26th November 2019. This was the fateful date that was reported in many journals. The reason why this date was a significant one was due to the death of a boy who was nearing his 18th birthday. His name was Ethan, an orphan... determined to do his best to achieve heights high enough to fill his parents, who he had never met, with great pride of him.
The latter was enjoying a rather peaceful life, even if it wasn't always so smooth. He was, at times, living a considerably unfortunate life, but all of this misfortune was discarded the moment he was killed by a person. He didn't understand what that person was trying to tell him, but that confusion didn't last long before the crazed man unsheathed a knife from within his jacket and struck towards him, killing him without a single moment to spare.
Ethan found himself in a vast, seemingly endless space. He was greatly confused at the situation he had come across and couldn't help but think of reasons behind that man arbitrarily claiming his short-lived life.
He had a dream, one he wanted to achieve before reuniting with his parents. As such, he believed that he would feel immense shame if he were to meet with them as it was now. Fortunately, however, this confusion of his didn't last that long as, having read an almost infinite number of novels relating to Isekai and novels in general, he internally wished 'Maybe I will be reincarnated into the world of Danmachi... I would have to achieve something more than that if this was the case…' As he finished this thought, an unexpected voice resonated within his soul.
[Do you wish to be reincarnated?]
The voice that echoed within him was extremely mechanic, such that even a robot would be put to shame.
["Can I?"]
At the end of his words, the voice, in a way similar to the previous inquiry, repeated
[Do you wish to be reincarnated?]
His thoughts were beginning to race to get a better understanding of the situation, but the voice wasn't kind enough to give him any time. Instead, it continued to resonate and identically repeat the same message in a way similar to the previous one. It continued to echo to the extent that his soul began to tremble each time the voice spoke. With this circumstance, he acknowledged that the voice wouldn't leave him any luxury to think, so he firmly stated.
["Yes. I wish to reincarna-"]
Before he was even able to finish his words, the voice abruptly cut him off from making any further remark.
[Processing the soul for reincarnation...]
[Do you wish to be a male or a female?]
Whilst he was indeed a little curious of what being a female was like, he undoubtedly decided it was better to not retain and state such thoughts, so he firmly stated
["I want to be a male."]
[Understood, creating a male body...]
The feel of his flesh, bone and blood, being constructed around his soul was something that Ethan couldn't fully understand. Before the process had started he hadn't even realized that he didn't have a real body and was merely wandering around as a tiny soul in the ocean of emptiness. After a couple of moments, as the process had ended, the machine began speaking once again, this time with a voice that seemed less robotic.
[Your wish to be reincarnated into the world 1042, titled {Danmachi} has been authorized and granted by God. You will receive, at the start of your new journey, me. Since the reincarnation into the designated world was rather taxing, you didn't obtain any additional reward more than a boost in your potential. Essentially, God granted you a [Blessing]. This will be listed as one of your skills within the Status Board. When you awake once more, I will introduce myself properly.]
Upon hearing those words, his consciousness started to fade into black.
When Ethan opened his eyes, he found himself in a forest. The forest was located at the East of the famous city noted as Orario. The city where the main story of this timeline would take place. As for Ethan, he didn't even know this basic information, so he was a little overwhelmed by the simple and natural environment. But, instead of stay in thought for too long, he decided it was the best to understand a little better the situation before proceeding any further.
["Hey, can you explain to me now that I'm awake?"]
[Hello Host, first, Congratulation in achieving a Reincarnation, as rather a 0.000001% of the people within the void are still sentient when immersed in itself for too long, you seem special. In short, God believe you can take this world for the better. Because of your wish to be in this exact world, you were called by the Voice of the World itself before I was created to suit your interaction between you and the Universe itself.]
Ethan, still a little overwhelmed by the suddenly information, asked the voice to continue, but what it said next, shocked him a little.
[This System is still unnamed so you can rename it as you please.]
["So…can I simply call you Light"]
[Understood.]
[I have 4 simple functions for now, the others are sealed because you need specific quests to obtain them but worry not, as i will help you with translate the meaning the universe has for you.]
[The 4 Functions are: Inventory, Shop, Status Board and Quest Menu.]
[For now, I believe it's better for host to check his own Status Board]
Ethan, was still in a daze because he still recalls the novels were the supposed system would have shown this four options...but he still couldn't make sense of the situation…even if he was concentrating at the extreme.
After he calmed down a little, he found a cave hid by small plants and vegetables, but he ignored all of them and hid in the rather dark cave. Then he muttered
["Status Board"]
Name: Ethan
Age: 15
Race: Human
Lv 1
Pow: 3I
End: 3I
Dex: 2I
Agi: 4I
Mag: 0I
Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS](new)
Magic: -
Development Ability: -
[Qienta's Blessing]
Rank: SSS
The Blessing of a powerful being, seemed inspired by the Soul of the Owner of the skill, decided to bestow her blessing upon him. Hoping that one day he will bring peace with his loved ones.
Passive: Creates an aura around the User, protects the soul from view of other gods with a Divinity related to Souls.
Active: Creates an aura around the User with the particular effect of greatly intimidate those weaker than the user. Reduced chance of stun enemies stronger than the User.
Surprised by his new age, he asked Light
["Why is it marked that I am 15 years old? I am 18.."]
[Because you are in a new body that is the 'copy' of your former self. You have chronologically 18 years but you look like a 15-year-old boy.]
["I see.."]
[If you want, I can make the [Status Board] show the difference between chronological and body's age.]
Understanding the situation, Ethan didn't have anymore the strength to ever be surprised at this point.
["Nah, It's okay, just show me I am 15 years old."]
Deciding to explore his [Status Board], he saw the SSS-Rank skill.
He knew a little (He searched in the Wiki for a more clear understanding of the Danmachi world itself) that having an SSS-Rank ability from the start was rather a cheat, even if it was just a blessing. He even knows now the name of the goddess that allowed him to reincarnate, so he decided to send a small pray to her, as a 'thank you' for what she has done for him.
After he finished his pray, he focused himself on the cave he decided to use for the moment. It was all imbued in darkness, but strangely, seems an unspoken ability of the blessing itself, he was capable of seeing in the darkness without a problem. He noticed that the cave was a suitable place for him to stay a little longer before he decided to venture into the city itself. At this moment, when he was thinking on a way for procuring a weapon for himself that Light interrupted his thoughts.
[I recommend for Host to see the other functions of the System, as i have to explain other things of myself for facilitate your survival...]
Hearing this, Ethan felt a little embarrassed, even if he knew Light wasn't a real person, he feels like even in this instant, it is gaining more clarity when it speaks, even if it didn't say anything about it.
