We spent the night at the inn and the next day.
　We finished breakfast and immediately decided to be adventurers and receive a request.

　In the adventurer's guild, there is a poster with a request written on it, and we look at it.

''I think a simple request would be good to start with.
I don't mind if it's difficult, but I think it's best to start with something easy.

　Raina didn't seem to have any objections, so she decided to take the easy mission.
　It seems that there are ranks for requests, with E being the easiest and S being the most difficult.

　This time we received an E rank request.
　There's a goblin nest in the forest of Marea, near this town, and the goblins there are in trouble because they come out to attack people on the streets, so they want you to crush their nest.
　If you're dealing with goblins, you won't fall behind.
　The reward is only 25 gold, but let's start with this request, which can be done with certainty.

　Come to think of it, how do we prove that we've crushed the nest?
　I asked the man at the reception desk.
　It seems that the guild has a special spell, and it seems that the record of battles that took place within a certain radius of the town can be viewed afterwards, so you can see if you fought and defeated the goblins properly.

　Incidentally, the requests you can receive in this town are limited to the area of effect of that magic tool.

　We leave the Adventurer's Guild and head for the forest of Marea.

''Tetsya, are you sure you don't want to buy your weapon?''
A weapon. I've never used a sword in my life. There's no need to use a sword against a goblin.
"Well, you can use your bare hands against goblins, but from now on, you'd better have a weapon with you when you're fighting a strong opponent. You'll become proficient at using them, so you'd better buy some while you still can.
That too, I suppose.
Do I need a weapon?
Lenya would be better off with her knuckles.
'Nyakuru? What does that mean?
It's a weapon that fits in your fist. Your speed is your specialty, so you shouldn't carry a large weapon.
I don't know, but I'll do as Master says.

　We went to a weapons store and bought weapons.
　We didn't buy a very good quality weapon.
　I bought a light, easy to handle beginner's sword.
　The sword for me was 20 gold and the knuckles for Lenya were 20 gold. It was higher than the reward for this request.

　But I've never used a sword before, so how should I handle it?
　I'll just swing it appropriately for now.

　After buying the weapons, I immediately headed to Marea's forest.


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　We walked to the forest and after about 30 minutes of experience, we arrived.
　We enter the forest.
　We received a simple map when we received the request, so we used it to find the goblin's nest.

'There aren't too many demons in this forest, are there?'

　We walked through the forest for a few minutes and didn't come across any demons.

I've heard that the forest of Marea is a relatively peaceful place. It's probably only goblins that come out. But don't let your guard down.

　If it's only goblins, though, it doesn't seem like we'll get hit if we're not careful.

　After walking in the forest for a while, there was a rustling sound and three goblins appeared.

''Nya!''

　Raina, who reacted first, hit the goblins with her knuckles and defeated the three of them in an instant with ease.

　Goblins are weak, after all.

　Was the request a little too easy?
　Well, what you've received is inevitable. Let's just get this over with.

　Don't forget to absorb the goblin's corpse.

　10 more HP, 2 more MP, 2 more Attack Power, 2 more Defense Power, 2 more Speed, and 2 more Skill Points.

　Huh? I've only absorbed one of them, but it's more, isn't it? Hasn't it doubled in size?
　I don't think the guy from earlier wasn't a particularly strong individual.
　When I absorbed the other two, the status increase was still the same.

　What? What do you mean? Did the skill level of [Corpse Absorption] increase? No, it doesn't say [corpse absorption] next to [corpse absorption], so it's probably a skill that won't be enhanced or anything.
　What does that mean?

What's up? What's going on?

　Mek asked me.
　I'll explain the situation.

I'm not sure if it's because of the unleveled skill, so it's hard to believe that it's been enhanced. Maybe it's the engraving that's affecting it.
'What? The Mark? Isn't this a bad thing?
I said maybe. It's possible that this is a completely misguided idea.
Ummm, well...

　If it's because of this imprint, did he enhance me...? No, why would I do that?

Well, it's no use worrying about it, isn't it? There's no point in trying to figure it out here. I think we need to find out more information about its ability to absorb corpses from now on as well.

　Well, yes. If it was an effect of the imprint, it's slightly creepy.
　Normally, I should be happy that I was strengthened, but when I remembered that black knight's evil atmosphere, I couldn't be honestly happy about it.

　After that, I found a nest of goblins and easily crushed them, there were ten goblins, all of which I killed and absorbed.

　Together with the first goblins he absorbed, he absorbed 13 goblins.

　130 HP up, 26 MP up, 26 attack power up, 26 defense power up, 26 speed up, 26 skill points gained.

　I could kill them that easily, but it was an amazing increase.
　It's like my absorption power has completely doubled from before.

　I'm glad that I'm getting stronger and faster, but with a slight creepy feeling, I returned to the city with Meku and Lenya.