"Yuzu Fireball!"
I called out as I felt the goblin approach the throbbing of its heart.
The cute, silky fluff on my shoulder opened her pretty snout with a little squeak and spat a small blue fireball at the goblin, trying to attack me from the left as my spear pierced the throat of a goblin warrior.
[You gained 6 Experience (Exp: 42/50)]
Her two tails slapped my neck as she curled up with a cute smile, my eyes watching her before twisting my lance and tearing the heart from the goblin warrior, blood oozing from the wound before it fell forward.
[You gained 6 Experience (Exp: 48/50)]
"Good work, Yuzu~ such a cute fox."
I began stroking her soft fur, enjoying the sensation like an extravagant velvet.
She rolled her snout around my palm, sniffing and licking the injured places with her coarse tongue, those sparkling blue eyes filled with wisdom and wonder.
"Why are you so nice to that fox... She might be dirty or have a disease..." Rena complained, finally catching up with us as we cleared the battlefield.
"Eh~ she's so pretty and clean, like a princess fox."
[The Azure Fox commends you for your good taste!]
The small fox perked up her ears and lifted her snout with a proud look as she squeaked at Rena with a small bark.
"See? This thing is strange. Why does she know what you're saying!"
"Wuwu!"
My eyes watched the two, and somehow, thanks to the taming class and skill, they both felt like they were on the same level.
Yet I didn't have the time to spend like this.
We aimed to become stronger and surpass those who doubted us before leaving the castle and Hero group and travelling the world as adventurers.
Rena was the one who suggested this plan to me; it was one of the few I considered, but we both felt the king wasn't trustworthy and there might be something else.
A hidden plot or information that we heroes had no idea about.
I looked at the kind girl arguing with a fox as if they were on the same level and felt amused by her brain.
"Rena, did you scout out their camp below that ridge?"
She instantly snapped out of the staring contest with the fox and looked at me with her soft eyes.
Then I thought these two had similar eyes and could pass as sisters if they were both foxes or humans.
"I did!"
Rena looked quite proud as she took a small piece of parchment from her storage and showed it to me.
There was a crude but simple drawing of the village.
In the centre was a huge pyre likely for their worship or to keep warm. I didn't know enough about the goblin's habitat or their religious views.
A huge tent was drawn to the north of the pyre. It was round and seemed to have two totem poles outside.
I thought it could mean a shaman or special goblin, maybe?
"Mmmm, good work Rena."
"Hehe~ how about you stroke my fur too!" Rena pulled out her tongue to the fox, which merely turned away and wrapped around my neck, snuggling tight, causing her warm breath to blow down my back.
I honestly didn't mind and reached out to stroke her silky blonde hair, but the moment I did, the fox began to nuzzle my neck and whine, seeming to compete with Rena.
Is this competition because they are classified as my and potential pets?
My focus returned to the parchment, reading her little notes written in her cute handwriting, stroking Rena's hair as she hummed happily and seemed to forget her feud with the fox.
====Notes for Darling====
Goblin Scouts x 10
Goblin warriors (The mean guys with armour) x 20
Goblin Archers (Sneaky!) x 12
Strange Big Goblin (It was blue and twice the normal size!)
Old Nasty Goblin! (It held a staff made of bones and looked menacing!)
There were some females...
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After reading the note, I took a deep breath. My hand stroked her cheek as if naturally gravitating towards the soft, squishy flesh.
I felt this fight might be an amazing experience but also dangerous for us to take without being serious.
The words about women...
I didn't want to think about the situation they were in.
But honestly didn't care too much. The only one I cared about was rubbing her face and drool against my palm...
"Rena, when do you want to fight them?"
Since I was a vampire, there was no need to sleep.
My vitality was also infinitely regenerating, keeping my muscles in perfect shape and almost in constant rest and recovery when not under intense strain.
Like my idle state was a full rest over time.
We also found that my blood could help rejuvenate and revigorate people if they drank it, but too much was dangerous, as that's how I turned people into my dhampir.
"Maybe I should try an extremely watered-down version to make potions in the future? It would be amusing to sell them to people who are my enemies and make them my eternal servants."
"Mmmm, can we have something to eat first? We just levelled up, and I wanted to ask you how I should build going forward... Now my defence is too high, and even when that wolf bit my hand earlier, it couldn't break the skin..."
Rena then looked at me with a sorrowful look.
"Aki~ what if my defence gets too high and your thing cannot penetrate me anymore! Or I cannot feel the 'damage' it deals?"
"..."
Is that something that can exist?
Imagine how devastating that would be.
Your childhood love saves herself for you, but you are a rogue and only increase dexterity, and she is a chaste knight with 200 DEF, meaning your dagger cannot penetrate her membrane...
How terrifying!?
Would the guy have to find a pure STR orc or something to have it pierced...
Haha, poor guy.
New Main Task! - Do not neglect strength!
"It's okay. My strength is high now! I will make you feel it even if you don't want it!"
Somehow my words soudned strange and suspicious as the little fox narrowed her eyes and looked at me like they were sick of my shit.
"Hmmm... then tonight you have to show me, fufu~ I look forward to it." Rena's eyes began to glow like a predator for a moment before she pulled my hand towards a large willow tree in the centre of the forest where we were resting.
"Let's discuss how to fight the village Aki~ Once that is done, we should find a place to rest."
"No problem. You wanted to talk about attributes and the like?"
I sat beside her, enjoying the warm breeze of the forest as we had spent almost all the time since leaving the castle fighting or running.
It was a little annoying.
"Well, I was reading the things each attribute did... And thought I'd like to build more toward speed and skill... I could rush to Aki's side faster when he's in trouble."
Her reasoning was rather adorable as she showed her status screen to me with the points available.
"If that's what you wish, I don't have a problem; maybe add two points to DEX and one to your AGI STR and VIT stats for now?"
I knew the heroes didn't need this worry with their status over one hundred from level one, but one or two points were a huge matter for us.
[Name: Hoshikawa Rena
Race: Goblin… (Human?)
Level: 5
Exp: 48/50
Class: Goblin Warrior
Master: Akira Tendo
Bond: 50/100
HP: 112/112 (+50 From Akira)
MP: 100/110
STR: 25
VIT: 31
INT: 22
AGI: 22
DEX: 23
DEF: 40
CHA: 42
Bonus Attribute Points: 0]
"Looking at your attributes, they are quite high for a normal level five... Your defence and charm seem almost too good, haha."
"Mmmm~ am I pretty?" Rena leaned against my shoulder, blinking her azure eyes at me before the fox swiped at her face to break us apart.
"Tsk! Damn rat! Don't interrupt my flirting with Aki!"
"Wuwuwu!!!"
The two again locked into a meaningless battle as I relaxed against the tree and closed my eyes, pretending this was Gal x Fox ASMR.