"So I should be heading southeast of the Holy Kingdom. If I remember correctly, I emerged from the southern outskirts of the Snake Forest as I met Zeal and the others. It took me days to traverse the thin portion of the forest so this journey toward the frozen mountain might take me weeks. By then, I think my Slime King Egg will be done incubating. I can't wait to see how that goes as well."
Seth finally heads off toward the mountain. After a day of walking, he finally made it back to the snake forest.
"I think going back here is the best option. Then I can just head east from here. The forest is full of items I can gather and wildlife I can eat. It also shelters me from meeting other people while I continue my grind."
His 2-week long journey finally started while traversing the Snake Forest.
"From what I read, regular dragons are common in the Frozen mountain of Feris. These dragons also have thicker skin compared to the ones that reside in the mountain ranges of Ylleria. They range from lvl 35- 60, young ones to adults."
(It's good that I have this 2-week journey before I get there. This should be enough to grind at least 5 levels before I fight one. I also want to test out my new skills.)
Notice: No monsters are to be found near the user.
"The Slime King's Aura is deterring monsters to get close to me. Hmmm... Then I just need to hunt them myself. Even if they are lower level, every kill counts If I want to be strong enough to fight a dragon."
Seth then activated all his skill that focuses on offense to hunt down the weak monsters that are hiding and running away from him.
Notice: Activate Attack Enhancement lesser.
Notice: Activate Summon Dark Shadow lesser
Notice: Activate Agility Boost Greater
Notice: Activate Pure Desolate Greater
Notice: Sword unsheathed. Active Apee Beeru, Undying Flames (Max)
Notice: AUTO-BATTLE (Max) Mode Activated
Notice: System found monsters. Preparing to hunt using Auto-battle Mode
"Let's go on a killing spree."
Seth began running and killing every monster in sight. His agility boost made it easier to catch up to any monster that tried to run away. Pure desolate instantly kills weaker enemies in one hit while his Summoned shadow helps him snipe the ones that are running away.
"This is fun! Since my Mp pool had gone up, I can cast a lot of skills simultaneously."
Notice: Killed 57 Scourge wolfs (lvl 15) and counting.
LVL UP! LVL 31.
"I only killed less than a hundred and I already leveled up. I guess the higher the level really gives more exp. Well back then, I don't think I can even face these monsters without my current skills and stats so I wouldn't be able to hunt them anyway. Sticking to killing the slimes was the best choice back then."
While he was in the middle of hunting the wolves who were almost as fast as him while in his Agility Boost state, He saw a big cave that captured his curiosity.
Notice: Orc encampment inside the cave. Need to get closer within 25 meters of the encampment to tally the number and lvl of Orcs.
Seth went closer to the cave.
Notice: There are 54 Adult Orcs(lvl 25) and 18 Children Orcs(lvl 10-15) inside.
"Auto-battle system, can you just prioritize killing the adults? and leave at least 2 male adults and 2 female adults."
Notice: Target prioritization is accepted. Orc killing spree commencing. Reactivating all skills for the 4th time.
"I guess this is the limit. I can only reactivate all my offense skills 4 times for now. I need to regenerate Mp and rest for a while after this. My Hp is also 60% left. That Undying Flames Skill sure does drain a lot of hp. Even my perseverance along with my innate regen is barely hanging."
Seth began to enter the cave and started killing the orcs one by one. The ones who took the front were the Adult Orcs while protecting the children in the back. They all didn't stand a chance against Seth's Weapon Infusion attacks that dealt a lot of dmg due to their poor magical defense. After killing everyone in the vanguard, he left the cave.
Notice: The Triad Spirit skill is activated due to Hp being below 50%. All passives from the spirits are active for 60 seconds.
"I forgot that I have this skill. Now I don't have to worry when I'm below 50%. For 60 seconds, I can compensate for the hp drain of the undying flames. But I shouldn't exert it too much, since if I push to have Undying flames active even if I'm low hp, I might get killed from a surprise attack since my Hp is too low. And against Higher level enemies, My Auto-Battle is a bad skill to use. I do hope that it gets better when I ascend it. I need to take a break."
Notice: Passive Skill, Precision (Max)- Mastery Trait unlocked. Sword Mastery.
Sword Mastery:
-increases sword weapon dmg by 10% when equipped while having a 10% chance to hit the opponent with a 10x critical hit.
(Getting experience for my mastery trait will take a while. I'm just in the basic mastery trait for my sword and it took me hundreds of monsters to kill. Does it work if I just swing my sword as practice? The mastery trait requirements don't show here in the description.)
