Its about time we step ip our game David thought, on seeing a few level 25 kobolds crowding around something. I gave the signal to Alice who silently crept up on them. I nocked two arrows and activated my skill of Double Shot taking their attention from the..... whatever it was they were crowding about. Two Kobolds screamed in pain as the arrows stuck to their rumps. The kobolds turned their attentiontion towards me and

"Graaahhh!" The kobolds all screamed at me.

I stood still, calmly activating my Double Shot skill again and again , thereby weakening them as they stowly closed their distance. When they finally reached me and were about to reach me, I shouted"Now!" and jumped back.

*ding*

New skill obtained

Step (Active , Beginner Lv 1)

Allows you to evade your opponent's blows by stepping back. Same skill can be used to lunge forwards to attack your opponents.

"Sweet" I muttered. The kobolds looked on in surprise asbi jumped back. Their expression soon turned blank as Alice, my sweet little assasin in training, crept up on them and stabbed them out of the blue. All four kobolds silently fell to the gloor slowly disintegrating, leaving behind the loot.

All yhe loot consisted of japtem except for a certain item by the name of Soul shard which I could not observe, using my Observe skill.

You have levelled up.

You have levelled up.

You have levelled up

It seemed that Alice too had recieved the same notification. So at the moment , we had been able to bring down only because of our inflated stats.

I made my way towards the thing they were huddling around. It was a person. I checked his pulse and on seeing that he was still alive, I turned to Alice but she had beat me to it.

"There are other people here?"

"So it seems." I smirked.

Alice pouted as I started to carry the man towards our camp.

"Dont be like that Al. We need all the information we can get about this world."

"Okay" she whispered looking down.

I chuckled and patted her head causing her to break out in smiles.

Kyaah!! My sister is just too cute!! I thought happily.

It was turning dark and we had taken turns in nursing the guy back to health. Alas, I still did not get my hands on the much awaited Heal skill.

I sighed as I left Alice with the guy and eent towards the woods to stock up on my arrows.

We had gone up nearly 6 levels with me at 16 and Alice at 15. My bow mastery had gone up to three, causing my stats to increase further.

When i got back, I saw the man grasping Alice's hand while she was trying to feed him some soup we made from the bird I had shot down. Luckily for us , I had the Cook skill handy. Naturally I got angry on seeing some guy whom we barely knew grasping my sweet sister's hand.

Thats it. This guy needs some punishment I thought as I went toward him and kicked him in the head and he went down again.

Alice just gaped at me in shock.

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"Iyaa... Sorry about that. I got a bit carried away on seeing the face of my saviour. I never expected to meet people all the way out here. Seriously, I thought I really was a goner." He said smiling at us while wolfing down my UBS... short for Unidentified Bird Stew. Guess it wasn't poisonous huh?.

By the way the man had introduced himself as Octavius to Alice. Not to me but to her.

Not that I give a shit I mused. On hearing that I was her brother he immediately hastened to turn his attention toward me.

I used Observe on him and was a bit surprised.

Name ; Octavius

Profession: Imperial Soldier

Level: 10

I was kinda expecting this but.. Oh well. Its not like anybody gives a shit.

"Please don't stare at me too much like that Sir. I dont swing that way . "

I gave him a piercing glare and punched him in the gut.

New Skill obtained

Power Jab

Infuses mana to your fist and exponetially increases the damage dealt by your fists by 2% . Increases with the amount of mana used .

New Skill Obtained

Bare Hand mastery ( active, Beginner Lv 1)

Allows you to deal damage while fighting bare handed. Damage increases with level.

From what I had heard from Octavius, there were 4 kingdoms in the continent. The Holy Kingdom Faust where he hailed from, The Mercenary kingdom of Thrysus, The Elf kingdom of Wyrdia and The Demi-human kingdom of Drasleyk. According to him, the strongest knights were around Level 30-40 while the adventurers had Ranks given to them by the Guilds.

We decided to make our way towards the Holy Kingdom Faust as it was the Kingdom closest to our current position.

For the next few days, Octavius simply spent his time at our camp while we were out hunting Kobolds. We had undoubtedly become sfronger.

