I Reincarnated as the Mob Flame User Destined to Die in the Early Stages of the Game, but When I Cleared the Event Before the Protagonist, the Heroines Followed Me - Chapter 12 - Poor Villagers [Dust’s POV]

Chapter 12 – Poor Villagers [Dust’s POV]

[Dust’s POV]

I opened my status.

Dust, Human Male

Level: 11

HP: 77 B

MP: 77 B

Physical attack: 77 B

Physical defense: 77 B

Magic attack: 77 B

Magic defense: 77 B

Speed: 77 B

Unique skill: Hero

Skill: “Sword LV5”

Weapon: Iron sword: 150

Armor: Leather clothes: 20, Battle boots: 40

It’s the best status I’ve ever seen.

I will soon exceed level 40.

I can easily become stronger if I want to.

Someone will be sent to the village to train me, the Hero, but before that, I’ll level up and surpass them!

After parting ways with Alicia, I toured the village.

I want to stock up on potions before heading to the dungeon. But I need money.

“Hey! If you’re having trouble with monsters, I’ll defeat them for you.”

“Gett defeated them, so there’s no need.”

“Hah! I, Dust the Hero, is better than that small fry Gett. I’ll take on requests for 30,000 gold right now.”

“Gett will help us defeat monsters for free.”

“Don’t you have any money?”

“I don’t.”

“Tch, you’re worthless!”

“You, old man! I’ll hunt monsters for you for 30,000 gold.”

“There’s no need. I don’t have the money to pay.”

“There are only poor people here!!”

…

By the end of that day, rumors about Dust had spread throughout the village.

Dust is trying to accept monster hunting requests for a high fee. Stay away from Dust.

It’s not that the villagers don’t have money, it’s that they don’t want to give the money to Dust. They’d rather donate it to Gett.

…

Nobody’s requesting anything from me at all!

I have no choice but to head to the dungeon.

I’ll level up and gather gold at the starting dungeon. I headed to the starting dungeon.

When I entered the dungeon, there weren’t many monsters.

Is the probability of encountering monsters the same inside and outside the dungeon?

I was thinking of leveling up near the dungeon entrance, but it didn’t work.

Perhaps I should go deeper.

I reached the middle layer of the dungeon, but there weren’t many monsters here either.

Hehehe, but I know there’s a hidden door in the back.

First, I’ll get the treasure chest. I remember there’s iron armor over there. I specifically didn’t buy armor with this in mind.

Kishaaaaa!

Huh?! Poison Snake?!

A Poison Snake spews poisonous mist at me.

Although it’s poisoned, there is no problem. I killed the Poison Snake. After that, I drank a potion to remove the debuff.

“Fool, I’ve taken precautions.”

I brought three potions that are expensive but can remove debuffs.

I know that middle layer monsters attack with poison.

After all, I’ve cleared the game.

Rustle, rustle.

Three Poison Spiders!!

I was surrounded and bitten.

[Received Poisoned Debuff]

“Damn it!”

While taking damage, I drank a potion that removed the debuff and defeated one Poison Spider.

I was bitten again from behind.

[Received Poisoned Debuff]

I decided to run away. There was only one debuff-removing potion left, so I ran while drinking the last potion.

A goblin spotted me near the entrance of the dungeon, but I went outside regardless.

“Pant, pant! If I’ve made it this far, I’ll be okay.”

I went outside the dungeon and caught my breath.

However, seven goblins come out of the dungeon.

“No way!! They can go out of the dungeon?!”

In the game, the monsters in the dungeon never came out!

What the hell is going on?! It wasn’t supposed to be like this!!

The goblins threw stones and daggers from behind me.

“Shit! Stop it! Aaarrgghhh! I’ll kill you all!!!”

I turned around and defeated the goblins.

I fought while healing my wounds with the potion I had prepared, and managed to win.

“Hah…hah…pant, pant, I’ve used up all my potions.”

I picked up the gold dropped from the goblins and returned to town.

It’s strange.

I’m a Hero.

But why am I struggling so much?

…I feel like my attack motion is slower than in the game.

I understand that increasing my sword level will increase the attack speed.

But my attack motion is really strange considering my level.

If I could attack faster, I wouldn’t have had a hard time against those monsters.

Also, I’ve used up all the potions I paid a lot of money for.

I’m completely in the red.

Is it because I’m not used to it?

That’s right, it was my first time in a dungeon and I was nervous.

That’s why I couldn’t move well.

I’ll earn money around the village before heading to the dungeon again.

After that, I’ll return and conquer the starting dungeon!

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I defeated monsters and raised my level.

I also stocked up on potions.

Now I’m heading towards that dungeon again!

I had a hard time finding monsters and it took me a while to earn money, but that’s okay.

It’s finally time.

I’ll earn money efficiently in the dungeon.

[In the Starting Dungeon]

“Damn it! There are so many monsters!”

It’s strange, there are more monsters than before!

I can’t advance to the middle layer!

But if I hunt monsters near the entrance, I can still level up.

I hunted monsters at the dungeon’s entrance for seven days.

Then finally, I arrived at a hidden room in the middle layer.

Phew, my level has really gone up.

My talent is really out of this world.

“Hah…hah…pant, pant! I finally got here. Now everything will be easy——Huh?! What?!! No, no, no!!! Where did the contents of the treasure chest go?!!”

My iron armor! There’s no iron armor! My plan is ruined!!

When I first came to the dungeon, there weren’t many monsters.

Was it because the dungeon had been cleared by someone else?

But there are a lot of monsters now.

Has it already been cleared?

No, that’s not possible.

The “Karma Ticket” in the deep layer of the dungeon is a key item that only the protagonist can use.

Even if this treasure chest is emptied, the Goblin King and Karma Ticket deep in the dungeon are my prize.

Still, it would be bad to go deeper into the dungeon like this.

I could die.

I rested a bit in the hidden room, managed to escape from the dungeon, and returned to the village.

Everything’s not going well.

It’s Gett’s job to be poisoned, not me!!

Gett should be the one who gets attacked!

Just because he defeated a few monsters here and there, he’s trying to get along with the villagers and my woman.

It’s natural for me to be respected and cherished by Alicia, I can’t forgive him!

I took out a ticket.

Damn it, this is my trump card.

I shouldn’t use it on Gett.

I won’t use it for someone like Gett!

Gett will die at the age of 18, and he has an important role to play as my stepping stone.

You better not die yet, damn it! Not until you’re 18!