Lv1 Skeleton - Chapter 87

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Chapter 87

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"Checkmate Jernan . "

Woooahhhhhhhh

"Did I make her cry again?"

She ran away after her defeat . It had been a long game lasting several hours of fighting on the board, but in the end with my cheat key called Lena, there was no chance for me to lose .

It was already 2 am by the time our game finished so Viezda and I quickly went to sleep in order to be ready for tomorrow .

I woke early the next day and spoke to Viezda caringly .

"Today we will try something adventurous, listen carefully to the plan . "

"Okay"

After describing my scheme in detail, we headed straight into the outer perimeters of the forest . We caught 5 horned rabbits to warm up and to allowed Viezda to build up some confidence . Unexpectedly she also gained a level and so we were ready to move on to the deeper regions of the forest .

"Get ready!"

She nodded back, tightly gripping the small wand in her hand . Before us lay four goblins feasting on the corpse of a horned rabbit which I had left as bait .

Sneaking up on them I slash them lightly with my dagger .

'Success! I managed not to kill them . '

Kiiee?

Kieeek

Kieeeeei

The goblins scowled at my surprise appearance and chased be down with their clubs .

Boong!

The closest goblin swung his club my way, but I quickly ducked . When we were about two meters apart I turned towards Viezda and instructed her .

"Now!"

"Essence of Fire, rain fury down on thy enemies . Fireball!"

Wharrr Quang!

[+3 experience points]

[+6 experience points]

[+12 experience points]

[+24 experience points]

I tried to roll away to avoid being hit by the aftermath of such a powerful spell that it could hardly be called fireball .

"Viezda! You are so cool!"

She was in shock, trembling .

"What's wrong?"

"I hurt master! I'm sorry! I'm sorry!"

"What are you talking about, I rolled away and dodged most of it . Didn't you see me spring back up from the floor just now? I'm fine . "

"But still it's my faulting for harming master due to my inability to properly my control my strength . I don't want to use magic again!"

"How could I get angry over such a light injury . Being an adventurer is inherently a dangerous profession . Also, it's my fault for not properly judging your firepower . Viezda, in the fututre don't be burdened by your power and use it freely . Oh! Sorry sorry!"

"Such an order… that's too much master! Waaah!"

Although I hadn't intended my last words as a command, I didn't cancel it because I knew that it would be necessary for her to develop a stable mindset .

"Was that your strongest attack?"

"No, I was trying to weaken it as much as possible . "

I was quite excited that even her weakest fireball was capable of injuring me . That meant that her firepower was extraordinary, hardly what could be considered as a regular fireball .

'I wonder just what the extent of her abilities are . '

"I'd like to know what your strongest spell looks like, so try it out on that group of goblins over there, okay?"

"Yes… please be careful then . Essence of Fire, rain fury down on thy enemies . Fireball!"

I had retreated from the goblins until I was at least 20 meters away .

Qwaaaaa Kuuuung

"This isn't like any fireball I've ever seen, it's at least two tiers stronger . "

Everything within an 8 meter radius had been charred black devoid of life . "

Tulsuk

"Viezda!"

She had slumped down to the floor . Checking her status I saw that her MP was completely empty .

'Does she use additional MP to strengthen her spell? Could it be tied to her Curse of the Blood Moon? When she wakes I need to make sure to warn her against using her maximum power again . '

Pulling out a blanket I lay her down on the grass . I tried to use my Lesser Heal on her but there wasn't any effect because it didn't affect the symptoms of mana depletion . About 30 minutes later she finally woke up .

"Uhh… master?"

"I'm here . "

"Ahhhh sorry!"

She bolted up and bowed down apologetically .

"Oh stop that… also don't use your full strength spell in the future . "

"Yes… yes . "

"You seem to have the innate ability to consume more MP in order to enhance the power of your spells . From now on let's focus on controlling that power . "

"Will it be okay?"

"Of course! It's a good thing to have that ability . "

"Ah, then I'll do my best to be helpful for master!"

We took a short rest, waiting until Viezda's MP had recovered before going out to find some more goblins . Naturally I used Lena's assistance to more easily detect them in this thick foliage .

"We will target those five, try to control your strength a bit more this time . "

"Yes… please take care master, in case I make a mistake…"

"It'll be fine, I'll dodge it . "

Crunch!

I had just stepped on a patch of dry grass, alerting the goblins ahead of time of my presence .

"Dammit!"

Saaak!

Quickly slashing at them with my dagger, I rolled away and shouted towards Viezda .

"Now, your weakest strength!"

"Essence of Fire, rain fury down on thy enemies . Fireball!"

Wharrrr

'Shit! I'm still too close!'

As the fireball brushed past me I realised I was still only about 4 meters away from the goblins which was definitely still in the danger zone . I tried to roll away even further, but there was too little time so in the end I was still hit .

Ahhh

Qwaaaang

"Master!"

I heard Viezda's screams just as I was engulfed in the burning flames which charred my skin .

'I should be fine with just this level of fire, but I'm just worried that she will develop a trauma towards her magic due to this . '

"Lesser Heal!… Lesser Heal!…Lesser Heal!…Lesser Heal!…Lesser Heal!…Lesser Heal!…"

"Che! You!"

I kept casting lesser heal with my back turned towards her, keeping my flaming left arm out of sight . It was a battle of attrition between my MP and the flames on my arm . In the end I pulled out a narrow victory as the flames died out and my skin remained unharmed .

