Making his way to the village, he began making a knife by carving out a small wooden handle and shoving in a piece of stone. He then used other stones to chip it into shape and then began sharpening against a large boulder. He had reached 10km from the village when he stopped to sharpen it against a boulder, spending 2 hours to whittle it down into the makings of a knife. It wasn't that sharp, but it had the right shape and structure to it. However, just as he was about to continue sharpening until it was considered a sharp knife, he heard the bushes rustle behind him. Startled he quickly turned around and grabbed the spear and shield he brought with him, getting into a defensive stance. The bushes rustled a few more times as Kai watched on anxiously before a large blue blob jumped out from behind the bush he was staring at. Kai's anxiousness disappeared as he heaved a sigh of relief, saying to himself "Jeez, it was just a damn slime" as he used his [Emperor's Eyes] skill on it as it slowly hopped its way over.
[Blue Slime (normal)
Level: 4 EXP 34/40
Health: 50/50
Strength: 6
Vitality: 12
Dexterity: 1
Mana: 8
Wisdom: 1
Has no attribute. Its core is its weakness.]
Kai chuckled to himself as he read through the slimes lacklustre stats before looking back at the slime and preparing to pierce its core with his spear. With his [Emperor's Eyes] skill he was able to see through the slime and into its body, focusing on the core that was the size of a golf ball, the slime itself being the size of a small pig. Pushing off his left foot, Kai dashed through the few metres between him and the slime instantly as he gathered the strength in his arms as he stabbed the slimes core directly with his spear. As the core was crushed by the spear, the slimes body melted into ooze that spread into a small blue puddle on the floor. Then a flash of blue lights left its expired body and entered Kai.
[You have gained 4 EXP for killing a LVL 4 Blue Slime.]
[You have levelled up. 1 stat point has been added to each stat]
STATUS|
Name: Kai (changeable)
Age: 20 years
Gender: Male
Level: 2 EXP: 10/20
Health: 550/550
Strength: 51
Vitality: 51
Dexterity: 10
Mana: 16
Wisdom: 20
SKILLS|
[Breathing-85] [Eating-65] [Walking-73] [Sleeping-61] [Excreting-58] [Thinking-60] [Learning-56] [Hand-to-hand combat-39] [Gun wielding-30] [Language-27] [Training-25] [Dagger wielding-20] [Memory-30] [Cooking-14] [Fire starting-6] [Navigation-5] [Emperor's Eyes-15] [Emperor's Right-5] [Emperor's Blessing-0] [Crafting-35] [Forging-0] [Repair-0] [Sharpening-15] [Spear Wielding-8] [Mana Sense-2] [Danger Sense-2]
Apart from spear wielding, he had two new skills both to do with sense which he promptly examined.
[Mana Sense-2: You have been enlightened to the existence of mana.]
[Danger Sense-2: You can feel when danger is near.]
Seeing the descriptions, he thought about it and tried to actively use his [Mana Sense] to try and find more monsters to kill so as to level up since he had seen a new side quest to reach level 10, the reward being a random skill. Honing his senses and calming his mind, he tried to feel for the same sensation as when he absorbed the essence from the slime and managed to feel it after a few minutes of silence. He could sense the grass below his feet and the trees in his surroundings as vague clouds of green while the puddle of slime ooze near him was a grey puddle, presumably meaning that it was devoid of mana. The stones he walked past were a brown cloud while different herbs were different colours with a base of green. The spear and shield he had in his hands were the same shade of green as the tree.
He began walking around while avoiding trees and stones, searching for prey to kill as his proficiency in mana sense rose exponentially. Soon he had sensed an anomaly towards his southeast about 50 metres away as he opened his eyes and made his way over with his shield and spear drawn. The anomaly was coming from behind the bush and it was a fiery red cloud in his mana sense so Kai proceeded with caution as he flicked a stone at the bush to see a response. The bush began to rustle after the stone was thrown in as another slime hopped out of the bush, but this slime was orangey-red and when Kai examined it he came up with a different result from last time.
[Red Slime (normal)
Level: 7 EXP 21/70
Health: 50/50
Strength: 10
Vitality: 12
Dexterity: 1
Mana: 12
Wisdom: 1
Fire attributed slime that burns those it gets its hands on. Its core is its weakness.]
Relaxing once again, Kai repeated his actions from before as he smashed its core easily and gained 7 EXP which became 35 with his [Emperor's Right] skill. He then levelled up to level 3 with 25/30 EXP and gained more stat points. After revelling in the feeling, he looked up at the sky and released the sun would set soon and he needed to hurry to the village to find a place to sleep. Not wanting to waste any more time he began to run towards the village. The average male running speed is 9.4 km/h so Kai was able to run at 47 km/h, so it only took him 13 minutes of running to reach the village location. As he arrived, he could see a few dozen buildings clustered together in a random way. The buildings were made of thatch and wood, none of them 2 stories or more. The entrance to the village was unguarded while a few people were still walking around, carrying things around. It seemed like most had already gone back to their homes to prepare for the night.
Kai walked up to the people who immediately noticed him and dropped what they were doing and began speaking in a language Kai couldn't understand. It seemed that Grace hadn't thought to give them a translation skill but as Kai listened to the villager talk in another language, his language skill started going up. After a few attempts at communication, the villager realised Kai couldn't understand what he was saying so Kai began drawing some pictures on the ground to tell him he wanted shelter for the night. The villager could understand that he was talking about the houses after he drew one but after that he was clueless as he called over a few other villagers around the place. Then they all discussed amongst themselves as they then came to a conclusion and lead Kai to a house that was larger than the rest. They knocked on the door and after a few minutes of waiting, a middle-aged man appeared with only one leg and a stick in his hand, probably for walking on. The man listened to the villagers for a bit before showing Kai into the house and then closing the door behind him.
Kai deemed that the man was the village head and that he would be taking care of him. The man was vocal and started teaching Kai the language by pointing at things and saying their name for Kai to copy. Although normally it would take Kai ages to learn a new language, with the increased proficiencies he was able to gain a basic understanding by the time they had finished eating dinner. They had eaten a coarse black bread type food with some pork meat and had water for a drink. After dinner, the man showed Kai to a bedroom and gestured for him to enter. Kai relaxed himself onto the coarse bed that couldn't really be considered one and promptly fell asleep.