Nero, the Legendary Hunter

When they saw Nero and the rest, the approaching party's eyes lit up.

"Haha! A bunch of girls and kids tried to challenge the second floor? Tsk, tsk, you need to know your place and know what you can and cannot do," A man with a scar on his cheek said with a disdainful chuckle.

"That's right, only our leader can kill these monsters alone." One of them cleared his throat pretending to cough and said, "Listen, and don't be surprised, my leader managed to kill a level 6 white gorilla all by himself!"

"See how scared they are, haha. They're not even able to speak." The group of six men despised the girls.

"Beautiful girls, if you want you can follow us and see how I brilliantly kill these gorillas. What do you think about that?" The leader said 'in solidarity.'

Nero sighed and continued down the stairs. Choko threw a disgusted look and walked past them. Even Jingu pretended to be deaf and not to care about them. Alex and Maura were more nervous, and they ran quickly to catch up to Nero and the rest.

Being ignored, the leader turned red with anger. He almost wanted to fight with them, but soon calmed down. He promised a girl that he would bring her a white gorilla and she said if he did that, she would accept his request to date her.

With a happy smile, he started to climb to the second floor, but when his party arrived... It was empty. Yes, it was all empty. No, to tell the truth, there was a gorilla still alive in the place sitting on a throne with a crown on its head. When the gorilla looked in their direction, they almost peed their pants and ran out of fear.

*

"Here, it's 1000 coins." Nero took Alex's hand. Alex's hand shook. That was enough for him and his sister to eat for a few months.

"If you want, come back tomorrow. We're going to explore this dungeon again," Nero said.

Seeing that Nero paid, Choko was silent, while Jingu also took 1000 coins and gave it to Maura.

"Take this as well, gozaru. You two should eat some hot and tasty food today,  degozaruyo." Handing over the coins, she smiled.

"I, I…" Alex stuttered. He didn't know what to say.

"Just accept, and tomorrow show up again. We still need two more people to get into the dungeon."

Maura cried out loud. She appeared to have broken.

"What happened?" Choko was worried.

"It's nothing, it's just that I'm very happy. No one has ever been so kind to us before…" She continued to cry.

Alex hugged his sister tightly as he comforted her. The lack of money to buy good food and clothes was a sad situation. It was no surprise that she would be so happy to receive so much money.

*

At the inn, Choko was the first to take a shower. After she left, Nero entered. When Nero returned, Choko was already asleep, but Nero understood; Choko had gotten very tired today. Nero took the opportunity to use this time to loot the monsters.

Taking out monsters 1 at a time and using <Plunder> on each, she started...

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· 41 [Monster Core Rank F – Level 6] have been added to your inventory.     

· 72 [ Monter Core Level F - Level 5] have been added to your inventory.     

· 31 [Gorilla Nail Rank F – Low Quality] have been added to your inventory.     

· 1 [White Gorilla's Glove + 20 Strength - Low Quality] has been added to your inventory.     

· 22 [F Rank F Gorilla Skin - High Quality] have been added to your inventory.     

· 6 [Rank F Flexible Iron Bar – Medium Quality] have been added to your inventory.     

· 123,974 [ Essence Coin ] have been added to your inventory.     

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'Of the level 5 Monster Cores, 53 are mine. Of the level 6, 31 are mine. The rest of the Monter Cores belong to Choko.' Nero thought. Taking a deep breath, she picked up her 53 Monster Core from level 5.

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Absorbs 53 [Monster Core] Level 5 – Yes / No?

'Yes.'

[You raised: 0.25 strength points]

[You increased: 0.25 Energy points]

[You increased: 0.25 Agility points]

....

In total, your raised stats are:

[4.16 strength points]

[4.16 Energy points]

[4.16 Agility points]

'30 to go now...'

As she only had tier 6, Nero was decisive and got 30 tier 6 Monster Cores right away.

Absorbs 30 [Monster Core] Level 6 – Yes / No?

'Yes.'

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[You raised: 0.35 strength points]

[You increased: 0.35 Energy points]

[You increased: 0.35 Agility points]

....

In total, your raised stats are:

[10.5 strength points]

[10.5 Energy points]

[10.5 Agility points]

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[Congratulations! You've moved up to level 4.]

You Increased 5 Energy Points.

You Increased 5 Strength Points.

You Increased 5 Agility Points.

...

[[Cell Regeneration]: Raised to Level 4.]

[[Black Energy] Level Increased to level 2.]

[[Tame Monster] Raised to Level 4.]

[[Obscure Vibration ] Raised to Level 3.]

[[Flight Mastery] Level 2.]

[[New Skill: Charm] Level 1]

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[Goal: Reach level 4 – Complete!]

Reward: [Sapphire Bracelet] + 5 Strength, + 4 Dexterity - F Rank

Reward: 1150 Essence Coins.

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Nero's strength increased by many steps. She now was at level 4 and could even fight someone at level 8. This was crazy!

Equipping the [Sapphire Bracelet], she opened her statuses:

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                                Nero Diaz

Breed: Hybrid

Class: Uneven

Subclass: Enchantress

Rank F – Level 4: (0/250 Monster Core Rank F Level 5+)

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                                attributes

[ Energy] (Mana): 117.42 + 25 

[ Strength] (Hybrid): 117.42 + 20           

[Agility] (Hybrid): 117.42 + 15

6.77 Extra Points Points

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'My strength increased by 6 and not 5 when wearing the bracelet?' Nero figured it must be because dexterity was related to strength, which was why it seemed to have happened.

'But my strength is still not enough. I need to reach at least level 5 or 6 in order to save Yui...' Nero couldn't remember clearly, but if she were to guess, she could imagine that the strongest among those she would have to deal with was somewhere around level 10, which was a lot for the current her.

'Forget it~ I'll think about it tomorrow. I'm stinking again, so I think I'll shower and sleep,' Nero thought.