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?"

bit

"A core?"

"Yeah"

-Spurt!

any attention to Kevin and turned my attention back towards the sheep. Either way, even if I didn't find a core, I could still sell the sheep

me working hard at dissecting the horned sheep, Kevin wiped

keep it. Take it as extra

"Thanks"

at Kevin, I thanked him. However, that was merely a fake smile on

like bastard. Screw you

Kevin could literally purchase any type of monster core that he wanted. All he had to do was use the shop feature

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

enough of a temptation. After all, he wasn't really in need of money as he had all the

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

in the world was I thinking when

all the spoils from the dungeon raid. To which he nodded without hesitation. After all, the value of

-Slash! -Slash!

horned sheep, for the next ten minutes or so I tried to look for any sign of a core. However, after pretty much dissecting the whole sheep, I could only bitterly

"Find anything"

"Nope..."

the shoulder, Kevin encouraged

"Better luck next time"

wanted to curse at him, but I eventually gave

Wasn't worth the energy.

a lot of

cave, I urged for him to follow

sword back in his scabbard, Kevin nodded his

"Alright..."

...

my hand on Kevin's shoulder once again, I

"Hm?"

"Stop for a second..."

a small rock from the ground, closing my right eye as I measured the distance in front

-Tlack!

-Swoooosh! -Swoooosh! -Swoooosh!

and unnatural objects flew to the other side of the wall

"Alright, let's go..."

at the sharp arrows that dug deep into the bedrock for a second, I urged

could kill even a

"..."

the current happenings, Kevin

this had happened. In fact, this was already the fourth time that Ren discovered the traps

that were so well hidden didn't seem to bother Ren one bit as

like he

in the world is

grew. He really couldn't get a read on him no matter how much he

main focus right now was the five-star sword art. Everything else came

the dungeon, Kevin couldn't help but finally realize by what I meant when I said that there wouldn't be any

they could avoid the danger, there really wouldn't be

him on what to do and thereafter following my instructions Kevin would make quick work

I had to say so

fights. That was whenever there were too many monsters, or when

along lost in his own world, I

area of the dungeon, so follow