Chapter 27: Spider(s) vs Dragon(s)

Hello everyone,

I hope you're all doing splendidly.

Belated wishes for a joyful New Year and Christmas! I sincerely hope you had a fantastic celebration.

Now, onto the main event – I hope you thoroughly enjoy this chapter.

I won't linger with words as I don't have much to share at the moment. Without any more delay, let's dive right in.

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Thoughts in italics

Monologue in normal text

Skills in bold

System in bold normal text

sounds in bold italics.

() Personalities Talking

'' Kumo chan speaking/monologue.

''' Mc speaking.

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The day has come.

Today Shiro-chan is going to face Araba-chan by herself.

And I think she's ready.

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Ede Saine | Lv 26 | Shiraori

Stats:

Hp: 3,992 / 3,992 + 1,700 (Green) (Details)

Mp: 12,810 / 12,810 + 1700 (Blue) (Details)

Sp: 3,413 / 3,413 (Yellow) (Details)

3,413 / 3,413 + 1700 (Red) (Details)

Attack: 2,892 (Details)

Defense: 2,723 (Details)

Magic: 12,000 (Details)

Resistance: 11,928 (Details)

Speed: 8,220 (Details)

Skills:

- Stat & Ability Skills -

Hp Rapid Recovery Lv 9

Sp Rapid Recovery Lv 1

Sp Minimized Consumption Lv 1

Ultimate Movement Lv 2

Ultimate Life Lv 3

Endurance Lv 9

Fortitude Lv 2

Stronghold Lv 2

Skanda Lv 10

Celestial Power

Height of occultism

- Attack Skills -

Deadly Poison Attack Lv 10

Rot Attack Lv 5

Heretic Attack Lv 6

- Enhancement Skills -

Destruction Enhancement Lv 9

Cutting Super-Enhancement Lv 2

Status Condition Super-Enhancement Lv 1

- Active Skills -

Magic Power Conferment Lv 10

Medicine Synthesis Lv 7

Poison Synthesis Lv 10

Expel Lv 2

Telekinesis Lv 1

Thread Utility Lv 6

Thread Control Lv 10

Mental Warfare Lv 9

Magic Divinity Lv 2

Energy Conferment Lv 5

Dimensional Maneuvering Lv 8

Dragon Power Lv 7

Panoptic Vision Lv 1

- Leadership Skills -

Fartalk Lv 10

- Perception Skills -

Concentration Lv 10

Thought Acceleration Lv 9

High-Speed Processing Lv 6

Memory Lv 8

Foresight Lv 9

Parallel Minds Lv 9

- Magic Skills -

Wind Magic Lv 8

Black Magic Lv 2

Healing Magic Lv 10

Miracle Magic Lv 1

Terrain Magic Lv 1

Dimensional Magic Lv 4

Heretic Magic Lv 10

Poison Magic Lv 10

Abyss Magic Lv 10

- Evil eyes -

Jinx Evil Eye Lv 6

Repellent Evil Eye Lv 10

Annihilating Evil Eye Lv 1

Inert Evil Eye Lv 10

- Resistance Skills -

Physical Super-Resistance Lv 1

Wind Resistance Lv 2

Flame Resistance Lv 5

Earth Super-Resistance Lv 1

Status Condition Resistance Lv 2

Fear Super-Resistance Lv 2

Rot Super-Resistance Lv 3

Heavy Nullification

Faint Nullification

Heresy Nullification

Pain Nullification

Pain Super-Mitigation Lv 2

- Passive Skills -

Five Senses Super-Enhancement Lv 1

Perception Expansion Lv 5

Stealth Lv 10

Thread Genius Lv 2

Hit Lv 10

Throw Lv 10

Probability Correction Lv 3

Concealment Lv 2

Silence Lv 8

Dragon Scale Lv 3

Tyrant Lv 1

Thought Acceleration Lv 10

- Other skills-

Anger Lv 2

Conviction

Hades

Divinity Expansion Lv 6

Demon Lord Lv 3

Satiation Lv 10

Perseverance

Pride

Sloth

Wisdom

Corruption

Twin Link

Taboo Lv 10

n%I=W

Skill Points: 0

Titles:

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This is quite a lot of growth, comparing it with the stats she had at level 1, you can notice the difference.

Especially her magic stats.

They have already reached 6 digits.

Honestly, Height Of Occultism is insane.

But, if I'm being honest, even with all the training we did, it will be very hard for her to break through Araba-chan's defenses.

The spider army and humans were good experience, but Araba-chan most likely has Dragon Scales or an upgraded version, no, scratch that, he definitely has an upgraded version of Dragon Scales, possibly higher than mine, making hitting him with magic difficult.

But with all the training I gave her and if she doesn't stop spamming her magic, she might do some good damage.

