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At the end of the third day, just as I was starting to think about going to sleep, the “Voice of Heaven” came down from above.

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Pain Resistance LV 9] has become [Pain Nullification].>

<Condition satisfied. Skill [Pain Mitigation LV 1] has been derived from skill [Pain Nullification].>

[Pain Resistance] went up again, huh… and it had already leveled from eight to nine without me noticing, probably when I was sleeping again. The level number disappeared, and the name changed to [Pain Nullification]. Feels like it capped out. That gives me two max-level skills, next to [Night Vision]. I think I started out with a high level in [Night Vision] already, though, thanks to my natural-born abilities, so [Pain Nullification] is the first skill I’ve raised all the way up from zero to ten by myself! I don’t really feel like celebrating, though, because grinding that out was literally suffering.

Well, it looks like the skill I just unlocked is the actual “pain hurts less” skill. Ah, no, I’m not saying that [Pain Resistance] was a rip-off or anything, just that it wasn’t what I was expecting. The new skill is only level one right now, so I’m not feeling much of an effect. As always, my back is rather rudely reminding me how badly it’s still wounded. I’m hoping it’ll be a little more polite about it once I get a few levels of [Pain Mitigation], and I’m really hoping that it’ll level up overnight.

Well then, good night!

Day Four. My stamina has started to steadily fall, so it’s time to take action. My targets are the lone wasps that drift away from the swarm. Trying to get an entire squad of wasps is too risky. I think I could beat them, sure, but I need to be cautious: since there’s a bunch of wasps in a squad, it’s not impossible that they’ll do something completely unexpected.

So, snagging one of the loners is probably my best bet. It looks like they’re not quite as smart when they’re not being ordered around by a commander. While I was observing them yesterday, I saw a lone wasp fly through a tiny tunnel that a squad definitely couldn’t fit through. I’d bet that the wasp I caught a while ago had done something similar, going down a strange passage, getting lost, and eventually winding up in my webs. Hmm, that was a long time ago, though, and really far away; it’s really unlikely that the wasp from back then came from this swarm. Maybe there’s another hive somewhere else?

From what I’ve been seeing so far, the ones that wander off are already not very bright. Maybe that’s why they never joined a squad and were content with wandering off? Ah, regardless, the point is, if I provoke one of the strays, it might be dumb enough to come and attack.

I’d never rely on such an uncertain strategy, though… not when I have the new secret weapon I developed yesterday!

It’s a hardened sphere of sticky webbing at the end of a long cord. I call it: the Ku-morning star(TL.1)! Eheheh. With my raw physical strength plus the power of [Thread Control], I’ll be able to strike those wasps out of the sky! …Probably. It’s, uh, worth noting that I’m probably going to miss with this nine times out of ten. But that’s okay! All I’m really trying to do is get these things to realize that I’m an enemy, and come charging at me of its own accord. If I get super lucky and hit it directly, then my target will be immediately trapped, which is my victory anyway.

Now, I just have to wait for the perfect chance, for one of the loner wasps to come close enough to my nest. If today is anything like yesterday, a bunch of them will be buzzing by to get a closer look at my web, so everything should go as planned.

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Pain Mitigation – LV2] has become [Pain Mitigation – LV3]>

As I waited, [Pain Mitigation] leveled up again. Huh? Compared to [Pain Resistance], this is leveling up super slowly! I was really expecting it to go up to about level five while I was asleep, but it only went up to two… hmm? I wonder if the way I accumulate proficiency is different? Or maybe, is the amount of proficiency I need to accumulate different? Ahhh, I don’t know.

Although, that level up made this extremely obvious: [Pain Mitigation] is, in fact, a skill that dulls pain. Thanks to my new skill level, my back is feeling much better.

The wound on my back is a severe one. I did my best to bandage it up with [Thread Control], but this is seriously a gaping hole. If I was a human, this would absolutely have killed me. I wonder, am I still alive because I’m a spider, or because I’m a monster? Regardless, it is a miracle that I’m alive with a wound this bad. I wanted to make sure no more poison was left in the wound, so I tried cleaning it out with [Thread Control]. This hurt so bad I thought I was going to die.

I have to level up as quickly as I can, to fix this wound. If I leave it as it is, it’s only going to get worse from here. It could fester, it could get necrotic, it could get infected… I cleaned it out with thread, but it’s nowhere near as good as washing it with clean water, let alone actually disinfecting it. I really need to do something before my symptoms get worse.

And, just like that, a chance appears.

A single loner wasp makes its way over here. There’s no other wasps nearby! If there were, they’d probably come rushing to protect their comrade once he got into trouble. This situation is perfect: I don’t have to worry about that at all.

I ready the Ku-morning star. Focus… focus… aaaaaaim… THERE!

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Acquired skill [Concentration – LV1]>

Oh, it hit. And it seems like I got a skill at the same time.

