Chapter 34

The group of people who were with her followed her without understanding what was going on.

"I know how to defend myself," Breno said to Jana.

"I did it because I wanted to; it wasn't exactly because of you. I just couldn't stand the way she spoke, that's all..." As Jana spoke, her voice got quieter, until at the end it sounded like a whisper.

Breno remembered that Jana never got along with Emily, so he didn't think much about it.

Treating Emily and her group as something transient, Jana said, "Now it's Choko's turn."

"Okay." Choko nodded with a serious look. She stood in an attack position, waiting for Jana to draw the attention of a spider.

While they were at it, Nero took advantage of this opportunity where everyone was focused on Choko's fight and took 7 monster cores from her inventory: 5 level 3's and 2 level 2's.

The moment the cores appeared in her hand, a message came.

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Absorb the [Monster Core] Yes / No?

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*[Yes]* She clicked.

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You have increased 0.5 Energy Points.

You have increased 1 Strength Point.

You have increased 0.9 Energy Points.

You have increased 0.6 Strength Points.

You have increased 1.3 Energy Points.

You have increased 1.2 Strength Points.

You have increased 1 Energy Point.

You have increased 1.5 Strength Points.

You have increased 1.7 Energy Points.

You have increased 0.8 Strength Points.

You have increased 0.9 Energy Points.

You have increased 1.6 Strength Points.

You have increased 1.1 Energy Points.

You have increased 1.4 Strength Points.

Progress: Rank F - Level 1: 50% (10/20 Monster Core Rank F Level Two +)

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Nero always thought it was a wonderful feeling to increase her power. Streams of energy flowed through her, strengthening her body and energy. She then opened her status.

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Nero Diaz

Breed: Hybrid

Class: Uneven

Subclass: Enchantress

Rank F - Level 1: 50% (10/20 Monster Core Rank F Level 2+)

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Attributes

[Energy] (Mana): 60 + 17

[Strength] (Hybrid): 50.8 + 16

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'60 points would be the limit?' Nero put her hand on her chin as she thought, 'In fact, if I absorb 10 more cores of monsters I will be able to level up.'

Turning her attention to Choko's fight, Nero saw Choko jumping in the air and falling towards the spider-like a meteor.

*Boom!*

The spider was flattened to the ground by Choko's powerful punch of sheer brute force. A small crater had formed under the spider.

Choko's red gauntlet was stained by the spider's blue blood. She propelled herself using her arm and jumped back and fell in front of the spider. Then she took the Hunter Card and used plunder on the giant spider.

Minutes later, Choko returned to Nero's side and the rest.

"Well, now it's my turn," said Jana.

Nero paid more attention to Jana's fight. She wanted to better understand the use of magic attacks.

In the beginning, Jana did nothing differently from usual. She threw a small fireball at a level 5 spider, but as soon as she launched the fireball, Jana started conjuring another fireball, though this time it was bigger. As if she were holding a volleyball in her hand she held onto the large fireball and did not launch it. Instead, she quickly cast a smaller fireball and threw it in the direction of the coming spider.

The spider instinctively jumped up and threw poison at Jana. As soon as the spider did this, Jana dodged and threw the big fireball at the spider in the air.

*Boom!*

It was as if the spider had been enveloped by red and blue fireworks. When the spider's large body fell to the ground, only the spider's headless body remained. Where the head should have been, there was only fire and blue blood that flowed like a spilt jar of honey dropped on the floor.

This same killing pattern continued until Nero's turn came up again.

Nero pulled the string of her bow and fixed her eyes on a level 4 spider.

Something that caught Choko and the rest's attention was Nero's current appearance while fighting. Long white hair with pink strands, very soft and shiny, fell gently behind her shoulders. Nero's serious gaze was very beautiful to look at. With her eyes the color of solar violet, they brought a sense of beauty and danger at the same time, but it was the kind of danger that anyone would be willing to face.

*Swoosh!*

When a dark arrow was shot by Nero, her beautiful hair waved with the movement of her body.

*Bang!*

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[You defeated the Insect Monster: [Giant Spider] Rank F: Level 4.]

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It was a sure and fatal shot; the spider didn't even know what hit it when it fell dead on the ground.

Choko and the rest were still open-mouthed, not having time to digest their astonishment. It was all very incredible and beautiful at the same time. Was it truly possible to kill elegantly and at the same time remain beautiful? Nero had just shown that it was indeed possible.

'My control has increased a lot!' Nero's lips curved in a beautiful smile. As she didn't look at Choko, Jana, Jair, or Breno, she didn't notice their expression of astonishment.

She walked towards the spider and saw a tunnel carved out by her arrow through the spider's carapace. Taking a deep breath, she put her hand in the direction of the spider.

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Would you like to plunder the Insect Monster: [Giant Spider] Rank F: Level 4?

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*[Yes]* Nero clicked on the screen and a new holographic screen opened.

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

1 [Panacea F - medium quality] has been added to your inventory.

71 [Essence Currency] have been added to your inventory.

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Nero looked at her inventory, and she saw 751 [Essence Currency] in her inventory.

Jana snapped out of her stupor and said, "Okay, the next one is Choko's."

"Yes." Choko approached. She looked with admiration toward Nero for being able to defeat a spider with just one attack of her bow and arrow.

Before throwing a fireball, Jana said, "Nero, why don't you try to get a spider's attention? If you can do that, it will speed up our hunt."

"Right." Nero agreed. Taking a deep breath, she withdrew an arrow from her inventory. As she would only be drawing attention, it need not be something strong. She pulled back the string from her bow and shot.

*Swoosh!*

The arrow of light whistled the moment it was fired like the sound of an object cutting through the wind, even though there was no wind to be found in the dungeon.

Being more distant and still not having a very good aim, Nero ended up hitting the four legs on the left side of the spider. In doing so, the spider ended up falling over due to the lack of leg support.

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{Edited by: Azurtha}