On the defensive front, I got her to acquire the ultimate upgrade with Earth Super-Resistance, which even though it's only level 1, is still better than nothing.

I made it so that it can definitely withstand Araba-chan's strongest attacks, which is his earth magic.

If araba-chan were to hit her with his magic, it would be like hitting a brick against a rock, so she should be fine.

On the support side, we max out all the recovery options she has minus one magic but it's not a big deal, the others will do fine for now.

And then there's her new Skill, Sloth.

As you might guess, it comes from the Seven Deadly Sins Skill set, like Pride.

This Skill will be Shiro-chan's ace up his sleeve during his battle against Araba-chan.

Pride is mostly a simple support Skill that is useless for combat and Perseverance is mostly a defensive Skill.

Sloth on the other hand, is a quite offensive and quite OP (Overpower) support Skill that will be very useful in battle.

What does it do? According to System-chan's words...

N% of the power to reach godhood. Drastically multiplies the speed of decrease in surrounding system numerical values, most notably SP, excluding the user's. In addition, the user will gain the ability to surpass the W system and interfere with the A field.

In short, this Ability allows the user to wear down the enemy faster without him noticing, or by the time he realizes it is already too late.

Simply OP.

With that Skill, not even Araba-chan's defenses will be able to do anything against it, it's checkmate.

Of course, for that to happen, Shiro-chan must push Araba-chan to his limits so that he doesn't realize what is happening.

Simple in theory, harder to do in practice.

Without that Skill, Shiro-chan wouldn't be able to defeat Araba-chan.

We've been hunting enemies everywhere we go, mainly in the Lower Layer where there were powerful enemies, but even with those powerful enemies, earth dragons are something else.

And of all the earth dragons, Araba-chan is crowned the king of them.

With all that said, I'm sure Shiro-chan will be able to defeat him, she managed to do it in the anime if I'm not mistaken and now, I've made her even more powerful.

Besides, that's why we made the preparations, it never hurts to be prepared, as we always say.

Currently, Shiro-chan is waiting at the well while watching close.

And by close, I mean I watch from our house while watching the battle using Panoptic Vision.

Panoptic Vision allows me to see any known location or long distances.

A very useful Skill and I can also use Skills like Evil Eye through this skill.

Very broken and useful.

Even from here, my sense of danger is activated.

I can feel my whole-body bristle, from excitement or fear I wonder,

The time has come.

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Earth Dragon | Lv 32 | Araba

Stats:

Hp: 4,663 / 4,663 (Green) (Details)

Mp: 4,076 / 4,076 (Blue) (Details)

Sp: 4,570 / 4,570 (Yellow) (Details)

4,569 / 4,569 (Red) (Details)

Attack: 4,610 (Details)

Defense: 4,597 (Details)

Magic: 4,022 (Details)

Resistance: 4,138 (Details)

Speed: 4,555 (Details)

Skills:

- Stat & Ability Skills -

Hp Rapid Recovery Lv 8

Mp Rapid Recovery Lv 5

Mp Minimized Consumption Lv 5

Sp Rapid Recovery Lv 7

Sp Minimized Consumption Lv 7

Ultimate Magic Lv 1

Ultimate Movement Lv 3

Fortune Lv 3

Fortitude Lv 3

Deva Lv 1

Sanctum Lv 2

Skanda Lv 3

- Attack Skills -

Magic Power Super-Attack Lv 1

Energy Super-Attack Lv 3

Terrain Attack Lv 10

- Enhancement Skills -

Terrain Enhancement Lv 10

Destruction Super-Enhancement Lv 3

Cutting Super-Enhancement Lv 10

Piercing Super-Enhancement Lv 8

Impact Super-Enhancement Lv 10

- Active Skills -

Magic Warfare Lv 9

Battle Divinity Lv 1

Dimensional Maneuvering Lv 8

Telescopic Sight Lv 8

- Leadership Skills -

N/A

- Perception Skills -

Appraisal Lv 3

Magic Power Perception

Danger Perception

Presence Perception

Heat Perception

Motion Perception

- Magic Skills -

Precise Magic Power Operation Lv 10

Seismic Magic Lv 2

Dark Magic Lv 7

- Evil eyes -

N/A

- Resistance Skills -

Destruction Super-Resistance Lv 3

Cutting Super-Resistance Lv 4

Piercing Super-Resistance Lv 6

Impact Super-Resistance Lv 5

Shock Super-Resistance Lv 1

Terrain Nullification

Fire Resistance Lv 6

Lightning Resistance Lv 8

Water Resistance Lv 5

Wind Resistance Lv 4

Dark Resistance Lv 4

Status Condition Super-Resistance Lv 7

Rot Resistance Lv 6

Pain Nullification

Pain Super-Mitigation Lv 7

- Passive Skills -

Divine Scales Lv 2

Heavy Armor Lv 3

Ultra-Steel Body Lv 2

Stealth Lv 10

Camouflage Lv 3

Probability Super-Correction Lv 4

Vision Enhancement Lv 10

Auditory Enhancement Lv 10

Vision Expansion Lv 7

Auditory Expansion Lv 3

Olfactory Enhancement Lv 7

Tactile Enhancement Lv 7

Night Vision Lv 10

- Other skills -

Earth Dragon Lv 2

Ultimate Life Lv 3

Skills Points: 40,100

Titles:

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Even from this distance, Araba-chan looks as majestic as ever.

