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  Chapter 21: Dungeon.

  *Celia’s POV*

  While walking around the dungeon, I hadn’t e across any Primal Goblins sihe st ohough, I was still very curious about the crystals that were everywhere in this dungeon. I really, really want to take some with me…

  Though, without a pickaxe, I would not be able to achieve my goal of taking these crystals with me. With annoyance, I sat down on a smooth rock, and looked for some food that was in my pouch.

  But then I realized something… Ihe pouch, were various tools. Not just food and ons. Of them, there was a wood-cutting axe, a shovel, and even a pickaxe! What luck! I wonder how many different things actually fit in this pouch? Eh, it is far more fun just to keep putting stuff into it, and not knowing how much space it has left in it.

  For the moment, screw eating food! I have crystals to collect! That sorta sounds like I am a drug dealer… These crystals aren’t drugs, right? Taking a look at one of the crystal piles on the walls, I used I on it.______________________________________________________________________________

  Deposit of Water Mana Crystals: E Grade.

  :Description:

  A crystal, which tains mana that has affinity to water magic. Used tain lost mana in a pinch, as well as gaining more total mana oned. ing too many at oime, will lead to death.______________________________________________________________________________

  Cool! So, they’re actually fantasy world drugs! That totally makes me feel better about mining a shit ton of them! Not like I would pass up the ce. These Goblins won’t be using them, and even if I don’t use them, I could still sell them for a det profit.

  There were many different Mana Crystal deposits in this dungeon. All of varying colors. Which means that they have affio different mana elements. Taking out my pickaxe, I walk over to a nonspecifia Crystal deposit.

  With a slight challenge, due to my small body, I raised the pickaxe above my head, and then use all of my strength to force it down onto the deposit. With sparks and a loud g sound, the deposit was smashed, leaving only Mana Crystals. As for my pickaxe, it went flying behind me.

  I wasn’t too worried about the pickaxe, si was of high quality. But what did worry me, was the shout, and sound of flesh being stabbed, right behiurning around, I could see that my pickaxe was lodged into the head of a Primal Goblin. Why the heck didn’t my Danger Sense work? Was this Goblin not sidered a threat to me?…

  Anyway, there was really no way for it to survive this, so I just casually walked up to its body. With a small struggle, I pulled the pickaxe out of its skull with a plop sound. Heh. Serves yht f to sneak up on me!

  Gloating about an actal, but pletely justified murder aside, I walked bay hard work. Pig up the Mana Crystals, I put them in my pouch. I sure hope that Yona doesn’t ask for this pouch back. It is just far too useful, after all…

  Ruina: “Will you be mining more Mana Crystals?” She asked.

  Celia: “That is the pn, yes.” I reply with a nod.

  Ruina: “Then use your SIP’s to buy the Mining Skill. And you might as well buy the Swordsmanship Skill as well.” She offered.

  Celia: “You know, after your talk about using my soul as currency for Skills, I am on the fence about acquiring them.” I say with a serious tone.

  Ruina: “If a Skill rade is avaible for you to purchase with SIP’s, then your soul won’t be sacrificed.” She said with a ugh.

  Really? I still feel a little off about it, though… Whatever! At this point, I highly doubt that Ruina wants me dead. So I’ll just check my Status out first.______________________________________________________________________________

  :Status:

  Name: Celia.

  Sex: Female.

  Race: Human. (Child.)

  Age: 6.

  HP: 515/515.

  AGI: 37.

  STR: 42.

  DEX: 30.

  INT: 62.

  Hunger: 251/395.

  True Level: 44.

  Race Level: 2/100.

  Current EXP: 0/550.

  Titles: Kier. Giant Killer.

  Self Improvement Points: 32.

  Upgrades/Skills Avaible: 2.______________________________________________________________________________

  Oh? I gained a level? I guess that I have just not been paying attention… It seems that I am a little bit hungry, though. On a random ta, now that I think about it, what does the INT Stat even actually do? I mean, it has gone up higher, but uhe other Stats, I do not feel any more intelligent than before…

  Ruina: “It doesn’t make you more intelligent.” She said with a ugh.

  Celia: “Then what the heck does it even do?” I ask with a pout.

  Ruina: “From the records that I have access to, it will only increase your intelligence slightly, but only every hundred points you get in it.” She replied.

  Celia: “So, it is basically useless?” I ask with a sigh.

  Ruina: “No. It is very useful for those who use magic.” She said.

  Celia: “How so?” I ask with a head tilt.

  Ruina: “The INT Stat is what determines how powerful a given spell will be when it is cast.” She expined.

  Celia: “Ah, I see. So my previous judgment that it is useless, still stands.” I say with a sigh.

  Ruina: “Why would it be useless?” She asked with a fused tone.

  Celia: “I do not have an MP Stat, nor I use Mana. So, as I have said, it is a useless Stat at the moment.” I say with a shrug.

  Ruina: “…Are you a child?” She scolded.

  Celia: “Hey, I look like a child, so I have every right to act like the cute bratty girl that I am.” I say with a proud tone.

  Ruina: “Ah… my head hurts. I’ll have you know, I do NOT have a physical body, and I don’t have a brain that would be hurt by you annoying me...” She said with a sigh.

  Celia: “So you’re tellihat I gave you a headache, even though you do not possess a head, or rather, a brain that could even ache in the first pce?” I ask with a curious tone.

  Ruina: “Correct.” She replied with anh.

  Celia: “Now that I know that I give you a headache, I shall forever endeavor to do so many more times iure.” I say with a hearty ugh.

  Ruina: “…”

  While Ruina was most likely sulking in a er of her empty space, I went baining Mana Crystals. Of course, I acquired those two Skills that Ruiioned first, before doing so. Gaining those two Skills, used up most of my SIP’s. And now I only have two left in reserve.

  Getting bato the swing of things, in more ways than one, I start mining once more. With the Mining Skill, which was still level 1, mining these deposits were miles easier to actually mi. Muy liking.

  You know what? Fuck it! I am killing every Primal Goblin in this dungeon, as well as mining every Mana Crystal that I get my tiny child hands on! Oddly, an hour after I started my mining crusade, I felt as if I was falling into a trance…