want because I thought would be useless turned out to be needed to save my life, damn it! Karma came just to bite me in the arse with that one.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 14. (555/1150)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F.
- Vitality: 83 - Magic E: 39 - Strength: 60 - Magic P: 24 - Defense: 46 (+10*) (+20) - Magic D: 25 - Speed: 59 - Luck: 11
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Minor Defense level 1* - Charge level 2The story has been stolen; if detected on Amazon, report the violation. - Quick Step level 1 - Minor Harden level 1
Customized mode.
- ¡°...¡±. I''ve got a stone body again, and 20 more defense thanks to the bonus¡­ but, if what my skill told me is true, then I need to improve this or get better armor, not to mention¡­ now I think about it, since most of my body is made of rocks, I never realized just how the bigger and stronger parts of my body are the armor parts, especially the parts that cover part of my back and most of my chest, also my arms have a big amount, without that my body was crumbling and falling apart, my body lost stability, just like my skill said¡­ it kind of makes sense now that I think about it, I mean, if I see my reflection in the water, my body is more like just a bunch of rocks glued together, I don¡¯t have a really stable shape if any shape at all. - ¡°¡­!¡±. Okay! The skill said that I better improve myself so, until I find another slime to get its monster core, I¡¯ll use my remaining wolf cores to get stronger. Unique skill, help me!
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡±. has identified a total of 7 ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± in the user¡¯s possession. - Identification of ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± gave the result that the dire wolves defeated were ¡°scout dire wolf¡± which are the weakest kind of dire wolf, yet, they are at the top of ¡°F¡± rank monsters being themselves ¡°F+¡± rank, they have higher senses and incredible speed, they usually move in packs. - Recommendations of uses for the cores: 1) Acquire skills ¡°Wolf Senses level 1¡±, ¡°Pack Bond level 1¡±, or ¡°Beast Roar level 1¡± just one skill per one core. 2) Increase the statistic +18 or +19 in speed, attack, magic E, magic P or vitality per each core. 3) Gain 170 to 190 extra points of experience per each core. 4) Turn the core into a material ¡°wolf fur¡±, ¡°scout wolf fang¡±, or ¡°small wolf claw¡± these materials can be turned into a weapon or objects if the required materials are used with a monster core and . 5) ¡°slight modification in shape¡± recommended by is to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± in ¡°predatory stance¡± or ¡°hunting claws¡±. - Do you want to turn the monster core into one of these options?
- YES - NO
Hmm¡­ okay! I need to think about this very carefully¡­ my skill told me to get more skills and modifications, which means that I¡¯ll take the 3 skills and the 2 modifications, of course, but that would only leave me with 2 more monster cores¡­ I could get materials, but I seriously don¡¯t know what I could use the materials that this thing says, I mean, I don¡¯t need the fur so far, the wolf fangs and claws are indeed pretty strong since they pierced my body but I don¡¯t have a use for them, and about using them as a weapon, I¡¯m kind of a big guy, those materials are good but small, what kind of weapon I could do using those materials? Hmm¡­ on the other hand, the stats wouldn¡¯t be that bad, I could improve my speed by using them and that would be very useful... I suppose¡­ but... I should keep them in my storage, maybe use them in the future. Yes! that¡¯s what I¡¯m going to do, so, give me skills and modifications! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±.
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- The user has chosen the skill ¡°Wolf Senses level 1¡±. - Adaptation activated, the skill ¡°Wolf Senses level 1¡± will be acquired. - To acquire this skill 1 ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± will be used. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster core into a new skill?
- YES - NO
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- The user has chosen the skill ¡°Pack Bond level 1¡±. - Adaptation activated, the skills ¡°Pack Bond level 1¡± will be acquired. - To acquire this skill 1 ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± will be used. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster core into a new skill?
- YES - NO
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- The user has chosen the skill ¡°Beast Roar level 1¡±. - Adaptation activated, the skills ¡°Beast Roar level 1¡± will be acquired. - To acquire this skill 1 ¡°Monster Core: Dire Wolf¡± will be used. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to turn the monster core into a new skill?
- YES - NO
Yes¡­ to everything!
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Wolf Senses level 1¡±. Passive skill ¡°Wolf Senses level 1¡± gives the user a better perception of its surroundings, it also gives +5 extra speed and +5 extra luck points permanently without the costs of ME. - ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Pack Bond level 1¡±. Passive skill ¡°Pack Bond level 1¡± gives the user a better understanding of his pack mates, it also gives +10 extra vitality points permanently without the costs of ME. in team fights it also gives a bonus of +5 vitality, +5 strength, +5 defense, and +5 speed until the end of the fight without the costs of ME. - ¡°Golem¡± has obtained the skill ¡°Beast Roar level 1¡±. Active skill ¡°Beast Roar level 1¡± lets the user realize a powerful roar which pushes the enemy back and can stun the enemy for about 5 seconds, each use costs 3 M.E. in case of pack mates, it also works as a reinforcements call, only if the user also has ¡°Pack Bond¡±.
¡­ eh? Really? These skills are fantastic, I mean, they don¡¯t give me much but the extra speed and vitality are very welcomed, and about the active skill¡­ to stun an enemy¡­ I see¡­ if I remember correctly, every time a wolf used this there was a delay in my reaction time, it wasn¡¯t that much but¡­ I always thought that it was just due to their speed, hmm¡­ it¡¯s actually a great combination to kill enemies or to hunt, that thing scares the enemies impeding their movements just for them to use their incredible speed to tear them apart. Also, there¡¯s this thing about the extra effects of pack bond and beast roar¡­ that¡¯s very interesting. - ¡°¡­!¡±. Okay! Now the physical modifications. Come on baby!
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is ¡°predatory stance¡± and ¡°hunting claws¡±. For this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will alter and redistribute the current body materials of ¡°Golem¡±, as a consequence of this modification there will be slight changes in shape, height, weight, and stats could be affected. - The new stats changes will be fixed unless the user acquires a new body. - This modification requires the use of monster cores to modify the body. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster cores to redistribute body materials and modify your shape?
- YES - NO
Eh? both at the same time¡­ that¡¯s a first, but is not bad, come on! let¡¯s do this! - ¡°¡­!!?¡± AAAAAH!!! aaagh¡­ ugh!!! BLOODY HELL!!! this shit!¡­ hurts even¡­ UGH!¡­ even more than before¡­ holy hell!!!¡­ I feel like¡­ my body is¡­ aaagh¡­ AAAH!!!¡­ getting smaller¡­ my¡­ my arms¡­ and¡­ UGH! Damn it!!!¡­ AAAGH!!! - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. I HATE YOU!!!¡­ stupid bullshit of skill!!! AAAGH!!!¡­ why is it not finished yet?¡­ aaagh! Ugh¡­. Is it¡­ done?¡­ fuuu¡­ it is.
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± modifications have reduced height by around 75 centimeters, in exchange the legs have gotten stronger as well as the arms, the distribution of the body has improved making the body slimmer but harder and mobility has improved. Hands of ¡°Golem¡± now have gotten stronger and the fingers sharper, stone claws have been added. The modifications also increased vitality stat +27, speed stat +11, and strength stat +38.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 14. (555/1150)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F.
