I was simply staring at the bisected goblin. My surprise at my sudden increase in power and new abilities has left me dumbfounded.
"...You alright, Onii-san?"
For some reason, I get this nagging feeling that I need to do something. Whatever it is, it keeps on messing with my head.
"Hey, are you ignoring me?"
Truly, the inner machinations of the human mind are an enigma…
"HEY! I'M TALKING TO YOU!"
Oh that's right.
"Sorry, I was just thinking."
"If you do that every time you kill a goblin then you're gonna have a hard time being an adventurer… Whatever. You used your skill. That was good. As you level up your skill will become more powerful and you'll unlock more of them. At a certain point you'll be able to use multiple skills at once!"
"Really? What skills will I develop? Will I develop a certain set of skills? Is your 'hide' ability a skill? If I were to take levels in rogue like you could I use 'hide' and 'strike' in tandem? What if I-"
"STOP WITH THE QUESTIONS!"
"Sorry I was just trying to plan ahead."
"Jeez… If you have this much time to ask questions, then you probably have enough time to gather firewood too."
"Yeah, yeah. I get it. I just wanted to know more about skills."
"You can ask while we gather firewood."
I simply grumbled as we resumed gathering sticks and tinder. Though I was doing my best, I was also distracted by my own thoughts.
"Yo, Kenji! Can you hear me?"
Hm, it appears as if I've gone insane. I can hear Tael in my own mind.
"No man you're not insane, this is my new spell, it's called 'mind connection' and it lets me communicate with you telepathically."
Ah, so now I am justifying my own insanity, truly I have lost it.
"What? No, it's a spell…"
I ought to apologize to Tael for making him the voice of my insanity when we get back…
"H-Hey! Listen! We just thought you've been gone for a while! Are you two alright?"
Wait… Tael, can you hear my thoughts right now?
"Yep, loud and clear!"
...How long have you been listening?
"Oh, I just started the spell so not for long."
Ah, I see. Good! Don't ever read my thoughts without my permission again!
"Alright man. Look, are you two alright? We've already set camp and now we just need firewood. I'll send you a pulse with this spell so you can find us, alright?"
How convenient!
"Yeah… Alright so I'm going to do that now. Tell me when you feel it."
Suddenly, I felt something akin to a line being pulled in a certain direction, this must have been the pulse.
"Did you feel that?"
Yep. I did!
"Good! We're that way. Come back soon, the sun is going to be down in the next 5 minutes! Ending communication!"
With that, I felt something like a line being severed inside of my own head. I knew that our telepathic connection had just ended.
"Hey, Kany! Let's head to camp! They're waiting for us."
"Got it. Let's go, you lead the way!"
We gathered the last remaining bits of sticks and dead gra.s.s before heading towards where I felt the sensation of a line being pulled came from.
"Ah! You're back! Is everything alright? You were taking a while so I asked Tael-san to cast his new spell for me…"
"We're fine, speaking of new spells, what's yours?"
"What Onii-san meant to say was 'We're fine and we brought firewood.' Right, Onii-san?"
"...Fine."
"Great because I am starving! Kenji, make me some dinner!"
Kany and I pulled out the sticks and dead gra.s.s that we had gathered and placed them within the fire pit.
Now that I look at it, this campsite is perfect. We have clear visibility while also being on solid ground and near enough to the trail to not get lost while far enough away to not invite bandits. I need to get the camper mundane cla.s.s.
"Ready for the fire?"
"Yeah, let me just-"
"Allow me! Firebolt!"
The familiar spewing of a streak of fire came from Tael's wand as the campfire lit up.
"Kenji-san, I was told that you have the chef mundane cla.s.s, is this true?"
"Yeah, I cooked for an old lady for a while so I picked up the cla.s.s."
"I see. Then what are you going to make tonight?"
"I'm going to peel some potatoes and place them in the cooking pot with some cheese and meat."
Kany immediately got close to me as I began to explain.
"Hey, Onii-san, will there be enough for seconds?"
"Seconds? Yeah I think so, why?"
"Ah… Kenji-san, I don't think you know about Kany's mundane cla.s.s…"
What is she talking about? Why would a mundane cla.s.s have anything to do with seconds?
"Ahem… Status."
Kany's status screen appeared in front of me as I could read her attribute scores.
Kany. Level 4.
Strength: 22
Dexterity: 40
Const.i.tution: 20
Mana: 15
Magic Power: 1
Luck: 32
Experience: 427
"Woah! Your luck stat is insane!"
"Fufufu! You should see me gamble!"
"Ah, but Kany, the last time you gambled you lost 500 juns!"
Tael spat out his water when he heard this.
"500 JUNS? WHAT ARE YOU, AN ADDICT?"
"Ahaha! I-It's a strategy! Make them think you're an easy target so then you can make more the next time!"
As Kany was nervously sweating from the interrogation, she swiped her hand from right to left and revealed her mundane cla.s.ses.
Gambler Tier 1
+Your chances to win at random chance games is increased.
Scavenger Tier 2
+You can find useful items easier.
+You are far less likely to hurt yourself while scavenging.
Glutton Tier 3
+You can eat 50% more food than a normal person.
+You eat far faster than a normal person.
+It takes 4 times as many calories as a normal person to make you fat. (Does not affect physical health.)
I looked up and down her mundane cla.s.ses list for a moment.
"Glutton?"
"Sorry, Onii-san! I just really like to eat! When I robbed your store I spent about 80% of the money on food!"
"So you are a thief!"
"n.o.body asked you, Mr. Sparkles."
Tael and Kany shot one another death glares as I was preparing dinner. My mind was still preoccupied with both my magic and skills. If I can use magic, could I use my magic to amplify my skills? Could I do the inverse? Tael made a big deal out of my multicla.s.sing so it's possible that this is a one or the other situation…
15 minutes have pa.s.sed and I have been pestered for every minute of it.
"Is it ready yet?"
"I don't think so."
"How much longer, Onii-san?"
"Not too much longer."
Ad infinitum.
Eventually, I deemed that the food was ready.
"Alright, it's ready. Stop asking me if it's ready."
"Yay!" x3
Everyone grabbed their dinnerware and took a portion of the food I had made. While everyone was eating, we were encompa.s.sed by a blissful silence. This silence, however, was very brief.
"Ah, that was great! More please!"
"More? It's only been 20 seconds since I gave you your first serving!"
"Yeah and now I want more."
"K-Kany, save some for everyone…"
"But I'm still hungry Erana!"
It seems like I'll have to cook for more from now on.