But still...

Holy mother of god.

I remembered he was strong but I didn't think so much.

His Stats are pretty even, not far behind Shiro-chan, in fact she beats him in certain aspects.

But the Skills... he has many and some are better versions than what Shiro-chan and I have.

This earth dragon is certainly something else.

It has the strengths of Kagna and Gehre only better.

More defensive power and defensive skills than Kagna.

More speed and speed skills than Gehre.

And greater magic ability than any other dragon I've seen.

There is not a single weak point to take advantage of, except for one small fact, he doesn't have any resistance against ice.

Maybe it's because no one uses ice magic around these parts, that he hasn't bothered to cover up one of his biggest weaknesses, ice.

It sounds silly, but earth dragons are all weak against the element of ice.

I guess you can't be totally invincible, eh.

Still, as far as this place fits, Araba-chan is a dragon without any exploitable weaknesses.

Terrifying but at the same time incredible.

The worst thing is that he has a good command over Dark Magic, one of the best attack methods Shiro-chan has.

He also has Dark Resistance, which is not a good sign.

Araba-chan is a perfect all-rounder.

Unstoppable attack, immovable defense.

If it weren't for her weakness to ice, he'd be an ultimate lifeform.

I regret not having trained Shiro-chan in depth in mastering the ice arts, she would have made a fine hunk of ice of Araba-chan.

Looks like Shiro-chan has psyched herself up enough.

The battle is about to begin.

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The battle was going as well as one would expect.

Araba-chan is a beast as I imagined.

He was fast and good at dodging, as if he were an expert Bullet Hell player, dodging all attacks with a grace that made me envious.

It made me realize that, although I am very fast, I am still an amateur in the art of dodging.

The only good thing is that even though Shiro-chan doesn't have High-Speed Flight, she had Dimensional Maneuvering, so it eliminated the biggest advantage Araba-chan had.

Although the bad thing is that Araba-chan have Divine Scales, the super-evolved version of Dragon Scales, making Shiro-chan's magic attacks less effective than they should be.

But they are still around the five digits, so they should still do a fair amount of damage.

If her attacks only could hit him.

And the worst part is that Shiro-chan is fighting completely alone.

Unlike me, who retains some of my alternate personalities, Shiro-chan sends all of hers to attack against mother, so her concentration can only be on one thing at a time, which limits her.

Without them it is not possible for her to unleash her full power, otherwise she could try to overpower Araba-chan with pure magical power before moving on to the next part of her plan.

For now, she can only adapt with what she has.

The battle goes well, Shiro-chan does some damage to Araba-chan, Araba-chan recovers.

Araba-chan tries to attack Shiro-chan, she dodges it.

Araba-chan recovers his life quickly, it's not possible to beat him by trying to lower her Hp, Shiro-chan has nothing to kill him in one hit.

Except Rot Attack but that would be very situational if she wanted to do it, and very risky too, so it's not worth it.

Also, Araba-chan's whole body is a weapon, so getting close to him to give him a measly physical attack is difficult.

The good thing is that his Dark Magic mastery isn't powerful enough to be a concern for Shiro-chan.

The bad thing is that no Evil Eye works against him, except for Annihilating Evil Eye, but it uses Rot Element, so it's not recommended.

Also, Shiro-chan almost gets hit a few times by Araba-chan's breath, which makes me almost get a Heart Attack.

The battle continues after that, Shiro-chan almost manages to pull Araba-chan into one of the traps but it doesn't work.

After that attack after attack follows.

One or two Heart Attack on my part when Araba-chan manages to break through a small trap set by Shiro-chan and the fangs graze him, lowering his Hp stored in Satiety.

Come to think of it, Shiro-chan already has Satiety at level 10, why didn't it evolve Gluttony?

It should have evolved as soon as it reached level 10, but it didn't.

Why didn't it evolve?

I asked System-chan but she didn't answer me.

It's weird.

I was born with it but because of that System-chan suffered a error.

...Well, it's not like it's important right now anyway.

I'll file it away for later.

The proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Record Lv 4] has become [Record Lv 5].

Oh, Record leveled up.

Cool.

Anyway, in the battle.

Araba-chan uses her breath repeatedly to attack Shiro-chan but it is weaker and short-ranged, so it doesn't work.