[So, The Inventory, allows you to store things in myself as you please, but remember that I need to grow with you upon the time, so I will expand your inventory the more you grow stronger.]
[Next, The Shop is, like you already seem to understand, an exchange of System Points for Items. It could be quite everything if you have enough System Points, I will explain how to obtain them after I finished with the functions.]
[The last is the Quest function which is, as the name says, a function that permits myself to understand the World's and yours intention's to achieve something in rewarding of something else. The reward need to be restricted based on the difficulty of the quest, and if you try to 'create' repeatable quests, the reward would still be the same.]
Ethan, with his knowledge of various novels, came prepared this time and, instead of his normal chaotic state of mind, now was completely clear.
He understood by now that all of this wasn't a dream and this was reality, so better put such small matters aside right now and enjoy himself rather than worry so much about things he can do nothing about.
With these thoughts in mind, Ethan asked Light
[Can you explain how can I obtain System Points and if you can explain to me the timeline we are in I would gladly accept the information...]
Since the Voice of the World didn't even give him time to think or rather respond its question, he ended up in a rash he would have been able to avoid rather easily, so he was a little angry with the universe itself…
Light seemed aware of this however as it say
[System points can be obtained by Killing monsters, Adventurers(Only Person judged by the world: Evil) and by doing things like create a new weapon and others you will find out on your own. As for the timeline we are in, we are precisely 398 days before Bell comes to Orario.]
[Light's Warning: Upon consideration for the Host's survival, the System gifts a weapon to Host, please check your inventory, Host]
Oh, you gifted something to me? I thought system's in general aren't that kind to gifts.
[It wasn't a gift from me, the World had gifted the item for you, it is only a beginner's Sword, but I think it is the best at your sleeve for now]
When Ethan found the item in his inventory, and wasn't that surprised that the quality wasn't exactly that good, but it was still something...
[Assurance]
Rank: F
Abilities: Physical Amplification(G)
This Blade was made by a famous Blacksmith in a foreign record for repaying his own debt. He was hoping that having a blade more large and its appearance enhanced, it would have sold better.
The blade has a wide, twisted cross-guard, which makes sure the blade is both balanced and capable of protecting the owner's hands against any sliding sword.
It is a large, broad, jagged blade made of steel held by a grip wrapped in common, deep orange wolf leather.
The sharp, dual-edged blade makes this the ideal weapon if you're looking to slice, dice, stab and jab your enemies.
Even if it was F-Rank, the Weapon was extremely beautiful in its leather ornaments and stuff, but the thing that he liked the most, was that the sword amplified a great deal his psychical abilities, so, with his blade, Ethan decided to exit the cave and venture around to find some goblins to slay.
After 2 minutes after he exited the cave, Ethan found himself locking eyes with a Goblin. He was trembling greatly because in his own world, even killing something like a monster was like a concept so foreign in his mind that he can't simply adapt to the situation.
Even so, the goblin wasn't waiting around for him and, after noticing the fear in its prey, began rushing towards Ethan. He was a little shocked by the speed of the goblin but, remembering that his own parameters are all I, he can blame nobody but himself for his lack of parameters. Even so, he mercilessly tried to swing his sword against its head, causing the momentum of the goblin to be quickly put to an end.
When he was stopping for evade the weapon however, there was a little gap in his defences, something that Ethan couldn't easily utilize because he wasn't nearly skilled enough, so the goblin had the time for adjusting his body and run towards Ethan once again, he gritted his teeth and continued to swing his sword, even if he was more than a little tired by simply be using this colossal sword.
The goblin seemed aware of this however, as he used his leg to attack a gap in Ethan defences, causing him to lose balance before falling on the ground because of his own momentum. The goblin quickly found its way over Ethan and was trying to eat him, but Ethan wasn't here just to be played but this small foe.
He released the aura of the [Qienta's Blessing] which put an enormous pressure on the goblin. Seeing this, the goblin tried to flee, but he just can't do anything against this enormous pressure. So, in less than 2 minutes, Ethan finally managed to kill his first goblin. A feat that will be heavily impacted on his heart and mind.
After witnessing the death of the monster, Ethan was greatly shaken by the event…his first kill was a little cheated because of his blessing. Ethan was determined to grow beyond even the formidably Ottar, known as 'The King'.
What he forgot in the rush of the moment, was his System and its notification.
[Reward assigned to host for his first kill: 100SP(System Points)]
Ethan, after recomposing himself, felt many emotions that at the moment he didn't even understand, he felt empty, but at the same time he was happy, happy because it was his first step that could make possible all of his future achievement.
Finally, aware of the System Notification, his curiosity was at the limit, and so he asked
["Light, can you show me how the shop works?"]
To this question, there was a little of delay, even if Ethan wasn't aware of it, the System was filtrating trillion of items to assign to each part of the shop. Even so, in just over a second, Light responded.
[The Shop has a variety of things, from simple skills, to the best version of equipment in the entire universe, or even things from the planet you originated. I was just filtering all the impurity Items and converting most of them in a version suited for your compression. For now, there is the Equipment Section, The Skills Section(You can't buy Innates just yet) and the Utility Section. For now host is recommended to use these three]
Although Light was giving him a lot of information, this time his curiosity had been taken to an extreme he didn't even know to have, so he immediately asked
["Light! What are these Innates? You mean The rare skills right? If it is the case, can I buy [Liaris Freese]? I wanted it so-"]
Before he was able to go further, he was immediately shut down by Light, in a tone that you would use when dealing with a child, he stated
[Yes. It's possible for you to buy that skill, but even the cost for doing so is enormous. An innate cost at least one hundred times the cost of a normal skill, which you cannot even afford with your points at the moment.]
Ethan felt extremely sad for a moment because he knew that for even a single skill he probably need to harvest this entire forest, and he doesn't have the parameter to even be a match to a group of goblins at the moment so it isn't that easy.
'For now, I need to find a method of trainin-' like usual, Light was listening to his every thought, so he didn't miss his words. So, before he was even able to think about the issue, Light gave Ethan a Quest.
/Optional Quest Triggered/
[Work Hard Today, Harder than Yesterday]
Rank: H
Objective: Run (0/10Km), Do (0/50) Squats, (0/50) Sit-Ups, (0/50) Push Ups before 0AM
Failure Conditions: Work out not completed before 0AM, Death.
Penalty: N/A
Rewards: 1000SP
["Thanks, Light, even if the rewards are cheap"]
[This quest is optional and it's repeatable every day if you wish, you can even double the amount of this workout but the SP will be rewarded only if you complete all the work out a second time in the same day. Understood?]