- Vitality: 110 (+10*) - Magic E: 39 - Strength: 98 - Magic P: 24 - Defense: 46 (+10*) (+20) - Magic D: 25 - Speed: 70 (+5*) - Luck: 11 (+5*)
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Minor Defense level 1* - Wolf Senses level 1* - Pack Bond level 1* - Charge level 2 - Quick-Step level 1 - Minor Harden level 1 - Beast Roar level 1
Customized mode.
Ah! perfect! I have gotten stronger once again, although I don¡¯t understand what the modification did exactly to my stats. Hmm¡­ now, what could I do before those people wake up? Chapter 9: Use of materials, a new weapon at hand. Several hours later. Hmm¡­ this is¡­ stupid! - ¡°¡­?¡±. So¡­ to pass the time while those guys were sleeping, I decided to do something I didn¡¯t do before¡­ that¡¯s right! I decided to look for useful materials¡­ which, of course, about an hour after I started it was proven to be a loss of my precious time, to begin with, I didn¡¯t know what is considered as materials, except for the things I can get from the monster cores thanks to my skill¡­ which is translated to me going hunting, and of course, that wouldn¡¯t be bad if it wasn¡¯t for the fact that I had to move away from the ¡°improvised camp¡± near the cascade not to wake the humans up, and the fact that it was nearly impossible to find monsters to hunt until it was dawn, which happened just a few hours ago. Fuuu¡­ so far I was able to hunt 5 slimes, 7 hares, and apart from that, I got rocks, wood, and water¡­ Yes! You heard right! I get some wood and rocks in my storage, plus water, which by the way, is not easy to get inside my storage because I can¡¯t grab it and I don¡¯t have a bottle or something. - ¡°¡­!¡±. Literally, hours trying to get something useful and I got nothing, at least I got enough kills to get 4 more levels¡­ ugh! But I still don¡¯t know what to do with the material things, I do want to know how to use materials though, it''s supposed to help me improve my body and create weapons, not like I need weapons so far, but it will definitely be useful to know about it in the future. - ¡°¡­!¡±. Hmm¡­ for what I remember, hare cores are supposed to give me ¡°horn of hare¡± as a material, however, I have no idea what kind of material does the slime core gives me. Fuuu¡­ I''ve decided. Unique skill! I desire to use my monster cores!
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has identified ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡±. has identified a total of 5 ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in the user¡¯s possession. has identified ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡±. has identified a total of 7 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± in the user¡¯s possession. - Recommendations of uses for the cores: 1) Turn the core into a material ¡°slime body¡± or ¡°horn of hare¡±, these materials can be turned into equipment or objects if the required materials are used with a monster core and . 2) Increase the statistic +6 or +7 in speed, attack, defense or vitality per each slime core. Increase the statistic +11, +12 or +13 in speed, attack, magic E, defense or vitality per each hare core. 3) ¡°slight modification in shape¡± recommended by is to turn the ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± in ¡°resistant softer body¡± or turn the ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± in ¡°horned monster¡±. - Do you want to turn the monster core into one of these options?
- YES - NO
...Huh? Holy hell! I forgot about those 2 modifications, one of those I need it to¡­ stabilized my body? Something like that, the point is that it will increase my chances of surviving even if my ¡°stone body¡± is destroyed, and the other one¡­ horned monster?¡­ considering how these modifications work I would guess that it will give me a horn or something, not really something I care or need¡­ but¡­ my skill said that I needed to get more modifications and skills to get stronger, so I supposed I should use one for that¡­ let me see, I have 5 slimes cores, but I need one for my modification, so I will turn 4 into materials, also, I have 7 hare cores, and I need one at least to get another modification, which means I''ll have 6 hare cores to turn into materials¡­ all right! First the modifications, then the materials. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±.
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- The user has chosen ¡°slight modification in shape¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°slight modification in shape¡± will now modify the user. - User chosen modification is ¡°resistant softer body¡± and ¡°horned monster¡±. For this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will alter and redistribute the current body materials of ¡°Golem¡±, as a consequence of this modification there will be slight changes in shape, and stats could be affected. - The new stats changes will be fixed unless the user acquires a new body. - This modification requires the use of monster cores to modify the body. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster cores to redistribute body materials and modify your shape?
- YES - NO
- ¡°¡­!!!¡±. ¡­ and as the song says, here I go a¡­ aaagh!!!¡­ gain¡­ here I go again!!! UGH!!! HOLY HELL!!! YOU PIECE OF SHIT!!! - ¡°¡­!!?¡­!!!¡±. AAAAAH!!! for the love of God! AAARGH¡­. This shit¡­ ugh¡­ fuuu¡­ aaagh¡­ this shit is getting old¡­ UGH!!! AAARGH!!!¡­ fuuu¡­ bloody hell¡­ damn it¡­ UGH!!! AAAAAH!!! - ¡°¡­!!!...¡±.
Notification.
- ¡°Golem¡± modifications have stabilized ¡°Golem¡± body, now the ¡°Body of Golem¡± and ¡°Stone Body¡± have been separated at their base, ¡°Golem¡± has become independent of ¡°Stone Body¡± but still is necessary to improve or change body properties and materials. The body has improved getting slightly harder. ¡°Golem¡± body now has horns, one at the back of each hand and in the head have been added. The modifications also increased vitality stat +11, defense stat +20, and strength stat +10.
Status.
Name: Golem. Level: 18. (210/1350)
Race: Golem. Rank and Title: monster rank F.
- Vitality: 129 (+10*) - Magic E: 43 - Strength: 116 - Magic P: 28 - Defense: 70 (+10*) (+20) - Magic D: 29 - Speed: 78 (+5*) - Luck: 11 (+5*)
Equipment.
- Stone Body (+20 D.)
Skills.
Definitive and unique.
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Passives. Actives.
- Minor Defense level 1* - Wolf Senses level 1*Support the author by searching for the original publication of this novel. - Pack Bond level 1* - Charge level 2 - Quick-Step level 1 - Minor Harden level 1 - Beast Roar level 1
Customized mode.
