Chapter 66: Chapter 66: The night before leaving

The monster's huge body collapsed to the ground with its heart destroyed. Mera was still stunned by the action just now, so much so that she even approached the Skeleton Centipede's head and kicked it to see if it was really dead.Kain didn't pay much attention to it, because he did not wait to activate the system.

[Level]: 4

[Ability]:

-[Thunder Magic ★ ] 0/1000 (+):

+[Thunder Bullet level Max]

+[Thunder Summon level Max]

+[Thunder Navigation level Max]

-[Enhancement Magic ★ ]:

+[Enhancement Body level 9] 17/21 (+)

+[Enhancement Tool level 1] 0/12 (+)

4 skill points, just enough to upgrade [Enhancement Body].

Without a moment's hesitation, Kain invested all his skill points.

[Enhancement Body level Max].

Seeing the (+) symbol behind the magic skill disappear, Kain immediately felt the difference with [Enhancement Body].

This magic skill, as its name suggests, causes all aspects of Kain's body to gain purely physical enhancement. However, it has a weakness, or rather, a trait.

This thing is too rigid.

The reinforced force was indeed evenly distributed, without any fluctuations. This prevents Kain from fully utilizing the potential of this magic skill.

But now he can do it.

At this moment, he could strengthen a single part to avoid consumption, there was no need to use the trick of turning on or off magic skills in a short time. And if both of these things could be combined, it would be wonderful.

And the most important addition here is that Kain can focus on strengthening one part and reduce strengthening in other parts.

For example, each of Kain's arms is enhanced ten times in strength, which has always been the case, but Kain can now switch the enhancements. Making his right arm fifteen times enhanced, while his left arm is only five times enhanced.

This is a very powerful addition. Imagine if Kain went all out and made his attack even stronger?

It's worth the wait.

"Hey, why are you suddenly frozen? Are you hurt?"

Mera's slightly worried voice pulled Kain back to reality. He regained his composure for a moment, then smiled in relief.

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"Then let's get out of here, I'm hungry."

Mera rubbed her belly and walked straight out of the guardian monster's room, Kain followed. But before leaving, his eyes glanced at the skeleton centipede's corpse with a thoughtful look.

This is a guardian monster.

The Guardian Monster is the strongest and highest level monster for the entire Dungeon floor it guards.

The guardian monster will never leave its room.

These things can be considered the rules of the Dungeon, something that any Adventurer knows at a basic level, something that has been statistically and verified over a long period of time.

So what went wrong? Or is the ironclad system of rules slowly rusting and malfunctioning?

Kain had no answer, but he had a feeling this was not as simple as it appeared.

…

After returning to the village, Mera politely declined the villagers' invitation to dinner. Because she was interested in following Kain on his hunt.

"So, what do you want to eat?"

"Whatever you make."

Kain did not linger much, immediately jumped into the river to catch fish.

Anyway, it's quite late to go hunting in the woods now.

Seeing Kain catching the fish, Mera also excitedly jumped in to catch the fish. But she was too clumsy, no matter how she tried, she missed.

This caused Mera to go from amused to furious. Causing Kain to stand to the side, momentarily at a loss for words.

Fishing is an act that requires technique after all, did she really think that just by watching him do it once she could imitate it? Of course if she could do it then she would be a genius, but obviously not.

"Ahhh damn it! Why do they always escape from my hands!"

"Don't be in a hurry, you just need to…"

"I don't need it! [Earth Wall]!"

Mera immediately used her magic skill, forcing the poor little fish into a small prison.

"Come on, I promise it'll be quick…"

Mera smiled wickedly, reaching out her hand towards the poor fish that was now probably trembling.

And that's how Mera caught her first fish.

With all the fresh ingredients, Kain immediately got to work. The fish is processed very simply by removing the scales and excess parts, cutting into large pieces and skewering them on a clean stick and grilling over a fire.

Each piece of fish is seasoned with salt and spices, which adds to the deliciousness of the dish. Although the sweetness of fresh fish meat is not bad.

After eating a piece of fish, Mera immediately felt the fatigue that had accumulated in her all day fly away. Kain controlled the fire very precisely, making the fish skin crispy without burning, and the meat was also cooked soft.

Mera was originally very satisfied, but suddenly she felt sad.

Thinking back to the happy times, when her family was still complete, her mother used to make meals as simple as this fish dish but filled with love.

It was truly the happiest time.

But now, the family was missing a single person, her father threw himself into the cycle of work, Myra left to become an Adventurer, she also threw herself into practicing magic.

Each of them is healing their wounds in their own way, but because of that, new wounds are also being created.

Because of her mother's disappearance, their family was broken, and to heal that brokenness, the rest of the family tore themselves apart.

The final straw is the family meal where it's usually just the two of them, where they ask each other innocuous questions and respond coldly. They stabbed their knives and forks into elaborate yet bland plates of food, swallowing flavors that failed to reach their taste buds.

They spent half an hour as if time just stood still.

But Mera knew, the reason she endured and sat eating in that atmosphere was because of her father.

If she doesn't sit at the table, neither will her father.

Painful, but still sober, that's how Mera holds on to this family.