I stretch my body and look at my surroundings. This alley has become a place I have become familiar with. It has been a week since I arrived in this world, and it has been a week since I explored the dungeon.
Name: Himura Tanaka|
HP: 650/650|
MP: 2350/2350|
Age: 16|
Level: 2| |1087/2000|
Class: Archer| |Level: 6 (587/600)|
STR: 80|
VIT: 65|
DEX: 131|
INT: 154|
WIS: 235|
LCK: 10|
SP: 30|
I have grown stronger. Much stronger than the first time I came into this world. Not only my status, but I also get a new skill when I level up my class.
Multi Shot| |Active| |Level 6| |15 MP| |3s Cooldown|
Shoots 7 arrows at once in a fan shape to nearby targets.|
{Damage: Arrow Base Damage + (50% of STR) + (62% of DEX) for each arrow}
Not the most powerful one, but if my target is huge, this skill will be one of the most powerful skills I have.
Magic Arrow| |Active| |Level 5| |30 MP| |7s Cooldown|
Shoots magical arrows which create a small explosion upon contact.|
{Damage: Arrow Base Damage + (50% of STR) + (130% of DEX) + 25 AOE damage}
This is the only AOE skill I have for now. While the description said that it was creating a small explosion, it was not small. The blast radius is ten-meter around the arrow. While yes, it was not big, but it was not small either.
Spin Kick| |Active| |Level 10| |5 MP| |2s Cooldown|
Spin and attack surrounding enemies, ending with a final kick to send enemies flying into the air|
{Damage: 20 + (100% of DEX)}
This one is the skill I use when the enemy gets close to me. I can use this skill to throw the enemy into the air, and either I run away or kill the enemy while they are in the air.
Not only new skills, but I also get a lot of ST from killing all the ghoul inside the dungeon. I also can kill a few Ghoul Hunter along the way and get a few items and equipment from it.
Hunter Claw|
A material from Ghoul Hunter. Used to craft Hunter Set|
Hunter Cowl|
A cowl used by the Ghoul Hunter. Its shadow like smoke make the hunter hard to notice|
{Effect: +5 DEX, +3 VIT and +2 STR. Double the amount of damage from a surprise attack (Can be used once every ten seconds)}
While I cannot do anything with the Hunter Claw, the Hunter Cowl is the perfect equipment for now. Each first attack I do to an unexpected target will do the double amount of damage I usually do.
As long as the enemy did not notice me, the skill is ready to use.
Not only that, but this equipment also did not show to the others. It was like invisible armor that I can equip without looking like a weirdo in real life.
Anyway, I take out my backpack from my inventory and walk away from the dungeon entrance.
As I walk toward my house, I feel a spike of mana coming from my right. I follow the location of the mana spike and arrive in front of an alley next to a ramen restaurant. I look around and know there is something wrong in this area.
There is not a single person in here. Not even the owner of the restaurant, even though it was open.
I look inside the alley and widen my eyes. A massive spider woman is fighting a group of people, and one of them is the Ishiyama school idol, Akagawa Yuka. While Akawagawa was wearing her school uniform, the other was wearing a shrine maiden outfit.
However, what makes them interesting is their weapons. They are holding a fan and a piece of paper. Beside them is an animal-like creature from foxes to wolves. However, what makes them different from your regular animal is that they can cast magic.
I frown a little when I see them struggling against the Spider Woman hybrid. I decided to use the observation skill that I bought a few days ago.
"Observe"
Jorogumo|
HP: 3250/3250|
MP: 5000/5000|
Age: 75|
Level: 12|
STR: 220|
VIT: 325|
DEX: 179|
INT: 570|
WIS: 500|
LCK: 20|
What is this? Mini-boss? By the look of its stats, yeah. That thing is a mini-boss.
Damn it, what should I do? Help them? Or Retreating? If I retreat, I can prepare to fight this monster head-on, but if I do that, the people here will be dead because they are outmatched by a lot if their stats are true.
A new Quest!|
Save the Damsel in Distress.|
Save Akagawa Yuka and her group from the hungry Youkai|
Reward: 100.000 ST, 2 Gacha and 20 SP.|
Urgh. Fine. I guess it is time to fight a mini-boss. However, I need to prepare first. I opened up the shop and went to the arrow section before buying a dozen of high-quality arrows I really wanted.
