NOVEL WEB Chapter 4 - LVL 2
A slim youth with long black hair and a large wooden club in his hand ran through the forest.
He ran from tree to tree and was very cautious.
"I have around 23 and a half hours left in this mystical place, which cannot be wasted," he mumbled to himself.
The floor was small and was only 10 km squared, which made Adam assume that the centre was where he would find the most beasts.
But he didn't feel prepared enough to face them yet.
He knew that he found the goblin guard a few hundred metres into the floor, so assumed that he would be able to find more weak and stupid goblin guards that would be protecting what was in the centre.
After reaching where he had battled with the goblin guard, he circled around the centre towards the right, hoping to find more guards.
Within minutes he could see another goblin guard that was identical to the one he defeated. Estimating the distance between that guard and where he defeated the other guard, he could see it was around 500 metres.
"If it continues like this, that means there are around 20 goblin guards on the outer parts of this floor," he estimated according to his observations.
Adam felt like he had no time to waste and felt his body full of energy and power as he rushed straight at the goblin guard head-on, not afraid of its power.
The goblin guard seeing the youth charge at him roared as he charged towards him like a crazy beast.
Similar to a game, the goblin guard was identical to the one Adam had previously defeated, had the same weapon and acted in the same way.
As he reached within the distance of attack the goblin swings his club at Adam's head, who saw the frontal attack coming and ducked under it.
At such close distance, he dropped the club and launched a fist at the goblin's stomach.
The goblin's HP dropped by 30, but it wasn't a critical hit.
Adam had no combat training and was relying on what he has seen in life, his common sense and reflexes in battle.
The goblin was launched sliding backwards, but regained its balance and as if unfazed by the attack, charged at Adam.
Adam instantly grabbed the club he dropped and as the goblin came into distance, swung it with all his might at the goblin's head.
{Critical Hit}
The goblin lost all his health and as it fell disintegrated into pixels.
Looking at his loot he found there was a club and 10 gold coins again.
Placing them into his inventory, he sold the additional club for 10 gold coins.
He now had a total of 30 gold coins and had no clue what to do with them.
[System, what can I buy with gold] he asked.
{The gold is what currency is represented by in the system and can be exchanged to any form of money, wealth or currency} informed him the system.
"Does that mean I can change it into dollars" he asked excitedly, jumping up in joy.
{Yes it can be changed into dollars and the conversion rate is 1 gold coin to 10 dollars} announced to him the system.
Not only could he get stronger, but he could also save his Aunt and get money.
"That means I have made 300 dollars in half an hour, and if I hunt hundreds of goblins or thousands I could become a millionaire in my sleep" he calculated.
Adam was far from lazy and with his opportunistic nature, he would never let such an opportunity to earn money slip through his hands, especially after all the poverty, he had been through.
"I cannot waste any time" he stated as he rushed off towards where he had estimated he would find the next goblin guard.
Adam reduced his cautiousness knowing that he could directly beat the stupid goblin guards by striking its head, and rushed to the next goblin guard.
After running for a few minutes he could see the goblin guard in the distance, identical to the other ones he had defeated.
The small green goblin with its hideous appearance charged towards Adam with his club.
Adam wasted no time and with two critical strikes defeated the goblin.
This cycle continued, he would rush towards where he knew the next guard would be, would defeat them, then would sell their clubs and take the gold that they drop.
After defeating his eleventh goblin guard, due to the first EXP being used to average his stats, he felt his now fatigued body had an improvement and lost all fatigue in an instant.
{LVL UP - You are now LVL 2 and have an increase in all stats and an extra stat point, where do you wish to spend your stat point}.
As he heard this, he felt overjoyed and felt that for the first time in his life he was capable of greatness, with the Dungeon System, and now knew that each LVL 1 goblin guard gave him 1 EXP.
After thinking about it carefully, he thought that the best option for his body type and for the future was to increase his speed.
Speed can overwhelm ever other stat in battle and allow him to be able to escape from any situation, which he thought was most important.
[Spend the stat point in speed].
{Speed has been improved, current status:
Mortal LVL: 2
EXP: 0 / 25
HP: 110
MP: 11
Strength: 11
Speed: 12
Intelligence: 16
Charisma: 5
Luck: 5}.
He was happy with his progress, but wasn't complacent and if he didn't hunt he wouldn't be able to continue to improve.
Thinking about how he now had 210 gold from killing 11 goblin guards and selling 10 of their weapons he finally felt like he could afford to live in luxury if he could earn this every time he slept.
"I can't stop here" he stated as he got up and with his now stronger and rejuvenated body, he rushed around the outer area to find the next goblin guard.
Adam continued circling around the floor defeating goblins and after defeating 20 goblins he stopped because he had returned where he began and had a rest on the ground.
"I have made 3900 dollars in a few hours" he calculated while panting and catching his breath after defeating all the goblin guards around the area.
After a few minutes of rest, he felt that he had recovered and knew that nothing in life was easy so was still cautious.
"Time to explore the inner parts of the forest" he decided.