Fuuu¡­ good¡­ it¡¯s finally over. Huh?¡­ so¡­ 2 stat over 100, 2 stats over 50 and 3 stats under 50 without considering luck, I suppose I can consider it good, especially since I barely use any of the other stats¡­ except for magic E since I need it to use my skills. Alright! Now I need to use it¡­ - ¡°AAAH!!!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. What? What is happening? That scream comes in the direction of the guys. After hearing the scream I ran in the direction of the improvised camp. - ¡°give me the shield and then get behind me!¡±. - ¡°are you crazy? The shield won¡¯t be enough to stop these things, and right now I¡¯m the only one that can deal damage in our group!¡±. - ¡°he¡¯s right, get back and take cover, I will heal him while he fights, you need to step back¡±. - ¡°OOH OOH AH!¡±. ¡­ are those¡­ monkeys? Holy hell, this is my first time seeing monkeys, 3 red-haired monkeys are standing just a few meters away from the guys, and they seem to be fairly big¡­ were monkeys that big in my world? I don¡¯t think so. - ¡°Take this, cut!¡±. - ¡°AAAH! OOH OOH AH AH¡±. ¡­ eh? The sword is slightly glowing¡­ no, it¡¯s wrong to say it¡¯s glowing, it¡¯s more like the sword is being surrounded by almost imperceptible colors that come from the irritating guy¡­ I¡¯ve noticed that monsters sometimes releases this¡­ aura? Energy? Of different colors when using a skill, but it¡¯s my first time watching a human do it since I appeared in this world and by then I couldn¡¯t see very well. The irritating guy just swing is sword vertically trying to cut one of the monkeys, but it quickly evades it and using its tail it hit him in the face. Now the other 2 monkeys are preparing to attack, one of them jumped forward to punch the boy with the sword, but he moved back and tried to slash the monkeys in the middle of the air, yet, the monkey somehow evade it and kick the guy in the face before the other monkey ran forward and punch him in the guts send him back and to the ground. - ¡°ugh! Damn it!¡±. - ¡°heal!¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t be reckless, ¡°rabid monkeys¡± have the passive skill ¡°attack back¡± even though they are E rank monsters. Think carefully before making a move against them, and never let your guard down¡±. - ¡°got it!¡±. Hmm¡­ the guy without the arm seems to be more familiar with this kind of monster than his friends. I have to give credit to the guy with the sword, despite being in such disadvantage in a 1v3 fight, he still stands up and is getting ready to fight, probably it¡¯s due to them having one less fighter, if the guy without his right arm could fight somehow then maybe the fight would be more balanced, but¡­ those monkeys seem of a higher level than other monsters I''ve faced so far, even though they don¡¯t give me the same feeling of danger as the big dire wolf. - ¡°AAAH! OOH OOH!¡±. The monkeys jumped to attack again, the guy this time waited until the monkeys were close enough, once they were at his reach he swings the sword horizontally and was able to cut one of them, but the other 2 evade in the air, while the one who was hit just moved his tail to hit the guy in the face, he was able to evade the tail but moved one step back giving the monkeys time to fix their stance and one of them used both of his hands to slap the face of the guy before one of the monkeys kicked the guy legs in a swift move and made him stumble back. Just when the guy was knocked down, the 3 monkeys were getting ready to jump over him while screaming when the one without the arm pushed them back using his shield with his good arm and the girl at the back used once again her heal ability. That was dangerous but also showed such a good combination from the guy''s side. - ¡°AH AH, OOH OOH, AAAH!¡±. - ¡°are you okay?¡±. - ¡°I¡¯m okay, but most importantly, what do you think you are doing? You can¡¯t fight properly in your state! even if your shoulder was healed so you won¡¯t bleed to death, you still are too weak to fight¡±. - ¡°shut up! How could I just watch my companion being hit constantly by those monsters? you don¡¯t know how dangerous this could get, not to mention she is losing her magic energy faster than we thought due to her having to heal you every time you receive too much damage¡±. - ¡°it¡¯s true, even if I don¡¯t like to admit it, you alone against those 3 rabid monkeys are making you lose your vitality too fast so I have to constantly be healing you and my magic energy is not unlimited, if this keeps going on, I¡¯ll run out of ME¡±. - ¡°¡­ but¡­ he...¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t worry about me, if I can¡¯t fight, then I will be this team shield. You be our sword, I''ll be your shield, and we have our reliable healer¡­ even without my right arm, I still can be useful, I¡¯ll receive all their hits until you kill them!¡±. - ¡°¡­ alright! let¡¯s do this!¡±. ¡­ that¡¯s a good resolution, he said that with such passion, his eyes, and that smile, he¡¯s really all for being their shield¡­ and his friends are responding to his will¡­ hahahaha, damn kids, they are at least a few years younger than me, they are teenagers at most, and yet they have such resolution, I have never had such a strong will... when was the last time I had such passion in my eyes? I can¡¯t even remember... I could help, kill those things for them, but¡­ they seem to need this, this fight is what they need to continue their way as adventurers, and that guy, losing his arms is obviously a regret for him, but not only for losing his limb, a part of him, but I feel like he feels less useful, that¡¯s what really pains him, to see his companions worry so much about him and being unable to do anything about it¡­ that¡¯s why I will just watch, I¡¯ll watch the fight and only interfere if I deem it necessary. The fight now continued, the monkeys seem angry for being stopped so one of them run forward and the guy with the shield blocked the attack, but that didn¡¯t stop the monkey, he just kept punching the shield trying to knock the guy down, yet, he keeps his ground and doesn¡¯t move of his position. The other 2 monkeys seem to be getting irritated at such a display, so one of them jumped over the guy with the shield while the only monkey left started to run around the guys and seem to be trying to go for the healer. The guy with the sword got in front of the healer and she strengthens the grip in her staff and also prepares herself to fight, the fight now is 2v2 and 1v1¡­ this is bad, the guy with the shield can¡¯t attack so he¡¯s just keeping one of the monkeys focused on him, meanwhile the other 2 monkeys are fighting against the guy with the sword and the healer, but the healer obviously is having troubles to actually hit the monkeys, actually she¡¯s not landing any hit while constantly trying to get some distance, which is impossible, it¡¯s obvious she has a lack of experience in close combat, meanwhile the guy with the sword, although he seems to move better than before, he¡¯s only landing 3 out of 5 hits, and yet he¡¯s suffering from constant hits with the tails and punches of the monkeys, besides all that, he¡¯s also trying to get in the middle of the girl and the monkeys so she can get some space for using her healing magic. - ¡°guys! I can¡¯t keep this one for much longer...¡±. - ¡°I¡¯m sorry, but these things are too smart, they keep coming for me, they are not giving me time to cast heal...¡±. - ¡°and their stupid counter-attack with their tails keep hitting me, I¡¯m not fast enough to evade all their hits¡±. Hmm¡­ this is bad, really bad, they really need more damage power, this would be way easier if they had the guy who could throw fireballs, but without him and without anyone else to deal some damage, this fight will be completely on the monkeys'' side¡­ for what I can remember, the guy with the shield, he¡¯s the stronger one¡­ if only, if he had his arm back, or maybe another one, they did talk about artificial arms¡­
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has been activated. has reacted to the owner¡¯s desire to ¡°¡­ if he had his arm back, or maybe another one...¡±. can start the process of creating an artificial arm by using material from monsters and natural resources. has analyzed objects and materials in the ¡°storage¡±. has determined that in order to create an artificial arm, the user needs to turn 3 ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± into ¡°Slime Body¡± to help the mobility and flexibility of the arm, it will also be required to have at least one extra ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± due to its malleable properties that will help to keep the arm together and functioning while also helping to adapt better to the user, materials ¡°Wood¡± will be needed to create the arm, ¡°Rock¡± to reinforce it and make it stronger and harder, and ¡°Water¡± for the purification process and to mix with ¡°Slime Body¡±. It¡¯s also recommended to use at least 2 or 3 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± to turn into ¡°Horn of Hare¡± and that way create a horn in the back of the hand of the arm for increasing the damage and power of the artificial arm. requires the user to have a mental image of the materials for the creation of the artificial arm as well as a mental image of the final result of the artificial arm. The artificial arm will be considered a weapon - Do you want <Unique skill: Adaptation> to create an artificial arm with the materials and monster cores indicated.
- YES - NO
¡­ what? So this is how weapon creation works, and just in time, the guys'' state is getting worse. YES! Create the arm.
