7 - 5. Waterfront and Night

After a break, the battle resumes.

The three of us, including myself, are now the only ones who can detect the presence of an enemy, so we are able to find them quickly.

Mainly, Leo finds the enemy.　I think the speed in terms of combat efficiency is actually the same, though. Leo, on the other hand, does not seem to be checking whether others are following him or not, or whether there are any other enemies.

During a break, Shin gave me a message about M! He sold me 5 bottles of M! Potion at the price I bought them. Why did he buy them if he is a fist fighter?

After the battle, everyone was able to get the H!? Shin was in agony.

"S!? I used it!　Ka!"

"Ha-ha-ha, me too!　Just now!"

"We are too, aren't we?"

"Huh?　I was already out, why?"

"Does the skill list update after the battle?"

Peter says as he checks his skill list in the window.

"I guess so. It must be because we took a break, that's why this came up. Homura also took a break before the skill appeared.　And you didn't do anything else differently. If it's based on the number of times we've fought, then we and Homura would have done it together.

"Oh, I did. I took a break."

"I'm glad you solved the mystery."

I was right, I laid down and lingered, the tutorial meadows were amazing!

As we approached the forest, the enemies, which had been only rampaging chickens, began to mix with the rampaging dudu, a waist-high turkey-like bird. Its kicking is vicious and it uses its skills. Unlike the rampaging chickens, they are active enemies, but only one or two of them appeared at a time, so we were able to hunt them without any danger.

As long as Kikuhime's defense and Ochazuke's recovery are well balanced, we should be able to beat them steadily even if the enemy changes. As long as Leo doesn't have any accidents.

He found the enemy and ran without realizing it was active, and when we caught up with him, he was kicked by two dudes and was almost dead. H!? I saw them kicking me while I was taking recovery medicine. I wonder if I can solo until the chicken so far, I think as I watch them.

"You're a sifu and you didn't get the dilution?"

"I took it, but I didn't put it on!"

"You should put it on, because it won't raise your level."

Peter instructs Leo with a smile.

The skill makes it difficult to be noticed by active enemies. Even if you are noticed, you are safe as long as you run to Kikuhime before she attacks, but Leo is usually too far ahead of you.

Well, it's business as usual.

Now that we have gotten used to fighting, we decide to go to the forest.

Mr. Wild Boar guides us...

Leo, who was ahead of me, is blown away. He ran at me so fast that I didn't have time to call out to him. My [sense of presence] has a narrow range of effect because I'm still at a low level. No, wait, Leo, don't get hit by the presence detector!

"Noooooo!"

"Jade shop?"

"Locksmith!"

I gave the promised shouts to the figure that skittered away, and Shin joined in.

Kikuhime activates her skill and takes the tag.

Since Leo did not attack, Chototsu easily switched the target to Kikuhime. The attacker seemed to be powerful, and with a single blow, Kikuhime's H! is more powerful than that of the two Dudu. Leo, who was blown away, had a full H! The target was reduced to less than a third of the full H!

However, after Kikuhime took the tag, the procedure remained the same: Ochazuke healed Kikuhime, and we attacked. Leo's H!? is left untouched until he is defeated.

"<>!"

He unleashes a spell that he learned when he reached level 2 of the Golden Magic. Yes, it was an iron ball a little bigger than a tennis ball. Fire magic is a fireball, I guess.

Back attack!

"[Back attack]!　Wa-ha-ha-ha!"

The two sheikhs are slashing at the enemy with a skill that increases their attack power when they attack from behind. Since their specialties are daggers, cutting is probably a better word than slashing.

Since it was found out with the chicken that both magic and slashes hit allies, Chotototsu is fighting with Kikuhime in front, the two sheikhs behind, Shin on the right, and me a little further away on the left. Ochazuke is a little far from Kikuhime on the right back, where he can see Kikuhime, Shin and Leo.

By the way, the magic was cast on Kikuhime. My magic was more damaging than the chicken's peck. I regret it.

"Tiger!　[dragon] !　[Heaven] <!"

Meanwhile, Shin's combo shattered Chototsu.

It seems that a kenshi's attack power increases when he connects his moves in a specific order. However, since he hasn't learned many techniques yet, he only has three moves in a row. He has already acquired [Skill Appraisal].

And E!? is shouting ～～～～～. If you do a combo too fast, you will need <>The amount of the combo is decreased by <<

The power of Kikuhime's and my attacks are more powerful than theirs in a single attack, but the bosses and other H! However, for bosses and other enemies with a lot of H!

I got some meat and skin from Chototzu. This much meat means he has cooking skills!

