Chapter 12: A Farmboy’s promise
I stepped back and tripped on a branch, I landed on my butt with a soft thud. Have I suddenly become clumsier or the forest is just a huge hazard?
Just then Emily came running through the bushes, her clothes were stained with blood and she panted slightly.
"Levi!" She yelled and looked around franctically for me, she held her knife and I noticed it was no longer coated in flames.
"I\'m down here. I called from behind her". She turned back sharply and saw me sitting on the floor, supporting myself with hands.
"What are you doing down there?" She asked, confusion washed over her face.
"I tripped". I said with a sheepish smile. "This forest is a walking hazard".
Emily shook her head in exasperation and brandished her knife, flames coated it again. "Where is the wolf?" She asked.
I pointed behind her where the dead wolf now laid, it\'s blood had bled out and formed a pool around it.
Her eyes became round with surprise. "You killed it?" She asked in a disbelieving tone.
"Yes". I replied and got to my feet. "I had a little accident and was almost a goner but I recovered quickly and killed it".
"Wow". Emily said in obvious amazement. "I can\'t believe you killed a level one beast monster all by yourself".
"You can\'t?" I asked.
"Yes!" She exclaimed. "That\'s so cool! I was worried when I stopped fighting that wolf and realized you were no longer standing beside me". She sat on a tree stump.
"You need to tell me how you did it" She said and then looked at the sky with a frown. "But first let\'s leave this forest, I don\'t think we can take anymore beasts".
"I couldn\'t agree more". I said. I knew I had gotten a little lucky with the first wolf and I might have the same level of luck next time.
"Something is wrong, we shouldn\'t encounter three beast monsters in a day". Emily said as we walked out of the forest.
"Really?" I asked.
"Yes, most times we walk through the forest without seeing beast monsters". She explained. "On some days we see one, but never more than one at a time".
"I\'m worried". She said in a pensive tone. "I\'m worried that something is wrong with the forest".
I reflected on what she said. If things were according to earlier conditions, the thirty beasts I needed to slay to become a one star mage might prove to difficult or almost impossible.
So even though the forest spawning more beast monsters were a problem to the towns, it was more of a blessing to me as I would be able to level up faster.
As we walked home, Emily pressed me for details of how I killed the wolf and I readily gave it to her. She was awestruck as I narrated the story.
"Wow." She exclaimed again when I was done with the story. "You\'re very brave". She said and I could see her pupils dilate as she stared at me.
[Ding! You\'ve made a girl develop attraction to you, +10 bonus lust points]
I stared at the screen before in confusion, then I stared at Emily. I couldn\'t believe she was attracted to me, also I wondered if the system would alert me if any girl was attracted to me.
When we got back to the farm, I waved Emily and Ava goodbyes and went to my room, but not before Emily gave me a quick peck on the lips which caused Ava to glower at the two of us.
I crawled into bed and sat up.
"Show me my profile". I said aloud.
[Here\'s your profile]
[Name: Levi]
[Level: 1]
[Title: Farmboy, Beast Slayer]
[Strength: 20]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Stamina: 20]
[Speed: 10]
[Mana: 20]
[Element: Air]
[Lust points: 70]
There was no point having spare lust points if I wasn\'t fast or strong enough so I decide to improve my speed.
"Purchase 7 speed points". I said aloud.
[Purchasing 7 speed points]
[You have leveled up]
[Here\'s your profile]
[Name: Levi]
[Level: 2]
[Title: Farmboy, Beast Slayer]
[Strength: 20]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Stamina: 20]
[Speed: 17]
[Mana: 20]
[Element: Air]
[Lust points: 0]
My stats were going up but they still looked very pitiful, I knew I had to kill more beast if I wanted to increase my mana but I knew I had to increase my attributes if I wanted to be able to kill beast monsters.
To do this I had to get lust points and there was no other way for me to get lust points than with
Ava.
I remembered the list of lustful activities the system listed for me, sex was 200 points, with that I could increase my attributes and get faster quite quickly.
I decided there and then, starting the next day, I would perform lustful acts with Ava as many times as I could. If she wasn\'t enough, I\'d perform acts with anyone else I could.
Just then, the cock crew, signifying it was almost dusk. I needed to help mr Simon close the farm for the day.
I went out to see him gathering all the tools, he would then take them to the shed and arrange the neatly.
"Let me do that sir". I said and started gathering the farm equipments, when I was done, I packed them into a wheelbarrow and pushed it to the shed. There were still some left over so I knew I\'d have to repeat the trip.
When i was done with putting away the tools, I swept the entrance to the shed and the front of the poultry, then I was done for the day, I retired into my room and collapsed on the bed.
[Here\'s your profile]
[Name: Levi]
[Level: 2]
[Title: Farmboy, Beast Slayer]
[Strength: 20]
[Intelligence: 20]
[Stamina: 20]
[Speed: 17]
[Mana: 20]
[Element: Air]
[Lust points: 0]