NOVEL NEXT chapter 17
17: First Time Free and Hunting 2
“This feels pretty good.”
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Car-Mine Colorless Ji Garland Le Carlo-Zigul Arley
Race Human・Race
Soul Rank 347
Vitality 4,040/15,606
Spirit 3,058/17,006
Status: (All ability level values are decreased)
(All ability level values will not increase)
(Individual information is concealed)
Strength 5-7 (5-7/6-7)
Speed 5-7 (5-7/6-7)
Endurance 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Stamina 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Intelligence 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Magic 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Spirit Resistance 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Magic Resistance 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
**Magic Attributes**
Light 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Darkness 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Fire 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Wind 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Metal 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Earth 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
Water 6-7 (6-7/6-7)
**Skills**
Offensive Skills: [Swordsmanship 4-1] [Spearmanship 4-1] [Hand-to-Hand Combat 4-6] [Throwing 5-2] [Javelin 3-7]
Defensive Skills: [Five-Colored Room 6-7] [Physical Barrier 4-7] [Magic Barrier 3-7]
Support Skills: [Words of Spirit 6-7] [Attribute Hardening 6-7] [Vision Enhancement 4-4] [Magic Vision 4-7] [Exoskeleton Enhancement 6-7] [Endoskeleton Enhancement 6-7]
Recovery Skills: [Malignant Reduction 6-7]
Attribute Skills: [Light Magic 5-7] [Darkness Magic 5-7] [Fire Magic 5-7] [Wind Magic 6-1] [Metal Magic 6-7] [Earth Magic 6-1] [Water Magic 5- 7] [Light Be 6-7] [Darkness 1-7] [Wind Pressure 5-2] [Earth Pillar 6-1] [Water Torrent 6-2] [Wind Grasp 5-1]
Special Skills: [Magic Tool Creation 4-7] [Doll Creation 6-7] [Clone Creation 6-7] [Transformation 6-7] [Light Room 6-7] [Darkness Room 6-7] [Presence Detection 3- 3] [Magic Detection 3-1] [Crisis Detection 3-1] [Magic Manipulation 4-1]
Unique Skills: ([All Ability Reduction] [Ability Immobilization] [Individual Information Concealment] [Skill Removal]) [My Room] [My Treasure Chest] [Soul-Seeing Eye] [All-Seeing Eye] [Essence of Reduction]
Race Skills:
Bloodline Skills:
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This is the individual information (visual record) after running around and hunting for about three hours. I also created some magic (colors) along the way, so I didn’t hunt as much as I thought I would.
My hand-to-hand combat skill has increased, probably because I’ve been punching away at everything that moves too fast or attacks from a distance. It’s probably just a matter of getting used to using my body.
I’ve also learned and improved a lot of other things, but it’s nothing to worry about.
I’ve also thrown all the monsters that could be used as materials or food into [My Treasure Chest (Colorless Jewels)], so I’ll give them to Jarnar when I get back.
While I’m at it, I decided to use [All-Seeing Eye (Mana Read)] to look for medicinal herbs. If I think of a name, [All-Seeing Eye] will automatically show me where it is, as long as it’s within range. I think this was originally a magic called [Terrain Mapping (Mapping Read)] or something like that.
When I was done with that, I activated [My Room (Colorless Room)] again and returned to the city. This time, too, I passed by the villages and towns without stopping. I’d like to see them sometime when I have time.
I ran and ran without rest, and arrived long before dusk. It seemed that raising my strength and speed to level 5 on the way there and using [Exoskeleton Enhancement (Shell)] to increase my strength, speed, and toughness had paid off.
“Jarnar, are you here?”
As soon as I got back to the city, I headed to the Bernard Trading Company. And just like in the morning, I was led to the reception room and met with Jarnar.
“What’s wrong? You’re back early.”
“No, I just came back because I was done.”
“…Where did you go?”
“Somewhere between Carlack Forest and the mountains. The enemies were too weak to raise my soul rank (level), so I went a little deeper. I hunted for a while, and I thought I’d be fine for today.”