Araba-chan needs time to charge her breath to make it as powerful as always, but that makes it easy to dodge, so she resorted to using her breath without power to attack.

It is still strong but not as strong as before, so Shiro-chan continues to dodge it.

The battle is dragging on.

Neither of the two manages to connect a strong enough attack to be fatal and take a step forward in the battle.

But it's only a matter of time.

The battle is not going in Shiro-chan's favor, Araba-chan keeps dodging Shiro-chan's attacks, if these attacks hit, Araba-chan's Hp recovers again.

Therefore, Araba-chan's damage received is still 0.

And his resistances are increasing.

Now his Dark Resistance is at level 5.

Araba-chan's chances of victory continue to increase, Shiro-chan is in trouble.

It will come to a point where Araba-chan will once again have a victory.

After all, the area where they are located is limited.

At some point Shiro-chan will reach the ceiling and Araba-chan's biggest advantage will return.

The good thing is that Shiro-chan's Skills are also on the rise.

The proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Thought Super-Acceleration Lv 1] has become [Thought Super-Acceleration Lv 2].

The proficiency has reached the required level. Skill [Future Sight Lv 1] has become [Future Sight Lv 2].

My Skills go up.

Shiro-chan had them at level 9, so they should have evolved.

Just in time.

The battle continues, this time Shiro-chan can better predict and dodge Araba-chan's attacks.

An attack that would have been lethal a few moments ago was dodged with ease.

Now, if Araba-chan wants to even touch Shiro-chan, he will have to move at a faster pace than she can perceive.

Which he can't.

Attack, dodge, attack, dodge.

The battle goes on like this, Araba-chan attacks, Shiro-chan dodges, then Shiro-chan counterattack.

The balance now tips slightly in Shiro-chan's favor.

Araba-chan's Hp starts to slowly decrease.

The battle continues like this.

Araba-chan begins to despair.

Araba-chan is distracted for a moment by a heretical attack performed by Shiro-chan, Phantom Pain.

In that single moment, Shiro-chan acts.

Shiro-chan covers him with her threads.

Finally, Shiro-chan manages to immobilize the fearsome Araba-chan with her threads.

Now, she just needs to unload a hail of attacks on Araba-chan before he can escape.

But he manages to escape in the worst-case scenario for Shiro-chan.

You see, as you may know, we all collect Skills Points as we level up.

But you can also get them in another way, at least in theory.

Keep on living.

It's a simple thing, most monsters don't go out to hunt monsters for the fun of it, they do it to get their breakfast, lunch or dinner.

So, they level up more slowly.

My theory, our theory rather, is that as long as you continue to live you can train your stats yourself so that they grow to your liking.

Look at Araba-chan's stats, no unequal points, they are all the same, they are all pair.

We believe that Skills Points are also obtained passively as time goes by.

But that's only if you live a long time.

Anyway, Araba-chan has managed to acquire a lot of Skills Points.

And now those points have been reduced to only 100 points.

To obtain the following Skills.

[Infernal Magic Lv 1] [Flame Enhancement Lv 1] [Flame Resistance Lv 1] [Black Resistance Lv 1] [Spatial Perception]

The spiders' weakness is still fire, and Shiro-chan's resistance isn't high enough to correct that.

And Araba-chan just got Infernal Magic, the most advanced form of Fire Magic, so an attack from that would still do good damage to her.

On top of that, he got Flame Enhancement, the strongest form to increase the power of flames.

And to avoid being hurt by his own fire, Araba-chan got Flame Resistance, the evolved form of Fire Resistance.

He also got Black Resistance to be able to better withstand the Black Magic that Shiro-chan has.

And Spatial Perception to know where Shiro-chan is going to teleport, since she has been teleporting during the battle to be able to attack Araba-chan.

And that's not the only bad thing-

(Warning! Warning! We have a problem!) suddenly shouted Sutoka-chan, the one in charge of detection, all of a sudden.

"Now what, can't you see I'm narrating the battle of the century to our faithful followers" I said with annoyance, as the battle was already reaching the second phase.

(Object moving at high speed towards to the battle zone) Sutoka-chan said in a serious voice.

...

i'm sorry, what?

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My name is Arashi, an earth dragon.

But that's my actual name, before I was known as Ethan Reynolds.

That's right, I'm a reincarnate.

I was reborn here some 200 years ago, as a mere Earth Wyrm.

I was reborn as Araba's twin brother.

I didn't know he was Araba at the time, since at the time we were born we had no name.

What did I know was that I was reborn in Kumo desu ga? Nani ka at the time I was able to get Appraisal at 90,000 points.

Yes, 90,000, a loss of points if you ask me.

My plan when I was reborn here was to become as strong as possible, so I could get off this miserable planet doomed to destruction.

I didn't want to mess with D's plans and I certainly didn't want to die again.

