Let's be an Adventurer! ~Defeating Dungeons with a Skill Board~

Chapter 99.2

99 Part 2

She had Fillet and Fish Scales as skills under the Technology tree, and Haruki assumed those would be some kind of racial skills.

Though Haruki wasnt quite able to imagine exactly how one attacks with fillets

But the biggest problem was that Princess skill.

The word Princess in the Skill Board looked like a desecration of the term.

Haruki felt like apologizing to all of the people and things called Princess in the world.

Frustrated, Haruki tapped on the Princess skill.

Princess 1 Grants the ability to squirm away from certain death.

I see

After reading the skills description, Haruki understood its effect (though he really didnt want to understand it).

When that black Fishman swooped down from the sky

Chep had definitely been crushed underfoot by it.

Then, she ended up buried inside Kamui Rock.

But still, she ended up being alive after all that, probably because of that Princess skill.

Such a bothersome character had obtained quite a bothersome skill.

Was that Samaikurus doing as well?

Haruki wanted to object to whoever was responsible for giving Chep such a skill.

Hows this thing a princess?

Was Princess the ability to avoid death only once per battle? Or was it the ability to avoid dying all the time?

The latter option would mean that Chep was a fish that could never die or be killed, so Haruki had hopes that it was the former option instead.

And finally, under the Special tree, there was the Spirit skill

No explanation came after tapping on it.

Also, the skills level was mysteriously labelled as Non.

Despite being a demihuman, which usually appeared in the middle section of a dungeon, Cheps skill level was rather low overall.

So, was that Spirit skill something that benefited from Cheps overall low skill level?

Haruki was intrigued by that skill, but since it wasnt a skill he could allocate points to, or have its tree enhanced, there was no more information about the Skill he could get for the time being.

There seemed to be no other choice but to see things as they were for a while.

The dungeon in Asahikawa, Kamuikotan, was 10 floors deep.

The monsters there posed an average level of threat, and it didnt seem to be a dungeon that was very difficult to capture for a well-trained adventurer.

However, for adventurers who have never been active in this dungeon, it would seem to be more difficult than a normal dungeon.

The reason for that was the dungeons layout.

Looks like theres nothing we can do

Thats true

After reaching the 4th floor, Haruki and others couldnt proceed to the 5th floor even though they continued searching for a while.

Up to the 3rd floor, the inside is the same as a normal dungeon, but on the 4th floor, the roots of trees would block the adventurers path.

A large number of tree roots extended from the ceiling and covered the walls.

The path ahead was straight, but the tree roots were in the way.

When searching for an alternative path, it would too be covered by tree roots.

It was possible to cut through the roots in order to proceed.

However, as soon as the roots are cut, other roots would move as if they had a will of their own and take their place.

For that reason, it was better not to cut as few roots as possible in order to clear this floor.

The tree roots seemed to move on their own from time to time.

Roots that would be blocking the road would clear away, and go close off another path in front of an adventurer.

The movement of the roots seemed to be completely random.

With a little luck, they should have been able to reach the 10th floor in a single day, but Karens Luck skill didnt seem to be showing its true potential.

Haruki wondered if the tree roots had a higher Luck skill stat.

Karens Luck skill was, so to speak, the power to draw in invisible factors.

If that power can exert its influence in all directions, it will eventually be able to twist the gods arms.

But it was reasonable to think that it would have some limitations.

The skills effect might change depending on the distance and time

Or perhaps, while the Luck skill was affecting one event, it cant affect a different event.

It wouldnt be strange for that skill to have such limitations.

In that case, on what event was Karens Luck skill currently working on?

How were they going to manage to avoid the tree roots using the power of Luck?

Haruki thought hard about these things, but couldnt come to a conclusion. It was useless to keep thinking about it.

Haruki was grasping at straws about what to do about those tree roots.

It almost made him want to rely on unclear powers.

Well, is there any other way we can deal with these tree roots?

As Haruki thought about it, a certain keyword emerged in his brain.

Shamanism

If it was the power to communicate with supernatural beings, it would be possible to use it to drive those tree roots away.

Hey, Chep. Can you do something about these tree roots with your ability?

My ability?

Thats right. Can you use your Shamanism?

Shama-neesm? Whats that?

Chep seemed confused.

And she seemed to be honest about it.

Could it be that she didnt know about her Shamanism skill?

Or perhaps she knew it under a different name?

Youve seen Karens attack many times, right?

Yes. Its rather weird, but very powerful indeed.

Can you do something similar to that power? For example, can you remove tree roots with it?

Haruki knew his question was a desperate one.

And Cheps answer was

I cant.

A quick denial.

I am powerless. The most I can do about it is pray, I suppose.

So, youre basically a deadbeat.

I see, I see.

What a worthless fish.

Haruki clicked his tongue.

Huh!? Im feeling some very rude vibes!

Must be your imagination. Come on, lets hurry.

Was it that she had the ability but didnt know how to use it, or does she know her Shamanism skill under a different name?

Or was she such a good actress that she had managed to deceive Haruki?

In the end, he couldnt manage to get any more information regarding the Shamanism skill.

It would have been great if he could have avoided those tree roots using Cheps ability, but there was nothing he could do about her not being able to help.

Pulling himself together, Haruki went back to exploring the dungeon.