I look around and see that I'm back inside my bedroom. I just finished my hunt in the Dungeon, and I must say that it runs rather smoothly. Many zombies are roaming around the area where I built my temporary base. With my bow and the high ground, I can kill the zombie with ease. Lucky for me, the zombies don't have any intelligence, so they try to use each other to climb the wall instead of using the stairs. Because of this, I can kill many of them rather easily.
~Name: Homura Ryobe~
~Job: None~
~Level: 1 (2730/10000)~
~HP: 80/185(+5 from Equipment)~
~MP: 435/570~
~STR: 13 -> 14~
~VIT: 16 -> 18~
~INT: 55 -> 57~
~LCK: 10~
~TP: 28200~
Just from snipping the zombie from the Veranda, I got more than a thousand XP from killing all the zombies roaming around the street, and the more I kill them, the number of zombies also increases. From twenty zombies roaming around the street, it slowly increased every three hours. By the end of the second day, the zombie roaming around the street becomes more than a hundred.
While the STR did not increase as much as the previous hunt because I don't go around using my sword and knife as much as the previous hunt. The only time I use my sword is when I go down to take my arrow back.
That is also why I got more boost in VIT because some of the zombies that I don't see from the veranda ambush me when I arrive around the street corner.
While it was hurt like hell, my VIT stats boost good enough for me to forget about the ambush. I even let myself get bitten from time to time so that I can increase my VIT.
While it puts myself at risk, the reward of this method is not bad.
Anyway, not only is my stats growing, but some of my skills are also growing.
[Archery (Passive) (Level 6: 165/600)]
[Skills that show you how much you love using Bow or Crossbow. Bonus 30% of damage to all Bow and Crossbow attack]
[Blessed Weaponry (Active) (Level 2: 860/2000)]
[User can create or wield weapons with power over blessings, which grants the user a wide variety of blessing-based abilities. This ability is not only specific to mystic weapons but also technologically advanced weapons. The power of the weapons depends on what they were created for or what level of this skill.]
Archery increased by two levels, and Blessed Weaponry increased by one level. Archery gives me a five percent damage bonus per level up, and now I get a thirty percent damage bonus for my bow and crossbow attack. While the Blessed Weaponry skill did not give me any upgrade in terms of variety in my blessings, it gave me a mana reduction when it reached level two. Now I can bless a weapon only for forty-five mana per-use.
It was not much, but that will do. Those mana reductions are good for me to bless all my arrows. The only limitation I have is my low mana capacity, but I can increase it in time as I use my Blessed Weaponry skill.
There is also something I want to buy from the shop.
[Black Key]
[A conceptual weapon that was used by the holy church personnel. This weapon is effective against an 'evil' creature and spiritual creature]
[Damage: 100 + (120% of STR) + (1000% damage bonus to 'evil' and spiritual creature)]
[Effect: Give the user four built-in skills for a Black Key. Cremation Rite, Internment Rite, Mummification Rite, and Excarnation Rite]
[Cost: 25.000 TP]
While it cost me almost all my TP, I guess it is worth it. Not only the damage bonus to the 'evil' and spiritual is a huge boon to me right now. The built-in skill I got from the black key is also something perfect for me.
There is also a hidden attribute for the Black Key that was not listed in the description, but I know about it from my previous life.
Anyway.
[Ding]
[Congratulation]
[TP: 28.200 -> 3.200]
To my surprise, the shop gave me three Black Keys instead of one. Does the shop expect me to use three Black Keys at the same time? I can't do that… Yet.
Anyway...
*Grumble*
I touch my belly, feeling a little bit hungry. I walk to the kitchen and prepare some food to eat before doing some exercise because today is Sunday and the school is closed, so I don't have anything to do but exercise.
I could run around the park this time for my warm-up before doing the heavy lifting. Yeah, let's do that.
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"Haaa… Haaa…"
I look at the 'woman' in front of me with all my hatred as the 'woman' killing the people that come with her to this place to take care of the Youkai problem. However, there is a problem with that said woman.
This woman has the upper body of a regular human woman but under that human body is a huge spider's body. This woman is Jorōgumo, a spider Youkai. I don't know who to blame, but the information I got is wrong. Instead of low-level Youkai, what I encounter is high-level Youkai.
Jorōgumo is known for its strong physical power, its very durable thread coming from their mouth, finger, leg, or butt, and their mastery over fire magic.
This Youkai is not something. My group and I could handle it. While it is hurting my pride, I'm but a middle-class Onmyouji. The same can be said with the other Onmyouji that comes with me.
