What... was...... that?
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Was it a... coincidence?
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Or was it my.. "not defined luck"?
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I am still alive.
I am lying flat on the ground.
Above me, this creature is lying with no life.
'It' is DEAD.
It is dead for sure.
There is no reason for it to 'act' as dead, at least not to me.
I am still in confusion because of what happened.
My skill "Disintegration" actually killed it, that too in an "instant".
My mind is unable to think rationally at the moment as now relief struck me.
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As I was lying still from shock of what happened, I suddenly remembered about Akane-san.
She was slammed on the wall and fainted right there and then.
'I need to check her condition.'
I hurriedly slipped away from below it and rushed to check Akane's condition. I examined her and went in a panic again. She was bleeding from her forehead.
A head injury.
She is injured in the most fatal place one could get in this dungeon.
'Calm down! She is still breathing and quivering. She is alive. And also this wound doesn't look that deep too, she only needs a first-aid treatment.'
'where did her backpack go'
'Argh, where are you, you little shit!'
*inhale* * exhale*
!!
'found it'
'hurry, hurry,'
'she used cotton on me, she must have some more of those, right?'
'found it'
'A bandage, cottons, an antiseptic, and water.'
'let's hurry, damn it'
Getting the first-aid items, I hurried towards her. The wound is just above her right eye, which is hidden behind the eyepatch. I slowly removed the eyepatch from her face. Maybe, because of the fresh blood, her scar which separated her eyelids in two, was looking more awful.
'I expected it, but imagining and seeing in real gives a different feeling. She may be getting another scar because of this wound on her face, but she will live, and that is more important than a tiny scar.'
I carefully treated her wound, by first washing it with water, applying antiseptic, putting the cotton, and finally wrapping the bandage on her head. This much is the most I can do for her right now with the resources I could get in this place.
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After taking a few breaths of relief as Akane's breathing became normal, signifying that she is now just napping. I got up from the ground to know what actually happened.
From what I know, my skill "Disintegration" isn't an instakill skill. The target cannot die until it fully disintegrates into nothingness. At least something along that line is mentioned on my status. I checked it once again to confirm.
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NAME: Ren Itsuki
AGE: 17
SEX: Male
RACE: HIGH HUMAN
ORIGIN: EARTH-818
TITLE:
The not Summoned One
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LEVEL: 1
PHYSICAL STATS :
HP: 6/6
MP: 10/10
STR: 0
DEX: 1
DEF: 0
AGI: 1
INT: 5
LUCK: not defined
ABNORMAL STATE: none
Disintegration lvl 1:
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♦ A unique skill, that disintegrates living targets into non-existence. To invoke this skill, you need to verbally call out the skill's activation phrase - "DISINTEGRATE", while aiming at the target that you need disintegrated with the hand. The point at which the skill is connected becomes the disintegration centre. And the target undergoes disintegration with the disintegration point being the disintegration centre. Note, the target does not die immediately once the skill connects, but when, it is completely disintegrated. Note, there cannot be more than one disintegration centre in a single target.
♦ Current disintegration rate: 60cm³/s.
♦ Current range: 60 cm
♦ Number of shots: 3/3
♦ MP cost: 3
♦ Cooldown period: 3 days
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BLESSINGS:
Linguistics
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All-father has blessed you with the ability to understand all languages that exist in, EARTH-01Z. You can communicate and write in any language that you already know or have come to know through the blessing.
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I looked at my wristwatch to check how much time has passed, the last time I checked my watch was before treating Akane. It has been 8 minutes since then, adding a couple of minutes should mean that 'it' died nearly 10 minutes ago.
An average human's volume is 0.07 m^3, which is equal to 70,000 cm^3. I only remember this fact till now because it was used often as a parameter in some mathematic problems.
Judging by its size, this Arachne should have more than thrice as much volume since it has an 'extra-large part' below its waist. That should be something around 2,10,000cm^3, maybe.
'Hmmm....'
