Translator: LN&WN Warrior
Editor: Starfinder
He still had some stamina.
But, it was already 3 PM when he checked his watch.
"I've already reached this point. So, it's better if I try to see how far I can go."
'I'll run away if I feel it's too dangerous.'
After activating the gate, he explored the 4th floor.
"......Oh, I better check the Skill Board before I go."
He retrieved the Skill Board and checked it.
Karaboshi Haruki (27) Gender: Male
Skill Point(s): 1
"Yup, as I expected, the skill point value doesn't increase."
Before he expected, 'I'll probably gain a skill point after subjugating the BOSS.’
But, it didn't happen.
'Now, I have confirmed some things about the Skill Board.'
1. A skill point can be obtained with every increase in the personal record of the highest floor reached in any dungeon.
(But, the record is shared for every dungeon)
2. A skill point can be obtained after killing a rare monster.
(Probably 1 point for 1 species?)
3. Skill points can't be obtained even after killing a BOSS.
4. Skill points can't be obtained even after killing small fries.
5. Skills can grow naturally without skill point allocation.
'It's more or less like this.'
'The requirements to gain skill points are quite strict.'
'However, the effect of 1 skill point is very large.'
'Skills, which can grow naturally, have a high growth speed. Therefore, it can't help if the requirements to earn those points are strict.'
"......Hmm?"
Haruki who briefly checked his skills stopped his eyes in the technique section.
- Technique
Armour Proficiency
One-Hand Sword 1
Throwing 0
Light Armor 0
Stealth 0
Imitating 0 NEW
"There was no 'Imitating' skill before. So, it just appeared."
Of course, Haruki often imitated his opponents’ movements in his battles until now.
It was because his technical fighting skill was low. Furthermore, he was lacking experience.
Because Haruki imitated his opponents' movement skillfully, he could cover his lack of technique and experience.
It was probably released by Haruki's skill-tree so he could increase his Imitating skill.
'I didn't expect to receive an Imitating skill. However, it's similar to what I imagined.'
'A new skill will appear as soon as I have enough proficiency.'
"Should I increase it or not......?"
His body somehow trembled before his new skill.
'I want to increase it.'
'But, I will only earn a small benefit if I increase it now.'
'The Imitating skill can be increased by frequent practice. It's more efficient if I increase it after it grows a little.'
When he went to the 4th floor, the colour of the wall and ceiling changed a little.
Until the 3rd floor, it was dark brown.
On the 4th floor, it was dark green.
In the deeper area, its green colour turned into a spot pattern.
"How can it be this beautiful?"
Haruki was mesmerized by the colour of the walls.
'How many percents is the CMYK?'
The thought about 'its plate-making seems difficult' came to his mind because of his occupational disease.
'Oh my God, I have resigned.'
Going through that passage, a plant suddenly grew from the ground.
It was similar to the Onion monsters on the 2nd floor.
However, its leaves seemed different.
Its stems were thick and it had many leaves.
From the top of its thickest middle stem, there was a pink, almost white, flower blooming.
"This plant...... I feel like I have seemed it before, but where?"
Suddenly, the plant moved when he was still thinking.
It didn't move like the Onion monsters.
It, especially the one with the thickest stem, moved its leaves as it went to Haruki.
'I have a bad feeling.'
*Slip*, Haruki's sole feet slipped and made him fall on his waist.
5 meters from there,
*Whoosh*, while the plant moved, it lifted something-round up.
The tip suddenly--.
"......Eh, that is a fixed turret!"
From its tip, Haruki felt something aiming at him.
The speed of those fired objects was almost equal to his sight.
So, it was not a problem for him to evade, as long as he knew its timing and where it came from.
However, because he was still in the passage,
'......Should I approach it?'
Haruki slowly closed his gap with them while avoiding its shoots.
He was slowly getting used to those incoming bullets' (?) speed.
Even that difference was only as thin as paper.
When he reached the 1-meter distance, he surely couldn't avoid it.
For now, Haruki tried to find a cover.
'The distance is about 5 meters.'
The moment he moved away, it suddenly stopped its attack as it couldn't detect him.
"Can it not attack because it ran out of bullets......?"
'It seems like I can win if their bullet stocks depleted after its wild shooting.'
The gaze of Haruki who was trying to appraise it suddenly stopped at a bullet which fell and embedded itself in the ground.
'This is.......'
"A Potato?"
When he held and examined it, 'that's right, those bullets are potatoes.'
"It is a Potato monster!!"
'I see. Now, I know where I have seen it.......'
'Of course, I feel I have seen it before. I have planted it in my kitchen's garden a few years ago.'
Haruki's body suddenly became excited.
'To be able to harvest potatoes and onions, what a wonderful dungeon is this!!'
Haruki excitedly faced the potato plant's threat.
The potato monster was interestingly firing some potatoes.
However, its bullets were depleted after shooting 40 potatoes. No matter how close he was, there was no sign it would shot another potato.
"......Tchi."
The plant without potatoes dangled helplessly.
Maybe, the attacks it carried out shaved its life.
'What a monster.......'
However,
"I don't have other business with you who had lost your potatoes."
*Flash*, brandishing his dagger, Haruki heartlessly detached the plant from the ground.
'A monster for 40 potatoes.'
'It's wonderful. It's a truly wonderful monster.'
"Ah!? Is the purpose of the magic bag was dropped to harvest potatoes!?"
'There is no way, it's like that.'
'But, it's the most suitable option for carrying potatoes.'
'Sh*t!'
'If I knew that it would've been like this, I would've borrowed it from Karen.'
'Next time, I'll bring Karen here.'
After he decided this, Haruki excitedly harvested potatoes...... ah, wrong, continued his hunt.
'I might be able to eat curry rice(EN: Japanese Curry) when I've finished this dungeon!'
He continued while holding that dream.......
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The 4th-floor BOSS is a big potato plant.
By using its 3 large nozzles cleverly, it shoots a large number of potatoes.
What fearsome fixed turrets.
As a result, Haruki couldn't get close.
Haruki silently cried as he looked at those potato attacks which he evaded badly smashing into the wall.
Moreover, it was impossible to harvest those potatoes as it grew in a straight-line passage.
'As I expected, this BOSS will deplete its bullet, too.'
After shooting a total 100 potatoes, the plant dangling its neck like it was giving up.
Those potatoes were very strong.
A small graze could rip and numb his body.......
On the contrary, it would also feel the same way when it ran out of bullets.
Haruki mercilessly uprooted the BOSS from the ground.
"Isn't it too weak?"
Haruki tilted his head. The Potato monster was not a weak monster.
If Haruki received its bullets, he would get a life-threatening injury.
It seemed weak because he knew the right way to subjugate it.
If it had unlimited bullets, Haruki would definitely experience a much harder fight.
The dungeon blinked as it congratulated the BOSS first kill.
'The dropped items this time are a vase and 10 strange hard potatoes.'
The vase was like porcelain, but its pattern was not typical Japanese.
Haruki couldn't answer if he was asked where the pattern came from as he never saw it before.
'It's probably the dungeon's characteristic design.'
'I'll bring it to the shop to be appraised.'
'Next, those are some strange hard potatoes.'
"......What exactly is this?"
It felt like a stone when he holds it in his hand.
He tried to cut it using his dismantling knife, but it didn't leave a scratch.
"Is this a stone?"