But that was instantly thwarted for one simple reason.

Why I was not reborn with n%I=W.

You see, at the moment I was reborn, this Skill was not with me, I knew it instantly because I could not understand a single word of the "Divine Voice".

n%I=W allows reincarnates to understand what the "Divine Voice" says as it is immediately translated into their native language.

It also gives a small bonus to the obtaining of Skills and statistics.

So, besides not being able to understand the system for a long time, I also gained the same amount of points as the rest of the world.

I didn't feel like a protagonist, I felt like an extra.

So, I decided to make myself as strong as possible.

That increased when the dragon administrator guy with a complicated name came and named us, also calling us champions.

And also, the moment of I understood who my brother is.

At that time, I wanted him to come with me to The Deep Lower Layer so we could become stronger.

But he didn't want to.

The Lower Layer was his territory and he didn't want to leave.

And I had grown attached to him too, so I didn't want him to die.

So, I went to The Deep Lower Layer to get stronger.

I wasn't going to let a toy of an evil god kill my brother, even if it put me in the crosshairs of said evil god.

It was hard but I managed to get strong enough to survive in that place.

I couldn't go any deeper, as I always ended up retiring away from that damn giant spider, but it was enough to make me strong.

Then, when I realized thanks to Detection, Panoptic Vision and Appraisal that Araba had spent almost all his Skill Points, I panicked, as it meant that his battle was happening.

So, I ran at full speed to back up Araba.

I knew what was going to happen, I just didn't know when.

I thought I would have more time, I almost got Pride so I could weaken that little spider more but seeing as I ran out of time, I'll just kill it on the spot.

They weren't going to take my brother away from me.

Hmm, I felt someone using teleportation right behind me but I ignored it, probably nothing.

Or rather it wasn't important, at most it was another damn spider that thought it was the big deal to attack me.

Seriously, you'd be surprised how many times that damn mother spider has sent people on my back to try to finish me off.

So, I ignore it.

Anyway, I'm almost to the battlefield, I just need to get through this tunnel and....

Wait, another spatial distortion, don't tell me?!

Just as I thought that a portal appears in front of me, big enough for me to get through.

And because of my momentum, I couldn't stop in time and ended up going through the portal.

I recognize the place; this is the area right near the entrance to the Middle Layer.

I could still run to the battlefield, since we are near a path to the battlefield.

But from here I can see, thanks to Panoptic Vision, that the path is covered with threads.

Someone had foreseen this.

And I can tell who.

My danger sense is active after all.

I look at the spider flying above me.

So... who are you little anomaly, I don't remember you.

Appraisal has been Blocked.

Of course, you do.

I can already tell this battle is not going to be a walk in the park.

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Nai wa, Nai wa, Nai wa!!

How I'm supposed to beat this?!

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Earth Dragon | Lv 52 | Arashi

Stats:

Hp: 12,442 / 12,442 +3000 (Green) (Details)

Mp: 12,122 / 12,122 +3000 (Blue) (Details)

Sp: 12,470 / 12,470 (Yellow) (Details)

12,469 / 12,569 +3000 (Red) (Details)

Attack: 12,910 (Details)

Defense: 12,997 (Details)

Magic: 12,000 (Details)

Resistance: 12,438 (Details)

Speed: 12,855 (Details)

Skills:

