Chapter 3 — Training
And when I woke up.
There was a girl next to me sitting inside a chair.
Not to mention, she is really hot.
“Who are you?”
“It’s me… Linda.”
“LINDA!”
I jolt up quickly
“Hey slow down, you are not fully healed.”
I look down and see a big burn on my leg
“You are the Linda that I know? The same one inside my head?”
“Yes I am now sit still”
As she walks over to the other side of the bed
“Full recovery.”
As some kind of green magic comes out her fingertips and into the burned part of my leg
“That is healing magic?”
“Yes, it is very useful in aid.”
“So, for an explanation. I am your instructor, Linda. I can also turn myself into a being at will as a supporting ally.”
“As in someone who helps in battle, right?”
“Exactly.”
“One more question. You look like your in high school I’m guessing you're a high schooler?”
“I don’t know what this “high schooler?” You are talking about is, but I’m 16.”
“Yea, I thought she was at least 23 until I took a good look at her face. He thought to himself.”
“Well, let’s get ready and head down for breakfast.”
When we walked down and wow it was tables on tables and lots, and they were all filled up.”
“There’s the line.”
“All the food over there looks good.”
“No I mean right, there”
I look a bit more past all the good food and there it was.
“THAT SLOP!”
I yelled and everyone stared at us for a few seconds.
“Yes, to get that food over there you have to pay, and to pay usually people become hero’s at the hero’s guild or get jobs or do small task around town to get change, but I would suggest becoming a hero, but you are actually listed as a thief right now with a $1,000 yen bounty that’s why nobody really recognizes you.”
“No, I just lost one of my only chances to get some money in this world. He thought to himself.”
“So my only other option will be to do chores around the town.”
“Yes, that’s the most likely option.”
As we get our slop, Linda and I go to sit down at one of the empty tables in the back
“There are so many different kinds of people in here. He thought to himself.”
“What’s up with all the different species?”
“That’s just how this world works there are many species including
-Demi Humans
-humans
-Beast folk
And last
-Therianthropes”
“Wow that’s a lot. He thought to himself.”
“Profile scouting.”
“She is right, they're all different kinds of species here and some are weak and some are strong.”
“Yesterday you said something about training? Somehow I can boost my stats?”
“Yes, eat up because we have a long day ahead.”
Then a group of three heroes come
“Hey gorgeous, why are you hanging out with a looser like this, When you can hang with a group like this.”
Everybody around us started whispering
“That’s Aoto’s group.”
I heard one of them say and another said, “He’s from a very wealthy family and I also heard “his bloodline is full of heroes is what I hear.”
And even another said, “He’s really strong I wouldn’t want to mess with that Aoto.”
That made me nervous, then Linda said, “No, thanks, I’m already in a group, and we have training later.”
Aoto stared at her, and the 2 no names behind him stared at him.
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I felt cold and sweaty…but I don’t know what I was scared off.
Then he said.
“Ok, maybe just think about it a little? Catch you later, sweetheart.”
As he walked away, I gulped. I could tell he was strong without even having to fight him, he had this horrifying red and black aura around him.
Ok, let’s start training
We start walking and next thing I know she says, “Teleport to dungeon.”
We started glowing
And next thing I know we were in a creepy cave, let me mention long too and dark.
“What is this place?”
“Wait a second, this is like the stuff in the anime, Where you run down the tunnel, and you kill monsters to gain XP.”
“Yes, and the highest anyone has ever got is the current king. King Hanzo and his squad, who got to floor 81. There is no proof of there being levels higher than that.”
“And we’re at level 1, I’m guessing?”
“Yes, don’t be scared though it’s only level 1 monsters, and I can heal all your injuries.”
We walked down and there it was some small slime monsters that bunched in three’s
“Don’t be fooled by appearances or level a monster is a monster and the monsters can vary, and to pass you have to beat the boss. The boss is usually 10x or maybe even 20x the level of the monsters you fight along the way.”
“You already have some powers from your first battle. Try it on these little slimes.”
“Ok.”
“Black lightning shot.”
I shot 3 bullets at once.
“Triple kill — 60xp!”
It said over the slime in yellow letters and disappeared.
“WOHHH THAT'S COOL! He thought to himself.”
“You probably won’t be able to adapt any skills until level-“
SWOOSH!
BOOM!
“WHAT THE!”
Then walked up to a level 5 medium-sized goblin.
“Level 5?”
“This is what I meant about levels and surprises that happen inside the dungeon. Stay on your toes”
The goblin pulls out a knife and dashes quickly at me,
I try to move back, but the goblin is quick as I barely dodge, and he cuts a bit of my hair.
“This is how fast a level 5 is?!”
He quickly readjusted his body and dashed at me again with his knife, as I have no way to dodge, I close my eyes.
SHING!
I open my eyes and Linda has a knife too.
They start jabbing blows at each other
SHING!
WOOSH!
They are going blow for blow the goblin tries to stab Linda, and she ducks out of nowhere she tries a jab from below, and he blocks it.
SHING!
Dun.
Dun.
The knife drops.
As Linda turns to grab his knife, the goblin chases her, and he’s even faster.
He’s going to kill her.
And out of nowhere I get this feeling of adrenaline and next thing I know
SWOOSH!.
BOOM!
I cut through the goblin’s head with a wave of my hand as this magical red wave bursted out my hand
look at my right hand and for some reason it was glowing.
