[WN] Shut-In : Chapter 24

Chapter 24

Wraith

Translator : PolterGlast

I came to the fourth floor.

First, before proceeding, I'll check my current status.

I think my MP has decreased quite a bit because I've been spamming magic continuously without hesitation.

 

Masaru Kazuno

 

LV8

 

HP 190/190

MP 403/688

Attack 39

Defense 59

Magic Attack Power 105

Magic Resistance 82

Agility 33

 

Gift

[Home] LV3

 

Skill

Light Magic LV10 (MAX)

Dark Magic LV5

Fire Magic LV7

Wind Magic LV8

Water Magic LV9

Earth Magic LV2

Lightning Magic LV10 (MAX)

Ice Magic LV5

Space-Time Magic LV10 (MAX)

 

For the time being, my LV has increased to 8.

But compared to when I was killing orcs and leveling up quickly, the pace of leveling up seems to have slowed down significantly.

 

Naturally, if you keep hunting monsters weaker than yourself, it will become increasingly difficult to level up.

It's probably like the amount of experience required for leveling up increases.

 

Also, the noteworthy points are that my magic attack power has increased because I've been using a lot of magic, and that my agility stat, which had decreased (should I say returned?) after being holed up for a month, has increased by 1.

After all, using magic in actual combat increases the speed of leveling up faster than being at home.

 

In my case, the bottleneck is still the depletion of MP.

Physically, I still have plenty of energy, but I've already consumed more than a third of my MP.

 

High-LV magic is powerful and easy to use, but it also consumes a lot of MP.

I encounter quite a few enemies, so it's difficult to conserve MP enough to keep up with natural recovery.

 

I proceeded while feeling the reason why soloing as a mage is said to be difficult.

Then, a wraith monster, which is said to appear on the fourth floor, appeared.

 

"Ooo..."

 

Its appearance is more Western than Japanese.

It's a female type, its body is somewhat greenish, and its hair is spread haphazardly and floats with a mysterious power.

 

It has no feet, its eyes are hollow, and its mouth corners are raised to an area that is clearly impossible for a human body.

When the wraith, who was wandering around happily, noticed me, it changed its expression to anger.

 

"Ooo!"

 

I don't think I've done anything wrong, but it seems to be very angry.

The wraith moves towards me while screaming.

 

When I hear it, I feel a little uneasy in my chest, and I get a bad feeling.

...Could it be that this scream is a status abnormality attack?

 

It seems that the wraith's scream has the effect of causing panic and frenzy.

The reason it doesn't work on me is... probably because my magic resistance is high.

 

Normal physical attacks do not work on spirit-type monsters such as wraiths.

To defeat them, you need to attack with either magic, a magic weapon, or a magic-imbued weapon.

 

So it seems that they have a very bad compatibility for melee fighters.

My compatibility with them doesn't seem to be bad, though.

 

"Lightning"

 

"Ooo..."

 

When I hit the wraith, which was floating closer, with Lightning, it seemed to be working, and it let out a cry of agony.

Then, leaving a cry of lament, the wraith's figure disappeared from the spot.

 

...I've heard that spirit-type monsters don't leave corpses, so I guess this means I've defeated it.

 

I don't really collect their corpses, but it's a little bit strange that there are no dead bodies left behind after I defeat them.

I might be getting used to dungeon exploration.

 

The only monster that appears on the fourth floor is the wraith.

Because of this, I don't feel nauseous while walking or suddenly feel sick from the stench of rot drifting around.

 

So, the exploration is progressing smoothly, more than ever before.

After a few tens of minutes of searching and subjugating, I eventually saw the stairs to the fifth floor.

 

In terms of physical fatigue... there's no problem.

It is a bit difficult to decide whether to go on or not, though.

 

It seems that the fifth floor will have all the monsters that have appeared so far, plus the skeleton soldier, which is the superior species of skeleton.

 

The fragments of the skeleton soldier's core seem to sell for about the same price as a goblin's magic stone, so I'm looking forward to defeating them... but I want to challenge them after raising my LV as much as possible because I don't know the strength of the skeleton soldier.

 

"...Alright, I'll stay on the fourth floor today."

 

I'll take my time here and hunt wraiths to raise my LV and practice magic.

 

There's no doubt that this floor is the most suitable for leveling up and checking magic.

After all, I can save on Refresh, which consumes the most MP, so the number of magic I can use should change significantly.

