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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.

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Sneaking, sneeeaking…

Fwap!

Roooolling, roooolling…

CHOMP!

Time to eat!

<Experience has reached the required level. Individual Small Taratect has increased from LV1 to LV2.>

<All basic attributes have increased.>

<Skill proficiency level-up bonus acquired.>

<Skill points acquired.>

Diiiiing. I’m a bit upset that I didn’t get any skills, but that’s really alright. Oh, more prey.

Sneeeeeaking, sneeeeeeeaking…

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

Fwap!

Roooolling, roooolling…

CHOMP!

Time to eat.

Hm? Something happened during all that? Oh yeah, the “Voice of Heaven” (heh) said something. Hmmm… a skill, right? [Stealth], right? That’ll make it harder for enemies to notice me, hmm? It’s not like anyone’s been noticing me anyway, so, I don’t really need this… Well, it’s not like I’m going to refuse it if they’re going to give it to me anyway.

Oh, more prey.

Sneeeeeeeaking, sneeeeeeeeeaking…

Fwap!

Roooolling, roooolling…

CHOMP!

<Condition satisfied. Acquired Title [Assassin].>

<Acquired skills [Stealth – LV1] [Shadow Magic – LV1] as a result of Title [Assassin]>
<Skill [Stealth – LV1] has been integrated into [Stealth – LV1].>

Eatin’ time.

Oh? I heard something again. A title? This is the first title I’ve gotten since I picked up [Foul Feeder] and [Kin Eater] way back when, huh… I tried a bunch of different things to get some titles a while ago, but nothing worked. [Assassin], huuuuh… I’m seriously turning into a ninja, here.

Whoa, even more prey.

Sneeeeeeeaking, sneeeeeeeeeaking…

Fwap!

Roooolling, roooolling…

CHOMP!

<Condition satisfied. Acquired Title [Monster Slayer].>

<Acquired skills [Strength – LV1] [Solidity – LV1] as a result of Title [Monster Slayer]>

Time to eat.

Oh? Yet another announcement, huh. [Monster Slayer]? Maaaan, but basically all of my time in this dungeon has been spent killing monsters! Why now? Hmm, maybe… maybe this is a title earned for crushing countless monsters. Yeaaaah…

Wha?! Another prey!

Sneaking, sneeeaking…

Fwap!

Roooolling, roooolling…

CHOMP!

Time to eat…

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

Seriously, again? This is a great day for gains. But, seriously, [Overeating]. I mean, what kind of name for a skill is that? That sure sounds pretty negative, doesn’t it?

Man, but have I been eating or what? My stomach had completely emptied itself after I evolved, but it’s finally starting to swell back up again. Maybe that mysterious food-vanishing stomach was a one-time thing, from right after I evolved. Phewwww. If I’d had to keep filling up my pocket-dimension stomach forever, I’d hit a really bad point on my Engel curve… although, I don’t have any money, so I’m not sure if I even fall on an Engel curve to begin with.(TL.1) I’m broooooke.

…Wait up a bit, hm? I was a bit hungry, so I was just kind of gliding along wherever, but… today’s been really good for whatevering my whatevers? I whateverly whatevered my whatevers, so whatever, you know.

Yeah. Let’s calm down first, shall we.

My level went up. This is good! This happens a bunch when I hunt, so this isn’t really surprising.

Next is my [Stealth] skill. That’s also good! I can’t really say it’s useful, right now, but it’s better than nothing, so I will take it if I can get it.

I got some titles, too! That was a little strange, right? Well, getting titles is good, right? It’s seriously great, right? Getting two of them in a row is seriously… well, you know, right?

Let me see… [Assassin] and [Monster Slayer]. What dangerous-sounding titles! Ugh, none of my titles are respectable at all. Even after all this time…

So, [Assassin] is a pretty ninja-esque title. It got me [Stealth] and [Shadow Magic], so of course it’s got that kind of feel. With [Shadow Magic], can I literally dive into the shadows? If I can strike from the shadows themselves, this will become a seriously useful skill. Of course, y’all are aware I can’t use a lick of magic, right? Tell me the gosh-darned instructions, already! Uggggh. The manual, please…

I understand even less about [Monster Slayer]. What’s this? [Strength]? [Solidity]? I have no idea what these ridiculously vague skills are supposed to do. Hmmmm? Well, if I take these skills exactly at face value, then might these be just straight-up stat bonuses to offense and defense? Maybe it’s a support skill that can boost them temporarily? Well, if it’s permanent, it would be way better; I have no idea how I’d activate it if it were temporary. Well, either way, I should leave them alone for now.

