Level 1 Guy: Chapter 10 – The Popcorn and That Black Thing

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Hello everyone~ sorry for the late post as I’m fairly busy as usual… Also, sorry for putting a lot of TLN notes as this chapter requires quite a few to understand.
Well anyways, please enjoy another relaxing chapter brought to you by Shiro~
When morning came, I’m currently heading to Nihonium Dungeon.
After waking up in the morning, I have a faint gleeful smile on my face…..For some reason I was reminiscing about my past.
Previously, it’s more of the moment before my memory was interrupted.
At that time, many days ago, my health wasn’t in good shape. As time goes by, I felt more and more dizzy, by the time I realized what has happened to my body, it was already too late. Even so, I still consume energy drink and continued working.
On that morning, I was also working like mad, I was working so late till the point of overworking and I genuinely did not realize that, but I continued working because I still have lots of work to do till the last train has long pass. Suddenly, my eyes went blurry and became full white and I felt light headed and knocked out on my desk—.
—The next moment the slime has drop something!
Somehow, looking back at it, it must be confusing as to what I’m saying right now. I’m so confused that I thought [Am I still in that dream?].
As I think about it I gradually get further away from the answer, thus I decided not to think about it completely.
As all these was happening, I was inside Nihonium Dungeon.
Somehow in front of my eyes, I was checking my status on the Know-It-All Board.
???????????????? | |
Level | 1/1 |
HP | S |
MP | F |
Strength | C |
Endurance | F |
Intelligence | F |
Mentality | F |
Speed | F |
Dexterity | F |
Luck | F |
???????????????? |
Even though my level is still the same at 1, but because of the seeds I’d hunted my power is gradually increasing.
As I went in, I pumped myself by saying “I’ll do my best again-”. Afterwards I went into the limestone cave-like dungeon to proceed onward to the second floor.
I immediately encountered a Zombie.
The zombie was as per usual, It groaned while charging towards me.
From yesterday’s Gorilla—I took out the item that was being dropped by that rogue monster where this world’s people have said that [They don’t drop stuff].
Pan!
An explosion sound could be heard from my ears, and a whiff of gunpowder smoke can be smelled, my hands were also shaking for a while and soon became slightly numb.
At that moment—The zombie’s head was blown to smithereens.
The item that I was holding on my right hand, is an Automatic Gun which doesn’t belong in this world. (TLN: Automatic gun as in a handgun)
The Gorilla from before was the one who dropped the gun and a huge chunk of ammo for it.
Today, while hunting for the seeds, I went and test it out.
With one shot to the head, the zombie’s head splattered and died on the spot, leaving a seed on that ground.
When I pick up the seed, my strength was up by 1, and I continued searching for more zombies.
Then, I saw a zombie in a distance. It’s around 20 meters away from me.
I positioned the gun and fired it….I missed and instead grazed it’s shoulder. (TLN: I found this relevant XD)
I shot the zombie a second time, this time I confirmed a headshot on it’s head after aiming at it.
With this I’ve already killed 2 zombies, if I get used to it I might be able to hunt even faster than before.
As for the seeds—–.
[Roar!]
As I was heading my way towards picking up the seeds, suddenly the wall beside me collapsed, in it appeared a zombie.
The zombie suddenly pulled a surprise attack on me, I tried to open my mouth to say something but bit it instead.
[——You!]
While trying to forcefully get it away from me, I kicked on it’s abdomen.
The zombie’s body got bend into a ‘<’ shape, and flew as if being hit by a truck.
Even after kicking it it’s not dead yet!? I then hold the gun at once——
[Ugh–, Ooo-….]
[From behind too! Damn it!]
I was surrounded by a different zombie from behind and it push me down to the ground against my will.
I positioned my gun, this time I pulled the trigger.
Pan! Pan!
I shot the zombie who was on my foot and the one who was kicked away by me, both shots flew into it’s head.
I panicked for a moment, but managed to handle it.
I picked up the 2 seeds, and my strength was increased by two, afterwards I continued walking around the dungeon.
While trying to get a hang of using the gun, on this past few days I tried to combine it while fighting the zombies which then let’s my body get used to the feeling of it.
Before afternoon arrives, I managed to up my strength to B.
?
In order to join with Emily, I decided to leave Nihonium and head to Teruru.
Because of the convenience of the gun, I’ve gotten much more powerful.
