It seems that an army led by this kingdomâs prince was assembled and departed for the frontier. Royal Girl tried to leave to stop that, so the lordâs mansion is in a huge uproar. I actually wanted to collect coins from massage chairs, but it looks like it would be better not to get near that place. Well, if she was wearing that marvelous lewd dress Iâd be willing to visit them everyday to gaze at it, but regrettably, she bought ordinary clothes at the general store.
But they are sluggish. Well, they seem to be moving with a force, in addition, consisting of low level soldiers without quick movement skills, so their slowness is understandable, but it seems like it is still going to take more than 10 days. Like, itâs so slow that it makes me want to ask them to notify us 3 days before the arrival? At this pace I might forget all about them while making preparations, or rather, I actually did forget.
To begin with, the messages are moving through relay, but Stalker Girlâs clanâs information takes less than 3 days to reach, 5 days tops at worst. And yet there is still about 2 weeks until their arrival? Are they perhaps coming with a tour? Like sightseeing or something? I want to participate as well! I wonder if the bus guide-san is cute?! No, it is because there are no buses that they need more than two weeks to walk here, in other words, there is a high probability that bus guides donât exist in this world! Alright, letâs make a uniform for Armored Pres-san and have her guide us on the trip into the world of ecstasy on the nighttime tour named lust on a bus named desire!
ăHeeey? Haruka-kun. Why are you triumphantly shoutingăDoing this and that in a bus tour guide uniform~.ăwhen we are listening to a report on military movements of the kingdomâs army? Would you be inclined to give us a detailed 1-hour explanation of what sort of a military strategy that is while kneeling over there? Also, this world has no buses, so what are you trying to do by creating bus guides? Well, itâs obvious what exactly you wanted to do, thatâs GUILTY, so take a seat over there.ă
There is a saying from the olden times, that The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but what if the friends are enemies, and Iâm surrounded and isolated on all sides, bombarded with a concentrated Flat Gaze for annihilation, where should I go to meet my allies? As I thought, if Iâm looking for encounters, I need guidance from the bus guide-san! But what if the bus only makes a regular trip around the town? Isnât there nothing to see besides the bus guide-san then? Well, Iâm still going to look though.
I got scolded.
Today, pres and the others are planning on beating the boss of the 50th floor and then heading for the 59th floor. That should be alright, they were able to beat the floor master of the 60th floor yesterday, so handling middle floors should be easy. Well, the bug juice incident was the only problem yesterday, so they should be fine. As long as they donât get splashed with anything.
We also thought about continuing where we stopped yesterday, but Iâm slightly anxious to jump into real combat like this.
The problem is ăWooden Staff?ăthat finally revealed itâs true form asăStaff of the World Treeă.
The wooden stick that already hasăHeavenly Sword of Gathering Clouds (Sword of Kusanagi) â Divine Sword, Eradicates Evil, PoW SpE DeX LuK 30% Up ? ?ă. I was too scared to mithrilify the divine sword, but now my worries became meaningless.
PlusăDimension Blade â Cutting Power and Cutting Range can be changed with mana, Dimension Slash, Level 100 Requiredă, ăElder Treant Cane â Magic Power 50% Up, Elemental Affinity Increase (Greater), Mana Control Increaseă, andăSpatial Staff â Greatly Effective for people capable of using space magică, are the four items that it is slotted with. Well, if I could effectively use it, then it already wouldâve been more than a cheat-grade weapon.
The vine twined aroundăWooden Staff?ăisăParasitic Vine â Strengthen Wooden Sticks and Staffs Magic Absorption ? ? ?ă, which in fact was the Spear Mistilteinn from Norse Myths. It was hiding, deceiving me.
And when I combined that withăEntwined Treeâs Branchă, among the effects appearedăThe Seven-Branched SwordăâŠâŠItâs beyond being even a monstrous weapon by now, no matter how you think about it, itâs totally on the route toăThe strongest weapon I came up with~ă, whatâs left is to slap Excalibur and Longinus on it?
