We have a level system in place for mankind.

"Yes, it's been four months"

That much time has passed since they left me on the island. I'm mentally stranded. The stress shifted to anger at Minotaur.

"Is it also a grudge against me, the Minotaur guy? I'll smash you to death one day."

Having completed the Mountain Knife, I began to challenge Minotaur. It just turns out to be a shame. The days of jumping into the ocean without winning continued.

In a mere iron mountain knife, the muscles of Minotaur could not be slashed and torn. Minotaur's movements are not so quick. Because of that, I never died. But I've been injured many times.

Still, I challenged Minotaur to battle. Maybe I was crazy at this time. Minotaur wasn't the only one who fought. He also fought Hammer Lizard, Lizardman, and Trent, the creature of a tree that was nesting in the same spot as Minotaur.

When we defeated Trent, we got the heart stone of the tree attribute. From this cardiac stone, potions could be made using the technique of conferring efficacy.

There are grades 1 to 5 in the potion to heal the injury, and I can only make grades 5.

The wounds sustained in the fight against Minotaur could be healed in this potion. The fifth grade potion can't heal wounds that reach the gut, but it can heal wounds on the body's surface.

When my level went to "15," I got "Manipulative Darkness". This is a technique of manipulating shadows and darkness, which is possible at skill level 1 [Dark Wrap "Yamasumi"], creating darkness around the body and hiding it.

Manipulative flames and manipulative darkness are called manipulative skills, which resemble magic that comes out of games and such. The manipulation system seems to engrave knowledge into the brain in a special way. It seems like a mechanism that frees up the moves and knowledge you can use as your skill level increases.

And I finally got the skills I might be able to defeat Minotaur. When the skill level of manipulative flame technique reaches 3, an attack move called [Blast Flame Strike] is possible.

This [Blast Blast] is a move that shoots and attacks an exploding ball of flame. Try it, the explosion is quite powerful. It was powerful enough to rip the trunk of the tree to a snail.

The blast itself is as spherical as a baseball ball, and it is possible to avoid it because the first speed is also to the extent that humans throw stones. But if you aim at your feet and let them land, you'll be sure to do damage with a blast.

"Kukukukukuku, now I can kill Minotaur"

Maybe I was drunk on the excitement I taste when fighting. I couldn't help but be happy to defeat Minotaur. Gear up and head to the beach.

When I came to the pier, an interesting idea came to mind. It was about setting a trap on the pier with fishing line. It is a trap of putting a fishing line on a pier pile and hooking a leg.

I didn't think he was the kind of person to fall into this trap, but it might help something.

From the pier we headed to the forest where Minotaur was. This is the first place to go around here. Proceeding cautiously with a mountain knife, he encountered Trent, a wooden monster who used his roots to move.

Trent is about two metres long and has three legs with altered roots and a head like a caviar plant haetrisow. It is difficult to defeat this monster with a blow from an iron mountain knife. It was necessary to attack the same spot about three times and cut off the trunk.

I was able to strike a mountain knife with precision. So I took Trent down and proceeded to the back as I retrieved the heart stone. And, as expected, I encounter Minotaur.

Something just happened a little unexpected.

"Then, stupid. Why are there three minotaurs?"

Three pairs of eyes, big enough to look up, stared at me.

Shit, it's bad. I turned around and ran away. Even one is a pain in the ass, but the three are too unexpected. Footsteps follow that sound like ground from behind. And there's more than one.

"You cowardly son of a bitch!

I was cornered at the pier. Three minotaurs surround the front. He tried to escape towards the air trench, but was held back by a minotaur at the left end.

"When this happens, do we have to swim? Must be cold."

The season was winter, definitely not the kind of season to take a sea bath.

I ran towards the edge of the pier feeling like I wanted to cry. When you jump over the trap on the way and reach the end, you change direction with Kurli.

The Minotaurs are approaching as they sound Dosdos over the pier. I bit my lips and decided I was ready to jump into the ocean.

That's when Minotaur, who runs the lead, lost his balance when he was taken by a trap made out of fishing line. I bark and then fall into the ocean. The next Minotaur advanced his gaze towards his fellow man who fell into the sea, chilling and hooking his foot into the trap again. A disfigured Minotaur tries to balance by wielding a huge axe.

