Apocalypse Monster
Chapter 002: Little Friend
Natan is now in a small alley near her apartment to rest after making sure there are no monsters around. Not only were there no monsters, he had not even found a single human still alive.
"Status."
[Name : Nathan Alexander]
[Ras : Man]
[Age: 18 Years]
[Level : 02 > 06 (100/700)]
[Job : - ]
[HP :250 > 850]
[MP :75 > 175]
[STR :5 > 15]
[VIT :9 > 14 ]
[AGI : 7 > 10]
[INT :8]
[DEX :6 > 8]
[LUCK :90]
[Status Points: 40]
[Point Skill: 25]
[Skill : [Lv.01 Storage Space (0/5)] - [Stealth Lv.02 (5/10)] — [Appraisal Lv.01 (0/5)]
Natan looked at the transparent screen in front of her and re-upgraded her status, the flow of foreign energy re-entering Natan's body as she had raised her status.
"Inventory."
Natan took out a bottle of mineral water and gulped a quarter, usually he once drank can spend one bottle. But because now food becomes scarce, he was forced to save money.
"Continue, will you?" nathan stood with his hands resting on his knees.
When Natan wanted to walk on his way, he gasped in shock with his body slightly shuddering when he heard the sound of scraping objects from behind where he was standing. With courage, he looked back at the direction of the voice.
"Bright..." Natan breathed a sigh of relief when she saw a fat black cat that she usually fed in front of the apartment. He walked over to the cat and squatted down to stroke the cat's neck.
"Surrr..."
The soft snoring of the cat makes Natan feel calm, for a moment he forgets the glass of this world, which is actually not really a mental mess, like he is mediocre with this.
[Taming Animals]
[Please Enter Name]
Natan was surprised by the screen that suddenly appeared in front of him, he also entered a name that matches the look of the cat in front of him without lingering or delaying time. For him who is a heavy game player, this includes very rare luck.
"K.U.R.O, your name is now Kuro." Nathan pressed the letter on the transparent blue screen in front of him.
"Surrr..." The black cat again snored gently and rubbed his head on Natan's hand.
[Name : Kuro]
[Bag : Paint]
[Level :03]
[Status: Can Evolve]
[HP :200]
[MP: 100]
Natan who saw Kuro's information was slightly surprised, she stared at the screen and the cat in front of her in turn. Did Kuro kill the monster? But given Kuro's minuscule body, it was certainly impossible to kill a monster like a Goblin, unless the slain monster was an insect just like the one he had Risen.
Natan calls someone who has the ability or has killed monsters with the name 'Rise', this is to make it easier to mention.
"Do you know this?" Nathan extended his hand, revealing the Monster Core he had obtained earlier.
As he understood the meaning of Natan's words, Kuro nodded his head slowly and ate the Monster Core in Natan's hand.
Cracks... Cracks... Cracks...
After eating some of the monster cores that were in Natan's hands, Kuro's body began to glow a dim white and a transparent screen reappeared in front of Natan revealing both the HP and MP increments from Kuro.
Natan who saw that was a little surprised with her eyes wide open, she did not expect that Kuro could raise his status just by eating the Monster Core, but considering that Kuro was an evolved animal, that's understandable.
A crazy idea seeped into his mind when he saw how Kuro who was greedily eating the Monster Core. Natan also thought of eating it, but it was not so because considering that the Monster Core came from inside the Goblin corpse.
"Alright Kuro. Let's travel." Natan stood up as both hands pressed down on her knees, with Kuro jumping onto her shoulders.
Finally they decided to continue the journey to the minimarket, and get some supplies. He already had many plans in his head, the first of which was food and increasing strength, then looking for a colleague who could expose his back without fear of betrayal.
Natan made a grouping for the monsters he had encountered so far, for monsters below level 10 were low level and above middle level as well as high level.
He did not know to what level the monsters would meet later, but given the chaos caused by the monsters, even some buildings had become ruins.
Natan who had been in an empty house tried to rummage around, who knew he could find food and clean water.
"It looks like I can only get this bottled water. Expired tomorrow? All righty! I'll keep it in Inventory." Time in Inventory is stopped, so it is very useful to save food.
Natan was delighted that he had obtained such a useful skill in this chaotic world. Not only does it not need to carry heavy loads, but it can also store a lot of luggage and most importantly it does not need to worry about the date of the meal.
After checking all the rooms and finding only mineral water, Natan went to the room and rested with the pet who had just contracted with her.
***
The next morning
Natan awakens from her sleep after sunlight hits her handsome face through the bedroom window.
He got up from his bed rubbing his eyes and then stretched out his exhausted body from the long trip last night.
"Inventory."
Nathan took the mineral water from his storage, and sipped it little by little, leaving three-quarters of the bottle. He who would usually spend a full bottle, felt a little disappointed because he only got one.
"Regrettably, tap water is no longer working."
Natan walked to the window of the room, looking out of the house, hoping that no monsters would roam around. When he found out there was no movement out there, he grabbed his chest and breathed a sigh of relief.
[Getting Detection Skill Lv.01 (Active) 50MP/Minute]]
[Skill Detection. Skill that serves to find out the circumstances around with which flow. Detection range within a five-meter radius, raising the Skill level can expand the detection distance]
Instantly Natan was surprised to find out that he had acquired a skill that helped him so much, he nodded his head involuntarily in overjoy.
"Status."
[Name : Nathan Alexander]
[Ras : Man]
[Age: 18 Years]
[Level: 06 (100/700)]
[Job : - ]
[HP :850 > 2450]
[MP :175 > 275]
[STR :15 > 25]
[VIT :13 > 29]
[DOGS: 12]
[INT : 8 > 10]
[DEX :11]
[LUCK :90]
[Status Points: 0]
[Point Skill: 0]
[Skill : [Storage Room Lv.03 (0/15) (27 m³)] — [Stealth Lv.03 (0/15)] — [Appraisal Lv.01 (0/5)] — [Lv Detection.01 (0/5)]
A bright smile was seen on Natan's face when he saw his extremely satisfying status increase, this way at least he had the confidence to fight Goblin-like monsters directly without having to sneak around.
Natan again walked over to the bed to wake her contract animal, and prepared by taking all the sharp weapons she could use to kill monsters.
The door opened slowly, Natan walked beside the wall of the house sluggishly and used Stealth so that his aura and scent could not be detected by monsters.
Auuu! Auuu!
Natan halted his steps as he heard the roar of the wolves that were mutually unpretentious. "It looks like the Wolf is not around me," he muttered as he activated Detection.
He again continued his journey until finally he reached one of the minimarket which is quite famous, can be seen 'IndoApril' written on the front banner. Nathan, who saw it, rushed there, but when the distance was ten meters, he stopped with a pale face covered in cold sweat.
"Damn it! I felt danger lurking from inside. My Detection Skill doesn't capture living things, but why would my hunch say otherwise." Natan muttered as she wiped the sweat with her cloth.
Kuekk... Keukks... Kuekk...
There were strange sounds from inside the minimarket, which soon showed the origin of the sound that was none other than a monster with a tall body like an adult human, but it has Goblin-like features that Natan had killed before.
Natan breathed breathlessly with sweat returning, although Appraisal was unable to see the level of Hob-Goblin with certainty, but he felt the danger emanating from the monster.
Groarrs!
A terrifying voice again rang out far behind Natan, who seemed to be a high-leveled monster, entering within the Intermediate Monsters. He who is in the midst of the siege can only be silent without moving at all.
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*Connected...