My name is Akane Hana. I'm in the third year of high school. I can be considered an ambitious student. I always pursued grades and achievements, I even joined the student council. I was dating a popular cool guy, but after 5 months of dating, his true colors came out, instantly our relationship became toxic. So, I decided to break up with him.
Well, that was a while ago. After that I was killed by my ex because he didn't accept that our relationship was over. In the end, I was reincarnated into a new world and wanted to start a new life.
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"Ugh... So bright. Where is this?"
Hana finally woke up after being reincarnated into this new world. Hana began to try to sit up and look around her. It turned out that she found herself in the middle of a forest.
"Ehh... Why did I appear in the forest? what am I a forest person?" Hana complained while rubbing her head. But it felt a little strange.
"Eh? How come it feels like my hands are small? Let me see..." "HUH?! A child's hand?! What!? My feet too?!" Hana began to wonder.
"Okay, calm down. This is better than being reincarnated as a weak baby though." "Hmm, can I evolve and get a new appearance?"
"Ah, first I have to look at my status first, it should be possible." "Ehm! Status!" Suddenly a holographic status board appeared in front of hana's eyes.
"Uwah! It's like playing a VR-RPG game! The difference is this thing is real." "Okay, now what is my current status?"
[My Status: [Name: ? ] [Age: 8 ] [Lvl: 1] ]
[HP: 50/50] [MP: 20/20] [SP: 100/100] [EXP: 0/200]
[STR: 4] [AGI: 3] [INT: 12] [WIS: 10] [CHA: 7] [VIT: 5]
[ATK: 3] [DEF: 3] [EVA: 3] [CRT: 1]
[Skill point: 0]
[Skills: -]
"Damn, one hit and I'm dead again. Huft- only my mental stats is high. Maybe it's because my body became a child..." Hana complained about her weak stats.
"Hm? Why's my name a question mark?" "Is it because it's a new body so I'm nameless? Anyway, I'll renamed myself."
"Now, my name is Hannah, Hannah Redflower." 'Flickers noise'
[My Status: [Name: Hannah Redflower] [Age: 8] [Lvl: 1] ]
[HP: 50/50] [MP: 20/20] [SP: 100/100] [EXP: 0/200]
[STR: 4] [AGI: 3] [INT: 12] [WIS: 10] [CHA: 7] [VIT: 5]
[ATK: 3] [DEF: 3] [EVA: 3] [CRT: 1]
[Skill point: 0]
[Skills: -]
"Okay, then it's time to start journey, maybe I'll look for a nearby town or village. This journey will definitely take some time so first, I need to find a river or lake and a temporary shelter." Hannah started to get up and began her long journey.
Hannah began to explore the area around the forest while keeping an eye out for surprise attacks. Hannah used her sense of hearing to be on the lookout for sounds of movement and searched for the sound of a nearby stream. After walking for a while, Hannah finally found the river.
"Yosh, around here I can make a simple fireplace." "I'm gonna wash my face first to freshen up." Hannah walked closer to the stream and squatted down to scoop some water. As she squatted, she saw her own reflection in the water.
"Huh? This face looks familiar." Hannah brought her face a little closer to the surface of the water to get a better look. To Hannah's surprise, it turned out to be-
"THIS IS ME WHEN I WAS A CHILD!!!" Hannah shouted out in shock.
"I thought I got a new body, but it turns out I was just turned back into my elementary-self again. Well, actually, it can still be considered 'new' because it's back to being young again. What can I do 'bout it anyway." In the end, Hannah could only accept the fact that she was still in her old body, except that her physique now was that of her when she was 8 years old.
"Well, I have to find some firewood first anyway." Hannah quickly washed her face with water, then left the riverbank and walked towards the forest.
After collecting enough wood, Hannah was about to return to the riverbank as it was about to be evening. On her way back, Hannah heard a sound in the bushes. She became alert and kept her distance.
Suddenly, the creature hiding behind the bush jumped out.
"WHAT THE F*CK!? WHAT IS THAT!?" Without thinking, Hannah immediately hit the monster with a log from one of the firewood she had picked up and the monster bounced but not too far. Still in her stance, Hannah analyzed the monster's stats.
"Alright, what kind of monster is this... Huh? Slime? Aren't slimes usually weak monsters?"
[Status: [Monster type: Weak Slime] [Lvl: 1] ]
[HP: 16/20] [MP: 0] [SP: 18/20] [EXP: 7]
[STR: 2] [AGI: 2] [VIT:3]
[ATK: 2 ] [DEF: 1 ] [EVA: 2 ] [CRT: 1 ]
[Skills: Slow Heal, Low Regeneration]
"As what I thought. Oh? It has a regen skill apparently. But I ain't gonna let it slide! It's time to try magic!" "All I know how to use magic like in the game is to sense the flow of mana, then change the flow of mana into the basic form of magic and adjust it to the mp we have."
First, I felt the flow of mana like a flowing stream of water. I choose fire element, then I formed it into basic fire magic. Then I enlarge it with some mana. Now, my fire is ready.
"NOW EAT THIS FOR JUMP-SCARED ME!!" I shoot the fireball towards the slime. As expected, the slime beaten easily.
"Easy-peasy. Hm?" [Obtained 7 EXP]
"Ohh, it's from defeating that slime. Oh yeah, is that slime have item drop?" Hannah walked over to the remaining slime to make sure.
"Wah, crystal ore! And this one is.. Jelly-thingy..??" Hannah was confused as she had never seen such a drop item before.
