After searching around this underground-like labyrinth for food, Dale stopped for a break. Then, he noticed something scurrying near him. Dale walk slowly towards it realized its actually a spider. He took out one of the spears and spiked the spider for a couple of times.
"Eeewww.....blearghh. So this is how it comes down huh. *Sigh**Munch* It's a bit crunchy and gooey. *Sniff* I miss my sandwich." Sighs Dale while chewing some spider legs. He considered for a long time whether or not to eat it, but his hunger outstrips his conscience. Yeah, this guy thinks with his stomach.
"Now that I think about it, the only monster I encountered is only that Kobold. Am I really that lucky or this just a normal underground." Dale ponders a bit before he hears some gibberish coming from his behind.
"Crap. They've caught up with me !!!!" Dale started running forward but he suddenly stumbled upon a dead end. With nowhere to go, Dale resolves himself to fight where its him or them. With this place's dim lighting, he hides himself at darker corner to prepare for the ambush. The howling and grunting sound keeps getting closer, Dale took out a spear to stick it to their faces.
100 meter. 50 meter. 10 meter. Throw the spear at hand towards the kobolds. Hit Kobold's 1 shoulder. Start running towards them while chucking another spear. Hit the Kobold's 2 stomach. Avoid spear attack. Side roll. Front roll. Chuck spear to Kobold 1. Hit the neck of Kobold 1. Use the spear to finish both kobolds.
The battle was concluded swiftly. Dale uses his Tough Skin to tank all the damage, but it involves Dale chucking his spears towards the kobolds. When the spear hits the Kobold's 1 stomach, it makes it unable to continue the battle. Nobody could battle by holding his wounded stomach. Then the rest is easy. Just use another of Dale's skill Ultimate Protection that lets him to tirelessly roll any direction without getting dizzy.
After finishing up the kobold a notification appears before Dale.
*Ding*
"What??? No level up. I almost died you know??!! But, finally some breather. I really need to grind some stat and skills. Hmm, before that maybe these guys brought some food??" Dale loot from these kobolds while searching for food. Luckily, one of them brought a something like a beef jerky located in its pouches.
Dale without thinking put it in his mouth and began to chew due to his stomach growling. Although he felt gross not knowing what are the things that he ate, it is thousands better than the spider legs.
After resting for a while, he began to grind his mana manipulation. He knows that his flimsy battle skills would be the death of him so he began to train to obtain more skills. He close his eyes while sitting to feel the flow of mana. When he touches the ground, he saw the particles that he can manipulate into anything he wanted. He then pull his hands from the ground and imagine a spear from the ground.
*Ding*
"Cool, now I am an earthbender. Hahahaha.....Damn, what a small spear, I feel tired already." He feel cheated while looking at the keychain sized spear he made. Then after arduous remolding the earth magic, he finally can make a house-ish using his earth magic. He also obtained a skill named Spear Barricade that sprouts six spear that immediately impale any unsuspecting enemy. But unfortunately he could only use that skill once per day cause his Magic stat is still low.
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"Now to increase my Stone Skin level." Using his knowledge from Earth magic he remolds his skin by supplying mana and managed to increased it by 4 levels. Although he is tempted to remold his body, it will be another time when his body is able to handle the strain like with the skin situation.
"*Yawn* Really sleepy. I need to get me some beauty sleep. Ugh, my Teleportation skill still beyond my reach." Dale sighs and closes his eyes for his long awaited rest. Today was not very good to Dale. He teleported to some tunnel, got screwed by kobolds, eat the delicacies from the underworld (LOL), and he learnt how to kill. Some people may just kill themselves under that kind of pressure.
*Next day*
"Yawn, wow look at the time and luckily nothing happened last night. Well, when I look closely this place looks like the condemned mine near Farhampton. Maybe if I just imagine my house, then the teleportation will occur but I need to get stronger. So that I wouldn't get squashed by those Lvl 100 monsters." Dale after checking the time at his wristwatch, he noticed this is the place that is on television several months ago. It was condemned cause there are no more minerals that can be mined. Knowing that this place is near his house, he decided to grind skill necessary to survive (Running away skills, LOL) before getting out of here.
"Now, today I'll start with Earth magic, then Tough Skin, and maybe try to obtain some Water magic cause I really need to pee." Dale planned his day without any food searching because there is still meat jerky left from the kobolds. Dale planned to be stronger because he knows that this world only accepts the strong now, not some smartass that can smooth talk his way out of this.
'I need to check my status first. STATUS'
Dale Starsky
Level 1
Male 17
Str 70 End 50
Dex 55 Sta 70
Mag 30 Vit 50
Skills
Mana Manipulation Basic Level 4
Tough Skin Basic Level 4
Earth Manipulation Basic Level 2
"Wow, some my stats have increased without the ding sound. Now let the training starts." Dale enthusiastically start his training regime despite being a level 1.
*Meanwhile*
"Report, Orgg, Gnarr, Farr, where??" A
"Dead, naked" B
"Find, killer" A
The wind of fortune does not blow towards Dale indeed.