“What was that? I asked Linda?”
“I do not know.”
New skill acquired: Continuous dash
XP — 500
“I see, so I only got 1 skill but in return, I got a lot of XP.”
Then Linda goes and picks up her knife, and we continue down the long dungeon, and we just keep killing more and more until we hit the boss level.
There were party ahead of us waiting, A boy and a girl, and in front was a golden gate.
“Hey are you adventures too?”
I looked at him,
He seemed young, had yellow hair a turquoise eyes.
And the girls had black hair and red eyes, She also seemed young.
“Yes, we are trying to make it to level 2.”
“Cool, so are we. I’m Arata and this here is Rei.”
“Nice to meet you. She said”
“I’m Haruto and this here is Linda, Nice to meet you too.”
“What do you think we get for defeating the monster Haruto? Arata said putting his arm around my neck”
“Who knows, hopefully something good.”
“This is our first adventure, he says, so we would like to end our first day good.”
“Ours too.”
And then the gates slowly start to open.
“Then let’s both try our best and when this is over lets be friends.”
“Yeah.”
Then the gate closed behind them,
I didn’t get to ask what age they were, I guess I will ask them back at the city.
30 seconds later the gate opened that was quick did they already defe-
The gates opened, and we saw it
Arata and Rei’s body.
Their body’s just lifelessly hanging from the monster's mouth, slowly being consumed until you couldn’t see them anymore.
“They are de- dead. I was able to utter out.”
“Yes and that could be us next if we don’t win”
I started thinking to myself
“This isn’t some game on a tv where you can respond. This-This is real and if I don’t fight with everything I have, I might die.”
“Let’s go, this isn’t the time to whimper out, Haruto.”
“Yea, your right.”
“I'm going to give it everything I got, so I don’t die. (He thought to himself).”
We walked into the gates, and it reeked of blood, sweat and tears
The Goblin was level 15
With blood of its victims running down its mouth
Horrified by the mere sight I feel like I wanted to throw up.
The goblin roared.
And it went back from 480 to 500hp
A random club appeared, and it’s hand, and it stared at me and Linda.
WOOSH!
He was gone
Pew
I looked back and it was taking a swing at Linda.
“Linda Watch out!”
WHACK! Linda goes flying into the wall
“Double.”
Pew!
Pew.!
Pew.!
They ran at him as fast as they can
And with 1 swing of his club he sent all them flying back.
Poof!
Poof!
Poof!
Even the swing sent me back 1 step.
“Teleport”
SWOOSH!
I teleported behind him
“DRAGON FIST!”
POW!
I hit him in the back of his head, but then he quickly turns and hits me with his club.
THWACK!
I backflip and landed on the floor.
“Black lightning dash.”
“Murderous Intent”
When I said that, a glowing knife landed in my right-hand
SHING!
SHING!
SHING!
I cut him from his legs up to his head and leap back
And then he started glowing green.
“What he can heal his injuries?”
“Damn it.”
“Enhancement magic.”
I look back and Linda is using some sort of magic on me, I started to glow different colors, then it stopped.
Temporary stats boost
“Ok I’m ready.”
“Continuous dash.”
SLASH!
I slashed one of his arms off with my knife.
I am way faster. Furthermore, I have to take advantage of this before he regenerates
“Double.”
Pew!
Pew!
The clones start running.
I dash in the middle of the clones.
Thwack!
Thwack!
He takes them out 1 by 1
Poof!
Poof!
Until it’s just me and 1 clone left. We run the opposite way the goblin focuses his attention on the clone.
He swings his club and the clone dodges and cuts his arm, then he jumps on his back and cuts his back before the goblin grabs him and squeezes.
Then I look back and Linda is back on her feet
“Self Enhancement — speed.”
Linda grabs her knife and dashes at the goblin.
She’s so fast in a blink of the eye, she cuts off the goblins other arm.
“HURRY AND FINISH HIM!”
“Continuous Dash!”
I dash quickly, and then 2 slimes appear out of nowhere and lands on his head
Pew!
Pew!
They shoot out green liquid bullets I dodge.
The goblin then quickly tries to regenerate and in a panic he jumps back and starts trying to kick me with his right leg.
I dodge under, run up the wall and jump off.
He turns and opens his mouth to eat me. I didn’t expect him to react.
I don’t have enough time to dodge or parry his attack.
Skill acquired — Body Reflex
And I close my eyes.
The next thing I hear is…
SHING!
And I land, and his head is cut off.
“What happened, how did I not die? I looked down, and my hand was glowing like a mark on my hand.”
Skills acquired — Regeneration, self enhancement
XP — 2,000
“We defeated it. (He thought to himself)”
“I feel weak, but I stand and walk over to Linda.”
“Are you ok?”
“Yea”
Then it says, “Teleporting back to the city in 10 seconds.”
I stand there ready to go home, take a bath and think over what just happened.
“Full recovery.”
Linda starts healing my wounds.
“Thanks.”
“But shouldn’t you worry about yourself and heal your wounds?”
“Don’t worry about me, my wounds will heal by themselves.”
Would you like to update your starts?
“I can upgrade my stats…huh.”
“Yes update stats.”
“Teleporting commencing now.”
“We’re back finally. (He thought to himself.)”
“Let’s go home Lin-“
“Hey you there stop and come peacefully before we have to get violent with you.”
“I looked back and it was them.