"Is this thing even edible?? WHAT THE H*CK IS THIS!?" "Sigh. For now I'll assume that this is slime core. As I remember from some RPGs this thing is edible like jelly. Well, it's from jelly monster literally."
I put the crystal ore and slime core into my pocket and continue to head back to the riverside.
After returning to the riverside area, Hannah built a simple campfire and made the fire using lich fire so as not to waste much mp remembering she has low mp and after that fight with the slime earlier. She also built a small shelter from big leaves and sticks together.
After that, she tried to go fishing and managed to catch 2 fish. She then cooked the fish after cleaning it and have a meal.
After finishing the meal, She remembered that she haven't tried to eat the slime core yet.
"Oh right. I still have the slime core. I wonder how it taste like." I pull out the slime core from my pocket.
"Alright, here's goes nothing." I put the slime core inside my mouth and bite it. Surprisingly it's not tasted bad at all.
"The taste is bland, but there is a hint of mint flavor. Then when you chew it, it kind of pops in your mouth." After swallowing it, I have another stats notifications.
[Obtained Skills: Slow Heal, Low Regeneration]
[Obtained Skill point: 1]
"Eh? HAH!? Ain't no way. I need to check it again. Stats!"
[My Status: [Name: Hannah Redflower] [Age: 8] [Lvl: 1] ]
[HP: 50/50] [MP: 10/20] [SP: 100/100] [EXP: 7/200]
[STR: 4] [AGI: 3] [INT: 12] [WIS: 10] [CHA: 7] [VIT: 5]
[ATK: 3] [DEF: 3] [EVA: 3] [CRT: 1]
[Skill point: 1]
[Skills: Slow Heal, Low Regeneration]
"Ohh, I see. From eating the slime core I'll obtain their skills and skill point! It sounds like thief cheat, but it's ok, I'm not in a game anyway and I won't get punished lol"
"Now, how these new skills supposed to work, let me see.."
[Skills info]
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[Slow Heal : Lvl.1, Passive skill, increase HP recovery time by 10%, Slow time recovery: 45s-50s/1% HP, applicable for all types of HP recovery.]
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[Low Regeneration : Lvl.1, Passive skill, Minor injuries: 50%, Common injuries: 30,5℅, Severe injuries: 13.4℅, Fatal injuries: 2℅, MP: 3℅, SP: 3.5℅, HP: 3℅]
"Quite useful, but not effective for direct combat. Then, this SP(Skill point) supposed to level up or unlock new skills right? Aight, I'll upgrade Low Regen for now."
[Level up skill: Low Regeneration Lvl.2]
[New stats: Minor injuries: 50.5%, Common injuries: 31℅, Severe injuries: 14℅, Fatal injuries: 2.3℅, MP: 3.4℅, SP: 4℅, HP: 3.5℅]
"Uhhum~ I think that's all of it! I can't wait to hunt another slime~! Well, that's means I must've rest now. Goodnight! I hope there's no mosquito or annoying bugs or even monsters here." I lay down in a small tent I built before and covering myself with big leaf that I found in the forest nearby.
"This is how my first step in this world and I'll become stronger each step."
Then Hannah fell asleep instantly that night.
The next day
I continued my journey through the forest hoping to find the nearest town or village soon.
While traveling, I also picked some wild berries and mushrooms that were safe to eat and put them into the small bag I had.
Honestly, during the journey I was hoping to find more slime monsters. Why? Of course to eat and obtain some EXP so I can rank up.
As I walked through the forest, I suddenly heard a noise in the bushes. I was on alert, in case the creature might jumped out like yesterday.
After I waited for a while, it turned out that what came out was a wild boar, not the slime I expected.
"A Big wild boar huh, reminds me of someone.."
"Oh wait, ain't wild boars are aggressive!? I must prepare my spell" Just same like yesterday, I used the same element and method to use magic, but this time faster. After the spell ready, I instantly shoot it towards the boar.
"That should've knocked it down" Hannah thought after shoot that fire.
'Pig noise' "Huh? Wait, what!?" Turns out, that boar was still standing.
"You're a tough pig huh." "Stats!"
[Status: [Animal: Wild Boar] [Lvl: 3] ]
[HP: 10/25] [MP: 0] [SP: 18/25] [EXP: 8]
[STR: 5] [AGI: 3] [VIT:5]
[ATK: 5 ] [DEF: 3 ] [EVA: 3 ] [CRT: 2 ]
[Skills: Tusk Attack, Tusk Strike, Area Scan]
"Wait, wait, wait!? This boar is much stronger than weak slime!?" "Uh oh, It's taking a stance to attack! Nah, I ain't gonna let that slide. I'd win."
As the boar prepare to attack me using his skills, I preparing my spell too so as the boar attack I could shoot it at the same time.
The boar then sniffed and ran and launched its Tusk Strike skill at Hannah. Before the attack could hit Hannah, Hannah immediately launched a fire attack at the pig.
The pig fell and lost and left an item drop.
[Obtained 8 EXP]
"Huft, that was close." Hannah let out a sigh of relief.
"This is bad, my MP has run out. Now I have to be more careful while waiting for my MP to regen."
"Alright, I'll collect the item drop." I walk to the boar's item drop and pick it up.
The item drops from the boar is 2 big tusks, meat, and it's pelt.
"I see. Animals with no magic doesn't drop their core."
"Anyway, Great! Now I don't have to worry about food for a while and I'll turn the tusks into my weapon for now." I packed everything and wear the boar coat, then I continue my journey to find nearby civilization.