CHAPTER 3: Defeating an Unlucky Wind Snake
On the empty plains that Virgil had appeared on, an unwelcome guest came.
A giant snake with black stripes and a green body crawled out from the depths of the forest invading their location.
With a length of approximately 4m and a diameter close to that of a bucket, two fangs larger than small sticks give a very clear impression that this particular snake is not a vegetarian.
Shamelessly he hid in a tree, closely watching this giant snake.
Just moments ago, after the warning, he almost had a heart attack. This kind of life form, whether or not it existed on Earth before his transport, he had no idea, but can he, who has only seen kittens and domestic puppies, really be expected to deal with such a ferocious being calmly?
If it weren't for the fact that there are more of these idiots to 'greet', he would have run back to his mother. On the presumption that there is one in this world,
While watching the snake, he couldn't help but feel, as expected from a forest of giant beasts.
A ray of light flashed across his eyes, and at the top of the snake, a single line of words came out.
[Wind Snake: lv10]
This is just another advantage of the system, a passive ability of the system to discern objects within the field of view.
Instead of information, you're more likely to call it name and level.
But although it was just a small piece of information, he was still close to crying.
System, you piece of shit, this is fucking level 10, to put my chances of winning at 5% with my fabulous lv0 when we don't even know if the chances actually exceed 1%.
Keeping his thoughts, he placed his hands on the hilt of his sword and closed his eyes slightly, maintaining his posture so he could attack at any time, planning his next moves.
There is only one chance and a head-on confrontation between level 0 and level 10 is simply foolish. Under these circumstances, only with a sudden ambush can the chances of victory be increased, and this attack must be carried out with force and speed! Or it's nap time.
Once he attacks and the snake is still mobile, his only option will be to flee.
Keeping his gaze on the huge wind snake, his consciousness entered the system, flipping through the list of items.
That's why he kept the IP, what better time to use it than now?
[Immortal Intoxicating Flower: Able to release a certain amount of pollen to induce the target who inhaled it to stun, it also has a certain chance of causing hallucinations]
[Price: 1000 Ip.]
Sword on the right, flower on the left, the flower looks intriguingly ancient and although there are better choices on the list, he wanted to conserve its resources. Furthermore, this flower is quite practical and perfectly suited to dealing with this threat.
Raising an arm to cover his nose, he laughed as he shook the flower.
A bunch of pollen invisible to the naked eye came out and slowly floated towards the snake. It's hard to believe, but the pollen from this flower doesn't need the wind to carry it, just point it like a gun at the target and the pollen will only travel in that direction.
Drifting towards the snake that looks around anxiously with its green eyes because of its instinct.
Its body tightened with a spring and with its forked tongue moving in and out of its mouth, the snake prepared itself.
It's a shame this snake's story ends here, for how would it know with its undeveloped psyche that an opponent would shamelessly hide and use cheap stratagems, it only knew those who would come right out and challenge it.
As time passed, her eyelids began to feel heavy and watery. Blinking from time to time with the body continually turning, but this appears to be a sign of restlessness.
Witnessing this, Virgil can't help but feel elated that his plan worked. Honestly, he was afraid that the snake wouldn't get intoxicated since he didn't know much about snakes.
Gradually, as if he knew his time had come, the snake cried out his last wail. In Virgil's ears, these pitiful screams are music to his ears, he just heard 'Moar!', so he shook the flower even harder!
Until there was no more pollen taken from the flower, he stopped, and on the ground was the snake that had entered a beautiful dream world.
Realizing this, he jumped 6 to 7 meters from the tree and landed on the ground, with his 'Kendo Master', even though his body hasn't improved much, his techniques have improved to the point that a little agility is just a mere trifle.
Carefully he approached the snake whose head reached his knees as he swallowed hard.
{She won't wake up, will she...?}
Fighting his urge to flee as quickly as possible, he decided to rely on attacking first, drawing his Kusanagi sword, he aimed for the Wind Serpent's forehead.
"Don't blame me, bro, blame the fact that you were born a snake, you don't have human rights. Remember to be a 'good person' the next time you reincarnate."
(A/N: It is a Buddhist belief that there is a guide being kept at the end of life and closed before starting another circle of life. This guide details your good and bad deeds. If you do very well, then you will be born human , the highest honor, or if you are bad at killing lots of pigs, for example, you will be born a pig. The way to escape this circle of death and rebirth is through nirvana, but then again, I'm not a Buddhist, so I wouldn't know. very difficult. It is very difficult to maintain the original intention when switching to another language...)