'Phew That fire lasted much longer than I expected . '

Luckily my position was still in the outer reaches of the blast zone, so along with the fire resistant properties of the leather armor, I was able to get out unharmed .

"Master! I was wrong!"

She broke down into tears as she knelt down on the ground, pulling on my shirt . I spoke to her softly as I stroked her hair .

"You did nothing wrong, it was all due to my miscalculation . See, I'm totally fine . "

Naturally Viezda assumed that I had suffered severe injuries, but when she took at look at my left arm , she was shocked to see me unhurt . After that she naturally began calming down, but it still took almost 30 minutes before she could speak properly .

"You don't need to cry over such superficial injuries . "

"But master, I hate to see you hurt!:

Sniff*

'It doesn't look like we will be able to continue anymore today . '

"Let's prepare ourselves better for the next time . "

We headed back in town, to a store which sold items with magic defense .

"Are you looking to capture a red dragon, sir?"

"Haha… my situation just calls for a bit of fire magic resistance . "

Items which granted fire resist were all quite expensive, but it was necessary for our hunting strategy .

"I'm sorry master, it's all my fault!"

"No, I think of it as an investment for the future . I will be counting on your firepower down line . "

She nodded back a bit hesitantly .

On our way back we stopped by the Adventurer's Guild to hand in our quest . Chou's mouth dropped when she the results of our growth .

"How the hell are you guys doing it? Leveling up so much… No, no it's taboo to ask… . "

For the next four days we went back to the same spot to exterminate any goblins in the vicinity . I would slash out with my dagger and immediately jump away as Viezda burnt them to a crisp . As she became better at controlling her power, I suffered less injuries and she could save more mana which greatly increased our hunting efficiency .

By the time we were able to hunt 30~40 goblins per day, we had already killed all the ones in the outer area .

"It looks like that's the last of them . "

"Ah, I think I'm a little bit sad . "

Viezda still had most of her MP .

"Should we try going a bit deeper into the forest?"

"Wouldn't it dangerous?"

"Well at worst we can safely retreat this way knowing that we've already cleared any globins in this direction . "

"Ah, I see . "

After carefully diving deeper into the forest, we soon stumbled across a goblin camp . The only problem was that there were 20 of them and one of them even was a Rare rank .

"Hm… it looks like an opportune time to test out my new magic . "

After studying the magic book which I had received from the Magic Guild I gained the spell [Poison Fog Lv1] .

Exchanging a quick glance with Viezda, I stealthily approached the closest Goblin and slashed him with my dagger .

Kiie? Kieeeee!

Kiie

Kiee

Kioooooo!

"Shit!"

It was quite the problem if he made this much noise so close to the camp . Looking at his status I was stunned to see his skill, [Summon Allies] .

"I should have checked his status first!"

A horde consisting of hundreds of Goblins were now rushing to this position from across the forest .

"No, this might be a good chance instead . Poison Fog!"

I cast the spell behind me as I retreated . All the goblins had to run through my spell as they chased me down and were quickly poisoned by the time I was only 20 meters form Viezda .

"Viezda! Your maximum firepower!"

With a last ditch effort I lunged forward as I looked back and noticed that the goblins were only a few meters behind me .

"Essence of Fire, rain fury down on thy enemies . Fireball!"

Wharrrrrr! Qwaaaa!

An enormous fireball flew over my head as I looked up and saw Viezda fall down to the ground .

"Viezda!"

I rushed towards her just as my back was hit by the aftershock of the huge explosion .

Kuuung Qwuaaa!

[+5 experience points]

…

[Level has reached Max]

[Evolution is now possible]

"Oh, were humans also able to evolve? I had no idea!"

Most of the fire blast was blocked by my fire resistant cape, allowing me to get away unharmed, unlike the hundreds of crispy goblin corpses behind me . Even the forest had caught fire and it was beginning to spread .

"Ugh! This is quite the large forest fire . It's too big to put out with my Water Creation, so we have to quickly escape . "

Scooping Viezda up in a princess carry, I ran away as quickly as I could to the forest's outer perimeter . From behind I could smell the burning of the trees and hear the stampede of all kinds of creatures rushing to escape from the fire .

"Did I create some big trouble?"

By the time we had safely arrived to the edge of the forest, the fire was somehow already under control .

"Hey… is that a dragon?"

A deep blue dragon which I had never before seen, was flying in the sky, casting rain magic which helped extinguished the forest fire .

"Oops I should probably hide . "

I quickly hid us behind a nearby rock, out of site of the blue dragon which flew circles in the area for some time before finally leaving .

"Phew, it's gone . It wouldn't be a good idea to face off a dragon as I am now . "

Once again picking up Viezda, I headed back towards the city .

"Uh… master?"

"Yes Viezda?"

"Did I do a good job?"

"Yes"

"I'll do anything in order to help master . . "

She fell back asleep in my arms and Levin brought us back to the estate in the carriage . She slept the whole ride so I carried her to the bedroom .

'Today was a lot of work, I should also get some sleep . '

I fell into a deep sleep as soon as my head hit the pillow . I'd deal with my evolution after first getting a good nite's rest .

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Name: Viezda Gender: Female Status: Normal Race: Dark Elf Class: Slave

Rank: H+ Level: 24/77 HP: 71/71 MP: 121/121 Attack: 11(+5) Defense: 7(+10) Agility: 21 Intelligence: 42 Unique Skills [Fireshock Lv 4] [Skill Steal Lv1] [Herbalism Lv1][Fireball Lv4]