episode_0002
by fnovelpia“Huong~~”
In a forest swaying in the breeze.
I yawned while hiding myself among the bushes growing in the shade of a huge tree.
A drowsy feeling.
A green and lush forest.
It is not a tower that wanders through all kinds of adversity and death, but the outside.
Probably hometown Edeline.
This is the original world I was born in.
‘Rebirth? return? Possession?’
I don’t know what it is, but one thing is certain.
New life.
Although he entered an unidentified body, he became a body where he could enjoy freedom without being tied to the tower.
“Keng~”
It’s a strange thing. I don’t really have any regrets about life, but I’m getting life again.
What should I do now?
A poor body is a small body whose entire body is immediately hidden among the grass. In its current state, it will be difficult to deal with even a single goblin.
I can’t even hold a sword.
Is it okay if I use magic?
No, the mission to climb the tower when revenge was over was long ago abandoned.
Is strength really necessary?
“Corolong~”
I need time to think.
I don’t want to be caught up in anything anymore. I don’t want to be fooled by superficial missions like Tower and Hero.
Seeing the end of the ugly tower once is enough.
Therefore, I decided not to do anything for now.
Because there is a lot of time.
Tub~
I stretched out my legs and looked at the sky.
Between the abundant leaves, the blue sky shows a ray of warm sunlight, as if inviting us to rest in peace.
Shoot ah-
Cool wind.
The clean air sweeps the hair all over your body, vividly imprinting the sense of touch you had forgotten about.
bruise-
I lay like that for a while.
“Kuu~~”
A warm sun blanket.
A lullaby of grass lying in the wind.
As I lay there lazily, I couldn’t help but fall asleep.
How long has it been since I last felt peace?
I slept comfortably.
Until I heard the sound of an orc being slaughtered.
“Gruk!”
“Sniff?… ︎.”
Suddenly, my eyes widened at the sight of someone else.
An orc that looked 100 times bigger than me was reaching out its hand to me as if it had made a fortune.
The giant oak’s palm covers the sky. I had a chilling feeling that I might explode if I got caught like this, and an instinctive fear made the hairs on my whole body stand on end.
A feeling I haven’t felt in a long time.
“Crrr!!”
“Kwaik?”
He exposed his teeth and radiated murderous energy. The orc’s hand paused for a moment.
No matter how much I regret life, I have no intention of dying as food for orcs. I wanted to use my new life freely.
fault!
The body bounced off the ground and bounced high.
Do cats jump with this sense? He jumped up onto the orc’s head and raised his claws.
Sigh!-
“Kkueeek!!!”
The orc covered his face with one hand in response to the unexpected blow. However, the blow was nothing more than a simple scratch.
I racked my brain for a short time.
Should I rip your throat out with your teeth?
Should I aim for and scratch your ankles?
The former will engage in a fierce fight with the orc’s punches, while the latter risks being blown away by the orc’s kicks.
No, my current body wouldn’t even be able to inflict a proper wound.
then.
Pot!
He turned his body around and kicked the orc’s face with his back foot, then jumped high in reaction.
Running away is not something to be ashamed of. There is no need for courtesy or pride in fighting. Understanding the opponent’s skills and running away is also a skill.
fault. fault!
He jumped off a tree branch and ran away.
“Profit!! Stand there!!!!”
A glowing orc follows.
If it were a human body, it would be easy to subdue it even if it had no strength, but it would be difficult to escape with such an uncomfortable body.
Tadat!!
The speed is similar.
From now on, it is a physical battle.
Okay.
No matter how low my physical strength is, I can increase my physical strength several times through will alone. Running away isn’t that difficult.
*
“Keek… ︎ Keeng… ︎… ︎.”
◎︎ When an action exceeds the limit, stamina increases by 1.
It’s a mistake in judgment.
it’s tough!
The weak body gasped heavily in 20 seconds.
In just one minute, my vision became blurry as if my whole body was on fire.
Ttuduk.
Crackling.
When I ran for two minutes with the will and perseverance of my previous life, my muscles ruptured in real time. My legs become increasingly numb and my thoughts become blurred.
How weak are you? This body.
get on… ︎Ah!… ︎… ︎.
