"It may not be much, but I had nothing prepared right now and I thought this sickle would be good as a gift for your welcome to town."
"Well... Thank you..." That was the first thing Blake could say despite his doubts.
"Come on, do not be discouraged, although it looks like this, you can use it to cut grass or harvest crops, it is an essential tool. Make the most of it!"
"Okay, I'll do it." Despite the image that the old sickle gave, Blake did not care and was about to put it in his inventory when he remembered that he still did not know if it was normal for someone to keep something like that out of nowhere, he did not have one of the sacks with space magic so he chose to keep it with him until he was alone.
"Anyway, thanks for the help, boy."
"You're welcome, it was a pleasure to help."
"See you... Oh, and don't bring any monsters to town! I hate those damn things!" It was the last thing Wells said before heading back down the same road as before.
'So he doesn't like monsters. I must remember that.' Already after all that conversation, Blake was about to place a teleportation point at the entrance of the forest when the voice of the system said something that excited him a little.
[Request completed.]
[Please, select your reward.]
And again, in front of him appeared what were three boxes with different designs each. It didn't take a second and he chose one that had a leafy pattern and a strong floral scent. Maybe he shouldn't have opened that like anything, but Blake didn't have time to think about it, he just wanted to know what he could get out of that peculiar box, and once he saw what was in his hands after the box disappeared, her excitement began to plummet.
"What's this?"
[Acquired: Bamboo Shoot.]
Once he heard the system's voice again, he opened his inventory to see the information for that object.
{Bamboo shoot. Level 1.
Crisp and aromatic. Grows fast and covers the fields during spring.
Effect when consumed: HP Rec +5, RP Rec +15, HP Max +3, RP Max +3, STR +1, VIT +1
Duration: 3 hours
Sell price: 12G.}
"At least it's... Who am I kidding? it's no use." Maybe Blake wouldn't have felt that way if in the morning he hadn't seen that there were dozens of bamboo shoots in the fields. The mystery boxes got him excited the first time because thanks to them he got a runic ability, but that excitement was fading little by little, by the things that touched him lately. "Hmmm... Actually, it doesn't look so bad and says I can recover runic energy... Well, to the bottom."
So he took the little bamboo shoot and threw it into his mouth. As the description said, it had a crunchy texture and a pleasant aroma, but the taste left much to be desired. Once he finished chewing, he could see the blue bar reappear and it had filled up enough not to feel the fatigue from before.
"Well, it worked... Although this would have tasted better with a little honey or something else..." After he stopped thinking of various recipes that would enhance the taste of bamboo shoots, Blake got down to business, he placed one of the two remaining teleportation points at the entrance of the forest and, since he was sure he had everything, he needed, he entered hoping to discover what that feeling he experienced before was actually. "Wow, yes that is huge."
Once he was deep enough, Blake came to an open space with beautiful scenery. Trees could be seen wherever he looked, the various colors of flowers and grasses flooded the view, and in the background, a beautiful lake could be seen reflecting the sunlight. After being somewhat lost in the scenery, he was shocked by what was in front of him.
"That... Is that a monster?" What Blake had seen at that moment was a strange creature. If I were to describe it, it looked like an apple, was almost round in shape, was red, and was wearing what appeared to be a hat of the same color with a branch and a leaf on it, the little that could be seen of its face is that it was white and it had a smiling and little black eye on it.
Blake was not confident and quickly drew his sword and shield from the inventory, he was about to approach when the strange creature was the first to move and the voice of the system was heard again.
[Species: Pomme Pomme. Status: Curious.]
Just from what the system said, Blake knew that it was indeed a monster and that its name was quite peculiar. Unlike the orcs, he encountered the day before, that apple-like monster did not give off a dangerous sensation Blake felt it was something adorable.
He didn't realize when, but the little monster had come up next to him and was circling around as what looked like a little laugh came out of its mouth. Blake could not resist it and a smile also formed on his face, he forgot that he was in a forest that was supposedly full of monsters and he only watched what that peculiar creature was doing.
After spending a long time in the same way, he thought it was no threat to him and actually thought of stroking that walking apple, he was about to touch it when from one second to another Blake's soul seemed to have left his body.
"..." Not even words could come out of him, at that moment he was experiencing the greatest torture that could happen to a man, the birds seemed to have suddenly shut up, the sun had gone down in the clouds and all Blake could do was put his hands in his precious place and bear the pain to the best of his ability at the moment.
In case you were wondering, what had happened was that just when he was going to pet the little apple, it did not take a second and it transformed into a ball that began to roll at an incredible speed in the direction of Blake, and the place that managed to hit, it was one that is very delicate for every man... Now what we can see is the end of our beloved protagonist who was wondering if he really should have gotten out of bed that day...
[Progress... Saved.]