The axe hit the face of Minotaur, who came from the rear. The two minotaurs collide and fall straight into the sea.

I didn't understand what was going on, and I was watching with my asshole face exposed. The Minotaurs, who have fallen into the sea, are desperately trying to float, but their flesh seems heavier than water to reach the surface of the sea.

The minotaurs, who had been scratching algae for about ten minutes, exhausted themselves and sank to the bottom of the sea. And it turns into a cardiac stone. At that moment, I heard that voice.

[Level increased]

[Level increased]

[Level increased]

[Level increased]

[Level increased]

Shortly afterwards, his whole body became hot to burn and intense pain ran. I'm going to lose my mind with the pain of being rebuilt cells in my body that come under continuous attack. But it's dangerous to pass out here. Wait for the pain to subside somehow.

But after all that hard work raising the level, Minotaur died in one fishing line trap.

"Give me back my hard work and my time!

Minotaur shouted at the sunken sea. I worked hard for months to defeat Minotaur. I can't believe that's happening...

As I endured the pain, I was thinking back to the months I tried.

[Level up process finished. Show Status]

[Name] Maki Kozilow [Occupation] Student [Level] 20

[Muscle Strength] 37 [Speed] 30 [Health] 31 [Dexterity] 31 [Brain Strength] 18 [Super Sensory] 20

[Skill Points] 30 [Skill Selection]

[Active Skills] "Throwing: 4," "Axe: 4," "Cardiostone Processing: 5," "Sign Detection: 2"

"Xiao Zhou Tian: 4," "Stick: 4," "Fucking Flame: 3," "Fucking Darkness: 2"

[Passive Skills] "Physical Resistance: 6," "Toxic Resistance: 3," "Mental Resistance: 4"

The level is up to '20'. Muscle strength, speed, etc. increases by about one or two points for each level, and only brain strength seems to rise poorly.

Is it because my brain miso is bad? The sigh spills out. Although my muscle strength is' 37 ', I feel like this has reached the realm of the Superman. You can stand upside down with one finger, and jump vertically and you can jump up nearly two meters.

I have gained superhuman power due to my muscle strength, but my muscle strength has also increased.

Muscle strength may not rise unlimited, but is limited. Maybe later you should hone your Xiao Zhoutian skills and other abilities to temporarily increase your muscle strength. By the way, "Xiao Zhoutian", which seems to be a form of qigong, has a skill level of 4 and reaches the advanced range in a little while.

One more important thing. The skill level of "Manipulative Darkness" is now 2, and you have acquired the ability to [Shadow Space]. This connects with a space of another dimension called shadow space, so that a black circular border can emerge.

Nevertheless, I'm not sure what shadow space is. I thought I could get something in, but I didn't get anything in. If you look closely, it seems that the only things that can be put into shadow space are those that have a tonal function.

They say they can make tools that have the ability to synchronize in that shadow space from cardiac stones that have dark attributes. This can be made using the [Efficacy Grant] obtained at Skill Level 5 of Cardiolithic Processing.

And there were four more skills to choose from. "Knife art," "Glass craftsmanship," "Trap art," and "Exploration." I wanted to get swordsmanship and exploration. I think it's only after we move to a safe place.

I peered into the sea from the top of the pier. There is something gleaming at the bottom of the ocean. It was the heart stone of Minotaur.

"I guess we should collect it..."

The cold wind strokes my cheek. Swimming in the cold, or I can't help it. I took off my clothes and jumped into the sea. Dive in and retrieve the heart stone. Minotaur's heart stone belongs to the fire attribute and is as big as a golf ball.

Going up from the sea, I got dressed and went back to the trenches. He sat inside the air trench and obtained "Knife Technique" and "Exploration" from the status screen.

"Swordsmanship" seems to be a technology close to Chinese martial arts swordsmanship rather than Japanese swordsmanship or kendo technology. And 'exploration' wasn't what I thought either. This was like an echo test done in a hospital, and it was an effective skill for testing for illness and injury. I used one or two points in this skill acquisition, and I sighed.

"Well, let's just focus on rafting."