Oh, man, I did not think that would hit at all. The Ku-morning star hit it dead on! Using [Thread Control], I unravel it and use the thread to wrap up the captured wasp. I drag the violently struggling bundle back into my nest, and it falls prey to my [Poison Fang].

Whoa. A perfect success on my very first try. This is a great omen! Ah, no, no, I am not going to let myself get cocky again. We all know what happened last time I did. Now, I walk with humility. Well then, let’s celebrate this important first step with this long-awaited meal. Let’s dig in!

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On the first day, I made the simplest workable nest and went to sleep. I can’t really say I slept well, thanks to this backache, but the important part is that I didn’t get attacked overnight, which is a huge relief. Even better, I didn’t die from my injuries overnight! I breathed a huge sigh of relief when I woke up. After checking my health level, it looked like nothing changed; I was still at six HP. I’m kind of disappointed that it’s not recovering on its own, but I’m still happy it didn’t go down, either… well, could be better, could be worse.

On the second day, I devoted basically the entire day to expanding and fortifying my nest. My back was still hurting, but I focused on my task and fought through it. Wasps were buzzing around me a ton, but whenever they came close, I stopped working and kept a watchful eye on them. I’m not used to working under these conditions; constantly being vigilant while I work is really nerve-wracking.

I took whatever spare moments I had to work on nibbling away at that wasp from earlier, so I can keep my stamina up. In this situation, if I run out of stamina, the scales will absolutely tip further towards my defeat. I am extremely dependent on my stamina. Weaving threads relies heavily on my stamina, not to mention my other day-to-day activities. On top of that, I need to make sure I save enough stamina for at least one battle. I don’t know how easily I’ll be able to secure more food after I finish this wasp, so since I’ve committed to this siege-defense strategy, I need to take extra special care of my stamina.

Also on day two, I realized that the level of [Pain Resistance] had gone way up. If I’m remembering correctly, the last time it leveled up it hit level two, but while I was working on building the nest the “Voice of Heaven” chimed in,

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Pain Resistance – LV6] has become [Pain Resistance – LV7]>

So, it jumped straight to level seven. I don’t have any solid idea why, but if I had to take a guess, I’d say it probably happened while I was asleep. If proficiency in that goes up when you’re in pain, then it makes a ton of sense that it would have gained a bunch of levels while I was sleeping, what with how miserable I was last night and all. If I think back, maybe I did hear the “Voice of Heaven” say something while I was half-asleep.

Well, now that I know it’s level seven, it seems pretty obvious that [Pain Resistance] isn’t actually a skill that alleviates pain; if it was, it would be really strange if I was still hurting this bad at level seven. If I had to take a guess, I’d probably say… It lets me endure pain well enough to keep moving. Honestly, could be better, could be worse. This still hurts a ton, and there still is a limit to how much I can move with these wounds. When I first got this skill, I remember feeling like my pain had immediately gotten better, but maybe that was all in my head.

Before the day was out, I made it up to [Pain Resistance – LV8].

Day three. I’ve completely consumed the wasp I dragged in a few days ago. My nest is about as good as it’s going to get, in these conditions, so it’s time to move onto stage two: namely, hunting until I level up.

There’s a problem, though… how am I going to catch anything? These wasps keep coming close, and I know they know I’m here, but none of them are swooping in to attack. I was really expecting them to throw themselves at me without a plan, but I guess I’m not that lucky.

Well, for now, I should keep an eye on the wasps and wait for a good chance to strike. I tried provoking a few of the ones that came near, but nobody took the bait.

From my observations, I’ve learned a few things about these wasps. It looks like they mostly fly around in groups of about five or six, acting independently of each other. Each group has a leader:

{High Finjegoat – LV 1 – failed to appraise status}

A “High” Finjegoat, huh. Its name implies some sort of superiority, so maybe these are individuals that have evolved. Since they’re level one, that seems pretty likely to me. I also see wasps flying around that are levels eight or nine, right on the verge of evolving; when they do, they’ll probably become leaders as well.

The boss wasps are slightly darker-colored than the regular wasps. That’s basically the only difference; their size and shape are basically the same. [Appraisal] can’t seem to manage to get the stats on these things, but I’d bet that they’re stronger than the ordinary wasps.

Well, I don’t think that even those guys can break through my nest. I think they know it too, which might explain why they’re not attacking me when I’m provoking them. Man, if that’s true, these guys are way smart.

Every so often, an entire group will disappear down one of the corridors at the bottom of the pit; after a while, they’ll come back, bearing fresh prey. Man, those squads look super-efficient. They really are intelligent! There are a few that wander around aimlessly by themselves, though.

You know what’s great, though? There’s monsters down here that these wasps are able to hunt. Everything down here is not, after all, as tough as that Earth Dragon! Things are really starting to look up for me, now that I know that.

