Information is power.
Those who control information become the winners, especially in this era.
First, I have to talk about one of my sad memories.
That I am a sad monster born from the information society.
And a history of losing to information.
Yes, it was when I was still a student.
Everyone in the classroom was chatting happily after summer vacation.
I connected the pieces of words I heard from their conversation, one by one.
I'm not very smart, but I think I'm a super detective.
The words I heard were:
"Festival"
"The whole class"
"Group photo"
"Going to Saizeriya for a party"
"All"
"Fireworks"
"Summer vacation"
"Best friend"
I put all the pieces together.
A personality of darkness was born in my synapses.
No, it was already born.
Another me was born within me.
Yes. It seemed everyone except me had fun during summer vacation.
Even the miscellaneous group of people who I thought were my friends at school also went.
Why didn't they invite me?
Hey, why did they do that kind of thing?
It made me sad.
I couldn't help but be disgusted by your narrow-mindedness.
That day, I lay down on the desk pretending to be asleep.
The miscellaneous group of people who I thought were my friends and had been worried about me talked to me.
But I lied and pretended to be asleep, saying I had a stomachache.
I wasn't really sleeping.
I didn't even shed a tear.
The only thing I can say is that there is information in this world that we don't need to know.
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Let's go back to the topic.
I can understand Amachi Suguru like the back of my hand.
I know everything about this world's cheats and information because I'm a player.
I have to say it again: information is power.
Amachi's strengths are his wide range of magical aptitude and weapon proficiency.
There's no point in not taking advantage of that.
First, I need to obtain available weapons, but since this is an action RPG, weapon shops were everywhere. With enough money, anything is possible.
Short swords, long swords, spears, axes, shields... these are the notable ones. It seems that guns can't be obtained through normal means. Well, Amachi couldn't use them anyway.
Next, it's necessary to at least learn all five basic elemental magics to the beginner level. Among them, some derived magics are particularly important for enhancing abilities.
Beginner magic can be managed with reference books obtained at bookstores if you have enough money.
Intermediate and above require a trip to the national library, but that's not a problem either.
Advanced magic is difficult to acquire through commercial means. In fact, it's almost impossible.
And if it's ultra-advanced, even Amachi can't learn it.
By the way, special magics such as time-space magic, holy attribute magic, necromancy, curses, and summoning magic cannot be learned in the city. In the first place, even if you have the aptitude, it's often impossible to use special magics due to their unique position.
We'll deal with these later.
In this world where the game has become real, there is something called magical theory. To fully understand it, and to further generate magic, a certain amount of magical power is required.
To make it easier to understand, it's similar to memorizing formulas, proving them, applying them, and utilizing them, or being able to speak a foreign language fluently. It requires knowledge that is almost equivalent to studying. In other words, if you want to practice and learn the theory, magic is inefficient. You need to have a good brain. And I'm not very smart.
Weapon and martial arts skills can be covered to a certain extent with player skill, but even then, if you want to reach practical levels, it's inefficient to start with simple swings.
In other words, there's no time.
Furthermore, if you want to raise it to the level of a master, there is also a doubt that it may simply be a world view of lifelong training.
In other words, the top priority is acquiring skills.
Next is improving basic abilities through leveling up and acquiring arts.
Finally, it's about using magic combination techniques and specialized fighting techniques based on player experience.
First, learn skills such as "high-speed thinking," "parallel thinking," and "physical strengthening" to shorten the time required. These useful skills were recommended for reducing training time when acquiring magic, arts, and weapon skills in the game Megashva.
They are likely to be effective in this world as well.
Devote yourself to improving magic, weapon skills, and physical abilities.
It seems that in this world, skills are something that are given to individuals on certain days, and cannot be chosen and acquired individually. In other words, the acquisition conditions are not clearly understood.
However, there is a way to select and acquire skills.
I know this because I was a player.
Skills can be acquired by leveling up, clearing dungeons, and completing sub-events. There are also other ways to acquire skills, such as visiting certain places or even reading a book to acquire a skill.
Skills that improve abilities, such as high-speed thinking and parallel thinking, are useful general-purpose skills that can be easily acquired, but only in the second playthrough of the game.
In other words, what I'm trying to say is that there is a hidden path.
There is a rundown used bookstore called Adachi Street on the outskirts of town, and among the mountain of old books there are books that teach the secrets of these three skills.
These books are released by the operators as bonus rewards after clearing the first playthrough route, but if you know the information, they can be obtained even in the early stages of the first playthrough.
Information is power.
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"I think I have acquired "fast thinking," "parallel thinking," and "physical enhancement" as a result. It has been confirmed through a demonstration and human experimentation. I was able to learn several useful magic spells of the five basic attributes just by browsing through beginner magic books at a used bookstore, so there is no doubt about it. I didn't need to buy them, but I ended up buying all the beginner magic books to show my appreciation to the used bookstore owner.
However, it was a difficult task to find them even though I had a general idea of where to look. I must have seemed like a weirdo frantically searching for three hours in a bookstore where no customers usually visit. That's why I ended up paying the used bookstore owner an additional amount as a way of thanking him for putting up with me.
As for acquiring weapon skills and martial arts arts, it mainly involves gaining experience points and magic elements through monster hunting and trial and error. If I can't master all the techniques as a character, then I plan to practice special combat methods.
"Next up is leveling up. Let's go to a dungeon that no one knows about."