Chapter 7 - Chapter 7

"Anyway... Anna-chan mentioned something about a mana bar?" Reika asked while looking at Anna-chan.

The latter nodded. "...Yes.. ..I can see a blue bar and numbers that digitize my mana capacity.

...Also... it seems that by adding attribute points to your INT, your mana capacity will increase..."

"Does this mean that we'll unlock our mana bar if we increase our INT?"

Anna-chan shrugged at my question.

Seeing the two of them keeping quiet while looking at me, I figured that it was my turn.

"I saw your reaction earlier, did you get a common class? What is it? Warrior or something?" Reika asked in an entertained tone.

"If only it was that instead of this..." I said ruefully before making a grim smile.

"I got a special class called, [ Ripper ]. That's spelled with an I, P, P, not E,A,P."

In a soft voice, Anna-chan questioned. "...As in.. Jack the Ripper?"

I nodded at her question and explained. "Basically, I get more exp from murdering someone who trusts me or planning someone's death.

And my exp gained from monsters decreased by 80%..."

I sighed and slumped to the table.

"...And my skill is [ Charming Face Rank 1 ] which makes people I meet make a good impression on me."

I had no reason to lie to them which is why I told them about my class.

The two became silent after hearing my words. They seemed to be thinking of something and frankly, I'm a little anxious about what they might think about me after this revealed my class.

The one to disrupt the silence was Reika as she looked at me and asked, "How many EXP did you get from killing the green goblin?"

I answered. "18 points."

She looked surprised before saying, "Damn... that's a whole lot lower than I thought... and that's with the Hero's blessing as well."

Reika sighed before taking her seat and crossing her arms, a gesture she does whenever she was thinking of something.

"I'm at level 3 after killing that goblin. How about you two?" Reika asks Anna-chan and I.

"...same." Anna-chan said.

Meanwhile, I wryly smiled and answered, "I'm at level 1."

This time, both Anna-chan and Reika looked towards me with Reika immediately asking, "How? The level cap for level 0 is 25 EXP but you only had-"

"I know." I cut her off.

"Remember the plump boy from before? Apparently that counts as well."

"...Seriously?"

Reika looks at me with an indescribable expression but didn't say anything.

To be honest, I don't know how to feel about my class as well.

Am I going to have to turn into a murderer just so I could level up?

And what the heck do those "Art" pieces mean?

"Anyway, We get attribute points and skill points whenever we level up, right? My Swordmanship skill reached rank 2 and I evenly distributed my points between STR and SPD." Reika said.

I see. Well, that seems like the common thing to do if your class is like Reika's.

"...I put it all in my INT.. I can release five to four fireballs now."

Reika and I agreed with Anna-chan's decision while thinking that power would be extremely helpful.

As for me...

[ Name: Jin Yabuki Level: 1 (Exp: 11/100)
Class: Ripper - 𝘛𝘢𝘱 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘧𝘰.

STR: 12 SPD: 9
END: 10 INT: 10
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Attribute Points available: 4
Skill Points available: 1
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Blessings:
- Hero's Blessing (Passive): You are a Hero summoned from another world. Gain additional 300% experience points for every experience point received.
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Active Skills:
- N/A
Passive Skills:
- Charming Face [Rank 1] : Strangers tend to get a better impression of you because of your charm. ]

I decided to use my attribute points.

[ Add 4 Attribute points to END? Yes or No? ]

After pressing yes, I said to them, "I put all my attribute points to END."

"Hm? Why did you put it all in your endurance?" Reika asked.

"Come on, let's face it. With my skill, I'll only be a hindrance if I try to fight. Which is why I can only act as the vanguard or bait."

Reika's eyes narrowed. "So with you on the front, I'll be in the middle and Anna-chan in the back?"

The corners of her lips turned upwards as she began to feel giddy. "This is starting to become a real RPG you guys!"

I told her. "Needless to say, The reason you're in the middle is so that you can protect Anna-chan in case she needs it."

She then tilted her head, making a confused expression. "Wait a second... wouldn't I be a better vanguard since I'm the one with the offensive skill?"

In a calm tone, I explained again. "Remember that I don't have any offensive skills so I'm not confident in being able to protect both Anna-chan and I. "

"I see..." Reika finally understood before smiling once more. "So, what's our battle plan?"

I already had an idea in mind so I spoke first.

"With our formation, I will lure or taunt the monster. Making it focus its attention towards me and Reika can go in and kill it from its blind spots while Anna-chan can offer support from behind.

Simple, right?"

Reika and Anna-chan thought about my idea for a moment before agreeing to it.

"...But are you sure that you can do it..? ...You are still wounded..."

Anna-chan looked doubtful and I hope I'm not imagining it but she sounds like she's worrying about me.

I smiled and reassured her. "No problem, I could do at least that much."

Anna-chan looks at me for a moment before nodding slightly. "I see... alright. We will trust you then, Jin-kun."

"Mhm! Alright, now that we have a battle plan, let's think about our game plan!" Reika declares in a light voice.

Seriously, I have never seen this chick look so alive before.

Wait... "Game plan?" I asked while slightly tilting my head.

Reika energetically nodded. "We first need to gather information and figure out what we'll do after we escape this place."

"And how will we do that?" I asked.

She then smiled and said, "Look around us. This seems like the place to get information, right?"

Oh yeah, we are surrounded with books and scrolls.

I guess it's time for grinding books I guess.

-

An hour has passed and-

"This is useless~..."

Reika complains after pushing away the book she was reading.

"Less complaining and more trying to figure out what the hell these pictures mean."

She groaned. "How the heck are we supposed to understand this gibberish language?"

I rolled my eyes. "Like I said, Just look at the pictures and see what they might depict."

"...You two.. I think I found the map of this place..." Anna-chan spoke quietly.

Reika and I immediately got up and went beside her.

On Anna-chan's hands was a scroll made from animal skin where a blueprint of a floor could be seen.

"...You see this? I think this was the hallway where were at before.'

She points towards one of the large hallway in the drawing before pointing to one of the cube rooms along after we made the turn.

"...And this is where we're at right now."

"I... see..." Reika made a deflated voice after looking at the map on the scroll.

Looking at the blueprint, The first thing I realized was that the room we were currently at, was incredibly small compared to the large structure of the building.

If I had to say, I think this place is about 300,000 square meters or so.

That's just how large this place truly was.

"...This is the exit... I think" Anna-chan says after pointing towards the entrance of the floor which was several hundred meters away from us with numerous hallways that we need to pass through.

Just looking at the distance, I couldn't help but curse. "...Shit."

"Jin-kun... watch your profanities." Reika scolded.

I didn't even bother listening to her words and just began calculating how far we need to travel while looking for places that we can hide in.

"...I memorized it." Anna-chan suddenly said.

Hm?

"What do you mean?"

"...I have memorized the entire map."

Reika made an expression of disbelief while looking at Anna-chan.

"No way... is Anna-chan saying that she memorized this entire map after seeing it for a couple of minutes? Did you gain photographic memory."

Anna-ch slightly nodded. "...It appears so."

"Good for you." I said to Anna-chan.

"Mhm."

I then turned to Reika and Anna-chan, "Now that we have the map, have you thought of any plans about how we are getting out of here?"

Reika's eyes narrowed while she looked at me with a playful smile.

"It's my time to show my specialty~"

Seriously... this girl looks like a succubus.

-

Bam! Bam! Bam!

The wooden door was being destroyed by long green arms with sharp claws.

"Shit..."

Our discussion got cut off as a new goblin managed to easily destroy the wooden door.

We saw its ugly face as it stared right at us through the gaps of wooden shelves.