Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 111

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Chapter 111 – Status

“It’s busier than usual.”

“Has there been an accident? Here, hold on to me.”

Huddled together in the crowded bus, I whispered to Honoka-chan.

“I’m sorry then…”

Honoka-chan leaned closer to me, her cheeks flushed red.

If it were her mother, Haruka-san, something soft would have been pressed against my chest.

But Honoka-chan is petite and slim, not unlike her mother.

Whenever I accidentally looked at Haruka-san’s breasts, she would get mad at me and say, “I’m just getting started too!”

But even today’s Honoka-chan is cute enough.

She’s a year younger than me in high school.

She’s also a beautiful, fragile girl with elf blood.

It must be a dream that such a pretty girl is in love with me.

I still think that sometimes.

I would not regret it for a moment if the dating phase of my life withered away with this.

“Wow, Yuto-san is much more than he looks…”

Honoka-chan murmurs as if she’s about to rub her cheek against my chest.

Honoka-chan is also a high-level explorer, so she should not lose her balance because of the shaking of the bus, right? No need to be so blunt.

It is a fact that little Honoka-chan cannot reach the strap.

A male student in the same uniform, who got on the same bus as me, clicked his tongue out of the corner of my eye with a disgusted look on his face.

That’s right.

I would have wanted to click my tongue if I had been exposed to such a scene so early in the morning.

I could at least tell him to go to hell behind his back. But I wouldn’t use magic.

It’s hard to talk on a crowded bus.

Honoka-chan clings to me with red cheeks and…

I think I’m picking up a hint of murderous intent mixed in with the looks I got from the boys earlier.

I pull out my phone and open the Dungeons Go Pro app.

What I see, of course, is my current status.

Status──────────────────

Kurashiki Yuto (4th place in the national level ranking)

Magic Swordsman S

Level 9999

HP 89991/89991

MP 159982/159982

STR 89990

INT 169981

VIT 79992

MND 159982

DEX 89990

AGI 89990

LCK 29997

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“Fuh.”

I can’t help but chuckle.

This is a status that makes me grin.

After all, the level is 9999.

Even if you call me a chuuni-sick person, the effect of the number 9 is amazing.

“Oh, you’re smiling at your status again, aren’t you?”

Honoka-chan, who is huddled up against me on the crowded bus, gives me a sly look with an upturned, glassy stare.

“Th-That’s not true.”

I looked away and tried to cover it up.

The other day, my level finally hit 9999.

There’s no special significance in the fact that it’s the same number, but it still feels different than when it was 9998, doesn’t it?

I would like to reach the 10,000 mark, but the effect of the number 9 is also hard to ignore.

It is an extravagant problem for me.

By the way, I have not reached the 10,000th level yet.

In fact, there are explorers in the world who have reached or surpassed 10,000.

In Japan alone, there are three explorers who are registered in the level ranking.

Conversely, I am the fourth-ranked explorer in Japan in terms of level alone.

However, it is not only the level that determines the strength of an explorer.

Job──────────────────

Magic Swordsman Rank S

“I want to see both the North Star and the Southern Cross.”

～The Magic Swordsman is either an insatiable power-seeker or a fool who does not know his place.

The Magic Swordsman is a job that combines sword and magic to provide high offensive power in any situation.

As the wielder of the “Magic Sword,” which contains a variety of magical effects in its blade, the Magic Swordsman is able to efficiently and instantly strike the enemy’s weak points with deadly firepower.

On the other hand, compared to professions that specialize in only swords or magic, it tends to be difficult to develop skills in either sword or magic alone.

While STR and INT grow easily, HP and VIT are difficult to grow, and the more they grow, the more vulnerable they become.

This is a job where it is important to use a variety of attack methods and avoid being attacked by the enemy.

◇Ability

Switching Alone.

If you attack with a sword followed by magic or magic followed by a sword, the power of the later attack will be increased. If the attack is magic, the chanting time will be shorter.

Also, if a magic sword is used immediately after this ability is activated, its effect will be greatly increased.

However, this ability cannot be activated by an attack that has the effect of this ability.

◇Support Ability

Strategic Ambiguity.

The effect of a non-primary Subjob can be enhanced to a certain degree. This support ability is always effective, even if Magic Swordsman is not set as the main.

