Morning, before it was even bright, I woke up, prepared my equipment, and went hunting in the usual forest.

Since Im planning to receive my first request today, I wanted to first test the new knife I had bought yesterday.

Though I encountered caterpillars and sheep, for the sake of raising the proficiency level I only used wind magic to kill them.

After I defeated a few caterpillars etc., I finally managed to encounter an orc.

Now then, I wonder hows my new weapon

While muttering such, I prepared and first of all I plundered the skills from my prey, the orc.

Since I already have the skills, I pasted them on a suitable spot on the ground.

Casting Strong Arm and Leg EnhancementSmall on myself, Support MagicSpeed Reduction and Support MagicSleep on the orc, the battle then started.

Previously it was also like this, and I felt that the Support MagicSleep was not very effective.

Probably because this time it was also resisted, and didnt show its effects.

I wonder if it would be more effective on a monster weaker than orcs?

Or it might be more effective if its proficiency level was increased.

Support MagicSpeed Reduction appeared to be effective one way or another, as the orcs movements had noticeably slowed.

After confirming the situation, I who had been aiming at the orc started running.

My body can somehow move better than before, is this the effect of levelling up?

While thinking such things, I fired MagicWind at the orcs feet.

The orc with its movements dulled was unable to dodge the MagicWind, and was then hit directly by it.

With its feet mangled, it couldnt control its feet well and fell to the front.

I fired another shot of MagicWind at the orc who fell face first.

Buoooooo!!!

At the moment it was screaming and struggling in pain, I slashed at its right arm with my new steel dagger.

Eh?

The resistance when I cut off the flesh the other day was not felt at all, and the orcs right arm was severed and tumbled to the ground.

I then slid the dagger horizontally, as expected no resistance was felt and the orcs head was cut off horizontally in half.

There wasnt any resistance from the skull, and I couldnt conceal my shock.

What, this sharpness was guaranteed by oji-san, right

Of course I think Strong Arm played a big role in this.

Even so, the sensation from cutting the flesh this time was way too different from previous battles.

Orcs originally have extremely tough skin, edged tools cant easily cut through it. I cut that up in literally a blink of an eye.

With this dagger, it seems that just as oji-san said, theres no doubt that I will be considerably at ease in battles from now on.

While expressing my heartfelt thanks to oji-san, I dismantled the orc I had just defeated using Cut, and tossed it into the Storage Bag.

Since its gradually becoming brighter, its probably okay to go to the guild, huh.

While thinking that, I went back to my home once.

Of course I did not forget to use Swift Feet and Leg EnhancementSmall.

I have to increase the proficiency level this way, even if by a little.

Naturally I continuously used AppraisalComplete on trees, grass, etc. on the way while moving.

Good morning!

I immediately went to the counter for exclusive receptionist ladies, and inserted my guild card. (TLN: Should I keep it as receptionist lady? ._. It sounds weird at times so)

As I did that, Aisha-san came along at once, as she had explained to me yesterday.

Morning Myne-kun. Ara youve bought new equipment havent you? It looks quite good on you. Is that Black Wolf leather? That armour

When Aisha-san told me that I looked good, I inadvertently blushed.

Getting the material for the armour right with one glance, as expected Aisha-san is an amazing person, huh.

Youre accepting requests from today on right? First lets raise your rank to E by finishing requests quickly

Saying that, she showed me three pieces of written requests.

I got these three for Myne-kun using the authority of an exclusive, Ill be explaining now so would you please listen?

Aisha-san found these requests for my sake, even if I didnt listen to her explanation I will still accept it, but listening properly and not getting injured, Ill work hard so that I can come back here safely.

The first one Aisha-san showed me was unexpectedly Slime Subjugation.

Speaking of slimes, they are the weakest monsters, famous for being able to be defeated even if you dont have an understanding of combat, as long as you are careful.

Though I am a F rank, I dont understand the reason as to why slimes are made my opponents, when I had just come of age.

