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 thought, Kevin carefully

"A core?"

"Yeah"

-Spurt!

head, 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 still sell the sheep for a good

me working hard at dissecting the horned sheep,

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

"Thanks"

I thanked him. However, that was merely a fake smile on my side as I couldn't help but curse at

bastard. Screw you and your

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

the system granted him, he could still pretty much get whatever core he wanted without going through the hassle of saving money or going

wasn't enough of a temptation. After all, he wasn't

the more I couldn't help but curse at

world was I thinking when I wrote

all the spoils from the dungeon raid. To which he nodded without

-Slash! -Slash!

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

"Find anything"

"Nope..."

the shoulder,

"Better luck next time"

curse at him, but I eventually gave

Wasn't worth the energy.

still have a lot of distance to

cave, I

back in his scabbard,

"Alright..."

...

into the dungeon, placing my hand on Kevin's shoulder once again,

"Hm?"

"Stop for a second..."

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

-Tlack!

-Swoooosh! -Swoooosh! -Swoooosh!

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

"Alright, let's go..."

arrows that dug deep into the bedrock for

even a ranked user if

"..."

current happenings, Kevin

already the fourth time that Ren discovered the

bother Ren

like he could see

in the world is

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

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

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

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

were monsters, I would quickly instruct him on what to do and thereafter following my instructions Kevin would make quick

say so myself, we really worked

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

who was quietly following along lost in

area of the