Chapter Summaries

Yang Yu, a hardcore gamer transported into the Commoner route of a game after choosing it in a challenge from the self-proclaimed god Black Spade, searched for a Slime to prove himself to his parents and become an adventurer. He found a level-five Slime with overwhelming defenses and appeared ready to flee.

• Yang Yu recalled how Black Spade challenged him to clear her one-life RPG on its hardest Commoner setting, and he chose that start before waking in the game world.
• Yang Yu learned that his parents, Kari and Lisa, opposed his becoming an adventurer, and he chose to convince them rather than perform a ridiculous dance or stay home.
• Yang Yu received a quest to defeat one Slime and set out into the forest to find a target.
• Yang Yu found a basketball-sized blue Slime and checked its attributes, discovering its high defense, special defense, and resistance to physical attacks.
• Yang Yu reacted to the Slime's powerful stats by deciding to leave.

Yang Yu investigated how to deal with the powerful Slimes and discovered that Four-leaf Clovers made them friendly. He attacked a Slime after feeding it a clover, leaving the fight unresolved.

• Yang Yu fled from a powerful Slime and decided to gather information instead of fighting it unprepared.
• Yang Yu questioned villagers and learned that Slimes attacked only after being hit and could be distracted with Four-leaf Clovers.
• Yang Yu searched the fields near Novice Village and gathered several Four-leaf Clovers.
• Yang Yu found a level-five Slime, hit it for one point of damage, and dodged its slow counterattack.
• Yang Yu fed the Slime a Four-leaf Clover, saw its status change to Friendly, and then slashed at it again.

Yang Yu abandoned his attempt to train on Slimes and discovered that the village bully Su Liang could be a better source of experience. He beat Su Liang in an unarmed fight and left him battered and bewildered.

• Yang Yu realized he could reset a Slime's attack pattern with Four-leaf Clovers, but gave up because defeating it would take too many attacks and resources.
• On his way home, Yang Yu ran into Su Liang, who staged a collision to demand compensation.
• Yang Yu recognized Su Liang as a potential source of experience and challenged him to fight for money.
• Su Liang dared Yang Yu to put down his sword, and Yang Yu threw it aside before accepting the challenge.
• Yang Yu easily dodged Su Liang's attacks and pummeled him until Su Liang surrendered and apologized.

Yang Yu spent a year cultivating Four-leaf Clover to prepare for defeating a Slime, while farming greatly improved his attributes and unlocked a cultivation skill. He then gained experience by sparring with villagers, reached level 5, and remained frustrated that he could not raise his Luck.

• Yang Yu returned home and asked Kari for a field so he could grow Four-leaf Clover for his Slime strategy.
• Kari gave Yang Yu a field, and Yang Yu spent a year cultivating Four-leaf Clover with careful planting and magical items.
• Yang Yu's farming raised his attributes and experience, improved his Farming skill, and granted him the Four-Leaf Clover Cultivation skill.
• Yang Yu realized he had gathered enough Four-leaf Clover and began seeking experience through fights with Novice Village residents.
• Yang Yu reached level 5 and distributed his free attribute points among Strength, Defense, and Endurance, but he still could not allocate any points to Luck.

Yang Yu left Novice Village after a year of training and began his first challenge in the forest, where he encountered He Meng, a powerful slime with royal blood. As Yang Yu attacked and offered Four-leaf Clover, He Meng grew angry but continued to hesitate because it enjoyed the treat.

• Kari wished Yang Yu luck as the villagers gathered to see him off and gave him the village’s finest sword.
• Yang Yu carried a sack of Four-leaf Clover into the forest and encountered a level 7 Slime.
• He Meng recognized Yang Yu from their past meetings and considered befriending him if he shared more Four-leaf Clover.
• Yang Yu’s sword dealt He Meng only minor damage, but he dodged its attacks and kept slashing it.
• Yang Yu threw He Meng stalks and handfuls of Four-leaf Clover, while the slime protested and struggled to punish him.

Yang Yu battled He Meng, a Royal Slime, and was nearly killed before offering it a Seven-Leaf Clover. He Meng mistook his actions for an attempt at friendship and began forming an equal contract so it could heal him.