A weak leap.
He couldn’t step on the tree branch and fell down.
Huh profit!!
Wow!
“Kieng… ︎… ︎ Keek, kaek.”
He protected his head with his front paws, but sprained his wrist. If you force your body to move here, not only your wrist but also your organs will be seriously damaged.
No, I can’t even move.
“Kkuheuk!! You got it!!”
The orc, laughing bitterly, reaches out to me, who is breathing heavily.
No matter how weak I am, I never thought I would be reduced to a meal for a small orc.
I can’t even laugh.
But if you can’t avoid it, enjoy it.
How many times have you been happy to be alive?
Even if I get a new life, I have no goals I want to achieve. Perhaps the right answer may be to quickly rest before regrets arise in life.
As soon as I finished my quick rationalization, I exposed my stomach and stretched out my four legs.
Now, kill me. Brave orc warrior!!
“Greuk?“
An expression of non-resistance.
The orc’s hand approaches.
Hello again.
Dirty world.
“Stop!!”
widely!!
The moment the orc’s hand reached the nose, the sound of a hard club hitting rang out. At the same time, the orc’s wrist, which had been hit by the pole, touched the ground.
“Queek!!?”
“This is a pig. What are you doing to the poor bastard who can’t even sit down!!”
child?
It was a girl who looked about 12 years old who bravely struck off the orc’s hand and saved me. She was an ordinary girl with long, messy brown hair.
But what kind of guts is this?
A small little boy is provoking an orc.
Is it insensitivity to safety?
First of all, I watched.
Skills should not be judged by appearance. There were more than a few people in the lower levels of the tower who were fooled by their young appearance and died.
A person with that kind of courage must be even more vigilant.
She may seem like a young girl on the outside, but she might have a hidden talent.
So he must have appeared proudly.
“Kueeek!!!!!”
“Huh profit!!? Save people~!!!”
is a mess.
The girl screamed as if she was frightened.
The enraged orc shouted and reached out to the girl, and the girl screamed and nimbly rolled her body to avoid it.
“Keying?… ︎.”
That brief moment.
I was grabbed by the back of the neck by the girl who had rolled on the ground and got on all fours.
Doing such a reckless thing?
To save me?
Something.
Feeling a little strange.
“Kkuik!! Stand there!!!”
“Kyaaa!!”
Afterwards, a chase ensued in which the life and death of the orc and the girl were fought. I opened my eyes wide to see the ending, but unfortunately my tired body refused to do so.
Sleepy.
I’m sleepy and the world feels heavy.
… ︎… ︎I’m sleepy. It’s a nostalgic feeling.
I closed my eyes.
I will never open my eyes again.
It would be difficult for an ordinary girl to beat an orc.
*
“Your name is now Negro!”
The border point of the forest where the human village can be seen.
Why are you alive? Could it be that the orc lost the girl because he had poor physical strength like me?
I ignored my sprained wrist and got up on all fours, and the little girl held out a hand to me. There was a small piece of bread on top.
“Eat this!! It’s my gift.”
I stared at the bread.
Since becoming undead, all I had to do was replenish my magic power, so the idea of eating something felt unfamiliar.
Growling.
The ship’s horn trembles just at the right time.
“Kehehe! Were you very hungry? Don’t worry and eat. I’m already full.”
An unfamiliar but not unpleasant sensation.
The feeling of being alive is clear.
I accepted the girl’s favor.
Wow~
Even though it was less than a fistful of bread, it was food as big as my body as a baby phantom python.
When I took a big bite, the hard texture brought out a bland yet salty taste as if I was holding it in my hand to save it.
I chewed it thoroughly to silence the belly button alarm.
“Ah… ︎ Ears, cute~~. Look at the black fur. The scarf-like mane looks very fluffy. It looks like wings… What kind of animal are you? Huh?”
Sigh. Sigh.
While I was holding and eating the bread with my front paws, the girl’s hand came up above my head and patted my back.
Is it a sensitive body?
In response to the hand gesture, the head automatically lowered a little and then slowly returned to its original position.
While the girl repeated the gesture, my head kept bobbing, and at the same time, my tail rose and waved arbitrarily.
