Nero, The Legendary Hunter

Chapter 2 - 2: Mission Complete

Since the pink slime that was approaching in her direction was too slow, Nero decided to ignore it for a bit while she searched the Mandrake Plant.

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? Monster Plant [Mandrake] Rank F: Level 1.

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"Finally!"

Nero saw a set of rosette basal leaves, measuring 45 cm.

On her way, before she could find a Mandrake, she had to kill some different colors of slime of various levels. Although her curiosity over how they existed only increased when she saw them, her time was getting shorter and shorter. Now, she finally has found Mandrake Plant.

Approaching, Nero saw that she only had 2 minutes remaining before the mission window said she would die. She already was beginning to feel weak and had to act quickly.

Putting both hands on the Mandrake leaves, Nero pulled very strongly. She pulled so much that she fell back with her ass in the grass. Then, she threw the Mandrake on the floor as soon as she saw the horrendous creature had started opening its mouth, ready to scream.

She plugged her ears with her index fingers. Even still, Nero heard a shrill and awful scream. Although not too high, this scream was extremely annoying.

Nero groaned as she felt intense pain throughout her being. The pain endured for one minute until it finally alleviated. When finished, she was feeling better than before, which was quite a relief for her.

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? Mission completed

? 5 Essence Coins - have been added to your inventory.

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"Inventory?"

A window appeared, dominated by an empty grid of icon slots. There were six spaces below ten others. Adding it all up, she had sixty slots, with icons. There also was something like a coin counter at the bottom.

Despite all this, she hadn't had time to analyze this calmly, because the Mandrake was still letting loose its annoyingly loud scream. Nero was ready to get out of this place. She wanted to stop the Mandrake's scream and was surprised when it stopped screaming on its own and was finally quiet.

Taking this chance, she located a sharp rock near her and grabbed the stone with her left hand, which seemed too delicate for the task she was about to undergo. She started to attack the Mandrake without stopping until a new window finally appeared.

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? You defeated the Plant Monster [Mandrake] Rank F: Level 1.

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Nero made sure the Mandrake creature was dead and thought to put the corpse in her inventory to test how it worked. She also thought this Mandrake might have some use. Dropping the stone from her hand, she again crouched and after placing her hand against the Mandrake, a screen popped up in front of her.

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? Do you want to loot the Monster Plant [Mandrake] Rank F: Level 1?

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"Yes?"

The body of the dead creature turned into a green mist and went toward Nero's body without a prior warning. She saw the Mandrake monster's body disappear as if it had never existed to begin with.

Nero then went up to a large boulder nearby and sat down on it, reading the new holographic screen that appeared.

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? [Core of Monster Rank F- Level 1] has been added to your inventory.

? [Thin Plant Stem Rank F- Low quality] has been added to your inventory.

? 15 [Essence Coin] has been added to your inventory.

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Still with the inventory page open, Nero raised her hand to the core of the monster. What appeared in her hand was a small dark green gem with the shape of a tear.

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Item: [ Monster Core - Rank F - Level 1]

? Use: Common Item used in raising the level of Rank F individuals, also used in creation of Rank F magic items.

? You are now Rank F.

? Current level 0: 0%. Requires 10 [Monster Core Rank F] to reach in Level 1.

? Absorb the [Monster Core] Yes/No?

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"Oh, this is more and more like a game." Although she had this thought, Nero still clicked on [Yes]

The monster core shone in neon green before it was absorbed by her hand.

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? You Increased 1 Point of Energy.

? You Increased 1 Point of Strength.

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Despite already expecting something like that to happen, she was a little surprised. She thought, 'Since I have all of this, can I also see my status?'

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Nero Diaz

? Race: Hybrid

? Current Class: None

? Rank F- Level 0: 10% (1/10 Monster Core Rank F)

Attributes

? [Energy] (Mana): 1

? [Strength] (Hybrid): 3

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"Oh, it worked."

Nero looked through the screen that showed up. She was surprised the moment when she noticed her race was listed as Hybrid.

"But Hybrid of what?" Nero asked herself that question, but received no answer. But remembering that she had wings on her back, she thought that she was possibly a Hybrid of some bird or even an angel.