And the natural problem is the control and mana cost. I almost fainted from using it just once yesterday, if I canât control it then Iâll end up collapsing during combat right in front of monsters. If I were facing kobolds or bitches theyâd gnaw on my head, I donât want that at all.
And the biggest concern is the skillăMagic Wrapă, I was able to wing it with this ability until now, which takes skills, mana, spells, techniques, and even abilities of equipment and shrouding oneself in them forcibly converting them all into physical abilities. Wouldnât it be dangerous if I tried to move around while wrapping myself in the abilities of ăThe Stro~ngest weapon that I thought of~ă, a monstrous item that I canât even handle properly? In fact, I already took self-inflicted damage by trying to forceăKyojitsuăwith my current abilities, which threatened to tear away my arms at times.
First comes practice, and before practice, testing.
Even though I have no other weapons I can use, why did it turn intoăThe strongest weapon I came up with~ă? Or rather, who the hell was that person that came up with this weapon? The strongest damage from it is hitting me as well, so please kindly stop coming up with anything else?
And it even kept the name and itself hidden until now, just what was it trying to do?
Iâm sure this is the only weapon that got tricked by a bluff and carelessly revealed itself?
Leaving the town I look for an empty area. This one will likely be very dangerous if it gets out of control.
A plain as far as the eye can see. Nothing all around, and I also had Armored Pres-san and Slime-san move away.
Begin the experiment? Or rather, doesnât this count as human experimentation with myself as a test subject? Crap, I shouldâve lent this one to the geeks? Well, it would be a problem if pres and the others got struck by this, so Iâm not doing that, and I donât think anyone else can use this. It canât be activated with skills, full-manual operation, as inconvenient as it can possibly get.
Taking a deep breath I take ăStaff of the World Treeăinto my left hand, everything is alright. And now the main part, controlling it withăMana Masteryă, I begin pouring in mana bit by bit, everything is alright?
Although it was supposed to be supplied with only a minimal amount of mana,ăStaff of the World Treeăbegan weakly pulsating? Nothing out of the ordinary?
I tried swinging and waving it, but there is nothing out of place or otherwise suspicious.
I gradually increase the quantity of magic Iâm pouring in, but there are still no abnormalities. In this case, as long as I can keep it under control, there shouldnât be any problems with running out of mana.
Now, the biggest issue,ăMagic Wrapă.
Slowly, without rushing, I nonchalantly clad myself in it. Ah~ this might be bad? If I move carelessly Iâll probably end up wrecking my body.
Slowly, I undo ăMagic Wrapă That was pretty bad, Iâm all drenched in sweat.
I think were I to try to useăKyojitsuăwithăStaff of the World Treeăwith activeăMagic WrapăI wouldâve at least lost an arm in the best case scenario, and died instantly at worst.
Currently, I feel nothing fromăStaff of the World Treeă, but that pulsating sensation, is it perhaps growing? I canât control it as it is, if it grows even further it wouldnât be a laughing matter.
For starters, Iâll move with ăMagic Wrapă, and accustom myself to the level that can be used in combat. Ah, I broke a bone!âŠ
Looks like before turning Armored Pres-san into a bus guide, there will be a need for her to become a nurse. Yes, there is a need, so Iâll make it! Well, both outfits are going to be made anyway, I mean, there is an overflowing desire to make them?. According to my own personal testimony?
But while the damage to the body is great, the ăRegenerationăis also fast, not sure if itâs an effect of skill synergy or something else.
But it gets immediately wrecked again. Looks like my muscles snapped, and speaking of snapping, I think my bones also crumbled a bit? Thatâs the sort of pain Iâm getting here? GUAH!
In the end, while it took me until lunch, with lots of trial and error and subsequent self-destruction, I was finally able to get it under control. Even with ăApex Thinkingă-sanâs full management I still canât prevent occasional self-inflicted damage, but there is no other choice but to keep going and cover that with ăRegenerationă.
