Bonk! (Sound of the sword hitting the monster's head.)

-1 (Health point deducted from the monster's health points.)

Ack! (The monster cry in pain.)

"Gosh! This wooden sword does little damage!" 

'Don't ask why I'm using a crappy sword. I have no money to buy a better one!'

*Tears!*

Meanwhile, the monster health points are 99/100. His attack could only deal 1 damage to it. He did all that he can to kill the Pale Toad monster, but his damage wasn't high enough to kill it fast.

Although the monster was only level 1, he was so weak that even killing this level 1 monster was a difficult task for him.

On the contrary, most of his peers could easily kill these types of monsters.

"Dammit!"

He grunted.

"If only I am a little stronger, I can defeat it in the blink of an eye!"

"I need to get stronger! Because why not? I want to become a strong Magician for my future and for my sister!" He shouted as he gasped for air.

Right now, his peers are already at level 2 and above. Yet, he was stuck at level 0! Level 0?! What kind of dogshit level is that!!!

What a shame. "No, I don't care about shame anymore!" He bellowed.

The most important to him at this moment is to earn money, to buy medicine for his ill sister.

If only the beginner's skill he acquired was an attack-type magic skill, he could probably kill the monster much easier.

But too bad, he got a self-healing magic skill. This magic skill although not bad, wasn't a good skill for starters.

It couldn't even be used to heal his sister's illness as it was a self-healing only. So to speak, it is also useless in a group hunting. That's why no one wanted to invite him to their party simply because his skill was useless in a group battle.

Fwoosh!!

The Pale Toad flung its 1-meter tongue towards him. He jumped on his right side to avoid the attack that was fast approaching.

It passed at him with a whipping sound!

After he successfully avoided the attack, he slashed it as many times as he could.

Bonk!

-1

Bonk!

-1

Bonk!

-1

The enemy's life points decreased with every hit of his sword.

Bonk! Bonk! Bonk!

He waved his wooden sword again and again at the monster's body, trying to kill it as fast as he could.

If he didn't maintain the amount of power he was applying in his attack, there was a tendency for the damage to become zero. So, it's literally bad.

Currently, he was at the pond fighting the Pale Toad. This pond is outside the town where he lives and near a Trove entrance.

The current health of the toad was at 96/100 HP.

His brows wrinkled and he felt his breathing was out of order already.

Their class will start on Monday, so it's better to gain more experience before it.

Speaking of experience, it didn't mean the experience like in video games that you will receive after you killed a monster. No, no, nothing like that.

The experience mentioned was the actual combat experience.

If you're wondering why he was fighting a monster outside the town, then let us turn back the time to where it all started.

About three and half centuries ago, the whole world came to an end in a devastating apocalyptic cataclysm.

In the last report of the astronomers, it was stated that the real cause of destruction was the abnormal force that pulled down the residing meteorites surrounding the earth planet.

Those meteorites were being pulled on the earth's surface and caused the rain of meteors. Thus, it was followed by high-intensity earthquakes and destructive tsunamis.

Thanks to the advanced technology at that time, the earth was able to escape the immediate end.

However, these calamities were not just the reasons for the world's brink of destruction.

One month had passed, humanity thought that the calamities had ended.

However, something unbelievable happened next. Before they could grief upon the loss of their properties and especially their loved ones, another tragedy had started to peek out from the shadows.

The whole world was shrouded by mist. From this mist, grotesque and vicious-looking creatures came rushing to feed on humanities. They were mutated beasts of different types of animals.

Once again, humans were drowned in sorrow and despair.

At night, the cries of humans and howls of these mutated beasts were the only distinct sounds that could be heard. Humans had no way to fight back this horror. Even modern weapons were useless against them.

Many days passed by, and the human population plummeted to 1/5. Yet, their suffering was far from over. Even though nothing had resolved yet, with all the calamities that had happened, a new predicament had started to bud.

Pandemic!

Humanity was pushed to the brink. A new kind of disease had spread. It killed millions of humans in just a month. No one comprehended the cause of the pandemic. Not even experts discovered the cause. Mostly, the cause of deaths was because of Cell Deficiency.

Many years had passed since the calamity. The monsters from the mist were still causing havoc and the pandemic was steadily spreading.

When humanity was about to give up, a ray of hope finally brimmed.

A specialist doctor accidentally discovered a foreign cell inside one of the patients. The doctor was known as Dr. Eman Pablo. He said, "The cell is exceedingly vague, almost invisible from microscopic devices. This cell exuded a negative kind of energy. And this energy causes damage to other cells in a person's body."

Thereafter, many experts began to search for a way to stabilize the foreign cell. Later on, they called the cell a Hollow Cell.

Ten years had passed, a foreign researcher known as Prof Mana Gram, had discovered another type of energy from the fallen meteorites, which was the positive energy.

After so many years of extensive research, they finally found a way to stabilize the Hollow Cell, it was through resonance with the positive energy from fallen meteorites. They later named the meteorites Gram Metal.

With the resonance of the two opposite energies, the Hollow Cell had finally stopped destroying other cells. But before they could rejoice for this success, later on, they discovered that the patient's stability was still far from it. These two energies were too strong for the human body to handle; therefore, another comprehensive research was established again.

Finally, after many years of research, they finally succeeded in curing the pandemic. They invented a gadget that could break the limiter of the human body. Only by breaking the human's limiter could the patient handle the toll brought by these two powerful energies, the Hollow Cell, and the Gram Metal.

With the help of the new gadget, everyone with the symptoms of Hollow Cells could level up their bodies to become stronger. Every level up was equated to a 1% breakthrough to their limiter. Now, the gadget is known as System Deity.

Not just humanity had stopped the pandemic, they also now have the means to fight back these mutated beasts.

Three and a half centuries had passed after the world's destruction.

Back to the current era.

Numerous things have changed. One of the biggest changes was the world geography, from a big to a small country.

On the outskirts of a small town from the Middle Region of the P-country, a young man was currently fighting a monster.

This young man was known as Yman Talisman. 

Almost 2 hours had passed since he was fighting the level 1 monster known as Pale Toad.

Currently, he flung his wooden sword in his hand to the monster at the front.

Heyah!

Bonk!

-1

Bonk!

-1

"Dammit!" He swore under his breath.

But no matter how hard he flung his sword, the damage was still 1. Since the wooden sword has a +6 attack and his base attack was 5, it means that the toad had 10 total defenses.

In truth, these status numbers are just a measuring tool. They were insignificant. What was the most important was the person's ability on how he handled the fight.