Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 170

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Chapter 170 – Your Own World

My health has recovered, and the preparations for the apartment I asked Haitani-san to find have been completed.

All that’s left is to move in.

The information about my past that I received from the job world was a shock.

But if you ask me what I can do now, I can only say that there’s nothing I can do.

Should I go around asking people who knew me back then to prove that Sayuki’s death wasn’t a suicide?

What would happen if I did that?

A few years have passed, and I think the people involved who were hurt by the incident have also sorted out their feelings in their own way.

Of course, I think there are some people who were close to her who still haven’t sorted things out.

But even if I told them that Sayuki didn’t kill herself, I don’t think they would believe me.

Especially since they think that I am partly to blame for Sayuki’s suicide.

At most, they’ll think I’m saying crazy things because I can’t bear the guilt.

Wouldn’t that just rub salt into the wounds?

I think this concern is not wrong, but the truth is that I don’t have the confidence to overcome the skepticism and opposition and tell them the truth.

Still, I couldn’t just sit around and do nothing, so I went to the place where Sayuki’s house used to be, based on my knowledge of the job world.

The house itself was still there, but the sign had been changed to an unfamiliar surname.

…I guess it’s only natural after what happened.

I don’t know anyone in the area, and I’m too embarrassed to confront the high school I was expelled from.

If I were a magazine journalist or a private detective, I might be able to investigate, but as a former shut-in with communication problems and someone who was named as the “main culprit” in Sayuki’s suicide, there’s nothing I can do.

How can I prove that Sayuki didn’t kill herself?

The most likely proof would be to find the notebook with the passage from the suicide note.

However, it is hard to believe that Junko Tozaki would not have disposed of the notebook, which could be evidence of a fake suicide note.

…There is a way.

The method is to tell Sayuki the truth about the job world and borrow a notebook from Sayuki about the job world.

However, this is falsifying evidence.

Since it’s the original handwriting, there’s no way it can be discovered… Is there?

There’s a time difference of several years between the job world and the skill world.

If it’s pointed out that the notebook is too new and something like a dating analysis is done, there’s a risk that it will be judged as a well-made forgery.

Whether or not I should appeal to the fact that Sayuki did not commit suicide is also a serious issue, but there is something else that is bothering me.

It was after that incident that Seiji Tozaki took Junko Tozaki in as his adopted daughter.

How much did Seiji Tozaki know about what Junko Tozaki had done?

If he knew, why did he adopt a girl with such a troubled past?

There is a lot of information about the famous Seiji Tozaki, both good and bad, in the form of newspaper and magazine articles, books, and rumors on the web, but I couldn’t find any information about the adoption of Junko Tozaki.

It’s something that’s on my mind, but I guess that’s as far as I can go for now.

With Sayuki in mind, I decided to resume my activities as an explorer.

But I’ll start with something inconspicuous.

I came to the Thicket Dungeon, which is located near my family’s home.

In the past, I could see slime jumping around energetically in this dungeon, but now, not a single monster appears.

As a result of my reckless actions, such as using a secret monster to level up and defeat the giant slime, the boss of this dungeon, and raking in a huge amount of SP from the level difference bonus, this dungeon is currently in a “depleted” state.

The phenomenon of a dungeon being depleted is completely unknown to the general public, but thanks to the fact that it was an unpopular dungeon, to begin with, the fact that it is depleted seems to be unknown.

I proceed through the dungeon as if on a walk and reach the boss room.

“…As I thought, it’s not there.”

It seems that not only the monsters along the way have been destroyed, but the dungeon boss as well.

So, what’s the point of going into an abandoned dungeon?

“If it’s like the description says, it should be usable…”

I muttered to myself, referring to the Dungeon Master’s ability.

Job──────────────────

Dungeon Master Rank S

“Let’s have a battle of wits. Your life is at stake.”

~The ultimate hermit who has made his home in the bowels of the earth, or a miserable shut-in who distrusts humans and can only interact with them by dangling food in front of them and luring them into traps~.

The hidden advanced job of Dungeon Master is a special job that specializes in creating and managing dungeons.

Although they have little direct combat ability, they can place monsters and traps in dungeons as long as their resources allow. This skill is severely limited in dungeons other than those they manage.

MP and INT will increase greatly, but HP will decrease slightly.

Avoid direct combat as much as possible, and defeat enemies without letting them get close by using the monsters and traps you have created.

◇Ability

Dungeon Management

You will be able to create and manage dungeons. You must use the void to create a dungeon. The resources needed to manage a dungeon can be obtained by spending void, MP, mana coins, items, monsters, etc.

You can also take control of a depleted dungeon.

You can get any information you want about a dungeon you have taken control of.

◇Support Ability

Dungeon Travel

Allows you to teleport to any location within a dungeon you have already completed. Teleportation requires mana coins based on the distance.

◇Unique Bonus

(omitted)

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When I prevented a dungeon from collapsing in the world, I gained the Dungeon Creation skill under special conditions.

Later, in the job world, this skill turned into the Dungeon Master job, which is this Dungeon Management ability.

Or rather, by having the extremely rare Dungeon Creation skill, I was able to get Dungeon Master as a job in the job world… or so it seems.

