
Chapter 15: Finding the Suitable Target
While William was watching the Angorian Goat fight with the two goblins, a wooden stick suddenly appeared in front of him, blocking the scene of the battle.
'Hmm? What's wrong with this staff?' thought William.
As if beckoned, the staff tapped on the map on its screen which showed a red dot slipping behind it.
William's body stiffened when he saw the red dot almost in place.
Panicking, he grabbed the wooden stick with both hands. He then slowly turned his head to look back. Standing four meters away from him, a goblin holding two wooden sticks in his hand growled furiously.
“Ya!” (Mama!)
Just as the goblin was about to attack William, a white mist passed through it and made the goblin fly in the opposite direction.
“Meeeeh!”
Ellah stood in front of William with the intention of protecting him. The flung goblin slowly stood up as Ella's attack was not strong enough to kill him. The other two goblins that the goat had fought before were mostly unharmed and were also heading towards them.
“Ya!” (Mama, let's back off!)
“Meeeeh!”
The Angorian goat unceremoniously bites the baby's clothes and flees. When taken to a safe place, William realizes that he is too confident in his abilities. He thought that with Ella's new abilities, and her map, she would be invincible.
'I'm too haughty, ' thought William. 'I forgot that this is a dungeon. Monsters can appear anywhere at any time. ”
Based on the games he played in the past, random encounters like these are very common if you walk into caves or in tall grasses. If it wasn't for the staff showing up to alert him that there was danger, William might have been squashed like a pancake.
When Ella finally lowered William to the ground, the baby was still deep in thought.
“Meeeeh!”
“Eya.” (Sorry, Mom.)
“Meeeeh!”
“Eyah..” (I'll be more careful in the future..).
“Meeeeh!”
“Eya.” (I promise you.)
“Meeeeh!”
Ella nagged William for five minutes before finally succumbing. With this, babies and goats are in a dilemma. If they did not hunt goblins, they would not be able to gain experience points. If they did not gain experience points, they would not be able to level up.
After the incident, Ella is very reluctant to leave William's side. The baby understood her mother's worries, so she didn't say anything more.
'What should I do?' William pondered. 'If only there was a place where monsters couldn't attack me. wait! Is there a safe zone in this dungeon?'
William opened the map and checked the places they had unmasked. Unfortunately, nothing looks like a "Safe Zone" in the places they visit.
'Wait, maybe there's another way!' William's eyes widened as he recalled something very important. Their current progress is similar to a "game". In every game novel he reads, there is a powerful existence that helps the protagonists make their lives easier.
What is that mighty existence? That's nothing but…
“Ya!” (System!)
William closed his eyes immediately. He had a feeling that all he needed to do was call her and it would appear. In the darkness, something bright glittered in the distance. The baby immediately went to that place and found the thing he was looking for.
Floating above the three altars were gifts given to him by the three Gods before he went into the reincarnation cycle.
Chess Piece, CPU Core, and Lollipop.
Although William had no idea what Chess and Lollipop pieces could do, he ignored them for now and directly touched the Core CPU.
When his hand touched the point. A dazzling light enveloped his sight.
[Dig! ]
[ System has been activated. ]
[Host has been identified! ]
[With loading.].
[ Mistake. ]
[Host has not obtained the minimum requirements to open the System. ]
[System will be turned off in 3. 2. 1 ].
The light dimmed and the light from the CPU Core dimmed. William seemed anxious as he used his appraisal skills to check the requirements to activate Gavin's reward to him.
[CPU Core ]
[Activation Requirements: Job level 10 ]
'Ten level jobs?' William tilted his head. 'I'm currently in a second-rate job. I need eight more to open the system.'
The baby opened his eyes and breathed. He did have a system, but he was unable to open it for now.
'I have to activate the system no matter what!' William thought long and hard before making a decision.
“Eya.” (Mama Ella, let's go back now.)
“Meee!”
William activated the ring and returned to the living room. Although their adventure ended prematurely, William did not think that he had gained anything from his exploration. For one thing, he leveled up.
Second, he could better understand about the item Gavin had given him. What William did not know was that the three objects floating in his Sea of Consciousness were actually not simple objects, but rather Gods.
These gods can also be called "God's Essence", and they contain powers that can affect the laws of the world. Of course, these Gods also had certain restrictions.
As the sun rose, William waited for Mordred and Anna to leave the room before doing his experiments.
He sat on the floor and called out a wooden stick. The staff floated a meter away from him as if waiting for his orders.
“Ya!” (Magnum Explodes!)
The staff knocked on the floor and a burst of air pushed Ella a few feet away from William. Carpets and chairs nearby were also blown away by the wind.
William immediately opened Ella's status page to see if she was injured, but her HP bar was still full. This meant that the skill did not hurt him. Of course, he also thought of the possibility that the skill did not affect his ally.
'I need to find a suitable target, ' William thought.
“Eya.” (Mama, take me.)
“Meeeeh?”
“Eya.” (I want to go outside.)
“Meee.”
The goat lay down and let William ride it. Just like what happened in the dungeon, William felt that he and Ella had become one. It was a real feeling. He even thought that even if he swung his body side to side, he would not fall off his back even if he wanted to.
As the two leave the room, they are found by William's grandfather, James.
"Oh?" James looked, "Where did you two go?"
“Eya.” (Outside.)
“Meeeeh.”
“I don't really understand. But, make sure not to stray too far from home, okay?”
“Ya!” (Good!)
“Meeeeh!”
James watched in amusement as the goat and its baby left the house through the front door.
"That kid reminds me of my childhood" James murmured. “New one year and already looking for adventure.”