Chapter 3: Black Forest

"Hhmm... well, maybe here will do." Elio arrived at a small meadow in the forest. Elio thought it was spacious enough, only a few dozen meters wide.

Elio wanted to try testing the skills in his system.

"One Heart Flame skill? Is that some kind of heavenly fire, like in the game?" murmured Elio curiously, then he opened his right palm, trying to draw out the flame.

"Flames"

"Fwosh."

When Elio said "Flame," a fairly big fire came out of his hand. Even the fire is big enough to burn one or two trees at once.

The fire was not the same color as most fires. It was blue in color.

"Wow, such a high-density flame. It's also blue, so it must be hotter than a regular fire, right?" Elio said while remembering the contents of a book he had read.

"Let's test its attack power." Elio immediately attacked the group of trees in front of him. He pointed his palm forward, and blue flames with high intensity came out quickly, burning everything in front of him.

All the trees and areas Elio's fire passed through for at least tens of meters were burned entirely, and nothing was left.

"What an incredible destructive power." Elio was delighted and happy with his skill. "As expected of a skill from the god-given system."

"Well, it's time to continue exploring this forest."

Elio immediately returned to investigate the forest.

After walking for a long time in the forest, Elio did not find any monsters. This is quite strange, considering that the place is a forest in the magical world. There is no way there are no monsters in it at all.

The deeper into the forest, there were more and more large trees. There were large trees with roots that looked like they were hanging down. There were also large trees where their roots crawled out of the ground like claws.

"System, why isn't there a single monster in this forest? Where is this?" asked Elio curiously.

[The Host is currently in a forest called the Black Forest]

"Huh, Black Forest?"

"Then why is there not a single monster in sight?" asked Elio was in wonder.

[Host, it's because your One Heart Flame skill is always active]

"Always active? It means that the skills in the system can be turned off and on?"

[Correct. The Host can activate or deactivate the skill if it is not being used]

[Because as long as the skill is active, the Host's combat ability will increase by 50 levels]

[In other words, currently, the Host's combat ability is approximately equivalent to Level 51]

[Monsters with a level less than 50 will not dare to approach the Host recklessly]

"No wonder I haven't met any monsters since earlier." Elio sighed and muttered thoughtfully. "Hhmm.. is there no other way out?"

[Ding]

[Host received a mission]

[Kill 10 humanoid-type monsters 0/10]

[Reward: Ring of Aura Concealment]

[Deadline: Half-day]

[*Note: Humanoid-type monsters are monsters that walk on two legs]

"Ouhh, finally the first mission from the system," Elio was excited.

Elio immediately explored the forest to find a humanoid-type monster.

Time passed, but he still didn't find any monsters at all.

Elio began to feel annoyed, but suddenly Elio heard something. Elio heard something like a growl. He followed the origin of the noise.

It turned out that the noise came from a small village of two-legged monsters. There seemed to be dozens of these monsters living in the village.

The monster is big and stands tall. At least two meters tall. The monster also has a relatively muscular body.

Near the monster's face is a small horn on its head. And the growl Elio heard was their way of communicating with each other.

Elio immediately checked the system and saw the information data of that monster.

[System Window]

[Name: Ogre]

[Race: Monsters]

[Level: 45]

"Oh, so it's called Ogre, huh?" Elio watched the information on the system carefully. "Hhmm... Level 45, I think I can still handle it. Alright, time for action."

Elio began to move. He created a diversion by shooting the fire in his hands into a firework-like display over the Ogre village.

Some Ogres were distracted by the fireworks effect that Elio had released earlier. Then, he immediately broke through and charged into the Ogre village.

"Haaaa..." Elio shot flames from his palm and killed five Ogres at once.

The five Ogres were Ogres whose attention Elio had successfully diverted.

Seeing that, the other Ogres did not stand still. They entered their hut house and took out a large club with spikes on each side.

Some Ogres tried to attack Elio directly by utilizing their larger bodies.

Elio was seen with difficulty dodging the swings of large clubs and direct blows from the Ogres several times. As soon as the Ogres finished attacking, Elio could only take advantage of the Ogre's attack interval, where they moved pretty slowly due to their large bodies.

Elio can only dodge and spam the One Heart Flame skill.

"If only I had a skill for close combat," Elio muttered to himself.

But finally, Elio overcame this with his One Heart Flame skill.

In the end, he successfully killed 15 Ogres.

[Ding]

[Congratulations, host mission successfully completed]

[Kill humanoid-type monster 15/10]

[Reward: Ring of Aura Concealment successfully obtained]

"Ring of Concealment" Elio immediately summoned the ring to wear on his finger.

[Ring of Aura Concealment]

[Effect: To conceal the battle power aura from the Host if the skill is active]

"With this, I don't have to worry about hunting monsters." Elio looked at the ring in his hand with excitement.

[Ding]

[Congratulations, the Host has reached Level 50]

[Ding]

[Host successfully unlocked a new feature, System Point]

"Hhhm... many notifications are appearing from the system." Elio immediately checked the system notifications.

"System point?" Elio also saw something while checking the message from the system. "Heyy system, what is the system point meaning here?"

[Every time you kill 1 monster, you will get 1 point]

[Host, do you want to convert surplus kills into points]

"Yes," replied Elio

[Ding]

[Host gets 5 points]

Elio immediately checked his status in the system after a notification that he got points.

[System Window]

[System Level: 0]

[Host: Elio Vukan]

[Age: 15]

[Race: Human]

[Level: 50]

[Skill: One Heart Flame]

[Magic Item: Ring of Aura Concealment]

[System Point: 5]

"Hhhmm ... my level is already level 50 just by killing a dozen of Ogres, not bad," Elio said, looking at his status in the system.

"Oh right, it seems to be getting late, as the sky seems to be slowly getting darker." Elio began to notice when the surrounding area was not as sunny as before.

"I guess I should find a place to rest." Elio searched the forest again, hoping to find a place to rest.

Soon Elio arrived at a place with a small wooden house in the middle of the forest. From the outside, the small wooden house looked like it had not been lived in for a long time.

Sure enough, as soon as Elio entered the small wooden house, there was much dust and some daily tools that already looked very worn.

"Well, better than I have to spend the night outside in a forest full of monsters right?" Elio immediately cleaned up the small wooden house a bit to quickly take a rest.