After I’m done with the gacha, we start fighting scissor crabs again, and Ayane asks a question.
“Come to think of it darling, didn’t your Magic Energy Recovery max out?”
“Yes, two gachas ago.”
I say after cutting down two scissor crabs in a row.
Maybe it’s because my stats went up a lot again, but I feel like with scissor crab shells, basically all I have to do is make sure the blade is pointed at them, and they’re bisected pretty easily. We can even chat while hunting.
And so, I keep swinging my sword at prey.
“Have you tried Compression?”
“…Ah.”
Having something I forgot to do pointed out makes me miss with the trajectory of my swing, so my sword bounces back hard. The scissor crab is alive, with just a crack in its shell.
“Gigigih!”
“Oops!”
The scissor crab points its claws at me, but it’s slow.
I attack it again, and now that my sword hits correctly, this one is cut in half too.
“Ah, darling, I’m sorry.”
“No, it’s fine. It was my mistake.”
“Yes. Your stats and abilities are on par with an expert, but your heart remains the same.”
“Sorry for my inexperience…”
“You need only to train it starting now. Think about Compression when we are done here, and finish this fight first.”
I do as Aira says, and finish hunting a hundred. And then, the smoke gathers like always.
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Name：Death Crab
Agility：120
Intelligence：150
Luck：None
Equipment：None
Skills：Great Strength III, Super Strength III, Iron Wall III, Rampart III, Command III, Limit Break
Drops: Death Crab big shell, Death Crab big scissors, Death Crab meat, Death Crab trophy
Magic stone: Large
“It really is big.”
Like the Hobgoblin, the powered up version of the Death Crab is also bigger. A normal one is about two meters tall, but this one is three meters tall and wide. And the claws in turn, are also about fifty percent more vicious. Now this is what you’d call… A monster.
But still…
My eyes go immediately to the attack power of the claws and the toughness of the shell, but I don’t really feel like it’s a threat. At this point, my stats are more than double what this thing has…
“Aira, Ayane, let’s go with the usual.”
“Yes!”
“Leave it to us.”
The feeling I get from fighting is that it really is stronger than a normal Death Crab.
Its basic stats are higher, and its skills are III, which also boosts its strength. It goes without saying that its larger size affects its attacks too, and it’s close to being as tough as a Shell Knight when its skills are active.
But in the end, it’s an aquatic being without much in the way of intelligence. Compared to a pure warrior, its moves are nothing more than pure instinct. Its attacks are direct, and it falls for the simplest of feints.
After clashing with its claws a few times, I can read its movements naturally even without Foresight II.
It looks like a tough enemy based on its stats and size, but once you actually face it, it’s basically just a big slow punching bag.
I read the trajectory of an attack and dodge it, and cut its claws by swinging at joints.
After it loses its way of attacking, I use Power Charge to thrust my sword into its head.
“Gichih…”
The Death Crab lets out foam, and also smoke. Then the whole body turns to smoke and it dissipates.
【Received Death Crab trophy】
【Level up】
【Leveled up from twenty-five to eighty-eight】
“Oh? I thought I would level up.”
“Yes, its level was higher than a Shell Knight, and it had a large magic stone… I guess the Shell Knight was a grade higher as a monster.”
That makes sense.
“The other rare monsters that came after another one… Emperor Goblins and Golden Swallowtail Butterflies. And Shell Knights. They all had specific traits and were more troubling than the average rare monster.”
“Powered up versions are simply stronger copies of rare monsters.”
“Harsh.”
“But darling, what now? You have the trophy, so should we go open that treasure chest?”
“No… Let’s do that later, I’m curious about something, so let’s do that first. But first, I want to check skills and roll the gacha.”
We move to an area where monsters don’t spawn, and lay down a sheet to sit on it.
“As always, all the skills dropped, except for Limit Break.”
“So is it really a skill only for monsters?”
“Maybe. It appears on Appraisal, but it’s never been confirmed to drop. But we need to test it more before we reach a conclusion. You’ve only taken down four powered up versions, right darling?”
“Yes. A general Goblin, Two Golden Worms, and this Death Crab.”
“Then I think it’s too early to assume it can’t drop. Your Luck is still growing!”
“Ayane…”
She’s right.
I must have hunted tens of thousands of slime, so I can’t give up after hunting four of these.
“…Yes, let’s keep hoping it drops!”
“Yes!”
“Well then, we have four boosting skills, so you learn Command III, Ayane.”
“Yes. That would put you at one point six times the stats, and Aira and I at one point four!”
They have Command III, but I still have the base version. I think I’m troubling them, but next time we get one, we’ll all be at one point six times.
“Next, gacha…”
Clank claaaaaank!
I get two greens, five purples, and three reds.
『SR Magic Power ＋45』
『SR Intelligence ＋45』
『SR Magic Power ＋25, Intelligence +25』
『SSR Physical Strength ＋90』
『SSR Dexterity ＋100』
『SSR Constitution ＋75, Agility +75』
『SSR Magic Power ＋75, Intelligence +75』
『SSR Skill: Assassination Lv1』
『UR Intelligence ＋200』
『SSR Skill: Water Current Control Lv1』
Free gacha gives me four blue capsules.
『R Agility ＋18』
『R Magic Power ＋18』
『R Intelligence ＋18』x2
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Name：Shouta Amachi
Physical Strength：2157 (+1317) (+809)
Constitution：2064 (+1259) (+774)
Agility：2077 (+1267) (+779)
Magic Power：2074 (+1267) (+778)
Intelligence：2415 (+1480) (+906)
Luck：2376
Skills：Level Gacha, True Appraisal Lv3, Appraisal Camouflage Lv2, Automatic Mapping II (1/3), Hawk Eye (1/3), Vision Strengthening, Hearing Strengthening, Olfaction Strengthening, Palate Strengthening, Adamantine Armor III, Physical Super Strengthening Lv2, Great Strength III (2/3), Super Strength IV, Adamantine Strength II, Fast Run III, Swift II, Iron Wall III (2/3), Rampart III (2/3), Adamantine Wall II, Command, Foresight II, Dual Wielding II, Martial Arts Lv6, Swordsmanship Lv5, Spear Techniques Lv6, Archery Lv2, Assassination Lv3, Hunter Heart Lv2, Jump Lv2, Shukuchi, Riding, Elemental Magic Lv2, Spatial Magic Lv1, Bubble Magic Lv1, Water Current Control Lv1, Healing Magic Lv1, Magic Energy Recovery LvMAX, Magic Energy Transfer (2/3), Power Charge, Destructive Wisdom, Wisdom of Sorcery, Regal Pressure III, Skill Compression
Combat Arts Skill: Crimson Sword, Purple Lightning Arrow
Trophy: Hobgoblin, Death Crab
Administrator keys: 810 (1)
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‘70/130 remaining’
My stats are all above two thousand, including Luck.
It’s getting crazier and crazier how fast I’ve grown in the past few days.
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Thanks for the treat.
I wonder if they’ll go into who summoned the dungeons? Is it gonna be like Solo Leveling thing or Death March (during the later arcs with the dungeon towers).