["Yes Light, I understand"]
With this new optional quest, the training of Ethan begun. First he started with the run of the 10 kilometers, and even if it was tiring, he managed to run 1 kilometer straight without a stop, even if his ridiculous speed allowed group of goblins to see and try to stop him, With his [Qienta's Blessing], the goblins decided to flee instead of be annihilated.
Even if a few bold kobodts were in the way, most of his run ended in peace. He was sweating like Hell and his breathing was so accelerated that you might mistake he was enjoying himself. When he finally hit the 10Km, his legs, seemed almost a moment ago strong and capable of even do another few kilometers, decided to stop to function. Causing Ethan to crash in a Stone, He was hit by the stone, but he wasn't nearly enough strong to crash the stone on his own, so he just lamented his lack of parameters to be the cause.
Even with all the pain in his legs, he forced himself up and walked with heavy steps in 'his' cave. When he finally was in his cave, he decided to try the 50 Sit-Ups. He was felt his bones cracking slightly, but he decided to not mind for the time being. He was nearly in the verge of collapsing, but he decided to continue his extreme work-out.
Continuing with his 50 Squats. You could see his body, clearly shaking every time he did one Squat. But his Will wasn't something you could easily shake, even if his vision was blurred, and he was starting to lose his body on the floor, he always got up. Regardless of the burden he felt was breaking all the bones of his body.
The last step, 50 Push Ups, he decided to take a little break for a light dinner, so he bought a [Earnest Volcano's meat]. He bought that meat because it was the lowest in price in the shop. Merely costs 10SP.
After he ate the meat, he was searching in the shop for water, but he only found an infinitely books regarding spells, and the only [Water's Essence] that he found, costed 10000SP. He didn't know why such an item would cost so much, but for now he needed to find a lake for the water.
After willing his body to move, he decided to search in the forest for something good and, fortunately, he found a lake near his cave.(Think of it like 200 m from the Cave)He bought a [Bucket] at the merely cost of 2SP, and so, after drinking for himself, he filled up the Bucket and stored it in his Inventory.
Even if he didn't open the Option of the Inventory Yet, Mostly because he didn't have anything to see in it. After that, he returned to his cave, determined to finish his Optional Quest for the Day. After other 2 hours, making it past 11PM, he finally found the notification he was trying to obtain for all the day.
/Optional Quest Completed/
[Work Hard Today, Harder than Yesterday]
Rank: H
Objective: Run (10/10Km), Do (50/50) Squats, (51/50) Sit-Ups, (50/50) Push Ups before 0AM
Reward: 1000SP
After 7 days of training, plus slaying the various monsters that tried to catch him when he was running, Ethan reached the point when he can now monstrously keep up with the training so easy that it was rather useful now, and, even he knew that he can't even compete to most adventurers yet, but a feeling of conquest was slightly, but surely, influencing his mind.
From this 7 days, he understood what Light was saying of his potential, when his bones were breaking furiously as he had never stopped training before his bones completely broke, even without a regenerative ability or spell, his bones just reconstructed themselves more powerful than before the training, a fact that was impossible to understand, even for himself. But his boost in SP wasn't the only fact he was proud of at the moment. Proudly, Ethan said
["Show me my Status Board"]
Name: Ethan
Age: 15
Race: Human
Lv 1(+)
Pow: 3I→201G
End: 3I→574D
Dex: 2I→270G
Agi: 4I→302F
Mag: 0I→200G
Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS]
Magic: -
Development Ability: [(FeatherFoot:(Sealed)](new)
He immediately noticed the increase in his Magic parameter, even if he didn't use magic. So he decided to ask Light.
["How come my Mag raised from 0 to 200 without me doing nothing?"]
[Your blessing by god, in his passive and active state, is recognized by the World's Law as Magic so it is increasing rapidly because you seem to add your fatigue from training + the strain of having always low mana because of the blessing itself.]
'So this is the answer, no wonder I'm advancing so quickly, but I'm still too weak to even fight a group of 2 kobolds without injure myself in the battle. I need something more hard-'
Suddenly, he remembered that the [Quest Function] is just his understanding of what the world, and he himself wants, so as long as he desires a harder quest, it should appear.
Focusing his mind, Ethan was thinking on a work-out capable of upgrade himself to the extreme and at the same time have room to spare in the day for hunting goblins, so he decided to believe in the System.
After 5 minutes, nothing happened and Ethan was losing patience, so he decided to do 10x the normal amount of his normal work-out instead.
Ethan started again his routine training, believing for today to do at least 4x the normal amount of work-out. When he was just starting his training, Light suddenly said
[Host, I said the Quest is a sort of mediator between you and the Universe for what you had to do. The Universe wouldn't give you the same quest just upgraded, it is a rare case however that the normal Option Quest may evolve after you have done it so many times, so…keep the good work.]
Ethan was a little shocked because if he had known this information before he wouldn't have wished in the first place a regime of training that with a few parameters was useless. He would have searched a book in regards in the shop, without bothering himself with the Quest Function for a while.
After deciding himself of what to do with his work-out, Ethan finally noticed something in his Status Board, the [FeatherFoot(Sealed)], so, he decided to ask Light.
["Since when did I had this ability, Light?"]
[... On the 2nd day from your arrival, the Development Ability [FeatherFoot] appeared in your Status Board.]
'Oh… I'm so stupid.' Ethan thought. Because he knows that if he had known of this ability before, he could have developed it by now, and it was something that Ethan couldn't forget. So, he decided it was for the better and, instead of stay angry, decided to ask some more questions to Light.
["Light, how can I obtain some Magic and Skills without have to shop them?"]
[In this world Magic is something that could only be obtained by Grimoires, this seemed to be the fastest method to obtain Magic but Grimoires are expensive, so most people hope to achieve Magic on their own, something relatively impossible without a Falna.
The Falna is more troublesome than you think because it has so many Flaws that you should avoid it. If you allow me to 'help' you, I recommend you to shop a [Mana Control Manual], it's a manual that compresses all the theories of other worlds related to magic and, united together, makes the technique itself "flawless", something nobody in this world can achieve.]
["So cool! Buy me this Manual!"]
[Understood, used 15000SP to buy [Mana Control Manual]]
When he heard this, Ethan saw a book materialize from thin air. Something rather eye catching if he was amongst people. Ethan immediately opened the book to read it. But he saw it was formed in small images that represented clearly a cultivator's pose.
Ethan was a little excited from this but immediately decided to focus on his understanding of the poses for trying to learn the [Mana Control] Skill.
Just as he was about to begin, Light decided to say something more.