There are, however, groups that don’t make it back, so I shouldn’t get too careless. After all, a group that doesn’t come back is almost undoubtedly a group that got wiped out before it could make it back. Even some of the successful groups come back bearing their fellow soldiers’ corpses, so I definitely shouldn’t stop thinking of this as a dangerous kind of area.

Unblinkingly, I continue observing the wasps.

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I waited a good, long while after the Earth Dragon left, constantly keeping an over-watchful eye on my surroundings. There’s no way I can relax, just with that. If I don’t do something, though, it’s no use.

I turn towards the wasp that I left tied up over there and extend a thread towards it with [Thread Control]. Agh, that hurt my back. It doesn’t look like I have any problems spinning thread, though. I carefully maneuver the thread out there, and tie it to the wasp.

The wasp is still struggling, but it really doesn’t matter. What does matter is that I need to get this thing pulled in before it attracts the attention of another monster. Every time I pull on the thread, my wound aches. The pain is serious, but my health isn’t going down at all, so I’m telling myself that this is fine.

Finally, I’ve retrieved the wasp. I quickly seize it in my [Poison Fang], and clamp down tightly until it stops moving. Hmm, when I think about how effective [Poison Fang] is on other poison-using monsters, I wonder if I’ve overleveled both it and [Poison Resistance], compared to other monsters? Eh, for now, whatever works is good.

The real problem is what to do next. Frankly, I think exploring this area is basically suicide. If there’s anything else out there that’s as strong as that Earth Dragon, there is literally zero way that I will survive.

This is really bad. I’ve crossed many dangerous bridges before, but nothing like this.

You know, maybe I’ve been a little bit conceited about my combat abilities. Sure, I’ve been successful with my various sneak-attack strategies as I’ve been loitering around this dungeon, but my real strength is fighting defensively from within my nest. Even one of my simple homes was able to take down one of those snakes, so if I were to actually put my full efforts into it, I don’t think there’s a single monster out there that could get through to me. …Probably.

…well, THAT thing can probably break through. While whistling a jaunty tune, even. It is, at the very least, that powerful.

[Spider Thread], [Poison Fang], sneak attacks, and speed. All of my specialties are nothing more than clever tricks in front of that thing, tricks that are kicked aside by its overwhelming power. This is the second completely undefeatable monster that I’ve encountered in my brief life as a spider. The first, by the way, was my mother (father?), the giant spider.

Not being able to win is definitely a problem, but way, way worse is the fact that its speed vastly outpaces mine. Usually, if something can break through my nest, I can run away while it’s doing so. I may seethe with rage, but I will make it out with my life, thanks to my speed. That thing, however, could catch me.

I can’t win if I fight it, and I can’t escape if I run away. If I catch its eye, it’s all over.

Man, what an unreasonable monster. If I’d known about this, I would have tried facing that other snake’s charge instead. At least I’d have a chance then. On top of that, I don’t even know if that thing is the only one of its kind down here!

I’m scared. This is the closest I’ve ever been to death. I’m almost a little surprised that I’m feeling so afraid. I’ve been through so much ridiculous stuff so far, and I never really felt much fear or nervousness. I thought that maybe I’d mastered those feelings already. Now, though, I know. All the dangers so far have merely not been dangerous enough to make me scared. It’s not that I can’t feel fear, it’s that I didn’t need to.

Ha, ha. It’s way too late for me to be realizing this. I wish I’d figured this out sooner. If I had, maybe I’d have been a little more aware of how dangerous things could be.

Okay, I think that’s enough regretting. Let’s figure out how I might survive this.

Step one is securing my safety. It’s not going to be much help against the Earth Dragon, but for now I should set up a nest in these crags. Right now, I don’t think I’m in any condition to move anywhere else. You could even say I just don’t want to leave. So, I’m going to build my home, number three, right here.

Then, if I can, I’m going to lure wasps and other strong monsters in here so that I can kill them. My goal is to level up and get that full heal. Until I fix this wound in my back, there’s not much I can do. If any monster, even a weak one, so much as sneezes on me, I’m dead. I really don’t want to bank on recovering on my own. Man, I wish I’d picked up [HP Auto-Recovery] back when I had the chance. Regrets won’t fix anything, though; I need to accept my mistakes and move on.

For now, let’s focus on getting my base set up. Honestly, this isn’t a very good place for a base. It’s going to stand out a ton and, of course, if I’m noticed by a monster like that Earth Dragon, I’m toast. With these wounds, though, I don’t have much choice. This really comes down to luck. Bad luck.

Okay, my plan is to level up. Once I’ve fixed this wound, I think I’ll be able to get out of this danger zone.

Hmm, do I go up and try to break through the wasp army, or do I stay down here and explore this extremely dangerous area? Either way, it’s hell. Man, now that I’ve fallen down here, I’ve got the ultimate life-or-death choice in front of me. If I’m lucky, I live, if I’m unlucky, I die. The scales are tipped pretty far towards “die” right now, though. Is it going to keep tipping this way, or can I make it recover?