But then what’s with this [Overeating] skill I got at the end? This seriously has a negative effect, doesn’t it? Don’t even joke about things like that to a girl, “Voice of Heaven”! I’ll beat you up! You callin’ me fat?! Wrong! Absolutely wrong!! I just ate a little while ago, that’s all this is! I’ll be back to my slender self again overnight! Check out this leg, this long and slender leg! A beautiful leg, so thin that it might break at any moment! No human can possibly match the slenderness of my stick-like legs! So who’re you callin’ fat?! If I hadn’t just eaten, you’d be callin’ me thin!

Haaah… haaaaaaaaaah. Man, that was pointless. Nobody ever called me fat in my previous life, so I might have overreacted a little just now. No, people tended to call me skinny or even bony before.

Well, although, today was a pretty spectacular day for progress, wasn’t it? This was the first time I’ve gotten so much stuff all at once. It would be great if I could keep up this pace for eeeeever. Hm? Optimistic? Me? Yyyyyyep!

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Hoooof. Right! Let’s test out these new skills.

First up is [Thread Control]. Based on its name, it should be a skill that makes my [Spider Thread] much more useful. My already-unstoppable webs are going to become even more powerful! This is the best. Let’s start by spinning some webs.

The next step is the problem. If I can’t figure out how to actually manipulate my threads, picking up this skill was pretty worthless. I’m really, really hoping that this isn’t the same thing as what happened with [Appraisal].

Move… mooooove…! Wait, my threads feel a little funny. …Hm? What the heck? There’s a weird feeling that’s kind of hard to put into words… almost like there’s something… in… my threads? It almost feels like there’s nerves in my threads, like they’re… alive? I focus on whatever is in my threads, and will it to move.

Wiggle, wiggle, wiggle.

With a wiggly sound that I’m pretty sure is all in my head, my threads start to sluggishly move a little.

Yep! I made it move. I don’t really have the kind of control I need to use it in combat, though…

Ugghhhhh, okay, fine! I knew this was going to happen! I was aware of this possibility! I’m happy I got it to move at all! I had no hopes, no expectations for anything better!

Haaaaah. Hm? My mana went down a bit? I’ve never seen that happen before, is this from using [Thread Control]? Ahhhh, [Thread Control] consumes mana, hmm… Well, I haven’t been using mana at all until now so this is fine. I should work on leveling this when I can, since I’ll have mana to spare. I’m choosing to believe that this is going to be useful in the long-term.

I take a moment to compose myself, and turn to the next thing: [Detection]. Okay! I have zero expectations. This was an even bigger gamble than [Thread Control] was. I have no idea if I can even use it! To be perfectly honest, I don’t even know if it has the enemy-detecting functionality that I’m hoping for. I can’t even rule out the possibility that you’re a completely unrelated skill, [Detection]! On top of that, it’s level one, so I should be prepared for something as worthless as [Thread Control] or even how [Appraisal] was when I first got it. If I can figure out what it does and how to use it, that’s already cause for celebration.

Well, let’s try it like I do with [Appraisal]: clear my mind, concentrate, and think, “Detect.” Ah! I’d kind of had a sort of image in my head that it would be like meditating, and it looks like I was pretty close: through senses that were previously dark, I can suddenly see so many things…

W… wait, what?

Each little wisp of information is so insubstantial that I have no idea what it could mean. And… there’s so much of it! My brain is drowning under a deluge of information from all sides!

Erk!!

Just like when I overused [Appraisal], the violent wave of information crashes into me like a punch to the head. I frantically cut [Detection] off immediately.

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

What? Wasn’t that too fast? Did you seriously just level up?! I mean, that certainly was a ton of information, but, uh, seriously?

Aha, ha, no, wait. First off, what the hell was that?! Whatever that was is completely and utterly unlike what I was thinking of when I asked for [Detection]! I want to scream! Get me the manager! Hey! “Voice of Heaven”! I demand an explanation! This is completely! Utterly! Inconceivably unacceptable!!

Ughhhh. Settle down, me… …Okay. Let’s just double-check to make sure that was, in fact, the result of [Detection]. This might be a little risky, so I should make sure I’m prepared. Inhale… Exhale. Right! Commence [Detection].

Just like before, I’m assaulted by a wave of unintelligible information.

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

I said… that’s too… fast! Errgk, that’s enough. I cut it off again. Blahhhhh. Ugh, I’m exhausted already.

