Chapter 18 - Boss of the Tutorial (Patreon)

"You should really clear the Tutorial, so I can add you as a friend." Nina bothered Nova with it. 'I don't want to lose contact with him...'

"I'm not strong enough to deal with a Boss." Nova was still beating things with his wooden sword and fists, so it was unlikely that he would be able to deal with a ranged opponent.

"She is seriously easy!" Nina said seriously. "She doesn't use her bow unless you piss her off!"

Nova rolled his eyes. "Fine, I will try it."

What's the worst that could happen?

...

On plains surrounded by trees...

"Dammit! Stop using that bow, you wench!" Nova screamed as he was trying to dodge all the arrows.

The light blue projection of the Elf was clearly pissed. She was shooting arrows like some kind of machine gun.

"This is not some kind of shooting game, stop it!" Nova yelled, but he was in an awful situation.

He was able to learn how bows worked and how to somewhat dodge them, but learning and putting it into practice were two different things!

It was not that hard to dodge at the start, but then, there was a slight issue...

"Why aren't you running out of arrows?!" Nova screamed at her, but the Elf only snorted.

He panicked, but then he thought of an idea. His wooden sword has levelled enough, so it should be possible to block a few arrows, right?

Nova dashed towards the Elf while trying to block the arrows, but something unimaginable happened.

The arrows passed through his wooden sword like it was never there to begin with.

They pierced his body like a porcupine...

...

Nova 'woke' up back in the starting area and his eyes immediately trained on Nina.

Nina shivered for some reason and looked around for why it was happening.

She noticed Nova coming towards her menacingly and shrunk back.

Nova would not let her escape and grabbed her shoulders.

Nova chuckled sinisterly. "She won't use her bow, huh?" He was glaring at Nina.

"S-she really wouldn't!" Nina pleaded innocent.

Nova sighed in frustration before going to the >Hard Tutorial to let off some steam.

...

[Wooden Sword Embryo is upset!]

[Its willingness to break through its limit is commendable.]

[Wooden Sword Embryo (Q-21): 179/179 ((5x21)x(1+.3+.41))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/30]

[Disciple Clothing Embryo is startled!

[Its willingness to break through its limit is commendable.]

[Disciple Clothing Embryo (Q-63): 2,012/2,012 (((5+5+5)x63)x(1+.3+.83))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/30]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo is unwilling to be left behind!]

[Its willingness to break through its limit is commendable.]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo (Q-21): 136/136 ((5x21)x(1+.3))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/30]

Nova's lips twitched, was it really that easy to break through one's limits...?

'Desire?' Nova tilted his head. Maybe his desire to reach the peak was not strong enough?

It was possible.

But he wouldn't be able to make up his mind immediately, so he could only wait and see...

...

Nova cleared the trap stage with only 3 deaths again.

He was quite pleased with his progress, but he was definitely not ready for the >Brutal Tutorial.

Nova stepped into the wet dungeon and 'zombies' were immediately attracted to him.

Nova started to kill them, since he needed to Level up his sword. It shouldn't take too much time before he got that special Level 25 and something happened to it.

The 'zombies' were fortunately completely brainless and Nova was able to easily defeat them.

'This is really simple.' He was quite happy for this EXP farm, but there were certain things that pissed him off.

[Wooden Sword Embryo trembled in delight at such rough treatment!]

[Wooden Sword Embryo trembled in delight at giving rough treatment!]

His perverted sword was getting out of hand and Nova was worried about his future.

'Sadomasochistic sword... must be a first in history!' Nova narrowed his eyes.

He kept farming the 'zombies' until something changed.

...

[Your [Wooden Sword Embryo] has grown, thanks to the [Growth] Effect!]

[Wooden Sword Embryo is deciding on its future. . .]

[Wooden Sword Embryo decided to settle on: Lust Embryo!]

"FUCK!" Nova immediately slammed the wooden sword on the ground. He was currently in the trap area.

[Wooden Sword Embryo trembled in delight at such rough treatment!]

[Wooden Sword Embryo (Q-26): 120/274 ((5x26)x(1+.35+.25+.51))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.25/30]

[Traits: [Growth], [Soulbound], [Persisting], [Lust Embryo], [Sadomasochistic Tendencies]]

[Effects: -]

[Bonus Stats:

Aura Circulation: +51%

Training Speed: +51%

Handling: +51%

Durability: +51%

Awareness: 26/100]

[Growth: +25% All 'Effects', +25% All Bonus Stats, +25 Quality]

[Soulbound: Nova]

[Lust Embryo]

[Special Embryo that will learn Traits around Lust.]