The Youkai in front of me is something that can only be defeated by a group of five high-ranking Onmyouji, Shinobi, Samurai, or Miko. The middle-class Onmyouji like us cannot even scratch the Youkai body.
"Yuka-sama! Please leave this to us and run away!"
"What?!? I can't do that!"
"Quickly leave and report this to your father, Hiroyasu-sama!"
I grit my teeth in frustration. I don't know what to do, I want to live, but those people that come with me are my friends and the people that are always with me through a hard time.
Dammit!
"I will kill. I will let live. I will harm and heal. None will escape me. None will escape my sight."
I snap from my thoughts when I hear something from my back. I look at my back and see Homura Ryobe holding what looks like a small sword in his hand.
"ARGHHH"
I was shocked that his small sword would pierce the body of Jorōgumo with ease. I see the Jorōgumo body begin to engulf in blue fire.
"Be crushed."
"ARGHHH"
I look at Ryobe-kun in awe as he continues to do his chant while the Youkai continues to scream in pain.
"Devote yourself to me, learn from me, and obey me."
"ARGHHH"
"Rest. Do not forget songs, do not forget prayer, and do not forget me."
"ARGHHH"
"I am light and relieve you of all your burdens."
"ARGHHH"
Ryobe-kun stops for a second before raising his small sword before throwing it to the Youkai, who begins to scream louder than before. The blue fire also became bigger than before.
"Relief is in my hands. I will add oil to your sins and leave a mark."
"Eternal life is given through death."
I look at Ryobe-kun, take another small sword out of nowhere, and continue his chant.
"Ask for forgiveness here. I, the incarnation, will swear.
"Kyrie Eleison"
I see that Youkai is dead and turned into a stone with the shape of Jorōgumo screaming in pain. However, Ryobe-kun is not done yet as he throws another small sword destroying the stone statue.
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After eating all the food on the table, I walk to the workout room, take out my running shoes before walking to the door, begin the stretching, and then run to the park. While jogging to the park, I feel something foul coming from one of the alleys in front of me.
I have a bad feeling coming from that alley, I don't know what's inside that dark alley, but I'm not going in there.
[DING]
Or not. F*ck you, system.
[Damsel in Distress]
[Save the Damsel and her crew from the monster that attacking them]
[Deadline: 10 minutes]
[Reward: 1.000 XP and One Gacha Token]
[Failure: The Dead of Akagawa Yuna]
[Accept? Y|N]
What the hell Akagawa Yuna does in her free time? Hunting monster? Dammit. I don't want to get involved in her crazy life, but I also don't want her to be dead when I can help them.
You know what? F*ck it. I will do it.
[DING]
[Quest Accepted]
I look around the street and see no one here before taking out my bow, arrow, and knife.
I walk toward the alley where I feel the foul aura coming from and see Akagawa Yuna fighting what looks like a spider woman. They are using magic to fight the monster. I look at them throwing around a paper, and from that said paper is various kinds of magic. There is also the one that uses a brush to write some letters in the air.
~Name: No Name~
~Race: Youkai~
~Type: Jorōgumo~
~Level: 12~
~HP: 1298/1300~
~MP: 1350/1500~
~STR: 85~
~VIT: 130~
~INT: 150~
~LCK: 0~
This monster is the strongest being I ever encounter, be it human or monster.
I snap from my thoughts when one of the people coming with Akagawa Yuka shouts at her, saying that she should be running and calling for reinforcement.
When I hear that, I take out my Black Key from the inventory and throw it at the spider woman. When my Black Key hit her, the spider woman began to scream in pain as the Cremation Rite was activated and burnt the monster with blue fire.
I continue the Baptism Rite and walk toward the monster slowly. I also throw my black key at the monster every time my skill tells me to do it.
"Kyrie Eleison"
Lord have mercy indeed. I look at the spider woman that turns into a stone and gets destroyed by the last Black Keys. May God have mercy for this soul.
[DING]
[Damsel in Distress (Completed)]
[Congratulation]
[You get 1.000 XP and One Gacha Token]
I nod at the notification and see that I use three hundred MP for using Baptism Rite. I guess it was worth the mana consumption by the look of it. This skill can one shoot a level twelve monster with an average stats of more than a hundred.
I walk to the remains of the monster and pick up my Black Keys before slowly walking away from the alley, ignoring the people's shocked faces around me. I hope they let me get away from here.
"Wait, Ryobe-kun!"
Dammit.