[You asked me about Skills, but they are something people in this world are limited because of their own understanding of the Falna itself. With the Falna, you could obtain a fair amount of skills but all the flaws in that system makes it "Not Recommended". So, if you are able to obtain a Falna, I could partially remove all the flaws in it and replace it without any God or Mortal noticing. How does that sound?]
Ethan, like always, was a little overwhelmed by all the information, but he imagined a girl version of Light that said 'Praise me ~!' but he immediately removed the thought, trying to hide this side of his from Light. He was unfortunate that Light was listening to him like always.
[I'm generally without a gender, but if you want i can customize my voice and gender, or appeal you like you tought earlier. I don't really mind~]
Ethan was, now, literally shocked. But instead of the classic dull in his mind, he literally said
["Please transform in a cute girl!"]
Ethan soon realized what he had said. He was embarrassed like hell, because he didn't even think of girls in the 7 days in this world. But here and now, he was taking advantage of a machine to try to appeal himself…he felt now, rather angry with himself for forcing his opinion on Light.
He really wanted it…even if it was a 'Machine' to decide for itself. When he was about to literally speak out loud to decide for himself what to be, a voice sounded in his mind, but now, it wasn't the same mechanical voice, but something extremely natural. With a little of teasing, the voice stated
[Now now, calm down Ethan ~, I don't think it's that bad to "be" a girl. You were thinking of something rather childish, instead, I decided to appear like someone of age.]
Ethan simply felt like no words could explain what he felt, the feeling of a girl speaking in your mind, with that hint of teasing, was like a pure paradise for him because the voice was similar to his unique best friend.
He decided to let the matter be for now. Finally, he sat in a rock that was sticking out from the rest of the cave. He was in a cross-legged position, trying to sense Mana itself.
One of the hardest steps for beginners, at least from the information provided from the book itself. After 30 minutes, he felt something from his surrounding. The Mana he was trying to sense was literally moving around him like a Phantom. Something a little disturbing, but as the book said, he needs to ignore that feeling for the time being and need to concentrate purely on the surrounding instead of this discomfort.
After another 30 minutes, He started to feel the surrounding Mana, Something like a bubble that was increasing in size slowly, but surely. This was another thing recommended by the book. The Path of a mage could be entirely different from others based on the foundation, the book said that the best foundation was to do something like a dual-cultivation.
So, without a moment, he tried to "split" his focus in two, something he thought was rather simple but now, even in his deep concentration, he can't split his focus. And the difficult of the training itself was hardening by the second. Without paying attention to the difficulty however, he continued tirelessly to meditate.
When he decided to take a 'Break' 12 hours have passed. He started at 7AM so, seeing it was dinner time was a little shocking for him because he didn't feel like this amount of time had passed. He bought the classic [Earnest Volcano's Meat], he ate dinner and, by the time he finished, he decided to continue his training.
This because his "cultivation" had the same benefit as every normal cultivator should have, so he didn't need to sleep and, by focusing on his meditation, for Ethan this was even better than sleep.
He woke up from his meditative state at 6AM for the Optional Quest. He decided against rush 10x the amount of training because, even if he did the 10x amount of the quest itself, it was infinitely better to meditate. This seemed more obvious after seeing his own [Status Board]
Name: Ethan
Age: 15
Race: Human
Lv 1(+)
Pow: 201G → 401E
End: 574D → 600C
Dex: 270G → 300F
Agi: 302F → 303F
Mag: 200G → 753B
Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS]
Magic: -
Development Ability: [(FeatherFoot:(Sealed)]
'Man, this surely is a cheat.'
Ethan couldn't prevent himself from thinking this but, he was happy that his Magic was sky-rocketing without him even possess a single Spell. Or so he thought.
After returning from his 3x training and slain of a group of goblins, it was past 4PM, so he decided to return in his cave. Here, he decided to immediately focus on the next step of his training.
In this step he should be pushing his split focus to over the extreme because, now that he can feel the surrounding bubble expanding, he now needs to "Absorb" the Mana from his surrounding and make it circle in his veins. Without a moment of hesitation, he started trying to think on the feeling of him absorbing the mana.
As soon as he thought about it, the surrounding Mana began to "execute" his command and entering his body. He felt a little pained in the aftermath but decided to ignore the feeling and concentrate on to make the Mana circulate in his veins. But he was unfortunate because the Mana decided it was better to expand all around his body again, something that made Ethan angry because it was like the Mana didn't want to enter him and remain instead of dispersing completely, but he wasn't that easy.
After 10 hours, the Mana seemed to conceive defeat and allowed itself to be circled in his veins. As soon as this new feeling took root of his senses, he immediately understood why the book wanted him to split his focus in two. If he can completely split his focus in two, he could allow one part of him to be mediating while he was training around for obtaining SP.
It was shocking for him that he didn't think of this option sooner but now that he knew, he was absolutely sure he wanted to purchase [Parallel Minds] a rare skill that permitted him better control over two consciousnesses.
After 4 days, his training wasn't anymore effective on his parameters. Instead, he felt like 'Mastery' over Mana, wasn't something that he, right now, was that far, even if he knew he learned not to even half the [Mana Control Manual].
This caused his brows to furrow slightly, but he knew that he still wasn't a match for even a well-built Level 2. His routine seemed more stable than before, allowing him to perform 3x his work-out daily. He decided to check the actual cost of the skill [Parallel Minds] because, if possible, he wanted to learn it sooner than later.
[Parallel Minds]
Rank:A (Stable) (A/N this is the meaning of "it can't be raised anymore under normal means")
Allows your consciousness to be split in two permanently.
The cost was rather low with a 750.000 SP. 'If you consider what benefit I can gain by such a skill…it's no wonder that the price would be a little harder to afford right now.'
If he wanted to, Ethan could be able to do 10x his actual training regime, something monstrous, yet he can only gain 10k SP a day, and to obtain 750k, he needs to completely stop increasing his other skills and parameters, so he decided against it and accumulate them normally, at least for now. So he decided to continue his normal training and increase of his skills.
After he woke up from his meditative state, it was almost 6AM so, like always, he got up and started his work-out. After finishing his 3x Optional Quest, he sat cross-legged on the stone and began reading the images and text of the book. Now, he needed to try to "will" the Mana to form a bubble and then try to condense it to a state that it can output damage to his surrounding.
Of course his first attempt ended in him nearly create an explosion that could have wiped out him and the cave, from this he understood that he couldn't simply shape the bubble at his maximum, but he needed to slowly feed mana, shape it to his like, make it stable, and in the final process hardening and refining it with both his internal reserves and the Mana in the surrounding.