Status Window

Name: David Walker

Race: Human

Title:

Level: 35

Health: 500

Mana: 400

Str: 164

Dex: 143

Int: 67

Wis: 56

Luck: 48

Status Window

Name : Alice Walker

Race: Human

Title:

Level: 32

Health: 480

Mana: 520

Str: 67

Dex: 54

Int: 140

Wis: 124

Luck: 53

According to Octavius, these were the stats of a person in the upper fifties. Alice had told me that since she had a larger amount of mana as compared to me, she had started to channel her mana to her blades which got her two skills. Mainly, Pinpoint precision and Assasination blade. It seems that the latter seems to have scared her a bit but... Oh well.

We soon reached the outskirts of the forest or so I was told. The last path was through a monster infested tunnel. I was a bit of a challenge but we made it almost all the way throught. Hell, we had even gained 3 levels during the fights. We could almost see the opening. I shouted with joy, but Octavius had other plans. He spotted a glowing rune and happily bounded towards it. I looked on in horror as he gleely pressed the rune. He obviously thought it to be a treasure chamber. Sure enough, he bounded towards the chest.

I could only look on in horror as I felt an impending sense of doom.

"Stop!!" I cried out but he paid me no heed as he continued to open the box. Suddenly the entire environment changed. I readied my bow when I was bombarded by a sudden notification.

You have entered the lair of the Kobold Lord

You may leave only after defeating the boss of the trap floor.

I turned my eyes back to Octavius but in horror, realized there was no escape for him. He was standing right in front of the Kobold Lord who wasted no time in sending him flying. Having more than half his HP drained, he was knocked out cold.

I warily used Observe on the Kobold Lord. My heart sank in despair on what I saw.

Kobold Lord

Level: 87

Ranking: A

Escape was impossible and I knew it. Alice had already started using Stealth . I used step to jump back as far as I could and started using Double Shot to deal ss much damage as I could. I only had about 50 arrows left. Alice would jump in from time to time when the monster closed in on me from time to time. The battle continued for half an hour and my bow mastery had reached Intermediate Lv 1.

New skill obtained

Exploding Arrow

Infuses an arrow with your mana and deals exponential damage. Minimum damage : 300%

Maximum damage: 2000%

My heart jumped with joy. Finally J had obtained a trump card. I went on to charge my last arrow with all my mana when I saw a shocking scream. My sister's health had touched the red zone and was going down and I coul do nothing but watch.

Suddenly , out of the blue, a sword came flying and pierced the monster's rump. Octavius screamed and charged in. In the split second that it loosened it's grip on Alice, she melted back into the shadows with her variation of the Step skill. I heaved a sigh of relief when she escaped, but my relief was shortlived when the monster turned his full attention to Octavius and mercilessly crushed him. The sounds of the bones in his body breaking echoed thoughout the chamber. I could only look on in shock and anger as tthe first person I had met and been close to, in this world died before my eyes.

All my fury and resentment exploded, all directed towards the red, muscled, freak.

"YOU FUCKING PIECE OF SHIT!!!!" I screamed .

New curse skill obtained

Wrath

Your unforgiving wrath and anger towards the enemies who hurt your friends has given you yhis skill. All stats rise by 50.

New title obtained

Beserker

When equipped, all stats get boosted by 25. Additional 20% damage to opponents above your level.

I equip my title and activate the curse skill. The monster turned all its attention towards me considering me to be the bigger threat. I poured all my mana into my last arrow and let it loose with a scream because I knew that ,if i fell here, then it would mean the end of everything that I cared for.

Exploding Arrow activated without a hitch and the level 87 kobold's head exploded.

I collapsed and Alice came rushing towards me as the scenery went back to normal. I hugged her tightly engraving her existence into myself and ensuring myself of her existence.

You have levelled up

You have levelled up

You have levelled up

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You have levelled up

I had gone up 15 levels and Alice , 10.

We walk over to Octavius who was now lifeless. I rummage his equipment and find a locket. Since we were heading toward the Holy Kingfom of Faust. I decided to deliver the locket to his superiors.

So boss monsters exist here too huh? Damnit! I need to learn more about this world if I want to survive, I thought glumly.

I escort a teary Alice outside and went wide eyed when I saw the outskirts of one of the largest kingdoms ,in the distance.

Now I'll be taking it a bit slow to bring longer chapters. Somebody wanted to know the level of the goblins, it was 10. Rate this giction and help me grow