My skill should take nearly 1 hour, to completely disintegrate it, that is, if my assumptions and calculations are right. Still, it wouldn't have died when my skill would just connect, would it? I mean even if my skill connected at a fatal spot, like heart, it would still take at least a few seconds to expand to heart. But what happened was entirely different, as soon as my skill connected, it slumped lifelessly, that is, dead in an instant.
Now, I am not sure if it really was 'my' skill that killed it.
I am a bit afraid to approach it.
But I still do it.
I need to be sure.
Its body is lying on the floor, facing downwards. I pushed it to turn it over.
It was extremely heavy, or it's just that my stats are too low.
When it finally turned sideways, I stared at it to find where my skill actually hit it.
It has a peculiar oval-shaped, glossy stone-like organ near its chest, between its "boobs". The stone is lustrous and smooth, and it has a hole in the centre. The area around the hole was slowly turning dark and vanished as soon as it turned as such. I guess this is how disintegration takes place.
I touched the hole on the stone to feel if it was expanding or not. Yes, it was expanding, the hole that is.
My hand accidentally touched its "boobs", I quickly wiped my hands with my clothes. Even though its upper body was a human female type, its "boobs" were not arousing at all, instead, they were gross as heck.
'Hmm....'
I think the answer to why it died so quickly is quite simple when you think about it.
This stone must be some kind of "core" that the monsters of this kind or possibly all monsters have. No, I have seen the monsters outside this dungeon... they don't have such cores. Ah, but they aren't monsters they're the so-called Devils. It must be an organ unique to devils.
It must be serving as some kind of vessel to contain its 'soul' or something like a life force.
Maybe cracks or gaps must not be present in the 'core' for it to live.
And my skill made this 'gap' in its 'core', this must be why it died without even getting completely disintegrated.
Well, the data regarding devils, is extremely rare as it was lost as the years passed. So, it's all but a wild guess, quite plausible.
But I should gain level if I really killed it. Why am I still at level 1?
'Hmmm,'
Maybe killing it this way doesn't count.
Maybe this status system only judges it as dead when it's completely disintegrated, huh.
'Does this means that there is a weak point in these monsters, a weak point that I can exploit to full with this skill?'
'But.... it will only help if I can aim precisely at this core....'
"Hehe, I really do have a one-shot skill, huh?"
"Ah!"
As I was examining its legs, its tip pierced my palm a bit. A drop of blood came out from my palm. I wiped it with my clothes.
It has eight long and thin legs, the tips of its legs are extremely sharp and pointed - like a needle. I guess it helps them to walk on walls and such.
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I went back to Akane-san and waited for her to wake up.
!?
'Oh! she is waking up.'
"Hey, are you okay? How are you feeling? Is your head okay, is the pain bearable?"
She winced in pain and touched her forehead, feeling the wrapped bandage.
'Ah! I guess I shouldn't barrage her with questions just yet.'
"I think it's okay. It still hurts a lot. But you have treated it quite neatly, thanks, Itsuki-sa-*gasp* where is that monster? H-huh!!!! d-did you kill it all by y-yourself? "
She asked me while stuttering and pointing at the Arachne, whose only a few body parts were remaining to be disintegrated.
I sighed and replied yes. I explained what happened after she fainted and told her my speculation or guess, on why it happened.
After I was done filling her in, I heard a *ting* in my head.
When I saw behind, I couldn't find the Arachne that could only mean that 'it' was completely disintegrated and the 'ting' was some kind of notification.
I checked the time, it took about 63 minutes to disintegrate it completely.
'But..'
"What was that? Some kind of
But this time it was different.
[ Alerts: ]
A target successfully disintegrated.
You levelled up.
You levelled up.
You levelled up.
You levelled up.
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100. You levelled up.
101. Skill: Disintegration levelled up.
102. You levelled up.
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201. You levelled up.
202. Skill: Disintegration levelled up.
203. You levelled up.
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286. You levelled up.
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Swiping down to the bottom, I found there were 286 alerts of level-ups!
"Akane-san! try saying "Notification" and tell me what you see, will you."
"Y-yes....
"Hmm, this status command wasn't told by that Bitch... There... could there be other commands too? I... think? *exhale* Let me try mmm....