At first I don’t know if this would be effective on this world’s monster and was worried about it, but with the speed of these lead bullets while using the gun, it might be plenty effective against them.
The dungeon monsters are certainly tough to hunt, especially ever since my bamboo spear was broken in half, I was wondering what I should do about it, but now with this I won’t have to worry about it anymore.
Though the problem is getting bullets.
Yesterday, the Gorilla that dropped the gun together with its ammunition was totalled up to be around 200 rounds.
If I was living a normal life, this amount would be a lot to me, but honestly speaking, I’ve already fired 50 shots just this morning.
If this goes on I won’t have enough, I need to find a way to replenish it.
[……As I thought, it must be the rogue monster.] Somehow I thought so.
What’s more, I seem to have understand the rule to this system.
Everyone have said that no drop could be obtained from Nihonium but I got it to drop seeds, the rogue monster which everyone avoid fighting it because it does not drop anything too has dropped a gun and bullets from my world.
Both of them had the same keywords, which is [No drops].
The rogue monster……They are monsters who leave their dungeon and attack the city.
It’s safer that they don’t come out of the dungeon but…..I’m expecting it to happen again, because of this.
?
Teruru’s second floor, we are currently waiting for someone.
[She’s not coming nodesu.]
[Ain’t coming huh.]
While teaming up with Emily, we are currently fighting against the Drowsy Slime, while getting the dropped carrots.
We wanted to give those drops to Eve, but the person isn’t here today.
We’ve waited for a long time but she’s not here yet, Emily had a worried expression.
[Did something happen to her?]
[The person might have something to do, coming here everyday is also pushing the limit.]
[Yes desu~]
[Let’s take the carrots and bring it to her, perhaps when we returned home and open the door, there’s a possibility that she might be in there…..Or not.]
After saying so, I imagined about it and became uneasy.
After heading home, the carrot loving Eve might just break into our home and wait there…..
For some reason, I can picture it becoming a reality, I’m really afraid that it might happen.
While preparing my heart for it, I put the carrots inside my backpack.
[Well then, let’s go down another floor today.]
[Are we going nodesu?]
[Ah, since I gain a new weapon, and what’s more my strength has increased from C to B. Our combat power has also increased, so I thought why not let’s try tackling it today.]
[Yes desu~]
While speaking happily, Emily followed me together.
Even though Emily is small but is carrying a huge hammer, and she’s a Power Type where she can’t lose to a Gorilla, but when she isn’t fighting, it feels as though she is a little bit of an airhead/pure.
Just being together with her calms people down, that’s how I feel about her characteristics.
With that person, we venture down to floor 3.
[Emily, have you ever come down here before?]
[Nope desu. I only know the names of the monster and what it drops.]
[Heh, so what is it?]
[The monster is called Cockroach Slime, the drop is a pumpkin nanodesu.]
A slime again……Wait what does she mean by Kokuro? (TLN: The word Kokuro might either be saying it’s a black slime OR it’s a insect like slime which is similar to a cockroach? NSFW)
I kinda understand why it’s pumpkin. Be it the bean sprouts or the carrots, it seems that this normal dungeon will certainly drop these vegetables.
This world’s everything is produce from the dungeon, and the dungeon that produce these things seem to be normal.
As I was thinking that a Gorilla in a dungeon, when defeated drops a head size tuna, it’s drop is kind of normal isn’t it.
Thus I concluded that the pumpkin that is the drop on this floor is also normal.
If it’s a normal pumpkin then…..
I accidentally glanced at Emily.
The ever smiling small size girl, who made the house warm, also the girl who makes dishes which warms the soul and the heart.
Un, if it’s her she can do it.
I’m sort of anticipating it.
While walking around for a while, we met a Cockroach Slime.
…..The shape is certainly a slime. Though the only difference is it’s size is super small, the body is glowing in blacklights.
What’s more, the movement of this slime is different from the first two-floor where they would bounce around, but instead it’s on the ground crawling—- While making a rustling sound as it’s moving.
—Bishi!
The atmosphere around us stiffens.
When looking at my side, Emily is looking at the black light that is emitting from the slime.
Her expression is—-Smiling, it remained intact.
But, something’s off.
[Emily-…?]
[Yoda-san.]
[Y,yes!]
[Let’s kill it desu~]
[You’re kinda freaking me out Emily-san!!!]