Slimes is it?

Probably realising the troubled face I was making, Aisha-san let out a giggle and explained the reason.

Actually, slime oil had run out in the town of Lunawan, to the point where its interfering with their lives, and if this continues, it will surely be dreadful(TLN: )

Slime oil is a fuel used in households as illumination and in lanterns used by adventurers diving into labyrinths, etc.

There are even people who rear slimes to obtain the material.

It is an indispensable fuel for maintaining towns, the slime oil.

Such an important thing for the livelihood of humans, seems to have run out in the town of Lunawan, a place quite far from here.

It seems that some stupid thieves who entered the town of Lunawan to steal things, had set the town on fire when escaping.

Unfortunately, the place where they set fire to was near a storehouse for slime oil, and then was burned all at once.

Furthermore, the direction the flames spread to was bad, and it seems that it even completely burnt the cultivated slimes.

Of course there were oil stored for emergencies, but it will naturally be consumed as time goes on.

Then, it seems that the town mayor of Lunawan put up a relief request at the guild.

Slimes by itself, are as we know, the weakest monsters, so you wont earn money at the place you hunt them, and it wont be evaluated as contribution towards the guild. However, since such a situation happened, though not much money can be earned, the guild contribution point is nothing to be sneezed at. At least until the supply is stable

As she said that, Aisha-san said Do you understand up until here? and smiled.

I see, it surely is quite tasty. (TLN: Of course not the literal taste)

But, since its such an unpleasant situation, was it okay to bring me this request as an exclusive?

Good job realising it, actually this request is only reserved for today. The official announcement is planned from tomorrow, only exclusives can accept this first.

I then listened to Aisha-san in more detail.

For now Lunawan is borrowing oil little by little from each town, they are able to avoid danger for the time being. Thats why you can rest at ease

Okay, I see.

If its like that, then its probably okay.

Reserving it for us exclusives, if were unable to gather enough it will be terrible.

Of course, Ill try to get a lot, but no matter what, there will be a limit by myself.

I understand! Please accept that for me!!

I understand! There are two more requests though

As she said that, she told me about the contents of the remaining two.

Goblin Subjugation 5 Goblins 2 Silver Coins (5 pieces for 5 goblins thereafter)

These two requests.

According to Aisha-san, The requests can be carried out while defeating slimes, so it would be efficient to accept them.

Finally according to Aisha-san, I accepted the three requests.

Thus, in order to complete the requests, I departed for the forest north of the Town of Lucas.

I didnt use a carriage going to the hunting grounds forest.

Though there is a little distance, if I have some breaks, its not like I cant run, and above all I wanted to raise my Skill Level.

In about one hour, I was able to arrive at the forest, my destination.

Phew, this is more tiring than I thought

While saying that, I sat down at the outer circumference of the forest. Lets rest for a while then enter.

However, Slimes and Goblins theres none of them in the forest at the back of the town, huh.

It would be nice if I have some skills I can use.

But, its impossible, isnt it. None of them are a significantly strong monsters.

Though goblins do attack in groups, individually they arent a threat to me who can defeat orcs.

Of course, I cant let down my guard, but Im not nervous.

After taking plenty of rest, I slowly entered the forest.

As I did, a place where medicinal herbs were growing en masse appeared before my eyes.

Oo, this is quite the quantity. I dont need any as of now, so maybe Ill turn all of these in to the guild.

As I said that, I tossed around half of the medicinal herbs including their roots into the Storage Bag.

Actually I was told by Aisha-san when departing.

Myne-kun, when you are harvesting medicinal herbs, if its possible can you bring the roots along? If possible along with the soil, as that way it will have a high value, and the price will also increase.

Thank you Aisha-san, thank you.

Lately, I feel like Ive been thanking a lot of people, which means the me now is blessed.

While I was thinking so, I walked feeling happy, and thanks to Sight EnhancementModerate, I was able to discover three goblins from far away.