The special condition is to “prevent the dungeon from collapsing,” which is even more absurd than usual.

It seems that it is necessary to create a dungeon but not necessary to take control of a depleted dungeon―or so it seems.

There doesn’t seem to be much point in controlling this lowest-level dungeon, but I came to test my abilities.

As I was thinking about using my ability,

I heard a Voice of Heaven say, ‘Do you wish to place this dungeon under your control?’

“Yes.”

‘Start updating the management rights for Kusuzawa South Dungeon. This process may take some time…’

“…It will take a while.”

I wait for a while, but the Voice of Heaven continues to say nothing.

There is no progress bar, so I can’t tell how much progress has been made.

…That’s right.

I should explain the things you’re probably wondering about by now.

The most important question is, what happened to Splefnir’s promise?

First of all, I want you to take a look at this.

Job────────────────────

Hero Rank A

“All you who hate evil, follow me!”

~The last hope in a world on the brink of destruction, or just a clown driven by a false sense of justice~.

The title Hero is a job that symbolizes a brave and unyielding person who fights against evil, fueled by the hopes of the people.

The Hero has the power to overcome any hardship with his exceptional and special magic bestowed upon them by supernatural beings.

Their true value, however, lies in their unyielding spirit and determination to uphold their own sense of justice.

With jobs that excel in both physical attacks and magic, they have versatile skills that can handle any situation.

Their stats tend to grow quite high, and even in terms of single-skill values, they are not inferior to jobs that specialize in a single skill.

Although it may seem like a roundabout way of doing things, using support and healing magic to fully utilize the abilities of the party members they have gathered can also be said to be an important role of a Hero.

◇Abilities

Overlimit

Explosively increases all abilities of a specific job for a very short time.

Not Learned

◇Support Ability

Your Own World

By enveloping yourself in the cocoon world created by the Boundary Dragon of the Otherworld, Splefnir, you can eliminate any harmful interference to your status from the world system. The cocoon world will translate your current status to match the system of the world in which you currently exist. In addition, this cocoon world will eventually contain the minimum system necessary for the unique system of the job world to function.

◇Unique Bonus

Compared to a normal Hero (omitted below)

◇Level Up Bonus

The following bonuses are added to the increase in ability stats when the Hero levels up.

HP +2, MP +2, Attack +2, Defense +1, Magic +1, Mental +1, Agility +1, Luck +1

In addition, depending on the combat style, a maximum of 3 additional points are granted.

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Before I start picking apart the main points, let’s go over the minor details first.

To sum up, after the decisive battle, the various parts of the job descriptions have quietly grown.

The Hero’s job rank is still A, but there have been some changes to the job description text.

The part that said, “You tend to be a jack of all trades and master of none,” has been changed to “You have the ability to adapt to any situation.”

Also, the part that used to say, “Although your status generally shows considerable growth, each individual skill tends to be inferior to jobs that specialize in a single skill,” has been revised upward to say, “Although your status generally shows considerable growth, each individual skill is not inferior to jobs that specialize in a single skill.”

I’ll have to try it out to see how much this mutation affects combat.

Also, the content of the level-up bonus has changed from STR, INT, etc., to attack power, magic power, etc.

This is because the ability values other than HP and MP were different in the job world and the skill world.

Although it’s not listed here, the equipment effects of items (such as STR +21070) have also changed to match the skill world.

By the way, it seems that when the other me from the job world takes it out via the Item Box, it reverts back to the original description.

At the end of the level-up bonus, there is a sentence that says, “In addition, you will receive up to 3 additional points based on your fighting style…” For me, who can’t level up, it’s just a waste of treasure.

Now that I’ve dealt with the minor details. Let’s move on to the main point.

The main change to the Hero’s status is, of course, the addition of the support ability, Your Own World.

Before, I was weakened by the system of this world because of the skill combination problem.

With Your Own World, I will be able to prevent such negative interference in the future.

At the same time, it will “translate” systems such as jobs and skills that are only for the job world to those of this world.

If this function did not exist, my status would be considered an error by the system of the skill world, and I could have been subject to correction or freezing.

Also, the system “contained” in the cocoon world allows me to use skills from the job world that I shouldn’t be able to use in that world.

It’s like running a different operating system on a PC with a different operating system.

It’s written casually in the description, but I think it does something pretty outrageous.

It looks like Splefnir has given the cocoon world exactly the features he said it would have.

The Hero’s second ability has changed from the previously buggy state to the unlearned state.

I’d like to fill that in somehow, but I wonder if it’s possible to gain a new ability in this world.

Related to this, I also wonder what I should do if I want to change jobs in the future.

In the job world, the god changed jobs in the Dungeon Shrine.

It’s like the job-changing temple in RPGs.

However, since there is no way to return to the job world, it may not be possible to change my job configuration in the future.

Well, I don’t think there’s any room to tinker with a configuration like “Hero/Demon King/Swordmaster/Usurper/Dungeon Master” that has everything.

While I was doing this kind of thinking in my head,

‘The management update for the Kusuzawa South Dungeon has been completed. You are the administrator of the Kusuzawa South Dungeon.’

“Oh, it’s finally done.”

I turn my attention back to Dungeon Management when the Voice of Heaven announces the end of the process.

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