After that, I encountered the boar called Chototzu several times, but I was able to defeat it without any problem as long as I avoided or received the first rush. Leo was in front of the boar, and Peter and I kept an eye on the left and right sides.

In between, Kikuhime, Shin, Leo, and Peter are munching on something.

I, a magician, and Ochazuke could almost go on three meals a day, but instead we are eating M! potion instead. I'd rather eat rice, too. I think I have to check [sense of presence] frequently, or maybe it's because I'm the type of person who has to check it frequently. Consumption is not high. While [Dilution] is also on, the E! While the [Presence Dilution] is also on, the E!　The diet is said to be about three meals and a snack, so three meals and a snack is OK.

I don't tell you that I started to use fire-needle only in the middle of the battle against Chotototsu because I imagined that I was going to roast a whole fish. Water magic is supposed to be a good match, but gold magic and fire magic reached level 2 first.

Berries grow in some places in the forest, and even if you don't have the ability to pick berries, you can still pick berries, although the amount of harvest varies. E!? The recovery is not much, but I guess it is a remedy for hunger.

It tastes sweet and sour and wants to be made into jam. In other words, it's sour. After eating a few of them, I got used to the sweet taste, but it's amazing that they reproduced such a sensation.

By the way, when I took lunch, Peter gave me some grilled skewers that he had bought at a food stall, and Kikuhime gave me some orange juice. He teased me a lot for forgetting to buy them, but I didn't have time to buy them!

E!? Sad effort to save money by not using (or skipping) the presence detection in the meadow.

It is my fault that the tutorial took so long, sorry. It was especially nice to lie down in the meadow.

I didn't get the money, but I'll pay it back in some way soon, because I think it's too much for my early pocketbook, even if it's a grilled skewer.

In the forest, there was also a fruit called <>, which can only be collected by gathering. M!? Is it an ingredient for a potion?　I stuffed berries and magic berries into my item pouch.

The item pouch can hold 30 x 99 items apart from the equipment you are wearing. However, when the item pouch is full, you can't take off your gear.

What I have with me now

Skin of flying rabbit x 2

Flesh of Flying Hare x1

Rampaging chicken eggs x 11

Rampaging chicken meat x 35

Feathers of a rampaging chicken x 44

Rampaging Dudu Egg x 10

Meat of rampaging dudu x 20

Rampaging Dudu feather x 16

Chototzu skin x 6

Chototzu meat x 6

Chototzu fangs x 3

Horned Hare Skin x 26

Horned Rabbit Meat x 25

Horns of rabbit x 8

Medicinal herbs x 23

Fruit of magic x 22

Berries x 82

Enemies seem to drop about three kinds of items, and one of them seems to be hard to find. The reason why only berries are prominent is that I took time to pick berries since I picked them in between, not because I picked them in between, but because I picked them all. In addition, if a player who does not have [picking] picks berries, the player who has [picking] picks more berries at a time. I marked them as berry picking points on the map because there were so many of them, I will come back to pick them again.

I wonder if there is an expansion of the item pouch. I am very anxious because I remember that every game I have played has been fought by adjusting the number of items in the storage and the number of belongings.

Horned rabbits were different colors from flying rabbits, white and with twisted horns, which made them more vicious.

I got to level 3 and got 2 skill points for hunting horned rabbits with Chotototsu. 5 points was a first time service? I'll think about what to get with 2 skill points later. As for the status, we again gave 2 points to intelligence.

The physical attackers are the same as before. Natural Recovery.

I went through the forest and found a wolf.

"There it is... ！！！！

When Kikuhime delivered a blow, the wolf returned the blow with a blow to Kikuhime's H! was almost half of the total.

"Impossible game, [recovery]!"

As soon as he recovered, the wolf turned his attention back to Ochazuke.

"[Stall]!"

Peter's skill made the wolves stiffen.

"Let's get out of here while we still can. We can't."

They ran away as fast as they could and went back to hunting chotototsu and horned rabbits.

I didn't hunt a lot of chotototsu, since I was hunting only one of them coming toward me from the other side, but I hunted a lot of horned rabbits.

I'm going back to the river, hunting the enemies I've encountered, but for some reason I'm heading for the river when I should be heading back to the city. Leo wants to fish once! The first time I went to the beach, I was accompanied by a young man who was a bit of a daredevil. The first battle went well, so everyone was in a good mood, not only me, and we were talking and moving.

We managed to hunt a flying rabbit on the way and all three of our requests were completed.

The flock of six rampaging chickens that I had been avoiding was easily cleared on the way back.

"I'm hungry.

"Let's grill the ones we caught!"

"Don't be absurd, there's no fire!"

"That's it, should we put out the fire magic?"

"Be a good boy and just fish today."