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- The user has chosen ¡°weapon creation¡±. - Adaptation activated, ¡°weapon creation¡± will use the materials in storage. - The user chosen weapon is ¡°Artificial Arm¡±. With the current materials, the weapon created will be ¡°Basic Reinforced Horned Arm¡±. For this modification, ¡°Adaptation¡± will turn 3 ¡°Monster Core: Slime¡± and 3 ¡°Monster Core: Horned Hare¡± into materials. - Due to creating a ¡°Basic¡± weapon, stats won¡¯t be high, ¡°Quality¡± will be ¡°Regular¡±. Due to creating a ¡°Reinforced¡± weapon, stats will be higher than normal, Quality will be ¡°Irregular¡±. - This creation requires the use of a monster core. - Once the cores are used these will disappear forever. - Do you want to use the monster cores to create a new weapon using the materials in storage?
- YES - NO
Stupid question, my answer is yes, come on!
Notification.
- ¡°Basic Reinforced Horned Arm¡± has been successfully created. - ¡°Basic Reinforced Horned Arm¡± has a retractile horn, and the use of ¡°Slime Body¡± has helped the union of ¡°Wood¡± and ¡°Rock¡± to stabilize the artificial arm. - ¡°Basic Reinforced Horned Arm¡± is an ¡°Irregular Quality Equipment¡± due to the method and materials used on its creation. - Gives +45 in vitality, +40 in strength, +25 in defense, and +10 in speed.
Huh? so much better than my ¡°stone body¡±, this thing gives a lot of stats bonus. - ¡°AAAH! Get away from me¡­ cut!¡±. - ¡°hold on a little bit more, please, I just need a little space¡±. It seems like it is time for me to enter the fight. - ¡°..!!!¡±. - ¡°What?¡±. - ¡°Huh? Is not that¡­?¡±. - ¡°It¡¯s the Golem!¡±. Yes! It¡¯s me! I jumped with all my strength to get in between the healer, the irritating guy, and the monkeys. The moment they noticed me, the monkeys immediately moved back, including the one who was fighting against the guy without the arm. For some reason, they seem wary of me. - ¡°AAAH!!! AH AH OOH OOH, AAAAAH!!!¡±. - ¡°wh¡­ what the hell? This thing¡­ isn¡¯t it stronger than last night?¡±. - ¡°It looks different, and what is this feeling¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. ... I don¡¯t get it, how did they notice I¡¯m stronger than last night? Can they feel my power or something?... no time for those questions, it¡¯s time to fight, so take this! Behold my creation! Basic Reinforced Horned Arm!!! Chapter 10: Artificial arm, bye humans. As I took out the artificial arm and raised it so it could be seen, I just earned a confused and stupid look from the people around me. After a few seconds, I literally threw the artificial arm at the feet of the guy without an arm to see if he would just take it. - ¡°what¡­ is this?¡±. The guys are only watching between the artificial arm and me, they look like idiots. I raised my left arm and showed them my recovered hand, then I pointed at the arm at the feet of the guy with the shield, and then I point at him and his right shoulder. - ¡°Wait! Is this thing for me?¡±. I only nod my head to his stupid question. - ¡°is not that an artificial arm? But how did it found something like that? Hmm¡­ it¡¯s also bigger than I¡¯ve seen before¡±. Huh? now that she said it... it¡¯s true! it¡¯s not as big as one of my arms but it¡¯s bigger than a human arm, I suppose my skill miscalculate the right size of it. Just when I was thinking that and the guys were still giving me and the arm surprised glances, the monkeys didn¡¯t wait more and they attacked us¡­ or at least they tried, I activated my quick step and with a quick move of my new left arm, I was able to push them back, it seems like I¡¯ve gotten quite fast since even the monkeys seemed surprised by my speed, yet, I¡¯m more surprised by them since even in a situation in which I push them back so easily, they still had time to attack my arm and trying to scratch it, not like they really did me any damage. - ¡°Awesome! That speed¡­ that¡¯s not the speed of a Golem!¡±. - ¡°that thing¡­ did it use to have those horns? Wait! Not only that, is not this guy smaller than yesterday?¡±. - ¡°¡­ it¡­ evolved somehow¡­ this feeling¡­ is not this Golem an E- rank? Maybe an E rank? And way faster than normal...¡±. - ¡°Eh? No way! this thing can¡¯t be E rank, not in this forest at least¡­ isn¡¯t it?¡±. ¡­ no! You are overthinking it, I¡¯m pretty sure I¡¯m rank F¡­ anyway, why don¡¯t you just put on the stupid arm? - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°Eh?¡­ right! The arm¡±. The guy finally got out of his weird expression when he saw me pointing at the arm again. - ¡°AAAH!!! OOH OOH! AAAH!!!¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. The monkeys wanted to attack once again, but I stopped them by just hitting my chest repeatedly like a gorilla, that really seemed to get them nervous. - ¡°¡­ I don¡¯t think it will fit, that thing is too big...¡±. - ¡°If we weren¡¯t in such a weird situation I would certainly have something to say to that¡±. - ¡°shut up! What are you? A child?¡±. - ¡°It is not my fault that you...¡±. - ¡°hey! A little help here¡±. Seriously¡­ these guys will give me a headache. At the voice of their friend, the idiots stopped fighting and helped him to put the arm in his shoulder, it¡¯s certainly bigger than I¡­ eh? What!!? - ¡°Huh? Is not that¡­ slime?¡±. - ¡°The arm! it¡¯s connecting itself with my shoulder¡­ what is this?¡±. - ¡°The arm is getting smaller!!! how is it doing that?¡±. ¡­ SERIOUSLY? How in the hell did that happen?¡­ WAIT!!! didn¡¯t my skill said something about¡­ what was it? To adapt better to the user¡­ something like that? This is what it was referring to? Holy mother of sin! This is bloody awesome! - ¡°it¡¯s done¡­ the arm now is the same size as my other arm¡­ eh? No way!¡±. - ¡°what? What happened?¡±. - ¡°this thing¡­ it¡¯s a ¡°reinforced¡± kind of weapon! And it gives me 4 different kinds of bonuses¡­ vitality, strength, defense, and speed, everything +10 in stats or more...¡±. - ¡°wh¡­ how much? How much in total?¡±. Why do they seem so serious? I can even notice how pale their faces are¡­ huh? don¡¯t you dare giving one more step stupid monkey! - ¡°¡­ it gives me¡­ a total of... +120... it¡¯s an ¡°Irregular Quality Weapon¡±...¡±. - ¡°¡­ EH!!? Are you serious!!?¡± - ¡°Wow! that¡¯s so great!¡±. - ¡°AAAAAH!!! OOH OOH! AAAH! AAAH!¡±. - ¡°¡­!!!¡±. Stop talking you pieces of shit! Start fighting! - ¡°eh? Right! let¡¯s go, guys!¡±. - ¡°Yes!¡±. Freaking finally! The guy with the artificial arm, he took his shield once again and moved forward, he still seems to be trying to be a shield¡­ doesn¡¯t he have another weapon? Oh shit! I forgot the guy lost it when he threw it against the wolf¡­ damn it! it¡¯s my fault they lost one of their weapons. The guy with the sword also moved forward while the girl with the staff seems to take her distance. The guy with the sword and the guy with the shield are very close. I only stayed standing like a statue because I want to see what they do from now on. - ¡°The Golem is not moving?¡±. - ¡°focus on the fight, he already lends us a hand, the rest is our job¡±. - ¡°¡­ really? A hand joke?¡±. ¡­ idiots! The monkeys moved forward straight for the one with the sword, but the guy with the shield push them back just enough for his friend to give a horizontal swing with the sword, before getting behind the guy with the shield, that way he was able to not receive the counter-attack from the monkeys and at the same time make them give a step back. The monkeys are not quitting yet, one of them jumped over the guys but the guy with my arm blocked it, that stupid monkey is trying to reach the guy face with its hands, probably to scratch him, but the guy still doesn¡¯t let it happen. - ¡°Take this!¡±. - ¡°AH? AAAAAH!!! OOH OOH!¡±. - ¡°¡­ what?