Chapter 71
All right, I was able to arrive at the city gates rather quickly.
In my sights was the usual gatekeeper, and when he noticed me, he called out,
"Hey Yuma, you just had a huge fight yesterday, are you really going out back to back already?"
"Yep, that’s right. The leftover monsters from the Great Invasion have increased a little too much, i'm on my way to take care of that. More people from the guild will probably arrive shortly."
"Oh, does Yuma-san not wish to go along with everyone else?"
"I'm going to act alone. I don't wish to show my skills to everyone after all. Well, you could call this selfishness. Well then, i'm off."
I went on my way after telling the gatekeeper the same.
All right, i'll quickly run over to the Gordo Forest as usual.
"Time to go!"
And so, I ran at full power from the place I was currently at.
I definitely felt someone being surprised and yelping, but meh, it's alright.
"Hiiyo, this windy feeling feels amazing!"
Just a few minutes after leaving the gates, I was able to reach the Gordo Forest safely.
Yuma thought it was rather quick considering how it only took him a few minutes to arrive.
"Alright, I seem to have arrived quickly. Shall I start the hunt then?"
Ahh, s.h.i.+t. I forgot to ask Guren-san as to how much of the monster population I am supposed to reduce it to. Well, I guess it will be fine to clear the area from one end to the other. I don’t think it will be too much of a problem, i'll remain careful.
"Alright, i'll start."
I entered the Gordo Forest with such thoughts.
When suddenly, I encountered a monster that I had never seen before.
"Hmm? What is this guy supposed to be?"
It had a similar appearance to that of a goblin that was previously taken care of by Guresu-san.
But the ears are a little bit different, and it has a different and bigger build compared to a regular goblin. I'll appraise and check it out for now.
{Appraisal}
Hobgoblin
Level: 28
Strength: 43
Endurance: 45
Agility: 38
Luck: 32
{Skills}
Poison: Level 4
Pole Technique: Level 1
{t.i.tles}
None
Ouu, it’s stats are quite something. Is this the reason why only monsters that are C-Rank and above appear in this forest? Even though it looks strong, it’s still quite weak compared to the Orcs.
"I don't think it's necessary to activate Sign Isolation. I’m going in!"
Bringing out the Demon Ripper, I ran toward the back of the Hobgoblin at a fast speed, then I arrived near its neck. The Hobgoblin seems to have noticed me as it tried to move its neck away, but it was too slow. I slash toward its neck, and while it tried to resist, it’s head fell down while its body turned lifeless.
"Hmm, as I thought, i’m still not used to fighting this way."
Well, I don’t mind my style of ending the battle with these kinds of monsters, but it doesn't give much experience after all, i'll just cover that deficit with sheer numbers then.
I placed the dead Hobgoblin into my Item Box.
"Alright, time to start hunting again, i'll hunt even more!"
And then, I kept hunting monsters repeatedly for hours. It felt quite troublesome to keep count after reaching a 100 kills, so I just continued to blaze through it, which as a result,
"Hm? I guess it’s already quite late. How about I withdraw for now?"
Due to my hunting spree, there were about 200 plus different monster corpses in my Item Box. Well, I feel like this much is enough. If it isn't, I guess i’ll just have to come back tomorrow and hunt the rest.
"Alright, I guess it's almost time to return to Forxx, wait, more importantly…."
Hehehe, let's check my status now. I would like to know how my stats increased after taking down the Cyclops and the monster clean-up operation I did today.
"Alright, Status Open!"
Satou Yuuma
Level: 154
HP: 1050/1050
MP: 680/680
Strength: 450
Endurance: 450
Agility: 270
Luck: 850
{Skills}
Experience x20
Skill
Appraisal: Level 10
Sign Isolation: Level 9
Sign Perception: Level 2
Swordplay: Level 7
Item Box: Level 4
Cooking: Level 1
Negotiation: Level 3
Awareness: Level 1
Magic Operation: Level 4
Fire Magic: Level 3
Water Magic: Level 1
Wind Magic: Level 1
Recovery Magic: Level 4
Poison Resistance: Level 5
Paralysis Resistance: Level 1
{t.i.tles}
Otherworlder
NEET
Rabitt Hunter
Novice Magician
Novice Chef
Pervert
Headhunter
Honour Knight
Natural Womanizer
Saviour of the City
"Wow, I gained 30 levels in one go. This is probably the result of the Cyclops, as well as today's over hunting. The stats are almost monstrous, and are almost similar to that of the Cyclops. They have already exceeded 400, this is quite the power-up. I don't understand….should I be happy or sad at this result? Next is Agility….it seems to be rising steadily, although not as much as the other two, and the Luck stat seems to be a bit over powered. Sign Isolation seems to have increased from Level 8 to 9, that's good that it keeps rising, I hope something good happens when I max it out. I also seem to have obtained yet another embarra.s.sing t.i.tle."