If he could do it, his mastery over internal and external Mana would only sky-rocket, so he decided he could try his hardest in this critical part. But he wasn't so fortunate because even creating the ball took 4 hours. But the bubble itself was so unstable that it could explode if he just tried to infuse a bit of the surrounding Mana that was desperately trying to infuse in the bubble.
He could only repel the bubble in time before the situation got out of hand. He tried, tried so hard that he was feeling his reserves of Mana nearly reach 0, but it wasn't necessary a bad thing because he was trying to obtain something similar to Mana control. [Spirit Healing] and [Mana Regeneration].
The latter was something that nobody should have because, as primary stated by Light, nobody knows how to proactively use their own Mana, and even those that know, doesn't know the technique of Absorbing the surrounding Mana to fill their own, something only items could generally do. He decided to ask Light something he held for himself in the last 4 days.
["Light, is it possible to buy something like a Time and Space Chamber like Dragonball?"]
[The Time and Space Chamber is something that can't be introduced here because of the enormous incompatibility between the two World's Laws. Here, if you try to use the Gravity, even 5x, you would immediately die. Not because of your own lack of power however, the gravity increase affect every single cell of your body, makes it nearly impossible to take before dying. However, I can modify the entire structure of the Chamber, or make it only for time to be dilated, even so, the cost is literally over the billions of SP just to the Space and Time.]
Having his little dream shattered, Ethan resumed his training and, after a little over an hour, he finally managed to create a mana bubble. This time, he decided to try to infuse external mana as a literal "property" of the bubble instead of his own command.
He was pushing himself rather hard because it was something like Add an artificial Law to an object, even if temporary, was something far beyond the current mages could hope to do.
If someone was here to watch Ethan, they could have been so shocked to nearly spit blood, because Ethan, strangely, understood the technique far more easily than he thought, but he didn't seem to understand that the ball was exploding.
After 3 days, he finally was to the point where he could, in 10 minutes, complete the entire process, even if the stability of the bubble when he was in the phase of "Infusing Laws" was of nearly 3 seconds of stability before exploding like a firework.
He decided it was better than nothing however, because he knew he had a lot of time for mastering all the concept behind Mana, and, now that he made what he now calls a 'breakthrough', Ethan decided to open, like always, his [Status Board].
Name: Ethan
Age: 15
Race: Human
Lv 1(+)
Pow: 401E→ 481E
End: 600C →741B
Dex: 300F → 358F
Agi: 303F → 470E
Mag: 753B → 821A
Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:D](new)
Magic: -
Development Ability: [(FeatherFoot:(Sealed)], [Spirit Healing(Sealed)](new)
[Mana Control]
Rank: D
The User of this skill can perform control on the Mana, the control increases with the skill rank.
Like always, Ethan was shocked, he thought the skill was far more difficult to obtain but, now that he had the skill, and in D-Rank, he felt like his control over Mana increased by a fair amount.
This theory proved to be right because he could now speed up the process in 5 minutes, and the stability of the bubble in its final form increased from 3 seconds to 15 seconds. He tried to look at the book to see that, not only he needs the ball to be in perfect balance with the surrounding, but he needs to be able to form more than one bubble at time.
He started to hate this training a little because now he need to test with explosions now and then that makes his body explode with the bubble itself.
Knowing that he was distant from even a bit of what "Mastery" was, he felt curious about what was after [Mana Control]. Deciding it was still time for his training, he returned to his meditative state and tried to do all the training at the same time, shifting his focus sensing the surrounding, circulating his Mana, creating the bubble and hardening it.
This was taxing on his body like hell…more effective than his own work-out at this point.
After another explosion, he decided to chat a bit with Light, he was becoming more and more fond of the time he spent talking with her, mostly because she always spoke with so much kindness in her words that he felt like he would fall in love with her if she had a body.
Even if he disliked to rest, Light wasn't the same and instead forced Ethan to slow down a bit. This was because Light felt he was so 'break' in his personality that he seemed empty, like a flower that radiated beauty but without its petals forming the image you had of the flower itself...it was…rather sad for her because she never cared for this aspect of him before he decided to her be a 'cute girl'.
Even if he isn't aware of it, Light now has a consciousness and isn't talking with him because he is her Host, but because she wants to help him in some ways. So, when they were talking about his training, Ethan suddenly asked
["Light, should I join a Familia?"]
At these words, Light was thinking of what to answer to him, before confidently said
[You should. If you join a Familia, you could use the Falna as your advantage to get skills, magic, development abilities and parameters more easily while you will have a method to increase your own level without relying on the System. For now, the System uses a cheap version of the Falna and the maximum you can reach is S in all parameters before you can't do anything but level up, and in doing this you are not only wasting the benefits of the Falna but the parameters themselves.]
Light knew that if she couldn't provide him enough justifications to join a Familia, he would not even enter in Orario for months. Something heartbreaking for her but decided against point it out now.
She understood her role and decided it was unnecessary to complicate things when she could easily 'fool' him in doing what she felt it was for the better.
After 5 days between explosions, slaying goblins and doing 3x his work-out, Ethan finally found the way for balance the bubble and use it as an attack. At least for now, he can force the bubble to stay still and 'wait' for his command. Other than that, he tried to introduce the Elements in the bubble itself, even if it was difficult, he can control a little over all the 4 basic elements (Wind, Earth, Fire and Water) without the need for even a chant.
He understood the meaning of this training, if he wants, Ethan could increase now his proficiency with all the 4 elements without creating a bubble, but that would be more difficult, so he opted to fuse all the training he needs in one.
He decided that it was better to gain enough proficiency for enter the city of Orario, so he planned to entering after he studied the Magic to a certain threshold. So, with his 'break time' Ethan talked with Light, he wanted to ask her if there was something that could accelerate his training in some ways, because when his training reached the stability of 4 bubbles, he would go to the city.
(A/N: I cut a part when he has read another part of the book.)
So, with the same confidence Light always carried with her, she replied
[Yes, there are a lot of items that could allow you to accelerate your training but it's better for you if you buy some skill, like [Mage] Development Ability. With that ability, you can create circles that will support your magic.]
["I understand, How much for the [Mage] development Ability?"]
[If you wish to buy it, it costs 100.000 SP in the Shop, but it would be better if you buy a spell, or a type of Magic so that the [Mage] could develop on your own once you obtain the Falna.]
["Oh? And why is it like that?"]
[I highly recommend developing abilities yourself instead of relying on the shop, because, as i said before, buying the skill directly from the shop would speed up the whole training process for the skill itself in your mind, you should inevitably start from scratch again because you need body language to use skills to the degree they are in that moment, If it's something you can't develop on your own, like [Oculus Veras] that makes you able to see something you couldn't see before as another's Mana structure, must be purchased from the shop.]