¡±. Hahaha, that expression, the guy with the shield tried to punch the monkey to deal some damage, but, of course, the retractile horn just grew and pierced through the monkey skin, now they seem really surprised while looking at the long retractile horn at the back of the hand of the artificial arm, in all honesty, I didn¡¯t expect for the horn to be that long, and it looks stronger than the one of the horned hares, although I suppose it makes sense since my skill used 3 ¡°horn of hare¡± to create that retractile horn in the arm. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°eh?¡­ thank you?¡±. The guy still has that impressed and confused expression on his face, and he seems more confused by me giving him a thumb up, but¡­ after a quick glance at his new arm and at me, a smile appeared on his face, and that passion came back to his eyes, I would say that his confidence is restored and improved.Stolen from its rightful place, this narrative is not meant to be on Amazon; report any sightings. He charged again against the monkeys, but this time the shield is no longer the focus of his stance, now the focus is his new arm. The guy with the sword quickly followed, also with an excited smile on his face¡­ hmm?¡­ the girl at the back also seems to be more confident¡­ that only confirms my suspicion that he was the stronger in the team and that he was their leader. I stepped to the side and watched the fight break once again. The guy with the sword is moving with more confidence, there¡¯s no trace of that uncertainty and worry that he was showing before, his hits land almost always, and it seems like he can evade the tails of the monkeys with ease, the guy with the artificial arm on his side seems to be way better, he¡¯s fighting against 2 monkeys alone, keeping his shield up and prepare to move it when necessary, while at the same time giving quick swings with his new arm and the horn, he¡¯s also patient enough to wait for the exact moment to thrust his horn against the monkeys¡­ the healer on her side, she¡¯s very focused on the fight, her eyes don¡¯t stop watching the fight not even for one second, following each movement, waiting for the right moment to use her heal¡­ they are surprisingly good¡­ no, that¡¯s wrong, I watched them fight before, and they weren¡¯t fighting this good even when they were 4 of them, so either their old formation with 4 members didn¡¯t let them use their full potential, or¡­ this fight is different from that one¡­ in any case, that doesn¡¯t concern me. - ¡°CUT!¡±. - ¡°THRUST!¡±. - ¡°AH? OOH!¡­ AH¡­ ah...¡±. They did it, they killed the 3 monkeys¡­ that was surprisingly easier than I expected. - ¡°We did it!¡±. - ¡°fuuu¡­ I can¡¯t believe we won despite having started with such a big disadvantage¡­ ah? Sorry! I didn¡¯t mean to...¡±. - ¡°no problem, we were at a disadvantage when we started¡­ but we no longer are... thanks to this new arm, and the one who gives it to me, thank you! Sir Golem!¡±. Hahaha, I didn¡¯t do much, but my arm was indeed the one who helps them win, my skill can do surprisingly good weapons, especially considering the trash that was used to create it. - ¡°dude, your new arm is amazing, giving a total of +120 in stats, that means that that arm is around the F rank to F+ rank in power compared to a human, it¡¯s a weapon that can be easily used by adventurers ranking ¡°D¡± or inferior, it¡¯s perfect for you and our group!¡±. - ¡°Yeah¡­ using this weapon is like using a set of at least 3 ¡°Regular Quality Equipment¡± at once¡±. - ¡°wow! that¡¯s impressive¡­ but¡­ how did the Golem get this kind of object? Also, what exactly happened to it since last night? It looks way different¡±. ¡­ even if I wanted to tell you, I can¡¯t talk, so we better let it like this. - ¡°¡­ hahaha, it¡¯s okay, I think it just ranked up and got stronger, I mean, he probably was fighting while we were sleeping, after all, I''ve never heard of Golems needing to sleep¡±. - ¡°you must be right! let¡¯s no overthink this¡±. - ¡°okay¡­ but¡­ what a weird rank up to change this much...¡±. Hmm¡­ that guy, the one who leads them, gave me a suspicious look before smiling and trying to ease his companions¡­ it gives me the creeps. - ¡°Anyway, now that we finished our fight, it is time to move, we need to get back to town¡±. - ¡°Yes!¡±. - ¡°let¡¯s go, Golem!¡±. ¡­ I suppose I can follow them for a while. After that they got what they could from the monkeys and then took their stuff and started to walk, I was surprised that I didn¡¯t see any monster cores, only materials... I didn¡¯t have the need to take anything from them because I didn¡¯t really fight the monkeys, I mean, if I wanted I probably could have taken everything they had anyway but that would be a waste of my efforts to create that artificial arm and help them¡­ not like it was that hard considering how my skill was the one that actually did almost everything. A few hours later. We have been walking through the forest for a few hours now, I didn¡¯t have the need to fight the whole walk since this guy wanted to keep testing the new arm, so far everything was good, though I noticed that there are more in this forest than just slimes, horned hares, monkeys, and dire wolves, I''ve seen a serpent way bigger than the ones in my world, but only one so far, I also saw a few big spiders in some trees, and finally, a pair of boars, the guys didn¡¯t fight the boars though, they said they had too much defense and had a skill that was too strong for their shield, even though their levels didn¡¯t seem to be that high, they didn¡¯t want to risk it, the same goes for the snake that in their words, it¡¯s too strong. I was just following them around so, in the end, I didn¡¯t fight. Right now we have found a path several meters away from the forest. - ¡°This is the path to our home town where our families must be waiting for us¡±. - ¡°Finally! I feel like it¡¯s been years since I was in town¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t be so exaggerated, it wasn¡¯t that bad¡±. - ¡°¡­ you say that now but you are as exhausted as I am¡±. Just getting here and they already started to discuss¡­ fuuu¡­ such kids...hmm¡­ huh? Why is this guy looking at me? What up with that smile? - ¡°I don¡¯t think you will follow us, right? After all, as a monster, the town will be quite a problematic place with all the adventurers there¡±. Oh! it was that why he had such a weird smile, well, it makes sense, obviously I can¡¯t go with them, not only because the town might be dangerous for me considering that I¡¯m a Golem, but also because I seriously want to get more monster cores and for that I need to keep fighting, so far this forest is the best place for me. I give a look to the kids around me, before turning around and walking back to the forest. - ¡°Eh? Goodbye, Sir Golem! Thanks for helping us¡±. - ¡°Next time we see each other, we¡¯ll fight, and you can bet your ass that I¡¯ll kill you¡±. - ¡°hey! What are you saying so suddenly? Show more respect¡±. - ¡°ha, why should I? I¡¯m an adventurer, that thing is a monster, is the job of adventurers to kill strong monsters, isn¡¯t it?¡±. - ¡°¡­ you!...¡±. - ¡°bye, Sir Golem! I thank you for this artificial arm, and hopefully, our paths cross once again in the future¡±. I only raised my hand and wave in acknowledge to their words, it¡¯s everything I can do since I can¡¯t talk, hahahaha, those guys are such a problematic group, but they weren¡¯t that bad. A few minutes later. I kept walking for quite a while, surprisingly I didn¡¯t find any enemies¡­ weird, very weird. - ¡°GRRR!¡± ¡­ Eh? who¡¯s behind me? - ¡°GRRR!¡­ I haven¡¯t seen you in a while, Golem...¡±. ¡­ Huh? No way! That guy is¡­ the strong dire wolf!