Worthless Skill Escape (WN)

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Chapter 3 – Status! Unique Skill! Ah, Shit, I Knew It Would Be a Failure!

I focused my eyes on the translucent window that appeared in front of me as if I were devouring it.

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Yuto Kurashiki

Level 1

HP 7/7

MP 14/14

Attack Power 4

Defense 3

Magic Power 15

Mental Strength 16

Agility 24

Luck 15

Unique Skill

Escape S.Lv1

SP 100

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“Mmm…?”

I’ll try to compare it to the knowledge I’ve seen on the wiki, but… what can I say? I’m having trouble interpreting it.

The first thing that bothered me was still,

“My HP and defense are too low…!”

That’s what I thought.

And, by the way, my attack power is also low.

The standard value of each ability is 10.

If the initial ability value exceeds 12, it can be considered excellent.

On the other hand, if it is less than 8, it is low.

“Well, my magic is high, isn’t it?”

Even if the attack power is low, if the magic power is high, it can be said to be specialized in magic.

But even in that case, 7 HP and 3 defense seem to be bad.

It would have been better if it had high HP and low defense or high defense and low HP.

But if both of them are low, won’t the synergistic effect be bad for the damage from enemies?

“C-calm down, me. It hasn’t been decided yet that it’s no good.”

It was written that whether you are a physical attack type or a magic type is relatively divided by each explorer.

Maybe I am an extreme magic type.

I am concerned, though, that ability values such as agility and luck, which are not so much related to magic, are unnecessarily high.

Besides, it’s not surprising that I’m a magic type.

It would be more unnatural if I, a shut-in, specialized in physical combat.

It is said that status reflects the personality of the explorer.

There are many reasons for concern, but it is good to know that I have a unique skill… That’s right

It said that only one in ten people have unique skills.

I can say that I was lucky to have this unique skill.

But they say that unique skills reflect the personality of the explorer more than the ability value.

So that means…

“Nggh… I guess they’re saying that ‘escape’ suits me.”

But just ‘escape’ doesn’t tell me much about the skill.

While I was wondering what to do, something glowed behind the translucent window.

A dull light with no luster.

The outline of the light is round and… looks like it’s the size of a “sofa that ruins people.”

It was bouncy and slowly approached me.

Looking closer, I see another one just behind it.

“It’s Slime!”

Oh no! I’m level 1, have no weapons, and have only 4 attack power.

No, before that, it was a flimsy paper armor with 7 HP and 3 defense.

Even if the opponent is a low-level slime, there is a good chance I will be killed with a single hit.

…Why didn’t I bring weapons and armor when I came to the dungeon?

I came here with the energy of “Hyahaha, dungeon, here we go!” I forgot to prepare them!

I’m an idiot!

Even though I stayed up all night researching the strategy information, I still felt like I was playing a game!

“T-that’s right! Let’s learn magic!”

Originally, if I was a magic type, I was going to acquire magic skills.

I know from the wiki that this dungeon is full of Slimes.

The most effective magic against Slimes is fire magic.

I have already confirmed that I can get the necessary skills with the initial SP I get when granted the status.

‘Tutorial: Skills can be acquired either by verbal commands or on a dedicated screen in “Dungeons Go Pro.”‘

I really wanted to check it on the app, but I don’t have time right now anyway.

“Skill Acquisition: ‘Fire Magic’!”

‘You will acquire “Fire Magic” by consuming 100 SP. Are you sure?’

“All right, all right! Hurry up!”

‘Skill “Fire Magic” has been acquired.’

“I was told that you would naturally know how to use it… Oh, really!”

The things that can be done with the skill ‘Fire Magic’ come to mind.

It’s not like the knowledge just flows in; it’s more like I knew that from the beginning.

I hold my hands out toward the approaching bouncing Slime.

I concentrate on the image for a few seconds, and a flaming fire arrow is born at the tip of my hands.

“Eat this, Fire Arrow!”

The flame arrow I fired hit the Slime without missing its target.

The Slime screamed, “Pugyoo!”

The surface of its gelatinous body was scorched by the flames and evaporated.

But it was not a decisive blow.

Or rather, it looks like it still has plenty of energy left in it.

It seems to have been angered by the attack, bouncing more violently than before; it is coming toward me.

“Damn….. Fire Arrow!”

I unleash my second Fire Arrow.

It hits the first Slime, but… it’s still not enough.

If the volume of the gel is proportional to the HP, I would need four or five more shots.

“…Fire Arrow! …Fire Arrow! …Fire Arrow! …Fire Arrow!”

Oh, I was impatient for a few seconds of concentration time!

The Slime moves slowly but still steadily closer.

“Fire Arrow! I did it!”

The fifth Fire Arrow pierced through, vaporizing the first Slime and leaving only a translucent core lying on the dungeon floor.

The core also vanished as if fading away, leaving behind a rainbow-colored coin.

The mana coin, as it was called, turned into light and was sucked into my phone.

But in the meantime, another Slime is approaching.

A few more bounces, and it will reach me.

――What should I do?

I still have enough MP.

I should be able to kill it with five Fire Arrows.

But before that, the Slime will attack me.

The wiki says that the Slime’s dissolving liquid is painful despite its appearance, but even a mere physical hit could be fatal to me with 7 HP and 3 defense.

Hopelessness crept into my mind.

It was only a Slime and only two of them.

I despair of myself who despairs of such an opponent.

What was I thinking, “If it’s a dungeon, I have a chance!”

How can a person who has been losing and escaping all his life think that he can win in a dungeon?

In the end, I was just soaring in the dungeon, a windfall that suddenly opened up in a life that was not going the way I wanted it to.

The man who escaped into a life of shut-in has now escaped from that life into a dungeon.

Where he escapes and escapes.

Escape and escape again.

His life was a constant escape.

This is the end of his life.

There is no more escape.

…Wait a minute.

“T-that’s it! That one! ‘Escape’!”

I remember my unique skill.

I don’t have time to look up more information in front of the Slime, but the name of the skill is very simple.

I can only hope that it is also simple to use.

“Damn it! I just need to escape, right?”

I turned my back on the Slime and started sprinting backward.

My escape was faster than I expected.

Apparently, my high agility was at work.

But after about 10 meters, I suddenly couldn’t move forward.

Something translucent was in front of me, holding me back; that’s what I could only assume.

In my confusion, a translucent analog clock appeared right in front of my nose.

A gold watch with only one hand.

The second hand was not a ticking type but a continuous, smooth-moving type.

That second hand was pointing to the number 23.

“No, way…”

Is that what you mean by ‘escape’…?