• Yang Yu used four-leaf clovers to keep He Meng friendly while draining its mana and attacking it.
• When Yang Yu's attacks drove He Meng to the brink, He Meng used Royal Bloodline skills to boost its defense and launch a barrage of spears, leaving Yang Yu severely injured with one HP.
• He Meng spared Yang Yu and started to leave, but Yang Yu called after it and offered a Seven-Leaf Clover.
• He Meng interpreted the clover as a sign that Yang Yu wanted to be friends, swallowed it, and hung it on its head.
• He Meng began drawing an equal contract in the air so it could use Miracle Regeneration to heal Yang Yu.

Yang Yu’s injured blood triggered a contract with He Meng, turning the Slime’s invitation into a binding Blood Contract. Yang Yu brought He Meng to his herb garden and used Four-Leaf Clover Cultivation to grow more of the Slime’s favorite food, leaving He Meng stunned by his ability.

• Yang Yu touched He Meng’s contract formation, and his blood corrupted it until He Meng altered the contract to save them both.
• Yang Yu gained the Demonic Beast Tamer secondary class and saw that He Meng was a level-five Royal Slime bound to him by a Blood Contract.
• He Meng attacked Yang Yu in anger, but Yang Yu caught him and promised they would grow stronger together.
• Yang Yu noticed He Meng’s favorability was negative and took him to his herb garden to try to improve it with Four-leaf Clovers.
• Yang Yu used Four-Leaf Clover Cultivation to grow a clover instantly, leaving He Meng amazed.

Yang Yu left Novice Village for Rhodes, where he tried to sell the useless Glass Beads he had won in the system lottery. He persuaded jewelry store owner Ge Gen to consider the beads valuable by suggesting they might be rare natural formations, leaving Ge Gen weighing the possibility of profit.

• Yang Yu said goodbye to Kari and Lisa and set out from Novice Village with He Meng, who still refused to fight.
• Yang Yu used the system lottery three times and received three Glass Beads classified as junk.
• Yang Yu reached Rhodes and went to a jewelry store, where he met its owner, Ge Gen.
• Yang Yu argued that the Glass Bead’s precise shape and colored patterns could make it valuable, and suggested Ge Gen could resell it for a profit.
• Ge Gen studied the bead and fell into thought as Yang Yu urged him to buy it.

Yang Yu sold a Glass Bead to a jeweler for 100,000G by promising a refund if it failed to sell, then registered as a D-rank adventurer. The system presented him with a timed choice about how to recruit his first companion.

• Yang Yu reassured the jeweler with a buyback guarantee and persuaded him to purchase the Glass Bead for 100,000G.
• Yang Yu left the shop pleased with his bargaining tactic and planned to sell his two remaining Glass Beads after the jeweler raised the first bead’s value.
• Yang Yu visited the Adventurers' Guild, passed its minimum assessment, and registered as an adventurer after paying a 100G deposit.
• The system offered Yang Yu three ways to recruit his first companion and gave him one minute to choose.

Yang Yu performed a dance in the Adventurers' Guild tavern to complete a quest and find a companion, but most onlookers disliked him. He spotted Bai Jin, whose favorability was just below the recruitment threshold, and approached her to try to win her over.

• Yang Yu rejected the options to recruit a challenger or remain a lone wolf, then accepted a quest to display his talent at the tavern.
• Yang Yu danced in the tavern, completing the quest and activating Favorability Detection for thirty minutes.
• Yang Yu discovered that most of the tavern's patrons had negative favorability toward him and that few had positive scores.
• Yang Yu noticed Bai Jin, a frail level-12 mage with 201 Intelligence and a favorability score of nineteen.
• Yang Yu greeted Bai Jin and asked to speak with her, causing the number above her head to change.

Yang Yu recruited Bai Jin despite warnings that she brought misfortune, and her favorability rose enough to add her to his party. After inspecting her powerful curse and magic skills, he realized he had found a valuable companion, though her mana pool was limited.

