God Streaming System

Chapter 37: The Hunt

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"…OK." Okay."

After sunset, I left the inn.

I checked the Status Board and I have a decent number of Points and Crystals. If I use this, my battle with monsters will become smoother, but I cannot force myself to use it.

Of course, there are also reasons not to want to stand out.

But more than that, I have a success story of successfully escaping from the forest thanks to having Points left.

There was a high chance that I would be able to overcome any possibility if I had any Points left.

Knowing this, I could not force myself to spend my Points.

I need a special reason to do it.

I walked from alley to alley, towards the center where the dungeon entrance was located.

At the entrance, there were 4 ordinary soldiers standing guard who looked as if they had nothing to do, with their usual bonfires there.

And, there was one unusual person…

(Isn't that yesterday..Rifreya, right? What's he doing?) (Mari)

One of them was the Light Spirit User female warrior I met yesterday.

He completely ignored the young soldiers who occasionally peered at him as if curious, and faced straight ahead, standing there as if he was protecting the dungeon entrance.

(Could it...he was waiting for me...?) (Mari)

I thought for a moment there, but became embarrassed afterwards for being so self-conscious there.

He must have had a reason why he was there.

(Should I speak to him and see if he kept my secret properly?) (Mari)

But I feel like it might backfire here.

It's possible that he's forgotten someone like me. The development will also be comfortable.

In the end, I ignored him, covered myself with darkness, and slipped into the Dungeon.

The inside of the dungeon was the same as usual.

You could say I even felt safe in the dark.

I paid no attention to the novice explorers who were fighting on Dusk Hades Street, and rushed to the stairs of the 2nd Floor.

The Skeleton has poor compatibility with my abilities and weapons.

No, I'm not so sure because I haven't really fought them, but I can't help feeling that crushing them with a stick would be better.

So, I arrived at the 2nd Floor - Dungeon Hungry Beasts.

“[Darkness Fog].” (Mari)

I hid in the darkness and searched for monsters that were alone.

While I was looking, I unsheathed my dagger and tried to swing it.

(Weight.and I suck.) (Mari)

That's my honest opinion after trying it.

I don't even have to think about it. It's a natural. I never used a sword.

The dagger I was holding was a mass-produced cheap item.

Uneven blades that only measure about 40 cm. They might force the sharpness out, the blade is thin, and if you press it too much, it will break or break easily.

Something that will only serve as self-defense. I say that, but in this world where iron itself seems to have a high price, daggers like this are not cheap at all.

Now that I think about it, if I wanted to buy a dagger like this in my world, it might be quite expensive.

You can't buy it with a few hundred yen or thousands of yen.

That's palpable.

*Whoossssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssssss!

I swung the dagger. Weighs about 1kg.

It was lacking in strength and speed.

I feel like I have no choice but to deal fatal damage with one hit like time with Mantis.

I lack too much physical strength to fight as a warrior.

(It's quite exhausting.) (Mari)

I was out of breath just from swinging the dagger for a few minutes.

Who knows what will happen to me if this is a long sword.

What exactly was Rifreya who had the power to swing a long sword 10 times the weight of this dagger?

(Oh well, let's go find the weakest monster I found.) (Mari)

The weakest one on the 2nd Floor was a goblin.

They measure about 100cm, and act in groups.

Monsters are quite crooked in terms of being 'living beings', and those wandering around don't really do anything special.

They attack humans when they see them, but I don't know why they're like that.

(There. Two of them, yes.) (Hikaru).

I walked for a while and found a pair of goblins.

Goblins can come in groups of at most 10 people, so those who get lost are suitable for hunting.

Monsters tend to be aware of my existence if I get too close to them even if I use Darkness Fog.

I had never approached them that far because I was afraid, but it was nothing like an extremely powerful Spirit Ability.

Especially when there are two. When I defeat one, the other will definitely notice me. The problem is what to do when it happens.

I have seen many parties fight, but I have never seen a single one using the Dark Spirit Ability.

I had no choice but to think about it myself and apply it.

(Testing in actual combat, yes.) (Hikaru).

Thanks to Night Vision and Dark Vision, I can even see inside Darkness Fog. It was like I was in broad daylight.

Even without it, Darkness Fog was my own ability, so I didn't think it would create a situation where the user himself was blinded with it.

I raise the darkness to the highest output.

A Level 4 Dark Mist can cover a radius of 10 meters in darkness.

The goblins that were suddenly enveloped in darkness started to make a ruckus.

I tried to suppress the sound of my footsteps, hold my breath, and move behind the goblins.

Attacks to the spine of their helpless necks.

The swung deadly sword gouged out the nape of the goblin as if it had been sucked into it, and before long it fell to the floor with pain.

(Next.) (Mari)

The remaining goblins could not even understand the situation, and still did gya gya.

It did not even swing its weapon or escape.

I calmly and quietly moved to his back, and swung my dagger to the same spot.

Once everything was done, it was completely anti-climate.

They were completely defeated with just Darkness Fog.

I don't even need to use my other abilities.

(Ooh... This feeling again.) (Mari)

The feeling of Spirit Energy entering my body seemed to be one as when I defeated Mantis. It's very small compared to that time, but what is this?

I had to ask the black market old man in the end.

After that, I will find a suitable monster, will inspect them thoroughly, and then fight them.

When it was a group of about 5 goblins, I could defeat them with just [Summon: Night Bug].

The Summon Night Bug was like a dark insect measuring about 10 cm in size, with about 10 attacking monsters. His proficiency is still low, but as I upgrade it, this will be the only ability I can anticipate will have the highest direct attack power.

With my current ability in Shadow Bind, I can only stop them for about 10 seconds at most, and on top of that, they can still move their arms to some extent, he said, so it's unreliable.

It was quite useful against Mantis, so I guess it depends on how I use it.

It only works on one target per use, so I have to use it sequentially if I want to tie up multiple targets.

It would be a more useful ability once his proficiency increased...I suppose.

The moment I made the Shadow Runner run, the orcs and goblins became angry and would chase after him to attack him.

If I showed myself, it would only distract them a little, or if it was close, it would attack him. I would have to improve my skills even more, or it would remain as an ability that only created a slight gap.

...Well, that 'little hole' can be big in battle to its limit.

If I use Shade Shift, the chances of getting hit will be reduced by half, but I don't fight as a warrior, so I don't use it much.

And most importantly. Darkness Fog is too powerful.

As if to say it was a basic technique yet also the ultimate technique, within the pitch darkness, goblins and orcs became almost helpless.

It seemed like the monsters here had enough night vision to act in the darkness of the dungeon, but Darkness Fog was a pitch-black darkness where not a single hint of light was present.

In it, the monsters panicked, and were finally unable to do anything.

I just need to quietly approach them from behind and take their lives.

It was simple yet powerful to the point that there was no chance for any other ability to shine.

At least I can defeat goblins and orcs completely with just Darkness Fog.

But when it comes to monsters of a higher class than that, like ogres and Mantis, I will not be confident.

If the other party were to notice me and they swung their weapons randomly, there was a chance that I would die instantly with just a single blow.

Better not be too confident here.

I only fought goblins and orcs because even if they fought back, I would not die in a single blow.

Well, this is my first day fighting monsters. I have plenty of time.

It's okay to take it slowly.

In the end, I only hunted weak monsters today.

I got 20 transparent Spirit Stones and 4 colored ones.