20 Skills (1)

--- Okamura Akihito's POV ---

"¿Por qué? Porque Sí (Why? No reason)"

Magic sense allowed me to transcript any kind of sound made by any creature, as long as the sound carries an intent, I can understand it.

And it seems like our little spider here has been feeling lonely and left out.

I thought she won't want to actually interact with anyone, but I guess I am wrong.

"---My name is Akihito, will you be friends with me, Shiraori-san?"

"SHIK! (I'll be in your care!)"

Oh well,

«Report: EP stat has been reduced by 50 permanently»

I keep the Magicules transferred into her to the bare minimum.

This means she is no subordinate of mine. She'd feel a connection to my Magicules, but she won't submit herself to my commands.

As for me, I could always expand my stats by leveling up. And there's always a great sage inside my core.

«Hmph»

So everything is just fine.

Later that night...

*Slash*

I was busy killing monsters inside the cave again.

If only I had Gluttonous Swordsman before, I could've gotten so many skills right now...

Oh well,

«Report: Gluttonous Swordsman has consumed the soul of an enemy. Intrinsic skill, 『Body Armor』has been successfully consumed by the core»

Great Sage announced those words after my blade mutilated the giant lizard called Armorsaurus in front of me.

Body armor might be nice, I can make my own gauntlet via Magicules.

There were also a few other skills too that I acquired, but that is a story for another time.

Name: BallsDeep69

Lv 71

COL: 81

EXP: 9/232,568

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HP: 1200/2900

EP: 410/1090

Race: Enlightened/Sage

Preceding evolution path: Human

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Agility: 120

Strength: 120

Stamina: 60

Straight Sword: 106

Katana: 80

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• [Swordman's Greed] (S)

• [Composite: Meteor Break] (C)

• [One-Handed Sword: Horizontal] (C)

• [One-Handed Sword: Horizontal Arc] (C+)

• [Martial Arts: Embracer] (C)

• [Multilingual] (C)

• [Sprint] (C)

• [Spider Thread] (D)

• [Universal Affinity] (B)

• [Gluttonous Swordsman] (S)

• [Recycler] (S)

• [Self-Regenedation] (E)

• [Paralysis Breath] (E)

• [Poison Breath] (E)

• [Steel Thread] (E)

• [Sticky Thread] (E)

• [Body Armor] (E)

I noticed a few things after knowing the pattern of all the skills I have got.

Common skills aren't getting any changes to their name or their uses, the cause of this would be because E class skills are easy to bypass skill assessment by the system... At least, that is what Great Sage told me.

«Answer: The limit of a fixed skill registration ranges from common skills to extra skills. Acquiring the skills as E ranks and leveling them via the <Aincrd System> is the most suitable option.»

So she said.

Of course that is exactly why I can't suddenly copy an ultimate skill out of nowhere too.

On the skill compendium, there is a plus icon next to unique skills.

If I were to open great sage it'll look like this:

• [Great Sage] (cost: 100CP)

Subskills:

- [Thought Acceleration] (Cost: 20CP)

- [Analytical Appraisal] (Cost: 20CP

...+

Degraded Version:

• [Sage] (Cost: 50)

And so on.

I can buy a copy of the subskills, or even a degraded Version of the skill.

This is an ideal power-up system for the current me.

For me who was just a human, who can't hold a huge amount of ultimate skills and Uniques.

I can simply level up to the point it won't be a burden to my soul.

I entered the "town" once more...

I see Rimuru has been keeping his word by naming every single orc, and is currently in a deep sleep.

The Orcs too, once they evolved, immediately works hard to pay for their leader's sincerity.

This place will be a nation called Tempest, one of the powerful federations that served under the demon lord Rimuru.

One of the leading nations of the future, one who would be able to take over the whole world yet decided not to because their slime leader labeled such a thing as "a pain in the ass".

Welp, I'm just gonna be here when he got more skills...

"Onii-sama~!" There I saw Hiromi running towards me.

She had all kinds of snacks in her arms as well as Jin Woo who was following behind her.

They both had each meat skewer in their mouth.

"Where did you get money from?" Rather, Tempest doesn't have a money system currently.

"We just decided to have a walk and..." (Hiromi)

"They give it to us so excitedly" Jin Woo finished her words as he placed his food into his inventory.

Right, I remembered the part in the future when I guy named Youm came here, he was told to look around the town and ended up with the biggest pile of meat skewers.

Rimuru's subordinates love him too much, so much that they gave every "Rimuru-sama's friend" free stuff.

Oh well...

"Maybe I should try--- HAUP-??"

I wanted to go there and see if I got treated the same way, but Hiromi shoved a meat skewer into my mouth.

"You sound like you're going to make use of their kindness"--- was what she said.

After biting the food in my mouth, I looked at them and... "Anyway, have you guys seen Shiraori?"

"She's at her room at the inn, though she looks like she wants to come with us... As for Rimuru-san, she's still asleep."

"...Hiromi, Rimuru was a guy you know?"

"Eh?" (Hiromi)

"Eh?" (Akihito)

"B-b-but--- Rimuru-san went into the girl's bath!"

"He's genderless so technically he can go to either place"

Whoaa, I don't expect my little sister to turn into a tomato, but even Jin Woo can't handle the information I just dropped on him.

"Right, Slimes doesn't have any gender..." He muttered with a sweatdrop.

That's a bit late, seriously... Why does none of them ask Rimuru by this point?

"WAIT!? But... How did you know about that...? Did you---!?" (Hiromi)

"Don't think about anything stupid." (Akihito)

I don't how I knew it either, but I could've sworn she made the "Did you confess and get rejected!?" Kind of face.

She was full of energy, as if she was an otaku who sighted something "moe".

"Tch" This girl who clicked her tongue on me, is officially a Fujoshi.

(A/N: Fujoshi - Japanese term for female fans of manga, anime, and novels that feature romantic relationships between men.)

Sigh, at least don't use your own dearest brother as raw material, dearest sister...

Oh well,

"I shared some skills with the compendium. You can choose which to buy from my compendium, I guess I'll go see Shiraori." I stated thus and walks away.

"Ah, alright! We'll probably go hunting or some sort, get us if you need something!" Hiromi said loudly.

--- Shiraori's POV ---

Typing is hard.

Yes, especially with these big hairy sticks I called legs, it is very hard for the touch screen to recognize it.

Sometimes it does, sometimes it doesn't.

There I sat on my futon and looks at my phone.

[Administrator Y has shared a skill]

Does it make sense that he gained these skills in a short period of time and immediately shared it?

Well no, but yes.

I am very grateful for the fact I can now get more skills.

But I was just wondering how is he doing that...

Let's see... Body Armor? Steel Thread? Sticky Thread? Poisonous breath? Paralysis Breath?

They're looking like skills from monsters.

They're also E ranks.

Well, there's no point in buying high-ranked skills if they're expensive.

I guess this is better.

*Knock* *Knock* *Knock*

Hm? Is it one of the goblinas?

I don't remember asking for more food anymore...

Huh?

"Hey there, I came here to play."

AWAWAWAWAWAWA THE DEVIL'S HERE!

To be continued.

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