- Stat & Ability Skills -

Hp Ultra-fast Recovery Lv 10

Mp Rapid Recovery Lv 10

Mp Minimized Consumption Lv 10

Sp Rapid Recovery Lv 10

Sp Minimized Consumption Lv 10

Ultimate Life Lv 10

Ultimate Magic Lv 10

Ultimate Movement Lv 10

Fortune Lv 10

Fortitude Lv 10

Deva Lv 10

Sanctum Lv 10

Skanda Lv 10

- Attack Skills -

Magic Power Super-Attack Lv 10

Energy Super-Attack Lv 10

Terrain Attack Lv 10

Flame Attack lv 10

- Enhancement Skills -

Terrain Enhancement Lv 10

Flame Enhancement Lv 10

Destruction Super-Enhancement Lv 10

Cutting Super-Enhancement Lv 10

Piercing Super-Enhancement Lv10

Impact Super-Enhancement Lv 10

Flame Enhancement Lv 10

- Active Skills -

Magic Divinity Lv 10

Battle Divinity Lv 10

Divine Dragon Power Lv 1

Undying Body Lv 9

Dimensional Maneuvering Lv 10

Panoptic Sight Lv 5

- Leadership Skills -

N/A

- Perception Skills -

Appraisal Lv 8

Detection Lv 10

Thought Super-Acceleration Lv 5

Parallel Minds Lv 5

High-Speed Processing Lv 5

- Magic Skills -

Precise Magic Power Operation Lv 10

Seismic Magic Lv 10

Inferno Magic Lv 10

Ice Magic Lv 5

- Evil eyes -

N/A

- Resistance Skills -

Physical Resistance Lv 9

Terrain Nullification

Heat Nullification

Bolt Resistance Lv 2

Flood Resistance Lv 2

Wind Resistance Lv 9

Ice Resistance Lv 4

Status Condition Nullification

Rot Resistance Lv 7

Pain Nullification

Suffering Nullification

- Passive Skills -

Divine Scales Lv 10

Heavy Armor Lv 10

Ultra-Steel Body Lv 10

Stealth Lv 10

Camouflage Lv 10

Probability Super-Correction Lv 10

Vision Enhancement Lv 10

Auditory Enhancement Lv 10

Five Senses Super-Enhancement Lv 5

Night Vision Lv 10

- Other skills -

Earth Dragon Lv 9

Dignity Lv 9

Divinity Expansion Lv 1

Wrath

Enma

Skill points: 90,900

Titles:

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This guy is way worse than Araba-chan!!!!

He has like 3 times Araba-chan's stats.

And a lot more Skills than Araba-chan.

And he has Ruler Skill too.

I can't beat him!

Well, actually I can.

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Ede Saine | Lv 26 | Kuroko

Stats:

Hp: 5,446 / 5,446 +1700 (Green) (Details)

Mp: 18,520 /18,520 +1700 (Blue) (Details)

Sp: 4.530 / 4,530 (Yellow) (Details)

4,823 / 4,823 +1700 (Red) +1300 (Details)

Attack: 3,124 (Details)

Defense: 5,432 (Details)

Magic: 19,240 (Details)

Resistance: 15,540 (Details)

Speed: 13,360 (Details)

- Stat & Ability Skills -

HP Ultra-Fast Recovery Lv 3

Sp Rapid Recovery Lv 3

Sp Minimized Consumption Lv 4

Ultimate Movement Lv 4

Ultimate Life Lv 9

Fortune Lv 3

Stronghold Lv 5

Fortitude Lv 5

Skanda Lv 10

Celestial Power

Height Of Occultism

- Attack Skills -

Deadly poison attack Lv 10

Rot Attack Lv 8

Heretic Attack Lv 6

- Enhancement Skills -

Destruction Super-Enhancement Lv 4

Cutting Super-Enhancement Lv 4

Status Condition Super-Enhancement Lv 1

- Active Skills -

Poison Synthesis Lv10

Medicine Synthesis Lv 10

Thread Utility Lv 8

Thread Control Lv 10

Expel Lv 2

Psychokinesis Lv 1

Dimensional Maneuvering Lv 9

Battle Divinity Lv 2

Magic Divinity Lv 2

Magic Power Conferment Lv 10

Energy Conferment Lv 2

Dragon Power Lv 8

Dragon Barrier Lv 2

Panoptic Vision Lv 1

Naming Lv 2

- Leadership Skills -

Fartalk Lv 10

- Perception Skills -

Concentration Lv 10

Thought Super-Acceleration Lv 2

Parallel Minds Lv 10

High-Speed Processing Lv 8

Record Lv 5

Future Sight Lv 2

- Magic Skills -

Heretic Magic lv 10

Black Magic Lv 4

Poison Magic Lv 10

Healing Magic Lv 10

Miracle Magic Lv 10

Inferno Magic Lv 3

Water Magic Lv 9

Terrain Magic Lv 5

Electric Magic Lv 5

Freeze Magic Lv 1

Gale Magic Lv 2

Abyss Magic Lv 10

Dimensional Magic Lv 4

- Evil eyes -

Jinx Evil Eye Lv 8

Repellent Evil Eye Lv 10

Annihilating Evil Eye Lv 2

Inner Evil Eye Lv 7

- Resistance Skills -

Physical Super-Resistance Lv 2

Status Condition Resistance Lv 8

Acid resistance lv 5

Rot Nullification

Faint Nullification

Fear Super-resistance Lv 4

Heresy Nullification

Pain Nullification

Pain Super-Mitigation Lv 6

Heat Nullification

Dark Resistance Lv 5

Freeze Resistance Lv 8

Light Resistance Lv 1

Water Resistance Lv 8

Heavy Nullification

- Passive Skills-

Five Senses Super-Enhancement Lv 2

Perception Expansion Lv 5

Evasion Lv 10

Hit Lv 10

Silence Lv 10

Stealth Lv 10

Concealment Lv 2

Throw Lv 10

Thread Genius Lv 3

Probability Correction Lv 3

Tyrant Lv 1

Imperial Scales Lv 1

High-Speed Flight Lv 10

Swimming Lv 3

- Other skills -

Divinity Expansion Lv 6

Anger Lv 2

Gluttony Lv 10

Taboo Lv 10

Hades

Conviction

Perseverance

Wisdom

Sloth

Pride

Charity

Presentation

Chastity

Demon Lord Lv 2

Twin Link

n%l=W

Skill points: 0

Titles

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He may be far superior in some of them.