["Thanks Light, you're the best."]
Light, like always, wanted to sigh but decided against it.
After 15 days, Ethan had simply grown beyond his expectation, he could now infuse the 4 bubbles at the same time and now in 2 minutes he could do what previously seemed impossible.
He finally decided to check his inventory even if he didn't have anything in it other than the SP, he didn't know how many SP he collected because he was busy in his training. Even so, a warmth he didn't even know was here before, spread in his body after seeing his inventory.
[Inventory]
90588 System Points
With all this SP, Ethan decided to spend them all in something worthy, so he opened the shop in the Spells Section and thought in his mind but, even so, there was just a mess in this Section, Spells from SP and even more were in the top and, the more he scrolled down, the less SP Cost.
He found this function annoying because it was like This Section of the Shop was reminding him that his efforts weren't enough. But before he was able to scroll down more, Light decided to intervene.
[I will update this Section Ethan, give me a moment...]
Just as she stated, a moment after that, The shop was now in the Low-end of spells. Racing from 20.000 to 30.000 SP.
He decided to buy a skill with a price of at least 50.000 SP because he wanted something cool, so he decided to call Light again, surprising her a little.
["Hey Light, could you pick up a Spell for me? I feel like I'm not that good at picking up a spell from these. You could use all the SP you want, I trust you."]
[... Ethan, for me you should buy [Sagitta Magica], it's very simple to understand and suitable for the training you are doing right now.]
["I understand Light, please buy me [Sagitta Magica]"]
[Understood, 25.000SP used for by [Sagitta Magica] spell.]
'OK, for now, I should check my status and see the overall changes in my parameters and then I will practice with the spell.'
["Status Board"]
Name: Ethan
Age: 15
Race: Human
Lv 1(+)
Pow: 481E→ 601C
End: 741B → 902S
Dex: 358F → 501D
Agi: 470E → 542D
Mag: 821A → 999S
Skill: [Qienta's Blessing:SSS], [Mana Control:D→B]
Magic: [Sagitta Magica:E](new)
Development Ability: [(FeatherFoot:(Sealed)], [Spirit Healing(Sealed)]
[Sagitta Magica]
Rank:D
Allows the user to form series of arrows, infused with an element.
Chant:
Gather, 17 spirits of ice, cut apart my enemy. Magic Arrows, Series of 17 Ice Arrows!
'Wait, can I summon 17 Arrows all at once? How cool! I must try it!'
Without hesitation, Ethan started chanting without even set a target, so he decided to use the wall of the cave. Finished his Chanting, Arrows of Ice elemental Energy started to form around him and, like snakes, collided all against the wall, destroying it in the aftermath and causing the whole cave to shake.
Fortunately, he didn't destroy the cave and just done some damage at the wall but, now that he had a method to "use" his Mana, he even forgot to check his explosive growth… because now he was curious to try to gather 18 ice arrows instead of 17, but he soon found out that he didn't have enough force to summon them all.
He obviously had the Mana but there was something wrong. So, he decided against trying it again and focused on his currently meditate state.
10 hours of training later, he decided to finally go to the city. This was because Light was starting to tell him that
[It would be better if you had a Falna because your Magic is at 999S].
With her pointing that out, he re-opened his Status and saw all the changes. He wasn't that surprised of his parameter raising so much, but instead was confused because...the clothes he had on himself right now was the first he bought…36 days ago. So he immediately bought a pair of clothes new of stock at the price of 100SP.
He decided to speed it up at his maximum speed. He wasn't that fast, but he still reached the wall of Orario in 1 day of run straight. Not wanting to even lose another day of training so, he took out a [Tent] and a [Bathtub] at the mere cost of 80SP.
After his bath, Ethan restored it in his inventory quickly without anyone noticing and then, he got in the line of people that wanted to enter the City, calculating, with the help of Light that he would probably have to wait for little under 2 hours before it was his turn, so he decided to focus on himself and trying to make his mana circle without anyone noticing.
He was rather fortunate that Elves weren't around him, or they would have assumed a battle state-ready because for Elves that could see mana clearly, they would have guessed that, by the movement his Mana was taking, he was doing some kind of Chantless spells.
As soon as the last person in front of him entered the city, the guard looked up at the Boy that was currently eyeing him, He had dark coloured hair, with bangs that reach just below his eyes, that were scarlet-gold in colour.
His eyes were radiating with vitality and his stare seemed to pierce through the guard, but even so, the guard wasn't afraid of him, he was a level 3, that lost his wife in the dungeon and from that moment, decided it was better to be a guard instead of live as an Adventurer…
He asked the boy
"Boy, do you have your ID?"
The boy, was panicking so the guard understood he was likely someone from another country who sought to be an Adventurer.
He was rather tired of people like him, so he took the lead again and said
"Boy, I know you don't have your ID, so you need to pay 100 valis for entry, after you enter the city, go to the guild and register an ID so you will not need any more to pay this fee, understood?"
The boy, upon hearing these words, said
"Is it okay if I pay with items?"
The Guard, thinking for a moment, replied
"Yes, if you can provide items it would be-"
Before even saying these words, the boy used a kind of magic to extract stacks of meat, which at least from a glance, were well above the price of the fee. He tried to say that even 2 or 3 pieces of them was enough but, even before he had time to say it, the boy was already running through the streets and laughing happily. Upon seeing this, the guard shook his head with a smile of his own.
After officially entering the city, simply couldn't contain his happiness, he had seen the city only from a monitor, so it was just a common reaction for someone like him to simply enjoy what he saw.
People were talking amongst themselves, someone laughing happily with their comrades, others talking about affairs with a lightly teasing manner, they wanted discounts but at the same time they seemed happy and didn't argue when the other party refused in the same teasing manner.
Ethan, seeing this, was happily passing his eyes from left to right in order to see more things possible. He entered the city from the East gate, so he was heading directly to the Guild for register an ID.
He wasn't ever aware that some people present were whispering about the "new guy". They immediately understood he was new here because he had that Aura around him, happy expression stamped on his face, and heading directly to the guild. Other people simply minded their own business and never spare him even a glance.
Ethan, like most people couldn't see, wasn't happy only because of the city itself, it was amusing to see something that he only saw in a monitor but that wasn't that impossible for him to understand now.
He was thinking about all the protagonists of the actual series and what they were doing right now…but that wasn't all. Because in his half-meditative-mana control state, he had a conversation with Light that really found just too OP to be true.
["So, what will you do with the Falna when I join a familia, Light?"]