◇Unique Bonus

Compared to the normal Magic Swordsman,

・Critical attack rate is slightly higher.

・Magic chanting speed is quite fast.

・The natural recovery speed of MP is quite fast.

There is a tendency.

◇Leveling Bonus

The following bonuses are added to the skill value of Magic Swordsman when leveling up.

MP +2, STR +1, INT +2, MND +2, DEX +1, AGI +1

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It was about six months after the dungeon appeared that explorers discovered that they could obtain “jobs.”

Explorers who met the requirements for a job could go to a specific location in the dungeon and get a job of their choice from the available jobs.

There are two types of jobs: basic and advanced, and by raising the ranks of multiple basic jobs above a certain level, you can move up to an advanced job.

However, there are rare explorers who are able to find a higher-level job from the very beginning.

I am one of them.

I became an explorer due to a youthful outburst, and to my surprise, the job offered to me was Magic Swordsman, which is a high-level job.

That in itself is a happy thing, but… it’s not all good news.

Advanced jobs tend to have a wide range of tactics, and the skills tend to be peaky and difficult to handle.

In particular, Magic Swordsman is a special job that combines magic and sword, two different types of skills that have nothing in common, to a high degree. It is not a job for beginners, to say the least.

I had to work very hard to establish my own fighting style.

The reason my level is so high, even though I have only been exploring for a short time, is because I once got caught in a dungeon portal transfer accident and was thrown into the deepest part of an A-rank dungeon.

I seriously thought I was going to die, but as a result, I was able to quickly level up in a short amount of time.

I wouldn’t want to do that again, though…

The support ability Strategic Ambiguity seems strong enough just by looking at the description.

But for me, who has never opened a job other than Magic Swordsman, it has become a dead skill.

Well, the subsystem itself is considered “useless” in the explorer community.

The skills and subskills are different for every explorer, even if it is the same job.

My ability, Switching Alone, is probably one of the most powerful.

Magic Swordsmen tend to have two pillars of attack, physical and magical, so it is difficult to secure firepower.

However, in my case, the effect of Switching Alone makes it easy to increase the power of both sword and magic.

In terms of ability stats, I am a more magic-oriented mage, so I use the sword as a supplement and finish the enemy with magic.

This is also a very good balance, considering the fact that sword mages tend to suffer from low HP and VIT.

…Well, on the other hand, it looks like they weren’t blessed with sub-abilities.

And while I was thinking about that, I suddenly heard a beep from my phone.

‘Error! Unknown element ???? has been found.’

“Huh…?”

‘Error!” “Skills? Advanced Fire Magic 1, Advanced Lightning Magic 1, Advanced Wind Magic 5, Fire Magic 5, Lightning Magic 5, Wind Magic 5, Water Magic 1, Ice Magic 1, Interference Magic 1, Body Enhancement Magic 1, Sword Technique 5, Swordsmanship 5, Two-Handed Sword 5, One-Handed Sword 5, Spear Technique 5, Spearmanship 5, Dagger Technique 5, Short Sword Technique 5, Spear Throwing 5, Martial Arts 5, Bow Technique 5 Archery 5, Katana Technique 3, Katana Art 3, Taijutsu 3, Twin-Sword Technique 3, Dual Sword Technique 1, Dual Swordsmanship 1, Grappling Technique 1, Club Technique 1, Striking Weapon 1, Assassination Technique 4, Ninjutsu 4, Short Teleportation 4, Poison Spray 1, Energy Drain 1, Earth Crack 1, Pseudo Invincibility Barrier 1, Plunder 1, MP Destruction Attack 1, Magic Power Outburst, Summon Secret Monsters 3, Summon Heroic Spirits 1, Summon Phantom Beasts, Ancient Style Chant 5, Chantless 1, Fast Chant 5, MP Recovery Speed Up 3, Strong Strike Magic 5, Magic Crit 3, Magic Barrage 2, MP Save 1, Attribute Amplification 1, Double Chant 1, Surprise Attack 1, Preemptive Attack 1, First Move 1, Vanguard’s Knowledge 1, Self-Destruction Attack 5, Lock On 3, Fatal Crit 2, Backstab 1, Full Throttle 1, Berserk 1, Charge 1, Self-Renegeration 5, Evasion Up 1, Astral Defense 1, Magic Barrier 1, Self-Damage Reduction 1, Absolute Defense, Solid Barrier, Magic Cancel, Parrying 1, Critical Moment 1, Probability Effect Nullification, Astral Survival 1, Revive, Survive, Skill Combo 5, Trump Card 4, Heaven’s Punishment 4, Thought Acceleration 3, Demon God Incarnation 1, Demonization 3, False Intent 1, Attack Power Up at Maximum HP 1, Hot Hand 1, Quick Draw, Reverse Intimidation, Knock Out, Divide 1, HP Enhancement 5, MP Enhancement 5, Attack Enhancement 5, Defense Enhancement 5, Magic Enhancement 5, Mental Enhancement 5, Agility Enhancement 5, Luck Enhancement 1, Physical Ability Enhancement 1, Ability Value Growth Rate Increase 1, Electric Shock Resistance 3, Paralysis Resistance 2, Petrification Resistance 2, Sleep Resistance 2, Instant Death Resistance 2, Confusion Resistance 2, Silence Resistance 2, Trap Detection 5, Trap Removal 5, Item Box 5, Hazard Prediction, Covert 5, Presence Detection 4, Enemy Search 3, Gain SP Up 3, Stealth, Appraisal, Simple Appraisal, Disguise, Thief, Fathom, Reappraise, Archive, Mini Map, Treasure Hunt 1, Treasure Discovery, Hidden Portal Discovery, Evac, Dungeon Travel, Magic Language, and Dungeon Creation 1 refer to a non-existent library?’

