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 of thought,

"A core?"

"Yeah"

-Spurt!

towards the sheep. Either way, even if

the horned sheep,

find one you can keep it. Take it as

"Thanks"

merely a fake smile on my side as I couldn't

Screw you and your

system, Kevin could literally purchase any type of monster core that

earn from the quests the system granted him, he could still pretty much get whatever core he wanted without going through the

although monster cores were valuable, it wasn't enough of a temptation. After all, he wasn't really in need of

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

I thinking when I wrote the

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 nodded without hesitation. After

-Slash! -Slash!

tried to look for any sign of a core. However, after pretty much dissecting the whole sheep, I could only bitterly

"Find anything"

"Nope..."

me in the

"Better luck next time"

to curse at him, but I eventually gave

Wasn't worth the energy.

we still have a lot of

the cave, I urged for him to

sword back in his scabbard,

"Alright..."

...

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

"Hm?"

"Stop for a second..."

measured the distance in front of me, I took a step back

-Tlack!

-Swoooosh! -Swoooosh! -Swoooosh!

sharp and unnatural objects flew to the other side

"Alright, let's go..."

dug deep into the bedrock for a second, I urged Kevin to

that could kill even a ranked user

"..."

current happenings, Kevin followed

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

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

almost like he could see the

in the world

really couldn't get a read on

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

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

wouldn't be any

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

had to say so myself, we really worked

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

was quietly following along lost in

to the main area of