[It isn't that simple to explain, but I found in your memory something critic about the Falna itself, even if I can't say anything because it was just speculation, but I actually could fuse the Falna's XP system with the System itself so you can kill monsters, get XP and that will be added in parameters, I couldn't do anything more to the XP but from what I can see, you should already be aware of what that means.]
Ethan, in his half-meditative state, was actually more proficient to even understand Laws, so it wasn't that hard to understand what Light intended to say, but he felt like he needed to be secure of his own speculation.
["That means, I can just level up when I want, without actual restriction from the Falna?"]
[Yes. You could just reach 1300SSS(It's an example) in all stats and then level up because you want to]
["That would truly be an amazing thing to have, can't I just speed up all the way to level 10 at this point?"]
[Yes, but that couldn't be the best because I think you need time to understand your power and not just jump from 1 to 10, it's like the System-provided skills that can really just start from SSS-Rank if you have enough points but…if you compare them in the long run with your hard trained skills, you could see the difference at a glance. My recommended path, is to "slowly" getting used to your strength and skills day by day and then level up when you think you can master up your max. It would take several days to balance your stats at this rate because your Mag just gone mad and jumped from 0I to 999S.]
["Oh…so I need to first break the limit of the current System and reach SSS in all parameters. This will be my goal for now."]
[Ethan, can I ask you a question?]
["Oh?...yes Light, you can ask me whatever you want"]
[When you will end up to obtain the power and authority you wanted from the start…what will you do later than that?]
Ethan, was shocked for two reasons. The first is that Light never asked him something about him and simply responded to whatever he wanted an answer to. The second was that he never truly thought about what will he do…after he obtained what he sought, after he thought for around 5 minutes, he couldn't come up with an answer so, for the third time this day, he was surprised for the third time as Light talked on her own with a hint of concern clearly showed in front of him for the first time.
[Ethan…you will break yourself sooner than i thought. You knew that i can make probabilities about things i know enough? The probability your personality would break in the long run is…99%]
Ethan was scared by what Light was saying, from this chaotic state of mind, even his meditation-state broke like a glass, and he started to shake a little from her words, something the person behind him, a girl with straight golden hair, black irises, noticed as she pointed her eyes on him and whispered
"... Are you okay?"
From hearing these words, he turned directly towards her, light moist clearly on his eyes as he simply said
"… I'm okay"
The woman felt weirded to care about other people's affairs, so she decided to just ignore him outright.
Ethan, facing the person in front of him now, decided to ask more to Light because he wanted to know what he lacked for his personality to simply "break" given enough time…
["... Light. Why would i "break"? i don't understand…i'm simply following the path that i want to follow…it seems like even if i change world, i can't change my "fate"...can't I?"]
Ethan simply didn't understand why she would have been so sure of that kind of thing happen, he didn't really know what to say, because he felt that "break" on his personality would be the thing that could potentially bring himself down before even be aware of it, a thought that scared him a lot.
Light, decided to be direct this time because she simply felt the way Ethan was blaming himself was rather sad, she didn't want to see him like this.
She felt that he was really unfortunate in his previous life, even if she didn't have the same thing that defines the existence of Humans, her Host simply was the person she cared the most, but this wasn't the only thing that determines her affection for him.
Even she wasn't aware of it, but she was deeply taking the path of an Onee-san that should guide him on the right and most happy path, alongside him, for all the time he will live, so, in the gentlest tone she could manage, she said
[Ethan…even if this is the actual probability, that shouldn't last long now that you know about it. You know, there is more in life, not just fame, power and honor…you can simply enjoy your life while at the same time hard-working like always, you need a balance between happiness and hard-working, because if you only train, train and train you will break in the fastest period of time(100%), instead, focusing on training and, enjoy your life to the fullest(-100%) you could live a balanced, happy and right path. Fame, power, honor, all of these will come to you as you level up and train with the [Mana Control Manual] and other [Manuals]. So Ethan, all that i could say to you now is…enjoy your life, because you have your opportunity to truly be happy right now, for real.]
Ethan...felt her words hit directly his critical point. Previously, the only thing he cared about was achieved something in his life and intended to do the same in this next new life but, now that he had Light to feel sad for him, he actually wants to live the life she wanted to, Although she said this words for him, Ethan decided to twist his point of view because like these things were more acceptable for him.
-.
Even if he tried to convince himself that it was the best path he could follow, Ethan was still uttering about 'living' a happy life instead of directly achieving his goals, this because he truly thought that with power, something like girls and other privileges came with Power and Authority.
His thoughts however, were always heard by Light, the latter was worrying about him even more right now because she felt that he wasn't going to listen her advice completely, so, for the 2nd time in the day, Light spoke by herself.
[Ethan… Trust me, you need to live a normal life for even be able to achieve what you wanted even if you make mistakes…know that i will never leave your side and, i will immediately help you to fix your issue with everything you might have. I will help you have a happy life, that is my promise ~]
Ethan, felt immediately warmth in her words somehow and, decided to believe her, he resumed his meditative state, repositioning himself in the crowd.
So, after calming down a bit, he decided to act a little more confidently, though he had his doubts about most of the things that decided to keep for himself, so, he said in a calm tone to Light
["Light, i can't really find the words to express the gratitude i feel for you, every gentle words you say can enter my heart and keep it calm and warmth. I don't care what you are, as you are the only one that i can rely upon."]
Feeling even more warm as his own words left his synapses, he finally felt happy to continue his step forward. His path may not be the best you could wish for, but now he was a bit more secure of what to do now. Enjoy a happy life and train to the extreme, slowly raising to power and then…
Ethan, arrived at the Pantheon, (it's the name of the Guild main building) he was staring at the building with a hint of Confusion that can be seen by anyone that was heading towards the guild, his confusion was understandable because the building, at least from the perspective of the anime, wasn't that big, another thing that was screaming at him 'this is reality'.
After 5 or so minutes, he decided to let the matter wash over him and headed to enter the Guild. When he entered, he saw people talking to their advisors, some selling their monster cores, and others simply waiting for their turn to be serviced, but there wasn't the same "confusion" you could clearly see on new Adventurers, as even the first advisor that saw him, a 150 cm tall girl with straight, pink hair and pink eyes, had doubts on her face as she was searching on her own memories to see if he was in them, this girl was Misha Flott, one of the guild's advisor that was currently doing the check-up on a mission reward.
The daze of Misha, wasn't the same for her friend, who immediately understood that he was new in the city because the boy wasn't that sure of where to go, even if he strangely seemed accustomed to the guild building itself...
