Chapter 22

What Nero nor Choko and the rest expected was that the arrow started to lose its dark color and became pink, becoming as thin as a knitting needle. The arrow hit the chest of the little bandit, but to everyone's surprise, it was as if the arrow were made of wind because it hit the chest of the little bandit and disappeared.

The little thug who thought he was going to die, fell back, but soon realized he wasn't hurt and started laughing out loud, but a moment later his eyes snapped to a nearby tree…

It was like some scene from a movie. The world went in slow motion for the bandit. He looked at the tree and his eyes were heart-shaped, he had fallen madly in love with the cherry tree. "How beautiful, so beautiful! Ohh, I fell in love with you at first sight, my most beautiful cherry tree!"

The little bandit hugged the tree and started making obscene gestures; he had gone completely crazy. Jana and Choko could no longer stand to see this bizarre scene. Even the wolf, Luna, put her paws in front of her eyes not wanting to see this scene...

"I don't know what happened to him, but let's go," Nero said as she turned the bow towards them.

"Stop, stop! Don't point that thing at me!" Breno cried out in fright. "It was only after the arrow hit that bandit that he got weird like that!"

"Mm, okay." Nero was a little confused. She didn't think she had the power to manipulate people's hearts, but decided not to take any chances. She then pretended to keep the bow in her [Hunter Card] inventory.

"My god, I will never forget the scene of the little bandit falling in love with that tree," Jana laughed as they walked away towards Esfim.

"So, was that any special skill of yours, Nero?" Choko was extremely curious about this.

"In fact, I don't even know how I did it. Just happened," Nero said. She also wanted to understand how she was able to do such a thing.

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New Mission: [Hunter Card]

• Become a member of the Hunter's Guild.

• Objective: Register with the Hunter's Guild.

• Reward: Short Arc; +2 agility and +10 strength.

• Reward: 40 [Essence Coin].

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Nero frowned, but then pretended that nothing happened. She showed a poker-face and did not demonstrate that a holographic screen had appeared in front of her; she didn't want them to start thinking that she was crazy.

"Another Slime group," Choko warned, but it was a bit pointless since everyone noticed and prepared to attack.

"Luna, attack the Green Slime on the right." Nero decided to see how strong the wolf could be.

There were a total of 7 Slimes: 4 Pink Slimes and 3 Green Slimes.

As she did not know what would happen if she used the bow again, Nero instead used stones to attack.

*Fire-ball!*

Jana screamed and a fireball the size of a volleyball went towards a Pink Slime.

Breno was carrying Jair; because of that he didn't fight. Already Choko ran and appeared in front of a Green Slime.

Nero also acted quickly by throwing a rock towards a Green Slime.

*[Queen's throw]!*

*Beng!*

The stone, enwrapped with a blue aura, was thrown at a very fast speed, hitting Green Slime's big head.

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You defeated the Monster Plant: [Green Slime] Rank F: Level 4.

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'It was fast...' Nero didn't attack again, she paid attention to Luna who attacked with her paw on the Green Slime's round head. Nero noticed that in the lower right corner, she had an option to activate the ability [Fierce Hit] and that it was a special attack by the wolf Luna, but she decided to stand aside and watch.

Unfazed when she noticed that she had been unable to kill Green Slime with a single attack of her paw, the wolf Luna jumped in the air and attacked again using the impulse of her jump.

*Pa!*

With a loud sound of *Thud!* Luna managed to hit Green Slime's head, making the body of the Green Slime that jumped fall heavily on the dirt floor.

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Silver Wolf Mascot defeated the Monster Plant: [Green Slime] Rank F: Level 4.

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"Two blows... Mm, it's not bad," Nero murmured and then said, "Don't just stand there; attack the Pink Slime too."

Luna heard Nero's command and went towards a Pink Slime. Choko, who also defeated one of the Green Slimes, went to attack a level 3 Pink Slime. Jana had already defeated 2 Pink Slimes in the meantime.

There were only two left: the one that Luna was about to attack and the one Choko went to attack.

Nero walked towards the Green Slime that she defeated and used "Plunder". Then she did the same with the one Luna defeated. Of course, she slowed down the speed of "Plunder" on purpose.

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• 1 [Level F Monster Core - Level 4] has been added to your inventory.

• 1 [Thin stem - low quality] has been added to your inventory.

• 47 [Essence Coin] has been added to your inventory.

• 1 [Level F Monster Core - Level 4] has been added to your inventory.

• 1 [Acid Goo - low quality] has been added to your inventory.

• 42 [Essence Coin] has been added to your inventory.

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Nero saw a new holographic system page open up.

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Silver Wolf Mascot defeated the Monster Plant: [Pink Slime] Rank F: Level 3.

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Nero also approached this Slime as well and started using "Plunder."

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• 1 [Level F Monster Core - Level 3] has been added to your inventory.

• 1 [Sticky mucus - low quality] has been added to your inventory.

• 33 [Essence Coin] has been added to your inventory.

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'I have 11 monster cores in all. When I get to town, I need to find a quiet place to absorb it,' Nero thought as she walked along with Jana and the rest.

"You can already see the dirt road that leads towards Esfim." Choko pointed out toward the distance.

"Ohh." Nero felt a little nervous, as it was the first time she was going to a place with many people since she arrived in this unknown world.

"You don't have to be nervous." Choko smiled, reassuring her. "Esfim Town is super calm. Although you have to pay a small fee to enter."

"How much exactly?" Nero already wanted to take it out of the inventory so as not to let them discover that she does not have a Hunter Card.

"It's 50 [Essence Coin]." Jana was the one who answered.

"Okay." Nero didn't know if it was expensive or not, but she had enough to pay, so she said nothing. She just quietly took 50 [Essence Coin] from her inventory and left it in her leather pants pocket.

"Stop guys! The carriage!!" Suddenly, Jair's loud cry came. He woke up stunned, thinking he was in a carriage.

"What carriage?!" Breno grunted angrily, but also happy at the same time, seeing that his good friend had woken up.

"Where are we? And why are you carrying me, Breno?" Jair was completely lost. He was furrowing his brow constantly, feeling some pain in his chest.

"We are going back to Esfim. You almost died, fool. If it weren't for Nero, you would-"Jana started to sniffle and cry. She couldn't take it and ended up crying when she saw her brother finally wake up.

{Edited by: Azurtha}