I need to take action to swing the scales my way. Luckily, I’ve got enough stamina left to weave a decent nest. This wasp is pretty big, so it’ll be a solid meal. Let’s extract all the stamina I can from this thing and turn it all into an awesome nest. Everything after that is down to luck and skill.

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An enormous swarm of wasps buzzes above me. Well! If I don’t get out of here quickly, I’m going to have problems.

Of course, by the time I thought that, it was just a little bit too late.

A wasp lands on my back, and suddenly, a blinding pain shoots through me.

!!!!????

Aaargh!! I’ve been stabbed! And it feels like something got pumped into me when it happened, too! It’s poison?!

It’s latched onto my back, where I’ve got no way to protect myself. Wait… I’ve got one thing! Now is not the time for me to worry about my last few points of magical power!

I grab hold of my Thread with [Thread Control] and stick it to the wasp on my back, immobilizing it.

Off… we… GO!!

Seizing the line, I fling the wasp off of me as if I were doing a shoulder throw!

I really want to finish it off, but now’s my chance to escape! I find a craggy spot in the walls to hide in. Hopefully, these rocks will make it hard for those giant wasps to maneuver.

Just as I thought, a few wasps chased after me, but after flying around for a while they figured out the deal and buzzed off.

Ahhh, that was close. I definitely didn’t come through unscathed, though. I can’t see it for myself, but there’s a gaping hole in my back. I’ve got six health left. One single attack dealt me thirty damage.

This is no surprise. I’ve been more than well aware that my defense is terrible. Really, I’m grateful that spiders are resilient enough that I can keep going, even with this extremely serious wound.

I’m so glad my [Poison Resistance] is so high. Whatever that wasp pumped into me was almost certainly some kind of poison. I don’t know whether it negated it entirely or not, and I don’t know how much of this damage was from the wasp’s poison or its stinger, but if I didn’t have [Poison Resistance] I would surely be dead by now.

With wounds like these, I probably shouldn’t be moving around. I don’t know if it’s going to heal on its own, so what I really want to aim for is the full-heal I get out of leveling up. So, since I need experience points, and since I need to get myself some food, I should sneak out and retrieve that wasp I threw off of me a little while ago.

Leaving these crags is no sound plan at all, though. I reach out with [Thread Control] and start to slowly inch the wasp back towards me.

Suddenly, a chill runs through me.

I peek out from behind the crags. Over there, I see the shape of the wasp I tied up. And, over there, I see yet another monster, slowly approaching.

{Elro Baldarad – LV 5 – failed to appraise status}

It’s the snake. This jerk, did he follow me all the way down here?! No, probably not. It’s the same level as the other one, but it’s probably not the same individual. Yiiikes. Is this the habitat of these super-strong boss-class monsters? With my body as wounded as it is, I am definitely not looking for a fight.

The snake slowly approaches the fallen wasp. Please, I beg of you, take the wasp and leave me alone!! The snake, however, didn’t do anything to the wasp. Rather, it couldn’t do anything.

With blinding speed, something tears the snake apart.

Uh? Are my eyes working okay? That snake, unless I’m completely mistaken, was shredded into scrap as if it were made of paper. That snake, which was supposed to be protected by its impenetrable scales. That snake, whose speed rivals even my own, was erased before it even had time to react.

{Earth Dragon Araba – LV 31 – failed to appraise statistics}

It stands, proudly and calmly. Its name might be “dragon”, but its form is really closer to that of a wolf. It walks on four legs. Its tail is long. It has no wings. Even still, with its majestic bearing, it’s impossible not to see it as a dragon.

Not good. My instincts as a spider, my reason as a person, everything is screaming at me in unison: this thing is absolutely terrible news. I have zero chance against it. Forget winning or losing, this thing is so out of my league that I shouldn’t even bother. If it looks at me, I don’t think it would see me as anything but fodder. I’m not even prey. If it sees me, I will become food. That’s how far above me that thing is.

Oh, it might have a high level, but that’s the least of my problems. No matter how you look at it, that thing is extremely terrible news.

Earth Dragon Araba, starts to slowly devour the scattered pieces of the snake. Panicking, I try to steal my breath.

<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Stealth – LV1] has become [Stealth – LV2]>

Ah!! Shut up! Please! Shh!! What are you going to do if it spots me?!

Araba finishes devouring the snake and leaves, not even sparing a glance for my wasp.

Ph… phew. I don’t know if it completely overlooked me, or if it just decided I wasn’t even worth the effort, but, phew, I’m safe for now.

I’m no stranger to life-and-death situations by now, but this is the most terrifyingly close to death I have ever come. I’m still trembling just thinking about it.

This isn’t good. If there’s something that powerful lurking in this area, I should be doing everything I can to get far away from here.