I’ve learned one thing, though. Yeah. [Detection]. The skill’s name is just [Detection]. There’s nothing that says what it actually detects! It does exactly what I thought it does, but way better than I thought could possibly happen! In fact, it works so well that I can’t use it at all!

I think this skill gathers information about literally everything around me, and blasts it at me full-force.

That quantity of information just immediately overwhelms my brain’s ability to process it. It is extremely likely that it’s got enough information in there to let me detect enemies sneaking up on me, somewhere in that enormous flood, but the information is coming at me far too fast for my tiny brain to pick up on it. For that, I’d need more processing power than a supercomputer.

Maaaaan, seriously! I had not even begun to consider the possibility that there could be a skill that was too powerful for me to use. What a trap I just fell into. Seriously, who thought this one up? Do you get off on leaving traps for your players?

Ahhhh. Well, I can’t use [Detection]. I can practice willing my threads to get [Thread Control]’s level up… but if I do that with [Detection], won’t my head explode? I guess I’ve got no choice but to shut this away forever. Nai wa.

Hey, can I get a refund on skills? …Yeah, not a chance. Uuuugh, I seriously have no luck at gambling. What have I done? This sucks.

Dejectedly, I slump.

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Q, 《Experience points has reached a certain degree. Individual, Small Lesser Taratecs LV9 has became LV10》

《Conditions met. Individual, Small Lesser Taratect can evolve》

Taratect? Taratecs?

A, It’s a typo.

I have corrected it.

The right one is Taratect.

Q,＞Regarding [Rot Resistance]: Apparently it is a Resistance towards rotten things, but what kind of Rot is it?

1. The shape of the rotten thing must break down. Also, break the shape of the thing after rotting it.

「Isnt that normally done by the Bases of the material?」

2. Rotting in the sense of Rusting?

After seeing this much, the phenomenon of rotting regarding the resistance, the effects overlaps with the “Acid Resistance” and when thinking that rotting can release poison, it also overlaps with “Poison Resistance”

Well, I think that it’s better to use “Carrion Resistance”.

A, This might be a little spoiler, but the MC misunderstands the effect of some skills.

Q, The position of the parenthesis is strange and in case it’s a game-like world, I think it’s looks better with a choice arrow

《There are multiple choices of evolution. Please choose from the following.

　Lesser Taratect

　Small Taratect ↓》

《There are multiple choices of evolution.Please choose from the following.》

→Lesser Taratect

　Small Taratect

A, Like what it’s told in the story, the voice of heaven can only be heard so I have avoided using any visual arrow (APM: they indicate Dialogue in japanese).

About the position of parenthesis, please let it be the same because I can’t think of a way to use it well.

Q, Eventually, will it become Sergeant Ashidaka and fight against cockroaches? (APM: “Sergeant” is a term originating from 2chan to refer to huntsman Spiders (Ashidaka) as part of “anti-cockroach forces”)

A, Do you want them to fight (￣ー￣)*grinning*?

Q, After reading this novel and sleep, I had a dream that I sprayed insecticide because there was a large quantity of small spiders in my room. Lol.

A, Today, you will surely have a dream about a huge spider leaning on you. Lol.

Q, Will the day when the name is given to the MC come?

A, A name will be given soon.

Q, A question, the venom from the spider’s “Poison Fang”, will the poison disintegrate through time progression and long period of being exposed to the air?

A, Due to it’s a poison from the “Poison Fang” skill, the effect of the skill will fall considerably when it’s not injected directly with the fangs.

When it’s dripped from the fangs directly to its opponent then it barely has its effect. Other than that, it has no effect at all.

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Spread across my lap is a picture book. In it are amazingly realistic pictures of strange and fantastic creatures, the likes of which were never seen on Earth. It seems that, in this world, monsters are real.

“This is a goblin! Goblins are monsters that have green skin, and they’re about as large as a human child. They look kind of like a human, but they’re not very smart at all. They don’t have very many skills, and their stats are very low. You shouldn’t take them lightly, though! When it levels up and learns a few skills, one can pick up a weapon and be quite dangerous if you don’t expect it.”

Anna, my nanny, is sitting next to me, describing the monsters in the book out loud for me. Anna looks like she’s in her twenties, but in reality she’s nearly twice that age. Apparently, she used to be a magician who fought against the monsters, and now she’s explaining to me the things that the picture book leaves out.

On my other side, my little sister Sue is imitating me by staring at the book. Recently, she’s taken to copying me a lot. Unlike me, though, she can’t yet speak very well, and I don’t think she can understand Anna’s words very well. I’m paying very close attention to what Anna is saying, though. One of us should, at least.

