NOVEL NEXT Chapter 32:
They Sent Me A Phone Number
Today, I went out to sell magic stones again. On the way there, I was lured by the delicious smell of soba noodles at a soba noodle shop and came home with a bowl of soba noodles with duck meat.
I was so glad to be able to eat it. It's the joy of eating the food I want to eat without hesitation. This is only possible if you have enough money.
I even ate an extra bowl of katsudon (pork cutlet served on top of a bowl of rice) because it was so delicious.
"Hmmm… Okay, here we go like this. like this, like this, like this."
["Soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo, soo…"]
When I returned home, I was in the front room of the dungeon, moving my body while watching a video I had downloaded to my communications terminal.
The video I was watching was of a kenpo master who had uploaded it to a video distribution site. It is amazing how easy it is to obtain such valuable videos these days.
In the video, the master evades the punch of the student who was about to hit him with his footwork, grabs the student's right hand with his left hand, and then releases a palm strike with his right hand as if he were going to punch the student in the jaw. Of course, since it was practicing master did not hit him, but he stopped just short of hitting him, but gradually his repetitive movements became faster and faster.
"Hmmm, that's amazing… Now that I'm doing it now, I can catch the movements, but before I improved, I wouldn't have been able to follow it with my eyes."
So, what I did was learn the moves of the masters I have seen in videos and try to reproduce them on my own body.
When I was a student, I got bullied at school, to my shame. I worked out hard to keep my classmates who were mentally bullying me in check. I also showed a strong interest in fighting manga and tried my best to memorize the illustrated kata.
However, it was difficult. I still remember how frustrated I was because I couldn't figure out how to connect Figure 1 and Figure 2 in the manga illustrations.
I wonder if that is the case. If you show it to me on video, it's easy, and I can understand the whole movement. I am grateful for this.
Oh. As a side note, one of my few friends who also got bullied at school had applied for a correspondence course in karate, and one day he showed me the materials.
Among them is [Do not leave the door! No abuse!] There was a map called "Forbidden Human Body Hidden Holes", which included explanations of the locations of hidden holes in the human body and what would happen to the human body if attacked there. When I read it, there were many black dots on the figure of the human body, and it was written that [If you hit this part, the opponent will get nauseated and die], etc. I remember being terrified.
Well, what I mean by "shudder" is that there were so many black spots on the diagram that I thought, how can there be so many weak spots? And also that the degree of the blow was ambiguous, and that if I could hit him that hard, he would die even if he did not have a weak spot. I have not seen my otaku friend since graduation, but I wonder if he is still doing well.
Let's see, what were we talking about?
That's right. In short, we were talking about watching videos of kung-fu masters and trying to master their moves. With my improved physical abilities from training in the dungeon, I should be able to use my improved intelligence to memorize the body movements of a master, and with my improved dexterity, I should be able to reproduce the master's body movements perfectly. That is what I call learning.
That would be a good breakthrough, as I feel a little stuck in my fighting style. I need to learn the proper techniques before I can teach Serai and the others.
……….
I found no difference in attack power between Excalibur and ordinary crowbars.
Excalibur has a slightly higher attack power I guess. The difference between Excalibur and an ordinary crowbar is that Excalibur makes a solid hole in the relatively thin abdominal shell of the king cockroach, and an ordinary crowbar makes only a small hole.
So there was no significant difference in attack power between the Excalibur and the ordinary crowbar.
When I attacked a slime, the slime did not start boiling as soon as it got attacked, nor did it disappear instantly. Therefore, the attack power slightly increased, or in other words, Excalibur +1.
……….
Three days passed on Wednesday. Today, again, I learned the moves of a kung-fu master in the front room of the dungeon, and put those moves into my own body by fighting the fighting frogs in the seventh underground level.
And the fighting frog is indeed a monster that excels in melee combat. But it was no longer an enemy of mine, who had completely mastered the moves of the kung-fu masters.
"Gero-oh~! (Hyu-baaa!)"
[Soo…soo…soo! Kyuma! （Pegosha!]
The palm bottom released by the body is precisely caught on the side of the fighting frog and shatters its cheekbone and neckbone at the same time.
"Gee…roo…"
"Okay…I've finally mastered it. Masterful footwork! (Girari!)"
After slaughtering more than a hundred fighting frogs with my bare hands. I have finally mastered the footwork of a master.
Current Previous
Level 37 36
Race: Human
Strength: 212 200
Stamina: 218 201
Intelligent: 215 202
Mental Strength 240 220
Agility 220 208
Luck 133 103
Dexterity 221 200
Skills
[Strong Acid], [Super Agility], [Disease Resistance 5], [Snatch], [Mucus 2], [Space 2], [Strong Luck 1] 3
Titles
[Bug King].
Found:
The skill of [Luck] – 4 orbs, 1 weapon enhancement scroll, and many other drops.
And I leveled up.
It took a long time since the last time I leveled up, so the increase in ability values is the highest ever. It seems that O-Men Riders 1 and 2 have ten times the muscle strength of an ordinary person, so if that ordinary person's muscle strength is 10, then I'm already twice as strong as O-Men Rider. Mmmm, this is something to be proud of.
And now that I have four [Luck] skill orbs, my [Luck] 9 has become [Strong Luck 1] 3.
I didn't expect the skill level to be chopped into fractions, but this is good because it is easy to understand. And perhaps it is the effect of [Strong Luck], but this time the level-up increased my luck by 30. It is by far the best.
I also got one more weapon enhancement scroll, so I could add it to my remaining silver crowbar to make it a double Excalibur.
When I returned to my room feeling like a top fighter with flames in my eyes and my eyebrows wavy like a fire pattern, the communication terminal on the table was blinking. I picked it up and checked it to see a message from Serai-san.
"Hmm…Serai-san? Is it about the weekend instruction again? (Puchi)"
[Mr. Ezuki. Ruu asked me about going out with Ezuki-san. What do you want to do?"]
"What?"
I was astonished. I'm surprised. That serious and mature-looking college girl, Katsuhina-san, wants to go out with me?
I was simultaneously upset and bewildered.
I was attracted to Serai-san, who was cute and had big breasts. She is also cute. However, the fact that she was asking me about another woman's love life clearly showed that she was not interested in me. Gnu…
However, in terms of personality, I like Katsuhina-san~.
Because she's such a nice girl. Modest and modest. It doesn't stand out when the three of them, but even Nina-san is a wonderful Japanese-style beauty.
But what should I do? What should I say to this question?
Of course, I, who have been a lonely boy without a girlfriend for years, have no choice but to turn down such a heartwarming offer. In this case, I would take the girl who likes me over the girl of my choice who won't turn her back on me. Yes, certainty. So I'm not going to bother you like an adolescent boy who can't boil it down to one way or the other.
But instant-okay! I wonder if he would think I'm frivolous if I responded like that.
Yes, Serai-san and Katsuhina-san get along very well. They even discuss love affairs, as they did this time. In other words, the information that goes to Serai-san will reach Katsuhina-san as it is.
Mmmm, I have to think this through carefully!
As I was thinking this, I received another message from Serai-san.
[It's faster to talk to you, so call me here. xxx-××××…]
"What?"
I suddenly got a phone number. What in the world is this?