I check my surroundings. Right now, I’m at the bottom of the huge shaft I fell down a little while ago. I’d estimate that the shaft is about a hundred meters in diameter, and its depth… is probably way more than that, huh. I really have no way to tell; the huge swarm of wasps buzzing overhead is like an impenetrable wall.

I’m glad that [Appraisal] didn’t activate at this range. If it did, the headache from the sheer number of [Appraisal] results would knock me straight out. If I want to go back the way I came, I’m going to need to get through that swarm. And, on top of that, climb up the cliff.

That’s impossible. If I’m clinging to the wall, I can’t fight. I won’t be able to move quickly, and I won’t be able to aim my thread. That’s a zone where all of my most reliable strengths are sealed away. The wasps certainly will have no trouble with their mobility, flying through the air. There’s no way for me to win.

Even still, with a monster like that lurking around, exploration is basically suicide. There are a bunch of passageways connected to the base of this pit… if it really came down to it, could I maybe try going down a different one? Nope. With a wound like this, even if I didn’t encounter another ludicrous monster like that, I’d still be toast even if I found just a regular monster.

This is bad. This might just be checkmate.

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APM: Im gonna retranslated the QnAs, so disregard the disclaimer above for blastron

Q, Dont Spiders usually liquify their food to consume it, because their internal organs?

A, I have avoided any detailed description about the predation scene, because it would be nasty to describe it in detail. And because the MC does not know a lot about spider Anatomy, she instead eats it normally

I’ll leave it to the reader’s imaginations.

Q, About “Detect”

A, There’s various opinions and expectations given on this, but I have no comment about it because explaining will include spoilers.

Q, Didn’t spiders sense the surroundings by wind and vibration?

A, Because there are skills, the MC tends to rely just on them. So, she didn’t really take note of her innate Ability. But she still uses it to evade danger

A evidence she never received a surprise attack in the dungeon, which is full of monsters.

Q, (regarding Chapter 26 Weak) “Up until now, the highest level I have seen was level 4.” But in chapter 19 there is an『Elro Basilisk　LV6』

A, I have corrected the basilisk level to 4. (TL note: it’s fixed before I translate it)

Thank you for pointing out.

Q, “the numerical value　　　　　　　　differs” Is there a need to put a blank space here?

A, I failed magnificently to adjust the position of the parenthesis.

I made corrections.

Q, It’s hard to see the status, You don’t need to put a strange blank space. Why don’t you think about the display with the feature phone and the smartphone?

A, I’m sorry, but I give priorities on the display of the PC. It becomes hard to see with other models, but I don’t intend to use the status much, so please acknowledge it.

Q, Spiders from Earth eat its thread to make raw materials.Can we expect that here too?

A, I have stated it above that the MC doesn’t know about the spider’s ecology. It can be understood by instinct to some extent, but the idea of eating what she produce won’t be accepted because she still has the sense as a human.

Fast update, interesting and so forth. I got a lot of impressions. I want to continue this update speed in the future. Because it’s my selling point(Lol). When you say that it’s interesting, it motivates me to continue writing.

Thank you very much.

Will be in your care from now on.

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I focus my will, feeling the magic that fills my body. By practicing this technique, I was able to gain the [Magic Power Perception] skill. Thanks to my continued study, I’ve been able to feel the circulation of mana as it flows within me, almost like the rushing of my blood. With my [Magic Power Operation] skill, I increase the rate of circulation. Steadily, the magical power begins to move faster and faster. I concentrate a part of it in my palm. I focus on amplifying the rotation of the magical power in my hand more and more, until enough energy accumulates that it transmutes itself into a high-energy form. To complete it, all I need to do is shape it into a spell.

However, I won’t do it; or, rather, I can’t do it. I slowly return the accumulated magical power to the rest of my body, and let it slow to its natural state.

When the magical power inside me has calmed, I open the eyes that I had squeezed shut in concentration. Before me, I see Anna, looking at me nervously. Standing next to her is Klevea, but it doesn’t look like she’s noticed anything strange.

“This is dreadful,” says Anna. “Don’t you mean amazing?” asks Klevea. “‘Amazing’ doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of this. Looking at their raw practical skills alone, the princess is already as skilled as any beginning mage, and his Highness’s skills are surely intermediate-level! Both of their mana capacities exceed what mine were at that age.”

They may be whispering, but many months of straining my ears to try to learn the language of this world gave me the [Auditory Enhancement] skill, so I can hear it just fine.

“That’s what you’d call genius, right?” asks Klevea. Anna nods, gravely.

Genius, huh. I’m really not a genius at all. Granted, I was born with an above-average mana capacity, but it’s really thanks to my consciousness from my previous life. Thanks to that, I’ve been able to practice ever since I was born.