“Kuhhh… ︎… ︎.”
Unlike my honest body, my mind was not like that.
I complained loudly about this situation.
what?
Is it a carrot or a stick?
Why are you giving me food and making it difficult for me to eat it?
No, more than that, how dare you pet me? Do you know who I am?
Feeling embarrassed, I took my mouth off the bread and raised my head. It was with a sincere look in his eyes that it would be better to quit right away.
“Kang! Kang!!”
“Huh? Do you want to eat more? Or are you asking for more petting?”
Pat pat pat.
Wrong.
The huge language barrier frustrated me.
How can a human distinguish the facial expressions of animals? It’s my fault for approaching it this way.
A frustrating yet strange feeling.
Did they know that I, who was cutting on the tower, would be fed and petted by a young girl?
A feeling of inexplicable immorality fills me to think that I, who looks like an old man, always covered in blood, is being caressed by an innocent girl.
Grumpy.
fresh.
But why do you think it’s not bad?
What is this feeling of being purified even a little?
okay.
There is no way I could bite the hand that is extended as a favor.
There is no reason to be proud of your lifesaver.
Seuuuu~
I ate bread for a while and accepted the little boy’s touch. The girl tickled every part of her body in front of me for a while as if she was dying for it, then stood up.
“I’ll bring more bread tomorrow! Are we meeting here? got it? Absolutely.”
After saying those words, the girl turned around.
However, as the girl walked toward the village, she scolded herself and asked, “Ugh, what am I talking about when I can’t even understand what’s being said?”
That foolish appearance.
not bad.
*
“Kuu~”
I lay down in the shade of a wide tree.
Poor posture with legs crossed.
The joints were freer than expected, so even if it was a little uncomfortable, it was possible to imitate all human postures. The system was called in that state.
‘ticket.’
◎︎ Summon the Tower Token.
A plate bigger than me appeared in front of my face.
━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎
⊙︎ User information.
Name: Dirus.
Gender: Bisexual.
Species: Phantom Beast.
Nickname: White Bone Death God.
Qualification: 98th floor.
Public value: 9,178,412p
⊙︎ Basic abilities.
Strength: 3
Agility: 10
Stamina: 2
Mana: 38
Resistance: 7
⊙︎ Dependent abilities.
Luck: 24
Endurance: 542
Fraud: 2,074
Detail: 912
Mental Power: 1,742
⊙︎ Skill.
Choosing the owner.
⊙︎ Details.
Age: 1 year old
Height: 17cm.
Weight: 3 kg.
Origin: Edeline.
Karma: Great Evil (-748).
━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎ ━︎
“Keng… ︎… ︎.”
I expected it, but still.
Considering that the average basic ability of an ordinary person is 20 to 30, I had less strength than a child.
This is why I have no choice but to have a hard time with the orcs.
The good news is that the dependent abilities that are not affected by the body are preserved the same as in the previous life. Even if it doesn’t help much, it’s better than nothing.
‘But what is this skill?’
I pressed the ‘Select Owner’ skill with my front foot. Then the contents of the board changed and detailed information was revealed.
⊙︎ Owner selection.
You have cyclops. Choose a companion and connect with them. The higher your connection, the more power you can open up and share.
-Your abilities develop according to the strength of the owner.
-As the owner grows, your abilities also grow rapidly.
-Can be influenced by the owner’s will.
It was only when I saw the skill description that I realized it. I really became a healer.
Because he’s the owner… ︎… ︎.
It’s a skill that forces you to quickly find the owner. I don’t know how much it is affected, but due to the nature of the return, there will be quite a difference between whether it has an owner or not.
It’s a mysterious species that can even share abilities with each other. Meeting a strong master and borrowing his fearsome abilities is a great advantage in itself.
“Kuhhh… ︎… ︎.”
So, should we go looking for a strong owner?
I shook my head from side to side.
As expected, it’s impossible.
The premise of finding the strong was already flawed. There is probably no one stronger than me outside the tower.
I have no intention of climbing the tower.
What I want is freedom.
Now is the time to grow yourself enough to avoid being attacked by orcs.
Let’s practice.
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