I pat my adorable sister on the head, ruffling her light-blue hair. It feels smooth to the touch. Sue looks quite pleased, and lets out a happy giggle.

Anna and Klevea, our other servant who’s standing by the door, look at us smilingly. I used to think that the attention was a little bit embarrassing, but I’m pretty used to it by now.

“My prince, you and the princess seem quite close,” says Anna. “Yeh!” exclaims Sue. “Yes!” I say, almost simultaneously. Anna’s smile grows broader. It looks like I’m getting pretty good at playing the part of an adorable toddler.

I go back to looking at the picture book. Anna doesn’t know it yet, but I’ve already learned to read this country’s language, so I’ve been reading the descriptions of each monster while pretending to enjoy looking at the pictures. This really is a picture book, though, so the illustrations fill each page with only a small amount of space left over for a short description. I’m glad that Anna is explaining things more clearly.

The more I listen to Anna talk, though, the more I realize how fucking crazy this world is. These people are seriously talking, with a straight face, about skills, stats, and levels. These are video game terms!

This world seems to be very much like a game. Well, I’m living in it, so I don’t really think of it as a game itself, but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s full of all of these game-like systems.

Skills seem to be pre-defined abilities, drawn out of your soul once you’ve had enough practice. Stats are discrete measures of our raw abilities. Levels seem to be a numerical representation of the power you amass as you go through life.

This was all explained to me, but from a gamer’s perspective, these are some extremely flimsy explanations. Everyone seems to take them at face value, not even bothering to ask why things are this way. I’m really not comfortable with this, but I don’t have much of a choice but to play along.

I turn the page on my book, revealing a picture of an enormous wolf. To show how large it is, there’s a person lying at its feet. I thought for a moment that the scale had been exaggerated, but Anna’s explanation proved otherwise.

“This is called a Fenrir. It’s a Mythic-ranked monster, said to be as large as a mountain and capable of destroying a fortress with one bite. I’m lucky to have never seen one myself.”

This certainly seems to be true. This giant wolf is far too big to be called a monster, though. It’s an Abonimation. How can the world be this unbelievable, allowing such an enormous creature to exist? How does it keep up its enormous bulk?

“Umm, how does this stand up?” I ask. Anna stares at me blankly. Perhaps I need to clarify. “It’s so big, isn’t it heavy?”

Comprehension flashes across Anna’s face. “Ah,” she says, “it might be better for me to show you than to tell you. Klevea?”

Klevea comes closer. Like Anna, Klevea used to serve this country as a knight, and is now working as both a nanny and a bodyguard. Unlike Anna the magician, whose frame is very slender, Klevea has a powerful, almost masculine body that she built through years of training.

Anna and Klevea quietly discuss something, then take up positions a few paces from each other. Klevea extends an open hand out towards Anna.

“Here it comes. [Fireball],” chants Anna, casting a spell at Klevea.

[Fireball] is a low rank fire spell that, exactly as its name implies, creates a small ball of fire and launches it at your opponent. The flaming sphere, which was cast with low power, streaks forward and hits Klevea in her outstretched hand. Sue stiffens in surprise. I was a little surprised as well, suddenly seeing magic for the first time.

Anna and Klevea exchange smirks over our reaction, like they’d just pulled off a successful prank. I feel a little offended.

“Your hand… hurt?” asks Sue, looking at Klevea’s hand.

“Only a little bit, Princess. It was very hot for a moment, but it’s fine now!” says Klevea, in a powerful voice that’s unusually deep for a woman. “As you have just seen, if your stats are high, you can become quite strong. That’s how such large monsters can move without being crushed by their own weight.”

I’m curious, so I reach out to feel the palm of Klevea’s hand. Her hands are tough and calloused, as expected of someone who fights with a sword. But it’s still ordinary skin. It’s nowhere near tough enough to be able to take a fireball head-on without even getting singed.

“My prince, when you raise your defensive attributes, your skin does not necessarily become tough,” says Klevea. “Really?” I ask. “Yes, my prince. High defense does not make your body physically tougher, it makes you harder to injure. While I’m nowhere near this powerful myself, I’ve heard that the Heroes of previous generations could withstand direct sword blows without taking a scratch,” says Klevea, answering my question politely.

However, to become hard to hurt like that, wouldn’t the intercellular binding forces have to be somehow increased? Well, in this fantastical world, trying to reconcile things I see with my knowledge from Earth is a waste of my time. For now, I’ll set aside these troubled thoughts.