Although she was thinking hard about this, she still didn't have an answer. Because of this, she decided not to think a lot about it anymore for the moment. She had major problems to figure out, like for example: Where could she find clothes?

She looked around where she was standing for something to cover herself up. Unfortunately, she didn't see anything better than some big leaves, so she had to use these leaves in the end.

"Since this thing is like a game system, it would be only fair if it were to have a shop system too, would it not?"

Despite having this thought and doing various tests, trying to discover new functions, to her misfortune, her attempts gave no results.

Nero spotted another large rock, which on fact turned out to be the same one she had sat on before, having gone in circles, and sat down while analyzing all that had happened, believing that she had quite possibly gone crazy. She thought that she had been in a coma and all this was the fruit of her imagination.

'Mm, if this is a dream, it is a very realistic one. Even pain exists here,' Nero sighed while thinking.

Looking through the holographic screens, she murmured, "There are so many screens open! Can I close some of these?"

At the moment she was thinking about this, the holographic screens started to close, like they never existed.

"Interesting..." she murmured and started to try to open one again. In reality, the whole thing was very convenient; she only needed to think "open" or "close" and the screens would appear or disappear.

"Mhm?!"

At the moment, as Nero looked forward, she noticed a pink ball coming towards her with big, black round eyes.

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? Plant Monster: [Pink Slime] Rank F: Level 2

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Nero acted quickly, moving away while thinking, 'Can I kill this thing by throwing stones?'

She didn't know how resistant this Slime monster was but thought that she could try to kill the monster that way.

Gathering up some sharp stones, she put them on her lap. She started to wish she had pants with a lot of pockets, with this and would have her life made a little easier, being able to effectively carry the stones, but then…

'Couldn't I put these stones in my inventory?' she thought to herself as the Pink Slime came closer. Nero wanted to put her theory into practice.

Opening her inventory, while staying away from the Pink Slime, she tried to put two stones in her inventory.

'It worked!' she shouted in her mind.

Seeing that it had worked, she began to quickly put all of the stones in her inventory.

With her inventory full of stones, she started to throw some towards the Pink Slime.

'Damn it! My aim is shit!' Nero shouted frustratedly in her mind when she missed.

Despite only some stones hitting the Pink Slime, Nero noticed that Pink Slime was receiving damage and getting weaker.

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? You defeated the Plant Monster [Pink Slime] Rank F: Nível 2.

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'Ufa… Finally managed to defeat it,' Nero thought when approaching the Pink Slime.

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? Would you like to loot the Monster Plant: [Pink Slime] Rank F?

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"Yes."

Just like the Mandrake's body, the body of the Pink Slime turned into a green mist and entered Nero's body.

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? [Monster Core: Rank F - Level 2] has been added to your inventory.

? [Sticky Mucus: Rank F - Low quality] has been added to your inventory.

? 20 [Essence Coins] had been added to inventory.

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"Sticky Mucus?" Nero was feeling disgusted after reading the name.

When opening her inventory, she noticed that this sticky mucus was in a slot and wasn't like she had imagined because it wasn't in a bottle or something like that, but rather was a kind of disgusting green goop. Not wanting to touch that thing, she went straight for the monster core.

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? Absorb the [Monster Core] Yes/No?

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"Yes."

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? You raised 2 Points of Energy.

? You raised 1 Point of Strength.

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Nero was surprised when she saw that her energy had risen after she absorbed the core, but her surprise didn't stay for long, because she could say that this happened because the monster was level 2.

'Truly mystical,' Nero thought. 'I can feel my strength growing together with my attributes.'

Nero could feel the cold wind in her private parts and still couldn't figure out a way to get some clothes. Nero was lucky that although it was night, it was a bright one with the light reflected from the two moons above.

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New Mission

? It's an ideal night to reach Level 1

? Objective: absorb monster cores, 0/8

? Reward: Pants and Top of simple leather

? Reward: underwear

? Reward: 20 Essence Coins

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Warning: You have until dawn to complete the mission, 0/5 hours.

'Oh, another mission. And clothes!' Nero saw this and quickly became happy; she didn't enjoy the feeling of being essentially naked in the forest.

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{Edited by: Azurtha}