Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

Chapter 240

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Chapter 240 – The “Escape” Portal has Started

I grabbed the lightning ball with my bare hands.

“What…!”

“I see, so this is how it works. The composition of power… ah, is it like this? Then I’ll bundle up a dozen Lightning Arrows, use the Thunder Ball as the outer shell, and use Lightning Release to create a directional explosion… is that about right?”

I crushed the lightning ball that Sakaki had fired and created an identical lightning ball.

I fired this lightning ball at Sakaki.

“Gwaaaaaaaaaaaaah!”

“Hmm. The dispersion after impact is a bit weak. Well, it’s a pass. How about that?”

‘You have successfully reproduced the unique skill Thunder Chain. [Reproduction rate: 99.72%]’

‘You have learned the unique skill Thunder Chain as a normal skill.

“Good, Voice of Heaven has also given its approval.”

Recently, I’ve been working on reproducing unique skills, and I’ve hunted down both the notable and the not-so-notable skills.

By analyzing a unique skill and reproducing it using a combination of existing skills and magic, when the reproduction level reaches a certain point, I can learn that unique skill as a normal skill.

This judgment is strict, and only a reproduction rate of 99.5% or more―less than 0.5% error―is allowed.

“Thanks for the help. This looks like a useful skill.

How to neutralize an opponent without killing him has been a problem that has bothered me since the beginning.

It’s easy to make opponents disappear without leaving a trace, but it’s difficult to neutralize them without killing them.

Explorers can move as long as they have any HP left.

Ultimately, the only options are to use the Knockout skill or apply a status effect, but there are ways to recover from or prevent both.

There is a way to knock out a group of enemies with a wide area annihilation spell like Superior Inferno, but large-scale magic also takes longer to cast.

In this regard, this Thunder Chain is very convenient.

The chain’s lightning effect has a wide range, and it can inflict the status effect of Electrocution on many enemies at once.

Well, it also deals damage, so I have to limit its power when I use it.

Sakaki is in Electrocution and lying face down on the floor of the dungeon.

Looking at him, I remember when I rescued Honoka-chan in the Black Swan Forest Water Park dungeon.

Back then, the other party was an illegal explorer.

But this time is different.

Sakaki and the others from the Hecatonchires are a legitimate guild of explorers.

Even the way they exploited Princess Shaina-Reze like a slave was a legal act that had the approval of the country.

“Well, according to the wanted poster, the Hecatoncheires are supposed to be connected to the Yakuza and other semi-organized crime groups.”

They have a lot of experience when it comes to human trafficking.

In a way, it’s probably only natural that a guild with ties to antisocial forces would be so proactive in accepting people from the other world.

But if we’re talking about legal and illegal, then I’m the one doing the illegal thing here.

I’m stealing the legal labor that’s been approved by the country.

Even if he is an evil employer, I can’t turn Sakaki over to the authorities.

If I report her to the police, I’m more likely to get caught.

No, it’s highly unlikely that I’ll be caught by the police now, but there’s no doubt that a special unit like the ECRT (Cabinet Secretariat Search and Rescue Task Force) will fly over.

“Um, what exactly is this blue portal…?”

Princess Shaina-Reze asks as she watches the portal.

There was an undeniable curiosity in her eyes.

She said that she was a princess and a court magician, but it seems that this title is not an honorary one.

Even among the explorers from the other world, only a handful of people with the ability to reach the level of 6700 or higher could enter the Ekichika.

“I analyzed various skills and came up with this. The portal automatically appears in front of those who are in a hopeless situation in the dungeon. I can tell when the portal appears. Well, it’s limited to the dungeon I control.”

I said that analyzing unique skills was my current obsession, but of course, I’m also analyzing my own unique skill, Escape.

Unlike easy-to-understand single-function skills like Thunder Chain, the inner workings of Escape are as complex as a dungeon.

However, I have partially figured it out.

I applied the parts I understood to the portal I created with the Dungeon Master job, and this is the result: the Blue Portal.

It doesn’t have an official name, but I call it the Escape Portal.

“Now, Princess Shaina. Please walk through the portal. If you take too long, that annoying guy might get suspicious.”

“Troublesome…? Yes, I understand. Also, please call me Shaina, Yuto-sama.”

After saying that, Shaina bowed and jumped into the blue portal.

Immediately after that, a shiver ran down my spine.

What flew at me at the speed of sound was something like the Flying Slash skill.

Countless invisible blades attacked me as they sliced through the floor, walls, and ceiling of the supposedly impenetrable dungeon.

Since it was clear that this was a physical attack rather than magic, I dodged the blades with steps, crouches, jumps, wall kicks, and somersaults.

It may look like I have plenty of time, but it’s barely enough.

Each blow is powerful enough to take a big chunk out of my HP.

The blades seem to avoid the Hecatonchires that have fallen to the ground.

“I finally found you, Kurashiki.”

The opponent who appeared from the direction of the flying slash was one I had encountered several times before.

“My goodness… it’s your turn today.”

The ECRT guys are stubborn, but they’re weak, so it’s easy to deal with them.

The only one I’d say is somewhat strong is the captain, Toudou, but it seems that some of the members have unique tracking-type skills, so the encounter rate inside and outside the dungeon is quite high.

However, if it’s too much trouble, I can leave it to the mini-slimes, and they’ll manage it somehow.

However, I have to deal with this one myself.

Out of the haze of dust emerged a handsome man in the white uniform of the old army.

He was a man of athletic build who looked to be nearly 190 cm tall. With his dignified, thick eyebrows and deeply chiseled face, like a Greek sculpture, you’d never forget him once you saw him.

The man, who seems to be the same age as me, says this while twisting one of his lips.

“Hey, let’s kill each other to our hearts’ content today, Summoner. Don’t sneak around even though you’re strong.”

The one who said this while laughing wildly was Harukawamiya Hayato, the “Royal Hero” who was swinging a saber in his hand.

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