Boing.
“Huh?”
I smashed the slime square in the middle with my staff. I definitely felt the impact.
The slime flew backward but it didn’t look like it had taken any real damage.
Comments flashed across the screen:
> Was that a crit?
> Still didn’t kill it though.
> Check its remaining HP with Clairvoyance.
The comments kept catching my eye. Since I am streaming, I couldn’t just ignore them. But if I paid too much attention, I’d get myself killed.
Guess I’d just have to get used to it.
“The slime’s remaining HP is four. Wait. Only one damage!?”
That hit felt perfect, too. Doing just one damage with that kind of swing was rough.
More comments rolled in:
> Blunt attacks don’t work well on slimes.
> Aim for its belly.
> Something’s stuck to your right foot.
Juuuu-
“H-hot! Uwawaa—!”
Apparently, a piece of slime had splashed onto my right foot when I struck it. A searing pain shot through my body. Instinctively, I tried to brush the sticky goo away with my hand.
“Uwaa! Now it’s on my hand! H-hot!!”
Now my left hand was burning too.
The chat exploded:
> LOL
> Use the staff, the staff! LOL
> Death flag detected
Were these viewers cheering for me or making fun of me? More importantly—what happened to my HP?
I opened my status screen to check. Somehow I had taken four damage.
My HP was down to 6.
Was I seriously going to die here?
> Maybe you should run.
> Can’t you use a healing skill?
> Got any potions?
Right…. I didn’t have a healing skill. And because I was so eager to try the dungeon, I forgot to buy potions.
I’d planned to just peek inside and leave if things looked dangerous.
Maybe I should listen to the viewers and retreat. Soloing with these stats really was reckless.
No, wait.….
My Agility was 1, wasn’t it?
Could I even run away?
If it circled around me, I’d be done for. Looks like I had no choice but to finish this.
“So, I just have to aim for its belly, right?”
I lowered my stance slightly and held the staff in front of me with both hands. If the belly is really its weak point, maybe I could do enough damage. That’s probably a better chance than trying to run.
….But where exactly was a slime’s belly?
More comments appeared:
> The side touching the ground.
> Hit that and blunt damage works better.
> No, the weak point is the eye.
Eye? It doesn’t even have eyes!
Screw it! I’m aiming for the belly.
“Kishaaa!”
Ooops—here it comes!
This time, it’s crawling along the ground straight toward me.
I can’t see its belly!!
“Uooooooh!”
Don’t underestimate a former corporate slave!
THUD!
> He kicked it LOL
> Uwaa….
> You’re not supposed to touch it. He’s dead.
No, I am still alive!
Part of the slime splattered onto the leg I’d kicked with, sending another burst of pain through me.
I definitely took damage.
But—
“Uoooryaaaaaa!”
The slime lifted slightly off the ground from the kick.
I didn’t miss that moment. Planting my right foot firmly, like a golf swing, I swung my staff upward with all my strength——delivering a crushing blow straight into the slime’s underside.
“Fssshhhh”
With a pathetic sound like a deflating fart, the slime dissolved into blue smoke and seeped into the ground.
Did… did I win?
Barely conscious from the pain, I activated 【Clairvoyance】 again to check.
| ――――――――――― Species: Slime HP: 0/5 MP: 1/1 ――――――――――― |
Looks like I actually finished it off.
“Pheeeew…. that was close.”
I barely made it.
Checking my own status, my HP was down to 2.
If that last hit hadn’t killed it, I’m dead.
The chat reacted:
> Nice job.
> Hey, not bad.
> Oh, too bad.
Too bad!? What do you mean too bad!? Does this person really want to see me die?
But I really thought I was going to die.
Then suddenly, a message appeared in midair.
| 《 Daishi leveled up. 》 |
Huh?
My level went up?
Oh, that’s right. The guild had explained this too. Just like in games, defeating a monster gains experience and you level up. Stats increase. And sometimes you may learn a new skill.
So this was what it looked like.
My first level-up.
I opened the status screen with a flick of my finger.
I am starting to get used to this interface.
| 《 HP +3 MP +5 》 |
Yeah, okay. Makes sense.
Next,
| 《 Strength +1 Endurance +1 Agility +1 Intelligence +1 Mana −10 Burial Power +44 》 |
Something about that felt extremely wrong.
W-well, let’s see the rest.
| 《 Daishi learned a new skill. 》 |
A new skill!?
Yes! Finally!
It had to be Heal, right?
There was still one more screen. Somehow I felt like this next one would show the full updated status.
Here we go.
| ――――――――――― Name: Daishi Ajiri Class: Cleric Level: 2 (+1) HP: 2 / 13 (+3) MP: 15 / 20 (+5) Strength: 3 (+1) Endurance: 3 (+1) Agility: 2 (+1) Intelligence: 6 (+1) Mana: 0 (−10) Burial Power: 44 (+44) Skill: 【 Cremation (LV1) 】New 【 Clairvoyance (LV1) 】 ――――――――――― |
Uh….
First of all, where the hell did my Mana go?
Second—
What the hell is Burial Power?
And the new skill I learned….
【Cremation】
That is definitely not a healing spell!
This is translated by Yume Neiji. Kindly read at yumeineijiworks.wordpress.com.
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