CH 33

“What were you doing there?”

“Kyuu! Kyuuuuuuu.”

Hardly, Lime moved its body and said something.

Umh I have no idea … I should have brought Mieum, who understands Lime’s words well. I don’t know how she can interpret “kkyuu“.

“Isn’t there such a thing as a slime translator?”

“There is, but….”

“But?”

“Sometimes it’s good not to know, waeeong!”

Why, what is it? What’s the secret behind that whisper? I’m looking for a slime translator. let’s give it a try….

“Kkyu, kkyuu.”

Lime called me, who was in a different thought for a moment. Then, while bouncing its body, it pointed to a certain place.

“That thing?”

“Kkyuuu!”

In the direction Lime pointed out, there was a branch with more fruit than the other branches.

The color is deep. The fruit was so ripe that it looked like it was going to fall off at any moment. Do you want to eat that fruit?

“Do you want to eat that?”

“Kyu … kyuu!”

“Okay. I’ll pick it for you.”

I reached for the branch. However, I couldn’t pick the fruit well because it’s hard to reach.

“Um, just a little more….”

I leaned in the direction of the branch and clung to the tree trunk. As soon as I picked the fruit, my hands slipped.

“….!”

Then, as my foot tripped over the roots that rose above the ground, my body lost its balance.

Uh, wait. Was there a slope like this here?

A steep slope was hidden in a corner of this space surrounded by a thick foggy forest. It’s really exquisitely hidden away from the outside.

Of all things, my body rolled towards it.

“Kyuuuuuu!”

Surprised Lime chased me, but a slime without a hand couldn’t catch me.

The moment I chewed my lips tightly in anticipation of the pain that would follow, the surroundings stopped. It felt like time has stopped.

And then, the system window appeared.

Tiling!

[You made a deep connection with coffee]

[Skill: The Bond of a Cup of Coffee (B) has been acquired.]

[Crisis situation! ‘The Bond of a Cup of Coffee‘ is activated.]

[Skill Lv.1: Activation time 00:05:00 / Cooldown 24:00:00]

[Target: ‘Choi Yichan’ is selected.]

What?

Surprised, the system window appeared again in front of me.

[Caution! It’s a skill that consumes a lot of energy.]

[Skill: Defense is The Best Defense (C) is used.]

[Defense increases by 500% for 5 minutes.]

The surroundings, where time seemed to have stopped, moved again.

I was falling off the slope, and the ground was already close.

Ugh, it’s crashing!

But just before hitting the ground, my body curled up and took a perfect fall posture.

I’ve never learned anything like this, but my body moved naturally, as if I had known it from the beginning.

Bang!

“Eugh, aaa….”

I was startled when I got up, rubbing the hard part with my hand.

“…Uh?”

It doesn’t hurt.

There was a tremendous sound just now, but I didn’t feel any pain. I thought I would break some bones, but my body was fine. What’s going on here?

“Kyuuuuuu…..”

From the top of the slope, Lime bounced down. Worried about me, it circled around.

Touching Lime’s soft body for a moment, I finally calmed down and checked the system message that just appeared.

It definitely said that I had acquired a new skill.

‘Skill.’

There was an unfamiliar skill in the skill window. I opened the detail screen right away.

[The Bond of a Cup of Coffee (B)

Details: (Lv.1) You can copy the skill of the person who drank the Ultimate Coffee. (00:05:00)

I can copy the target’s skills?

I’ve never heard of a skill with such a huge effect.

Copying, reflecting, and nullifying a skill are fraudulent skills that only the main characters of a fantasy novel can acquire.

If you write something like “I can copy other people’s skills” on the Hunter Channel, your post will be deleted immediately after receiving malicious comments asking if you learned about Hunter from a web novel.

Even taking into account that the limit of the ultimate coffee drinkers is unclear, and the cooldown is 24 hours, it was still unbelievable that it was only a B-grade skill.

Wait a minute, I got a strange notification when I asked Choi Yichan to drink the Ice Cream Coffee.

[The target loves your coffee.

You made a deep connection with coffee.]

The message meant that his skill could be copied.

Then, wouldn’t it be possible to copy more targets if I let multiple hunters drink my coffee?

Huh, what if I can copy the S-grade skill and use it?

“Awesome….”

The golden future of ‘Skill Copying Honey Bee‘ seemed to unfold before my eyes.

Wait, it’s not yet the time to be ambitious.

First, let’s check Choi Yichan’s skills. Maybe it will give me a hint to avoid the tragedy that was set for him in the future.

