“Back, Down, Forward, Circle, ah, why didn’t the ultimate Qi attack appear? Oh, should it be Back, Down, Forward, Triangle?”

“What are you talking about!? And what are you doing there!?” A certain silly Goddess retorted me.

“Hm? I’m trying to execute my ultimate Qi attack. Don’t you know about it?”

“How could I know!? We are going to die, idiot!”

Ah, like I said, going out meant increasing unnecessary risk by 1% and you didn’t believe me at all. Also, it was not that I didn’t do anything, but I was physically fragile and weak and slow, so it was impossible for me to outrun the monster behind us. That was why the silly Goddess with tremendous strength and stamina piggybacked me while running. As for her twin, although he was stronger than me, he was not as ridiculous as his sister, at least in terms of physical ability. His Skill lied in his Magic, so he couldn’t carry me. As for a certain Player… he died when we encounter this monster behind us.

Alright, let’s start from the very beginning. So, the silly Goddess finally dragged me to this forest to hunt the Ramhead Goat. Ramhead Goat was a type of goat monster with strong horns that could ram even the sturdiest gate down. So, attacking its head was useless, and its horns were quite big that it covered almost all of its front. So, the only option to attack it was from the side. As for its back, well, I heard it had strong legs, and being kicked by its hind legs was not a joke either. So, people rarely attacked it from its back, unless they had a death wish.

Alright, so Ramhead Goat, right? We killed a hundred or so of them in a single afternoon. Everything was fine and quite easy for my party members. As for me? Heh, why would I join them bullying the poor monsters? Not to mention I was kidnapped by a certain silly Goddess so I had no weapons nor armors. A single attack of the weakest monster was enough to kill me. Ar at least broke some bones. That was not something that I wanted to experience.

So, whenever they found monsters, I would hide and gather some herbs I found in the vicinity. However, since we were in the same party, I still got Experience from them killing the monsters. Yep, leeching the EXP from them was the best thing that happened while I was out.

However, our peaceful hunt without seeing blood was fated to be stopped when rain suddenly pouring down. In a hurry, we hid in a cave that we found nearby. I felt the cave was comfortable… if only the cave had no owner. Yep, unfortunately, the cave had an owner, a Rhino-Bear. Or was it a Bearhino? Whatever. It was a bear with the skin of Rhino.

Alright, the worst part, according to Donald’s Scanner, the Rhino-Bear had the power of three hundred… while our strongest fighter, the silly Goddess, only had power around a hundred or so. Me? I only had battle power of five, trash among the trash.

Cough, moving on. Even though the Rhino-Bear was quite strong, it was still technically a bear. With the silly Goddess and the others’ combination attack, the Rhino-Bear was finally… going berserk!

Yep, it didn’t fall down, but rather, it went berserk. After all, for an hour or so, we were attacking it incessantly (by we, I meant I was not included, alright?), and the silly Goddess could avoid all of its attacks while the Player Donald could block its attack. However, our attack was useless as even our strongest fighter couldn’t damage its skin at all. That was when her sword broke and finally, we decided to retreat, only to find the Rhino-Bear was chasing us.

Fortunately, before this, we raised our level quite a bit and I reached level 10. After all, not only I leeched the EXP from my party member, I also drank EXP Potion as my water. Yep, ever since I knew that it was impossible for me to drink tens of EXP Potions in a short time, I used it as a substitute for water. And with my pathetic stamina, I drank a lot, so my level increased quite a bit.

Here’s my stats before we met the Rhino-Bear.

Name

Fanarie D. Darriskha

Age

12 (?)

Race

Human (?)

Class

Novice Witch

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Level

10

STR

6

AGI

7

DEX

9

INT

8

VIT

7

WIL

7

Innate Talent

Charisma

It was weird, right? Even though my level increased from level 1 to level 10, but my stats only increased by four points. This game must be bugged…

Fortunately, when I reached level 10, I got a useful Skill. Well, it was a weird Skill, but still, it had its use. The Skill name was [Materialize]. Its function was to materialize my [Smokeless Breath] and control it to some extent. Yep, it was a Skill to be used simultaneously with the [Smokeless Breath]. So, I used it and created something like… well, like Slime.

What? I should make a fighter from the smoke? I couldn’t even mold mud into human figures, how could I shape smoke into humans that could fight? The best I could make was those Slime figure with tentacles as its limbs!

The most I could make was two of them though, so it was not enough to count them as my fighting force. So, while I was carried by the silly Goddess, I tossed two Smokeless Slime, that was how I called the Slime created by using [Smokeless Breath] and [Materialize], at the Bear-Rhino.

“You are only making it even angrier!”

Yep, based on the roar that increased tens of decibels, it seemed that the monster became even angrier. Moreover, my Smokeless Slime could only slow it down for less than a second and my Mana was limited too. It seemed we would die, huh?

As for the Firecracker Potion... well, similar to my Smokeless Slime, it only made the Rhino-Bear become even angrier. So, I stopped using potions to attack it.