She was going to welcome him, but she was a little confused when she clearly saw him looking at her and, with a smile on his face, he said
"Hi, I'm new to the guild and wish to be an adventurer, can you help me, miss...?"
Upon hearing his words clearly directed at her, she tried to act professionally, even if there was a light blush on her face, she replied
"Yes, Welcome to the Orario Guild Main Branch, sir. Come with me and i will register you as an adventurer…".
The boy, walked his way along with her friend and when this was happening, Misha had a grin on her face as she followed with her eyes the two and, though it was strange even for her to be 'ignored' by someone, she simply returned to her job and planned to tease Eina a lot.
Ethan and Eina, made their way through the guild, arrived at the registration desk, Eina said
"Welcome again to the Guild Main Branch, my name is Eina Tulle, may i ask for your name, sir…?"
As these words left her mouth, she saw the boy in front of him reply with a somewhat professional smile of his own as he said
"Yes, my name is Ethan, it's a pleasure to meet you, Ms. Tulle".
At his words, Eina simply said
"May i know how old are you?"
As she started to write down his information in the Guild card.
"I'm currently 15 years old"
After that, she asked him about his level and if he was in a Familia, and a question that didn't impact that much but Eina asked a bit of 'why' he would like to be an Adventurer, to this he simply said that he wanted power, without anything more clearly to definite it, so she assumed there was something more than that as she said
" I registered you as a Free-Lancer, this because you are not in a Familia right now and, when you will end up join one, you will be an actual member of the guild, take note that there will be a 30% tax on the monster cores and items you will sell."
Ethan, knew of this because of other novels, but wasn't accustomed to this as it wasn't that detailed in the original novel, so he simply replied
"I understand, could you please tell me the Familia's that are asking for members?"
Eina, took a document from her desk as she said
"Yes, We have the Hephaestus Familia and the Loki familia who are currently searching for members but the Loki Familia is searching for at least Level 3 adventurer for their ranks so it would be a bit difficult to enter as even level 2 are just supporters...the Hephaestus Familia is searching for blacksmiths with the [Blacksmith] development ability, if you have the ability, you should join because even if they aren't an exploration-based Familia, they are one of the top Familia's for power. The Loki Familia is the 1st."
Ethan, simply shake his head as he said
"I am not a Blacksmith so, could you please get me an appointment with Loki?"
At this, Eina simply shake her own head as she said
"You aren't even level 2... Could you please reconsider?"
But at this, Ethan simply replied
"Don't worry about it, you can tell Loki that she will gain a lot more than she can even imagine"
He clearly knew what kind of goddess Loki was, if he can't catch her with his strength, he can catch her with his 'Space Magic' and, as he simply lacked the means to obtain a blessing on his own, the terms of the contract between him and her should be just fine.
At this display of 'arrogance' even if she clearly saw that Ethan was scheming with himself, she deduced that he had something that could help him be accepted from the goddess, so she decided to follow along with him.
"Haaaaaa... Okay, i will contact Loki-Sama and ask her to come receive you, she would probably present herself here by the end of the week so you can go home for now, Ethan".
Ethan, surprised by the fact that she had said his name, decided to ignore it for now because he didn't want the Half-Elf in front of him to be annoyed by his presence, so he got up immediately and, after exited the guild, He wanted to finally explore the Dungeon in his free-time so, he decided to go to the 4 first floors of the Dungeon and make a bit of valis.
On the way, he saw the people, clothed in Adventurer's robes, going and exiting from the Tower of Babel, there were people with a smile on their face, others seemed disinterested about the entire world and headed straight to the guild, but he decided to don't care about none and just as he saw the entrance of the dungeon, he decided to silently enter the Dungeon with his [Phantom's Cloak]. It costed 5000SP but it was the best way to get in without being asked why he didn't even have a piece of equipment and weapons with him.
In the entrance, there was a room with a 10 meters long hole, leading straight into the Dungeon as the circular hole was provided of stairs that leaded straight into the hole itself. Upon descending the stairs, Ethan finally entered the 1st floor.
After entering the 1st floor, Ethan saw as a single goblin spawned in front of him, but the thing he didn't understand was why he was so mindlessly charging him without even putting on some strategy, he fought with the goblins and kobolds on the surface, and they were a little more strategic when they attacked him. He was even aware of the fact that the monsters in the Dungeon simply 'berserk' and try to kill you but this simple goblin in front of him was so slow that he felt that, if he was someone truly arrogant, he would have tortured this goblin to death, instead, he simply punched the goblin as he saw it pulverized under his own attack.
[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]
'... This notification is just stupid' He thought, as he sped up for go directly to the 2nd floor. A group of 10 goblins spawned after he started running but, without even them knowing what was going on, they saw a spear of Ice that directly claimed their lives.
[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]
[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]
[Reward assigned to host for killing a Goblin: 1SP]
After he reached the 4th floor, Ethan killed a total of 231 Goblins, 32 Kobolds and 2 Dungeon Lizards that spawned in the 3rd and 4th floor.
After his harvest, it was late in the afternoon, so he decided to return to the Guild, sell the drop items and monster cores he obtained and then, go to the Hostess of Fertility to try the food of Mama Mia.
He decided to speed it up to the Entrance of the Dungeon before re-equipping his [Phantom's Mantle] and, after heading to the Guild, he removed it and entered it. He went to Eina, and, as he purchased a bag for 50SP, he took from the bag all of his monster cores and drop items as he stared at Eina with a hint of teasing in his own words as he said "Could you please help me change this in valis, Ms. Tulle?".
Eina, upon seeing the large bag as he brought out like two hundred monster cores, was clearly shaking with a showed angry on her face as she ultimately shouted
"Are you stupid!?"
Ethan was expecting something like this, but he never thought that she would be so mad at him as he was clearly strong enough to go deeper into at least the 18th floor if he wanted to push himself, so he was staring at her as she continued her earlier shout without stopping
"Why did you go to the dungeon since you are even less knowledgeable than a beginner!? You want to die so badly?"
Hearing her own words, Eina was a bit taken back by her own shouting, she expected him to find an Inn and wait for the goddess he wanted an appointment to show up, not just randomly going to the dungeon and possibly risking his life as waves of goblins and kobolds trashed him.
She simply didn't want any more losses, even if it was inevitable but, at least, she would do everything in her power to help reduce the loss, so seeing Ethan just randomly going in without even a hint of information was simply over the limit of her patience, but she regretted it a little because she saw Ethan staring coldly at her, as if she were no more than interesting.
I have a discord server. (cpVr5X8) If you enter it,you can see the reference on some things that will be present in the story! Right now you can freely see some things but I advise you to read the story further before seeing them otherwise you'll get spoilers!