¡­ this is not possible, its aura, it¡¯s even more dangerous than yesterday¡­ did this thing level up since yesterday? just how strong it became? Wait! there¡¯s something else, did I just hear him talking? that¡¯s bloody ridiculous! - ¡°¡­ interesting, I was right, after all, you do smell like my pack¡­ the smell of their blood and their cores, I can smell it on you! ROAAAR!!!¡±. It really talked! Just before my mind could process the situation, the wolf disappears and appeared in front of me in an instant, it hit me with his front paws and push me back¡­ strong bastard!¡­ the hit was what I needed to get out of my stupor, and just in time to block the claws of the wolf, it tried to slash my chest but I could block it using my right arm, thanks to my improved defense, it barely left a scratch. When the wolf moved back after his slash, I moved forward in an intent to give him a horizontal hit, but it was easily dodged by the wolf, then the wolf bites me, its body shakes violently, and I can feel the pressure of its strong jaws, in a surprising move of my opponent, it somehow moves my entire body to the air and the throws me away, making me land hard against the ground. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°GRRR!¡­ you have improved since last time, but not enough to win this fight¡­ but, I¡¯ll admit that your defense has gotten better as well as your speed¡­ hmm¡­ your looks changed, it¡¯s quite obvious you ranked up¡­ hahahaha, interesting, I haven¡¯t met an ¡°F¡± rank monster to ever rank up in this forest apart from me¡±. ¡­ fuuu¡­ this guy is surprising quite the talker, and I barely understand what he¡¯s saying, but I¡¯m sure of one thing¡­ there¡¯s no way I¡¯m losing this time. I quickly get up, then I use my skills ¡°quick step¡± and ¡°minor harden¡±, the wolf immediately stiffened, I suppose he quickly noticed the slight change on me¡­ but that¡¯s not enough. I jumped forward and the wolf tried to get some distance from us while moving to my left side, since I noticed that the moment my feet touch the ground I immediately impulse myself in that direction and throw a punch, the wolf is barely able to fully evade it, being slightly scratched by the horn at the back of my hand. I use my ¡°charge¡± to give another hit with my right arm and this time I¡¯m able to reach the wolf, hitting it on its side and sending it flying against a tree, but I don¡¯t stop there and I move against the tree with my left hand prepared to give a powerful punch. The wolf reacted just before my hit lands and jumps over my hand, then runs straight to my face and gives me a powerful bite, but this bite is not normal, it seems to be a skill. I move my hand prepared to hit the wolf over my head, but it quickly moves aside and can get some distance between us. - ¡°¡­ hahahaha, I see, "quick-step" and "charge" from the horned hares, and I bet you also have the skills of my death companions¡­ I can feel one of those skills in you¡±. Eh? it recognized the skills? such a smart bastard¡­ I wonder if it can also use the skills of other monsters. - ¡°I can¡±. - ¡°¡­!?¡±. - ¡°don¡¯t be so surprised, after all, every time you kill another monster, as long as the skill and you are compatible, there¡¯s an almost nonexistent possibility that you can learn it, I haven¡¯t obtained quick-step, but I did acquire charge, the difference, is that I got it from a minor brown boar¡±. ¡­ eh? It can understand me? No! Wait, that¡¯s wrong, it¡¯s not that it can understand me, the bastard can read my mind? - ¡°Hmm¡­ don¡¯t you know? I can¡¯t read minds, it¡¯s just that¡­ when you killed my pack members, you got the skill ¡°pack bond¡± and thanks to that skill we should have a certain understanding of each other thoughts, to begin with, ¡°pack bond¡± is a skill for team purposes like team fights or hunting¡­ hmm¡­ the one who bathed himself in the blood of my pack needs to learn a few things¡­ interesting!¡±. I couldn¡¯t understand much about what the wolf was talking about, but it seems like, somehow, I made myself a bloody troublesome ally. - ¡°...¡±. Now here I was, in front of the most fearsome enemy I faced so far, a bloody wolf! A bloody wolf laughing joyfully while showing such a smug face, and I couldn¡¯t even move due to the absurdity of the whole thing. Chapter 11: a golem and a wolf. 1 week later. It¡¯s been about a week since my short fight against the wolf, and... do you want to know something? it¡¯s not leaving me the fuck alone! This damn dog with steroids as been following me for the past week non stop and this shit it¡¯s really irritating. I tried to make the wolf go away and leave me alone, I really tried for the first few days, but the wolf wouldn¡¯t leave me, the piece of shit would either ignore me or just defy me and state that it would follow me since we are brothers, I never understood that thing. I tried fighting it a few times during the first couple of days, but it would always win, somehow I would always end up knocked down with almost no power left, but it would never give me a killing hit, at the end of each fight it would only start laughing and¡­ say? Kind of¡­ it would state how interesting and exciting it was to fight with me and how much I still needed to learn before I could beat it. - ¡°¡­?¡±. - ¡°¡­ hmm?¡­¡±. - ¡°...¡±. We don¡¯t really talk, just walk in the forest looking for more enemies to kill, to level up and collect monster cores¡­ my intention was to ignore it hoping that it would eventually go away by its own will, but it¡¯s been futile so far¡­ oh, by the way, getting back to my level, currently I¡¯m level 19¡­ I know what you are thinking! it¡¯s been a week, then, how have you leveled up only 1 level so far?¡­ well, the answer is quite simple, first of all, apparently most of the slimes and horned hares are all under level 7, in fact, most monsters I found after the wolf were lower than level 5, and they are actually the majority of the monsters in this forest, which is a real bullshit considering that the more I level up the less close they get to me, I mean, I could get them with my speed, but they are giving me too little exp anyways and I think I have everything I needed from them, so right now I just got a few monster cores of slimes in my storage space, plus the ones I have left of the horned hares, and also, I have successfully hunted a boar, 2 spiders, 1 monkey, and 1 snake, all of them really low-level though. Second of all, I¡¯m being followed by this psychotic wolf, who is also hunting monsters, and the piece of shit is so damn fast that I can¡¯t follow its rhythm to hunt, so it has gotten most of the monsters, it probably has leveled up as much as me or even more, I also realized that when we fought about a week ago, the bastard was holding back, it probably was able to easily kill me in a matter of seconds the first time we encountered each other, the bastard!... well, at least I¡¯ve gotten to live for this long in this place, and in all honesty, it kind of feels good to have some company¡­ even if it¡¯s still an irritating and stubborn bastard who keeps hunting more monster than I do with ease. - ¡°¡­!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. I feel the need to mention that the total amount of monster cores I have right now is 12, a little bit of every monster I¡¯ve encounter so far, except for dire wolves who I haven¡¯t seen in a while with the exception of the one beside me, anyway, I haven¡¯t had the chance to use them or even to check what they can be useful for, after all¡­ every time I want to check it, I can feel the gaze of the wolf looking very attentively to my every move, that makes me nervous so I¡¯ve been restraining myself from using them or my unique skill¡­ fuuu¡­ how did I end up in this situation? I mean, I still can¡¯t fully understand exactly what happened that day about 1 week ago. Flashback. - ¡°Hmm¡­ don¡¯t you know? I can¡¯t read minds, it¡¯s just that¡­ when you killed my pack members, you got the skill ¡°pack bond¡± and thanks to that skill we should have a certain understanding of each other thoughts, to begin with, ¡°pack bond¡± is a skill for team purposes like team fights or hunting¡­ hmm¡­ the one who bathed himself in the blood of my pack, needs to learn a few things¡­ interesting!