They reached the portal. There was a half-meter-wide slime bomb in front of the gate.
"Lucky, we already found the boss," said Akira with relief, "if we kill the leader, all the contribution will be distributed to us. Leader contribution has a special mechanism. The rewards from killing leaders will depend on the contribution we make in killing it.
So, the 10% tutorial contribution we need will be filled if we both attack the leader. The notification of the first tutorial clear didn't come, so we still have a chance. Let's go."
"How is it different from normal monsters?" Haruka asked.
"Normal monster contribution only goes to the person who killed it, but leader position monsters' contribution will depend on individual contribution," said Akira and thought.
'The first tutorial clear was in 32 minutes, but we only got to the boss in 14 minutes. And it was in Russia, so my rebirth doesn't affect this timing.'
"There are no other slimes here, is it that confident?" Haruka asked.
"They are low-intelligence creatures, so most of the slimes must have been scared and ran away.
It has high HP, so it won't explode on contact with us because it is very big. We can go and stab it a few times first to get as much contribution as possible in killing the leader. At that point, even if we run far away, we will still get the tutorial contribution when it dies."
Akira taunted the slime from the front while Haruka positioned herself at the back. She first stabbed the slime, so the slime jumped to turn back, but then Akira stabbed simultaneously, so the slime didn't turn and chased Akira.
They both repeated stabbing 10 times each; the slime was confused and couldn't decide whom to attack.
"Ruka, that's enough. Let's move back." Both of them ran away in different directions but the slime followed Akira.
Few players secretly followed the duo since they announced the slime bomb's weakness. They watched the duo trying to kill that big slime and thought that would give them more rewards.
So they waited until the duo took most of the HP. Akira knew some people would follow. He made them believe that they were retreating to avoid the blast. Seeing that the monster had lost most of its HP, those people came out to claim the last hit.
Haruka and Akira started to retreat, and the other players had only one thought. 'The monster must be at its limit, so they are retreating to throw something to finish it off. If I finish it, I will get more EXP and rewards.'
Akira purposefully hid the matter of the special mechanism for leader monsters. "The leader has a 10-meter blast radius, be careful," Akira shouted, at least to warn them.
So players distanced themselves from the moving slime. A player threw a kitchen knife at the slime, getting the leader slime's attention, and Akira got away.
'Phew, it was so fast. Luckily, some dumbass took its attention. Ruka and I must have done at least 40% damage each. She ran away in the opposite direction, and it stopped chasing me; we both are safe, so should I finish it off.'
He stopped and turned around and saw players in the building, throwing knives. Looking at that, Akira suddenly realized. Guilt surged inside him again. 'What was I thinking? If I kill it, they will die. I am not that evil rookie snake anymore. Even if I am not a good person, I shouldn't become a bad person.
I already warned about the dangers of the leader. I only hid about the special mechanism, so it's not my fault if they get killed.' He decided not to kill the leader himself.
Guilt was not clouding his judgment but he knew if he did that, he would feel more guilt, which would hinder him in the future, so he decided not to take the last hit.
While he thought that, a huge blast took place in front of him. Although it was not enough to collapse houses, any human that didn't hide died.
Haruka closed her mask mouth in shock. She just saw 10 to 20 people in the area, and the next second, a huge blast took place. 'This is too cruel, people are dying left and right. What is this disaster? Is it natural or is someone making it happen?'
**Congratulations, you cleared the tutorial. Tutorial clear time: 17:23 Please enter your username**
Akira entered the name 'Black Bear.' Meanwhile, Haruka reluctantly entered the name 'White rabbit.'
**Tutorial contribution list
1. Black bear 34.42%
2. White rabbit 29.91%
3. Thousand years of death 7.26%
4. Never rest in my heart 4.38%
5. . . .**
**You are the first batch to finish the tutorial. Your tutorial area will be rewarded with an unlimited absolute safe zone. All survivors will get preferential treatment from this safe zone.**
**Calculating rewards.**
**You received 25000 EXP
You received the title 'limit breaker' for clearing the tutorial first in the world with level 1 and more than 10% contribution
You received 5000 coins.
You received 34.42% of slime bomb crystals from the remaining slime bombs.
For the first 10% extra contribution, you receive a skill. You received the skill; throw (F) (G). Hint: F is the rank of the skill, and G means growth-type skill.
For the 2nd additional 10% contribution, you will receive a non-growth skill book of your choice from the system shop.
For remaining contributions above 30%, you received a coin for each 0.01% with multiple of highest multiple of 10 of your contribution divided by 10. In your case, 30/10=3. 4.42100*3=1326 coins**
'Ruka just missed by 0.09%. But I already decided not to use the skill book. So it won't affect our power.'
Suddenly, something Akira unexpected appeared in front of him.
*Ding*
**error... Detected player black bear's partner is only missing a 0.09% contribution. By giving up double the contribution, you can exchange it with your partner.**
That shocked Akira. That was not part of the system he heard about even in his past life. Contribution in an event can never be shared due to a fair system. 'Why is the system allowing me to do this? Is this the same system as everyone else?' He gulped as he clicked yes and quickly rushed to Haruka.
'It's not time to check the rewards. I need to clear that dungeon. Luckily, that dungeon is in our town.' He picked the leader's crystal along the way.
Akira and Haruka met. Haruka wanted to ask why her contribution increased, but she knew they had to follow up their plan and go to the dungeon. So she simply followed him to the next dungeon.
"You said we should go to the dungeon after the tutorial, but don't other areas have tutorials? Do we have to clear all of them while going?" Haruka asked while Akira took a bike.
"You will find out; hop on," said Akira. She wondered when he learned how to ride a bike. Akira noticed Haruka's hand was shaking while getting on the bike.
"Ruka, do you have skirts?"
With a disappointed voice, Haruka said, "You don't pay attention to my dressing style?"
That made Akira very sad. 'Sorry, Ruka. I am a scumbag.' He tried to ease her, but he got shaken by those words. He started the bike.
Haruka quickly became mischievous to not ruin his mood and said, "Only my school uniforms are skirts, but if you want, just buy some you like, I will wear them, just for you."
"How did it change from me trying to stop you wearing skirts to me trying to see you in skirts?" said Akira sarcastically understanding her intentions. "As you have to fight from now on, you can't wear skirts anymore."
"I know, I am not a celebrity," said Haruka getting relaxed. "No need to make jokes, Aki, I am fine."
But that made her worse; the fact that he didn't even know that she didn't wear skirts made her think. 'He is not that inattentive to not know such things. Something is odd about Aki. I will act along for now, but I will demand an explanation at one point.'
Haruka looked at a tree while thinking that but suddenly the tree vanished along with all her surroundings.