But I'm still faster!

Just barely.

But I'm still faster.

Besides, I still have an ace up my sleeve.

Something I didn't plan to use until much later, saved mainly for extreme emergencies, like this one.

Come on, Chastity.

And so, a barrier rises around us.

The dragon eyes the barrier raised above us warily and is right to be cautious.

This barrier is very good, it interferes with the magic field and the Skills of those inside, except for the user and those the user perceives as allies.

In other words, nothing gets in, nothing gets out.

And the best part, it interferes with the system and makes the skills useless.

Most of them, others just lower them to their lowest point.

So, his stats should go down.

Hmm, yes, his Stats went down to 6000.

Half of it lost because he can't use his skills anymore.

So, he's killable.

He seems to have noticed, as he took a step back and started running, straight for the exit.

Not so fast sir!

Quickly block his path with an ice spell, ice wall.

It seems he realized that he won't be able to run away, so he quickly turned to me and charged a breath attack.

Oh, it looks like it can still use its breath attack.

I guess since it's not magic, Chastity doesn't block it.

But that's okay.

Boom, dodge.

I'm sorry, but I'm not letting you leave here alive.

Sloth activate.

Hehe, perfect.

As I said before, Sloth is the perfect support Skill one can have.

I remind you guys that, according to System-chan: N% of the power to reach godhood. Drastically multiplies the speed of decrease in surrounding system numerical values, most notably SP, excluding the user's. In addition, the user will gain the ability to surpass the W system and interfere with the MA field.

Or in other words, it ensures that the Sp drops indiscriminately or simply drops much faster than usual.

Now, normally I wouldn't use it right away, as the enemy might notice, but I'm sure he won't, mainly for one reason.

He have activated Wrath.

Wrath is a Skill that gives you a great battle ability in exchange for losing your senses.

In other words, you become dumb but a dumb who knows how to fight.

He must be desperate.

No, rather, he's desperate, so he resorted to using Wrath in order to kill me.

But thanks to that, he won't notice the drop in his Sp.

So, he's finished.

For now, I have to concentrate on dodging.

Despite everything, his attack stats would still do a lot of damage to me.

I can't be arrogant or one of those attacks might hit me and I'll perish.

So, I must concentrate as much as possible.

Akira, Karada, Miho, Miko, get ready! Sutoka, be ready for anything!

Urya... keep up the good work!

(Understood!) They all replied with seriousness in their voice.

Urya is the only one of my personalities who doesn't have something to take care of yet, so she's currently useless.

But that doesn't mean he can't be useful to me later on.

Anyway, off to battle.

The dragon, Arashi-kun, lunges at me with its claws.

I dodge it but immediately after it's on me with its jaws open, about to bite me.

I dodge it again thanks to High-Speed Flight but now it moves its tail with the intention of crushing me.

I dodge it again.

It is moving its body as if it were a snake.

Could it be Araba-chan's brother? It looks a lot like him and it wouldn't make sense for the other earth dragons to intervene.

Gehre and Kagna are still in their places, for example.

So, he should not intervene.

What would drive him?

Dodge.

Uwah, that was close.

Ugh, I don't have time to think about that.

I have to concentrate.

I'm flying around and the Arashi-kun is following me, attacking me with his breath or Earth Attack.

I use Freeze Magic with the intention of slowing him down a bit but he dodges it.

Hmm, this is getting complicated.

This guy dodges better than Araba-chan.

Is it due to Wrath's effects or is he just good at it?

Now he's using the columns of earth around us to reach me.

I let him pass.

When he's close enough to me, he lunges at me with a focus on killing me.

I can see it, thanks to Future Sight.

It waits for me to dodge its jaws and then swipes at me with its claws.

Heh, I'm ready for you super developed lizard.

I dodge his jaw and here comes his claw.

Now, Rot Attack.

Boom, say goodbye to your hand.

Oh-ho here comes the tail.

And... bye-bye, Annihilating evil eye x 8.

Now say goodbye to your tail.

Umu, I knew I wouldn't regret maximizing my defense against the Rot attribute.

Thanks to that I can use it however I want and it doesn't affect me.

It falls to the ground as if it were a puppet whose strings have been cut.

Kukuku, all according to my keikaku.

Huh, it just went out of range of my Chastity barrier.

Oops.

He seems to have noticed too as he quickly attacks me with Inferno Magic.

Level 8 Spell: Igneous Disintegration.

A spell that launches a blast of fire at a target in order to disintegrate it.

Of course, I let him hit me.

Thanks to Heat Nullification the fire attacks are useless against me, but still, I can understand his reasoning.

