The Tutorial Is Too Hard

Kuuuuaaaak!

Facing a giant monster charging at her with beastly roar, Idy calmly pierced the top of its head and killed it.
The monster fell before it even had a chance to struggle.

That was no ordinary attack.
The monster could not have fallen silent like that as if it was falling asleep without even having a chance to twitch unless that was the case.
Idy is growing. On top of that, she is growing fast.
Could it be that she is also affected by the Tutorial’s growth effect?
I swallowed that suspicion for now.
In the end, it was yet another question that Idy herself could not answer.

“Keruk. I think there isn’t any monsters left nearby that is worth tracking down to hunt.”
“Right. This one is probably the last one.”

For the past two weeks, other than the time spent on eating and excreting, we threw all of our time into hunting.
The result was significant because we continued hunting even after the sunset ever since we became used to hunting in the jungle.

Not only did I earn the Detection Skill that I wanted, the Mana Circuit’s operation mastery increased, and its level also increased.
Stealth Skill also leveled up by one.
Most importantly, we hunted most of monsters around the cave which we decided as our main camp.
There still were small animals, but they were absolutely not threats to us.

“What are you going to do now, Captain? Shall we go back home?”

She had been calling the cave as home.
Also, as if the place was really her own home, she carefully tidied up the place and made things like furniture.

“Okay. Let’s go back. I think I just have to focus on training for a while at home.”

“Keruk. Keruk. All right.”

With that sound, I suddenly got nose bleed.

Could I go further?
As soon as I thought that, my head felt dizzy and the Battle Focus was canceled.
It wasn’t that I was at the limit on my ability to focus. It seemed that I was still lacking in my ability to manage mana.

My head is pulsating.
It feels stiff around my eyes, and these parts hurt every time my heart beats.

I had experienced the symptoms many times while I trained in Mana Circuit, so I didn’t panic. Instead, I pressed on temples on my head and ignored the pain.

“Keruk! Captain! Come outside!”

Idy called me from outside of the cave.
Her voice sounded bright.
Is she going to teach me spear techniques?

I quickly wiped off the nose bleed and came outside. Idy handed me a staff that looked like she carved it out of a piece of wood.
Unlike my concern, Idy seemed quite excited.
It seemed she was very happy to teach me spear techniques.

“Keruk. For now, use this. I made it quickly.”

It looked like she had been looking around to find a suitable piece of wood and made this.
It didn’t have an edge at the tip, so it couldn’t be called a spear but a staff.
Still, let’s call it a practice spear.

Also,

“From now on, I think I should call you Idyaemong.”
“Keruk. What does it mean? Is it something good?”
“Of course, it is something good. It means you are incredibly talented.”
“Keruk Keruk.”

As if she was embarra.s.sed, she turned her head to the side and acted happy.

As I expected, Idy was exceptionally good at teaching something to another.
From the basic, step by step, she explained in detail. Because of this, I could understand with ease the basic theories of the techniques and their applications.

[You acquired Basic Spear Technique Lv.6]
[You acquired Mid-level Hand-to-Hand Combat Technique Lv.2]
[You acquire Mid-level Swordsmanship Lv.4]

As expected, although I was mostly learning spear techniques, the training resulted in progress on hand-to-hand combat and swordsmanship.
In particular, the explanations about steps that Idy gave me as I learned spear techniques were very helpful.
The theory was very different from what I learned during middle school at a Kendo cla.s.s. However, because I had the body of a super human and used skills that defied common sense now, Idy’s methods were the right answer.

“Keruk. As I thought, you are amazing, Captain.”
“Geez. Come on.”
“You would have been perfect if it wasn’t for you occasionally showing underhanded and dirty side. Keruk.”

Hey, do you have any idea how important being underhanded and dirty are to a professional gamer?
When it comes to a duel, wrecking the opponent’s mental is half way to the victory.

“Keruk. I thought this when I heard this the last time, but so called professional gamer is really not something I would want to be.”

How could you say that in front of one, you rascal?

“Although this place is the Tutorial stage that helps the challenger’s growth and you also have the power skill called Focused Effort, your growth rate is still very fast. This can only be explained by your talent. You are incredible. Keruk.”
“Come on. I know. I am pretty d.a.m.n talented.”

Having heard what I said, Idy twitched her nose lightly and said,

“Keruk. Besides being underhanded, I found another fault in you, Captain.”
“What is it?”
“You are a bit of an arrogant jerk”

I know that.
I heard that a lot in my life.

While being in the 12th Floor’s stage, skills related to fighting were not the only ones I acquired.
I also earned something completely unexpected.

It was when I was at front of the cave and roasting the meat that Idy procured.

[You acquired Entry-Level Cooking Lv.1]

Um… What is this?
Could it be that thing?
In a fantasy game, the skill for unrivaled production professionals that occasionally make appearances?
Could I be able to obtain high level cooking skills, blow up my stats by eating the meals I cooked and have a whole bunch of enhancement effects on my attributes and pa.s.sive resistances, becoming unsurpa.s.sed?

“Keruk, although this will be obvious, there are no such ridiculous effects included in the cooking skill.”

Idy said as she brought the salad she put on the dish she made by carving a piece of wood.

“If there are foods that can have that kind of effect, then that would probably be the effect from the ingredients, not the skill of the cook.”

… That’s probably right.

I worked up my appet.i.te and looked at the table where the dinner was ready.
There were salad, a stew of unknown origin, roasted meat and unidentified vegetable mix. Also, lastly, there was the salted smoked meat.
They were too substantial to be called a dinner inside a stage of h.e.l.l Difficulty.
On top of that, I had no idea what the ingredients were, let alone where Idy got them.
An even more important problem was that all of these foods were delicious, seriously delicious.

Other than the cake that I occasionally ate with Kiri Kiri, I always had been taking care of meals with meat jerkies. Perhaps that’s why.
Every time I ate meals prepared by Idy, I was overwhelmed by bliss.

Like that, I diligently focused on training, ate delicious food, and occasionally went out for a walk with Idy to hunt and patrol to spend the rest of the days.

The frustration I felt when I first entered the 12th Floor was now completely gone.
The life here is far smoother and more fun than being in the waiting room. The development is also going well. This is the best?

[Round 14, Day 27, 00:00]
[The day of the great harmony will commence.]
[The day of the great harmony will continue for 24 hours. Remaining time: 23:59]
[Please enter. Time remaining until forced summon: 5 hours]