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Gender :

Skill

MagicSmall Recovery

Ability

Name : Goblin

Race : Demon Race

Gender :

Skill

One-Handed Blade

Ability

Name : GoblinThief

Race : Demon Race

Gender :

Skill

Presence EraseModerate

Ability

Mu, whats this? These are unexpectedly good skills.

Perhaps, the goblins are delicious prey to me who can use Cut & Paste.

Okay, for the time being, I should steal all of their skills before fighting.

At any rate, the goblins also have different names attached to them like priest and thief, huh.

Maybe, the orcs also have them, though I havent seen one yet.

If thats true, there might be good skills which I havent obtained yet!

I dont know whether they exist or not, but this time, it might be good for me to try searching for them.

While thinking that, I used all the Self Enhancement skills, and raised my abilities.

Yosh, with these, my preparations are flawless.

As always, I fired Support MagicSpeed Reduction and Support MagicSleep and prepared my dagger.

As I did that, the Support MagicSleep which has a high chance of resistance by the orcs, actually displayed its effects quickly on the goblins.

The prediction of the resistance changing depending on the monsters strength, is probably true.

While confirming that they were sleeping, I decapitated the three of them.

I then dismantled them, and tossed them into the Storage Bag.

Yosh, lets go steadily with this rhythm!

After that, I encountered goblins with various names, and expected, they had nice skills.

Obtained Martial Arts: Quick Shot from GoblinArcher

Obtained Iron Wall and Agitate from GoblinKnight.

Obtained Body EnhancementSmall from GoblinMonk (Izzy: This is a lot.)

I was able to obtain these many skills in one go.

Im really glad that I came here today! Thank you, Aisha-san, thank you!

However, there isnt any of the important slimes.

Where in the world are they.

I used Sight EnhancementModerate and surveyed my surroundings.

Hm? Theres a pond over there? I have a feeling that somehow there will be slimes at the waterside, so lets try going there for a while.

If I approach the vicinity of the pond, a lot of slimes are jostling restlessly.

As expected, isnt this a lot?

There were too many of them, I unintentionally let out a sigh.

For now, I should properly appraise them.

1

Gender : None

Skill

Cleaning (Izzy: Wat.)

Ability

Oh, its a skill Ive seen before.

1

Gender : None

Skill

Fire AttributeResistance

Ability

The red slime has Fire AttributeResistance, huh.

Name : SlimeExperience (Izzy: wat.)

Race : Slime Race

Gender : None

Skill

Tenfold Experience Acquisition

Ability

Hm?

W, Whaaaaaat

Somehow I have a feeling I saw an outrageous skill.

I rubbed my eyes and tried looking again.

Eh? Where did it go? Aaaaaaa, that slime has hidden somewheeeere!

No way, I cant find it.

T, this I have no way but to appraise and defeat one by one, huh.

I wonder how many there are. I feel like fainting.

However, if I didnt look wrongly, it was Tenfold Experience Acquisition.

If that skill is as I expected.

I, I might be able to become very strong.

Even though its difficult, I think it will be worth the effort.

For now, I used Iron Wall and Body EnhancementSmall, and confronted the lightly swaying slimes one by one.

Since theyll be defeated if I attack with my dagger, I have to first try receiving an attack purposely, and test if I will be okay getting near that herd.

I collected small stones, and threw them at the slimes.

As I did that, while swaying its body a little, it faced me and hurled itself at me.

Un, there isnt any pain at all. (TL: In case you didnt know, un means yes.)

If its like this, will I be okay if Im surrounded by the group?

Just in case I think casting Support MagicGradual Restoration Small (Stamina) will be good.

Well then, next is attacking it.

Ah, before that, I have to check its skill. Cleaning Ill receive it once.

Then, I held my steel dagger and killed the slime.

Un, with that even orcs will be cut.

It isnt possible to not defeat the slimes, called the weakest, with one hit, huh.

Results of the experiment, somehow I was able to manage, I decided to face the battle which will make me faint(?).