While Leo casts a fishing line, we make a lot of noise and dig herbs from the rocks in the river. I, Kikuhime, Ochazuke, and Peter were mining. Shin is not taking the collecting type, and is looking at Leo and saying, "I'm going to take [fishing]. Leo certainly looks like he is having a lot of fun, so I can understand why he would want to take the same [fishing].

As I asked everyone what they took while collecting medicinal herbs, I found that Ochazuke, Shin, Leo and Peter were [blacksmith], Kikuhime was [seamstress], and I was [medicine man]. The blacksmithing rate is a cut above the rest, but I heard that there are some derivations in production as well, so we may end up going in a different direction.

I noticed that the lulu grass with small light blueish flowers that I saw on the guild bulletin board was growing. I had expected to find it in the area where goblins are located, so it was unexpected to find it here. Lulu grass blooms at night, and while it was all medicinal herbs earlier, there was still some daylight left, but was it night?

"It's getting dark - let's get back to town."

Leo got a bite just as Singh was about to say something.

"Ha-ha-ha, safe!

As soon as Leo catches one, a slime appears, bobbing around like a water balloon.

They were gathering to see Leo's catch, so Kikuhime attacked and safely took the target.

"[Dragon] <!"

"<>!"

"[Back attack]!"

"[Back attack]!"

Not much damage is done.

"<>!"

Except for magic, the damage was done. And I got tagged.

Is the magic treated as physical?

"[Stall]!"

"[Provocation]!　You're right!"

Peter stopped me in my tracks, and Kikuhime got me back before the attack came, and I was relieved.

I'm going to ask him to provoke me once in every three fireballs so that I don't get tagged.

I was relieved to know that Kikuhime was able to get back the tag before the attackers came. I am nervous because of the rapid decrease of E!

It is troublesome that only 1 to 4 of the physical attacks can damage the water slime, but the attack power of the water slime itself is about the same as Dudu's.

But the water slime itself has only Dudu's damage. The first damage was as painful as hitting my foot against a door. I'm glad it wasn't a pinky toe.

"Oh no, I can't use my skills!

"<>!"

I give up on trying to get Kikuhime to tag me back and continue attacking.

I have a bad feeling that the Water Needle will not do any damage, but rather heal her, so I won't use it!　More and more, water magic is not getting any better!

The damage that Kikuhime took was on par with Dudu's, but when I took it, it hurt like hell!　That's the difference in defense!

My H!? Ochazuke heals me when my gauge is less than half. It's tougher than chotototsu?

"Someone please help me with my M! Recover - I'm drinking and it's killing me!"

Peter with help from Ochazuke, M! Potion is thrown. When it hit the oatmeal, there was a sound like thin glass breaking, a sparkling red effect, and the M! The M! is restored.

"Is Homura alright?"

"I'm fine, I'm all healed up while I'm waiting to fish! <>!"

I'm glad I took it [M! Natural recovery], although it does not recover during battle.

I was also eaten by mucus during the battle, and it was quite a long battle.

I got the flesh of a water slime.

I have the nucleus of the waterslime.

We are now at Lv.6.

Fire magic is now lv.3.

Viscosity Resistance, Night Vision, and Strike Resistance have been added to the skill list.

It was pretty tough!

By the time I finished, it was dark and I ran back to the city to recover.

Once your eyes get used to the light from the two moons, you can distinguish your companions by their silhouettes if you are close enough.

During the day, the fastbrim where the flying rabbits used to be has been replaced by snakes, and I and the ochazuke, M! The fast brim where the tobi-rabbit had been during the day had been replaced by snakes, and both me and M! We moved with Peter, who had [presence perception] and took [night vision], while dodging the enemies.

I found out that I could only see the direction of the enemy vaguely at night even if I had [Presence Detection], and I used 2 skill points to acquire [Night Vision] during the movement.

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Increase ...

Lv+4　

Skill　

Night vision

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Homura Lv.6

Rank F

Occupation Mage, Pharmacist

H!?　　144

M!?　　226

STR 10

VIT 10(+1)

INT 29(+7)

MID 13

DEX 9

AGI 10

LUK 10

N!?C!?　Galahad] [-]

Title [Interactionist

Skill (6S!?)

■Magic and Magic

Fire Magic Lv.3] [Gold Magic Lv.2] [Water Magic Lv.1

Production

Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1] [Alchemy Lv.1

Collecting

Collecting

■ Appraisal and concealment

Tool and medicine appraisal Lv.1] [Plant and food appraisal Lv.2

Animal and Demon Identification Lv.2

Presence Detection Lv.1

Enhancement

Intelligence enhancement Lv.1

Others

M!? Natural Recovery], [Night Vision], [Map].