Towards the end of February, my second brother ran away from home.
Usually, people who go to the city to find work leave the village on the first day of the Lunar New Year, but this year it snowed heavily and the carriage could not go there.
I would say that there may be a similar situation in the nearby villages, and the search for jobs in the city is about to begin but people who used to live in the city should find jobs.
Without the arrival of job seekers from surrounding villages, the city would have turned into a seller's market with a labor shortage, but nearly two months later, even with a labor shortage, job opportunities began to flow.
If this happens, there will not be enough vacancies for those who want a job and it will now become a buyer's market.
Perhaps because it was difficult to find a good job, my brother had a dull look on his face when he left home.
"My family doesn't talk much."
For better or worse, cat owners retain the cat's temperament, so they are individualistic and willful.
She'll stick to her if she wants to.
Although he didn't give a satisfactory explanation, he could probably guess it even if he didn't say it out loud.
My middle brother is four years older than me, but for me, who remembers previous lives until I was sixteen, I have been aware from birth that I am older than him.
Whenever my brother, who is ten years younger than me in mental age, says something I don't understand to me with a sensible look on his face, I will be very annoyed and almost stop talking to him.
Ten days after my brother left the village, Mr. Zeol met every now and then and asked me to accompany him to the city.
"Hey, Hua Wuming. I'm going to the city the day after tomorrow. Come with me."
"What's wrong with you coming to town?"
"During the departure ceremony, the village chief will appear at the church, so I will act as his escort."
"Even if I go with you, it won't help as a guard."
"What are you talking about? If you wanted to, could you climb up high and look down from above? When you're in a riot in a crowded city, you could grasp the situation from above. Being able to do that would be a Huge advantage.”
"I see, this will definitely help."
The day before entering the city, I went to the mountains to pick mushrooms.
During my graduation ceremony, I plan to take it back to the restaurant where it was bought for me to earn some pocket money.
The little-known mushroom site I discovered was a drift pool-like spot deep in a rocky area of a stream.
The windswept leaves had rotted and turned into fluffy mulch.
Rising humidity in streams may make the humidity suitable for mushroom growth.
Of course, be careful of monsters and beasts when picking mushrooms, but make sure the villagers aren't following you before heading to the secret location.
According to the rules of the village, if a mushroom is found, it is brought to the village chief's house.
If you sell it in the city, you will make a lot of money, but if you take it to the village chief's house, he will buy it for two small silver coins.
"That's ten times the price of a woodrat."
"If someone discovers this little-known spot, it will be uprooted and then you can't get it again."
To this day, I still carry a herb basket and disguise myself.
There are only three large items that can be sold this time, but there are several small items that are growing.
"It seems like he still gives me pocket money."
Dig out the roots of easy-to-fall mushrooms together with the soil and place them in a bamboo basket to prevent the umbrella from breaking.
The bottom of the basket is lined with a damp cloth to keep it fresh even when you go to town.
When I finished picking pluen mushrooms and came to the stream, I met a goblin.
It seems that he came to the swamp to drink water, but he didn't seem to notice me behind the rocks.
I glanced around the goblin and raised my ears to hear if there was any movement.
Most goblins move in groups of two or three, but this goblin seems to be acting alone.
"what are you going to do?"
In order to increase his magic power, he ate the monster's heart. He has not given up this wish.
If it is a goblin acting alone, it is suitable for custom orders, but if it cannot be killed and summoned allies, it will be troublesome.
Continuing to observe, the goblin carefully observed the surrounding situation and approached the swamp tremblingly.
They are more likely to be targeted by enemies when eating or drinking, so extra caution must be taken.
"Okay, let's try this magic."
I've been thinking about magic for defeating monsters safely and reliably.
As a lightweight cat person, I discovered in my battles with kobolds tips for using light weapons made of natural magic to reliably defeat the monsters.
One is to run down from a high place to gain momentum and make full use of your body weight.
Another method is to take advantage of your opponent's weight.
When he fell from the blow, he immediately used the ground as support and braced his spear against the kobolds that rushed towards him.
Because the natural lance is invisible, the kobold is impaled by its own weight.
One of the characteristics of natural magic is that its power is fixed.
When I was practicing shielding, I noticed that if you fixed it in a specific place, it wouldn't move unless it broke.
If an enemy charges towards you, they will self-destruct if you pin a spear or sword in their path.
"The invisible spear is too cruel."
"Death Necklace"
"I chose one of the stationary weapons from the prototype stage."
After activating the magic, I picked up a stone and threw it at the goblin.
Also, these stones are not meant to harm goblins.
In fact, randomly thrown stones made a loud noise as they landed on the rocky ground.
“Guy Gufu”
Hearing this sound, the goblin shuddered and fell down, with a large amount of blood spurting out from his neck.