“I see…”
Jarnar’s expression was blank, and I wondered if he was thinking about something because I had gone to the mountains so early. Or maybe it was because I had gone that far, hunted, and come back at this hour. After all, as I said before, it’s still before evening.
I later learned that it takes more than a day by carriage to get to Carlack Forest.
“So, I have some materials I’d like you to buy. What should I do?”
“Hmm. What kind of things did you bring back?”
“Everything. Meat, bones, fangs, horns, medicinal herbs, and some strange-looking berries.”
“Oh. Where are they?”
“Here.”
“Saying that, he dropped the nuts from [My Treasure Box] into his palm, and Jarnall blinked several times.
“…Does that mean everything else is in there?”
“Yeah. There was meat and a jumping lizard, so it’s pretty bulky.”
Today’s biggest catch was a jumping lizard, a ridiculous lizard that was ten meters long, jumped around on the ground, and jumped between trees. It can also crush its prey with its movement and weight, so it’s also called a pressure lizard.
By the way, this lizard has strong bones, teeth, and claws, but its meat is said to be quite delicious. No matter how you think about it, it’s muscular and hard, but it’s said to be delicious. It doesn’t make sense.
“I’m sorry. I think it’s a lot of work, but the meat, materials, weapons, and plants are stored in different places.”
“Oh. Where is that?”
“Since it’s your first time, let’s go together.”
He said that and took me in a carriage to a corner that smelled faintly of blood. It was probably a meat processing plant. I think it’s right to say that the materials are different, but the weapons and plants are different.
There, I learned how to unload the materials and the procedures, and I poured out today’s harvest from [My Treasure Box]. I almost filled the warehouse, so I decided to unload it in installments later. If my [My Treasure Box] is created well, it can hold as many things as I want. I’ll increase it further in the future.
After that, I left after confirming various things, such as whether the purchase price was normal. Jarnall said he would stay there for a while, so I decided to leave alone. After all, I’m an adventurer, Jasper. I can’ t say I’ll take you.
He said he would take the sales and purchase transaction certificate, but I told him I wanted to take it myself at first. So I plan to pick it up first thing tomorrow morning. There is no problem as long as the certificate is brought within seven days.
So the next day, I received the money and the sales and purchase transaction certificate for yesterday’s wholesale products from Jarnall and went to the second brokerage office.
I submitted it at the reception, but I didn’t get any questions, and the procedure was completed.
It’s very plain, but I thought that’s all, and moved to the next building. There, you can have meals during the day, and alcohol is served at night.
Of course, since it is a government-run restaurant, a certain degree of moderation is required. It is a dining room for those who are doing adventurers properly.
I sat down at one of the almost empty seats because it was morning, and while I was waiting for the waitress who came to order, a man suddenly sat down on the opposite chair.
When I looked up, a man with light brown hair and eyes and dog ears on his head was looking at me. It’s a beastman.
“What?”
“No, I thought I’d say hello because you seem to have registered yesterday.”
“Huh?”
He’s not dressed badly. He looks like an experienced adventurer. If he were a mercenary, he would have been a little more shabby.
“My name is Neil. What’s yours?”
“Jasper.”
“Jasper. That’s a good name. Are you new to this city?”
“That’s right. It’s a good city.”
“Right? I like it here too.”
After saying that, Neil raised his hand and called the waitress, and ordered for himself. I could see that he was determined to eat with me.
“So, isn’t it over if you say hello?”
“Well, that’s fine. This is also a kind of fate. Adventurers and mercenaries are business rivals, but sometimes they need to help each other. It’s good to deepen our relationship like this, isn’t it?”
“Huh. Well, that’s fine.”
I drank the fruit water that was brought to me and silent my head. I don’t really know if mutual aid is necessary, but well, it’s the adventurer’s predecessor, so that’s the right answer.
Neil asked me a lot of questions.
I didn’t touch on abilities or anything like that, which may be the adventurer’s tacit understanding, but where I came from, what I like, and so on.
If this were just a barrage of questions, it would be annoying, but he also talks about himself and sometimes makes twisted jokes, so I can’t hate him.
I could tell that he was really trying to deepen our friendship, so I matched the conversation accordingly.
