Maron was surprised a bit, well he didn’t really care much, he was just going to sell his troll’s ears to him anyway.

“I’m Maron” he greeted casually, and offered a handshake.

“I’m Julius” he replied, and grabbed his hand.

“I’m here to sell you this troll’s ears” Maron said as he handed Julius a small pouch.

“How did you get this!?” Julius asked incredulously, “Never mind, come with me inside, I'll pay you there”.

“Uhm, no. After seeing that explosion, I don’t think I want to come near that house” Maron declined.

“Okay, wait for me outside then.” Julius said nonchalantly, and went inside his shop, afterwards he came back with a pouch of coins.

“Here” Julius handed the pouch of coins, which Maron received happily. “If you get any more of these, I'll buy it”

“Yeah, sure” Maron casually replied. “What do you need this for?” he asked, intrigued on what Julius is making to need troll’s ears. “I’m just saying, if you need more, I might help you gather some”

“I’m going to make a new potion, that could help get a new skill” Julius said, it was no secret so there was no need to hide what he planned on doing.

“A skill? You can do that?” Maron asked. Now showing that he was clearly interested.

“Yeah, it’s called Troll’s skin, so tell the person whoever got you these ears, that if they have more, they can sell it to me.” Julius said, he thought that Maron was just an errand boy from a stronger adventurer.

“I’m the one that gathered that ears, I killed a troll by myself” Maron said confidently, did he really look that weak, why does everyone think that he can’t kill a troll.

“Okay” Julius mocked.

“What? You don’t believe me?” Maron said while frowning, however Julius was still just smirking, “Wait for me” he said and immediately left, he was annoyed at Julius, he didn’t know why, but seeing his smug face, he wanted to prove him wrong, so he quickly went outside the gate to find some troll.

Maron even used the teleportation chamber to go to ‘Dilbo jungle’, thinking that there may be more trolls there, afterwards he took out his M4A1 and went deep inside the forest, after a little while of looking he found a group of trolls, he doesn’t stand a chance if he fights them head-on, so he decided to use his XM2010, he went to nearby boulder and placed his sniper rifle on it. Everything was ready, he looked through the scope and aimed the gun to a troll’s head, he exhaled deep and afterwards pulled the trigger while using Poison bullet, the troll dropped lifeless, the other trolls were alarmed by the sudden fall of their comrade, one by one they were dropping like flies, but they didn’t know what was happening, the trolls died with no clue how they died or who killed them. Afterwards Maron went to their corpse and cut their ears, there was a total of 8 trolls there, but he killed them easily.

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Maron got back to the kingdom right after, he went straight to the ‘Potion Chicken’ and knocked on its door, which Julius opened.

“Oh, you’re back, you killed a troll?” Julius smirked, he still didn’t believe that he could kill a troll that fast, and come back without any injuries, when all of a sudden Maron took out a pouch, and handed it to him.

“Here, in fact it’s not just one troll, it’s eight trolls” Maron said confidently, “Since I’m the one that gathered those, I want to have some potion you’re making”. Maron demanded, actually that was the reason he hunted trolls, to get the ‘Troll’s skin’ skill that Julius will make, he is always interested in gaining new skills, no matter whatever it is.

“Eight!? How?” Julius was flabbergasted, earlier he didn’t believe that this weak looking kid was serious, however after coming back with eight troll’s ears, and looking at his smug face, he started to believe that Maron is really strong.

“Doesn’t matter how, just deliver three potions to the ‘Odd Chair’ after it’s finished, I’m staying there” Maron casually said and then left right after.

It was already almost night when he came back to the inn, he went straight to his room to get some rest. Maron was tired, he had been running all over the place all day, after coming in his room, he jumped straight to his bed, and just laid there staring at the ceiling, afterwards he grasped his [middle identification stone] to check his stats.

{Name: Maron}

{Mana: 400/400}

{Level: 27}

{Class: Magic Gunner}

{Race: High-human}

{Skill: Infinite Ammo, Gun creator (Desert Eagle, MP5, AA-12, M4A1, XM2010), sleep bullet (level 2), poison shot (level 5), Repulsion bullet (level 1), Exploding shot (level 5)}

{Strength: 45} {Intelligence: 55} {Wisdom: 46} {Dexterity: 40} {Agility: 65}

{Defense (P): 50} {Defense (M):50}

{Equipment:}

He was already Level 27, he didn’t realize that he had leveled up after killing those trolls, not only that, his stats had also increased by a lot. Maron felt delighted at his growth, his skills don’t cost mana either, he didn’t understand the reason for it, but maybe it’s because of his Infinite ammo skill, perhaps it negates the mana consumption of the bullets, and he got past the level 25, so that means he would get another gun tomorrow, he couldn’t wait to see his new gun.

Maron was already dozing off to sleep, when suddenly he heard a knock on his door, his eyes opened abruptly, he got annoyed a little, but quickly got out of bed and opened the door to see who was knocking, it was Sakura.

“Hey, what’s up?” Maron greeted, his irritation suddenly turned delight.

“We were going to eat dinner, I was just wondering if you wanted to eat with us” Sakura said softly, that was her normal voice, but to Maron it sounded super cute, she didn’t even have to try.

“Yeah, sure” Maron eagerly agreed, afterwards the two went downstairs to eat dinner, when they came downstairs, Wuglat was already on a table signaling them to come over. They ordered some food and chatted about their day.

Maron told them about his skill testing and the trolls he killed, which shocked Wuglat, he explained everything to them, from the beginning, afterwards the two slowly understood what happened. Their faces were like a kid listening to stories while listening to Maron.

“When will you get this potion?” Sakura asked.

“I don’t know, I only told him to drop it here at the inn after it’s finished” Maron replied.

“I told him to give me three potions, so you two can have the troll’s skin too, I think it’s going to be a really helpful skill, because I personally found out how strong a troll’s skin is, my Desert Eagle couldn’t even penetrate it.” Maron explained, the more he thinks about it the more he gets amazed at how strong a troll’s skin is.

The three finished their dinner, afterwards they went to their own rooms. Maron said his goodbyes before coming inside his room and then his long day slowly came to an end.