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡± ¡­ what the hell is this damn wolf talking about? I can¡¯t understand anything. I¡¯m bored of useless talk so I ran towards the wolf in an intent to hit him with my hand, I even used charge to increase the damage, but¡­ just when I was about to get it, the wolf once again evades my move and give me a headbutt pushing me back again, then it push me once more with its paws making me fall to the ground, and finally it bite my right leg, and before I noticed, I was lifted up in the air and thrown away, landing hard against the ground¡­ What in the hell? what a crazy strength that bastard has! - ¡°hahaha¡­ you have spirit, fitting for someone who killed my companions¡±. Tch¡­ I killed them just to survive, if not they would have killed me¡­ wait! Is that what this is about? Revenge? It makes sense actually, considering the difference in strength, I would say this one was their leader¡­ such a problematic situation. - ¡°... hmm¡­ you don¡¯t get it, do you?¡±. The wolf looked at me with such a serious yet tired expression that I almost forgot how dangerous the bastard is. - ¡°¡­ fuuu, nothing to do about that. I want you to know, this is not about revenge, they fought you, and they died, that¡¯s the survival of the fittest, the one rule above all rules in nature¡­ I feel pain for their deaths, of course I do, they were my pack, my companions and siblings, we all used to belong to a bigger and stronger pack, so not feeling anything would be anti-natural of me, but¡­ I came looking for you with another purpose...¡±. ¡­ so it wasn¡¯t revenge? No, don¡¯t trust its words, it has to be revenge, I mean, what other purpose could it have that includes me? there¡¯s nothing beside the wolves and the humans that connect me to this wolf¡­ so¡­ if not the revenge for the wolves, it¡¯s about the humans? - ¡°¡­ no, although I don¡¯t like them, and even though they killed so many of my companions, it¡¯s not about the humans either, it¡¯s about you. You, a summoned golem that in no time grew strong enough to defeat several dire wolves by itself, a monster with such a potential that it ranked up and got stronger with just a day of difference between our first and second encounter, the second creature that I¡¯ve seen in this forest, besides me, that has ranked up...¡±. - ¡°¡­!!?¡± ¡­ no way! How did it knew I was a summoned creature? Has this thing kept an eye on me? - ¡°¡­ not an eye, I can smell it in you¡­ a few days ago, a lot of humans were moving through the forest, looking for another human, said human summoned several golems all along the forest in an intent to escape from the other humans, I smelled the human and some of his golems, you have the same smell¡­ and yet, so different¡­ also, I can perceive your power, your energy, you are not that far behind of me, the difference between us just in raw power is enough to kill you easily, and yet, our powers are still pretty close one from the other, but you also seem to lack battle experience despite the fact that you smell like blood of several monsters and monster cores...¡±. A human summoning golems? My smell? This wolf¡­ he seems to have gotten so much about me just by smelling me? that¡¯s¡­ disturbing¡­ but also¡­ is not this guy a little too smart for a monster? it seem like this monster really give some thought to my circumstances. - ¡°Ah! Of course I would noticed, a monster with such a great growth, I couldn¡¯t miss to see that¡­ on the other side, you seem to share the common human thought that monster are not smart, which is kind of curious, considering that golems are practically toys without any train of though beside obedience, and even with such a limited range of thoughts they still are so slow and weak, only high level golems actually show some sight of intelligence, and yet, here you are, a summoned creature who is surviving alone by using its own strength and mind¡­ that¡¯s interesting!¡±. ¡­ hmm¡­ I wonder, what should I do now? This monster obviously has been paying attention, and I seriously think it could kill me if it wanted¡­ damn it! What do I do? I don¡¯t even know if I can trust it, but for some reason nothing it has said to me seem to be a lie or have other intentions, but¡­ if it is like that, then¡­ what does it really want with me? - ¡°¡­!?¡±. - ¡°I¡¯ll tell you what I want¡­ since we are both monsters who ranked up recently in this forest, since you killed so many of my companions and got their power, since you have the dire wolf skill ¡°Pack Bond¡±, and since I¡¯ve tested your power and determined that you have potential, now you and I are brothers!¡­¡±.The tale has been taken without authorization; if you see it on Amazon, report the incident. - ¡°¡­!?¡±. Huh? brothers? What in the hell is this thing talking about? - ¡°hahahaha, you seem really confused about it, let me explain... dire wolves, we are predators in this world, we are fast and powerful with improved senses, most dire wolves are ranked as ¡°+¡± among monsters, which makes us be among the strongest creatures in each rank, but, we move in packs, groups if it¡¯s easier for you to understand, we are strong as individuals, but our true strength only is shown when we cooperate with each other, the skill ¡°Pack Bond¡± is nothing more than a manifestation of this reality of our species, a skill that not many kinds of monsters in this world possess, it¡¯s a skill that we gain only after we start hunting with our packs not long after we are born, and the ones who never get that skill are known as lone wolves, the ones who have a skill completely opposite to pack bond, a skill that makes them stronger alone¡­ I am not one of the second kind, I¡¯m not a lone wolf, so, even though I am stronger than any other dire wolf you will find in the territory of this forest, my true strength can¡¯t be shown unless I have a companion, a partner, a brother, a creature that can cover my weaknesses and improved my strengths¡­ a creature like you!¡±. Me? what? But I¡¯m not a dire wolf! What the hell is wrong with this guy? - ¡°hahahaha, you don¡¯t need to be a dire wolf to be my brother, after all, the blood of dire wolves, my brothers and sisters, their power, their skills, they are already a part of you¡­ besides, you, golem, have high vitality and your defense keeps improving, even your speed and strength are not bad, with my speed and experience, and your high defense and vitality, plus both of our strengths, we can become quite the powerful team, that¡¯s why I chose you to be my brother! From now on I won¡¯t leave your side, and together we¡¯ll grow stronger than ever hahahaha!!!¡±. ¡­ NO WAY!!! there¡¯s no way I¡¯m partnering with this psychopath, forget it, I¡¯m out of here. I turned around and ran with my full speed in the opposite direction, after a few seconds, I looked behind me, and I noticed the bastard running beside me with a smug face. - ¡°you won¡¯t get rid of me! I already told you, now we are a team, brothers in arms, HAHAHAHAHA!!!¡±. What in the bloody hell??? GET THE HELL AWAY FROM ME!!! End of Flashback. Fuuu¡­ and that¡¯s how I ended up in this situation. I don¡¯t know what to do anymore, I want to keep leveling up, obviously, but between low-level enemies running away from me and having to share the monsters to hunt with the psychotic bastard that¡¯s following me, I don¡¯t think I¡¯ll ever be able to level up properly again. - ¡°¡­ stop!