After all, most of what I can say is a lie or a joke. It can’t be helped. But I don’t feel any malice.
“What are you going to do today, Jas?”
“I don’t have any plans. I’ll just go somewhere.”
Before I knew it, I was being called Jas as a nickname, but it wasn’t bad.
“Where did you go yesterday?”
“I was just hunting along the northern road. I’m just starting out, so I need to level up my soul.”
“Oh. Don’t you take requests?”
Here, “requests” probably refers to odd jobs or manual labor in the city, or hunting or guarding specific magical beasts.
Magical beasts can be hunted for materials, and a certain amount of money can be obtained by exterminating specific ones. This is also a factor in evaluating adventurer ranks (Adbell ranks), so it is often a regular request.
Or, they can come from a little further away or from villages, so they are quite varied.
Escorting includes requests to go from town to town or to guard specific locations, and this depends on the level of trust, so it is divided into those who can do it and those who cannot.
“I’m not interested. As long as I have materials, I’m fine.”
“Oh yeah, you were with the branch manager of the Bernard Chamber of Commerce yesterday as a guarantor.”
“You saw that?”
“Anyone would have seen it. It’s not often you see an introduction from the branch manager of the Bernard Chamber of Commerce.”
Now that you mention it, that may be true. I wondered how he knew, but there’s no doubt that Jarnal is a conspicuous person.
“Well, that’s why I’m not interested.”
“Well, if you’re interested, why don’t we go into the dungeon together? I can fight pretty well, you know?”
As I looked at Neil’s face again, I used [Mana Leysis] to steal a glance at his individual information (visual record).
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Neil
Race: Subhuman, Beastman, Wolfdog
Soul Rank: 555
Vitality: 33,047/33,047
Spirit: 31,447/31,447
Status:
Strength: 4-4
Speed: 5-2
Toughness: 4-5
Stamina: 5-1
Intelligence: 3-5
Magic: 3-6
Mental Resistance: 5-5
Magic Resistance: 4-1
Magic Attributes
Light: 2-1
Darkness: 4-2
Fire: 3-3
Wind: 4-5
Gold: 1-7
Earth: 3-7
Water: 3-3
Skills
Offensive Skills: [Dagger Technique 4-7] [Sword Technique 4-5] [Spear Technique 3-6] [Martial Arts 4-7] [Archery 4-6] [Throwing Technique 5-1] [Javelin Technique 3-2 ]
**Defensive Skills:** [Earth Hide 4-1] [Partial Reinforcement 4-2]
**Support Skills:** [Stealth 5-1] [Wind Flow 4-7]
**Recovery Skills:** [High-Speed Super Recovery 4-7]
**Elemental Skills:** [Dark Magic 2-7] [Fire Magic 1-7] [Wind Magic 2-7] [Gold Magic 1-7] [Earth Magic 3-5] [Water Magic 1-7] [ Ignition 3-7] [Water Release 3-7]
**Special Skills:** [Reduction of All Things 4-2] [Presence Detection 5-1] [Magic Detection 4-7] [Crisis Detection 5-3]
**Unique Skills:**
**Racial Skills:** [Racial Enhancement] [Dark Vision] [Enhanced Senses] [Enhanced Hearing] [Enhanced Smell]
**Bloodline Skills:**
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I see, he seems pretty strong for what he says. It might be interesting to watch a normal adventurer’s way of fighting for a change.
By the way, a soul of 500 seems to be about average for warriors, regardless of whether they’re adventurers or knights. 100 is apparently the bottom of the barrel, once you’re past the beginner stage, so he’s a much more experienced senior than me.
“Sure.”
“Oh, really? Then let’s get going.”
“We can go right now if you want.”
“Alright, let’s go right now.”
And so, I set out on my first hunt with someone else. I’ll watch how he fights and make sure to acquire some skills and magic.
But still, why is [Reduction of All Things] a special skill? It’s a unique skill for me.
It’s true that the pronunciation of the magic name (Color Raise) is different for me, [Reduction of All Things (Di Jishen Ji Mana)] instead of [Reduction of All Things (Return of Mana)], but the content should be the Same.
Could it be different for different people? That’s a mystery.