Becoming an adventurer by copying monster abilities

A flicker of lingering admiration flashed in the man's eyes. He took a big gulp of wine, his voice trembling slightly with excitement.

"A young adventurer with black hair! He looks to be in his early twenties, but the moment he makes a move, you know he's a master who has seen countless deaths and injuries! I saw it clearly from the shield formation in front."

One sword strike! Just one strike! And the demon's head was chopped off!

He noticed the increasingly disbelieving looks from those around him, as if they were looking at him as a fool.

Fueled by alcohol, the adventurer suddenly raised his right hand and shouted into the night sky:

"I swear to the goddess of fate, every word I said is true! I remember that the captain of the guard called out the other person's name, Lu... Lu something again?"

"Mr. Luke..."

"Yes! Let's call him Luke!"

The adventurer turned around and looked at the person who had spoken up for him.

It turned out to be Fernando, the team's manager.

Beside the person in charge, a young adventurer with black hair sat by the campfire, wiping his longsword.

He looked at the other person's cold, handsome face, which had left an indelible impression on his memory.

The already somewhat drunk adventurer suddenly shuddered, ignoring the laughter of the other adventurers around him.

He slowly sat down and said nothing more.

"Mr. Luke, you don't have to stay up all night like them."

Fernando sat down next to Luca, handed him a piece of crispy roasted meat jerky, and said with a smile:

"If the trade route hadn't been blocked last time, forcing us to take a detour into the Endless Wilderness, we wouldn't have encountered any monsters on this main road."

"After all, this is a key safe trade route that the kingdom prioritizes protecting; there won't be any problems."

"Hard to say."

Luke stared at the rising flames, but didn't voice the rest of his thoughts.

Normally, there probably wouldn't be a problem.

But now that he's here, things are hard to say.

If the speculation about my unlucky constitution is true.

What if this causes something unexpected to happen to this originally peaceful journey?

Luke still felt somewhat guilty.

Therefore, in order to prevent problems before they occur.

He could only be as vigilant as possible and try to resolve the danger as soon as it appeared.

Fortunately, his fears did not come true in the following days.

This part of the journey was as uneventful as could be.

Apart from the occasional two clueless wolves howling at the convoy from a distance, there were no other unexpected incidents.

Perhaps this is how a commercial convoy should normally transport goods.

If caravans are ambushed and suffer heavy casualties every time they set out.

The casualty rate and barriers to entry in this business are indeed too high. A businessman like Fernando would probably have gone bankrupt and hanged himself long ago.

Luke's daily routine consisted of traveling, setting up camp, eating, and sleeping.

In addition, I occasionally discuss the topic of humanity and nature with Miss Veronica.

This druid from Tifflin probably experienced too much discrimination and contempt in his environment from childhood.

Compared to dealing with humans, I am much more relaxed when talking about nature and animals.

At the same time, Luke proposed to give a portion of the bounty given to him by the Adventurers' Guild for killing the necromancer to the other party.

Before leaving Ryan City, Luke curiously checked with the association to see what reward he had ultimately received.

A total of two thousand gold coins, plus 100 honor points!

If you were to accumulate that amount of money by killing goblins, it would be a full ten thousand!

Two thousand gold coins seems like a lot, but compared to the value of a necromancer, it's still rather stingy.

The main problem is that the villages surrounding Ryan City are now in dire need of reconstruction.

From the construction of some facilities to the reclamation of farmland.

Both require a significant investment of human and material resources.

Therefore, this reward, which was mainly paid in bulk by the lord, was significantly reduced.

Veronica refused without even thinking:

"I wasn't of much help in the previous battle in the sewers, and the gold coins aren't of much use to me either."

"You can use it to buy some equipment or something?"

This was the first time Luke had ever heard anyone think that gold coins were useless.

"Druids can't wear metal armor, so my equipment is all cheap. If I'm really short of money, I'll gather some valuable plants in the forest to exchange for money."

"How many gold coins can I earn?"

"I can't remember exactly, but at most I could earn a few dozen gold coins a month?"

"If you register with the Adventurers' Guild and accept commissioned quests, you might be able to add a zero to that."

Upon hearing this, Veronica's eyes widened immediately:

"Earn tens of thousands of gold coins in ten months?"

"..."

Luca found it hard to imagine that beneath Veronica's somewhat intellectual appearance lay an extremely chaotic mind.

However, since the other party had a unique Druid lifestyle, Luke did not insist.

...

"alert!"

After an unknown amount of time, just as they were about to reach the boundaries of Sunset Forest, the long-absent alarm of the convoy's scouts sounded outside.

Luke's heart skipped a beat:

After all, it should come.

"Not far ahead, there is a goblin squad, numbering around 30."

Unlike the formidable monsters Luke had imagined, what blocked his path was only a small group of goblins.

It was common for these greedy fellows to ambush and rob carriages and horses near trade routes.

Upon hearing this, the guards and adventurers, who had been idle all the way, drew their weapons.

Get ready to vent the frustrations of your long journey on these green dwarfs.

Veronica, inside the carriage, clearly saw the words "a goblin squad" rang out outside.

Luke has been looking worried these past two days, as if he's wary of something.

A dazzling, terrifying light suddenly burst forth in his eyes.

It wasn't disgust for the monster, nor was it the tension of preparing for battle.

Rather, it's a joy that comes from the heart...?

Seeing Luke get off the car with great interest, Veronica followed out of curiosity.

Then, she saw a side of this powerful adventurer that she had never seen before.

When Luke charged into the midst of the goblins, a genuine and enthusiastic smile even graced his lips.

Looking at those short monsters with brownish-green skin, covered in dirt and pus, was like seeing long-lost old friends.

Of course, it would look even more like it if the longsword in his hand were swung a little slower.

"Pfft! Sizzle! Sizzle!"

Blood splattered, and severed limbs flew up and landed repeatedly in mid-air.

A brand new, silver-white hand-and-a-half-sword, wielded in an extremely efficient and brutal manner.

They relentlessly reaped the lives of the goblins who were terrified and frantically running into the forest.

Not only Veronica, but the other adventurers were also dumbfounded.

Especially the adventurer who mentioned Luca by the campfire earlier.

He nudged his dumbfounded partner with his elbow:

"See that? That's the ruthless guy I was talking about!"