William fought the goblin 5 times before the goblin summoning time elapsed, instantly sending the goblin back to its realm.
Out of all the fights, William wasn't able to win a single one. Athena commented on how talentless William was and how she didn't know to make up for his lack of talent. The goblin even took William's other shoe leg.
The sun was about to set and William was swinging his sword according to his father's training instructions.
William counted in his head, "978… 986… 997… 998… 999… 1000. 8000 now. 1… 2… 3…"
After reaching 10,000 swings, he rested a little and then tried to read the books with figures in funny-looking positions but he wasn't able to understand its contents, so he just made the same posture as the figure and swung his sword about two times in that position before switching to the posture of another figure.
"What a dumba*s mistake. How did I expect to overpower the goblin after one day of training? So, naive of me. I still haven't given up on basing real-life on those sh*t shows they call isekai." William murmured to himself in the greenhouse.
"Argh! So annoying!" He closed the book he was holding and yelled out in frustration.
"I'm just playing here. I won't be able to defeat that goblin at this rate. That creature is swift, flexible, has sharp senses, and has the strength of a 20-year-old man. How can I overcome this…? I'll need to be faster, more flexible, have sharper senses, and have the strength of a 40-year-old man.
"That's impossible. I should ask myself what I need to counter those features. I need… I need experience! Just enough experience. If I knew to retreat when my attack didn't hit, to counter when it was parried, to jump when it swept my feet. Just being one step ahead of it." William rubbed his chin thoughtfully. He has found a way he can win but now the problem was how to get that level of experience, in other words, muscle reflex and sharp senses.
William laughed out loud heartily, "I've been thoughtful recently. Have I gotten smarter?"
「Yes, master. But I have analyzed the grade-1 monster completely.」
"Hmph! Way to ruin my fun. I'm smarter now, period."
「It is because the goddess, Athena, has
blessed master.」
William immediately cursed out, "What the f*ck? You've turned to a fanatic?"
「Yes, master, but that is beside the point. The goddess Athena gave master a Blessing.」
He stood up urgently, "What?! Those Blessings the churches give to their most devout followers? Why didn't I know about this? And don't Blessings need divine power? When did Athena enter her divine form?"
「Not that type of Blessing, master. The goddess Athena shared with you a bit of her intelligence.」
"What does, what does that even mean?" William had a perplexed look written all over his face.
「The goddess Athena, provided you with a few secrets of the universe. The knowledge of ki, mana, divine power, other-realms, and the rest she imparted when she supplied me with energy. To comprehend words that come from a divine being one needs to have the required brain capacity. She forcefully imparted intelligence into you, therefore increasing your brain capacity to allow you to comprehend the intelligence. Before, master's brain was the size of a nut, now it is the size of an orange. Giving master more room to have complicated thoughts.」
William wore a long face with folded arms, he shrugged, "So even me growing smarter is thanks to her, huh?"
「Yes, master.」
He retorted, "You weren't meant to answer that, dumba*s. I take back what I said about being grateful to you. You have fully analyzed the goblin but what can you do with the information that can help me get better huh? All you do is try to put me down. I thought you'd have my back as we're both from my previous world."
「Using the analysis of the grade-1 monster, a 3d virtual image can be constructed for master to battle against to gain experience. I have also analyzed master's shortcomings during the battles against the goddess Athena's summoned monster. Combining the two reports with the data collected from the basic swordsmanship books to serve as a guideline for correcting master's shortcomings, stellar improvement is guaranteed.」
"You couldn't… you couldn't have told me about this sooner?!" William almost ripped out his hair as he yelled with bulging eyes.
「Master never gave me such an order.」
He slapped himself in the face and dragged his hand down, "Oh my goodness, look… from now on, anything that can help me in general, tell me. Regardless of whether I asked or not. You hear me?"
「Yes, master. I have tabulated your personal information and the goddess Athena's summoned grade-1 monster, goblin. Do you wish to see the reports?」
"Of course. And again, only the essential parts." William agreed with a satisfied grin.
「
-Personal Information-
Name(s): William Maxton, Timothy McJane
HP: 70/100
Race: Human
Age: 10(+45)
Sex: Male
Grade: --
Nationality: Maenian
-Attributes-
◆ Body:–
Strength: 5 | Speed: 8
Stamina: 11↑ | Endurance: 12↑
Dexterity: 5 | Agility: 6
Healing: 10(+100)
◆ Mind:–
Intelligence: 13(+20) | Fortitude: 100
Perception: 8 | Charm: 4↑
-Perks-
◇ Celestial Physique:
Unknown
◇ Will of Destruction:
Unknown
◇ Third Fragment of The Crown, The 'Brain':
Otherwise known as, NOVA is a sentient artificial intelligence created to correlate, analyze, copy, and organize data.
◇ Selene's Curse:
Unknown
◇ Blessing of Athena:
The Goddess of Wisdom, Athena's Blessing gives +20 intelligence.
-Current Status-
Super Recovery: Water of Life provides (+100 Healing).
」
The tabulated report had a white and slightly transparent but blurred background while. the font color was black.
William wasn't that much surprised about his stats apart from when it came to the 'perks' that had their description as 'unknown', "Celestial physique… Will of Destruction. They look like they can make me OP. Nova, what's up with them? Why can't I see their description?"
Nova explained that she hadn't collected sufficient data from the perks in question and she is sure of their existence within William's body.
William asked why he had no place that mentioned his skills, powers, and abilities then Nova reminded him that he did not have any one of those. She also mentioned that she could put categories in the table but their contents would still remain empty.