<h1>My first exploration (2)</h1>
The dungeon world uses the concept of Levels, which should be an inconceivable reality.
So maybe it's better to just throw away some common sense here.
Eventually coming upon a small room space.
I silence my breath and peer from the room's entrance.
Looks like a treasure chest in the center of the room….. But next to the wall, there’s also a Hollow Tree creature that’s lying still…..
The room itself is roughly the size of 10x10 feet.
And in the very center of the room lies the treasure chest made out of iron & wood, it really does look like there is treasure inside.
And with that, the Hollow Tree in the corner towering at roughly 2 meters makes it more fantastical and believable.
It doesn’t have any leaves. Its trunk looks old and it has holes & crevices which make it seem like a human face.
But right now it's expressionless.
It almost matches the drawings that were in the little book, so this is definitely a Hollow Tree Monster.
I’m currently looking at it, but….. Is it aware of my presence as well?
Observing the eerie Hollow Tree in the corner, I wonder if I have been found out.
If it is aware of my presence, then it will be hard to sneak into the room to open the chest and take its treasures.
Then again, I don’t think I have the courage to do that sort of thing, I also want to try to get some battle experience, so let’s not do that.
I’m going to fight this thing properly. Defeat it and acquire the treasure from the chest with dignity. A real adventurer wouldn’t bow down in front of a challenge.
I close one eye just in case and scan the Hollow Tree’s Lv.
And a number floats into my view.
Lv 1 ……… Considering that I’m at Lv 0. The opponent I’m facing is in a moderate category.
Making up my mind and filled with determination, I pulled out the knife from my waist and charged into the room.
A small growl-like groan leaks from the Hollow Tree’s mouth.
Is it sensing me as a threat?
The Hollow Tree begins to move and starts charging toward me.
It wasn’t moving quickly, because it moved with its roots dragging it down.
From what it looks like, it's about half as fast as me.
Using a hit-&-run tactic, I stab the knife into the trunk and immediately move away to build some distance.
It really feels like I’m hitting a withered tree.
But rather than chopping at it, it’s more like I’m bashing it instead.
The attack wasn’t effective…..
Knowing of it, that’s how it feels, I try to cut at it again.
This time I aim for one of its branches, one that looks like it would be its arms.
Successfully chopping off the branch, I quickly move back and take some distance.
The Hollow Tree became bewildered after receiving the attack and tries to attack me again.
This time I attacked its trunk from the side where I severed one of its branches and didn’t receive any damage.
Using all my power and weight, I struck deep at its body.
With that, a large amount of wood got scattered from the Hollow Tree’s injury.
The Hollow Tree’s trunk loses its momentum and falls.
The last attack I made seemed to have worked pretty well.
It doesn’t seem like it will be getting up to attack me anymore either.
The Hollow Tree’s figure instantly scatters into particles of light, going all over the place.
The light particles were absorbed into the surroundings, the walls, the ceiling, and the floor of the dungeon; and within several seconds the light disappeared.
All that was left in the room was just me and the treasure chest.
It seems like I won that battle.
“HAAAaahhhh….” I exhaled deeply trying to rest my arms.
Having some weight lifted off my shoulders, I could only sigh in relief.
That was my first battle, I was pretty nervous, but everything seemed to work out in the end.
The number of times I attacked, amounted to three strikes.
If it’s just a Lv 1 Monster, then I may be able to win quite easily, like just now.
I could feel the fatigue assuage my body.
I’m just your average High School student and this was the first time I have ever fought.
I’ve never been in a fight with another person, so this was my first experience at actually causing harm to someone else.
The battle itself wasn’t that long, but I feel so exhausted.
I’ll just take a look at the Treasure Chests contents and head home for the day…..
Placing my knife back into its sheath, I move closer to the treasure chest.
I wanted to keep on exploring, but with the way things are, I think it will be better for me to head back.
I should just retrieve the item from the Treasure chest and end this exploration.
Slowly opening the Treasure Chest, I thought to myself that I may have some hard times ahead, exploring the dungeon from now on.
And inside the chest was――
A candle?…… and a piece of paper…...
Within the Treasure chest, was a plain white candle, which didn’t seem like anything special and an old parchment paper with something scribbled on it.
Picking up the paper, I began to examine it myself.
Oddly enough the words written there were in Japanese characters as well.
And the content of the parchment was a description of the candle.
\n<table>\n“The Night Invitation Candle”
A candle, when used in a room with a man and a woman, would lead them to desire each other.
Can Not Be Used Outdoors.
Number of Uses: 1\n</tbody>
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