NOVEL WEB Chapter 5: A Single Light
My eyes opened and slowly, I came to my feet as the empty vial rolled across the ground.
“I’m- I’m not dead.”
That’s right, somehow I was not dead, it seemed that the voice didn’t want to kill me after all. As I stood there I realized rather suddenly that, I wasn’t afraid anymore, more than that I could see. It seemed that my eyes had grown used to the darkness.
I picked up the torch and took a look around.
“Oh right, I haven’t opened this one yet.”
There was one more chest left to still be opened. I rested my hand against it and gently pushed it open however, that was a mistake.
“Uhm…..” I was careless. “Uwaaa!”
Making a creepy sound the chest leapt forward.
“Aaaaaaah!”
It bit down on my arm intending to eat me. It wasn’t the same as being bitten by your pet dog, it sunk its fangs into me tearing away flesh.
It ate a part of me.
My sleeve had been ripped open and a large amount of blood flowed from my left arm.
“Haa……haa…”
It hurt, but right in front of my eyes a monster was carrying off a piece of me. Countless fangs had grown from the chest’s opening and it now had long thin legs that seemed completely out of place. That however, wasn’t the worst of it, the worst was it’s long creepy tongue.
I promptly spun around and ran back down the narrow pathways, my mind went blank as I continued to run.
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“[Heal]!”
A green wave was emitted out from my palm healing the wound.
“Shit shit shit shit shit!”
The wound wasn’t completely healed with just one use, so I continued hitting it with [Heal] until there wasn’t much left of my MP.
“…..it’s over.”
I realized it then, this is truly where it was going to end. There was no way for me to oppose that monster when the only thing I could use was [Heal]. I don’t know how many times I can continue to use it but I’ve already had to use it countless times just to heal this wound, there’s no way I can continue healing myself the same way.
“What do I do what do I-……huh?”
Something on my status caught my attention, ‘inherent skill: revenge god’s mischief’.
“What is this?”
I suddenly remembered talking to that ominous liquid earlier before I drank it and decided to check my status once more.
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Inherent skill: revenge god’s mischief.
The revenge god’s nostrum has been taken in and is expressed through this skill.
The inherent skill: mischief inversion {extreme} is included alongside this skill.
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The explanation continued.
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Inherent skill: mischief inversion {extreme}
Occupations, status, magic, skills, inherent skills, titles, and equipment.
This skill can grant or remove extreme inversion from anything. However when granted to the status, positive things become negative, should it be used on vitality the target will die. Therefore, it’s recommended not to use this skill on yourself.
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The explanation itself was quite mischievous, I don’t understand the meaning.
“Well, should I test it out? I’ll apply it to [Heal] first.”
“Inherent skills [revenge god’s mischief] and [mischief inversion {extreme}]have been triggered.”
Right after deciding to use the skills a mysterious voice echoed in my head, and yet what was to come was even more amazing.
“The magic [Heal] has been inverted into [Erosion Wave]. The full report has been omitted.”
What’s with the dangerous sounding name?
Erosion, nothing sounded cute about that, it was the complete opposite of heal.
I decided to take another look at my status.
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Magic: Erosion Wave
MP cost: 3
A sphere like wave envelopes the user, anyone foolish enough to touch the wave is affected by the Erosion effect and deprived of their lives. The wave is expandable based on distribution of MP.
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“Oh, I get it, the magic that gives life [Heal], inverts and becomes [Erosion Wave] the magic that takes lives.”
Although it’s nowhere near the same level, it’s been taken to the extreme. I don’t know what level {extreme} is supposed to be but, isn’t this a cheat?
“I can defeat that thing now can’t I.”
That’s the thought that crossed my mind.
“I should be able to use it at least for a short time.”
My wound was completely healed now, so with torch in hand I turned back down the pathway.
“Let’s do this.”
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I arrived back in the room to find two chests lying open with the third one shut. It doesn’t seem like it can leave the room, so after a time it just returns to its original position.
“You’re just eating to survive right.”
I wonder if adventures come here often but, more than that do monsters even need to eat? It’s an interesting question however, the answer doesn’t matter, because I closed in on the chest and activated my magic.
“Die! [Erosion Wave]!”
There was no hint of the original [Heal] attribute as the erosion sphere enveloped me.
“No way! This is inversion?”
Aiming for the chest I began to expand the creepy red and black sphere towards it, it revealed itself crying out as the magic closed in but was unable to move.
“Oh did you notice finally!? Well, how is it!? How is my magic!?”
The mimic flees to the corner of the room crying out as I unfold and expand my magic to chase after it.
“Don’t think that you can run! I’m taking my arm back!”
As it came into contact with the magic it let out a cry as it started to be broken down by the erosion.
“What kind of reply is that?”
Before I realized it half of the chest had already disappeared, it’s a fearsome magic. Soon after the mimic broke apart into small particles of light and disappeared.
“I won! Hahahaha. I won!”
As I laughed the announcement flowed through my mind, and a screen appeared before me as I wallowed in victory.
“[Inherent skill: Goddess’s divine protection] has been activated, you may choose to loot one item from the defeated.”
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Skill: [Mimicry]
Skill: [king’s Ark]
Equipment: Recovery Potion
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“So this is the Goddesses divine protection huh, let’s see, it’s hard to throw away Mimicry but I think I’m going to go with this.”
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Skill: King’s Ark
A dimensional storage space.
A dimensional storage space where you can store items.
There is no size restriction.
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“For just a chest this thing had some good stuff.”
An announcement echoed in my head again.
“[Mimic {treasure chest} level:500] has been defeated. The experience points are being distributed, you will now begin to level up.”
“So it was a mimic after all, I mean I already new that though it’s a classic.”
A smell bell began to ding in my head as I started to level up and my status numbers began to rise.
“Hmm? Wait a second level 500!? There’s no way that thing was that strong!”
That’s just strange isn’t it? How could that thing have been level 500?! I was only level 1! However, the announcer didn’t answer my question and instead alerted my that my status had become rather strange.
“Experience point distribution has finished.”
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Hidaka Masamune
Level:150
Occupation: Healer
Vitality: 9000
MP:7500
Attack:1500
Defense:1500
Magic Attack:1500
Magic Defense:1500
Stamina:1500
Agility:1500
Intelligence:1500
Condition: foreign world syndrome
Title: reincarnated, Friend of the Revenge god
Inherent skill: Goddess’s divine protection, Revenge god’s mischief, mischief inversion {extreme}
Magic: Heal
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My status gave me goosebumps as I looked at it, it’s as though my life had just been set to easy mode. This must be my reward, my reward for enduring so much to get here, that stupid princess, Saeki, even when that mimic gouged out my arm I did my best without crying.
“If that’s the case then thank you! Of course, this could just be normal in this world…”
When I came to this new world I thought I would be happy, but as it stood I knew nothing about the world besides this creepy place I was trapped in.
“Saeki and Ichijo are only marginally stronger than me now right?”
Rather suddenly I felt quite empty.
“Maybe this is a benefit of the hero summoning as well.”
Those guys were already monsters, even though I was supposed to be a hero, it’s frustrating.
As I sunk into dysphoria, I heard another announcement.
“Due to the level up, the magic [Heal] will now begin to level up as well.”
“[Heal] level: MAX”
“Max? Is this normal?”
“You learned [Status Effect Heal]”
“[Status Effect Heal] level: MAX”
“You learned [Enchant]”
“[Enchant] level: MAX”
“You learned…….”
“Level…..”
The announcements seemed to continue on forever, this announcer must have been bored……