I may be a very young child on the outside, but I’ve got the mind of a high school student. The life of a baby is extremely simple, so I wound up with a lot of free time on my hands. Whenever I started to get bored, I worked on training my magic. Anna, ever the excellent teacher, had given a thorough explanation at one point. It was far too difficult for a child to understand, but a high school student like me had no trouble at all.

Thanks to that, I learned the skills [Magic Power Perception] and [Magic Power Operation] very quickly, and by now I’ve leveled them each up to level five. This is the results of my constant diligence.

Ordinarily it would take a person a very long time to accrue this much skill. I, however, am a baby, and since having magic has always been a dream of mine, I was able to devote all of my free time to practice. Now, I possess a magical talent that far surpasses any other child my age.

Say what you will about me, though, the true genius here is my little sister Sue.

I look over at Sue, sitting next to me. Just by copying what I was doing, Sue figured out how to manipulate magical power just like I did. Compared to me, her manipulation is weak and her circulation is slow, but even still, she can move and mold mana quite well.

Manipulating magical power is no easy task. Until I acquired the skill, it was practically impossible. To start with, I come from a world where magic does not exist! I had to suppress all of my instincts that were telling me that magic wasn’t real.

I hear that, in general, magical talent manifests itself only as early as five years old. (By the way, a year here is 411 days.) Nobody’s ever heard of people able to manipulate magic since birth, apart from me and Sue.

I’m a reincarnated soul who kept the memories and faculties of an adult, which let me practice as much as I wanted. Sue, however, is different. Sue was merely mimicking me. Just from that, just from watching me and following along, she achieved an unheard-of level of control over her magic. Now that is something worthy of calling genius.

To be perfectly honest, I’ve been uneasy about the future ever since I was born. With Sue’s raw natural talent, it’s obvious that she’s destined to become someone great. I, however, was a perfectly ordinary high school student in my former life, with no special talents to speak of. I may have a lead now thanks to being reincarnated, but once Sue really starts to sprint, she’s going to catch up and even overtake me immediately, and my pride as an older brother… no. That’s not yet set in stone, and it’s still a long ways away. I’m going to do all that I can to keep blazing ahead to widen my lead by as much as I can.

“Umm, why is doin’ magic bad?” I say.

Anna has prohibited me from doing magic. All she’s letting me do is practice [Magic Power Operation]. Apparently, if you’re good at manipulation, when you acquire a magic skill for a given elemental attribute you can start doing real magic immediately. Knowing that doesn’t do me any good, though, since I don’t have any attribute skills and have no idea how to acquire them.

“My prince,” says Anna, “there are several reasons, but the most important is how dangerous it is. Magic is a very powerful force! Because it is so dangerous, it’s long been decided to not teach magic to anyone until they reach the proper age.”

I understand what she’s saying, but I can’t agree with her. I may look like a child, but on the inside I’m well above the proper age! The only one who knows this is me, though. There’s nothing I can really do about it, but I’m still impatient.

“Next, we would want to use the [Gem of Appraisal] to determine your elemental affinity. Learning magic you are not suited to can be a very difficult process.”

[Gems of Appraisal] seem to be magic items capable of showing you the specifics of your stats. Simple ones can apparently be purchased cheaply, but a much more advanced one is required to show elemental affinities. Only the upper echelons of society can acquire a [Gem of Appraisal] of that caliber. Of course, the Royal Family has one, but I have yet to be appraised.

“My prince, I am sure that you will become a world-class magician, even if you don’t hurry. So, let’s not get too full of ourselves, right?” “Okay!” I reply.

There’s no way I could possibly get too full of myself. After all, I’m still terrified that my younger sister is going to race right past me. It’s still not a good idea to be too reckless, though. Now’s the time to build a solid foundation, to perfect my basic magical abilities. So, I shall continue practicing my manipulation skills.

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oh hoo hoo hoo. With high spirits, I search the dungeon. Maaan, when I’ve hit a groove like this, I don’t think I can really call any of the monsters around here “opponents”. As long as I spot my target before they spot me, I can always finish it with an easy sneak attack. Even if I can’t, isn’t it possible that, after all this time, I might be able to win in a proper head-to-head fight? I’m pretty sure I got way stronger when I evolved, and my skill levels have climbed up to match. There’s no way I’d put on such a pathetic show as when I was fighting that frog way back when. I can’t say that I’m guaranteed to win, so I’m the tiniest bit uncertain, but I’m positive I can make it happen.

All this is thanks to the crazy level-up combo I’ve been carrying since I evolved: my skill levels went up a ton, and I got a bunch of new titles! Aside from my bit of bad luck with respect to Detection, everything recently has been nothing but positive.

Hmm, now that I think about it, this run of good luck started even before I evolved… it was when I defeated that snake, right? My level went up immediately after killing it. Its huge corpse let me stock up a huge pile of food too, which was good, since that let me evolve safely without starving afterwards. My combo just kept on going after that. Oh, yeah. It must have all started with that snake. It was a right pleasure meetin’ ya, Mister Snake, thank ya, thank ya.