While maintaining that smiling expression, Emily took out her hammer.
With her usual small body with that huge hammer combo, but this time it’s somewhat scary.
It’s sending chills down my spine.
Emily then hold the hammer and charged forward!
This is a first! This is the first time I’ve seen Emily-san charging first towards a slime!
Guriguriguri.
While Emily was swinging her hammer down, the ground was shaking.
[Eh, Emily-, I wonder if it’s necessary to do such things…]
[What are you saying Yoda-san~]
Emily turned and face me, while having a delightful expression.
[If we don’t do this much, more tragedy might occur~]
[Ha, hahi]
My voice was turned inside out.
This is weird, even though Emily is showing a gentle expression but for some reason it seems to be scary, I can even see something like a scene of carnage from behind her? (TLN: Author maybe wanted to convey this?}
This floor is bad, we have to go back up.
As I was thinking so the place I was standing, the hammer that was swung down to the ground, there was a rustling sound under it.
The Cockroach Slime slipped off.
[It slipped off nodesu…..]
[That’s enough Emily, let’s head back…]
[Yoda-san.]
[Wh, what is it?]
[Even if you were to hate me, please don’t hate the drop.]
[I don’t hate you so, before I start to hate it please stop!]
[Haaa!]
With even more spirit, she swung the hammer down.
To be exact she swung it down onto the Cockroach Slime, and the dungeon shook once more.
Pon!
The hammer jumped up, from the place where there was a slime that was the size of a black array, a basketball size pumpkin appeared before it.
And Emily’s mood has returned.
I was glad that before anything worse can happen she defeated it.
[Emily, let’s go back up. I feel like hunting carrots today.]
[Yes desu~]
Emily let’s go of the hammer, and went to pick up the pumpkin.
Afterwards, we immediately hurried back to the stairs where we came from.
But why, why did that small slime drop such big pumpkin?
At that moment when it’s dropping the item, it looks as if a popcorn was being burst.
Since it did not drop a black array, it was kind of funny looking at that.
What did I bring upon myself.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Rustle, rustle, rustle.
Rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle, rustle—
The moment when we come back to the stairs leading to the upper floor, a massive amount of Cockroach Slime has appeared.
After counting it, it seems there’s around 30 of them.
Such a sight is in front of us.
[Yoda-san.]
[Eh?]
[I, I might not be able to return to the people anymore.]
[Wait a minute, don’t be rash! Leave it to me! Please leave this to me!]
To Emily whose mood has changed again, I forcibly said so.
I won’t let her do that!
Absolutely—-NOT!
I positioned my gun, and aimed at the slimes.
Pan! Pan! Pan!
At that moment, I’ve gotten even more concentrated than ever before.
Pan! Pan! Pan!
I rapidly fired my gun, what’s more with my sharp and focused concentration, one shot one kill, with the quickest way of slaughtering the slimes.
I was completely mad, while shooting at the middle of all of the slimes.
[Phew……]
I stroked my chest, and I felt that Emily from behind me has also returned to her usual mood again.
And, immediately afterwards.
Pon, pon, pon, pon ,pon ,pon ,pon ,pon—.
Many pumpkin was dropped from the slimes. The scene is like watching a bunch of popcorn bursting one after the another.
What’s more—-since cause my Drop rate is S, the size was bigger than Emily’s, a size of a balance ball pumpkin was appearing at one shot. (TLN: Balance ball as in exercise ball/ medicine ball)
The burst pumpkins (popcorn) were, in an instant the road—-the only road to go back up was blocked completely.
Despite killing all the slimes in an instance, the irony was that in return the Cockroach slime has confined us on the third floor.
During that time, while imitating someone who loves carrots, I chop the mountain of pumpkins in half before finding Eve, and also desperately tried to sooth Emily down.
Teruru’s third floor, I swore to myself to never ever bring Emily down here again.
Update 1: apparently I’ve been mistaken with the slime monster, and will change it’s name~ Thanks again commentors for helping me :3 P.S: I freaking hate cockroaches.
Update 2: The word ?? is that in this case thanks to a comment helping me decipher this meaning
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58 Comments
Dark Jackel · 11th April 2017 at 2:23 AM
…Did she have some kind of trauma? What happened here… ?