¡±. - ¡°¡­?¡±. What? What happen? Is there something wrong? The wolf seems to have gotten in full alert, something must be very wrong, it seems worried, I¡¯ve never seen this smug bastard that nervous in this past week. - ¡°¡­ shit! We got too close to the center of the forest, we need to run back, Now! Follow me!¡±. ¡­ Eh? The wolf started to ran away at an incredible speed, I follow it as fast as I can just out of fear, fear because the wolf seemed agitated, something that I¡¯ve never seen in it. When I was thinking that while looking at the retreating back of the wolf I felt something behind me. - ¡°GRAAAAA!!!¡±. - ¡°OOH OOH, ROAAAR!¡±. What is that sound? When I look back to see what is going on, I¡¯m absolutely stunned at the realization that it was a gorilla¡­ A BLOODY GORILLA!!! a red-brownish furred giant gorilla with enormous fangs coming out of its mouth, and it¡¯s in the air falling straight to me¡­ AAAH! What the hell is going on!!? - ¡°OOH OOH, GRAAA!¡±. - ¡°Dodge it!!!¡±. I heard the voice of the dire wolf but I didn¡¯t have much time to move away so I tried to block it putting both of my arms in front of me, yet, the gorilla just gives me one freaking punch that I¡¯m sure would have make me spit blood out of my mouth if I had any blood in this body, its punch cracked my arms and send me flying back, knocking down several trees before I finally stopped. - ¡°¡­?¡±. - ¡°GRAAA!¡±. The gorilla took a tree and with ease got it out of the ground just to throw it directly at me, and another, another one coming, all that while walking in my direction making angry noises. - ¡°ooh OOH! AH AH OOH!¡±. I can¡¯t understand what you are saying, stupid gorilla, but I have a gift for you¡­ can you see this? It¡¯s my rocky middle finger. - ¡°GRAAA!!!¡±. Hahaha, it seemed like it understood that. The gorilla is prepared to give me another hit in the face, and I barely can feel my arms, it¡¯s like they are numb, maybe just too damaged to work properly. - ¡°ROAAAR!!!¡±. Eh? just before the punch of the gorilla hit me, that psychotic bastard dire wolf jumped straight to its face and bite it. The gorilla started to cry in pain while trying to shake the wolf off of its face, but the crazy bastard has a good grip on it¡­ this is my chance! I have to actually force my arms to move, which is surprisingly difficult, I moved the trees that are over me and then stand up¡­ I could leave that crazy arse wolf here alone to deal with the gorilla, but the bastard got back for me¡­ so I better return the favor. I use my charge, and just in case activate as well my quick step and low harden. Then I use all the strength I can in one hit directed to the gorilla stomach. The gorilla was still trying to get the dire wolf away from its face when I hit it, with that the gorilla gives a loud cry and falls down, giving the wolf the chance to release is grip and¡­ run? Why are you running? aren¡¯t we going to kill it? - ¡°Don¡¯t stay there like an idiot! It will recover soon and more might come after hearing that cry of pain¡±. Oh! now I get it¡­ shit! I have to get out of here. I start running with my full speed following the crazy wolf, I even used my quick step several times one after the other to not lose speed while running. I don¡¯t know exactly what the hell was going on, but that freaking gorilla had a bloody powerful punch, I seriously don¡¯t want to face that thing again. - ¡°¡­ I should have been more careful, I should have noticed that we got too close to the center of the forest, such slip up could have gotten us killed...¡±. ¡­ what is this wolf murmuring while running? He knew about that gorilla? He said that more would come, wait! How in the hell did he knew that the gorilla was coming? And what is that about us getting killed for a slip up? - ¡°¡­?¡±. - ¡°¡­ hmm¡­ I¡¯ll explain everything, but first we need to get as far away from here as we can¡±. At his serious tone I can¡¯t do more than nod my head and keep running, I wonder what will this wolf tell me. Several hours later. We ran for hours, non-stop, no looking back, just running¡­ for me was more like following the lead, since I¡¯m the slower between me and the wolf, and I don¡¯t know this territory as well as this guy does, so it only makes sense to follow him. We just stopped very close to the end of the forest, the dire wolf decreases its speed until it just stop walking and finally left out a sigh of relief, then it looked up and to the sides with a very sharp look before relaxing again¡­ just what is going on? - ¡°¡­! ¡­!!!¡±. - ¡°uh? Oh, right¡­ we can relax now, at least for a while, hopefully those overgrown monkeys didn¡¯t follow us¡±. The wolf said with a bitter expression¡­ seeing that expression I don¡¯t even have the energy to correct its statement, fuuu¡­ can you explain what it¡¯s going on!? - ¡°¡­ what do you want to know?¡±. I want to know... what the hell was that? Why did that gorilla attacked us? And how did you knew it was coming? - ¡°Fuuu¡­ you have yet so much to learn¡­ alright! First of all, that was us getting too close to a restricted area...¡±. ¡­ a restricted area? In a forest? Why in the hell there would be a restricted area in a forest? - ¡°¡­ for the same reason that that monster attacked us, that deep inside of the forest, it¡¯s the home of the chief of this territory¡­ the chief of the forest...¡±. ¡­ hmm¡­ what do you mean by chief? Is it the one in charge of the place? - ¡°¡­ eh? You don¡¯t know about the chief of the territories?¡±. No idea! How could I have known that there was some kind of monster in charge of the place? More important than that, is that monster the head of the deepest part of the forest or is it the head of the entire forest? If the later, then why haven¡¯t we seen it in this last week?¡­ eh? Don¡¯t give me that look! - ¡°¡­ fuuu, you are either too innocent or too stupid, I can¡¯t really tell which one¡­ for your information, the existence of a chief in a territory is common sense for any creature in the world, even humans learn about them since very early in their lives¡­ how should I put it? Hmm¡­ we could say that it¡¯s part of our instinct to know or at least have the idea of a monster over all the other monsters in a certain territory, they receive many names, but the most common is chief, the one at the top of each territory, the strongest monster in a territory that has other strong monsters following it¡­ the monkey that attacked us, it was just one of the few followers of the chief, and although the chief controls the entire territory of this forest, it usually stays in the deepest part of it, where the stronger monsters live¡±. Eh? seriously? Hmm¡­ now you mention it, it does make sense that there would be a monster stronger than the rest in this place, but I didn¡¯t think much about it since I was focused on leveling up. - ¡°yeah, well, is not like it changes much, we are lucky to be alive, even between the 2 of us, I doubt we could have won against that gorilla, much less against the chief¡±. Eh? you say that even though you are so strong? In all honesty, if I didn¡¯t knew that it¡¯s not you, I would have confused you with the chief of the place. - ¡°¡­ that only shows how inexperienced you really are¡­ my strength, my power, it¡¯s nothing compared to the chief of the territory, if we were to fight¡­ I doubt I would survive¡­ no, forget that, I doubt I would last even a minute against the chief¡­ even one of its followers would most likely kill me¡±. ¡­ are you joking, right?¡­ its expression and tone were so serious¡­ just what kind of monster is the chief of this bloody place!?