[Sadomasochistic Tendencies]

[Effect: Increases your damage by 25% to increase the pleasure inflicted!]

[Effect: Increases your durability by 25% to increase your pleasure!]

'At least it's somewhat good...' Nova narrowed his eyes.

As he was marvelling upon the fact that this was not half bad, someone had to cause even more trouble...

[Disciple Clothing Embryo is deciding on its future. . .]

[Disciple Clothing Embryo decided to settle on: Lust Embryo!]

"WHY?!"

[Disciple Clothing Embryo (Q-63): 2,957/2,957 (((5+5+5)x63)x(1+.3+1+.83))]

[Rarity: Starting Gear Lv.20/30]

[Traits: [Growth], [Soulbound], [Persisting], [Lust Embryo], [Bad Masochist], [Slight Mind Increase], [Slight Insight Increase], [Slight Willpower Increase], [Small EXP Increase], [Small Proficiency Increase], [Small Familiarity Increase], [Small SubClass Gain Increase]]

[Bonus Stats:

Durability: +83%

Comfort: +83%

Comfort: +83%

Awareness: 63/100]

[Growth: +20% All 'Effects', +20% All Bonus Stats, +20 Quality]

[Soulbound: Nova]

[Bad Masochist]

[Effect: Increases your durability by 100% to increase your pleasure!]

Nova glared at a certain Sin of Lust.

[Sin of Lust pouted.! ( ￣^￣) ]

[Sin of Lust says it was not her fault!]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo is panicking!]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo is promising to protect you!]

[Vitality Necklace Embryo needs Levels! (Condition: Reach Starting Gear Lv.25)]

"Not you too!" Nova cried out, but he had no way to Level this little brat.

[Sin of Lust is suggesting a certain place...]

"No! I'm not going there if I don't know what will happen to me!" Nova immediately rejected that motion.

[Sin of Lust pouted again saying that it's nothing bad for him.]

"I don't believe you! Your name is too sketchy for that!" Nova shook his head.

He decided that he would clear the second stage and move to the third stage!

...

The Pathfinder guided Nova towards the door for the third stage. The 'zombies' were no problem for him as he could easily dodge them. Thanks to the water, they were so slow that it was almost pitiful...

The hallways were long and it took quite a lot of time to get to the end of this dungeon.

[You have cleared the second part of the Tutorial!]

[Reward: 1,000 Existence Coins]

[You are entering the Tavern part of the Tutorial.]

[You have cleared the Tavern part of the Tutorial!]

[Reward: 10,000 Existence Coins]

[You can now enter the fourth part of the Tutorial.]

'I did somewhat expect it, but this is just...' Nova's eyes were wide. He suddenly acquired quite a wealth!

He looked around. The Tavern was newly floored, with nice paintings and flower vases. The tables were nice and shiny. It was a strange sight.

This Tavern was a lot more refined than the previous ones, but...

'They are freely groping them...' Nova grimaced when he noticed that every Waitress was freely groped.

'But I still need to recover my Vitality...' Nova remembered that, for some kind of reason, his Vitality had hit rock bottom.

He sat down and called the Waitress in order to order his food.

The Waitress was slightly blushing, which startled him, but there was nothing abnormal about it since it could be her fetish.

Nova did not discriminate against others' fetishes, so he would just ignore them.

He ordered food, so that he could replenish his Vitality, but the Waitress was a bit too... enthusiastic.

"Sir, I can share a better method with you~" She hummed mischievously.

[Sin of Lust sipped tea, smiling.]

"There is no need, I'm quite hungry." Nova said.

The Waitress pouted, but still brought Nova some food.

"Thank you." Nova gently thanked her and started eating.

He ate and ate, from ribs to soups. Anything that came in his way, he ate with happiness.

'I miss such simple food, but I never really go hungry or full...' The damned Tutorial didn't require them to eat food, but you also were never feeling full. It was just this strange empty feeling.

There was no sudden event like in the first Tavern. He also didn't attract as much attention in the second Tavern, but he still couldn't get used to the fact that the drunkards would slap the Waitresses' asses freely.

Fortunately, there was nothing else than 'feel', so he didn't need to bleach his eyes yet.

After finishing the food. He immediately decided to go for the middle boss.

'Without checkpoints, it's better to try it than to leave it as is.' Nova thought. 'The 'zombies' were also slow and stupid, which makes things easier.' He didn't believe that the >Hard middle Boss would be too hard...

He paid just 600 Existence Coins for the food for some reason, but he wouldn't complain too much.

...

[You are entering the middle Boss part of the Tutorial.]

It was the familiar hallway leading into the arena. The torches were few and far between, but since he didn't need to care about traps, they could be ignored.

