Chapter 37
[Round 2, Day 30. 11:30]
"Huah"
I let out a sigh as I watched the goblin instructor's body fade away.
The birthstone had not dropped this time either.
Initially, I had been pushed back hard and had only barely managed to win with my special Blink Tackle. Now, I could beat him easily.
What I lacked in that first fight was combat knowledge and experience.
In terms of physical attributes, I had been leagues ahead of the goblin instructor.
With all the resistances and G.o.d's powers that I had, losing would be quite an achievement in itself.
Since the first battle, I had managed to defeat the goblin instructor multiple times, but there was still so many things I could learn from his stance, his movement and his counter attacks.
Therefore, I had been continuously challenging him without moving forward to get experience.
Taking into mind the many factors such as the goblin's height and weapon, simply copying the goblin wouldn't be a good idea.
But, for someone who lacked even the basics, just observing his movements was very informative.
My old memories from practicing Judo and Kendo were slowly coming back as well.
I was starting to realize the importance of education.
The Goblin had not have any insane over the top attacks like in a fantasy book; he simply efficiently moved and attacked based on what he had learned from experience.
Although we couldn’t speak to each other and the goblin would just charge at me, even so he had taught me so much.
I could certainly hit exponential growth, if there was someone who could teach me proper fighting techniques.
I should ask Kirikiri if such chances were available.
From challenging the Goblin, there had also been progress on skills.
[You have received Basic s.h.i.+eld Skill Lv.3]
[Cut Lv.1 has been incorporated into Basic Swordsmans.h.i.+p Lv.2]
[You have received Basic Swordsmans.h.i.+p Lv.3]
It was really encouraging to see the swordsmans.h.i.+p and s.h.i.+eld skill, which I had been stuck at for so long, finally level up.
Plus, the Cut skill had also been absorbed into the Basic Swordsmans.h.i.+p skill.
I had pondered for quite some time what that meant.
In the end, I came to conclusion that my 'Cut' skill wasn't considered swordsmans.h.i.+p.
Rather than actually cutting something, it had been focused on hitting away arrows.
I'm not certain, but I'm pretty sure that had been the case.
Like so, I had been learning basic combat skills, expanding beyond the swordsmans.h.i.+p and skill with s.h.i.+elds.
And in my process of learning, the goblin instructor had been killed a countless number of times.
Well, seeing how he reseted every time I came back from the Waiting Room, I don't think he actually existed.
I wish the goblin instructor was a little stronger. It feels too inefficient to learn from someone weaker than me.
This time, I had managed to beat him with just a sword and no s.h.i.+eld.
How should I fight him next time?
Hand to hand and without a weapon?
Or maintaining a distance advantageous to the instructor, yet bring the tempo back?
I walked back to the Waiting Room as I planned out a schedule.
The 2nd Round would finally finish.
Considering that I had been crawling through just the 1st Floor for the entire 1st Round, the 2nd Round had been really eventful.
Just looking at the floor numbers, I had gone from Floor 2 to 4.
Soon, the 2nd Round would finish and the 3rd would begin.
And just like during the 1st and 2nd Round, new people would enter the 1st Floor.
I don't know how many people would enter h.e.l.l Difficulty this time, but I hope a lack in communication won't happen again.
[You have entered the Floor 4 Waiting Room]
As soon as I entered the Waiting Room, I opened the shop and bought some potato chips and c.o.ke.
I had been taking care of my meals with mostly jerkies and rice b.a.l.l.s, excluding the cake I had with Kirikiri.
I may splurge my points to buy a set of equipment, but I would never go beyond reason to buy food.
One reason might be because I don't really care about the taste of my food, but the other reason was to stop myself from losing focus and becoming lazy.
If one day, I felt like I wanted to just rest for today,
if I wanted to skip out on my daily schedule,
if I wanted to delay the Tutorial to next day.
Those feelings may add up and cause me to become slothful, so I'm forcing myself into the corner to prevent it.
Today I will have a small break.
I've already finished my daily routine.
I've been through so much in the 2nd Round.
I've achieved so much in this time.
Maybe, I've already become a little relaxed.
[Round 3 will begin]
Now, the newbies will be coming to the tutorial.
[h.e.l.l Difficulty, Forums (1/1)]
Hmmm...
It seems n.o.body chose the h.e.l.l difficulty in this round.
Well, I guess this was normal.
How many people would actually choose the highest difficulty from a strange, floating hologram they've never seen before.
Actually, saying it like that made me feel like I'm