Chapter 10
3 hours later…
Ting-Ting
A sound of popping notifications entered Leon’s head.
Blink-Blink
He slowly opened his eyes and noticed multiple transparent screens appearing in front of him.
[Skill {Trap} will Reset]
[Skill {Trap} will Reset]
[Skill {Trap} will Reset]
[Congratulations! You have Leveled Up.]
[Congratulations! You have Leveled Up.]
“…What in the fucking… world?” Leon muttered, confused, as he turned around.
Squeaaak!
Hearing the desperate squeaks, he immediately looked toward the trap. His eyes widened as he saw the hole was still open—and filled with horned rabbits.
“Oh shit…”
Leon rushed forward and peered down into the pit. Inside, three horned rabbits lay impaled and lifeless, their bodies pierced by the sharp wooden stakes. But one rabbit was still alive, writhing in pain, its right leg injured and one of the stake was stuck in it.
“The best I was hoping for was just one rabbit, but look at this… God is really great.”
A sinister grin formed on Leon’s face as he picked up another sharpened branch from the side. He then pointed the tip toward the rabbit’s neck.
Squeaaa—
Stab!
Thud!
Before the creature could finish its cry for help, Leon delivered a clean, precise stab, ending its life instantly.
[Skill {Trap} will Reset]
As soon as the last rabbit died, the trap reset itself.
“Good thing I worked at that butcher shop… even if it was just because of the sexy MILF owner,” Leon chuckled, kneeling beside the bodies. “At least I know how to gut an animal properly.”
He immediately began working, carefully skinning the rabbits and removing their venomous horns, teeth, and fur.
20 minutes later…
Leon sat on the ground, satisfied with his work. In front of him lay four neatly organized piles:
Four venomous horns
Four sets of 25 teeth
A stack of white rabbit fur
Around 16 kg of fresh rabbit meat
“Status.”
A screen instantly appeared before him.
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Name: Leon Luster
Class: Unknown
Race: Human
Level: 3
Mana: 150/150
HP: 300/300
Skills: [Skill Crafter (F)] [Inspect (C)] [Adaptive Body (S)] [Minor Healing (F2)] [Touch of Lust (F1)] [Trap (F)]
Titles: None
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“Hmm… leveled up twice, even though I didn’t kill them directly. That’s good.”
He nodded to himself as he examined the status screen.
“And only two levels increased my mana by 100 and my HP by 200? That’s huge.”
However, as he looked back at the materials, another problem arose.
“I can’t just carry all of this back like this…” He sighed. “If someone in the village notices that I killed four horned rabbits in a single day, I’ll get all the attention—and I hate being the center of attraction unless I want to.”
Leon narrowed his eyes, deep in thought.
“…Wait. Let’s see if this works.”
[Please pick a name for the skill…]
“Inventory.”
[Skill ‘Inventory’ has been created.]
[Rank has been settled to ‘F’ by default.]
[State the use of the skill.]
“When activated, this skill will open a gate to an interdimensional space where I can store non-living items and withdraw them at will, while keeping them in perfect state.”
[Processing…]
[Error: Skill’s description does not match the Rank. Please Try Again…]
“Yeah… expected that,” Leon muttered.
“Although most RPGs give an inventory at the start, in some rare ones, it’s a skill you have to purchase from the skill shop—for a hefty price, too.”
He tapped his fingers on his knee, lost in thought.
‘I have to trick the system into thinking this is a weak F-rank skill… but how?’
For ten whole minutes, Leon thought non-stop before finally getting an idea.
“Okay… let’s try this.”
“Grants the ability to store up to only five items in a personal sub-space, with a maximum weight limit of 10 kg per item. Items inside remain in perfect condition and cannot be accessed by others.
This skill can be leveled up after a specific number of uses. Each level-up increases slots by 1 and weight capacity by 2 kg.”
[Processing…]
Leon held his breath.
‘Okay… I added two limiters—item count and weight restriction. The “no sharing” clause can also be seen as a restriction. But the leveling system and preservation effect might be too much… will the system accept-‘
[Description has been accepted.]
“…I have a fucking inventory—hahaha!”
A huge grin stretched across Leon’s face.
[Please select the chant for the skill {Inventory}.]
“Inventory.” Leon spoke with a neutral expression.
[Chant ‘Inventory’ has been selected.]
[Estimated mana cost: 30 per use.]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes after every use.]
[Would you like to learn the skill or destroy it?]
‘Hmm… that’s a huge downside,’ Leon thought.
‘Since it costs 30 mana per use, I’ll need 60 mana just to deposit and withdraw something once. And a 10-minute cooldown? That’s annoying.’
‘Unfortunately, I don’t get to pick mana cost or cooldown for crafted skills… but at least I have one now.’
Leon learned the skill.
[Congratulations! You have learned the skill {Inventory} successfully.]
“Inventory.”
…Nothing happened.
“Huh?” Leon frowned, looking around. “Did I mess up?”
“Inventory… hello?”
….
“Is it active?” Leon muttered. “If it’s active, how do I store—”
Swish!
Before he could finish speaking, the knife in his hand vanished.
“Okay… interesting.”
A smirk formed on his lips as he picked up one of the venomous horns.
“Store.”
Swish!
The horn disappeared from his hand.
“I see… so I have to touch the object and say ‘Store’ to put it in my inventory.”
Leon raised an eyebrow. “But how do I withdraw-”
Suddenly a semi-transparent screen appeared before him.
On it, there were five slots, with two already filled—one with a knife image, the other with a horn image.
“Nice.”
Leon tapped on the knife’s icon.
Swish!
The knife instantly reappeared in his hand.
“Haha… this is goo—”
Suddenly, Leon’s eyes widened as a realization struck him.
‘Wait… I just used the skill twice—but there was no cooldown?’
His breath quickened.
“Store.”
Swish!
The knife disappeared again.
“Withdraw.”
The screen appeared once again and Leon clicked on the knife image once again.
Swish!
The knife reappeared in his hand.
“…Wait, what? This isn’t supposed to happen.”
Leon quickly opened the skill description.
[Name: Inventory]
[Rank: F]
[Description: Grants the ability to store up to five items in a personal sub-space, max weight 10kg each. Items remain in perfect condition.
This skill can be leveled up after a specific number of uses. Each level-up increases slots by 1 and weight capacity by 2 kg.]
[Mana: 30 per use]
[Cooldown: 10 minutes]
“It says cooldown is 10 minutes… then how am I using it freely?!”
“Wait—what’s my mana?”
[Mana: 120/150]
Leon’s eyes widened.
“…That means I only used 30 mana.”
And then it hit him.
“Fucking hell… It’s a bug.” Excitement flashed across his face as he rushed to the pile of rabbit meat.
He touched it.
“Store.”
Swish!
10kg of meat disappeared.
He touched another pile.
“Store.”
Swish!
The remaining 6kg vanished.
“Knife, Meat 1, Meat 2, Horns… That’s four items. Withdraw.” Leon spoke.
The inventory screen popped up again. This time, four out of the five boxes were filled.
Leon clicked on the knife.
Swish!
It reappeared in his hand.
“Store.”
Swish!
The knife vanished once more.
“Okay… Now, time for judgement.”
He touched the rabbit fur.
“Store.”
Swish!
It disappeared.
“Withdraw.”
….Nothing happened.
“Inventory.”
[Skill {Inventory} is on cooldown. 9:57 remaining.]
Leon’s lips curled into an evil grin.
“So that means my suspicion was right… As long as the inventory isn’t full, I can keep using it without triggering the cooldown.
Heh… this is gonna be fun.”
[Author: Hello Guys, Hope you guys are enjoying the novel 😀.]