“W-what the heck…?”

I was surprised to suddenly be bombarded with a huge amount of information from the Voice of Heaven.

The DGP screen was also filled with lines of unfamiliar words.

…No, wait.

You really don’t recognize it?

It seems quite familiar…

“Yu-Yuto-san?”

Honoka-chan looks up at me.

The other passengers’ eyes hurt as well because I raised my voice on a crowded bus.

‘Unknown elemental skills? We’re thinking about eliminating the unknown elemental skills…”

‘Some of the Unknown Elemental Skills? Will be integrated into the Magic Swordsman job.’

‘The definition of the job Magic Swordsman will be updated…’

Job──────────────────

Magic Swordsman

Before: “On the other hand, skills in sword-only and magic-only skills tend to be harder to develop than skills in jobs that specialize in sword-only and magic-only skills.”

↓↓

After: “Compared to jobs that specialize in sword-only and magic-only skills, the sword-and-magic user is a master of swords and magic.”

Before: “It is important to use a variety of attack methods and to avoid being attacked by the enemy.”

↓↓

After: “It is important to control the battlefield and force the enemy to evolve in your favor in order to make the most of your isolated firepower.”

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‘Because of unknown elemental abilities? The abilities have mutated.’

Job──────────────────

Magic Swordsman

Abilities after mutation:

Rondo of Magic Sword.

By alternately chaining sword and magic, the power of all attacks, the speed of magic chants, and the MP consumption of magic are greatly increased.

This effect is cumulative.

The accumulation of the effect is cancelled by one of the following events: the use of the magic sword, the failure of the chain, or the end of the battle.

If a magic sword is used during a chain, its power dramatically increases according to the number of previous chains.

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‘Due to the integration of the Unknown Elemental Skill??? The unique bonus has changed.’

Job──────────────────

Magic Swordsman

Unique bonus after mutation:

Compared to the normal Magic Swordsman,

・Highly proficient with all types of swords, including dual-wielding.

・Critical hits have a much higher rate, and in rare cases, the target is killed instantly when a critical hit occurs.

・When critical hits occur in rapid succession, the damage dealt is greatly increased (this effect is cumulative).

・Critical hits also occur with magic.

・All attacks have an extremely high hit rate.

・Magic chanting speed is exceptionally fast, and magic can be invoked without chanting at a significant cost in power.

・The speed of natural MP regeneration is quite fast.

There is a tendency toward this.

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‘The remaining skills will be temporarily placed in the state, but they cannot be used.’

‘The remaining skills? We are looking into eliminating them…’

‘This process will take some time…’

The information that came one after the other was incomprehensible,

“…W-what the hell is this??”

I shouted with all my might in the crowded bus.