Chapter 50
Discomfort
Translator : PolterGlast
With dual activation
now stable, monster hunting efficiency has skyrocketed.
Being able to defeat
groups of enemies without resorting to powerful techniques has been a huge
boon, allowing me to take down monsters within the limits of my mana recovery.
I continued hunting on
the ninth floor until this technique became second nature, and when I felt the
efficiency of leveling up had dropped, I called it quits.
I added a new daily
routine of training before bed to raise my stats, then slept soundly, ready to
head to the tenth floor.
Right now, agility and
magic attack power seem to be what I need most.
So I mainly focus on
cardio exercise.
The speed and load are
set so high that even I struggle, and the wheels connected to the machine
behind me are spinning so fast I think they might catch fire. The speedometer
display is completely glitched.
My thighs were dead,
and my butt tingled for a while afterward.
...I still can't quite
accept that all that effort only raises agility by 1.
Oh, that's right.
Come to think of it,
the training room didn't have any equipment to raise magic attack power, magic
resistance, HP, or MP.
Maybe if I expand it
again, they'll appear.
I'm curious about what
will come out, but I don't have the leeway to use 20,000 MP right now, so I'll
check it out next time.
My current stats are
like this.
Masaru Kazuno
LV 122
HP 1330/1330
MP 1943/1943
Attack 270
Defense 287
Magic Attack Power 453
Magic Resistance 429
Agility 278
Gift
[Home] LV4
Skills
Light Magic LV10 (MAX)
Dark Magic LV6
Fire Magic LV7
Wind Magic LV10 (MAX)
Water Magic LV9
Earth Magic LV4
Lightning Magic LV10
(MAX)
Ice Magic LV6
Time-Space Magic LV10
(MAX)
Mana Recovery LV10
(MAX)
Maybe I leveled up too
much from hunting Null Zombies, but even after sticking around for several
days, my level-ups are slow.
Another noteworthy
point is that thanks to using Wind Search so much, my Wind Magic finally
reached LV 10.
The magic learned at
Wind Magic LV 10 is Utmost Typhoon.
This is a so-called
all-out attack.
Using this magic
creates a wind storm centered around me, causing a violent wind with kama-itachi
around me (by the way, there's enough space to bring companions inside).
When the magic ended
and the wind died down, the Sorcery Wraiths that were supposed to be around me
had completely disappeared, the ground was torn up, the grass was shredded...
it was a mess.
Wind magic that rages
in all directions... it's certainly powerful, but it's hard to use.
It might be useful
when you're completely surrounded by enemies, but I don't plan on doing
anything like a Chinese warlord.
Its power seems to be
inferior to Gungnir and Judgment Ray, so it feels like it's only useful when
you want to hunt a large number of small fry.
By the way, like Light
Magic, there's another magic that I can't seem to use yet.
My wishful thinking is
that it's magic that lets me fly... but to be able to use this, I should
probably use wind magic more actively after leaving this dungeon.
Wind magic seems to be
more effective in PvP.
I head down the stairs
connecting the floors to challenge the tenth floor.
Heading down to the
next floor, I would face even more powerful monsters.
I should have done
this many times by now... but for some reason, my feet stopped while I was
going down the stairs.
(What is this strange
feeling...)
Something like an
intense pressure that I can't put into words is attacking me.
I feel like my
shoulders are heavy. It's definitely not an illusion.
My throat is dry, and
I reflexively take out my water bottle and drink.
My forehead was
sweating a little, even though I hadn't done anything yet.
"This has never
happened before..."
My body is stiff and
tense.
In other words, the
enemy on the tenth floor is so powerful that I can feel its presence even from
here, where I should still be quite far away.
"The tenth floor
monster--Elder Lich"
That's the opponent I
have to fight from now on--the monster that is said to have annihilated the
knight order.
I take a deep breath,
and the tension eases a little.
I do some stretching
slowly, get ready to return to [Home] at any time... then I go down the stairs.
I use Wind Search...
and almost at the same time, I catch the reaction of a monster coming towards
me at an incredible speed.
--You've got to be
kidding me, it noticed me already at this distance!?
It's coming...!
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