You sneaked into my simulation world and started spamming the panel?

Lotte's level is Lv.1. He only managed to neutralize Adam's attack with a powerful strike using [Oath Keeper]. If Adam continues his attacks, Lotte will definitely not be able to withstand them.

Adam had never seen such a skill before, and coupled with the golden talent that no one had ever seen before, he was certain that Lott was some nobleman experiencing rural life, and he didn't dare to approach him at all.

“Lotte, you…” Adam took two steps back, “You were pretending to be a novice all along! You lured us into kidnapping you, then tried to kill us?! How could you be so cunning!”

"what?"

Lott was stunned. Was this right?

Adam suddenly smiled apologetically, "Master Lott... you see, this is all a misunderstanding..."

The promise of keeping his oath was enough to make Adam behave.

"Then shall we pretend we know nothing?"

"it is good."

They're all lies.

Adam desired the golden talent but also feared Lott's revenge; he wanted Lott dead.

Lott didn't want to reveal his secret; he wanted Adam dead.

They both looked at each other kindly, but neither of them turned around.

Sophie's groans and the gurgling sound of blood flowing from her sideburns wounds surrounded them, constantly stimulating their tense nerves.

Lott felt his legs were going numb and didn't know how long the standoff had lasted. Suddenly, he heard a rustling sound coming from the bushes behind him.

A tiny, pure white monster emerged from the bushes. Ignoring Lotte and Adam, it walked to the bearded man lying on the ground and licked his wounds with its tongue, its horns swaying as it ate.

This is a fox-like monster, its beautiful white fur around its neck now stained with the blood of its beard.

This is the Bloodveil Beast that Sophie wanted to lure with her blood.

“Master Lotte,” Adam began, “we two will deal with the Bloodveil Beast first. It’s very fast; it takes at least two people to handle it. Otherwise, we’ll all die here.”

The Bloodvelvet Beast dropped its beard and looked at Lotte and the other person. The blood had triggered its instincts, and its eyes glowed with an eerie red light.

What is the best way to deal with wild animals?

As long as you run faster than your teammates, that's fine.

Adam quietly stepped back a few paces, letting the blood-soaked Lot stand at the front. The Bloodvelvet Beast was extremely bloodthirsty and would surely attack Lot first. Then Adam would rush in and deliver the final blow, gaining his talent and escaping with his spoils.

The Bloodvelvet Beast moved, and sure enough, it began to slowly approach Lot.

Lotte swallowed nervously. With the buffs from "I'm Still Alive" and the "Oath Keeper" skill, he might be able to put up a fight to the death with the Bloodvelvet Beast. But that was too dangerous, and Adam was still lurking behind him.

The Bloodvelvet Beast approached Lot, and Lot could even smell its stench. He gripped his dagger tightly, slowed his breathing, and refrained from making any rash moves.

The Bloodvelvet Beast's warm body brushed against Lot's tense calves. It ignored Lot and instead looked at Adam behind Lot.

[King Killer]: Higher-level creatures are more likely to show you goodwill.

Faced with a choice between two options, Bloodveld showed kindness to Lotte, sparing the adorable Lotte in its eyes.

Adam, not understanding, shouted angrily, "Why!"

The Bloodvelvet Beast's silhouette drew a red line in the air, responding to Adam's anger.

Adam hurriedly used his sword to block the Bloodvelvet Beast's attack, but the monster changed direction in mid-air and bit Adam's wrist.

Adam winced in pain, released his grip on the sword, and flung the Bloodvelvet Beast to the ground. He turned and ran toward Maplewood Town, pulling out a life potion from his waist to heal his wounds.

Adam's escape aroused the bloodfaucet's hunting instincts, and it threw itself forward in pursuit.

As Adam's shouts faded into the distance, the forest gradually fell silent.

Lotte gasped for breath, too preoccupied to feel happy, for there were other monsters in the forest.

He picked up Adam's sword from the ground and searched the items on the bearded corpse, finding a silver coin.

Finally, he came to Sophie's side and found that she was still alive.

Sophie was still holding a bottle of life potion in her hand, seemingly wanting to secretly drink it to recover.

Lott crouched down, took the bottle of life potion from her hand, and drank it.

Thank you.

Sophie is a mage, so the life-restoring potions she carries are naturally of high quality.

The wounds on my body have completely healed, and the heaviness in my body has also been swept away. Instead, I feel a surge of energy, as if I have slept for ten hours.

Sophie mustered all her strength to raise her arm and grab Lott, looking at him with despair.

“Lotte…I was wrong…help me…”

As Lott searched her belongings, he said to her, “Miss Sophie, the innate talents of humanity cannot be taken away. You were wrong from the start.”

Lotte could sense that talent was directly tied to one's name and soul, and could not be transferred.

However, Sophie no longer cared about any of that at this moment.

"Lotte... I like you too... I'll be good... Please take me with you..."

Lotte smiled and said, "Miss Sophie, you are a good person. You will meet even better people in the future."

Sophie shook her head in despair, clutching Lott tightly as if he were her last lifeline.

Lotte looked into Sophie's eyes and sighed.

This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Lott reached out, dipped his hand in the blood on the ground, and smeared it evenly on Sophie's lips.

"Red suits you very well."

Sophie nodded, seemingly seeing a glimmer of hope for survival.

"There are many man-eating monsters in the forest, and it's not a pleasant experience to be targeted by them."

Lotte drew his sword and aimed it at Sophie's chest.

"I will help you avoid pain."

Sophie's hand fell to the ground and she could no longer lift it.