• Yang Yu apologized for his awkward approach and sincerely invited Bai Jin to become his companion, restoring her favorability to 17.
• A burly uncle warned Yang Yu that Bai Jin was a jinx whose teams suffered injuries, but Yang Yu dismissed the superstition and defended her.
• Bai Jin asked why Yang Yu wanted her, and he said she looked strong; she then threatened to curse him if he deceived her.
• Yang Yu asked whether Bai Jin knew magic that prevented healing, and after she confirmed it, he took her hand and insisted she join him.
• Bai Jin's favorability rose to 32, and the party function added her to Yang Yu's system panel.
• Yang Yu examined Bai Jin's extensive attack and curse skills, including Healing Prohibition, and judged her a powerful companion with too little mana to use her skills freely.

Yang Yu learned how the Adventurers' Guild taught skills and chose to pursue the warrior class. He entered mentor Andeno Jack's room for his class test, where Jack's intimidating demands left him fearing the worst.

• Bai Jin accepted Yang Yu's meal after her stomach growled, and Yang Yu considered how to earn her favor.
• The front-desk attendant explained that newcomers could pay mentors to learn skills, and Yang Yu received information about the guild.
• Yang Yu chose to become an adventurer and accepted a quest to choose a mentor, impress them, and pass their test.
• Yang Yu selected the warrior room because his party needed a tank, then met the muscular mentor Andeno Jack.
• Andeno Jack locked the door and demanded that Yang Yu remove his clothes so he could check his movements, leaving Yang Yu panicked.

Yang Yu passed Andeno’s warrior assessment, learned several skills, and outfitted himself and Bai Jin before heading to Goblin Forest to grind levels. There, twenty Goblins ambushed the pair, but Yang Yu blocked their stone axes and prepared to fight.

• Bai Jin waited anxiously for Yang Yu, who returned from Andeno’s assessment having learned [Cleave], [Intercept], [Sudden Killing Intent], and [Shield Block], and earned [Heroic Vigor].
• Yang Yu accepted the Goblin-hunting quest and several side quests, bought a small shield, and gave Bai Jin the Heart of White Dew.
• Yang Yu led Bai Jin toward Goblin Forest without recruiting a priest, relying on [Heroic Vigor] for early-game healing.
• Yang Yu found a suspicious campsite marked by gnawed bones and missing branches, then recognized the quiet surroundings as a likely trap.
• Twenty Goblins attacked from the treetops with stone axes, and Yang Yu used [Intercept] to shield Bai Jin before drawing his sword.

Yang Yu and Bai Jin fought a group of Goblins, but Seka Mens and his Silverwind Squad killed the remaining monsters and took Yang Yu’s experience. Seka Mens then blamed Yang Yu for fighting instead of fleeing, leaving Yang Yu ready to challenge him.

• Yang Yu drew the Goblins together while Bai Jin weakened them with Blizzard and Dark Lightning Surge, then used Sudden Killing Intent to attack them at high speed.
• A holy lance attack from Seka Mens swept away the remaining Goblins before Yang Yu could finish them, leaving him without experience.
• Seka Mens introduced himself as captain of the Silverwind Squad and assured Bai Jin that they were safe.
• Yang Yu decided to overlook the squad’s interference, but Seka Mens rebuked him for leading Bai Jin into a dangerous fight.
• Yang Yu narrowed his eyes at Seka Mens and prepared to argue back.

Yang Yu challenged Seka Mens to a duel after they argued over Seka's interference with the Goblins, accepting a quest to withstand his attacks and earn his recognition. The duel began with Yang Yu narrowly dodging Seka's spear and countering by knocking the weapon away.

• Yang Yu argued with Seka Mens over his decision to intervene and challenged him to a fight.
• Seka Mens offered to acknowledge Yang Yu if he endured three minutes of attacks, and Luo Keke healed Yang Yu before the duel.
• Yang Yu increased his speed and endurance, while Iron Wall cleared the area and started the match.
• Seka Mens launched a spear strike, but Yang Yu dodged it, struck Seka's abdomen with his shield, and seized and swept away his spear.

Yang Yu outsmarted Seka Mens in their challenge, won the reward, and provoked him into an attack that He Meng blocked. As Yang Yu and Bai Jin left the forest, an unseen observer watched them through crystal balls and smiled triumphantly.