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 2:24 AM
I believe she was influenced by a skill from the Kokuro Slime? instead of it being a trauma, tho that’s just my speculation
Huh...? · 11th April 2017 at 2:43 AM
Or maybe those Kokuro Slime are like the cockroach version of that world, and she doesn’t like them and goes insane seeing them (you know how some people react when they see cockroaches).
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 8:51 AM
Yeah yeah i also thought so too! Cause the word kokuro really sounds like cockroach! Though the word cockroach is gokiburi in Japanese
Dark Jackel · 11th April 2017 at 2:50 AM
I understand where you’re coming from, but… Wouldn’t a skill or bad status hit the MC harder? His only decent stats are HP and Strength, and those usually aren’t used against status effects… ?
5up6at1m · 11th April 2017 at 3:11 PM
@ Dark Jackel: The MC had been put under sleep a few times by ‘Drowsy Slime’ already, so it proves that he doesn’t have any resistance against status effects for now.
But he didn’t fight any monsters which have a more dangerous status effects yet. And with the amount of ‘HP’ he has, even basic poison status won’t matter to him much.
Not sure how status effects like paralysis or curse would be shown in this WN, but i don’t expect those two atleast for now (since its still early on in the story). Same with poison status as well.
hallowedthings · 14th April 2017 at 9:44 AM
I was got confused too but yeah I also think she was just completely freaking out about the cockroaches and decided that they HAD to die lol, so she was determined to kill them all
Shiro · 14th April 2017 at 9:46 AM
Yeap ~~ i was also confused but after rereading it several times with people’s comments…I finally got it XD
gmartinezsite · 11th April 2017 at 2:24 AM
Thank you for the chapter
Larissa · 11th April 2017 at 2:28 AM
Thanks for the chapter :3
Bruno102 · 11th April 2017 at 2:29 AM
Thanks for the chapter!! 🙂 🙂 🙂
Jajaja it’s a DarkEmily
sfcipher · 11th April 2017 at 2:34 AM
Thanks for the chapter.
Namae nashi desu · 11th April 2017 at 2:36 AM
A skill that make a women turn to yami/kuro mode, scary……
Thanks for the chapter.
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 2:38 AM
Probably, nanashi-san~
Awe 12u · 11th April 2017 at 2:37 AM
Hmmmm what happened to her ?…also thanks for the chapter m8.
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 2:38 AM
No probs~ Idk, my speculation is that the kokuro slimes have a skill that made emily turned into what she was?
Jigoku Shounen · 11th April 2017 at 2:41 AM
It’s a Slime that look like the “Dark Nemesis”? At least, that’s the only reason I can think why she suddenly go berserk.
Thanks for the chapter.
??????? ?????????? · 11th April 2017 at 2:45 AM
Thank you for the translation!
??????? ?????????? · 11th April 2017 at 2:45 AM
Thank you for the translation!
Neo Armstrong Cyclone Jet Armstrong Cannon · 11th April 2017 at 2:48 AM
How to ruin a fantasy story 101: introduce guns.
DK · 11th April 2017 at 2:55 AM
Thanks for supporting our laziness.
The ?? in the chapter title should be “that,” using “that” instead of saying the forbidden word. They ??? from the slime should be the “cockro” from “cockroach.” Emily’s behavior falls into place with the preceding knowledge.
iamviruz · 11th April 2017 at 2:55 AM
I think Kokuro is somehow related to Gokiburi, cockroach.
Thanks for the chapter ~~
Jaegarpan · 11th April 2017 at 3:10 AM
Thank you for the update,
UnknownSoul · 11th April 2017 at 3:52 AM
She just love pumpkins?
maksvasagan · 11th April 2017 at 4:04 AM
Thanks!!!
~Traveling Chef~ · 11th April 2017 at 4:21 AM
thanks~
crywolf641 · 11th April 2017 at 4:48 AM
Did I miss a chapter or something? was that gun the dropped item? how does he get bullets? through Mana?
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 8:52 AM
It’s from chapter 9
crywolf641 · 11th April 2017 at 8:07 PM
Ohh better re-read just in case then.
hallowedthings · 14th April 2017 at 9:43 AM
Yeah, it mentions he got a drop from the gorilla in the last chapter but it doesn’t actually say what the drop is until this chapter 😛
purpl phl · 11th April 2017 at 6:20 AM
Thank you for the chapter. First, the “I missed” video loved it , second whats up with emily, and third at first I thought abalance ball was a medicine ball turns out its a yoga ball ( thats how I know it anyways).
