The Author's POV

"huuuu..."

Standing on top of two giant furry carcasses, Kevin exhaled as turbid air escaped from his mouth. By the side of his face, a droplet of sweat dripped down from his cheek.

"Good job!"

Looking upwards, I couldn't help but praise Kevin. It only took him two minutes to dispatch two ranked monsters.

Although he had my instructions, it was still a very impressive feat. Something that I, with my strength, could probably not be able to achieve.

...At least not without some preparations.

-Spurt!

Removing his sword from the carcass of one of the two-horned sheep, Kevin jumped down and moved next to me. Arriving before me, looking at me straight in the eyes, Kevin slowly said

"...so it's true"

Taken aback by his sudden action, I couldn't help but ask

"What's true?"

"The fact that you can see the future"

Stopping for a second, I nodded my head.

"Ah...yeah"

I guess you could put it that way.

...With the aid of the book I really could look into the future. Albeit only ten minutes, it was still a small glimpse into the future.

Glancing at Kevin who seemed to be more convinced about his decision, I smiled inwardly.

I guess this worked out in my favor. With the aid of the book, I managed to thoroughly convince Kevin about what I had previously told him. This could probably help me explain a few things in the future when I was planning on scam-keummm, making more deals with him in the future.

"Anyhow, that aside, let's see if there's anything good"

-Spurt!

Walking towards the two-horned sheep, I took out my sword and stabbed it straight towards where their heart was.

"Let's see..."

...I was currently looking for a core.

Because one of the requirements for going to Immorra was a ranked core, I obviously needed to find one.

Therefore, what better way to get one than through monsters that the protagonist killed? With his luck, there was a high chance I could find one today.

Not so far from where I was, staring at me in confusion, Kevin couldn't help but ask

"What are you looking for?"

Snapping my head in his direction, pointing towards the area I was cutting, I rolled my eyes

"Isn't it obvious?"

after a bit of

"A core?"

"Yeah"

-Spurt!

I no longer paid any attention to Kevin and turned my attention back towards the sheep. Either way, even if I didn't find a core, I could

at dissecting the horned sheep, Kevin

okay. If you find one you can keep it. Take it as extra payment for helping me. No need to

"Thanks"

merely a fake smile on my side as I couldn't help but curse at him

bastard. Screw you and

the system, Kevin could literally purchase any type of monster core that he wanted. All he had to do

it required points which he could earn from the quests the system granted him, he could still pretty much get whatever core he wanted without going through the hassle of saving money or

temptation. After all, he wasn't really in need of money

about it, the more I couldn't help but curse

what in the world was I thinking

to entering the dungeon, Kevin and I had an agreement with one another that I would keep all the spoils from the dungeon raid. To which he

-Slash! -Slash!

next ten minutes or so I tried to look for any sign of a core. However, after pretty much dissecting

"Find anything"

"Nope..."

me in the

"Better luck next time"

curse

Wasn't worth the energy.

we still have a lot of

cave, I urged for him

his scabbard, Kevin

"Alright..."

...

dungeon, placing my hand on

"Hm?"

"Stop for a second..."

closing my right eye as I measured the distance in front of me, I took

-Tlack!

-Swoooosh! -Swoooosh! -Swoooosh!

time the rock hit the ground, multiple sharp and unnatural objects flew to the other side of the wall and

"Alright, let's go..."

sharp arrows that dug deep into the

arrows that could kill even a ranked

"..."

by the current happenings, Kevin

happened. In fact, this was already the fourth

were so well hidden didn't seem to bother Ren one bit as he just nonchalantly triggered them left and

almost like he

in the world is

was with Ren, the bigger the confusion grew. He really couldn't get a read on him

right now was the

they kept moving forward, around two hours into the dungeon, Kevin couldn't help but finally realize by what I

there really wouldn't be any issues regardless of how strong the

what to do and thereafter following my instructions Kevin would

I had to say so myself, we really worked

also help Kevin on occasions during fights. That was whenever there were too many monsters, or when a monster ambushed him from

following along lost

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