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Chapter 6: First Battle

　I was standing in a meadow with a great view.

　The smell of grass reminds me of summer vacation when I was in elementary school.

　I came to hunt monsters to earn gold. I wanted to go to the forests near the village, but they have poor visibility, so I chose the meadow about 10 minutes away from the village.

　The monsters I'm looking for are slimes and goblins.

　When I left the village, the guard man advised me, "At your rank, you can only fight slimes or goblins. There are only weak monsters around here, but don't go looking for other monsters just yet."

　I need to earn at least enough money for equipment rental and food.

　Guild master Hannah said that the rental fee is one slime, and if I kill about 10 slimes, I should be able to earn money for food until tomorrow morning.

　　Hm? ……Is that a slime?

　I saw a light blue spherical thing bouncing around like a grasshopper.

　The distance of one jump is about 50 centimeters. It's not scary at all if you're aware and conscious of it.　

　Since I only have 10 HP, I decided to fight with a long-range attack.

　My weapon was a pebble whose attack power was increased to "+9" with the "tampering" skill.

　I decided to call the things that had been modified with the 'tampering' skill 'reinforced'.

　Therefore,  I call this stone a reinforced stone.

　First, I threw the reinforced stone at the slime at the same speed of a catch ball.

　Boom!

　The stone penetrated the slime's body., and the slime popped like a water balloon bursting.

"…… eh?", I was so stunned that I let out a voice.

　The popped pieces of slime turned into black smoke and dissolved into the air, and a small jewel-like stone fell there.

　These beautiful stones are called magic stones, and they’re used as energy like electricity. Magic stones can be bought at the adventurer's guild.

　The market price for slime magic stones is 2 gold. Goblins are 5 gold.

I put the slime magic stone in my backpack. Didn't forget to pick up the reinforced stone either.

　Next, I decided to look for goblins.

　On the bank of the river a little further away, I found a green monster with a physique about the size of a child.

　Is that a goblin... ok, just one.

　With a reinforced stone in my right hand and a reinforced knife in my left, I quietly approached. However, it was easy to spot me because there was no place to hide around.

“Gigigigig”

　The goblin attacked with a club in his hand.

　There's still some distance, don't panic. I’ll attract it to a distance where I certainly won’t miss.

　…… when it was at a distance of about 5 meters, I threw a reinforced stone at the goblin with all my might.

　Zubo!　

The reinforced stone penetrated the goblin's chest.

"…… wah?!"

　

"Gef... Gue..."

　The goblins stopped moving and disappeared into black mist.

　The magic stone remained, and the club that the goblin was holding disappeared as black smoke. The monster's equipment also seems to disappear when the main body is defeated.

　Wait, wait, before all that, wasn't that monster too weak? Was it really wearing paper armor?

　Rather than being happy that I had won the battle with the monster, I was confused.

　Okay, keep calm and think.

　Maybe I'm too strong or ...... Nah, I wouldn't make the mistake of thinking that.

　With an ordinary knife, I have +3 attack power; and with a reinforced stone I have +9.

　This would mean that if I were in Doraemon, I would be fighting with a weapon that is about two grades higher than my weapon.

　The reinforced stone was a cheat weapon!

　Every time I recovered my SP, I used the "tampering" skill to create a reinforced stone.

And since there was a high possibility that an ordinary stone could be lost after being thrown, I found colored stones in the river that were easy to throw.

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　It was already dusk when I returned to the village.

　I entered the adventurer's guild and called Hanna-san.

“Please buy these magic stones. Also, please tell me where I can buy the recommended equipment and where I can eat.”

"I see you defeated the monsters right away," she said. “Alright let's see, 5 slime magic stones and 10 goblin magic stones ......."

　Hannah froze.

"How many people did you go hunting with? What, not even one person!?"

　It's okay, Hannah. As a reader of light novels, this is within the realm of expectations.

　

　After Hannah’s great surprise, she gave me the same level of praise.

“Would you like to record the magic stone purchase price on your adventurer card? It’s convenient because you can pay with your adventurer card when you shop. It won’t be a hassle”

"That's convenient. Please go ahead. Oh, and I'll pay for equipment rental for today and tomorrow, so please deduct it."

　Today's earnings were 60 gold for purchasing magic stones.

　I handed her my adventurer's card and asked her to record 56 gold minus the equipment rental fee.

　It looks like I won't have to worry about eating for the time being.

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