Even with the effects suppressed, the destructive power still went up a notch, but the biggest effect has to be coming from ăMP Absorptionă, MP is recovering at an outrageous speed. The mana battery that was completely drained yesterday has almost completely recharged as well. ăRegenerationăis swift too, and I think evenăApex Thinkingăreceived a buff? Since my control also rapidly increased, I managed to somehow become able to use it, so perhaps there is some sort of synergy effect?
I tried it a bit on the gobs inside the forest, but the gobs, that drastically dropped in levels recently, canât even serve as practice anymore, I mean, gobs in this area are all of level 5 or even lower? They disappear in one hit, first their heads or limbs are blown away, and then they vanish out of existence. A clumsy attempt at slashing could cut a wide area of the forest too, without proper control I can easily hit allies.
Armored Pres-san or Slime-san should be fine, but I donât think Iâll be able to team up with Pres-san and the others for a while.
Armored Pres-sanâsăFull Silver Armorăhas a cheat skill ăComplete Immunityă, and Slime-san shouldâve eaten Greater Guardianâs ăComplete Immunityăyesterday. It also ate Phoenixâs ăSelf-Resurrectionăso it should be alright. In the first place, I canât land an attack on Armored Pres-san even when I try, so there is no worry about accidentally hitting her, although there is no end to worries about getting beaten myself. Yup, no end at all?
Iâm not sure if I should go back to the inn and make items with bonus to ViT first or should I search through dungeons instead, but for now I guess Iâll start by checking the general store and the weapon store for ViT-related items.
ăHowever, for a skill that was originally meant to strengthen the userâs body to become so strong that it was now breaking it, just why are all of my skills so weird? Isnât the buff meant to prevent taking damage? Isnât that putting the cart before the horse? Sort of?ă
(Spring Spring)
I see~. Thatâs deep, quite a profound thought.
In the end, the only thing I could find was ăTough Boots â ViT 10% UPă, but they were pretty cheap, so might as well slot them, even as a mere consolation. Iâm quite sure that this was pawned off by one of the classmates since they didnât need it anymore, so I canât get rid of the feeling that this is a big waste, but it canât be helped. There also were iron helmets, but the head being the only armored part while Iâm wearing full cloth wouldâve looked weird, and in any case, metal equipment requires level 30 at the very least to equip. At times like this having limited options becomes a problem.
And in an attempt to get ViT stat, I also decided to mithrilify a dubious piece of equipment that I was hesitating to upgrade previouslyăBlack Hat â Defense + 30, Erase Presence, Stealth Upă.
ăAaah, as I thought, crappy equipment is easy to do, but it has no room for growth. But it seems there is a room to apply new effects, and it wonât take that much mithril, so it might be more convenient this way? And while I was saying that itâs already done. Whatâs left is to find a suitable magic stone to enchant, there is no way I can use anything good on it, so probably upper F tier should be enough? ă
Infusing a magic stone with +ViT, I apply it to ăBlack Hată. While itâs twice the hassle, but since the magic stone dust is going to infuse the material itself, the effect is also going to be high, and easy to load it with mana. Considering the effects, itâs well worth the effort. Alright, ăBlack Hat â ViT 20% Up, Erase Presence, Stealth, + DEFă, with the boost to the base stats it can be considered a profit.
And nowăTough Bootsă, basically a disposable stopgap item, using mithril on it would be a waste, so Iâll just slot them as it is. I can just replace them if I find something better.
The only thing left is live practice, or rather, live combat.
However, should I really be going to the 90th floor all of a sudden? Maybe it would be better to find some easy dungeon out there? Or maybe I should proceed with the mithrilification of equipment that was halted due to the raw bra panic? But as slow as it may be, the way is inching closer too, I have to get my priorities straight. As difficult as the choice may be, I guess choosing between nurse and bus guide can be left until the night. So classmatesâ equipment? Or my own combat potential? Well, both are essential, but which one is more urgent? Nurse?