Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 134

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Chapter 134 – Distrust

Haruhara was the one who picked up on Sayuki’s change of subject.

“I think so. Wasn’t Yuto’s critical hit rate higher than usual today? It seems like the power of swords, magic and magic swords in general has increased…”

“Yes. Usually, Yuto-senpai’s critical hit rate is around 10-20%, but today it was almost 40%.”

I break out in a cold sweat at Sayuki’s calm observation.

My current job is “Dungeon Master/Magic Swordsman/Usurper/Archer/Warrior.”

But if everyone else sees this, they’ll definitely ask me what happened.

That’s why I use the Usurper skill to disguise my status as a high school magic swordsman.

Of course, even though I’m disguising my status, it doesn’t change my original status.

I try not to use any jobs other than Magic Swordsman, but even Magic Swordsman has too many unique bonuses.

As for the critical rate, while the original unique bonus was only “slightly higher critical rate,” it has been increased to an unprecedented level: “Much higher critical strike rate, and on rare occasions instant kill when critical strikes,” “When critical strikes occur in succession, damage dealt increases significantly (this effect is cumulative).”

The word “slightly” is the first level of degree, and “considerably” is the third level of degree, so this alone increases the critical rate correction from 10-20% to 30-60%, which is three times the expected value.

On top of that, it also increases the damage on instant kills and consecutive critical hits, so it’s almost too much to bear.

It seems that Sayuki started counting the number of times I got a critical hit in the middle of the fight.

Even if that wasn’t the case, she must have noticed the difference.

If “considerably” means less than 40%, then based on the expected value of the degree of expression, my condition is slightly below average.

Even then, when I was at my best, I was only at 20%.

There is a difference between 20% and 40% that you can feel on a physical level.

“…Maybe I was in good shape.”

I muttered to myself,

“I don’t think so. Today Yuto-san seemed a bit unsure…”

I was at a loss for words when Honoka-chan, who is a telepath, said this.

“I thought the same thing. I thought maybe Yuto’s unique bonus had grown, so I checked his status. But it’s the same as before.”

I was aware that Haruhara had checked my status.

I have the Usurper skill.

I tried hard to hide the discomfort I felt at being appraised.

The three of them looked at me suspiciously, and I said,

“…It’s probably because my surroundings have changed…”

I managed to come up with a plausible reason.

“What is it, Yuto? Are you homesick because your parents are away?”

“In that case, I don’t think it’s because you’re homesick since you’re at home. Aren’t your eating and sleeping habits out of order?”

“Oh, maybe.”

In reality, there are no problems with my eating or sleeping.

In the skill world, I have had the experience of living in a company dormitory for a short period of time.

Well, it was a company that leaned towards the black side, so living in a dormitory wasn’t a regular lifestyle.

If there’s a problem, it’s that apart from exploring with Saber Saber, I visited the post-collapse Okutama Lake Dungeon every day.

As well as physical fatigue, dealing with the Grim Reaper’s instant death attacks is mentally draining.

Of course, there is also the impatience of not seeing a breakthrough yet.

…should I have taken the Demon King or the Hero?

No, Dungeon Travel is useful.

Without it, I wouldn’t be able to keep up with the pace of the post-collapse Okutama Lake Dungeon.

I’d like to think that my choice of Dungeon Master wasn’t a mistake…

Impatience breeds weakness, and weakness breeds pointless regret.

I know that, but I can’t just turn my feelings on and off like that.

Time passes.

Of course, I worry about what has happened to my original world, but I can’t ignore the passage of time in this world either.

Haruka and I are going out.

My parents are on an overseas assignment.

The summer holidays are coming up.

It looks like I’ll be going on a trip with this group during the summer holidays.

Serika’s face becomes more and more distant.

Serika tried to cheer me up when I was feeling down after drawing a bad skill (at the time).

Serika got drunk on our first date and blurted out something that sounded like a confession.

Before I went to stop the dungeon from collapsing, Serika nodded with a bright red face at my confession, which was a clumsy attempt to look cool and failed.

The only place in this world where I can find Serika is in my memories.

Instead, next to me is my officially recognised girlfriend, Honoka-chan, who is now only a year younger than me.

In the skill world, the age difference was a brake, but in the job world, that brake is gone.

Honoka-chan, who has become my girlfriend, is quite forward.

Her mother, who would normally be the one to put the brakes on, is that Haruka-san.

It would be difficult for Honoka-chan to avoid the approach of “her,” who has become more proactive in her relationship with me, without hurting her feelings.

Before this relationship goes any further and breaks up, I have to go back to my original world…

“Yuto-san?”

“…Oh no, it’s nothing.”

I forced a smile and shook my head, and the topic of conversation changed to a fun summer trip.

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