The Good-for-nothing Bastard who could gain Skills by Kissing-Chapter 13 The Bully & the Urge to Win(4)

Inside the dimly lit cave labyrinth corridor, a pulse of light from a floating ball illuminates the faces of a man and a woman.

"You sure you don't want to exit the Dungeon, am I correct?"

The man glanced at the woman in a maid's attire, who was walking beside him.

As a response to his question, the woman nodded with a firm expression.

"I'll never leave you, Master!" She declared.

The man, Loryarc, sighed before handing her a knife he took from his bag.

The woman, Marie, tilted her head as she looked at the knife placed in her hands by Loryarc.

Loryarc gave her a brief explanation.

"You run out your Mana, don't you? I could tell you had some high spec in agility and strength..."

Loryarc grabbed Marie's hands, holding the knife tight, looking right into her eyes.

"So, Marie, if you still insist on following me, use it. Become stronger, you hear me?"

Marie could certainly feel the seriousness behind her Master's words.

Marie is a Maid.

She never had any formal training before, even her low mastery in Healing Magic and Wind Magic was what she tried out of necessity, since her Master often being fed strange dishes by his fiancée and injured by Galird.

And now also, she has to do something out of necessity; not to be left by her Master while he risked his life alone inside the dangerous Dungeon.

Was Marie afraid? Of course.

Didn't Marie doubt she would fail? Yes, she did doubt herself.

But Marie doesn't hesitate.

Her answer had been set, even before Loryarc asked her.

"Yes, I'll do my best, Master!"

Loryarc nodded with a satisfied smile, looking at her determined eyes.

"Then... Let's make an extermination plan."

"Yes!"

Dungeon: Goblin Cave.

Goblin Cave is an E-Graded Dungeon, the lowest here, beneath the Royal Academy's jurisdiction.

Goblin Cave has four strata or floors.

The First Stratum. A simple, straight, dim cave corridor with a descending stair to the Second Stratum at the end of the path. A small number of goblins might have spawned here.

The Second Stratum. Maze-like cave corridors interwined and ended here and there, engulfing a vast area of almost 500 meters. You could find Goblin easily here, with Hobgoblin, the Goblin's evolved version, would rarely spawn in random spots and intervals. If you choose the right path, you could find the stairs towards the Third S nitratum.

The Third Stratum. A vast area of cavern. Rich with stalactites and stone pillars. Goblins and Hobgoblins easily spawn here, with a maximum of 100. A huge metallic gate connected to the last Stratum existed here.

The Fouth Stratum, or the last Stratum. This is the place where you fight the Dungeon Boss, the Goblin King, with its five Hobgoblin Guardians.

Since one of Loryarc's goals in exploring this Dungeon was to get the Skill Book by defeating the Goblin King, he had already prepared for any situation he might find here.

The only unexpected thing was Marie's participation.

But don't worry.

Because Loryarc had the solution for this situation.

"Before we start hunting some Goblins, drink this."

Loryarc opened his bag and took a small vial of transparent blue fluid. He handed it to Marie.

"A potion?" Marie asked, a question mark popped out of her head.

"Well, it is a useful thing, you see... Just drink it and you would understand."

"Alright..."

Marie still seems to be confused, but she obeys her Master's words and drinks the fluid inside the vial.

Marie's eyes widened as the fluid entered her body. She felt like something warm and comforting was flowing inside her.

And, for some unknown reason, she could feel that her senses were sharpened as a result.

Marie focused on the knife in her hands, swinging it around to test it.

Loryarc was watching her with a bitter smile.

The potion Marie drank is the last Potion of Growth he bought from his System's KP Shop with all of his KP.

The total number of Potion of Growth he bought was about 9, with a cost of 35 KP for the single of them.

But the effect of the potion was proved excellent.

His training efficiency and physical growth speed were doubled after drinking the potion, while his five senses and reaction speed were enhanced to some extent as well.

Potion of Growth indeed is an excellent item.

But because of that, his KP was reduced to just 30 KP after the purchases.