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[WN] Shut-In : Chapter 23

Chapter 23

Accel

Translator : PolterGlast

I want to defeat them with Light Arrow Rain because using lightning magic emits a smell, but... I suppressed that feeling and proceeded through the third floor using Chain Lightning and Lightning.

 

I found that the more I used them, the more my body became accustomed to using magic.

 

At first, it took about three seconds to get to the point where I could use Chain Lightning, but now I can activate it in about one second.

 

I also actively use other lightning magic along the way.

In terms of usability, the Railgun magic learned at LV 7 seemed to be exceptionally convenient.

 

This is simply put, a degraded version of Gungnir.

 

First, you draw a line of lightning, and when you fly an object so that it overlaps with that line, you can fly it while accelerating it with lightning.

 

It's inferior in power, but it's maneuverable and doesn't consume that much MP.

 

When I tried firing a copper coin with a railgun, it easily penetrated a rock.

 

However, it was a miscalculation that it went deep into the wall because the power was too powerful and I couldn't get it out... I hope I don't have to cry over a single copper coin in the future.

 

It seems that it can be activated by throwing it without flicking it with your finger like a finger bullet, so it might be mainly used by throwing rocks or something from your item box.

 

When I tried using Accel, which buffs agility--I'll call it support magic for the sake of convenience, to make it easier to distinguish it from offensive magic and recovery magic--purple lightning flew around my body, and my movements became extremely fast.

 

Thanks to the increase in basic ability values ​​since I came to another world and the promotion by leveling up, my physical ability is already on par with an athlete's.

 

But when I move with Accel on, it's like... I'm moving at a speed that's completely superhuman.

 

However, because it's too fast, the scenery changes rapidly with just a little movement, and it makes me incredibly dizzy.

 

The symptoms are similar to the motion sickness I had when I went to a school camp on the bus before.

I don't think I can use it in battle unless I use it several times and get used to it.

 

The lightning flying around me also looks like a Super Saiyan, which is kind of cool.

My hair doesn't stand on end, and my mood is subtly lifted.

 

When I tried using Accel again to see if I could stack buffs... there was no particular change.

The Accel magic itself was activated, but it ended in failure when I tried to apply it to myself.

 

I thought I could keep my distance and unilaterally annihilate them with magic if I could repeatedly apply it and double it to achieve super-high speed, but... I guess it doesn't work that way.

 

"Maybe I can stack it with light support magic... oh! It works!"

 

When I tried activating Quick, which is light support magic, as a last resort, it turned out that it could be used in combination with Accel.

 

Even though they're the same support magic, Accel and Quick are quite different.

 

In the case of Quick, which is light support magic, the movement becomes smooth and faster.

I can tell that my movement is faster, and I also feel that my perception ability is increasing accordingly.

Probably, it also increases the processing speed of my brain.

 

On the other hand, Accel makes my body move faster.

The effect is stronger than Quick, but it seems that the effect only works on pure physical ability.

My consciousness is not completely keeping up with the movement of my body.

 

"But with this... I can barely manage, I think?"

 

I was being swayed by my body with Accel alone, but if I layered Quick on top of that, my senses improved somewhat.

 

Amazing.

It's so fast that I can almost see my afterimage.

It's like I'm at my highest...

 

"Ugh..."

 

Something sour is rising from the back of my throat.

My tension was too high from the double application of support magic, and it seemed my body had exceeded its limit.

 

I stopped and adjusted my breathing while desperately holding back what was coming up.

I drank cold water from the thermos bottle and calmed down a little.

 

"Gyan!"

 

Then, unfortunately, I was noticed by the zombie dog on the other side just as I was suffering from intense nausea.

 

Fortunately, there is a distance.

I'm far from my best... I might as well try what happens if I activate magic in an abnormal state here.

 

"Ugh... L, Lightning!"

 

One, two, three...

Lightning, which I should have been able to activate almost instantly by repeatedly using it and increasing its proficiency, finally activates after three seconds.

 

"Gyan!"

 

Fortunately, the power didn't seem to change, and I was able to defeat the zombie dog with one blow.

...But after all, it took quite a long time to activate the magic.

With this, it's confirmed that physical condition is involved in magic activation.

 

After getting myself back in good shape, I proceeded onward and found the stairs to the fourth floor in less than an hour.

 

For the time being, I'm relieved that I can proceed smoothly to the fifth floor.

Well, whether I proceed immediately or not depends on the monsters on the fourth floor.

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