Seth then took a couple of minute's break. He did this routine the whole day until the veil of the night covered the sky.
LVL UP! LVL 32.
"That will do for now."
He rested near a patch of grass beside a tree.
"Tomorrow, I'll keep grinding. Until I reach the mountain, I'll lvl up as much as I could. I'm excited to fight a dragon."
Seth opened up his inventory to see the brand new loot he got.
CHARACTER INVENTORY(new loot):
-98x Scourge Wolf Fangs
-73x Scourge Wolf Fur
-88x Scourge Wolf Essence
-50x Orc Essence
-45x Orc Tusk
"So their drop is not 100% unless it's the essence. I guess the essence is basically their soul. Hmmm... What can I even craft with this?"
(Well they are materials so I can just sell them raw when I come across another city.)
"So the scourge wolf's fur can be crafted as armor?"
Notice: Grass Bermuda Set has better overall stats compared to Scourge Wolf Set.
Notice: Can craft 1x Scourge Wolf Crystal Orb and 1x Orc Crystal Orb from the Essences.
Seth proceeds to craft the Crystal Orbs.
"These sell for a higher price than a raw essence and I might need more of these crystal orbs in the future. Although they aren't as clear as the slime ones, they are still crystal orbs."
He continued this hunt-rest style for 2 weeks until he reached the edge of the forest. He fought other types of monsters that are lvl 15-30. Now that he is close, he can see the foot of the Frozen Mountain of Feris. Starting from there on out, the scenery was of a cold winter season.
LVL UP! LVL 38!
Title Acquired:
Monster Hunter (Hunt down 10,000 monsters of any kind)
-Automatically senses the whereabouts of a monster within 100 meters.
-Deal 10% more dmg to monsters.
"I've been hunting monsters as well as animals for food for more or less two weeks now. The real fight begins after this one."
CURRENT PROGRESS:
SUMMARY OF STATS:
Current Character Profile:
Race: Humanoid
Titles:
Slime Monarch, Meadow Specialist, Monster Hunter
Perseverance, Potion Maker, Skill Collector
LVL: 38/100, Skill Points: 10
Hp: 23,800+(12,500), Vitality: 380+(76+20), Mp: 4760+(11500), Intelligence: 380+(76+20)
SPEED: 58+(12)
Defense: 480+(96), Magical Defense: 290+(58)
Attack Dmg: 975+245(+6250), response time speed: half a second
Magical Attack dmg: 395+130(10,000), spell casting speed: 2 seconds
*Grass Bermuda Series is in effect*
*Grass Bermuda Sword with Slime King's Crystal Orb in effect*
SUMMARY OF SKILLS:
CHARACTER SKILLS
active:
Attack Enhancement lesser (1/10)
Defense Enhancement lesser (1/10)
Summon Dark Shadow lesser (1/5)
Camouflage (Max)
Agility Boost Greater (1/5)
Pure Desolate Greater (1/5)
passive:
Physical Null lesser (Max)
Precision (Max)- Sword Mastery
Meditation (Max)
Guardian (Max)
The Triad Spirits Greater (Max)
Apee Beeru, Undying Flames (Max)
Unique skill:
AUTO-BATTLE (lvl 10/10) Max
CHARACTER INVENTORY:
-63x slime essence
-2x berries
-1x grass spear
-52x mushroom soup
-12x Tender Cooked Steak
.
-24 Scourge Wolf Crystal Orbs
-8 Orc Crystal Orbs
-5 Gila Basilisk Crystal Orbs
-3 Giant Spider Orbs
.
-3021x Scourge Wolf Fangs
-1452x Scourge Wolf Fur
-453x Orc Tusk
-342x Gila Basilisk Scales
-201x Spider Silk (10 meters long each)
CHARACTER EQUIPMENT:
GRASS BERMUDA SERIES (3/3): (20% bonus stats from base stats)
-GRASS BERMUDA CLOAK: (2500 flat Hp, 500 flat Mp) -dyed
-GRASS BERMUDA CLOTHES: (5000 flat Hp, +1000 flat Mp) -dyed
-REFORGED GRASS BERMUDA SWORD: (+1250 flat Attack) - currently equipped for usage
+5000 flat Attack Dmg, +10000 flat Magic Attack Dmg.
+5000 flat Hp and +10000 flat Mp
-GRASS BERMUDA BOW: (+1000 flat attack)