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Chapter 2 Monsters and Cheat Codes

"yes!"

Richard froze on the spot, his mind racing.

"Could this be the legendary cheat code? I just don't know what kind it is."

[Absorption successful, 131 energy points absorbed]

Along with the text, Richard was now presented with a semi-transparent frame that read:

Name: Richard Clavel

[Attributes]: Strength 1.9, Agility 2.3, Constitution 2.1, Spirit 3.6

[Skills]: Clavier's Breathing Technique (Basic 53%), Cornell Swordsmanship (Basic 62%), Bow and Crossbow (Basic 32%)

[Energy Points]: 131

"Young Master, Young Master?" Serena asked with concern when she saw Richard standing there motionless.

The maid's shout interrupted Richard's thoughts. He had originally intended to study how to use the system, but it was clearly not appropriate in the current situation.

Disturbed, Richard immediately returned to his room on the second floor of the castle after dinner and summoned his maid Serena, asking her to gather all the books about monsters in the castle and bring them to him.

He himself began to study how to use the system.

Richard first tried adding points to his attributes, focusing his attention on the words "Strength 1.9". After a while, there was no response. He then tried "Agility 2.3", waited for a while, but still there was no response.

It seems that these energy points cannot be used to increase attributes.

So Richard tried to allocate points to the highest skill level: Cornell Swordsmanship (Basic 62%), focusing his mind on the words "swordsmanship" and silently reciting the points allocation.

After a long while, there was still no movement. Richard was a little discouraged. He tried breathing techniques again, focusing his mind on the skill: Clavel Breathing Technique (Basic 53%). After a while, it still didn't work!

Richard immediately felt deflated!

The sudden appearance of this monster made him realize that this world was not so simple.

The question is, besides monsters, what other dangers might exist in this world? Everything is still unknown, which makes Richard feel a sense of urgency.

That's life, perhaps. It's full of surprises.

"Knock knock knock!" A knocking sound came from outside the door.

"Young master, the book has been brought to you."

It turned out that Serena had sent seven or eight thick books, each with an exquisite cover, inlaid with wrought iron decorations, and even two of them were inlaid with green jade and enamel decorations.

Richard then selected a copy of "Voglie's Travels," opened it, and began to read. The text in the book was all handwritten, and the writing was very beautiful and neat.

Richard skimmed through the book, which recorded the experiences of a famous bard, Vogel, during his travels through the three northern kingdoms. The book mentioned monsters seven times.

"The three of us, including Figg, entered a quiet forest. I don't know when it started, but a thin mist began to rise slowly from the surrounding area."

I noticed that Feige ahead of me had been quietly entangled in the ankle by a vine that suddenly appeared. The vine pulled, causing him to stumble and fall to the ground.

Other vines instantly wrapped around his waist and neck, constricting him tightly, causing Figg's face to turn bright red from suffocation.

I immediately drew my longsword and started hacking away; I knew we were in big trouble.

Turning a few more pages, there's another description:

"I traveled with the caravan across the Stephen's Wasteland without incident."

But on the third day, we were attacked by a strange creature with the body of a griffin and the head of an eagle. It had wings, could dodge nimbly in the air, and was incredibly strong. Arrows shot at it only left some white marks.

Fortunately, the caravan was equipped with a heavy crossbow, which pierced its wing and scared it away; otherwise, the entire caravan might have been wiped out.

Richard was increasingly alarmed as he looked around. This world was full of crises. Fortunately, most of the common people here were illiterate and had a very low literacy rate. Papermaking and printing were also relatively backward in this world, and the dissemination of knowledge and information mainly took place among the upper class.

Therefore, as long as the common people do not wander around and live in one place for a long time, they will hear very limited news related to monsters, so it will not cause panic among the people, which effectively maintains the rule of the nobles.

He then opened another book adorned with enamel decorations, which contained even more exaggerated descriptions, making Richard feel as if he had been transported to a magical world.

The book contains this description:

"In the city of Rossby in the Kingdom of Heron, the youngest daughter of Viscount Chers was beloved, but unfortunately, she died in childbirth not long after marrying the eldest son of the city lord."

But ever since then, strange things have been happening in the city lord's house, especially in the middle of the night.

Soon after, a mercenary carrying two swords volunteered to take on the mission.

One night, a mercenary with flames in his hands, wielding a silver sword, battled a vengeful spirit.

"Holding a silver sword is easier to understand, but flames coming out of your hands? What is that, witchcraft?" Richard remained silent for a while. Having studied the family's knightly arts with his father and brother since childhood, he knew that even his father, a formal knight, could not make flames come out of his hands.

In this world, knights don't have the concept of fighting spirit. The practice of knight breathing techniques only makes people stronger, more powerful, more agile, and their thinking clearer.

That's it.

After flipping through four or five books, Richard found long passages describing monsters or strange occurrences.

Richard rubbed his temples. Now, combined with the monster corpses he saw at the city gate, he was certain that this world was definitely not the medieval Europe-like world he had previously imagined.

It seems my dream of living a comfortable, carefree life as a rich young master is going to be shattered.

In this world, even nobles who want to live peacefully for decades need a bit of luck.

First, you have to stay put, and second, monsters have to not approach you.

Even if he can manage not to run around, what if monsters come knocking on his door, like this time when monsters invaded his own territory? Should he just ignore them?

No, absolutely not. We must find a way to ensure that he has at least the ability to protect himself.

Although he now has a system and assumes that the system can improve his skills in some way, can he deal with strange and bizarre monsters with the skills he has mastered?

He himself wasn't very confident about this, and the seriously injured captain of the guard, Barras, was the best example.

A strong person among ordinary people is still just an ordinary person.

Fortunately, in this world, well-trained ordinary people, under the guidance of strong individuals, can also deal with some monsters. For example, his baron father led a group of soldiers to kill a monster this time.

Just as Richard was deep in thought, a piercing scream came from outside the window, instantly shattering the tranquility of the castle at night.

(End of this chapter)