At the start, I felt a little shiver, which means he tried to use Appraisal against me, but he couldn't as he is automatically blocked by my admin authority.

But all of us spiders are weak to fire, me currently being the only exception.

So, I understand your reasoning, but it is incorrect Mr. Dragon.

I pierce through his attack at maximum speed and prepare a Rot Attack.

Sayonara, Arashi-kun.

And... oops, it seems I was only able to shatter its jaw despite aiming for its head.

That must be because it dodged me.

Shit, it's true, he's currently with all his stats.

I dodge some earth spikes that emerged from the ground and rush to activate Chastity again but it's too late.

Arashi-kun is heading towards Shiro-chan's battlefield.

Ah no sir, you're not leaving.

...oh, why do you two have to be so alike.

[Freeze Resistance Lv 1] [Glacial Magic Lv 1] [Rot-Super Resistance Lv 1] [Freeze Enhancement Lv 1] [Foresight Lv 1]

Ugh, why I knew you was going to do that.

Spiders, as you must remember, we have 2 major weaknesses.

Fire and Ice.

I've managed to get rid of my most pressing weakness fire, but I'm still vulnerable to ice.

Not as much, but enough to make h-

Crack

-im get through my trap.

Damn it.

I rush quickly to catch up to him.

But then he starts attacking me with the same spell I use to break my threads.

Glacial Magic, Level 1: Icy Blast.

This is a spell that summons an icy blast that materializes in the form of small, sharp ice crystals. These crystals are hurled towards a designated target, in this case me, creating a blast of intense cold upon impact. The spell can chill the surrounding area and, on direct contact with a target, causes a numbing sensation and moderate damage.

Or in my case, intense damage.

I quickly dodge the attack.

But in doing so I fall behind and he rushes forward.

How does he run so well without a leg?

Miho-chan, Miko-chan!

(Got it!) they both replied.

In an instant several spikes and two walls of ice rise up and stand in Arashi-kun's way.

In an instant he attacks with the same hellfire he used on me a few moments ago.

But that made him stop for a moment.

Just long enough for me to approach and in one attack, blow his head off.

A simple combo of Rot Attack and Annihilating Evil Eye x 8 to make sure his head did explode.

And with a bang, the Arashi earth dragon's body falls to the ground.

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 26 to Lv 27

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 27 to Lv 28

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 28 to Lv 29

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 29 to Lv 30

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 30 to Lv 31

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 31 to Lv 32

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 32 to Lv 33

Experience has reached the required level. The individual Kuroko has risen from Lv 33 to Lv 34

All basic attributes have increased.

That's it!

The ultimate proof of my victory.

No... of our victory.

I can see through Panoptic Vision that Shiro-chan also finished her battle, so I must hurry.

I quickly put away Arashi-kun's body into my dimension magic and reappear together with Shiro-chan.

I give her a hug as best I can and rub my head with hers.

Shiro-chan simply let it happen, she seems to be in deep reflection.

I simply give her space while I do some thinking too.

That battle I wouldn't have won if I hadn't mastered the Rot element and thanks to Chastity.

I didn't even manage to tire him out with Sloth since the guy saw that he couldn't kill me and ran away.

Maybe he panicked because as soon as he had access to all his skills, instead of killing me, he hurriedly ran to the field where Shiro-chan was.

Could it be that he had an eye on Araba-chan's stats that as soon as he realized Araba-chan's low health he panicked and went running to try to stop him to die?

How deep was their relationship?

...meh.

What do I care, I just know that thanks to that distraction I was able to kill him and save Shiro-chan at the same time.

Despite being a last-minute threat, you put up a great fight Arashi-kun, I won't forget you.

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Several days have passed since our confrontation with the twin earth dragons.

Now, we find ourselves under blue skies.

For the first time in who knows how long, after much effort and hard work, I am basking in the sunlight.

It is thanks to those humans who fled after that encounter.

Using the marks Shiro-chan put on them, we were finally able to find our way out.

A lot has happened in my time in this labyrinth.

Some good things, some bad things.

Like the time I almost got killed by some wolfys, or the other time I almost got burned to death, or my favorite, the time I almost got killed by my brothers.

Ha~, so many (not) good memories.

Now I can say goodbye to this place that brought me so many bad times.

Sayonara, birthplace-not-very-beloved place!

Although, if anything could happen, I can come back here in cases of emergencies, so it's not like I'm going to leave this place forever.

But for now, the pretty blue skies are calling me.

And most importantly, future tasty meals.

Wait for me, mysterious delights, here I come!

I look at Shiro-chan who is gazing at the sky in awe.

No, here we come.

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Hello everyone, I hope you liked the chapter.

The battle with the earth dragon Arashi-kun may not have been that good but I hope you enjoyed it.

See you in the next chapter.

Take care.

Oh, and Merry Christmas and Happy New Year super late!

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