Chanting 'Amituofo' (A/N: take refuge in the name/light of amitabha, Buddhist expression), he brandished the sword, the sharp Kusanagi cut his head like a knife through paper, executing the snake in its sleep.
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv1!]
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv2!]
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv3!]
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv4!]
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv5!]
[Ding! Congratulations on leveling up, the current level is lv6!]
The system notification shook his brain, after he regained consciousness, he laughed, dispelling the feelings of sin and disgust from killing to hell.
'Lv10 monsters are very good, I jumped from 0 to lv6, I finally escaped the title of 'newbie'
Raising his arms, he can feel that with the increase in levels his body has become lighter and more vigorous, he is feeling as if he has been born again with strengthened bones and a clearer mind.
A body that was previously only skilled was, with levels, improved to the point that it met the basic requirements of cultivation.
It seems that this thing known as leveling strengthens the body and strengthens the aptitudes, modifying itself to become more suitable for cultivation and growth purposes. Clearly, with levels, talents and body conditions will improve. Combining this with the system's abilities and offerings, being a haxxor is no longer a dream! (A/N: haxxor replaces, to follow his path, doing whatever he wants, open to suggestions)
[Beep! Organic materials detected, do you want to offer this to the system by IP?]
[Beep! Magic crystal lv10 x 1 detected, do you want to offer it to the system for Ap?]
Still celebrating his level up, the notification left him blank for a second.
Organic materials? Magic crystal? What the hell is happening?
The magic crystal should be obvious, he's read about it countless times in his novels, it's a pleasant surprise to be able to swap it for Ap, but still within acceptable range.
But what about organic materials?
Could it perhaps be the body of this snake?
He furrowed his eyebrows, deep in thought, and watched the luckless snake.
"Transfer!"
The snake's body slowly became transparent and finally disappeared. At the same time, the system notification rang.
[Ding! Ip 3000 and Ap 500 have been added!]
Holy shit, it works!
He smiled before asking a question.
"System, what is the exchange condition?"
[User, the type of points corresponds to the exchange materials!]
Scratching his head, although he doesn't say he is dumb, but the system's response has only been understood a little, and only the face value of the response.
After many questions and answers, he finally saw the light.
Basically, equipment for Ep, items and materials for Ip, since the snake's body is a type of material, it counts as an item and therefore the Ip, and energy type units for Ap, the magic crystal contains energy hence the Ap.
"So tell me system, what do I have to transfer to Sp?"
'Even though it's nice to have other things, but it can be cool, compared to 2D moe shoujos (A/N: The temptation to write imouto is strong), these things can push you, what? why not invoke 3D shoujos? How shallow, how an otaku, can someone conjure up 3D shoujos! This is heresy!
[If the user transfers life type units, it can be exchanged for Sp!]
"Life type units? They are certainly not living beings…" He laughed dryly as his hair felt like it was standing on end.
[User reminder, sentient life type units are invalid, valid units are those that do not have sentience!]
"????"
Now Virgil was completely confused.
It's enough that in the 21st century it's normal to use technical jargon to screw people, but how come even the global transportation system knows how to troll, wait... wrong, his ass was already hurting from the surprises from before. The zero streaks and super weak stats.
"System, can you illustrate with an example?" He said awkwardly.
[Life type units, for example, items with life energy, magical beast eggs, and the like!]
"Why the hell didn't you say that before, using terms like life type units, seriously…"
Discouraged, he sighed, although it is obvious now, but it seems like he wasted saliva and energy. It seems that to talk to the system a certain standard of intelligence and will is required.
He closed the menu after looking at mission 1 of the mission tab and the ratio of 1:100 and 1:10 of mission 2.
In the near future, it looks like he needs to deal with the 'money spiders' within the forest (A/N: raws says cuties which I assume refers to mobs waiting to be defeated, the closest definition is probably 'money spiders' money' TV trope), completing this survival exercise and then going to a place with people is your first priority. There is no time to waste here arguing with this system of unknown origin to avoid the risk of dying from stress.
{However, it is quite unexpected that monster eggs can be exchanged for Sp if I turn into monkeys. Should I attack some monster nests?}
'Hmm… this is a serious riddle…'
(End of chapter)
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