7-7. Strengthen

I'm startled by the voice that echoes in my head.

Something went up so much!

They told me I'd gained a skill too...

And he's an earth dragon. So that guy was a dragon.

This 【Absorb corpse】 skill is an amazingly useful normal skill.

That makes me wonder what that meme girl said about me.

Am I special? Or is it different for those caught up in the summons?

She said she never saw anything like this before, so I'm thinking the latter.

Huh?　Come to think of it, my legs don't hurt.

I had pain in various parts of my body a while ago, but I don't feel pain anywhere.

Is it also effective in restoring HP?

While I was thinking about it, one of the goblins came down through the rope.

It's just me and the goblin in a small space.

I'm very impatient. My heart is beating fast.

D-Don't, it's all right.

I'm pretty much beefed up.

They're probably goblins, and they're probably weak, so it's okay.

That's what my mind tells me, but I'm still shaking.

I'm basically a chipper guy.

The fact that I stood up to the delinquent at that time was quite an irregularity.

The goblin swings the club that he was holding and swings down on me, who is trembling.

Yah, yah!

I shield my head with my hand, trying to protect it.

And then the club hits my hand... but...

Huh?　It doesn't hurt at all.

The cudgel is smashed to pieces.

Is that it?　There was something about the defense that made it so much better.

The goblin looks at me with a stunned expression as his cudgel is reduced to a piece of wood.

If the attack doesn't work, I'm not afraid.

How do I attack?

Earlier, I acquired a skill called 【Meteorite】, but it doesn't look like it's something I'd use in such a small space, so I'll just hit it normally here and attack.

I punch the goblin in the face.

Then, Gusha!　And then there is a funny sound.

When I look, I see that the goblin's head has been crushed like a tomato, and bright red blood stains the area around it.

''Ugh........''

I can't help but frown at the extremely gruesome scene.

I'm not very good at gory things, and even though he's the one who came after me, it doesn't feel so good to kill him.

But this is getting pretty strong...

I can't say for sure because I don't know what the status criteria are, but I didn't know that just by hitting him, he would smash his head.

It looks like that snake-like thing was a dragon, and it must be pretty strong.

I absorbed that pretty strong one, and I must have been strengthened a lot.

Anyway, let's absorb these goblins we've killed, too.

I put my hand on the corpse of the goblin and use 【Corpse Absorption】.

I get sucked into the air. It seems that the scattered pieces of flesh and blood are absorbed along with them.

The return blood I was exposed to is also absorbed, and I become clean.

HP up 5, MP up 1, Attack power up 1, Defense up 1, Speed up 1, Skill points up 1.

Compared to the dragon before, it's not as good as the one before.

Is it possible that absorbing a strong dragon will change its ability?

I can't even get any skills.

In the meantime, let's climb to the top.

What should we do about the other goblins?

I'm still not comfortable with killing, but I need to kill to make use of this skill.

We're going to have to do it...

I look above me.

I have a vague sense that I can jump up to this level of height.

No, it's shallow, but it's not high enough for a normal person to jump up, but with my current strengthened body, I think I can do it.

I jumped as hard as I could vertically.

I jumped something or other. I've jumped quite a bit extra.

I didn't have a status of jumping power, but maybe my physical abilities are increasing as my status goes up.

I landed on the ground.

The goblins that were waiting above were surprised to see me appear.

There are a total of three of them.

I didn't use it earlier this time, but I'll try to use the skill.

Speaking of which, I acquired the 【Appraisal】 skill, so I'll use it once.

How do I use it?　

At first I said "appraisal" as I looked at the one goblin.

Then I saw that the goblin I was looking at was above my head.

"Goblin♂ Lv.7/19

So the letters appear.

All they show is your level, gender and name.

I can't see the status of it.

I'm sure this guy is a goblin.

You can check your level with the appraisal, but I was able to use magic to check my level.

There's a reason why you should have used the appraisal to check your level?

Oh well.

The goblins attacked me while I was appraising them, but they were completely unharmed.

Even so, the goblins didn't give up and attacked me.

Alright, let's try the 【Meteorite】 next.

That looks like an incredibly destructive skill.

If it's done poorly, I could be caught in the middle too.

I take a little distance from the goblins.

Since my speed had increased, I could easily get away from them.

Then I said "meteorite" as a reminder to drop down to the area where the goblins are.

Then a rock falls from above the goblins' heads.

It wasn't as big a rock as I'd imagined. This isn't a meteorite then, it's just a falling rock. Will it turn into a proper meteorite if I raise my skill level?

Well, it's still a big rock in its own right.

The rock falls properly on the goblins and squishy! and crushed all the goblins.

The rocks remain in place without disappearing.

Blood and pieces of flesh splattered on the ground. It's a pretty nasty sight.

I move the rocks and absorb the goblins.

15 HP up, 3 MP up, 3 attack power up, 3 defense power up, 3 speed up, and 3 skill points gained.

They were all the same as the goblins from earlier. No skills.

After that, I check my status.

Name: Tetsuya Takahashi.

Age 25

Level 1/1

HP 140/140

MP 47/57

Attack power 57

Defensive Strength 107

Speed 37

Skill Points 14

Skills【Corpse Absorption】【Appraisal Lv 1】【Meteorite (Meteorite) Lv 3】.

No resistance　

He's still at level 1, but he's much stronger.

It consumes 10 MP, but that's probably because of the use of meteorite (meteo).

Absorbing corpses it's pretty useful.

One drawback is that you have to kill the creature to become absolutely strong.

I still feel resistance to killing it.

However, I still seem to be able to kill things that attack me, like the goblins this time, without hesitation.

In this different world where no one can be trusted, strength is the key to survival.

From now on, in order to become strong, you'll need to kill and kill and kill and kill all sorts of creatures.

Let's do it!

I will be strong, and I will survive this world, and I will turn my back on those bastards who destroyed me.

I promised myself that I would be strong, I would survive this world, and I would turn my back on them.