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Chapter 162 – This Time’s Reward/Another
When the white in my vision cleared, I saw a god in front of me.
But this God was not the beautiful young man in the form of a white dragon god I had seen earlier.
It was the familiar Loli goddess with silver hair, fox ears, and a kimono.
Compared to the God of the job world, she seemed to have a weaker presence.
I felt that her divine aura was weak.
The God of the job world was accommodating to the explorers in the form of changing jobs.
Perhaps it was because of this that people with a religious mindset seemed to gather and radiate a divine aura.
The shrine was also very popular in the job world.
But I feel more at home with the God of my old world.
A god who, while lamenting her lack of power, tries to do what she can for the sake of others and the world.
When the dungeon collapsed, she lent me the sacred Kusanagi sword.
Later, she didn’t even blame me for losing it by throwing it into the gap between worlds.
This subtle feeling is just like the God I know, and I think to myself, “Ah, I’ve returned to my original world.”
From God’s point of view, she’d say, “How rude!”
This God says with pride.
“Now tell me. It’s all right, isn’t it? Don’t hold back and tell me what you want. I can’t do anything that would have a direct negative effect on others, but I’m sure you wouldn’t want that.”
I’ve heard these lines before.
I’ve heard them once in real life and once in reverse.
I’ve already thought of an answer to this question, but before I give it, I want to ask her one thing.
“God-sama.”
“Hmm? What is it?”
“Do you know what happened to me?”
“What happened to you? You mean about preventing the dungeon from collapsing?”
Even God doesn’t seem to know that I went to another world and came back.
“That’s right, my status… not good.”
According to Splefnir’s explanation, there seems to be something called the “Cocoon World” folding around me right now.
This cocoon world is supposed to filter out any interference from the systems of this world.
For example, if I use the Appraisal skill from this world on myself, it will probably be filtered by the cocoon world and show a fake version of my stats that is suitable for the skill world.
The Camouflage skill from this world can also show fake stats, but the filtering by the cocoon world is different.
Oh, but doesn’t God use the Appraisal skill?
“Hmm? Status? Can I look at it?”
“Yes, sorry, but could you check it for me?”
“It looks like you should be able to see it yourself… but what!”
God let out a strange cry as she saw what she saw.
“W-what is this? I thought you were a non-standard status for a while, but what on earth happened to you?”
“It’s a long story to explain…”
I’ve returned to my original body, and I feel quite tired.
It’s partly because of the deadly battle with Haruhara and the others in the job world, but this body is tired to begin with.
After completing the Kururi Castle Dungeon, I fought Clovis at the Tengumine Shrine, then followed him to the Okutama Lake Dungeon, where I rescued Haruka-san and escaped for a while before going back in to stop the dungeon from collapsing with Kudave. And while burning the “fibers” of Splefnir that had entered through the hole in the world, I filled the hole by imprinting the rules of this world using skill combos.
I mean, how many events happened in just one day?
After that, I somehow managed to get home and fall asleep, and the next thing I knew, I was in the job world.
I guess the reason I don’t remember much about that part is that I went from the skill world to the job world.
But even if that hadn’t happened, I would still have been exhausted.
I’m too tired to think clearly.
It’s hard to explain the confusing circumstances that followed.
“To put it simply, I was sent to a world very similar to this one due to Splefnir’s interference, and I’ve just managed to return from there.”
“W-what did you say?”
Even God is surprised.
“Actually, I was going to ask for a skill that integrates skills as a reward, but that was taken care of by the power of that world.”
“Hmm… it seems that you have gained a power that would be impossible in this world.”
It seems that God can see my status after all.
It seems strange that the God who originally existed in this world is using skills that were created after the dungeon appeared.
I wonder if God can read my status in some other way besides skills.
Then how can I see my own stats?
Appraisal is a skill of Usurpers, so maybe I can see them with that skill?
What happens when I open my stats on my smartphone with DungeonsGoPro?
What happens when I say the Status Open command out loud?
I’m a little curious about this. I’ll have to check it out when I’ve calmed down.
“Hmm. I was just about to give you a reward, but then that meddlesome person interfered.”
God says this with a pout and pursed lips.
I can’t say to the unusually cute-looking God, “You can’t make a skill integration skill anyway, can you?”
“I want to save it for a time of need.”
I thought.
What I had in mind was the training dungeon that God had made for me so that Honoka-chan and the others could catch up with me in the job world.
It would be okay to save it when I need something like that.
Or I could use it if I was ever forced to create a dungeon as a Dungeon Master.
“It is difficult to leave it as it is. If you leave it alone, it will want to be dyed in some color. Well, it will only lose a little if you use it for a while.”
“Then I’ll take it.”
“That’s fine, but I still have to give you something as a reward. If you leave it alone, it will wear out, so it would be more effective to use it for something small now.”
“Oh, I see…”
I think for a while.
Is there anything other than a skill integration skill that I want?
Ah, that’s right. How about something like this?
“Then… can you make this stronger?”
I reach up to one ear and take off the earring, placing it in the palm of my hand.
“These are… Anti-Poison Earring.”
“Yes.”
Serika gave them to me when I decided to become an explorer.
The effect of complete immunity to poison is convenient, but it’s undeniable that it pales in comparison to the other equipment I have now.
Especially if I’m going to become stronger from now on.
“That’s no big deal. In fact, I wonder if that’s all you need…”
“That’s what I’m most grateful for.”
So far, no skills have been discovered that can strengthen items.
It would be nice if there was something like alchemy or something like that.
It seems that there are a small number of people in the job world who have jobs that correspond to the Crafting class in MMOs.
“Hmm. Then, I will make these earrings as strong as possible. Hmm, it seems that a lot of karma is tied to these earrings.”
“Is that so?”
To be honest, after this incident, I’m a little full of karma talk.
“The thoughts of the person who gave you these earrings and the thoughts of you who received and cherished them resonate and dwell within them. These are… good things.”
“I-I see…”
I was embarrassed and looked away, scratching my cheek.
“There’s nothing better than that. Now let’s try it.”
She said, and God placed the Anti-Poison Earring in her small hand.
“Mmm…”
I could tell that some kind of power was concentrated in the earring in her fist.
It was like the psychic who could produce gold dust from her palm that I saw on TV a long time ago.
But even if that psychic was a fake, I suppose something like that would be possible for God.
God went on doing this for a while, but
“Hmm… I think this is the limit.
God opened her clenched fist.
What was there was an earring that had increased in overall presence.
The appearance hadn’t changed, but the quality of the power hidden within had increased by an order of magnitude.
Could it be that I was able to sense this power because of the Demon King’s magic skills?
“Here. You can check for yourself.”
I received the earring from God and examined it with the Usurper’s skills.
Item──────────────────
Prayer Earring
Completely prevents all status effects.
When Serika Akenojo is in trouble, the user will automatically teleport to her location.
Exclusive to Yuto Kurashiki. Unbreakable. Cannot be transferred. Cannot be stolen.
────────────────────
“Oh!”
“Completely prevents all status effects”―that’s the kind of effect you’d get at the very end of the game in an RPG.
Of course, in the skill and job world, there’s no such accessory with such a crazy power.
This is the moment when the status effect resistance skills (now unique bonuses for Demon King, etc.) and status effect resistance accessories I’ve been getting become useless.
The automatic teleportation to Serika’s predicament is also a pretty outrageous effect.
Well, I don’t think it’s likely that Serika, who is one of the top explorers in the country, will get into trouble anytime soon.
“It seems you like it.”
“Yes, thank you, God-sama.”
I quickly put the enhanced earring into my left ear.
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