…wait a minute. I seemed to recall something that I brought. I hastily searched my bag and found it. Perhaps we could survive!

Hm? What I brought was simply a beef jerky. However, I enhanced the taste a little with my potions, so not only it was extremely delicious, it had a strong smell too. And when I thought about it, perhaps this Rhino-Bear was hungry, so giving it food would solve all of our problems, right? Or at least, it should be able to slow it down a bit to pick the jerky I threw randomly.

Or so I thought…

“Idiot, a high-level monster like that has high intelligence! You only humiliate it by throwing food!”

“Is that so? So, it’s not an idiot like other monsters?” I was surprised. I never thought that monsters would have intelligence. After all, on Earth, there were a lot of stories of monsters falling into traps set by humans. Er, humans could fall into traps too, so it shouldn’t be relevant, huh?

“You are the idiot one! Can’t you throw low-level Spells at it?” The silly Goddess asked.

Well, I didn’t have the Skill to use Magic, however, it didn’t mean that I couldn’t use Magic at all. The new System was weird. It could give Skills to Players and NPCs, but the method to give Skills was quite amazing.

Yep, it didn’t make any sense if you suddenly able to cast [Fireball] just by inputting a single Skill Point to [Fireball] Skill, right? Actually, by inputting Skill Points to the Skills, you would gain knowledge about that Skill in your head so you were able to use that Skill. So, inputting Skill Points meant gaining knowledge.

How about the knowledge us, NPCs, had since the beginning? They were still there, so actually, I was able to use most of my low-level Spells. Perhaps it was similar to my Potion Making Skills. Even though I didn’t have the Skill from my Class, I was able to create potions as long as I had the ingredients and the tools to create them.

That was also the reason why both the silly Goddess and her brother was stronger than the other Players. It was because they had the knowledge even though they were physically weaker than they were before. And their body became the limiter, as to use a high-level Skill, our body should be strong enough to endure the backlash from the Skills.

Alright, here, I would say that I could use low-level Spells. However, the reality was not the same.

“I couldn’t use Magic in this condition!” I said. Yep, it was almost impossible for me to use Magic while running, well, at least, my body was not standing still. It felt like solving a little complicated equation in my head while running at full speed. I knew a few people could do it, but I couldn’t do it.

“Tsk! You are so useless! Why don’t I drop you here?” The silly Goddess yelled while panting. It seemed her stamina was already on the limit. It was impossible to outrun this monster, huh?

“Wait, don’t! Oh, look! There’s someone over there!” I pointed at a person who sneakily looked around him while trying to hide his face. He looked familiar… hm, I couldn’t remember him, however. Well, whatever, let’s use him as a distraction for this Rhino-Bear!

The silly Goddess seemed to understand my intention as she changed the direction immediately. That person noticed us running toward him and somehow, his face showed his excitement. However, after seeing the monster behind our back, his face turned pale as he turned around and started running.

“Hey! You are a Player, so it shouldn’t be a problem for you to be killed by that monster, right?” I yelled at him as he ran.

“Hmph! Do you think I will run to my death without any reward?” The boy snorted as he kept running.

“Oh, if we successfully return to the village, we’ll give you a lot of EXP and money.” The silly Goddess said.

“EXP and money? That’s not enough!” The boy refused. Ugh, I couldn’t remember where I saw this person before… But I seemed to remember that he was quite annoying.

“What do you want?” The silly Goddess raised her voice in panic.

The boy looked at me as he ran beside us. His eyes seemed like he hated me. Why?

“I want you to clear my name in the village! Also, I want you to keep your promise!” The boy said.

I tilted my head questioningly. Why did he want me to clear his name in the village?

“Don’t tell me you already forget about me! It’s me, the one who gave you a letter yesterday!” The man yelled at me.

“Ah, that guy, huh?” I remembered him. He was the pervert, huh?

“I remember you were running while screaming that you love big boobs, right?”

“No! I mean, yes, but it was your fault!!”

Silly pervert… after saying that, the silly Goddess kept her distance from that pervert. Seriously, the Players from Earth became even more idiot and pervert, didn’t they?

“No, wait! I… I don’t like big boobs! It’s a misunderstanding!” Noticing the silly Goddess kept her distance, the man tried to explain… only for him to be stopped by a tree. Yep, he crashed to the poor tree and fell down on the ground.

As he scrambled to get up from the ground, a loud roar suddenly rang out from behind him. He looked back and saw the fierce Rhino-Bear was already behind him, raised its long claws. With a flash, the pervert man raised his sword and blocked the first attack.

“Ah! You!!! I’m coming to you! Don’t forget about my rewards later!” The pervert man screamed out loud and rushed to the Rhino-Bear. Well, it seemed that we were saved by him today.

“Don’t worry! I’ll help you clear your name! I’ll tell everyone that you are not a pervert that loves big boobs!”