"Akane-san, you know what you have to do, right?"
"Ehhh?? You want me to play with a dead body!!"
"Please, Akane-san, I know it sounds gross when you say it that way, but I need you to it." I pleaded.
"fufu~ I was just kidding!"
Earlier Akane had to hold back in using her skill because it was me on which she was exerting her force on. This time though, she can use her skill without any restrictions.
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Akane told me that there was something up with her skill. Up to a certain limit, she could exert the force- freely. But after that limit, it became a little rough on her. That is, she was "overexerted". She guessed that this limit is about half of the maximum force stated in her STATUS Screen. Also, the MP started to drain quite rapidly when she went past that limit. She is not sure, but she thinks that the rate of drainage of MP becomes proportional to the amount of force exerted when reached past that limit. Well, the gauge dropped down so quickly that I can understand why she can't say for sure.
We also learned quite a bit about these Arachne's. Their defences are strong, to the point of extreme. Well, Akane couldn't burst its head even though she gave her all. She tried to apply her skill in various ways to cause damage to the dead body but was barely able to break a bone or few. The soul core too was found beyond crushable with this much force at this level.
Without getting "overexerted" she can use only half of 9 kN force- 4.5kN, it is not that much of a raw force. Well, if we think about that, simple raw force isn't anything special. I heard that for humans a fatal car crash has 1,00,000N force behind it, and even then a lucky few might still survive it. And a bullet with a small force of 2,000 N could kill effectively if aimed at critical places. All in all, it's the method with which it's applied not just raw strength. But at the moment, we can't think of any more efficient way to kill those Arachne's using her skill then what we already have.
The conclusions of our little test of Akane's skill are:
Raw force of 9 kN, isn't near enough to kill an Arachne.
Their bodies are extremely tough.
For the time being the only way to "kill" the monsters, which is efficient too, is my skill.
However, with her skill, she can give these monsters a decent "Pseudo Debuff" at the very least.
After it was completely disintegrated into nothingness, I gained 35 levels and Akane gained 53 levels. All the MP Akane used was back to full too, even her tiredness and headache was gone too.
The level gained this time may seem low compared to what the first one gave, but I think that the exp this one gave was more than any individual Arachne gave till now. The exp is shared between us, even so, the level increment is nothing to scoff at, this also means that they are beyond the level we could handle. This is the lowest floor ever ventured, what else we would expect.
When we finally heard the ting inside our head and checked our Status, we moved ahead.
I am not sure if when I am far from my 'kill', it will give me exp or not, as I have played some games in the past that don't give you your exp when you leave the area around your kill. But I can't risk experimenting with it right now as I need every bit of exp I could get.
That's why we have to wait till they are completely disintegrated.