Nova arrived outside. In front of him was an army of undead and in the middle was some kind of strange clothed figure.

Nova readied his sword and dashed forward. Undead were easy to deal with, or so he thought.

An arrow brushed past his side and Nova was shocked.

There were not the common undead. Some had shields and maces, others had swords, and the rest were archers.

There was a very low number of archers, but they still troubled him. He had a hard time getting close to them and the undead were slowly surrounding him.

Thinking that this could continue. Nova rushed forward, trying to dodge the arrows or somehow parry them.

His wooden sword blocked those arrows easily for some reason and Nova was confused.

'Were those arrows so decayed that I'm able to block them?' Nova couldn't think for too long since there was still an army in front of him, so he focused his mind on the task.

He parried those arrows with some ease and easily destroyed those undead archers. Unlike those 'zombies', these were mostly out of bones with armour around them.

This allowed them to resist normal warriors, but those who focused on the weak spot had a grand harvest!

Defeating the undead was quite an easy task now that he realised that the arrows couldn't reach him.

"You are the only one left." Said Nova to the skeleton(?).

"I'm not a skeleton, boy." That being spoken at Nova.

"I can't allow you to pass, you are not strong enough." It said slowly.

"But I defeated them?" Nova was confused.

"You defeated mere shells, nothing praiseworthy." It shook its skeleton head.

"What do you wish to accomplish by not having proper strength?" It asked.

"I think you are asking about Class, right?" Nova tilted his head. "I'm working on it, I just have to reach the Max Level before I change into normal Class." He said gently.

"Do you believe this is a game?" It asked slowly.

"No, a game could be turned off or ignored, but I can't ignore the robotic 'angel' that tortured me!" Nova told it for some reason. He couldn't understand it properly, but there was a feeling of kinship with it.

"Peculiar." It mouthed. "What will you do after you defeat the 'Final Boss'?" It asked curiously.

"Repeat it until I have farmed it 100 times." Nova shrugged.

It chuckled. "Why are you at this stage, when you have not completed the previous stages?"

"Because for some reason, that elf wench easily pierces through my sword." Nova sighed.

"You lack power. That's all." It shook its head.

"I know, once I can get Aura or Mana or Qi, I will be able to defeat her." Nova knew that he lacked that last push to be powerful, but he was unwilling to give up on those Max Levels.

It didn't say anything, but its blazing eyes intensified. "Come closer."

"You won't turn me into undead, right?" Nova asked cautiously.

It rolled its eyes. "Just fucking come."

"Whoa, what a strong language." Nova chuckled and walked towards it.

"Don't mock me, Human." It sounded angry.

"I'm not mocking you. I can understand your frustration, especially since a certain wench doesn't run out of arrows." Nova sighed.

"It's Elven Quiver. It will never run out of arrows as long as there is greenery around her." It said, understanding Nova's intentions.

Nova stopped in front of it.

"How peculiar..." It tilted its head, observing something. It then pulled out a book.

"A sin as early as in the Tutorial. A Classification that encompasses all 3 Classifications. An abnormal amount of Skills." It read from a strange book.

"How peculiar indeed..." It stroked its non-existent chin.

"Can I have loot too?" Nova asked gently.

"No." It rejected it immediately, but then paused.

"Fine. I will allow you to clear this special difficulty, but if you can't grow strong enough by the end of the Tutorial, I will add you to my collection." It said slowly.

"Scary, what are the requirements?" Nova asked him curiously.

It raised both hands and an immeasurable amount of undead poured into the arena from all sides.

A shiver went down Nova's spine and he shrunk back. "A-aren't you overdoing it a bit?"

"Perhaps..." It answered. "That's just how much I desire something as peculiar as you..." Its empty eyes burned quietly, but with deep desire.

Before Nova could protest, it spoke again. "However... I'm not as heartless as to give you an impossible mission. This amount is still within the possibility of your talent." It said slowly.

"Bullshit." Nova instinctively replied, since he didn't want to fight the sea of undead.

"Perhaps it is, perhaps it isn't." It slowly moved away. "We will see each other often, so only time will tell." It snapped its fingers.

[The shackles on: Commoner, Mortal, Trainee. . .]

[. . . were removed.]

Nova blinked a few times. He could not believe that it was so easy to obtain this.

"Ah... before I leave..." It turned around from its portal that suddenly appeared. "There is a friend on stage, Hard, Brutal and Hell..." It paused. "No, nothing... you are not worthy yet."

And with that, it disappeared into the portal.

[You have cleared the middle Boss part of the Tutorial!]

[Reward: 10,000 Existence Coins]

[You have entered the Starting Town!]

[Your Status has refreshed!]