Mithril Arrow|
This arrow shaft is made of a Lunar Tree, a tree that can only grow under the shine of the moon. The head of this arrow is made of Mithril Ore. One of the strongest ore in the world|
{Base Damage: 110 piercing damage}
It is a little bit expensive—two hundred and fifty shop tokens for each arrow. I decide to buy twenty of them. Five thousand shop tokens were gone just like that.
I also bought a new bow from the shop.
Elves Queen Longbow| |Rare|
A bow crafted from the horn of Red Minotaurs. It also said that the Elven Queen used this bow.|
{Damage: Arrow Base Damage + (200% of STR)}
{Effect: Give a burn effect that causes five damage per second for ten seconds. The effect can stack for a maximum of five times}
Twenty thousand ST thrown to drain, leaving me with only a few thousand ST to use. With my preparation complete, I aim my bow at the Jorogumo and say.
"Magic Arrow!"
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Akagawa Yuka POV|
I wipe the blood coming out from my mouth and get ready to cast another spell toward the Jorogumo. I know I should secure the area and wait for the reinforcement to come, but before we could get away from the area after creating a barrier around, the Youkai attack us.
With its eight legs, the youkai attack us furiously. Judging by how this youkai cannot speak human language, I know that it was still a young youkai.
Jorogumo is a high-ranking youkai. They can live for more than ten thousand years. The longer they live, the stronger they get. Usually, a Jorogumo can speak in human language after they reach their hundred years old.
However, even before they reach adulthood, they are still stronger than many high-class Onmyouji. Jorogumo is known for its high durability, high physical prowess, and destructive spell.
I snap from my thoughts when I see a massive fireball appear in front of me and throw a paper seal I created in the past. A second later, a barrier appears from the paper and blocks the incoming attack.
I know that the barrier will not last and create a Fuinjutsu in the air. Fuinjutsu is the Asian version of Rune. I create an ancient word in the air and create another barrier that blocks the fireball that destroys the first barrier.
I gritted my teeth as I felt the weight of the fireball cast toward me. The force behind the attack on the youkai cast is so heavy I can feel my mana get drained at a fast rate to maintain the barrier.
I can see my Shikigami. Shikigami, a symbol of power for the Onmyouji, are beings that are at the disposal of the practitioner, similar to the Western familiars. However, unlike a western familiar, Shikigami did not have a physical body. That is why we need to bind them with a piece of paper.
I can begin to feel my mana start to deplete. It looks like we will die here. The reinforcement will not arrive here in time. They will arrive tomorrow morning. As I am about to accept my end, I hear a voice coming from the rooftop.
"Magic Arrow!"
A second later, I hear an explosion happening in the Jorogumo direction. I release my spell when I feel the Jorogumo dispel its attack. I look at the youkai, and after the dust vanishes, I see an arrow stabbed in the youkai's body.
I can see the youkai body get burned by the arrow.
I look above me and see a rather familiar face. It was Himura Tanaka. The so-called NEET and useless person.
I see him take another arrow and say.
"Piercing Shot!"
I widen my eyes when I see the arrow pierce through the thick skin of the youkai. The youkai scream in pain, and the fire that burns its body gets bigger for some reason. The Jorogumo tried to put out the fire but to no avail.
"Twin Shot!"
Himura-san fires another arrow and continues doing so. The more arrow he shot, the bigger the fire burned the youkai.
The Jorogumo see Homura-san jump high in the air and cast a fireball spell toward him. Homura-san dodged the attack and shot another arrow at the youkai, who was screaming in pain as the arrow hit it right in its eye.
I snap from my thoughts when I see my Shikigami fire another lightning spell toward the Jorogumo. Seeing the opportunity Homura-san created for us, I looked at my team and said,
"Attack!"
With that order, we begin to attack the Jorogumo with all of our strength. I create a seal and push it on the ground under the youkai. When it tried to jump away once again to attack Himura-san, the seal activated and bound the youkai with a chain made of mana coming from the seal I created.
I continue to maintain the chain that locks the youkai movement. As I lock the youkai movement, I hear one of my team shout at me.
"Yuka-sama! Look out!"
I look where my team points at and see a dozen ice spikes coming at me. However, before the ice spike can hit me, I feel someone pick me up and jump away from the ice spike that stabs deep into the ground.
I look at Himura-san, who gives me a warm smile before saying.
"Are you okay?"