Oh that's bad, I shouldn't get excited nor feel conceited about my growth. Nevertheless, I seem to have grown more than I thought I would. I seem to have been quite strong up until now, but there is no doubt that there are stronger monsters and people still in this world, it's better to raise my levels steadily and prepare for that day."
Alright, since I've already checked out my status, it’s probably time to go back.
And so, I began heading toward the exit of the Forest.
And in a few minutes,
"Finally, i'm finally out. I guess i’ll run back to Forxx as usual."
While I was thinking about going to start running again,
"O-i, stop right there you brat!"
Haaa, just when I thought I could return quickly, this guy gets in the way.
If he was just a few seconds late, I probably would have left already.
"Alright, stop right there you brat. Hand over all of your precious items or else your life won’t be as dear to you any longer."
These guys, and here I thought they were in need of my help.
"Haa, all you ossan-sans hiding in the bushes over there, I know you're there, so come out already, will you? I think there are around four-five people over there."
As soon as I said that, four people got out of their previous bushy locations, U-n, as expected, Sign Perception is an amazing skill.
"Oohhh, this brat seems to posses the qualifications of entering the Gordo Forest."
"To us Black Wolves though, he is no more than a mere kid. Why? That's because we are a group that is even able to take down A-Rank adventurers."
Hmm, they look they would do anything they wish with that att.i.tude, and the guy who seems to be the leader of the group starts to speak again,
"Oi kid, you must have surely heard of us right? Then, you'd better know what you should do now?"
Ye-p, let's try appraisal on this guy. And so, I casted appraisal on that man.
{Appraisal}
Guzarov
Level: 53
Strength: 98
Endurance: 89
Agility: 65
Luck: 44
{Skills}
Sword Technique: Level 2
Spear Technique: Level 2
Sign Shut Down: Level 2
Sign Conceal: Level 4
{t.i.tles}
Bandit
Hoo, this guy is quite strong. He is not as strong as Guren-san, but he is definitely overwhelmingly stronger than Grace-san and the others. They called themselves the Black Wolves, right? I wonder if they are quite well renowned.
"Oi, what's wrong with you brat, are you so scared that you can't even scream?"
Well~, these guys seem to belong to a bandit gang. Therefore, I don't think I need to show any mercy. And so, I pulled out the longsword from my Item Box.
"Ah, what are you trying to do brat? You’re probably thinking of fighting against us, right?"
"Hnn!!"
I threw the big sword that I brought out from my Item Box. They seem to be well known bandits, so i'll refrain from beheading them, and i’ll rather aim for the body. The long sword that I threw at him seems to have caught him off-guard since he was in the middle of talking, so it dug in deep.
"Gafu!!"
The great sword brilliantly did its job, and Gusarov falls limply onto the ground, dead.
"Alright, that's a strike."
The bandits beside Guzarov looked at his corpse on the ground stunned by what they saw. Ehh, are you people not famous bandits, shouldn't you stop staring at what's happening, and do something?
"Hmm! hmm! Hmm!"
I repeatedly threw long swords at the remaining thieves that followed their trajectory, and nailed them down until only a single thief was left alive.
"Ahhhhhhhhhhh! I’m sorry, i’m sorry! Please have mercy on me!"
"Not happening."
I threw another long sword at the remaining thief, which connected perfectly, killing him in the process.
"Fuu, let's get rid of the garbage, quickly finish this, and get back"
I retrieved all the long swords from the bandits corpses and placed them into my Item Box, and the corpses were placed into my Item Box as well.
"But still, there doesn't seem to be any info about these bandits head nor about their group anywhere in the guild. Did they possibly only come here quite recently?
Well, lets think about all that after going back to Forxx. The clean-up operation takes priority after all. I suppose that I can think about it next time.
I turned toward the direction of Forxx, and dashed there at full speed.