A moment later, Lotte brought up the control panel.

Name: Lott

Race: Human [Unlimited Adaptability]

Level: Lv.1 → Lv.3

Attribute points to be assigned: 4

He was promoted two ranks.

Sophie's level is high, but there are experience penalties for killing within her own kind, so Lot didn't gain much experience.

Lotte didn't choose to allocate skill points immediately. He knew that after reaching Lv.5, he would have to choose a class. He planned to take some time to decide on his future class before allocating his skill points.

He found several bottles of high-grade life potions and two silver coins on Sophie, as well as an expensive perfume.

"He even carries perfume when he goes out; no wonder he's a Frenchman."

Lotte picked up Sophie's staff, Adam's sword at his waist, and three silver coins in his pocket, and headed in the direction Adam had fled.

When he caught up with Adam and found that Adam's throat had been bitten open by a Bloodveil Beast, he was relieved and turned to walk towards Maple Town.

Lotte's tense nerves only began to relax when he saw the purple flags waving on the city walls and heard the guards talking.

"I escaped a terrible fate..."

As soon as he finished speaking, Lott suddenly felt dizzy. He leaned against a tree trunk by the roadside and began to vomit uncontrollably.

It took him a while to come to his senses.

Lotte walked to the creek and scooped up water to wash her face.

"I was actually really afraid of dying..."

If his level hadn't been so low and his strength so weak, he definitely wouldn't have taken such a risk.

Lotte looked at his reflection in the water and made up his mind to develop the world he had been deducing until it was powerful enough to continuously gain talent and attribute points until no one could kill him.

He stood up, leaning on his staff, and looking at Sophie's belongings in his hand, Lott suddenly thought of something.

[Original Deduction] Once awakened, one can fuse and upgrade magic, so becoming a mage seems like a good choice.

The path to becoming a monk is difficult, but the rewards are also the greatest.

The mage's fragile body and long growth cycle are fatal flaws for others.

For example, the novice mage Sophie was killed in close combat by Lv.1 Lotte.

But for Lott, these shortcomings are not a problem.

He possesses golden talents such as "Never Die," and can also use "Oath Keeper" to block, allowing him to smoothly pass through his growth period.

Chapter 5 An Addictive Adventure

Lotte rested for only one day, and once the effect of his talent "I'm still alive" was refreshed, he prepared to go to the forest to hunt monsters.

There is one week left before the simulation world opens. Lotte plans to use this time to level up to Lv.5 and learn new skills in preparation for the next simulation.

He didn't know what Isolde was doing in the simulated world, and there was no point in thinking about it now; he should focus on reality first.

However, before setting off, he went to the Adventurers' Guild.

Pushing open the door, a stench of wood mixed with cheap incense hit me.

A few adventurers were scattered around the not-so-spacious hall. When they looked up and saw that it was Lott, strange expressions appeared on their faces.

As Lott walked past them, it was like the sun passing through a world of sunflowers; everyone turned their heads in unison, their eyes always fixed on Lott.

“Miss Yar, I’m here to register the accidental deaths of Sophie’s team.”

Behind the wooden counter, Ya looked up at Lott, her dark circles under her eyes quite alarming. "So it's Mr. Lott. Now the whole town is buzzing with rumors about you, and everyone's a little afraid of you."

"I?"

"Everyone saw you come back yesterday with Sophie and the others' weapons. Some people are speculating that you killed the three of them."

Lotte reached across the counter and placed the perfume bottle she had picked up from Sophie in front of Ya'er.

Ya'er glanced at it and whispered, "Bribing me?"

“How could that be? The death of Sophie’s squad has added a lot of work for you, and I feel guilty about it. This is just a small gift for you.” Lott leaned against the counter, looking at the young girl in the pure white shirt. “Others may not know my strength, but Miss Ya’er certainly does?”

Ya covered the perfume bottle with a few sheets of paper, then rested her cheek on her hand and looked up at Lott. "That's true. Mr. Lott has only dared to fight slimes for the past three months. He doesn't have the guts or the strength to kill Sophie and the others."

"That's right. And their weapons..."

“You’ve already registered your squad before you set off, and you can distribute and keep their weapons. But not their personal property.”

"I understand."

Yar skillfully completed the registration information, attributing the deaths of Sophie and the other two to a monster attack.

The proper procedure is to send someone to verify, but Feng En Town simply doesn't have that many people, so they skipped that step altogether.

Just as Lott was about to leave, Ya called out to him, "Mr. Lott, it's dangerous for you to go into the forest alone. Why don't you consider joining another team?"

"No."

Lotte was unwilling to team up with strangers, lest she expose her talents.

Talents are very rare; there are almost no monsters with talents in human territory.

Located on the border, Maple Forest is occasionally invaded by monsters from the elf territory, providing one of the few opportunities to plunder.

Humans have only ever plundered weaker blue talents, which is a low-cost, high-return endeavor, so not many people specifically go out of their way to plunder talents.

Although talents cannot be stolen a second time, and killing the talent owner yields no benefit, Lotte still decided to be cautious nonetheless.

After all, there are people with strong jealousy who might act without any reason.

As for other races, they cannot steal talents themselves. Perhaps stealing talents is related to the human race's characteristic of "infinite adaptability".

“You could consider teaming up with part-time adventurers,” Ya’er said. “They have families in Maple Town and are all older. They just hunt monsters to earn some extra money on the side and don’t have such a strong profit motive.”

"Thank you. I'll think about it when I get back." Lott looked around, then lowered his head and whispered, "By the way, do you know who Isolde is?"