Volume 1 - CH 12

Alright, which way should I go today. Though I don’t have a map, I have a basic grasp on the layout of the surrounding area. I drew a rough map into the dirt with a branch so I could plan out my route for today.

I guess I’ll check out the area to the east today. From my current position, the cave I stayed in before is to the side. I had already searched the north area while I was earning points, but I didn’t find anything new.

Perhaps it would be a different story if I went deeper, but that would be a rather long trip. It would be better to check out somewhere a bit closer.

After deciding that I would head east, I set out in that direction. I went along while fighting against fang cows and hobgoblins as I could still earn points from them.

If I could find a new monster, then I would be able to reach 5000 points, but you know… I continued moving with that in mind. On the way I found a few iron magic ores. I put two of them in my pocket with the future in mind.

…I wonder if I could make myself a rucksack. Taking a look at the tailoring skill it seems I could make as much as a pouch. I took some fang cow hide and tried making one. …Alright, done.

I took my newly completed cow-patterned pouch and put the iron magic ore inside. While I was at it, I made a sheath for knife I had previously jury-rigged to my hip with some string.

Sweet, thanks to tailoring technique I can now make various accessories out of hide. After processing the hide, I could also use smithing technique on it to make protective equipment. I hunted a fang cow, collected its hide, and then made some fang cow hide armour.

Although it really only protected my vitals, it was still better than nothing. In the meantime, I ran out of points I could get from fang cows and hobgoblins.

…Ah, 2500 more points, huh. It would be great if I could find around two new monster types. I walked around with that in mind until I came across the scent of seawater.

No way, am I close to the ocean? I followed the direction of the scent until I found a sandy beach. It’s the ocean.

Now that I have seawater, I can make salt. I touched a nearby tree with one of my hands and made a small box to use as a container for salt.

I walked across the beach and approached the waters edge. While watching the waves I took a scoop of sea water with the wooden box. Then I activated cooking technique. After shining for a moment, all of the sea water turned into salt.

Now I’ve been able to get myself some salt. I didn’t think I would really be able to get it this quickly. The ocean was only about a half day’s walk away from my base.

This was valuable information. Looking out into the sea, there was a dense wall of fog I couldn’t see beyond. Perhaps there was another continent across the ocean. I was curious about that. While I walked across the beach, a monster leapt out of the ocean water.

It was a merman type monster; a sahuagin. It held a spear in its hands. …There are even monsters in the ocean. I’m not super great at swimming so I would probably die.

In any case, nothing wrong with finding a new monster. The sahuagin kicked off the ground and thrust its spear at me. Fast. Since it was hard to get my footing on the sandy ground, it was difficult to receive its attack.

After it swung its spear a few times I activated earth magic. I created some dirt where the sahuagin stood, throwing its left and right feet out of balance. The sahuagin seemed to be surprised by the sudden change. That instant was fatal.

I stabbed my sword into the sahuagin’s throat. Once I confirmed that the sahuagin was dead, I pulled it out.

While I wiped the blood of my sword, I took a look at the sahuagin’s spear. The spear was in really bad condition. It doesn’t look like I could use it like that. I didn’t want a goblin or something from the forest picking it up, so I buried it.

For killing the sahuagin I got 200 points. It was pretty hard to fight even with all the growth I’ve had since coming to the lower world. 200 is probably enough. Rather, I would like a bit more.

I would be able to fix up the spear with blacksmithing technique and some iron magic ore, but my sword is good enough. Rather, I’ve never used a spear before.

I could probably wield it, but there would be no reason to force myself in a life and death battle. I moved along the beach and to hunt sahuagins. While I was hunting them, a monster called a poison bee came out of the forest.

A monster with poison. I fought it carefully, and somehow managed to kill it without getting hit. I checked the dead poison bee with appraisal, and it seems that its stinger can be used as an antidote.

It seems that if I combine the stinger with chuchu grass, then I can make an antidote potion. I guess I’ll make one. I drank all the potion I had been carrying up till now, and then made an antidote potion. While I’m hunting in this area it would probably be best to have an antidote potion with me.

…A poison bee gives 100 points. That guy was certainly a dangerous monster, but I still was able to bring it down with one hit. It’s probably a reasonable amount.

More poison bees appeared. This time there were two. They were about the size of a human head, but their ability to fly made them hard to fight. While exchanging blows with the poison bees, I swung my sword. I brought down one of them, but my sword went in deep and was stuck longer than I anticipated.

The remaining one stung my arm. …Ouch. Right after taking that attack my head got heavy. This is what it’s like to be poisoned huh. It feels almost like I have a high fever.

I quickly drank the antidote potion and caught my breath. After taking down the other one I made another antidote potion right away.

Wow, that was dangerous. Had I not had the antidote potion there I could have died. Good thing I’ve got doctor.

With dangerous monsters like this around, it might be impossible to find other survivors. …I wonder if I’ll be by myself from now on.

That’s a bit sad. After that I went around fighting more poison bees and sahuagins. Before it got dark, I wrapped up my hunting and went back to the tree I was using as my base.

My points were at 6600. I’ll roll the gacha for today, and then after killing sahuagins and poison bees tomorrow I should be able to get to 5000 again.

For now, I’m safe for today and tomorrow. Alright, time to roll the gacha!