' You gotta be fucking kidding me.. ! '
After going through the second floor quickly, completing the mission and then getting out of the goblin's den since he didn't wanted to farm for them as of now, they went to the third floor to finish the last quest.
The third floor, also presented a fantasy scene, different from the second floor even if it also happened in a cave.
Large caves, separated by small corridors, presented a pond at the middle of them, if not multiple ones, inhabiting monsters, as well as other monsters walking, or moving themselves on the solid ground.
And before finishing the quests from the guild, they found out that starting from here, multiple race of monsters would spawn at this floor, something that wasn't so weird, if anything, it was weird that the first two floors each only had the same race of monster.
But it also explained why the population of adventurers was higher here than on the other floors he had been so far, with three type of monsters here, it also meant that there were a lot more quests to do.
Be it the blood bats, that would spawn from the ceiling and be an annoying flying type monsters, slimes, that would emerge from the ground, could climb on the wall and ceiling, as well as hide in those ponds, and finally, a snake like monsters, that would hide in the water to surprise anyone who would dare getting too close.
' That floor is made to be annoying. '
That was his thoughts when he first discovered the monsters residing here, but it wasn't the reason for his sudden outburst.
Missing only a white card fragment, to finally merge a white card and obtaining a second character by his side, what he obtained instead, was a fragment of a card, which was good, but a golden one.
' Mother fucker ! Am I too lucky for it ? Or unlucky and you won't drop it for me ?! '
" .. Master, is there a problem ? "
The soothing voice of Mariane, called him back to reality as he forced the grueling force in his heart to calm down for now.
" It's nothing, I just obtained a thing I wanted, but it wasn't the one I needed right now. "
Speaking to her in a low tone, he couldn't remove his frown easily, but he made sure that his anger wouldn't be directed towards her and explained the reason for his annoyance while leaving the subtle hint that it wasn't something he could speak about with people around.
" I understand, do you wish for me to hunt more monsters ? "
The quest still not being finished, she probably meant to hunt more than what was needed, which he wanted to, to be honest, but as hunger started to make it's apparition, it also ruined his plans.
" No, we'll go back to the city once we're done with this quest. "
" I understand. "
With her accord, they went back to hunting monsters, especially slime as their missions was about it, and while she was slaying those blobs for him, he also went to check his daily quests that got refreshed.
' With that, I should reach the level 3. '
Clearing the check-in quest, along with the one from buying an item from the shop, he didn't cared about how he looked like to people, using ' spells ' that others couldn't distinguish, he smiled in front of the message.
' Finally ! A fucking reward ! '
Because the prompt changed from the one he received at level two, he knew that he was given something, though it was the first time he saw that kind of message while leveling up.
' What do you mean by ' check your inventory ' as a reward ? '
First off, it was a personalized message, one that never appeared anywhere as it talked to him directly, and not to the player in general, and secondly, rewards were supposed to be first accepted before being transfered there.
" .. Inventory. "
By calling upon the usual window he got used to see, he finally realized what the message was all about.
[ Inventory ]
- All ( 129 )
- Gear ( 0 )
- Items ( 116 )
- Consumables ( 2 )
- Shards ( 9 )
- Inscriptions ( 1 )
- Others ( 1 )
There was another category that was added to it, and by checking it, he found inside a booklet, the same kind that he found on the table when he first opened his eyes to this world.
Taking it out curiously, he sensed that Mariane was staring at him, to which he just ordered her to wait for a moment.
{ Haha ! I'm sure you weren't expecting that, right ?! I wonder, how long did it took you to reach level 3 ? Maybe a week ? Heh, a bit more if you were careful with going out and all, but to hell all that, I don't have much place to write, so I'll explain things quickly !
Like you can see, rewards from leveling up disappeared.. Or so you think ! In fact, since the usual system rewards couldn't be given in this world, I used a bit of my authority... Not that I had much to begin with !
But you know what ? I thought I should take responsabilities till the last letter of the word, and I removed every rewards that were supposed to be given and replaced them with new ones that I think you will really like.
Your first real rewards will come at level 5, and after that, it'll be at every five levels ! I know the road will be long considering you don't have story quests and achievements anymore, but like I said, the patience will be worth it !
And one last thing, since I'm not an entire asshole, I didn't sacrificed all of your efforts, and I think you guessed that, but it's also thanks to me that your affinity with every characters is raised to the max ! So you better be thankful, you get it ??
Ps : I knew you'd be annoyed, so I also added a category to put items from this world inside your inventory ! }
Opening the book and reading through it quickly, the small amount of informations written in it was surprising enough for even him to show a surprised reaction.
' The hell ? That guy was actually nice ? But what's up with the fact that he doesn't have much authority ? Does it means that it wasn't only him who sent me to this world ? '
Thinking about the creator of the game needing the approbation of some higher existence to send him here, he couldn't help but shiver as he realized that maybe it wasn't so simple, though he still had no idea how that happened.
' Anyways, maybe I should try to reach the level 5 now and see what will happen.. Yeah, let's do that. '
With a newborn conviction for experience points, he clicked his tongue when he saw that some missions on his weekly quests were already a failure from the way it was going on, but one was ready to be grabbed.
The quest to hunt a hundred monsters, was now cleared.
' At this rate, I can only do two of them, maybe three if I get lucky, but that's it. '
While he wasn't happy with the result, now that he knew that there was something out of it, he couldn't blame anyone but himself for it.
' But it's alright, I can take my time.. '
" Master, is everything okay ? "
Saved from his own train of thoughts, by Mariane once again, he woke up from his bizarre trance and faced her, the book still in his hand, even as he's been checking a lot of things with his system.
" ... Yes, everything is alright, though there is some minor problems, it's nothing that can't be solved with time and they can be ignored, also, I get to do that now. "
Putting back the book he took out from his inventory back inside of it, he also quickly disposed of the items that filled his pockets and would be a bother every time he walked.
" Isn't that great news ? "
" It is, since from now on, we won't need to carry anything, also, I learned a bit more about my ' set of skills ', that's why.. Mariane, could I ask you to kill a few more monsters today ? "
The excitation of the moment overcoming his hunger to the point where he didn't felt it anymore, wouldn't last, but for the moment, he decided that it was good to do a bit more hunting, at least to clear the new daily quest if not more.
" Leave this to me, master. "
And Mariane, with a sense of duty and pride in her voice, maybe from being the only one able to help him at the moment, raised her sword and small shield, ready to let the monsters who had the joy to live and hunt other humans, also know about the death from their prey.