CH 41

Kamisama… Have I done something wrong… ?

「Uwaaaaaaaaaa! ! ! ! ! ! !」

「Wa fu! ?」

…

「…… Fu~. I feel refreshed… Still, it’s cute when I look at it closely…」

It’s got lustrous black fur and bright, yet sharp red eyes. Sharp fangs and claws that are about the size of a fist.

… I’m sorry, but I’m scared no matter how I look at it.

No, but I’m sure it’s cute… If only it wasn’t so hostile…

「Gururururuu… Wau! !」

「Uwa! ?」

――Shuba! !

Dangerous. It’s going for my neck again.

「I want to keep looking at it, but I have to concentrate…」

「Garuu! !」

「Eh! ?」

Suddenly, 3 magic circles appear on the Hellwolf’s back. What came out of them was something like a Dark Ball.

(That looks bad…)

「《Flame Blade》!」

――Bashubbashubashu! !

The slashed Dark Ball burned and disappeared.

「I know this is harsh on the grasslands, but… Take this!」

The same thing happens when I thrust 《Flaming Strike》 into the ground.

However, the effect is not the same at all.

I thrust it into the ground… Rather, when I swung my sword at the ground, cracks appeared on it, just as they did with 《Flaming Strike》.

However, the cracks were not random, but went in a straight line towards Hellwolf.

――Pishipishipishi… Dogooon! ! ! !

Well, it was avoided with a relaxed expression (or so it seemed).

However, this is not where it ends. Immediately after I released it, I was already attacking the Hellwolf.

「Uryaa! !」

「Gau! !」

――Gyaiin… !

A blow aimed at its neck from a blind spot was met with a strong fang.

「I’m not done yet! 《Flame Blade》! !」

――Boou! !

「Gyan! ?」

It’s painful to watch, but I’ll take you down to survive…

The sudden appearance of a heat source caused the Hellwolf to separate its fangs. Taking advantage of the gap, Ayane went straight to slashing its mouth.

――Dosuun…

The body, with its upper jaw blown off, collapses on the spot.

《LV.16→18》

「It went up…」

Ayane put the body in her inventory and began to wander in search of a way out, feeling the emptiness she always felt when she reached a decision.

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【Name】 Hellslime LV. 60

【Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Attribute Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Description】 A dark slime that is said to live in Hell itself. It is said that Hellslimes that have been strengthened by eating corpses possess a tremendous amount of defensive power. Also known as Cleaner

HP: ? ? ?

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「Let’s go!」

『……. ! ?』

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【Name】 Hellmole LV. 60

【Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Attribute Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Description】 A mole-shaped dark monster that is said to live in Hell itself. It specializes in dark magic and can hide in the shadows. Also known as Whack a Black Mole.

HP: ? ? ?

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「Yaa! !」

「Djiyua! ?」

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【Name】 Hellhand LV. 60

【Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Attribute Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Description】 An undead who is said to live in Hell itself. It is said that if it appears in your dreams, you will die after 5 days. Also know as Dream Hand.

HP: ? ? ?

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「This way… Over here!」

『ё●■ღ◆Ш■ღ○٩〆Э! ?』

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【Name】 Hellgoblin Knight LV. 60

【Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Attribute Weakness】 ? ? ?

【Description】 A Hellgoblin Knight that is said to live in Hell itself. It is said that if you see one, there will be a 100 of them close by. Also known as G.

HP: ? ? ?

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「There are too many of youu! ! ? ?」

「Gyā! ! Gyaa! ! ? ?」

「Eat thissss! !」

「「「「「Gugyaaaaaa! ! ? ?」」」」」

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「I finally found it… !」

Ayane was now in front of the stairs that led from the 14th to the 15th floor.

「It was hard to find it this time…」

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A few hours of wandering.

After passing through the floor of the grassland, there was a white staircase with about 10 steps, and after climbing it, I found the next floor.

The next one was a cave, then a forest, then a volcano, etc. The terrain was different each time, which made it interesting.

There was nothing unusual about the enemies I encountered, except that they were similar to the ones I’d fought before, all level 60, but if I had to guess, I’d say that in the past few hours I’d gained 30 levels and had a Hellwolf and many other types of carcasses in my inventory.

After my level reached 30, it stopped going up. I wonder why… ?

「Status」

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【Name】 Ayane LV. 16→☆(Evolvable)

【Race】 Human

【Job】 Blacksmith LV. 5

HP: 624/1750→2450

MP: 210/1250→1950

STR: 30

VIT: 10

DEF: 10

AGI: 18

INT: 10

DEX: 30

MND: 10

【Skill】 《Smithing LV. 7》 《Swordsmanship LV. 9→☆》 《Physical Enhancement LV. 8→☆》 《Mining LV. 5》 《Lumbering LV. 2》 《Woodworking LV. 5》 《Appraisal LV. 5→8》 《Alchemy LV. 6》 《Alchemy Smithing LV. 6》

SP: 50→120

【Eqiupment】 Leaf Wolf Set, Homurakazezanmaru, Reizanmaru

【Title】 『Someone Who Has Defeated the Leaf Wolf』 『Subjugator of Hell』

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「Uwa~o. The level has improved a lot」

In the meantime, I’ve got a lot of SP saved up, so I’ll add 40 each to my STR, AGI, and DEX.

「Eeto? Subjugator of Hell?」

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【Name】 Subjugator of Hell

【Description】 Increases damage against monsters with “Hell” in their name (Great)

【Acquisition Requirements】 Defeat more than 200 monsters with “Hell” in their name.

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「… I must have killed over 200 of them…」

If you ask me, the monsters I’ve defeated today all have the word “Hell” on them… ?

――Hellwolf… Hellslime… Hellmole… Hellhand… Hellgoblin… And many more…

I’m here.

Whatever it is, this is a welcome effect!

… And Evolvable…. Evolvable is that 「Human Evolution」 evolution, right?

I wonder if I’m going to change in any way…

I’m nervous, but it sounds like fun!

――I will evolve!

Then I collapsed in front of the stairs.

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《Initiating evolution》

《SYSTEMERROR》

《Something’s intervening》

《Judged to be dangerous to the consciousness of the person concerned》

《Evolution canceled》

《Cancel evolution cancellation》

《Initiating evolution》

《Evolution canceled》

《Initiating――》

《Evolu――》

《――》

《――ating evolution》

《Evolution Successful》