Oh, the path splits. Left or right, huh? Well, I’ll stick to my usual plan and stay to the right as I always do… hm? Somehow, I’ve got a terrible feeling, the kind of feeling that makes me want to get as far away from here as possible.

I glance over to the left entrance.

{Elro Baldarad – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}

Oh, nooo. It’s Mister Snaaaake.

Argh, am I an idiot? Sure, this snake is a lower level than the one I killed earlier, but this time I don’t have a web set up that it can get stuck in. Uh oh, and it’s noticed me! And it looks like it’s locked on!!

I flee! I run straight down the right passageway! Like I could do anything to that kind of monster! Who’s the idiot that was just saying there were no real opponents anymore? Me!! No no no no no! It’s extremely clear that this thing is on an entirely different level from the other monsters! It’s a boss monster! Why are you spawning here like any old normal-type monsters? Are you stupid?!

Aaaa, AAAA! What’s this terrifying noise chasing behind me? It’s too fast! Holy crap, it can keep up with my speed?! It’s 348! I thought I had every other monster beat in the speed department! How is it you’re keeping up with me!!

Grk! More monsters, dead ahead?!

{Elro Randanel – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}

{Elro Randanel – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}

{Elro Randanel – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}

Whaaaaat?! Really? A pack of three, right now?! If it was one of them I could just dodge around it as I ran past but all three of them have me blocked off completely!

Wh… what should I do?! What should I doooo?! Aaaaah, I’m running out of time!

OKAY! It’s do or die! I’m going to stay at full speed, and run along the walls! WhoooOOOAAAAAAA! Hah! I did it! I did it! Wall run: successful!

Eat my dust, three-pack! There’s a terrible noise behind me but there’s no way I’m going to turn around to check! I have no idea how long those three can hold out, but now’s the time for fleeing, not thinking! Sorry, you three! Survival of the fittest, you know; sacrifice yourselves for me!

Aahhaha! I’m going to survive, thanks to those noble sacrifices! Rest in p… hm? Where’s the… path…?

W, w, w, wait, no, this, like back with the centipedes?! AaaaAAA! This is bad, this is bad! I’m going too fast, I can’t stop, ah, aahhh, n, no, aaaaAAA!

I dive forward to find nothing below me but empty air.

Eh? Ahhh, this is quite an enormous hole. If I were to, perchance, fall straight down it, I would surely perish.

I’m faaalliiiiiing!! Nooooo!! Don’t joke about bungee jumping without a cord! A cord? A CORD!! [Spider Thread] might save me! I shoot a line at the wall, and it sticks! And, like this…!!

Whoof!

Aaah, that… really hurts. Sure, I stopped my fall, but the whiplash slammed me into the wall at maximum speed. Aaaaah… I thought I was going to die.

I got chased by a giant snake, then when running away flung myself off of a giant cliff. This is what I get for getting too full of myself. I understand now. I shall reflect on this. …Now that I’m reflecting, I wonder what that buzzing noise I’ve been hearing for a while is…?

{Finjegoat – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}

{Finjegoat – LV 3 – failed to appraise statistics}

{Finjegoat – LV 5 – failed to appraise statistics}

{Finjegoat – LV 4 – failed to appraise statistics}

Ahh, it was wasps. Giant wasp monsters, of a species I’ve only seen once before. Countless wasps, buzzing past each other in this shaft.

Umm… hello? I’m sorry! Please don’t get mad! Seriously, please don’t look over this way!!

If they all swoop on me, I’ve got basically only one option, if I want to dodge it!

Yeah! Another dive! This time, it’s going to be different. I’ve got a thread connecting me to the wall already, so I could make it stretchy and bungee jump off of it. After two or three bounces, I can stick another cord to the wall… and another bungee! Doing all this, I make it to the bottom of this shaft fairly easily.

Alright, back on solid ground again! The sky above me is swarming with wasps. I force my worn-out body to move, running as far away as I can.

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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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<Proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Appraisal – LV5] has become [Appraisal – LV6]>

Oh hey there, [Appraisal]! This is great! I’m pretty sure that level ten is the max level, so right about now is about when you should start getting a little bit more useful, probably! With my heart pounding, I look up at my own [Appraisal] results.

{Small Taratect – LV 2 – no name}

{Status:

HP: 36/36 (green)

MP: 36/36 (blue)

SP: 36/36 (yellow), 34/36 (red)

Avg. Offense: 19

Avg. Defense: 19

Avg. Magic Power: 18

Avg. Resistance: 18

Avg. Speed: 348

}

What… did… you… say…?!

