Apparent Expert in an Alternate World - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Too Ridiculous
Translator: Henyee Translations
Editor: Henyee Translations
“Kukuka…” Several animal noises sounded from within the silent forest and a nearby tall bush the height of an adult started to rustle. Two bright eyes cautiously peeked out of the bush, and after confirming that there was no danger, Chu Nan silently walked out.
After living in the unusual forest for two days, he had started to harbor a few doubts about it. Not long after killing the grey wolf, he had hidden inside the bush and witnessed a fight between a monstrous cow with green scales covering its body and a mouse the size of a donkey.
Last night, he laid on top of a tree and enjoyed a violent fight that occurred beneath him, with one of the participants being a raptor! That’s right! The raptor had a fierce fight against an agile creature that he had never seen before in his whole life.
The exciting fight between the two monsters was extremely bloody, with pieces of flesh flying all over. Not only did they engage in a physical fight, but each of them had also released their final attacks after one another. Two different types of weak magic were also frequently unleashed and in the end, the seriously injured raptor bit its opponent to death.
As he observed the fight between the two monsters, Chu Nan only felt his stomach churning and there were several instances where he almost vomited. He did not even consider killing the severely injured raptor.
After fighting several times in the forest, Chu Nan became more fearful of what else resided in here and was more cautious and prudent whenever he moved.
During the two days when he was scared and anxious, he had released the fireball skill a total of twelve times and killed seven strange creatures. He did not feel tired in the slightest and on the contrary, he seemed to be more powerful compared to two days ago. Even his mental health was better than when he first arrived here.
Sounds of weapons clashing could be heard from the depths of the forest. Chu Nan took a deep breath and swiftly headed towards the source of the sounds. The unfamiliar environment only made him more desperate to find someone he could converse with, so he could understand his current situation.
Chu Nan’s biggest wish of the past two days was to see a living person; he did not want to arrive in a world where there were no humans. This would be no different from being sentenced to life imprisonment on Earth.
Chu Nan cautiously walked forward and climbed up a tall and dense tree; he intended to use it as his observation spot.
In a small clearing in the forest, there were six to seven people engaged in a fierce fight, and they all held daggers in their hands.
Chu Nan could identify that it was not a friendly fight but instead, a dangerous fight where every attack was aimed to deal a fatal blow.
The man surrounded in the centre was much more skilled than the other attackers, but it was a pity that even Hercules could not contend against two, much less him. A short while later, he was stabbed to death and his corpse fell to the ground.
After the man died, the other members – who were fighting together just a moment ago – stared at one other in vigilance. When their eyes landed on each other, they would occasionally look at the corpse on the ground.
The situation continued for dozens of minutes before the youngest finally took the lead and said, “Let’s stop being wary of each other. Didn’t we agree beforehand to kill him and obtain the skill book, then train together? In that case, we should locate the skill book first.”
Another somewhat older man nodded and responded, “That’s right, let’s find the skill book first.”
The others nodded in agreement, but none of them went forth to search for the skill book as they were all afraid of being stabbed in the back; however, the temptation of the skill book was too great for them to leave.
A wild beast’s roar boomed throughout the forest and their previously vigilant expressions immediately changed. It was only until then did they recall that they were in the terrifying Devil Realm Forest, and the high-ranked magical beasts that roamed around here were not opponents they could fight against.
All of a sudden, the young man who spoke earlier looked towards Chu Nan’s direction in shock, causing the other members to subconsciously do the same. The young man then took this opportunity to kneel and search the corpse. After rummaging for a short while, he grabbed a yellow book and turned to escape.
When the other members realized that they were fooled, they immediately chased him.
Perhaps the young man was simply unlucky and too focused on his escape to notice the object beneath his feet. As he was fleeing, he tripped over a tree vine and fell. When he finally managed to get up, the other members had already caught up to him.
Within a moment, his previous comrades turned into enemies and the five pursuers cut down the young man instantaneously. This time, a similar situation did not happen as one of them did not even allow for the other members to guard before he immediately attacked them.
Whilst under attack, the other members had also brandished their weapons with a single thought in mind: they could only survive and obtain the skill book by killing the others.
Ironically, the last surviving member held onto the bloodstained book without care for his injuries as he foolishly looked at the book and laughed.
After a few seconds, he lost consciousness and dropped dead to the ground.
Only then, did Chu Nan climb down from the tree and approach the dead man. He took the book from the man – who still tightly gripped on to it after his death – as he wanted to know the contents of the book that these men wanted to obtain even at the expense of their lives.
“This is…” When he saw the title of the book, he felt as if he had been hit by someone.
It was the worst cultivation skill in and it was generally used by new players who just started the game and were below level 10.
“Isn’t this too ridiculous? They fought each other to death just for this useless book? Well, then their lives are considered cheap,” Chu Nan muttered to himself as he shook his head.
“Useless book! You’re saying this is useless?” The man who had earlier dropped dead seemed to have been angered by Chu Nan and came back to life. He glared and shouted at him, “The experts in the Shengyuan Continent are divided into the Heaven, Earth, and Human realms! Did you know that many warriors and mages can’t even reach the Human Realm after their lifelong efforts, much less the Heaven and Earth Realm? There was a genius expert in the past who relied on this skill book and successfully broke into the second level of the Human Realm! You dare to say this is a useless book?!”
“Is that so?” Chu Nan took out a wooden box from his spatial bracelet and pulled out ten copies of from it. He placed it before the man and spoke in a serious tone, “If I knew your group was fighting for this, then I would’ve given all of you a single copy. If that happened, you all wouldn’t have ended up like this.”
“One copy of each? How could that be possible?” The dying man forced himself to sit up straight and snatched the skill book from Chu Nan’s hand. With a quick flip through the book, the extremely violent man instantly became stunned.
The very next second, he spewed out a mouthful of blood while looking up to the skies and shouted, “Why? How could this be? I won’t accept this…”
