On the other side, alarge hall lay wide in front of him. From the triangular roof hung three wide chandelier that produced enough light to brighten the whole place like fresh morning sunlight.
Kobi stepped forward casuing the door behind him to vanish.
His eyes drew to the ten small translucent blobs hopping up and down innocently.
Only two, hardly distinguishable, bright white eyes blinked atop these round creatures.
The word rolled to Kobi's tongue naturally, "Slimes!"
As he said those words, an empty bar appeared in the middle of his vision and settled in an inconspicuous spot, not wanting to hinder him.
"That's the experience bar." The boy pointed at the bar and giggled, his eyes moving towards the slimes hopping towards them.
"Pretty... exciting!" Kobi raised his brow, his stretched lips coolly awaiting the mobs.
"What are you waiting for? Don't tell me you want to fight them up-close? Just attack them with skill and be done with them." The boy questioningly gazed at him.
"Huh? Doesn't that cost Mp or something? Humph! You think I will squander it all carelessly, huh?" Kobi snorted in disdain, his chin slowly rising up, awaiting the system's praise.
"Wha– Are you blind or what? Did the description say anything about cost? It costs no Mp." The boy raised his brow, his lips teasingly accompanying his gaze towards Kobi.
"Ohohoho! Of course, I knew that, I was just testing your wits!" Kobi nodded in approval and motioned his hands to pat the system's head but his hand passed through him.
"Totally didn't forgot you were a hologram..." Kobi's lips twicted awkwardly before directing his gaze at more important matters, his tongue peeked out and licked his lips.
His eyes squinted slightly as he saw few lines atop the many slimes.
(Slimes: level 1)
Accompanying the name and level was a full Hp bar.
"Hey, hey! When did I get appraisal?" Kobi asked in bewilderment.
"Oh! That's the work of profile. You can see only what's visible, you can't see their skills and whatnot. Come on, quit with the useless stuff. Lets start some action already!" The boy pouted his lips unhappily.
"Haa! Listen kid, patience is the key to victory!" Despite saying so, Kobi raised his hands with anticipation and commanded while moving his hand to face a slime, "Attack!"
An arrow shot out and accurately struck a slime right as it was about to jump.
Kobi glanced at its Hp bar which lost more than half its color.
"Not enough?!" Just as Kobi was about to command again, another arrow shot out. 'Truly automatic, eh?'
The arrow acturately struck the slime again, reducing its Hp to zero.
Kobi gulped, his eyes waiting expectantly for what was to come.
The slime, still impaled by the two arrows, started expanding from inside out before exploding like a balloon. A few shinny coins alongside two arrows appeared where the slime was and hurled towards Kobi.
"Oh, oi!" Kobi moved back in fright and cowered behind his palms.
But the coins vanished before they could hurt Kobi, surprising him.
The circle in front of his left palm, still not having been deactivated, fired two arrows at a small interval at another slime, plummeting its Hp to zero.
The slime enlarged before bursting into coins and arrows. The coins rushed towards Kobi again, this time, he gulped and braced himself.
His eyes peeled themselves to the coins and right as they reached a certain distance from him, they vanished.
"Don't worry! They are rewards for killing the monsters. They just entered your inventory." The boy chuckled seeing Kobi's weary expression.
In the meantime, the last of his arrows hurled out of the circle and rapidly flew towards a slime. Luckily, the slime jumped just in time, escaping the arrow in the nick of time.
"What luck?" Kobi grinned in excitement. His gaze lingering on the other impaled slimes bursting one after another.
They blasted with the same fashion of coins and arrows, the coins hurled towards him while the arrows kept sitting silently on the floor.
Kobi stared at the circle, but this time, no arrow flew out. But the six slimes kept jumping toward him.
The boy glanced at his expression and blurted out, "Don't tell me you forgot? You only had ten arrows and they all are used up. Now you need to retrieve those arrows."
"Oh! So to retrieve them, I either snap my fingers or touch them, yea?"
Seeing the boy nod, Kobi grinned and readily snapped his fingers.
Following the crisp sound, an arrow suddenly vanished from the floor.
Without having to wait, the arrow hurled out of the circle and pierced the slime, already having one arrow inside it, the slime burst.
"This skill is too sweet!" Kobi grinned and soon, the crisp snap of his fingers echoed back-to-back.
Each time an arrow impaled a slime, he would snap his finger, causing the arrow to vanish and surprisingly, he noticed that after doing so, the slimes Hp plummeted slightly.
He eliminated the rest and spared the last slime, an arrow flew out of the circle and impaled it. Right then, he waved his hand, causing the circular formation to crumble.
With a smirk, he snapped his fingers, causing the arrow to vanish.
He squinted his eyes and focusrdon the spot where the slime had been impaled and as,he guessed, he could see some transparent liquid flowing down.
"That's its blood, right?" Kobi asked.
"Yep! As its losing more blood from having its wound open than still having it closed by the arrow, its losing Hp more rapidly." The boy nodded his head.
Kobi chuckled, "You aren't half-bad, guess what kiddo? Imma give you a name!" Kobi raised his chin, feeling too magnimious.
"Ohh! Go ahead, go ahead!" The boy swung his afloat legs back and forth while acting as if he was sitting on a chair.
Kobi nodded his head in approval and declared proudly, "Shik!"
"Shik?!"Shik blinked his eyes innocently, before they lit up in surprise, 'I like it, I like it!" Shik hovered around Kobi, his laughter echoing in the air like bells. But soon, hearing Kobi's inner words, his smile froze, 'The name's simple and neat... and close to shit. Very suitable.'
Shik, just as he was about to rebuke, his eyes fell at the golden EXP bar. It had been filled up.
"Hey, hey! Click on this, your EXP maxed up! Now you can level up! Hehehe! It's time for you to taste the system's power. It's time for a... skill roll!" Shik hurriedly pinched thin air, grabbing two sticks and starting banging the air like a drum. Creating an exciting background music.
Kobi raised a brow in amusement, "Let's see."