Erwin Julianto · 11th April 2017 at 7:25 AM
Thanks for chapter
thatguy572 · 11th April 2017 at 7:46 AM
I’m pretty sure Emily is just super grossed out by the Kokuro slime, since it is black and crawls around like a cockroach or something. Some people are deathly afraid of such things, while others would go into a “die now!” rage (which Emily did). I highly doubt it was a type of skill, just extreme gorssness.
udin-san · 11th April 2017 at 7:47 AM
Definitely a cockroach slime, no wonder Emily lost her mind..
Cheers!
Rubah · 11th April 2017 at 9:12 AM
This whole chapter is NSFW!!!!!!
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 9:28 AM
YES! I FReAKING HATE COCKROACHES!!!!! more like a trauma XD
muddie202 · 11th April 2017 at 10:08 AM
Thank you for the chapter!
Kaede Nika Suvorsky · 11th April 2017 at 11:50 AM
So unless thou have S rank drop rate thou won`t get any drop from Nihonium dungeon or on Rogue (?) monsters. Also, I regret reading this chapter while eating.
Thanks for the chapter.
jiggerman0 · 11th April 2017 at 3:35 PM
does anyone imagine Emily from Re:Zero
Shiro · 11th April 2017 at 5:33 PM
I almost wanted to put her as the image for this chapter XD but yes absolutely
Jonn0s · 4th May 2017 at 9:33 AM
(????)?
WeeBoo · 19th May 2017 at 12:02 PM
Just asking. Ib earlier chapter Zombie drop seed that increase HP. Now this cahpter they increase strength?
Gantono · 10th July 2017 at 8:53 AM
as a housewife those g is truly hated, especually the big one in terraformars
Thanks for chap
Shiro · 10th July 2017 at 10:05 AM
Oh god please don’t remind me of that, those are truly scary!!!
Thanks for reading though~
Ang Yosep · 16th August 2017 at 8:35 PM
It was at this chapter, author didn’t knew, he fcked up.
Nihonium 1st floor is zombie(drop HP seed) and 2nd floor is skeleton (drop STR seed)
BUT! In this chapter it become skeleton 1st and zombie 2nd lol
Thanks for the chapter
Shiro · 18th August 2017 at 4:38 AM
Yeap we all knew, but oh well I don’t mind the mishaps from the Author as he is working on countless other novels too.
Mohd Fayyadh · 6th October 2017 at 8:15 PM
what skeleton? it said slime… which is even worst, because slime wasn’t supposed to be at Nihonium dungeon
Mohd Fayyadh · 6th October 2017 at 10:10 PM
owh wait nevermind, that was the past he said… jeez…
SadNdil (@SadNdil) · 5th November 2017 at 5:16 AM
Ohhh I see ! The reason Emily lose her mind when she sees the slime is because she loves doing housework and cockroaches is like her nemesis ? Is that it ? Omg, it’s been bugging me this whole chapter.
habib1100 · 14th November 2017 at 10:41 AM
Thanks for doing this chapter!?
John Jay (@JohnJayJP) · 1st August 2018 at 7:01 AM
“The zombie suddenly pulled a surprise attack on me, I tried to open my mouth to say something but bit it instead.”
It’s not good to bite zombies ya know… they are unsanitary!
Ichiru · 24th August 2018 at 10:28 PM
It’s zombies on the second floor? I thought it was skeletons? Did the author get confused? O.o
Ichiru · 24th August 2018 at 10:35 PM
Oh. Nevermind. I read the next chapter and you adressed it. Thanks for the chapter!
kaz · 9th October 2018 at 9:48 PM
How the hell is he so good at hitting monsters? Isn’t his DEX ranked F?
Dove · 9th December 2018 at 7:08 AM
I really don’t get why this author decided to go with something as bland and uninteresting as a gun. Guns are tools that have nothing to do with a users strength. Why should he even care about gaining more strength when he has such a powerful weapon? Its not like hes ever gonna use his actual arm strength, which bothers me a lot.
Point and shoot. So much fuuuuuuuuuuun
Hi · 5th May 2019 at 9:05 AM
Okay I need to say this since it is bugging me (please excuse the pun) but a pumpkin is a fruit since it has seeds
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