He had checked out the quest yesterday already. It was reasonable for a beginner and yielded quite the reward.

"The Goblins are the weakest demons, but they attack in groups, so please be careful."

"Sure."

He answered curtly, left the Guild and wanted to leave the town right away, but he had things to buy, so he went into the shopping district.

He visited a weapon shop to buy a weapon, since even the weakest demon was hard to fight against with just bare hands, looking for a weapon within the range of his funds.

When he looked around with his funds in mind, he would have to go with a short weapon like a knife. Amongst these, he found a relatively robust one with a thick blade and a good grip.

"This one."

Saying so, he showed it to the shop owner.

"Gladly. A solid knife, that'll be 2650 Rigin."

After paying, he received the weapon and appreciated the scabbard that he got as an unexpected freebie. Then he brooded over what to do about armour. A shield might be useful, but he concluded that he could just use his ≪Word Magic≫ when necessity arose, and left the shop.

Leaving the town, he headed for the "Clair Forest" in the west. He could reach it by following a straight path called the "Toll Road".

During his search for an inn yesterday, he had stopped by a general store and bought five "crispy beans" for HP restoration, three "honey toffee" for MP restoration along with a map of this world.

Even if they were necessary expenses, they completely emptied his wallet. He had to complete the quests by all means or he would have to sleep outside tonight. That sounded fun in itself, but he wanted to avoid a sudden hobo lifestyle.

During his trip, he spotted something weird in front of him.

(What's that…?)

It looked like a big volleyball. However, it didn't have a fixed appearance and contorted itself spongy, blocking his path.

(Wait, could it be…?)

The famous monster for levelling up as a beginner in a RPG…

"A slime!"

His voice was somewhat filled with excitement. There the slime suddenly charged into his direction, startled by his voice.

"Wait, a battle out of nowhere!?"

He drew his solid knife from the scabbard. The slime was slow, but Hiiro got the chills when he thought about coming in contact with that disgusting substance.

The moment the slime jumped up, he swung his knife downwards accordingly. There was no resistance and the slime was cut into half, but the two parts still moved meandering. To put it bluntly, it was disgusting.

"Don't tell me it multiplied from being cut in half?"

In that case, a blade would be useless, so he wondered about what to do, whereas the demon writhed agonizing on the ground and stopped moving before long. Hiiro timidly poked it with his knife.

(Wait, there's a faster way!)

He opened his ≪Status≫. The NEXT (required experience points until level up) column had been 10, but now it turned into 8. The fact that he had received experience points meant that the demon was defeated.

"Oh~ It was a demon after all. I bet it's a weak one like the goblin. It only gave 2 EXP anyway."

Still, he felt somewhat accomplished from his first battle and victory. At first he had feared it would pain him to kill, but it surprisingly turned out alright.