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Original Translation: Blastron
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After killing a few more lone wasps, I finally heard that voice.
<Experience has reached the required level. Individual Small Taratect has increased from LV2 to LV3.>
<All basic attributes have increased.>
<Skill proficiency level-up bonus acquired.>
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Strength – LV1] has become [Strength – LV2]>
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Solidity – LV1] has become [Solidity – LV2]>
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Overeating – LV1] has become [Overeating – LV2]>
<Skill points acquired.>
The level up that I’ve been waiting for all this time comes at me in an instant! My skin rustles as it peels away from my body. Somehow, although I can’t really describe how, I can feel that the wound on my back has closed completely.
<Proficiency has reached the required level. Acquired skill [HP Auto-recovery – LV1]
…Huh? Really? Ohh! Now this is a surprise. So, uh, does this mean that my full-heal on level up is a kind of automatic recovery? I am extremely, unbelievably happy about this, but, man, I really could have used this earlier… My life wouldn’t have been nearly this hard if I’d had such luxuries available to me.
No, I shouldn’t be complaining. This really is luxurious! My anxieties about if I would ever level up have vanished. This is when I should be smiling thankfully.
Seriously, though, things had gotten pretty dangerous. My health, which had been stuck at six for a while, went down to five on its own, so I got seriously worried about my continued existence. It kept going down, too, and by the time I leveled up it was all the way down to three. Seriously dangerous. I clamped down on my anxious heart, and threw everything I had into hunting stray wasps.
Hunting the loners was remarkably easy, though! Unlike what I’d expected at first, my accuracy with the Ku-morning star has been one hundred percent. This was a serious surprise, you knooow! Is this another thing that spiders can just do naturally? Regardless, on top of that, I picked up both [Throw – LV1] and [Hit – LV1]! Both of these are probably skills that give me a passive bonus, I think.
And on top of all that, I got three bonus skill levels when I leveled this time! I don’t know what any of them actually do, but since I’ve somehow accumulated some skill proficiency, I’ve probably been benefiting from them unconsciously. I don’t… think… there’s any downsides to this… probably. I’m a little bit concerned about [Overeating], though…
Thanks to all the web-weaving and wasp-hunting I’ve been doing, my thread-related skills have gone up quite a bit, too! My [Spider Thread] is now at level eight, and [Thread Control] is up to level five. [Thread Control] is way more useful than I thought it was gonna be. Now that it’s level five, its accuracy and speed have gone up quite a bit. Picking this up was absolutely the right choice.
[Pain Mitigation] also hit level five, so my back was actually pretty comfortable. This skill is pretty awesome; it alleviates pain, but it leaves enough feeling that you have a sense of how bad your injuries are. Pain is a great indicator of danger, so feeling it is actually pretty important. If it disappears entirely, you’ll have no idea of how dangerous any of your injuries are. This skill, though, still gives me that sense of danger, despite taking the pain away. It’s hard to describe… wounds have a sense of… uneasiness about them, I guess, that is distinctly different from actual pain. So, taking away the pain isn’t a problem at all. Ah, well, it’s only level five, so it’s not like it gets rid of it completely.
Well then! I leveled up after all this time, so let’s check out my new stats!
Oh ho! All three meters went up by two, as did Offense and Defense, and Magic Power and Resistance went up by one. But uh, hey, Speed, what are you doing? I remember you being 348 before, and then you gained… twenty one points…? Isn’t that a little weird? The other stats were a little more reserved about it… aren’t you trying a little too hard? …Offense, Defense, why did you go up the same amount? You’re leaving Magic Power and Resistance in the dust, you know… Nai wa…
Ah, well, I’m going to have to ignore my unbalanced stats for now. Gotta focus on the present.
At long last, I’ve leveled up and regained all of my health, so now I can focus my full efforts on getting out of here. With my injuries as bad as they were, my work was slower than I would have liked; plus, I had to be extra cautious. From now on, though, I’m going to keep hunting the loner wasps for stamina while extending my nest higher and higher.
By now, I’ve made it about one quarter of the way to my goal at the top. I’ve still got a loooong way to go. So far the wasps haven’t been aggressive or even just intimidating. I have no idea how long that’s going to last, though, so I need to make sure I’m still building this strong enough to withstand an attack. This is crucial… but man, it’s way hard. Unlike building a regular nest at ground level, this climbing nest is super challenging! The higher I go, the harder it gets. I keep having to run a thick support thread from the foundation rock to the wall above me, and then I have to bind it tightly to the rest of the structure. I’m only a quarter of the way there, and this work is getting harder and harder as I climb.
I’ve got no choice, though, I have to do it. I have no idea if or when that Earth Dragon is going to show back up here. What I do know is that I want to be far, far away from here when it does happen. Worst case scenario, I have to abandon my nest halfway through and just charge straight up as fast as I can and hope for the best. This is, of course, extremely dangerous… but if I stay down here, my death is inevitable. So, until then, I’m going to keep building this web higher and higher. I absolutely do not want to stay down here.
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