I wonder how many I defeated.

I counted up until 40, but since it became tiring I stopped counting.

I re-casted the spells when they went out, and again I apraised, and defeated.

Thanks to that I was able to obtain all the attributes, Fire, Water, Wind, Earth, Light and Dark!

As expected, the coloured slimes have skills with elements which correspond with their colour.

Aaaaaaaaah, mou! Where in the world is it! (TL: mou means he is fed up.)

I unintentionally shouted as I couldnt bear this anymore.

Why, why didnt I get the skill when I saw it! Boku no bakabakabaka! (TL: Boku = me. baka = stupid/idiot)

Maa, the mountain of slime oil is the silver lining in this though.

Since then it has been about an hour.

Finally I saw it.

2

Gender : None

Skill

Tenfold Experience Acquisition

Ability

Theres not doubt, its this one! It is this one!!

Ill steal your skill immediately! Like Ill let you get away again! Then as if venting my anger, I cut it in one go.

Yosh, lets withdraw! (Izzy: I wonder how funny will it be if he accidentally killed it before getting the skill?)

Once I stole the Tenfold Experience Acquisition from the slime I was aiming for, I ran out from the forest as fast as my legs could carry.

As expected, that really was tiring.

The more I use my skills, the more mentally exhausted I become.

If I am in a good mood, I wouldnt really feel exhausted, but if I was feeling down and such, the degree of exhaustion will be higher.

Though, I still havent felt that extreme of an exhaustion.

Even so, using skills like crazy against that many slimes as expected tired me out.

Name : Myne

Race : Hume

Age : 15 years

Occupation : Adventurer (F Rank)

Skill

Cut & Paste (19/200)

Tenfold Experience Acquisition (-/-)

DaggerExtreme (43/50)

Twin Blades (0/50)

Axe (0/50)

Body EnhancementSmall (33/50)

Sight EnhancementModerate (16/50)

Swift Feet (Small) (26/50)

Iron Wall (16/50)

Presence EraseModerate (0/50)

MagicFire (0/50)

MagicWind (12/50)

MagicSmall Recovery (0/50)

Support MagicSpeed Reduction (2/50)

Support MagicGradual Restoration Small (Stamina) (16/50)

Fire AttributeResistance (0/50)

Wind AttributeResistance (0/50)

Light AttributeResistance (0/50)

Dark AttributeResistance (0/50)

Cooking (2/50)

Etiquette (0/50)

Alchemy (6/50)

Tame (0/50)

Martial Arts : Successive Shot (0/200) (TLN: The author changed this from quick shot for some reason)

This is outrageous, if I do say so myself.

There are 35 skills including the ones I dont use.

If I keep growing as I am, it seems that Ill become stronger than even the King-sama himself.

Obtaining the Tenfold Experience Acquisition today was too abnormal.

For a slime, famous as the weakest, to have such a skill.

Since it has such a skill, I cant really call slimes the weakest.

But since its too weak, even if it has such an amazing skill, it couldnt even defeat one enemy.

Thats why, such an amazing skill is wasted on it.

Yup, no matter how many times I look at it, its amazing. As expected, I absolutely cant let anyone know about this, huh.

If people like aristocrats or influential figures known, not only will it become troublesome, I will probably be duped into working hard like a slave.

Itll probably be exposed from there.

It would be good if someone with power were to back me up, but it isnt easy to find such a person.

However, since I became an adventurer after so much trouble, I have a yearning for a comrade.

Though, that is an ungrantable wish, I unconsciously let out a sigh.

Sigh it cant be helped, yosh, since Im really tired and obtained quite a harvest, lets hurry and return to the guild!

I stood up immediately from my lying position, used Body EnhancementSmallLeg Strength EnhancementSmallSwift Feet (Small), and started running in the direction of the Town of Lucas.

Hey, stop that!

The C Rank adventurer, Lyle who made a racket at the bar and personally picked a fight with adventurers who ganged up on him, was frantically called out by a man who were in the same party as him.

