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Original Translation: Blastron
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Well, let’s leave [Appraisal] alone for now and take care of this mouse-thing.
Sneaking, sneeeaking…
Fwap!
Roooolling, roooolling…
CHOMP!
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Poison Fang – LV6] has become [Poison Fang – LV7]>
Ooh! My combo’s still going! Magnificent. I’ve been thinking about my awful stats, now that I know them for sure, and I’ve realized that I’ve basically got no offensive capabilities whatsoever aside from [Poison Fang]. It is the first, last, and only weapon in my arsenal, so its level is extremely important.
Hmm, let’s call it quits for today. My red total-stamina meter still has a bit of a surplus, and doing useless things is the height of sin.
I put together a new simple home on the spot. Now, since I’m safe, let’s dig in… nah. As you’d expect, after eating all of that stuff earlier, I’m not really all that hungry. I mean, it’s not like I’m so full I can’t eat another bite, but instead of forcing myself to eat it now I think I’d much rather save it until after I wake up.
I say that, but it’s not like I’m going to go straight to bed. I’ve got a thing I’d like to do first…
Wiggle, slither, stretch…
…Uh, what’s with that look? I’m not doing anything obscene back here. I’m just practicing [Thread Control]. I’ve figured out so far that I can control just one thread at a time. If I want to move it, I need to make it inch along like an earthworm, and it’s very slow going. As long as it’s still attached to my body, though, the range is pretty large. On the plus side, it barely costs me any mana to keep going. That’s all I’ve got so far.
Really, a weapon of this poor quality can’t be used in combat at all. So, before I go to sleep, I’m going to burn through all of my mana practicing with it, so that I can get its level up. Once I get its level up, this poor-quality skill should start getting considerably better. If [Appraisal] could shape herself up into a can-do kind of girl, I’m sure that [Thread Control] will also start being useful at about level six. The road to usefulness might be a long one, though.
Once I can get its level up, there’s a billion things I want to try out. Silk armor might not be out of the question anymore, and I might be able to come up with a new way to attack. I also want to try out that enemy-detecting thread idea I had from a while ago! Ahh, I can only dream.
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Thread Control – LV1] has become [Thread Control – LV2]>
Ahaha right when I said it you did it!! Level uppp!!
Wiggly wiggle, sliiiither, stretchy stretch.
Oh ho! These movements aren’t bad at all! Truly outrageous, how the level went up and it immediately started moving faster. It’s still not yet ready for combat use, but if it gets this much better every time it levels, I might be able to put it into action sooner than expected!
Well, I’ve still got plenty of mana, so let’s keep plugging away at this skill proficiency…
Yaaaawn! Ah, I slept great! In the end, I stuck with it until my mana was nearly exhausted, and got up to [Thread Control – LV3]. I had originally been planning on completely exhausting all of my mana, but once it got pretty low, I got cold feet. I don’t know exactly what might go wrong, but I had this kind of instinctive reaction that running completely out would be dangerous, so I cut it off at the last minute.
One night’s rest completely recovered my mana! Yeah. Grinding out [Thread Control] before I go to bed won’t be a problem at all, in the future.
No, wait a sec. If I gain it back that quickly, shouldn’t I spend it all right when I wake up as well? I don’t use any mana at all, normally, so if it recovers naturally over time then it will refill itself while I’m out hunting. Yeah, this is way more efficient. If it turns out that there’s some unforeseen problem with doing things this way, then tomorrow I’ll just stick to practicing right before I go to sleep. Well, I’ll never find out if I don’t try!
So, I went back to practicing [Thread Control], and right before my mana was about to run out…
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Thread Control – LV3] has become [Thread Control – LV4]>
…said the “Voice of Heaven”.
Yessss. Good, good. My mana’s nearly completely gone, so I can’t really test to see how much better it’s moving, but since it’s level four, it’s probably getting pretty good. It’s probably not good enough to use in combat, but I should try making myself some armor in the safety of my own home. Tonight’s going to be awesome!
Now, let us have some breakfast. The main course for today is yesterday’s mouse. Time to eat.
Umf, not good. Eating didn’t refill any of my mana, so it looks like I won’t be able to recover by eating any old thing. There’s most likely some sort of equivalent to a mana potion, so there’s probably ingredients that will recover your mana if you just eat them raw. I’d bet that the flesh of a strongly-magical monster would work great for recovery! Of course, I haven’t seen any magic-wielding magical monsters at all, yet.
Man, after evolving, I’ve really hit a groove. My skills are steadily leveling up, I got a couple new titles… looks like it’s the year of the spider! It’s like the whole world is telling me it’s my time to shine. Heheheh. Just try and stop me! Heheheee! I’m going to take this groove and ride it all the way through this dungeon. Sure, I know it’s freaking enormous, but there’s nothing left to do but keep an eye out for the exit. Now then, world, brace yourself, for today I shine!
Hee hee heeee.
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