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Formatting/Extras: APM
Original Translation: Blastron
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Somehow, I managed to get through my brother’s unexpected invasion. Oh my god. I am so glad that he was such an idiot. A serious fight would have been seriously dangerous.
I’m starting to get a feel for my own strengths. If this were actually a game, I could pull up my stats, but instead I’m fumbling around, trying to figure things out objectively. I’ve already determined that my best weapons are my thread and my venomous fangs: I tangle up my foe in my thread, and then put an end to them with my fangs. Unfortunately, my invincible secret combo technique might not actually work on some foes. I’m pretty screwed if that’s the case.
This applies not just to me, but to every other spider monster: thread and poison are our most important weapons. That idiot I just fought didn’t understand it at all. In a battle between spiders, whoever immobilizes their opponent wins, so the core of my strategy was to stick a thread to them and get them all tangled up. The result is this train wreck. Why the hell did you throw yourself at me without any sort of plan? You’re stupid! You’re an idiot! You’re going to get yourself killed! Heh, well, that already happened.
I’m actually kind of impressed that a guy this stupid survived for so long. I’ve been thinking that it’s far too dangerous for me to venture too far out from my home, so how the hell did this guy manage to survive for so long with all those monsters out there? Ah, well, thinking about it too hard won’t get me anywhere, because this guy is already dead, heh heh.
Hmm, what fate shall befall this jerk, whose corpse litters my territory? You should know this already. I’m hungry. The thought of eating a spider might be kind of gross, but I already put that kind of thinking aside when I had to eat that first frog. Hmm? He’s my brother? So what? It’s already been well established that my species is cannibalistic.
That said, let’s dig in.
Phew, I’m full. This might sound weird, but that was definitely a bit tastier than the frogs. Hmm, is it really that after all? The frog’s meat was both poisonous and acidic, was that why it was so bitter? Well, spider meat is still poisonous, so it was still pretty gross, but at least it wasn’t quite as bad as a frog.
As I came to this conclusion, the mechanical voice of the “Voice of Heaven” resounded in my head.
<Condition satisfied. Acquired Title [Foul Feeder(TL.1)].>
<Acquired skills [Poison Resistance – LV1] [Rot Resistance – LV1] as a result of Title [Foul Feeder].>
<Skill [Poison Resistance – LV1] has been integrated into [Poison Resistance – LV3].>
<Condition satisfied. Acquired Title [Foul Feeder].>
<Acquired skills [Taboo – LV1] [Heresy Magic – LV1] as a result of Title [Foul Feeder]>[
What?! What the hell is this? I’m usually surprised whenever I hear the “Voice of Heaven”, but this time I’m not just surprised, I’m dumbfounded. Ah, let’s take some time and calm myself down. Lately, I’ve taken to spinning thread into little white balls to soothe my nerves. Ahh, that’s better.
Alright, hm, she said “title”. Those are like bonuses you get when you meet some special requirements and earn an achievement, right? That’s probably it, but, uh, these are pretty gross. Disgraceful, even. [Foul Feeder]? That’s insulting! [Kin Eater]? That’s straight-up awful! Can other people see these? Maybe someone with high [Appraisal] skill can. Wow. Man, if anyone saw these I’d be done in an instant. Well, I’m a monster, so I’d probably be attacked long before anyone bothered looking at my titles.
Putting aside how awful these titles are, aren’t they kind of unbelievable? In a single moment I got four skills! Four! I already had [Poison Resistance], but the “Voice of Heaven” made it sound like the new skill got rolled into my previous skill’s proficiency rating. Ahhh, I really wish I had an easy way to check, not knowing for sure is super inconvenient! I need to get [Appraisal]’s level up.
I’m way more interested in the other three skills.[Rot Resistance] is pretty understandable, I think. I’d probably raise its level by eating decaying or rotting things, although I can’t ever see myself wanting to. The other two skills are the problematic ones.
[Taboo]? That’s certainly the name of the skill, but I have literally zero clue what it does. I can’t even make a wild guess! Hello? GMs? Can I get an explanation, please? If I don’t know what this does, I can’t use it!
[Heresy Magic] is the same problem. I have no idea how to use this! What should I do, chant some sort of dark incantation? I’m a spider! I can’t speak! All I can do is make this raspy sort of noise by grinding my teeth together. Man, even if I could talk I have no idea what the incantation even is, so it’s not like that would fix any of my problems.
Just to test it out, I clear my mind and concentrate on the words [Heresy Magic]. ………yep, nothing’s happening. I can’t use this!
Ugh! I thought that getting all of these skills and titles was going to be great, but the only useful thing I got out of it was [Rot Resistance]! Well, I guess my [Poison Resistance] may have gotten a proficiency boost, even if it didn’t go up in level. …now that I think about it, those were both from [Foul Feeder], weren’t they? [Kin Eater], what good are you?!
Ah, I just realized, if you earn [Kin Eater] by eating a family member, all of my siblings who survived that battle back when we were born probably have that title too. Hmm, but if that’s the case then that idiot I just killed should have had that title too. I guess the [Kin Eater] title doesn’t really have much effect on combat ability, then, so it wouldn’t matter that I can’t figure out how to use it. Ahh, I see! This must be because it was so easy to acquire. If it’s easy to get, its effect will be low.
Still, finding about this title system is pretty huge! Earning a bunch of titles might be a very efficient way to pick up a bunch of skills. I don’t really know what new titles I can acquire, or how I might go about earning them, but let’s try a bunch of different things to check!
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