Lyle who had medical tape (A tape with recovery effects soaked in medicinal plants) on his face, arm, leg, etc., was putting on his equipment one by one.

Continuing to ignore his party comrades words, as a results of silently moving his hands, Lyle has prepared his equipment.

However, the weird thing is that all of his other party members around him were lightly dressed.

To say nothing of weapons, they werent even bringing daily necessities.

Only Lyle was completely armoured.

Serious stop this You know that it isnt good to go against a fellow guild member, right? You do know that Hyold who just recently caused a quarrel was punished by the guild leader right?

Lyles comrades were persuading him one by one.

No matter what he was told, he planned to attack a fellow guild member.

The guild basically does not cut in a quarrel between fellow guild members.

However, in a situation where a life will be taken, they will proactively intervene.

In a fight between fellow guild members, if a life was to be lost, such a foolish action will naturally decrease the guilds war potential.

Also, in a situation where a civilian who has yet to join the guild was injured, they will naturally also intervene.

After all, the adventurers guild is nothing but an commercial organisation where the civilians are their customers.

Committing an act of violence against their customers, who will even choose to request from such an organisation. Probably there isnt anyone whos that benevolent.

That is why the rules are made stricter.

Because they know the rules, that is why Lyles party members are desperately trying to stop Lyle from committing a crime.

At any rate, the party members are of a common destiny. (TLN: As in you jump I jump.)

It is a collective responsibility, so to speak.

When there is someone in a party who obtained an exclusive receptionist lady, the party members will receive benefits, and similar to this, punishment will also be received identically by the all the members.

As a result from Lyle acting rashly, if the guild judges him, they themselves will also be judged identically, so thats why they are so desperate.

However, it seems that the frantic complaints of Lyles comrades does not even reach him.

Being made a fool by a rookie, as if I can shut up! Im a C-rank you know!?

What are you saying!? That kid hasnt done anything against you, you know! Thats just an unjustified resentment! Its shameful so just stop that!

Lyle who didnt listen at all was starting to feel irritated at his party members, and his expression was becoming threatening.

Shut up! If only that kid wasnt here, Aisha wouldve become my exclusive, and I wouldnt have gotten such injuries! How is me getting revenge wrong, rather it would be right for that brat to be punished by the guild!

Hearing his words, all of the members had understood.

This guys no good Its useless to talk to him.

Hey, Lyle. You of course know right? If you were to be judged, we will all also be judged. You understood but didnt you forget that?

Of course I know, but its not my fault! The one who should be judged is that brat!! If its like that then you wont be judged either! Do you all understand that? Cant you use your brain more?

You, are you for real?

Of course Im serious, cant you tell that by looking at me

The party members looked at each other and nodded.

Okay, do as you like. However, this partys dissolved from now on. Well then, thank you for all this time

Leaving behind those words, Lyles comrades left the inn, and their destination was the guild.

Yes, of course it is to dissolve the party.

Forming a new party by leaving Lyle out is another story.

Lyle who was left behind could not understand at all why his comrades, no, former comrades left.

At that time, in the capital.

A young man who has just come of age crushing an orc solo, is that even possible?

A beauty wearing a pure white surcoat frowned her well-featured face while asking a question.

Yeah, no doubt. We were able to confirm that he had even killed four orcs in just one day

The surcoat wearing beauty could not believe it.

Having confidence in her skill, even if she, who is called pseudonym by the crowd. defeats an orc by herself, it would be difficult. (TLN: ""I dont quite understand the pseudonym part though)

It is no wonder that she could not believe that a young man who had just come of age could accomplish such a task.

She can only think that he had received an extremely terrifying Skill. (TLN: or Skills)

If that is true hmm, I think I will try meeting him once

Is that so, I thank you for doing that. I also think that there is a need to meet him once

A few days later, she went towards Lucas, the town where the young man who had defeated orcs lives.