Carl stood on top of the rock and scanned the surroundings with his [Dragon sense]. An ancient landscape unfolded before his eyes.
The towering, ancient trees stretched toward the horizon, and countless pools, both large and small, appeared here and there behind the mountains.
"I didn’t expect things like this inside a dungeon. Tsk. I shouldn’t have blindly trusted that so-called ancient book from my family. That’s the biggest pile of garbage I’ve ever read."
Then, suddenly, a chill ran down his spine—soone was watching him. He quickly glanced down and spotted a few girls, their spellbound eyes fixed on his body.
"Hah, I know! I’m just too handso..."
Ting!
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[Main Quest]:
– Destroy Arcadia Academy.
– Rewards: A short date with and a tongue kiss from your wife if you complete the quest flawlessly.
[Side Quest]:
–1:Clear your first dungeon.
.Reward: Dinsional Slash Skill
– 2: Kill 10000 goblins(0/10000)
.Reward:?????
Penalty: Tortured by Thorned Shadow Vines for 24 hours.
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[System Notice]
Warning: Don’t draw the girl’s attention, Carl!
"Oh no!" Carl imdiately wrapped himself in his cloak, then biting his nails nonstop in worry.
His voice trembled as if in prayer:
"P-Please, my wife, I’m sorry! Just... don’t punish with those Thorned Shadow Vines. I can’t endure that for a whole hour."
"Have rcy, my wife..."
It seed the system had heard Carl’s desperate plea, because another sound rang out right after.
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[Main Quest]:
– Destroy Arcadia Academy.
– Rewards: A short date with and a tongue kiss from your wife if you complete the quest flawlessly.
[Side Quest]:
–1:Clear your first dungeon.
.Reward: Dinsional Slash Skill
– 2: Kill 500 goblins (0/500)
.Reward:?????
.Penalty: Tortured by Thorned Shadow Vines for 24 hours.
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[System Notice]
• You should have noticed your actions, I’ll be Jealous and have no rcy anymore!
Carl let out a deep breath, shaking off his worry. Just the thought of suffering through those Thorned Shadow Vines made him want to die. Still, he had endured it once before, back when they first t. He rubbed his chest to calm himself and glanced around cautiously, trying to bury his entire body inside the cloak.
"I have to go."
He leapt from the top of the rock, sliding down the mountain slope. Before long, he reached the edge of the ancient forest.
Activating his [Dragon Sense], he scanned the area, then caught sight of a group of candidates, about five hundred ters away.
"I should pick another hunting ground if I don’t want those girls staring at my body. Who knows what my wife might do if she gets jealous again! Better play it safe until I find so proper clothes."
"...But, damn, she really is cute when she’s jealous."
Carl drifted into a lovestruck daze, lost in thoughts of his wife. But then he snapped out of it and refocused on his mission. Failure wasn’t an option—another punishnt from the system was the last thing he wanted.
He dashed deeper into the ancient forest, brushing past sticky thorn bushes. Strange creatures crossed his path—beasts he had never seen outside the dungeon. It seed they could only exist in this sweltering environnt, deep within. Which explained why he’d never encountered them before.
Though curiosity tugged at him, he quickly suppressed it and pressed on with his mission. He could always explore later—after he survived.
Soon, he broke into a vast hunting ground teeming with goblins. If he could take them all down, it would be more than enough to complete his mission.
"I’ll make a mistake if I pay attention to all of them. I should lure one to co here and test its strength."
Carl hid behind an ancient tree, then peeked at the goblin nearby.
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[Inventory]
Slot 1: Mana Stone (Common) ×1
Slot 2: Water Flask ×1
Slot 3: Gold Coin ×1
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He stared at the screen for a while and pulled out a mana stone from his inventory.
"As far as I know, the goblin’s favorite is mana stones."
He placed the mana stone on the ground by the ancient tree at just the right spot, enough for its scent to linger and draw a goblin over.
He drew his sword, ready to slash the goblin at any mont. Waiting for the right ti, he hid himself behind another ancient tree nearby.
He looked around cautiously.
After about five minutes, a goblin finally showed up, wandering toward the tree where Carl had left the mana stone.
It twitched its nose, sniffing for the faint scent of mana stone drifting in the air, without the slightest caution. It looked rather stupid and careless.
"Arg!" Suddenly, it stopped sniffing and focused on sothing, as if it had noticed sothing unusual. Yet the scent of the mana stone quickly pulled its attention back. It shuffled closer, licking its lips, drool hanging off its tongue.
At last, it snatched up the mana stone and held it in its palm, then began performing so strange dance—one that no outsider could possibly understand if they weren’t part of its culture.
Eventually, it stopped its strange performance in satisfaction, as if it had just completed so kind of ritual. It opened its mouth wide, showing jagged, yellow teeth, ready to bite into the mana stone.
However, before it could finish its act, an arc of light from nowhere sliced through its throat, leaving behind a crimson line. Blood dripped down right after.
Tap!
Carl stepped along the fresh grass walkway, approaching the goblin that was now nothing more than a soulless shell.
[System]: You have slain a Goblin. [1/500]
[You have received 1x Monster Card]
"Ah, damn it! I forgot—I should’ve tested its real strength first. Attacking like a coward ans it’s bound to die too easily."
A few seconds later, he let out a sigh.
"Never mind, since it didn’t eat the mana stone yet, I can still try again."
He bent down near the corpse and picked up the mana stone, then he lingered for a wile for so reason and finally decided to test one more thing.
[Soul-Devouring Fla activated!]
Carl exhaled, spitting out a blue fla. The fire quickly rushed forward, wrapping around the goblin’s body like a snake tightening its prey.
He didn’t expect much from the goblin’s soul energy. After all, creatures like goblins were nearly worthless compared to advanced beings like humans. He figured there wouldn’t be anything to gain.
[System]: Target offered no resistance.
In less than half a second—
[System]: Target has died. The soul cannot be devoured.
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