• Yang Yu stole Seka Mens's spear and stalled him until the challenge timer ended, then claimed 3,000 experience points and gained a level.
• Yang Yu returned Seka Mens's spear and explained how weaker fighters could exploit an opponent's assumptions, but Seka Mens still struggled to accept his defeat.
• Yang Yu provoked Seka Mens into using Phase Charge, then blocked the attack with He Meng, a Slime that bounced the spear away.
• Yang Yu told Seka Mens he was a Demonic Beast Tamer, while He Meng slapped him for using it as a shield and lost 10 favorability toward him.
• Yang Yu told Bai Jin to gather herbs before they returned, and Iron Wall confirmed that the challenge had lasted exactly five minutes.
• An emerald-green observer watched the forest through crystal balls, then let the image vanish and sneered triumphantly.

After finding no Goblins on the forest outskirts, Yang Yu returned to the Adventurers' Guild and learned that multiple adventurer squads, including Seka Mens’s Silverwind Squad, had gone missing in the forest. The Guild issued emergency rescue and investigation missions as the scale of the Goblin attacks became clear.

• Yang Yu ended the day’s search and planned to return to Goblin Forest with a larger group, while noticing that Bai Jin’s Frailty caused her level and attributes to decline.
• Yang Yu shared sugarcane with He Meng and Bai Jin, then resolved to investigate Bai Jin’s condition and look for a way to remove her Frailty.
• At the Adventurers' Guild, Yang Yu received emergency missions to rescue missing squads and investigate the depths of Goblin Forest.
• Yang Yu recounted his previous day’s encounter with the Goblins to the front desk attendant, saying Seka Mens had rescued them.
• A guard told Yang Yu that only his group had returned from the forest, after another adventurer reported that Goblins had attacked his team and driven them deeper into the woods.

With adventurers disappearing and the Guild overwhelmed, Yang Yu posted a challenge offering 500 gold coins to any D-Rank Adventurer who could defeat him, using the fights to gain experience and prepare for the emergency quest in Goblin Forest. After losing many matches and exhausting his supplies of medicine, he adapted to his opponents and ended the day with eleven straight wins, reaching level nineteen.

• Yang Yu learned that the Guild was struggling to respond to the adventurers’ disappearances and posted a provocative 500-gold challenge for D-Rank Adventurers.
• Yang Yu moved the matches to the training ground, where adventurers took turns challenging him and he alternated between wins and quick defeats.
• Yang Yu repeatedly used herbs and potions to restore his stamina, gained Drug Resistance +10%, and made Bai Jin buy more medicine.
• Yang Yu studied his opponents’ skills and grew stronger as the matches continued.
• Yang Yu won eleven consecutive matches near evening, filled his experience bar, and rose from level eighteen to level nineteen.

Yang Yu joined Andeno’s hastily assembled rescue party after the Adventurers' Guild posted an emergency mission to find the adventurers missing in the Goblin Forest. The group recruited 110 members and set out for the forest under Andeno’s leadership.

• Andeno urged adventurers to join a rescue mission for their missing friends in the Goblin Forest, and Yang Yu received the mission details and rewards on his panel.
• Yang Yu picked up Bai Jin to check how easily he could carry her during a retreat, then reassured her that he considered her his main combat power.
• Yang Yu signed up, and Andeno’s speech helped bring the rescue party’s membership to 110 people.
• Andeno briefed the recruits and led the Rescue Corps toward the Goblin Forest, determined to reach the missing adventurers before it was too late.

Andeno led the rescue party into the Goblin Forest, where the Adventurers Association’s magical surveillance was shattered by a powerful presence. The party then faced a giant boulder rolling toward them, and Andeno rallied the adventurers to try to stop it.

• Andeno led the rescue team along the route where Yang Yu had encountered twenty Goblins, while he and Yang Yu considered the possibility of an organized Goblin threat or a hidden mastermind.
• The party passed cross-marked trees and advanced cautiously into the dangerous depths of the forest under Andeno’s instructions.
• A mage instructor’s aerial surveillance was blocked, and his crystal ball cracked; he concluded that someone in the forest had magical perception as strong as his own.
• The ground began to tremble, and scouts spotted a boulder more than fifty meters wide rolling toward the party.
• Andeno urged the adventurers who could still stand to help him stop the boulder, while the others braced themselves and cast buffs.