What? Whaat?!? Whaaaaaat?!?! Who the hell are you, and what have you done with the real Ms. [Appraisal]? The [Appraisal] I know is a disagreeable little brat that never fails to disappoint me! She’s certainly not a cool, competent beauty with a can-do attitude like you!! Where have you taken the real [Appraisal]?! I had a speech lined up and everything! “Ugh, useless…” That’s what I was going to say! Time after time after time I got my hopes up whenever you leveled up, “oh, maybe there will be some new little bit of functionality that will make this useful!”, but no, every single time, “ugh, useless…” and so on! Why do you tear apart my expectations every! Single! Time!! Tell me why! Tell me whyy!!!

Hhah! Hhahh! Haaahhhhh! I… haahhh… got carried away for a bit there, heh. Time to take a deep breath and calm the heck down. Inhale, inhale… exhaaaaaale. Yay, I’m back to my usual self again!!

Aaaaaaaaahh. It’s like [Appraisal] evolved, or something. This level gave me way more stuff than any previous level did. Seriously, this is one of the things I was hoping I could get out of [Appraisal] from the beginning! What’s with this sudden change? It’s like, I don’t know, a loser like me suddenly getting super hot in high school and becoming super popular. Ah, that’s a roundabout one, even for me.

In any event, this [Appraisal] enhancement is awesome. My previously-unknown strengths have been spelled out quite plainly. Plus, since so many of these things have been broken down for me, I’ve got some concrete things I can appraise now.

Now, just to make sure I’m not missing anything, I’ll double-Appraise all of the vocab words.

{Small Taratect: A hatchling of the spider-like monster species known as the Taratect. It is carnivorous, and its fangs drip with poison.}

{Avg. Offense: A measure of an individual’s average physical offensive power. As this is an average, the power of each specific body part may be different.}

{Avg. Defense: A measure of an individual’s average physical defensive ability. As this is an average, the defense of each specific body part may be different.}

{Avg. Magic Power: A measure of the average effectiveness of an individual’s magic. As this is an average, the power of a specific type of magic may be different.}

{Avg. Resistance: A measure of an individual’s average magical defensive ability. As this is an average, the defense may be different depending on the context.}

{Avg. Speed: A measure of an individual’s average aptitude for speed. As this is an average, the quickness of each specific body part may be different.}

Wooow, this is amazing. These explanation texts are getting pretty long, huuuh. Ms. [Appraisal], becoming this awesome, huh…

Umf. When it says “each specific body part may be different”, it’s probably talking about something like how a human’s hands and feet are different. Their offensive abilities are different, for instance. If my guess is right, then this stat basically lumps everything together and gives the average of that.

But, uh… why are my stats so low? I don’t really have anything to compare it to, so I don’t quite know just how low they actually are, but I did, briefly, hit level ten; even after evolving, my stats are like this. Lumped in there, though, is my speed stat, which is glowing a strange color. This is weird, right? It’s over ten times the value of the rest of my stats. I am seriously Speed-specced.

Ummmf. Well, now that I’ve got this, I really want to measure myself up against other monsters. Extrapolating from my previous results, it’s pretty likely that checking another monster’s stats will end in failure. I say “likely”, but, really, I have never actually succeeded in getting anything more than my opponent’s level. I’m pretty sure this is still going to be the case, even after my [Appraisal] level went up, but it never hurts to try…

So, let’s go look for some prey. Where, oh where, might I find something good…

…Aha, there! Alright then: Appraise!

{Elro Greim – LV 2 – failed to appraise statistics}

Ah, yep, appraising another monster’s stats is still difficult, huuuuh. Oh well.

Well, it’s the first time I’ve seen one of these things before, so I’ll look up its species.

{Elroe Greim: A mouse-like monster species that is native to the Great Elroe Labyrinth. It is omnivorous, and its bite is poisonous.}

Hm? Wait up. There was a vocabulary word in that description that I can’t just ignore.

{Great Elroe Labyrinth: The world’s largest labyrinth, it contains the underground passages that tie together Daztrudia and Kasanagara continents.}

Well, this was unexpected, but now I know where I am. It seems this dungeon is called the Great Elroe Labyrinth. Yeah, I’d noticed that a lot of these monsters were named Elroe something-or-others, but to think that’s this dungeon’s name. World’s largest labyrinth, though? No wonder it’s so huge. The underground ties between two continents, though? Is this place under the ocean? Whoaa, no waaaay. That’s huge! Uh, am I even capable of escaping from a dungeon this big? Aaaah, I’m not going to think about this.

I check out the other two names I picked up.

{Daztrudia: The peaceful continent of the tribes of Man. Contains many different human nations.}

{Kasanagara: The continent at the center of the world. Has the largest surface area of all the continents.}

Hmmmmmm, okay. I don’t really have anything else to say here. I mean, if I can get out of here I guess I might want to try to avoid the human-populated Daztrudia, but it’s not like I have any way to pick.

Well, I managed to figure out more things about my current situation, and I did indeed pick up some useful trivia.