Goblin blood dyed the swamp water red.
"Wow, it's more cruel than I thought."
A death asphyxiator is a ring-shaped disc with a blade attached to it.
I hung it around the goblin's neck and threw a stone at it to surprise them.
The back of his neck felt rough as he tried to stand up first.
Surprised by the pain, I blew my throat this time.
The goblin was caught in the invisible blade and self-destructed.
I cautiously approached the stopped goblin and poked it with a spear made of natural magic to confirm that it was completely dead.
Fortunately, most of the blood shed by the fairies ended up in the creek, but even so, other monsters might not come because of the smell of blood.
Use natural magic to make a set of protective clothing and quickly start dismantling it.
The demolition had already experienced autumn death, so it was carried out without hesitation.
He roughly slashed under the ribs with the empty attribute sword, and the internal organs containing the magic stone and today's heart were taken out.
I cut off the piece of meat, took out the magic stone, washed it in the swamp, and threw it into the basket.
It's finally time to get the longed-for monster heart, but it seems dangerous here, so move to a safer place.
We walked along the stream towards the village and descended near Byobuiwa.
I sat on a rock by the stream and used my natural magic to make a cutting board and a sashimi knife.
It seems that in order to increase the magic power, the heart of the monster must be eaten alive, but what worries me is the existence of parasites.
If I remember correctly, I heard that heartworms in dogs and cats live in the arteries of the heart and lungs, so it is not surprising that they live in the hearts of goblins.
I tried splitting the heart in half but couldn't find anything that looked like a parasite.
I carefully sliced it thin, thin, but I couldn't see anything moving.
He stopped when the heart was cut in half.
Originally, he didn’t even know how much he should eat, and he was reluctant to eat raw monster meat.
"Here's the thorn, here's the thorn, etc. Are thorns forbidden? Yes, I'm going to eat you!"
Be prepared to pop the leprechaun's thin heart into your mouth.
Sure enough, the pump that pumps blood throughout the body is pretty chewy.
I expected it to be a little bloodier, but it tasted like blood and was fresh, so it didn't bother me too much.
"It's like horse sashimi, there's so much texture."
“This would be great with garlic oil or ginger oil.
After eating three or four tablets, I felt something strange in my stomach.
The feeling is getting hotter and hotter, just like stealing the eyes of my parents while drinking in my previous life.
"Is this demon Gu?"
Through the physical enhancement magic training, he learned how to control magical energy, which was good, but a large amount of magical energy was taken from his stomach and tried to circulate in the blood vessels and demonic veins.
"I can control so much, but what should I do? Should I eat more?"
If you do something irrational and lose consciousness, you may fall prey to monsters and beasts, or you may fall into a stream and drown.
Besides, if I get sick, I won't be able to go to Ibrox tomorrow.
"despite this"
I was fully aware of the risks involved, but what came to mind was the scene of measuring the magic index in the Adventurer's Guild.
My magic index is 32, while Horacio, who was discovered by the Cavaliers, is 465.
A year has passed, but the numbers from that time are still unforgettable to me.
At that time, the numerical gap of nearly fifteen times appeared to be widening.
I tried to scold Horacio, saying that one day I would go to the Royal Capital, but I didn't know that even if I went to the Royal Capital, he wouldn't be able to deal with me.
"Now Horacio and I live in different worlds and we may not be able to communicate."
The cat-slave complex unknowingly eroded me, exacerbating my impatience.
"One more piece and another piece"
"I couldn't stop putting that piece of goblin heart in my mouth."
The next morning, I was supposed to have a good night's sleep, but when I felt like I hadn't slept enough I went to the village chief's house and was immediately attacked by Mr. Zeol.
"What's wrong, Hua Wuming? You must have slept a lot. Are you too excited to go to the city, so you can't sleep at night?"
"No, I can't swing today. It seems I worked too hard yesterday."
"Ah, I admire you very much, but if you don't pay attention to your physical condition when making a request, you won't be able to become an official adventurer."
"Yeah, be careful."
“By strengthening the body, it recovers.”
"Ah, yes, I understand."
I think this is too much, but I can't say that eating a goblin's heart turns me on.
Since then, fortunately or unfortunately, I have not lost consciousness.
However, although he is conscious, he is not in a state that can be called normal.
His body was full of magic, and his state was almost out of control, as if he had taken an overdose of stimulants and drugs.
Even with the combination of large-scale attribute magic and physical strengthening magic, there is still magic left, and it seems that the magic will come out when there is a hiccup.
I felt like I could do anything, so I made a slide from the mountain and slid to the foot of the mountain.
"Don't ask me why I did it."
"I don't understand anything myself, so I can only answer."
