[Level up.]
After that voice sounded in someone's head, it could be seen how deep in the forest was a blond-haired boy panting with exhaustion while a peculiar green sword floated to one side of him while it seemed to look at him with disappointment.
"Don't look at me like that, I can't regenerate runic energy like you!" And as if in response, the sword moved slightly away from Blake with its back turned.
After Blake re-entered the Privera forest, he was not overconfident like the first time and quickly summoned his sword plant to help him. He breathed a sigh of relief that he really was in perfect shape and apologized to it for what he had been through earlier.
Blake had already prepared himself enough this time and, with everything he had learned from his previous failure, he knew that as long as nothing strange happened he could be safe, plus he wouldn't forget to use a teleport if he got away and was in danger again.
Right now, he had just cleared the area where he was yesterday and realized that that sphere that summons monsters had reappeared, this time he was smart and the first thing he did was break it and then he was able to get rid of all the monsters that were in the area with the help of his partner, so he was tired at the moment, but despite that, the sounds in his head made a smile form on his face.
[Short sword skill, Increased.]
[New technique Learned: Shortsword dash.]
Just as he heard that, the technique the system voice had just said appeared in his mind and Blake felt as if his body already knew how to perform it. Whenever he managed to learn something like this, he felt a strange sensation of trying everything right away, and, luckily for him, a walking apple had come out of the bushes that put him in a very bad mood.
"You arrive at a good time..." Little Pomme Pomme could feel as if something was stalking him as soon as he appeared, but despite its instincts warning him of danger, it was too late when it saw a blonde-haired human running to him.
The last thing the apple could notice at that moment was how the blonde had moved several meters from where he was before until he was in front of it and felt how it was hit with the edge of a sword and then disappeared in a halo of light.
All this had happened in less than a second, returning to Blake's perspective, he was completely excited, he himself could feel how just when he wanted to use the technique he had learned, his body had moved at incredible speed towards the apple with legs and raised his sword to give it a blow that was enough to defeat it.
When he was still surprised by what he could do, he saw how a real apple appeared on the ground, and he picked it up and then ate it in triumph while his partner only stayed floating in the distance as if it understood that should leave him celebrating his achievement that in It wasn't really anything spectacular.
Blake had already calmed down enough, he saw that there really were no monsters around him and that both he and his partner still had enough energy, so he thought they could go a little further, but as he looked around, he noticed how a small toyherb was under a tree and he took the opportunity to pick it up since it was there.
[Searching skill, increased.]
"Huh, another ability?" And while he thought to see what he had just heard, he thought it would be a good idea to check how much his stats and abilities had increased.
{Name: Blake
Species: ???
Level: 5
HP: 115/138
RP: 156/234
Coins: 923G
ATK: 5
DEF: 6
M.ATK: 0
M.DEF: 0
STR: 17
VIT: 26
INT: 19.}
{Short sword skill. Level 5
Fire skill. Level 1
Water skill. Level 4
Earth skill. Level 4
Life skill. Level 1
Space skill. Level 1
Farming skill. Level 6
Logging skill. Level 8
Searching skill. Level 1
Walking skill. Level 7
Sleeping skill. Level 2
Defense skill. Level 2
Poison resist skill. Level 1
Paralyze resist skill. Level 1
Seal resist ability. Level 1
Death resist skill. Level 1.}
And once he finished seeing how he had increased everything in general, then he focused on the ability that interested him.
{Searching skill. Level 1.
Improved ability to find objects. Improve a little RP and INT.}
"It's another one of those simple skills... Whoever was in charge of making these skills, was lazy, maybe even a skill will appear from going to the bathroom, then I won't know how to feel about it." After being sure that he had seen everything and finished with his strange thoughts, Blake continued to advance deeper into the forest until after a while he reached a new area, but he could not fully appreciate it since he had to move at that moment.
"Fwoshh!" He only heard that sound that seemed to break the wind and his body reacted on its own to avoid it. After he snapped out of his initial shock, Blake could see that behind him was an arrow that seemed to have left a hole in the tree right where it connected.
Seeing what had happened, Blake wasted no more time and turned his head to the responsible for it. In the distance several orcs were already known to him, they carried the same mace in their hands and its furious look was present on their entire face, but what really caught his attention was the orc that was behind them.
That orc, unlike the ones mentioned above, did not have a mace, instead, there was a kind of bow that made Blake realize who was to blame for launching that arrow.
Just by seeing the situation, he was already preparing himself for the confrontation that was in front of him, but he couldn't think of a plan as he had to quickly raise his shield to stop the arrow from coming at him again.
"Crack!" A crash was produced as the arrow struck the shield causing the trees to shake slightly Blake was forced to take several steps back to maintain his balance until he could get his feet back, but all that was enough for a surprised expression to appear on his face and he actually worried a little about what was coming next.