River Monsters
DING!
(You have killed a Level 8 Cyclops General!)
(You gained 87 EXP. You advance to Level 7. You get 70 Points that you can use to raise your stats, which you are free to choose.)
(You gained 100 EXP. You advance to Level 8. You get 80 Points that you can use to raise your stats, which you are free to choose.)
(You gain 11 EXP.)
DING!
(Because you managed to kill a Level 8 Monster General with a spiritual power type by yourself with your level 6, you gain 20 Points for Intelligence, Will, and Mana!)
'Ohhh, so that kind of power is considered spiritual power, as opposed to physical power!' Oliver said to himself as he read the information.
It wasn't anything too important, but it was still worth remembering for ease of conversation.
The number of points he got was still the same as before, just different attributes.
And the increase of two more levels was enough to make him smile with satisfaction.
He now had 150 Points that he could distribute to each of his attributes.
Quickly, he distributed them evenly so that the number of attributes was even.
DING!
(Name: Oliver)
[Money: 2000]
[Level: 8]
[EXP: 11/100]
[Physique: 66]+25
[Strength: 61]+20
[Defense: 61]+30
[Speed: 62]+30
[Intelligence: 67]+25
[Endurance: 62]+30
[Will: 66]+22
[Mana: 70]+25
[Skill:
- Shadow Army (SSS+ Class)
- Sacred Flame (SSS+ Class)
- Water Ruler (SSS+ Class)
- Primordial Azure Dragon Bone (SSS+ Class)
At the same time as his stats notification, the shadowy figure of General Cyclops finally took shape, appearing with a staff.
Another general, Oliver naturally wanted its shadow figure.
Only, he was quite dumbfounded that the monster apparently did not drop items.
"Is this just a zonk?" He wondered with a strange expression.
Of course, there was no hundred percent guarantee that the Monster General would drop items.
It was just said that the stronger the monster, the higher the chance of them dropping items.
Splash! Splash! Splash!
Only moments later, Oliver heard the sound of quite a lot of water splashing far in front of him.
The sound was quite faint, yet very clear.
"Is it from the river?"
He remembered that there was a very large river about two kilometers from here. It connected several large cities, often traveled by large freighters.
Curious, he moved there by running directly.
There was a small forest that he needed to pass through, but he could easily pass through it, just asking his two Shadow Generals to open the way by destroying the trees ahead.
There were quite a few monsters in this forest, consisting of Dragozilla and Cyclops, but they were not very strong. Even those that were strong enough did not appeal to Oliver. He was more curious about the river ahead.
There must be something big that produced the sound of splashing water that could be heard up to 2 kilometers away.
Oliver wasn't really aware of how fast he was moving because his speed was now many times that of a normal human.
It was just that, in less than 5 minutes, he had already passed through the small forest and arrived at the riverbank where there was a small uninhabited village right there.
The village had been abandoned since the immigration of people to the city.
It was full of weeds while some of its buildings had collapsed.
Since it was empty, Oliver only observed it for a while.
His eyes quickly fell on the river only to be amazed.
He saw monsters with snake-like bodies, slithering over the river.
What makes them different is that they actually have a head similar to a human head, as well as a face and hair and half a human-like body, complete with hands and neck.
DING!
(Lamia Level 2!)
(Lamia Level 3!)
(Lamia Level 6!)
Apparently, they are called Lamias.
In the river, they seemed to be chasing something underwater so they kept moving and making loud splashing sounds without stopping.
Oliver wasn't sure what they were chasing, but just moments later they passed the area where he was, continuing to move along the river.
It was in the opposite direction of Vera City.
"There's no way they're chasing other monsters, right?" said Oliver with an unconvinced expression.
Splash!
Suddenly, a human figure jumped out of the water.
"Hahaha!" He laughed out loud and created a sizable wave of water in the river.
The water hit the Lamias and they were pushed backwards.
The figure was a man, supposedly in his 25s.
He was quite exposed, wearing only swimming trunks with no other clothes.
In the face of so many Lamias, he seemed to have no worries at all.
However, it had to be admitted that he had quite a powerful skill to rely on.
Oliver thought it was a Class S Skill for earth, which was equivalent to a Class A Skill for the actual level.
Facing ordinary monsters, he could indeed dominate them with ease.
"Mm!"
Oliver was surprised again.
How could he not, he saw Kim Hana suddenly appear from behind the tall grass, instantly arriving at the shallow part of the river.
She looked a mess where her black hair was slightly matted while her clothes were full of blood and rips. Even she was obviously injured, as evidenced by the scratch marks on her hands and feet.
When she arrived at the river, she hurriedly used the water to clean her body.
Occasionally she looked in pain, but she endured it.
How did she arrive here?
That was what made Oliver wonder since this location was already quite far from their base.
Was she wandering around without a care in the world?
From the looks of it, she seemed to have just managed to escape.
Although Oliver had already reminded her to contact him if she encountered any great danger, with her personality, she probably wouldn't do so, more concerned with her pride.
'It's just that, she seems to have strong skills.'
Oliver thought like that because he vaguely saw black smoke around Kim Hana's body.
Of course, considering she was actually from a wealthy family, it wouldn't be strange if she then bought expensive skills.
Even if she had problems with her family as Oliver suspected, there was still the possibility of her getting large sums of money from her family, such as someone very close to her giving it to her.