‘The Bond of a Cup of Coffee.’

I immediately tried the skill again.

[You can’t use the skill because the cooldown has not passed.

Time Remaining until unlocked 23:50:16]

[Caution! It is a skill that consumes a lot of energy. If the remaining energy is less than 10, a status abnormality will occur.]

[Target: ‘Choi Yichan’ can be selected.]

Due to the cooldown, it was impossible to use it, but I could see the skills that can be copied.

A feast of letters continued.

[Double Slasher (F)

(Lv.1) With a certain probability (0.05%), the attack occurs twice during a normal attack.]

[Push (E)

(Lv.1) Constant probability (0.1%) to push the enemy when defending.]

There are only two ambiguous combat skills with poor probability. I don’t think there’s anything special….

Eh. There was a hidden next page on the skill list. When I turned the page, the red letter ‘Unacquired‘ flickered.

[Defense is The Best Defense (C) /Unacquired/

(Lv.1) Defense increases by 500% for 5 minutes.

※ This skill has not been acquired yet.

How to acquire: Successfully defend 100 times with a shield.]

[A Deadly Blow (A) /Unacquired/

The next attack has a 100% chance to inflict a critical hit.

※ This skill has not been acquired yet.

How to acquire: Attack monsters 200 times with a weapon.]

[Coffee is My Strength (S) /Unacquired/

(Lv.1) Attack power increases by 800% when in caffeine addiction

※ This skill has not been acquired yet.

How to acquire: Attempt to attack while intoxicated with caffeine.]

[The Light that Illuminates The Darkness (S) /Unacquired/

(Lv.1) Nullifies dark attribute damage for 1 hour.

※ This skill has not been acquired yet.

How to acquire: Carry a dark etheric item for 24 hours.]

Choi Yichan has not yet mastered most of the skills. However, once he gets it, it’s unbelievable that he’s an E-class hunter.

Below the description of the skill, there were even kind instructions on how to acquire it.

I paid attention to the last of them, ‘The Light that Illuminates The Darkness‘.

Nullifying dark attribute damage?

Wait, wait…..

The dungeon that Choi Yichan jumped into before the regression was a dark attribute dungeon.

So, in other words, skill acquisition = nullify dark damage = survival?

“….”

My heart thumped loudly.

When there was hope that Choi Yichan could come back alive using this, I couldn’t control my joy.

However, on the other hand, I also had these doubts.

The information was given out of the blue. Why is the system giving me the information I need? Maybe it’s up to something.

No, but as long as Choi Yichan can survive, it doesn’t matter whether it’s up to something or not.

The skill grade is also an S-grade, and they kindly taught me how to get it. First of all, I need to help Choi Yichan to acquire the skill.

The question is, where do you get the dark etheric item?

“Kyuuuu, kyuu….?”

Lime called me when I didn’t move while looking at the system window. I think it thinks I’m hurt somewhere.

“Oh, I’m fine. I’m not hurt.”

“Kyuu!”

Fortunately, the way up was quickly found. There was a pedestal to step on the slope.

I returned to the cafe, fed coffee beans to Lime, and put my body on a chair. I took my phone out of my pocket and accessed the Hunter Channel.

I entered several related keywords such as ‘dark ether‘, ‘dark item‘, and ‘dark etheric item‘ into the channel search box.

However, there are not many search results. Even so, all of them looked like this.

[Chatting] Day 15 of Dark Farming Prayer (0)

[Chatting] It’s a dark item; (1)

[Chatting] Amazing dark ore … or I thought it was (2)

[Issue] Beware of buying dark etheric items!!! (325)

[Chatting] Isn’t it an urban legend?;; (0)

[Chatting] Day 99 of Dark Farming Prayer (0)

“Uh….”

I have a feeling that it’s going to be hard to get.

I don’t know exactly what the dark etheric item is, but it was almost like a fantasy item. It must be difficult to obtain easily in the Hunter Market.

I posted on the Hunter Channel as my last resort.

After a while, a comment notification sounded. I quickly connected to the Hunter Channel on my phone.

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[Chatting] I’m looking for a dark etheric item. (2)

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Writer: F-class Cafe Owner

I’m looking for a dark etheric item.

Any grade, any type, it’s fine as long as it’s dark.

If you sell it, please contact me.

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— Haster: [Link] Look for it here.

└ Healer Wanted: It’s a phishing site on this comment link. Don’t click.

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I calmly deleted the post.