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Goblin nemesis

　Then, about two hours later.

　As Akira continued to silently defeat the goblins, the screen suddenly appeared before him.

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　Class E quest: Goblins   in progress.

　Number of goblins defeated: ５０/１００

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　Conditions have been met.

　Bronze trophy: Goblin nemesis  was obtained.

　Bronze trophy: Goblin nemesis  has given the following benefits:

　・Hostility from goblin races ＋２０

　・Damage bonus to goblin races ＋３％

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“……A trophy, huh? It’s been a while.”

　Akira looked at the words on the screen as he said this.

(Let’s see…… Goblin nemesis?　Was it because I was only targeting and killing goblins?)

　Currently, Akira’s only leveling partners have been goblins. If this was the case, then this trophy probably came from defeating over a certain number of goblins.

(The increase in hostility is……Does that mean it’s easier to earn more hatred?　I don’t know how much hate is directed at me, but it means I’m more likely to be targeted by goblins anyway…… Ah, but the damage bonus is nice. It would simply mean that my attacks would be more powerful.)

　The previous trophies had only advantages, but apparently, the newly acquired trophy had disadvantages as well as advantages.

(Hmmー…… I wonder if this damage bonus will even show up in the status.)

　It depended on the type of game, but if there was a damage bonus, such things would usually be clearly indicated to the player.

(……That’s right. It’s been a few levels since I got physical strengthening…… It’s a good opportunity. I’ll check my status here.)

　Akira muttered to himself and immediately opened his own status screen.

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　Ichijou　Akira　25 years old　Male　Lv５  (７)

　Stamina：９（＋３Up）　

　Strength：２４（＋３Up）

　Endurance：２３（＋３Up）

　Speed：１８（＋３Up）

　Luck：８（＋３Up）

　Earned points：３

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　Unique Skills:

　・Return from Hell

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　Skills

　・Physical strengthening Lv１

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　Damage bonus

　・Goblin races　＋３％

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　The status displayed for the first time in over an hour had a new entry.

　As Akira thought, the damage bonus values earned by trophies could be seen on the status screen now.

　Akira mumbled something he suddenly remembered as he looked at the entry.

“Oh, by the way, with games and stuff, there’s supposed to be a list of all the trophies I’ve earned, like achievements, right? “

　It was that moment.

　――Ding. With the sound that was heard again, the status screen switched.

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　List of Trophies Earned

　Bronze

　・Second Death

　・First Monster Defeated

　・Goblin nemesis

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“Whoa, there it is.”

　Akira was surprised to see the screen that switched to the new screen.

　He then tilted his head at the displayed screen.

(……What?　It was like it came out in response to some word.)

　Akira waved his hand once and dismissed the displayed screen.

　Then, after making sure there was nothing there, he muttered a few words that came to mind.

“Trophy.”

　The screen did not appear.

“……Trophy list.”

　Again, the screen did not show up.

“……Earned trophies.”

　Still, all that was in front of him was a residential area shrouded in the darkness of the night.

“None of them works…… Well, then, achievements.”

　That’s when he muttered those words.

　The previous screen appeared before Akira again.

(I see, achievements is the keyword. Hmmー…… Somehow, I get a general idea. It’s hard to know which screen comes up with what words, whether it’s for status or for achievements this time. Well, in my spare time, I’ll say a few words that sound like they’re game-related.)

　Muttering in his mind, Akira turned the screen off and stretched out, responding to the word 『status』 that he had just now thought of.

(I killed a lot of goblins and gained three levels. There are also three points earned. 17 more levels to go for physical strengthening…… That’s long.)

　He defeated a single goblin and his level increased only at the beginning.

　The number of goblins defeated to move up from level 4 to level 5, based on the level in the parentheses that have been carried over, was 5. The number of goblins defeated to increase to the next level was 10. Next to that were 20 of them, and the number required was gradually increasing.

　At this rate, Akira thought, it would only be a matter of time before he would be hunting a hundred goblins and not leveling up.

“But I’ve come this far, and I want to finish the quest……”

　The progression of the quest displayed upon defeating the goblins announced the defeat of fifty of them, which was just the midway mark.

　Once here, he hoped to finish the rest in one fell swoop.

(It took me quite a while to kill that many. Well, since it’s called a quest, there will be more than a small reward…… I know I’ll probably get very little leveling up if I deal with goblins at my current level, but still, I’ll just finish this quest.)

　Leveling and quest progression.

　Weighing both, Akira chose to proceed with his quest.