As soon as I opened my eyes, I noticed that the hole I was in had become much larger. In other words, my body had shrunk—a lot. I must be about half my previous size now.
'Isn't that bad?'
And I can't properly look at my own body. The only thing I can tell is that my body is black, just as I expected. The only difference I noticed were some things that looked like cracks on my legs, glowing with a purple color. It looked as if I was staring at pieces of a black hole.
Is it moving? Strange.
After shaking my head and ignoring it, I opened my status.
Abyss Anomaly Taratect LV1
Skill Points: 2,000
Nameless
Status
HP: 1,500
MP: 1,500
SP: 1,600
Average Offense Ability: 1,400
Average Defense Ability: 1,500
Average Magic Ability: 1,300
Average Resistance Ability: 1,500
Average Speed Ability: 1,600
'The boost in power was pretty big. I've reached a level where I don't even need to make edits to kill the monsters in this place.'
Probably only the dragon could pose some danger to me.
Of course, that's if I don't use edits.
'And with my Editing skill now at level 4, there's no way I could lose to any monster in this place!'
[ Editing LV4 ]
• Allows the user to freely edit four of their stats
• Allows the user to edit the level of a skill
'Oh? You finally decided to give more information? That makes things easier!'
Now I can edit four stats at once. I can modify my strength, speed, defense, and resistance simultaneously.
In other words… I'm extremely strong.
However, everything depends on how fast my SP drains. I can't afford to pass out in the middle of a fight.
So I tried to edit my SP.
[ Error: Skill level too low ]
Huff~~
I sighed in disappointment and looked at my skills.
All the abilities I gained are active skills.
'Huh?'
After acquiring [ Abyss Thread LV1 ], the skill [ Spider Thread LV9 ] that I previously had disappeared from my status.
I guess that makes sense. The threads I can produce with this body are much better.
Any monster that touches my thread will have its energy drained, probably SP or some other type of energy. On top of that, their stats are reduced.
Just the effect of this thread alone is already enough to serve as protection.
'But I need to test how durable it is.'
Sometimes I like to use my thread in battle—especially for swinging around.
I left the hole where I had been hiding and destroyed the webs I had placed earlier.
As soon as I reached the outside and looked at the lava, I saw some monsters with their heads sticking out, resting.
One lava lake was full of fish.
The other was full of seahorses.
Grrrr~~
How long was I asleep? I'm starving!
I'll go to the lava lake full of fish—their meat is very delicious, after all.
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This was the perfect moment to test my new abilities.
I used Appraisal and checked the status of the three fish that were visible. Fortunately, I can see their status even from a distance.
'One is level 7, another level 5, and the last one level 4.'
Their stats are much lower than mine. I don't need to make edits for this.
'Alright, time to test the new feature of the Editing skill.'
I used Editing to change the level of the skill Space Step LV1 to level 10.
[ Edit applied! ]
[ Space Step LV10 ]
I thought it might unlock a new version of the skill since I pushed it to the maximum level, but that didn't happen. Maybe this skill doesn't have a Tier 2.
I'll test editing other skills later.
'All I need to do is activate the skill and look where I want to teleport, right?'
I'm at the entrance of the hole, and the lava lake is quite far away. Will I be able to teleport there?
Well, if the skill is level 10, it should be possible.
And then it happened.
I suddenly appeared on top of one of the fish's heads.
Before it could react, I activated System Corruption LV1.
I kept Appraisal active to observe what would happen.
The fish's level dropped from 7 to 5 temporarily, and several skills disappeared from its status—including Swimming.
I used Space Step again and moved to the edge of the lava lake.
I looked at the fish, and it couldn't swim properly anymore.
That's hilarious.
While I was watching it for fun, another fish leapt out of the lava pit, trying to swallow me.
'It looks much bigger now. MUCH bigger. My size really decreased a lot.'
I dodged its attack and then used Abyss Thread LV1 to wrap around its tail.
It began thrashing around, and I could see its stats decreasing in real time. Even its HP started dropping.
'Even at level 1, the effect is very good.'
After letting it suffer for a bit longer, I attacked it with my legs.
For some reason, I managed to slice through its flesh very easily this time. It's as if my legs had been turned into blades.
Isn't this body incredible?
After killing one of the fish, I used Space Step again and appeared above another fish's head.
I plunged my leg into its head like a knife and immediately used Space Step again to move to the edge of the lake.
Its body began sinking, and I shot my web toward it.
The black thread with purple tones stuck to the fish, and I managed to pull its enormous body with ease.
'It doesn't even feel like I'm much smaller than it.'
And the web is durable—it touched the lava and wasn't destroyed.
It's resistant to fire and other types of magic.
That's very good.
While I placed the second body on top of the first to create a pile of food, the third fish decided to attack.
But when it jumped, I teleported onto its head and kicked it toward the ground.
It slammed into the ground hard, and I landed on top of it.
I stabbed its back several times.
'Now I have three enormous fish to eat. I don't think I'll be able to finish all of this…'
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