He really should visit Marble Rose House again next week.

After letting Marie train with her knife for a while, Loryarc brought her to search for her first prey, killing goblinss here and there.

Marie's agility, as expected, is very useful. These small green guys can't even touch her hair.

Only the Hobgoblins could gave her difficult times, but after she used her magic, they died wita h number of slice wounds and thrust holes.

"Nice fight, Marie!"

Loryarc claps his hands for Marie, who is again successfully killed a Hobgoblin.

Marie quickly wiped her sweating forehead and nodded wa ith blush on her face, maybe because was she embarrassed of his compliment.

"Y-Yes, i-it's thanks to Master's potion..."

"Well, Potion of Growth indeed might be helped, but it's only proving that Marie had the talent from the beginning."

"H-hnm..."

Marie couldn't handle Loryarc's nice words and steaming instead.

But Loryarc was saying the truth.

Potion of Growth might be fasten the process, but Marie indeed had the talent since the beginning.is

Loryarc imagining inside his mind.

Marie, who at daytime is a kind and tender maid, actually is a skilled assassin capable of behead people within seconds. frёewebnoѵel.ƈo๓

Well, isn't that cool?

Chuckled to himself, Loryarc, think that Marie is ready as her is now, he grinned and say. "It's about time to begin, Marie. Let's go."

The blush on Marie's face disappeared after she heard his words. She immediatelya nodded with stern face, held her knife tightly.

"Yes, Master!"

Loryarc's plan was very simple.

The Goblins have numbers, so fight them head-on is foolish.

"So, why not we kill them one by one instead?"

That's what Loryarc thought. Take advantage of their superiority on agility, offend goblin one after another without being crowded, reduced their numbers.

So, after the two reached the third stratum, they nodded at each other and immediately separated, hide between the stone pillars.

***

"Go?"

A goblin glanced at its right, at the stone pillar towering there. It felt like seeing something moving there a moment ago. Somethina g dark... With sharp thing it held.

Slash.

"!!!"

It was fast, very fast.

The goblin moved its head to its ria ght only to felt floating sensation.

It's head fell to the floor with a thud.

It died, being beheaded by a woman in maid attire.

The other goblins inside the group was stunned momentarily by the sudden appearance of the human female.

The human female, Marie, didn't waste that chance.

She took steps forward, slica ed their neck with flash.

Her maid attire is covered in red, di,rty with dust, dirt and sweat stains. But her face is very bright, brimming with happiness.

She become stronger!

She felt it.

How her Master's potion makes her stronger!

The feeling of being stronger every time you successfully landed an attack is so fascinating.

Her enhanced senses helped her correcting her ineffective movement, refining her swings after the previous swings, literally become stronger every seconds.

Her body is tired already.

But her heart filled with pride. She's being useful to her Master! For a servant like her, what others outcome bring more happiness than this?

Marie stopped at her track, hide behind a stone pillar.

A Hobgoblin?

She take a glance toward the green humanoid monster walking at the another side of the stone pillar, raised her knife.

She took a step, preparing herself to kill it with the most instant was and effiof cient way she capable now.

But she is late.

Because a sword already pierced the Hobthe goblin's chest when she took step from the behind of the stone pillar.

"Master!"

Marie clutched her chestwho and smiled after seeing the one killed the Hobgoblin.

Kicking the died Hobgoblin away, a black-haired man entered Marie's vision range.

His face was so handsobe me that make anyone felt it might better if he is a woman instead.

The blue burni,ng eyes of the man spotted Marie as well not long after.

"That was the last of them." The man, Loryarc, said with a thin smile on his face.

He gracefully erase the blood off his sword with a swing, sheathed the sword back.

"Let's go. The Boss is waiting for us."

Marie walked toward him, lookeand d toward the huge gate in the front of them, nodded.

"Yes, Master!"

She tightening her grip at her knife, encourage herself.

But at that time.

Clapping sounds of hands echoed through the Dungeon interior of the Third Stratum.

"Well... Well... What we found here, isn't it our fool son of Lapizburn?"